Qiongzhou may be the largest of all the state capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, because it has no borders at all, and the entire Qionghai Prefecture and three armies are all set up along the coast. As for the mountainous areas in the central part of the country, according to the principle of "Putian is not the king's land", it can be regarded as Song soil, but most of the people living in it are called "Yi people".

Of course, traditionally, the Song people's ruling area was only near the mountains, and no matter how far they were, they could not reach it. Limu Mountain is the collective name of these mountains, just like the Limu water that comes out along the mountain, its name comes from the gods in the minds of the Yi people, and it has been passed down by word of mouth since ancient times.

In the depths of the mountain, in the canyon formed by two huge cliffs, the clear stream flows slowly, and the huge rocky cliffs on both sides seem to have no road, and people and animals are even rarer, so it is called "deer turning back" by the Yi people.

At the top of the cliff is a naturally formed cave, with a very large opening, and the hole is full of icicle-like upside-down stone pillars, and a path winds its way in, and a pine torch is inserted in the stone wall next to the road every other section, until it is a very empty place, and the inside is very wide like a hall.

High in the hall, there is a wooden chair that was snatched out of nowhere, and a piece of animal skin is covered on it, which looks a little imposing. A man in a decorated costume stood in front of a chair, frowning at the chaotic scene below.

"What do those Yi people say?" Seeing a cronie hurriedly running in, and when he approached, the man asked in a deep voice, but he spoke in Chinese.

"Complaining, only screaming bitterly." The cronie shook his head, ran too fast, and before he could even breathe, he replied with his waist crossed.

"These wall grasses, sooner or later Lao Tzu will lead people to destroy them." The man said hatefully, and slapped his palm on the armrest of the wooden chair, making a "pop" sound.

The cronies sighed helplessly, this can only be just talk, the mountain is originally someone's territory, it really annoys it, who will destroy who is not certain.

"Leader, I secretly investigated, and what they said is not all pretext, the government has sealed the mountain, even if you want to change it, you can't change it, there is no food in the mountain, and even some of them are just saved in the past, we can't turn our faces with them for this little thing."

Chen Mingfu, the leader of the cliff thieves who once dominated most of Qionghai, was speechless when he heard the words of his cronies, a few months ago they were still full of scenery, although they did not occupy the state city, but it also made the Song people frightened, and they never thought that they would be blocked in this mountain now and could not move.

Robbers also want to eat, not to mention that they are all thieves who do not produce anything, this forest is hidden but hidden, there is not a bird all day long, it is okay to stay for a few days, ten days and half a month must be tired, said good big scales divide gold, large pieces of meat?

Seeing that the day is not as good as the day, even the game in the mountains is difficult to fight, if there is no more entry, I am afraid that I really want to drink the wind and drink dew, at the peak of the time was close to two thousand people, now it is only seven or eight hundred, but those who can run have run away, but what can he do?

It's not that I haven't tried, but the officers and soldiers who came back this time are completely different, they were found from a long distance, not to mention, those who came to chase were actually riding horses, do you want to bully people like this, most of their subordinates are still holding wooden branches, and the self-made bows and arrows can't even shoot through other people's armor, thinking of these, Chen Mingfu couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "The people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring." ”

As for Zhao'an, Chen Mingfu never thought about it, he can be regarded as a habitual bandit, Xianchun rebelled with the Yi people in six years, and he was registered with the government. This head of his own, I am afraid that it is also worth a lot of money, even if the Song people take the initiative to come, he does not dare to agree lightly.

"Chief, I heard a message in a stockade, and I don't know if it's true or not." The cronie suddenly seemed to remember something, and lowered his voice and said.

"Oh, what is it?" When Chen Mingfu saw him, he couldn't help but be interested.

"Does the leader remember that many years ago, the Yi people once took in a Han girl?"

"Remember, so what?" Chen Mingfu thought about it, there was indeed such a thing, the woman heard that she was a fugitive, and the government couldn't tolerate it, so she had to go into the mountain.

"I heard that they ordered this woman to go down the mountain and discuss the matter of mutual market with the government, and they already have some eyebrows, but they have waited for several days and have not seen anyone, but they don't know what is going on."

The words of his cronies made Chen Mingfu pay attention to it, if the government really allowed the mutual market, that is, the mountain closure was lifted, of course, this was good news for them, instead of grabbing food with the Yi people who were also poor in the mountains, it was better to go out and fight, and the officers and soldiers were not three-headed and six-armed monsters.

"You bring someone, go and touch it, if the news is accurate, come back and report it to someone, and we'll take care of it." He called his cronies over and commanded in his ear.

has been alive and sound until now, thanks to his carefulness, Chen Mingfu watched the back of his cronies disappear at the entrance of the cave, still quietly greeting his subordinates, with a subtle smile on his face.

About 20 miles away from Qiongshan County, Li Mushui turned a small bend here, forming a tidal flat that is not too big or small, not far from the front is the high mountains and dense forests, and there is no farmland nearby, which looks very desolate.

On the ground full of cobblestones, a group of Yiren stood there, constantly looking around, as if waiting for something, and the middle-aged man led by him was a little fat, and kept staring in the direction of the upstream.

"It's coming!" With an exclamation, more than a dozen small boats drove from the direction of the county seat, without any flags on the boats, and they were closer, but they could clearly see that all the soldiers of the Song people were walking on them.

It was a desolate place, and there was no wharf to dock, and the boat saw that it was almost at its destination, and the speed was slowed down, and the military head at the bow of the ship greeted and threw out a cable, and the Yiren on the shore caught it and dragged the boat directly onto the beach.

"That's our village master." Huang Erniang, who came with the boat, jumped down and introduced to the Song general behind him, this time it is just a real place, and then do some infrastructure construction, it was Shi Zhong who led the team, and Jiang Cai and the others did not come in person.

"The owner of the village, this is the commander of Shi." As soon as she turned her head, she introduced Shi Zhong again, and the middle-aged Yiren greeted her with a polite smile, and Shi Zhong also responded lightly.

Both sides have a hint of vigilance, which is conceivable, Yiren is weak and wary, but now they have to ask for each other, they have to be more active, they are led by the middle-aged village owner, they stepped forward together, and began to unload all kinds of wooden stakes, ropes and other things from the boat.

"What are they doing?" In the dense forest not far from here, a head quietly stretched out half, looked at the direction of the tidal flat, and said with some puzzlement.

"What's the hurry, let's see." The other head peeked out from elsewhere, and it was Chen Mingfu's cronies.

Looking at the past from their point of view, the things untied from the boat were clear at a glance, they thought it was a mutual market between the Song people and the Yi people, who knew that it was all wood, rope and utensils, and they looked at those Yi and Song people busy on the stone ground, and both of them looked puzzled.

Gradually, the two of them saw that the people on the tidal flats began to clear the stones underground, and every once in a while, someone would drive a wooden stake in the cleared place, and the stake was as high as half a person, and it was not only knocked into the ground, but also tied together with ropes, and the cronies and his men looked at each other, and understood something.

Thanks to the efforts of these people, it was not long before a semi-circular stockade appeared on the tidal flats, with places left in front and behind for people to enter and exit and for ships to dock. The two looked at this stockade that appeared almost out of thin air, and they were speechless in surprise, in the past, the Song people did not engage in these famous halls when they traded with each other, what did they want to do?

"You stay here, and I'll go back and report to the chief." The cronies looked at it for a while, no longer hesitated, and after giving the order, they lowered their bodies and slowly retreated into the forest.

"People are going to run away, do you want to follow?" On the other side, in the bushes, the grass circle made of vines moved, revealing two shining lenses underneath.

"No, I must have gone back to report the news, and in a while you will tell the city that the fish are eyeing the bait."

A low voice sounded next to him, it's not time yet, the thief is very careful, the situation on the mountain is unknown, and he may not be pleased, in case he is recognized, he will startle the snake.

Now it's just the beginning, to make the momentum first, so that the thieves can be excited, in order to finally lead them out, the specific plan is Jiang Cai and they formulated, even the Yi people don't know what, only say that let them help build a field for trading.

When he received the report, Liu Yuzheng and Jiang Cai were in the barracks outside the city, he casually said "I know" and turned off the machine, and then reported the news to Jiang Cai, who only nodded, his eyes still staring in the direction ahead.

Two tall wooden poles were erected in the open space in the middle of the barracks, which looked like the masts of the ship, and were stretched and fixed to the ground with several ropes, but in Liu Yu's opinion, they still shook as if they were about to fall down at any time.

"Zhang Xuan." Yang Fei stood in front with his waist crossed, looked at the wooden pole, seemed to be sure that it would not fall down immediately, and shouted to the back.

Loudly answered a promise, Zhang Xuan, who was only wearing a single coat, spit into the palm of his hand, didn't even look at the wooden pole, and ran out as soon as he lowered his head, and in the cheers of everyone below, a dexterous figure used his hands and feet at the same time, climbing higher and higher, and after a while, there was only a black shadow.

Liu Yu raised the binoculars and saw that he was almost at the top, the speed was indeed fast, the wooden pole was shaking in the wind, Liu Yu was dizzy when he looked at it, the kid seemed to be unconscious, in a blink of an eye, the person had already sat on the head of the pole, and said hello proudly downward.

It is worthy of being a cow, he secretly looked at his watch, Liu Yu wrote down his results, and when he slipped down, Yang Fei stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder appreciatively, and then turned to another place.

"Brother Jiang, pole climbing is the basic skill of boating, today I am only familiar with it, I can go as high as I can, I don't have to be reluctant, and I can't be anxious. The key is to use even force, climb with all your heart, don't look down and look down, remember? ”

Jiang Ning nodded, tore off the extra clothes on his body, just like Zhang Xuan, only wore a single shirt, approached the wooden pole without saying a word, reached out and touched the wooden surface, took off his boots, and with a hard support of his feet, the person rushed up.

Almost all the people below were cheering him on, Liu Yu secretly glanced at Jiang Cai on the side, the unsmiling father clenched into a fist in his hand, and muttered that he didn't know what he was saying.

When he was about halfway up, Jiang Ning's speed slowed down significantly, and in Liu Yu's head, he glanced up, and suddenly bit his lower lip fiercely, it seemed that this strength came up again.

Liu Yu glanced at his own soldiers, he turned around knowingly, and after a while, a large fishing net was torn open and lifted out by several sergeants, in order to prevent the strength from being broken too much, the fishing net was covered in two layers, and several pairs of eyes looked at the figure on the wooden pole, ready to catch it at any time.

Jiang Cai gave Liu Yu a grateful expression, he couldn't do this kind of thing, in front of everyone, even if his son fell to death, he could only admit it, but he couldn't control what Liu Yu wanted to do, and of course there was no need to shirk this kindness.

The first time he climbed such a high pole, Jiang Ning didn't reach the top, but it was good, at least, he didn't use the fishing net, of course, if he wanted to achieve his ambition, this was only the first step, and there were countless problems waiting for him to overcome.

"How?" Squeezing out of the crowd, Jiang Ning saw his father and Liu Yu at a glance, so he walked in this direction, Liu Yu waited for him to stand still, and asked with a smile.

"Sooner or later, so-and-so will definitely surpass him." Jiang Ning pointed to Zhang Xuan's back and said confidently. R1058