On the rugged mountain road, a green canopy carriage whirled by, and the man driving the car was a local, singing a song from time to time, which made the people sitting in the back of the car less boring.

"What a mountain!" Li Shiyi lifted the curtain and looked out, a high mountain stood majestically in front of him, majestic and majestic, straight into the clouds, incompatible with the surrounding plain terrain, as if it was rising from the ground stubbornly.

After leaving the capital, he turned to Qingzhou, and after meeting with the brothers there in Jinan, he was guided by a captive to meet a man in the mountains.

This is still the jurisdiction of the Yuan people in the book province, in the three years of the unification, after the rebellion of Li Pu was pacified, the original Yidu province was revoked, it was divided into several roads and came in, and then went to Henan and other places in the province of Zhongshu, which has bordered the two Huai roads of the Great Song Dynasty.

In Liu Yu's words, this is another key area for the work against the enemy, the reason is very simple, Shandong has had many ringing horses since ancient times, and the direct rule of the Yuan people has only been ten years, and the impact of the previous chaos has not been completely eliminated, and the high-pressure control that is still being implemented at present, and the hardships of the people's livelihood are not difficult to imagine.

"A few officials, there is no way ahead, so I can only send it here, and someone will come to pick it up after a while."

After a while, the carriage stopped, and the man who drove the carriage accused them of their guilt and explained. Li Shiyi didn't care, and jumped out of the car with a subordinate and the prisoner, the man was right, there was only one path ahead, only for one person, and the carriage could never go.

It seems that this is the foot of the mountain, and the tall mountain cannot be seen at a glance, no wonder they will choose such a place to hide, only dozens of miles away from Jinan Mansion, almost under the nose of the Tartars.

After the whistle sounded, several hunter-like men emerged from the forest, and a man with a hunting fork looked at them vigilantly, and the man who drove the car stepped forward and whispered something to him, and he nodded.

"The rules of the mountains, offended." The man took out a few pieces of black cloth, Li Shiyi and the others took it and blindfolded it, and then a broken rope was stuffed in their hands, and the three of them groped their way to follow the footsteps of those hunters, and walked into the dense forest together.

His trip is not a whim, Hebei has a sign of the Xie family, it is more convenient to do things, and there is no foundation here, and cooperation with others has become a natural choice, after this long time of exercise, his thinking has shifted from a simple spy to a more comprehensive intelligence work, but he didn't realize it.

I don't know how long I walked, although there was a rope to pull, the road under my feet was very difficult to walk, and the three of them still stumbled and struggled to barely keep up, until they suddenly heard a human voice, and estimated that it should have arrived.

"The people in the mountains are rude and neglect the distinguished guests." After being signaled to stand still, Li Shiyi had just untied the mask, and before his eyes could adjust to the sudden light, he heard a voice.

It was a middle-aged man who spoke, a head taller than himself, dressed as a peasant, with bright eyes and a straight body, Li Shiyi didn't know what to call it, and turned his head to look at the prisoner who came with him.

"Uncle Zheng!" The captive shouted in disbelief.

"Are you Brother Lin?" Uncle Zheng looked at him and also showed a surprised expression.

Li Shiyi didn't care about their recognition, but crossed his arms and looked around, this place looked like a deep valley, surrounded by cliffs, there were some wooden houses in the valley, and the number of people living in the valley was about one or two hundred, and farmland was opened in the open space in front of the house and behind the house, which should be their main source of food.

With such a terrain, it is no wonder that it can hide for more than ten years without being discovered, Li Shiyi secretly calculated in his heart, from the geographical point of view, it is really good, Jinan Mansion is close at hand, once there is a change, even the capital city is difficult to stabilize.

"Uncle Zheng, these two are both from the south, and if they can come back alive, I have to thank them for not killing." The captives introduced Uncle Zheng to them, but because they didn't know their plans, they were a little vague.

"A certain surname Li, in the family line eleven, so the name Li Shiyi, in the Great Song Dynasty to be a small capital, this is a certain brother, dare to ask the surname of the big name?" Li Shiyi arched his hand and said first, the other party's age was older than himself at first glance, and he didn't mind lowering his posture.

"Dutou, are you Song officials?" When Uncle Zheng heard his words, his face changed suddenly, and Li Shiyi didn't know what to do, and looked at the captive suspiciously.

"Uncle Zheng, those things in the past have nothing to do with them." The captives' words made them even more puzzled, what had happened before?

"Well, you can come with so-and-so." Uncle Zheng looked at their expressions, sighed and said.

followed Uncle Zheng to a wooden house, the scene in front of him made Li Shiyi a little dazed, and there were many wooden plaques on the offering table in the middle, and he knew at a glance that it was a spiritual position.

"More than 40 years ago, the marshal died at the hands of the Song people, more than 10 years ago, the young marshal rose up to attach the Song Dynasty, the Song people just added some false titles, but sat back and watched Jinan Mansion was surrounded by the Tartars for four months, and finally the city was broken and died. Even the four ladies were repeatedly harmed by them, and they escaped by luck. ”

"This incident may not be from you and others, but since you are Song officials, how can you have nothing to do with it?" Uncle Zheng pointed to the largest tablets and said, his face full of righteous indignation.

Li Shiyi had done his homework before he came, Li Quan's father and son rebelled against the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that their deaths were related to the Song people, but from the perspective of the government, they were all to blame, and it was not easy for him to say anything for a while.

"A certain name is Zheng Deyan, who used to be a small school under the fourth lady, and fled here after the defeat, but he just survived. Why are you waiting, you don't want to know, what do you want to do, you don't want to hear about it, for Brother Lin's sake, the valley is not embarrassed to wait, it's not early, go down the mountain. ”

Uncle Zheng politely and firmly issued the order to expel the guest, Li Shiyi knew that this matter could not be forced, only Xu Xu Tuzhi, did not say anything, bowed his hand and left, still covering his head and face as when he came in, but leaving the prisoner.

At this time, Liu Yu had already passed Shaoxing Mansion by waterway, and near evening, the fleet sailed into Xiaoshan County, and like last time, he would rest here for one night, and he would be able to arrive in Beijing tomorrow morning.

Leaving the ladies on the boat, Liu Yu called Ye Yingji to find a clean wine shop next to the dock, which was the first time he invited his brother-in-law to drink since he got married.

"Ziqing, how's it going?" The two sat down separately, Ye Yingji looked at his own big ship docked on the dock, and said with a smile.

"To get this good couple, thank you Brother Yunyong." Liu Yu was not hypocritical, he knew what he was asking, nodded and answered.

With this layer of in-law relationship, the friendship between the two has deepened a lot, and some things are not polite, Ye Yingji's ordnance supervisor can be said to be the most important department in the army, and it has an immeasurable role in the war.

"Yunyong, you have been in the ordnance supervision for a long time, I don't know what you have to do with sea ships?" Liu Yu threw a piece of snack into his mouth and asked as if unintentionally.

"Sea vessels? You're talking about naval warfare, it's nothing more than bows, crossbows, rockets, and guns, shipbuilding can't be managed, Qingyuan Mansion has its own shipyard, but the national economy is not enough, and it hasn't started construction in recent years. ”

When it came to specific technical issues, Ye Yingji immediately became interested, and when he said it, he nodded frequently, he didn't understand it at all, so naturally he didn't have much right to speak.

"If it is, if you put the catapult like Jiankang City on a sea boat, do you think it will be useful?"

Listening to Liu Yu's words, Ye Yingji was stunned, he knew that what the former was talking about was an iron catapult that could reach far away, not the kind of wooden multi-tip used to defend the city, he thought about it in his heart, and slowly shook his head.

"Ziqing, the sea is not as good as the land, the waves are moving, there is almost no calm, even if you can hit the distance, but if the quasi-head hits something bigger on the land, it may be of some use."

Ye Yingji's words are very easy to understand, and he really took it for granted, that is, in the later generations, there is no fire control system, and the accuracy of the naval guns is also very low, let alone now.

The naval warfare in this time and space is still dominated by close combat, fire attack, bow and arrow, and jumping gang are the mainstream, in this regard, quantity is more important than quality, as long as the commander is not too bad, the Song people's navy is second to none in this time and space.

But building a sea ship not only requires money, but also time, Liu Yu does not plan to do it step by step, he has a better idea, but he still needs to plan, Liu Yu ended the topic with a smile, raised his glass and toasted Ye Yingji.

In Lin'an City, not far away, Chen Yizhong, the left minister who was about to return home from the political affairs hall, suddenly saw two people hurriedly walking into his side, but the first person was the current privy governor, Wu Jian, who also knew the privy council.

"Yankai, what's wrong?" Glancing behind him, Chen Yizhong recognized that it was a Lang Zhong from the Ministry of Rites, who went out of Beijing to Shuzhong to announce the edict a month ago, how did it look like he had been robbed, and he looked very wolf.

"Chen Xiang, it's hard to say, let him say it himself." Wu Jian is also over sixty years old this year, and he ran in such a hurry, sweating like rain and panting very tightly, Chen Yizhong hurriedly let him into the house and sat down.

Entering the room, that Lang Zhong wiped his sweat and spoke carefully, Chen Yizhong was surprised to hear it, he didn't expect that the battle of Jiankang had been over for almost two months, and the envoy of the Yuan people was bent on asking for peace, but the war in Shu had not stopped, not only did it not stop, but it also had a tendency to expand!

"That's it, when Xia Guan left Beijing, there were more than ten subordinates, and more than 50 guards, and now only Xia Guan is back, not to spare his life, but to inform the court that he will not be deceived by the Yuan people!"

Lang Zhong said with tears in his eyes, and they were forced to get off the boat from the waterway of the Great River to Chungju, because there were already Tartars in Fuzhou in front, and after some efforts, many people were still not gone, until the Tartars besieged the city, and he was the only one who had to return to Beijing.

Chen Yizhong slowly helped him up, this person has done his best, there is nothing to blame, he is right, if he doesn't come back alive to report the news, the court still doesn't know this situation, what will become of Shuzhong? Chen Yizhong didn't dare to resemble each other at all.

"You mean, when you came back, Fuzhou had not yet been lost?" Chen Yi waited for him to calm down and ordered someone to pour tea.

"Exactly, as soon as the Tartars besieged the city, the road ahead was cut off, and the lower officials had no choice but to return."

"What about Chongqing? What about Hezhou. Chen Yizhong then asked.

"I haven't arrived, and the lower officials don't dare to assert it, but I have heard from the merchants on the road that Chongqing Mansion is also surrounded by Tartars, and no one knows about it."

Lang Zhong recalled and said, Chen Yizhong nodded and didn't ask any more, Hezhou is full of first-line fortresses, I'm afraid it's not easy to take it lightly, and there are generals like Zhang Jue, who should still be able to hold on, as for other places, I don't dare to hope for extravagance, what should I do? Another great problem was in front of him. R1058