Under the city of Yongzhou, although the barracks have been empty, and the endless camp tents have been demolished, but the lively place is still better than in the past, originally just a flag, a few scribes' exchange office, after continuous expansion, now covers an area of almost half of the castle town, even so, still can not fully meet the steady stream of people who come to trade. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among them, in addition to the exchange office controlled by the government, some trading markets have also been spontaneously formed outside the city, and the exchange between the people of the city and the people of the Song, the barter between the people of the city and the Song people, will not end until dark at the end of the day, and then, the city will become a sea of joy for the people of the city, they burn the fire, dance their own dances, sing familiar songs, and always make the power of the city guard the enemy really relieved but also a little worried.

"Taishou, there is a team of people from outside the city, claiming to be the envoy of Annan, and wants to meet our commander."

"Oh?" Qiu Zizhen turned his head in surprise, this reaction was not because he heard the other party's name, but because it was strange, it had been so long, why did they come?

Annan and Guangxi are only separated by a mountain, and the relationship between the two sides is actually very delicate, in the face of that common threat, they are wary of each other, and they rely on each other, as Liu Yu said before, if the Great Song Dynasty is defeated, will they follow the Yuan people to take advantage of the fire to rob? Of course, the most important thing is to determine the accuracy of this news, after all, it is the invincible Yuan people, and for the virtue of the Song people, this neighbor is only afraid that he knows it.

"Do you have paperwork?" Thinking of Liu Yu's previous confession, Qiu Zizhen did not hear that foreigners were coming, like ordinary Song people, and he was as tight as his own father and mother, but asked unhurriedly.

"The little ones asked, and they said that the national letter can only be taken out when they see Fu Shuai." Most of them were maintaining law and order on both sides of the grain road and the right river, and there were only four commanders stationed in the city, guarding the four gates, and it was clear that the commander in charge of the gate was waiting for his instructions.

"In that case, you might as well tell them that the war has not yet subsided, the night has been closed in the city, and there is no right to let them in without a clerk, and if there is anything, we will talk about it until tomorrow." Dutou obviously didn't expect him to say this, and raised his head and froze there.

"That'...... How do they spend the night? ”

"Of course, this official is not an unreasonable person, you go to the treasury to find Zhao Shu, according to their numbers, get a few tents, let them choose a vacant land, and if they want to be with the people, but if something happens, don't blame the official for not reminding them."

The relationship between Annan and the people of Dong can be described as tense, especially in the border area between the two countries, and now the morale of the people is high, once there is any friction, it is not impossible, and they often have trouble in their own villages, of course, but no one died, Qiu Zizhen will not pay much attention to it, and he is not the actual chief official here.

The head of the capital will be suspicious and left, Qiu Zizhen turned around, put his hands on the head of the city, looked in the direction of the city gate, and the light shone out of the torch, and he could faintly see that at the other end of the moat, there was indeed a team of men and horses standing there, looking towards the city, it was too dark to see the flag, it was probably the messenger of Annan that the head of the city said.

"Why did Taishou expose them outside the city?" After a while, Qiu Zizhen heard footsteps behind him, and a young man's voice asked, "Are you afraid that they will make trouble?" ”

"Yes and no, at this time, any outsider is a threat, and there is nothing wrong with being careful." Qiu Zizhen didn't look back, his eyes were on an Annan envoy on a horse, that person was different from ordinary Annanite, he was very tall, far away, and the eyes of the two seemed to meet in the night, just staring at each other.

"They must have heard about everything that happened to us here, and there was no movement when they went against the trend, and when they heard that our army had won, they sent envoys to fight with each other, what kind of idea they had to fight, you can imagine, but do I still need them now?"

Zhao Mengsong somewhat understood, since he was half-tied and half-framed from Qiongzhou here, what he saw and heard completely subverted his experience in the past few decades, including a new understanding of strength, as well as various schemes and calculations, and even unscrupulous means, from the initial disgust and incomprehension, to today's thinking and comprehension, he can't imagine that if he changes to the chief officer, will there be such a result? No, Zhao Mengsong came up with the opposite answer in his heart, the young chief official who was about the same age as him had always done extraordinary things, and he did things that others couldn't do at all, and he still had a deep understanding of this as a scribe in the scene.

Under the head of the city, the envoy of Annan who had failed to negotiate was still watching by the moat, and seeing that the Song people refused to open the city, an old man led by him waved his sleeve robe a little stupidly, turned around and came to a horse behind him, and arched his hand to the man on the horse.

"The town guard, the Song people have a word first, and they ordered me to wait for my own convenience, what do you think?" He actually used a Chinese dialect.

"Let's camp outside the city." The man looked younger, and he withdrew his gaze from the city, pointing in a random direction.

This exercise is only a hundred people, the Song people sent down more than ten tents from the city, in Guangxi in November, the temperature difference between day and night is still a little large, of course they will not be polite, under the command of the man, they soon found a vacant land, there are still some stakes in the military camp on the ground, but it saves their effort.

However, the man himself did not participate in these things, and he walked alone with his hands behind his back to the gathering place of the people, looking curious.

The people who were singing and dancing by the fire did not show any hostility when they saw him coming, because on the surface, this person's dress was not much different from that of the Song people, with a round shirt and a small hat, more like a scholar with status.

"This chief, may I ask if you are here to celebrate any good deeds?" Unexpectedly, his fluent Chinese dialect became Yi at this time, but it was a little rusty.

"Are you ......" The person who was asked by him was a little puzzled, and looked at him suspiciously.

"Oh, I'm from Qinzhou, and I just got off the boat."

The man's explanation made the people nod, pointed to the people of the family who shook their heads and tails in the field, and said excitedly: "We are from Youjiang Road, this time we brought hundreds of Tartar heads, but unfortunately it is too late today, and we can only exchange it tomorrow, this trip back, the clansmen in the village will be able to have a good winter, do you say we can be unhappy?" ”

"Tartar's ...... Head? The man listened to his words in disbelief, and he really couldn't imagine how he could take down hundreds of Tartars with this group of people.

"Yes, we gathered thousands of warriors together with the stockades of several nearby states, and then set up an ambush in a dense forest, attacked one of the Tartars' grain teams, and shared all the spoils. Such a good thing, I couldn't think of it before, we are far away, this is the first time to come to exchange, I heard, some of the village did early, there is no need to run such a long way, people directly send things to the door, if you can see the steward tomorrow, we also ask for such treatment, don't you say? ”

Obviously, the other party regarded him as a person to talk to, and did not hide what happened at all, and it seemed that they were not afraid at all, and even a little excited.

"You're not afraid of the Yuan...... Retaliation of the Tartars? ”

"Revenge? Haha, you just came back, I don't know, they are about to be driven out of the Great Song Dynasty, whether they can go back depends on whether we agree or not, now they are all shrunk in the big camp, except for the grain team, they can't even send a cavalry, what will they retaliate against? There was some regret on the face of the people: "It's a pity that in this way, there is no other way than to rob their grain team, and the head is getting more and more difficult to get." ”

"What do you mean, the Song people will buy these heads from you?"

The man finally understood what he meant, the look of surprise on his face became more and more obvious, the man nodded, and explained to him with his fingers, what kind of head can be exchanged for what kind of things, obviously he also listened to those who had changed, and said it a little out of order, but the man roughly understood, these heads can be exchanged for many things, from food, clothing, housing and transportation to luxury utensils, everything is available, and the things that the Song people took out are not ordinary goods, and some of them he has not even heard.

The man's face changed suddenly, this situation was even more surprising than he learned that the Song people had defeated the Yuan people, because that meant that the Song people began to use their huge national strength to use the economy as a means to deal with the enemy, you know, this is the southwest border of high mountains and dense forests, the Yuan people in addition to the enemies in front of them There are also ubiquitous hunters, not to mention the climate and environment and other unfavorable factors, if you really want to do this, as long as the Song people are tough enough, they are not afraid of the other party's strength, Because it meant that almost all the people were on their side, he felt a deep fear.

Thinking of today's encounter, he found that the current Song people are far from the image in his mind, once they put down the shelf of the Heavenly Empire, put down the words of those saints, and use pragmatic methods to deal with the enemy, if they want to conquer such a country, why is it difficult?

The man looked at the elated people in front of him with some despair, and didn't notice at all that a Song man wearing a long robe like him walked along the official road leading to the city gate, and when they noticed the movement by the city gate, they found that the suspension bridge on the moat was lowered, and the man who had just come over was actually welcomed in by the Song people.

"Why could he go into the city overnight?" The man asked subconsciously.

"Because he is the master of this city." His gaze followed the figure closely, revealing a respectful look.