As the right minister, the things he deals with are practical, which can be called a thousand opportunities. Ning Yi and the others had already noticed that in addition to them who came to visit Qin Siyuan this afternoon, there were many people waiting in the side hall, and many of them were probably high-ranking officials. Ning Yi is now his own person who can be regarded as a staff member for Qin Siyuan's side. Therefore, after talking about Wang Shanyue's matter, he still temporarily handed over Ning Yi to Yao Zunian, Cheng Zhouhai and others to receive on his behalf, and he went to deal with the officials who visited outside first.

There is information about the manpower and intelligence that the Secret Investigation Division spends on the people in Liangshan, but in fact, what is really understood is the staff around him, and what Qin Siyuan controls is only a matter of the general direction. After he left, Cheng Zhouhai and the others took the information in the study, and sat down with Ning Yi, Yao Zunian, and Wen Ren Fuji in the grape trellis outside the study, which was the beginning of a formal confession to Ning Yi.

As for Qin Shaoyu, he couldn't intervene on such a relatively formal occasion, and Qin Siyuan would not give the opportunity of the secret investigation department to that nephew at present, so he was not called to accompany him at the moment.

"In the early years, when Qin Xiang did not recover, the activities left by the secret investigation department were only in the north, so the mastery of Song Jiang and these people was not enough, and now although this side is focusing on Song Jiang, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, etc., but to say that the amount of power used, it still has to go through the army, to be honest, relying on them to fight, that is the mold that has fallen for eight lifetimes, not really all can not fight, but there are a lot of things to do, and when the time comes, ...... Brother Ning still has to be mentally prepared first......"

Among the three of them, Yao Zunian is of a higher seniority, and he was in charge of the affairs of the south before Wen Renji, so the person in charge of explaining is still the Cheng Zhouhai who seems to be a little cold when he speaks. At this time, what could give Ning Yi was the general information near Liangshan Shuibo, the location and number of Chen soldiers, the records of the previous expeditions of officers and soldiers, and a few maps.

"To be honest, I'm afraid the most detailed information will have to wait for Brother Ning to go to Shandong before I can get it from Senior Brother Wang Shanyue Wang, right now. It can only be a temporary idea...... The situation of Wang Xuedi. Master Qin should have told Brother Ning, right? ”

"Well, it seems to say...... Something strange about temperament? ”

"Heh, Brother Ning has known in the past. He has a somewhat extreme temperament...... After all, there have been major events in the family, but they are not difficult to get along with. ”

Speaking of Wang Shanyue, the expressions on the faces of several people looked a little complicated, not a joking smile. This allowed Ning Yi to temporarily overturn the idea that the other party was gay. They always say that each other has extreme personalities, but they are not difficult to get along with. Could it be that he is a person who looks like a pseudo-mother but is as upright as Zhang Fei and scolds the enemy all day long? When you think about it this way, you can't help but feel a little weird.

During the conversation, the people in the house brought cold mung bean soup, and when the wind blew through the courtyard, it was quite shady under the grape trellis, and Yao Zunian and Cheng Zhouhai talked about some anecdotes everywhere. Instead, they are mostly around a few bandits on a larger scale, both of them are knowledgeable people, plus they are very knowledgeable, and the various topics are quite interesting to talk about, Ning Yi drank mung bean soup and occasionally talked, to say that he understood the situation in the world, Ning Yi was not as good as them, but he knew something about it when he was on Fang La's side. And the eyes are there. A few words once in a while don't take you off the mark. Cheng Zhouhai and Yao Zunian already knew what he had done, but he didn't want to talk about it. It's not surprising.

Talking about the matter of Liangshan, and then talking about Wang Qing and Tian Hu, Ning Yi's heart moved, and he asked about the situation in the Luliang area. Yao Zunian shook his head.

"There aren't many people, but it's a bitter place. The old man had been there in his early years, and the situation was better when he approached the garrison in the area of Yanmen Pass, but when he went to both sides, he didn't care. The mountain is very dangerous, the land is not good, the road is difficult, the Luliang thieves are very fierce, and the people there can't live if they are not fierce. The Liao people sometimes hit the grass valley, they will go to the mountains, they are not purely for food, the Liao people have a fierce temperament, they can find villages in the mountains to slaughter, they are warriors, when they fight, sometimes they burn the fire all over the mountains, people and animals can not run away...... On our side, sometimes we go to the grass valley to fight......"

"Our side?" Ning Yi repeated.

Yao Zunian frowned, obviously a little disapproving: "Well, it's not just the Liao people who fight the grass valley, they come over, we go over, after the loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun, that's it." We don't fight big battles with each other, but it is customary to plunder the border people. I couldn't look down on this back then, but there was no way, the army regarded this as training and raising soldiers...... What kind of soldiers can be trained? But killing someone and taking a head, that's a military feat, after killing someone, everything and food can be snatched, as for women, needless to say...... Of course, most of these things are still aimed at the Liao people and herdsmen, which can be regarded as motivating, but the people in the Luliang Mountain area are basically classified into this category......"

"Oh, that's right." Ning Yi nodded, probably imaginable.

"Hmm. After all, no one can take care of that place. People have them, but they don't have enough things, and they can't afford to go, so they can only grab them with knives. Merchants on both sides go to Yanmen Pass, and the border army is to be taxed heavily, and those who have a relationship or are familiar with the road will go to Luliang instead. The border army cleared and suppressed Lu Liang several times, but after all, there was no effect, the merchants went to the mountains, and if they took the oil and water in the hands of the border army, and those people in Lu Liang would not give face to anyone, and if they met, they robbed things, and people were killed, and if the families of the merchants wanted to cry, they would only say that the officers and soldiers were not effective in suppressing bandits. At the end of the day, no one likes them. I heard that some big merchants will secretly support the border army to conquer and suppress Luliang, and after the suppression, it is impossible for the army to be stationed for a long time, and there are fewer bandits in the mountains, so it will be easier for them to pass through the Luliang area......"

"Huh." Ning Yi laughed, and the rest of the people under the grape trellis also shook their heads and smiled bitterly, and they didn't know if Lu Dao would think that Ning Yi was heartless or that he was a person who did great things. However, it is true that several people present have done great things, and even if they don't like many things very much, they will not show righteous indignation.

So when there were not enough herdsmen at the border gates, the army went into the mountains and found some people to fill the numbers. There are several...... The big merchants are specially made by going to Luliang Mountain, and there are many people who have been robbed and killed by Luliang, and they will instigate this kind of thing on the side of the army, and the head of Luliangshan can take a share of money from them, and the army takes the head, and says to the court that this is a Liao offense, which is equivalent to ...... You can get two bounties ......"

"Isn't there anyone in the Secret Investigation Division over there?"

Yao Zunian shook his head: "There are not enough people, and it makes no sense to arrange people over there, they are fierce in the local area, but they can't reach the south." However, the news from Liaojin and Jinjin from the Secret Investigation Division will mainly go to Luliang instead of Yanmen Pass. Recently, I vaguely saw that they had mentioned that there was a stockade in the Tonghe Mountains and was developing rapidly. They don't kill the vendors, but collect supplies in proportion to provide convenience for travel, but they have not yet completely opened up the north-south road......"

Cheng Zhouhai said: "I also remember that, it was said that it would be much more convenient to connect the north and south from this road in the future." But...... I'm afraid it won't take long, once they open up the north-south passage, it will be time to perish. ”

Yao Zunian nodded: "With such a big piece of meat, no one will sit idly by and watch them take it." In the past, they were scattered in the mountains, and their dwellings were uncertain, and even if the army was to conquer them, they would always have nowhere to do it. Once it becomes big and has a foundation, others will not be able to hide from it. This side will scatter them, and a sweep on the Liao side will also beat them clean, although the Liao people are now too busy to take care of themselves, but now Na Tianhu also seems to have some thoughts about this place...... After all, the border pass is not inhabited by people, and it is rare to have a good end in that place......"

On the chair on the side of the small wooden table, Ning Yi tilted his head, dragged his chin and listened to all this, looking a little smiling. He wasn't thinking about the crisis that the two people in front of him were talking about, but about what Lu Hongti had mentioned before.

Rejoice on the banks of the Fen River, and make up the southeast of Huhu and Jin. Crying and crying Luliang Mountain, death is only Yanmen Pass. This is a poem that he had heard before he met Lu Hongti, and he could probably understand what cruelty was like in his heart, but it was only after Yao Zunian said this that he could feel it more accurately. In the past, Lu Hongti talked about Lu Liangshan, although there was a saying that "people don't live like people", but for her, it was an understatement. Perhaps for her, because she got used to it, Lu Liangshan was not so "unbearable".

But when Yao Zunian talked about the entanglement of his own interests, Ning Yi could see more clearly what would be going on over there.

In Hangzhou a few years ago, Lu Hongti came all the way to find him, and Ning Yi could guess the idea that Lu Hongti might want to bring him back to the mountain to help. But at that time, Ning Yi knew that he couldn't go, and he didn't want to go to Luliang Mountain to suffer, so he first hinted lightly, and later, the other party really didn't mention this matter. Now that he thinks about it, he can feel how urgent the other party's desire to have someone to help in the mountains is.

It's funny, she didn't bring it up until she got to the worst.

Although that woman survived in the most cruel circumstances, isn't her heart too good to be bullied......

Taking a pamphlet and leaving is not the same as arresting me and going up the mountain.

Of course, Ning Yi didn't need to worry about what Yao Zunian and the others said at this time. Interests are the starting point of all evils, and Ning Yi understands it best, and in his advice to Lu Hongti, he once mentioned not to be rash. Lu Hongti's village is called Qingmu Village, and when it develops to a certain extent, it will only expand horizontally, and the various cottages on the periphery can be controlled as much as possible but are not included in his subordinates, so that the merchants passing through Luliang Mountain are still in danger of life, but within the scope of Lu Hongti's control, it has become a relatively safe transit station. After the comparison, some large merchants will only have a good impression of this.

At this stage, many merchants will even support the development of Aoki Village, hoping that they can really open up a safe road to and from Luliang, but this goal will be delayed indefinitely. After receiving materials and aid, Qingmu Village will do its best to develop and build and enhance its strength, perhaps taking advantage of the east wind when Jin Liao is at war and the Wu Dynasty is also bouncing around, it is possible to struggle a way out of the cracks. Of course, it must have been a difficult process, even many times more difficult than I had thought before.

Ning Yi thought so, and suddenly felt that if he was free, he should go to Luliang Mountain to have a look, I don't know how the martial arts woman in Ludao has been doing now after returning to Luliang...... (To be continued.) )