Ji'an County is located in the border area between Liaodong and Goryeo, across the Yalu River from Goryeo, because there is the Laoling Mountain Range from northeast to southwest traversing the whole territory, resulting in two different climates in the south and north of Lingnan. Lingnan has an early spring breeze, late autumn frost, mild climate, humid air, abundant rainfall, and extremely good agricultural development. Since Zhang Zhongwu occupied Liaodong and marched out of Goryeo, Ji'an's status has been unprecedentedly improved.

Because Ji'an became an important channel for Zhang Zhongwu to transport goods from Goryeo to back.

All the property squeezed by the Liao army from Goryeo was first transported to Ji'an, and then transported back to Liaodong from Ji'an. The endless flow of people, the steady stream of goods into Ji'an, and then leave from here, created a prosperous scene in Ji'an for a while.

There is no doubt that the Ji'an County Commander is a very hot position. In Liaodong, it is also a position coveted by many people, but Ying Qin has been sitting in this position for six years, and no one can shake his position.

Of course, this is not because Ying Zuo's backstage is hard enough, in fact, he doesn't have a backstage at all. was able to stand still in this position, thanks to his clean sleeves, occupying the best position, but never taking more than he occupied. In the bureaucracy of the Liao army, this is an outlier that is absolutely different from others.

It stands to reason that in Ji'an, doing this one thing well is enough for him to get a winning performance appraisal, but Ying Qin is not satisfied with doing a good job as a porter. Under his rule, Ji'an went from being a barren country when they first arrived to becoming the richest county in eastern Liaodong. There are more than 100,000 registered people, and this is an extremely remarkable achievement in Liaodong, which is sparsely populated.

In addition to organizing and doing a good job in transportation matters, Ying diligent vigorously developed agriculture and reclaimed a large number of fertile land in Lingnan.

Yingqin organized the local people to vigorously plant mountain ginseng, fine spice, schisandra, etc., and raised deer to collect deer antlers, making Ji'an the most important supply place of medicinal materials in eastern Liaodong.

It is precisely because of this unrequiting political achievements that both Zhang Zhongwu and Zhang Zhongwen appreciate him, although he has not been promoted, but that is because Ji'an is too important to Liaodong.

As for Ying Qin, he is not willing to change his nest.

Here, he is very fast, and in another place, he doesn't think he can necessarily adapt to it.

Because in the beginning, no one wanted to come to this place, and he came.

Now that this place is good, many people want to squeeze in, but Ying Qin has already gained a firm foothold, and with the support of the Zhang brothers, everything is up to Ying Qin himself, and those who don't have the ability to come to fish for oil and water can't get involved.

At the moment, Ying Qin is busy with another big thing, and that is wine.

There are a large number of mountain grapes in Ji'an, and the biggest project in the past was to collect these mountain grapes and dry them into raisins, which was time-consuming and laborious, and did not make much money. When Ying Qin saw the high price of wine from Tangdi, he couldn't help but be moved. He has ready-made grapes here, as long as they can be made into wine.

Of course, it's one thing to think about it, and it's another thing to be able to do it. He gathered a number of winemaking masters, and he has been experimenting for almost a year, but the taste is still not satisfactory.

A new batch came out today, but it was still very sour and astringent, looking at those extremely disappointed masters, Ying Qin was the first to comfort him: "It doesn't matter, let's take our time, this time it is much stronger than the previous ones." Even the first few times I made wine, I took it and distributed it to those soldiers, and they all felt like fairy syrup! ”

"Xie County respects Kuanren!" Several masters in charge of this matter gratefully kowtowed to thank Ying Qin, Liaodi is not Tangdi, the status of craftsmen here is far inferior to Tangdi craftsmen, in Liaodi, if you can't do a thing well, you can't complete it, it's not uncommon to be deducted from the board and even lose your head, that is, in Ji'an, they can get opportunities again and again.

Out of the winery, Ying Qin couldn't help but sigh, making money is really not an easy task.

"County honor, county honor, Lord Bo, please go back immediately!" A horse came galloping, and a servant shouted loudly on his horse.

"What's wrong?" Ying Qin was a little dissatisfied, "Didn't you tell him when you came out?" After seeing the winery, I still want to go and see those medicinal herb bases! ”

"County Honor, the army stationed in Goryeo has returned." The official said, "The messenger has arrived in the county seat. ”

"Coming back so soon? Who's the one who started it? Is General Jang Seung-woo back? Ying Qin asked.

"No, the Khitan cavalry who came back first, led by General Yeluyuan!" Ya Gong said. "I'm almost arriving at the county seat."

Ying Qin was taken aback: "Yeluyuan, Khitan soldiers? Come on, prepare the horses, and go back to the city! ”

There is no urgency to be duty, if the other Liao soldiers are better, but Yeluyuan's Khitan cavalry, military discipline can be really bad, of course, this is not all Yeluyuan's fault, in the system of the Liao army, Khitan cavalry like Yeluyuan was originally born by a little mother, and the hardest and most tiring work was done by them, but the military salary, grain and grass have not been able to be distributed on time and in quantity.

This is also the main reason for the dispersion of the Khitan soldiers, and they did a lot of burning, killing and looting.

Some time ago, Di Bao said that General Jang Seung-woo was about to launch a decisive attack on the Goryeo rebels, but since then, no new news has come from there. Now that Yeluyuan's cavalry is suddenly the first to return, I wonder if the war in Goryeo is completely over? Or because of the current situation in Liaodi, Yelu was specially transferred back first.

Ying guessed the latter.

The King of Liao led the army of Liaodi to attack the Tang people, but he did not expect that the backyard was on fire, Liu Yan of Weihu Mountain broke through the blockade, captured the Liuhe grain and grass transit camp in one fell swoop, and then wantonly plundered on the land of Liaodong, and the Liao Wangfu sent a large army to encircle and suppress, but he did not even touch the shadow of the other party.

The second-line troops who are now staying behind are completely ineffective in dealing with those bandits.

Ten days ago, Zhang Zhongwen's messenger went to Goryeo from Ji'an, that is, Zhang Chengyou, who was sitting in Goryeo, to mobilize troops and horses to go back, and now it seems that it must be Yeluyuan, the Khitan cavalry, who was sent back by Zhang Chengyou to pursue Liu Yan.

He had to rush back, and the others in the county town couldn't suppress Yeluyuan.

And Yelu Yuan inherited his favor, but it was also because when he entered Goryeo from here, he made up for him with grain, grass, cotton, clothing, medicinal materials and other materials in full and at one time. Obviously, Yeluyuan had never enjoyed this kind of treatment, so the two had a few friendships later, and every time Yeluyuan got some rare things from Goryeo, he would give him one.

He can invite Yeluyuan to go into the city to drink a big drink, and his subordinates can also make up for them with food and grass materials, but his subordinates must not enter the city, otherwise these Khitans will be wild, burning, killing and looting, let alone him, even Yeluyuan may not be able to control it.

Ying Qin got on his horse, galloped all the way back to the county seat, and saw the city wall of the county town from a distance, but did not go in, but turned on the horse and went up to the avenue, and then stopped in the middle of the road.

It didn't take long for the sound of dense horses' hooves to be heard in the distance, and at the end of the field of vision, the blackened cavalry was coming towards the county seat of Ji'an from far and near.

A moment later, Ying Qin saw Yelu Yuan who was the first to start.

"Brother Yingqin, you actually went out of the city to meet me, it really tormented me." Seeing Ying Qin, Ye Luyuan laughed and grabbed the horse between his legs, galloped over quickly, came to him, turned over on the horse, and opened his arms to hug Ying Qin.

Ying Qin was a little uncomfortable with Yeluyuan's enthusiasm, took a step back, and clasped his fists with both hands as a salute: "General Yelu, it's been hard along the way!" ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard, if you want to say it's hard, these years in Goryeo, our brothers, have indeed suffered a lot, but isn't this coming back?" Ye Luyuan laughed.

Glancing at the large cavalry behind Ye Luyuan, Ying Qin raised his eyebrows and said, "Looking at the dress and spirit of your subordinates, it doesn't look like they have suffered hardships." ”

Looking back at his neatly dressed subordinates with red faces, Ye Luyuan smiled: "I really suffered a few years ago, but isn't this a big victory?" Since it was a big victory, the brothers naturally gained a lot! ”

"So, what's wrong with Goryeo?" Ying Qin said happily.

"Something is going on in Goryeo!" Ye Luyuan waved his hand, pulled Ying Qin to the side and said, "I'll talk to you in detail." ”

Ying Qin was pulled aside, and Yeluyuan's subordinates rode their horses in the direction of the county seat.

"General Yelu, your troops can't enter the city!" Seeing this situation, Ying Qin was shocked and wanted to shake off Yeluyuan's hand, but where was he Yeluyuan's opponent, he was held on the shoulder by Yeluyuan, and he couldn't move.

"Brother Yingqin, aren't you afraid that my subordinates will not obey the rules and regulations in the city? Rest assured, I assure you, they will behave. ”

"Your promise has a fart!" Ying Qin was furious: "General Yelu, if you still remember how many friendships the two of us had in the past, you shouldn't let your subordinates enter the city and be stationed outside the city, will someone else lose a grain and a penny of copper coins for you?" ”

Ye Luyuan smiled faintly and said, "I know that Brother Ying Qin won't, but this time, it's not about these, but my subordinates must enter the city!" ”

Ying Qin was startled, looking at the gradually accelerating Khitan cavalry, looking at the soldiers who were at a loss above the city, and a very bad feeling came to his heart.

"General Yelu, what do you want to do?" He asked in a deep voice.

Yelu Yuan took a deep breath: "Brother Yingqin, I won't tell you that Zhang Chengyou is dead." ”