Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were very excited about the trip to the north to sell horses, and they were full of expectations for the upcoming stimulation.

As the leader of Erlongshan, they are obviously thieves, but they are actually arranged by the Liangshan Department of the Cangzhao Department to enter Erlongshan to help support the Chaogai Group to gain a firm foothold in Qingzhou and complete the dark line of initial development.

The two of them, like the vast majority of green forest practitioners in the Great Song Dynasty, only know that they are mixed in the Great Song Dynasty, and they have never been abroad, and they are standard international blind, and they are very curious about the Khitan State characters who have suppressed the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and they are naturally interested in seeing it with their own eyes when they have the opportunity.

This trip should have the opportunity to meet the famous Marquis Wen Cheng.

I wonder what the attitude of the future Great Emperor of the East will be towards us. Can you pay as much attention to being close to us as Zhao Yue?

This made the two of them excited and a little apprehensive, but it was in line with the mentality and emotions that the dangerous job of selling horses should have.

No matter how sober and shrewd Gongsun Sheng is, he doesn't know Cangzhao's secret, and he can't see the true thoughts of the two.

He also doesn't pay attention to the familiar copycat brothers, but pays attention to the changes along the way.

Leaving the ripe Qingzhou and entering Binzhou, Gongsun Sheng felt that the crowd here seemed to be a lot less than when he went south to find Chao Gai to make a living; The bullies and black-hearted officials who were common in the countryside in the Great Song Dynasty were not as numerous and arrogant as elsewhere; People's lives are not much better than those of the people of Qingzhou, but their emotions are not as sad and helpless as those of Qingzhou people.

He guessed that there were fewer people, and it may be that they moved to Cangzhou, where the handicraft industry is developed, to work and make a lot of money.

Binzhou people have geographical advantages, close to Cangzhou. There is a way out and hope for those who are trapped in their hometown to farm and be oppressed and exploited, and although life is hard, they are not desperate and sad.

There are few local tyrants and evil officials who plague the people in the countryside and dare not be unscrupulous. This is the case in the southern part of adjacent Qingzhou, which is related to the fact that Erlong Mountain often comes to rob and slaughter, eradicate many local tyrants and deter the wicked; The same is true in the north, but I am afraid that it is related to the deterrent power of Cangzhao.

When it entered the jurisdiction of Cangzhou, the population gradually became denser.

The spiritual outlook of the people here is very different from that of Binzhou as a whole. What Gongsun Sheng saw was people's natural smiling faces and a certain high-spirited confidence and expectation for life. The oppressive and gloomy atmosphere of sadness gradually faded away.

The Cangzhao family is undoubtedly the pride of Cangzhou people.

But to Gongsun Sheng's surprise, Cangzhou people were reluctant to talk about praising Cangzhao to outsiders.

As soon as the official is mentioned, people scold the old bastard of the current prefect Zheng Juzhong for not being a thing. If everything goes wrong in Cangzhou, how could the officials of Shengming send such a plaything?

But he still never mentioned Cangzhao, and did not compare the predecessors and predecessors. Not to mention how good Marquis Zhao was when he was in power here.

But if you, an outsider, accuse Cangzhao and insult the Marquis of Wencheng, the locals will show their hatred.

When Gongsun Sheng was eating at the inn, he witnessed a guest casually expressing disdain for Zhao Gonglian, and the smiling face of the enthusiastic service of the shopkeeper remained unchanged. But immediately the teapot was not taken. The hot tea poured half of the man's body, and the man jumped high and screamed. Xiao Er apologized in a hurry, humbly accepted the scolding and accusations of the guests at the table, and hurriedly helped the person wipe it, but in fact it made the person even more embarrassed and painful.

The shopkeeper also hurriedly came over to apologize, saying that he was humble and polite, but in fact, he received a lot of money, and he also collected more justifiably.

insulting important officials of the court in public. It is a sin to incite discontent, and it is a slap in the face. Worse than jail time.

The acting government of my inn fined you for the crime, which is already cheap for you.

Defy?

Then we'll see the official.

Want to play violent?

Very good. I want to beat you up, and I'll be with you to the end.

With a call, a group of Cangzhou people around them came with sticks.

You are strong in force, have a background, and dare to play ruthlessly, and the government here is not good for you?

Then you are even more unlucky, bright and black, inside and outside Cangzhou, there are many ways to clean you up, and you can't be killed.

Here, it is not okay to insult Cangzhao. People scolded the prefect but unscrupulously.

What kind of old dust, old bastard, hypocrite, impotence old reptile, cut off children and grandchildren......

What kind of country words are vicious, what Cangzhou people scold, and all kinds of bad and ridiculous stories about Zheng Juzhong are colorful, and it seems that no one really cares.

Gongsun Sheng keenly felt Cangzhao's invisible influence and strong control over the local area from Cangzhou's silent performance of Cangzhou people's respect and maintenance of Cangzhao.

He was amazed.

When I arrived in Cangbei, from the Qianning Military District to Qingzhou, there was a large inn with a reasonable layout in the wilderness and open space where there was no village in front and no shop in the back, and it was not a problem to live for hundreds of people; Put hundreds of trucks, no problem; There are also fence yards dedicated to horses, and the large ones are more than enough to feed hundreds of horses.

Gongsun Sheng was surprised that these inns were actually patrolled and guarded by officers and soldiers or officials.

As soon as I inquired, I found out that these inns are shared by the military and the people, whether you are a landlord, a businessman, an official eunuch, or an ordinary beggar, a homeless child, the rich contribute, a powerful contribution, and a management that will operate, and the accountant provided by Cangzhao is responsible for managing the accounts objectively and fairly, and the distribution of interests is fair and reasonable. There are government officials here who are responsible for the security of the inn, guests don't have to worry, the public will never make it difficult to blackmail you, as long as you don't make trouble here, people won't pay attention to you.

Gongsun Sheng realized that the appearance of these inns was only aimed at the thriving horse trading industry.

Public-private co-operation? Business purpose: just make money, regardless of the flow of horses?

That's interesting.

The appearance of this kind of inn is actually the meaning of Zhao Gonglian.

In order to facilitate large trade groups and horse dealers, encourage more people to participate in horse trade, and at the same time activate the local economy and increase local income.

Due to the problems of security and burden, the economy is backward, and the people are living in danger and hardship, and there are few rich people among the people, the government is short of money, and the army has no money. It is not possible for any party to build such a large inn chain on its own.

In order to establish and operate these inns, Zhao Gonglian engaged in the form of military and civilian fund-raising, and combined the scattered financial resources and manpower of all parties to carry it out.

The same arrangement was made in the Xin'an Military District and Jizhou, and it received enthusiastic support and cooperation from local officials and people.

There is money to be made by the people. There is work to do.

The army also got benefits, and had the ability to raise war horses to support Zhao Gonglian's plan to strengthen the army.

So everyone rejoices.

The four military regions under the command of Zhao Gonglian. How could civilians and civilians not welcome this strategy?

Gongsun Sheng was surprised: Zhao Gonglian must also know very well that most of the war horses have flowed into the hands of the anti-thieves, and he is so blatantly engaged in the import of war horses, but he let the anti-thieves benefit, so he is not afraid of being held accountable and punished by the imperial court?

The Cangzhao family has a lot of enemies and political enemies in the imperial court, and most of them are powerful figures, so they may not be afraid of offending Zhao Gonglian. Strangely, why haven't you heard that the officials used this handle to heavily participate in Zhao Gonglian's guilt against the emperor?

Another thought. Gongsun Sheng understood.

If someone participates, Zhao Gonglian will deal with it in just two sentences.

First, why is there such a large-scale anti-thief in XX place?

Two. If the anti-thieves are so rampant, why have they not been exterminated so far?

There are anti-thieves, and that is the problem of local officials. The important officials of the imperial court chose the ruling side of such scourge officials, and the scourge officials have not been removed from punishment so far. It is the dereliction of duty or even incompetence of the relevant important ministers of the DPRK and China.

Anti-thieves are immortal. Moreover, the more troublesome and dangerous the country and the society are concerned, it can only prove that the important ministers are incompetent in governing the country, and the corpses are not worthy of sitting in that position, and they are disloyal to the official family, harmful to the people, and committed a felony against the Great Song Dynasty and should be severely punished.

Don't make a large-scale rebellion. Get it, don't let them grow stronger. Can the horse still fall into the hands of the thief?

So. It's not the problem of horses, it's the problem of anti-thieves, that is, the responsibility of you incompetent officials, not the responsibility of my Cangbei Army.

The Great Song Dynasty lacked horses. The official can get in, is it too reactive?

Join me?

Idiot, bullshit.

Lao Cai Jing caused the world turmoil of the anti-thieves, and he was dead to the emperor, for fear that the emperor would think that he was incompetent in governing the country and too old to use him.

Which of the other traitors is not a human spirit?

Who would use this kind of trick that can't stand scrutiny to bring down Zhao Gonglian, but instead provoke fire?

So no one participated in Ma Gonglian. Zhao Gonglian is not afraid of participation.

Gongsun Sheng thought it through, and couldn't help but admire: The Cangzhao family can always do such a bold thing as violating the unspoken rules of officialdom, and can always pinch the poisonous snake seven inches, and use the national interests and righteousness and morality to the highest point. Whether it is Zhao Gonglian's governance or Zhao Yue's nonsense, this is the case.

This family touched the weaknesses of the Great Song Emperor thoroughly, played the officialdom struggle thoroughly, as a mere magistrate, just two brothers, but it was the entire Great Song Dynasty officialdom that was pinched, how could people not be amazed and admired?

It's terrifying to be an opponent of someone like this god.

I hope that my Erlongshan will never collide and fight with Cangzhao.

Zhao Gonglian's seat sat firmly. Cangbei Ma Zheng will not change. Gongsun Sheng was more confident in this trip.

He divided the truck and the entourage of 1,000 riders into three teams, led by him, Li Zhong, and Zhou Tong respectively.

Since entering Cangbei, everything has gone exceptionally well. If you don't make trouble, no one cares if you are a gang of so many good men.

After receiving a better reception at the Cheongju Inn, Gongsun Sheng ordered to stay here for a few days and rest for a while.

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong took the opportunity to go out to inquire about the situation and contacted the personnel of the Hou Mansion, and soon met Zhu Wu, the Shenji military master who was in charge of the northern intelligence network.

After the three of them had a secret conversation in a hotel outside, Li Zhong and Zhou Tong put on makeup and entered the Hou Mansion and met the legendary Hou Ye as they wished......

When they returned in good spirits, there were a few more Qingzhou interpreters who were proficient in the trade of Liao in the Erlongshan merchant group.

The first time he went to the goods and got the horses, Gongsun Sheng had no bottom in his heart, so he and Li Zhong led the team to stay, and he and Li Zhong took more than 200 entourages to escort 50 truckloads of goods through the Song Liao checkpoint and successfully entered Yanshan Mansion.

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong found the interpreter, and the two knew that it was their own people sent by the Hou Mansion to help, so they knew it in their hearts, and there was nothing to worry about. But Gongsun Sheng didn't know the details, so he naturally didn't trust it.

As a result, these few laborers are very expensive, but they are very capable and very attentive and responsible. The goods were sold all the way north, and soon the price was reasonable and sold out, and fifty truckloads of goods made a huge profit, which made people excited.

But getting a horse has become a headache.

The situation that Gongsun Sheng touched was that the horse business was prosperous, and there were many horses, but the quality was generally not good, and the price was extremely expensive.

Society is like this, there is demand, whether legal or not, it will be actively supplied.

More and more wealthy people in the Song State entered the Liao State to buy horses. Although war horses were strictly controlled by the Liao State and were not allowed to be sold to the Song State, in order to live and obtain huge profits, the Liao people took advantage of the war and social turmoil to secretly participate in the trade in various secret forms.

Good horses, businessmen and civilians are naturally not easy to have, and the government is also closely watched, and the transaction cost is high-risk.

The Liao people don't look rough and uneducated, but they still have the cleverness to do business, and there is no lack of tricks and tricks, and if they want to make huge profits, they bully the Song people who don't know horses, and sell those horses that look majestic and beautiful on the outside, but are actually flashy and unreal.

Of course, if there is a chance to kill the horse buyer and get the money, even the bad horse does not have to pay, they will never let it go.

Anyway, no one really cares whether the Song people who came to Liao Kingdom live or die.

The cowardly but wealthy Song people have been the 'grass valley' of the Great Khitan for hundreds of years, and continue to be the horse trade, the Khitans, including many Han people here, feel that it is normal, and it is very reasonable and appropriate to harm the Song people.

The most ruthless people are often Han people, Liao people, horse sellers or shoulder customers who are easy to trust the Song people.

Any way to make money is often bloody. The darkness and frustration are hard to put into words.

But Gongsun Sheng and Li Zhong are both horse-savvy, and their subordinates are even more proficient in raising horses, which is not something that Khitan horse dealers can easily deceive.

The appearance is majestic and beautiful, and he can pretend to be a BMW, but he looks like that, and he can bluff people. Test riding, running is indeed fast sprint, with BMW characteristics. But the more important feature of BMW is endurance and waist strength bearing capacity.

Illegal trade, endurance, in which it is impossible to run long-distance trials.

But pedestrians have their own way to detect whether it is a BMW.

Li Zhong is nicknamed the Tiger General, his body is tall and majestic, and he does not lack strength, and he disdainfully left the so-called BMW hand on the waist of the horse that was praised and recommended by the Liao people and horse dealers.

The horse market in Yanshan Mansion is very different from the northern war horses imagined by the people of Erlongshan everywhere and extremely cheap. Gongsun Sheng was very disappointed, feeling that even if he spent all the money on this trip, plus stealing, it would be a fool's dream to get thousands of real war horses at once.

He asked Li Zhong to take some people to send the money back for the truck, and then bring more than 200 people to escort the goods left in Cheongju to sell them out, the goods were gone, the money was there, and then the real goal could not be carried out.

The interpreters sent by the Hou Mansion to help were all Cangzhao spies in the cloak of a guest, and it was not three or two years since they had mixed the Liao Kingdom, and they understood that the group of Erlongshan would inevitably encounter this kind of difficulty, but they would not come up with ideas, let alone participate in horse trafficking.

Zhu Junshi has already confessed secretly.

They helped sell the goods, and even if they completed the task, they immediately left and went back to receive another Great Song merchant group who wanted to come to Liao to make a fortune but did not understand the situation. (To be continued.) )