Li Bao's eyes flashed with cold light, quietly looked at the old Liu Tou with a shocked face, nodded silently, and then said slowly in a firm tone: "Rebellion or not rebellion, I Li Bao don't know, but if I continue to let the court frame Zhongliang like this, I, Li Bao, don't want to witness it again." Li Bao was the commander of the Imperial Front Sea Army back then, and finally ended up like this, Marshal Yue was able to use his own strength to make the Jin people frightened with the Yue family army and the Beiwei army, but the final fate was regrettable. Ye Dutou was able to reduce the imperial court's annual coins and fight Tang Sihui, but in the end, he was still a chess piece of the imperial court, not even a courtier, you say...... With such a vision of our own end, why are we still so loyal to the court? ”

"How many of you are angry?" Old Liu Tou bowed his head and pondered.

"You are the first, and I, Li Bao, plan to convince ...... one by one."

"Will Ye Dutou agree?" Old Liu Tou smiled, looked at the broken wooden planks of the tavern being blown by the cold wind outside, sighed and said melancholy: "I, Liu Fu, have been on this grassland for more than a year, and this is already the second winter. So, it's good that everyone knows some things, and if you are so picky, won't it make some unwilling people embarrassed? ”

"Nope." Li Bao's triangular eyes continued to stare at Lao Liu: "What I want is a clear answer and loyalty, didn't the marshal and I wait for you back then, also tacitly?" But what about in the end? When the imperial court detained the marshal in the Dali Temple of Fengbo Pavilion, what did we do? Therefore, some words are still clear, they are all people who have already entered the ground, and they have no debt to the imperial court, only the imperial court owes ...... to us. ”

"Did you notice anything again this year?" Old Liu Tou frowned and asked.

From Li Bao's appearance, Lao Liu Tou can see that Li Bao now seems to be very disappointed in the imperial court, and he is no longer optimistic that the imperial court will be able to face the golden court and make a difference.

"The court officials from top to bottom are all accumulating wealth and enjoying themselves, what do you think is the point of our allegiance to such a court? I used to follow Marshal Yue, because of the marshal's loyalty to the country, those of us who are warriors can't see the faces of court officials clearly. But now it's different, since joining the Imperial City Division, what have we seen? How many officials above the court were thinking about the Jiangshan Society of the Great Song Dynasty? How many courtiers who sincerely resisted Jin and wanted to regain the lost land were valued by the imperial court? Li Bao's expression was still solemn.

"Alas...... It seems that on this trip to the city, you Li Bao has a complete epiphany, is the city boss really a tool for the emperor to wantonly accumulate wealth? Old Liu Tou continued to ask with a smile on his face.

"It's filthy than you think, Ichbor...... It's a bunch of wolves that eat people and don't spit out bones. Li Bao also sighed, and drank a bowl of spirits, as if this was the only way to vent the resentment in his heart.

In Wuzhou City, in the post house where Ye Qing and Wan Yanjing and others lived, these days can be said to be like a city, and the Jin people and officials on the land of Wuzhou are all hoping to see Qishi Lie Zhining or Zhang Xuansu here.

And Wan Yan Jing was well protected by Qi Shi Lie Zhining, but not many people could disturb him, so that Wan Yan Jing could follow Ye Qing every day, and finally completely mined the vast coal mountain within nearly two months of arriving in Wuzhou.

A large number of wagons and laborers requisitioned by the Jin people from the grassland had begun to transport the black stones that had been blown into pieces from Wuzhou one by one, and then replaced them with larger carriages and began to transport them to Yanjing.

Naturally, along with the transportation to Yanjing, there are also transportation to other places, for example, some of them were taken by Zhang Xuansu as compensation for the Tatars, and began to transport small cars and small cars, on the snowy grassland.

It's been less than a month, and there's no obvious wealth to show in it.

But whether it is Qishi Lie Zhining or Zhang Xuansu, as a large number of black stones are mined, and when looking at the endless mountain of black coal, the officials who come and go of the Jin people have realized that this is indeed a huge cornucopia, as if it can really make Dajin rich all of a sudden.

People are greedy and ambitious, so Ye Qing has been in the post house for the past few days, watching those Jinren officials of all sizes, going in and out of the room between Qishi Lie Zhining and Zhang Xuansu, and naturally he can guess that this coal yard, which has been officially mined for less than a month, unexpectedly made the Jin courtiers in Wuzhou start to fight openly and secretly in such a short period of time.

Those officials, big and small, are now starting to put their minds on this only coal field, whether it is Qishi Lie Zhining or Zhang Xuansu, it is obviously impossible to be stationed in Wuzhou to supervise this huge black cornucopia every day.

Therefore, it is necessary to find officials on the ground in Wuzhou to set up a special organization to ensure that the black stone mined from here can fall into the hands of the imperial court after being exchanged for wealth.

And whoever has the best hope of becoming the head of this new institution is equivalent to having the autonomy of the coal yard, and naturally, when the silver taels of the white flowers are handed over to the court, a part of them will also fall into their pockets.

Therefore, such a profitable way to make money, if the officials of the Jin people do not rush to compete for it, it will really be a pig.

Wan Yanjing stood on the same position as Ye Qing, and obviously discovered the scene of open and secret battles in the Wuzhou officialdom in Wuzhou City, which has begun around the coal yard.

"Sir, if it were you, how would you deal with this thorny problem?" Wan Yanjing looked at the charcoal stove in front of him, his little face was flushed with roasting, and he looked at the steaming teapot on the charcoal stove and asked.

"What do you think?" Ye Qing looked around at the thick door curtain, the gap in the window was opened by him unintentionally, even Wan Yanjing, who was following him, didn't notice his seemingly casual movement.

"I don't know. Before following Mr. to Wuzhou, Grandpa Huang also said, just let me travel with you, Mr., as for the political affairs of the court and the dynamics of officialdom, just watch Lord Youcheng deal with Lord Shangshu, and you must not ask or interfere. Wan Yan Jing didn't know when, but he also learned the helpless shrugging action from Ye Qing, and said helplessly to Ye Qing.

"Then we can mine two more coal yards." Ye Qing held the hot tea in his hand and said with a relaxed smile.

"Mine two more? Is this more than the other one? Wan Yanjing stood up unconsciously, and asked with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Yes, that's just in case." Ye Qing watched Qishi Lie Zhining open the thick curtain and walk in, and continued without hesitation: "This coal yard is north of Wuzhou, too close to the Tatars, if there is any accident in the future, it will not be a good thing for Dajin. In the past few days, Lord Shi has not sent people to keep an eye on me who has been wandering around the south of the city, so now I can also tell Lord Shi that I have found two more coal seams in a place that is only more than thirty miles west of the south of the city. ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Qishi Lie Zhining's face, and after looking at Yan Jing's gaze, he hurriedly explained: "Don't think too much about the county king, in fact, the minister secretly sent people to follow in order to protect the safety of you and Lord Ye." After all, Wuzhou is the closest city between my Dajin and the Tatars, if it is here, whether it is you the king of the county or Lord Ye who encounters an accident, the minister will not be able to go back and explain to the prince. ”

Ye Qing looked at Qishi Lie Zhining, who was hurriedly explaining, with a meaningful smile on his face, and motioned for Yan Jing to go out first, and he had something to say to Qishi Lie Zhining.

After Yan Jing walked out, the temperature in the warm room seemed to be lowered all of a sudden, and even Qishi Lie Zhining, who was still with a humble look on his face just now, turned cold.

"What does Lord Ye mean by this? The so-called precautionary rhetoric of mining two more coal yards is okay to deceive the county king, but do you think the old man will believe it? Qishi Lie Zhining sat down opposite Ye Qing and asked.

"Could it be that Lord Shi thinks that he is here to cause trouble for you and Lord Zhang? Or is Daikin very sure of the Tatars who surrendered to him, and is not afraid of them coming to rob him? Ye Qing said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Hmph, I'm afraid that Lord Ye's drunkard doesn't mean to drink, it's not for my big money, but I hope that the officialdom in Wuzhou will become more and more chaotic, right?" Qishi Lie Zhining said coldly.

"Lord Shi doesn't have to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, there is no real so-called pure heart and few desires in this world, come to this world for a while, either for fame or profit, people always have to plot something. Moreover, it seems to me that there is nothing wrong with the courtiers of your country. Ye Qing said lightly.

"It's good to be so natural. But no matter what your purpose is, this little thing is not a difficult thing for Zhang Xuansu, and it will not become the root of the turmoil in Wuzhou, so if you really ...... for me. ”

"The remining is not to plot anything, but to give it to the royal family such as the King of Jinyuan County, and the stakes are not at stake, Lord Shi must also know. Therefore, if Lord Shi wants to stop it, he might as well ask Yan Jing first. Ye Qing picked up the teacup and looked like he was going to serve tea to the guests without speculation.

Qishi Lie Zhining looked at Ye Qing like that, and finally snorted coldly and got up and walked out.

As soon as Qishi Lie Zhining left with his front foot, Xu Qing and Zhao Qi'er walked in from outside.

"No alcohol?" Xu Qing shook the wine jug next to him, and then asked next to Ye Qing.

"No, let's go out for a drink in a while, just to find out if there are any other changes in Wuzhou." Ye Qing put down the teacup and said while fiddling with the burned red carbon.

"yes, okay." Xu Qing nodded and said.

"Tell Mo Xiaobao to start spreading rumors in our favor as soon as possible, and don't let the Jin people grab our heads, otherwise our way back to Lin'an will be blocked." Ye Qing took the burning stick that was burned red in his hand, and then pulled out a gray-black lead from Zhao Qi'er's arms, who was sitting down, and lit one end with the burning stick, looking at the sizzling burning sound on the ground, then said with a smile: "Be cautious these days, if you are seen by the Jin people, you will inevitably be suspicious." ”