Dong Chao didn't expect that the Great Song Commander in the mouth of Old Liu Tou and the others would be so young, and he thought that he would meet a middle-aged and majestic man who was at least about the same age as him, around forty or fifty years old, but he didn't expect it to be a young man who was tall, bronzed, and always had an easy-going smile on his face.

While Dong Chao looked at Ye Qing along the way, Ye Qing was also looking at Dong Chao, in his forties, with the image and characteristics of a Shandong man in the eyes of later generations, he looked simple, honest, strong, didn't say much, and after laughing, the yellowed big teeth were particularly conspicuous.

Obviously, Dong Chao preferred Ye Qing and the others who came from the south to stay on Jiugang Mountain, rather than choosing to be secretly stationed near Zhongmiao Town.

So when Ye Qing followed Dong Chao to Zhongmiao Town to investigate the situation by himself, Dong Chao was obviously relieved.

No matter how much Dong Chao trusted Dong Chao about the token that Liu Qingyan handed over to Ye Qing in the hands of Ye Qing's gang, in the final analysis, Dong Chao was more or less uneasy about Ye Qing's gang in his heart.

After all, Dong Chao has nearly 3,000 people under his own hands, if one of these people who came from the south is not right-minded, or has a relationship with the Jin people, as long as he reveals a little bit of tone, he is afraid that these 3,000 people will be connected to the Jin people, and he will regret it at that time.

Ye Qing realized this from the moment he went up the mountain, looking at the people brought by Dong Chao around him, although they had tried their best to show a friendly attitude, there were still times in their expressions, and they would inadvertently reveal their vigilance against themselves and others.

Dong Chao didn't expect Ye Qing to realize this, behind the easy-going smile, Dong Chao felt the shrewdness and sensitivity in the depths of this young man's eyes, looked at Ye Qing with some embarrassment on his face, and then said: "Commander Ye is afraid that there is no one to take care of on the road, you might as well let Brother Liu go with you, he is also familiar with this Zhongmiao Town a few days ago, when the time comes, if I have anything that I can't explain to Commander Ye, I can let Brother Liu explain it to you clearly." ”

"That's the best, thank you Dong Da for being in charge." Ye Qing said to Dong Chao.

The brother Liu in Dong Chao's mouth, needless to say, is obviously the old Liu Tou who has already been familiar with him.

I thought that Lao Liu Tou had been able to fully gain Dong Chao's trust these days, but looking at the current situation, this Dong Chao is obviously not a person without a city government, at least these days, under the side of Lao Liu Tou, he still retains a vigilance, and does not say that he really treats Lao Liu Tou as his own brother.

Along the way, Dong Chao had a lot of respect for Ye Qing, even if they didn't understand it, they knew what the one hundred people who came over from the south and the Imperial City Division behind them meant.

Dong Chao took one of his subordinates, Ye Qing took Lao Liu Tou, and after changing the coarse linen clothes prepared by Dong Chao, the four of them walked on the road to Zhongmiao Town, and did not attract the attention of others.

What's more, the Jin people are not very strict in the management of villages and towns on the banks of the Huaishui, and most of their attention is still on some states and towns with military status, and it is difficult for them to grasp the management of villages and towns accurately.

Even after the Great Song Dynasty has gone south now, it is only about the rule of important state cities, and for the next episode, more remote villages and towns, naturally not many people will care, let alone go to the trouble and spend financial and material resources, and go around in circles with a group of rabble, not to mention that they are not enough and can't be busy.

Everything in the Jin people is copied from the system of the Great Song Dynasty, and in the management system, there are naturally more loopholes and places that cannot be touched.

Of course, it is obvious that the Jin people are also aware of this, and from the time they began to move the capital to Yanjing, it is enough to show that after decades of herding sheep over the Central Plains, they have also learned to gradually change the center of gravity of the imperial court, and gradually regard themselves no longer as an invader, but as the orthodox ruler of the land, and begin to take care of the country they have conquered.

When he was about to approach Zhongmiao Town, Dong Chao led Ye Qing and the three of them and did not directly enter Zhongmiao Town, but went north from a small intersection.

"The Jin people's caravans were not stationed in Zhongmiao Town, but set up tents in the north of the town, and sometimes smoke rose from their camps from Jiugang Mountain or Laozi Mountain." Dong Chao explained like Ye Qing as he walked.

"How many days have they been stationed? Even if they're stationed outside the town, they have to have someone come into the town to buy something back, right? Ye Qing looked at the straight loess road, and couldn't see the so-called tent at all.

"Every day, people will enter the town to buy things, and every time they will be accompanied by two carriages, dressed as golden, armed with weapons, and they are still obedient, and they will pay for buying and selling." The old Liu Tou who spoke had obviously visited the Jin Ren caravan earlier.

The specific number of people was also probed by Lao Liu Tou at the beginning, so Lao Liu Tou also has a lot of say at this moment.

"It's been four days since today, and it's like I'm waiting for someone. There is a small river running through the north, so they are stationed in the north, which solves their problem of using water. Dong Chao said with his big teeth exposed.

"Is it possible to distinguish between their main and secondary accounts? Do you know who these 527 people are? Ye Qing followed Dong Chao's footsteps and slowly stepped into a field of crops.

Then continue along Qianmo, into a dense forest, after walking for a short time, only to see a small river appear in front of you, the gurgling water is crystal clear, and you can even see fish swimming through the water.

Dong Chao squatted down and drank several sips of the clear river water with his hand, Ye Qing and the others did the same, walking for half a day, and at this time they wanted to drink water even if they were not thirsty.

Dong Chao wiped his mouth casually, looking at Ye Qing, who was also informal, not at all like a high-ranking Ye Qing, pointed in the direction of the east, and said, "When the sky is getting dark, we will be able to approach the tent of the Jin people by walking along the river." A field of crops was trampled flat by them, but it was a pity, otherwise there would have been a good harvest this year. ”

Ye Qing took the dry food that Dong Chao personally handed him, it was so black that he couldn't tell what it was, but when he saw Dong Chao pick up another piece, put it in his mouth and bite it hard, he smiled and ate it with Dong Chao.

"It tastes good." Ye Qingju said with a bite of the dry food.

"Admire the Commander, I'm afraid it's rare to see a Song official like you who can not pay attention to it, right?" Although Dong Chao praised Ye Qing, his eyes were looking at Lao Liu.

Old Liu Tou's face turned red, he bit the dry food in his hand and squeaked, looked at Dong Chao's face full of teasing, and snorted in defense: "What you gave me last time was not as good as this, this is a new work, and it has been put on for half a month last time, and it is normal to be unaccustomed to eating." ”

"So, when the grain arrives in the autumn harvest season, the people hand over a lot to the Jin Congress?" Ye Qing took a bite of the dry food in his hand again, ignoring Old Liu.

Lao Liu's mouth is not a day or two, this old guy is a fake snob, the maid's life Miss Sick, every day like to moan without disease, it is estimated that as soon as he arrived in Zhongmiao Town, Lao Liu Tou thought that in Lin'an, fine grain can be eaten every day.

"This is also a helpless thing, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft the water, it's good to get used to it, but it's not easy to survive in winter, the adults are okay, the children are miserable, their faces are red from the cold, and their hands and feet are covered with chilblains. Cotton has been used for four or five years, and it will continue to be used, even if you want to pull a few feet of cloth to make a new dress, you have to use the old cotton that has been dismantled and washed, which is difficult. Dong Chao shook his head helplessly and said.

"But fortunately, the young man's body and bones are frost-resistant, and this little thing is not too difficult for them. But the young man is also growing his body, and all of them are flesh and blood, and they look pitiful. Ye Qing continued to chew the dry food in his mouth, and when he felt dry, he took a handful of water and drank it.

"Yes, a few years ago, it was better, relying on the support of lay people, at most a few hundred people, life was better. But since the big war more than half a year ago, especially more than a decade ago, the number of people has suddenly increased to the present, and life is getting more and more difficult. Dong Chao looked at Ye Qing and continued to say helplessly.

The old Liu Tou on the side began to roll his eyes, not because he was swallowed by the dry food that was difficult to swallow, but because listening to Dong Chao crying poor in front of Ye Qing made him despise this big boss of Jiugang Mountain a little.

Although the life of their nearly 3,000 people is hard, it is not as difficult as he said at all, and the Yi'an Jushi gives them a lot of money every year, including the materials brought by the business travelers from the south, etc., which also makes their lives enjoyable.

It's just that after the Jin soldiers retreated to the banks of the Huaishui River and no longer confronted the Song army across the river, the nearly 3,000 people led by Dong Chao were like a company specializing in robbing homes and houses, robbing the rich and helping the poor.

At the beginning, with enthusiasm and the expectation of looking at the king across the river, everyone still has a lot of motivation.

Even sometimes I hope that if one day the Southern Song Dynasty court recovers the Central Plains and drives away the Jin soldiers, they can make war exploits, so that they will be made an official by the Southern Song Dynasty court, wouldn't it be also majestic, and it is also worthy of their courage to fall into the grass and lie down for the sake of lying on the grass all these years.

But who would have thought that the Southern Song Dynasty court wanted to recover the Central Plains as if it was in the mood, when the new emperor was first established, the thunder and rain were small for a few years, and Dong Chao was itching for these fallen grasses, looking forward to Wang Shi going north, looking forward to making war contributions for the Southern Song Dynasty court.

Kelong's Northern Expedition and other wars, only to see the Jin army in the south of the Huai River, straight to the Yangtze River, and the Southern Song Dynasty is too busy to take care of itself, it is said that after Wan Yan Liang captured Yangzhou, the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty Zhao Gou, and wanted to quickly hide in the sea.

In such a situation, how can there be any possibility for the Wang Division to go north, as long as the Wang Division is not destroyed by the Jin Corps, it will be regarded as burning high incense.