"Shimin, in the days when my brother-in-law is away, have you been serious? Or is it just a fight? Chai Shao touched Li Shimin's head and said.

"No, Shimin has been reading books all the time! Only today played a little longer. Li Shimin replied in a milky voice.

"What's the news from Jinyang these days?"

"Brother-in-law, the entire streets of Jinyang are rumored to be digging a thousand miles of Yongji Canal."

"Oh? Where did you get the news? Is the legendary Yongji Canal really going to be officially excavated? That's a huge project! Although Chai Shao knew about this, he didn't expect it to be true. I can't help but combine this canal opening incident with the grain for fur I handled, trying to find out the relationship, but I can't think of what the two have in common, and I feel too sensitive and a little funny.

"Brother-in-law, anyone who builds a lot of construction can't last long, is it going to be a big mess in the world? There is also a saying in the market. ”

"Hmmm! Maybe! However, the Yongji Canal and Jinyang are far away, even if the world is in turmoil, our Jinyang is also a peaceful place. It can promote the fur on my brother-in-law's hand to get rid of it as soon as possible. ”

"Brother-in-law, the people of the world think that the chaos in the world should be based on hoarding grain, why do you exchange grain for cowhides? Once the world is in chaos, whoever has food will have soldiers, this is what my father often said. ”

"This ---" Li Shimin's fairy tale is a good one. This made Chai Shao seem to feel a little bit of the relationship between opening the ditch and exchanging fur for food, and couldn't help but fall into deeper thinking.

"County Lord, the words of the people of the world have reminded the husband, if the lords of the feudal towns and the green forest lords in various places have the intention to benefit from the chaos, what everyone cares about the most is the food, and the amount of food determines how much you can do. No wonder Wang Shichong and others are reluctant to send a caravan to Jinyang to trade, they must be avoiding the risks on the road, this way is just the grain truck of the green forest heroes who have passed down the mountain without blushing! I'm afraid that it will be difficult for my Jinyang caravan to exchange for a large amount of grain and return to Jinyang City. From this point of view, Yuezhang has made some mistakes, and he should give the caravan enough officers and soldiers to protect it. Early tomorrow morning, the husband will go to his father-in-law to mention this matter. After Chai Shao finally figured this out, he said to the county lord and Shimin: "It seems that it is time to go to Luzhou Erxian Village." ”

"Why did you go to the bandit's head? It's no good to go! Lord Xiuning shouted.

"Alas! Green Forest Road and my Jinyang has always had a good relationship, this time I need Shan Xiongxin to sell me Jinyang another face, as long as Shan Xiongxin gives an order to release my caravan, my grain caravan can pass through the state and return safely! I don't think the gift I brought this time is bad. ”

"Brother-in-law, can Shimin go with you?" Li Shimin said with wide eyes and longingly.

"Huh! Yes! Last time I brought it to the capital, this time Luzhou is not far away, why not bring you? You can still be a little military advisor to your brother-in-law! With that, Chai Shao picked up Li Shimin and walked around the room twice.

Sure enough, after meeting Li Yuan the next day, he talked about sending troops to protect the grain, and Li Yuan immediately ordered someone to do it, and the second batch of horse-drawn carriages full of furs was about to hit the road, and the caravan in each direction would have at least 500 Tang troops under the leadership of a flag officer to accompany them all the way to protect them, so as not to have accidents on the return journey of transporting grain.

Li Yuan felt that it was foolproof, and his heart became more and more happy, so he agreed to Chai Shao's request to go to Erxian Village to meet Shan Xiongxin, and asked Dou Wei of the Inner Mansion to prepare a heavy gift.

Luzhou Erxian Village.

On this day, Shan Xiongxin ushered in Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng, who were on the list of Dongyue Temple, and they hadn't been together for a while, Shan Xiongxin was also very happy, and called Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng, two brothers who lived in their own village, to ride horses to the largest hotel in Luzhou City to drink. Why don't you drink at his farm? It turns out that only here is the hotel that has the best Wuliang spring wine, and several brothers came for this good wine.

opened the largest private room, 5 people sat down, and then the good wine and meat were served vigorously, and after the wine and meat were served, he told Xiao Er not to come in if he had nothing to do. Then they closed the door and chatted while drinking.

"How is the second brother doing recently?" Xu Maogong drank wine and asked Shan Xiongxin casually.

"I just finished the autumn harvest today, and the grain in the field is a bumper harvest this year! It was also sealed by the officials of Luzhou as the chief of Erxian Village, and more than 20,000 acres of land that did not belong to my village were assigned to my Erxian Village, and I also took in more than 1,000 displaced people from other places on my village, and was managed by a certain man, and the acres of land were divided, and the production of the field was divided into three parts, and the official family took one share and left, and this year there were more than 3 or 40,000 stones of grain, and I was also happy. Shan Xiongxin said a lot when he was happy, of course, these are in Wang Bodang's eyes. It was he who asked Sima Pei Shiju of Luzhou to talk about the division of land to Shan Xiongxin, so as to gradually change Shan Xiongxin's views on various land policies in Luzhou.

There is only one single Xiongxin family left in this big family like Erxianzhuang in Hedong County, and he didn't move because of the instructions of his own lord, and it can be regarded as a good face for the lord to give the green forest righteousness. Originally, Shan Xiongxin felt uneasy every day, afraid that his 10,000 mu of land would be forcibly taken away by the Luzhou government, but now the Luzhou Yamen has allocated the land to him. At this time, the two brothers Shan Xiongxin relieved themselves for the protection of their ancestral business. As a reward to the Luzhou government in Hedong, Shan Xiongxin had already sent out a green forest arrow, demanding that the green forest road in the nine provinces should not loot the Hedong caravan. This is also the reason why Zheng Fengchi's caravan has never been disturbed by the green forest. Everyone also knows it, they don't say anything, and they are safe.

"Huh! I'm afraid the second brother's good days are coming to an end! Xu Maogong said with a smile.

"Oh? What did the Taoist chief say? ”

"The imperial court is about to dig the Yongji Canal from Zhuojun to Liyang City, this Yongji Canal is different from the Guangtong Canal, the Guangtong Canal is as short as opening a canal in the house of the Yang family of the Great Sui, but the Yongji Canal is not, the first to bear the brunt is the king of Jinan Tangbi. Originally, Liyang City and Weicheng were both territories of Tangbi, and these two cities monopolized the lower reaches of the Yellow River in Tangbi and made a lot of profits. is thinking about how to recapture the two cities, and now that the canal is opened, he is bound to use this opportunity to use troops against the two cities. Besides, he can't help but move, as soon as this canal is opened, hundreds of famous families in Jizhou will go bankrupt, and even more ancestral graves will be dug up. For this reason, even if Tang Bi rebelled, it was possible. Once Tang Bi rebelled, Luoyang Wang Shichong and other large and small gate valves would follow. In addition to the Jianghuai Du Fuwei, which had already been reversed, half of the Great Sui suddenly smoked. Hehe! Second brother, do you think there are still good days? Xu Maogong got up, shook his feather fan, paced to the window, and said slowly.

"Ah----。h Shan Xiongxin was speechless when he heard this, and he couldn't drink the wine anymore. He knew that if this was the case, Li Yuan of Jinyang in the northeast of the river would definitely echo Wang Shichong in the south to echo the north and south, and once it happened, Hedong County would be the battlefield, and his Erxian Village would be on the edge of Luzhou City. In the past, it was 10 miles away from the city, but now the urban area of Luzhou has expanded several times, and his Erxianzhuang is only 2 miles away from Luzhou. Once the war burns to Luzhou, his Erxian Village will definitely be destroyed in the war!

"Brother Dao Chief, are you looking for me now to quell the war?"

"Definitely! is here to help the second brother take advantage of the chaos to make a career. ”

"Oh? Brother Dao Chief, do you mean ---?"

"Yes, with the status of the second brother in the rivers and lakes, he can gather hundreds of generals and hundreds of thousands of horses in an instant, and he can lay a foundation on the Red Peach Mountain and become the king of himself.

Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng were also shocked when they heard this, glanced at each other, and nodded secretly.

"Second brother Shan, the younger brother thinks that the elder brother is right, how can you and I be able to drown in the fields, if the elder brother starts an incident, the younger brother will definitely follow." Uncle Wang stood up and arched his hand.

"Actually, only by dragging Wang Shichong of Luoyang and preventing him from crossing the Yellow River north, Li Yuan of Jinyang will not be able to enter Hedong County, and the ancestral business of the second brother will not be worry-free." Shan Xiongxin's careful thinking has long been seen through by the veteran Xu Maogong.

Shan Xiongxin couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he saw that he was being ordered to do something. Hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Brother Dao Chang smiled, although Xiongxin is a person in the rivers and lakes, my eldest brother Xiongzhong is a good citizen, and I don't want to implicate my brother's family because of this." If Brother Dao Chang already has a plan, he might as well say that I will wait for one or two staff officers. ”

"Good! The second brother is refreshing. The place where we waited for the incident was in the Red Peach Mountain, which was originally the land of the green forests of my nine provinces, and the mountain was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The most important thing is that the Shandong can attack Jinan Mansion, the west can attack Luoyang City, the northeast is not far from Wagang Mountain, and the northwest is not far from Liyang City, which is in the best position. After capturing here, stand by and move, if Tang Bi is defeated, we will immediately send troops to occupy Jinan Mansion and seize the land of Tang Bi for ourselves; If Wang Shichong is dead, then send troops to occupy Luoyang and the surrounding areas, which is a large territory, enough for us to build a country and become kings. Xu Maogong's words were full of enthusiasm for several people present.

"However, Brother Daochang, when the previous attack on Wagang did not go well, Bodang and Brother Xie went to Red Peach Mountain to borrow grain, and had dealings with Hou Junda, the owner of the village, and seemed to have a gap with us and other green forests, and it was rumored that he secretly took refuge in Wang Shichong. How shall we take possession of his inheritance? Wang Bodang still had a trace of calmness, got up and said.

"Yes! Now the helmsman's green forest arrows have been retreated by that guy, and it seems that he is suspected of breaking away from my green forest! Shan Xiongxin couldn't help but say, it is rare for someone in this river and lake not to give himself face, and it is precisely this Hou Junda who has not taken himself seriously since he became the queen of Luoyang. This is also the reason why he didn't give face to his two brothers when Jia Liulou gathered last time.

"It's okay, find more people in the same way, go all the way to the like-minded, don't be afraid that he won't let me wait for me to go up the mountain, and act when I see the opportunity after going up the mountain." Wei Zheng said at this time.

"Daoist Wei means that I wait for the fire to merge him?" Xie Yingdeng exclaimed.

"Those who don't obey the arrows of the green forest have already broken the rules of the rivers and lakes, and it doesn't matter if they merge with him." Xu Maogong replied sharply, obviously already having this idea.

"Second brother Shan, the younger brother sees it feasible, and when the time comes, I will push the second brother to sit on the main seat." Wang Bodang whispered to Shan Xiongxin.

"Okay, according to Brother Dao's wishes, I will prepare when I go back, and I should contact a few good brothers first."

"Good! After the big event, don't let down such a beautiful wine! Drink ---"

The crowd had no more thoughts, and drank wildly. But only Xie Yingdeng drank the least during the banquet.

Seeing that everyone was a little drunk, Xie Yingdeng excused himself to go to the toilet, turned around and came to a special contact point set up by the military intelligence department near the hotel, and informed the Baihu officials of the contact point of the news of the upcoming incident on Lulin Road, and then returned to the banquet as if nothing happened, and continued to drink.

It's just that even if Xu Maogong can pinch the calculation, he didn't calculate it, and there are others who fight the idea of the Red Peach Mountain, and it is also a big force, which became a bright spot in the later anti-Sui uprising.

The next day, after sending off Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng, Shan Xiongxin was discussing yesterday's affairs with Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng. Suddenly, the old man of the porter came in to report, saying that there was a Jinyang Chai Shao who asked to see him.

Shan Xiongxin was taken aback, couldn't help but look at Wang Bodang, and said, "Could it be that Jinyang Li Yuan sent Chai Shao to form an alliance with my green forest?" So fast? ”

Wang Bodang was also puzzled, so he had to say, "Please come in and ask first." ”

Chai Shao led Xiao Li Shimin into the front hall of Shan Xiongxin with the old man of the porter, and when Shan Xiongxin saw Chai Shao, the three of them could step forward and greet him.

"Second brother Shan, Chai Shao is polite." When Chai Shao saw that these three people also knew each other, he was a little less restrained. Li Shimin, who was beside him, also gave a salute as if he were in a matter, which made Shan Xiongxin look at the well-behaved Li Shimin and feel funny.

"Brother Si Changxian, who is this son?"

"Huh! This is Li Shimin, the second son of Tang Gong of Jinyang, who has to come out with a certain person to see the world, and he will meet the heroes of the world, but he can't resist him, so he has to take it with him. Chai Shao explained.

"Huh! What an aura little guy, sit down quickly and serve tea. After the servant handed over the tea, he also moved a chair for Xiao Shimin and sat next to Chai Shao.

"This is a little gift from Tang Gong to Chai to the second brother, it is not a tribute, please accept it." Chai Shao politely opened a burden in his arms, and what appeared in front of everyone was a jade and jade Buddha. Shan Xiongxin has seen a lot of gold and silver for a man like him, and there is no shortage of it. But this is the first time I have seen such a beautiful treasure jade. This jade Buddha is three inches high, 2 inches wide, the carving is exquisite, the green is with spring, the jade is moist, the Buddha body is fresh and smart, Shan Xiongxin is not happy to see it.

"Meng Tang Gong broke the cost, since this Buddha was invited to my house, there is no reason to drive the Buddha out, so I accepted it. I don't know what Brother Sichang is talking about here? ”

"Huh! It's not a big deal, and it's also Raul who raises his hand here in the second brother! Recently, Tang Gong has several batches of cattle and sheepskin goods purchased from the Turks will go to Luoyang, Jinan, Nanyang, Jingxiang and other places to sell, and then buy grain from the Central Plains and transport it back to Jinyang. ”

"Huh! Since Tang has opened his mouth, and has been treating me as a good man in the green forest, I have many heroes in the green forest road to vote for Tang Gong, and the rudder will send a green forest arrow to the brothers on the road for this matter, and in the future, when I see a small pennant with the word "Li" on the car, I will not rob it. Shan Xiongxin also readily responded to Chai Shao's request to give Tang Gong Li Yuan a face, and he could use it sooner or later in the future.

"The second brother is refreshing, Chai has thanked the second brother on behalf of Tang Gong."

"Huh! It's just a trifle. Since Si Chang is here, it is not too late to stay for a few days before leaving. Shan Xiongxin invited.

"The second brother is warm, then my two brothers will disturb the second brother for two days, and they will also play in this Luzhou City, and they will return the day after tomorrow."

Hehehehehe! The crowd burst into laughter.