Somewhere in Shanxi.

Seven horses galloped along the country road, and the sound of hooves and sweeping majesty startled a bird in the nearby woods to chirp into the sky......

The first to ride is Zhao Yue.

Zhao Yue did not follow the migration team to the Yangtze River, let alone command the coalition army to rush into Shuzhong......

After receiving the Western Army, arranging the Houxi Army, and pulling out the hard northwest stingers such as the Western Xia Kingdom and Tubo, Zhao Yue's transfer mission was completed. The rest is up to the Northern Army to finish according to the pre-war plan. With such a strong army, there is no difficulty in rectifying and sweeping Shuzhong and Dali, and there will be no major uncontrollable accidents.

The other six horsemen are: the silly boy Kuisan, Shi Wei and other four brothers, as well as Yang Yizhong, who was used for Liangshan.

The seven of them all disguised themselves, wearing ordinary warrior costumes common among the civilians of the Great Song Dynasty, and they also somewhat concealed their true faces, without guards, and rode inconspicuous horses, and the unsightly horse combat weapons: Zhao Yue's huge weapon, Kui San's pair of mad fangs....... The pirate's unique armor, your own soldiers, and Zhao Yue's white horse, which was so clever that it was about to become a master, all quietly transferred to Liangshan with the ship. Individuals only carry swords and waist knives for self-defense.

The big white horse is used to living a good life with Zhao Yue, knowing that the master likes it and always takes care of it more, and it is unwilling to be separated from the owner. Zhao Yue sent it on the boat, and when it saw that Zhao Yue was not on the boat, there were no familiar Liangshan people among the people who were responsible for taking care of it on the ship, at least not the carved dragon and embroidered tiger that it was most familiar with and trusted, so it cleverly thought that the owner didn't want it, and was immediately unhappy, biting Zhao Yue's sleeve and not letting go, and looking at the master with big wet eyes, that look...... Seeing that Zhao Yue was very unbearable and funny, he patted the neck of the big white horse and scolded with a smile: "Don't play tricks." You first get comfortable and take the boat home to rest. ”

Well, the sound of going home, the big white horse understands,

But it still didn't let go, until it saw that the owner was very serious and told people to take care of it all the way, and saw that the material ready to feed it was fine and delicious, and the treatment was not bad at all by the master's side, so it was satisfied to let Zhao Yue go, but it still stuck its head in Zhao Yue's arms and rubbed it and refused to get on the boat, and waited for Zhao Yue to touch its neck and kiss it for a while, well, it proved that it was not a lie to it that it still loved it, so it got on the boat.

Drifting down with the ship, it also hissed at Zhao Yue several times out of the cabin, as if reminding Zhao Yue: "Words count." I'm a horse, don't bully me and lie to me. Or, "Master, we'll see you at home." I'll wait for you to come back. “

Seeing that Zhao Yue smiled and waved goodbye to the white horse, he sighed with emotion: The beast still knows who is good to it, affectionate and righteous, and people .......

Yang Yi is medium, and it is strange.

They had all seen rare BMWs, and they were equipped with them, but they had never seen such a cunning horse with such a spiritual and human nature.

Zhao Yue himself actually didn't want to be separated from the white horse.

This white horse even has the ability to warn and counterattack on its own, such as guarding the night guard on duty to prevent enemy sneak attacks or thieves stealing horses to commit crimes.

However, in the Liao and Western Xia battles, the white horse has been invisibly famous, but I am afraid that the Song Kingdom has also heard of the legendary deeds of the pirate prince white helmet and white armor riding the god horse invincible in the world, the white horse is easy to attract people's attention, and the white horse, especially the excellent white war horse, is rare and eye-catching, this time through the Song District back to Liangshan really can not ride it.

Zhao Yue's guard, the second general of the dragon and tiger, was not by Zhao Yue's side, and left with Tang Bin earlier.

Father Tang finally became stupid and loyal because of stubbornness, and something happened......

At that time, it was near the end of the Western Xia Campaign.

Tang Bin saw that there was no shortage of his efforts here, and he was angry and worried about his father's safety, and wanted to go back immediately...... Zhao Yue is also not at ease, everything will be fine at this moment, the iron brother Tang Bin's family will be able to live happily in the imperial group, don't make a mistake in Tang's father and cause irreparable regrets, and urge Tang Bin to hurry up...... I didn't feel at ease, and I accompanied Tang Bin to go home with the chief of his guard, who was clever and good at fighting and making light achievements, so that he could have more help when Tang Bin took revenge or something, and the Tang family father and son would have more security.

Don't Tang Bin be angry.......

Zhao Yue did not move east safely by boat with the brigade, and it was also convenient for him to sneak back to Liangshan smoothly, and he took people to ride back on horseback alone, which naturally had an important purpose.

He wanted to personally observe the situation in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty after the disaster, at least to observe the north clearly.

What is the mentality and situation of the Song people after the disaster?

Is it a sense of urgency and pressure in the crisis, and you become more diligent or hardworking? Or when I see that society is in chaos, I take the opportunity to do evil......

The prestige of the imperial court was greatly damaged, and there was an unprecedented lack of deterrence against the localities. Will local governments have ambitions? Will there be a separatist force that will take advantage of the opportunity to divide the territory, various invisible warlords, politicians, and separatist forces? Will it trigger a wave of rebellion by the Song officials and Song Jun to defect to the Tianhu regime, or will the local officials simply rebel and claim their own kingship...... Let the Song Dynasty collapse?

Zhao Yue didn't know the bottom of this, although he didn't judge it.

The Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly accustomed to scholars, paid unprecedented attention to commerce, and allowed people to circulate relatively freely, such a national policy was still useful, although the external martial arts ambitions were abolished under Confucianism, but the internal was still very popular, well, the hearts of scholars and doctors, civil forces sent businessmen and gentry, etc., and the vested interests would not easily overthrow the Song rule.

This is the reason why Zhao Yue dared to let go of the Song Dynasty, but he was also afraid of what happened.

In addition, if the Song Dynasty was extorted and looted so badly, will the economy of the Song Dynasty collapse directly?

How much money does the Song folk still have in terms of financial potential?

It is necessary to roughly estimate the monetary situation in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, to see how many copper coins that do not need to support the normal operation of society are accumulated in the people.

Without the population of the northwest, the population of the Song Dynasty would be more than 10 million. During the heyday of Tang Zhenguan, the population was roughly so much, and the annual financial income was only three to five million, wasn't it also running very well and very powerful? Despite this moment and that time, the Song Dynasty no longer needed 100 million copper currency to circulate. It is not a good thing to have more copper money, it has no meaning except to exacerbate the skyrocketing prices and scare people to death. After the Song Dynasty, 10 million will be enough for normal operation. If there is a surplus of copper money accumulated among the people, then the empire will have to continue to collect it, and the copper will be used in the industries and other industries that it should use the most, so as not to waste the copper materials that the East has accumulated with great difficulty in the form of money.

On the contrary, if this time it is indeed shaved hard, and there is a shortage of copper coins, which endangers the operation of the Song Dynasty, then the empire will lose back some copper coins in various ways.

"It's so desolate!"

"There are only deserted villages in this area, and there are no people."

"Hey, won't you talk to you? This is not called desolation, this is called quiet and beautiful, isn't it? It's our hard work that makes the crowded Da Song become open and comfortable......"

"Yes, in the past, there were too many people, destroying the woods, grasslands, mountains and mountains, so that the animals could not live well. It is because of our love that those cute but poor animals have the opportunity to live freely......"

Golden Retriever Shi Wei, Poisonous Fire Dragon Yang Lie, Interception General Deng Tianbao, Iron Spear King Dashou, these four murderers are purely overenergy, and they don't forget to fight while riding horses.

Yang Yizhong's face twitched from time to time.

Although he has only been in contact for a short time, he has already learned what kind of fierce goods these four guys who always like to show off that they are the four treasures of the Cangzhao family...... He really couldn't accept it, and he couldn't understand it.

But the other side of the four evils gave him the feeling of surprise and shock.

He never expected that just four rough guys who specialize in killing people could actually do good cooking work, whether it is hunting and barbecuing, or steaming, stewing, frying..... Cooking and cooking, the craftsmanship is fine, the food is not necessarily beautiful but delicious, diligent and hands-on, and there is a mother-like thoughtful and thoughtful everywhere.

Of course, this is only a characteristic advantage that Zhao Yue has at the time.

And Zhao Yue is obviously not surprised that the four of them have this ability, and when he is satisfied with the meal, he only occasionally says casually: "Well, yes, I didn't lose my ability to live." ”

But this is not a compliment, but the praise can already make the four evils happy and excited for a long time, in Yang Yizhong's eyes, they are simply four children, so naïve that they can't be more naïve.

The four evils may not be very smart, but they are naïve.

They won't tell Yang Yizhong what kind of "outsider" people had to endure when they were growing up as teenagers what kind of rigorous and arduous training can be called cruel, wilderness survival training, because it is simple to cook a good meal is one of the most basic survival skills, it is nothing at all. It's harder than cooking, and I don't know how much content can be deadly......

In this kind of forced reading and literacy forced training, they have grown up and become talents, and at the same time, they have also harvested, and they are grateful and afraid of Zhao Yue, who cultivated them.

They will never tell others how mysterious and terrible Zhao Yue was when he was a child, and they will not tell others what kind of hardships they have suffered and how embarrassed they have been.

Serving Zhao Yue well and listening to Zhao Yue's words are the habits and beliefs that Sisha developed when he was a teenager.

If Zhao Lao Er is satisfied, I will be able to live well, this kind of belief and awe are the same genes engraved in my heart. Even if they have been generals in the Northern Army for many years, far away from Zhao Yue, and there is no shortage of people around them to serve them, they have never dared to let go of the skills they trained back then, such as cooking. Other martial arts and other survival skills are practiced unremittingly and hard every day.

They always felt that Zhao Yue's dark and strange eyes were silently looking at them in the air......

This kind of persistence also allows them to taste the sweetness of family life after becoming a family, and the wife and children are amazed by their cooking skills and thoughtfulness and joy that can be naturally displayed when necessary, especially the children's worship of Lao Tzu, wow, Dad, you are so amazing. That gaze ....... The four evils are inevitably triumphant, and they are dozens of pounds lighter...... sigh, the hard work of my youth turned out to have such benefits. I also deeply realized the benefits and importance of having a backer to hone and cover myself, and slowly realized that all the hard work and allegiance were worth it.

And this is exactly the virtue and behavioral consciousness that Zhao Yue deliberately forced to cultivate when their juvenile minds were not yet finalized.

At this time, Zhao Yue ignored these four guys and said something nonsense.

is still Kui San, as long as he is well fed and clothed, he is very satisfied, no bad intentions, no nonsense, can fight, obedient, loyal, and useful...... The most reliable and hassle-free.

Swift horses pass everywhere,

Originally, a small group of villagers in the east and west automatically moved to other places that were more suitable for survival and gathered into a large village. Obviously, they all know that if they still live in their own small village, there are landlords and rich families who have spacious and comfortable houses to live in, and they are quiet and comfortable, and the fields in the village can be occupied and planted at will, but there are only a few families, and now the world is not good, it is difficult to say what disasters will happen, especially in remote mountain villages, it is very unsafe for people to be alone, and the houses in this village can be occupied, but they still move together to live, and there are many people to feel at ease.

This was formed, and the mountain village became a good place for wild beasts to set up their nests. Other deserted villages have become free inns for passers-by to stay overnight.

Of course, this also facilitates the wandering and hiding of bad guys.

It's just that such deserted places are often far away from people, and there is little food, so it is difficult to obtain, and it is difficult to survive if there is a place to hide. However, it greatly restricts the breeding and circulation of gangsters.

In other words, the population has plummeted, and crime has also been greatly restricted.

Speaking of faces alone, there are so many people around for more than ten or even dozens of miles, it is easy to remember and recognize, and if you don't know each other, you are familiar with each other, and you can recognize and remember them as soon as they appear. It's not like before, there are people everywhere, overcrowded, countless faces are shaking, I just feel panicked, who is impatient to recognize them one by one, and I can't remember them.

Zhao Yue and they came here at the beginning, and this is the situation they encountered, no one, only deserted villages passed by, but fortunately, Shanxi is mountainous and wild to hunt and add meat.

At noon on this day, I saw an inn at the intersection of a village, and the village not too far next to it was obviously a decent village that had been newly formed.

Let's go and eat.

A group of people passed. Shi Wei went in first with a big grin, slapped the table, and said loudly: "Shop." What's delicious just go on. The guys are hungry. ”

It's a good uncle, I don't have anything else but money, and the master is not bad for money.

Zhao Yue, who got off the horse outside but was still tidying up the horses and wiping the sweat of the war horses, couldn't help but twitch his face when he heard the greeting.

These four guys, when they go out, salt, seasonings, marching small iron pots, instant noodles, they haven't forgotten to bring them, the good habits of camping training, but the most important thing to forget when going out is money, they just forgot, they didn't bring a copper plate, and the bad thing is that there are seven people, all of whom are not a big man.

Fine Yang Yizhong, that is the young marshal of the Western Army, who was born in the West, used to go out to hug the front and back, how to use his own money to drop the price, even if he went out alone, there was something to keep accounts, and afterwards the shopkeeper went to Yang Mansion to find the steward to collect money, he didn't have the habit of bringing money, this time with Zhao Yue, he fantasized a lot, hurriedly sorted out his bags in excitement, packed this, prepared that, but he didn't think of bringing money. He was surrounded by brutal sergeants, and none of them paid attention to this detail to remind him.

Zhao Yue, it's the same, in his previous life, he didn't pay attention to money after work, his girlfriend is really not bad for money, take care of everything for him, when he needs to spend money, he naturally swipes the card, swipes WeChat, brushes, brushes, brushes, he himself didn't pay attention to how much money he has, that is the convenience of the twenty-first century, in this life, he was born as a young master, no matter how poor he is, he is also a young master, there are always guards to follow, he is used to having a fine person like a carving dragon to take care of all the trivial matters, and his mind is full of important things all day long......

As for Kuisan.......

Forget it, I won't mention him.

Then a foodie, just ready to eat, drink, live and travel, since Liangshan, how can there be the concept of money in his mind.

If you want to criticize the four evils, you can't open your mouth.

Think about it, Si Yan has been in the Northern Army for a long time, and he is also used to the life of a general, money? That's what the girls in the family or the soldiers around them should take care of.

But the difference between people is that:

Zhao Yue didn't have any money in his pocket, so he didn't have the confidence to be so loud. Shi Wei was not affected at all, not only was he not timid, but his voice was louder and more imposing.