The feudal magnates and tycoons are not great men with ** ideals, the essence is to sit and enjoy the ** superstructure, and the country is always on the lips, emphasizing that there is a country first, and then there is a home, and there is no country where there is a home.

The emperor regards his family as his country, everything is for his family, and the interests of the royal family are above all else.

What about the other wealthy rulers?

Hey, in a clan society, family and clan are the foundation of roots.

Dynasties can change, families must exist forever, and the premise of serving the country is beneficial to the family. The overall situation is righteous or something, it is just a means to fool the people into sending their forces to death and show loyalty to the emperor, and when needed, turning the other cheek is another set of allegiance content.

I usually shake the fan and drink wine and tea leisurely, and sit and talk about it. Unwilling to suffer a single crime, and not forgiving at all when his dignity and face were slightly frustrated by the people, how could such a class really sacrifice their lives for the country and the people.

When the country is in crisis, it is good to be able to produce a few anti-gold heroes. The principle of peaceful coexistence with the Liao and Western Xia was nothing but a legitimate excuse for incompetence, harshness of wealth and nobility, and being a turtle with a shrunken head. He also vowed to accumulate national strength, and one day he would be disgraced.

It's not that they don't think so. Those who dare to slap them in the face, of course they want to retaliate, but they don't dare to do it, they can't do it.

In this way, we can openly and openly loot the people by various means under various names, indulge in power and wealth, and despise the grass people being bullied, slaughtered, and looted by foreign races.

In short, the overall situation is what the elites have to do with the people in order to maintain their own pleasures. If you insist on getting involved, that is, you must protect the grass people with blood and sweat.

Zhao Yue sneered, nodded, frowned at his brother several times, wanted to get up and angrily refuted, ignored it, and beckoned Liu Wen to continue.

Ma Gongliang was stunned, staring at Zhao Yue with good eyes.

Zhao Lian saw that his grandmother, who loved him the most, pressed his hands to stop himself from arguing, so he had to sit sullenly.

"Reconnaissance at sea and other parties learned that at least seventy percent of the merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty that went to Liao for trade were from the powerful families of the DPRK and China. Those who are not are also tied to the powerful. Most of the goods transported were silk, porcelain, tea, and the like, but each family had salt, ironware, grain, and other goods that were strictly forbidden to be sold by the imperial court. And the number is huge. There is even no shortage of firearms and crossbow arrows that the Great Song Dynasty relied on. It's almost an open secret inside the elite. The Cui family is one of them. ”

"The Cui family harvests countless grains every year, and it is said that it is sold, and it is indeed sold, but most of it is given to the Liao State. The Liao side should have this requirement for the Cui family. That's why, I thought, they want to occupy such a huge amount of land. ”

The crowd was shocked.

Zhao Lianzhen was stunned: How could this be? This is also very different from the teachings and missionaries of the school, and the examples prove it

I heard Liu Wen's voice barely change in tone again: "It is also known that Zhizhou, Cangcao and other officials secretly planned to take advantage of the Liao thieves to go south this time, and at that time, under the pretext of being robbed and relieving the victims, they would sell the grain from the official warehouse to the Cui family for a profit." This matter was confirmed by the county yakin (that is, the master). Our county lord is waiting to catch the last handful, and next year he will leave office happily, or even be promoted. And Zhizhou is also planning to be transferred to the south after the New Year, and the road has gone through Prime Minister Cai, and now only silver is missing. ”

"Hateful."

The old woman scolded angrily and slapped her leg hard. However, it was his son's thigh that was beaten, and Zhao Dayou grinned, with a trace of grievance on his face: I am not one of those dog officials. Mother, what are you doing?

The old grandmother glared at her son angrily and said hatefully: "Still confused? Why don't you hurry up and arrange the extermination of the Cui family? ”

glanced at everyone again, "Do you have to wait until the Cui family's power becomes stronger and stronger, and we can't resist it, forcing the children to die with hatred like little Nezha, and you regret it?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked.

Zhao Liangang wanted to question how accurate the information Liu Wen had? Is there some misunderstanding in this? But for the first time in his life, he was stopped by his grandmother, who treated him as a baby like an eyeball, with stern eyes.

Zhao Dayou thought for a while and said, "It's really risky to do, but it's worth it." In addition, since Saburo mentioned this matter, he must have a way to deal with future troubles. Old horse, do you think we have discussed how to fight and arrange it immediately? ”

Twilight is falling. A beautiful red glow began to spread into the sky.

There is a special wharf for the Cui family on the seaside five or six miles away from the Cui family's base camp. In the sea more than ten miles away from the wharf, there are more than 20 large sea ships with at least 1,500 materials. The ship was basically full of food. More than half of this grain is the Cui family's own, and the rest is official food.

Liao Kou has not yet been killed here, and the extent of the scourge is difficult to say.

The officials concerned left their hands behind, and they did not dare to sell all the official grain at once, and they could not justify themselves when they got the province, but they just took advantage of the fact that Liaokou was going south, everyone was hiding, and there was almost no one in the countryside.

There is a relatively large river not far in front of Cuijia Castle.

In the river, a dozen smaller boats carrying grain ran down the river to the sea, heading for the merchant ships in the sea.

It's dark. This is also the last trip.

When the work is over, most of the crew and thugs can get on the big ship to drink and eat and rest. The others can sail the boat back to the dock by boat, and they can also rest at the dock, even if the Liao soldiers come, they will not kill the dock. You don't have to hide in Cuijiabao. The crew of the big ship left behind will take advantage of the good weather and the familiar waterway, sail north for a distance in the night, leave Cangzhou's sight, and then anchor and wait for tomorrow.

are all used to it, these people are all bachelors who lick blood from the knife edge, and at this time they all show that they are relaxed, thinking about some good things, and they all talk and laugh.

Suddenly, dozens of clippers appeared on the empty sea. One by one, it comes quickly. By the time the thugs of the Cui family saw that it was not their own people and began to be vigilant, the boats had already split up and quickly outflanked them.

A thief leader scanned the boat with a knife and was about to ask, when he saw the majestic man in the boat at him and raised a strange wooden stick that resembled a submachine gun of later generations.

At a distance of thirty or forty meters, the thief saw that something was shooting, but he didn't have time to dodge at all, so he felt a pain in his throat, fell down, and smashed the ship's board.

Who would dare to go against the Cui family on this sea at this time?

The other thieves were frightened, and were about to shout and shout and organize bows and arrows to fight back, but unexpectedly, two or three hundred strange wooden sticks were raised in the small boat. Suddenly, a burst of short but powerful crossbow arrows rained down, and the aim was extremely strong.

All the outcropping pirates were spared, and they lost their lives with an arrow in the chest, and the heavy head, face, and upper body were more terrifying branches. The crossbow bolt penetrates the body very deeply, and the bleeding is smooth. There is no chance of survival.

It's not the scariest thing.

The terrible thing is that this strange and strong crossbow actually breaks the limit of the hand crossbow that shoots three crossbows in a row, and can actually shoot continuously. The habitual pirate thugs who thought that the crossbow arrows were shooting in the air had just taken the opportunity to pounce and show their heads, but they were confronted with rain of arrows.

In just a few moments, more than half of the Cui family's boat thieves died tragically.

There is a big boss in charge who hurriedly reported to the fourth child of the Cui family who escorted the boat.

Cui Laosi was drinking in the luxurious cabin, he was shocked when he heard the news, his big eyes wandered around a few times, and suddenly slapped the table, and said viciously: "This must be done by the Zhao family." They ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, Lao Tzu didn't provoke him for a while, he actually dared to touch my Cui family's tiger beard? ”

It doesn't matter who the is doing it, the most important thing at the moment is how to resist. That crossbow bolt is terrible. I can't get close to fight at all, and I want to fight back with arrows, but who the dares to show my head?

The big boss was full of slander.

Cui Laosi, who understands people, heard the exclamation of the crew, just for a while, the opponent has already attacked the ship, and he also woke up and wanted to call the police home, but your mother, in order to hide the traces, it is too far away. In what way can you effectively alarm in the sea? Besides, I wasn't prepared. I wanted to resist, but I only heard the frightened fleeing and screams of my subordinates. If you want to escape, how can you run? Far from the sea, taking a small boat, swimming in the sea, it is a death, and it is a point of being shot.

Zheng was in a hurry, so he instinctively urged the leader: "Resist me." Resist, top"

No need to top it.

The figure outside the hatch shook, and there was a flurry of arrows, and the big boss and a few personal guards suddenly became hedgehogs.

Liu Wu, who led the team, strode forward, slashed Cui Si's sword with a big sword, kicked Cui Si down, and listened to Zhao Yue's repeated instructions on the battlefield not to talk nonsense and be distracted, and when his subordinates were tied, he sneered: "Cui Laosi, I thought you were leading a group of beast pirates to run rampant, and how good you are, but it turned out to be just a waste." Once you don't have an accomplice, you're not bullshit. ”

In fact, Cui Si is not the most ruthless of the Cui family, but he is the most capable of fighting in the Cui family, and he is really capable. A sharp sword, several men are difficult to resist. To be a leader of outlaws similar to pirates, in the vast sea, it is not just because the Cui family is rich and powerful.

But today's events were so unexpected.

The enemy came suddenly and fiercely. In the face of the strange and terrifying crossbow arrows, Cui Si suddenly fell from the strong and invincible side to the ants to be slaughtered, and the psychological gap was too great, and he was shocked for a while.

Liu Wu tortured the required information, smiled, and ordered his cronies to immediately report the news to the family to improve the decision, and ordered to clean up the Cui family's signs, and led the team to sail back to the Zhao family's fishing dock.

There, the people of Zhaozhuang, who had prepared early, would transfer the grain back to Zhuangli by small boat along the East River. The prepared Cangzhao specialty goods will fill the ship. The owner of Ma Erzhuang personally led the team, and Liu Wu and other more than 200 water experts accompanied the boat to protect it, and went straight to the south to distribute goods to their own families and other merchants.