Zhao Kuo gave Ye Qing half a month to think of countermeasures for him, and after Ye Qing arrived in Longcheng, he either watched how the soldiers in the camp trained on weekdays, or went to Longcheng, which was only a few dozen miles away, to see what changes had been brought to this inconspicuous city because of the existence of the Longcheng barracks.

The blacksmith shop is obviously the most popular shop in Longcheng, whether it is because of the needs of the Longcheng barracks, or because of the business trips from east to west, it is obvious that when entering or leaving Guanshan, some iron repairs are needed.

Horseshoes and other items have obviously become the main business of the blacksmith shop, and the Longcheng barracks will also buy horseshoes from time to time, and even some armor and other supplies, so that the connection between the city of Longcheng and iron is getting closer and closer.

Whether it is the forging of armor or the forging of weapons, the technology of the Xia Kingdom in this period is much higher than that of the Song, Jin, Liao and Mongols, and now almost half of the ten blacksmith shops in Longcheng are operated by the Xia people.

With the Song court occupying most of the territory of the Xia Kingdom, almost all of the people of the Xia Kingdom who did not live as nomads should be replaced by the identity of the Song Dynasty people, and the Song Dynasty has treated them equally for a long time, and did not treat them differently because they are not the real Song people, so that the people of the Xia Kingdom and the people of the North can get along amicably, and there has never been a question of whose status is inferior.

In addition to the blacksmith shops that can be seen everywhere in Longcheng, there are all kinds of simple or slightly luxurious inns, restaurants, and tea shops, and these main service objects are obviously those business teams who are running around.

Mules, donkeys, and cattle are also goods that can be traded in Longcheng, only horses are listed as prohibited objects in Longcheng, but if they are in Pingliang Town on the other side of Guanshan, and further away in Lanzhou Mansion and other places, they can still be traded.

Ye Qing and Yelu Chucai, who ate a good meal of mutton, and Wang Chong were sweating profusely, and they were very happy, in Longcheng for half a month, Ye Qing also joined the training in the barracks during this period, and the daily exhaustion and soreness also made Ye Qing call him old after every time he finished training, not as good as back then.

Compared to Ye Qing who just complained about suffering, Yelu Chucai became a real victim, after the conversation when he first came to Longcheng, Yelu Chucai realized that Ye Qing might not delay for too long, and he would launch another attack on Jin, and Ye Qing would never let him return to Jin Country easily.

Therefore, he also tried to write a letter back to the Jin Kingdom in Longcheng, but every letter fell into Ye Qing's hands without exception, and then the next thing was to be pulled by Ye Qing to the training of the Longcheng camp, which was tempered and destroyed in hell.

Whether it is food or housing, or training on horseback, Ye Qing treats Yelu Chucai as if he were other soldiers, although in Yelu Chucai's opinion, this is Ye Qing's revenge for him to write a letter back to Jin Guo privately, but Ye Qing insisted that it was completely for the sake of him going to the battlefield in the future, and there was no such thing as revenge.

However, in just half a month, Yelu Chucai, who had already darkened a lot, could only vent his dissatisfaction with Ye Qing by humming and chirping, and he would never dare to express his dissatisfaction to Ye Qing in person, after all, because he questioned Ye Qing in person was nakedly retaliating against him, so he ushered in a day trip on horseback, even if he had to eat, he had to let him do it on horseback, but he could only get off the horse when he went to the toilet.

After a full twelve hours, Yelu Chucai only felt that he had completely fallen apart, and his ass was almost unconscious because of sitting in the saddle for a long time.

"In the past half a month, I have been eating food in the barracks, and today I finally opened meat, which is simply wonderful." Ye Qing rarely took the initiative to drink, and after a glass of wine, he looked at the people coming and going outside the window and sighed again.

At this time, Ye Qing, compared to the slightly fat when he first came to the Longcheng Barracks, and even his complexion looked a little fair, has undergone great changes, in the seriousness of Wang Zhong and Xie Lun, now the Ye Qing in front of them is the Ye Qing they are most familiar with, with a thin face, a capable figure, and an agile every move, just like seeing Ye Qing when he saw Yanzhou again.

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How long do you plan to stay here? Yelu Chucai asked in a muffled voice.

In the past half a month, he has almost lost it, not to mention the food in the barracks, even if it is the place where he lives, it is a little difficult for him to accept, but Ye Qing can be happy in it, so he has no choice but to silently follow Ye Qing to "enjoy with the soldiers".

"What's the hurry, in another half a month, do you think I brought you to Longcheng today to let you have a good meal?" Without waiting for Yelu Chucai to ask him, Ye Qing said to himself: "I'll take you to see someone later." ”

"May I ask who it is?" Yelu Chucai began to inquire curiously again, wanting to verify whether his guess was correct.

"You'll know when the time comes." This time it was Wang Chong who replied for Ye Qing, and then looked at Yelu Chucai's somewhat suspicious gaze, Wang Chong explained with a smile: "Who do you want to meet, I don't know anything like you, it's just that I don't have your curiosity to kill people." ”

"He's curious, he wants to keep figuring out what I'm thinking, trying to find out what I'm thinking about every day, what kind of way of doing things, and then prescribing the right medicine." Ye Qing drank the last glass of wine with Xie Lun, glanced at Yelu Chucai and said.

"I don't have that time to figure out your ......." Yelu Chucai hurriedly retorted after Ye Qing finished speaking leisurely.

"Do you know in your own heart, I didn't realize it when I was in Jinan, but I only faintly realized that many things have the answer in your heart, but you still ask me what I mean. You're doing this just to verify that your guess is correct. Not a bad thing, but ....... Ye Qing got up, looked at Yelu Chucai who was slowly getting up, and after thinking for a while, he still said: "But your mind has to be used on the right path, if you dare to have the slightest crooked way, after returning to the camp today, you are going to spend the night in the stable." ”

Yelu Chucai was shocked, and instinctively wanted to refute Ye Qing's "slander" against him, but this was exactly what he had done to Ye Qing during this time, and he didn't want to figure out Ye Qing's psychology all the time, and then prescribe the right medicine.

To put it simply, it is to escape the drills in the camp during this period of time, but if it is more serious, under the premise that his Yelu Chucai's position has not yet been decided, it is obviously not a good thing for Ye Qing to figure out Ye Qing's psychology and style of acting like this.

After all, knowing that he is invincible in a hundred battles, once Yelu Chucai has the opportunity to escape back to the Jin Kingdom, then with his various understandings of Ye Qing with mental calculations or unintentional, he will naturally be able to have a certain effect when the Jin people are at war with Song.

"I never figured out what you meant, I just asked." Yelu Chucai, who walked out of the restaurant, replied to Ye Qing after him.

"Tell me, then, who is the person we are going to see now?" Walking leisurely on the street of Longcheng, Wang Zhong and Xie Lun led the horse behind him.

Although Longcheng is not as prosperous as Chang'an, and not as exquisite as Lin'an, such a small city also has its unique style, that is, everywhere shows the uninhibited and uninhibited northwest of the Great Northwest.

The sound of striking iron can be faintly heard almost a distance, like the music of Longcheng, which rarely stops for twelve hours a day.

Known as the best Zhongwei teahouse in Longcheng, when Ye Qing was about to step onto the second floor with the three of them, a black shadow rushed towards Ye Qing who was walking in the front.

And almost at the same time, Wang Zhong and Xie Lun, who were originally following behind, didn't wait for the black shadow to approach Ye Qing, they had already stepped sideways from behind Ye Qing to Ye Qing's front of Ye Qing, and the waist knife in his hand was half pulled out at once, and he stopped the black shadow stiffly.

With an extremely obscene face, with a flattering smile that made people get goosebumps, he watched Wang Zhong and Xie Lun pull out half of their waist knives, and hurriedly took a few steps back and said: "Lord Ye forgives Lord Ye for forgiveness, it is the lower official who is too reckless, and the lower official is happy for a while after seeing Lord Ye, so he ...... in a hurry." ”

"Excuse me, it's no wonder you're happy to see me." Ye Qing waved his hand lightly, signaling Li An'an, who was saluting, to get up.

Yelu Chucai only reacted to everything that had just happened when Ye Qing spoke, in his opinion, when the Xingqing Marquis rushed over just now, Wang Chong and Xie Lun's reaction was definitely beyond his imagination, of course, he didn't expect that the two of them would be so loyal to Ye Qing, and they rushed over without hesitation at the first time, thinking back to the two of them just now, they obviously didn't think about their own safety at all.

In addition to being surprised by what Wang Chong and Xie Lun did, Yelu Chucai was also shocked by Ye Qing's composure, when the black shadow rushed like the wind, even he was startled, if it weren't for Wang Chong and Xie Lun's movements faster than him, he would have an urge to run back immediately, and even in fact, he was already planning to turn around and run back, but Wang Chong's forward rush with Xie Lun stopped his urge to turn around.

"Do you want to call some people over ......?" Wang Chong followed Ye Qing, and when he walked into a private room under the guidance of Li An'an, he whispered to Ye Qing.

"Not necessarily." Ye Qing smiled and looked at Wang Chong and Xie Lun, then patted the shoulders of the two with some satisfaction, glanced at Yelu Chucai next to him and said, "This is my own business, and all of them here are my own people." ”

Wang Chong and Xie Lun looked at each other a little, and they couldn't imagine that the teahouse, which was known as the best in Longcheng, turned out to be Lord Ye's business!

Yelu Chucai was also shocked by Ye Qing's words and opened his mouth wide, no wonder this guy seemed so calm just now, it turned out that he had expected it a long time ago, no one dared to disadvantage him here?

Tea, porcelain, silk and other Central Plains items have always been favored by merchants on the Silk Road, especially for merchants from the west, these items are often the items they must bring back when they return.

And with the death of Xia Guo, Zhongwei Teahouse gradually opened various branches in various places under the control of Liu Lan'er, although doing business is only a sideline, but because it occupies several important checkpoints on this business road, so this is actually a teahouse that does intelligence, and the business is also extraordinarily prosperous, and it can sell hundreds of catties of tea every day.

Wang Chong and Xie Lun didn't know what Zhongwei Teahouse was mainly doing for a living, and Yelu Chucai naturally had no way of knowing, after hearing Ye Qing's explanation, the three of them instantly became much more cordial to this teahouse, and even Wang Chong whispered to Xie Lun that he remembered to take care of Lord Ye's business before leaving.

Ye Qing was too lazy to explain to Wang Chong and Xie Lun what the main business of the Zhongwei Teahouse was, not to mention, this was originally in conflict with the two people in charge of the army, if they said it, I am afraid it would make the two uncomfortable, and it might even have a backlash.

After Ye Qing had been sitting down for a long time, he had been compensating Li for his recklessness just now, so he sat down opposite Ye Qing at Ye Qing's suggestion.

"How many people did you bring to protect your Xingqing Marquis?" Ye Qing watched Li An'an pour tea for himself and asked with a smile.

"Back to adults, there are not many, just a few hundred people. As soon as the lower official heard Liu Duhu say that you wanted to see the lower official, the lower official did not dare to delay for a moment, for fear that he would be too late and delay the precious time of the adult. Li An'an sat down next to the chair with only half of his butt and said.

"How is Xingqing Mansion now?" Ye Qing continued to ask with a smile.

Yelu Chucai on the side had been silently observing Li An'an, who looked even more obscene than Ye Qing's heart, and he didn't have the slightest good impression of this person in his heart, and the appearance of this person once again exceeded his judgment of who Ye Qing wanted to see.

But it was precisely because Ye Qing saw Li An'an that Yelu Chucai was even more sure that Ye Qing's next step would definitely be to attack gold.

Although he didn't know when Ye Qing would choose to attack gold, he began to inspect the barracks from Ye Qing in Jinan Mansion, and after arriving in Chang'an, he inspected again, ate and lived with the soldiers, and now he has recruited Li An'an, the dead king of the Xia Kingdom, these signs are obviously enough to prove that Ye Qing is by no means idle and has nothing to do, and is pulling him around.

(ps: Haha, thank you book friends, I actually blew up the two alliance leaders, and I thought you had disappeared without a trace.) ）