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In addition, the Hebei border passes, including Yingzhou, that is, the Gaoyangguan Road, have made it a common practice for the officers and soldiers stationed in Hejian Prefecture to extort and extort money, plucking the feathers of the goods that pass by, and checking the inflow of war horses even more strictly, not only not providing convenience and encouragement, but also not arresting them, arresting them, as long as they are not horses made by powerful families who cannot afford to offend or related households with vital interests, they will directly rob and detain them in the name that war horses are contraband, but the horses obtained are mainly not equipped with military equipment to strengthen the armed forces at the border passes, but are given and sold.

Yes, good horses are given as gifts to Shangguan and mainland backers, mainly powerful civil officials, used to pull carts and decorate the façade decorations, or the children of the gentlemen to show off the power and wealth of the family, riding on the street to bully the common people to show their prestige and fighting horse racing equestrian gambling utensils and playthings.

Selling is naturally to make a fortune in exchange for money, pretending to be in your own pocket, and having more money and pleasure.

The highest bidder wins.

Regardless of whether your essential identity is a submissive or a thief, you are the best customer if you can afford a good price.

Such a card at the border of the Song army in Hebei undoubtedly created further difficulties and risks for all horse dealers who returned home from the nearest war horses from Yunzhou.

Tian Hu is powerful, but the Hebei border army and Tian Hu's forces are not next to each other, and they are not afraid or buy the accounts of grass cowards like him, if they know that there are horse dealers and thieves who have passed by, they may be extraordinarily glared, and desperately search and intercept the places where they may sneak over in various border passes, not only detain the horses but also catch the thieves, and have a good thing to get rich and promoted.

Tian Hu's two domineering and powerful people realized that they were already the younger brothers of the noble prince and the stingy emperor. is unwilling to bow his head to the border army to please the flattery, and is reluctant to spend money to bribe the channel. The fact that they always exploited the loopholes in the border passes to sell horses further increased the difficulty of selling a large number of horses.

This is also because Tian Hu's own horse is not very effective. An important reason why the cavalry had to be bought from other horse dealers in order to grow as quickly as possible.

Zhu Jing and these Hebei horse dealers secretly crossed the border from Yunzhou, used various means to obtain horses, and returned to Qingzhou as far away, also because of the Hebei border pass.

Don't work hard to win a horse, you didn't break the hands of the Liao people, but in the end, the results were stripped off by Song Jun's own people, and the loss was upside down.

Private horse traders actively sell horses to thieves, not to the state. It has nothing to do with whether it is patriotic or not, it is purely driven by interests, and it is also because the government lacks war horses but is reluctant to use the public funds that can be corrupted and squandered to buy horses.

The thieves were at a disadvantage, and in order to receive more horses, they wanted to encourage people to send horses, but they were more generous and trustworthy.

This time, Zhu respects them with the capital they have accumulated. I wanted to make money back and forth, expand my interests, and make more money as soon as possible, so that I could get out of this dangerous way of begging and turn to other things as soon as possible, and prepared goods to enter the country from Cheongju in the form of a merchant group. After successfully selling the goods, I wanted to find a way to get the horse back in Yanshan Mansion nearby.

In this way, it can also avoid being recognized and targeted because they have been active in Yunzhou Mansion a lot. Poses a great danger.

The Liao army and the Liao government severely cracked down on horse trafficking and smuggling, and tried their best to prevent the Great Song Dynasty from arming war horses.

Several horse thieves rampant in Yunzhou Mansion. If you see a fat enough object to loot, you will never let it go.

None of the smugglers are soft-hearted and incompetent, and they all come with their heads for windfalls. If you have the chance, most of you will not let go of black and eat black.

Even if a serious foreign trade business group is trying to make money, it is not unusual.

These aspects, which are also unpredictable risks, can be fatal anytime and anywhere.

They calculated well, but they didn't want to, and the security under Yanshan Mansion, the central area of Yan Yun's rule, was not much better.

Zhu Jing and they thought that the horses in the south were not very good but very expensive, and the number of choices was small, so they wanted to go far north to find an opportunity, but they met a horse thief who liked to rob and rob the fat sheep of the Great Song Dynasty near this mountain, and almost lost completely by playing with a rollover.

Zhao Yue saved them not only their lives, but also the wealth of these goods and the hope of their future lives accumulated over the years.

This kindness is great.

Zhao Yue listened to Zhu Jing and his subordinates' deep gratitude to him and told him about the hardships and hardships he had experienced over the years, expressed deep understanding and sympathy, and pretended to be casual: "You are all good men with ability and conscience, at this time when the Han nation is in danger, in fact, you can't take risks to Liao for these money to support your family." My eldest brother's whole armament, extremely short of talents, is in need of good hands like you to join, even if you don't want to go to the battlefield to fight for fame, you can also raise horses for the army and train horses, this is also a merit, why worry about no food, no way out? ”

When many men heard this, they showed surprise and asked: "Can people like us join the Qingzhou Army and be reused?" ”

Zhao Yue smiled but did not answer.

This is not very convincing for him. Qiang said that there was a suspicion that Wang Po was selling melons.

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Who in the world doesn't know that my Hou Ye is from a common people's background, and he understands the hopes and pains of the people the most?" Who doesn't know that my Cangzhao attaches importance to and relies on the civilian heroes of Zhuanghu to defeat the Liao Kou who entered the country again and again and keep their homeland? ”

Wu Neng said with a smile: "You inquire, which of the generals under my lord's account is from a powerful and wealthy family?" Which one has a deep background? Which is the waste child of the related household? They all come out on loyalty. What you mix up depends on your own performance. ”

Wang Nianjing said with a smile: "The guards of our sons were originally good men in the rivers and lakes, but they were actually blind vagabonds, and their skills were not necessarily clever. ”

Liu Zhong, who was driving the car, said in a sullen voice at this time: "I am a hunter who doesn't know a few big characters in the depths of Yanshan, I happened to meet Gongzi, joined, and immediately got rich, I can do whatever I like, Gongzi said that as long as we can show our strengths, we will not yield to this life." No, now I move to the village with my mother, so that my mother can spend the rest of my life comfortably and safely, and I will be happy. ”

Liu Yidao, who was riding a horse, said: "We are the best example. Don't question us. That's a mistake for yourself. ”

The hearts of the men in Hebei suddenly warmed.

Zhu Jing was silent.

Smuggling and selling horses is not to go shopping, and it is not possible to have a carriage like Zhao Yue and his entourage, so they can only hurry slowly, and they must leave the dangerous land of Liao as soon as possible.

The two sides soon broke up.

Zhu Jing hugged his fist to Zhao Yue and his party on behalf of everyone: "Childe." Ladies and gentlemen, this grace will not be forgotten. There will be a period later. He led the brothers to choose their way and galloped away.

The gang is a veteran smuggler. In the relatively unfamiliar jurisdiction of Yanshan Prefecture, it is not worrying that it will not be able to find a way to get out of danger quickly.

Zhao Yue watched them disappear quickly, because he didn't have much expectation. I didn't care too much about how Zhu Jing would choose, but later I learned that Zhu Jing arrived in Qingzhou smoothly, dedicated the horse to the Qingzhou army, and told him how he met Zhao Yue, and was able to meet Zhu Wu, the military counselor of the Hou Mansion.

The two sides don't know what they talked about, most of Zhu Jing's brothers stayed in the Hou Mansion to do what they were good at, he left the money to the Hou Mansion brothers, and he only took two brothers and a little bit of Pan back to Hebei, and found Tian Hu, who was familiar with the horse trade, a heavy general. It is said that this time the horse seller was planted, and the manpower and money were all broken, and he would not do the too dangerous work of selling horses in the future, so he joined the Tianhu Department, and soon mixed up with some of the feelings of the horse seller with his ability.

Give people roses, and there is a lingering fragrance in your hands. Giving people a smile, even if they change their eyes, it is not malicious feedback. Forming good relationships, there are often unexpected joys; Forge a bad fate. Sooner or later there will be calamity. Life is impermanent, but this is a theorem.

What Zhao Yue is pondering at the moment is a very realistic problem.

He wanted to use the capitulation faction led by Song Jiang to eliminate Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La and the others at that time, and at the same time let these rebels lose both, and take advantage of the situation to eradicate the evil generals of the court and the villains of the people who had to surrender to Erlong Mountain due to the defeat of various reasons. Kill two birds with one stone, clean up these tumors that have the ability to harm society and corrupt the social atmosphere, and then return a beautiful space to the new country.

The problem at hand is that Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, the three major Kou, are all assembling war horses. Grow rapidly. And Erlongshan, there are not many leaders and lack talents. can only make a small fuss and can't toss, and he is not famous in Qingzhou. It doesn't matter, the geographical location of Qingzhou is actually more conducive to taking root and excavating the imperial generals than Liangshan, Song Jiang will join sooner or later, there is this person, with his wrist, the surrender of bad character will have people, and there is no need to develop too fast to become a thorn in the eye of the imperial court to be hit by a key attack, but do not develop war horses, do not use the period of growth to configure and train cavalry, how to compete with the cavalry fierce or the three major Kou with geographical advantages in the future?

Alas, when Chao Gai went to Erlong Mountain, he reminded him to pay attention to cavalry, and now he has to think of helping Chao Gai.

He was thinking about the affairs of Erlong Mountain, and when he stayed in an inn that evening, he unexpectedly met people from Erlong Mountain.

In East Asia, sea freight is the privilege of pirate cargo, and merchants from other countries, regardless of the country, have almost no return by sea.

Merchants of various countries can sell their goods to pirates for normal profits, but if they want to make huge profits, they can only laboriously and costly land transportation.

With the deterioration of social security caused by the war in Liao, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty who came to trade had to use more escort forces to ensure the safety of trade.

For example, in the past, a merchant group could be equipped with dozens of people, including coachmen and porters, but now just guarding hundreds of people may not be able to sell the goods smoothly to the intended destination, and then bring back the payment or Liaodi specialty goods for sale.

There are too many and more people who want to make a windfall with their empty hands and take advantage of the chaos or the embarrassing life of being forced to fall into trouble.

Operating costs and risks have increased exponentially, making it more difficult to operate.

However, the war has led to the destruction of social production. Many of the materials that the Great Liao was not good at manufacturing became more and more scarce, not to mention the materials that were already lacking, and the prices of foreign trade goods also jumped to the high ground, and the huge profits attracted the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to come to the adventure to pan for gold.

The Song business group went to Liao with unprecedented enthusiasm.

With the deterioration of public security, it is not uncommon for hundreds of people to form a team of foreign trade merchants in Liao.

The strong demand for food and lodging brought by the huge caravan also prompted the continuous expansion of the inns of the Liao state-owned state, and the industry prospered and developed.

Qingzhou, ruled by Zhao Gonglian, and the Qianning Army, Xin'an Army, and Jizhou Prefecture, which were supervised by the pacification envoys of Cangbei, the four border areas were reasonable in collecting taxes and strict inspections but not forced to buy and sell, and Cangzhou in the south was extremely safe, and the safety and comfort coefficient of merchants were high, attracting merchants from Cangzhou to leave Cangbei through Cangzhou.

This has led to economic prosperity in the local area, with tax revenues at border gates skyrocketing, and money to maintain a strong army without increasing the economic burden on the locals.

Qingzhou severely punished eating and taking cards, and the border pass checkpoints were clean and efficient, especially attracting merchants from the Great Song Dynasty to pass through.

On the other hand, in the territory of Liao, opposite Qingzhou, merchants gathered, and inns also increased dramatically.

The inn in this small town where Zhao Yue lives is big enough, but he is afraid that it will live for a few hundred people, and it is not a problem to park in a department store.

But this season is still cold, there are many inconveniences in traveling to the north, there are not many serious 800 merchants who choose to leave from Cheongju, this inn is not overcrowded in the busy season, if the big shop hall seems a little empty, only a dozen tables of guests are eating.

When Zhao Yue came in, he habitually secretly observed inside.

Looking at the dress and demeanor, you can tell that most of the guests are businessmen from the Song Kingdom, and the center of the topic is nothing more than a sharp word. Among the remaining guests were Khitans, but they were all focused on drinking and laughing, and no one noticed him coming in.

When he glanced at the seven or eight people at the table in the middle, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Although these Great Song people were dressed thickly and wore winter hats, he still recognized at a glance that the two of them were Sun Sheng, the third master of Erlongshan and the dragon prince of Yunyun, and Li Zhong, one of the commanders of the Erlongshan horse army.

Gongsun Sheng was not dressed as a Taoist priest at this time, and like Li Zhong, he looked like a Great Song businessman who had been doing foreign trade for a long time.

Wang Nianjing followed Zhao Yuewan, didn't know the two strongmen of Erlongshan, and went straight to the second brother of the Han who came forward to greet him warmly to explain the accommodation arrangements.

Wu Neng and Xu Jin were responsible for contacting Erlongshan, but they were very familiar with Gongsun Sheng and their own Li Zhong.

The two of them accompanied Mother Liu and Xue Limei in, arranged for the second daughter to sit down at the dining table to drink tea and rest, and followed Zhao Yue's gaze and recognized the two.

Gongsun Sheng and Li Zhong have been walking for a long time, they are alert and careful, and when they noticed that someone was observing them, they immediately looked back and checked.

They were more surprised to see Zhao Yue and Xu Wu on the ground in Liao than Zhao Yue and the three of them to see them here.

Although Zhao Yue has grown up a lot compared to when he outwitted the birth gang, his physique has become more and more robust and heroic, and his face has changed a little, but with Xu Wu and the others on the side, Zhao Yue's temperament is a little special, and the elegance faintly reveals a noble and fearless and fearless awe-inspiring momentum, those eyes are especially dark and bright, they have seen it, pay attention to it, and the two still believe that what they see must be Zhao Yue.

But neither of them moved, only nodded slightly to Zhao Yue and greeted him with a mouth shape.

What Gongsun Sheng said silently was: "I didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet Gongzi again in a foreign country." It's been a long time. ”

His attitude was full of goodwill and kindness, obviously remembering Zhao Yue's great kindness in helping them escape from the pursuit and landing in Erlong Mountain, and he also had some excitement and excitement when he suddenly met someone who was destined to be strong here, and even had some unknown expectations.

Li Zhong's lips are completely a greeting to the long-lost lord, the closeness and respect that should be expressed, the flickering in his eyes is even more excited, the brows that were slightly locked before suddenly unfolded, it seems that with Zhao Yue, he has the backbone, with a clever way, and the great difficulties are no longer a problem that can bother him.

Zhao Yue was also silent, his eyes showed a smile, he only nodded slightly in response, and then looked away, sat down at the dining table, pretended to be careless and glanced elsewhere, and secretly observed the rest of the situation in the store.

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