"The purpose of the club must be as practical as possible, and the most taboo is to be rambling and empty. The eight words "those who commit strong men, although they are far away, will be punished" may have been copied from that book by the scribe of the military government who was so entangled by Du Blowhorn that he had no choice. A smile appeared on Kim Chang-tae's face, "But it's appropriate for us to use it." ”

Zhao Xingde and Jin Changtai immediately joined the "Brotherhood of Volunteers", Du Chuijiao was overjoyed, and actually panicked and advanced two dimes of silver, which can be regarded as giving them the "entry money" of the military government in advance.

"It's just that there is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it." Zhao Xingde pinched a small silver horn, and said with a smile, "Du Blowing the horn also has a generous time." He sighed, "It's a pity that in this barren mountain and forest, you can't buy wine and meat even if you have money." Otherwise, the founding fathers of our three brotherhoods should celebrate. ”

After cooking these, it was almost dusk, and the bloody remnant sun gradually sank from the distant mountains, leaving only the red glow in the sky, the layers of forests were dyed, and the heavens and the earth were smeared with a layer of bewitching crimson. This kind of scenery was originally extremely beautiful, but in the eyes of Zhao Xingde and Jin Changtai, there was some sadness. The sultry aroma of food came from the back kitchen of the cottage, and Zhao Xingde's stomach growled involuntarily, these days he and Sergeant Chengying's food standards have been mentioned to be the same as those of the Han army, and every meal is less than half an hour before he is hungry and refreshed.

Jin Changtai smiled slightly: "I heard that Sinan girl who helped the kitchen is already famous." "There are very few women in this cottage, in addition to the dependents of more than a dozen powerful generals in the village, the women who have not yet been promised are counted out in the slap, seeing that Sinan is going to turn fourteen years old, many young men in the cottage are also alive and strong, and they have the courage to inquire and come and go, because Wang Hengzhi once asked Sinan to serve Zhao De, so it is inevitable that there are some gossips. Some people even say that Wang Hengzhi did not hesitate to give the orphans of the old brothers in the village to the Xia people as concubines in order to marry the Xia Kingdom.

Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, and said with a sneer: "This is a misunderstanding." That's why you were asked to strengthen the sentry of my battalion that day. So he told the story of that night, and sighed, "I was worried about the disrepute of others, so I didn't tell you, but I didn't expect it to change like this." ”

Jin Changtai nodded: "The virtuous couple are in love with each other, and they are straight in life, and I guess the same." It's just that this rumor came suddenly, maybe someone is contributing to the trouble, and I've been thinking about it for the past few days, which party did it. He grinned, "There are many wolves in this cottage, and there is nowhere to vent the fire, but fortunately there is not enough to eat, if you are full, then there will be more things." As he spoke, he took out a delicate and small silver wine jug, took a sip of it himself, and sent it to Zhao Xingde.

Zhao Xingde took a sip gently, and a mellow taste of liquor rushed straight to his head, and he couldn't help but be surprised, you must know that the Han army couldn't even eat enough, and this wine was extremely scarce. He knew very well that Jin Changtai was a person, and he would definitely not ask the Han military camp for wine under the pretense of being Xia Jun's Sima. "Could it be that this is a good wine in Hanzhong?" Zhao Xingde speculated.

"Sure enough, it's like a god." Jin Changtai said with a smile, "This is my hometown Xifeng wine, just this pot, and it will be gone after drinking." He took another big sip and handed the flask to Xingde. Zhao Xingde pushed: "Since it is a cherished wine, let's keep it for later." ”

Jin Changtai smiled faintly: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon." There are flowers that can be folded straight and must be folded, and there are no flowers and empty branches. He took another sip, his face gloomy, and then handed the flask to Xingde. Zhao Xingde knew that he had something in his heart, and it was not easy to refuse, so he took a sip and took a sip, but did not hand it back to Jin Changtai, and asked: "At the beginning, you said that as long as the capital was enough, you would retire and do business. ”

Jin Changtai's face changed slightly, he was silent for a moment, and sighed: "This time, that time." At first, I thought that as long as I became famous and wealthy, I would have everything, but later I learned that in fact, those things that were missed and destroyed, no matter how much money there was, could not be bought. There was a hint of gloom in his tone, and after a while, his face became a little hideous, and he almost gritted his teeth, "People like us who are not descendants of the long house will always come out to wander, and we can't earn a family property until we are less than thirty years old, but when you are running around outside, you find that the miscellaneous people of the long house have already occupied the most precious things." A self-deprecating smile tugged at his lips.

He snatched the wine jug from Zhao Xingde's hand and took a sip of it, choking on the fierce wine, and coughing with succession, and his face turned red. Zhao Xingde patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "When we are famous, I will accompany you back to Hanzhong in the future, so that you can show off." Kim Chang-tae shook his head and said slowly: "There are things that you will miss forever if you miss them." He carefully covered the jug, stood up, and walked back to the barracks with a vague step.

Zhao Xingde sighed, even in a clear place like Xia Guo, there are uneven things everywhere. After more than ten days, Zhao Xingde and Wang Hengzhi discussed, in the southern foot of Taibai Mountain chose a place called Phoenix Mountain for the Chengying camp to settle the people, this place is not far from the coast, it is convenient to get the materials of the seventh battalion of Chengying, and it happens to be in the vacuum area where the Khitan and Goryeo forces are intertwined, there is originally a Sanyin city is the Liao garrison, because the Jurchens are strong, the Liao people have shrunk the army back to Kaizhou, and Goryeo has not had time to take over this place.

The location of this Phoenix Mountain is good, and it is not far from the iron ore production, it seems that Wang Hengzhi has indeed shown considerable sincerity in order to cooperate with Xia Guochengyingying, and it is no wonder that some people want to create rumors to maliciously slander him. For more than a month, Zhao Xingde remembered the agreement with Li Ruobing, asking Wang Hengzhi to send the Han army to hunt more animal skins, dig ginseng, etc., and prepare to exchange food and ordnance with the Song State. Sure enough, not long after, a messenger came to say that the Song ship would dock near Baozhou, unload the goods to the Jurchens first, and then unload the floating ones to the Han army.

Wang Hengzhi was overjoyed with the news, and immediately ordered 500 sergeants to follow Zhao Xingde to Baozhou to wait for the ship. This Captain Zhao not only represents the Xia Kingdom, but also has a lot of popularity in the Song Kingdom, and it seems unfathomable in Wang Hengzhi's mind. For several months, although the Chengying battalion could not deal with the Han army in other camps, it was not idle, Wang Tongdeng and Ma Rui led the cavalry to reconnoiter in all directions, and basically found out the reality of the Liao people. The Liao State basically focused on the defense along the north-south line from the south of Huanglongfu to Liaoyang, and the areas east of this line were tightly guarded with important walled cities, and the coastal defense was almost none, and because of this, the supplies of the Great Song Dynasty to aid the Jurchens were unimpeded.

When receiving grain and grass, Zhao Xingde met Li Ruobing again, who was about to return to the Song Kingdom, and also got the news of Zhao You's death brought by the grain ship.

"Cai Jing's party is too domineering, and after the new emperor succeeds to the throne, it is inevitable that he will lose power. However, although the official family was able to be courteous to the corporal and be kind to the scholars and doctors when they were in the East Palace, they still couldn't see how to govern after they were in power. I heard that Tong Guan is still on duty in the imperial study. However, Zhao Zhifu paid homage to the prime minister, Shao Wu was in charge of the Privy Council, Mr. Huang was in charge of the country's eunuch, and the people were in power, and the traitorous party could not cover the sky with one hand. Li Ruobing glanced around a few times, Zhao Xingde's subordinates were more than a dozen steps away, and he couldn't hear the conversation between the two clearly, he said slowly, "If there is still something to be done in the government and settle the grievances, is Xingzhi willing to do his best for the people of Kanto?" ”

Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, he was silent for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "The younger brother is here to fight to the death with the Khitan and Jurchen, and he is the people of the world." At this time, it was getting late, and many seabirds were returning to their nests in the distance, and he looked at Li Ruobing with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

Li Ruobing didn't persuade him anymore, and only said in a deep voice: "The newly established Liao Emperor Yelu Dashi is a sinister and treacherous person, the most forbearing, and he is good at tricks," Speaking of this time, Li Ruobing's face was as usual, it was this Yelu Dashi that caused him to be innocent from Bianliang to Qiongzhou, and since then he has been paying attention to this person, "His arrangement in Liaodong, in my opinion, is to brake quietly, if you don't send it, it will be thunderous." The Jurchens now have contempt for him, but since Xingzhi is dealing with him in Liaodong, he must not have the heart of underestimating the enemy. ”

Zhao Xingde nodded and said, "Thank you for the reminder." I'm just wondering, the Liao State claims to have hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen, although it has experienced a civil strife, but it is not so powerless to fight back against the Jurchens, why is Yelu Dashi in the south, and so forbearant to the Jurchens, is it possible that he wants to use troops against the Xia State? ”

Li Ruobing said in a deep voice: "Liaodong is his confidant, and if Liao wants to use troops, it must be the first to bear the brunt." Although the Jurchens are violent, the Khitan has been established for more than 200 years, and in terms of national strength, it is still far stronger than the Jurchens. If the Liao State hastily raised troops, it would be an opportunity for the Jurchens, and now Yelu Dashi is holding the camp like this, although he doesn't know what his plans are, but once he launches it, it will be even more difficult to deal with. ”

Zhao Xingde nodded yes, and after the two said goodbye, he watched Li Ruobing jump on the sampan and climb up the gangway to the side of the boat.

After the soldiers of the Han army next to them finished moving the grain, grass and ordnance, they carried bundles of animal skins, ginseng and other mountain goods onto the boat put down by the Song State cargo ship. Wang Heng knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he was very generous in the number of goods, and the actual amount of goods exchanged by the Song State for grain and grass in Liaodong was much higher than the smuggling income from the Song-Liao border.

The officer who was in charge of loading the goods on the ship looked at the Liaodong mountain treasures, counted them, touched the two mouse whiskers on the side of his lips, smiled and twitched, and said secretly in his heart: "In exchange for these mountain freight to go back and sell, the silver money earned is more than twice as much as selling grain and grass in Mizhou, this Li Chengzhi seems to be old-fashioned, but he is actually a very good person." ”

The smuggling ships of the Song court gradually disappeared into the hazy sky, and it was unknown where they would anchor that night. "I wonder where our ship has gone?" Wang Tongdeng stood beside Zhao Xingde and said in a deep voice. "Maybe," Zhao Xingde said in a low voice, "It'll be there soon." "He's getting homesick now.