On the fifth day of the eighth month, the staff and officials of the baggage team who made the envoy stay in the camp of the Zhenbei Army, and Zhao Xingde was also in the middle of it, but he did not have the opportunity to see the grand scene of the Hebei army marching to welcome the prince King Wei. Because the control of the baggage camp was slightly relaxed, the Xingyuan staff made an appointment to go to the women's camp to drink at noon, but Zhao Xingde occasionally met Li Hongyu. Tong Guan's attitude towards Zhao Xingde is quite incomprehensible, and most of the staff members of the Xuanyuan do not know the details, and they do not dare to offend him at will.

"Zhao Gongzi." Li Hongyu lowered her head and poured Zhao Xingde a glass of wine, she already knew Zhao Xingde's identity from Master Li, if it weren't for the reckless man Han Shizhong, a scholar like Xingde would be a good choice for a woman in the dust.

Zhao Xingde took the wine glass with a smile, drank it all, and asked in a low voice, "Where is the girl's hometown?" What was the original surname? Is Ruby the name of your parents? ”

Li Hongyu was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "The slave family has been sold to Gonglou since childhood, and the deed of sale is on the deed, the slave family's surname is Liang. ”

"That's it." He didn't say much, only relieved Li Hongyu that he didn't have to worry about the future, with Han Shizhong running around in many directions, there would be a day when the clouds and fog would disperse.

Although Zhao Xingde's secret fate is slim, it is like an invisible silk thread, and the two of Han Liang still met together. The general trend of the world has been so different, the Great Song Dynasty during the Xuanhe period, the people were treacherous, the country was just like flowers and brocade, and the fire was cooking oil, but after all, it was a peaceful and prosperous era, and there were three major camps at the border to guard the iron bucket of the country, more than ten years later, there will be Jin people into the Kou, Jingkang's shame?

While he was groaning, a soldier named Zong Bao came over with a table in his mouth, squirting wine in his mouth, and laughed loudly: "Come, I salute the talented man who is the first to have a glass of wine." When he got closer, he suddenly fell on Zhao Xingde's shoulder as if he had lost his footing. Xingde was startled, and was about to help him up, but a small voice like a gnat came from his ears: "If you want to return to Beijing safely, you will have three minutes and four sea buildings." Xing Deshang didn't know what he meant, this treasure had already stood up by himself, raised the empty wine glass, and said with a drunken smile: "Good wine, good wine!" The other proclamations made his staff laugh at him for his shallowness.

Zhao Xingde saw this person staggering back to his seat, and he was puzzled in his heart, this imperial wine for rewarding the Hebei army, when he drank it, it was tasteless. After entering the city, he inquired clearly that Sihailou is the most lively restaurant in the city of the Daimyo's Mansion, he thought about it again and again, and finally decided to go to the meeting, after reporting his name, the guy immediately took him to the Qichu Pavilion on the fourth floor, a tea fragrance came to his face, next to the delicate and small red clay tea stove, a gentleman with a thin face was holding a cup of tea from the window looking at the bustling street market downstairs, heard the voice, raised his head, smiled at Zhao Xingde, and raised his hand to signal him to sit down.

"Lord Shen Yun explains, I will bring you back to Bianjing intact." Wang Yan held the wide sleeve of his robe with one hand, and scalded the teacup for Zhao Xingde with the other, filling it with tea. Seeing this, Zhao Xingde also picked up the teacup, sniffed it at the end of his nose first, and then drank it all despite the hot tea, closed his eyes and savored the fragrance of tea transpiring and spreading in his mouth and nose, only to feel refreshed and refreshed, and after a while, he opened his eyes and praised: "Good tea!" ”

Wang Yan was not surprised when he saw the change in virtue, and praised: "In Daying, Hebei, it is rare to meet a person in the tea ceremony like Yuan Zhi. He drank a cup of his own before he said slowly: "I am Sima Wang Yan of the Hebei Camp March, and I am also the Hebei Commander of the Imperial City Division Jinwei Mansion. "The Imperial City Division and the Jinguan Mansion are unheard of by ordinary people, but Zhao Xingde knew some things about the Imperial City Division from Song An, and he didn't make a fuss when he heard the words, but only raised his glass and said: "Zhao Xingde, who was too late to learn from the Confucian Confucian, served in front of the Hebei Army, and I hope that Lord Wang will take care of it more." He always felt faintly familiar with the name Wang Yan, and he couldn't remember where he had heard of it.

Wang Yan smiled slightly: "No need to be polite, I have been friends with Chao Buzhi for many years, and I have also had several relationships with Lingzun Zhao's servant, even if you are your elder, without the care of Lord Shen, you will not be framed in Hebei." Next, Wang Yan explained to Zhao Xingde that Zhao Xingde, as the first name of Taixue Shangshejia, was sent to serve in front of the Hebei Army without being awarded an official position, and it was obvious that someone was embarrassed by him, but Shen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Division, clearly knew that the official family had the intention of cultivating Xingde, so he signaled Wang Yan to take care of Xingde during this time in Hebei, and not to let him be killed.

Liang Shizhong, Tong Guan and Shen Yun are all eunuchs, so they can't help but be a little jealous of the same beauty. Prime Minister Cai Jing and Governor Zhao Zhifu both elected Tong Guan to take charge of the Hebei camp, and Shen Yun wanted to protect this young man who was suppressed by the two prime ministers. If Tong Guan upholds the intention of others to harm the virtuous, the Imperial City Division will at least take him a handle for later use. But Wang Yan, the Hebei ruler of Jinean Mansion, is Zhao Xingde's elder friend, and he took advantage of the situation to deal with this matter, the affairs of Jineaves Mansion are extremely complex, and the handover can be one or two days, and a year and a half can also be, as long as Tong Guan does not urge, Wang Yan is ready to personally bring Zhao Xingde back to Bianjing a year later.

Coming out of Sihailou, the evening breeze blows, with a trendy and fishy smell of pickles, the city is full of jingling hammers of blacksmith shops, Zhao Xingde looks back, the lights are bright, the tall and majestic Sihailou is beside it, the surrounding houses are only two floors at most, most of them are one-story houses, and there are many simple shacks built along the street, there are no lanterns on the dark streets, and the road is all lit by the faint lights from the windows of each house, and the road surface of the Daimyo's Mansion is also potholed, and stinky puddles can be seen everywhere, There is always a smell of urine by the remote wall.

The Daimyo's Mansion is also a famous city, looking at this sparsely populated street, and the bustling Bianjing, there is no difference. No wonder the officials are attached to the capital and do not want to be officials in other places, Zhao Xingde shook his head, although he has not lived in Bianjing for too long, but he also has an unrelenting attachment to the prosperous city.

"The scholar is finally back, no matter how late it is, don't say that Lao Han has good things and doesn't take care of you."

As soon as he opened the curtain of the camp, Zhao Xingde smelled a pungent smell of wine, "High liquor? Zhao Xingde was a little surprised to think of this familiar taste, and when he looked up, he saw Han Shizhong and several other officers sitting around the room, with a pot of fragrant meat and vegetables on the charcoal fire in the middle, and a wine jug in front of each person.

Han Shizhong introduced the officers present to Zhao Xingde, Zhou Dingchen, the secretary in charge of the distribution of the Zhenbei Army, Xu Wei, the commander of the first battalion of the cavalry, Yuan Guangfu, the commander of the second army of the Yunnan cavalry in Hebei, and Pei Yan, the deputy commander.

"This is Han's brother, Zhao Xingde" Han Shizhong stretched out his hand and said proudly, "It's not like Han who only knows a few words, Xingde is a person's identity, and the talent who is the first in the Taixue University examination in Beijing is not much different from the champion and the first. ”

"Brother Han has won the prize!" Zhao Xingde hurriedly stood up and thanked him, he usually stayed in Tong Guan's shogunate, surrounded by scheming officials and officials, and rarely had any dealings with these battalion commanders who really grasped the soldiers. These military attaches have always been until Han Shizhong, although he seems rude, but never lies, heard that Zhao Xingde is the first name in the capital Taixue, they were shocked, and raised their wine glasses to toast him. The military general's head hangs on the waistband of his pants and fights for half his life, which is not as good as an article by the leader of the examination room like Zhao Xingde.

When they met for the first time, Zhao Xingde was naturally a dry drink. When the wine was hot, Han Shizhong smacked his lips and said, "What is the name of such a strong wine?" ”

"Although Tokyo is good, there are a few things that are not as good as our Hebei, and this 'wine sweat' is one of them." Yuan Guangfu held the open bowl, sniffing the aroma of wine, and said with a smile.

"Good name," Zhao Xingde praised, such a glass of wine in the stomach, the feeling of burning from the throat to the stomach has not been tried for a long time, "the sweat of fine wine." ”

"Zhao Gongzi Yaxing," Yuan Guangfu smiled slightly, "The name of this wine sweat is because of the re-condensation of wine sweat after many times of cooking. ”

Zhao Xingde was stunned, the faces of several generals of the Zhenbei Army condensed, this many times steamed and made into a high degree of wine, in Liaoxia is popular, but because of too much waste of food, in the Central Plains is strictly forbidden to brew things, Xia produced is wine steamed, known as "blood and sweat", and sweat and blood BMW, only the rich and noble family can taste the taste.

Seeing this, Yuan Guangfu took a sip of wine without fear before he smiled: "Don't panic, this is the camp of Hebei, the Daimyo's mansion sells illicit wine all over the streets, and the wine supervisor himself is doing the liquor and sweat business of the Liao Kingdom." ”

"This wine and sweat sold privately in Hebei is actually produced in Liao?" Zhao Xingdeqi said, "Could it be that the Liao people's food is already so abundant? ”

"No," Pei Yan seemed to be a scholar who put pen to paper, put down the wine bowl, and said with a sigh, "Nanjing Daoguang of the Liao State used Han slaves to cultivate the fields, and these slaves ate less food than dogs, so the Khitan nobles have a huge amount of surplus grain every year, which is inconvenient to store, and the long-distance sales are not very profitable. I heard that the five kingdoms of the northern kingdom, the Mongols, and the Jurchen barbarian tribes are very fond of this thing. ”

"I see," Zhao Xingde smacked his lips, his tongue seemed to taste a little salty relish, and most of the wine was gone. The Zhenbei Army and several generals from the Hebei camp soon abandoned their virtues and fought together.

As the saying goes, after drinking, Yuan Guangfu and Pei Yan originally had the intention to make friends with the generals of the Zhenbei Army, and gradually introduced in detail the doorways of several subsidizing military services for the Hebei camp. In addition to trafficking high-level moonshine from Liao, it is also possible to traffic illicit salt in Liao, and use the manpower of military households to make extremely salty pickles and cured meat instead of table salt. Because the inland state capitals have implemented salt monopolies, the price of salt is extremely high, and the business of pickles and cured meat is naturally making money every day. In addition, the Liao country and the grassland are rich in cattle and sheep, but the nitrate and processing of leather are coarse, and there are many people in Hebei Daying who have trafficked raw and cooked leather from Liao, and the mercenary households have carefully processed it. The moonshine, pickles, and leather were all used to transport the yamen's mule and horse teams to various places, and after a little bit of attention from the upper and lower government offices, no one dared to come to find trouble.

In the end, except for Xingde, the rest of the people were drunk into a puddle of mud and slept crookedly in Xingde's room. It was cold on the ground, and Zhao Xingde supported these people to lie down on the kang.

"Xijing relies on the Xia Kingdom, there are many rich and noble people, Xijing sells sugar, sells green salt, sells white cloth, sells wine, sells cars and horses, all kinds of kitkat playthings, oil and water are greater, our Hebei camp is less than the top, more than the bottom, although it is not as good as Xijing, but it is still better than the Hedong camp." Yuan Guangfu knotted his tongue. Han Shizhong snored and drunkenly said in his dream, "Good brother, get rich, get rich, get rich together!." ”