On the second floor of the Tokyo Building, Li Zhang booked a place here early, and when it was almost noon, he took the wild dog to the second floor and called a few specialty dishes here, although the dishes here are not authentic, but the taste is also good, and it is quite rare to be able to eat these dishes in a place like the border market.

Just when Li Zhang sat on the second floor for a while, he saw that the young man who was suspected of being Li Yuanhao went up to the second floor with two entourages, and then sat at the window as usual.

Li Zhang also nodded to the other party, but did not rush forward, and the other party no longer seemed to pay attention to him, but ordered a few dishes as usual, and then poured himself a drink, but the two entourages behind him looked around vigilantly, and the whole body was like a full bow and arrow, as if it would burst out and hurt people at any time.

"Brother Tai, drinking alone is a bit boring, why don't we drink at the same table?" Li Zhang glanced at the other party a few times, and after a while, he suddenly took the initiative to speak, although it was a bit abrupt to do so, he couldn't think of any good way to get close to the other party.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, I saw that this young man who was suspected of being Li Yuanhao also glanced at Li Zhang with a strange face, and then suddenly smiled and said, "If Brother Tai doesn't dislike it, you can come and sit down!" ”

Li Zhang saw that the other party agreed, and he also laughed at the moment, and then moved the things on his table to the other party's table, and then sat opposite the other party, but the two entourages behind him looked a little nervous, especially when they noticed the wild dog, it was more like a great enemy, and it was estimated that they also instinctively felt the threat on the wild dog.

"I don't know what Brother Tai is called, what are you doing in the border city?" I saw Li Zhang eat two mouthfuls of food casually at this time, and then asked.

"I'm a member of the party, you call me Wei's name!" I saw the young man smile heartily at the moment.

"Ming? This name is peculiar, my name is Li Zhang, and I am currently in the army in Gyeongju! Li Zhang also smiled at the moment, but although his face was silent, his heart was greatly shaken, because the surname Wei was the surname of the party and the royal family.

Speaking of the origin of the surname "Wei Ming", many people do not know, if it were not for Li Zhang in order to deal with Li Yuanhao has checked a lot of information, I am afraid that the origin of this surname is not clear, speaking of this surname or the end of the Tang Dynasty, the party Tuoba Sigong once made great contributions to the pacification of the Huangchao Uprising, so he was given the surname "Wei Ming", which is also the first time that the surname Wei Ming appeared on the historical stage.

However, there are not many people who use the surname of Wei Ming, and there are very few people who even know it, because soon after giving the surname, Tuoba Sigong soon made great contributions, so he was given the national surname "Li", which is a supreme honor, so the party royal family has been surnamed Li later, and then the Great Song Dynasty was established, and the party was given the surname "Zhao".

Of course, there are also people who are unwilling to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, such as Li Yuanhao's grandfather Li Jiqian, so he has never accepted the surname Zhao, but later Li Deming surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, and then accepted the surname Zhao, but Li Deming has always been yang and yin, and when facing the Great Song Dynasty, he called his surname Zhao, but he was still surnamed Li in ordinary times, and the Great Song Dynasty had nothing to do with him.

As for the "Wei name", which only used a very short party name royal family name, has long been annihilated in the old paper pile of history, except for a few historians, or people who have specifically rummaged through this aspect of the information, I am afraid that no one will know that the party Xiang royal family also has the surname Wei Ming, until Li Yuanhao later became the emperor, and changed his name to Wei Ming Xiao, which made Wei Ming the official surname of the Western Xia royal family.

"It turned out that Li joined the army, and I have long heard that a young and promising person has been transferred from the border city to join the army, and this period of time has also given the border city a new look, and it really deserves its reputation when I see it today!" I saw that when this self-proclaimed young man heard Li Zhang's identity, he also bowed to him at the moment, but looking at his appearance, he didn't seem surprised by Li Zhang's identity.

"He must be Li Yuanhao!" Li Zhang also shouted in his heart at this time, the other party dared to take the surname of the Dangxiang royal family as the name, and he was not surprised by his identity, obviously he had known his identity for a long time, plus the surname Wei was later set by Li Yuanhao as the surname of the Dangxiang royal family, so it can almost be concluded that the young man in front of him must be Li Yuanhao in the future.

However, although Li Zhang's heart was excited, his face was still silent, and he smiled indifferently at the moment: "I'm just temporarily stationed here, and I see that the border market is too chaotic, so I rectified it a little, is Brother Wei Ming here to buy things or sell things?" ”

It is precisely because there are too few people who know the surname Wei, so Li Yuanhao dares to be so bold as his name, but unfortunately he doesn't know that the young man in front of him is a person who is scheming to calculate him, so the word Weiming has exposed his identity, and at the same time, it has also triggered Li Zhang's murderous intent, and now he is already thinking about how to kill this future enemy?

"The main thing is to buy some things, after all, it's going to be winter, it's bitter cold in the north, if there is no goods from the Great Song Dynasty, my people will have to suffer in winter." I saw Wei Ming answer again, and when he said this, a somewhat complicated look seemed to flash in his eyes.

"Hehe, the original intention of the imperial court to set up the border market is mainly to appease all ethnic groups outside the country, after all, it is much better for everyone to communicate with each other than to fight around." Although Li Zhang confirmed the identity of the other party, he still patiently told the other party at this time that he could not arouse the other party's vigilance, lest the other party run away before he made his move, then he would miss this great opportunity.

"But the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty are too black-hearted, they exchange shoddy goods for the cattle, sheep and horses that we have raised with great difficulty, and for this we also lose countless property every year, which is greater than the loss of being robbed by robbers!" Li Zhang's words may have touched the pain point in the other party's heart, and at the moment, he saw Wei Ming's eyebrows and eyes standing up with hatred.

"It can't be said that those merchants have traveled thousands of miles to transport goods over, and they are already taking great risks, if they don't make money, I'm afraid there will be no one to do business, as for shoddy, this kind of thing does exist, but I am also rectifying the border market, so I believe that this kind of thing will only become less and less in the future." Li Zhang was a little disapproving.

There are indeed shoddy black-hearted businessmen, and there are quite a few of them, but they can't be blamed completely, after all, they also want to make money, but they just want to gain a foothold in the border market, not only do they have to fight up and down, but they also have to pay taxes at the checkpoints on the road, and even they have to risk their lives, so if they don't have more than ten times the profit, they can't make any money, and the pay is not proportional to the income.

But the Hu people outside the country don't care about this, they don't have these concepts in their minds at all, they only see that the goods they sell to the merchants, such as cattle, sheep, skins and furs, are transported by the merchants to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty, and sold at more than ten times the price, which makes them very jealous, so in the eyes of the Hu people, the Han people are very cunning, and will only try their best to reduce the price, take away their goods at a very low price, and then make a fortune themselves, while they can only exchange for meager materials to survive.

Hearing Li Zhang's defense of those merchants, Wei Ming's face flashed a little annoyed, but he quickly controlled his temper and directly changed the topic: "I heard that the famous musket battalion is stationed here, is Li Senjun the one who commands this musket battalion?" ”

"Haha~, almost, in fact, I won't tell you, the musket was made by me personally, and at the beginning of the establishment of the musket battalion, I was also the first battalion commander, but I am not a general, and now I will be reassigned to join the army, but the musket battalion is also full of my old subordinates!" Li Zhang didn't dwell on the topic just now, after all, the two sides had different positions, so naturally they didn't speculate.

However, Li Zhang cast another bait for Wei Ming in his words, telling him that he was the one who invented the musket and single-handedly built the musket battalion, if the other party was really Li Yuanhao, he would definitely be more interested in him, and naturally he would not leave easily.

Sure enough, when he heard that Li Zhang was actually the first commander of the musket battalion, Wei Ming's eyes couldn't help but burst with a fine light, but he quickly covered it up, and then deliberately showed a shocked expression and said: "I didn't expect that since the famous musket battalion was built by Li Shenjun, it really makes me feel admired!" ”

"Haha, the musket is indeed Li's proud work, speaking of which, this thing is powerful, and the range far exceeds that of bows and arrows, with it on the battlefield, bows and arrows and the like will be eliminated sooner or later!" Li Zhang also deliberately made a smug expression at this time, and even deliberately exaggerated the power of the musket, of course, he didn't lie, the musket will indeed eliminate the bow and arrow, but it will take time.

Hearing Li Zhang's boast of the power of the musket, Wei Ming also showed a solemn expression at the moment, and then began to ask Li Zhang about the musket, but Li Zhang deliberately refused to say more, but it seemed to "unintentionally" reveal some half-truths and half-truths, which made Wei Ming also want to stop, and kept chatting with Li Zhang for a long time.

Unconsciously, an afternoon passed, and finally Wei Ming found that he couldn't inquire about anything more here in Li Zhang, so he found an excuse to get up and say goodbye, Li Zhang also personally sent the other party out of the restaurant, and then watched the other party leave, just looking at the back of the other party leaving, Li Zhang showed a little sneer on his face.

"You have a murderous aura on your face, it seems that this famous name will not live long!" At this moment, the wild dog who had been standing next to Li Zhang suddenly spoke, he was one of the people who was most familiar with Li Zhang, and now Li Zhang wanted to kill someone, and he was the knife in Li Zhang's hand.