"I don't have any plans for the time being, but I might spend more time with my mother and little sister!" Jin Shan pondered for a moment and finally spoke, freedom came too quickly, and he really didn't think about what to do next.

"If you don't have anything to do for a while, I have something here that I need your help with." Li Zhang suddenly smiled at this time, he came to Jinshan today, in addition to telling them the good news that they don't have to go to the iron mine again, there is another thing he wants to discuss with them.

"What's the matter, just say it!" When Jin Shan heard that Li Zhang had something to ask him for help, he immediately spoke.

"I wonder if you've ever been to the border market?" Li Zhang didn't rush to say something, but asked rhetorically.

Hearing Li Zhang's clan, Jin Shan and Di Qing glanced at each other, and then shook their heads together, and Jin Shan explained again: "We know that the border city is next to Tuoyuan Village, but since we were exiled here, we were immediately sent to work in the iron mine, and we have never even been to Tuoyuan Village, the last time you invited us to dinner, we were also here for the first time, let alone the border market, but when we were in the mine, we heard about some border markets." ”

Li Zhang was not surprised to hear this, and immediately spoke again: "It doesn't matter if you haven't been to the border city, anyway, it is actually a lawless place, and the government basically only has one rule over there, that is, as long as you pay taxes, the rest is casual, although it is forbidden to kill people on the surface, there are not a few people who die in the border city every year, and the government is too lazy to care." ”

When he said this, he saw Li Zhang pause for a moment and then said: "You also know that the musket battalion was brought by me, although the musket battalion has won a battle now, there is no new order from the imperial court, so the musket battalion is temporarily stationed in the border city, and I also asked the pacification envoy for life to temporarily take over the border market, I plan to take advantage of this time to rectify the border market, but the musket battalion alone is not enough, Jinshan, you can be in charge of the casino before, and naturally you can help me take charge of the border market, I don't know what you think?" ”

"No problem!" Jin Shan heard Li Zhang's words and immediately agreed, Li Zhang obviously wanted to pull him again, if he could help him put the border market in order, it would also be an opportunity for him to experience, and he could also get to know some contacts and relationships, and he could also lay a deeper foundation in Gyeongju in the future.

"Okay, then it's decided, I still have something to go back to Gyeongju today, and after dinner, you can go directly to the border city to find Huyan Shouxin, he and Cao Mata's army are temporarily stationed there!" Li Zhang saw that Jin Shan agreed, and immediately spoke.

"Brother Li, what should I do?" Di Qing finally couldn't help but ask at this time, Li Zhang only said about Jinshan, but he didn't mention him, and he had his own plan just now, but he was embarrassed to say it.

"Haha~, with Brother Di's ability, in fact, I think you are more suitable to join the army, but if you don't dislike it, you can also go to the border city with Jinshan, accumulate experience over there first, and then make plans in the future?" Li Zhang couldn't help laughing at this time.

"That's great, in fact, I also want to join the army, because I am more guilty than Brother Jin, if I don't offset it with military merits, I won't want to get rid of it in this life, but I'll follow Brother Jin for the time being, at least I won't suffer if I follow him." Di Qing immediately smiled when he heard Li Zhang's words.

Jin Shan was only implicated by Lei Yungong, and he could get rid of the crime after five years of exile, but Di Qing was a felony of murder, if it weren't for his young age, and the person who was killed took the initiative to oppress him first, I'm afraid Di Qing would have been betrayed to death a long time ago, but even so, Di Qing is still exiled to the frontier for life, unless he joins the army and makes military merits, and the merits and demerits can be exonerated.

The matter has been decided, Li Zhang accompanied Jinshan and they had dinner, and then went out of Tuoyuan Village together, the two sides went on the road separately, Li Zhang hit the horse and returned to Gyeongju City, in fact, after the last time the musket battalion destroyed Zhangshanbu, Li Zhang returned to Gyeongju City, but today he ran again for the matter of Jinshan.

Early the next morning, Li Zhang went to the pacification envoy Yamen to see Cao Wei, at this time Cao Wei was discussing affairs with several officials, Li Zhang also waited quietly on the side, and when the matter was discussed, Cao Wei beckoned him to come forward and said: "I have ordered the border city to hand over to you to rectify, but are you really sure that Li Yuanhao will be attracted over?" ”

The reason why Cao Wei agreed to let Li Zhang take over the border market is not just to let him rectify the border market, in fact, the main purpose is to go to Li Yuanhao, Cao Wei has always felt that Li Yuanhao's son is extraordinary, and he wants to see each other several times but can't get it, and Li Zhang is even more unkind to Li Yuanhao, plus Li Yuanhao often goes to the border market in disguise, so Li Zhang will take this opportunity to persuade Cao Wei to temporarily hand over the border market to him to take care of.

"General rest assured, according to the news I heard, Li Yuanhao is very interested in our Great Song Dynasty, not only has he read many books, but he even often comes to the border city to inquire about the situation and observe the customs of our Great Song Dynasty, plus he also stationed the musket battalion in the border city, with the rumors about the musket battalion outside, I am almost certain that Li Yuanhao will definitely be interested in the musket battalion!"

Li Zhang smiled at this time, he set up a big situation in the border city, mainly to attract Li Yuanhao, and then he also wanted to see with his own eyes what the founding emperor of Western Xia who had embarrassed the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State looked like?

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Cao Wei couldn't help but nodded, Li Zhang's calculation of Li Yuanhao can be said to be very thorough, if he was Li Yuanhao, I am afraid that he would have to take the risk of coming to the border city just for the musket battalion.

"General, if you attract Li Yuanhao, what are you going to do with him?" Li Zhang suddenly hesitated for a moment at this time and then asked Cao Wei, Cao Wei was very interested in Li Yuanhao, but he just regarded the other party as a threat to the future of the Great Song Dynasty, and did not want to get rid of him in advance like Li Zhang.

"This ......" Cao Wei also showed a hesitant expression when he heard this, and pondered for a moment before speaking, "It's best if you can catch him, then I also want to meet this legendary young master of the party, if you can't catch him, you'd better have someone draw him a deputy photo, so that it will be easy to recognize him on the battlefield in the future." ”

"General, if I have the chance, can I just kill him?" At this time, Li Zhang spoke again with a solemn face.

"No, if you really kill him, I'm afraid Li Deming will have to fight with our Great Song Dynasty!" Cao Wei heard Li Zhang's words but immediately refused, although he always thought that Li Yuanhao was a potential threat to the Great Song Dynasty, but he was not as familiar with the history of later generations as Li Zhang, let alone knew how much damage Li Yuanhao would cause to the Great Song Dynasty.

In addition, now the party is at least superficially subjugating to the Great Song Dynasty, although there are constant small and medium-sized actions in the dark, but there is no large-scale war between the two sides, and if they kill Li Yuanhao, they will definitely provoke a big war between the two sides, and then this charge of starting a war will fall on his head, even if he can win the party, I am afraid he will have to bear a lot of responsibility in the future.

"General, Li Deming is not terrible, but this Li Yuanhao is afraid that he will become my Great Song henchman in the future, so I think it is better to strangle him in advance, and I heard a news during this time, if you know, I am afraid that you will have the same idea as me." Li Zhang persuaded again at the moment.

"What's the news?" Cao Wei asked with a frown.

"During this time, Li Deming built a lot of construction in Gyeongju, and imposed heavy taxes on various party departments, many people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but Li Yuanhao persuaded Li Deming to let him not only not collect heavy taxes, but also distribute the property in their palace to various tribes, so that they can have the strength to actively prepare for war!" Li Zhang said in a heavy tone.

"Preparing for war? What a big ambition! Cao Wei couldn't help but look solemn when he heard this, and snorted coldly at the moment, although the party has been fighting with Tubo and Hui, the real strong enemy is nothing more than the Liao and Song dynasties, especially the Great Song Dynasty, which has been harassed by the party, so it is very likely that the party is preparing for war to deal with the Great Song Dynasty.

"Not only that, Li Deming naturally didn't agree when he heard Li Yuanhao's words, but also said that the treasures in the palace were all accumulated by him for so many years, and many of them were rewards from our Great Song Dynasty, plus Li Deming was quite jealous of the general, so he didn't want to arouse our vigilance too much, but at this time Li Yuanhao said another paragraph." Li Zhang paused again when he said this, the conversation between Li Yuanhao's father and son was not heard by him, but it was not made up by him, but it was recorded in the history books of later generations, and it was this passage that completely exposed Li Yuanhao's ambitions.

"What?" Cao Wei's brows furrowed even tighter at this time, Li Yuanhao does not love money, and he is very ambitious and belligerent, which is not a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty.

"Clothes and fur, animal husbandry, the nature of the baby, the life of a hero, should be called the king and hegemon, what is Jinqi?" Li Zhang's expression was solemn at the moment and he said what Li Yuanhao said in the history books, in fact, the meaning is very simple, that is, the party members should not learn from the Han people, but to maintain their own national traditions, and use the party as the foundation to seek hegemony, which is what the hero does, and this also exposes his ambition.

"If this son is not removed, it will be a disaster for the Great Song Dynasty!" Cao Wei couldn't help but shoot the case when he heard the above words, Li Yuanhao's ambition is too big, even the Liao State has the Great Song Dynasty in his heart, and learns from the Great Song Dynasty everywhere, but a mere party item actually disdains to learn from the Great Song Dynasty, but wants to retain the true colors of the Fanren, this kind of ambition is even more terrible than the Liao State.

"What the general said is extremely true, after I heard this passage, I also felt that Li Yuanhao must not be able to stay, otherwise I don't know how many Song people died in his hands in the future?" Li Zhang saw that Cao Wei had been moved by his own words, and immediately took a step forward to persuade again.