At the same time, when Jiang Min heard the news, Bai Liyan, Song Jie and others teamed up to dig out the horse thief's lair, and he was shocked and felt how wrong he was.

He expected that Bailiyan would never find any trace of the horse thief, but how did he know that Bailiyan directly sent troops to dig out the horse thief's lair, so as not only to avoid increasing casualties, but also to occupy the property of the horse thief, and at the same time win the reputation of the thief.

In order to appease Baili Yan, Jiang Minli allocated 2,000 copper coins, 200 inch silver, 500 stone of rice grain, and 200 pieces of cloth from the treasury to press Baili Yan's heart. At the same time, the news will be reported to the whole city and a show of praise.

Jiang Min regretted not hanging Bailiyan in a deserted village at the beginning, and immediately invited Chen Yunfeng and Jiang Rong to discuss:

"Mr. Chen, I made a mistake in this battle, I never thought that Wei Xian would copy the horse thief's lair, it was really a mistake."

"Wei Xian has made miraculous achievements, rewarding gold and silver is only something outside the body, if the lord wants to really collect it for his own use, he should give him an official position, so that he can rest assured."

At this time, Jiang Rong said:

What Mr. Chen said is that Wei Xian has been attached to his father for more than four or five months, and he has no official position and half a job, but he was snubbed by his father, which is really a mistake of his father. Now Wei Xian has made great contributions to cultivating land and collecting the hearts of the people, and his father is still snubbing Wei Xian like this, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of his family. ”

"Then Mr. Chen thinks that it is appropriate to give Wei Xian an official position." Jiang Min asked.

"Wei Xian has both the talent of commanding the army and the ability to govern the world, so it is better to make him the transfer envoy of Guangxin City Trough."

"Transporter?" Jiang Min's eyes lit up.

The city trough transfer envoy is similar to the director and director of the local transportation bureau, and the official is actually not big, and the salary is only 40 stone a year. At present, there has not yet been a nine-grade sectarian political system, and there is no rank between official ranks, and the most direct way to distinguish the highland of power and official position is to look at the high level of the government, and the higher the rank, the higher the status.

The income of 40 stone is actually very meager, if there are 7 people in a family, 40 stone of food is only enough to maintain basic living and expenses. Of course, the transfer of the city makes me eat and drink all the public funds on weekdays, and the family can still farm and farm, or spin and weave some subsidies, so as long as you don't lie still, the iron rice bowl of forty stones can still live quite nourishingly, and you can even marry a concubine again.

Although the annual income of the city trough transfer envoy is low, but it is a fat shortage, you can fish for oil and water, where all the commercial goods in and out have to hit the market trough transfer envoy in the hands, so as long as the checkpoint is set up, all kinds of benefits are endless, and there is the privilege of protecting the merchant patrol and leading the troops to cross other counties and counties without reporting.

However, the world is vast, the people are poor, there are countless people who fall into the grass, and the city trough transfer makes it responsible for the safety of the trade routes along the line. Mountain bandits and horse thieves robbed passing caravans, and at least plundered one or two, and at worst plundered all the caravans, let alone accept benefits, and they also had to bear the charge of dereliction of duty.

Therefore, the city groove transfer makes a position the hottest job nowadays, and the position of the city groove transfer in many places has become a vacant position, after Jiang's seal in Guangxin, the position of the city groove transfer envoy was also kicked to the Guangxin Mansion.

"Then entrust him with the post of the city trough transfer envoy, so that he can collect all his soldiers to the public government, and use his ability to eliminate bandits and horse thieves in the Shangdao Mountains, so as to kill two birds with one stone. This matter will be handled by Mr. Chan. ”

"No. Besides, is there something I don't know if the lord has ever noticed? ”

"You mean the horse thief Huo Xing made a strong crossbow?"

"According to what Wei Xian said, Huo Xing started making crossbows five years ago, and now even if there are not three thousand, there are two thousand, so many strong crossbows and arrow clusters are missing, isn't it strange that the lord is not surprised?"

"But even if the horse thief has a connection with Guo Pan and Guo Peng, what does Guo Pan, a eunuch, want to do? Or is it the Marquis of Dingyang? Jiang Rong boldly guessed.

"Not like that." Jiang Min denied it, and then said: "Ding Yang Hou Gui is a relative, and there are only a thousand soldiers, so why bother to accumulate troops." What's more, three or two thousand strong crossbows are by no means a small number, with the Xianguo military system, three or two thousand crossbowmen can be equipped with thirty or forty thousand troops, unless they are like Zhiguo, a special strong crossbow corps is set up, and tens of thousands of strong crossbows are needed. ”

Although Jiang Min privately prepared ordnance, the strong crossbow was only a small amount of equipment, because the production was small, the average price did not have to be much cheaper than the strong bow, and the damage rate was more than ten times that of the bow, if it was not for large-scale production, the cost of the unit price would be too high. Moreover, crossbows require supporting processing equipment, processing metal parts, and bows require much less, which requires very different skills from craftsmen.

At this time, Chen Yunfeng said:

"Lord, I think this matter can be submitted to Chenling, so that King Xian and Marquis Dingyang will know. First, the nest of the horse thief is located in the border between Lincheng and Dingyang City, and the matter is in the territory of Dingyang Hou, and Dingyang Hou is suspected of covering up.

Second, Lincheng is the proof, but the lord is innocent. Third, let's try the depth of the inner court to see who is privately controlling these strong crossbows, in case someone moves right and wrong to the lord's detriment. ”

"Well, it works."

Chen Yunfeng judged that Guo Pan and Ding Yanghou did not have the courage to raise strong soldiers privately, and the preparation of the Gongfu military armor did not include strong crossbows in it, these strong crossbows could not disappear out of thin air, there must be a family, unless Wei Xian told a big lie, but the royal guest could not lie.

Therefore, the strange thing about this matter is that the two major fiefdom forces in Beihai County have not obtained these strong crossbows, which means that between the two places, and even within Beihai County, there is another force that has not been mastered.

After seeing Jiang Min's good news, Bai Liyan and the others found an inn in the city to eat, and the clouds between Song Jie, Tang Zhao and others were still not dispersed, thinking that they were thinking about robbing and killing them in the first place.

Although Bai Liyan also suspected that the horse thief had something to do with Guangxin Gong, judging by his reaction, he didn't seem to know about the bow and crossbow, or the performance was too dramatic, and he couldn't see it.

But in any case, it is true that Guangxin Gong worked hard to suppress bandits in the past few years, and it is quite far-fetched to say that it is quite far-fetched to use horse thieves to assassinate Yuke with broken star arrows and frame Ding Yang Hou for profit, at least there is no clue to splash this dirty water on Ding Yang Hou.

A group of people sat around the long case while eating and drinking, and a victory also made Song Jie and others feel confident.

"Song Jie, it is said that there are more than 400 horse thieves and more than 260 cavalrymen, and with our current strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to exterminate them. What's more, the horse thief has disappeared invisibly, and once the news of the lair being taken out spreads, the surname Huo will hide even deeper. Fang De said quickly, and then took a bite of the chicken thigh.

"Brother Fang De is right, there are many horse thieves, and not everyone has horses. Even if you count the more than 20 war horses captured this time, Wei Langzhong only has more than 60 horses in his hands, and there are still 70 or 80 horses under the crotch of our royal guests, and the total is only more than 150 horses, how can we exterminate the horse thieves. ”

At this time, Masson said:

"Why don't you borrow troops from Guangxin Gong."

Tang Zhao shook his head and said:

"If Guangxin Gong has a heart, I am afraid that he will send troops to suppress the thieves with us as soon as possible, and he may have concerns that we don't know."

At this time, Bai Liyan secretly thought in her heart, the horse thief was probably hiding in the territory of Dingyang City at this time, if the horse thief had something to do with Jiang Min, this matter would also have to be planted on Guo Peng's head. If he raises troops to suppress thieves, and the men and horses enter the territory of Dingyang Hou, the court will not be able to say anything. In public and private, Jiang Min will not shed this troubled water.

As for the county garrison, there are not many of them, and there is no cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the standing field garrison, which can only be used to deter the common people, and they cannot be counted on to suppress thieves. Otherwise, it would not be possible to exterminate the horse thief in seven or eight years, not to mention that Huo Xing's relationship behind him is complicated, and he secretly communicates with the powerful, which is also the fundamental reason why Huo Xing is difficult to exterminate the horse thief.

Now I only hope that Guo Peng will jump over the wall to contact Huo Xing, and what kind of actions the person who instructed Huo Xing to make a strong crossbow will be at this time is also worrying, and it is difficult to say whether it will disrupt the existing deployment.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan and Song Jie, Tang Zhao and others said:

"You don't have to worry about exterminating the horse thief, the most important thing at the moment is to find out where Huo Xing and the others are, only by knowing Huo Xing's whereabouts, can you make a plan to catch them all."

"Could it be that Wei Lang has a high plan in the middle of it?" Tang Zhao said, looking at Baili Yan with admiration from the bottom of his heart.

I don't believe anyone, a Langzhong also has a great talent for governing the world and the country in both civil and military affairs, and it has only been a few days in the blink of an eye, and the nest of horse thieves who have been rampant in the township for seven or eight years has been ended.

Bai Liyan said lightly:

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed, when I return to the village today, I will discuss it carefully."

At present, the army is outnumbered, there are more than 60 captured horses in the deserted village, although there are more than 150 people, there are barely more than half of the horses, and the horses are not good horses, so there are not enough 150 horses.

There are only 2670 strong men who can mobilize in the whole village, more than 150 royal guests, 150 people who are left behind, and 2670 people who can be dispatched in full fighting.

Huo Xing only has 261 cavalry and 157 foot soldiers, and the disparity in combat strength is huge.

At this time, the news of the horse thief's lair being ended spread all over the city, Xiaochangyuan was no exception, hearing the news that the horse thief's lair was ended, and the bandit army seized countless people, Guo Peng immediately exploded his liver and lungs, and scolded Huo Xing for being useless:

"Stupid waste, Huo Xing is a stupid person, the old nest was actually killed by a milky child who has not dried up, what do you want him to do."

At this time, Zhang Xing, the eunuch beside him, said:

"Childe is angry, Wei Xian's attack on the lair is probably a fluke, if there is no help from the royal guests, how can he find Huo Xing's lair so easily."

"This Wei Xian is still a refinement!" Guo Peng gritted his teeth and said, "Go, send someone to tell Huo Xing, don't act rashly." Wei Xian dug out his lair, and he was bound to make a big noise, and the royal guests were also angry, they couldn't find Huo Xing and others, and the royal guests couldn't gather in the deserted village for a long time.

I pondered, in another ten days and half a month, the royal guests will be dispersed. When the time comes, let Huo Xing kill him again, and this time he will cut down the grass and eradicate the surname Wei. ”

"Childe, let's settle the matter, at least after the royal guests disperse, it's not too late to do it after a month or two when the wind and waves are calm."

"Do you still need to remind Ben Gongzi! In addition, the godfather asked you to secretly come to investigate the Guangxin City Market, can there be progress? ”

"Hui Gongzi, a large number of listed commercial goods from the perspective of workmanship, and Sun Guo, Changsun Guo workmanship texture is no different, should be from Sun Guo, Changsun Guo into Guangxin."

"Sun Guo, Eldest Sun Guo? Then you can only go by sea and land, is the sailor of the Jin Kingdom blind? Do you know who is the owner of this shipment? ”

"Xu is Guangxin Gong."

Zhang Xing guessed, Guo Peng snorted coldly:

"Hmph, only Jiang Min dares to do this."

Due to the inflow of a large number of unknown commodities into Guangxin City, which hindered Guo Peng's plan to sell inferior and expired goods in Guangxin City and make huge profits, Guo Pan sent his confidant eunuch Zhang Xing to Guangxin to secretly investigate.

The results of the investigation ultimately point to all local merchants, and the implication is that Guangxin Gong secretly acquiesced, and there is no empirical evidence that Guangxin Gong secretly manipulated the input of external goods.

Guangxin City is Jiang Min's fiefdom, theoretically except for the customs, other taxes are managed by Guangxin Gong, to say that Guangxin Gong Jiang Min does not know, it is obviously false. However, the 10,000 naval troops of the Jin State were stationed in Guangxin Port, and it obviously does not make sense to say that the naval troops of the Jin State are all blind.