"Yue Sheng, the master of Bajiao Mountain, Meng Liang, the second master, Jiao Zan, the third master, and Yang Xing, the fourth master...... It's the four of you, right? ”

The general at the head was dressed in leather armor, wearing a strange leather hat, and two knives at his waist, one long and one short, the long one was a horizontal knife, the short one was a scimitar, and he stepped on a pair of cowhide boots.

The cowhide boots are now stepping on the chair that symbolizes the first place in the Basho Mountain Cottage.

Jiao Zan and Yang Xing struggled hard, but they couldn't break free from the rope made of cowhide bands soaked in water.

"Let Me Go ......"

"Sneak attack behind the scenes, what kind of hero is he, he has the ability to fight alone with his master......"

“……”

The two shouted, but the generals turned a deaf ear.

It seems to be waiting for them to give him a satisfactory answer.

Yue Sheng glared at him and roared, "Third brother, fourth brother, stop screaming." ”

Yue Sheng looked at the general led by him, and said with a hideous face: "A certain family is Yue Sheng, who are you?" Report the name, so that a certain brother can understand the death. ”

The leading general grinned and said softly: "In the second regiment of the lower cavalry army, the third battalion is Hoktu." ”

"Rangers?"

Meng Liang's pupils shrank, and he said in a deep voice: "It turns out that you are from the rangers, no wonder you can quietly touch Basho Mountain and capture our brothers." ”

Meng Liang raised his head, stared at the general led by him, and said, "Our brothers from Bajiao Mountain, and the people of your rangers have always known that well water does not interfere with river water, why do you want to attack us?" ”

Hoktu shook his head and smiled, "It's not my Ranger who captured you. The green forests of Basho Mountain in the northwest are also famous. This Basho Mountain is also full of traps for you. We, the Rangers, are orthodox soldiers. I'm not good at sabotaging agencies.,I don't know how to assassinate and sabotage.。

Someone else has taken you. I was only ordered to bring you back to Fuxing Pass and hand you over to the reserve camp of the Iron Cavalry. ”

Yue Sheng frowned and looked at Meng Liang with a puzzled expression.

He still didn't understand why everything had changed after waking up overnight.

Yesterday, they were still the mountain kings who were high up and shocked the green forest. Today, he is a prisoner.

Meng Liang lost his voice and said, "Could it be that the person who said yesterday that he was going to take us in is not crazy?" ”

Jiao Zan was stunned and said, "Impossible, right? ”

Yue Sheng's brows furrowed even deeper.

Yang Xing looked dazed and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Huo Ketu stared at Meng Liang and said, "You're not too stupid......

Yue Sheng glanced at Meng Liang quietly, Meng Liang understood, and asked, "This general, our brothers are just a group of small characters who have no ambitions and fall into the grass. Why bother you to raise up the people?

Yesterday we did rob those who should not have been robbed, and we got into trouble. Our brothers admit it.

In this stockade there is gold and silver that our brothers have accumulated for many years, and I will give them to you.

Please also ask the general to raise his noble hand and spare our brothers. ”

"Hahaha......"

Hoktu smiled loudly and said with emotion: "The gold and silver in your hands are really tight below. However, this time, I can't let you go. First, you are the ones who will be sent to the Iron Cavalry. Anyone who can enter the Iron Cavalry is a soldier who has been strictly screened. You can be chosen, it is really your creation.

I think that at the beginning, I participated in the assessment of the Iron Cavalry four times, and they were all eliminated. And you have leapt ahead of the others. As long as you can pass the future training and assessment of the Iron Cavalry. Your status will be higher than the below. When I see you below, I have to give gifts.

Second...... And that's the most important point......"

Meng Liang and the four of them pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Huo Ketu whetted the appetite of the four of them before he said slowly: "The order to recruit you into the Iron Cavalry was personally issued by the Tiger Marquis. Do you think that as a soldier under the command of the Tiger Marquis, can you disobey the orders of the Tiger Marquis? ”

"Tiger Marquis?"

Meng Liang and the four of them were stupid.

Jiao Zan was stunned and said, "Let's ...... Our brothers were remembered by the Tiger Marquis...... Hey...... Huhou has also heard of our brother's name......"

Meng Liang glared at Jiao Zan helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "My good brother...... I'm afraid that the person we robbed yesterday was the Tiger Marquis Yang Yanhe......"

"That crazy one?"

Jiao Zan's eyes widened in disbelief.

Yue Sheng was a little dumbfounded, and Yang Xing was a little confused.

"What did you two do?"

Tiger Marquis Yang Yansi is a prestigious existence in the northwest.

If only he didn't rob others.

You're going to rob him?

Isn't this going to catch lice on the tiger's head?

Meng Liang not only had a depressed face, but even his mouth was a little bitter.

Our brother just robbed an old horse.

Why did you still put yourself in it?

The four brothers glanced at each other and resigned themselves to their fate.

If they don't accept their fate, they can't do it, and now it's useless for them to struggle.

One battalion of rangers is enough to press the people in their cottage to the ground and rub them hundreds of times.

After Hoktu confirmed the identities of the four men.

ordered his soldiers to put the four on horseback.

Then he ordered people to tie all the other bandits in Basho Mountain into a string with ropes and send them to Fuxing Pass.

Nowadays, in Datong Mansion and Fuxing Mansion, they are engaged in large-scale construction, but there are laborers everywhere.

These bandits are sent to Fuxing Mansion to be able to use their waste.

As for the belongings in the cottage, they have long been looted by the rangers.

Looting has become one of the essential skills of the rangers.

The cottage in Basho Mountain was also destroyed by fire after it was looted and emptied.

And Yang Qi, the initiator, was riding an old horse at the moment, withstanding the wind and snow, and swayed into Xijing Datong in Liao.

The western capital of Liaoguo used to be a prosperous town.

But since Yang Qi captured Shengzhou and sent rangers to plunder everywhere.

This Xijing City has become a city controlled by soldiers and horses.

Half of the vendors that could be seen everywhere in the city had disappeared, and more were filled with Liao soldiers.

Nowadays, there are only some people with backgrounds who can do business in this Xijing City.

The newly opened Nanguo Money Bank is one of the businessmen with backgrounds.

In the eyes of the Liao people, Nanguo was a slave country and a big financier.

With the continuous increase of trade between the two countries in southern Liaoning.

The slaves purchased by the Southern Kingdom from the Liao State have exceeded one million.

This brought millions of taels of money to the Liao State.

Many Liao nobles who were about to decline made a fortune by selling Han people in Liao.

Although the gradual decline of the Liao Han people in the Liao State had a great impact on the planting industry of the Liao State, the imperial court also repeatedly banned the trading of the Liao Han people.

However, many Liao nobles who wanted to make a fortune still took risks and continued to do business behind the scenes of the southern country.

The merchants of the southern kingdom, with the support of these Liao nobles, gradually began to enter the house.

Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao believed in Buddhism.

This fall.

On one Buddha's birthday, merchants from the south gave Empress Dowager Xiao a golden Buddha inlaid with various colored gemstones.

In this way, he won the favor of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and the merchants of the southern kingdom also took advantage of this to establish a relationship with the descendants of the Liao State.

The Southern Money Store in Xijing, Liao State, was opened by Southern merchants with the support of the Xiao clan of Liao State.

When Yang Qi arrived at the door of the Nanguo Money Store, he found that the guys standing at the door of the Nanguo Money Store were all looking at people with their nostrils.

Even against the Liao soldiers, they will not bow their heads at all.

This shows the status of the Southern Money Bank in Liao.

When Yang Qi walked to the door of the Nanguo Money Store, he was stopped by the guys of the Nanguo Money Store because of his shabby clothes.

"You can't go in."

This guy was snobbish.

He arrogantly stopped in front of Yang Qi and did not let Yang Qi step into the southern country Qian Xing.

Yang Qi shrugged his shoulders, took out a gold ingot from his arms, and threw it into his buddy's arms.

As soon as this guy saw the gold ingot, the expression on his face immediately changed.

"Smack!"

The guy slapped himself and flattered: "The villain is blind and almost offended the guest." The villain is here to compensate the guests. Guest inside please. ”

Yang Qi shook his head and smiled, not bothering to deal with a snob.

Nanguo Qian Bank is now in the hands of Xie Tao, Xie Tao is a cadre, and the shopkeepers of the branches he selected must be trustworthy people.

And the shopkeeper of the southern money bank branch in the western capital of Liaoguo can choose a snob to guard the door at the door, which must also have its intentions.

After entering the Nanguo Money Store, Yang Qi threw a jade plaque at the counter.

Then he found a place to sit in the money shop.

Shaoqing, a middle-aged man who was nearly half a hundred years old and had a short beard, hurriedly came to Yang Qi with a jade plaque.

Seeing Yang Qi, the middle-aged man saluted respectfully, "But the noble person in person?" ”

Yang Qi nodded, but did not speak.

The middle-aged man respectfully made a gesture of invitation, "Your Excellency, please." ”

Yang Qi followed the middle-aged man into the back hall of the money store.

The furnishings in the back hall of the money store are not luxurious, but very simple, and everything is neatly placed.

The middle-aged man invited Yang Qi to sit down, and after personally serving tea to Yang Qi, he knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "My subordinates see the young master." ”

Yang Qi was stunned and asked, "Are you a scarecrow?" ”

The middle-aged man nodded excitedly and said, "My subordinates are ashamed, I have been helping the young master for more than two years, and it was not until the end of last year that I was recommended by Deputy Envoy Zhao to join the scarecrow." ”

The deputy envoy of Zhao in the middle-aged population is Zhao Di.

Since Yang Qi transferred Peng Pai to the northwest, all the scarecrows in the south were temporarily under Zhao Di's control.

What surprised Yang Qi was that Zhao Di actually developed the scarecrow into the money bank.

It can be seen that when Yang Qi was not in the southern country, Zhao Di did not really waste himself.

Instead, he did a lot of solid work.

Yang Qi waved his hand at the middle-aged man and said, "Since it's your own person, you don't have to stick to these false courtesies." What is the result of this branch of Nanguo Money Bank in the western capital of Liaoguo? ”

The middle-aged man stood in front of Yang Qi and said with a wry smile: "Back to the young master's words, the results are not good." This western capital of Liaoguo is no better than other places. Now it is heavily guarded. Basically, the people who save money in our money bank are some businessmen. The local Liao people rarely keep their money in our money bank. They seem to prefer to exchange their money for cattle and sheep to be reassured. ”

Yang Qi nodded and said, "There is a long way to go. Money is a long-term business, and it is also a credibility. Unlike other businesses, you can see profits when you open the door. As long as you can stick to it, I believe that more people will keep their money in our southern money bank.

When you're in a foreign country, you have to take care of yourself. The Liao people are barbaric, and they don't like to be reasonable. ”

Yang Qi patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder and said, "It's really going to be a critical time, I'd rather give up my wealth than my life." In my eyes, your life is more important than money. ”

The middle-aged man was grateful for a while, and said, "My subordinates will definitely not live up to the young master's trust." ”

Many times, the superior does not need to give much to the inferior.

A heartwarming word can sometimes be more effective than giving more gold or silver.

This is a very simple set of means to win people's hearts in the era of imperial supremacy.

Yang Qi accompanied the middle-aged man to chat about some family life, some of the past of the southern country, the customs of the Liao country, and so on.

In the end, Yang Qi said the purpose of his trip to the southern country.

"On this trip, I want to go to Shangjing in Liao. I am a Han Chinese, walking in Liaodi, it is inevitable that there will be some unnecessary troubles. So I want you to help me prepare a caravan. Let me go to Beijing with the caravan. ”

"My subordinates understand."

Yang Qi rested in the back hall of the Nanguo Money Store for a night.

Next.

The shopkeeper of the Nanguo Money Bank, that is, the middle-aged man, prepared a caravan and accompanied Yang Qi to Beijing.

said that it was a caravan, but in fact, it was more like a transport team serving Yang Qi alone.

The goods escorted by the entire caravan were basically some things to eat and drink.

It was just enough for Yang Qi to eat and drink all the way to the capital.

If it weren't for Yang Qi's insistence on refusing.

The shopkeeper of the Nanguo Money Bank is also going to prepare ten maids for Yang Qi to accompany him.

After the caravan was ready, Yang Qi sat in the most comfortable carriage and rushed to the capital leisurely.

At the front of their caravan, a banner was hung symbolizing the descendants of the Liao Kingdom.

With the existence of this banner, wherever the caravan went, it basically did not encounter any interrogation.

Since it's winter, the farther north you go, the colder it gets.

Severe cold always causes a lot of traffic trouble.

Therefore, the caravan, which originally took a month to travel to the capital, took more than a month and a half.

When Yang Qi rushed to Shangjing, the most prosperous and prosperous capital city in Liao State, the time had already entered the month of Layue.

The closer you get to the capital city of Liao, the more you can feel a lively atmosphere.

Every day, a team of horses passed by Yang Qi's carriage.

The Liao people seem to be very fond of hunting in winter.

And each of them is a very good hunter, even those Liao nobles who are full of brains.

"Young master, it's ...... to go to the capital"