On a rainy day in June, a light four-wheeled carriage drove into the city of Yidu under the escort of a troop of cavalry.

Inside the carriage, Song Saburo was wearing a single coat, and he was sweating hot. Don't think it's raining this day, and he's not hot.

Driving into the city gate, although it was raining, none of the shops on both sides of the street closed their doors. There is an attractive fragrance in the restaurant and restaurant, and there is the seductive voice of the singer singing, although the market is not as prosperous as usual, it also makes the Song Jiang guards on both sides of the vehicle dizzy.

Song Jiang's eyes were also looking left and right, and he found that Yidu City was more prosperous now than when he went south.

However, his mind was not on this prosperous market at all, but on the mansion that symbolized Qilu's power.

As early as when he was still recuperating in Songjiazhuang, Jeju, he heard the war reports one after another, Fang La's army captured Jinling City, and the Liangshan army also took Yangzhou in the south and Cangzhou in the north. Suddenly, he came face to face with Liao. Lu Qian set up Huainan Province, and Guo Yong, the former imperial history of the left capital, was the first governor; The former Huainan recruited Chen Guan to be promoted to the central court as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stationed in Cangzhou, and faced the Liao State. The position of the prefect of Cangzhou is still vacant, only Chai Jin is temporarily appeased, and the latter set up a large freight yard in Nigu Village according to Lu Qian's thoughts, communicating the north and the south, which is not a field.

The former is purely a trade zone, and the rules and regulations are completely different from the old days, and everything is done according to the sale. The implementation of the law of the Liangshan Army, no forced buying and selling, no fighting, let alone murder and injury, everything is like a street market in the hinterland, the rules and regulations seem to be impartial, but in fact it is true or false, it is a matter of wisdom.

This news came out and attracted countless people to discuss. Most of them are not optimistic, because the Liao people are arrogant. And the place is close to Liao, which is even worse.

However, Song Jiang felt that this trade zone was feasible. Because the rules here are much easier than the Rongchang, you must know that in the Rongchang between the Song, Liao, Song and Xia, the government has limited trading rights, and the small merchants have to settle the guarantee with ten people, and each time they bring half of the goods to the other party's Rongchang for trading. The big merchants were detained and waited for the other party to come to pay tribute.

There are official teeth to assess the color grade of goods, solicit and pay, and collect dental tax. It's too big to be tired here. In addition, both parties to the transaction must be mediated by the official and must not have direct contact.

Under such a shackle, Zhao Song can still collect 1.5 million yuan in commercial taxes a year, and it can only be said that the mutual trade between them is really frequent.

And now this trade area doesn't seem to have a lot of insurance, but it's free. Businessmen from the two countries talk face-to-face, each takes what he needs, and as long as he pays taxes and abides by the law, he can communicate smoothly. And the business opportunities in it are too great.

Grain, Lu Qian took out bags of grain and took out the food that was in short supply in the Liao army. As far as Song Jiang knew, just like this, the Liangshan army easily exchanged thousands of war horses from the Liao army on the opposite side.

And when Song Jiang set off from Yuncheng East and walked to Jinan, he heard another news. However, it was an agreement between Daqi and the Liao State, and twenty stones of grain were exchanged for a war horse for the Liao people. I sighed immediately: real profiteering.

In the Great Song Dynasty, this good horse is like a luxury car in later generations, the price is expensive, and a qualified war horse is worth no less than 100 yuan.

You must know that the height of the superior horses of my great cowardice is 4 feet 7 inches, and the height of all horses is from 4 feet 7 inches to 4 feet 2 inches. That is, between 1.5 meters and 1.35 meters in later generations. This height is not low. The record of "Zhou Li" is: "Eight feet or more is a dragon, more than seven feet is a horse, and more than six feet is a horse." In the Spring and Autumn Period, one foot was about 23 centimeters in later generations, and six feet, that is, about 140 centimeters, was about 14 palms. In the Han Dynasty, horses with a height of more than six feet were forbidden to leave the customs. Yes, a horse of such height can really be called a war horse. The standard for Liang Shanjun to buy a horse is four feet five inches, which is half an inch higher than 140.

And it's whether you love it or not.

A large amount of grain was piled up in the Cangzhou trade area, and horses were exchanged for it. And if you don't want to hand over the horse, you still need food, that's okay. Take a knife and gun to compete?! Does Liao still have the strength to come south to make trouble?

As far as Song Jiang knew, the jade unicorn that had been stationed by the Shuibo before, had already led a group of elite horsemen straight to Cangzhou. At the same time, his trip to Yidu, and his future prospects are also related to Cangzhou's rest.

"Brother Wu walks slowly, and takes a few steps with the little brother......"

"Coachman stops." Outside the carriage, a voice sounded, "Brother Lu? I haven't seen you for a few days, but are you okay? Why are you staying here? ”

"The younger brother entered the Tianlu Pavilion yesterday, and he didn't want to forget the time, and it was already raining when he came out, and the record in his arms couldn't withstand the rain, so he could only stay nearby for one night. I got up early this morning and returned to my lodgings while the rain had stopped. I saw the signboard in the bookstore again, and I stayed until now, and now, I can't find a cart or a horse. ”

"I see. That Guozijian's mock test paper set, can Brother Lu get it? Yesterday I drank a few glasses with Brother Wu, and today I got up late and went to three bookstores to get a book. Another voice rang out.

"If you don't do it again, the younger brother will be unlucky, so that there will be such bad luck. ……”

The carriage rolled over the stone slabs, and the Song River carriage and horses staggered. Through the window, he could clearly see the youth on the faces of three young people of the same age in the two small old-fashioned red-covered two-wheeled carriages.

"Indeed, he is the scholar who has been referred to in this year's department." Song Gongming sighed inexplicably.

Tianlu Pavilion is a library, which stores many classics, most of which were obtained by the Liangshan army in various places, so there are not too many classics in Tokyo City and Ying Tianfu City. It can be called a vast sea of smoke and sweat cows. Nowadays, many Qilu Shilin people are immersed in it all day long.

But the set of mock test papers accurately revealed the identity of the other party. After determining the identity of the other party, he suddenly felt a sense of pride and superiority in his heart.

Scholar, scientific examination, what can I do if I pass the examination? Not the same as me? And I think that he Song Jiang also studied poetry and books hard, but he didn't even have the qualifications to sign up for reference. If it weren't for Liang Shanbo, Hei Saburo narrowed his eyes, and for a moment he remembered Shi Wenbin and the experience of being a priest in Yuncheng County, how boring it was!

When I arrived at the State Guest House, I had a day of rest, and the next morning, the sky was clear. Song Jiang was dressed in a black official robe and strode out of the door. Taking a deep breath of fresh air, Hei Saburo felt that his whole body was refreshed. The eaves of the vestibule are still a little droplets, and the flowers in the flower beds are stuck with crystal droplets. The rain hits the flowers more delicately.

Song Gongming, who was dressed in an official robe, was getting darker and darker, but his whole temperament was also more solemn. Wearing a beam crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and a long sword, people forget that he is low in a trance.

Lu Qian's official system, civil officials are still Xuan, and military attaches are uniform. It is also based on the Han system.

There will be no red, no green, no green, no purple, and no clothed beasts. Civil and military attachés are all equipped with swords, and they are chosen according to their own choice. In addition to the dismissal of soldiers when entering the Fengtian Palace, all the cadres in the Wuying Hall have blades hanging on their waists.

"Minister Song Jiang pays a visit to the king."

In the Wenhua Palace, Lu Qian summoned Song Jiang here. This hall is smaller than the Wuying Palace, and it was built together with the Wuying Palace. And the usefulness is also very clear, that is, to meet with the ministers and convene the cabinet ministers to discuss the matter.

"Hurry up. I was a mistake before, I taught you to mourn and destroy your bones, and I regretted it afterwards. Is my brother still in good health? Seeing the pillar of air above Song Jiang's head, Lu Qian was satisfied. No matter what this guy has done before, he is still loyal to him now. It seems that his performance in front of Chao Gai was not in vain, and this Hei Saburo more or less believed it. In this way, it is not in vain that Lu Qian pulled Song Gongming out of Jeju and once again set an example to show his righteousness. In this way, Lu Qian's tone and intimacy increased to a new level. At the same time, he really decided to go to Cangzhou to take up his post.

It's still not called this timely rain to call Baoyi, but it's even the right to make a royal history. It's hard to be human, and it's explicit.

After a conversation full of affection, Song Jiang's loyalty suddenly rose a notch. Earlier, he had heard Chao Gai say this in Huainan, and then Lu Qian temporarily went home to retire as a squire in his military department, and what was written in that document was also very sincere. Now that Song Jiang and Lu Qian have met like this, they feel more relieved by Lu Qian's attitude.

"In Cangzhou, the emphasis is on the north rather than other soldiers and horses in Hebei. The latter is as rotten as wood and mud, and it is not worth mentioning. "Tong Guanbu, who only has some strength, has already pounced on the Daimyo, and Zhang Suodu took the men and horses with him. What else is Cangzhou afraid of?

Are you afraid of the Baoding Army and the forbidden army stationed in Qingzhou? Amusing.

As Lu Qian spoke, he asked someone to hang up a new topographic map, which was the territory of Liaojin and Jin. "The Khitan has been repeatedly hit hard by the Jurchens, and has lost the key land of Liaodong iron smelting, and the grain and soldiers are scarce, and they are asking me. Our army lacks war horses, and we also ask him. Cooperation is mutually beneficial. ”

Song Jiang looked at the map in front of him and was taken aback, "Nanjing Dao is the foundation of the Liao Kingdom, and his generation has been killed to such an extent?" "I never expected that the Khitan would be defeated so badly, and the Jurchens were called to the gate of Nanjing Road.

"There should be three or two years to prepare. This Jurchen is a small clan, the whale swallowed the land of Liaodong, if the snake swallows the elephant, if it does not absorb and digest it from time to time, how can it be moved again? "Lu Qian's finger is in the position of Yizhou." With the Khitan heritage, there is a three-year or two-year recuperation, how can you not pull out a strong army? Even if you can't destroy the Jurchen for a while, you should resist it. It's a pity that the sky wants to destroy Liao, this year's drought in Liao, all the states are annoyed by famine, Dousu can be worth a few horses, and the common people have reached the miserable place of plundering people and filling up food. ”

"If so, the men in all states have risen up, and half of Nanjing Road has been in chaos." The six brothers of Nahuo captured Haibei Prefecture, and then went to Yizhou (west of the Naiman Banner of the Zhelimu League), and were defeated by the return of the king of Liaoxi. But we can also see the Liaodi Rebellion. According to the latest news, the military and civilians in the border areas of Liaojin have already taken refuge in the Jurchens.

"True Heaven Destroys Khitan." Song Jiang listened to Lu Qian's narration, and it involved a lot of important things in the north, all of which were painstakingly investigated by the spy department, and there were also Cangzhou Kaibian and obtained from there. Hei Saburo suddenly felt that this Khitan, this Great Liao, and this great enemy who had suppressed the Northern Song Dynasty for more than 100 years was really coming to an end.

"There is little food in the north, and sooner or later there will be an influx of refugees in Cangzhou. If you want to come, the Liao army will not stop it. When you work in Cangzhou, the trading ground is one of them, which gathers refugees and knows the reality of Liaodi, which is the second. Traffic Liao people, although the Ministry of Rites is the mainstay, you also have to try to do it. People say that the tree is falling and scattering, don't you know that this golden wind has not moved the cicada. "Such as Zhao Liangsi and others, Lu Qian will never believe that the Khitan is the only one.

Song Jiang only obeyed orders and praised Lu Qian for taking precautions. But in his heart, he felt that he should also come up with a plan that made Lu Qian dazzling, so that he could show his ability. returned to the hotel, closed the door and pondered all night, and re-entered the palace to see Lu Qian the next day.

"The King. The minister carefully collected the officials of the trade zone last night, and although the Khitan is now down, it is still brutal to my Central Plains people. The people of that generation have been overwhelming the Central Plains for a hundred years and are arrogant. Even if he defeated the hands of the Jurchens, he would not lose his heart in my heart. "This is a kind of Lao Tzu Although he is angry outside, your Lao Tzu is still your Lao Tzu's thoughts. Song Jiang summed it up well.

Not long after the trade zone was opened, there were many Khitans making trouble. When the two countries traded grain and horses with each other, those Liao soldiers were very arrogant. Xu Ning, who is sitting in the town there, is a good-natured person, but he doesn't give up half of this, but this trade zone is a business after all, and it is not legal to make trouble like this.

"The minister thought hard for a long time at night and came up with a plan, which can lose the spirit of the Liao people and lose the hearts and minds of the Liao people."

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