The flowers bloom in two, one on each branch. The Liangshan village was full of joy, and the Jin Leopard who was far away in Jizhou also got what he wanted, and finally heard the news of the jade banner rod Meng Kang from his friends on the rivers and lakes in the past. He might as well be tired from many days of travel. Coincidentally, that Meng Kang was actually in the drinking Ma Chuan, and he was in the company of the fiery and fierce Deng Fei.

Deng Fei is his old acquaintance, and he wants to do business with his gang back then. He was born in the Xiangyang Mansion of the Gaitian Army, and his eyes were red, and the people on the rivers and lakes called him a fire-eyed man. is also to bluff people, only said that it is caused by eating more human flesh, but in fact it is innate. He can make an iron chain, and no one can approach him. Yang Lin has been separated from him for three years and has never seen each other. At the beginning, Yang Lin and Deng Fei broke up, that is, they washed their hands in the golden basin and no longer did green forest trading. But how difficult it is to make a living on the right path. Three years have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is up the mountain and falling on the grass again.

Of course, this Yang Lin had Liang Shan in his heart very different from his past behavior. On that day, it was called a barricade robbery, but it hurt less people. And now he is a chivalrous man who fights violence and peace, and he is a hero and a hero preached by hundreds of people.

This is a kind of word-of-mouth, a layer of aura, a supreme glory, and an invisible shackle. No one on Liangshanbo has realized this last point, such as Yang Lin, he didn't think of this, but his mind has been brainwashed by the aura in front of him. I am afraid that there is a little inconsiderate place, which will tarnish the name of Liangshan and accumulate the humiliation of the brothers in the cottage.

Now Yang Lin looks at the fiery eyes again, it is full of a sense of superiority and a sense of overlooking from above.

Although he hadn't seen him for three years, Yang Lin believed that Deng Fei thought that when he invited the jade flag, he would also earn his old friend on the mountain, which was also a kind of creation for him.

When even he didn't go to Nayin Machuan first, looking for Deng Fei and Meng Kang to join the gang, but led his entourage and crashed into Najizhou City. [Once again, I admire the geography of Old Man Shi, Xu is the one who came out of nowhere. 】

This Jizhou is an important border town of Song and Liao, I don't know how many people and horses were arranged in the past, even if the two countries have not fought for a hundred years, but this Jizhou is still an important place in the military of Zhao and Song. It is an important part of the Tangbo defense line.

Some people may wonder what the Tangbo defense line is, the so-called Tangbo defense line is that after the Song army failed to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, in order to get rid of this passive situation, some people proposed to use the Baigou River to form a natural "water barrier". The argument of this school of thought is that if we can take advantage of the low terrain of the northeastern border and connect some rivers with Dianbo, and "use water springs as solidification, build pitang, and connect the sea", then we can not only irrigate the rice in the tuntian fields to replenish military supplies, but also limit the Khitan cavalry to resist the enemy.

Zhao Lao Er [actually the third child] thought so, so he requisitioned nearly 20,000 people from Hebei Prefectures to build embankments for more than 600 miles along the borders of Xiongzhou, Juzhou, Bazhou, Pingrong Army (Wen'an), Po Ju Army (Bazhou Xin), and Shun'an Army (Anxin). After several generations of efforts, it finally formed a complete Tangbo defense line from "Bianwudian to Nigu Haikou, stretching the army of seven states, bending 900 miles, deep and untravelable, shallow and not wading".

And also afforestation to form a "elm". Several emperors have issued edicts to set aside a number of forbidden mountains, and the people are not allowed to enter the mountains and forests to cut down, so that "there are years of accumulation, dense forests become forests, and the danger is solid."

Now the old Zhao family seems to have such a place as Jizhou, which makes people helpless.

The Liao and Song dynasties have been peaceful for a long time, and the border has long been unheard of the voice of the police, and this Jizhou city has become the node of the Liao and Song Dynasty trade, and the prosperity is not inferior to the mainland. At the beginning of this year, Emperor Tianzuo was defeated, and the Wanyan Jurchen of the Huanglong Mansion became a big problem for the Liao State. However, the dignitaries and nobles of Nanjing Province in Liaoning are still frolicking in Wentian, eating, drinking and having fun. If you only look at the situation on Nanjing Road, it is the slightest atmosphere of the death of the country.

Yang Lin had two missions in the north, one was to find Meng Kang, the jade banner pole who had absconded to the north after killing the official, and the other was to buy a war horse and go south. For this reason, he brought more than a dozen guards on this trip, and carried a full 3,000 taels of gold, almost sweeping away the gold saved in the cottage.

Let's say that Yang Lin arrived in Jizhou City and chose an inn on Huangshi Road, which is close to Mashi, to stay. This Yellowstone Road is a bluestone paved avenue, but there are many people coming and going, especially the horses coming and going, there are often feces and urine flowing, and it is called Huangshi Road for a long time. It was the place where he lived when he entered and left Jizhou City, called Jixiang Inn, and occupied three large rooms to live in.

When Yang Lin first arrived in Jizhou City, he hadn't found the 'dog friend and fox friend', so he just asked the guards to help lay out the luggage, carefully guarded it, and walked to the hall, wanting to talk to the little two and ask about the current market in the horse market. As soon as he stepped into the door of the hall, he saw a person with an account book in his hand and burst out, almost knocking Yang Lin into his arms. Yang Lin and the man were taken aback, stopped, the man recognized Yang Lin, and laughed: "It turned out to be Brother Yang Lin, when did you arrive?" It's hard for you to get Jizhou City in the past few years! ”

Yang Lin fixed his eyes and looked at it, Yo Yo, but it was so coincidental, this person was none other than his cousin, surnamed Yao, named Chen, who had a lot of wealth, but there were non-security people. When he arrived in Jizhou with Yang Lin, because of his temperament, although they were cousins of the same country, they did not have much friendship. Yang Lin knew that he had settled in Jizhou, but he had not been in contact for many years, so it was difficult to say whether he had returned to his hometown. But I didn't want to bump into him as soon as I entered the city.

In the past, Yang Lin had no intimacy with him, but now when he saw Yao Chen, he felt a sense of joy in his heart.

"I've returned to Zhongzhou, and I have to come to Jizhou again? It was wrong to receive the proprietor's will, and he came to sell horses, I am afraid that he will never return to the north in this life. Haven't you been here all along? ”

Yao Chen said: "I have made a living here, but I can't return to my hometown." ”

Yang Lin said: "It's good to meet you today, some people who have no brains in the north here, you have lived here for a long time, and you are naturally familiar with everything." ”

"This is natural." Yao Chen responded, then raised the account book in his hand, and said to Yang Lin: "You sit here for a while, and wait for me to make a note with Na Handa, but then talk to you." ”

Yang Lin knows Yao Chen very well, and he knows by looking at his demeanor that this guy will get a big bargain. Moreover, looking at the tone of his voice, you can also know that the person who wants to make an agreement with him will lose a lot.

"Go together, go together."

Yang Lin only said that he wanted to see Yao Chen's business, and the latter was also proud of the deal. led Yang Lin to the private room, and saw wine and food on the table, not moving at all, and a big man sitting opposite, wearing a black and gray straight jacket, wearing a stone blue forehead band.

This is a man of good luck. Since he was a child, his parents died, and he followed his uncle to the north to resell sheep and horses, but unfortunately his uncle died of illness halfway, so the business had twists and turns.

The big man glared at Yao Chen angrily, Yao Chen turned a blind eye, and only shook the official deed, making the big man angry and leaving angrily. Yao Chen summoned his entourage and told him to go like that.

Yang Lin looked at Yao Chen, "Brother has made a good deal." "But I made a bargain at a cheap price.

"That guy is from Jinling Jiankang Mansion, and he has nothing to do with it here, and he has a hot temper. His uncle died of illness in the north, and it was not easy for someone to pity him, and he wanted to have something to do with him, but he was offended by this guy, and he was really not promoted. Now two years have passed, and this guy hooks up inside and outside, and also sells sheep and horses for a living, but he has lost all the remaining capital. Now that I have taken off my livelihood, I have collected his shop but also paid off his debts, and I can also get a few taels of silver to spend on his way back to my hometown, which makes me angry. Yao Chen's face was full of disdain for the big man. Such bastards who do not know what to do and what they do will drown in a basin of water when they are just born, so that they will not be brought to the house when they are old.

Yang Lin shook his head, not impressed by Yao Chen's words, but he also knew that the two of them could not agree on this matter. He is a Jianghu guest, so he knows the weight of his fists, but Yao Chen in front of him is a businessman.

Putting aside this topic, Yang Lin asked him directly about the market of the horse market. "I'm going to buy not three or five horses, but good horses that can run fast and carry heavy loads." This is also the war horse, "How much does it cost to transport Jizhou City to the Daimyo's Mansion?" ”

Yao Chen looked at a finger raised by Yang Lin, and took a deep breath, a hundred war horses, only in Jizhou City, there are three or five thousand pounds of livelihood, and it is even more remarkable to put it in the Daimyo's Mansion safely. I haven't seen it for a long time, but Yang Lin has done it so big and attached to your lord.

"My brother is my own person, and if I have something to say, I will say it directly. Now the Ti Zhi of Nama City is a greedy man, and three or two hundred guan is enough. The dots at the gate don't cost much. It's just that out of Jizhou City, there are dots along the way, those patrol officers, who don't have a big appetite, but there are many people, and they can't always go through a thousand eight hundred. ”

"There are officials in this Jizhou city who do this business. Brother, I know the most is Tian Daguan of the East Gate. This person's cousin is Li Xiaochang and Li Xianggong, the transfer envoys of the Hebei Road, and no one in those thieves and soldiers dares not to sell the face of Tian Daguan. ”

It's just that Tian Yaoyuan has already lived in eight seats now, and he is extremely rich. Those jobs that hinder reputation have long been left to the stewards under the head to take care of. Yao Chen said that he was familiar with Tian Yaoyuan, but in fact, what he was really familiar with was Tian Yaoyuan's follower.

This long-term position is not as good as being in charge, but he is closer to Tian Yaoyuan. It is like the relationship between the personal eunuch and the local minister, and it will not be easily offended.

The long surname is Liu, and the little life Liu Er is a womanizer, and he has been begging Zhou Mengwei who is turning in the hook column recently. The latter is a private daughter, "but no matter how good the entertainment work is." You are here today, I was supposed to pick up the wind for you, why don't I invite you to Zhou Mengwei's house for dinner in the evening? Just invited that Liu Er. Yang Lin listened to the great music, and he and Yao Chen had a good meal.

After sitting for a while, Yang Lin said: "The food in this point is very bad, I will go to the old Zhang's house to ask for a few catties of fragrant meat." Is it still there? ”

Yao Chen laughed when he heard this, "Yes, yes." How is it not there? Don't be too good to buy and sell. And I want two dogs to come. Yang Lin laughed and went. At a glance in the hall, I saw the big man who was settling accounts with the shopkeeper at the counter.