Zhu Baozhong was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, a black charcoal ball as high as an iron tower had already burst out behind Zhao Xing, he pounced on Zhu Baozhong's neck like lifting a chicken, and easily lifted it in the air, and then didn't care about Zhu Baozhong's dragonfly tree-shaking struggle, put Zhu Baozhong on his knees, picked up the big hand of the pu fan and slapped it - spanking.

Zhu Baozhong protested a few times at first, but after taking a few beatings, he immediately begged for mercy, and Luo Xin hurriedly persuaded on the side. Zhao Xingyu was so angry that Tyson stopped his hand, and called Zhu Baozhong to scold: "Jun Lingling, find out your identity, you can survive thanks to my Great Song protection, and now you dare to roar in front of this official." Do you know who this official is? The famous Zhao Tiger in Hangzhou, the famous Jingjie Tiger in Beijing, the one who dares to roar in front of me...... Hmph, if you weren't a vassal person, for the sake of the Tibetan people who have never known the number of courtesies, I wouldn't have spared you. ”

Zhu Baozhong kowtowed and confessed, and Zhao Xingyi waved his hand and ordered: "Zhu Baozhong, hand over your subordinates, and your subordinates will be commanded by me in this battle." ”

Zhu Baozhong dared to resist, and quickly agreed honestly. Chen Buqun stood beside him, and found that the stone castle lord seemed to be quietly relieved, and the castle lord of Huaiwei Fort also quietly straightened up when he looked at the feudal lord.

Luo Xin (Eqin) dragged Zhu Baozhong aside, and called out a young man from the crowd to walk towards Zhao Xing while playing haha. This young man has the handsomeness of a mixed-race child, he has a slender figure, and his demeanor seems to be very gentle, Luo Xin looked at him with indescribable kindness, he pointed to the young man and introduced: "Recruit your lord, this is my son Zhou Junming, I heard that the son of the stone castle lord was also recommended by the lord to participate in the martial arts." My son is very envious, I think there is less people around the adults who serve tea and pour water, it is better to let my son follow the adults around, so as to ask for a background. ”

I'm ...... What? Luo Xin's son is named Zhou Junming, what is the matter?

Zhao Xingdu was about to burst out laughing, and he forced a smile to explain: "Luo Zhengjiang." The custom of the Central Plains is that the son follows his father's surname, is this your biological son, why is his surname Zhou? ”

Luo Xin's father and son seemed to be very sensitive to this issue, and first Luo Xin blushed and defended with a thick neck: "Of course it's my son, if it's fake, it's my own!" Subsequently. Zhou Junming also shouted: "My lord, I am a Song person - a pure Song person, my mother is a Song person, and I have the blood of Song people in my veins, how can I not call Zhou Junming?" ”

The people around Zhao Xing were also holding back their laughter, and even Zhu Baozhong, who had just been beaten, was muttering in a low voice. But he had just been cleaned up by Zhao Xing, and he didn't dare to speak loudly, so everyone didn't hear what he was muttering clearly.

Zhao Xing smiled, looked at Luo Xin in surprise, and then looked at Zhou Junming, but found a lot of similarities in the appearance of these two people, and he suddenly said to Zhou Junming: "I understand, your mother's surname is Zhou." Luo Zheng will marry a Song man surnamed Zhou, so you take your mother's surname and surname Zhou. ”

Zhou Junming nodded frequently: "My lord, my mother is a big family, and she is a ......."

Luo Xin stared at Zhao Xing very unconfidently and asked: "My lord, this is indeed my biological son - he has the same surname as his mother, not too much!" ”

He still has the face to ask too much? Even the boys who walked by Zhao Xing's side at this time knew how excessive this was. But they held back their laughter and continued their march. Chen Buqun had already turned around, his back was rushing at Luo Xin, and his shoulders were shaking.

Under Luo Xin's focused gaze, Zhao Xing had no choice but to smile honestly, touch his chin and nod frequently: "I have this saying in the Central Plains, and I am in trouble." This is not an exaggeration. ”

Zhu Baozhong had already jumped out when he heard this. He leaned around Zhao Xing. Squirmed, as if there was a heartfelt heart to confide. Luo Xin was more twisted than he was. He whispered, "It's good to ask the adults to say yes, that's really good!" The Lord is a disciple of the Great Su Bachelor, a celebrity! What kind of poem did you do...... Hehe, look at my stupid head, I can't remember it for a while. ”

Still the young man couldn't hold his breath, Zhou Junming stepped forward and arched his hand, and said gently: "Since the lord is right to say this, can you tell the court what it means?" ”

Zhao Xing asked in confusion: "What do you mean?" ”

Shi Kang seems to have a good relationship with Luo Xin, after all, his castle is trapped, and Luo Xin is the first support army, so he stepped forward to relieve the siege: "Luo Zheng will name his child, which provokes Fan Jingzhao very dissatisfied, he put a table to the court and impeach Lord Luo, at this moment, the disposal of the court has not yet come down, if the adult is willing to help, it is better to also go to the table and distinguish it from the court." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say", Zhao Xing agreed.

Fan Chun This is a lot of things, although it is said that the surname given by the court cannot be changed at will, but Luo Xin is willing to take himself as the son-in-law of the Great Song woman, and let his son follow his mother's surname Zhou, although his purpose is to be able to claim that he is a pure Han in the future - but this is all a family affair, and the Japanese people, Jiaozhi people, and Goryeo people in Asia are crying and shouting to declare that they are Song people or the species left by the Song people, and now they add the party people, Qingtang people, etc., which is not much. Fan is purely interfering, purely a dog taking a mouse.

That's it, it doesn't take much to explain to the court in the above table, why not do it?

Hearing Zhao Xing's promise, Zhu Baozhong also came up, with a flattering smile: "Recruit adults, don't bother the two masters, a concubine in my family is also a Song person, and she also gave birth to a pure Song child, I also intend to let this child follow my mother's surname, and the adult will also help me explain by the way, okay?" ”

Zhao Xing hesitated and said, "Not good! The child born to a concubine, this is not easy to do! If it was born to a wife, then there is still a reason to ......"

Zhu Baozhong replied quickly: "No problem, when the court's will arrives, the concubine of a certain family will definitely be the wife-Jun Suosuo, and you will be called Qi Yun in the future." You go home, take my land order arrows back, and kill all the rest of the concubines, leaving only your mother Qi. Then pass on my order, Liqi clan is the wife, and Qi Yun, the son of the Qi clan, is the son-in-law......" Several strangely dressed clansmen ran out and lay on the ground, respectfully listening to Zhu Baozhong's words. Shi Dang turned his face away, pretending not to hear. Zhao Xing heard that Zhu Baozhong was about to kill his wife, and stretched out his hand to persuade him. But immediately he thought of a word - this is not a kind of "national integration", we have to respect the "national tradition", respect the main theme, yes.

Try to take care of other people's household chores as little as possible.

As soon as he thought of this, he also turned his face like that. Pretend to enjoy the scenery of the river valley.

The sultan grass grows very luxuriantly in the mountains on both sides of the river valley, and it seems that the lord of the stone castle has harvested it once before the arrival of the enemy according to Zhao Xin's instructions, and now there are more than ten centimeters of short grass stubble left in the field, and the short stubble is dense, and from time to time there are small birds flying up from the grass stubble. Coming and going, it is estimated that they are pecking at grass seeds.

Zhao Xing found the topic, he didn't care what Zhu Baozhong arranged on the side, as if he hadn't heard or seen, he leisurely pointed to the Sudanese grass on both sides of the hillside and asked, "Has Xia Jun grazed in the grass?" ”

Shi Dang took over the topic of Zhao Xingdi, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Why don't they come to graze?" Ha ha. This short stubble of grass is as sharp as a knife, and if they don't gnaw it up, they won't be able to gallop on horseback...... Besides, it was the habit of the Ishishians, who were already fond of grazing cattle on our busy streets, and regarded it as an honor. Now when you see such good pasture, how can you not graze cattle and sheep to gnaw it? Even if the leader finds out that something is wrong, how can he control the people below? ”

Sudan grass is a sorghum crop with very sharp short grass stubble left in the field. When the horse gallops on the ground, it will scratch the hooves of the warhorse. The young Sudan grass is rich in hydrocyanic acid, and the animals will die on the spot after gnawing it - this is the "grass for soldiers" in the "Grass and Trees Soldiers Program".

Zhao Xing hurriedly took out a telescope from his arms, and asked while observing the field: "Why are there no fallen war horses in the field, are the Xixia people dragging back?" ”

Shi Dang smiled hideously: "Of course, when the Xixia people first put horses on the ground, the blue sky was white, and more than 400 war horses that were gnawing seedlings suddenly fell. Then many war horses ran out of the grass and forest, running around, and countless war horses fell to the ground as they ran...... Tsk, that scene was spectacular.

Then a lot of sorcerers came out of the Khitan camp, and they carried back all the dead horses, and there were few people in my village, so I didn't dare to pursue. Day 2. The Khitans drove another twenty horses to the meadow. I fed the horses with grass at the head of the city, as the lord commanded. And loudly laughed at the Tanguts...... From then on, the Tangut people did not dare to step on the meadow for half a step, but I kept seeing the Xia people's camp coming and going on the city wall, and I was very panicked. ”

Zhao Xing looked at this mountain beam proudly and said, "It's time, it's time to make public the plan of all the grass and trees, so that the Xixia people can all be soldiers." ”

Shi Dare was taken aback, Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong had sharp ears, and asked in surprise: "The grass and trees are all soldiers, the master of the stone castle, what's going on?" Didn't I hear you say that the meadows of these two mountains were under witchcraft? How can there be such a strange name? ”

Shi Dang frequently glanced at Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing smiled lightly and said, "It's okay...... The Tangut people lived as nomads, and it is estimated that sooner or later they would perceive the mystery. Rather than this, it is better for us to uncover the secret first, but it will make the Tangut people unfathomable.

You think, this Sudanese grass can't be planted for a few years, and if the Tangut people discover the secret in the grass, they won't be afraid when we rotate the next year. And if we uncover this plan, he will be extremely cautious when he knows that we use grass as a weapon, and if we encounter any other kind of grass.

It's a pity that no matter how cautious they were at that time, it was useless, give me a year to Huanqing Road, and we have already eased up. “

Shi Dang was deeply touched by Zhao Xing's last sentence, and he replied approvingly: "Yes, in another half a year, the soldiers will have enough food and drink, and they will have the strength to fight the Xixia people, and we can even fight in the territory of Xixia."

Haha, since Huanqing Road has an adult in charge, the introduction of a few kinds of machinery alone has made the price of the bow and crossbow drop a thousand times. In the past, a bow required more than 100 yuan to purchase, but now a few hundred yuan of a bow is enough......

There are also arrows, which we are not familiar with this year, and we are afraid of hurting the apple tree, so we dare not prune more. But now we already know that if we knock out the top bud, there will be more side branches. By the beginning of spring next year, we will knock out all the top buds, so that each branch will produce an arrow. This is the real grass and trees for soldiers. At this time, the last team of the Boy Scouts was entering the castle, Shi Dang suddenly remembered something, and said proudly: "There is also armor, it used to cost more than a thousand pieces of armor to buy a pair of armor, but now I heard that ** Guan can buy a pair of gold silk armor."

In this way, I heard that the armor-making man also made a lot of money, because a pound of iron is only one hundred and ten wen. Ten catties of iron can be drawn into iron wire, and a pair of armor can be woven, and it can be sold for eight times the profit. It's good that this thing is cheap, and I went to buy 20 pairs last month and put them on for my nephews and nephews. ”

Zhao Xing looked at Shi Dang's smug expression. Homeopathic fan ignited: "Not only sell eight times, this year, the armor of my Huanqing Road production area is forbidden to sell the Yongxing Army, so the price is extremely low." When it opens next year and allows it to be sold throughout Shaanxi, the price will still be soaring. ”

The cost of the iron armor that Shi Dare described just now. There are false tricks in it, Zhao Xing once saw the famous step armor recorded in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", the armor is known as the heaviest armor in human history, weighing 39 kilograms, and the cost of the step armor made by the Ministry of Industry and Ordnance Supervision is only more than three times, but it uses more than 30 catties of iron. There is also a lining inside, which is included in the cost.

And so on, the weight of the chain mail is only one-third of the foot armor, and the cost cannot exceed the cost of the step armor: three runs.

And the reason why Shi Dang talked about the cost of gold wire armor and looked very happy was because he had also secretly bought two wire drawing machines recently, preparing to produce armor by himself and then sell it to the outside world. But because Waiwei Fort was the most front-line castle, in order to prevent this kind of machine from falling into the hands of the Tanguts. Zhao Xing forbade the front line to possess metal wire drawing machines. Therefore, Shi dared not publicize it, and Zhao Xing said that he was just secretly happy to open the ordnance market.

Shi Dangguang was stealing fun, he didn't know that Zhao Xing knew that he had bought the wire drawing machine, if Zhao Xing couldn't even control this, how could he plan a war against Western Xia?

Since the core equipment of the wire drawing machine is the screw, the screw is removed as long as it is critical. The Tangut people couldn't imitate it for two hundred years, so Zhao Xing acquiesced to the private operation of Huaiweibao, but when the machine was installed, Zhao Xing secretly handed over the installation craftsman and secretly taught the screw to the Huaiweibao apprentices, asking them to remove the screw at a critical moment and dig a pit and bury it. It was useless to let the Tanguts take the rest of the parts.

At this time, Shi dared not to tell the truth. Zhao Xing was also happy to pretend to be confused, and he followed Shi Dang towards the castle. asked Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong: "I don't remember that I ever issued an order to transfer troops and transfer the two of you to guard at Huaiwei Fort, how could I meet you here?" ”

Luo Xin's eyes dodged, and the learned Zhu Baozhong sweated like rain, his body shrank back, and Shi dared to play a round field: "Recruit your lord, I heard that many mines have been opened in Huanzhou, and I heard that you encourage everyone to hire Western Xia slaves to dig mines...... No, more than a thousand Western Xia slaves have been sold into the mines this year, and you really don't know where these slaves came from. ”

Zhao Xing stiffened his face: "Silence!" Where are the Western Xia slaves, why didn't I see them, where are they? Shi Kang, don't talk nonsense. ”

Zhu Baozhong was in a hurry, he straightened up, and then shouted, "My lord, you can't deny it......", and was kicked down by Luo Xin. Zhou Junming was sharp and jumped forward to cover his mouth. Luo Xin then took two steps forward and laughed haha: "No, there are indeed no Western Xia slaves." I really don't have a Western Xia slave in Gyeongju.

Well, Xia Guan just came back from Beijing, and occasionally saw his colleagues selling horses, livestock, and two-legged sheep, and their lives were very nourishing. It happened that Xia Guan recently received a reconnaissance mission, so he led the child to the opposite side to take a look, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the Jianing Military Division, and chased all the way here. Hehe, thank you to the Lord of Stone Castle for taking me in. ”

Luo Xin's words were still a lie, and Zhao Xing didn't want to debunk the other party, so he smiled at the stone castle lord and said, "The stone castle lord has made a lot of money by providing food and drink recently. ”

The lord of the stone castle smiled innocently and avoided answering.

Since Zhao Xing vaguely issued the looting order, and used the opening of the horse market and the open slave market to connive at the spontaneous robbery of the people in disguise, and then, many officers on the Huanqing Road took advantage of the vacation to rush into the Western Xia in groups to "see the scenery", and after seeing the scenery, they kidnapped two Xixia people and sold them back to compensate for the travel expenses. This spontaneous behavior is still in the enlightenment stage, and a few villages out of the mouth of the river have become supply bases for this group of people to enter and leave the Western Xia land.

In the second half of this year, Zhao Xing spent most of his time in Baimachuan, and the officers were embarrassed to go out from under his nose, so the other two out of the Sichuan Pass became their only way, and the lord of the stone fort also secretly earned a sum of money from the "Great Fusion" by providing food and lodging to the people who gave Sichuan and receiving dirty stolen goods, and made a small fortune for himself.

According to Luo Xin's explanation: After returning from the capital, this guy heard about the new rules on Huanqing Road, looking at the rich flow of oil from others, he had the advantage of being a feudal man, but he was poor and drank the wind, so he pulled Zhu Baozhong, a party member, and the two ran into the territory of Xixia to "see the scenery", but because the incident was not secret, they were bitten by the Jianing Military Division.

The Western Xia soldiers were blocked at the mouth of the river, and Shi dared not hide it, so he vaguely reported to the top, and Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong were also very righteous, and refused to leave the master of the stone fort at the critical moment and ran away.

Because there was no military order to transfer troops, everyone was a little scared, so when they saw Zhao Xing just now, everyone seemed very timid, and now, they finally had a chance to explain. When these people went around the bend to explain the whole story to Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing didn't seem to blame everyone after listening to it, and looked at the direction of Xixia and said thoughtfully: "There is news from the local monks under my command, saying that it is the Xixia side, and the place where this year's war is being prepared is the Jianing Military Division. It's a pity that the words of the monk have never been reliable, and the news of the Nestorian disciples has not yet arrived.

If the Nestorian Christians confirm this information, the army under the city is indeed the Jianing Military Division—our move may have disrupted the Tangut attack plan. Now, you all listen to me, and don't admit that you have been to Western Xia even if you are killed. Perhaps, we can also use this opportunity to teach the Tangut people a lesson. ”

Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong nodded only slightly, as soon as the stone castle lord heard this, his eyes were immediately bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, I have more than 200 people in Huaiweibao Zhuangding, all of them are people who dare to die, what do you command, just say it." ”

Zhao Xing looked at the Xixia military camp at the mouth of the river in the distance, and then looked at the nearby mountain beams, and asked: "I remember that the people of Shaanxi have a stunt - throwing stones. That is, when grazing livestock, a stone is wrapped in a rope pocket, and the stone is thrown out several times on the head, so as to adjust the direction of the head sheep...... Is there such a thing? ”

The lord of the stone castle hesitated and replied: "Recruitment, that is the craft of the shepherd, and not everyone in my village knows it." ”

Zhu Baozhong and Luo Xin came to Zhao Xing and said with a smile: "My lord, I can serve you in this matter." Our subordinates all know this craft. ”

Zhao Xing's eyes rolled, and he immediately took over the conversation: "Okay!" Pick out all of your men who can throw stones, I need their help. This thing is done well, I will allow your two sons to enter Hangzhou, and I will pay for the tuition. Also, after the deed is done, I will reward everyone who throws stones. ”

Luo Xin was overjoyed, he hurriedly pulled his son to him, and told him earnestly: "Son, go and choose people." This thing must be done well, and tell the family: After the matter is completed, not only will the adults be rewarded, but I will not be able to treat them badly, I will allow each of them a concubine, so that they can start a family and set up a separate door. ”

Zhu Baozhong listened, lest he fall behind: "My lord, I will do it personally, after the matter is completed, not only will the adults be rewarded, but I may be born as a house slave (meaning: restore the free body ......of the house slave), you can rest assured, keep them and stop when they hear the order."

Zhao Xing beckoned to a scout and motioned for the other party to open his backpack. The scout got down on one knee and pulled five fist-sized iron eggs out of his backpack. Zhao Xing took one of them and threw it to Luo Xin: "General Luo Zheng, this time it's not a stone, it's this iron egg, it's bigger than a stone, and it's more important than a stone, call all your people, let's train for a few days first." ”

Shi Dang took a step closer and said, "My lord, now that our army's reinforcements have arrived, and the morale is sharp, it is better to sneak attack at night." ”

ps: Luo Xin's change of his son's name, according to the records on the Zizhi Tongjian: The imperial court has issued three edicts to take responsibility, but it will not be resolved. After that, the Song court no longer required the generals to obey the name of the general, a phenomenon that only existed in the Song Dynasty.