Zhang Yong happened to be standing next to him, and he asked curiously when he heard this: "Why, there are still half of the warships in the Linhai Navy?" ”

Xuanqi was choked by these words, and Zhao Xing raised his thumb and said, "Smart, I like to talk to smart people, who sent you, did you come up with this idea yourself?" ”

Zhang Yong didn't understand these words, he asked in surprise: "What's the matter?" You and I are hostile, so why don't we fight? ”

Xuanqi's eyes rolled, and he mustered up the courage to answer: "The good man's lone army went deep into Yingzhou, and sooner or later it will be withdrawn, Lord Shahu and Lord Gao Lushan have already led an army of 30,000 to Yuguan, and the reason why they have not acted now is to wait for news on Nanjing Road." Good man, you have to go as soon as possible, otherwise the army is surrounded on all sides, and you won't be able to get out - when I entered the city, I also saw in a trance that the heroes were packing up. ”

Zhao Xing patted his thigh and said to Zhang Yong: "You see, this is a smart man, he knows that I will retreat sooner or later, so he wants to reach an agreement with me - I understand that the Jinzhou Navy has repeatedly fought unfavorably, and the new commander is in command of whoever - Zhao Fuyi is right, he neither dares to fight, but also fears the punishment from above, so he sent you out, hoping to reach an agreement with me, for example, I will pretend to be defeated on the water, so as to give you the credit for this achievement, right?" ”

Zhang Yong looked at Ke Xuan for a long time, and said with emotion: "You say, how did I meet some shrewd and eccentric people?!" Everyone has a head, why do you have such a shrewd head, this mind, guess it will take several bends. ”

Zhao Xing looked at the pun with a smile. "That's why I'm asking." Who is this idea, it's not simple, I can guess my thoughts, there are such talents in Liao, how can it be a patrol? ”

Xuan Qi was a little embarrassed. He was appointed when he was about to make this inspection, and at that time, he saw that Zhao Fuyi was a little desperate, so he guessed randomly. This idea is bold and arrogant in the eyes of others, but at present, the Yingzhou Navy is being pressed and beaten, and the remaining Navy warships dare not drive out of the water village at all. Only then did I believe the nonsense of the prayer ground. I didn't expect that the guy's luck was stronger than winning the jackpot ticket.

"I admit that my navy has lost half of the ships, but I have a question, how many ships are my half? How many ships are half of the Jinzhou Navy Army? Zhao Xing asked innocently with a kind smile.

This question cannot be answered, because the Jinzhou Navy has not only lost half of the local people, but the former Navy commander was desperate to put all the large ships that could fight in the harbor, but none of them returned.

This battle was born off the coast. The rest of the people in the water village witnessed the battle, although the other party also sank two ships, but it seems that the sinking is a bit strange, those ships are far more flexible than the Jinzhou naval army, but they seem to have received a death order. Never give way to the westbound shipping lane. This made the Jinzhou Navy fight to the death and sank two ships. Seriously injured one. On the side of the Jinzhou Navy, all the ships that went out to fight were sunk.

The "pirate" warship outside seemed to be fully equipped, and before the ship sank, rescue ships came up to pick up the surviving crew. However, the Jinzhou Navy had no rescue equipment, and the sailors on board could only jump into the icy sea, and although the battle site was very close to the shore, none of the crew members managed to swim to the shore.

Today, half of the Jinzhou Navy still has ships left, but they are all small boats and arsonists, and most of the skilled sailors have died in battle. Zhao Fuyi faced a situation where there were ships and no people, and he would be beheaded by his boss if he didn't fight; If you go to war, you will be sunk and drowned; It was a death left and right, and he was lucky and believed the nonsense of Xuanqi.

"I like to talk to smart people, but I'm a little worried, what will happen if you take advantage of the opportunity to transport soldiers once your ship is out of port? What's your best idea? The smile on Zhao Xing's face did not change, and even Cheng Shuang urged him to move, but he was not moved.

"Good man, I can't fight anymore, I am in the navy and transfer all the people who can handle ships to the ship, and it is difficult to start all the remaining warships." He prayed bitterly and told the truth.

"Okay, I'm going to leave anyway, so I'm just going to give you a favor here. You go back and tell Zhao Fuyi that you don't have to send all the ships out, just choose your cronies, and it's enough to bring five or six ships out. However, I'll come here, and the boat isn't full yet—" Zhao Xing said in a long tone.

Xuan Qi understood very well, and he immediately replied: "Lord Zhao will have a statement there, we will definitely prepare some gold, silver and jewelry, please accept the good man." ”

Zhang interjected there: "At least 10,000 runs." ”

Xuanqi only thought that Zhang Yong was Zhao Xing's staff, he rolled his eyes, bowed down to Zhao Xing, and saluted: "Just like the number that this good man said, how about it?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded: "Ten thousand, although it is a little less, it is barely enough." You are a smart person, go back and tell your family, I still have some small business, I want to discuss with your family, I know that Liao is short of food, but you have horses, every month, the first day of the new year, the fifteenth day of the new year, I will transport grain in the sea of Jinzhou, waiting for your family to go to the sea to trade, how about it? Are you interested? ”

Xuanqi was taken aback and asked urgently: "Isn't the adult from Song?" ”

The Song State had regulations prohibiting the sale of grain to the Liao State. Illegal beheading. Zhao Xing was very arrogant about selling grain to the other party, which made Xuanqi very surprised. Zhang Yong on the side was also shocked, but he knew that he couldn't turn his brain, for fear of misleading Zhao Xing's matter, so although he frequently made eyes, he didn't dare to open it

Zhao Xing didn't answer Xuan Qi's question, he beckoned his hand and called Cheng Shuang: "Come on, bring some goods, let Xuan Patrol take them back as samples, and see if Commander Zhao is interested." ”

It's going to be all busy withdrawing, and there's something to show. Cheng Shuang thought about it for a long time, and then brought Zhao Xing's belongings, which were: a glass horse lantern, a silver wine jug, and a bottle of soju inside. A few Song porcelain cups, plates, and a few stamped copper ornaments.

When it comes to making decorations, the craftsmanship of the Liao State is actually not bad, and they make large porcelain bronzes in the Arabic and Byzantine styles. In modern times, they are all auction houses with sky-high prices of national treasures. But Xuan Qi was still struck by the ingenuity of these small pendants. He picked them up and looked at them one by one. Cheng Shuang also unscrewed the small wine jug and poured him a glass of soju.

After thinking for a while, Xuan Qi decided: "Good man, I have other commodities in Liao, such as fine animal skins, beef tendons, and sea cucumbers. The Jurchens in the north also produce good Dadong pearls, these things are worth a lot of money, so it's better to ......."

Zhao Xing cut off the other party's words, and casually took out a leather money bag from his pocket, and the button on it was a big pearl, the size of a pigeon's egg, a real Arabian pearl. Hand it to the prayer. Asked: "Are the pearls you said so big?" ”

Xuan Qi was convinced, and he was completely speechless.

The pouch is made of seal skin, dyed in Phoenician red to a vivid red, with very fine stitching, and a pearl the size of a pigeon's egg is sawn in half from the middle and set on the upper and lower sides to make buttons. Xuan Qi looked at it for a while, and said frustratedly: "It's not comparable, no matter how big Dongzhu is, it's not as good as this." ”

Zhao Xing said viciously: "Liao is facing a great famine. There is not enough food for people to eat, and those war horses will be starved to death, instead of cooking and eating meat, it is better to sell them to me, I only need war horses. Grain for it. Trade these curiosities for them. Go back and tell your family commanders, I want horses, hides, and wool. It's the wool that comes down from the sheep in the spring - I know you all sell it to me as garbage, and I'm going to make felt and weave carpets...... I use cash to buy wool, as much as I want. ”

Xuan Qi's hesitation didn't last a few seconds, and he immediately replied: "Good man, I can't decide what you're talking about, but I think—these are not a problem, and I'll report it when I get back." Leave! ”

Xuanqi took things and hurried back, Zhao Xing also went out, and on the way Zhang asked in surprise: "Leaving people, this food is contraband, how can you promise to give them food?" ”

"I will not transport grain to him from the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the nearby Goryeo and Wa countries have recently had a bumper grain harvest, this place is really close to us, plus the shipment time, we can run a round trip in three or five days. Several batches of grain and war horses can be shipped in a month...... In fact, they don't need much food, I guess they have enough to eat themselves, and they will exchange the rest for curiosities, which are very profitable.

Didn't you notice. The things I gave to the Jin people were also soju, porcelain, and glass, which could not satisfy hunger or be used to fight, and in exchange for the war horses we urgently needed, in addition to the herdsmen. This kind of talent is what I need most in Da Song...... As for food, it would be enough to keep them from starving. The profit on grain is small, and when they are not hungry, we want to do grain trade, and they will ......"

Zhang Yong's expression was solemn: "I have no objection to leaving people and using utility ships to run Liaoguo, because what you pulled back was a horse, and in order to sell horses, I didn't do anything in Da Song." But to sell grain to the Liao, this ......"

"Rest assured", Zhao Xing took care of everything: "Am I the one who suffers?" Our goal is horses, but what else do I see? Let's go, let's get out of the way. ”

When Zhao Xing arrived at the beach, the Xuanqi had already roared back on the Jinzhou naval warship, the wharf was full of people, the people of Jinzhou had earned enough money from Zhao Xing, thinking that the Khitan soldiers were about to attack, under the kind of indiscriminate massacre, even if they were hoarse and exhausted, they didn't seem to be able to escape the fate of death, so they were reluctant to go, blocking the road by the sea, and eagerly asked Zhao Xing to take them away.

Jinzhou is a small city, a total of about 5,000 households, an average of five or six people per household, a total of 30,000 people, except for some die-hard elements who are reluctant to leave, except for the young people who were hired by the fishermen in Dengzhou in advance, there are about 10,000 people on the wharf.

Yan Su looked at Zhao Xing in embarrassment, and persuaded softly: "My lord, take them away." When the Khitans come to fight in the air, they will definitely kill people indiscriminately, and they will not survive. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, and said without blinking: "Of course I know, they have new copper coins in their pockets, and in order to rob them of their money, the Khitan Han soldiers will also kill them, but I can't help it." Dengzhou fishermen have hired so many people to go, this matter has become very big, and it is impossible for them to go to Dengzhou. Go somewhere else - I don't have that many boats. Tell them that the Khitan soldiers will come immediately, let them go to the countryside to hide for a few days, and wait for the Khitan soldiers to leave, and then come to this dock.

For now, that's all there is to it. Only when I go back can I bring in a new ship. ”

Zhang Zhuowei said a little embarrassedly: "It's freezing this day, and it's going to snow again, where can they hide." ”

The corner of Zhao Xing's eyes jumped: "Looking for the Jurchens." Now they are cleaning up the footprints. Hurry up and find it. This group of Jurchens drove so many horses that they must need manpower. ”

When Zhang Yong heard this, he also picked his eyes. Without waiting for him to say anything, Yan Su sighed helplessly, and pulled Zhang Zhuowei to persuade the villagers to evacuate. Dengzhou fishermen see this. If he had mercy, he took two or three people into the boat and went to Dengzhou together. Helplessly, it is a drop in the bucket......

After a while, the fleet on the dock gradually dispersed, and the villagers began to scatter, and the beach was a mess, full of beams, window frames, and door panels. Wait a minute.

Zhao Xing's boat was the last to leave the dock. His boat was full of hired women, and the relatives of those women were still running back and forth in the cabin, constantly persuading: "Bear with me, bear with me, we will arrive in Dengzhou in half a day, and when we arrive in Dengzhou, we will go from No. 6 Road, then it will be warm." ”

The two warships tangled up with Zhao Fuyi's ship at the Jinzhou dock, and Zhao Fuyi left one ship to be captured by Zhao Xing's warship, and then broke through the blockade. rushed to the Yingzhou wharf, and then advanced to the empty Yingzhou City......

The captured ship contained Xuanqi and the gold beads he brought, which was agreed in advance between the Jinzhou Navy and Zhao Xing. The ship was light and fast, and they dragged the captive ship. caught up with Zhao Xing's boat with a very low waterline off the coast of Dengzhou.

Xuanqi climbed onto Zhao Xing's warship through the gangplank. He first offered gold, silver and jewelry, and then replied courteously: "My lord has seen the goods sent by the adult. He was very satisfied, and sent me to count the goods, we don't have enough horses for the time being, can you pay us a batch of grain and grass at the end of this month, my lord means......"

Zhao Xing shook his head and sighed while taking the gold, silver and jewelry handed over by Xuanqi: "I am a person who does business, and I don't owe anything on credit, you can discuss the specific goods and transaction details with my students." Wait, we are about to enter Dengzhou Port, your clothes are not suitable to appear in Dengzhou, hurry up and get out of the bilge to change. ”

Cheng Shuang led Xuan Qi away, and Zhao Xing casually handed the package brought by the other party to Zhang Yong, and said to Zhang Yong and Deng Yufu: "You two should divide this thing." ”

Zhang Yong was not polite, he took the package with a big grin, and said: "You don't care about this little money, I'm not welcome, ah, this trip to sea has been a lot of fright." However, they can't catch up with the Jurchens, they were originally well hidden, and once tens of thousands of displaced people go, can they hide? Leave people, you estimate: Will the Khitan be a Jurchen? ”

Deng Yufu was not polite, and stood beside Zhang Yong to check the package with the other party, which was full of some gold and pearls. The value is at least about 20,000 guan - it seems that Zhao Fuyi is using the price of land in Liao to measure the value of this package of things, so he gives a little more land.

Zhao Xing's ship was full, and even the deck was full of piles of people, he shook his head and replied: "It depends on whether the Liao State is exhausted, if there is still a diligent person in the Liao State, there will definitely be a Jurchen." Otherwise, the Jiawen brothers will eventually escape. ”

After Zhang Yong and Deng Yufu finished sharing the spoils, Zhang Yong pointed to the captured Liao ship and asked, "What should I do with this ship?" It's too eye-catching to follow us. ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "I like to make a lot of money!" Now that I've made money, I'm going to keep quiet. Guan Jun, how about sending this ship to the Dengzhou Navy Army? They often fought against the Liao State, and they needed this battle exploit. ”

Zhang Yong was originally a little greedy, but after hearing Zhao Xing's explanation, he immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

The gold beads worth seven or eight thousand guan were in his hands, and Deng Yufu had no doubts, he was just worried about the future: "This matter is too big, I'm afraid it can't be covered up - how many people are hired in Dengzhou alone, and once our warship leaves, can they go back?" There are suddenly so many more dingkou in the local area, how can the magistrate explain. ”

"There's no need to explain - the only one we've ever fought with is the Jinzhou Navy, guess they're going to report it?" Zhao Xing smiled very firmly.

Deng Yufu suddenly realized: "Yes, as long as the Jinzhou Navy reports that we are pirates, even if the Dengzhou magistrate shouts everywhere, no one will believe it, not to mention that this matter is a matter of confidentiality, related to my Great Song Haijiang, even if you know, no one dares to shout." ”

"Yes, that's Yangmou. A conspiracy that you know but has to jump into. In this way, in the future, our Great Song Dynasty will gain deterrence against Liao, and we will obtain this trade route. Everybody's good things, what's the shouting? In this way, Zhang Guanjun took fifty horses ashore. War horses were used to fight Dengzhou officers. Then Guan Jun led the women to walk from the 6th road, and asked my student Cheng Shuang to go with you and calculate the benefits...... It's best to reveal it to the Dengzhou officers in private, so that they can also get a foot in Jinzhou's business. We share our interests and keep this secret together. ”

Zhang patted his chest: "Look at my ground." No problem! Who am I, a disciple of the general, who dares to mess with me, and I don't want to mix in the army in the future? ”

This kind of officialdom entertainment, as the most enthusiastic of the Song people, he led a bunch of middle-looking Yingzhou women from the 6th Road, which is a very *** thing. Just thinking about it makes Zhang Yong unstoppable.

Early morning. The Dengzhou Navy watched Zhao Xing's fleet enter the port in wonder, they had already received some bribes in advance, and after realizing that the matter was too big, they were a little hesitant, Zhang Yong landed with plenty of sugar-coated shells. Under the temptation of a few war horses, a captive ship, plus the smuggling trade, plus good jade...... The Dengzhou Navy immediately threw the whole army into the ranks of distributing the spoils.

Zhao Xing vacated the cabin on the Dengzhou wharf, sailed to the Miaokou Islands, loaded the more than 1,000 war horses temporarily stored there onto the ship, and took Xiao Feng's clansmen to go around overseas. By the time he returned to Michigan, it was already a month later. Previously, Zhang Yong had already returned to Mizhou from Route 6, but this guy didn't know anything about Wang Zishao's questioning, and Wang Zishao pretended to look demented when he asked him tightly.

Deng Yufu did not return. Wang Zishao didn't even ask a question. He only knew from the word of mouth of the people that something big had happened in Yingzhou. The people rushed to flee, and this may have something to do with the training of the Mizhou regiment, because all the local crew members said this vaguely. And the more than 300 horses and war horses that came back with Zhang Yong were all tall and majestic, and Zhang Yong couldn't explain their origins, which made Wang Zishao faintly feel that maybe the rumors were true, maybe that thing was really done by the Mizhou Navy Army.

Hearing the news that Zhao Xing boarded 6 in Banqiao Town, Wang Zishao almost rushed all the way to Banqiao Town, when he came to the dock, he saw that Zhang Yong's idiot was also there, he was also jumping around on the dock excitedly, shouting something, Zhao Xing stood opposite him, was whispering to him, seeing Wang Zishao arrive, Zhang Yong shrank his neck and ran away like a mouse.

Wang Zishao didn't directly ask Zhao Xing, he pulled Deng Yufu over and asked the other party to explain. Deng Yufu muttered a few words in a low voice, a few key words: raid, raid, confidential...... The bite was particularly heavy, and finally added heavily: "Lord Fuzun, do you understand this?" …… can't say it, so that the other party is alert. ”

Deng Yufu's words were explained by Zhao Xing in advance, and the content was nothing more than that he encountered an attack by the Liao army at sea, encountered a storm in the process of counterattack, lost his course, and strayed into Yingzhou. As a last resort, he pretended to be a pirate, attacked the city of Yingzhou, seized supplies, and then fled back to sea.

Of course, the success of this raid also proves the role of the navy, in order to prevent the Liao State from being vigilant and beware of this new tactic, the Liao people do not say it, and we cannot say it......

Wang Zishao was okay with this explanation, but what he couldn't accept was the goods that Zhao Xing carried down from the ship: "These stinking animal skins were also robbed by you...... Oh, and the war horses—such majestic war horses, which seem to have been carefully chosen. But Zhang Yong has already come back, why are you delayed at sea for so long? ”

Zhao Xing pretended not to hear a question from Wang Zishao, and he answered the previous question very enthusiastically: "How is this a stinky animal skin, Lord Wang, you see, this is a bear skin, a whole bear skin, look at this hair, how black and bright." As for the 1,000 women hired by Zhang Guanjun, these people will process animal skins, and when they are ready, Lord Wang will also have one. ”

To Zhao Xing's obvious bribe, Wang Zishao replied a little viciously: "How can one be enough, at least ten, five bear skins, five tiger skins, is there any?" ”

Previously, Wang Zishao vaguely heard that the utility of going to Mizhou this time was a big fortune, and many people transported back the property of the Khitans from Yingzhou. Zhao Xing was not there afterwards, most of these people forgot to return it, and when Zhang Yong returned, he pointed out Cheng Shuang to come forward and take stock of the accounts, and Cheng Shuang's calculation of the value of that batch of things was very rough, as long as two or three of the ten items were returned, he also admitted it. As a result, Michigan's "utility" lifted itself out of poverty overnight.

In the past few days, the "utility" people have been busy getting married, and the 1,000 middle-class and upper-class women hired by Zhao Xing from Yingzhou have become fragrant and sweet, and they are in a hurry to hire those women home. Zhao Xing was not there, Cheng Shuang obviously knew Zhao Xing's plan, he didn't care about the whereabouts of those women, and he counted them every three or five days.

A month passed, and more than 800 of the 1,000 women married into the Mizhou Tuanlian family.

Since Zhao Xing didn't care about his property so much, why did Wang Zishao care, so he asked for it very quickly.

Zhao Xing still felt that it was insufficient, so he then suggested: "What about the horse, this is a carefully selected war horse, Lord Wang takes a few back to use it for himself and gives it to his friends, it is very decent." ”

Wang Zishao was very bold: "Ten horses...... And Manu, I heard that a group of Manu from Yingzhou were hired, you can find me a few. ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands, pointed to a middle-aged man who was getting off the boat and said: "It's him, this person was originally a capital head, a family of six is here, the daughter-in-law is no problem doing some rough work, the eldest son is married, the son can drive horses, the daughter-in-law is from Jinzhou, good at weaving, and the other children are small, no problem to be a messenger." Lao Wu, I came to see Lord Zhizhou, and you will follow him in the future. ”

Wang Zishao puffed up his stomach: "Old Wu, pick ten good horses, bring your family and luggage, and follow me." ”

Soon after Wang Zishao left, Suo Wendao also came, and then ...... This man also had an iron face, and took away a horse slave, ten good horses.

After Wang Zishao left, Zhang Yong came out of nowhere, and he approached Zhao Xing's side and continued to nag: "The management army at all levels has already been greeted, let's discuss it on the boat." ”

Zhao Xing thought for a while and replied: "It's okay, there are many people on the shore, and I am not afraid of making trouble on the boat." ”

Zhang Yongchong waved behind him, and the regimental training officers in twos and threes were dressed in civilian clothes, pretending to be like literati, shaking a folding fan, and walking to the side of the boat at will, and then nodded thoughtfully, as if he remembered something, and walked towards the gangplank while looking for it.