Chai Jin's pomp was much larger than Chao Gai's, with four hounds, two falcons, and twenty Zhuang Ding riding fast horses and holding curved bows. Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, and Pang Wanchun followed.

Along the way, Chai Jin couldn't stop introducing where is my family's land and where is my family's mountains and forests. Chao Gai said: "Since you have so much land, why don't you plant some Tianwang rice, the yield per mu is eight or nine hundred catties, isn't it better than soybeans?" ”

"This, we actually have such a high-yield rice in the north? How I don't know, Chao Zhuang owner is not joking. Chai Jin said with a smile.

"The big official laughed, how could the owner of my family joke about this. This Tianwang rice was cultivated by my farmer, and when we came, we had just harvested three million catties of seeds, but we had already sold two million catties of seeds, and we had to keep the rest for ourselves. Pang Wanchun said.

"Oh, that's it. The owner of Chao Zhuang elaborated. Chai Jin is very interested, after all, Cangzhou is not as good as Liangshan, there are almost no rice fields, all dryland grain production is very low, soybeans per mu yield is only 200 catties, sorghum is only 400 catties. Although Chai Jin also does business, farmland is fundamental after all.

Chao Gai introduced Tianwang rice to Chai Jin in detail, and Chai Jin said regretfully after hearing it: "It's such a pity, can the owner of Chao Zhuang give me some seeds, the price is easy to say." ”

Chao Gai said: "Okay, the big official has spoken, I must divide some." ”

Chai Jin said: "I won't embarrass the owner of Chao Zhuang, as long as five thousand catties." How about arranging for a carriage and horse to be delivered to my home, and the price will be paid? ”

"Hehe, that's it." Chao Gai said.

The horses left the farmland on the outskirts of the village and gradually entered the mountain meadows, which were in the crisp autumn weather, and the weeds had begun to wither and yellow, which was a good season for hunting.

Chai into this hunting team is still very professional, the hunting dog barks in front, the rabbit pheasant and other wild things out of the grass frightened, and then by the back of the Zhuang Ding archery, or by the falcon to catch, this season the hare is fat, not an hour to catch more than 20 hares, more than 10 pheasants, people are elated.

Chai Jin also shook his majesty, shot three hares, and played with the rise, and Li Jiaotou next to him said: "What is there to play with some pheasants and hares." It's better to be like this, our two families are limited to one hour, how about shooting more prey than whom? ”

Chao Gai said: "There are three of us, and there are twenty-one officials. What's more, I came out with the big officials just to chat, let Wanchun compare with you. ”

Chai Jin nodded in acquiescence, but left four close Zhuang Ke, and let Li Jiaotou take the rest to compete with Pang Wanchun.

Chao Gai is not a hunter and has little interest in hunting. Soon said that the salt field came up, Chao Gai said: "Drying salt, than boiling salt is very different, if the construction of 10,000 acres of salt field, at least 10 million jin of output a year, or even 20 or 30 million jin is not unusual, the big officials can recruit people to start planning and construction from now on, my people will arrive soon, let's get this salt field together, the future will not only make money, but also lower the price of salt, so that the people can eat cheap salt, we have immeasurable merit." ”

Chai Jin said: "Rest assured, Master Chao, I still have some energy in Cangzhou, and 3,500 people will soon be able to recruit all of them, and ensure that they will be built before the freeze this year." ”

"Good, good. It was built before the freeze this year, and it will be put into production in the spring of next year. Chao Gai said.

Chao Gai and Chai Jin couldn't help but walk into a barren and sparse forest, the weeds were high to the thighs, a fat sika deer jumped in front, Chai Jin bent the bow and shot, but unfortunately, the shot missed, startling the sika deer. Chai Jin chased after the horse, and the four Zhuang Ding followed behind.

Chao Gai shook his head in the back, and said secretly: "This Chai Jin is known as a martial arts gun since he was a child, why is his health so poor, he is not even as good as an ordinary Zhuang Ding, no wonder he will be bullied." ”

Chai Jin led people to chase the sika deer into the woods, the sika deer was running hard, suddenly a tiger roar that shook the mountains and forests, a colorful insect pounced over, two huge claws knocked the sika deer down, the blood basin opened its mouth, and bit the sika deer's neck, and the neck was crushed with a click, and the sika deer's limbs twitched, and it looked out of breath.

"Ah, Tiger." Several farmers shouted, and their horses were also out of control due to the presence of tigers. Chai Jin was the most advanced, when the tiger hunted the sika deer, he saw it really, and he was scared into a cold sweat, and the horse under his crotch stood up in surprise, overturned Chai Jin, and fled alone.

Seeing this, the four villagers abandoned their horses and took bows and arrows to protect Chai Jin, and wanted to retreat slowly, but the disturbed tiger was very unhappy, and with a snort, he slowly walked towards Chai Jin and the others.

A farmer's frightened hands and feet were numb, the bow and arrow in his hand went off, and he shot weakly and weakly, and landed more than ten meters in front of the tiger. The bankers didn't care about the firewood entering, so they pulled their legs and left one by one. Chai Jin panicked, he couldn't walk anymore, and shouted, "I'm going to take a break." ”

The tiger pounced on, and was about to bite off Chai Jin's neck, Chai Jin's neck was thin and white, crunchy and crispy chicken smell, Chai Jin had already smelled the smell of bad breath that the tiger never brushed his teeth, but there was no way to close his eyes and wait for death, there was no movement on the left, no movement on the right, Chai Jin thought to himself, what's wrong with this tiger, see that I have no appetite? When he opened his eyes, he saw that the tiger was lying motionless on the ground, Chao Gai was observing the tiger, and Jiao Ting was vigilant with a big iron cone next to him.

Chao Gai said: "Don't be afraid, the tiger is dead. ”

Chai Jin came over boldly, and after a closer look, he found that the tiger was hit by an arrow in the neck, and the arrow penetrated the neck, and it turned out to be an arrow that killed him.

Surprised: "Who has such divine power, is it Brother Pang Wanchun?" ”

Jiao Ting said: "Brother Wanchun is not here, just now my brother saw the danger of the big official and shot an arrow." ”

"The main thing is that this bow is powerful, and the arrow is good, it is an armor-piercing arrow, so it was killed at once. It's just right, this tiger is fat, and it's just right to get it back to make good clothes. Chao Gai said.

Chai Jin tidied up his clothes and bowed: "Chai Jin Xie Chao Zhuang Zhuang's life-saving grace." Chao Gai hurriedly hugged him and said, "It's serious, don't mention this matter." This tiger was shot to death by a senior official in a hurry, not by Chao Gai. ”

Chai Jin was also blinded, why did he say that the tiger was shot by himself, Chai Jin's head spun rapidly, and he quickly said: "Haha, I was scared to death just now, as soon as the bow and arrow in my hand were loosened, I shot this tiger to death." ”

Chai Jin's four Zhuang guests were all stupid just now, they left Chai Jin and fled, and they didn't see who shot the tiger to death, and now they saw that the tiger was dead, so they dared to come over and kowtow to make amends, and they broke their heads one by one.

Chai Jin sighed: "Get up, everyone has a wife and children, leave me in times of crisis, I don't blame you." It's just that from today onwards, don't be my follower, and send it to the mill to grind grain. ”

"Thank you, thank you."

At this time, the hunting competition between Pang Wanchun and Chai Jinzhuang Ke was also over, and it turned out that Pang Wanchun lost. Pang Wanchun only hit four fat hares, and their sixteen people beat more than twenty. Chao Gai didn't care about this matter, Pang Wanchun didn't want to kill too much. Li Jiaotou didn't mention the competition anymore, and hurriedly helped Chai Jin get the tiger. Li Jiaotou is a practitioner and has average skills, but he still has eyesight, and it is obviously not something that Chai Jin can do by shooting the tiger's neck through with an arrow.

Chao Gai said: "In the past, Li Guang, the flying general, patrolled at night and found a tiger in the grass, and in a hurry, he shot an arrow, and the next day I saw that the arrow actually shot on the stone. Li Guang shot the arrow a few more times, but each time he couldn't shoot it, do you know why? ”

Pang Wanchun said: "This is because people will emit superhuman strength in fear. ”

Chai Jin's Zhuang Ke naturally did not suspect Chai Jin, and besides, whether it was Chai Jin or not, it had to be regarded as Chai Jin's.

Hunting a tiger was also a rare thing in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, the tiger was not a rabbit, nor was it a pheasant. Chai Jin ordered people to make wooden shelves, carried the tiger high, beat gongs and drums back to the village, and watched countless visitors along the way, men, women and children stretched their necks to watch the tiger and Chai Jin who killed the tiger.

Chai Jin is extremely glorious, and constantly gives up to the big guys. Chai Jinzhuang had long known that the big officials had hunted a tiger, and they had prepared gongs, drums and firecrackers early, which was very lively.

This tiger is unusually huge, the upper scale is actually more than 500 catties, although the tiger is dead, but the majesty is still there, Chai Jin's hunting dogs dare not approach.

Chai Jin set up a banquet that night, took the best tiger skin, and said in public: "The owner of Chao Zhuang is a guest from afar, and this tiger skin will be given to the owner of Chao Village." ”

The crowd congratulated, and the wine was drunk until late. They went back to their rooms to rest, Chao Gai was just about to sleep, the door rang, Jiao Ting opened the door, and found that it was Chai Jin.

Chai Jin entered the door, and immediately bowed to Chao Gai and said: "Don't thank you for your kindness, in the future, the matter of the owner of Chao Zhuang will be the matter of my Chai Jin, just open your mouth." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "You and I are both people who do big things, can you use these clichés?" ”

"What the owner of Chao Zhuang said is, but I don't know why I said that the tiger was shot by me today?" Chai Jin asked.

Chao Gai sighed: "Now the world is getting more and more chaotic, and the traitorous ministers are not prosperous. Cangzhou is a border place, and you will inevitably become fat in the eyes of others. Although I can assign someone to take care of the safety of the salt factory, you have to work hard yourself. I see that your health is not bad, and you also have a foundation in martial arts, but the difference is only hard training, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, why not hunt a tiger. ”

Chai Jin also thought so, don't look at his own scenery, there are more than 300 villagers, in fact, there are almost no people who can fight. For example, today, the four personal followers actually abandoned themselves when they were in danger.

"I see, a sheep with a flock of tigers is just a flock of sheep. A tiger with a flock of sheep is a herd of tigers. Chai Jin said.

"Money and grain are fundamental, the salt farm can make money, and the king of rice can produce grain. If you raise more cattle and sheep, why worry about underdevelopment and prosperity. The land of Cangzhou is sparsely populated, and it is a good place for grazing. Chao Gai said.