Tao Lin, who had been waiting in Dengzhou, was invited to Dengzhou Prefecture. This time, Zhizhou avoided it, and only one Privy Council Deputy Chengzhi met with Tao Lin alone, and he didn't even have a formal official document, only brought a handwritten letter from Lian Guangzhi, which made him look like a thief.

Although Lian Guangzhi has already communicated with Tao Lin, the play that should be done still has to be done. He pretended to read Lian Guangzhi's letter three times before exchanging it with the deputy secretary. The man immediately burned Lian Guangzhi's letter with a candle, and then said, "Since you have been with Li Xunbian, you should know that this matter cannot be known to outsiders, so you will not have any reputation. However, if you want to build a naval army to attack Liao in the future, if you do this errand well, you will have the advantage. ”

Tao Lin made a look of understanding the righteousness and said: "Li Daguan has always taught me that 'the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband', that is, there is no reputation, as long as it is for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, I dare not descend in the future." ”

The promise said, "Good." Sure enough, he is worthy of being a character taught by Li Xunbian. It's just that the war is urgent now, I don't know when you will be able to recruit pirates to attack and harass the Liao Kingdom? ”

Tao Lin pondered, and only after more than ten seconds did he say, "This matter is not urgent. Most of the pirates in the Bohai Sea are amateur pirates......"

The deputy did not understand, interrupted him and asked, "What is an amateur pirate?" ”

"Ah, it's just that fishing or boat smuggling is no different from a good citizen, and only when you see an opportunity to make a deal without capital, this is an amateur pirate."

Seeing the deputy Cheng Zhi nodded, Tao Lin continued: "Since the number of ships going overseas has increased, many of these pirates have changed their careers to become sailors. It would take a lot of effort to let them go back to piracy. Although there are those who specialize in pirates, they are the opponent of merchant ships, and they have been suppressed several times by our maritime merchants and official soldiers, and they have always avoided us. If you want to contact these people, you have to go out to sea to find them. ”

Deputy Chengzhi was a little anxious: "So, the plan to recruit pirates is not feasible?" ”

Tao Lin said confidently: "This may not be. Money can make ghosts grind, as long as people know that it is profitable to raid the coastal areas of Liao, people will inevitably rob them. The officials gave me one month, and I will definitely let the coastal areas of Liao Province ignite beacon fires. It's just that the Liao cavalry is like the wind, and the impact is sharp, and these people must have some weapons before they dare to go ashore. ”

Deputy Chengzhi said: "This matter is easy. I have already informed Chang Zhizhou this time that I will allocate you a batch of weapons from the state government arsenal, but I will grind away all the marks that are easy to leave handles. ”

Tao Lin said: "In this way, this matter will be easy to do. So now we will go and recruit people. ”

Since Zhou Qing traveled back and forth between Dengzhou and Liao, he had subdued many pirates, and although many of them were now sailors or emigrated overseas, many were waiting at home for work. Tao Lin raised his arms now, and he didn't dare to say that there were still three or four hundred people gathered, and he could kill the coast of Liao State. But as soon as the emperor speaks, you can do it, doesn't this tell everyone that you have an arm in your hand? So what does the magistrate think? What did the emperor think?

So for the next few days, Tao Lin sailed out to sea, pretending to recruit pirates.

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Hedong Road, Taiyuan Mansion, Yanmen Pass.

The castle was littered with corpses. Dong Hua accompanied Li Buqi to stand on top of the gate and look north, he said: "Xizuo has detected that the Liao army has retreated to Lingqiu and other places. ”

Dong Rui said: "Previously, I learned that last year, Xiao Hui, a concubine of the Liao State, led an army to conquer Western Xia, and collected a large number of grain and grass in Yunzhou, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, Huanzhou, and Ulzhou. When Xiao Hui entered the army, he used ships to plant grain along the river, stretching for hundreds of miles, and it can be seen that there is a lot of grain and grass. Xiao Hui was unprepared, and was attacked by the Xia army and was defeated. Xiao Hui was almost unavoidable, and the baggage was gone. Therefore, there was not much grain and grass in the nearby Liao states, which was not enough to support the Liao army's large-scale attack. It seems that the Liao people did not do their best to attack the city this time, which should be due to the lack of food and grass. ”

Chong Ge was the most experienced general in all of them, and he also said: "The Liao army used the old and weak soldiers to attack the city. The last general estimated that it was the Liao people who coped with official affairs and gave an explanation to the Liao lord. ”

Li Buqi also felt the passivity of the Liao army's siege, so he nodded and said, "Yes." Wars are fought with money. As long as you find out how much food the enemy has, you will know how long he can fight. General Dong seems to have put a lot of effort into his daily life, and he is a cautious person. When I return to the court, I will let the official family know that there is a capable person like you guarding the Yanmen Pass, and the official family can rest assured that Hedong Road will be at ease. ”

Dong Rui was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for patrolling the border." At present, the Liao people have retreated, and the Yanmen army has gathered, and there is no danger. The official family not only approved the performance of the patrol border and showed off his martial arts, but also issued several decrees ordering the patrol to return to Beijing, so it is better to return to Beijing on the patrol side. The people of the capital are waiting to see General Fei's demeanor. ”

Li Buqi also smiled and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then we will go back to Beijing tomorrow." ”

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Bingzhou (Taiyuan in later generations), the city gate inside and outside the lanterns, from the morning onwards, many people in Bingzhou looked up inside and outside the city gate, waiting to see what Li Buqi's victorious army looked like. When it was almost noon, someone came running on a donkey to report: "Coming, coming!" A large group of people is coming! Immediately, there was a noise of drums at the city gates.

Fu Bi also slowly stood up, put on a smiling face and slowly paced to the side of the road, looked up, and saw the dust rising in the distance and the flag fluttering, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and looked down on Li Buqi a few points.

Li Buqi actually wrote a recital to the emperor, asking that the Zhenwu army and the cavalry of the police division should show off their military strength on the way back to Beijing, and the state capitals they passed through should organize the people to watch the army and work the army. Although the excuse is to let the people feel the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, the excuse is quite legitimate, but as the main general, you are in the limelight at this time, which is because the emperor is not suspicious of you. Now Fu Bi has labeled Li Buqi as a young and frivolous person in his heart.

After a short time, a team came to the city gate, starting with a banner with the word "high", and a young general under it kept clasping his fists at the welcoming crowd with a reserved smile on his face.

The people were talking, "Who is this?" How could it not be Li Xunbian? ”

"Surname Gao? By the way, it seems to be called Gao Zunyu, right? It should have been with Li Xunbian to fight. ”

"Huh? Behind it is the 'Yang' flag, the 'species' flag, why is there no 'Li' flag? Could it be that Li Daguan is not in the army? ”

Gao Zunyu took the lead, and when he saw the honor guard of Zhihe Prefecture Fubi, who was out of the city, he hurriedly dismounted. Fu Bi didn't see Li Buqi, and after saying a few words, he asked, "General Gao, where is Li Xunbian?" ”

Gao Zunyu replied: "Li Xunbian asked to return to Tokyo a few days ago. As soon as the army set off, Li Xunbian drove lightly and went to Tokyo, calculating the distance, and now he was afraid that he had reached Gyeonggi. ”

"Oh, I see." Fu Bi was stunned for a moment, and immediately wiped off the label of "young and frivolous" on Li Buqi's head in his heart.

Fu Bi was about to say something like a pity that the people had to see Li Buqi's demeanor, when he heard someone shouting: "Li Daguan! Li Daguanren! There are strange things to be presented to Li Daguan......"

The voice of the old eagle drew the attention of the people, and when the officers of the state saw that someone was disturbing the celebration, they immediately pounced on him and grabbed him. The man seemed to be a sick man, and he rolled on the ground between pushes and shoves. Instead, he clung to a glass bottle and shouted, "Don't touch me!" Don't touch me! I've got this thing on my body and disciplined you as well as dead! Don't blame me if it spills! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but stop, not knowing what to do. At this time, Yang Shiqing said: "Although Li Xunbian is not here, he is the best strange thing. Since someone thinks that his things can make Li Xunbian blue-eyed, it is better for me to wait and take a look. If it is really a strange thing, take that person to Beijing and hand it over to Li Xunbian. ”

Fu Bi would not be entangled in this kind of thing, so he ordered someone to bring the shouting person over, but he saw that it was a strange-looking Taoist priest.

He said that he was a Taoist priest, just because he was wearing a Taoist robe full of holes. I saw that this person's face was covered with an abnormal layer of black, his hair was scorched and gray, his eyes were bloodshot and squinted, and he was led by a Taoist boy who was also in tattered clothes, and he seemed to be unable to see clearly. If it weren't for the fact that he was dressed as a Taoist priest, he would have made people think of a beggar.

Fu Bi asked, "You thing sounds like poison." Such a thing can also be dedicated to Li Xunbian? ”

But the man was not convinced, and said, "This official is wrong. Poisonous, hurtful things are not necessarily useless. Just as mercury is a necessary thing for alchemy, but if people eat it directly, they will definitely die. ”

Fu Bi asked, "Then what are you?" ”

The Taoist said: "Poor Dao This thing is obtained from alchemy, but it is strange. Even steel can be melted into it, and it is served in ordinary wooden barrels, which will not be long before they are crispy. If it touches a person, it can burn the person's body all over the body. Poor Dao visited Gaoming all over Hedong, and no one knew it. Such a rare thing, how can it not be dedicated to Li Bu to abandon the big officials? ”

Fu Bi smiled and said, "This thing is rare, but it doesn't seem to be of much use. You will dedicate yourself to Li Zhongzheng, what will he do again? ”

The Taoist priest said, "The words of the rich officials are not good." Li Daguan is a pedantic, and he may not know what the use of this thing is. ”