The next morning, Wang Yue sent Shi Jin away, and Wang Yue and Lin Chong followed the caravan to Dengzhou. Dengzhou is now the area of Penglai, but in the Song Dynasty, it was a big city, a transit point for trade with Goryeo, Japan and other countries, and the city was also very prosperous.

Gold, silver, jewelry, ginseng, copper and iron from Korea and Japan were transported here by sea ships, and ceramics, silk, horses, brushes, tea and wine, books and so on from the Great Song Dynasty were also transported to Korea, Japan and other countries through here.

"This place is really nice." Wang Yue praised.

This was the first city that Wang Yue had seen that was specifically for trade, and the entire city was full of business, and there was no other flow of people.

You can see a lot of Koreans and Japanese here, and now the Song Dynasty is still considered to be the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the foreigners here are far less arrogant and domineering than the later generations, but they see the Han people respectfully and respectfully, and they are very regular in doing business.

I saw that there were Korean ginseng for sale, and the price was extremely cheap, and the big ginseng was less than one or two pieces of silver, and in the mainland, this ginseng plant cost at least dozens of taels of silver, which was still priceless.

"This place is good, but unfortunately if the Liao people come in, this place will be wasted." Lin Chongdao.

In this era, the whole of Shandong is in the "frontline" position, and from time to time it will encounter harassment by the Liao, and Dengzhou is naturally no exception. Decades ago, Dengzhou was harassed once, killing and injuring countless people. Since then, Dengzhou has declined for a while, and it has only flourished again in recent years. But Lin Chong is still not optimistic about the future of Dengzhou.

"This place...... I won't let the Liao people harass me again. Wang Yue said secretly in his heart.

This place is actually extremely important, maritime trade is a cornucopia, but unfortunately the imperial court does not pay enough attention to this place, the garrison here is only 300 people, and the training is extremely loose, I am afraid that when I hear the news of the Liao people, I will flee from the wind, and there is no protection at all.

On this day, Wang Yue walked around here for a whole day to learn about the situation of the city.

Wang Yue and Lin Chong studied martial arts on their daily journey, and a month later they went to a small village called Hwangnai Gang under Jeju Prefecture and opened a wine on the side of the road.

Wang Yue and Lin Chong saw that the hotel was very clean, and there were a few guests, so it seemed that business was not bad.

Wang Yue and Lin Chong sat down, only to see a woman beckoning, asking for a few catties of cooked beef, asking for a jar of good wine, and drinking for a while.

At this moment, a short and stout man walked in from outside, he was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and after seeing Lin Chong, he stayed there for a moment, and immediately fell to his knees after a while, kowtowing.

The woman was taken aback and said, "Husband, what's wrong with you?" ”

The short man shouted: "Kneel down quickly, this is what I often call the master, the head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Bianliang, who is strong in martial arts, and has great kindness to me." ”

The woman fell down hastily and bowed down with her.

This short and sturdy man is naturally Lin Chong's apprentice, Cao Zheng, who is a knife ghost, and his martial arts are actually not bad, after all, he is Lin Chong's personal disciple. However, his ranking in the Water Margin is very low, and he is only the eighty-first Di Ji Xing.

He ranked low, in fact, most of it was because of Lin Chong. Lin Chong was already a sixth-ranked hero in Liangshan, but the relationship between Lin Chong and Song Jiang was very average, and Song Jiang naturally did not want to rank Lin Chong's apprentice in a high position.

"Good apprentice, please get up quickly!" Lin Chong's eyes were a little moist, and he strode over and helped Cao Zheng and his wife up.

"Master, I heard that you were framed by Gao Yu and fell into Cangzhou Mansion, originally I was planning to go to Cangzhou to find the master, but who knew that within a few days, I heard that the army's forage field was burned, and the master became a death row prisoner and fled abroad, so I didn't go to Cangzhou. These days, I often worry about the master, I don't know what happened to the master, and now I can see the master, which is really good. Cao Zheng said excitedly.

"The army's forage field was burned, and it was Gao Yu who framed me." Lin Chongdao.

Lin Chong and Gao Yu have a deep enmity in the sea of blood, but now that they have taken their wife to Juxianzhuang, their hatred for Gao Yu has been slowly let go. As mentioned earlier, his character is like this, he doesn't want to cause trouble, and since his wife is fine, he is not ready to trouble Gao Yu anymore.

"Gao Yu, this guy is really hateful! If you have the chance, you can slaughter this guy with one sword! Cao Zheng said viciously.

Although they are Lin Chong's apprentices, their personalities are not quite the same, and Cao Zheng is obviously much tougher.

"Come on, brother, this is my disciple Cao Zheng, he is upright and does not know how to be flexible, and my brother will take care of him more in the future." Lin Chong said to Wang Yue.

"This ...... What is a strong man? Cao Zheng only noticed Wang Yue at this time and asked curiously.

Wang Yue looks really good, looks extraordinary, not an ordinary person, Cao Zheng immediately began to guess in his heart.

"This is the righteous brother of the teacher, Dongping Wang Yue, known as Shandong Xiao Mengwei, you must have heard of his name." Lin Chong laughed.

"What? It turned out to be Shandong Xiaomeng taste? Dongping Wang Yue, known as the first hero in Shandong? Cao Zheng was taken aback, but he didn't expect it to be this master.

Wang Yue smiled bitterly, I don't know when I will have the title of "Shandong's No. 1 Hero" again, but I don't know.

"I've seen Cao Zhuangshi." Wang Yue clenched his fists and said with a smile.

"Don't dare, you are my master's sworn brother, that is my uncle, I should treat him as a teacher." Cao Zhengdao.

When the three of them entered the backyard, Lin Chong told Cao Zheng all about his experience during this time, and when he heard that it was Wang Yue who saved Lin Chong and his wife, Cao Zheng became more and more respectful and polite to Wang Yue.

Originally, Wang Yue was so famous, Cao Zheng originally admired it in his heart, and now he is even more grateful and admired, which is beyond measure.