Chapter 44: The Fuse (1)
When he saw Jia Kui for the first time, Yang Shuo was stunned, with a half-shaven beard, a dark and yellow face, and two huge fish-eye bubbles under his dim eyes, is this still the high-spirited and slightly bookish Jia Kui?
Just a county guard, for 300,000 grains and grass tired like this, that is the emperor, in the face of the thirteen states, in the face of tens of millions of people, don't you be tired and paralyzed, throughout the history of the upper and lower two thousand years, the emperor's profession is basically short-lived, this pressure is the most important aspect, when I think of Yang Shuo with goosebumps all over his body, although the emperor is good, but he must be cautious!
"Liang Dao has worked hard!" Yang Shuo stretched out his hand to help him up, tears rolled in the corners of his eyes, and at this moment he really understood that he was conscientious, forgot to sleep and eat, and died after himself, when Zhuge Liang wrote down the teacher's table.
"It's not hard!" Jia Kui pursed his lips.
"It's not hard!" Helping to comb his messy hair, "You have become thin like this, if you continue like this, who will govern Hedong for me!" ”
These days, Jia Kui is also connected, Yang Shuo wants him to raise 300,000 grains within a month, and he does not hesitate to take the root cause of the family's big family, the lord is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and he started late, if he does not develop rapidly, the road in the future will be more difficult, and it is an excellent opportunity to vigorously develop while the surrounding forces are still small.
After figuring it out, there will be fewer grievances, and the motivation will be full, so much so that I forget my body.
Instructed his subordinates to bring a bowl of boiled chicken soup, and watched Jia Kui finish drinking it with his own eyes, Yang Shuo patted Jia Kui on the shoulder with satisfaction, and asked him to go down to rest for a day and make arrangements tomorrow.
Yang Shuo led the army into the city, although there are many people who don't know him Yang Shuo, but they don't know that there are almost no 200 cavalrymen, a standard armor can be equipped by no one except the official army, even if it is the largest horse merchant in Beiqu City, it is just a few hundred more private guards than others, as for the knights in armor no, they don't dare, the government has its strict control over iron tools, once someone is found to have hidden armor and weapons, a crime of rebellion, the light one is all over the house, and the heavy one is even the nine clans.
What is the purpose of the arrival of the officers and soldiers, these northerner horse merchants seem to have a mirror in their hearts, some are watching a good show, some are terrified, and so on.
Ten miles outside the city of Beiqu territory, close to the place of Shangjun of Bingzhou, a huge castle stands there, the castle covers an area of 1,000 acres, the huge city gate, the city gate is in the center of the three dragons flying and the phoenix dance of the big character "Yanjiabao", the tall and wide city wall, there is a sparkling moat all around, it is simply a small town, it looks like a lion squatting in the wilderness from a distance, it is daunting.
Because of the rampant horse thieves, the horse merchants in the north have built their own private tribes to protect their goods, and the city is narrow and can not accommodate a large number of servants, guards and horses, so they have to build a new castle outside the city to maintain and protect and raise horses, so there is a distinctive feature in Beiqu is that there are castles of different sizes and sizes around the city of Beiqu for several miles.
It was noon at this moment, and a horse galloped forward, passed through the gate of the castle, and came to a halt in front of the hall in the center of the castle, turned over and dismounted, and ran in.
The windows in the hall are bright and clean, and the inside of the house is warm with burning coals.
A man in a strong suit prostrate in front of a fat middle-aged man wearing a felt hat, and the middle-aged man was Yan Zhong, the head of the Yanjiabao family.
"Master of the family, there are officers and soldiers entering the city!"
"How many? Who is in charge? Yan Zhong clasped his hands in two wide sleeved robes and asked urgently.
"Two hundred cavalry! The new Taishou Yang Shuo! ”
"Yang Shuo is here in person, this time it's troublesome!" Yan Zhong gritted his teeth and waved his sleeves, "Okay, you go down and keep staring at me!" ”
"Yes!"
The big man bowed and retreated.
"Hey! Regret not being at the beginning! Yan Zhong hammered his legs and sighed secretly, and for a moment the hall fell silent, only the occasional crackling sound of the charcoal fire.
At this time, the door curtain flickered, and a young man with long boots, purple power suit, and a piece of jade ring jade and a long sword hanging from his waist on the left and right, the young man's face was round, and his cross-eyed eyes looked fierce and vicious.
This person is Yan Ji, the son of Yan Zhong.
Yan Jiden came to Yan Zhong in a few steps, frowning, "I heard that the officers and soldiers are coming?" ”
"Why are you scared now?" Yan Zhong didn't raise his head and said coldly.
"Afraid?" Yan Ji snorted coldly, "I didn't know how I was afraid to write it when I was born, even if the officers and soldiers came, what matter!" ”
"Of course you're not afraid!" Yan Zhong raised his head suddenly, glared at Yan Ji angrily, and almost roared: "But are nearly a thousand people in this village going to die with you?" ”
"Father's anger is dissipated, and I can't do anything to Yang Shuo'er!"
"What you said is light, if those 200 cavalry kill, what should you and I do?"
"Haha!" Yan Ji laughed a few times, "Father is not joking, just those hundreds of cavalry, what can he do with me, can he still kill me?" ”
Knowing that he couldn't talk about his son, Yan Zhong sat down angrily, still glaring at Yan Ji.
"Alright!" Yan Ji stretched out his hand to support Yan Zhong, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "Father, please rest assured, although Yanjiabao is not as strong as Beiqu City, ten Beiqu Cities can't compare, as long as the officers and soldiers dare to come, I will let him die as much as he comes!" ”
Yan Zhong shook his head, his tone was a little slower, and he said bitterly: "Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, aren't they just thousands of stones, grain and grass, and dozens of domestic slaves, why do you want to get to this point today for this little thing!" ”
Thousands of stones, grain and grass, dozens of house slaves Yan Ji of course don't look at it, but the money is small, the face is big, he has made bets with people, if he can resist not handing over the goods and land to the government, the best Hu girl in the Western Regions in Beiqu City is his alone.
"My father is the biggest horse merchant in Beiqu, and the county commander didn't nod his head when he saw his father, if he gave it this time, why would his father gain a foothold in Beiqu!"
"That's it!" Yan Zhong waved his hand impatiently to stop Yan Ji, thought for a while and then admonished: "Now that I have fallen out with the government, I heard that Na Jia Kui is not a good stubble, it is best not to go to the city recently!" ”
"Hmm!" Yan Ji pursed his lips and hummed softly in his nose in reply.
"Go ahead!" Yan Zhong waved his hand, and he didn't know why he had been inexplicably troubled recently. These horse merchants deal with horse thieves all year round, and they have a fierceness in their bones, and the words of the Lord Ling of Beiqu County are not even as good as his words, once upon a time, the white wave thieves who were majestic in Hedong also obediently took money to buy horses from them, could it be that Yang Shuo is more fierce than the white wave thieves?