Chapter 38: Restless City (Part II)

Dozens of Beiyuan soldiers, under the leadership of Deng Wei of Beiyuan Qianhu, arrogantly surrounded He Tengxiao and his party.

Deng Wei hugged his fist at He Yunting: "He Sizheng, this Diao people beat my Beiyuan Army on the street yesterday, and I was about to ask them for their crimes!" ”

After that, Deng Wei beckoned and shouted: "Take it!" ”

Deng Wei is also the master of Beiyuan City on weekdays, and he sang a song to He Yunting, and ordered to take people regardless of He Yunting's reaction.

"Take the crossbow! Draw the knife! "The best way to deal with these arrogant and unreasonable ruffians is to be unreasonable. He Tengxiao pulled out the knife and asked sharply: "Presumptuous!" But where are you going to ask me about it?! What sin do I have?! ”

The old soldiers dug open the tea leaves one after another, took out the crossbows hidden under the tea leaves, and confronted the Northern Plains Army.

He Yunting secretly complained and greeted all the women in Deng Wei's family. Peng Chaodong, the governor of Liaodong, arrived in Beiyuan City the day before yesterday and lived in the mansion of the general of the camp in Beiyuan.

The Tea Horse City is only a few dozen steps away from the Beiyuan Camp General's Mansion, and He Yunting only ordered He Tengxiao and others to be expelled from the Tea Horse Market, and did not dare to order He Tengxiao and others to be arrested because he was worried about alarming Peng Chaodong in the Camp General's Mansion. If this situation had been encountered on weekdays, He Yunting would have already arrested He Tengxiao and knocked it hard. Unexpectedly, Deng Wei, who didn't know what to do, appeared halfway through, rushed into the Beiyuan Tea Horse Market and aggressively wanted to ask He Tengxiao and them for guilt.

He Tengxiao's angry eyes were fierce and murderous, and the old soldiers raised their crossbows, and the sharp arrows pointed at the oncoming Beiyuan army.

Qiao Shaoyuan gasped, he didn't expect these people to hide a crossbow. Da Zhao is extremely strict with the control of long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, especially crossbows, crossbows are easier to master than bows, an ordinary farmer can use crossbows proficiently for three or five days of training, Da Zhao's attitude towards private crossbows is zero tolerance, once it is found that the private possession of crossbows will be punished for the crime of rebellion. The people who can use the crossbow are definitely not ordinary forces.

These people in front of them were murderous, and they did not have a trace of fear in the face of the Northern Plains Army, which was several times their size. These people must have seen the blood!

He Yunting's face turned pale, he knew that the matter was getting bigger, these people were definitely not simple, and they were not easy to bully.

Seeing that He Tengxiao's people were holding crossbows against each other, the Beiyuan Zhen Army did not dare to move forward, for fear that the crossbow arrows that did not have long eyes would shoot at them.

More than a hundred people were in such a stalemate.

"Possession of weapons and crossbows is a capital offense!" At this time, Deng Wei also felt a headache and didn't know how to end. His men only told him that the person who beat them in the street was a caravan, so who would have thought that this caravan was hiding a crossbow? Deng Wei had no choice but to shout, "According to the law of Da Zhao, if the people dare to have a private crossbow, there will be no forgiveness for killing!" ”

With Deng Wei's instigation, the Beiyuan Army fought hard and cautiously approached He Tengxiao with a knife and gun.

Ling Feng stabilized his crossbow arm and aimed at Deng Wei to pull the crossbow machine, and sharp crossbow arrows flew out in response. Precisely tied in front of Deng Wei's soap boots, landing less than an inch away from Deng Wei's soap boots.

"The law of Da Zhao says that it is a capital crime for people to privately possess crossbows, but it does not say that crossbows are not allowed to be used in the army." He Tengxiao said coldly, "Dare to ask Lord Qianhu, as a dignified Zhao Zhenjun, what is the crime of bullying the subordinates, exploiting the small people, and committing murder with a sharp blade in the city?" ”

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"This is the good horse you have bought in exchange for the tea and horse trade these days!" Peng Chaodong severely reprimanded Guo Chenggang, the general of the Beiyuan battalion, Peng Chaodong was the governor of Liaodong, not only the 100,000 Qin troops who went out of the customs were under the control of Peng Chaodong, but the town troops of the towns in Liaodong were also under the control of the governor of Liaodong.

Peng Chaodong looked at the middle and lower-class horses in the school field, and he was not angry. In the early years, when Peng Chaodong was renovating the Ganzhou tea and horse market in Ganzhou, he had already witnessed the gradual collapse of the empire's tea and horse trade system, and the repeated prohibition of private tea. The center sent many inspections to the tea and horse divisions in the southwest and northwest to inspect the imperial history, but it did not achieve the expected results.

At the time of Mu Zong, the empire had to give up a part of the profits of the tea and horse market, and ordered the tea and horse market to be sold in five points, and five points to enter the official, allowing private merchants to participate in the tea and horse trade after paying a certain amount of tea and horse donations. Half of the horses after the trade went to the Tea Horse Division, and half of the horses went to the merchants.

Instead of achieving the desired effect, this decree backfired, and illicit tea has become increasingly rampant since then. After the merchants obtained the horses, they handed over the inferior horses, or even private horses, to the tea and horse division, and the good horses went into the hands of private merchants, and the government-run tea and horse trade declined even more.

When Peng Chaodong became the governor of Shaanxi, he spent a lot of energy on rectifying the tea and horse market in Ganzhou, and the tea and horse trade in Ganzhou improved. The Qin army was able to obtain good horses from the Western Regions and formed the largest cavalry army in the empire at that time.

Peng Chaodong's reopening of the Beiyuan Tea Horse Market also hoped to obtain the good horses of the Meng people and expand the strength of the Qin army's cavalry.

After Peng Chaodong's personal guards inspected the more than 800 "good horses" on the list in the school yard, they shook their heads at Peng Chaodong. These horses are all middle-class horses, and they can barely be used as horses, and they can't be used as war horses at all. And there are also a lot of old horses and sick horses. Even donkeys and mules participated, and the extent of the collapse of the Kitahara Tea Horse Market can be seen.

"The subordinates are guilty, the Governor spares his life!" Guo Chenggang hurriedly knelt down and confessed.

Peng Chaodong sighed, ignored Guo Chenggang, and at this time had already made up his mind to rectify the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market. In order to obtain war horses from foreign tribes, he must keep the tea horse market tightly in his own hands as he did in Shaanxi to rectify the Ganzhou tea horse market in person.

"Your Excellency." A pro-soldier ran in outside the door and reported to Peng Chaodong, "There is an armed fight in the tea horse market!" ”

"Let's go! Check it out! Peng Chaodong threw off his cloak, ignored Guo Chenggang who was kneeling on the ground, and led a team of personal soldiers straight to the tea and horse market.

Kitahara Tea Horse Market.

He Tengxiao's Pingshan Fort Army and the Beiyuan Army have been in a stalemate.

"Little Third Master, it's not a way to go on like this." Ling Feng kept holding the crossbow, and after a long time, his arm was a little sore, and he turned his head sideways and whispered to He Tengxiao.

"Hold on, drag it out." He Tengxiao lowered his voice and replied to Ling Feng, "There are more than 3,000 Beiyuan troops in Beiyuan City, if we make a move, we will suffer a loss and consume them." Hasn't Peng Chaodong already arrived in Beiyuan City? If such a big thing happens in the tea horse market, it will definitely alarm Peng Chaodong, and we will consume until Peng Chaodong comes to the tea horse market! ”

He Tengxiao said this, Ling Feng could only grit his teeth and insist.

Sure enough, a group of Qin troops poured into the Tea Horse Market. After the soldiers of the Qin army poured into the tea and horse market, they dispersed the crowd of onlookers and opened the way for Peng Chaodong. Although Peng Chaodong is not a civil official, he has been in and out of the army all the year round, often wearing military uniforms. Only at some important ceremonies and when visiting Beijing to worship the emperor did they wear civil robes.

Peng Chaodong's outfit today is very simple, wearing a fiery red small-sleeved round-necked robe covered with a black cape, no scarf and hat, and a pair of long yao (fourth tone) boots. The two personal soldiers behind Peng Chaodong were also dressed in civilian clothes, with a waist jacket around the casual clothes, and a waist knife hanging from the waist.

The two pro-soldiers were tall and big, and the guard Peng Chaodong walked into the tea horse market and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency the Governor is here!" Idlers avoid! ”

Seeing Peng Chaodong enter the tea horse market, the Beiyuan army put down their weapons one after another. Looking at Peng Chaodong, He Tengxiao ordered his men to put down their weapons.

He Tengxiao's people were dressed in simple power suits, and almost everyone under his hands had a sharp crossbow. Peng Chaodong knew that He Tengxiao was not an ordinary businessman, and of course, he also knew very well that the Beiyuan Army was not a good bird.

"Who are you?!" Peng Chaodong asked He Tengxiao's identity directly, and his voice was full of emotion, with the unique majesty of a superior.

This is the first time He Tengxiao has seen Peng Chaodong's face clearly, Peng Chaodong is nearly sixty years old, and his weather-beaten face is engraved with the vicissitudes of time. The two piercing eyes were a little sunken into their sockets, deep and bright.

Peng Chaodong is not eight feet long and has a great appearance as rumored by the outside world. This is clearly an overworked old man.

"Subordinate Gaizhou Pingshan Fort Thousand Households He Tengxiao!" He Tengxiao replied with his fists clenched.

"You are the Pingshan Fort Qianhu He Tengxiao with hundreds of remnants of the army and the power of one fort to resist the five thousand Liao army iron cavalry?" Peng Chaodong looked at He Tengxiao a few more times, he was a little interested in He Tengxiao earlier, but he didn't expect to meet He Tengxiao in Beiyuan Tea Horse Market today.

"It's a subordinate." He Tengxiao replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

He Tengxiao's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and Peng Chaodong secretly praised it in his heart. The more high-ranking people are, the fewer people can treat him without being humble or arrogant. Peng Chaodong was not so disgusted with He Tengxiao's crossbow fighting in the Tea Horse Market. He knew very well what the virtues of the officials and soldiers of the Northern Plains Army and the Tea Horse City were.

Seeing Peng Chaodong coming to the Tea Horse Market, Qiao Shaoyuan was a little nervous and tried his best to keep himself calm.

"Since you are a soldier of Da Zhao, why did you commit murder in Tea Horse Market?! Can you have my big Zhao military law in your eyes?! Peng Chaodong questioned He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao did not defend himself, and told Peng Chaodong the truth of the matter concisely. He originally just wanted to take back the horses that Qiao Shaoyuan had stolen and get back the horses that belonged to him, but he didn't expect a Deng Wei to suddenly appear halfway, which made him feel a headache.

Peng Chaodong sorted out the context of this incident in his heart, and roughly knew what was going on.

Peng Chaodong intends to rectify the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market, and today the officials of the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Division were hit by Peng Chaodong for favoritism. Peng Chaodong thought that today's incident could be used as a breakthrough in the rectification of the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Division.

Deng Wei quibbled on the side in an attempt to exonerate himself, and He Yunting was silent on the side, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and his heart was like ashes.

Qiao Shaoyuan was forced to be calm and calm.

He Tengxiao glanced at Qiao Shaoyuan, who was calm, sneered, and hugged his fists at Peng Chaodong and said, "Your Excellency, your subordinates have something to report to Your Excellency Governor." ”

"You say yes." Peng Chaodong looked at He Tengxiao suspiciously.