Chapter 35: The Northern Plains Town Army

Dozens of soldiers pounced on the stalls on both sides of the street like wolves, and most of the people on half of the street dispersed, leaving some people around the perimeter waiting to watch the excitement.

"All the money I earned a few days ago was used to buy medicine for my mother, and I will definitely make up for it for you after a few days." The little girl buried her head and whispered.

"How many days?!" The soldier at the head raised his eyebrows, "You already owe six days of contributions, a total of one hundred and eighty yuan, and if you don't pay the contributions today, I will smash your stall!" ”

"You're too unreasonable?! If you postpone the payment of donations, you will smash other people's stalls? Are you officers and soldiers or robbers?! The little barbarian girl stood up for the little girl.

Wen Kelong visually measured the size of the little girl's stall and said: "Six days to donate one hundred and eighty wen, one day is thirty wen, according to the law of Da Zhao Shang, each foot of the stall receives three wen per day, this little girl's stall is only a three-foot stall, a day is only nine cents, and six days is only fifty-four wen." How do you calculate your contribution of 180 wen for 6 days! ”

Wen Kolon has been in business for decades, and he can see through the joints at a glance.

The soldiers led by Wen Kelong glanced at Wen Kelong, and saw that Wen Kelong was dressed as an ordinary businessman and didn't pay much attention to it, and scolded: "The tea and horse market has been opened, the business is good, and the apportionment will naturally be increased, where are the outsiders, don't be nosy!" ”

Wen Kelong sneered: "Da Zhao Shanglu didn't say that the tea and horse market would increase the amount of donations, dare to ask whether the overcharged one hundred and twenty-six wen donations were collected for the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Division, or was this official collected for himself?" ”

Wen Kelong was righteous, and the faces of the soldiers who said something were red and white.

"That's it! It is! The little girl bowed her head and didn't speak, and the little barbarian girl echoed Wen Kelong's words to hug the little girl, "The three-foot stall is not a slander to collect 30 donations from people every day!" ”

The first soldier Ding was annoyed and angry, and single-handedly overturned the little girl's stall, and the goods on the stall were scattered all over the ground. The little girl was frightened and buried her head in low sobs. The leading soldier took advantage of the situation and grabbed the collar of the little barbarian girl: "It's not your turn to teach Lao Tzu a lesson from the barbarian country!" ”

"Let go of me! Let me go! The little barbarian girl struggled and cried out, "I'm from the Tongbu! Han people too! Who are the barbarians! Bullying women in broad daylight! What kind of skills are you! ”

The soldier at the head grabbed the barbarian girl's collar and didn't let go, and the other soldiers were also happy to watch the excitement. The onlookers also felt that this soldier had done too much, what kind of ability did a big man bully two little girls? Although these onlookers sympathized with the two little girls, no one dared to come up and accuse the soldiers who were the leader and help the two helpless little girls.

The little barbarian girl couldn't let go of the claws of the leading soldier, lowered her head and bit the claws of the leading soldier on her neckline.

The leader of the soldiers screamed in pain, and the little barbarian girl took advantage of the situation to break free. The leading soldier raised his fist angrily to hit the little barbarian girl: "You stinky barbarian, you dare to bite Lao Tzu!" ”

The little barbarian girl stepped back in fright, and only at the end did she find that there was a wall behind her. With his back against the wall, he looked at the soldier in horror.

The soldier led by him raised his fist and smashed it down, and the little barbarian girl closed her eyes in fear. Wait for the fist to land on her.

After waiting for a long time, the fist did not fall on her, and the little barbarian girl was very surprised, and opened her eyes to see that the soldier's fist waving in mid-air was grabbed by He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao's strength was great, and no matter how hard the soldiers tried, they couldn't break away from He Tengxiao's powerful hand.

"In broad daylight, bullying two weak women, it's not ashamed! The face of the Han people has made you lose everything! He Tengxiao grabbed the soldier's fist with his right hand, clenched his iron fist with his left hand and smashed it straight towards the soldier's door.

He Teng threw a punch out, and the first punch hit the soldier's eye socket. The soldier only felt that it was dark in front of him, and before he could calm down, He Tengxiao punched out again, this punch directly hit the soldier's nose, and the soldier's nose was crooked to the side, and the nose bleeded all over the ground.

He Tengxiao was still angry, let go of his right hand, picked up his right fist, and hit the soldier's mouth directly. He Teng was so powerful that the soldier was beaten by He Teng and fell down on the street, spitting out three or four teeth mixed with blood.

The crowd of onlookers secretly cheered for He Tengxiao.

"Fucking thieves, dare to fight officers and soldiers! Greasy and crooked! ”

"Brothers, **** mother!"

"****! The thief actually dares to be presumptuous in our northern plains! ”

The soldiers of the Northern Plains saw that their people were knocked down on the street by a man who looked like a merchant, and gathered to arrest He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao swung his scabbard and wounded the two soldiers in front of him to the ground.

"What are you doing in a daze!" Ling Feng's gaze swept over the old pawn behind him, "Call Lao Tzu!" ”

These veterans brought by He Tengxiao are all veterans who have been in battle for a long time and have been tempered by blood and fire, where are those ruffians who are their opponents? Before the battle took half a breath, those ruffians were beaten by He Tengxiao's people, and they didn't have the fighting spirit and courage to fight any longer. picked up the injured people and fled, and did not forget to turn around and viciously threaten He Tengxiao: There is a kind of waiting for Lao Tzu! ”

After the soldiers of Beiyuan City dispersed, He Tengxiao squatted down to pick up the goods scattered on the ground for the little girl and put them away. The little girl just squatted on the ground silently and sobbed, and the little barbarian girl comforted the little girl on the side.

"The soldiers of Beiyuan City are so virtuous, and it is difficult for this Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market to continue." Wen Kelong said to He Tengxiao.

"Peng Chaodong has been fighting horses for more than 30 years, and it is impossible for him to be unclear about the disadvantages of Da Zhao Zhenjun." He Tengxiao guessed and said, "If I am not mistaken, Peng Chaodong has now arrived in Beiyuan City, and the Tea Horse Market in Beiyuan City is an important move for Peng Chaodong to clean up the endgame in Liaodong." ”

"What does the little third master mean is that the Qin army wants to take over Beiyuan City?" Ling Feng said.

He Tengxiao nodded, "The Beiyuan Tea Horse Market has been closed for many years, and Peng Chaodong suddenly opened the market at this time. The intention is obvious, Peng Chaodong wants to use the Beiyuan Tea Horse Market to envelop the Menggu tribes, and free up his hands to deal with the Liao State. "He Tengxiao carefully reads the imperial court's newspaper every day in Pingshan Fort, and now he doesn't know much about the situation in Liaodong like when he just came to this time and space. He now had a general understanding of the situation in Liaodong and even the entire Great Zhao Empire.

"I'm afraid it's hard." Wen Kelong interjected, "Beiyuan City was originally under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court's town army, but later the town army was eroded and could not afford the defense of Beiyuan City, so the imperial court ordered the Huang family to send two thousand households to garrison Beiyuan City to strengthen the defense of Beiyuan City. The original Beiyuan Chengma Market was closed, and there was not much oil and water to fish, which was a burden for the Huang family. The Huang family was even reluctant to send two thousand households to garrison Beiyuan City, but they did not dare to openly disobey the will of the imperial court, so they had to perfunctory for the imperial court to send a thousand households to garrison Beiyuan City, falsely reporting that the Huang family of the imperial court had sent two thousand households to garrison Beiyuan City. Now that the horse market is reopened, Beiyuan City is a piece of fragrant dumplings, and it is impossible for the Huang family to let go of this piece of fragrant dumplings to Peng Chaodong. ”

Order has been restored to the streets, and the cries of hawkers have been heard again. Passers-by glanced at He Tengxiao's group from time to time.

He Tengxiao nodded, he had also heard of this matter, just after Huang Yongtao, the king of Pingliao, learned the news of the imperial court's reopening of the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market, Huang Yongtao immediately dispatched an elite team of thousands of households to be stationed in Beiyuan City, indicating that Huang Yongtao intended to take a piece of the pie from the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market.

Ling Feng shrugged, he was careful along the way, trying his best to avoid clashes with other forces, but he didn't expect that when he arrived in Beiyuan, he still had a physical confrontation with the garrison of Beiyuan City. thought to himself, He Tengxiao is really a troublemaker.

"Whether it is Peng Chaodong taking over Beiyuan City, or the Huang family wanting to take a piece of the transaction from the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market, it has nothing to do with us. The He family is too far away from Beiyuan, and it is really beyond the reach of Beiyuan City. Ling Feng said.

He Tengxiao led the horse to the inn, and said to Ling Feng as he walked, "That's right, no matter who finally controls the Beiyuan Tea Horse Market, let's just hope that the Tea Horse Market can be opened for a longer time and come back with more war horses." ”

"Ugh." Wen Kelong sighed and said, "Governor Peng passed through Shaanxi in his early years, and went out of the fortress five times to recover the Hetao, how dazzling his exploits are, but now he wants to show weakness to the Meng ancients and open a tea and horse market to envelop the Meng people. ”

He Tengxiao is undeniable, the Great Zhao Empire has staggered for more than 200 years, and now the rivers are dying, and the twilight has appeared. The Shenzong Dynasty has already had signs of the demise of the country, and the Great Zhao Empire can survive for two lifetimes after the Shenzong Dynasty, a very important reason is that since the Shenzong Dynasty, the Great Zhao Empire has produced many capable ministers, such as Shang Chuanren of the Shenzong Dynasty and Peng Chaodong of this Dynasty are rare capable ministers. It is precisely because of the hard support of these capable ministers that the Great Zhao Empire has continued to this day. And how long can this twilight empire last?

The news of He Tengxiao's beating of the soldiers of Beiyuan City on the street soon spread throughout Beiyuan City. No inn in Beiyuan City dared to take He Tengxiao in, for fear of provoking him.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, He Tengxiao couldn't help but feel a little anxious. In the cold of winter, it is impossible to let these brothers sleep on the streets with them.

There was a dull sound of drums from the Bell and Drum Tower, whose main purpose was to tell the time. The Great Zhao Empire implemented the morning bell and dusk drum, striking the bell in the morning and beating the drum in the evening. The bell rings and the gates open, and the people in the city begin to move, and the drums sound that the gates are closed, and a curfew is imposed. The curfew system is very relaxed in cities in Guannai, such as Jinling City, the southern capital of the empire, and the Qinhuai River is almost night singing, all night long, and there is no curfew at all. In the military strongholds of the frontier, curfews were strictly enforced.

Now the sound of drums is heard from the bell and drum tower, and after the guards of the city gate close the city gate, there will soon be night guards to check the curfew. He Tengxiao and his entourage wandered the streets during the curfew time, and according to the law of Da Zhao, they committed the crime of "committing a night offense", and they were detained at least and punished on the spot.