The word Xiangma comes from Shandong, referring to the green forest heroes who block the road and rob the merchants, also known as "Xiangmazi", that is, bandits. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the reckless heroes of Shandong hung bells under the horses, ran up, and the bells rang on the mountain, so they were called ringing horses. There is also a saying that the bandits in Shandong often put a sentry arrow on the horse before cutting the path to make a sound to show the order, as soon as the arrow sounds, the bandits kill out, loot the goods, ride a horse and gallop, so it is called a ringing horse. In the history of Shandong, there have been some ringing horses known for their righteousness, such as Qin Shubao and Song Gongming (the real Song Jiang was finally defeated and captured and killed. Therefore, "Shandong Xiangma" as an adjective has a larger positive connotation. Boldness, righteousness and integrity are really the character portrayals of these green forest heroes.

Shandong is located between the north and the south, and has never avoided wars and has been slaughtered n times. Therefore, there are many immigrants in Shandong, and only strong people can survive in this territory. Moreover, because of the many immigrants, Shandong people also move out of the country. In ancient times, Shandong was not only the size of the present, the population was not large, the mountains were dangerous and the forests were dense, and it was difficult for the imperial court to encircle and suppress, which was very suitable for the sound of horses. But instead of being cornered, who will be a robber?

Although Shandong could not avoid previous wars and was slaughtered, there was actually an exception, and this exception was also one of the causes of Shandong's Xiangma. That's right, it's the Kong family! Due to the special background of the Confucian family in Chinese history, the Confucian family has survived all the catastrophes and continues to grow in Shandong. With the growth of the Confucian family, a large amount of land was skillfully seized by the Confucian family, resulting in the displacement of a large number of Shandong people and reduced to Xiangma. Confucius's apprentice Zeng Shen, and the descendants of his disciple Sun Meng Ke are the same.

In addition, in the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of King De, the son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, who was sealed in Jinan, also annexed a large number of fields, which further intensified the growth of Shandong Xiangma!

Another reason is the Ma Zheng of the Ming Dynasty. Ma Zheng in the Ming Dynasty was far from harmful. At that time, the government promoted the "folk herding" of horses, that is, in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places, and set the number of foals that should be paid.

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There were a few guests in the Heifeng Village of Anshan Lake, led by Wu Hao, who said that he was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he was a peer who did no capital trading, and he had a big deal to talk to the masters.

Lake Ansan used to be called "Yangsanbo". At that time, the heroes of Liangshan relied on the water to "gather mountains and forests, build camps, resist violence and peace, kill the rich and help the poor, and do the right thing for heaven", and performed earth-shattering chivalrous stories. More than 400 years have passed, due to the repeated bursting of the Yellow River and the diversion of floods, the sediment of "800 miles of Liangshanbo" has been deposited, and the lakes around Liangshan have become cultivated land. The Liangshan Shuibo, which was known as 800 miles back then, has become much smaller, and it is no longer the scene of the past, but the old people occasionally think about it.

A few days later, at night in Shawan Town, the moon was bright and the stars were thin. At the end of March, although there was still ice floating on the river, the river was frozen and passable, and boats from the south to the north were docked at the pier. Shawan was the fork of the Grand Canal and the Daqing River (now the Yellow River), and boats heading to Jinan would dock here for the night before entering the Daqing River.

Today, the best berths on the dock are occupied by King De's boats, and they are almost the boats of other Beijing bigwigs. The berths at the wharf were full, and the boats could only be moored far away from the wharf, and the late boats even had to stop in the middle of the river. Nanzhili finally exterminated the river bandits near the Jiangsu-Zhejiang section of the canal, and the transportation finally returned to normal, and everyone was in a hurry to bring in more southern goods, and the ships were full.

The moon had begun to set to the west, and everyone in the town and on the ship had fallen asleep. Suddenly, the earth began to shake, from a barely imperceptible tremor to an intense tremble. More and more people are awakened and don't know what to do. It wasn't until the shaking approached, like thunder, that someone finally woke up: "Ringing Malayla! Run......

The people in the town were suddenly awakened, running around like headless flies, calling for their children and daughters, and calling their fathers to find their mothers. The ships at the dock were not too frightened, scrambling to get up and pull anchors, scrambling to leave and avoid the ringing horses. The boats collided with each other, and from time to time those who did not stand firm fell into the river.

The boats of the lords and nobles are all building boats, tall, sturdy, and firm, which are not comparable to ordinary boats. The ships were all with very low edges, and a few were sunk by the waist. Seeing that the big ship was about to rush out, at this moment, "Boom! Rumble! Boom ......", "Boom! Bang! ......". The outermost ship spewed fierce flames towards the side of the pier, accompanied by earth-shattering thunder!

At this time, people found out that these ships had just arrived, and no one knew who they were or what ships. It was also found that the boats occupied the main waterway and that the surrounding rivers were shallow and impassable for large boats. Soon, the first few ships to escape were pierced through the hull and sunk in the main channel, completely blocking the passage of the big ships to escape.

Seeing that the main channel had been blocked, the ship that had just spewed flames and thundered immediately turned around and sped south under the guidance of several small boats. There was only an ordinary cargo ship-style, and the big ship with a very shallow draft remained, and Wu Hao sat on the Taishi chair in the ship's building, sipping tea while admiring his masterpiece with a telescope.

In the early morning, the town was no longer noisy, and the fire had been extinguished. The townsmen's men were all driven to the docks to carry the goods for the horses. Countless small boats have sprung up in the surrounding bays, unloading the contents of the big ships and boats to the docks, or loading the things they need and disappearing into the bays.

Soon, five thousand taels of gold and fifty thousand taels of silver (a little more than two tons) were loaded onto the outermost ship. The food was unlucky, I didn't ask for it. Wu Hao was chatting and joking with the leaders, bosses, and shopkeepers on the dock. After listening to the report of his subordinates, he turned his head to say goodbye to everyone.

"Leaders, leaders, there is no feast in the world. Wu's business has been completed, and it is time to go back, so don't say goodbye. The boat was robbed, and the local government guard must have poured out of the nest and wanted to recapture it with all his might, and the wind was tight. You also have to worry about the water, and you can enjoy your hard-earned money freely, right? The green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, say goodbye! ”

The half-black and white words caused everyone to laugh, and their mouths said "don't pass", "go well" and so on.

Watching Wu Hao's boat leave the dock and get on his big boat, a master smiled and said: "This Mr. Wu has a sharp voice, a fair face, and a fragrant body, can't he be a female?!" Another brick-like man said: "Master Feng, you are wrong, Mr. Wu is definitely not a female." I have a lot of women, Mr. Wu is definitely the size of a man, and he is also the physique of a martial artist, but he is still young, his body has not fully grown up, and his voice has not become thicker. But it's strange, a certain family thinks that although this Mr. Wu is still young, he is not a chick, is he a fellow practitioner? "Sure enough, it's a brick family, which can also be seen.

An older person next to him scoffed at the idea of these two: "Tian Boguang, you can't think of something useful?" With guns and artillery, the children have a basis for advancing and retreating, even the border army may not be so powerful, even the personal soldiers of the commander. In particular, the guards around Mr. Wu are definitely alive from the pile of dead. A certain family used to be a border army, and it will not be mistaken, there must be a strong backer behind this Mr. Wu, maybe it is the son and young master of which family. At the same time, he ordered all walks of life to be orderly and just right at all times, even if Zhuge Wuhou was reborn. The world is difficult from now on. ”

Back on the ship, Wu Hao ordered the sailors to lift anchor and sail north. The big ship sailed to a no-man's land, took off its camouflage, and changed into the banner of Jinnuer Hachi, the prince of Yongzhen Liaoning He (Tuala), and turned into an official ship, heading straight to Tanggu. Back in the room, Wu Hao took off his coat wet with dew, took off the disguise on his face, and it was the little son-in-law of the Jin family that Wanli never forgot, the general person in charge of the "Liaoyuan" plan, and the beautiful man Li Siwei!

Two days later, six hundred miles were expedited, and the news reached Jingshi. The vassal king's ships and cao transport were robbed, and the cao grain and silver were swept away by the ringing horses, and the Yanzhou prefect was afraid of crime and self-judgment. Long Yan was furious, and the hundred officials were terrified......