Cangzhou, bordering the Bohai Sea in the east and Yandi in the north, is the largest county on the Song-Liao border on the East Hebei Road.

For the impression of Cangzhou, Ximenqing's most profound memory is the distribution place of the "leopard head" Lin Chong, because it is connected to the Northern Liao, in today's Great Song Dynasty, it is also a remote military state.

After the Later Jin Emperor Shi Jingjiao ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Liao State, the Central Plains suddenly lost the northern barrier, which also made it difficult for the Northern Song Dynasty to rely on the historical Great Wall defense line when fighting against the northern nomads, and there was no geographical advantage at all. In order to make up for this congenital deficiency, in the Northern Song Dynasty, in the areas near the border of the Liao State, the government broadcast vegetation, set up military villages, blocked the avenues, and traveled with each other, at most two horses in parallel, which to a certain extent curbed the advantages of the northern nomads' riding and archery.

Cangzhou is also a frontline, and the path along the road is also tortuous and repetitive, with dense vegetation on both sides of the road, including many century-old giant trees, which are very different from those of later generations.

Ximenqing went north to Cangzhou this time, not only brought the Ma brothers and Shi Qian, but also accompanied Bian Xiang, and also brought the newly married Yan'er Pan on the road.

For Wu Song, Ximenqing naturally knows that he is a person, not a murderous person like Liangshan, if he wants to seek revenge, only Ximenqing and the Pan family will never implicate the innocent. Therefore, when he left home this time, he brought Pan with him on the road, so naturally there was no need to leave Bian Xiang at home to take care of his dependents.

This trip is not as good as the return trip from Jiangning Mansion, Ximenqing is equipped with good horses for the three people who are traveling with him, Shi Qian still acts as a groom, and Ximenqing himself sometimes rides a horse and sometimes rides a car.

Bian Xiang and the three of them were originally fierce generals, but now they have good horses to travel, and their combat power has increased a few points. Thinking that with the ability of the three of them, even if they met a hundred and ten bandits, it was enough to rush out of a way out, so Ximenqing dared to take his daughter on the road this time.

On the road for more than ten days, all the way through the state through the house, because everyone has a commuting, so this road is also light, Ximen Qing this guy, even have more time to stay overnight with the Pan family upside down, this road can be described as smooth and comfortable.

On this day, arriving at Cangzhou Chaijiazhuang, Ximenqing came all the way to inquire and knew a lot about this Chaijiazhuang.

Think of the three Zhuangzi on Dulonggang, as well as the courtyard of his father-in-law's family, the outside of the village is all cultivated land and canals, and the inside of the village are all relatives of the same clan and tenant farmers. And this Chaijiazhuang is a different scene, a radius of more than ten miles is a deep jungle, during which the ancient trees are covered, covering the sky and the sun, a path about three or four meters wide passes through the forest, leading directly to the main gate of the village.

This village courtyard is neither the earthen wall of ordinary farmhouses, nor the small city defense such as Dulonggang Sanzhuang, but the high wall of Zhangwu blue brick of a water, the front of the end of the road is a middle gate, the left and right are divided into two corner gates, the middle gate is decorated with copper nails, it is very open, enough to parallel five or six people, and the left and right two corner gates can also be opened to traffic horses.

With such momentum, you can see at a glance that it is not an ordinary family. Although this Ximen Qing is also a huge rich party in Dongping Mansion, and the mansion at home is also richly decorated, but the weather of this front door alone is the difference between heaven and earth, clouds and mud.

It is worthy of being the descendant of Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the family enshrines the "Danshu Iron Coupon" given by the ancestor of this dynasty, and this scene at the main gate is not ordinary, it is not the mansion of the prince and the prince, and it must not be done like this. Even though Ximenqing has a huge fortune, because of the laws of the imperial court, he can't build his house like this.

There was a small guard on the door, and when he saw Ximenqing and his party dismounting in front of the door, he immediately greeted him, knowing that it was a guest invited by his own Chai officials, and immediately greeted the group from the corner gate with a smile on his face.

"If you don't go through that gate, why don't you go through this narrow door!"

That Ma Jin was a stunned young man, and he was not from a family like Bian Xiang, and when he saw the little guy leading the group to the side door, he was suddenly a little dissatisfied.

"This good man, it's not that I can't wait to open the middle gate, because of the ancestral system, unless there is a decree in the middle of the government or the official family of the dynasty to come, this Chaimen mansion can only open the middle door, and the rest of the people, even if it is the imperial master and captain, will also enter the house through this corner gate!"

When he said this, the little guy's face couldn't help but show a little smugness.

People say "the prime minister's door in front of the seven officials", Ximen Qing didn't expect that this Chai into the mansion of a janitor also had such a sense of arrogance, no wonder Wu Song suffered a lot of pickled anger when he stayed here that day.

Seeing the slight knowledge, this Chai Jin is probably not a sober person, as a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, I don't know how to use Taoguang, in that "Water Margin", I will say that I am a descendant of the Later Zhou Shizong, if these words are known by the officials of the dynasty, how can you have any benefits!

I think that Yin Tianci, who framed Chai Jin in the book, is Gao Lian's wife and brother, and Gao Lian is the brother of Gao Yu, the imperial lieutenant of the dynasty. You must know that Gao Yu is the fortunate minister of today's official family, and he was with Zhao Ji when he was in the palace, and he ended in the Hui Dynasty, and this person has been in charge of the three ya, which shows the grace of the long. I can't say that the matter of Chai entering prison in the book may be at the behest of the official family, even if it is not the initiative to trouble him, it is also the hands and feet of fortunate ministers like Gao Yu to invite favors.

In the final analysis, the wife and brother of a mere governor, even if they are gentle, have the courage to dare to bully the royal family of the Chai family at will. You must know that according to the records of later historical materials, the first of the three testaments of Taizu enshrined in the Taimiao Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty is to protect the descendants of the Chai family. Thinking about it, even if Zhao Ji is not angry with Chai Jin's words and deeds, at most it is a lesson or two, and it is absolutely impossible to really take his life. After all, in the Northern Song Dynasty, where benevolence and filial piety ruled the world, how could Huizong really disobey the ancestral teachings.

Who would have thought that this incident would annoy Liangshan's group of strongmen, and finally break Gaotang Prefecture, making this descendant of the Chai family fall into the grass. The cause and effect, even if you have experienced it yourself, I am afraid it is difficult to understand the context of the whole thing.

Due to the delay of some time before, the departure was inevitably a little late, so when he arrived at Chaijiazhuang, Lu Junyi of the Daimyo Mansion had already arrived first.

For Ximenqing's "lateness", Chai Jin and Lu Junyi did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, and in Chai Jin's study that day and night, the three of them set the rules for the marketing of Yandi white salt in Shandong and Hebei.

Whether it is Lu Junyi or Ximen Qing, they can be called wealthy businessmen in one place, and they have dealings with the government, and in this matter of private salt, it can be said that they are equivalent to the regional agents of later generations, compared to Li Junna and other merchants and salt dealers in Jieyang Town, they are completely at two different levels.

Through this contact, Ximenqing also has a more intuitive understanding of Chai Jin and Lu Junyi. These two people are both smuggling giants who travel between Song and Liao, among which Chai Jin mainly uses salt tea, and Lu Junyi is horses, cloth and silk. As for Ximenqing himself, he was originally the next family of the two in Shandong.

After understanding this section, Ximen Qing realized that this Lu Junyi was just a commoner, and he was not blushing in the name of the first rich man of the Daimyo Mansion, and it turned out that this guy actually had the ability to get horses from the north.

Compared with these two, Ximenqing is much more low-key, neither Chai Jin's illustrious family background, nor Lu Junyi's great name in the government and green forests, quite a bit of a muffled fortune.