"Whew, whew," Xiao Ye, who was panting, lay in the dark bedroom, his eyes suddenly widened, and the cold blade in his sleep slashed at his neck again and again, making him wake up from his dream again.

Wiping the beads of sweat on the door of his head, looking through the window paper, looking at the inky sky outside the window, Xiao Ye quietly got up, leaned against the cold wall in a sheepskin jacket, pondered for a while, waited for his mind to stabilize, got dressed and got out of bed, and walked out of the room.

Mei'er, who was sleeping on the side of the kang, was still asleep like Lena in the next room, and Xiao Ye gently pushed open the door of the hall and came to the courtyard. The two guards guarding the gate of the courtyard heard the low sound of the door, and their spirits were suddenly shocked, and their bodies stood even more straight.

Looking up at the sky with almost no stars, Xiao Ye closed his eyes and quietly recalled the day he came to Shiguantun, his fists creaked.

Jiang Jie's troubles, as well as the cause of his father's death, if not found out, the nightmares that appeared from time to time made it difficult for him to sleep.

He is not afraid of being stabbed in the back, and he will be unjustly killed.

"No, I must go to Gansu Town as soon as possible and find Jiang Jie to ask for an understanding," he pondered in his heart over and over again, and when Xiao Ye opened his eyes again, the sky was blurryly dim.

After making up his mind, Xiao Ye shook off his long clothes, walked to the weapon rack in the corner of the wall in a short coat, took a long knife, unsheathed the desolate blade, brushed the knife flower, and practiced the knife technique in the courtyard.

Sure enough, as Xiao Ye expected, the two squads of Qin Shi and Heizi did not return on time, he knew these in his heart, with Qin Shi's slippery head and Heizi's stubbornness, it was impossible for the two squads to be annihilated, at most they could not get out of the mountains.

What made Xiao Xiao feel bad was the charcoal transported by the Huang family caravan that followed Shiguantun, and a cart of soot charcoal mixed with large pieces of gangue was one percent more expensive than the original smokeless charcoal.

"It seems that the Huang family wants to make up for all their losses in the back mountain, which is really a profiteer," Wang Dali complained angrily in front of the hundred households; Actually, there is no need for him to say it, even Xiao Ye can see that the charcoal that has just been pulled up the mountain is much worse than before.

The Tartars retreated, and the three merchants' guards and craftsmen soon returned to the Houshan Workshop District, and after a brief rest of the workshop, they immediately began to produce plaster.

As for the craftsmen and domestic guards who were taken away by the Tartars, no one could do anything, and it was interesting enough to compensate their families with some money.

Walking down the castle wall, Xiao Ye waved his hand indifferently, "Uncle Wang, go collect those charcoals and transport them all to the quarry, and the price will be up to them,"

At this moment, Xiao Ye's mind was not on these 10,000 catties of coal, what he was worried about was what happened to Bailong Lake.

"Oh, I see," said Wang Dali, scratching his gray bun, and turned away reluctantly; He has already made up his mind, since your Huang family dares to sell inferior charcoal to Shiguantun, the output of yellow plaster will also decrease.

Anyway, Baihu also ordered, if you want to accumulate enough mortar for this period, then leave fifty percent of the daily first, so that your Huang family can't earn money even if you have money. His hand, on the contrary, made the merchant believe in the ingredient list more.

Wang Dali has a lot of things to do in the past few days, the Tartars have to use trebuchets to throw a large number of messy stones up the mountain, they have to organize people to carry them to the quarry and mill, those broken roofs and fort walls have to be repaired, and the stone slabs poured in the mold yard cannot be stopped.

The leader of the Tian family's caravan was Tian Fangjun, who not only brought tens of thousands of catties of grain to Xiao Ye this time, but also a batch of 500 catties of rough-smelted copper; Knowing that Xiao Ye was quite interested in mineral materials, Tian Guangcheng also found some unused mineral materials in his own warehouse and sent them over.

Perhaps, it was Xiao Ye who was able to hold on in the face of the siege of two thousand Tartars, and the casualties were not as big as imagined, and the white stunned paper was still kept secret, which was enough to show Xiao Ye's status in the hearts of Persian merchants.

But if you want to support Xiao Ye, it's not enough, after all, Xiao Ye has to take out money to buy goods, and it is a discount to be able to give credit.

As for Tian Xiuxiu, there is no news, the Tian family is now ashamed to mention it, and Xiao Ye is also pretending to be confused.

However, the saltpeter, sulfur and other things that Xiao Ye urgently needed, the Tian family caravan could not bring this time, and under the questioning of Xiao Ye, who was puzzled, Tian Fangjun said embarrassedly, it was a military order issued by the command envoy to strictly prevent all kinds of sensitive materials from falling into the hands of the Tartars, at least this year, to severely punish the merchants who took these materials out of the side wall.

This time, the Tartars raided Shiguantun, and the siege near the gravel fort was also suffered, and this military order under the command envoy was reasonable.

Hearing this, Xiao Ye understood, it would be really strange to say that Jiang Jie was not a ghost in it, but if the Wang family and the Huang family were involved, things would be troublesome.

Of course, Xiao Ye didn't get these materials in vain, a cart of 50,000 tightly wrapped white flute papers, quietly hidden in the caravan of the Tian family's return, and two exquisite pocket watches, which he gave to Tian Fangjun; Overall, Xiao Ye still suffered a small loss.

After Tian Fangjun visited Xiao Ye with some gifts, he and Mei'er delivered the goods, and then left Shiguantun in a hurry.

When bidding farewell to Tian Fangjun, Xiao Ye handed him a list of raw materials, which indicated the various metal raw materials he needed, and at this stage, he had to buy them at a high price.

There is a way that money can drive away ghosts, looking at the faint excitement in the corners of Tian Fangjun's eyes, Xiao Ye knew that there was a door to the matter, but he was afraid that he would have to delay it in time.

Standing at the gate of the fort, looking at the pack horse team coming down the mountain, Xiao Ye was speechless, even the merchants regarded this place as a murderous place, what else could he say.

"Shi Dao, just let them go, some short-sighted guys," behind him, Yang Tianshou's voice came, Xiao Ye turned his head, and saw his father-in-law stroking his beard and standing upright with a smile.

In the past ten days, Yang Tianshou has hardly appeared in front of Xiao Ye, that is, he took refuge in the stone castle, and he also lived with Uncle Kun, chanting with books all day long, and drinking the vine leaf tea brewed by Mei'er; He didn't say a word about Xiao Ye commanding the sergeants to defend against the Tartar attacks.

Even, in the next few days, Yang Tianshou gathered the children in the private school in the empty military building of the stone castle, and continued to teach in a serious manner, which made Xiao Ye cry and laugh.

"Father-in-law," Xiao Ye saw his father-in-law, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, for Yang Tianshou did not interfere in the defense of the hundred households, he gradually figured it out, if he couldn't hold on this time, then he would be destroyed by the Tartars next time, and his father-in-law was gambling with his own life.

Invited his father-in-law to the courtyard of the hundred households, Xiao Ye boiled clean water with his own hands, brewed a pot of hot tea, and served a tea cup to Yang Tianshou, and then sat on the stone bench, "I don't know if my father-in-law is here, what is the matter?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that let's take a look at you, a hundred households," Yang Tianshou sat with the old god in a respectful manner, and the water umbrella spread out above his head just shaded the increasingly hot sun; The sound of running water in his ears made him feel very good.

Yang Tianshou was not very surprised by the rare objects that Xiao Ye took out, but his curiosity was quite strong, these were all obtained by his son-in-law who went to the Persians on the grassland to escort the materials with a knife and a gun, which looked very novel.

"Oh, that's right, this time the Tartars besieged Shiguantun, although they returned with a feather, but they can't be underestimated, there are still a lot of lost sergeants," Speaking of the Tartars on the grassland, Yang Tianshou, like everyone else, hated it tightly in his heart.

However, the fur, cattle and horses in the Tartars are in short supply, and it is not advisable to break off the transaction, and Yang Tianshou, who sees it more deeply than ordinary people, is quite entangled in his heart.

"Yes, this time the Tartars surrounded the mountain for ten days, and next time I'm afraid it will be longer," Xiao Ye frowned and nodded, "Fortunately, the firearms and projectiles of the Hundred Households are still enough, and it won't be such a fluke next time,"

"If the Tartars bring even two cannons, Shiguantun will be completely defeated at this moment," Xiao Ye sighed with iron tongs and added two pieces of charcoal to the small tea stove, secretly thinking, "For the livelihood of Shiguantun, the passage between the canyon and the grassland must be opened,"

For this reason, he can't even go to the Tartars, otherwise once the merchant cuts off the food source and there is no passage on the grassland, he will be completely dead here.

Ore raw materials or something, not to mention.

"Hehe, Xiao boy, you are still persistent, it is true that the canyon leads to the grassland, and there should be a feasible horse road in the ravines above, it is just a matter of whether it is convenient to walk or not," Yang Tianshou's face shook and he shook his head unhappily, "When you encounter a problem, you have to think more, you can't drill into a dead end,"

The father-in-law's hatred of iron and steel suddenly made Xiao Ye's heart suddenly brighten, and his face flushed slightly, yes, since the Tartar is guarding the exit of the canyon, he can still look for the mountain trail, and the example of Bailong Lake has really been completely forgotten.

"Oh, really, boy, I was dizzy for a while, thank you father-in-law for your advice," Xiao Ye, who was in a good mood, hurriedly got up with a smile, and bowed to Yang Tianshou convincingly.

After nagging for a while about the truth that you have to see more and think more about being a man, Xiao Ye in front of him listened attentively, so that although Yang Tianshou looked at it pleasing to the eye, he thought about what he was doing on the grassland, sighed secretly and looked at the sky, got up and left with his hands behind his back, and he still had to go to the private school to stare at those boys and girls.

Yang Tianshou is a sensible person, and at present, Shiguantun almost relies on the Persians on the grassland to survive, otherwise let alone the Tartars are coming, even the usual food is short of money to buy. Therefore, Xiao Ye went to escort the goods to the Persians with arms, and even attracted Tartars, he had nothing to say, people have to eat and dress to live.

Besides, the Tartars can come whenever they want, not to mention that there is Shiguantun, even if there is no Shiguantun, it is very likely that the Tartars will attack the Broken Stone Fort; This time, it may be Shiguantun who blocked the gravel fort.

Of course, if Yang Tianshou knew that Xiao Ye had more than 200 soldiers in Bailong Lake, and a Tartar slave from the Galen tribe, he would vomit three liters of blood in anger.

Xiao Ye respectfully sent his father-in-law away, turned back to the courtyard, and walked around the courtyard with his head down for a while, before he raised his voice and said, "Little Liuzi, go and call Wang Qing,"

"I know, Baihu," the little six sons, who were on guard at the door, waved his chin at the guards on the side, "Wang Qing is in the quarry mill, riding a horse to bark, bring a spare horse,"

Soon, Wang Qing rushed to the Baihu Office, hurriedly dismounted and ran into the courtyard, looked up and saw that the Baihu was still pacing there slowly, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "Lord Baihu, Wang Qing is ordered to come,"

"Get up, sit, sit down and take a sip of tea first," Xiao Ye smiled and asked Wang Qing to sit down, this new flag official was not prepared in the Thousand Households, he gave the order privately, since he was outside the establishment of the Hundred Households, he had to let Xiao Ye look at it differently.

Like those sergeants in Bailong Lake, these are the guards who pay for them to put it bluntly, so the use in the future is to have the final say.

As long as he doesn't take them into the side wall, then the father-in-law will be able to explain it, remembering the Xiao Ye he promised, and his thoughts about Jiang Jie are strong day after day; In order to avenge his parents, he did not hesitate to put his feet on the invisible red line.

And this red line is something that the Shiguantun military households dare not think of, once it is crossed, he Xiao Yeke will become an out-and-out bandit.

Sitting on the stone bench, secretly gasping for a few breaths, the faint beads of sweat on Wang Qing's forehead rolled down, just now he was adding those copper materials to the stone mill in the mill, and now he was in a hurry to get in front of the hundred households, and it was false to say that he was not tired.

Waving his hand to let the guards serve herbal tea, let Wang Qing rest for a while, Xiao Ye's face gradually became solemn, "Wang Qiguan, are you familiar with the terrain here, it's over there," pointing to the ravine on the west side of the canyon, Xiao Ye got straight to the point.

"Eh, there," Wang Qing wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth and shook his head, "The mountains on the west side of the canyon are difficult to travel, and Xia Guan has never been there," Seeing the disappointment in the eyes of the hundred households, he hurriedly said, "However, those old hunters in Jiming Village have been there for many years, and they have been hunting here for many years earlier,"

"Yes," Xiao Ye suddenly couldn't sit still, and wanted to go out when he got up, but remembering that Wang Qing was still here, he said with a smile, "Your team will return to the military house immediately to rest, maybe there will be military affairs abroad tomorrow,"

In the craftsman team, Wang Qing's team Xiao Ye arranges logistics things, but it does not mean that they can only escort goods to do rough work, these young men are now working in the quarry, and they are no worse than those craftsmen, but their skills are average.

Wang Qing couldn't accept the vigorous and resolute style of the hundred households for a while, and watched a few guards at the door follow the hundred households, he could only touch his head in embarrassment and walked out of the small courtyard in a daze.

However, since the moment Xiao Ye was in the training ground and cut off the head of the Tartar with a knife, the military households including Wang Qing had already seen the ruthless side of the hundred households, on the contrary, it was Xiao Ye's behavior of treating his subordinates well, so that some of his styles of doing things were gradually recognized by everyone.

When he came to the compound of Jiming Village, Xiao Ye found Shang Shetian, and directly stated that he would recruit the Orion Near Craftsman Team, and the food and sergeants would be treated with the same courtesy, and the Orion who was familiar with the nearby terrain would be given priority, even if they were older.

Draw closer to the team first, and it is not a matter of him to be willing to be a sergeant in the future.

The arrival of Xiao Ye made Shang Shetian, who was full of wrinkles, smile, and he was still worried about the lives of the hunters just now, and the stone in his heart was immediately loosened.

Also, there is work to be done here in Shiguantun, the wages are not paid every ten years, and there are shops on the mountain where you can buy grain and green salt, which is enough for the hunters in Jiming Village to spend a period of time to eat well.

Especially this year, with his experience, this summer has been here for more than a month, and there is not a drop of rain, which is obviously a year of great drought, and the prey in the mountains is even rarer.

No, before the Tartars came to Shiguantun, those hunters looked for an opportunity to bring letters to their relatives and friends, and found hundreds of people, who had more than 70 people, became almost 200 people, and this compound was even worried about where to live for a while, and the food was consumed faster.

You must know that the kings and officials in the mill are all young and strong, and the older hunters, who have no dark wounds on their bodies, are difficult to do those heavy physical work.

"That, Lord Baihu," Shang Shetian let Xiao Ye into his hut and asked Shang Wen to serve a large bowl of herbal tea, and then asked solemnly, "I don't know, how many people does Lord Baihu want to recruit?" What do they do? ”

Two miles west of the quarry, not far from the lime kiln, there is a circle of coptis trees planted on the hillside, and the increasing number of tombs in it, he still sees the field, and the two hunters were buried there a few days ago, worrying.

The sergeants in Shiguantun are well treated and paid, and everyone on the mountain understands it, but once they become sergeants, it will be difficult to quit again.

"Oh, that's right," Xiao Ye picked up the tea bowl and drank two sips of sour herbal tea, pondering for a while, it was a little difficult for these Orions to be ordinary sergeants, but Qin Shishi and Heizi went to Bailong Lake, where Huang Hanxiang would definitely replenish the staff, and he couldn't afford to raise too many sergeants now.

There was not enough ore, so there were only so many items provided by the Stone Mill of A, and the funds given to the rich Lou Baodes did not have enough extra money in his hand.

Thinking of Baodes, Xiao Ye's face turned dark, he hadn't heard from this product until now, and he couldn't even see the mercury, tin, and grain he bought, so he was really procrastinating.

"In addition to the craftsman team, this official here has to set up two teams, one is to escort the goods, take the line from Tunli to Gansu Town, fifty people are enough, and the other is the prospecting team, which will explore some ore veins for hundreds of households in the nearby mountains, and the number of people will be set at about fifteen,"

"The salaries of these two squad sergeants are the same as those of other sergeants, they just haven't been captured on the battlefield,"

For the escort team transporting the goods, Shang Shetian was not moved, he was clear about the risks involved, but the prospecting team made him moved, why, there was no need to use knives and guns, and the safety was still very guaranteed.

"Lord Baihu, don't look at our hunters are hunting in the mountains for a living, in fact, we also plant some fields, although we can't open mines, but look at feng shui to find minerals, my old man is a good hand," in order to make the hunters in the compound have a way to live, Shang Shetian is open, "My two old brothers, who opened a kiln for the official family in Shanxi back then, look at one accurate,"

"Oh, you're familiar with this place?"

Shang Shetian, who was spitting stars flying around, was silent for a moment after Xiao Ye interjected a sentence and said, "There is no trail to the grassland in the west of the canyon, but in the ravine and ravine in the east, there is a horse road.

"Now that horse road is estimated to have been abandoned long ago," Shang Shetian's words made Xiao Ye's eyes suddenly light up.

"Don't hide it from a hundred households, Xiao Lao'er was a horseman in the official army back then, he escaped by luck, settled in the mountains and forests and became a hunter," Speaking of this, Shang Shetian's dry and cloudy eyes revealed a thick pain.

After a long time, Shang Shetian sighed, "Since fate has brought me back here, I have also accepted my fate, but I hope that the hundred households can treat these poor hunters well,"

In the small stone house, Xiao Ye chatted with Shang Shetian for a while, and simply handed over the matter of recruiting people to this white-haired old man, the leader of the prospecting team, and fell on Shang Shetian in a blink of an eye.

Similarly, he took out a list of mineral materials, and handed it to Shang Shetian, a prospecting team of fifteen people, who believed that they would soon be able to recruit all the manpower.

To Shang Shetian's surprise, there would be more than seventy hunters competing for the fifty places in the escort team, and his kindness was not accepted by these red-eyed hunters; Rather than carrying stones day and night in the mill and working hard to earn some copper, these men who are used to being wild in the mountains would rather go to work as sergeants to fight for their own future.

In addition, it was he who came forward to recruit sergeants, and in the eyes of the hunters, the credibility of the young Baihu was still not comparable to his own security chief.

Xiao Ye, who was discussing road repair with Wang Dali in the filling yard, was slightly stunned when he heard the report of the guards, and waved his hand nonchalantly, "Yes, the escort team will be fifty people, and the salary will remain unchanged during the war, and it will be doubled during the war."

In the stone fort on the top of the mountain, Wang Dali, who was frequently attacked by the Tartar trebuchet, was stimulated by the smashing grass roof, and in two days, he and a few old craftsmen pondered the stucco slate; At the expense of adding grid-like thin iron bars to the plaster, the large stone slabs solidified could not be broken even by a sledgehammer.

Two layers of stone slabs are placed on top of each other on the roof, and the gaps are sealed with mortar to prevent rain, and this kind of flat roof can not only prevent rain, but also prevent tartar stones, which can also dry things on weekdays, killing three birds with one stone.

Xiao Ye, who recognized Wang Dali's initiative, sent his guards to the Tianjia shop to order iron bars, the kind of crude iron bars are enough, and sighed in his heart that the stone mill can produce excellent military crossbows, but there are no ordinary pig iron bars, which really makes him embarrassed.

Fortunately, Shiguantun, which can't even be made of pig iron bars, is even less worthy of attention in the eyes of those merchants.

In the early morning of the next day, Shang Shetian, accompanied by five personal guards, led a prospecting team carrying a box of geotechnical bombs, carrying sledgehammers, pickaxes and shovels down the mountain and went straight to the big ditch in the east of the canyon.

The most important thing is to carve out the way from the vine grass.

Wang Qing's team, which followed closely, left a few people to collect the branches of Coptis chinensis to prepare for transplanting, and most of them carried tools to repair the horse path, at least so that the pack horses could travel. The newly established escort team was also taken away by Wang Qing, and now road repair is the most important task.

Shiguantun, which began to operate normally again, put aside the panic caused by the Tartars within a few days, worrying about it, but life has to be passed.

In Shiguan Tunli, the remaining Wang Hu team, as well as the personal guards, a total of less than thirty sergeants, under the leadership of Xiao Ye, continued to train military crossbows in the exercise ground, and there were fewer fire/gun drills; Everyone was frightened by the fire/gun that had no projectiles.

Not only the military crossbow, but even the scimitar of the Tartar is also a per person, the knife method in the military array is simple and practical, splitting, chopping, teasing, blocking, stabbing, the five actions have been practiced thousands of times, and after a long time, even when encountering the Tartar, I am not afraid.

"Phew, drink, shout, drink," on the glittering battlefield of the knife, Xiao Ye, who was murderous and shirtless, was like the sergeants, sweating profusely wielding a scimitar, and fighting his knife skills over and over again.

Quarry Stone Fort, Wang Ziliang stood on the wall of the fort, and his herald became a sergeant on the sentry, carrying fire/guns and starting to stand guard, and even a secret sentry was arranged at the foot of the mountain.

Looking at the roaring array of soldiers in the distance, the corners of Wang Ziliang's mouth twitched a few times, and he could only say that he was used to such a desperate training of hundreds of households.

When it was almost lunch, the roar of fire/guns came from the exercise ground, and Wang Ziliang received a letter from the bottom of the mountain, and someone had gone up the mountain.

Zhang Anlin and his son Zhang Cheng went to Gansu Town, and they didn't return until nearly half a month later, and after some twists and turns, they finally delivered the bereavement benefits to those family members; They went to a few fire piers in the Gravel Castle, although there were a few acquaintances inside, but they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and they naturally talked about it, not to mention that they had made friends.

The attitude of the flag officer in the fire pier was unclear, Zhang Anlin naturally did not dare to act rashly, Lala was just a trivial matter, and the things assigned by Wang Ziliang were in vain.

Zhang Gaize's family had already arrived in Shiguantun, and was arranged by Wang Dali to work in the quarry and mill, and the children went to a private school, and their lives were settled.

and Zhang Anlin and their fellow travelers came to Shiguantun, there were more than a dozen old and young people in shabby clothes, as well as two merchants, leading a thin donkey, with some needles, threads, brains, candy, and a few pieces of homespun cloth; Hawkers are landless poor people who are separated from large merchants and make a living by reselling goods.

When the families of the soldiers who died in the war went up the mountain, they naturally had guards to greet them and arrange food and lodging, those who could work would be arranged to work in the mill, and those who could not do heavy work would guard the storage tanks and warehouses, and even go to clean the vine and grass for a low salary; Of course, the child went to the private school, which was the password given by Baihu himself.

The two yellow-looking hawkers, after being inspected by the heralds guarding the crossing, came to the gate of the mountaintop tun, spread a rag on the ground, and laid out their goods.

In addition to the shop, I haven't seen any other vendors on the mountain, and this first time the hawker came to the door, which naturally attracted the old people and women in the tun to come to see the excitement, and there were many discussions around this stall; Of course, buying a piece of soil candy for his grandson, exchanging copper for a red velvet rope, etc., the sound of bargaining still made Tuen Gate a little more angry.

Especially after school in the private school, it is even more lively here, and Hanjuan and her hands have a lot of copper.

From a distance, Wang Ziliang looked at the two hawkers coldly, and saw that they had no other abnormalities, so he turned around and went to the stone fort; Zhang Anlin and Zhang Cheng came back to hand over the order, and he still had something to ask.

At noon, the sun was blazing, Xiao Ye returned to the stone fort with the sergeants sweating profusely, although everyone was covered with gunsmoke, but one by one they were in high spirits, carrying knives and guns with heavy footsteps, and the team walked neatly and solemnly, and drove into the fort city in an orderly manner.

The soldiers in the tunli, including the children, were accustomed to the training of the sergeants, but the two vendors who were bargaining with the old man had a faint gleam in their eyes, and then returned to their wooden appearance.

With Wang Dali's consent, the two hawkers spent the night in the tunli, and then led the thin donkey back to the gravel fort, and the goods they brought were basically bought by the military households. Once raw and twice cooked, in the future, they will come from time to time to sell some groceries.

Soon, three days later, Fang Shanshui got a secret letter from the 100 households in Jinyiwei, Gansu Town, "Shiguantun 100 households, more than 40 sergeants, 20 fires/guns, most of them are equipped with scimitars, horn bows, crossbows, and the sergeants are well-trained and strong,"

"The siege of Shiguantun by the Tartars, the casualties are unknown, dozens of people were injured in 100 households in Shiguantun, there is a shortage of troops, and there are many houses damaged by trebuchets, which are being repaired."

"Most of the military households in Shiguantun depend on the production of yellow plaster for a living, and some craftsmen go out to look for ore, and it is suspected that they want to find a horse road leading to the grassland, avoiding the barrier of the exit tartar of Shiguan Canyon,"

I have to say that the two spies under Gou Liangchen are quite shrewd, and from the mouths of those old men and aunts, as well as the mouths of children, they almost basically figured out the battle of the Tartar siege of the mountain; Of course, they still can't hear from the fact that Ximen Baihu has banned rumors.

"This Ximen Xiao Ye, it seems that he is not a simple master, the sergeant is so little, he can actually guard Shiguantun," Fang Shanshui threw the secret letter in his hand into the brazier, and said to himself in a soft voice, "It's just that in that poor mountain and bad water place, it is a big trouble for him to raise a sergeant, and the matter of food is enough for him to have a headache, hehe"

"Yes, Baihu insight, Ximen Xiaoye is not small, dare to fight with the Tartars, luckily to survive this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult next time," Gou Liangchen, who was standing at the bottom, followed Baihu's words and sneered gloomily.

"Of course, since they are going to be bodyguards for the Persian caravan, then death and injury are inevitable, and people die for money," Gou Liangchen's words made Fang Shanshui very disapproving.

"You know a fart, he Ximen Xiao is just an ant at night, but the Persian caravan is a big fat meat, if we can grasp this rich building in our hands and hand it over to the emperor, hehe," In the gloomy hall, Fang Shanshui's unconsciously heartfelt words suddenly made Gou Liangchen suddenly realize.

"Hundreds of households are high, or you are as stable as Mount Tai," Gou Liangchen, who stretched out his thumb in admiration, for a while, faintly sympathized with those merchants in the rich building; It seems that this is about to break out of the famous rich building, and hundreds of households want to fatten up and eat again, and a few merchants have become foils, and it is certain that they will be knifed.

"Hehe, Liangchen, you are not bad, in the future, this hundred households will take a step, and the position of this hundred households will be yours," Fang Shanshui, who was in a good mood, couldn't forget to make an empty promise to his henchmen.

If you don't make a move, you have to see the effect immediately, Fang Shanshui values Shiguantun, it is nothing more than the goods that Xiao Ye pretends to escort, this channel is what Fang Shanshui cares about the most, once the root of the rich building is cut off, it will be pinched in his hand, but sooner or later.

It's just that the three merchants of the Huang family, the Tian family, and the Wang family, have a good reputation in the northwest, and there are also people in the officialdom to protect them.