Ma Sui thought for a while and replied: "Governor Zhengfu, there has been no war so far, and the combat effectiveness is not easy to compare, but this group of people has hair behind their heads, wears fur sweaters, and cannot understand their language, and their surnames are barbaric, so they are not confused." ”

Explain the specifics of the situation.

Yang Jiujin and the two did not go with the team to the country of the Japanese slaves, they went directly to Goryeo, they couldn't understand the language, only to find the Goryeo people, they could be translators, they went around and went around to the north, and found the Jurchens, called the Jurchens, and the Song Dynasty people called the Jurchens, and the Goryeo people called the Donghai Nuzhi, where there is one of the largest tribes called Caiali.

Zheng Lang began to draw a map on paper with a pen, and it was not bad to give birth to a Jurchen, and it was not bad to be called a female straight in the East China Sea. Kai Ali is a large clan in the easternmost part of the Five Kingdoms Tribe, in the lower reaches of the Tongtong River, near the seashore. Yang Jiujin and the others didn't know this history, and they didn't reach the Ali Division, which was just by the sea. Zheng Lang estimated that the place where the two went was on the east side of the Ussuri River, in the coastal area northeast of Xingkai Lake. This area is sparsely populated at the moment, but there are some sporadic tribes, the larger ones can have two or three hundred warriors, and the smaller ones are like a village in the Song Dynasty, with only a few dozen strong men.

At this time, the Wanyan Department did not have time to form an alliance with the Jurchens, and they were very loose with each other, because of the barbarism and harsh environment, the various ministries continued to kill each other. What are the names of the tribes that Yang Jiujin and the others are looking for, the names are very strange, and Ma Sui can't remember them.

Zheng Lang smiled, at first, the names of the Jurchen tribes were very strange, such as the Ye Lae Division, the Orimi Division, and the Yue Li Du Division, and it was not like the information that Ma Sui brought back, the big ones were only a few hundred dings, and if they wanted to go inside, the big tribes had several thousand dings, and a thousand ding could only be regarded as a small tribe. The area that Yang Jiujin went to was only the periphery of the birth of the Jurchen, not the core area of the birth of the Jurchen.

Now the daughters really transition from the primitive clan society to the slave society and submit to the Khitan, but they are poorer and more barbaric, even if they are blackmailed, they can't extort it, so the Khitan doesn't pay much attention here, and only let them pay some tribute, sometimes the Jurchens exchange goods with the Khitans with horse furs, and Zheng Lang also explained before leaving. But there is one thing that Zheng Lang did not expect, in order to survive, the various tribes often kill people, but the phenomenon of slave society is not serious, and the captives who are captured are often regarded as members of the tribe and strengthen the tribe.

So Yang Jiujin touched some small nails in this line and got some slaves, but it cost a lot of materials, only one benefit, these raw girls really grew up in this environment, they have no concept of loyalty, and the barbarism of the surname also made Yang Jiujin a little worried. Therefore, I brought back only a hundred or so slaves, put them in the mines, first learned how to deal with them, and then got acquainted with each other, and then brought people over, and these people could be used as bridges.

The man brought it, and the two left again.

This is a little less manpower, and the two want to try to set off into the depths.

What is the combat effectiveness, not long after bringing it back, Ma Sui is not easy to draw conclusions, but occasionally there are some disputes, from the perspective of force alone, it is definitely not the monster that Zheng Lang thinks, not much stronger than the soldiers of the Central Plains, but the wild surname has a seizure, don't die, and will fight hard after grabbing the weapon, after a few disputes, the forbidden soldiers on the mine are a little afraid of these Jurchens.

After listening, Zheng Lang was a little worried.

The news that Ma Sui brought back is relatively reliable, and it is really like the historical records, and the birth of girls has really become superhuman. They are strong because of this fierce and deadly spirit. Zheng Langhua also took a fancy to their fierceness, and even reminded the court that the Khitan was just a wolf, and the Jurchens were the real tigers.

Zheng Lang made arrangements in advance, and repeatedly reminded Yang Jiujin and the two that they should use both grace and power, with grace as the main and Wei as the supplement, and also instructed Wang Zhaoming that once the team was successful, let Yang Jiujin select strong soldiers as deputy commanders, capital heads, deputy capital heads, ten generals, generals Yu Hou, Cheng Bureau, and detention officers, to assist Wang and Yang in leading this alien army. He still doesn't have much confidence, this pure Jurchen army is a sharp sword if used well, not to mention that it will become a scourge in a foreign country and in the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty.

Just thinking about it, Cui Xian hurriedly walked in and glanced at him.

Following Cui Xian out of the living room, Zheng Lang asked, "Xian'er, what's the matter?" ”

"The little lady of the Wu family committed suicide by hanging the beam."

"Suicide?"

"She was found by her mother and saved."

"Check it out."

When I came to the other courtyard, I hadn't seen her for a day, and the little lady of the Wu family was much haggard, and she was lying on the bed sobbing.

Zheng Lang said: "Little lady Wu, don't cry first, let me ask you a few words." ”

Now that the life and death of the family are all in Zheng Lang's pen, Wu Xiaoniang didn't dare to cry anymore, Zheng Lang said: "That night, in order to save your father, you came to my house in the rain to plead, I didn't say anything, but I appreciate your filial piety in my heart." ”

But Zheng Lang changed his words and asked, "What will you do if I really take you in as a concubine?" ”

The little lady of the Wu family couldn't answer.

"If you don't save your father, it's unfilial, and if you betray me, if you save your father, you don't keep women's morals. Your family is also a scholarly family, looking at your chess skills, you are not a stupid woman, the master has said many times, parents have been, children should be persuaded, but you can't take the initiative to help your parents' evil. Are you really keeping filial piety by doing this? ”

The little lady of the Wu family couldn't answer.

"If you want to commit suicide, wait until this case is over to commit suicide, don't commit suicide in my house, at the moment I have given my father two chances, otherwise with your father's sins, your whole family will not be too much." After speaking, Zheng Lang left immediately.

Xing'er said angrily: "Official, you said too much." ”

"Am I overdoing it? If you think about it, he took the initiative to confess that he embezzled more than 40,000 yuan, not including gifts, the 10,000-dollar dowry. The matter leaked, and I drove him to a dead end, asking to squeeze it once and again, and squeeze it out bit by bit. If I had written these facts down to the file, even if he had the merit of reporting it, he would not be able to escape heavy responsibility. Even if the imperial court intends to deal with this case lightly, I will use words to cover up the past, the amount of corruption is huge, and there are too many private salts in my hands, and the Wu family's whereabouts will be a foregone conclusion. In the past, her family lived a life like fine clothes and food, but in the future, there will be many disasters and difficulties, and she wants to commit suicide for this grievance, how can she survive? And you, too, warn your family members and say what you want, don't use my banner, not only to harm me, but also to them. ”

Jiang Xing'er didn't dare to say anything.

Cui Xian said: "Xing'er, don't be soft-hearted, the official is kind-hearted, and he should drink it as a stick." ”

…… The envoys of the Wa Kingdom were sent away in front, and the three envoys and two transit envoys arrived in the back.

Zheng Lang did not ask for a big one, and personally greeted him to the dock.

Yang Anguo read out the holy decree, which was similar to the original edict, took over the case and replaced the transfer envoy. However, another sentence was added to this holy decree, saying that although Zheng Lang made some mistakes, he made a lot of great contributions to the imperial court, and he would make a mistake for his crimes, and he hoped that he would not make it again in the future.

Zheng Lang said that he rioted and rebelled, and killed the prisoner in June, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, he would not deal with it. Zheng Lang's mouth opened, and finally he didn't make a sound.

Han Qi said: "Governor Zheng, let's go to the mansion to talk." ”

"Okay." Take them to the government.

Han Qi said again: "Please ask Governor Zheng to file the case, let us take a look." ”

Zheng Lang asked people to bring the file, and the five of them looked through the file while drinking tea.

Han Qi said again: "There is another case. ”

Fu Bihu glanced suspiciously at the faces of the five people, and thought to himself who was the chief judge?

Zheng Lang just smiled, this is the strong Han Qi, and asked people to take out all the files of the other case, Yang Anguo opened it and asked puzzledly: "Isn't this Zhang Daliang the same Zhang Dashan?" ”

"Bachelor Yang has also heard of this person?"

"This case has also caused a sensation in Beijing, so I have paid attention to some news from Hangzhou. Didn't he help you? ”

"It was who helped me, the people on both sides are not in a group, and he will benefit from the sea since the case of illegal salt in Hangzhou was opened. However, I was training troops, and in May I ordered a clipper boat from Quanzhou to come over again, so I set up five military camps on some islands at the mouth of the Qiantang River. As for the use, it has already been written here, and I have made it clear to Your Majesty. As he spoke, he pulled out a file from the file, which was the proposal. The reason why this naval army was trained was to deal with Zhang Daliang's subordinates at the moment. There is also a long-term plan, and no one can guess what will happen overseas. Not only the Wa Kingdom, but also the countries of the South China Sea also have some strength, and the most fatal tribes have no historical records, and even if they do, they are only a glimpse.

Therefore, Zheng Lang only provided a large mine, or that kind of extra-large mineral deposits, specializing in one place to operate, can not bloom everywhere, not the Tang Dynasty, with strong strength, and the ambition to expand the territory, the Song Dynasty has become an introverted country.

Whether there will be colonies, Zheng Lang didn't think about it, but considering the actual situation, he just wanted to manage these dozen or so selected mineral deposits well, and he didn't have any other ideas. In this way, each mine must prepare a number of fast ships that can reinforce each other, or urgently retreat in case of sudden incidents, ensure the safety of artisan soldiers, and even use these ships to recruit and kill if necessary.

This year is the first batch, and after more earnings at the end of the year, a batch of various ships will be ordered. Not only to transport goods, but also to carry out some transactions in the future to increase the income of Ping An Fang.

After Yang Anguo looked at it, Zheng Lang said again: "Zhang Daliang also hopes that I will arrest these people, so the Grand Canal will become a vacuum." As soon as the case is over, the profit is too thick, and there will inevitably be new private salt, and I don't want to care about it, as long as I don't do too much, I won't ask about it in the future, and he sent Yi Niang to stay at my house for a while, and I heard about my idea. I don't want to care, it's a vacuum, and he can fill it with his own strength. Besides, this person is a very smart person, who took the initiative to make meritorious contributions, and wanted me not to suspect him. There are many cases involved, and the imperial court will inevitably deal with them leniently, including the Donghai murder case, and it will also urge me to close the case in a haphazard manner earlier. And he shall be safe. ”

Han Qi suddenly said, "Okay, leave these two cases to us." ”

"Okay, Han Zhizhi can't be negligent, Hangzhou is the most prosperous place in the south, although I arrested many people, but I didn't touch their property, their families are still there, some people use means that people will be unguarded, including Shi Jie's arrival in Hangzhou, several beautiful singers and dancers showed their goodwill, and one of them deliberately approached Shi Jie, let me remind them, Shi Jie stayed away from them."

Fu Bi lowered his head and smiled, if you talk about romance, Han Qi and Xiao Song are famous romantic talents in the court, not to mention the outside, they have raised countless glamorous family records at home.

Zheng Lang squeezed a look at Fu Bi and the others, and all left.

A small official said: "Governor Zheng, this Han Qi is really domineering." ”

He pursed his lips unconvinced. Although it is Qincha, Han Qi's official position is not higher than Zheng Lang's, and the same is true for his talents, the emperor's favor may not be as good as it, see if there is it, the merits and demerits are offset, this is the emperor protecting Zheng Lang, what is the big deal.

Fu Bi disagreed, and said: "I like Han Zhiji's surname very much, when this is the case, Zheng Zhifu is a little ......"

didn't say anything further, meaning that Zheng Lang did things with some ink, which was not as decisive as Han Qi.

Zheng Lang wanted to say something, then you were looking at the wrong person, and if it was a bad word, he didn't say it.

Driven by Han Qi, he acted vigorously and resolutely, and immediately began to judge the case the next day, first releasing more than 100 people, as long as the crime was minor, only slightly implicated criminals were released. In order to be relieved, otherwise this time at the request of Zheng Lang, he would bring another 2,000 forbidden soldiers, and many family members were panicked. In the afternoon, 2,000 forbidden soldiers were sent out to arrest Zhang Daliang's men, but they were sent to the state capitals in the name of guarding the criminals. There were also orders accompanying him, and the criminals in various state capitals were released again one after another, and even some large pavilion households were also released. Fortunately, the confiscated salt fields and loan sharks have not been returned, otherwise Zheng Lang and Shi Jie's efforts during this period may be wasted.

On the third day, the forbidden soldiers arrived in various places, and Han Qi led the forbidden soldiers trained by Zheng Lang to board the ship and set off for Banshan Island and Big Pavilion Island. The two islands were on the later Shengsi Islands, two small islands, after Zhang Daliang operated illegal salt, harbored some fugitives, idlers, and hidden households, and placed them on these two islands, usually disguised as fishermen, secretly smuggling smuggled salt, or smuggling commercial goods. When I arrived here, far from the coast, the imperial court was beyond the reach of the whip, and the name was the administration of Changguo County, but even the magistrate of Changguo County could not know the root of these islands. Later, Da Tinghu was arrested, and some of the big pavilion households had something to do with Zhang Daliang, but Zheng Lang deliberately released them underwater, so that Zhang Daliang could also transfer them here in time.

There is another person who transferred to the past, Tong Ming.

Sending them to the dock, the corners of Zheng Lang's mouth moved, and he wanted to persuade him, don't be in such a hurry, plan and clean them up.

But looking at Han Qi's high-spirited appearance, he didn't say it.

Only a few people knew the inside story, and most of the people who saw him off thought that Han Qi was going to Yuezhou and Xiuzhou. Watch the fleet go away and go back one by one. Wang Anshi whispered: "It's really reckless." ”

Fu Bi asked strangely: "Wang Sanlang, which one is reckless?" ”

For Zheng Lang, a student, Fu Bi did not dare to despise, came to Hangzhou for a long time, the two families visited each other, his wife Yan and Cui Youxian are usually very close, so Fu Bi and Wang Anshi have done some conversations, no matter knowledge, or talent, with the understanding of the rule of officials, Fu Bi is impressed.

"If it weren't for the doctor's hand, with Han Zhiji's reckless arrest, many people would not have been able to escape." Wang Anshi said disdainfully.

"Hugh is talking nonsense," Zheng Lang shouted.

"What's the backhand?"

"Wang Sanlang, you go home, rich brother, let's go see Yi Niang together."

"Look at Yi Niang?"

"yes, the ambush hasn't been played on all sides yet."

Fu Bi followed Zheng Lang to Yi Niang in a daze, Yi Niang didn't know what was happening, and dressed neatly to greet her in person. Fu Bi stared at his eyes, swept a layer of powder, his eyebrows were like paintings, his eyes were clean like water, and he was wrapped in a summer skirt with apple green and yellow flowers.

"Futong Judgment, do you have anything on your mind?"

"What's on his mind, Yi Niangzi, I'll sing a long and short name, and you will know."

"That's a slave's honor." After speaking, he happily took out the yaoqin.

Zheng Lang stroked the qin and sang: "The hibiscus on the cactus is still dripping with golden dew. Light clothes shine on the water, slender clothes stand upright, fluttering like a dance. Several degrees of condensation, full of lake smoke and moon, a ting of gulls and herons. Remember that the boat is quiet at night, the wave is fragrant and far away, and the flowers are gone. It should be the jealousy of the Huansha people. Fade red, who is misguided? Leisure is elegant, the posture is moist, and the words are coquettish. Across the pool, the occasional cover, like a heart. I am afraid that Xianggao will understand, and the green clouds will be ten miles, and the west wind will go. ”

This is Zhang Yan's famous water dragon yin. White Lotus.

After singing, he said: "He was worried that the two goddesses would be swept away by the west wind." ”

From the allusion of Xianggao's admiration, Zheng Jiaofu met two beautiful women in Hangao, wearing jade pendants, and stepped forward to ask them to give them gifts, that is, to say hello, I can't say I love you, I like you, the ancients also fell in love and sought pleasure, but it was very tactful, the two women also gave him the jade pendant, walked more than a dozen steps, and the jade pendant in his hand suddenly disappeared, along with the two women. Zheng Jiaofu knew that the two beautiful girls were goddesses. In the words, it is not written about beauty, but about lotus like beauty, afraid that such a noble and beautiful white lotus and green leaves will be blown away by the west wind.

"What a goddess," Fu Bi said with a smile in his eyes.

"It turns out that you don't have a good impression of Yi Niangzi and Wu Niangzi? Then why do you want to persuade me to take them as concubines, do you want to harm me? ”

"This, this."

After Yi Niang heard this, she didn't stand or sit.

Zheng Lang glanced at it and asked, "Isn't Yi Niangzi happy?" ”

"Nu Na dare?"

"Joked, the official doesn't understand the amorous feelings, the second is often content, it is enough to have four wives and concubines in the family, I don't want to take a concubine, and the third will not win people's love."

"Slave, slave ......"

"Don't be upset, sit down together."

Waiting for Yi Niang to sit down, Zheng Lang said again: "This official is here, there are some things to ask, you let them retreat first." ”

"Oh," Yi Niang asked the maid to retreat and asked timidly, "Governor Zheng, what do you want to ask the slave?" ”

"Don't worry, I haven't finished playing the song before, do you have a guzheng here?"

"Yes." Yi Niang brought the guzheng over.

Zheng Lang played, stopped after playing the eighth paragraph, and said, "Can you play it with the pipa?" ”

The seventh section is the small battle of Jigong Mountain, and the eighth section is the battle of Jiuli Mountain, which is also the first part of this song. Although Zheng Lang is playing with the guzheng, he finally feels that it is not beautiful, and he can't learn to play the pipa like a girl. can only look at Yi Niang's surname.

Yi Niang frowned and thought for a while and said, "Governor Zheng, can you play it again?" ”

"Okay," Zheng Lang flicked again.

Yi Niang timidly asked, "Is this a war?" ”

The look of pity in Fu Bi's eyes was even stronger, and the more proficient this woman was in music, the more pity Fu Bi felt.

Zheng Lang was puzzled by the language of flowers, and said flatly: "In the middle, the last two pieces of music are the small battle of Jigong Mountain and the battle of Jiuli Mountain, and then later, it will be the end of Xiang Yu's defeat and Wujiang's self-slaughter." ”

"Why didn't Governor Zheng pop it out?"

"These two sections have not yet arrived, today Han Zhijian led his troops to the sea, and the battle of Jiulishan has just begun, so I will not play it for the time being."

There was a crisp sound, and the teacup in Yi Niang's hand fell to the ground. The snow-white porcelain piece is like a white lotus blooming, quickly shattering.