readx; There is a famous liquor shop in the east of Youzhou City, called Beiyan Liquor Shop, there are rumors among the people that this is opened by An Lushan's strategist Gao Shang, there were more than a dozen Khitan Hu people who were drunk and made trouble in the liquor shop, but they were quickly captured by the army that rushed in, and the rumors that it had a tough backstage have been confirmed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The scale of the Beiyan wine shop is very large, covering an area of ten acres, the front building and the back tent, the restaurant is magnificent, and the inside is exquisite and elegant, and the backyard is the tent of the Hu people, a large piece of roasted beef and mutton, and there is authentic mare's milk wine, so no matter the Han people, the Hu people are very fond of this wine shop, it has become the most famous wine shop in Youzhou City, enjoying the reputation of 'living in Youzhou, eating in Beiyan'.

Come to Beiyan Liquor Shop to have a meal, it has become the wish of many Youzhou people, and even Hebei people, at noon on this day, Beiyan Liquor Restaurant is full of people, diners are full of people, in a window room on the second floor, there are two men sitting, each of them has a beautiful lady like a flower and jade to serve.

One of them seemed to have drunk a little too much, and his speech was not very smooth, he lowered his head and waved his hand to refuse: "I understand Brother Zhao's kindness, I, I really can't drink anymore, and when I go back later, I will have to be scolded to death by the master." ”

Although this man who drank a little too much put on a bright satin gown, but the hem showed a section of Taoist robe, his name was dust, originally a Taoist priest of Chongyuanguan in Zhaozhou, half a month ago followed the master to Youzhou to offer gunpowder formula, this group of Taoist priests because of the merit of offering gunpowder, suddenly made a fortune, not only the clothes are generous, but also have a mortal heart, many people have secretly gone to the Qinglou Museum.

This dust remover was originally responsible for ringing the bell in the Taoist temple, and he was the most useless of all the senior brothers, and he couldn't touch the gunpowder preparation and the like, but he was responsible for doing chores for the senior brothers, mopping the floor and doing laundry, and building a wooden house for experiments at most, etc., and he had the least status in the eyes of the master, but after his master Shi Chongming won a heavy reward, he also gave him a few hundred yuan of money, which was an incredible thing for the dust collector who had accumulated less than five hundred Wen in a few years, and this money quickly made him degenerate, eating, drinking, gambling, and he tried everything. He was originally a blank sheet of paper, but now he has been painted in a mess by his sinking life, and he likes this Yanzhao Restaurant the most, and he has to come here to eat at noon every day.

The man sitting opposite him was the gambling friend he met when he first went to gamble, called Zhao Jiaju, according to his claim to be a gentleman of a big family in Youzhou City, since he was a child, the two of them talked very speculatively, and soon tacitly became close friends, together to gamble money, together to go to prostitution, and this Zhao Jiaju is generous, many big accounts are he rushed to pay, otherwise the dust removal in his hands would have been spent hundreds of dollars.

This duster is because he does chores and doesn't know anything about gunpowder, and he never goes to the gunpowder factory, so he is much freer than his brothers, except for the afternoon and evening when he has to go back to work, the rest of the time his master basically doesn't care about him, and the guards stationed in the Taoist priests' residences also allow him to come in and out, of course, it is absolutely not allowed to bring people in, and women are not allowed.

In fact, when this group of Taoist priests gave the formula in their hands, their value in the eyes of An Lushan was greatly devalued, they were basically no different from other gunpowder craftsmen, they went to work in the gunpowder workshop every morning, and they had to be busy until late at night before coming back to sleep, only their master and a few core disciples were still responsible for the study of gunpowder, and they were very strictly controlled, with tens of thousands of dollars, and they couldn't go out a single step.

"Out of the dust, so your master and brothers can't eat dinner until the hour, so they won't go hungry?"

"No way, they said it was very busy during this time, alas! The surname Suo lived in the workshop, but An Lushan refused, saying that no one was allowed to live in the workshop at night, so he had to go back and forth. ”

"Then they go to work every morning before dawn? Aren't you tired? ”

"There is no way to do this, An Lushan asked to make 30,000 paper thunderbolts within a month, everyone is working overtime, I heard the senior brother say that the warehouse is full of all kinds of raw materials, and the sulfur saltpeter in Hebei Province has been bought, and he also sent people to Qingzhou to buy sulfur, I heard that the sulfur is not enough."

"Why do you want to buy sulfur, isn't it good to open your own mines?"

"Where is it so easy, I used to hear the master say that there is no sulfur mine in Hebei Province at all, but now they are in a hurry to ask for it, so they have to buy it in various places."

Zhao Jiaju nodded, remembering his words one by one, he picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Come!" Come! Come! Let's drink again. ”

He was already drunk and dazed, and he had to rush back in the afternoon to cook for his brothers, but he couldn't drink anymore, so he begged: "Brother Zhao, spare me!" I really have to go back, otherwise I will anger the master, and I won't be able to come out next time. ”

Zhao Jiaju nodded and smiled: "Okay! I'll let the carriage take you back. ”

He let the guy settle the account, and then helped the drunken duster downstairs, and his carriage was parked downstairs, he helped the duster into the car, and ordered: "Go to Chongyangguan!" ”

The carriage started and drove towards Chongyang Guangong outside the city......

Zhao Jiaju looked at the carriage in the distance, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, turned around and quickly left the Beiyan Wine Shop.

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Half an hour later, Zhao Jiaju came to the Miaoshou Rejuvenation Hall, the Miaoshou Rejuvenation Hall was still overcrowded with medical seekers, he went in an alley next to him, came to a side door, patted the door, and the door opened a crack.

"It's me, Jiaju!"

The door opened, and Zhao Jiaju entered the side door in a flash, and the side door slammed shut again.

In the quiet room of the inner hall, Zhao Jiaju was sitting and drinking tea, when footsteps came from outside the door, and the big shopkeeper Zhang Yue walked in quickly.

Zhao Jiaju immediately stood up, bowed down and saluted: "See the hall master!" ”

"Hmmm! Sit down! ”

Zhang Yue sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "How is it, what did you gain today?" ”

Zhao Jiaju took out two pages of sorted out information, handed it to Zhang Yue and said with a smile: "Today's harvest is not bad, that guy drank too much wine and said everything." ”

Zhang Yue took the information and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up, there was not enough sulfur, this is an extremely important piece of information!

Zhao Jiaju said again: "I have completely figured out the rules of life of those Taoist priests, and I heard that it is not his master who really masters the gunpowder technology, but his senior brother Forget Chenzi, he is an expert in alchemy, and he has been responsible for preparing and researching gunpowder in the past few months, and An Lushan doesn't seem to know this secret, they also think that Shi Chongming has mastered the technology." ”

"Hmmm! That's a key point. ”

At this time, Zhang Yue took out a booklet, recorded today's information in detail on the book, he put down the pen, and looked at the hourglass in the corner of the house, the hour was almost the same, it was time to go, he took the booklet, stood up and said: "You are still the same as usual, continue to approach the Taoist priest tomorrow, and get as much information as possible, I am going out now, you stay here, recall all the information these days, and do not miss anything." ”

Zhao Jiaju hurriedly stood up and said, "Obey orders!" ”

Zhang Yue nodded, and then left the Miaoshou Huichun Hall, he took a confidant medicine boy, got into a carriage that specialized in going out to see people, and drove to the outside of Youzhou City.

The carriage of the Wonderful Hands Rejuvenation Hall has a special logo, it is a white lotus, this logo has a high prestige in Youzhou, although the city of Youzhou is very strict, but the soldiers guarding the city will be in awe when they see the carriage painted with the white lotus, and will never come forward to check, the carriage passed through the city gate and went east.

An hour later, the carriage arrived at Quang Binh Town, which is a small town close to the Sanggan River, about two or three hundred households, here is the only way to Xishan, there are many merchants coming and going, because it is not a strategic route, An Lushan's army does not control this place very strictly, only a team of soldiers is stationed in this town.

Zhang Yue's carriage entered the town and stopped in front of an inn, the inn is called Xishan Inn, in fact, it is a small inn, at most twenty or thirty guests, run by an old couple, at this time there is a full sign at the door of the inn, which is a rare situation, the inn has been chartered by more than a dozen merchants.

As soon as Zhang Yue got out of the carriage, two big men dressed as businessmen immediately walked out of the inn, and one of them stepped forward and bowed: "Mr. is the shopkeeper of the Wonderful Rejuvenation Hall?" ”

"In the next place, I came to see Master Qin in Chang'an."

The eyes of both sides touched, and they both understood, and the big man waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, please!"

Zhang Yue turned around and instructed the little boy a few words, let him stay in the carriage and wait, he carried the medicine box and entered the inn, and every five steps in the inn stood a big man, all of them tall and burly, with cold eyes, which would make people can't help but be afraid.

Zhang Yue was calm and calm, and followed the big man to the innermost courtyard unhurriedly, and there were two big men standing at the door of the small courtyard, just like the two generals at the gate of the big temple, with a hideous appearance.

Dahan reported in the first room, and then came out and said to Zhang Yue: "Mr. Zhang, please come in!" Master Qin is waiting for you in the house. ”

Zhang Yue pushed open the door and walked in, only to see two people sitting in the room, one was a blue-robed scribe, and the other was a thin and tall man, in his thirties, with sharp eyes, especially long arms, and large joints in his arms.

When Zhang Yue returned to Broken Leaves the year before last, he had seen Qin Haiyang once, and he still had a vague impression, although Zhang Yue's top boss was Hu Peiyun, not Qin Haiyang, but Qin Haiyang was one level higher than him in the internal guard after all, maybe in the future Qin Haiyang would be the general of the internal guard, and he would be his boss, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Subordinate Zhang Yue, see General Qin." ”

Qin Haiyang knew that Zhang Yue was also a member of the Hidden Dragon Society, with a special identity, and this mission could only be completed with the assistance of the Hebei Intelligence Hall, so he quickly stood up and saluted back: "Hall Master Zhang doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

Zhang Yue sat down, but his eyes glanced at the middle-aged scribe next to him from time to time, the more he looked, the more familiar he felt, and suddenly he remembered, pointed at him and said in surprise: "You... You are solemn. ”

The middle-aged man is Li Qing'an's military advisor Yan Zhuang, he has been to the Miaoshou Rejuvenation Hall many times when he was in Youzhou, at this time he saw Zhang Yue recognize himself, so he smiled slightly: "Where don't we meet in life, Zhang Shopkeeper, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come to harm!" ”

Zhang Yue had also heard that Yan Zhuang was already Li Qingan's confidant, he didn't dare to slack off, and he also smiled and said: "Yes, we haven't seen each other for eight years!" I remember that Mr. Yan's stomach was not very good, how is it now? ”

"Thank you shopkeeper Zhang for your concern, I'm sick, I usually pay attention to my diet, and I'm basically fine."

The three of them exchanged a few words, and then gradually turned to the topic, Zhang Yue first asked: "I received news from Chang'an, saying that General Qin is going to lead five hundred elites to come, I don't know if everyone has arrived?" ”

Qin Haiyang has been a scout for a long time, he knows that when performing major tasks, he must be honest with friendly troops, so that he can cooperate with tacit understanding, so he nodded, and said to Zhang Yue without concealment: "This time I brought five hundred soldiers from the First Falcon Battalion, we all came separately, last night's statistics, all the soldiers arrived, one by one, now they are all hiding in Xishan, within half an hour, they can all arrive." ”

Zhang Yue couldn't help but be moved, he only knew that five hundred elites were sent, but he didn't expect that it was the first falcon battalion, the first falcon battalion was originally called the first scout battalion of the Anxi Army, that is, the scout battalion where Li Qing'an was born, the scout battalion can be called the most elite army of the Anxi army, all the scouts are carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of Anxi troops, each of them can be one as ten, five hundred people are equivalent to the combat effectiveness of five thousand troops, and it is never easy to fight collectively, Li Qingan actually sent this army, It is enough to see that he attaches great importance to An Lushan firearms.

Zhang Yue's heart was also a little heavy, he felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he nodded silently, took out a booklet and handed it to Qin Haiyang, and said, "This is all the information we have collected in the past half a month, please General Qin and Mr. Yan take a look." ”

Qin Haiyang took the thick booklet and flipped through it, and before he could read the contents, he couldn't help but secretly admire, the content of the booklet was very organized and very detailed, such as the situation of the dozen or so Taoist priests, the rules of accommodation and daily life, including their names, abilities, appearances, and their mastery of gunpowder, all recorded one by one, as well as the location of the gunpowder factory, the number of warehouses, the number of craftsmen, the number of garrisons, etc., all of which were recorded in detail, and the information that has always been very valuable, he wrote it with a red pen, which made it clear at a glance.

Qin Haiyang handed the booklet to Yan Zhuang and gave Zhang Yue a thumbs up: "Very good, very good, very meticulous, after the success of this operation, we have half the credit." ”

Zhang Yue was a little proud in his heart, it is said that this Qin Haiyang rarely praises others, he likes to pick thorns, and today's praise from him shows that his hard work is not in vain, he hurriedly said modestly: "General Qin has won the award, this is a matter within the subordinate's responsibility, of course the subordinate must do it well." ”

At this time, Yan Zhuang next to him suddenly asked, "Is An Lushan now short of sulfur?" ”

"Exactly, Hebei does not produce sulfur, and the sulfur in all states and counties has been scraped away by him, and it is said that it is still not enough, and they have sent people to places outside Hebei Province to purchase it."

Yan Zhuang glanced at Qin Haiyang, this was a very important piece of information, and he wanted to report to Li Qingan to intercept it nationwide.

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(To be continued)