"It seems that I have to find a way to make up for it!" Zhao Liangsi thought to himself, after he saw Yan Agu take a few glasses of wine, he was in a good mood, so he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the foreign minister has something I want to explain to His Majesty the Great Emperor. The 'state and county to which Youzhou belongs' written in the imperial pen of the official family of my dynasty. It is not that it is the state and county under the jurisdiction of Youzhou Road in Liao, but the state and county under the jurisdiction of Youzhou Road in the Tang Dynasty! ”

"Tang Shi Youzhou Road?" Wanyan was stunned for a moment, he naturally didn't know how big the scope of Youzhou was in the Tang Dynasty, and asked rhetorically: "What states and counties are under the jurisdiction of that?" ”

"Including Liaozhi Yunzhou Road!"

"Yunzhou Road?" Wanyan Agu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Xijing (Liaozhi Xijing is Yunzhou) doesn't want a certain family, but Ah Shi has never gotten it, and when he takes Ah Shi, he will be with the Southern Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Liangsi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Ping and Ying Erzhou were originally Yanjing land, and they also belong to Yanjing land!" ”

When Zhao Liangsi said this, the Bohai scribe hurriedly said loudly: "Hugh is nonsense, in the letter of the great emperor of the Ru Kingdom, there is only one road to Yanjing, and the two states of Ping and Ying are not all the way, and they do not belong to Yanjing!" ”

Zhao Liangsi was about to continue arguing, but he saw that Wanyan Aguta and the rest of the female chieftains had already shown impatience on their faces, and knew that if he continued to argue, he was afraid that the covenant would be difficult to conclude, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

The next day, Wanyan Aguta appointed Sticky Han to discuss the details of the covenant with Zhao Lianghei. The two sides agreed on the following matters: the first northern soldiers must not cross the south of Songting Pass, Gubeikou and Yuguan, so as to avoid conflict between the two sides; Second, the boundary will be planned in detail, and now it is bounded by Gubeikou, Songting Pass, and Pingzhou Dongyu Pass; Third, after the agreement. Neither side was allowed to negotiate peace with the Liao alone; Fourth, after the Jin people occupied Xijing, they first returned the three prefectures of Wei, Ying, and Shuo, and the rest of the prefectures and counties were returned to the Song side after taking Ashi; After the signing was completed, Mu Han smiled and said: "Zhao Gui, after the contract, my soldiers should enter the Gubeikou from the flat pine forest, and your army will attack the Khitan from Xiongzhou to Baigou, and neither side shall breach the contract, if there is a defaulter." Naturally, the number of things agreed upon before will not be counted! ”

Zhao Liangsi smiled: "That's nature!" ”

Sticky Han smiled: "That's fine." Our dynasty has burned down the tombs and palaces of Emperor Liao, so naturally we will not negotiate peace with the Khitans, and I just hope that we will not attack Liao in alliance with our Dajin as we did last time. But behind his back, he did that peace with the Liao people! ”

Then. Zhao Liangsi had already heard the threat in the other party's words. A thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he hurriedly responded: "Please rest assured." I, Da Song, am by no means such a faithless person! ”

"That's good, that's good!" Speaking of which. Sticky Han laughed.

At the end of October of the second year of Seonhwa (1120), Jeju Yangsanbo.

In October, Liangshanbo, the reeds are like snow, and the eight hundred miles of water have become a sea of reeds. If it was in previous years, it was already the time for the people around Liangshanbo to go into the lake to harvest reeds, whether it was weaving reed mats, reed roots into medicine, and a large area of reeds in Shuibo was a very considerable source of wealth for the local people. But the autumn of the second year of Xuanhe was not such a wonderful season for the people of Liangshanbo.

Liang Shanzhai

"Prison Zhou!" Wu Mu got up and raised his wine glass, his voice was still sharp, but his face was full of smiles: "This prisoner wants to give you a glass of wine on behalf of Mrs. Yang today!" ”

"How can the subordinate be deserved!" Zhou Ping hurriedly stood up and was about to excuse himself, but was pulled by Wu Mu's hand: "Deserve it, deserve it!" If there is no Zhou Prison to suppress the bandits, how can the tax collectors of this prison re-enter the water? How do the property that is sent to Beijing enter Beijing? This prison has already sent the property of Zhou Prison to the palace of Taifu Yang along with the tribute. Taifu was very happy after seeing it, and praised the prison greatly, presumably Zhou Prison is about to rise! Speaking of this, Wu Mu drank all the wine in his cup and laughed loudly.

"Xiaguan thank Gonggong Wu for cultivating!" Zhou Ping had no choice but to drink all the wine in the cup and laughed. It turned out that after he arrived at the Liangshan Water Village, he strictly trained the soldiers on the one hand, and sent Yang Wu, who was familiar with the situation of the bandits in Shuibo, to lure the robbers from all walks of life with Zhao'an as bait; Or attack by force. Since Zhou Ping now had both the Zhao'an people who were familiar with the terrain of Shuibo, and the large number of ships and sailors provided by Zhang Jiahe, it only took a few months to sweep away most of the water thieves in Liangshan, and let the tax collectors under Wu Mu return to Liangshanbo.

Wu Mu's amount of alcohol was already average, and today others were in good spirits and unconsciously drank a few more glasses, at this time, he already had seven or eight points of alcohol, and his tongue was a little bigger, and he said with a smile: "Zhou Prison, I heard that you have fought more than 30 times with water thieves in the past few months, beheaded more than 300 people, but you have only killed and injured more than 10 people. Mo no, Mo no-" Speaking of this, Wu Mu hiccuped and said, "Mo didn't kill the good and risky merit, right?" ”

"Gonggong Wu said that he laughed, how could the lower officials kill the good and take the risk!" Zhou Ping's face suddenly darkened, as a traverser, he didn't really want to kill those water thieves who were mostly bankrupt farmers, but after he arrived, he found that he couldn't do it if he didn't do it. The reason is very simple, the geographical location of Liangshanbo is too important, the water thieves who haunt the water pool threaten the water transport that connects Bianliang in Tokyo with Shandong, Huaibei and Hebei counties, these water transport can be said to maintain the lifeline of the Northern Song Dynasty. If Zhou Ping didn't want to be dismissed from office because of a certain blind water thief, and a gold seal was stamped on his cheek to fill the army, he would have to clean up the water thieves in the area under his jurisdiction as soon as possible.

If at the beginning, Zhou Ping was worried that bandits like Yang Wu who were recruited would show mercy to his former colleagues because of the righteousness of the rivers and lakes and his personal grudges, but soon he found that his worries were completely unnecessary. Whether it was Yang Wu or the other water thieves he recruited Anlai, there was no psychological barrier to wielding a butcher's knife at his past peers, on the contrary, these former criminals and water thieves were the most active, resolute, and ruthless people under Zhou Ping. In their own words: "The villain is a damn thing, if it weren't for the prisoner reaching out to help." In this life, I have fallen into the mud, and I must kill a few more thieves, make more contributions, and be a new person. "Most of the more than 300 heads that Zhou Ping reported on his merits were cut down by these people, except for a few first few battles, most of Zhou Ping's soldiers were standing aside as supervisors, as for those Zhao'an water thieves who died in battle, Zhou Ping naturally would not report them, and selected the best of them to be included in his command. That's almost 500 people.

"Actually, it's nothing to kill some fishermen! Look at it. Those Diao people in Liangshanbo, there is not a good person, even if they are all killed, the province will rebel again in the future! "Speaking of which. Wu Mu was already dancing. Zhang Jiahe on the side saw that the more he spoke, the more he didn't speak. Hurriedly said loudly: "Someone." Grandpa Wu has already overdosed, and he will help him go down to rest! ”

"Who said I was drunk, but our family was not drunk!" As Wu Mu's voice faded away. Zhang Jiahe and Zhou Ping's faces also looked better. Zhang Jiahe raised his glass to Zhou Ping with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Xian." I guess I'll be able to rise in a few days! ”

"It's all thanks to Brother Zhang!" Zhou Ping responded: "If it weren't for your help, how could the little brother wipe out the group of thieves so quickly!" His words came from the bottom of his heart, from the beginning of recruiting An Liangshan and Song Jiang and his gang, to the later quelling of thieves, whether it was intelligence or going out of the boat and the guide, it was inseparable from the person in front of him. It's just that he has been hiding behind the scenes, and he doesn't ask Wu Mu for credit, which is very strange. Thinking of this, Zhou Ping said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, you have a lot of credit for this matter, if I am really promoted, it is better to recommend you to the prime minister——"

"No need!" Zhang Jiahe immediately rejected Zhou Ping's proposal, Zhou Ping looked at him quite resolutely, and asked: "With my brother's high talent, what is the difficulty of any village owner?" ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to be an official!" Speaking of this, Zhang Jiahe saw Zhou Ping's puzzled expression, and said with a smile: "The ancestor of the foolish brother is surnamed Zhang Yongde, and he was promoted to the Duke of Weiguo when this dynasty was founded!" ”

"Zhang Yongde? Wei Guogong? Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, a light suddenly flashed in his mind, illuminating everything clearly, and he opened his mouth and said, "Brother, you are actually -"

"It's good that you know, brother Xian, you don't need to say much!" Zhang Jiahe got up and said: "That's all for today, the foolish brother will retire first!" With that, he got up and said goodbye.

Zhou Ping hurriedly got up to send him off, and then returned to the table and bowed his head in contemplation. It turned out that Zhang Yongde mentioned in Zhang Jiahe's mouth was a big man in the founding of this dynasty, he was the son-in-law of Guo Wei, the ancestor of the previous dynasty, and the brother-in-law of Emperor Shizong Chai Rong. However, after the battle of Gaoping, Emperor Sejong found a cowhide bag beside him, which contained a three-foot-long piece of wood, with five words written on it, "Check to be the Son of Heaven", so Emperor Sejong removed Zhang Yongde from the position of inspection in front of the palace and transferred him to the throne of Taizu of this dynasty. Unexpectedly, Emperor Sejong died suddenly a few years later, leaving orphans and widows on the throne, and as a result, Taizu of this dynasty took the opportunity to "add a yellow robe" in Chenqiao and set a record for the Great Song Dynasty of the 400 military states. And this Zhang Yongde is also very courteous in the new dynasty, and the official residence is the best, that is, Emperor Taizu also called him a concubine and not a name, and the five grandsons moved to the rank. This incident has been widely circulated among the people, and many people privately say that if it weren't for the extra piece of wood around Emperor Shizong of the former dynasty after the Battle of Gaoping, the world would only be surnamed Zhang. But listening to what Zhang Jiahe said today, it seems that there was another hidden story back then.

"Master, the best Zen master has arrived!"

A voice woke Zhou Ping up from his thoughts, but he raised his head but it was Luo She'er on duty, he hurriedly got up and said, "Come out with me to greet you!" “

Zhou Ping went out and saw a monk dressed in black standing in the courtyard, looking at the weapons on the shelves on the side. Zhou Ping hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Juncheng hasn't seen the Zen master for several months, so I miss it so much!" ”

"Poor monks are also average!" Zhishan turned around, casually pointed to a weapon on the weapon rack, and said with a smile: "This weapon is so strange, I haven't seen it in the army for many years, but it's all your new one?" ”

"Not bad!" Zhou Ping said with a smile, he walked to the weapon rack, picked up the weapon and waved it twice. The weapon had a wooden handle about three meters long, which looked like a combination of a spear and an axe, and on the other side of the blade was an iron tip perpendicular to the wooden handle.

"Zen Master, you are also an old soldier, what do you think of this weapon?" Zhou Ping said with a smile.

Zhishan didn't answer immediately, he took the weapon in Zhou Ping's hand and waved it a few times, and said: "The use of this weapon is quite complicated, and ordinary soldiers are afraid that they can't use it well, but it is like a long axe, which specializes in dealing with heavy armor and iron horses." However, if the enemy is a foot soldier, he is wearing heavy armor. If you are in a strict formation with spears, I am afraid that this weapon will not be effective! ”

"The Zen master is really high!" When Zhou Ping heard this, he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, this supreme monk really deserved to be a generation of Western Army, and he could see the purpose and advantages and disadvantages of this guy at a glance. This thing is actually the famous Swiss halberd in Western history, because Switzerland is a mountainous country, and the Middle Ages were extremely poor, unable to support expensive cavalry, only a large number of brave and highly organized infantry. To fight against the powerful knights of the Holy Roman Empire, they adopted this iconic weapon. The tip of the spear can be stabbed. The axe can be used to cut the horse's legs, and the iron tip at the other end can hook the knight off the horse's back. The reason why Zhou Ping created this thing was to deal with the ace class of heavy cavalry of the imaginary enemy Jin Army in his mind. In his previous life, he had seen on the Internet that Jin Wushu, a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, said on his deathbed: "In the past, when I went to the south, I saw the Song Dynasty using military weapons, and the great one was just a divine arm bow, and the second was a heavy axe, and he was fearless!" "As the saying goes, it's often your enemy who knows you best, this Jin Wushu and the Song army have fought for half a lifetime, and which of the Song army's weapons poses the greatest threat to the Jin army must be the clearest. I've seen it myself. It is a strong crossbow. The use of the long axe is similar to that of the Swiss halberd. Taking advantage of the fact that the Song-Liao War had not yet started, he quickly practiced the basic formation first, so as not to wait for death when the catastrophe came.

Zhishan made a few more gestures. Put it back on the weapon rack, and said with a smile: "This weapon should be held by Xuanfeng, hidden behind the spear team, and when the two armies clash, enter and exit the enemy line from the flank." Speaking of this, Zhishan asked: "Juncheng, what you deal with on weekdays is just some bandits, you can have a spear and a sword, this is obviously used to deal with ironclad heavy cavalry?" What do you do about it? ”

Zhou Ping didn't answer directly, but just reached out and stroked the handle of the Swiss halberd twice, and said in a low voice: "If the country has no internal worries, there will be external troubles, does the Zen master think that the world is not peaceful now?" ”

Zhishan sighed, didn't answer, and asked in a low voice after half a sound, "What is the name of this weapon?" ”

"More than half a month ago, more than ten were just trial-produced, but I haven't had time yet." Zhou Ping smiled and asked, "The Zen master is full of talent, so I bother you to give me a name!" ”

Zhishan did not shirk it, and said with a deep sigh: "This weapon is a bit like a long Ke axe, and there are some differences in usage and shape, so let's call it a Taiping axe!" ”

"Taiping Axe?" Zhou Ping's face suddenly became strange, he didn't expect Zhishan to come up with this name, it was exactly the same as the fire axe before the crossing. Seeing Zhou Ping's strange face, Zhishan asked, "Juncheng, this name is not good?" ”

"Not really!" Zhou Ping smiled bitterly: "It's just that I don't know why the Zen master chose this name?" ”

"Oh!" Zhishan smiled and said: "The soldier is an ominous weapon, and the saint has to use it as a last resort." I also have this name to please a good omen, hoping that although this weapon can kill, it can be exchanged for a peaceful world! ”

Looking at the smile on Zhishan's face, Zhou Ping's ears couldn't help but recall the first time he talked to him about each other's life in his own home, the words from the mouth of this heroic monk: "The poor monk was originally a member of the Linyao clan in Xizhou, and he was a soldier of the Western Army for generations, and there were countless elders and brothers in the clan who were plagued by the king's affairs. It's my turn this generation! The monk in front of him can be said to be a microcosm of the Great Song Dynasty border guards, who have fought hard with the Tangut people in the northwest for more than 100 years, protecting the land of Shaanxi and even the Central Plains. In the next few decades, their blood will still flow in Youyan, Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, the Central Plains and even the large areas of Jiangnan, but the result is that even the graves of their ancestors will fall into the hands of Yidi. If he had died in this disaster, if he had survived, what a heart-rending pain it would have been in his twilight years after crossing to the south.

"Juncheng, what's wrong with you?" Zhishan saw that Zhou Ping was distracted and asked in a low voice.

"Nothing, nothing!" Zhou Ping hurriedly covered up: "Let's call it Taiping Axe, it's also a good mouthpiece!" ”

"Juncheng, I have something to entrust to you this time!" Speaking of this, Zhishan made a gesture to ask others to retreat, Zhou Ping knew that the other party had private things to say to himself, so he hurriedly signaled Luo She'er on the side to step back, and said in a low voice: "Zen master, please speak, but if Zhou is within the scope of his ability, he will never shirk!" ”

"Good, good!" Zhishan smiled, he took out a small cloth bag from his arms, handed it to Zhou Pingdao: "Juncheng, you should know that the alliance between Song and Jin on the sea has been completed, and the imperial court takes Jing Guogong (Tong Guan) as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, and leads the Privy Council, and supervises the army to conquer Liao." If you want to serve in the army, if there is a case, please work hard, send the contents of this bag back to my hometown for me, and hand them over to my nephew Guo Cheng, so that I can pass on my mantle. ”

Zhou Ping was stunned when he heard this, and after a little thought, he reacted that there was a custom in ancient China, if there were no male descendants in a certain house, it would often pass over from the close relatives of many sons, so as to pass on their own incense. Zhishan is a monk, naturally he cannot marry a wife and have children, but as an ancient Chinese, he naturally hopes that after his death, he will still have descendants to worship him, presumably this nephew Guo Cheng is the one he chose. He doesn't know how life and death will be, and the contents of this bag are the relics left for the other party. (To be continued......)