Yang Ling pointed to the tomato seedlings, and was comparing the shape of the fruit and describing its color and taste, which attracted the salivation of the two little girls of Xuelimei and Yutangchun, and Han Youniang, Cui Yinger and others also listened with relish.

A sinister smile flashed on Yang Hu's lips and the killing intent in her eyes, and she didn't hide Cheng Qiyun, who was standing on the side, as if she was leisurely playing with a few pieces of sweet potato seedlings, she approached Yang Ling without a trace and smiled: "My lord, Mrs. is pregnant, and she is very depressed here, let's go back."

Yang Ling said: "Ah, I was excited to say it for a while, I forgot, hehe, let's go, let's go up", he thoughtfully grabbed the young lady, and said while walking out: "Brother Yang and his wife are the leaders of the horse gang, and those who go south and north must have the opportunity to come to the capital again, and when you come to Beijing again next autumn, you can see mountains of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and golden ears of corn, and wait until the year after tomorrow, these things can be planted everywhere in Daming."

The people are suffering, but under such a big tomorrow, tens of millions of Li people, it is not possible to change the abundance of food and clothing for anyone overnight, these crops are several times higher than the original, and many people can be saved from starvation."

He remembered that the inner factory had used the carriage and horse shop to create a lot of momentum in all parts of the world, spreading the news that the imperial court intended to lift the sea ban and allow the people to trade with foreign countries, seeing that Yang Fu and his wife had the ability to buy grain for disaster relief, his horse gang must be not small, and he was also a person who could win the connection, so he said: "Brother Yang's horse gang specializes in helping big merchants transport salt and grain goods, right?" Now some ministers are preparing to propose to the imperial court to lift the sea ban and Jingqing Haijiang, and by that time overseas trade will be opened, and the transportation of goods in various parts of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be more prosperous, and Brother Yang's business will also be able to roll in the wealth of money."

Yang Hu heard that the killing intent in his heart was even stronger, but of course he wouldn't be stupid to do it now, Yang Hu replied with a smile in response to the matter, while secretly looking at the warm cellar environment. Wu Hanchao said on the side: "It turns out that this matter is not groundless, after Xiao Ke went down the mountain, he kept hearing the news spread all over the country, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea for more than 100 years, and finally the sea frontier is going to be opened."

A few people climbed the stairs, and Wu Hanchao said again: "The adults are in the imperial court, and the news is naturally more well-informed than ours, but the adults who listen to the adults and intend to advise the imperial court to open up the sea frontier want to lift the sea ban in one fell swoop and open treaty ports everywhere?" ”

Yang Ling glanced at him strangely and asked, "If there are not many opponents, naturally we have to settle it once and for all, isn't that good?" What is Brother Wu's opinion? ”

Wu Hanchao thought for a while and said: "It's a small fool's opinion, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." Now the bandits are still rampant, open the sea ban, and first eradicate the pirates, but those bandits who occupy the mountains are kings, and it is not an overnight thing to get rid of them, let alone on the boundless sea? Moreover, the Daming Naval Division is not good at naval warfare, so it is necessary to train an elite army, which cannot be achieved overnight.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty now has only one port to receive tributary envoys, if the coast is open overnight, and the cities are set up in a hurry, there is no cadre who knows how to govern the sea, there is no precedent rules and regulations, and when it is profitable, the wealthy gentlemen in various places must have intervened, once the rule of officials is corrupted, the people suffer, and foreign businessmen escape, no matter how good the national policy is, it has become a cool law that harms the people.

Small can be, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, even if it is beneficial to the people, if the heat is urgent, a good dish will be burned, it is better to open three or two ports first, so that the court is also conducive to supervision, and at the same time sweep away the sea bandits.

When the pirates are not able to do a lot of harm, and the imperial court has the experience of trading in the sea market, and the fact that the local tax department and the people have benefited, all localities will definitely respond with all their might, and then the ban can be lifted in one go."

After he finished speaking, he saw Yang Ling stop, looked at him in a daze, and unconsciously stopped his steps, and said abruptly: "Xiao Ke Xiao can be stupid, and he said it thoughtfully for a while, and his words were quite naïve, which made adults laugh."

Yang Ling happily shook his head and said: "Otherwise, Brother Wu has traveled all over the world, and it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Lord Ling Zun is an official of the imperial court, and Brother Wu has learned a lot of literary and martial arts, so he doesn't want to be buried in the recklessness, right? I don't know if I would like to stay in Beijing and serve the imperial court? ”

Wu Hanchao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly responded: "Xiao Ke travels the world, but also wants to increase his experience, and one day he will serve the court and make contributions.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty did not emphasize martial arts, and it was not until the eighth year of Tianshun that the "Martial Arts Law" was promulgated, but there was not even one who signed up for the martial arts scientific examination that year. In the second martial arts scientific examination in the fourth year of Chenghua, only two people were selected.

Emperor Hongzhi is good at cultural governance, but neglected martial arts, because of the lax military equipment, in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, the martial arts will follow the eight scientific examination examples, officially set as a three-year examination, but Hongzhi seventeen years to take forty martial artists, of which only one Xu Tai was promoted to the general in just two years, and most of the others are not reused.

Next year is the first year of Zhengde, Wu Hanchao originally wanted to seek an official position through the martial arts conference, if Yang Ling is willing to appreciate and reuse him, it will naturally be a shortcut. Yang Ling was very happy to see him agree, and the group came out of the warm cellar, Yang Hu secretly wrote down the shape of the Yang Mansion, and then thanked Yang Ling and said goodbye.

Yang Ling and the young lady sent Yang Hu and his wife out of the door, and were about to take Wu Hanchao to the study to have a good chat, but they saw Cheng Qiyun standing behind everyone and winked at him, and the corners of her mouth were crooked. Yang Ling was stunned, and smiled quietly to Wu Hanchao: "Brother Wu, take a good rest, Yang made an appointment with several colleagues from the inner factory to come to the banquet tomorrow, and invite Brother Wu to attend and introduce them to them."

Although Wu Hanchao has not officially set foot in the officialdom, he is already half of the court after answering a question, and hurriedly said: "Yes, listen to the orders of the adults below."

Yang Ling and a group of ladies arrived at the back house, Cheng Qiyun's thin waist folded lightly, and said a few words to Yang Ling and Han Youniang, and walked to the side of the flower hall.

Yang Ling also got up and said: "Cheng Tou has already taken down the land of the surrounding villages, and it is too early for dinner, so I will go and discuss with her about the preparations for farming."

He glanced at Gao Wenxin and said with a smile: "Wenxin don't want to go back, let's dine here at night", and said to the little girl Yun'er: "Go, inform Wenlan."

It is said that Han Gao and the two of them married Jin Lan, love is sisters, just Gao Wenxin cured Yang Ling's illness and made herself pregnant with her husband's flesh and blood, Han Youniang was already inscribed, she didn't want to snub Gao Wenxin, so she hurriedly took her hand and smiled: "Xianggong is busy, my sister and I will go back to the room to talk."

Yang Ling nodded, walked to Cheng Qiyun's room, and as soon as he entered the study, he said with a long sigh: "I misunderstood the girl, it was my fault, I made a mistake to the girl, the adult doesn't remember the villain, so don't take it to heart."

Cheng Qiyun looked at the pitiful appearance he pretended, and couldn't help but laugh, even though there was still some resentment in her heart, it disappeared at this time, she glanced at Yang Ling and said: "My lord is so low-voiced, how dare the little woman take your mistake to heart?" ”

Yang Ling got up and deliberately let out a sigh and said, "Then I'm relieved, I thought that the girl called me to ask the teacher to ask for guilt."

Cheng Qiyun snorted happily as if she was disgusted, but then her face became solemn, and she said softly: "Do you know the details of Yang Fu and his wife?" ”

Yang Ling heard her voice, and couldn't help but wonder: "This couple is very skilled in martial arts, Liu Qianhu once had doubts about the identity of that Mrs. Yang, how can Cheng Girl also suspect that they are not from the Ma Gang?" ”

Cheng Qiyun shook her head lightly and said: "Yes, they are from the horse gang, and the horse gang in the world has the most in Ganshan, but the largest horse gang in the north is their husband and wife."

Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's it, the horse gang walks the rivers and lakes, helps people escort goods, and has the two identities of a chariot and horse dealer and a dart bureau, so it is natural to have a good martial arts."

Cheng Qiyun sat down for a long time and chuckled: "Yes, so there is no problem at this point, if the adults send someone to check their identities now, there is still no problem at all, but the lowly position happens to know their other identity."

Yang Ling's eyes froze, and he also sat down opposite, and asked, "What identity?" ”

Cheng Qiyun said word by word: "Jiang, Yang, big, thief!" ”

Yang Ling glanced at her and muttered, "It's strange, it seems that there is nothing in the world that you don't know, even the people in the government don't know their identities, do you know?" ”

Cheng Qiyun admired his expression, but she didn't dare to tell the ins and outs of the news that she already knew. This man is good at everything, but he is a little cautious, if he knows that he is hiding something from him, won't he trust himself even more in the future?

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said: "Black and white are the same as fire and water, this world is originally some people live in the light, some people live in the dark, adults live above the temple, of course I don't know these things of three religions and nine streams."

The humble office doesn't recognize their appearance, but the humble office knows that there is such a couple, the two of them are clearly engaged in the horse gang, secretly are green forest thieves, and are running around to contact, trying to rebel, the husband's surname is Yang, the wife's surname is Cui, and they have an amazing art industry, and their age is also the same as them. If you were an adult, would you still see them as good citizens? ”

Yang Ling's eyes flashed, staring at Cheng Qiyun for a long time without saying a word. Cheng Qiyun said again: "When the adults were boasting about those crops in the warm cellar, the lowly saw that Yang Fu looking at the adults with murderous eyes, and the lowly self-confidence still has this eyesight, and he will never be mistaken."

Yang Ling muttered: "The meeting between this official and Mrs. Yang is purely accidental, and Yang Quan's uncle and nephew came to Beijing to find me on a temporary basis, Yang Fuju will not be prepared in advance, and wants to use them to get close to me." Jiang Yang thieves intend to rebel, they should stay away from the imperial court, if your expectations are good, what are they doing in Beijing? ”

Cheng Qiyun gave him a roll of his eyes and said, "Humble and not a living immortal, how do I know?" I don't think they will go crazy, thinking that they will be able to sit in the world by entering Beijing and killing the emperor, and how can they break into the Forbidden City no matter how high his martial arts are? I can't guess what they did when they came to the capital, but when they were in the warm cellar, Yang Fu would not be wrong to suddenly have a murderous intent towards adults."

She frowned at the tip of her charming eyebrows, played with the pen tube, and said softly to herself: "If I am Yang Hu, a thief who is planning a rebellion, and have the opportunity to meet adults, I must be intentional about making friends, you are a member of the imperial court, and learning more about the major affairs of the court and China from you will definitely help my great cause." ”

She dropped the brush, stood up and walked slowly in the room with her hands behind her back, as if she had substituted herself into Yang Hu, who was trying to rebel, and thought hard: "But I originally entered the Yang Mansion in order to make friends with you, why did I suddenly kill you?" You didn't tease my lady."

Yang Ling couldn't help but be angry and funny when he heard the latter sentence, and was about to answer, Cheng Qiyun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped his hands and said: "I thought about it, I thought about it, if it was me, I would kill you too!" ”

Yang Ling was startled and hurriedly asked, "Kill me?" What is the reason? ”

Cheng Qiyun's eyes shone brightly, and she looked at him excitedly and said, "Those crops, you said that once they are planted extensively, they can save many people from hunger and cold!" ”

She smiled with a 'sinister' face: "If you want to win the world, you must first win the hearts of the people, if the people can fill their stomachs, who will be willing to rebel with me?" If it were me, I would not only kill you, but also destroy those crops to prevent future troubles! ”

When she said this, her eyes touched Yang Ling, and the two of them were fixed there, and it took a while for Cheng Qiyun to wake up from the excitement, her face was hot, and she said in embarrassment: "I mean Yang Hu wants to kill you, and it's not that I want to kill you."

Yang Ling got up slowly, let out a long breath, turned around and walked out, Cheng Qiyun panicked: "Where are you going?" ”

Yang Ling stopped and said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, I just told them that after the New Year, they will ask people to go to various places with grain, if they are really the pair of male and female thieves you said, it will be a matter of these two days." I asked someone to go up the mountain to summon Liu Biao and Yang Yiqing to come down, and you wait for me here."

Yang Hu and Cui Ying'er walked side by side, believing in the horses and wandering, each thinking about their own thoughts. When she left the village and was about to turn onto Shangguan Road, Cui Yinger suddenly said to Yang Hu: "Brother Tiger."

Yang Hu's eyes flickered, he didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't react for a while, Cui Ying'er's wrist flicked, and the horsewhip "snapped" in the air, shouting: "Yang Hu!" ”

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, then looked back and said, "Huh? Oh what's the matter? ”

Cui Ying'er kicked the horse's belly, brought the horse closer, and said to him: "You said that if it is really as this Lord Yang said, you can let the people eat their stomachs, and then punish those unjudicial officials, open the sea to trade, can you really make the country rich and the people strong?" ”

Yang Hu sneered: "You haven't had enough of the suffering of the Ming officials? Why does the old man occupy the mountain as king? Haven't you been forced by the imperial court? They are willing to do good deeds for the people, unless the sun hits the west and comes out, if they want the people to live a good life, they have to overthrow this court and create a new world! ”

Cui Ying'er frowned and sighed softly: "I suddenly feel that we seem to be thinking too simply, even if you sit in the Dragon Court, the people must have food and clothing?" Look at what they just said, the imperial court wants to lift the ban on trade, which is obviously a good thing, and you can't do it in a hurry, they are scholars, what they say must have their truth, you and I are still good at fighting and killing, is it really that simple to govern the world? ”

Yang Hu said dryly: "What's so difficult? Fighting the world, naturally there are scholars who come to us, Zhu Yuanzhang is a little novice, and a cowherd baby is not sitting in the world? Hehe, wait, the preparation for the husband is almost the same, just wait for the time to get up, then I will sit in the Dragon Court, you are my Bigfoot Queen."

Cui Ying'er raised her eyebrows, raised her horsewhip, but gently landed on his shoulder, and said with a sneer: "What nonsense are you, do people have big feet?" ”

Yang Hu laughed, seeing that Cui Ying'er was smiling and not angry, he took the opportunity to say: "Ying'er, after I go back, I will gather people, and you and I will do it tonight", he lowered his voice, and said fiercely with his palm: "You entangle the surnamed Wu, I will lead someone to kill Yang Ling's family and destroy the warm cellar."

Cui Ying'er was taken aback, and a pair of beautiful eyes glared in surprise: "What are you talking about?" I think that Yang Ling is a good official, what did you do by killing him? ”

Yang Hu said: "My lady, we are about to do something, what if that Yang Ling is engaged in any Western crops that are really high-yield and harvested?" Those who are willing to follow us will inevitably be reduced by half, can you still be the queen of the world? ”

Cui Ying'er said in shock and anger: "What are you talking about, what do we want to rebel for?" If he can really feed the people of our hometown, why should he rebel? Aren't we all forced to go up the mountain by officials who don't treat the people as human beings? If the crops are really good, how can we do something that is sorry for the farmers? ”

Seeing this, Yang Hu hurriedly changed his words with a smile: "I think he is open-mouthed, how can those things have such a big effect?" How can he let him deceive people's hearts and ruin our great affairs? ”

Cui Ying'er said disapprerovingly: "What's that?" Whether what he said is true or not will be known in less than a year."

Yang Hu said: "But when we enter Beijing this time, if something big can be done, we will have to start troops in less than a year, and besides, the father-in-law has taken out all his life savings to recruit troops, we can't let the old man down, if it becomes a big thing early, let the old man become the national abbot."

Cui Ying'er's pretty face sank, and she said angrily: "I don't agree!" What is the reason for this? What we said to our brothers is to do the right thing for heaven, and not for their own glory and wealth, and he is a big official in the court, if he is killed, the court must be alert, although that person has arranged internal response, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch that big fish by then, you better be safe! ”

Yang Hu has always been afraid of guilt, seeing her resolute tone, her eyes rolled and she hurriedly smiled: "Okay, okay, I listen to the lady, what do you say, let's do it!" ”

Yang Ling sent people up the mountain to call Liu Biao and Yang Yiqing down, these two thousand households are in charge of the prison force of the inner factory, and their subordinates each control an elite division that is selected by a thousand, Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun came to the Zhongtang study to taste tea and wait for a while, The two had hurried from the mountain.

Yang Ling couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Wu Jie also go down the mountain, and hurriedly stood up to greet him and said, "Why is even Wu Lao alarmed?" ”

Wu Jie said with a smile: "There are other important things to report to the lord."

Yang Ling motioned for Liu and Yang to sit down, and asked Wu Jie, "What is the important thing to bother Wu Lao to go down the mountain in person?" ”

Wu Jie put away his smile and saw that there were only Cheng Qiyun and Liu Yang in the room, both of whom were Yang Ling's henchmen, so he said, "My lord, there is news from Duoyan Sanwei."

Yang Ling was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Did you see Huadang?" What did he say? ”

Wu Jie sighed lightly and said: "My lord, our people saw Huadang and said the conditions offered by the imperial court, Duoyan Sanwei is very sad at present, they are moved by such favorable conditions, but."

Yang Ling hurriedly said: "But what? ”

Wu Jie said helplessly: "But since Li Hao killed thousands of people in Duoyan Sanwei for no reason, the noble chiefs of Duoyan Sanwei have a deep understanding of Da Ming, they say that the general soldiers of Da Ming can do such a treacherous thing, they can't trust the messenger we sent, and they must personally accept it before they are willing to cooperate with us."

Yang Ling smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Reply to them and tell them to send messengers, and the emperor will definitely see them and appease them personally."

Wu Jie smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, Duoyan Sanwei is between the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty, and they have always been left and right, seeing the wind and making the rudder, although these people are brave and good at fighting, but they know how to use the opportunity to bargain more than the most cunning businessmen, and now we have to ask for them, and once we exchange markets with us and contain the rear of the Tatars, we will have to risk breaking with Boyan, and we can't be the master alone."

Our people waited there for five days, and the chiefs of the various tribes of Duoyan Sanwei quarreled fiercely, some agreed, some opposed, and some made peace with the mud, and finally Hua Dang decided that he was willing to accept the conditions of the Ming Dynasty, but."

Wu Jie glanced at Yang Ling and plucked up his courage to say: "He asked the Great Tomorrow to meet with himself and the three tribal leaders elected by Duoyan Sanwei, sacrifice heaven and earth, and make an alliance with blood, so that they would be willing to obey the imperial court, exchange markets with the Great Ming, contain the Tatars, and provide war horses in the Hetao region at a low price." ”

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and said, "This, Hua Dang and the three tribal leaders want to see the emperor?" They must not have entered Beijing to see the driver. ”

Wu Jie laughed dryly twice, and said in a low voice: "Uh, yes, Duoyan Sanwei is worried that the imperial court is making Xu again, and he will take the opportunity to take the four big leaders as hostages, so he asked to meet with the emperor on Baishan Mountain, ten miles outside Datong City."

Yang Ling's eyes were straight when he heard this, he knew that Duoyan Sanwei was not deliberately making trouble, but was indeed fooled and scared by the Ming Dynasty, these chieftains of the foreign ethnic groups would not understand, they could go to any place in the grassland at will, and it would be extremely difficult for the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty to leave the Forbidden City, so that the emperor of the Heavenly Empire would leave the capital and go to Baishan Mountain to meet with several of their tribal chiefs? How is that possible!

Yang Ling was stunned for a long time before he said: "If you send someone to contact them, the official or the bachelor of the imperial court can go, and you can take the emperor's holy decree to show our sincerity, and the great tomorrow really can't leave the capital."

Wu Jie sighed: "I said, Hua Dang wants to agree, after all, he is the big leader of Duoyan Sanwei, and the people of Duoyan Sanwei have also frozen and starved to death this winter, he is eager to accept Daming's assistance, but more than half of the tribal leaders among the Duoyan nobles disagree, they say that it is also the will of Da Ming to exchange markets, Li Hao is the second minister of Da Ming, and he is the biggest military attaché, unless he sees Da Ming in person, they will not cooperate with Da Ming."

Yang Ling paced in the room for a while, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, wait until I see the emperor, if it really doesn't work, ask the emperor to send a royal family member to come forward and ask the emperor to meet him?" How is this possible".

Wu Jie responded: "Yes, Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren have arrived in Datong, the two don't know what they are doing, suddenly the flag died down and there was no movement, once the Tatars retreated, they immediately poured out their nests, and the light cavalry bit in front, and the Tartars counterattacked and immediately retreated into the city to hold on, and the two sides were stuck in the war, and the situation was not in a hurry at this moment." ”

Yang Ling was a little amused when he heard it, if this Tartar was replaced by Zhang Fei, I am afraid that in the face of such a situation, he would have to roar outside Datong City: "Fight and not fight, retreat and not retreat, but why!" Finish.

He couldn't figure out what the hell these two were doing, and since the war was not tight, he didn't bother to ask more about it at this time. He nodded, turned to Liu Biao and Yang Yiqing, and said, "I came to you today because I am afraid that this official is going to encounter a trouble, but it may also be just a false alarm."

Yang Ling said: "Approaching the end of the year, I wanted my brothers to have an easy holiday, but I am afraid that I will have to work on them at this time."

Liu Biao said with a smile: "Raising soldiers for a thousand years, using soldiers for a while, these guys usually say that when is it not like a holiday in our inner factory?" What is there to tell you, that the elite soldiers trained by me and Ichikiyo have not had a chance to serve."

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Okay, when you are busy in the past few days, each brother will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and they will be given a big vacation."

He walked to the back of the table and sat down, and said, "Recently, a group of horse gangs have come from the Beijing Division, they have legal official guidance, and there is no one who knows them well in the local area, unless they are arrested without crime, I am afraid there is no way to find out about them." However, please tell Wu Lao the details to the head of the stall, and send a few shrewd and capable people to investigate, and be careful not to alarm them."

He stretched out a finger, drew a circle on the table, and said: "Liu Biao, Yiqing, this is Gao Laozhuang, our inner factory is working hard here, and Wu Lao has set up a lot of open and dark piles in the village and outside the village, you can use these places to ambush your elite soldiers at night."

Yang Ling looked at Cheng Qiyun with a smile and said: "If our female Zhuge is not bad, there will be uninvited guests in these days, and then I will ask you to treat me well!" ”。

(To be continued)