Spring is coming to an end, and in April and May, the weather has begun to warm up, but after an unusually heavy rain, those who can afford it have added an extra piece of clothing.

Conditional here refers to the wealthy.

Of course, in the area north of the Yellow River now, there are not many rich people left. At least not as much as before.

These remaining rich people are either officials or wealthy businessmen who have dealings with officials. In the case of the imminent fall of Hebei Province, those who have not yet moved away basically have some forces. Either they are gentry who cooperate with the imperial court and have independent forces, or they are businessmen who are running for the government to mobilize grain and grass.

However, no matter which one it is, the current situation does not allow them to sit at home and enjoy the tender thighs of the concubine - they have to run for life, right?

These people cursed the sudden cold weather while thanking for the heavy rain.

It was really this heavy rain, which not only made the roads muddy and the speed of transfer greatly reduced, but also greatly reduced the speed of the rebels and Yan people to the south.

The heavy rainfall caused the river to swell, and the criss-crossing rivers of the Hebei Province became a natural protective net in such weather, and then blocked the southward movement of the army. A merchant walked along the river, dressed in a somewhat whitish garment, and watched as the men tried to push the carts out of the mud and then continued on their way.

"These dozens of truckloads of grain, if you go another forty miles to the north, can you go by water?"

"Master, the waterway doesn't work. The river is so fierce that there are no boats to transport for a while, and the army can't keep up, so even if it does, it's not safe."

The merchant surnamed Fan frowned, then waved his hand, as if to drive away the humid air, and soon after, the butler-like man next to him trotted to the back, urging the people to speed up.

This is the dark line left by Xie Shence when he left from Hebei Province.

In that year, after the Jin-Yan War and the flood, after the Yan army retreated, a large number of young and strong laborers were taken away, and at the same time, food was also taken away. In order to stabilize prices, Xie Shence carried out a series of actions, including taking advantage of the momentum of the cavalry to win over the merchants of Shandong County and carry out operations.

As a result, after the price of grain was suppressed, although the land annexation of Hebei Province was not suppressed, Xie Sheng found an opportunity and planted a lot of eyeliner in Hebei Province.

Since then, although Xie Shence has not paid attention to Hebei Province, the Xie family has never stopped observing the situation in Hebei Province. If it weren't for Sima Bi's rebellion coming too suddenly, and it was too hidden before, and it was very well disguised, it would be impossible for the Xie family not to feel any movement.

Fan Jiacheng is Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, the most prosperous age of his real life, and in fact, just like his golden age, his career, or life, is about to usher in its peak.

This stems from taking sides a few years ago.

In the previous three years, on the one hand, he did business as a businessman, opening up the north-south trade route, and on the other hand, he collected intelligence information about Hebei Province and sent it to Xie's family through secret channels. In the past year, due to the almost subversive changes in the situation in Hebei Province, the focus of his work has changed to coercion and transshipment of grain and espionage intelligence.

This is quite a trusting appointment, because of this, his eighteen-year-old youngest son entered the outer hall of the lecture hall, although it was at his own expense, but in the businessman's family, it can be regarded as a pheasant turned into a phoenix, and once he attained the Tao.

Naturally, this is all a secret in his circle.

When there is wine and something to worry about, Fan Jiacheng will have a drink, and then think about the bright future of the old Fan family, rejoice himself, and his troubles will be gone.

The youngest son fights for himself in Jindu, and the rest of the sons fight for themselves by his side, so in the eyes of outsiders, except for the younger son's study tour, the Fan family is full of incense and vitality.

As for the fact that he himself was appointed as a petty officer for transshipment, in his mouth, it became a trivial matter that was "not worth mentioning".

It is true that transshipment is something that others cannot envy, but it is also full of dangers.

It is said that the rebel scouts have reached the Yellow River, and because the mountain bandits born of war and hunger are everywhere, some of the defeated troops will make temporary cameos to fill their stomachs.

So it wasn't smooth along the way.

This is the last batch of grain to be shipped to Gaotang Prefecture, as long as the 400 stone food security arrives, he will complete the task, and then the whole family can retreat to Shandong Province, and then go to Jindu through Shandong Province, which is the new starting point of his Fan family.

Everything looks as good as it seems.

However, Fan Jiacheng, who may be the most important figure in the history of the Fan family, did not agree with this action in his heart.

This was the last time grain was transported to Gaotang Prefecture

Gaotang Prefecture crossed the Yellow River and was Shandong Province, which means that this is the last batch of grain transported to Hebei Province by Shandong Province and even the entire Great Jin Dynasty.

Not anymore.

Hebei Province was abandoned by the imperial court, whether it was to run out of ammunition and food and still hold it, or to surrender after finding that it was isolated and helpless, in fact, not many people cared.

Hebei Province was abandoned.

Fan Jiacheng's heart is puzzled, but also understanding, he understands that as a superior, he abandons the car to protect the commander with the overall situation as the priority, but he is sad for the people of Heihe North Road.

The country you have tried so hard to defend has actually abandoned you. In the future, Hebei Province, which could no longer receive large-scale assistance, was invaded by the rebels and the Yan people little by little, and it was not even encroached, but swallowed by whales.

How many people will die, how many homes will be destroyed, and how many miles will it take?

Fan Jiacheng didn't know about military affairs, so he was a little confused and a little pity.

It wasn't what he wanted.

His wife and children are actually already in Shandong Province, and this time, that is, he is alone, plus the housekeeper who acts as a staff member, in fact, he is also ready to die. Just looking at the two hundred soldiers around him, he felt very secure.

Then Fan Jiacheng wrote a letter and sent it out.

After doing all this, Fan Jiacheng felt a little lost in his heart. After all, he is still a businessman with a conscience.

He asked to stay, to stay in Hebei Province.

The giant wheel of history rolls forward, forming a beautiful partner with time. There are not many people like Fan Jiacheng, but they are not enough to be the force that makes this giant ship deflect or stop.

However, he made a decision that was enough to change his own fate.

There are people like him, they just feel that they can't bear it, so they have to do something.

When Xie Shence received Fan Jiacheng's secret letter, it was estimated that the last rain on the bank of the Yellow River in the past two months had just ended.

"It's really not personal heroism to stay in the north!"

"Childe doesn't have any other ideas, of course, it's even more impossible to surrender or something, but his subordinates personally feel that it should be his personal thoughts."

"Of course I do! What's going on with him? Regardless of him, did he think it was fun? He is a businessman, his family is ruined, he has never done it, he has never seen it? You've seen a lot of it, right? Does everyone need him? Can he solve everyone's affairs alone? Have one's head in the clouds! I've already planned it, as long as I do what I say, things won't be smashed, and there are his benefits! At this time, what kind of individualism is engaged"

The staff didn't understand what an ideology was, but they also understood that a word that sounded a lot like self-righteousness would not be a compliment.

So the staff took out a stack of secret letters and said, "Childe, he is not the only one. ”

Xie Shence: ""

His fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and Xie Shence fell into a deep groan.

After a long time, Xie Shence said: "Reply, agree to let them stay, but there are conditions for everyone to stay, each person submits a plan in detail, there must be a goal, there must be a framework, tell them, don't have concerns, want to do, don't dare to do it before, you can write it out if you are offensive and taboo, this time I don't care, once I adopt it, the Xie family will fully support and tell them, since you want to be a hero, give me the confidence and courage." ”

The staff thought for a moment and said, "Childe, wouldn't this be too risky?" ”

Xie Shence shook his head, his eyes were a little deep, and in the puzzled eyes of the staff, he said lightly: "Since you don't want to listen to me, then you have to come up with a better plan than my plan." What you mean, I understand, but don't worry, these people and my Xie family are more or less already sharing honor and disgrace, businessmen seek profit, and they can't see the benefits, of course, they won't do it, of course, they don't rule out their true conscience, but to be honest, I don't expect extravagance, if I can, I am naturally willing to treat them well, before that, it depends on their performance. ”

"Did Childe actually guess it a long time ago?"

Xie Shence smiled and said, "I'm not Zhuge Liang, how can I guess everything?" It's just that since some of them really want to do something, I'm happy to see it happen. ”

The staff sighed inwardly, then shook their heads with a smile.

Sure enough, haven't you guessed it all?

This second son is much more stable and deep than in previous years. Thinking that a few years ago in Cangzhou, I discussed with everyone in front of the son who was still the Admiral, and the son at that time was full of energy, and it was only a few years of hard work, and it was so quiet as the sea, which was really amazing.

Then the staff remembered the previous rumors about the second puppet, those encounters, and what happened to the Xie family, and the staff became angry again.

When the real rabbit dies and the dog cooks, in the future world, who else dares to be loyal?

Then someone came in and whispered something, and after a while, a tall woman came in with an ancient sword, and behind her were four or five strong soldiers, escorting two people over.

Overlord Flower didn't salute either, hugged her fists, and stood aside. Then the two captives were brought to the front, and the strands of hair were parted to reveal their faces.

"Is that you?"

"Sure enough, it's you!"

"You this"

Before the swear words could be spoken, someone stepped forward and pinched his chin, and the person who was firmly restrained could only make a "ho-ho" sound.

"It's been a long time since you two have seen each other."

Xie Shence walked down, smiling.

These two people are Cao Baqi and Ge Monkey.

It's just that this meeting is too different from when we were separated a few months ago.

At that time, there was even limited sympathy, and this time it was the hatred of eating flesh and sleeping skin.

"Humph! I guessed you had a problem! You are not the fish pond of Yan Kingdom! You are a Jin person! You're this"

With a muffled sound, Cao Baqi, who was about to scold, was punched in the abdomen, Cao Baqi couldn't bear the pain, curled up badly, but his eyes were a little more fierce.

Ge Monkey on the side struggled hard, and with all his strength, the two big men could barely be suppressed, and they were almost escaped by him, but almost after all, Ge Monkey failed to break free. The next moment, the monkey was pressed to the ground, and he was beaten hard a few times under the ribs, and he was honest.

"You found out I had a problem? Very good, in fact, I don't want to hide it from you, if you really want to set a trap, your people won't survive. I can't take so many of you with me, and I have to be on guard at all times. There must be flaws, and it is normal for you to find them, and it is abnormal if you can't find them. ”

"But if you can endure it until the end and don't say it, it's a skill. Maybe I'm afraid that I'll turn my face when I say it at the time, and you won't be able to go back, well, Mingzhe protects himself, I understand. ”

"It's just that I'm curious, how did you get escorted over, as far as I know, except for the Heavenly Master Zhan Yangzi who took refuge in the government at the first time, the rest, the West Wind Collar, the Eighteen Pans, and your Baizhang Cliff Old Dragon Pond, should have been swept away, you didn't escape, and you didn't go directly to the Yan people?"

Cao Baqi stared at Xie Shence viciously and did not speak.

"Hmph" Overlord Flower, who had been watching, spoke.

"It's not that he didn't want to go directly to the Yan people, he just wanted to be a dog, and he didn't have a dog hole to drill him What kind of virtue is Cao Earthworm, I know best, so I saw him capture with a little trick."

"But this guy is not a stupid donkey who has no brains at all, and he knows that acting separately is just a joke, haha, how could he have thought that he would lead a team with Ge Monkey, one fool and another fool, not a smart person, but two fools, so as long as I catch one and let out the wind, the other will obediently take the bait."

Xie Shence was stunned, with such an opponent who knew himself, Cao Baqi would not lose. Looking at Cao Baqi's expression again, Xie Shence knew that this fierce bandit who could stop children crying at night in Shandong Province was really weak in the face of the woman in front of him.

"Cao Baqi doesn't have his quasi-father-in-law, and without his daughter-in-law who doesn't bird him, he is just a fool with only brute strength, and he is not to be afraid."

"Overlord Flower, you vicious woman! You bastard, are you good? Insult Lao Tzu"

Looking at Cao Baqi's rage, Xie Shence began to believe in his heart that he was indeed eaten to death by the Overlord Flower.

So Xie Shence had a strong curiosity about what Overlord Hua said, Cao Baqi's quasi-father-in-law, and his daughter-in-law who didn't bird birds.

As if seeing Xie Shence's curiosity, Bawanghua sneered after sneering at Cao Baqi with his fist: "Cao Baqi went down the mountain to grab grain one year, and caught a father and daughter from another place to go up the mountain, and since then it has changed a lot. The woman was not very beautiful, but the small family jasper has its own charm, Cao Baqi was obsessed with her, saying that she would not marry, but the woman was loyal and did not want to marry an uneducated bandit, so this family affair fell through. ”

If it's just like this, the parents' orders may be able to change something, but the old man is an old Confucian student, knows a lot of things, but he is rigid, and he also looks down on the illiterate Cao Baqi, saying that one day Cao Baqi will marry his daughter to him if he is admitted to the top prize. Hahahaha, how could Cao Baqi, an illiterate person, be able to get the top prize? So if this matter was shelved indefinitely, this is a well-known thing about horse bandits, and this is also the biggest interesting story of Shandong Dao horse bandits. ”

Overlord Flower ruthlessly hit Cao Baqi, making Xie Shence speechless.

In this way, this Cao Baqi is also a poor illiterate.

So in this way, Xie Shence became more curious about the father and daughter that Overlord Hua said.

However, curiosity is curiosity, the content of this curiosity is not the focus now, what Xie Shence wants to know more is actually how Cao Baqi retreated.

"Wei Liao is determined to rectify the Shandong Dao horse bandits this time, since the dog heavenly master has surrendered, we will not surrender, or Wei Liao never thought about giving us a chance to surrender in his heart, so it is reasonable that we are resolutely eliminated. Since I have been defeated, he Cao Baqi has no reason not to be defeated. ”

"Some time ago, I don't know where Cao Baqi heard about the treasure, or the treasure of the Imperial Pavilion, and talked about it, saying that there was indeed something, so each of us arranged for someone to go with him. Don't want to get rich, just don't hurt each other's friendship because of any money. But Cao Baqi, this fool, was obviously deceived, all the treasures of the Imperial Pavilion were empty, but he came back, and our brothers were all folded in it."

Listening to Bawanghua's somewhat indignant words, Xie Shence probably understood the reason why Cao Baqi and his party went north.

It is no wonder that the Shandong Dao horse bandits were able to gather more than 100 people outside the customs, and they were originally partners. It's just that this partnership is not very strong, so the big defeat is reasonable.

And Overlord Flower said that all their people were folded inside, which is probably the reason why Overlord Flower was particularly ruthless to Cao Baqi before.

What the overlord said is very reasonable, what Cao Baqi is illiterate, Ding is going to play conspiracy and tricks with others, he is looking for death, and the illiterate speaker likes to drop his bookbag is Dong Shi Xiaofeng, etc., so that Xie Shence thinks so.

It's just a little bit, Overlord Flower said that the Dynasty Pavilion was fake, but I didn't know that the Dynasty Pavilion was real, and Xie Shence still lived in it for a month.

"Are you really not going to join me?"

"Do you think you are a spy of the Jin people, a minion, isn't it just Ti Cai? Ye is an upright man, and he disdains to be with you! You reptiles who live in the dark can't look down on it, hahaha I'll consider it if you were the Commander of the Cavalry, but you're just a little bit at most, why should I surrender? ”

Xie Shence thought about it seriously and asked, "If I am the Commander of the Tiqi Division, you will surrender?" ”

Cao Baqi was stunned for a moment, obviously shocked by Xie Shence's serious attitude, but then burst into rampant laughter.

"Hahahaha, you hairy doll, you are the Commander of the Cavalry? Why don't you say that you are the commander of the Northwest Army! ”

"I'm really Admiral Titisi. It's just the ex, my name is Xie Shence. ”

"You hahahaha, Lao Tzu or uh, what are you talking about?"

"I said my name was Xie Shence."

"Thanks for what?"

"Thank you, the former Admiral of the Tiqi Division."

"Ahh

Cao Baqi's mouth grew and he couldn't speak.

The kudzu monkey next to him also has a mouth.

Damn, it's so cheap to have such a big mouth.