In the next few days, Zhao Yan has been giving Cao Song a lesson, that's right, it's a class, the bank is not so easy to open, you must have a certain amount of financial knowledge, although Zhao Yan doesn't know much about finance in later generations, but at least some common sense still knows, so with the help of these few days, all of them are taught to Cao Song, as for how much he can learn, it all depends on himself.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the official road leading from Tokyo to Xixia is also very lively, including the convoy of the imperial court to transport materials, and the team of private businessmen rushing to Xixia, it seems that Zhao Yan is not the only one who sees the profits contained in the battlefield of Xixia, these merchants are also planning to make some war money, but most of them are transporting some food and materials, and then use the money to exchange some valuable things from the soldiers to bring back after selling, so that it is a two-way benefit, but they are for safety reasons, They definitely won't go too deep into the battlefield, and there are some places where they can't enter, so their interests don't have much conflict with Zhao Yan and them.

Zhao Yan had just entered autumn when they launched an attack on Xixia, and the weather was still relatively hot, but when Zhao Yan and they went on the road, half of this autumn had passed, and the weather gradually became colder, especially the temperature difference between day and night was very large, sometimes Zhao Yan and they missed the post station, so they could only camp in the wild, Zhao Yan didn't even bring small bean sprouts with him, and he didn't know how to pay attention to it, and he only covered it with a thin blanket at night like at home, and the next morning he was frozen with snot and drank several bowls of ginger soup to ease up.

In addition, the temperature is still a trivial matter, but it is even more fatal but the autumn rain, this day Zhao Yan and they were about to leave the boundary of Hezhong Mansion, and the autumn rain finally fell in the air after a few days of overcast, and the rain was not heavy at first, and Zhao Yan and their team could move forward in the rain. But after an hour, the rain became heavier and heavier, almost forming a curtain of rain, and the road could not be seen clearly from a few meters away, not only people shivered from the cold, but the ground was even more muddy. There is simply no way to rush anymore.

"Lao Huang, is there a place to rest nearby, let's take shelter from the rain before leaving!" Zhao Yan looked at the people in the team who were moving hard, and immediately turned his head to Huang Wude, who was sitting next to him, and said, they didn't have anything to sit in the carriage, but the guards outside and the stewards led by Cao Song were too hard.

"Your Highness, rest assured, walk about two miles along the official road, there is a post station called Luoshui Station, we can have a good rest when we get there!" Huang Wude, who was studying the map, raised his head and smiled at him. Then he conveyed his order, and when the people in the team heard that there was a post station not far in front of them, they were immediately shocked, and their feet involuntarily accelerated their speed.

Facing the autumn rain of freezing people, he walked for nearly two miles, and there was a large-scale post station in front of him, and now it was just past afternoon, and the gate of the post station was still open, and Zhao Yan's guards directly broke in and called the post man out. and identified himself, but he almost scared the nearly sixty-year-old Yi Shi to death. Braving the rain and running to Zhao Yan's carriage to salute, this made Zhao Yan a little embarrassed, and hurriedly asked him to arrange for the people in the team to rest first, and he went to the lobby with Huang Wude and Cao Song to rest.

Hezhong Mansion is the only place to pass through from Kaifeng to Xi'an Prefecture in Western Xia, and it used to be very busy with people on this road, but now because of the war. This road was a lot depressed, and when Zhao Yan and the others came to the post station, there were not many people living in the entire post station, and most of the rooms were empty, but Zhao Yan's team had two thousand guards alone. Coupled with the miscellaneous personnel, there were two thousand, three or four hundred people, and no matter how big the post station was, it couldn't fit it, and finally it was crowded and crowded, and even the lobby was full of people, and as a result, there were still hundreds of guards who could only live in tents outside.

Zhao Yan instructed Yi Cheng to prepare hot water and hot dishes for the guards who lived outside, don't freeze them, and then returned to the room to rest, although he has been sitting in the carriage, but in this weather, he still feels physically and mentally exhausted, and he falls asleep when he returns to the room, it is worth mentioning that in order to free up some more rooms, Zhao Yan and Cao Song live in one room, and Huang Wude lives with several leaders of the Imperial City Division, anyway, he is not so particular about going out.

When Zhao Yan woke up again, it was already dusk, Cao Song on the opposite bed was still sleeping, and after a while, Huang Wude personally brought them food, which should have gone to the lobby for dinner, but now there are people living in the lobby, not only is there no place in it, but it is also full of the smell of sweat, feet and foxes, Zhao Yan still feels that it is more comfortable to eat in his room.

At that moment, Zhao Yan woke up Cao Song to eat together, and there was nothing delicious in the post station, just a few ordinary side dishes plus gruel and steamed buns, and after Zhao Yan and they finished eating, Yi Cheng came over to ask for guilt, saying that he didn't expect His Royal Highness the county king to come, so he was not well prepared, and there was not much food in the post station, hoping that the county king would take care of Yunyun, but Zhao Yan didn't take it to heart, and comforted him a few words to let the other party go down.

I slept in the afternoon, and I was naturally not sleepy at night, and finally Zhao Yan called Cao Song and Huang Wude, and the three of them played the landlord in the room, since Zhao Yan got the cards out, this new game quickly swept the entire aristocratic circle, and even the Tokyo market can see the figure of the cards, Cao Song and Huang Wude are also very unproficient.

In fact, not only Zhao Yan and they can't sleep, but the guards outside also can't sleep, and after dinner, they can hear the noise outside, especially the lobby where there are many people, and the inside is even more upside down, laughter and scolding are endless, Zhao Yan has long been used to this situation, after all, these guards are rough people, and they have been in the army for a long time, they can find fun wherever they go, as long as they don't do illegal things, no one cares about them.

In this way, until the second watch, the rain outside began to become smaller, and the noise of those guards was much quieter, and it was estimated that some people had fallen asleep again, but at this time, suddenly there was a sound of people shouting and neighing outside the post station, and the number of people should be quite a lot, it seems that it is another team that came here in the wind and rain, but their luck is not good, the post station has been occupied by Zhao Yan's people, and it is estimated that these people can only sleep outside.

Originally, Zhao Yan didn't care about the team from outside, and the three of them continued to play cards, but what they didn't expect was that before they finished the game, they suddenly heard a burst of angry scolding and the sound of things breaking outside, which sounded like they were moving, which made Zhao Yan and them stunned.

"Wait a minute, the old slave will go and see what's going on?" Huang Wude heard the sound of fighting outside, and immediately stood up with a gloomy face and said, he had already heard that it seemed that the new team had clashed with his own team, which made him very angry, after all, not mentioning Zhao Yan's identity, he was not easy to provoke as the leader of the Imperial City Division, especially after leaving the capital, even the observation envoy who held great power had to be polite to him.

"It's just idle and boring, why don't we go and have a look together, third brother, so that we can know which way to dare to provoke us?" At this time, Cao Song suddenly smiled and said, he likes to join in the fun, and he has Zhao Yan to rely on, so he is naturally not afraid of the other party.

"Okay, let's go and have a look!" Zhao Yan was not interested in this kind of thing, but it was not easy to refute Cao Song's face, so he had to stand up and come outside with them, but as soon as he came to the front yard, he saw two groups of soldiers fighting together, one of which was naturally the escort he brought, and the other group should be the team of people who had just arrived before.

The rain outside has not stopped, and the scene is chaotic again, so Zhao Yan and their arrival did not attract the attention of those fighting soldiers, originally Zhao Yan wanted people to separate the fighting soldiers, but Cao Song suddenly saw the old post man standing in the rain with his cheeks covered, and immediately asked people to call him for questioning.

This old Yicheng surnamed Hu, when he saw Zhao Yan, who was the king of the county, came here in person, he was also startled, and hurriedly stepped on the rain and ran over to salute Zhao Yan.

"Hu Yicheng, what's going on, how can this king's guards fight with these people?" Zhao Yan asked with a deep face.

"King Qiyu, it's not your guards to blame for this fight, but the people who came just now were too arrogant, not only beat the villain, but also spoke too badly, and as a result, the guards resting in the lobby couldn't be angry, so they fought." Hu Yicheng said that he told the story in detail, and looked at the new soldiers with a bit of schadenfreude in his eyes, after all, the other party beat him, but unfortunately this time he hit a hard nail.

Although Zhao Yan knew that there must be some fuel and vinegar in this Hu Yicheng's words, but he finally understood what happened, it turned out that there was a team that was transporting supplies to the front line, and Zhao Yan and them finally came here under the wind and rain, but they didn't expect that the post station was full, but this team seemed to be not small, and they had to let Yi Cheng vacate a few rooms for them, although Yi Cheng knew that Zhao Yan was here, but he didn't dare to reveal Zhao Yan's identity lightly, so he could only keep saying that he couldn't vacate it, As a result, he finally angered the other party, not only slapped him, but also broke in to drive people away.

The guards brought by Zhao Yan are all forbidden troops in the capital, and they usually have their eyes above the top, plus they are following Zhao Yan to do things, so they naturally have a bigger temper, and when they saw the people who broke in outside, they wanted to drive them out, but now they stabbed the hornet's nest, and they started to do it in a few words, so the current situation appeared.

"Stop!" At this moment, suddenly a man dressed as a scribe ran in from outside the gate and shouted, it seemed that the new soldiers should be under his control, and many people who heard his shout took the opportunity to retreat. However, when Zhao Yan and Cao Song saw each other, they looked at each other strangely, because they never expected to meet this person here. (To be continued......)