Hou Liang rubbed his hands and smiled: "You are too worried, although the imperial court has made such a decision, who can abide by it in private?" It's the Northwest Army, General Liang and General Zong don't do it themselves, and they can't restrain everyone, right? There are always fish that slip through the net, and they know each other tacitly......"

To put it bluntly, it's smuggling.

In the northwest, smuggling has always been prohibited.

The grain, cloth and tea of the Central Plains, and the livestock and fur of the Hu people have always been popular for smuggling. In recent years, several salt ponds have been discovered in Hudi, so salt has become a hot commodity.

The price of official salt is high, the price of Hu salt is low, and the profits obtained are staggering, even the danger of killing the head cannot stop the smugglers.

Even the Northwest Army could not be completely clean.

In Mingwei's memory, the collapse of the Northwest Army has a lot to do with it.

More than ten years later, during the reign of Emperor Ling, smuggling in the Northwest Army gradually became the norm, and since then it has been decaying all the way, and later it was unbearable to fight, and it was defeated again and again.

She never mentioned these things to Yang Shu, but his grandparents were both famous generals, and it was not difficult to understand the dangers.

He didn't say much, just sneered, got up and brushed his sleeves away.

Hou Liang was stunned, and he didn't know where he said something wrong, so he set his eyes on Mingwei.

Mingwei looked at him sympathetically: "Have you ever heard of evasion?" ”

Although Hou Liang is a villain, he is really rich in knowledge, and after a little contemplation, he replied: "Is it a different species from another country?" ”

"That's right, it's also called a chameleon. The skin on the body will change color with the change of the environment, so as to achieve the purpose of concealing itself. Mr. Hou's philosophy of life is very similar to it! ”

Hou Liang laughed dryly. As a villain, you must have the consciousness of a villain, it is normal to be ridiculed and despised by others, and you must not still want to maintain your dignity. Since it's used for life, this thing is worthless.

But Mingwei didn't just laugh at him, his voice changed, and he continued: "Since you want to be a military evasion, you should be more competent." In the past, you were in a robber's den, and it was good to be a robber honestly, but now who you are under should also understand his principles. ”

Hou Liang pondered for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Please give the girl advice?" ”

Ming smiled and groaned: "Do you know the origin of your son-in-law?" ”

Hou Liang replied: "The son is the grandson of Princess Mingcheng after Taizu, the second son of Yang of the Marquis of Boling, and the third in the family. Maternal ancestor Pei's family, who has been hairpinned for generations, has an aunt as a concubine, and is very favored by the saints......"

"Alright." Ming Wei interrupted him, it was really a pot that didn't open and mention, and he was relegated to this place, and he said that he was extremely favored.

Hou Liang smiled and bowed to her deeply: "I hope the girl will give advice." ”

"What kind of person is Princess Mingcheng, do you know?"

Hou Liang said: "The princess is a heroine among women, a generation of famous generals, who followed Taizu to fight in the south and the north, and she did not love power, and retreated bravely. ”

Mingwei asked: "Then what do you think the people taught by the eldest princess will be?" ”

Hou Liang was stunned for a moment, as if he had an understanding.

Ming looked at him with a smile: "If you want to change color successfully enough, you have to let yourself really fit into the environment, and even lie to yourself." Childe doesn't limit your freedom, you can look around and see what the people around him are like. ”

After saying this, she left a meaningful sentence: "Do a good job." And he left.

Ning Xiu went for several days before returning.

With his fairy-like style, when he came back, his eyes were sunken and his face was bloodless.

Yang Shu felt guilty, and welcomed him in very politely, serving tea and water.

"It's a bit of a hassle." Ning Xiu opened his mouth and said, "The treasures in the stockade have been raised, but another treasure hiding place has been occupied by another nest of bandits. ”

"What?" Yang Shu suddenly had a feeling that someone had taken money out of his pocket, "Where are the bandits?" How many people? ”

Ning Xiu glanced at him: "Are you going to take someone to destroy them?" ”

"Uh......" Yang Shu retracted at the right time, "just asking." ”

Ning Xiu strengthened his determination more and more. Look, it's only been a long time since I got into the habit of a bandit!

"So I said, it's a bit of a hassle. There are many more thieves in Yanshan than you think, and they interact with each other, both cooperating in looting and attacking each other. If you want to get that treasure back, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, and in my opinion, it's not worth it. ”

"How much money?"

"There are not many silver taels, but there are a lot of antique Ming utensils, which look worth a lot, but they are not very easy to sell."

If the robbers knew how to operate, they wouldn't have gotten mixed up like this. If they had a ready-made pair of silver, most of them would have squandered it in a short time. Think about it, they even have an idea about a poor county like Gaotang, how rich can they be?

However, it would not be right to say that they have no family background. There is no channel to sell black goods for looted things, and most of them are not easy to sell, so they are either wasted or piled up there.

Ning Xiu went to the thieves' den this time, and he set up a lot of inventory, some fabrics that were not easy to preserve were too bad to use, but there were still a lot of valuable goods.

Yang Shu went outside to take a look, and happened to see Hou Liang probing his brain, so he grabbed him and pushed him forward roughly: "Do you understand prices?" ”

Hou Liang was taught by Mingwei that day, and carefully touched the small black room, and sure enough, no one stopped him. So he wandered around the racecourse, saw the Yang family's general, and leaned up to talk to people.

Before, he was Mr. Hou, and these generals respected him very much, but now he is a prisoner, who cares about him?

But he was thick-skinned, and others ignored him, and he stood aside and listened. After several times, slowly the generals went by him.

He had just figured out a little way, and when he was so frustrated by Yang Shu, he was frightened, and replied cautiously: "I know a little about ......."

"Do the math how much money is here!"

So Hou Liang calculated for a long time and told him a number: "These antiques, the small ones take the sum of the intermediate values, which is about ...... One hundred thousand taels. ”

Yang Shu was stunned.

100,000 taels, a robber's den of hundreds of people can scrape out 100,000 taels? How can this money be so easy to pick up?

The bandit leader who was dragged to the designated location was also stunned, and with straw-like hair, he hissed and asked Hou Liang: "One hundred thousand taels?" These things are worth 100,000 taels? ”

Hou Liang looked at him with disdain: "In the early years, a certain person said that these things can be exchanged for a lot of silver taels when they are transported to Dacheng, but you don't listen. ”

The robber leader roared in his heart, of course he wouldn't listen, you old boy, you used this method to eat inside and out, and you pitted the village next door...... Who the hell would have thought that what you said was true! How can these broken copper and iron be worth 100,000 taels? With this money, you can go to Yunjing for a leisure!

He regretted not being at the beginning, and only hated that there was no regret medicine to take in this world......

"Good!" Yang Shu clapped his hands and decided, "Tomorrow's training will be doubled." ”

Train your troops well and destroy those bandits!

"Little junior brother...... "Ning Xiu was a little desperate, why did he help more and the more he went, the more he went that way?"