Chapter 26 Sizhou
When Qu Lingfeng read the letter, Wang Churen had already left Lin'an and arrived at the border of Huzhou, since the stronghold of the Song capital was handled and presided over for him, then he had to consider the stronghold in the north as soon as possible.
In Wang Churen's plan, in addition to leaving three groups of emergency personnel, one hundred and eight subordinates were divided into at least fifteen groups to find fifteen large cities in the north and south as strongholds.
That kind of geographical coverage is almost the same, inquire and pass on the news, deceive and kill people to be efficient, but these fifteen points can't all be done by themselves, that is more troublesome, it is better to be directly single and single, so I will prepare to set up a headquarters in the east, west and north, and the rest will be arranged by them when their subordinates are bigger in the future.
After traveling all the way north for three days, Wang Churen crossed the Yangtze River, crossed the Huai River, walked out of the Song Realm, and came to the city of Sizhou on the border of the Jin Kingdom.
Sizhou City is the southeast of the hub, the Central Plains of the important meeting, Linhuai water to look at Chuyang two states, the main road of water transport in the north and south of the card, is the place where the soldiers must fight, decades ago the famous general Han Shizhong is the garrison here and Jin to fight, blocking the Jin soldiers to go south.
Because in the north of Huaishui, after the Song and Jin Dynasty negotiated peace, this important city has been returned to the Jin State, is the Jin State demarcated the Rong Field, the Song Dynasty is in the Xuyi on the other bank of the establishment of the Rong Field, the two countries are separated by the Huai River, communicate with each other, this city is also the place where the Song Dynasty pays a huge amount of annual tribute every year.
Therefore, this ancient city with a radius of more than nine miles is extremely prosperous, not only there are officials and giant businessmen of the two countries who legally trade things from the north and south, but also many small people and small businessmen who sell goods privately for profiteering.
Entering the heavily guarded city gate, the streets are full of traffic in an orderly manner, along the way you can see the smiling merchants arguing about the price, although it is inevitable that there are those who fight for a profit and are red-faced, but they also follow the rules, the tea and rice fruits and spices from the south, the cow and horse fur and medicinal materials from the north, are countless, and even some rare ivory rhinoceros and mink leather ginseng are not uncommon.
Wang Churen looked around along the way, and found a strange thing that he had never seen before, in the streets and alleys, there were very few beggars, and only some of them were also old, weak, sick and disabled, which was really inconsistent with the ubiquitous disposition of the beggar disciples.
It's not that this place is too prosperous, and it is easy to survive, so no one is lazy to be a beggar, it's not realistic, I'm afraid that this city is too important, the Jin people look too closely, the beggars are too famous for anti-gold, and the down-and-out beggars are driven out.
After passing through two streets, I saw a rather wide river passing through the city, with rows of willow trees on the riverside, and the boats in the river were busy, and the streets along the coast were mostly shops and restaurants.
Wang Churen picked the largest restaurant on the street, chose a table by the window and sat down, asked for a pot of Fenjiu, and ordered a few good dishes from the restaurant.
Because it was not yet time to eat, there were few diners in the lobby, and only a few tables of merchants were drinking and talking about things.
The shopkeeper had such a sluggish coping posture, which couldn't help but make Wang Churen turn his head and look at his back, although his body was a little bent over and bowed back, but his steps were light and fast, and he was calm and powerful, obviously he had kung fu in his body, he was dressed neatly and neatly, but there was a small patch in the hidden (secret) place of his arm and arm, and he disappeared into the back hall in an instant and never came out again.
Around the eyes, in addition to the account room that collects money, there are only two running halls and a handyman waiting to wait, Wang Churen observed a few times and found that these three are ordinary people, although they are also patched at the crook of their arms, but the mending is very large, it is to wrap the entire crook of the arm, and the dark fabric that is mended is greasy and shiny.
This comparison, thinking of the few beggars in the city, Wang Churen is even more curious, feeling that this shop is like a stronghold, most of them are still beggars who clean clothes, that person is in a hurry, and he is afraid that there is something important in the back hall, so it is better to verify it.
At the moment, while raising a glass and moving the chopsticks, he listened intently to the movement in the back hall, and now Wang Churen's internal strength is exquisite, and he is even more intelligent when he obeys the snake gall, this distance does not pose an obstacle to him, and the conversation of several people inside can be heard clearly.
"Didn't you tell you to wait outside, why did you run in again, but the helper and his old man arrived?" An impatient, rough old man said in a loud voice.
"No, no, I'm afraid that I can't be busy inside, so I want to come in first to help, and when the old man comes, there are two little two people greeting outside, and it's not in the way." The voice of the shopkeeper who had just delivered the food.
"So something, we're going to be too busy? You little brute is so bold that you dare not listen to me, get out and wait! With a crisp sound of a hit, the grumpy old man said angrily.
At this time, another voice in the room said: "Elder Liang, don't be angry, the old gang leader likes food, the chef in this building has a few dishes that are not bad, the old gang leader is happy to see the hunt, and it will not affect us if he comes, I want to come to Master Deng's nephew I am afraid that I have not seen tens of thousands of gold and silver, I want to open my eyes, this person's normal feelings, haven't we never seen it, don't let him wait outside the store, just let him wait in the back hall, pay attention to whether the old gang leader outside has entered the store, and wait for Elder Peng and them to come back, let him open his eyes inside, After taking some gold and silver and calming his mind, let him go out again. ”
Elder Liang seemed to agree, and didn't pursue it anymore, there was a knock on the door, and the shopkeeper closed the door and walked to the back hall, pacing back and forth, very anxious.
There was silence in the room for a while, and then Elder Liang said in a low voice: "Brother Yang, do you say that our plan will make the helper and his old man find out and blame us, especially Na Lu Youjiao is against us for everything, if he gets any horses, it is our ** annoyance, when it comes to the end, why am I more and more uneasy." ”
The surnamed Yang chuckled and said: "Elder Liang is too worried, the dead are just three ordinary wanderers, not counting the people of the Dirty Clothes Sect, not to mention that Lu Youjiao doesn't know, even if he knows, he won't be more serious with us for this, and the people are not killed by us, but they were beaten by the golden dog Wan Yan Ming's men to die, the dog thief relied on the sentence of his uncle to run rampant in Sizhou City, cleverly robbed, and did all the bad things, and also drove our beggar gang to divide the rudder, killing the original is for the heavens, and the Sizhou rudder of the Dirty Clothes faction is gone, do you think Lu Youjiao does not hate, it is all for the beggars to help, What else does he have to say! ”
"The gang leader found that it was even more impossible, if it weren't for the dog thief who had saved more than 100,000 ill-gotten gains, the old gang leader just said that he only killed the big traitor, and we didn't have to make this decision, we couldn't take the ill-gotten wealth by ourselves, and if we took it, we would eventually leak our feet, but as soon as the old gang leader made a move, the two elders of Peng Jian did the aftermath according to the instructions of the old gang leader, pretending to be a big thief of Jiang Yang to rob the money and take his life, how did the old gang leader know how much money he had, and the money was hidden so secretly, if it wasn't for Elder Peng's powerful mental skills, who could know, Afterwards, if Lu Youjiao listened to a little rumor and took money to say something, we could completely shirk the old gang leader, this thing was done by the old gang leader himself, how could we play with the flower head, we took tens of thousands of yuan in one bite, so you can rest assured about this matter, as long as the four of us don't show our mouths and go out, no one will know, and your apprentice also has to pay attention, you don't have to keep your mouth shut and say it thoroughly, you remember that no one can say this, we will get more than 20,000 yuan by one person, don't be too carefree, this thing will rot in the stomach afterwards. The surname Yang was obviously very worried about Elder Liang, and a little bit of detailed analysis made him feel at ease.
"The old gang leader is good at everything, but it's not good to favor the dirty clothes faction, we beggars help to get money, how can we really admit death like the dirty clothes faction, go begging when you're hungry, then don't do anything, catch lice every day and ask for food, what kind of gold do you resist, the beggars have been inherited for hundreds of years and are the beggars of the clean clothes faction, which is like now, it is about to become a veritable beggar gang!" Elder Liang said gloomily.
Seeing that they were just there with a long sigh, full of all kinds of complaints about the disputes between the two factions in the beggar gang, Wang Churen was not interested in listening to it any longer, nor did he care about the ill-gotten wealth in their mouths, and when he heard that the northern beggars were coming, he slowly ate the wine and food on the table.