The little fat man's name is Zheng Hong, and there is no official in the family, just a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou.

Lao Bai's attitude is so respectful, just because Zheng Hong's brother-in-law is the official of the Lizhou Road Tea and Horse Division...... of cronies.

Today's Sichuan and Shaanxi roads, the highest tea and horse organization is the "Duda Tea and Horse Division", which is in charge of tea and horse affairs in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

The Lizhou Road Tea and Horse Division under its jurisdiction has more than 20 officials and writing officers, who are in charge of the tea and horse affairs of the entire Lizhou Road.

With only 20 or so officials, where can they manage it?

It's the officials who really do the work.

A close official of the secretary of the tea and horse division is enough to decide the life and death of the owner of the tea plantation in the countryside!

"Petty official, please." The servants of the Bai family led the way diligently, and they couldn't wait to kneel down as dogs, and they always bowed over, so they didn't dare to stand up and walk straight.

After dragging mud and water for a while, Zheng Hong looked at the muddy mountain road, wiped the sweat on his forehead and asked, "Where is Li Erlang?" How long will it take? ”

The servant of the Bai family hurriedly replied: "My family Saburo and that Li Erlang should drink tea in Biyun Pavilion, and they can get there after walking for two or three minutes (14.4 minutes for Song carving). ”

"Two or three more minutes?" Zheng Hong only felt that his legs were trembling.

He is chic and happy in Yangzhou City, and his father insists that he come here. For no other reason, Li Hanzhang came over, and the Zheng family sent him to play with Li Erlang.

In the eyes of the old white staff, the Zheng family is the sky.

Not only because the son-in-law of the Zheng family is a senior official of the Tea and Horse Division, but also because the Zheng family is a big tea merchant in Yangzhou.

In the eyes of the Zheng family, the general judgment of Li Xianggong is the sky.

Because the general judgment holds the financial power, the commercial tax and agricultural tax are grasped. Although the state judge has no right to meddle in the tea tax, the Zheng family has other taxes, and it just so happens that the son is studying in the same academy as Li Hanzhang, so why not hurry up and curry favor with the son of the state judge?

"I'm tired, sit down and rest for a while." Zheng Hong was born obese, and it was too difficult to walk on the muddy mountain road.

The servants of the Bai family hurriedly undressed and spread on the stones on the side of the road, for fear that the muddy water would stain Zheng Xiaoguan's buttocks.

After taking a breath, Zheng Hong suddenly asked, "There is no bamboo pole (sliding rod)?" ”

The servant of the Bai family explained: "After the rain, the road is slippery, and the mountain road is steep, so I am afraid that the petty officials will be fallen. ”

Zheng Hong was helpless, patted his ass and stood up: "Let's go." ”

He really didn't want to come, even when he went to the academy to study, his father spent money to arrange it, just to be a classmate with Li Hanzhang.

But this little fat man doesn't like to read, and he can fall asleep listening to lectures. As far as his unlearned appearance is concerned, he can't get into Li Erlang's eyes at all, and his classmates have been talking dozens of words for more than half a year, and he always uses a hot face to stick to people's cold butts.

On these days, Zheng Hong is fed up!

He knew what his father was thinking, it was nothing more than Li Hanzhang's death of his wife, and the Zheng family was looking forward to marrying his daughter in the past, so he married the state judge as a family of children.

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Inside the Biyun Pavilion.

Li Hanzhang tasted the hometown fruit wine, and couldn't help but praise: "The dry wine fragrant village, the raw gold is rich and rich, and the Yangzhou wine is really the best in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and even this rural wine is so sweet." ”

Bai Chongyan said with a smile: "The mountains are remote, and there is nothing else, only fine wine and fragrant tea." ”

"Both are enough!" Li Hanzhang laughed.

There were four major commercial centers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Xingyuanfu (Hanzhong) once ranked second in the country in terms of commercial taxes.

Yangzhou is next door to Xingyuan Mansion, don't look at the registered population of only more than 200,000 people, but sitting on the commercial artery of Hanshui, although the agricultural tax can not be collected, the commercial tax is second only to Xingyuan Mansion. Even because of the opening of the river, the ban on tea in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the withering of commerce in Hanzhong, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.

There are three kinds of Yangzhou specialties: fine wine, tea, and gold!

Zhenfu County, which is under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, was directly called Golden County in the early Song Dynasty. Even after the establishment of New China, some place names were still retained: Jinjinxia Town, Jinshui Town......

Xixiang County, where the Zhu family and his son are currently located, are also in the northern mountainous areas where they are also searching for Jinsha.

"I heard that Brother Zhu is from Guangnan, what kind of wine is there in Guangnan?" Li Hanzhang asked Zhu Guoxiang.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't know this, and said vaguely: "Guangnan is remote, and no matter how good the wine is, it can't compare to Yangzhou." ”

Zhu Ming didn't say a word, and was burying his head in eating.

The preserved fruits and preserved meat were placed on several plates, and they were finally able to fight the tooth sacrifice.

Li Hanzhang drank a few glasses of fruit wine, and began to brag: "If I am an official in Guangnan, I will definitely rectify my military equipment and teach those Jiaozhi barbarians a good lesson!" ”

"It's a lesson," Zhu Ming chewed on the preserved fruit and echoed, raising his glass and shouting, "A little bit of foreign barbarians, they dare to pretend to be Little China, and they even came to the Great Song Dynasty to plunder." And drink this cup to the fullest, and sacrifice the spirit of Su Xianggong under the spring! ”

"That's exactly what it should be!"

Li Hanzhang poured a full glass of wine first, poured it on the ground towards the south, and drank it again after pouring it again: "Yao sacrifice Su Xianggong!" ”

More than 40 years ago, the Vietnamese regime flourished, calling itself Huaxia internally and Tiannan Little China externally, sending 200,000 troops to invade Quang Nam Road in the Song Dynasty.

Su Mian led the army and civilians to defend the city to the death, he only had 2,800 state soldiers, and recruited more than 1,000 township soldiers, held Yongzhou (Nanning) for 42 days, and killed more than 15,000 enemy soldiers.

It could have been defended, but the enemy was not good at attacking the city.

The reinforcements of the Song Dynasty were defeated by the Vietnamese army, and they surrendered to the enemy on the spot, not to mention that they actually taught the Vietnamese how to attack the city. All kinds of methods were cracked by Su Xuan, and the Vietnamese army was ready to withdraw, but the Song army, which had surrendered to the enemy, was unwilling to leave, and taught the enemy to build several zhang high soil and kill into Yongzhou City through mounds.

Su Mian fought desperately in the streets, and 37 members of his family were martyred, and only the eldest son who broke through and asked for help survived.

Of course, Zhu Ming knew about this, because it was so embarrassing, the soldiers and civilians of Guangnan were slaughtered more than 100,000 (some say hundreds of thousands), completely tearing up the fig leaf of the Great Song Dynasty in the south.

Drinking to pay tribute to Su Mian, Li Hanzhang talked about the situation in the northwest again: "Now that Hehuang has been decided, after placing Xi'an Prefecture (Ningxia Haiyuan), the people of Fanqiang dare not enter the Kou again. In my opinion, the imperial court is about to have a decisive battle with the Western Xia, and if I can't get the Jinshi at that time, I will simply go to the northwest to join the army and kill the enemy! ”

This is pure, he is the son of a state judge, even if he is willing to join the army, he will be broken by his father alive.

"It's better not to fight, or not to fight," Bai Chongyan sighed, "If a river is opened, the people of Lizhou will have no livelihood." If you really want to fight against the Western Xia again, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will rise again, how can the common people bear it? ”

The squires and tyrants are also ordinary people, and they also have to face war apportionment.

Li Hanzhang shook his head and said: "Brother Juncai's words are wrong, only by completely subduing the Western Xia, can the northwest territory be stable, and the imperial court can save countless military expenses every year." If military spending is saved, the people of the world will naturally be rich. ”

"Perhaps." Bai Chongyan smiled bitterly.

Li Hanzhang is the kind of student party keyboard warrior, who talks about military affairs with enthusiasm, and seems to have studied the formation diagram, I am afraid that he will be the same as Zhu Ming in the real battle.

This guy is full of wine and talk, after talking about Western Xia, and talking about Liao, I can't recover Yanyun in person.

Bai Chongyan was not interested in fighting, so he took the initiative to change the topic and asked: "Da Lang is familiar with the classics, has he ever studied history books?" ”

Zhu Ming chewed the dried meat and replied: "I have read through the "Historical Records", and the rest of the history books are only casually flipped. ”

"But if the word 'public and private' is ingenious, it is ingenious for the "Historical Records"?" Bai Chongyan taught the Tao.

Zhu Ming said: "I have a little experience. ”

Bai Chongyan said with great interest: "You might as well come and accompany the wine." ”

Zhu Ming said: "The book of the overlord of Chu is contradictory to the book of Han Gaozu and the book of Taishi Gong. ”

Hearing this, Li Hanzhang also asked: "Where is the contradiction?" ”

Zhu Ming swallowed the meat in his mouth and said, "Let's talk about the battle of Pengcheng." Liu Bang first retreated west to Xiayi, and then went south, fighting Xiang Yu between Lishui and Lingbi. Then he joined forces with Lu Ze and finally withdrew to Xingyang. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Ming dipped his finger in the tea and drew on the stone table: "This is Pengcheng, Peixian is in the north, Xiayi is in the west, and Lingbi is in the south." Taishi Gong recorded in Xiang Yu's book that Liu Bang fled with only a few dozen horses, and personally returned to Pei County to find his family and found his two sons. In order to escape halfway, he pushed the two sons out of the car several times. This escape is in the wrong direction, not only is it wrong, but it is completely reversed. Liu Bang ran to the north, and if he wanted to lead his troops to retreat to Xiayi, he had to pass through or bypass Xiang Yu's army. ”

Bai Chongyan and Li Hanzhang both thought seriously when they heard the words.

Zhu Ming continued: "According to the records of Gaozu Benji, Liu Bang did not return to Pei County, but only when he withdrew his troops to Xiayi, he sent people back to Pei County to look for his family, and only found his son Liu Ying. Since only one son was found, where did he get the two sons out of the car several times? ”

"Like...... That's true. Li Hanzhang suddenly woke up, and at this moment he just wanted to go back and read the "Historical Records" carefully.

Zhu Ming stuffed another preserved fruit into his mouth, and said while chewing: "Even if Liu Bang really returns to Pei County, how much can the two children weigh, and can they be pushed off the car several times?" What's more, after the chasing soldiers, Liu Bang pushed his son out of the car several times, and Xiahou Ying brought the child back several times. How much time does it take? Liu Bang is not a fool! When fleeing for their lives, the carriage will inevitably gallop, and the two children will be pushed down several times, and even if they don't fall to their deaths, they will be crippled long ago! ”

"Haha, yes!" Bai Chongyan clapped his hands and praised.

Li Hanzhang was convinced at this moment, and arched his hand and said: "Brother Xian is really a great talent, and Taishi Gong can't be fooled!" ”

Bai Chongyan raised his glass and said: "If you have this wonderful theory, you should float the three whites." ”

"Drink!" Li Hanzhang poured the wine himself.

Just when everyone raised their glasses, they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Li Erlang, Bai Sanlang, I'm here!" ”

Li Hanzhang turned his head to look, suddenly felt a pain in his head, and muttered: "Why is this fat man again?" You can't get rid of it anywhere. ”