Bai picked up a mare, although the appearance is not high, the cornucopia is full of interest.

After being brought into the horse shed of the post house, the live broadcast immediately began, causing a commotion among the horses next to him.

Zheng Yuanyi asked the postman to boil the water, and after Zhu Ming came back, he took out the black tea he brought and brewed it: "Lang Jun has met a gangster?" The postman said there were thieves in the nearby village. ”

Zhu Ming patted her hand: "Don't be afraid, they are all village thieves, and as soon as the thieves are defeated, they will all be scared away." ”

"Be careful, next time you go out, you have to bring a few followers." Zheng Yuanyi was afraid that Zhu Ming was in danger.

Zhu Ming drank two sips of tea, and then called the postman over for questioning.

"Even the village bandits have horses, do they have a lot of horses here?" Zhu Ming asked.

The postman said, "It's too much, it's an errand." ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "How is Ma Fa?" ”

After all, he was an official, and the postman didn't dare to tell the truth, so he squeezed out a smile and said: "It's very good, horse breeders have to make money." ”

Where is Zhu Ming willing to believe?

The next day, they continued to travel eastward, and without waiting for the prefect of the king, the official ship went straight to Jiyin.

The specific location of Jiyin, south of Heze, west of Dingtao, and north of Cao County in later generations, is the capital of Xingren Mansion.

Zhu Ming originally planned to follow the Guangji River to Liangshan Shuibo to have a look, and then land in Yuncheng and go to Puzhou by land.

But the situation found along the way made Zhu Ming decide to land in advance.

In the northern suburbs of Fucheng, there is a horse market, and the scale is quite large.

Zhu Ming changed into ordinary clothes, took Bai Sheng to buy a horse, and inquired about the relevant situation by the way.

In the horse market, horse pens are made of wood, and each horse ring belongs to an independent stall.

Zhu Ming came to a horse ring, circled around for most of the time, and found that there was no brand on the horse's buttocks. He couldn't help but ask: "Are you an official horse or a private horse?" ”

"The official's private horse," the horse dealer asked with a smile, "the guest officer is a foreigner, right?" I am all geldings here, hard-working, very docile, and casually called when I was on the road. ”

Zhu Ming said: "I came from the south, and when I arrived at Jingdong Road, I found that there were horses everywhere here, and the price was not too expensive. What's going on? ”

The horse dealer whispered: "The government let me raise it, and the horse law has changed back and forth, and I don't know if it will change again one day." Whether it is an official or a horse breeder, they all want to sell the horse as soon as possible. ”

While selecting the horses, Zhu Ming talked to the horse dealer.

Originally, Xingren Mansion did not raise horses, but there were horse supervisors in Puzhou and Yunzhou next door.

The horse supervisor in Puzhou moved to Puyang a few decades ago.

Due to the abolition of the horse administration, the horse supervisors in various places were rotten, and even the pastures were encroached upon as farmland. So Wang Anshi implemented the horse protection law, allowing rich farmers to raise horses.

The implementation of the new law is too impatient, and the people are not given time to prepare.

In order to pursue political achievements, the magistrate ordered households to buy horses and breed them within a time limit.

But the Great Song Dynasty is already short of horses, where can there be more for a while?

So the merchant took the opportunity to search for Roman horses, and with the cooperation of the government, the price increased several times, forcing horse breeders to buy them.

Wang Anshi's horse protection law leaves profit margins for horse breeders.

But in practice, just buying horses at a high price to raise them at home will make horse farmers suffer heavy losses. Even if the horses are produced smoothly in the next few years, and there has been no disease and no disaster, the horse farmers have no profit at all.

How can it be disease-free?

Coupled with the exploitation of the government, the horse farmers are miserable.

After Wang Anshi stepped down, even Zhang Dan, the chief general of the Fa-Reform faction, said that the law of protecting horses must be stopped, "if you don't stop for a day, there will be a day of harm."

As a result, the Horse Protection Act began to be repealed and the official horse farm was restored.

It is impossible to restore the abandoned horse farm suddenly. Not to mention the lack of horses and horse breeders, it is difficult to restore the pasture, and local officials took the opportunity to occupy the land of the people, indiscriminately pointing to a large area of fertile land and saying that it was pasture.

In the following decades, the two policies of the government and the people repeatedly changed with the struggle between the old and new parties.

Every time Ma Zheng is changed, the common people are unlucky.

In the Huizong Dynasty alone, in less than ten years, Ma Zheng on Jingdong Road changed three times, resulting in the bankruptcy of a large number of small and medium-sized landlords! (During the Songjiang rebellion, it coincided with the fourth change of Ma Zheng in Shandong.) ）

Zhu Ming bought two geldings, bought a car, and added the mare picked up for nothing, and the four carriages carried people and goods to the north.

He inquired about the news from the farmers all the way, and after half a month, he basically found out the situation here.

The first major evil: Cao Yun.

Every prefecture and county in Shandong has a grain index, and the people transport the grain to the government, and the government hires people to transport the grain to the Guangji River, and then transports it in bulk to Tokyo for storage or sale.

In all aspects of the Cao Yun, the government is exploiting the people.

The second major evil: Ma Zheng.

On average, the horse law is changed once every three or four years, and the horse farmers have not yet returned to their original capital, and the policy has changed again, and the small and medium-sized landlords are miserable about it.

Before he left the jurisdiction of Jiyin County, Zhu Ming's small book had already recorded more than ten pages, and the content was full of various dissatisfaction of the people with the policy.

"Zhu Taishou, in front of you is Gukui Hill, the land of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons."

A scholar pointed to the small hill ahead, which was the guide hired by Ju Ming halfway.

In order to investigate the people's situation, he did not go in a straight line, but went around the bend.

Zhu Ming, Bai Sheng, and Deng Chun all carried weapons.

Zheng Yuanyi also married seven slaves, except for the maids, the other two women and four men were all sumo wrestlers.

With so many people walking together, it seems that it is not easy to provoke, and the thieves along the way dare not make a move.

Zhu Ming looked at the horse, and was slightly excited in his heart: "Kwai Qiu, the princes of Jiuhe, the world." It's time to pay a look and appreciate the demeanor of Qi Huan Gong and Guan Zhong. ”

When the carriage and horses came to the entrance of the village, there were squires like the old white man, who came on crutches to check on the situation.

Zhu Ming took out his official card and said: "I'm bothering my father-in-law, I am Zhu Ming, the governor of Puzhou, and I will go to work from here." ”

The squire instantly became respectful, bent down and saluted: "The old man's name is Li Ji, and he was also lifted when he was young, so Zhu Taishou quickly invited him to rest in the village." ”

Zhu Ming saw that the young people in the village were holding weapons, and nodded approvingly: "It's quite majestic." ”

Li Ji explained: "There are many strong beams in the countryside, and the old decay has to train the village to protect itself. I didn't know if it was too guarded just now, and the village Yong spontaneously gathered. As he spoke, he turned around and scolded, "It's all scattered, don't disturb Taishou!" ”

The young people in the village quickly dispersed, but one young man did not leave.

This guy was leading a mare, his eyes were fixed on the cornucopia, and he suddenly said: "Taishou mount Shenjun, can you breed with my family?" Regardless of whether I am pregnant or not, I have always paid for breeding. ”

Before Zhu Ming could answer, Li Ji began to reprimand angrily: "How noble is the Taishou mount, and it is also worthy of your horse?" ”

The young man muttered, "They are all beasts, how can they pay more attention?" It's not like I don't give money. ”

Zhu Ming saw that he was carrying a bow and arrows on his back and leading a horse, so he asked, "Do you know how to ride and shoot?" ”

"Yes." The youth said.

Zhu Ming said: "If you have good riding and archery skills, I will let the crotch mount breed." ”

The young man was overjoyed, stepped on his horse, and rushed out of the village to perform riding maneuvers. Then he took out his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow forty or fifty meters away, hitting the trunk of a tamarix tree accurately.

"Good archery!" Deng Chun clapped his hands and applauded.

Zhu Ming was overjoyed when he saw Hunting and asked, "What's this person's name?" ”

Li Ji said: "This guy is called Li Bao, and he is the nephew of the old clan. I have also read books, but I love to play with guns and sticks. ”

Li Bao, Kwai Hill......

Zhu Ming suddenly remembered a big battle and asked, "Is this Li Zhuang?" ”

Li Ji nodded: "It's indeed called Li Zhuang." ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Does Li Bao have a nickname called Po Li San?" ”

Li Ji was very angry: "This splash has caused such a big stigma, and I even heard about it when Taishou passed by." It's really a shame for Li Zhuang! ”

, it's really the splash of Li San in Gukuiqiu Li Zhuang!

This Li Bao has a special biography in "History of the Song Dynasty".

Wan Yanliang went south, and the main force of the Jin soldiers at that time was defeated by Yu Yunwen at Quarry Rock.

Far away in Shandong, there is another battlefield.

Li Bao led 120 sea ships with 3,000 militiamen recruited from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He did not wait passively, but went straight to Shandong by sea, and took the initiative to launch an attack, completely annihilating 70,000 enemy troops and more than 600 warships.

During the Jingkang period, the Jin army occupied Shandong, and Li Bao initially recruited rebels to resist. After the troops were exhausted, they went to take refuge with Yue Fei again.

Yue Fei was unable to counterattack because of various constraints, so Li Bao left with his subordinates. Yue Fei thought they were deserters, so he grabbed Li Bao and beheaded him.

After asking the reason, Yue Fei released him and let Li Bao sneak back to Shandong to fight guerrillas. Due to the many major events of the Jin soldiers, they were encircled and suppressed by key points, and Li Bao's soldiers were defeated and took refuge in Han Shizhong. In the end, he became famous in the Shandong Naval Battle, and because of his achievements, he was promoted to "control the coastal imperial navy".

Zhu Ming never expected that he was looking for Yue Fei but couldn't, but he met the commander-in-chief of the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty halfway.

It's just that Li Bao at this time, not to mention that he has never been on a sea boat, it is estimated that he has not even touched an inland river warship.

"Zhu Taishou, can I still get by riding and shooting?" Li Bao came back from his horse.

Zhu Ming asked: "A good man, when he makes a contribution, why should he be a country scoundrel?" ”

Li Bao's face turned red: "I can't take the exam again." ”

Soldier?

That's impossible, it's insulting, because in this Jingdong Road, being a soldier is equivalent to being a robber.

Zhu Ming asked, "Would you like to be my personal companion?" If you have the opportunity, you will be promoted to be a general. ”

Li Bao was still hesitating, and Li Ji scolded: "Don't thank Zhu Taishou for his kindness!" ”

Li Bao twisted and pinched his horse, and saluted: "Thank you Taishou for your support!" ”

The more Zhu Ming looked at it, the more he liked it, and asked, "How old are you this year?" Have you ever had a wife? ”

Li Bao replied, "I am nineteen years old this year, and I have not yet married a wife. ”

"In a few days, go to Puzhou with me," Zhu Ming said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry today, accompany me to Hangkuiqiu first." ”

Li Bao said: "Just a small dirt slope, what is there to hang? ”

Li Ji was furious: "What small dirt slope? That's Aoi Hill, the land of the princes' alliance! My Li family has been guarding Kwai Hill for generations, how can you be insulted by this splash? Let you usually read history, and you will read it into the belly of a dog! ”

Li Bao scratched his head, not daring to contradict his elders.

(Weakly ask for a guaranteed monthly pass.) ）

(End of chapter)