If there is a girl in this world, Xiao Ming knows that Liang Hongyu is definitely one, what is it called to go into battle shirtless, what is it called beating drums and fighting Jinshan? Have you ever experienced a gentle woman so strong?

Han Shizhong knew that Liang Hongyu's father was Liang Bingchu of Ryazan Liang, who was the head of Wang Yuan's infantry army, and when he was fighting with Fang La, he was beheaded by Wang Yuan's order together with his son, that is, Liang Hongyu's brother, and it may be this time that caused the changes in the Liang family.

Father and brother were killed, the family was ruined, just because it was unfavorable to the battle, the Liang family was copied, Liang Hongyu was reduced to the teaching department, and was used as a camp prostitute, it was really unfair, and the creation made people, Han Shizhong couldn't help but sigh, he no longer had the intention of drinking, his expression was depressed, and when he looked at Liang Hongyu, it was also more complicated.

Xiao Ming didn't know this, he saw that Han Shizhong was always staring at Liang Hongyu, and when everyone waved away the prostitutes, he thought that Liang Hongyu was leaving and was depressed, so he remembered it in his heart and secretly called Gu Xiaoliu to give a few instructions.

Everyone drank until it was dark, Xiao Ming and Yang Qizhong returned to the boat to rest, Han Shizhong didn't drink much, but he was upset and drunk! After returning to the cabin, he slept with his clothes, and when he slept until midnight, he felt thirsty, got up to drink water, and suddenly found that there was one more person in the cabin, and that person had a woman's waist with his shoulders cut down, and he couldn't help but be surprised!

"The military master woke up? Do you want to drink water? The woman asked softly.

"Liang ...... Ruby ......! Han Shizhong was shocked.

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In the early morning of the third day, the dock was unobstructed, the fleet continued to set sail, Han Shizhong always stayed with Liang Hongyu, the two seemed to talk very well, and got along very well, Xiao Ming just smiled and said nothing, it felt really good to contribute to a good thing, but he didn't know that Han Shizhong was married in his hometown, and his wife Bai's wife was not officially married until a few years later, after Bai's death, Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu were officially married, but Liang Hongyu was still not a wife.

The fleet passed through Yangzhou, and then continued to go north, and arrived in Xuzhou in a few days, after passing Xuzhou, the canal turned east into the Shandong realm, here is the Lianghuai East Road, Xuzhou is now the largest industrial base of Xiao Ming, naturally stayed for a few more days, he was mainly concerned about the progress of the "golden gate", so he first pounced on Jiaogang Lake.

Things went much smoother than he thought, An Daoquan didn't know what method to use, and he had successfully transported out fifteen "copper gates", these "copper gates weighed about 8,000 kilograms, according to the calculation at the time, it was 16,000 catties, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a giant gate of 10,000 catties."

An Daoquan's long-cherished wish for many years, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, and he was relieved to hear that the Duobaoguan had been destroyed by the officials and soldiers, but when he heard that Pang Wanchun had escaped, he couldn't help frowning again, and he reminded Xiao Mingdao: "Mingyue Villa Duobaoguan has been colluding with the national teacher of the Liao State, Pang Wanchun will definitely flee to the Liao State, you must be careful when you go to the Liao State this time." “

Xiao Ming nodded in agreement, and said in his heart that there are really a lot of things to do in Liao, in addition to promising Ding Jianpeng to help him get three scriptures, and to solve Pang Wanchun's matter, it seems that the trip to Liaoguo is destined not to be completed smoothly and quickly.

It's no longer interesting to think about it now, and it's impossible to think about it now. The matter in Xuzhou is basically over, the matter of gold is handed over to An Daoquan to deal with, he will naturally arrange it properly, the production of Taiping Iron Factory is also very stable, Jie Zhicong seems to like to stay in Xuzhou, the second shopkeeper of Richanglong, and now he has become Xiao Ming's professional manager.

It's time to go on the road, after the goods are checked, Xiao Ming and his entourage are on the road again, this time to the east into Shandong, the canal narrows, the fleet will go ashore when passing through the Qingzhou region, Shandong has been rampant since ancient times, and Han Shizhong's escort task has undoubtedly become heavy.

The canal belongs to the ancient river in this section, which is the "Yongji Canal" about 1,000 kilometers long from Luoyang through Linqing in Shandong to Zhuojun in Hebei Province excavated by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty; Instead of the "Tongji Canal" from Luoyang to Qingjiang in Jiangsu.

"Tongji Canal" belongs to a part of the ancient canal, which was originally the lord of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the "Han ditch" ordered by Wu Wangfu to be dug by order. In the second year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to solve the siltation problem caused by the diversion of water from the Yellow River by the Bianhe River (Tongji Canal), the Bianbian River was cleaned up and the canal was opened for 50 miles, and the Yiluo water was directly diverted into the Bianhe River, which was no longer connected with the Yellow River.

The canal will inevitably enter Shandong when it goes to the Yongji Canal, and the Linqing area is now under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, and this section must go ashore, why? There is no water in the canal, the waterline is very low, and the spring drought of the entire Lianghuai Road and Jingdong Road directly affects the water level of the canal.

The prefect of Qingzhou arranged carriages and horses and people for the Suigong fleet early, the frame is very strong, but this livestock is a little interesting, Xiao Ming looked at it from a distance and thought it was a group of horses, and when he walked in, he knew that it was not, the lack of horses in the Great Song Dynasty was particularly serious in the Central Plains, and the livestock arranged by Qingzhou were all locally produced big black mules and green donkeys.

It's better than nothing, these donkeys and mules are fortunately relatively strong, and the speed of pulling up the goods to walk will not be too slow, Xiao Ming is not too anxious, according to the arrangement of the journey, the annual tribute will arrive at the border line in late July, and arrive in Shangjing in Liaoguo in early August, and the beginning of September is the time of autumn in Liao, as long as this time is not missed, there will be no problem.

The prefect of Qingzhou is a middle-aged man with a thin face, a black beard under his jaw to his chest, his eyes are bright, and his official uniform looks very old, but it is very clean, after he and Xiao Ming met, they informed each other of their names, and Xiao Ming couldn't help but be in awe.

"This person is actually Uncle Zhang!"

Zhang Shuye, the name Ji Zhong, was a native of Guangfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the early years, he liked military affairs, and when he first entered the army, he was promoted to the right division of the army because of his meritorious service, and he was born as a scholar during the Huizong period, and it was this person who appeased the peasant rebel army of Song Jiang, and he was a famous figure in history.

During the period of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were two major troubles, one of which was the rebel army of Song Jiang, this group of people was actually a habitual bandit, congregated ten counties, invincible, robbed countless finances, but was broken by Uncle Zhang, he was a court official who insisted on using appeasement, and Fang La's southeast uprising, because the scourge was too great, the court appeasement was rejected, so it was mainly exterminated.

Xiao Ming's heart is not too comfortable, seeing Zhang Shuye shows that Liangshan and Song Jiang in the official history are real, which story of the "Water Margin" novel that he admires is obviously fictional, and the collapse of romance is indeed a depressing thing, in fact, this is not about Zhang Shuye's business at all, Xiao Ming still respects this person very much.

"Lord Xiao is one step ahead, this will go to Liaoguo, it won't be delayed for much time, maybe we will meet in Liaoguo" Zhang Shuye said to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Mingqi said: "Why is this? ”

Zhang Shuye smiled and explained to Xiao Ming, it turned out that the emperor of the Liao State wanted Concubine Ping of the Naxi Palace after the autumn season, which was a big deal, and the Liao State was naturally wantonly manipulating, and as the Great Song Dynasty, he must send an envoy to congratulate, and Zhang Shuye was one of the envoys, one was that he had sent an envoy to the Liao State, and the other was that someone in the court was specially named.

"In that case, Xiao will welcome Lord Zhang in Shangjing in Liaoguo!" Xiao Ming said politely.

Uncle Zhang did not send far away, he was diligent as an official, and did not dare to delay the business, but in his own territory, the safety of the tribute was still to be guaranteed, so he sent his subordinates and a thousand people and people who drove the car, and the tribute formed a convoy and then went on the road.

This road is safe, arrived in Luoyang in a few days, the convoy rested for a few days, the escort officers and soldiers led by Han Shizhong also completed the task, he must be in the capital to restore his life, and then the government of Jingxi Road is responsible for the security of this section of the road, Han Shizhong said goodbye to Xiao Ming and left with Liang Hongyu.

The two of them were already very eager, Han Shizhong never asked Xiao Ming how Liang Hongyu could appear in his cabin, he just secretly wrote down this favor, Xiao Ming didn't break it, and sent them away with a smile with Yang Qizhong.

The Jingxi Road transit envoy sent a thousand forbidden troops, with the escort, and at the same time the imperial court sent someone to send the signing documents, customs documents, these are all documents when crossing the border, and now every car is planted with a flag, on the book: "Liao State Yongjuan" anyway, there is no such word as "Sui Gong".

The convoy continues to set off, now this team is longer, stretching a kilometer away, in addition to personnel and vehicles, there are a lot of baggage, grain and forage, this day the car traveled to the boundary of the Yongxing Army in Hebei, it was dark one night, the team camped and rested, everyone was busy setting up tents, boiling water and cooking.

The Tiger Guard Battalion is under the leadership of Yang Qizhong, responsible for guarding, the officer sent by the official army to escort this time is a thin man, an infantry commander, surnamed Li is called Li Erdao, this guy also has two infantry heads, he has already arranged for his subordinates to set up a tent for himself, and he did not arrange the sentry personnel to get into the tent and don't know what to do.

However, Zhang Shuye's subordinates and those people worked very hard, and after the goods were unloaded, they had to fence the car and remind Xiao Ming that the people who arranged sentry guards around him were camped in the wilderness, and safety must be guaranteed.

Xiao Ming really didn't have much experience in this area, so he sent Gu Xiaoliu to find Li Erdao to ask about the arrangement of security precautions, and Li Erdao said: "Forty miles north of here is Anping Town, where there are 5,000 officers and troops stationed in the Cangzhou battalion, so there is no need to worry about safety." ”

Xiao Ming had to listen to him, but the subordinates sent by Uncle Zhang still didn't think so, claiming that it was better to be careful, Xiao Ming also felt that it was better to keep an eye on it, so he called Yang Qizhong and ordered him to place some secret sentinels, and the tiger guards took turns to keep vigil, and Yang Qizhong took the order to go.

But the matter still came out, and he slept until midnight, and Leardo hurriedly came to report that there were robbers coming, and the number of people in the night was unknown, but the torches and lanterns were in a large area, and it was estimated that the number of robbers was not less than a few thousand! Xiao Ming scolded angrily: "Didn't you say that it was safe here? Where did these robbers come from? ”

Li Douno didn't know how to answer, so he hurriedly glanced at his subordinates, and the heads below him stepped forward and replied, "This gang of robbers may have followed us all the way, and there are really no bandits in the forty miles near Anping Town,"

Xiao Ming said: "Tell your soldiers to strictly guard the camp without panic, wind all the bows and arrows, pay attention to the enemy's sneak attack, and guard the fire in the camp" and then wait for the report of the Tiger Guard Battalion.

After a while, Yang Qizhong received the news from the secret guard of the tiger guard, "There are about two or five hundred robbers, and many of them are riding horses, as if they are of high quality, and they don't dare to act rashly in the night, but they just surround the camp of the convoy." ”

When he heard that there were more than 2,000 robbers, Leardo's frightened face immediately turned white, and he wept and mourned, not knowing what to do.

Uncle Zhang's subordinates stepped forward and said: "It's better to listen to the villain's strategy, but you can ensure that the New Year's tribute is safe!" ”

Xiao Ming asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man replied: "Villain Song Jiang, then Lord Zhang of Qingzhou has a little jurisdiction!" ”

“…… Are you Song Jiang? ”

"Exactly!"

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