Shuibo Liangshan is a vast piece of good water, with thousands of ports and more than 800 miles around the Quartet. It is adjacent to more than a dozen state capitals such as Jeju, Yunju and Puzhou. There are four temporary camps around, and the eastern camp is the most prosperous.

Originally, it was just a temporary camp, and Liangshan didn't think about business development. But since the cottage has been free to see a doctor for the people and grab medicine.

Every day, people will trek through mountains and rivers to see a doctor accompanied by their families. Before the end of the decade, a lot of people had gathered, and Liangshan could only invest manpower and material resources to help, or directly hire and distribute money and food, or even make money.

As more and more people don't want to go, it will naturally become popular!

The people of the surrounding ten miles and eight towns came to sell vegetables and fruits. Caravans from all over the country also transported daily necessities such as medicinal herbs and grain to pan for gold. More and more merchants are forming fleets, making the water very lively.

The East Camp, which has been expanded again and again with the increase in the number of people pouring in, is as large as a small town. It is divided into five areas, facing the water to the west and connecting to the pier. There are relatively few buildings on the east side, and it is a day when Dr. Yangsan provides free diagnosis to the people at the end of every decade. In the middle is the Yangsan Industrial Area. To the north and south are commercial districts, self-employed, and bulk cargo gathering places.

In October, it was winter.

The waterside is still bustling, people carrying vegetables and vegetables, caravans carrying goods, and with the sound of horns, the fleet arrives. The camp was full of people, the shouting of roadside vendors, and the greetings of acquaintances.

"Tender lotus, freshly dug tender lotus, so fresh!"

"Fresh water fish and shrimp, yellow eel, Wang Bahe!"

"Let's take a look, the famous flower paper in Tokyo is the best way to make lanterns."

"Ouch, Li Dongjia, you are also Le!

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"No, bring some fine brocade cloth......

"Uncle me, ouch, where did you dig up the earth yam?"

"Hmph, you rabbit cub, I won't say it, lest I be harmed by you again!"

"Hey, you old man is getting more and more cunning!"

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In the camp, everyone smiled as if they had come to the market. The goods brought by the sale subsidize the family or exchange them for refined salt and other materials, and wander around the lively camps, or pick or ask, noisy and noisy.

With the back of the water, the bustling camp is a natural scene. The green mountains in the distance and the green water in the near distance are endless, like a paradise.

Today a caravan with strange behavior came to the camp. There were about twenty of them, pushing wheelbarrows full of persimmons and walking around the camp.

The reason why they are strange is that these people are dressed ordinarily but with fine skin and tender meat, and at a glance they know that they are not ordinary people in the fields or merchants who travel from south to north. The second is that this team does not go to the north and south trading areas. Instead, they wandered around the camp and asked if they wanted persimmons and so on.

The question is very naïve and deliberate!

The purpose is to stay in front of the shops to learn about the situation and observe the goods, etc. Or maybe it's like deliberately showing flaws, which means I'm not ordinary!

This caravan was none other than an angel team from Bianliang City. The whimsical Hou Fa who wanted to recruit Anshui Bo Liangshan pretended. He politely refused the suggestion of the guide Zhang Bofen to go directly to the imperial court envoys. Choose to dress up as a caravan. One is to understand the situation, and the other is to keep it as confidential as possible.

As he came to the camp, Hou Fa learned more and more about the situation. From initial interest, to gradual solemnity, to shock and distraction. Because seeing

The Qianli fragrant wine, sweet as honey white sugar, snow as flower essence salt, etc., are all products of Liangshan, as well as the cattle and sheep market with a booming business......

This high-ranking official from Tokyo has not even been in contact with Liangshan's minions, and he is inexplicably pessimistic. Ask yourself, what kind of conditions can you give to make the strong people of Shuibo Liangshan go down the mountain and return to the imperial court?

The answer is yes, but at a high cost.

His elder brother Hou Meng didn't seem to be able to do that.

Hou Fa couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad, and followed the team in the camp in a daze.

The camp is full of Liangshan's eyes and ears!

The strange behavior of this caravan has long been noticed, and when it wants to get close to the central area. The road was blocked by several patrols.

A leader with a steel knife hanging from his waist stepped forward and invited: "Everyone, please come with me!" ”

The minions on the left and right looked sharply sharp, and they all took a step forward, as if to say hurry up. The guide Zhang Bofen nodded with a smile, and reminded Hou Fa in a low voice, and then led the team to push the cart and followed the patrol to a teahouse.

It's a thatched hut, with a pergola on the outside and a few private rooms on the inside. The leader of Liangshan took the leader Hou Fa and the guide Zhang Bofen into the teahouse. A group of retinue guards outside tried to follow, but were stopped.

Teahouse, pavilion by the window.

Hou Fa and Zhang Bofen were led out of the door, and the leader said "Please come in" and stood by the door. The two pushed the door open with a little trepidation. I saw a handsome man in his thirties drinking tea and waiting.

"Here, sit down!" The man spoke in an easy-going tone, smiling lazily, and pointed to the table and chair opposite. He introduced himself with a smile: "By the way, my surname is Xiao Jiasui, and he is now the military division of Shuibo Liangshan, and he was ordered to receive the second."

Bit. ”

That's right, Hou Fa's desire to recruit An Liangshan has already sent back news from Tokyo. This team of angels was discovered when they secretly entered Jeju.

Wang Jin accompanied his wife and had to prepare for the wedding, so he didn't have time or bothered to show up, so he directly threw his hand and let Xiao Jiasui deal with this matter.

Xiao Junshi took the two documents on the table, turned a page, and read it aloud: "Hou Fa, male, fifty-three years old, Han nationality, is currently a doctor in the imperial court, and his ability is mediocre. can only stay in Beijing, relying on his brother Hou Meng to promote. You're well-maintained, you look like you're in your forties. ”

Xiao Jiasui obviously learned from Wang Jin, and looked up at the middle-aged man opposite to praise him. In the stunned and shocked eyes of the other party, he continued to read the information he had gathered.

"Hou Meng, now a scholar of the imperial court, a poet of the Song Dynasty, a politician, and with outstanding ability. However, the traitorous ministers were in charge, and under the instigation of Song Huizong, they openly contradicted Cai Jing in the court, and they intensified, to the point where they could be the same as fire and water. ”

"You ......, how do you know?" Hou Fa's mouth was open, his eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity, looking at Xiao Jiasui as if he had seen a ghost. For a long time, he trembled and pointed to the person opposite and asked.

Xiao Jiasui took a sip of the teacup with a smile, and replied: "If my guess is right, Hou Mengshangshu wants to come to Zhao'an Liangshan to obtain foreign aid, enhance his influence in the imperial court, and win the attention of the officials to fight against the traitorous ministers." But if the official family can shrink once, he can shrink it a second time. The result is still the same. Hou Meng will be used as cannon fodder, a glass of medicinal wine, three

Qi Bai Aya, the Hou family will also be implicated and calm the anger of the Taishi.

Hou Shangshu secretly sent you to contact Liangshan, thinking that others did not know. But it is no secret that the servants of the Hou Mansion have long been the eyes and ears of others. I, Liangshan, are willing, and with him Hou Meng, it is impossible for him to come to Zhao'an smoothly. ”

Hou Fa trembled, clutched his chest and gasped, looking at the man opposite in disbelief. There are a thousand words in my heart, but I can't open my mouth.

"Hou Fa, are you willing to watch your eldest brother fall and implicate yourself?" Xiao Jiasui looked at Hou Fa opposite with meaningful eyes and asked.

Hou Fa wanted to turn his head away from looking or refuse with words, but he thought of what his brother said to him not long ago, and nodded like a ghost.

"That's good!" Xiao Jiasui nodded with satisfaction, looked at the young man with a calm face, Zhang Bofen praised him, and took out the following documents and opened them.