The number of soldiers and horses under Yang Peng's command, from Tianjing New Town, Ryukyu to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, has already exceeded hundreds of thousands. But so far, the only people who are willing to die for him without regrets are the die-hard party in the brocade guard. As for the other soldiers and horses, they all obeyed him more or less purposefully.

For these Yang Peng, it is understandable that this is human nature, and no one can change it. Not everyone who follows you is willing to be a dead soldier in your hands. But this sets off how precious Lao He is. Lao He Mu sent Yang Peng away, secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and returned to the cottage, he became the mountain king who was babbling and laughing again.

The man in the mask did not leave from beginning to end. He just didn't want to meet Yang Peng. Lao He played haha with the brothers in the village all the way and entered a hidden room in the cottage. "He's gone?" The masked man had his back to him. Lao He nodded. "Take your people, come with me......" ......

Line after line. From the heavy snow, to the grass warbler flying. Three months went by in a flash. Under the heavy snow irrigation, the spring grass grows extraordinarily luxuriantly, and it is full of vitality. The further south you go, the less common it is that the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

Dading Mansion should be the most thoroughly sinicized city in Liao. Although it experienced a sack by Zhou Dayong, with the help of Ryukyu merchants and Great Song merchants, Dading became a prosperous city again. Outside the city of Dading, the vicious overseers can be seen everywhere waving leather whips in their hands, whipping the slaves in the fields and working non-stop.

It can be seen that the aristocracy of the Liao State also began to pay attention to the development of the agricultural culture of the Liao State. What made Yang Peng feel happy was that although there were many slaves in the fields who were being supervised to work, it was rare to see the Han people of Liaodi.

Basically, they are some men with slightly dark-skinned original cross-toes. Occasionally, you can see a few Han people in Liaodi, either brandishing a leather whip and supervising the work, or dressed like a landlord and old wealth, sitting in the field and cursing.

This can show that Wang Mingcheng has indeed made great contributions. He must have rescued a lot of Han people in Liaodi, otherwise there would not be such a scene in Liaodi. As for the Liaodi Hanmin who supervised the work in the fields, Yang Peng didn't care. Yang Peng believes that with the identity of these people, there will be more opportunities to go to the Ryukyus. And they didn't choose to go to the Ryukyus, which means that they are reluctant to live now.

A group of Liaodi Hanmin who have climbed from the bottom to the middle level, they don't need Yang Peng's sympathy and pity. Because they can get up from the bottom, it means that they are living well and do not need help at all. Perhaps, they are not uncommon to Yang Qi's help.

In three months, Yang Peng lived himself into a Liao man. His hair was messy, his body was covered with lice crawling, the clothes on his body were already pitch black, and there was a layer of dark oil, and he could smell the fishy smell of Yang Peng's body from afar.

The half-grown kid named Gou Yu, who followed Yang Peng, lived more nourishingly than Yang Peng. Although his situation is similar to Yang Peng, he does not dislike himself, but likes his sloppy appearance very much. When the two of them straddled the horses and walked to the field, Yang Peng could always feel the eyes of the Liaodi Han people in the field who had been promoted to slave owners staring at them all the time.

It seems that they are waiting for Yang Peng or Gou Yu to show a little fugitive appearance, and then they rush up, catch Yang Peng and Gou Yu, and go to Dading City to exchange for some wine money.

Yang Peng was very familiar with the eyes of these people, because when he saw the first batch of Liaodi Han people arriving in Ryukyu, he also looked like this.

"Let's go~" Yang Peng had to urge the dog to hurry up. He didn't want to get into trouble when he was approaching Dading City. At the gate of Dading City, after paying three copper money to enter the city, Yang Peng and Gou Yu finally entered Dading City.

Dading City seems to be very prosperous, as one of the five capitals of Liao, it is also a major trade city, there are wine shops, green buildings, gambling houses, cloth villages, foot shops and so on. The most prosperous should be the fur traders, as well as the slave traders. The fur merchant was haggling with two whips, symbolizing his Liao identity, and speaking fluent Chinese.

Truckloads of leather goods were tied up and pulled out of Dading City. Basically, half of the merchants on the street are engaged in the leather business. Population business is also thriving. On the streets of Dading City, there are slave businesses trading almost everywhere. The treacherous slave trader dragged his daughter from a simple man, threw him a few dimes of silver, and scolded him that he had lost money. There are half-grown children with a straw mark on their heads, selling their own.

Throughout the street, there are many traffickers of women, old and weak women and children, and sturdy men are rare. Gou Yu looked at the children who sold themselves with straw sticks on their heads, as if they remembered some unbearable past, and their mood was very low.

"Smack~" Yang Peng patted the dog's head and grinned: "One day, I will lead the soldiers and horses to come in, and you will rescue them by yourself when the time comes." Gou Yu nodded heavily, "Hmm! When the time comes, young master, you must let me be a pioneer. After riding the horse a few steps forward, the dog tilted his head and asked, "Young Master, when is the day when is it?" ”

Yang Peng smiled brightly. "Soon ......" The two of them walked around the city for half a circle, and finally came to a huge trading house and stopped. The whole business house covers a large area, with hundreds of acres of land, and from the outside, it looks like a huge building complex. The four-story building is quite conspicuous in Dading City. On the roof of the building, a banner symbolizing the word "Yi" is displayed in the wind.

Even the guy standing at the door looked more arrogant than the guys in the other shops. Seeing Yang Peng stopped at the door of this atmospheric trading house, Gou Yu looked a little cramped and uneasy. He was afraid that an evil servant would rush out and drive them both away. When he saw Yang Peng throw down the reins of the horse and stride into the trading house, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

"Stop!" Living up to the dog's expectations, when Yang Peng arrived at the door, he was stopped. The dog immediately jumped off the horse, dragged Yang Peng and prepared to run. Yang Peng said indifferently: "Tell you to come out to see me." Tell him that 'Yi Yang was originally a family'. ”

The guys at the door frowned, but they still followed Yang Peng's words. After a while, a young steward appeared at the door. When I saw Yang Peng, I was obviously a little stunned. When Yang Peng brushed away his messy hair, he was shocked.

"Please." The young steward, in the stunned eyes of everyone, invited Yang Peng into the firm. Gou Yu suddenly had infinite admiration for this young master who had been messing with him for more than three months. After Yang Peng entered the trading house, he simply washed up. After washing, the young housekeeper had already prepared a table of wine and food for Yang Peng.

Yang Peng and the dog Yu lay on the table and began to chew vigorously. Yang Peng asked the young steward while eating, "Are you from the Wang family?" The young steward said respectfully: "The minister is a member of the royal family. ”

"Who's in charge of the business now?" "My uncle Wang Mingcheng." Yang Peng was a little stunned and said, "He's in Dading City?" The young steward nodded and said, "Recently, it has become more and more difficult to replace the Han people from Liao. Even if you buy it with money, you can't buy it. So my uncle wanted to go through the relationship and see if he could find a way to buy Hanmin in Liaodi. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "When your uncle comes back, let him come to see me." In the evening, Wang Mingcheng returned to the trading house dejectedly. After hearing that Yang Peng had arrived, he hurried to meet him. In the room prepared for Yang Peng, there were only Wang Mingcheng and Yang Peng. Yang Peng has changed into a clean outfit, and after washing, he has shaved off his beard, and he is a good son.

"The minister Wang Mingcheng sees the city lord." After Wang Mingcheng saw Yang Peng, he gave a gift excitedly. Yang Peng waved his hand and asked Wang Mingcheng to sit down. "Has the problem of population replacement reached a bottleneck?" Wang Mingcheng nodded and said, "Yes, many Liao nobles have a large number of Han people in Liao, but they refuse to exchange them for us. They've already spoken, and they won't let go unless we pay a big price. ”

"Then let's stop."

"Huh?" Wang Mingcheng didn't believe his ears. Yang Peng said: "I have already read the report that Zhang Xiang gave me before. It's been replaced. The population of the Ryukyus has reached a saturation. We need some time to digest the population that replaces it.

And more and more slang people are coming down the mountain, and the land is no longer enough. Even my previous suggestion of terraces could not satisfy the constant influx of large populations. ”

Wang Mingcheng trembled and said, "How is this good? There are still so many Han people in Liaodi who are suffering...... Yang Peng sighed: "We can't be a fat man in one bite." The meal should be eaten one bite at a time, and the road should be walked step by step. We can't tear up a Ryukyu that was built with great difficulty in order to save people.

If the Ryukyus are finished, our hard work will be in vain. I know you feel sorry for the people here, but you can't save the people here by replacing them alone. We can only save them by force. ”

"I understand." Wang Mingcheng said bitterly. Yang Peng said: "There are all kinds of business affairs about Ryukyu in the Liao State, and there must also be light and dark. After the Ryukyus, the commercial affairs of the Liao Kingdom were temporarily located in Tianjing New Town. In the northwest, I will also introduce the business affairs of the Liao State to Fengcheng. ”

"Why?" "This time, I traveled to Liao and focused on observing the business situation of Liao State. The commerce of the Liao State was still very primitive. This is a favorable situation for us. Liao is now implementing sinicization, and the demand for commerce will become infinitely greater. Dependence on business will also increase. We must attract the Liao people out and take the initiative into our own hands.

Once the Liao people go abroad to do business, their costs will increase. And the initiative is in our hands, and we can price the goods according to our ideas. At that time, we will be able to easily control the prices of Liao. As long as the prices of Liao are controlled, the money of Liao will flow to us infinitely. And we will be stronger day by day, and the Liao people will be weaker day by day. ”

Yang Peng's words, Wang Mingcheng was dumbfounded. Wang Mingcheng didn't expect that business could do this part. "But if we do this, wouldn't the Liao people change their way to squeeze the Han ......people in Liao," Yang Peng nodded and said, "Yes, but the Liao people will not just squeeze the Han people in Liao...... Most likely, they will move south and attack the Great Song Dynasty...... Because they feel that the Great Song is rich, and the Great Song can grab everything they want......"

"This ......" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Of course, they can also start business with the Great Song Dynasty, but a battle cannot be avoided." Wang Mingcheng lost his voice and said: "What are you going to do?" Yang Peng said categorically: "Take control of the war and force the two great powers to go to war." We can take this opportunity to take advantage of the fire, and we can solve the Liao State at once,"

"It's too risky......" "If they don't go to war, we won't have any chances." Because to either of them, we are grasshoppers. Wang Mingcheng never thought that Yang Peng could lay out such a big game. A bureau that puts both countries in it. Wang Mingcheng tried hard to calm down and said in a low voice: "How long does this process take, and what do we rely on to attract Liao people to do business?" ”

"The whole process...... Three to five years, not more than five years. As for how to attract Liao people? We don't need to attract the Liao people at all, we just need to attract those merchants. A large number of businessmen attracted us to our hands, and the merchants who went to Liao only had three or two kittens, which could not satisfy the appetite of Liao at all. When the time comes, you don't need to go to the Liao people, the Liao people will come to you.

As for the way to attract businessmen, it is in taxes. With proper taxation and the operation of the Ryukyu money bank, I believe that many businessmen are willing to cooperate with us. As for those who do not cooperate...... Then let him disappear......"

Next. Yang Peng took the dog out of Dading City early in the morning. Yang Peng didn't have too much nostalgia in Dading City, because he felt that it was unnecessary. No matter how much he wants to be nostalgic for this city, he has to let this city be surnamed Yang. After Yang Peng left, Wang Mingcheng began to arrange for Dading and even the entire Liao State to evacuate according to Yang Peng's instructions.

Yang Peng told him a lot of big truths last night, but he only understood a little bit. But this did not prevent him from carrying out the tasks assigned to him by Yang Peng. Because the task given to him by Yang Peng is related to the entire Liao State and the real life and death of the Han people in Liao.

In the face of major rights and wrongs, Wang Mingcheng is by no means the kind of person who is greedy for small profits and forgets the great righteousness. The business of Tianjing New City is very big in Liaoguo, and there are many industries involved. Even some merchant groups from other countries followed the merchant ships of the Ryukyus and reached the Liao Kingdom. The entire Ryukyu business, under the influence of the Ryukyu money bank, has formed a large business group.

The people of Liao do not know what kind of impact the withdrawal of a large business group from Liao will have on Liao. Wang Mingcheng, who is carrying out this task, is also not clear. Only Yang Peng, the initiator, is the one who knows best. What this 'fire' will burn the Liao Kingdom into, Yang Peng doesn't care.

After Yang Peng left Dading City, he ran all the way to the Song-Liao border. The border between Song and Liao was very long, so it was impossible to have a defensive line along the entire border.

There are not many troops deployed in the territory of Liao, and there is no need for them to put a large number of men and horses on the border. After all, there are orders personally issued by the two brothers, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, not to provoke a border war at will, which is an invisible umbrella for the Liao State. Moreover, the Liao State is mostly cavalry, and there is no need to garrison it in one place.

The Liao army could have patrolled the entire border in a nomadic manner. The Great Song Dynasty was dominated by infantry, and the Liao people repeatedly went south to fight the grass valley, so they did a very meticulous job in border defense. One mile and one post, five miles and one post, ten miles and one fort. The entire border defense line was strictly guarded by the Great Song Dynasty infantry soldiers. It's a pity that these soldiers are not the most elite forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, but the box army and Fan soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and more of them are township soldiers.

Those villages and towns that have lived on the Song-Liao border for generations have the presence of village soldiers. The township soldiers with weak combat effectiveness could not play any major role except for warning the Liao people when they went south. This is also the reason why the Liao people can go south so easily and repeatedly.

The small force of the Liao army almost regarded the border line as a playground. As long as there are no large passes and garrison fortresses, they can easily shuttle between the two countries and come and go freely.

This also brought extremely convenient conditions for Yang Peng to cross the border between Song and Liao. Yang Peng circled the border line for a long time, chose a relatively safe mountain road, and walked through it quickly. The mountain trail was chosen just in case.

Once the Liao people found out about them, they could easily get rid of the Liao people. Yang Peng entered the mountain with the dog leftover. groping his way through the mountains, the mountains are deep and dense, and wild beasts are infested from time to time. Yang Peng was holding a scimitar in his hand to open the way, originally he thought that the dog was scared, but who knew that the dog was actually very lively, as if the jungle was his home.

Gou Yu didn't have much fear of the beasts that infested the mountains and forests, which was a good thing for Yang Qi. At least he didn't have to carry an oil bottle to wander around the forest. The hill is very steep, so it is difficult for two people to climb. After crossing two cols, they climbed to a looming mountain path they had seen in the distance.

Yang Peng looked at the mountain road, which should have been left by the merchants who had smuggled in the past. Since the merchants of the southern country invaded the Liao country, many smuggling merchants have been squeezed to death. The trail is also a bit deserted, and weeds are already popping up green leaves all over the trail.

"Oops~" The dog left, who was running wildly on the mountain road, suddenly barked. Yang Peng held the scimitar and ran to the place where the barking of the dog leftover monster came from. Yang Peng had just run a few steps when a large net for animal hunting fell from the sky. When Yang Peng was just about to resist, he saw a sturdy man walking out of the grass with the dog in his arms.

A sharpened snow knife rested on the dog's neck. Yang Peng gave up resistance in an instant. The big net shrouded Yang Qi tightly, and then he saw a lot of people coming out of the jungle. These people didn't look like the mountain bandits, because they were all dressed in uniform leather armor.

The style of leather armor is the same, most people wear cyan leather armor, and a small number of people wear red leather armor. Yang Peng paid attention to it, and the person wearing red leather armor was actually a woman. Yang Peng searched hard in his mind for the army of female soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't find any useful information. Then it shows that this group of people is not in the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Dare to ask if the strongman robbed him?" "Who are you?" The sturdy man holding the dog left put down the dog leftovers and handed them over to the two subordinates to grab, and he walked up to Yang Peng and asked. Yang Peng said: "Our brother is just an ordinary passerby, and I ask this brother to make it convenient and let us go." ”

"Ordinary passers-by?" The sturdy man sneered.

"Phew~" He spat and said disdainfully: "Ordinary passers-by? There are no ordinary people who can pass through this road. You're not honest at all. If you don't tell the truth, a certain family will kill you and throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves. Yang Peng squinted and said, "You don't need to be so ruthless, right?" ”

"Huh?!" The sturdy man widened his eyes with a look of displeasure. Yang Peng said helplessly: "Okay! I'll tell you the truth, our brother is a Liaodi Hanmin who escaped from Liaodi. The sturdy man glared and asked fiercely, "Then why didn't you tell the truth just now?" The sturdy man didn't wait for Yang Peng to answer, so he asked Gou Yu, "Is he telling a lie?" Tell you the truth, otherwise a certain family will slaughter you and feed the wolves. ”

Although Gou Yu was afraid, he had also seen the world with Lao He, and he nodded frantically. "Since you are the Han people who escaped from Liaodi, a certain family will not embarrass you. There are so many Han people in Liaodi, you dare to escape, and you succeed. This means that you have a kind.

What a certain family admires the most is a kind of man. You go with a certain family to the stockade, and a certain family invites you to drink. Yang Peng smiled: "You don't need to drink, right?" "Huh?!" Seeing that the sturdy man glared at the bull's eye again, Yang Peng had no choice but to agree.

The sturdy man let people untie the big net tied to Yang Peng's body, and also confiscated Yang Peng's weapons. And he seemed to be on guard against Yang Peng, although he unlocked Yang Peng, but left the dog by his side. Between the two people, there were several soldiers in leather armor.

Don't give Yang Peng the slightest chance to turn defeat into victory at all. Yang Peng followed this special group of bandits and went to their cottage. On the way, Yang Peng asked: "Brother Tai, you don't look like mountain bandits, are you the box army in a certain fortress?" ”

The sturdy man glared and said, "Don't compare a certain family with those Xiang soldiers who eat and wait for death." Besides, you've seen women as soldiers in that camp? "The sturdy man seemed to have explosives in his throat, and he was not at all polite when he spoke.

Yang Peng was not angry, and continued to ask: "Then you are mountain bandits?" "What? Look down on us? "Don't dare, don't dare to ......" "By the way, brother, where is this place?" The sturdy man suddenly found that Yang Peng talked a lot, and he wanted to beat Yang Peng very much, but in the end, after thinking about it, he held back, and just said something in a muffled voice.

"Two Wolf Mountain!" "Two Wolves Mountain ......"

Yang Peng muttered, his eyes suddenly widened, and he lost his voice: "Two Wolf Mountain? The sturdy man glanced at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "What? Have you also heard of the Two Wolves Mountain in Liaodi? Yang Peng smiled bitterly: "Not only have I heard it, it's like thunder...... The sturdy man squinted and said: "If you know the prestige of the Two Wolf Mountain, then give a little bit to a certain family." ”

Yang Peng lowered his head, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Two Wolf Mountain, Yang Peng did hear it, but it was different from what the strong man thought in his heart, and the strong man waved his hand and said: "You don't need to be so Wen Zou Zou to talk to a certain family, a certain family is called Du Qing, and friends on the rivers and lakes call me Brother Qing if they give face." ”

The corners of Yang Peng's mouth twitched again. He wished that the name of the mountain would be repeated, so that he could avoid fate.

Du Qing! The familiar name also matches. "Do you see that mountain?" It seemed that he was getting closer to the village, so Du Qing was extraordinarily light and said a few more words. Yang Peng looked at the mountain peak from afar, and saw the most conspicuous position of the mountain, where a naturally formed stone chicken was standing, and closed his eyes in pain.

Jinjiling! "Jinjiling! Our stockade is right there. Yang Peng didn't say anything, so he happily said the answer in Yang Peng's heart.

Two Wolf Mountain. Jinji Ridge. Dujiazhai. Du Qing.

Du Qing didn't bother to deal with Yang Peng anymore. The group went around and around and arrived at Jinji Ridge. The mountain road covering Jinji Ridge went all the way up and passed through the investigation of six secret sentinels. Most of the sentries lurking in the shadows were women. They are well-trained and have a very keen eye. Seeing Yang Peng staring at those women thoughtfully, Du Qing explained to Yang Peng angrily.

"It's a family rule. Don't look at us as grass cowards, but our ancestors are generals. Therefore, everything in this cottage is basically set according to the rules of the barracks. Even if we go up and down the mountain, we have to go through a strict check. Du Qing not only did not rush to cumbersome about this, but was proud of it, and you could hear it from his proud tone.

Yang Peng nodded, but did not speak. followed Du Qing all the way to Jinji Ridge. It's time for the final check. Suddenly, a woman came over and pointed at Yang Peng coldly, "Brother Qing, let him go down the mountain." Let him never climb the mountain again. Yang Peng seemed to think of something, and arched his hand slightly, "Then Yang will leave first." ”

"Dog, let's go." "No way!" Du Qing stiffened his neck and said, "They were invited to the cottage to eat and drink, and they can't leave." As soon as Yang Peng took a step and was about to leave, he was stopped. The woman said helplessly: "Brother Qing, this is my sister's order...... Du Qing frowned and said: "Why doesn't my little sister let someone invited by a certain family go up the mountain?" ”

The woman looked at Yang Peng and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid the young village master hasn't asked about this person's origin and name, right?" Du Qing was stunned, turned his head and asked Yang Peng, "Did you coax a certain family, but in fact, you are a Liao?" ”

"Hey~" Yang Peng sighed helplessly, and arched his hand: "Yang Peng." Du Qing's eyes widened suddenly, and he roared, "You are Yang Peng?" That Yang Peng? Yang Peng said: "The former city lord of Tianjing New City, and now Yang Peng, the king of Yan. "You turned out to be Yang Peng." Du Qing gasped and glared at Yang Peng, eager to eat Yang Peng in one bite.

"Stop!" A clear drink came from the mountain road. Then I saw a woman, tall and slender, with a thin waist of willows, black hair like ink dyed, a bow tied on it, wearing a goose-yellow soft satin, a black and gold embroidered belt around her waist, red cowhide boots, and a garnet-red cloak on the outside.

White like pear blossoms, eyebrows like crescent moons, melon seed face, Qiong hooked nose, and a ruddy little mouth, people can't help but have the urge to kiss it. It's just that at this moment, she has a look in her eyes, and it seems that no one can get close to her. The woman's lotus steps moved slightly and went down the mountain road.

After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.