Chapter 49 Conditions
"What's wrong? Lin'an City has been sealed again? ”
"It's not that it's sealed, it's like it's surrounded."
"It's all the same, it's all the same! I still can't get in! What can I do with so many fish...... Damn, there's a lot of fucking stuff! ”
From the road dozens of miles away from Lin'an, you can see people everywhere who want to enter the city but can't...... A few days ago, there was a rebellion in the city, and the livelihood of many surrounding households had been cut off, and now the Zhao Guan's family finally came back, and it was only peaceful for a long time!
If you say it's not angry, it must be false, isn't this a trick!
Silk cloth these goods are fine, if you meet these fish and meat sellers, it will be bitter for them, although the weather is still cold, but you can put it for four or five days, how can it stink.
The proprietors in the city can't receive the goods, they can't get the money, and they have to bear the loss by themselves, for a while, although they dare not enter the city, but they only settle down a little farther away, just hoping that the Lin'an Mansion that changes day by day can be kind, don't force people to the end of the road.
When there are many people, they exchange news with each other, and their words become more and more.
It was the father and son who came with more than thirty baskets of sea fish, and they sat on the side with a sad face, and poured bitter water on each other with the butcher next to them.
"My brother came early, but I don't know what's going on ahead? On this day, there were some troubles, but they hurt me. ”
The butcher was also worried, but he was much luckier than the fish seller, and took out a pot from his waist and poured himself a large sip of wine, he wiped his mouth, and then said:
"It's all fucking fenced in, and it's like this at the Watergate Road Gate, and not even a bird can fly in."
As he spoke, he handed over the jug of his wine, and the father was not polite, and took it and poured himself a big mouthful:
"Thank you, brother...... Didn't you say that Zhao Guan's family had already returned to Lin'an? How can this kind of thing still happen, could it be that something else has changed? ”
"I won't tell you anything, it's okay not to let you in this time, I'm afraid that the court won't have a letter for you...... You see, I pulled so many fish over this time, and I have suffered such a loss several times! ”
"Even if you don't let you in, the court throws a word out, and it's good to give a hope."
Although the butcher has a sideways face, he is a good businessman, and what the fisherman said is not what he is also thinking, the two of you take a sip of wine, and I take a sip of wine, and soon become acquainted.
"You look like I'm from somewhere else, but I'm not, I'm the one in Lin'an City, but there is a courtyard outside the city, which specializes in raising some animals and killing meat, and sending them to Lin'an before dawn...... When I left the city yesterday, it was fine, and today it is like this. ”
"I've already gone to investigate, and the other side said that it wasn't our Great Song soldier......"
The fisherman's eyes widened: "Isn't it the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty?" Whose soldier could that be?! ”
The butcher said, "You're on point, whose fucking soldier can it be!" They keep saying that they are Jin people, so Jin people are so easy to get along with when they see our Han people? ”
"I just drove Lao Tzu out, don't talk about my life, I didn't even ask for a copper plate! Even the voice of the speaker is kind, more kind than those generals in the infantry military division, and they say that they are soldiers of the Jin country, phew! ”
He spat on the ground: "Sister Ning Xinyao is good, I don't believe that the golden dog can change his temperament...... It's probably some kind of moth making trouble in the city, this damn world, it's really not for ordinary people to live. ”
said so, but the guy next to him interjected:
"The owner, that's not the case, I see that their banners and costumes are indeed from the golden people."
"Kim your mother! It's really a golden man, can you and I live until now? ”
The man, who had come from the north, was convinced that he had not been mistaken, and did not dare to argue with him, but shook his head and drove away the worms that wanted to pounce on the meat.
The fisherman listened to the man's description, and did not know whether it was the reason for drinking, so he turned his heart sideways, and shouted to his son to get into the car, and the butcher saw that he had turned the donkey cart around, and it was in the direction of Lin'an City, and hurriedly dissuaded him:
"Why do you not know how to measure? I have already told you what I have seen before, and now no one can get in, and you are still like this, do you believe me? ”
"What if the other side is really a golden person, but just now I spared my life because I had a good thought, and you went like this, and you bumped into them with murderous intentions, what should you do?"
The fisherman bowed his hand to him, but on the other hand, he was already iron-hearted:
"Thank you brother for telling me, it's just that these fish can't rot on the road in vain......"
He pointed to his son and said: "I still have to earn money to marry his daughter-in-law, if I go back empty-handed this time, the family will not even be able to open the pot, rather than starve to death, it is better to go and die to understand." ”
So saying, he swung a whip on the donkey's buttocks, and went slowly.
Looking at the backs of the father and son, the butcher took a big sip of wine, but accidentally choked and coughed up his tears.
Like the fisherman, there are many people, all of whom have little money...... I can afford to lose a little bit of my family, and I don't want to joke with my life, so I admit it; They couldn't recognize it, although many knew that there was a golden man in front of them, but they still couldn't stop their desire to enter the city, and when many people were far away from Lin'an, these people became boats traveling against the water.
After a while, they reached the outside of the city, and the fisherman circled for several hours, and finally stopped at the edge of the Qiantang River...... As the butcher said, Lin'an City was surrounded by people everywhere, and not even a crack was exposed.
He waited and waited, and the two stomachs of the father and son began to rattle, so he could not bear it any longer, and went forward with the donkey cart.
He was still a hundred paces away from them, and he saw them pointing their swords and spears at him, and when the fisherman saw such a scene, his heart was about to leap out, but he had become an arrow on a string, and he had to go forward.
"Stop, stop!"
The fisherman was very obedient, and when he reached the group of soldiers, he immediately tightened the reins, and then hurriedly beckoned his son to get out of the car, and the father and son began to make a fuss at them.
"The general is coming, the general is coming."
The soldier ignored him with his gun, and opened the blue cloth covering his basket before he said to him:
"We are waiting for the army of the Jin Kingdom, and now the two countries are at war, and this Lin'an City cannot enter for the time being, so you can go back."
The fisherman listened to them admit that he was from the Jin country, and his accent was indeed not like that of the southerners, but this tone really gave people the illusion that they could be discussed, and he scolded the Jin country mongrel in a low voice, but when he looked up, his eyebrows and eyes were still low:
"The general is pitiful and pitiful, my father and son came from Dinghai, pulling the fish set by Huainan Tower in the city, you see that this thing really can't be delayed, so please make it convenient for the general, let me wait for the owner to send it, and we will return immediately."
If it is known to the people from the north, this person is bargaining with the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, and I don't know what kind of expression will be on his face.
It stands to reason that this fisherman should have been driven away immediately, or his life should have been terminated, but the partial, as the butcher said, these people are very angry, so angry that they don't look like soldiers, but people who eat fasting and pray Buddha.
And one of them consulted with the other:
"It's true that this fish can't be left for long...... Otherwise......"
The other frowned: "It's not a trivial matter, I have to report it." ”
So saying, the man said to the fisherman:
"Don't move around here."
Then he turned and departed.
The fisherman was grateful to Dade for his efforts, but he didn't know anything, so he didn't treat these people as gold men at all.
After a while, there was a person with a round head, a round face and a round body in the pile, and there was no need to say much about the appearance of wealth and nobility, and the mellow appearance made people feel that he was a good talker. If you come to a random official at this time, you can immediately identify his identity.
This is not Uncle Qin, the great housekeeper of the Qin Mansion in the past, who is it!
This fat man has already set up a house in several places, and the mother-in-law also said several, only last month that the concubine in the family was pregnant, and it was the time of the happy event recently, and the whole person was proud of the spring breeze.
He had no stand in the face of the fisherman, and when people made a gesture at him, he was about to return one immediately, and this gesture really made the fisherman a little confused.
Even our army of the Great Song Dynasty has no time to be so polite!
After instructing a few people to carefully inspect the fish basket again, and after confirming that there was nothing suspicious, Qin Da ...... Now his name is Liu Da, Liu Da interrogated him again, and saw that although this person was timid, he did not show the slightest flaw between his words, and he already had a plan in his heart.
"In this way, you should sell this fish to us, and you can tell you how much it is, and you will not lose your business."
"Lin'an City will not be surrounded for a long time, at most two or three days, and when you come again, you will be able to enter and exit normally."
The better the talker, the easier it is for people to talk more, maybe it's an inch, maybe it's a kick in the face, but anyway, human nature is like this.
All kinds of things exposed by these people, the fisherman has already regarded them as his own people, and he is much bolder, although this is indeed a solution to his own problems, but there are so many businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty, don't they pay attention to the word 'integrity'?
If he answers the general's words today, then he will never think about doing business with the restaurant in Lin'an City in the future.
This thing of killing chickens and taking eggs can't be done, and you can't do it, even if the fish is rotten and smelly, there will still be an excuse in Huainan Building in the future, but if it is resold to someone else, then the nature of this matter will completely change.
"General, this fish has been set for Huainan Building a long time ago, although it has not entered Lin'an City now, but the fish has returned to Huainan Building, and the villain really can't be the master."
"If you like it, you can leave a place for the villain, and the next time you come to Lin'an, the villain will personally pick a few big ones and send them to your house."
"If that person doesn't have integrity, let alone do business, he can't even leave his house, and I hope the general will be pitiful and convenient."
Liu Da put his hands on his waist, as if holding his stomach, and thought for a while...... The fisherman is convenient, but if he is put into the city, it will become inconvenient for himself.
Thinking of the virtue of the new master, the fisherman must not be offended, but if he is allowed in, he will inevitably be insulted and beaten...... This housekeeper, who has worked in the Qin Mansion for many years and gives people the impression of being exquisite, was embarrassed for a while.
Looking at the figure on the head of the city not far away, Liu's brain and eyes were spinning together, and finally let him think of a solution.
"It just so happens that someone from the city has come out, so you give me the donkey cart with me, and I will pay you first, and then let the man bring the fish into the city for you, so that your reputation will not be ruined, and my errand will not be embarrassed."
"Well, it's the best of both worlds, what do you think?"
The fisherman pondered for a moment...... He had no other choice, and the fat general had no reason to coax himself, so after a pause, he stomped his feet and said:
"It's all up to the general."
"Come with me."
With Liu Da leading the way, this fisherman has scurried up in the army camp for the first time in his life, and if he goes back to talk about this, I don't know how many people will scold him for bragging.
But at this time, he didn't care so much, just looked around, looking at everything and feeling new, and thinking that his business was done, and his son was going to marry a wife and have children, and the incense was not cut off in his hands after all, and his heart was inevitably a lot happier.
When he arrived in front of a large camp, Liu Da let his father and son stand up, and he went into the camp alone...... Surrounded by armor-piercing soldiers, the father and son stood timidly in front of the door, not daring to move, and even the sound of panting was much quieter.
"Dad, these people...... It doesn't seem to be our Great Song soldiers. ”
Why do you have to say that the dress and hair of these soldiers are not Han people, especially when they pass by, there are people who are muttering and talking about birds, and the fisherman is scared, so he just tells his son to shut up:
"Don't talk fucking nonsense, it's our Song soldiers!"
"But ......"
The fisherman slapped his son on the head, and the pain was so painful that the young man was indeed silenced.
When Liu Da came out again, he was followed by a middle-aged man in a crimson robe...... As far as he is dressed, at least he is an official who started from the prefect's house, and the things engraved in his bones made the knees of the father and son soften, and they almost knelt down.
Liu Da grabbed them: "Your fish will be sent by this person, I will give you the money, and you will give me the fish." ”
The man didn't seem to know what was going on, and he ignored the two of them, just looked at Liu Da with a smile and communicated with him in Jinguo's dialect.
"What do you mean, and what is the situation with these two people?"
This is the matter of retiring from the army that came to the Jin State to discuss with a heavy responsibility, Zhao Huan, the Holy Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, is a scholar after all, and has been in the Jin Country for so many years, and there is no difference between Jin and Han people.
Although Liu Da has been a Jin man for a longer time than him, he has stayed in the Song Kingdom for a long time, and he was not in the camp just now, but he didn't expect this person's Jin Guo to speak so ......
Tunnel.
The purity of the accent and the standard of vocalization, if he didn't know his identity, Liu Da might have taken him seriously as a Song person.
After telling the emperor the ins and outs, Liu Da took out a piece of silver from his waist and gave it to the fisherman, who was grateful to Dade and hurried to the donkey cart to pack his things.
Zhao Huan was a little embarrassed: "You...... Want me to deliver fish? ”
Liu Da looked at him sincerely: "Otherwise? You're not going into the city, just by the way. ”
"I ...... I won't drive a donkey! ”
The fisherman came over: "That's simple, this beast is the same as a horse, but it is very stubborn, give it more food and less whips." ”
"You ......"
The Holy Emperor of Xiaoci Yuan looked at this stinky man with great disgust, and when he got closer, he immediately had a fishy smell in his nose.
"Do you know who I am!"
The fisherman knew that he was an official, and he was a little speechless for a while, but Liu Da stopped doing it, kicked on the haystack next to him, and snorted softly.
Just this light moan, but Zhao Huan came to a lively change of face, and the confidence to ask, 'Do you know who I am', disappeared, and all that was left was the appearance of being as warm as jade.
"So, I'll try."
Liu Da saw all this in his eyes and shook his head slightly.
The dragon gave birth to nine sons, each of which is different, but the gap is so big that it is still a little unimaginable.
It's hard not to laugh at this kind of pretentious appearance.
He arched his hand towards him: "Then I'm sorry for you...... The matter has been settled, so let your Excellency go back to the city as soon as possible. ”
"Spread the word about us, and remember, bring the fish."
Zhao Huan couldn't stop nodding, and finally set up a donkey cart and headed towards Lin'an City.
Since he left the city, an hour has passed since he went back at this time, and during this hour, except for Zhao Ding and a few people who kept pacifying the emotions of the people, Liu Bang has been staying at the head of the city of Najiahuimen.
The wine was set up and the banquet was set up, as if he was just bringing the unfinished business on Xiaoxi Lake here to continue to do.
"It's faster than I thought."
Looking at the figure coming from afar, although he went on a horse, when he came back he was replaced by a donkey.
But Liu Bang still recognized him at a glance, but he was curious in his heart, what tricks were being done on the other side, and why did he let him bring things back.
"What kind of price do you think the gold people will offer?"
The emperor suddenly asked, and everyone was silent, and the old princess now seemed much kinder...... She seems to have always been quite kind, and Liu Bang doesn't have too many other thoughts about her.
Empathy is a very complicated skill for him, but an old woman who has money and is willing to spend money for her relatives, he can quite understand and accept it.
After all, she is also her relative.
Even a fisherman knows the truth that you can't kill chickens and take eggs, and he naturally knows it.
The Qian family is his chicken.
"It's nothing more than those tricks...... After all, it is a northern barbarian, asking for money, women and food, and they can't think of anything else, and the official family is unwilling to give it. ”
Liu Bang looked at her and smiled: "That's not necessarily. ”
When Zhao Huan entered the city, he didn't go up to the city gate for the first time, but drove the donkey cart out, handed the cart to a forbidden army, and instructed the man for a while before he arrived at the emperor.
"Official ......"
"What's in the donkey cart?"
"The fish sent in by Baixin outside the city, Jin ...... The golden thief showed kindness to the people and let the ministers run the road for them. ”
Several ministers who were originally busy working below, seeing that Xiaoci Yuansheng was back, hurriedly followed them up to the city, and after listening to this person's words, the expressions on their faces became weird.
The dignified emperor of the Zhao family actually ......
Alas.
Maybe it was because His Majesty had already exposed the lower limit before, although they all hated iron and steel, but everyone accepted it.
"So," Liu Bang stood up, "you didn't come to see me when you came back, but you sent fish for the golden man?" ”
Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, and quickly began to make a fuss.
He only thought about not offending the Jin people, and for a while he even forgot about his serious errands!
Liu Bang was angry, not angry that this person put others before himself, but angry that those dogs outside couldn't tell the difference...... Since you want to act, you have to be real.
Letting people in in such a sloppy way has become a child's play.
He looked at Zhao Huan and said angrily:
"Seriously, what do they want?"
The Holy Emperor of Xiaoci Yuan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said what he had just discussed:
"The Jin people want 100,000 taels of gold, 1 million taels of silver, and 1 million horses of silk, all the cattle and horses in the city, as well as continue to fulfill the previous peace agreement, and ask Yue Fei and others to retreat to the south of the Huai River, and ......"
This condition is much better than when Kaifeng was besieged, almost only one percent of the year...... In Zhao Huan's opinion, since Lao Jiu wants others to withdraw from the army, there is absolutely no reason to refuse.
After all, a few requests are already considered benevolent to the golden people.
Liu Bang took a deep breath and looked at the ministers:
"Everybody's heard, how is this good?"
Zhao Ding is not very clear now, on the one hand, he doesn't think that the Jin people can come to Lin'an, but on the other hand, he really doesn't know where the official family found the people.
Holding the idea that he would rather believe it, Zhao Ding stood up and said:
"The example of Bianjing City is in front, and future generations mourn it without learning from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations."
"Don't heed the Jin people's requests, and when the generals and reinforcements arrive, they should disperse."
This was not the answer Liu Bang wanted, so he looked at Wan Qiao:
"What do you think?"
Wan Qiao's heart tightened...... But he knew that the official family was not satisfied with Zhao Xiang's answer, otherwise he would definitely not ask his own reason again.
The answer is only those two, yes or no, Zhao Xiangye ruled out one, then there is only one left.
But is this really what His Majesty thinks?
Wan Qiyun paused: "The minister thinks that what Zhao Xiang said is extremely true. ”
Don't offend the prime minister, and don't come out, even if the emperor wants to blame, he can't blame himself.
This kid is better than a monkey!
Liu Bang was so angry that he had to ask Zhao Huan:
"You come on."
Emperor Xiaociyuan didn't even think about it: "The minister thinks that it is naturally possible, after all, it is really a way to save worry and effort if you don't do anything, don't hurt people's lives, and only spend some money." ”
"Hmm......" the emperor finally nodded, "it's just this money......"
Zhao Ding immediately answered: "The money that is not in the treasury is prepared for the army, if there is no money, I am afraid that there will be chaos in the army." ”
"That's too."
Zhao Huan thought that he had already put the temperament of Lao Jiu:
"There's no need to move the treasury, the people in the city can raise some at will, isn't it enough!"
"No, it's the people's money, and if there is chaos in this city, it will be internal and external trouble."
Liu Bang refused, and his eyes kept drifting towards the old princess.
The latter sighed lightly, and finally stood up.
"There aren't that many in Lin'an City, if they want, I can write a note and ask them to pick it up elsewhere."
"That's embarrassing!"
He looked at the old princess and finally felt like he was a relative.
(End of chapter)