The Yokohara Village illuminated by the setting sun is even more dilapidated than last time. Ouyang Xuan walked closer and realized that his feelings were not delusional. I saw that there were traces of swords and axes everywhere inside and outside the village, and many houses in the village were damaged, and the houses that Li Shuang, Yu Zhu and others had borrowed were also burned down.

After attracting everyone to see Du Fu and other squires in the village, Ouyang Xuan explained to them the intention of entering the village. Because they had been carrying a heavy burden on the hidden trail in the mountains for two days, the group was already sleepy and tired, Ouyang Xuan was ready to rest here for one night, and then borrow a boat to go to Chongqing Mansion City early tomorrow morning. When Du Fu heard what he meant, he asked his son Du Daquan to lead Huang Dagen to handle the accommodation and the boat ride tomorrow morning. This time I went to Hengyuan Village again, and it was only more than a month since the officers and soldiers of the grain conscription team introduced the Mongolian cavalry into the mountains, but Ouyang Xuan saw that Du Fu was much older. During the conversation, Ouyang Xuan learned that when Hengyuan Village received the warning, most of the villagers fled to the vicinity with fine soft and hid to avoid the killing of the Mongols. Sure enough, after the Mongolian hundred-man team that failed to attack Wanjiaping came out of the mountain, in order to vent their anger and kill people when they saw them, the few old and weak people in Hengyuan Village who did not want to go were slaughtered by the Mongolian army. From Du Fu and others, it was learned that the Mongolian army did not return the same way after slaughtering the village, but went straight to Qiongzhou and Yazhou.

After the Mongolian army left, the people of Hengyuan returned to the village one after another, but because of the large-scale destruction of the Mongols, it was difficult to make a living, and the wall was damaged, which caused a small group of bandits nearby to attack and disturb from time to time, and they were afraid that the Mongols would go and return, and the population in the village either moved to the nearby mountains, or they went into exile to other places to make a living, and even some people went to Wanjiaping to join the mountain bandits. When Ouyang Xuan and the others arrived more than a month ago, there were still more than 500 people in the village, and now there are less than 400 people. Fortunately, there was no shortage of food just after the summer grain harvest recently, and the residents of the city could barely survive. However, after this turmoil, the cattle and farming tools in the village have been completely lost, and the seeds are also insufficient, so that the sown area of autumn grain is much smaller than in previous years, and there will definitely be a shortage of grain this winter and next spring. Ouyang Xuan was silent after hearing this, the area of Liuliba is vast, but it can accommodate the people of Hengyuan Village, but the hidden path leading to the outside of the mountain in Liulizhai cannot be crossed by non-strong people. Even if the villagers were willing, it would not be possible to move all the people of Yokohara to Liuliba, and if only the strong laborers were moved, the remaining villagers would be starved to death if they were not killed by the bandits. At present, only by vigorously developing the industrial and mining industries, building more guns and artillery, breaking the blockade of Wanjiapingshan bandits, and building a fortress in Hengyuan Village when the conditions are right, can we gain a firm foothold in this plain area and protect the people. It is said that although the plain area where Hengyuan Village is located has few minerals, the transportation is convenient, and the grain is twice a year, and it has been a place of ointment and fertilizer since ancient times. If the Thunderbolt army wants to grow, it is the only way to develop down this mountain, but before going down the mountain, it must have a perfect plan to defend against the Mongols.

Before the departure on the second day, Du Fu led Du Daquan to Ouyang Xuan and said: "Patrol Lord, this world is chaotic, the dog has been practicing medicine with me for many years, I am willing to let him follow the adult, in order to protect the continuation of my Du family's incense ....." Du Fu's words made Ouyang Xuan happy, people who understand medicine are social elites in any era, and they are especially precious in troubled times, especially in the vast Cockscomb Mountain, although there are many herbs, but there are very few people who understand medicine.

After the sack of the Mongol army, the commercial and trade activities that were originally the foundation of the prosperity of the town of Hengyuan have completely stopped, so that many idle ships have been parked by the river next to the wall. With Du Fu's full support, Hengyuan Village lent three large ships and six small boats to the Perak Army, which still looked spacious after being loaded with commercial and trade team members and mountain goods.

When the boat arrived at Yongqu Township, Ouyang Xuan asked the fleet to dock to rest for a while, and he went straight to the old man's shack. The old man Wang was not at home, and after searching all around to no avail, Ouyang Xuan left some dried meat and other mountain goods and continued to hurry. He is ready to defeat the Wanjiapingshan bandits in the future, and take the old man Wang Da to Liuliba for retirement.

Because this trip was downstream, and the sailors were all veterans of Hengyuan Village, the boat was fast and steady, and no member of the trade team was seasick. It's just that there are still sporadic bandits along the way, but the bandits only dare to watch from a distance when they see the neat fleet of trade teams, with a large number of people and weapons. Soon after noon, the fleet arrived at Chongqing Mansion.

After getting off the boat, seeing that it was still early, Ouyang Xuan asked everyone to split up. He took Huang Dagen to meet Pan Tong, and asked Wang Youfu, Zhu Zhuozi, Dong Hu and others to go to various trading houses in the city to sell mountain goods. Before going to the mansion, Ouyang Xuan arranged for someone to quietly send a gift to Pan Tongzhi - a tiger skin, this tiger skin is not only complete, but also larger than usual, and the word "Wang" on the forehead is clearly visible. Although he knew that this Southern Song Dynasty officialdom was already a bribery bank, Ouyang Xuan still kept this matter extremely careful and secretive, on the one hand, he was deeply resistant to this kind of atmosphere in his heart, and on the other hand, he was now the leader of the Thunderbolt Army, and he didn't want this atmosphere to spread to Liuliba, and it always didn't hurt to do this shady thing quietly and low-key.

When Ouyang Xuan and Huang Dagen arrived at the mansion to meet Pan Tong, Pan's system, which had received benefits, was not as strict as before, but it was still a business-like appearance, and he spoke a little seriously. He said to Ouyang Xuan and the others: "This official already knows about your attack on the Wanjiaping bandits, and he is very pleased!" He has ordered the scribe to report the situation to his superiors, and you will continue to work hard to serve the court", after saying this, he encouraged a few words without saltiness, and did not mention whether to give a reward. According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, it is a great achievement to kill hundreds of thieves like Liuliba this time, and the reward should be extremely generous. Ouyang Xuan was not surprised or disappointed by this, he originally didn't expect the Chongqing Mansion to give a reward, but he just felt that the bureaucratic system of the Southern Song Dynasty was really rotten.

Ouyang Xuan suppressed the slight anger in his heart, and raised the difficulty of Liuliba and salt in the mountains to Pan Tongzhi, hoping to give salt citations or official certificates to buy salt in Qiongzhou. In ancient times, salt and iron and other important materials have always been subject to a monopoly system, called salt and iron monopoly, and those who buy and sell without official permission are to be killed. Maybe it was because of the guilt that Ouyang Xuan and the others had no reward for killing the bandits, or maybe it was the effect of the tiger skin, Pan Tongzhi hesitated for a long time, but still agreed to Ouyang Xuan's request. Under the normal system, the sale of salt should be approved by a special official agency, and Chongqing does not have the authority to approve salt citations. It's just that since the Mongols invaded Sichuan many times, the prefectures and counties around Chengdu have long been dilapidated, and even the Chongqing Mansion has not had a prefect take office for a long time and has been replaced by Pan's system, and the function of being responsible for the monopoly of the salt industry has also been exercised by the study officials of the Chongqing Mansion.

After accepting the valuable mountain goods sent by Huang Dazhong, the next paperwork for purchasing salt was very smooth. With a stroke of the pen, the clerk who handled the paperwork directly gave Liuliba the paperwork to buy two thousand catties of salt, after all, he had to be a favor if he took the benefits of others, "Anyway, the poor people in the mountains can't afford it", he thought.