It's getting colder!

The winter of the seventh year of Xuanhe was very cold, and it was snowing in October.

Because a batch of supplies entered the camp last night, I had been busy all night, so Yu Yin got up a little late in the morning.

At Chen, he opened his eyes in a daze and Yu Yin got off the bed.

Gao Zemin came in with a basin of clear water and prepared teeth and toiletries. Gao Zemin was Gao Shiguang's son and was not very old. Yu Yin didn't intend to let him come over, but Yan Nu was worried that he would not be taken care of by himself in the military camp, so he forced Gao Zemin to be Yu Yin's personal soldier. Looking at Gao Zemin's thin and small figure, Yu Yin felt a little reluctant.

"Have the baggage inventory been counted?"

"The official has been counted... This is the list sent by Chief Chen in the early morning. Please check it out."

"Early morning?"

Yu Yin glanced at Gao Zemin and couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw his sleepy look.

He went to bed at about the Yin time, and Gao Zemin had not yet rested... In other words, this little guy has not slept yet.

"Zemin, go and rest. There are still many things to do today. If you lose your energy, you are afraid that you will not be able to do it."

Gao Zemin is a very stubborn child. If he insists on letting him go to bed, he may not agree. So Yu Yin changed the saying and drove Gao Zemin to bed. At this time, another personal soldier brought breakfast. Yu Yin put on his clothes and opened the list compiled by Chen Dong while eating breakfast, and read it quickly at a glance...

God knows why the court had to stockpile such a lot of supplies, with nearly 5,000 stones of food and grass.

However, what surprised Yu Yin was still the thirty war horses sent with these five thousand stones of food and grass... Horses were a rare thing in the Song Dynasty. Thirty horses, if placed on the market, would be astonishingly priced, let alone war horses.

After breakfast, Yu Yin dressed neatly and headed straight to the stables in the camp.

Ji Qing and He Yuanqing were taking people to patrol the camp when they saw Yu Yin. They hurriedly stepped forward and sang a fat look.

"What happened to these horses?"

Yu Yin pointed at the thirty horses in the stable and asked in confusion.

Because there were no thirty horses in the previous list. Now there are suddenly thirty horses. This naturally aroused Yu Yin's curiosity. The Song Dynasty lacked horses, and Yu Yin also lacked horses... In the entire military camp, in addition to the Black Flag Arrow Team under Pang Wanchun, there were only fifty-four war horses, including Yu Yin's dark gold and two king chases.

If so, why not detain these thirty horses?

Yu Yin was a little moved, after all, there were too few personal horse troops under his command.

He Yuanqing said: "When counting, I heard that this Lao Shizi was the horse of Du Gongmei, the magistrate of Cangzhou. It seemed to be stored here temporarily. I was going to wait for Du Gongmei to return to Beijing to take it away at the end of the year... Zhiniang thief treated this military camp as his family's back house."

Du Gongmei?

Yu Yin was stunned for a moment and then woke up.

He knew that Du Gongmei was named Du Chong. He was a Jinshi during the Shaosheng period of Zhezong. He was promoted to the position of the founding father and the Guanglu Shaoqing. At the beginning of the year, he was deposed as the governor of Cangzhou. This person belonged to the Eastern Palace and was said to be very close to the crown prince Zhao Huan.

Yu Yin also belongs to the East Palace.

However, his relationship with the East Palace was not very good, so he had no contact on weekdays.

But this did not prevent him from hearing about Du Chong, even his uncle Huang Shang, who mentioned this person, but he was quite disdainful in his words. What really made Yu Yin keep Du Chong in mind was an accident that happened at the beginning of the year. Because Cangzhou was adjacent to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, many Han people who fled from Yanyun lived here. After Du Chong took office, he used the excuses of Yanyun's people to be carefully made by the thieves, and within one month, he massacred more than 3,000 people in Cangzhou.

If it was just a massacre, that would be fine.

Later, Du Chong submitted a report to the court, saying that he had discovered many traitors in Cangzhou and asked for credit from the court.

Huang Shang was very excited whenever he mentioned this.

"Du Gongmei is a true traitor. Once this example is opened, there will be no peace in Hebei."

Yu Yin was also very shocked when she heard about it, and she only felt that Du Gongmei was too despicable and cruel.

Unfortunately, he has a humble identity and no one will pay attention to what he says.

Yu Yin took the list in his hand and looked at it again, and suddenly asked, "Where are these thirty horses in the list given?"

"There is no registration above."

"Yuan Qing will go and find Shisanlang, and call Chen Zhubu by the way, and I will take these thirty horses away."

"ah?"

"I am still short of horses, and someone is sending them here, how can I let them go?

Tomorrow, we will select thirty more versatile people from the army and join the horse army... Yuan Qing will lead the horse army with Shisanlang."

He Yuanqing was extremely happy when he heard this.

Before, I saw how glorious Gao Chong was in command of the horse army, and I had long envied him. But he also knew that there were only so many horses in the camp, and only fifty horses were there, so he would never have the chance to command the horse army. But now, if thirty horses are added, there will be eighty horse army. At that time, he will be able to command forty people with Gao Chong.

Ji Qing couldn't help but say, "Young Master, is this suitable?"

"What's wrong? If you don't eat the fat meat you deliver to your door, wouldn't it be laughed at?"

Yu Yin smiled and turned around and left.

He had his own plans to make this decision.

Du Chong and Du Gongmei are quite famous in history. However, they are not a good reputation... This guy is a firm surrender, cruel internal means and humble externally. In history, after Zong Ze's death, Du Chong was the one who stayed in Tokyo. He dispersed the rebel army and abandoned Kaifeng, causing the northern part of the Song Dynasty to be destroyed.

Since then, he served as prime minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and guarded Jiankang.

When the Jin soldiers came, this person surrendered to the Jin people, and he was an absolute traitor.

Sometimes Yu Yin finds it strange, why can such people gain a foothold in the court? If Wang Anshi had not started reforms decades earlier, such villains would not have a foothold. Whenever they think of this, Yu Yin would always sigh.

Now that Du Chong has sent the war horse, he has no reason not to take it.

As for Du Chong coming to ask for it in the future, Yu Yin will turn against him... Everyone belongs to the Eastern Palace, and there is a crown prince standing behind me. Even if you are blackened by your thirty horses, what can you, Du Gongmei, do to me? Others are afraid of you. I am not afraid!

Thinking of this, Yu Yin's mood suddenly improved a lot.

How could he be unhappy after getting thirty horses for nothing? After Gao Chong came, he explained his thoughts to Gao Chong... The horse army expanded to eighty people. Gao Chong and He Yuanqing each led forty horse army, serving as Yu Yin's personal horse army.

Gao Chong has no objection!

In his opinion, fifty people and forty people were no different; but He Yuanqing was very happy. He finally could lead the army alone...

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At this time, Du Chong was still in Cangzhou, so it was naturally impossible to know. He tried his best to find the thirty good horses that were prepared to offer to Prince Zhao Huan, which had been swallowed up by Yu Yin. However, even if he knew, Yu Yin would not care too much.

Du Chong's thirty good horses seemed to have brought Yu Yin a lot of good luck.

In a few days, Li Dayin from Hangzhou sent someone to inform that the things Yu Yin asked him to prepare were ready and could be shipped at any time. Yu Yin was also a little anxious. It was about to be the end of the year, but I don’t know how Zhang Zeduan was doing. It is best to pave this trade route before the end of the year, otherwise it will be much more difficult in the coming year.

Next year... it will be Jingkang!

On this day, Yu Yin returned to his home in Kaifeng.

Yan Nu took Yu Ru and Yang Jinlian to inspect Yu Yan's tooth shop, so she was not at home.

Andaoquan was invited by Ling Zhen to go to the Imperial Camp for a drink. So when Yu Yin returned home, no one was at home except Gao Madam and Rui Hongnu. Huang Xiaoqi went to the northwest with Zhang Zeduan and could not come back for a while. As a result, there were fewer people in the butcher shop, so Gao Shiguang spent most of his time working in Maxing Street.

Yu Yin went upstairs and came to the study.

There was nothing left and right, so he planned to go out to buy some gifts and visit Huang Shang at Guanqiao Academy.

A few days ago, Yan Nu told him that his uncle's health was inappropriate recently and asked him to take time to take a look. Huang Shang is not young anymore, and the weather this year is cold, especially in previous years, so he naturally feels a little uncomfortable. However, the business in Yuyin Camp was busy two days ago, and he went out and went in. He was very nervous every day and couldn't take time.

It happened to be nothing today, so Yu Yin was about to visit her.

So he changed his clothes and got down from the upper floor. He was about to go out, but he heard someone shouting loudly outside the door: "Dare you ask, is this the Yu Commander's Mansion?"

“Which?”

Mrs. Gao happened to clean the courtyard at the door. When she heard the sound, she walked over and opened the gate.

"This is Commander Yu's home. I wonder who is calling him."

The person outside the door, with some Taiyuan Mansion accent, "Can you come from the northwest of your own family? Can Commander Jade be at home?"

Listening to the sound, it sounds familiar.

Yu Yin was stunned for a moment, then walked out of the hall, stood on the porch and said, "Madam Gao, who is looking for me?"

"Did Brother Yi become rich and can't recognize the old friends in Keduncheng back then?"

Before Yu Yin's voice fell, he saw a young man wearing a black robe and a square scarf walking in from outside.

Judging from the person's size, he was about 180 cm, with a mustache and a spirited face.

Yu Yin narrowed his eyes and shouted in surprise after a while: "Brother resentment, but are you... Haha, it's really you!"

Yu Yin is not unfamiliar with the man at the door.

In fact, when he mentioned the old friend of Keduncheng, Yu Yin had already guessed the other party's identity.

Ren Chen, the Han man who was taken in by Ren's husband in Taiyuan, later escorted Yu Liyan to Kedun City with Yu Yin, and fought side by side with Yu Yin, pushing Yu Liyan to the position of Queen of Heavenly Destiny in Western Liao. Yu Yin was extremely surprised and ran over after taking two steps in three steps, holding Ren Chen's hand, "Brother Qian, why are you here? When will you arrive?"

"After getting the news from Xiao Yi, I came in a hurry."

Ren Chen smiled with a kind smile, and his words were a bit quiet.

When Yu Yin heard this, he immediately understood the reason, took Ren Chen's hand and walked into the house. While walking, he said to Madam Gao: "Madam Gao took Hong Nu out for a walk and bought some wine and vegetables. I will stop drunk with Brother Chen."

The implication is: I want to talk about the serious matter, don't disturb me.

How could Mrs. Gao not hear the meaning of this words? She quickly agreed and led Rui Hongnu out.

Yu Yin led Ren Chen to the second floor.

Sitting down in the study, poured a cup of hot water for Ren Chen. "Brother Qian, is this always good?"

Ren Chen smiled and said, "But it's still good. The king missed Xiao Yi very much. He had long wanted me to come to visit him, but he was afraid that it would delay Xiao Yi's affairs, so he didn't come here. This time, he received Xiao Yi's news. The king was so happy... So, I came over to meet Xiao Yi immediately. I just didn't expect that Xiao Yi has become the commander of the old Zhao family."

Yu Yin could hear that there was some dissatisfaction in Ren Chen's words.

When he was in Kedun City, Yu Liyan tried to keep him, hoping that he could stay in Mobei.

But in the end, he did not stay, and quietly left with a cloud, and even took away a girl's lovesickness.

When Yu Liyan was mentioned, it seemed that the tall and stubborn girl appeared again, and her mind trembled. After a long time, Yu Yin whispered: "Swallow, how are you?"

"When I first entered Xizhou, it was a little difficult.

However, after Xiao Yi's guidance, the reunion with Balashayan became much smoother... In addition, with Prince Renxiao's help, blocking the Huangtou Huihe reinforcements, we were able to successfully gain a foothold in Xizhou."

Ren Chen said it was an understatement, but Yu Yin could feel the hardships hidden under that under the understatement.

Thinking back to the beginning, Yu Liyan relied on more than 10,000 troops to enter Xizhou, without food and grass, and no reinforcements, and now he was able to capture the foundation. How could it be so difficult for her daughter's family to bear such a heavy responsibility for no reason?

"Middle last month, Mr. Zhang found our mansion and brought Xiao Yi's token.

After the king learned about it, he was very excited and immediately asked me to come to Kaifeng to meet Xiao Yi... The king asked me to know Xiao Yi: If you meet for the first time in life, no matter what, Xiao Yi is the one who helped us in Ke Duncheng."

Yu Yin's nose felt sore and almost shed tears.

But then he took a deep breath and said softly: "Please blame me and say that Xiao Yi has not changed."

The two of them were talking while drinking water.

Yu Yin sat at the window and could clearly see all the movements in Guanyin Lane.

“How is the situation in Xizhou now?”

"Not very good..." Ren Chen smiled bitterly: "The Uighurs in Xizhou are no longer worth worrying about now, but after the war, there are many troubles. You also know that Xizhou is already short of food, and with the wars at the beginning of the year, there were almost no grains.

Although Prince Renxiao gave a lot of help, he was a drop in the bucket.

After all, Xixia is not very rich, and the drought in many places this year is a barely maintained situation... Fortunately, Xiao Yi sent a large number of jewelry last year, which alleviated our embarrassment. This time Xiao Yi wrote to him and wanted to open the Xizhou commercial road, Wang Shang was of course very happy... But I don’t know what kind of transaction Xiao Yi can with Xizhou?"

It seems that the situation in Xizhou is really not optimistic.

Otherwise, Ren Chen would not have been like this tone, and his face was filled with more expectations.

"Brother Qian, I have contacted two major merchants in the north and south, and are also trying to clear the northwest trade route... Here is a list of goods I asked them to prepare before, but now they are all ready. But these people are merchants after all, and if there is no huge profit, they may not be very dangerous to go to Xizhou... But I don't know, Brother Qian, what can you give them?"

Yu Yin handed the list of goods prepared by Li Dayin to Ren Chen.

Ren Chen only glanced at him and his eyes lit up...

Food, armed forces?

This is the commodity that the Western Liao Dynasty needs most today... Especially grain, Yu Liyan is having a headache about this matter. As for the weapons, the weapons of the Song Dynasty were always excellent. The weapons such as the Divine Arm Bow and the A-Zhang People were famous. The firearms of the Song army have always been coveted by the Liao people. In this list, there were even tens of thousands of Thunderbolt rockets, which surprised Ren Chen.

I originally thought that Yu Yin was just a commander and had no energy.

Who would have thought of...

Ren Chen suddenly felt that he knew too little about Yu Yin! In fact, it was not too little, but Yu Yin flew too fast, and no one paid attention to the energy hidden behind him, and Ren Chen was even more unlikely to know.

After reading the list, Ren Chen took out a list from his arms.

There are various Western Regions specialties, jade, spices, wine and other items... Because Xizhou just blocks the road from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, Xizhou has now become a hub for the connection between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.

"Western Xia iron armor?"

Yu Yin narrowed her eyes and frowned.

"These iron armors are specially designed for the Western Xia iron kites... I know that the Zhao family's armor is exquisite, but they are still a little worse than these iron armors."

"It's just iron armor, a little thin."

"How do you say this?"

Yu Yin raised his head, looked at Ren Chen and said with a smile: "Don't you know that the Song Dynasty lacks the most war horses?

To be honest, now looking at the entire Tokyo Imperial Army, there are no more than 10,000 horses... The Tokyo Imperial Army Guards are the chief officer of the horse army, and the horses under them are not even enough to capture the thief, Bojin. You also know that the Song and Jin are now in the battle, producing horses in the Western Regions, and Xizhou controls several pastures. If they can supply horses, this business will definitely be of great success."

Massage into the Central Plains?

Ren Chen hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I can't decide this matter, but after I go back, I can discuss it."

"There's another thing..."

"Speaking."

Yu Yin looked at Ren Chen and hesitated.

He didn't know what would happen after the condition was expressed.

But if he didn't say anything, he always felt that he couldn't be happy. After thinking about it again and again, he gritted his teeth and whispered: "I don't know what the military situation is now in Xizhou?"

Ren Chen's expression tightened and looked at Yu Yin with caution.

"Xiao Yi means..."

"If possible, I hope the swallows can go out to the north of the desert at the right opportunity."

"Do you help Lao Zhao's family?"

Yu Yin nodded.

Ren Chen rubbed his cheeks and smiled bitterly, "I can't make the decision on this matter... If I help Xiao Yi, it's not a big deal, but you also know that the king hated the Lao Zhao family to the core. If the Lao Zhao family had not colluded with the enemy and attacked the enemy, my Daliao might not have ended up today's situation... Everything else is easy to say, but this matter is not very accurate."

Yu Yin didn't know how Yu Liyan hated Zhao Ji.

He pondered for a moment and said softly: "When I was back, I was worried about bringing a word to the swallow.

The lips are gone and the teeth are cold. If something happens to me, the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the next one will be Xixia and Xizhou... Nowadays, we should abandon our grudges and help each other. If Yan Zi really wants to restore the Liao Dynasty, he still needs to open his mind."

Ren Chen thought about it and nodded in agreement...
Chapter completed!