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Continuing to travel northeast from Dingzhou, we can see the remaining mountains of Taihang Mountain one after another. The official road also runs along the plain at the foot of the mountain. Walking on the road, you can see green mountains like black in the distance, outlining the sky, and the surrounding farmland with ripe wheat and golden fields.
The waves are rolling, and there are farmers' houses scattered in twos and threes beside the fields. The smoke is curling up from their cooking stoves, and the sound of chickens and dogs can be heard faintly. It's a peaceful and peaceful scene.
Li Cunxu had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and rarely saw such a scene. He was in a trance, not like the human world. After being stunned for a long time, he turned around and ordered: "Soldiers are careful not to startle the horses. If they trample on the farmland, they must march according to the law." The order was given.
It's not big, and all the cavalrymen of the Black Crow Army quietly agreed, as if they were afraid of disturbing the peace and tranquility here.
As we walked and walked, the mountains gradually disappeared, and the farmland was left behind. The group suddenly let out a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and smiled unconsciously. The official road separated here, heading north to Yixian, and eastward
Then go directly to the wooden bridge on the Yishui River. Jingjin asked Li Cunxu whether he should enter Yishui County or go directly to the Yishui River. Li Cunxu thought for a while and said: "The autumn harvest is coming and the government is busy, so we won't disturb it and just go directly
Just across the river."
Jing Jin led everyone to choose the official road heading east. Not long after walking, he saw a gurgling river winding in front of him. It was autumn now, and the fallen leaves danced in the wind from time to time, falling gently into the shallow stream. Walk along the water.
, so cool.
Jing Jin was an actor and was most familiar with the stories of folk art. He smiled and said: "This is Yishui. This is where the assassin Jing Ke left Yan and entered Xianyang in the west. Prince Dan gathered the heroes to see him off, looked at Jing Ke's back, and built the building.
Sing." As he spoke, he took out a small trumpet from somewhere on his body and held it with one hand. In his right hand, he held a small bamboo ruler to strike the strings and sang loudly: "The wind is rustling and the water is cold - as soon as the strong man leaves
Xi——I will never return it!”
It was originally a very sad and tragic phrase, but when Jing Jin performed it, he deliberately made it more dramatic, with a piano and a bamboo ruler that were shrunk several times, and his movements were exaggerated, which really made people laugh. Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao were both amused.
The knights of the Black Crow Army behind him also laughed to themselves.
Li Cunxu pointed at Jing Jin with a smile: "Jing Guan'er, Jing Guan'er, you are playing a hero, you really deserve to be beaten. Haha!"
While joking, I went north along the river, but I was stopped by several sergeants at the wooden ferry bridge. The sergeants respectfully said to the Hedong group: "I would also like to ask all the distinguished guests from Hedong to stay a little longer. The manager of a certain company is on the way and wants to meet the distinguished guests."
Jing Jin stepped forward and spoke: "Is this your manager Zhang?"
The sergeant nodded in agreement. Jing Jin smiled at Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao and said, "We have a tooth ceremony to do... These are the sergeants of Yiding Security Company. They are called 'security guards' here in Hebei, and managers are called 'managers'. Zhang
The manager is General Zhang Gongqing, the former military envoy of Yizhou."
"It turns out to be General Zhang? In that case, let's just wait and see. I remember meeting General Zhang when I was young. General Zhang is my uncle and an acquaintance." Li Cunxu said to Guo Chongtao.
Not long after waiting, there was the sound of horse hooves, and more than a dozen riders came from the direction of Yixian County. As they approached, a big man in silk clothes flew down, stepped in front of Li Cunxu in a few steps, looked him up and down, and laughed:
"Yazi, I haven't seen you for so many years, but you've grown so tall and strong that I almost can't recognize you!"
Li Cunxu saluted Zhang Gongqing respectfully, calling him "Uncle Zhang", and then introduced Guo Chongtao to Zhang Gongqing. Zhang Gongqing took Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao on his arms and walked to the sentry shed by the bridge. As he walked, he asked: "Have you prepared the banquet? Someone
I want to have a few more drinks with Yazi and Guo Dianye!" Then he said to Jingjin: "Well, you, a Jingguan, won't take your distinguished guests to Yixian County. I will make preparations in vain. I will be punished during today's dinner.
If you tell more stories, I might be able to slap you!"
Jing Jin smiled and agreed.
Behind the sentry shed, a tent with four sides open to cover only the sky was set up, and a banquet was held there. There were all kinds of meats and vegetables, which dazzled Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao. Everyone sat down at the table, and the black crows
The army will have its own people to arrange food.
Zhang Gongqing had the face of a nouveau riche, and kept introducing the dishes, urging everyone to eat more, but in fact he was showing off. Steamed chicken, braised duck, whole lamb in white water, fish soup, fried prawns in oil, roasted deer legs, and salty vegetable soup.
, seasonal fruits and vegetables... were stacked three times on each receipt. Zhang Gongqing also pretended to be modest and said: "I didn't eat this meal in the city, so I had to make do with it in the wild."
Even though Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao were both high-ranking officials in Hedong, Hedong was exhausted. They had never had such a rich banquet in their lives, and they were shocked while eating. Li Cunxu said: "Uncle Zhang is polite, this meal is too wasteful."
, my nephew is ashamed to receive..."
Zhang Gongqing waved his hand: "It's just a few dozen strings, it's nothing." He smiled and looked at Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao as they ate for a while, drank a few drinks, and introduced a middle-aged man in a ge robe at the table to Li and Guo:
"This is the proprietor of Yao Ji, who is familiar with a certain person. The proprietor of Yao Ji has heard of Yazi's reputation, and he came here today to offer a drink to Yazi."
Li Cunxu just paid it off. Guo Chongtao was in charge of military armor. It was known in Hedong that Lulong valued merchants. Merchants had a high status in Hebei and had strong financial resources. Many ordnances were even made by merchants. Guo Chongtao once fought with Lulong merchants.
Knowing their ability and strength, he persuaded Li Cunxu to accept Yao Dongzhu's offer of wine without hesitation.
So Zhang Gongqing started talking, and it turned out that he wanted to recommend Yao to build roads in Hedong.
This matter was not something that Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao could decide. They did not dare to express their opinions easily. Zhang Gongqing and Yao Dongzhu also seemed to know this. They simply said a few words and stopped talking in depth. They only said that they wanted to visit Hedong in person soon, and they needed Li Cunxu and
Guo Chongtao introduced relevant people.
After the banquet, the Hedong party was about to set off. The proprietor of the Yao family arranged for people to distribute gifts to the Hedong people, including one for Li Cunxu, one for Guo Chongtao, and one for Jing Jin. Even the accompanying Black Crow Cavalry each had a piece of silk, so
Two more trucks were added to the fleet.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Cunxu privately took Zhang Gongqing to the side and said that Lu Long had not given Zhang Gongqing an official position. If Zhang Gongqing was willing, he could go to Hedong. Li Cunxu guaranteed that he could make further achievements in Hedong. This was Li Cunxu's inquiry during the dinner.
After receiving the news, I learned that Zhang Gongqing was not given a real post after joining Lulong, so he felt sorry for Zhang Gongqing. However, Zhang Gongqing did not expect that Zhang Gongqing would not comment on Li Cunxu's suggestion, and changed the subject after a few jokes, which surprised Li Cunxu.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Gongqing, Li Cunxu discussed the matter with Guo Chongtao. Guo Chongtao was also puzzled. Jing Jin interjected: "I'm afraid General Zhang doesn't want to come to Hedong."
Li Cunxu hurriedly asked what happened, and Jing Jin said: "Although General Zhang has no official position, he is living a very comfortable life. Yi Ding Security Company is not among the staff of Lulong Jiedu Prefecture, but it is much more comfortable, and he can make his own decisions in everything."
The key is that General Zhang is very rich. He can undertake a lot of military affairs from Lulong Jiedu Mansion every year. He is paid very well in money and food. In addition, he is also responsible for investigating and handling official travel expenses. He can get a lot of profit from merchants. Yi
The official road to Ding Erzhou was built by Yao Dongzhu just now. Yao Dongzhu collected the checkpoint tolls, 30% of which was handed over to Jiedu Mansion, and the rest was kept for himself. Part of it was the road protection fee allocated to General Zhang, which is said to be no less than several thousand every year.
Through!
General Yazi and Guo Dianye did not go to Yixian. If they had gone, they would have known that General Zhang's house has been renovated twice. The pavilions, pavilions, waterside galleries, tsk tsk, it is so beautiful! Let General Zhang come to our Hedong as a general.
It sounds beautiful, but it's actually far less beautiful. The last time someone and the supervisor went to General Zhang's house as guests, General Zhang once sighed to someone, saying that they had been fighting for a lifetime, and now it's time to enjoy peace and happiness - let's fight in Hedong.
If General Zhang rushes into this very often, I’m afraid he won’t want to go there.”
After hearing this, Li Cunxu sighed: "General Zhang is old..."
However, Guo Chongtao heard a lot from Jing Jin's words, and asked about the matter of cultivating officialdom. After Jing Jin explained it in detail, Guo Chongtao was very puzzled: "A certain person knew that the wealth of Lulong merchants was astonishing, but he
I don’t know that they are so rich that they can build such a long officialdom alone. But I don’t know where they got such money?”
Jing Jin was Lu Longtong, and he was very concerned about money. After hearing Guo Chongtao's question, he said with longing: "More than two years ago, when King Yan was still the governor of Yingzhou, he led his army to conquer Bohai and Silla.
Defeated Liaodong. I heard that there were endless carts pulling money and goods from the two countries along the way, and it took more than a month! Yao Dongzhu made his fortune after that campaign. According to his own words, he also participated in the Bohai Sea
The Battle of Xijing was one of the seventy-two martyrs who captured Xijing... I heard that to this day, every spring and summer, Bohai and Silla send a large amount of money and food to Youzhou. The King of Yan is heavy on business, and these money and food have a huge impact
Part of it has to be transferred to various merchants... It's a pity that we in Hedong were not able to participate in this matter, otherwise, hey..."
He said it was a pity that Hedong could not participate in the incident, but what he was thinking about was why he had not caught up with this good opportunity.
Beyond Yishui is Fanyang, and Fanyang-Daan Mountain line is a barrier to protect Youzhou. It has been the military center of Lulong since a hundred and fifty years ago. When the old commander Liu Rengong was still alive, in order to resist Xuanwu, Wei Bo, and Yiwu,
The allied forces of the Chengde towns spent manpower and material resources to build a huge fortress complex. After Li Chengzhong took over Youzhou, he continued to improve it. Now stationed in Fanyang is the newly established Dingzhou Army.
Under the guidance of Jing Jin, Hedong's party did not disturb Fan Yang's garrison, but went east around Fan Yang, went north from Gu'an, passed back to the city, and arrived in Youzhou. The closer they got to Youzhou, the more prosperous they could feel. At this time, the cottage
It gradually became denser, and the government was already organizing farmers to harvest on the towpath. The official road was very lively with the traffic of vehicles and horses, and there were teahouses and wine shops for passers-by to rest a few miles away.
When we were still fifteen miles away from Youzhou, the official road suddenly opened up, enough to accommodate four carriages running parallelly. Such a project made Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao astonished.
At the reception pavilion five miles away from the south gate of Youzhou, Li Cunxu saw the official who came to greet him, but it was Li Simo, the minister of the Lulong Jiedu Mansion and the minister of Honglu Temple of the Bohai Kingdom. Li Simo's other identity allowed him to accompany him.
Guo Chongtao was deeply satisfied when he came - the adopted son of King Yan. (To be continued...)