Ryukyu merchants, with the support of these Liao nobles, gradually began to enter the palace. Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao believed in Buddhism.
This autumn, on a Buddha's birthday, Ryukyu merchants gave Empress Dowager Xiao a golden Buddha inlaid with various gems. This won the favor of Empress Dowager Xiao, and the Ryukyu merchants also used this to establish relations with descendants of the Liao Kingdom.
relation.
The Tianjing New City Money Store in Xijing, Liao Kingdom, was opened by Ryukyu merchants with the support of the Xiao family of the Liao Kingdom. When Yang Peng arrived at the door of the money store, he found that the clerks standing at the door of the money store in Tianjing New City were all
He is looking at people with his nostrils. Even when facing Liao soldiers, he will not bow his head at all.
This shows the status of the Tianjing New City Money Store in the Liao Kingdom. When Yang Peng walked to the entrance of the Tianjing New City Money Store, he was stopped by the money store's clerk because of his shabby clothes.
"You can't go in." The waiter acted very snobbishly. He blocked Yang Peng arrogantly, preventing Yang Peng from taking a step into the money store. Yang Peng shrugged his shoulders, took out a gold ingot from his arms, and threw it away.
When he got into the arms of the clerk, the expression on his face changed immediately when he saw the gold ingot.
"Pah!" The waiter twitched to himself and said flatteringly: "The little man is blind and almost offended the guest. The little man is here to apologize to the guest. Please come in."
Yang Peng shook his head and smiled, not bothering to argue with a snobbery. The money bank is now under the control of Xie Tao. Xie Tao is an official, and the shopkeepers he selects for each branch must be trustworthy people. And in Xijing City, Liao Kingdom
The shopkeeper of this money bank's semicolon must have his own intentions for being able to choose a snob to guard the door.
After entering the money store, Yang Peng threw a jade token at the counter. Then he found a place to sit down in the money store. After a while, a middle-aged man who was nearly fifty years old and had a short beard held the jade token in his hand.
The card hurriedly arrived in front of Yang Peng. When he saw Yang Peng, the middle-aged man saluted respectfully, "But in front of your face?"
Yang Peng nodded, but said nothing. The middle-aged man made a respectful gesture of invitation, "Please come in, noble man." Yang Peng followed the middle-aged man into the back hall of the Qian Bank. The furnishings in the back hall of the Qian Bank were not the same.
It is not luxurious, but very simple, and everything is neatly arranged. The middle-aged man asked Yang Peng to sit down, and after personally serving tea to Yang Peng, he knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "I belong to you."
See you next, City Lord."
Yang Peng was stunned and asked: "Are you from Jin Yiwei?" The middle-aged man nodded excitedly and said: "I am ashamed, I have been helping the city leader for more than two years. It was not until the end of last year that I
Deputy Ambassador Zhao recommended me to join the Jin Yiwei."
The deputy ambassador Zhao among the middle-aged people is Zhao Di. Since Yang Peng transferred Peng Pai to the northwest, all the Jinyi Guards in Tianjing New City have been temporarily under Zhao Di's charge. What surprised Yang Peng was that Zhao Di actually put all the Jinyi Guards in charge.
It has developed into a money bank. It can be seen that Zhao Di did not really waste himself when Yang Peng was not in Tianjing New City.
Instead, he did a lot of things in a down-to-earth manner. Yang Peng waved his hand to the middle-aged man and said: "Since you are one of our own, you don't have to stick to these false etiquette. This branch of the Qian Bank in Xijing City, Liao Kingdom
"How is the result?" The middle-aged man stood in front of Yang Peng and said with a wry smile: "As for the city lord, the result is not very good. The Xijing City of Liao Kingdom is no better than other places. Now it is heavily guarded. Basically, in our Qianhang
Those who deposit money in our bank are all businessmen. The local Liao people rarely deposit money in our bank. They seem to prefer to exchange their money for cattle and sheep to feel at ease."
Yang Peng nodded and said: "There is a long way to go. The money business is a long-term business, and it also has a good reputation. It is not like other businesses, where you can make profits immediately after opening the door. As long as you can stick to it, I will
I believe more people will deposit their money in our bank.
You have to take care of yourself when you are in a foreign country. The Liao people are barbaric and they don't like to be reasonable." Yang Peng patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder and said, "When the critical moment comes, I would rather give up my wealth than others.
You have to sacrifice your life. In my eyes, your life is more important than money."
The middle-aged man burst into tears of gratitude and said, "I will definitely live up to the trust of the city lord." Many times, when the superiors treat the inferiors, they don't need to give too many things.
A heart-warming word is sometimes more effective than giving more gold and silver.
This was a very simple way to win people's hearts in the era when emperors were supreme. Yang Peng accompanied the middle-aged man and chatted about some household matters, the past of Tianjing New City, the customs and customs of the Liao Kingdom, etc.
At the end, Yang Peng revealed the purpose of his visit to Qianxing. "My trip this time is to go to Shangjing City in the Liao Kingdom. As a Han, walking in the Liao Kingdom will inevitably lead to some unnecessary troubles. So I want your help.
I will prepare a caravan. Let me go to Beijing with the caravan."
"I understand." Yang Peng rested all night in the back hall of Qian Bank.
The next day, the shopkeeper of the money bank, the middle-aged man, prepared a caravan to accompany Yang Peng to Beijing. It was said to be a caravan, but in fact it was more like a transport team serving Yang Peng alone.
.The goods escorted by the entire caravan are basically food and drink.
It was just enough for Yang Peng to eat and drink on the way to the capital. If Yang Peng had not refused, the shopkeeper of the money bank would have prepared ten maids for Yang Peng to accompany him. After the caravan was ready, Yang Peng sat in the most comfortable
In a carriage, they leisurely rushed to Shangjing City. At the front of their caravan hung a flag symbolizing the descendants of the Liao Kingdom.
With the existence of this flag, the caravan basically encountered no interrogation wherever it went. Since it was winter, the further north, the colder the weather. Severe cold always caused a lot of transportation troubles. Therefore,
The caravan that originally took a month to travel to the capital took more than a month and a half.
When Yang Peng arrived at Shangjing City, the most prosperous and prosperous city in Liao Kingdom, it was already the twelfth lunar month. The closer he got to Shangjing City in Liao Kingdom, the more lively he could feel it. Every day, horse teams came from Yang Peng
The carriages passed by. The Liao people seemed to like hunting in winter.
And every one of them is a very good hunter, even those fat-headed nobles of the Liao Kingdom are no exception. "Young Master, we have arrived in the capital..." Yang Peng was wrapped in a wide bearskin and his nose twitched.
The curtain on the carriage was opened, and what came into view was the majestic city wall of Shangjing City.
The city wall of Shangjing City is not as tall as the wall of Bianjing City, but it gives people a similar sense of oppression. Because on the top of the city wall of Shangjing City, there are densely packed black-armored Liao troops.
With that chilling aura, one could tell at a glance that they were the elites of the Liao army. "The Liao Kingdom does not seem to be as peaceful as imagined..." Obviously, Zhou Dayong sacked the two capitals of the Liao Kingdom and caused considerable harm to the Liao Kingdom.
The nobles of the Liao Kingdom united to force Empress Dowager Xiao into the palace, which led to political instability in the Liao Kingdom.
The reason why there was no chaos in Shangjing City should be related to the soldiers on the city. In order to consolidate the power and status of himself and Empress Dowager Xiao, Brother Yeluxiu should have dispatched all the elites of the Liao Kingdom to Shangjing City. Shangjing City
The Liao army on the city wall was majestic, but it did not seem to cause much oppression to the nobles in the capital city.
Those aristocratic children of the Liao Kingdom still walked on horseback and rode eagles, carrying the prey they had caught from the wild, whistling past Yang Peng's carriage. "Master, shall we enter the city?" said the man who was waiting beside Yang Peng's carriage.
The boy asked in a low voice. Yang Peng lowered the curtain and said softly: "Go in."
The boy immediately followed Yang Peng's words. The cavalry parked on the roadside also restarted and began to slowly move towards the capital city...
At the east gate of Shangjing City, two young men in brocade clothes were on horseback. Behind them were dozens of well-dressed Liao soldiers. "Zhegu, do we really want to do this?"
One of the young men asked another young man. The young man, who was called Zhe Gu Nian, shook the two big braids that were folded and fixed on his head, and said fiercely: "Xiao Taixing, until now, you are still
Do you want to back down? Ever since Brother Yelvxiu returned to Shangjing City, Xiao Zhuo, a bitch like him, has brutally attacked our tribe. Now the tribe is forced by these two people to dare not even leave the house.
If we don't fight back, they will just treat us as lambs to be slaughtered. Xiao Taixing said with a bitter face: "But Haijing is your cousin..." Zhegu snorted coldly: "What about my cousin? I
He is still the emperor's cousin, and my father is the emperor's uncle. But so what? That bitch Xiao Zhuo didn't attack us in the same way."
"Haijing is only twelve years old..." Zhegu glared at Xiao Taixing fiercely, and Xiao Taixing immediately fell silent. The two of them just waited quietly at the city gate.
After a while, a red carriage, escorted by guards, quietly appeared in the field of vision of the two people. Most of the people passing by the city gate knew this carriage. This was the carriage of Princess Haijing. Hai
Princess Jing was only twelve years old. She had been frail and sick since she was a child. She hid in the house like a little mouse all day long and rarely went out. However, because of this, she was greatly pitied by Empress Dowager Xiao.
Princess Haijing was obviously a princess of the Liao Kingdom, but she had the same heart as a Song Dynasty person. She was kind-hearted and would always go out of the city every month to the places where Han slaves in Liao stayed to give rice porridge. Zhegu
He just saw this opportunity and took the opportunity to attack.
"Here we come!" Zhegu Nian smiled sinisterly and winked at his men. Those Zhegu Nian men who were hiding in the crowd suddenly took out bamboo tubes one after another from their backpacks. On the bamboo tubes
There was a fuse, and the fuse was lit and thrown into the crowd.
"Boom boom boom~" Explosions sounded at the city gate. Although the explosions were loud, their lethality was limited. It should be the gunpowder used in the artillery room to make firecrackers. After the explosion, it only blackened people. Occasionally
Those who were injured were also scratched by the exploding bamboo tubes. The explosion of the bamboo tubes did not cause any great harm to humans, but it had great lethality to animals. The horses, cattle and sheep passing through the city gate seemed to be stimulated and began to go crazy.
of rampage.
For a moment, the entire east city gate was in chaos. The animals were running rampant, injuring many people. The horse pulling Princess Haijing's carriage seemed to be frightened. It pulled Princess Haijing's carriage and began to spread its legs.
She ran wildly and instantly got rid of the guards following her carriage.
The horses under the mounted guards were also in a mess, so the guards could only run on foot to catch up with the carriage. "Ah~" The frightened Princess Haijing screamed in terror in the carriage. Zhegu pinched as if hearing
It was like the sound of nature, and I laughed wildly.
A trace of unbearability flashed in Xiao Taixing's eyes. Princess Haijing's carriage could be said to be a peerless ride. After rushing out of the city gate, it ran wildly. The carriage kept bumping...
When the explosion sounded, Yang Peng opened the curtain of the carriage. Although the horses helping Yang Peng pull the carriage were a little panicked, they were quickly restrained. Because of the distance, these horses were limited in fright. For
Yang Peng is also proficient in gunpowder.
The explosion of gunpowder from the Liao people really startled Yang Peng. For a moment, Yang Peng thought that his gunpowder formula had been stolen by the Liao people. When he saw the effect of the gunpowder used by the Liao people after it exploded,
, Yang Peng became calm inside. He could tell from the damage caused by the gunpowder that the Liao people only used gunpowder to make artillery.
As for the panic at the city gate, Yang Peng didn't care at all. No matter how big the chaos was in the capital city of Liao, it had nothing to do with Yang Peng. When he saw a frightened carriage running towards him, the boy serving Yang Peng,
He said in horror: "Master, the horse is frightened. For your safety, let's take a step away."
Yang Peng nodded, wrapped himself tightly in the bear skin, jumped out of the carriage, and took the others with him to avoid the frightened carriage. "Master, there seems to be a girl in the carriage." The injured horse was jolting the carriage around.
, so the curtains on the carriage were also raised.
Through the curtain, you can see a little girl sitting inside. The carriage flashed past Yang Peng's eyes. Yang Peng saw a pair of frightened, weak and helpless eyes from inside. Like a frightened rabbit.
Same. A snowflake fell down and landed on Yang Peng's cheek. Yang Peng seemed to feel the tears of the frightened little rabbit in the carriage falling on his face.
"Sinful conscience..." Yang Peng gave a bitter laugh, pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, cut the ropes tied to the horse's back on his carriage, and chased away on horseback. Before leaving, he threw
He said to the boy at the money store, "You guys go to the money store in Shangjing City and wait for me." Yiqi Juechen said.
Yang Peng chased the carriage on horseback and disappeared into the heavy snow, leaving behind the confused Qianxing boy.
"Drive!" Yang Peng slapped the horse on his crotch and chased it for a mile before he caught up with the carriage.
"Whoosh~" Yang Peng jumped onto the carriage and cut off the ropes tied to the frightened horse with a knife. The frightened horse was no longer restrained and quickly disappeared into the wilderness. The carriage shaft hit the ground and slid for several times.
Mi, a sudden meal.
Yang Peng suddenly fell to the ground. A small figure fell out of the carriage and fell on Yang Peng.
"Woooooooo..." Before Yang Peng could recover, he heard a burst of crying. The cry was full of panic. After Yang Peng got up, he saw a twelve-year-old girl rolling down from him.
When he got to the ground, a pair of small hands tightly grasped the skirt of his clothes, his eyes were wide open and he was crying.
"Stop crying..." Yang Peng shouted. The little girl suddenly came back to her senses, looked at Yang Peng, and then quickly buried her head between her legs and continued to cry. Yang Peng helplessly shrugged his shoulders and raised his head.
At first glance, he found that his horse was gone. Only a carriage was left in the wilderness, him, and the little girl who had been crying.
"Hey~" Yang Peng squatted down and sighed: "Stop crying, you are no longer in danger." The little girl timidly raised her head, glanced at Yang Peng, and quickly buried her head in her legs. The cry continued.
It weakened, but the little girl kept choking.
Yang Peng raised his hand and put it on the little girl's head. The little girl's whole body was stiff, as if she was under a immobilizing spell, and she didn't dare to move. She was as timid as a mouse, and seemed to do nothing but steal food.
All will be afraid.
Yang Peng helped the little girl up. The little girl was so stiff that Yang Peng helped her up. If he hadn't felt the warmth on the little girl's body, Yang Peng even thought he had lifted up a wooden man. The little girl was obviously frightened.
He is full of fear of everything around him.
"I'll take you back." Yang Peng's big hand was placed on the little girl's head again. Yang Peng took back the scabbard of the horizontal knife and strode up to the capital. The little girl was behind Yang Peng and heard Yang Peng
As Peng walked farther and farther, he quietly raised his head and looked at Yang Peng's back.
Yang Peng walked for a while and found that the little girl was not following him. He turned around and saw the little girl looking at him. The little girl was caught peeping and lowered her head in panic.
"Let's go quickly..." Yang Peng called out. The little girl hesitated for a moment, then stepped out her little feet and followed Yang Peng's pace. Two figures, one big and one small, left a line of footprints in the snow.
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The little girl didn't know what to think. Every time she took a step, she subconsciously put her feet into the footprints made by Yang Peng. The two of them walked quietly, just a foot apart. Silence
In the wilderness, there was only the sound of falling snow. After walking for a long time, the little girl trembled all over.
"Ah sneeze~" Yang Peng turned around. The little girl blushed and lowered her head, looking a little shy.
"Come here." Yang Peng opened the bear skin covering his body and called out. The little girl quickly raised her head and glanced at Yang Peng, then moved hesitantly on the spot. "If you keep lingering, I won't care about you anymore."
." Hearing Yang Peng's voice, the little girl's heart trembled, she hesitated, and moved step by step to Yang Peng.
Yang Peng opened the bear skin, wrapped the little girl in the bear skin, and took her along. Yang Peng could clearly feel the little girl trembling all over.
Eighty percent of it was frozen... Yang Peng thought so, because the little girl's clothes were not thick. The little girl huddled in Yang Peng's arms, like a well-behaved cat, following Yang Peng stiffly.
The warm breath enveloped her, and her little face was flushed. Her heart was beating crazily, as if it could fall out at any time. She subconsciously leaned against Yang Peng, feeling the warmth on Yang Peng's body, and sucked greedily on Yang Peng's body.
Yang Peng could feel the little girl pulling him tightly.
He shook his head and smiled. The timid, weak, and panicked look of the little girl always reminded Yang Peng of Yang Tong at home. When Yang Tong was frightened, his eyes were the same as the little girl's. This is why
The reason why Yang Peng rescued the little girl. When I was a child, I followed the master. When I was wronged or frightened, I would always go to the master for a hug...
"It seems...the person looking for you has arrived..." Yang Peng suddenly stopped, leaving the little girl a little confused. After hearing Yang Peng's words, the little girl suddenly felt a little panicked. Yang Peng lowered his head to the little girl in his arms.
He said: "I don't want to deal with the officials of the Liao Kingdom. So, I'll see you again." Yang Peng removed the bearskin that covered the little girl's body. The little girl panicked and opened her hands, trying to catch something, but in the end she couldn't.
He stopped abruptly. Yang Peng wrapped his bear skin tightly and followed the wilderness on both sides of the road, preparing to leave.
"You..." The little girl hurriedly opened her mouth and asked: "You...who are you..." "Yang Ping..." After the words fell, Yang Peng's figure had disappeared into the wilderness. The little girl stared,
He looked at the direction Yang Peng was leaving in a daze.
"Yang Ping..." The little girl murmured in a low voice, as if she wanted to remember these two words clearly.
"Wow~" A group of black-armored soldiers stepped on the snow and hurriedly appeared here. When they saw the little girl, they happily threw themselves in front of the little girl. "I see the princess. I can't."
I protected the princess, but I frightened her. Please forgive me, princess."
The little girl didn't seem to hear what they were saying, but was focused on looking at the place where Yang Peng disappeared. Several guards and commanders looked at each other. The leader shouted in a low voice: "The princess must be frightened, please escort her back home quickly."
"There were several women among the casual guards. They wrapped the little girl in a fox fur coat, hugged the little girl and got on the horseback, and quickly headed to the upper capital.
The group of people hurried back to the princess mansion. Princess Tiejing, who came after hearing the news, was already waiting at the door. After seeing the little girl, she anxiously asked: "Fourth sister, fourth sister..." She called several times,
Princess Iron Mirror cursed angrily: "You guys all deserve to die."
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.