"Mr. Zhu, you should speak first!" Gongsun Sheng said. www
"good!"
Zhu Wu nodded and expressed his idea. Gongsun Sheng was stunned for a while and then said: "There is no problem with this! I will not object, but I don't know if my master will do this? I wrote a letter
A letter to my master. If he agrees, that would be the best! If he doesn’t agree, I will find someone else! Although I don’t wear Taoist uniforms now, I am still a Taoist priest, a reclusive Taoist master I know.
They are everywhere, and you can always find someone who is willing to come out."
"This couldn't be better!" Zhu Wu was overjoyed.
"I wonder what Mr. Gongsun has to do?" Zhu Wu asked again after discussing the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
When Gongsun Sheng expressed his thoughts, Zhu Wu said with a smile: "Introducing 10 million people is a matter of cooperation between you and me. It even requires help from the military ministry! This is not something that your Ministry of Economic Affairs can do alone.
It’s done! Don’t worry, I will do my best to help you do this.”
The two discussed it for a while, and they were overjoyed as each other's goals were achieved.
Gongsun Sheng wrote to his teacher on the same day, asking his teacher to come out to help! In order to prevent the teacher from agreeing, he wrote several letters to several Taoist elders he knew. If Luo Zhenren did not come out, he would ask Zhu Wu
Those who hold the letter go to other Taoists.
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the matter of recruiting civilians has been discussed for several days! Many officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came from the Hedong Intelligence Service, and many of them are good at bribing officials from various places.
"The Henan generation is the best to recruit! We in Hedong have many people in Henan, and many of their relatives are still in Henan. As long as these people write letters, their relatives will come to Hedong and then go to the north! As for
Hebei, Shi Qian, this matter will be left to you. You go and make friends with the officials in Hebei and ask these officials to send the people to Yanyun!" Zhu Wudao.
"Yes!" Shi Qian agreed hastily.
"Most of Luo Zhenren and those Taoist priests are in Hebei. The task of inviting these people to come out is also left to you." Zhu Wudao.
"Yes!" Shi Qian said.
"The biggest official in Hebei is currently Zhang Bangchang. Find a way to make friends with Zhang Bangchang! If you can make friends with Zhang Bangchang, it will be much easier whether it is recruiting people or sending troops to Hebei in the future." Zhu Wu thought for a while and said.
This Zhang Bangchang is a famous figure in history. He was a famous representative of the peace negotiation faction in the late Northern Song Dynasty! When the Jin soldiers attacked Bianliang City, it was this man who sent the two emperors out of Bianliang City! Later the Jin Dynasty
People also made Zhang Bangchang emperor. It was not until Zhao Gou returned that Zhang Bangchang had to "retreat."
position", and was later executed by Zhao Gou. Zhu Wu had obtained information about this person before, and knew that this person was greedy for money and lustful, with extremely soft bones, and it would be quite easy to bribe him. It just so happens that this person is still in Xuanfu, Hebei
The envoy is the largest official in Hebei, and now Song Jiang is also taking orders from Zhang Bangchang.
"I will definitely find a way to get close to this person!" Shi Qian said.
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In the early morning of the next day, Shi Qian left Yanjing City with a dozen brothers and headed towards Hebei.
Along the way, Shi Qian missed Shi Xiu a lot. They went to Liangshan together and had the deepest relationship. He thought that if Shi Xiu were here, with Shi Xiu's carefulness and shrewdness, this matter would definitely be left to Shi Xiu.
of.
"Where has Brother Shi gone? No news for a long time?" Shi Qian thought with some emotion.
Disguising themselves as merchants, they first entered Cangzhou, Hebei, which is the junction of Yanyun and Hebei. Cangzhou, Hebei is a border city, and the highest status person in Cangzhou City is the Cangzhou Guard. Shi Qian first befriended the son of the Cangzhou Guard.
Then I met Cangzhou Guardsman through his son.
In the residence of the Cangzhou Guard, Shi Qian first saluted the Cangzhou Guard, then took out a huge bag and put it on the table.
"What is this?" Cangzhou guard asked in surprise.
"These are gifts from the villain to the general! The general might as well open them and take a look!" Shi Qian said with a smile.
Cangzhou Guard General asked his soldiers to carry the bag over. When the soldier lifted the bag, he felt it was very heavy. He moved forward step by step. By the time he reached Cangzhou Guard General, the soldier was already covered in sweat.
The Cangzhou guard opened the bag and saw a bag full of silver, which almost dazzled him. He stayed there for a while!
"This...a lot of silver!" After a long time, the Cangzhou guard murmured.
The guard general of Cangzhou is in this border city with very few people. He doesn't have much money at all on weekdays! The amount of money in front of him is almost what he has earned in several years!
"This is one thousand taels of silver, is the general satisfied?" Shi Qian said with a smile.
"Okay! Okay! If you have anything to say, just say it. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it for you!" Cangzhou Guard General took out a large piece of silver, caressed it lovingly, and laughed.
"General, I can only tell you one person about this!" Shi Qian said while looking at the maids and soldiers beside him.
The Cangzhou guard was stunned. He waved his hand. After a moment, everyone retreated, and then he smiled and said: "You can talk now!"
Shi Qian nodded and said, "I'm from the north..."
The Cangzhou guard was stunned for a moment, then he was shocked, his face turned pale, and he said: "Are you from Liangshan?"
Shi Qian said: "Not bad!"
The Cangzhou guard already felt that something was wrong at this moment, and said anxiously: "Your money is hot to the touch, I can't accept it."
Although he said this, he was still reluctant to part with the bag of silver slowly. And after hearing that Shi Qian was from Liangshan, he did not dare to have any unfavorable thoughts about Shi Qian. He was in the frontier, and finally
He knew how powerful Liangshan was. If Liangshan's spies came here, if he dared to kill him, Liangshan's army would come to Cangzhou soon, and he would only die by then. At this moment, he was afraid and reluctant to give up.
, his expression changed back and forth.
"Sir, there is no need to worry. We will not let you do difficult things! We don't want you to let go of your defenses, and we don't want you to dedicate Cangzhou City to us. All we want is some common people..." Shi Qian spoke slowly.
.
Hearing that Liangshan just wanted to bring some people out from Cangzhou Mansion, Cangzhou Guards suddenly became relaxed. For him, this was really nothing. Even if a state or county lost some people, the imperial court would not care about it at all.
of.
"There are 2 million people in Cangzhou Prefecture. I will give you 200,000 people!" Cangzhou Guardsman thought for a while and said.
"Thank you, General! General, you only need to drive these people to Yingzhou. As long as one person passes by, we will give you one tael of silver! If 10,000 people pass by, we will give you 10,000 taels of silver! If it is really
200,000 people passed by, I
We will give you 200,000 taels of silver! We in Liangshan have always dealt with cash and will never default on half a cent! If you, sir, can drive all the 2 million people from all the prefectures and counties in Cangzhou Prefecture, we will give you 2 million taels of silver!
" Shi Qian said.
"Ah! One tael of silver for each common person, this... is too much!" Cangzhou guard said in disbelief.
"Haha, this is nothing!" Shi Qian laughed.
If ten million taels of silver can be exchanged for ten million people, then Liangshan is absolutely willing to do such a thing! Liangshan captured Shangjing and Zhongjing, and this time got countless gold and silver. All these gold and silver were thrown out and exchanged for people.
, Liangshan is willing. Relatively speaking, exchanging gold and silver for the people is the simplest and most labor-saving way.
"Is it okay if I drive people from other places to Yingzhou?" After thinking about it, the Cangzhou guard asked again.
"Of course you can! The price is the same. If you, sir, can drive 10 million people over, we will give you 10 million taels of silver. By then, sir, you will be as rich as the enemy!" Shi Qian said with a smile.
"Is it really true that we will never default?" Cangzhou Guardsman's eyes flashed with a greedy expression, and he couldn't help but confirm again.
"Of course! You and I are trading at the junction of Yingzhou and Cangzhou. You hand over the people and we give you the money. We will never lose you! We in Liangshan are trustworthy. Over the years, we Liangshan have also dealt with the Song Dynasty
We have dealt with many officials of the Song Dynasty. We have never gone back on our promises to the officials of the Song Dynasty, and we will never get the money back after giving it away," Shi Qian said.
"Okay, okay! Don't worry, I will rush the most people to Yingzhou in the shortest time! I'm afraid there are not enough people in Cangzhou Prefecture, but there are also Hebei and Shandong. By the way, my hometown is Wuyue
In this area, I still have relatives in southern Fujian, and I can bring the people there..." Cangzhou Guardsman had already begun to think excitedly, he seemed to have seen mountains of gold and silver placed in front of him.
Over the years, he has been trapped in Cangzhou and has become extremely poor! He is leading the army, but how much money can those veterans have? Moreover, it is quite dangerous to stay in this place. Once the war starts, he will bear the brunt! He
He has decided that after he has the money, he will try to bribe his superiors to leave this place! He has decided to do his best to do this well!
In addition, he felt that this matter could not be done by himself alone. He needed the help of his generals, and even the help of the entire Cangzhou army! The so-called sharing of benefits meant that he alone could not take all the advantages! He decided to transfer the ten
One-tenth of the profits are distributed to the people below! One-tenth means that ten people are driven out and given one tael of silver, which is also a huge sum of money for the people below!
He also decided to "buy" some people from other places. If each person gave a penny of silver, officials from other places would try their best to help him! He even thought that some soldiers in the army could be sold to Liangshan as ordinary people in exchange for gold.
silver.
"Okay, okay..." His face was flushed and he kept saying these three words.
"General, there is a Erxian Mountain, is it near here?" At this time, Shi Qian asked again.
"There is a Erxian Mountain. That mountain is not very famous, but there is a Luo Zhenren on the mountain who is very famous!" Cangzhou Guardsman reacted and said hurriedly.
"I'm about to meet this Master Luo," Shi Qian said.
"You go southeast, walk about 50 miles, and you will see Erxian Mountain." Cangzhou Guard General said.
When Shi Qian left, he left two brothers behind, who were responsible for liaising with the Cangzhou garrison.
Shi Qian's face was full of laughter at this time, and he was relaxed. He didn't expect that things would go so smoothly! Nowadays, officials in the Song Dynasty are becoming more and more easy to bribe, especially these middle and low-level officials. It is best to bribe, and there is no need to be secretive after meeting.
, without using any means, as long as the money is delivered to your door "openly", they will do anything for you.
"Sir, should we go to other places and find some more officials?" said one of Shi Qian's followers.
"This is natural! But we have to go to Erxian Mountain first.
It was dark at night, so they first stopped in Cangzhou for the night, and headed towards Erxian Mountain early the next morning. They walked about 50 miles southeast, and they saw a small mountain. The mountain was small, but the trees on the mountain were
There were a lot of people, but it was already autumn and winter, and the leaves were almost withering. Along the way, many people could be seen heading towards the mountain. When Shi Qian asked, they all went up the mountain to burn incense.