Great Song Pirate

Chapter 250 Bandits (Six Thousand Chapters)
After Xu Yi and his party left the boundary of Tangyin, they continued to travel northward. In Tangyin County, Xu Yi spent a lot of money to temporarily buy a spear for Yang Zaixing. Although it was not a very good weapon, it was better than he used to. My ash-shafted spear was much better.

At the same time, using the letter written by King Ji in hand, he found the magistrate of Tangyin at the local county government, and the magistrate was so frightened that he saluted repeatedly, thinking that he was a seventh-rank sesame official. A businessman is not something he can offend. He regards Xu Yi and others as honored guests and treats them well.

Xu Yi bought a few horses from the county magistrate by half buying and half cheating, and gave them to Yang Zaixing and other people who could ride. Effectiveness, please take more care of Yue’s family, and he will be rewarded in the future, but it must be kept secret. It cannot be said that he was instigated by his surname Xu. The county magistrate nodded when he heard it. Such a character came out and asked the prince's friend to come over and confess specifically, and he promised to do it, please rest assured Xu Yi, Xu Yi left Tangyin with everyone.

What he didn't know was that as soon as the magistrate sent them away, he immediately left all his official duties and ran to Xiaoti Village, Yonghe Township, where he found Yue's family. Taking care of the Yue family, saying that they heard that Yue Fei had gone to serve the country, it was the glory of their Tangyin County, which confuses the mother-in-law, but the mother-in-law is also a smart person, and quickly figured out the reason, knowing that this matter must be It has something to do with that strange Mr. Xu, and I am even more grateful to him in my heart.

Yang Zaixing seemed to be born to be a warrior. Although he hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, when he took the reins, he got on the horse and controlled the horse very well. As if blending into one body, this kind of riding can save the horse a lot of energy. When he got on the horse and walked in front of the team with a gun, he couldn't help exuding a sturdy aura from his body, which made Xu Yi, Li Bo, etc. The man nodded secretly, thinking that it really is the material for a fierce general!Even Qian Gui, who thought he was good at riding, was envious, and shouted to worship Yang Zaixing as his riding master, and Daniel also admired Yang Zaixing very much. This Daniel seemed to like long weapons by nature, and now he used a The 40-jin cooked copper stick is very powerful, and the 40-jin big stick is full of vigor and killing spirit. I saw Yang Zaixing fight Li Bo with a gun a few days ago. Yang Zaixing persuaded him that it is not good for him to abandon the stick to practice the spear now, and his stick technique has already been completed, but the change in the stick technique is not enough, so add more After practicing, he was able to become more powerful, and pointed out many of his mistakes in stick techniques. Even Li Bo, an expert, felt admiration after hearing this.

As the crowd traveled along the way, Xu Yi also discovered that Yang Zaixing was indeed a talent. Not only was he highly skilled in martial arts, but he also had a deep understanding of marching formations. After being trained, he quickly integrated the people Xu Yi brought with him and the dozen or so people left behind by Yang Zaixing, and taught them some offensive and defensive techniques from time to time. After a few days, although there were still such a few people, It already looks a bit like an army. Once something happens, the combat power is more than several times higher than that of the first few days.

According to Yang Zaixing, fighting is different from fighting alone. What is important is not just individual martial arts cultivation, but more about mutual cooperation. Only when everyone advances and retreats together can they be foolproof. Originally, these people's individual abilities were good, but after he taught them, they became even more powerful. Although there were only a few dozen people, they were very powerful when they acted in unison.

Yang Zaixing also made arrangements for the servants of the Li family. According to him, these people from the Li family can't go into battle, but they can be used as supply soldiers among them. played a big role.

Li Mutian is not a fool, he knew that after he arrived in Cizhou, he would break up with Xu Yi, and the army is in turmoil here, after leaving Xu Yi, he can't rely on his own servants, so he simply begged Yang Zaixing to treat him well After some training, at least they will be able to protect themselves in case of danger. Yang Zaixing looked at Xu Yi's face and trained his servants rigorously along the way. It must be too late to teach them martial arts now. Yang Zaixing only taught them With the method of cooperation, within a few days, the more than 20 servants of the Li family have practiced in style. At least they don't look like a bunch of mobs anymore, which Xu Yi and the others admire.

Xu Yi said with emotion: "In fact, we Song people are not weak. The key is the lack of generals who can lead troops. The long-term farming economy has wiped out the spirit of the people in the Central Plains, so we can't fight against those nomads. They are barbaric. Civilization, now civilization is not a barbaric opponent, but I think as long as you are a human being, you still have the desire to destroy in your bones, and there is still a cavity in your body. When it is stimulated, it will also explode with huge lethality. The key is to have someone who can arouse the blood in their bodies. Among the current Song people, there is a lack of people like Zaixing! There is a saying that goes well, if you give a group of tigers to a sheep to lead, then the group of tigers will It is a flock of sheep, and if a flock of sheep is led by a fierce tiger, the flock of sheep can become a tiger, and when the two meet, the flock of tigers led by sheep must not be as powerful as the flock led by tigers!"

"Wonderful! This explanation is really wonderful! The head of the family is really good, and he can see human nature so thoroughly. This metaphor is also wonderful. Zaixing admires it!" After listening to Xu Yi's words, Yang Zaixing praised him greatly, and he now follows Li Bo and the others call Xu Yi the head of the family, and dare not call Xu Big Brother anymore, otherwise Xu Yi's subordinates will think that he seems to be very close to Xu Yi. Li Bo's ability was recognized by everyone, Li Bo and the others also felt that Xu Yi's description was really appropriate and nodded.

"Master, when you were at Yue's house that day, I saw that you were very fond of that little Yue Yun, and your expression was quite strange. Have you never seen that Yue Fei before?" Yang Zaixing followed Xu Yi to see Xu Yi at Yue's house that day. Yi treated this little guy very differently, and asked curiously.

"No, absolutely not. I just like this little Yueyun very much after seeing him. I think that although this little Yueyun is still very young, he will become a great talent in the future. Can you believe my vision?" Xu Yi replied.

Yang Zaixing didn't quite believe it. After all, Yue Yun was only three years old. How could he see what he could accomplish in the future with a young boy?But Li Bo immediately replied: "I believe it! As long as it is said by Da Dangjia, I believe that Da Dangjia can praise a three-year-old child so much. Weapon!" Li Bo is now a die-hard fan of Xu Yi, and he believes everything Xu Yi says.

Xu Yi was dumbfounded by Li Bo's words. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I am not a saint, and I will make mistakes. I have already said, don't trust me so blindly, it will be bad for the future of our island. You must all have your own thoughts and know how to analyze problems. The reason why I say that Yue Yun is because he is very sensible at a young age, and he has obviously been strictly disciplined. One-year-old looks big, three-year-old looks old, living in the environment of the Yue family, it's hard to think about not being a talent! That's why I said that this kid will become a big talent in the future!" He began to round up his words again.

However, Xu Yi is still thinking about one thing. The ancients were really powerful when they got married early. Yue Fei is now only [-] years old, but his real age is only [-] years old, and Xiao Yueyun is already more than three years old. Have a child?Admire, admire!I will have to work harder in the future. I only have one daughter until now, and my son has not yet been born!Failure, compared to these ancients, is really a failure!Is it time for my son to be born this time?His heart could not help but fly back to Dulong Island.

Seeing that Yang Zaixing was so well versed in leading troops, and also familiar with the local terrain and humanities, Li Bo simply retreated to the second line and devoted himself to being Xu Yi's bodyguard, leaving all the leadership to Yang Zaixing. After a lot of effort, Yang Zaixing was not polite, after taking over these tasks, he organized the team in an orderly manner, and they moved and stationed very properly, which made everyone feel at ease.

After Tangyin passed, it was Cizhou. The refugees continued to flee from the north to the south along the way. The scene was very miserable, but Xu Yi knew that with his current ability, he could not help so many people, and the situation was far from getting worse. After all, there are still two or three years before the Song and Jin Dynasties completely tear their skins apart. By then, there will be many times more people fleeing than now. If his Liuqiu Island Jilong Village develops well by then , come here to accept more refugees!Anyway, now the Li family has notified the steward in Cizhou to take in the refugees and transport them to Yangzhou, so they have done their best!
The road was really not smooth. After leaving the boundary of Tangyin, I met many bandits. These bandits were not very powerful. There were hundreds of people gathered together, and dozens of small ones, and from time to time they harassed the passing caravan or It's a team of grain trucks and the like. They just want to grab some food and money, just to make ends meet. When they didn't reach Cizhou, Xu Yi and the others encountered several small-scale attacks, but fortunately, they were well prepared. Often, Yang Zaixing led a charge and scattered them and frightened them away without encountering any danger. Xu Yi gave the order not to kill or injure them, as long as they were scared away. Yang Zaixing was grateful and strictly obeyed. Hurt people, unless the opponent is fierce and blindly attack them, Yang Zaixing will take care of them. For those thugs who don't have eyes, Yang Zaixing will show no mercy at all. Spicy, Xu Yi admired his behavior very much, he did things with moderation, and he knew the importance of things. He was a good material for leading troops.

Although this trip is to go to Xingzhou, there are also iron mines within the boundaries of Cizhou, and the output is quite large, so Xu Yi asked the team to stay in Cizhou first, and make purchases here first. After asking Li Mutian, Xu Yi found out that there are iron mines in Cizhou. Tieye is no longer in Cizhou City, but works in Gu Town, Wu'an County, which is under the jurisdiction of Cizhou. You don't need to go to Cizhou to buy iron, you can go directly to Wu'an Gu Town, so after Xu Yi sent Li Mutian to Cizhou, he broke up with him. He was asked to go to the porcelain kiln of Li's family in Cizhou to handle accounting affairs and arrange for the refugee transfer. However, he did not enter Cizhou City. After inquiring about the road with Li Bo and others, he went straight to Wu'angu Town in the northwest of Cizhou.

After coming to the Song Dynasty for a period of time, Xu Yi learned many things about this era. The Song Dynasty can be called the most developed and prosperous era in ancient Chinese history, and it was also an era when capitalism was sprouting. A large proportion, many businesses are in an extremely developed state in the world, such as the iron smelting industry, most of the mines in the Song Dynasty were privately owned, and the imperial court was only responsible for managing tax collection, so the mining and metallurgy industry in the Song Dynasty was also very prosperous According to Li Mingshan, the reason why Xu Yi went to the north is that this is the main production area of ​​iron ore in the Song Dynasty. According to Li Mingshan, more than seven out of ten iron and steel in the Song Dynasty came from Xingzhou and Cizhou on the West Road of Hebei. It can be seen how developed the iron mining and smelting industries here are.

Where it is abundant, the price will be relatively low, and Cizhou also produces a lot of coal, which is convenient to obtain local materials and low transportation costs, so it also drives the prosperity of the iron smelting industry here, but Xu Yi knows that it will not take two In three years, this place was under the jurisdiction of the Jin people, and Da Song lost the rich iron ore here, which was a heavy blow to Da Song, so he had to buy time and reserve more steel for future use In case the price of iron would skyrocket after the fall of the North, this could be regarded as a kind of precaution, and the source of this idea was his familiarity with history.

After two days of rushing, they finally arrived at Wu'an County on the third day, but when they got here, they found that the city gate was closed and they were not allowed to enter the city to rest. After asking someone, they found out that there have been many thieves making trouble nearby. There are not many defenders in Wu'an County, so they had to close the gates to protect themselves. They only opened the gates at noon to let people in and out.

After hearing the introduction from the locals, Xu Yi could only shake his head and sigh. He didn't expect that before the Jingkang period, Beifang would be in such a mess. Doesn't the cheap old man who lives in Bianliang know nothing about it?It must be because of his gang of treacherous ministers deliberately concealing the truth and whitewashing the peace. Damn, if there is a chance, those bastards must look good.

The scolding is all right, but the stomach problem still needs to be solved, so they bypassed Wu'an County and came to a village, found a post station to stay, get some food, and then go to Guzhen to do business after dawn.

But the gate of the inn was also tightly closed, and Qian Gui slammed on the door for a long time before someone shouted in a trembling voice, "Who is there outside? There are no rooms in the inn, go to another place for lodging!"

Qian Gui just wanted to kick open the gate of the courtyard. There was no sound inside, and there was not even a bird, so he said that it was full. Isn't this sincere and doesn't want people to live?So I stood outside and yelled: "It's so late, where else can we go to lodge? Open the door quickly, I know there is no one living inside, if I don't open the door, I will kick the door and enter. I am not a robber, what are we afraid of?" Ah! Open the door quickly!" After shouting, he tasted the smell and it seemed that something was wrong, isn't he a robber too?Nothing but robbers at sea!cut!
Following Qian Gui's yelling, there was finally some movement inside. Someone ran to the door and looked out through the crack of the door, and then heard that person running into the inside again. Not too long later, inside again Some people came to the courtyard and shouted tremblingly: "Masters outside, our place is just a post station. You have already snatched it twice. There is really nothing good left. Let us go." !"

Xu Yi and the others looked at each other outside, but the people inside really regarded them as robbers!But after looking at each other, they were relieved. Yang Zaixing and the others were riding tall horses, followed by forty or fifty burly men, and each of them was holding a guy. No wonder the people inside would regard them as robbers. , Seeing this scene, it is inevitable that there will be some misunderstandings.

Qian Gui stared at him, and was about to start swearing, but was stopped by Xu Yi, who gave him a glare and told him to back off, Qian Gui was really obedient, and immediately backed away obediently behind Yang Zaixing, led the horse and stopped talking, Xu Yi walked to the door by himself, and said kindly: "I think you must have misunderstood us. We are not robbers, but businessmen from the south. Because the road is not peaceful, they are all escorts of my caravan, not bad people, please open the door quickly, we will definitely not disturb you!"

After hearing Xu Yi's words outside, there was no movement inside again, probably trying to figure something out, and a voice from inside asked after a while: "Aren't you really the people of King Changtian?"

Another day king?The tone is not small!Another day, whose day will it be changed?Zhao Ji's?cut!The little thief dares to be king, but Lao Tzu has more than [-] subordinates, and none of them dare to be king, so you dare to be king?Xu Yi thought it was funny, so he replied in a kind voice: "Of course not. We are businessmen from Hangzhou. I don't know what to do next day. It's getting late now. Please forgive me. We have been on the road for a day and need to rest. Come on, You Lao opened the door!"

Hearing that Xu Yi spoke very politely outside, the people inside were finally relieved, so after hearing the jingling of bells inside the door, it was probably the guy who was moving the top door, and then the courtyard door creaked open. , revealing a few trembling inn people.

After seeing a few of them, Xu Yi and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they almost didn't laugh on the spot. These people don't look like people from a post station!Just like a beggar!Not to mention the shabby clothes these people wore, there was one person who didn't even wear trousers, and wrapped a piece of sack around his buttocks.

"Are you...?" Xu Yi hurriedly asked after being dazed for a moment.

A forty-year-old man in the head replied with a bitter face: "Isn't that the king of another day making trouble? I'm not afraid of your jokes, we have been ransacked twice by the king of another day's people, and they don't even let go of our clothes." But, the clothes of us people...!" The man found it funny when he looked at the virtues of these people, so he smiled wryly.

Xu Yi was surprised, and asked: "It's not too far from Wu'an County, are those thieves so bold? Don't the government just ignore it? Or did you not report to the government?"

The postman shook his head and said: "It's not that the government doesn't care about it. Wu'an didn't have many soldiers, only some township troops. It's okay to use it to build the city, but they can't deal with this bandit. There are at most 200 horse archers. The Xiang army Going to the north again, the place became even more empty. Seven or eight hundred people gathered under the King of Changtian. In Wuxiao Township, once the officers and soldiers came to suppress them, they would hide. Once the officers and soldiers retreated, they would continue to do evil, and no one would take them. There is no other way, he will not attack the county town, he will harass outside all day long, not to mention looting big households, he will also burn, kill and rape, causing disasters in the village, the people are afraid of them, it is not that we are also the target of their bullying, so we There is really no way to close the gate early!"

After Xu Yi and the others listened to what the Yicheng said, they understood that the king of another day is a bandit!It's justifiable to grab some big families, but it's wrong to harm the common people!But they can't control this matter, let's rest first!

The crowd poured into the station, and the postman was a little relieved seeing them all being tough, so he ordered his men to go down and close the door. Xu Yi greeted him and said, "My man, we have been walking for a day and we haven't eaten yet. What do you have here?" Anything to eat?"

Yicheng replied with a sad face: "It's not that I hide it from you, you see we are all like this now, what can we eat! If you want to eat, there is a village in the west, you might as well Send people to look there, maybe you can find some food, I have nothing here, after tonight, I will take people back to the county, the station is not safe now!"

Seeing him pitiful, Xu Yi knew what he was telling the truth, so he had no choice but to send two men to a nearby village to buy some food, and they first settled down in the post station.

(The [-]-character chapter is here! Brothers, if you have a ticket, help a ticket venue, and if you don’t have a ticket, help a personal venue! Monthly tickets, renewal tickets, and ticket tickets are all the motivation of Geda!)
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