Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

Hearing this reward, Cao Bin couldn't help being stunned.

Is this defending yourself?But whatever the reason, he had to leave as soon as possible.

However, the situation in Shandong at this time is already like a powder keg, which may erupt at any time.

If Chang Feng and the others were not waiting for him, but Bao Zheng.

I don't know if he will feel desperate because of this, so he will break the pot and leave Bao Zheng in Shandong.

If so, it becomes a tragedy.

"Should I save? Or not?"

Thinking of this, Cao Bin couldn't help but look weird.

After pondering for a while, Cao Bin immediately ordered: "Uncle Fu, gather your soldiers immediately and prepare the boats. I want to set off immediately and go to Shandong!"

Although his personal soldiers have only been trained for two months, they are no match for the combat effectiveness of ordinary side soldiers.

Even if you don't expect them to be able to really play much practical role, but it's still okay to use it to bluff people. After all, this is also the real one.

It's just that Cao Bin still underestimated Bao Zheng, who has been passed down through the ages.

After Kaifeng Mansion's fleet left Gyeonggi Province, Bao Zheng had already changed into micro-clothes, and with a group of men, he entered Shandong silently.

The officials in Shandong didn't notice it.

They turned into merchants along the way, passed through Xingren Mansion, Guangji Army, and headed all the way to Jeju.

There is nothing to see around the Guangji River. After a long drought, the villages along the banks are almost deserted.

But when they passed through Dingtao County, they were taken aback.

This is the headquarters of the Guangji Army. Tens of thousands of disaster victims should have gathered here, but they are digging canals, repairing embankments, and building city walls in full swing.

Seeing this, Gongsun Ce couldn't help turning his head to Bao Zheng and said with a smile: "My lord, it seems that the Guangji Army has done a good job in providing relief from work. The Zhizhou here must be a talented person."

Bao Zheng was dressed outside, pondered for a while and said: "Get off the boat and ask the specific situation of these victims."

After a while, the subordinates found an old man, and Bao Zheng rarely smiled and said:

"Old man, I see that you are working very hard, do you have enough food every day?"

The old man smiled and said, "Are you merchants from the capital?"

Seeing Bao Zheng nodding, the old man laughed happily and said, "Then you came just in time. Now we are short of everything here, except food."

After finishing speaking, he gloated a little: "Now even the 'rich people' in the city have come out to be disaster victims."

Bao Zheng asked: "Oh? Why?"

The old man smiled and said:

"Food in the city is expensive, but the food distributed to us by the government is distributed according to work, and we will give as much as possible."

"It's all thanks to Uncle Cao, the imperial envoy. I heard that he was the one who made people buy so much grain."

When Bao Zheng and the others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. Even if it was labor relief, there was no reason to openly supply food, right?

If this is the case, even if there is a sea of ​​food, you can't help but eat like this!

This question troubled them all the way, until they entered Jeju City, they suddenly realized.

Because it is close to the water, there is a lot of news that can be obtained, and even the common people have already stated with certainty that the price of food will drop.

It turns out that the grain in the hands of local grain merchants has piled up into mountains, and they don't care about the relief grain sent by the imperial envoy.

They even vaguely hoped that the victims would waste more. If there was no food relief, would Cao Bin feel the pressure to buy food from them?

This is also thanks to Cao Bin's impression of killing people without batting an eyelid, making them unwilling to risk their lives for a little uncertain guess.

Otherwise, maybe there will be some fires or something.

After finding a residential house to temporarily settle down, Gongsun Ce exclaimed:

"It turns out that Uncle Cao is using high prices to attract grain merchants, so that the backlog of local grains will flood, and grain prices will naturally come down."

"It's just that I don't understand two things. How did he convince the local grain merchants of him?"

"Also, most of his disaster relief funds have been used to buy high-priced food. Even if the local food price drops sharply, he will not be able to buy enough relief food, right?"

At this moment, Zhan Zhao walked in quickly, and reported:

"Master Bao, I have checked clearly that there is indeed a soft red building in the palace of the imperial envoy of Uncle Zhongjing."

"It contains bribes sent by local officials."

"Among them were women from good families who were indeed snatched from civilian homes by local officials."

"I have located the husband of one of the women and he has agreed to testify!"

Bao Zheng nodded clearly, and said to Gongsun Ce:

"I'm afraid this is the way to make the local officials believe him. If you join in with them and hand over your own handle to others, it will naturally make people sure."

"What's more, Chang Feng was recommended by Grand Master Pang to join the court, and they already have mutual trust."

As he said that, he frowned: "As for the second point, I haven't figured it out either."

Zhan Zhao was a little confused and said, "Uncle Zhong Jing built the soft red hall to confuse local corrupt officials?"

Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "It's still too early to say these things, let's see what he does next."

As he spoke, he recalled what he saw when he just arrived outside Jeju City.

Neat and solid housing for the victims, clean and level walking passages, huts and garbage dumps every dozens of steps.

If these houses were not built outside Jeju City, which new city did they think it was?

Not to mention that this method of helping disaster victims did not exist in this dynasty, even in all dynasties, I am afraid that it has never been seen before.

At that time, this scene shocked the people of Kaifeng Mansion.

"I hope he can restrain himself and keep his integrity. He is really confusing other officials, otherwise I can't show mercy."

Thinking of this, Bao Zheng couldn't help sighing:

"Judging from the situation outside Jeju City, he really did something for the victims, and few people can match..."

Gongsun Ce advised:

"My lord, there is no need to be too sorry. If he has really changed his ways, it will naturally be a blessing to the court."

"If he is unclean himself, don't blame the lord, after all, the lord has given him a chance last time."

Bao Zheng waved his hands and smiled wryly: "Master Gongsun, you don't have to praise me. I really couldn't find evidence last time..."

Gongsun Ce laughed twice, changed the subject and said:

"I don't know what's wrong with Mr. Yan, but it's probably not too bad. After all, it's Mr. Bao's insight!"

This time Bao Zheng did not refute.

Seeing that they stopped feeling emotional, Zhan Zhao couldn't wait to ask:

"Then what are we going to do next? Shall we let go of our reliance and start investigating the case? Master Bao personally urges them to release food."

Bao Zheng stroked his beard, shook his head and said:

"The local officials are united, and the Shandong appeasement envoy is also in control of the local army. If we investigate the case clearly, we will definitely startle the snake."

"For one thing, we need to secretly collect evidence and disintegrate local forces."

"Secondly, the government also needs to look at Uncle Zhongjing's next plan..."

Gongsun Ce pondered for a while, clapped his hands and praised:

"What your lord said is very true. If Uncle Cao is loyal, let him disrupt the local forces and help us break the situation!"

"If he is a traitor, we can collect evidence and capture them in one fell swoop..."

A few days later, Cao Bin also arrived in Jeju. He stood on the deck with his hands behind his back, looking at the local officials who came to welcome him, his cloak fluttering.

"Bao Heizi didn't show up?"

Cao Bin wondered secretly while coping with the greetings from the prefect of Jeju.

"It's no wonder that he was able to stand in the court for decades without falling. He really deserves to be a person who has been passed down through the ages."

"It seems that they want to use me as a pioneer... It's a good idea, let's see how I blow you out."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help showing a smug smile.

Seeing this, the prefect of Jeju squeezed out a smile and said, "What's the happy event for Uncle, why are you so happy?"

Cao Bin laughed and said, "Because I plan to start harvesting grain tomorrow, wouldn't it be a happy event if I can continue to make money?"

The prefect of Jeju was immediately overjoyed, sweating from his forehead and said:

"Uncle, it's raining just in time..."

Hearing that Cao Bin was back, all the local gentry gathered together.

After receiving Cao Bin's reply that he promised to continue collecting grain tomorrow, he immediately smiled.

Even Chang Feng could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this turning point.

After sending the gentry away, Cao Bin called Chang Feng and said, "Master Chang, do you know anything about Shuibo Liangshan?"

Chang Feng was stunned for a moment and said, "Uncle, what's your idea?"

Cao Bin laughed and said, "Liangshan robbed 38 shi of grain years ago, right? So..."

Chang Feng pondered for a while and said: "Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing. Chang had this idea a long time ago, and he had already prepared for war years ago."

Hearing this, Cao Bin was surprised instead, he didn't expect Chang Feng to really have such an idea.

No wonder he quietly gathered his soldiers after Yan Chasan asked for help, probably because he also focused on the 38 shi of grain.

It's just that at the end of the year, Cao Bin's long absence made him suspicious, so he didn't act.

Cao Bin took a deep look at him, he didn't expect Bao Zheng to be blown out, but his thoughts were blown out first.

In fact, Cao Bin had no intention of attacking Liangshan at all. Liangshan was deep in a pool of water, so even if he wanted to attack, he would be helpless.

What he did was nothing more than blowing up Bao Zheng.

Cao Bin waved his fist and said:

"I don't need to worry about this matter, my lord. I plan to recruit [-] young and strong people among the victims to level Liangshan."

"Next, I plan to post a notice, please cooperate with Master Chang!"

Hearing this, Chang Feng was speechless immediately, he was shocked by Cao Bin's greed.

He thought that Cao Bin would put aside himself and want to monopolize the benefits of the 30 shi of grain. Up to now, he no longer doubted Cao Bin's sincerity in collecting grain at a high price.

If this is the case, he can't watch Cao Bin come and go. If Cao Bin falls, who will the grain be sold to?

"Uncle Cao, absolutely not."

"Since Liangshan robbed enough food and grass, more than 1 young men have been recruited, and they have been training soldiers every day since years ago."

"Although there are a large number of [-] young and strong, they have not been trained after all, and Liangshan is in the waters. This battle must not be won."

Cao Bin smiled confidently: "Master Chang, don't worry, I've already thought of a countermeasure."

Chang Feng, however, became curious and hurriedly asked, "What countermeasures does Uncle have?"

......

Early the next morning, Zhan Zhao found Bao Zheng with a notice in his hand, with a strange expression on his face:

"Lord Bao, look, what does Uncle Zhongjing mean by this?"

Bao Zheng put down the book in his hand, took the notice and read it.

Gongsun Ce looked at Zhan Zhao with a strange expression on his face, and couldn't help asking, "Guard Zhan, what's going on?"

Zhan Zhao explained: "This morning, a notice was posted in the yamen, saying that Uncle Cao wanted to recruit [-] young men to level Liangshan."

Gongsun Ce shook his head and said: "Uncle Zhongjing is too reckless, if a hundred thousand untrained youths go deep into the mountains and rivers of Liang, the whole army will be wiped out!"

After they arrived in Jeju, they also investigated the surrounding forces, so they were very clear about Liangshan's current strength.

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Uncle Zhong Jing also has such concerns."