Another fleet approached, and cheers rang out in the outpost. There were some tough "businessmen" like Zheng Lang, but very few. Most of the merchants came to this remote place, fearing that these local snakes were given a chance to blackmail.

Learning from the lesson last time, more than a dozen soldiers were fully armed and even dressed in heavy armor, then left the outpost and stood by the dock together, waiting for the ship to dock.

I soon discovered something was wrong. The ship was getting closer and closer. Although it was dusk, I could gradually see the people on the boat. The waterline of the boat was very deep, but there were very few people on the boat. However, the eyes of more than a dozen soldiers narrowed their eyes one by one.

There are very few people, but there are horses. There are also a few short southern horses in the south, but I have never seen tall northwest horses. Almost anyone has tall horses whose beautiful manes are shining with golden light in the afterglow of the sunset, like majestic monsters. Although beautiful, it gives these soldiers a heavy sense of oppression. Then look at people, they are not humans, not ordinary people, but soldiers, but they are tall and burly. Some people have a ferocious look in their eyes, and they also look like monsters coming out of the wilderness.

I have never seen such a soldier, and I have never seen such a tall horse.

More than a dozen soldiers and gangsters were all stammering and dry.

The ship had already reached the dock. The boatman put the rope on the boat pile, and the ships leaned over one by one, and walked down from the boat a big man.

A soldier hadn't reacted yet and asked carefully: "You are..."

Bang!

The big man whipped the whip in his hand, and with just one whip, he almost knocked the soldier to the ground.

"you……"

Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!

After whip, the soldiers and whips were thrust down, and they didn't dare to resist. They were all stunned. But after only a while, they finally realized and ran away. There were many tall horses like this, such soldiers, and many other soldiers had horses. There were only one place, one hundred cavalry guards beside the husband.

Trying is like squandering.

A dozen people hid behind the crack in the outpost door and looked out. The soldiers on the boat led their horses down from the boat one after another. It was a good one. The dozen soldiers looked at each other. Why did they suck us? Could it be that the prime minister was dissatisfied when he heard some of the things we did in secret? Thinking of this, all of them were sweating and looked out. The soldiers scattered and began to suck the other people on the dock. The reason was very simple. In the stalemate, no caravan came here, why were they still staying here? They were either stealing or spies, and none of them were good people. Who wouldn't they suck these people? In just a short while, they drew these people into a panic and fled.

After taking time out of these suspicious indigenous people, Yibaifan cavalry began to camp and unloaded some forage and supplies from the ship. There were only one hundred people. No one came down from the ship, but these ships were different from other fleets, even though the people came down, the ship did not leave.

A soldier asked, "What are they going to do?"

"Go and ask." Another soldier stroked the blood marks on his face and responded angrily.

Who dares to ask?

But I felt all strange. These foreign cavalry were Zheng Lang’s personal bodyguards. Now that these foreign cavalry have arrived here, where is the prime minister?

Fortunately, after setting up the camp, the gangsters did not cause trouble for them anymore, but the soldiers stayed in the outpost and felt sad. As night fell, a black shadow walked out of the mountain road and sneaked into the camp...

In the evening of the next day, two messages were taken somewhere one after another.

Everyone was not very worried about the former, just scolding these barbarians one by one, but the other party hired more guards and had more preparations, so they couldn't get rid of them. Fortunately, these people were trapped in the core area of ​​Xunqian Dao Shengman, so they could not escape.

The latter made their faces solemn. One hundred foreign cavalry was not scary. This was following the Qiandao. The cavalry had very little effect, but there was a person behind the one hundred foreign cavalry. This character was not scary. This was in the Shengman area, and the imperial court had no choice but to use these Shengman. But what was scary was that this person had the power in his hands. He could mobilize Guangdong and Guangxi, and even through friendly relations, all the troops in Fujian Road, Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road cooperated with him. Unless he wanted to rebel, he could mobilize all the five troops in the south!

"What are these men doing here?" a man asked in a hoarse voice.

"Who knows!" another person asked angrily.

The strangest thing is that from Guangzhou to Xunqiandao, he had to change the boat in Xunzhou. However, no one of them saw these rogues changing boats where they arranged for Xunzhou.

An old man sitting in the chief asked, "Did anyone escape from that group of people in the forest?"

"What does it matter?" another person asked.

"How can it not matter? This caravan came from Hangzhou. What am I worried about..."

"No, absolutely no one escaped from the forest, but the guards hired by this caravan this time were very fierce and set up camp again. They could not attack for force, so they could only surround them and wait until they finished their food before intercepting them."

"I can't wait, the wisdom of the prime minister should not be underestimated," the old man said again.

Everyone was silent for a while. It would take at least several days to wait for the caravan to finish their food. Behind the caravan camp was a stream. Although it was called a stream, it would be a small river in the north. The water flow was abundant and the water volume was huge in March. It was unlikely that they would cut off the stream from the upstream. The longer the time was delayed, the worse the situation would occur.

"What should I do now? One choice, give up this caravan. Two choices, forcibly take down this caravan in advance and shock others."

Everyone was silent again. The loss was heavy. Not only did they send a large amount of gifts in advance, but they also had to give some pensions afterwards, otherwise the barbarians would not be able to mobilize them in the future. It would be like the money was spent in vain. If they attacked for a strong attack, they would have to reinforce the staff, and the losses were also heavy. As for whether they would anger the prime minister, not many people were worried. Without this incident, the last killing had already angered the prime minister. But it had nothing to do with them. It was done by the barbarians. So what could the court do to them?

"Damn, where did this caravan come from?" a man cursed.

"There is no certainty, they dare to enter the Xunqian Tao?" The old man said lightly: "Don't worry about what kind of origin, how do we choose now? We can't delay any longer. The longer the delay, the more change will happen."

"Officiale Wang, what are you thinking?" Another asked the old man.

"I thought it was..." The old man raised his hand and fell down fiercely, and said, "There is not even a single news in Guangzhou. If this caravan passes through and lets people see more extravagant hopes, the Guangzhou side will be in chaos. No matter what we do, it will be too late. Some people can even betray us if they want to be lucky enough to exchange for the prime minister's leniency."

After a pause, he knocked on the table with his hands, and said after thinking for a long time: "Everyone raise some people and let Huang Xiaowu go."

"Huang Xiaowu?"

"The caravan probably hired some people from the army, so we set up a solid camp with good command. Although the barbarians were barbaric, they would not be able to fight. We could only let Huang Xiaowu go. Anyway, we don't plan to let this merchant escape if there is a living person."

"We have to need more people."

"Well, then mobilize more people and make sure to take all these people down by tomorrow evening. If you succeed, even if the prime minister comes, you will be powerless. Unless he can mobilize tens of thousands of troops to attack Shengman. But the court has just passed the Nong Zhigao Rebellion. It is impossible to agree. The Song Dynasty is the world of the Zhao family, not the world of his Zheng family."

The last sentence gave everyone courage and confidence.

So what about the prime minister? Over the years, have you done less to kill officials and soldiers, rob people and women? How many officials sent by the court and how about them? In the end, Cai Ting proposed to take some measures to appease and submit.

The old man said again: "Although some people will sacrifice this trip, through the overturned cars, we can see that the caravan brought a lot of expensive spices and silks. However, it would be very expensive to hire more than 200 guards. If it were just salt, it would be difficult to make a profit."

"Did it," one by one shouted excitedly.

The old man made a gesture to calm everyone down and said, "Don't be anxious, please inform Huang Xiaowu. Let him be responsible for the attack, but after breaking through the camp, he slowly led his subordinates to the periphery. If he tried his best, let the barbarians go to the periphery. He led people to take charge of the periphery and could not let those people escape. Otherwise, if too many people die, the government will doubt it. Everyone will take out some more money. Last time, some people died, so please comfort their family."

...

A pillar of agarwood grew in the tent.

Guangzhou does not produce spices, but there are many spices in other places in the south. It also brings a large amount of spices from Nanyang, Tianzhu, Dashi and other places through sea ships. Therefore, Guangzhou has repeatedly paid tribute to the court to the court of sandalwood, nutmeg, clove mother and son, Linglingxiang, fennel, agarwood, yasu, Zhantangxiang and other spices. In addition to tributes, most spices are sold to all parts of the country through various channels, including smuggling channels.

In order to confuse the enemy, Zheng Lang asked Guangzhou to prepare a batch, but in fact there were not many. Almost all of them were asked Qin Shige's confidant to pretend to be panic, overturned the car on the side of the road, and threw it on the road. But there was another car that was snatched by the barbarian representatives, but it was impossible for them to overturn it. The car they pushed in front was unstable, and soldiers came over to stabilize the car behind. It was done secretly, and these barbarian representatives could not detect the difference in the middle.

So Zheng Lang opened the box and took a pillar of agarwood to light it.

He also burned incense at home, burned in the capital, and burned even more when he went to the south. But it was not for luxury, but to avoid the epidemic. Like weeds or smoking, it could dispel malaria and moisture in the air. Zheng Lang was not very clear about what the principle was, but he knew one thing. Later, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, soldiers avoided malaria in the south and smoked more tobacco. This did play a role, and the rate of malaria infection in the army dropped significantly.

Most sergeants do not have this condition.

Zheng Lang also took some precautions and repeatedly instructed him to build some simple stilt houses when building a camp. No matter how clean the water is, it must be cooked. Raw water must not be eaten. Melons and fruits must be cleaned and must not walk barefoot. When sleeping, you must use mosquito nets. Sprinkle more lime in the camp, take a bath with salt water, and wash the clothes with salt water. It worked. In history, Di Qing encountered "miasma" in Yongzhou and died many soldiers. This time he died, far less than the soldiers in history.

The scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty like to burn incense, which resulted in the use of spices. The brand fragrance is extremely expensive. One or two ambergris is worth a hundred coryceps, and the second one is worth fifty or sixty coryceps, but it is not the most expensive. The most expensive one is the white mattress. One or two white mattress is worth 200,000 yuan, that is, two hundred coryceps can buy the best land of 25 to 100 mu. Often, such a expensive one or two incense makes the scholars and officials use up one piece of clothing. Therefore, precious spices from all over the world, such as the ** of the Dashi, ambergris, benzin, rose water, Zhenla, Chameng, the Baidu mattress of the Sanfoqi, musk wood, golden fragrance, agarwood, and agarwood. The dragon brain of the sages of the sages, the Zhenzhu of the world, the Zhenzhu of the three Buddhas, the white mattress of the musk wood, the golden fragrance, the agarwood.

Incense and sandalwood poured into the Song Dynasty. Not only the literati, but some women also liked to incense and burn incense, and even put the spices in their mouths and stuffed the incense bags into a certain place. The two mouths were all fragrant to please their lovers. The most excessive was Zhao Ji. Under the temptation of Cai Jing, he became more and more luxurious. He used ambergris brain-calming chips and wax as candles every night. Hundreds of huge incense candles were lit in two rows, not only bright and fragrant. He completely forgot the simple spirit of his predecessors. But we can't blame Zhao Ji, the literati and officials below were messy, one more than the other. Without Cai Jing, the extravagant atmosphere below would sooner or later affect the palace.

To Tian Yu and Zhou Wei were surprised that Zheng Lang was reading a book of Diamond Sutra.

Seeing the strange expressions of the two, Zheng Lang put down the Buddhist scriptures and said, "Don't stare at me with this kind of eyes. I am definitely not a Buddhist. I am just for the sake of meditation."

At this point, sighed softly.

I didn't understand before, why Confucian children like Yu Jing, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo, who were behind, believed in Buddhism one by one.

Only after entering the center can you gradually understand it.

It is very easy to be a foolish official, but being a good official is under the various disadvantages of the Song Dynasty. Sometimes reading Buddhist scriptures or listening to Zen singing can help the mind calm.

Leaving the center and coming to Guangdong and Guangxi, the pressure is greater.

After Guangdong and Guangxi, if you go to Jinghu South Road and Kuixia Fourth Road, the pressure may be greater than that of Guangdong and Guangxi.

This is something that others would not think of.

Tian Yu and Zhou Wei were stunned for a moment. With the understanding, Tian Yu asked: "Will they come tomorrow?"

Today is the fifth day.

Zheng Lang smiled and said, "Zi Zhong. You are too stupid. I said that if you have more than ten days, you won't do it in twenty days? If you have more than twenty days, you won't do it in twenty days? The weather is clear, and this industry will be smoother. If you encounter rainy days, you must delay it. Why bother with it? But don't worry, we are not in a hurry, but some people are anxious."

Tian Yu was stunned at first, and then he was also happy. He seemed to be crazy and not a vow, so why bother with it?

Zheng Lang said this is wrong. The other party was forced to come by Zheng Su and others and dared not delay, nor could he delay. There were many barbarian chiefs staying in Xunzhou and sent people to "protect" them. However, after a long time, sooner or later, people would find out that they would be suspected by the other party. Now they are betting whether the other party has a very talented person and whether they can calm down. Although this possibility is extremely small, it doesn't matter. If the other party does not take action tomorrow, there will be other arrangements and further pressure will be applied by Zheng Su on the dock. In that case, time will be delayed for a long time.

Zheng Lang said again: "It just so happened that I wrote a memorial. You can take a look and see what you think."

Then, throwing the memorial over.

When the two opened it, they saw that the memorial was very simple. Zheng Lang asked the court to send Wang Ding to Jiangnan West Road as the prison envoy.

Tian Yu said, "Three tigers in Jiangdong."

All officials, powerful people and even eunuchs were shy when they heard this.

After Wang Ding was demoted to Shenzhou, he made contributions. Because he was "deadly unchanged", some people were allowed to serve as magistrates in Jianzhou. After arriving in Jianzhou, the population of Fujian was crowded, and many people could not afford to raise their babies after giving birth, and strangled and drowned the baby alive. Wang Ding formulated regulations to educate the people, not allowing them to do so. He was not afraid of the powerful and powerful, and cracked down on the smuggling and trafficking of tea and salt. These people found the supervisor to plead, and the supervisor said good things for them, but Wang Ding ignored them.

In fact, this is a bit ignorant.

China has been in 5,000 years, and it is true that it has been after the implementation of family planning. There is no other way, and most of the children are really unable to raise them. That's it. In some backward areas, although their biological children have not been strangled to death, they also have abandoned babies, especially their daughters due to the poor implementation of family planning policies.

In the Song Dynasty, there were no effective contraceptive measures. Couples always had sex, and they would get pregnant once they had sex. The family was in a difficult life, and they could not live a life of seven or eight children. Although it was humanitarian, it was a bit out of reality.

Private salt and private tea are a problem of the system, and Zheng Lang also cracked down, but crackdowns are supplemented and solved mainly.

However, he was praised by the court. It was good. He made money for the court. He probably got it out and moved to the Hebei Criminal Prison. There was private salt in Jianzhou, and the phenomenon of private salt in Hebei was even worse, but it was not domestic salt, but Khitan salt. See if Wang Ding could reduce it. However, when Wang Ding arrived in Hebei, he changed direction and attacked corrupt officials and powerful people again. Zhao Zhen also had a headache and said that Wang Ding was not a good official. He was loyal to the court and was diligent in his work and loved the people. However, after he continued to do so, the entire Hebei officialdom was in turmoil. So he was transferred to Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as the judge of Kaifeng last year.

After this trouble, he was very famous. None of the Three Tigers of Jiangdong is as famous as him. It’s not that it can’t be used, but Zheng Lang’s personality. Overall, Zheng Lang has a gentle personality and is not very interested in the Three Tigers of Jiangdong. In recent years, people have been talking about the Three Tigers of Jiangdong, but Zheng Lang has never spoken. Why did he transfer Wang Ding to Jiangnan West Road? And he was also the prison guard?

"The salt administration in the eight states is difficult to return, and the government must be governed with serious punishment!" Zheng Lang replied.

Bao Zheng is Bao Qingtian, which is a little too much. Bao Zheng is not bad either. But it is too far from the legendary Bao Qingtian later. If you analyze it carefully, although you are honest and a little scheming, it is Zhao Zhen who encouraged him. Otherwise, he would not have had the feat of being the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. The Three Tigers in Jiangdong are very similar to Bao Qingtian in the legend. Don’t think it is a good thing. In a word, there is no fish in the water. Although these five words cannot be carefully analyzed, you want to do things. You must understand the meaning of these five words.

The three of them went too far. If they were used improperly, the chaos would be no less than a corrupt official. Although this was a very bitter truth.
To be continued...