As if he had been greatly insulted, "Little White Dragon" had a face full of indignation, "You want me to betray the village and work for you for a mere hundred cents. It's so disrespectful!" He held out two fingers and handed it to Xu.

In front of Xian's eyes, "At least two hundred coins!"

Xu Xian smiled and pressed his finger, "One hundred and fifty coins, don't forget that I still have to take care of your food and drink!"

"Okay, one hundred and fifty coins, but fish can't be counted as meat!" Seeing Xu Xian nodding in agreement, Xiao Bailong immediately slapped his lean ribs loudly, "Okay, my life will be in the future.

It’s yours, I’ll do whatever you tell me to do!”

The man next to him wanted to get up, but was immediately pushed down by Da Kui, "Are you trying to get stabbed?"

The man said to Xu Xian with a charming smile: "I am willing to serve the general, as long as I am one hundred and forty coins a month."

"Haha... If you sincerely serve me, I have no reason to favor one over the other. I will also give you one hundred and fifty coins every month!"

"General, accept me as well."

"I am also willing to serve the general!"

…

Loyalty, loyalty and courage are no match for wealth and sex, not to mention that the big boss has always been greedy for money and has no sense of loyalty. Xu Xian called "Little White Dragon" and took people back to the village to search around, and found two to thirty thousand yuan.

With all the money coming, the thieves were so angry that they scolded the dead boss for being stingy and stingy.

Xu Xian didn't see this little money, and gave it all to the water thieves and the soldiers of the Red Scarf City who were willing to work for him. Everyone was happy.

Zhao Kuangyi asked Xu Xian in confusion, "This group of water thieves have no courage and don't know how to fight. What's the point of spending money to support them?"

Xu Xian smiled and said: "I don't know if they can be used. If they are really useless, just leave them to His Majesty's navy."

For nothing, there were nearly two thousand more people, so the journey was naturally slower. After passing Huangnigang, we walked for five or six days before we arrived at Daming Mansion.

Daming Mansion was originally called Weizhou and was the seat of the Tianxiong Army. Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor here and changed its name to Xingtang Mansion. Later it was also called Guangjin Mansion. After the fall of Jin, it was renamed Daming Mansion. It was a strategic location in the northern part of the Central Plains Dynasty.

, it was still the Beijing of the Zhao and Song dynasties, which shows how important this place is.

However, this is not the northern border of the Zhou Kingdom. There is also the Chengde Army to the north as a buffer zone between Damingfu and Youzhou. Therefore, Xu Xian was a little confused when he left Kaifeng.

If Chai Rong only wants to smuggle horses and cowhide, in order to control the border and facilitate the entry and exit of goods, he should be asked to serve in the Chengde Army. But why should he be sent to the Tianxiong Army? The only reason may be that here is the largest horse in the north.

city.

Daming Mansion is worthy of being a fortified city. The city wall is tall and large, which is no worse than the old city wall in Kaifeng. People come and go in the deep city gate. Whenever someone enters the city, they will consciously go to the city gate.

Throw a copper coin into the wooden box above, and it will be converted into a caravan of horses and horses.

A group of soldiers were leaning against the wall with their spears in their arms. Although their posture was lazy, they were still fierce. Seeing Xu Xian coming with a group of soldiers and horses, a soldier came forward to stop Xu Xian with his head shaking and his body shaking.

"Where are you from?"

Jiubao hit the horse and pointed at Xu Xian: "This is the newly appointed deputy envoy of the Tianxiong Army Jiedushi appointed by the imperial court!"

The soldier took a step forward and looked at Xu Xian rudely, "You are too young. Do you have any credentials?"

If a man in a suit and tie came to a company and said he was the new vice chairman, the security guard would probably not have the guts to ask for his ID. If so, he must have been ordered by the chairman.

Zhao Kuangyi took out a volume of documents and handed it over, "This is a confession from the Ministry of Officials!"

The soldier took it and looked at it, "I can't read, so I can't understand it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a whip hit his face, and immediately there was a bloody mark. Xu Xian said coldly: "If you don't know the words, find someone who can."

The soldier covered his face and glanced at Xu Xian bitterly, "Even if you are the new deputy envoy, why do you bring so many soldiers!"

"Backyard soldiers!"

"Hehe... This is the first time I've heard that the deputy envoy of Jiedu led the soldiers in the backyard!"

As Bingtou said, the deputy envoys of Jiedu rarely have backyard soldiers, because most of the deputy envoys are local snakes, and deputy envoys like Xu Xian who are parachuted in are rare.

"Even if this is your backyard soldier, what do the two thousand beggars behind you do?"

"That's the servant of our general manager!" Dakui pointed a gun at the opponent's chest, "If you don't get out of the way, I will stab you to death!"

The soldier was not frightened but raised his chest against the gun, "If you have the ability, stab grandpa to death. If you don't have the guts, just put the gun away, as if you have never killed anyone before!"

Xu Xian had seen how powerful the soldiers of the Forbidden Army were, but they were still inferior to the top assassins in the feudal town. It was unimaginable that a small soldier would dare to yell at Deputy Jiedu like this.

Kill Li Wei? Fu Yanqing can stage a mutiny tonight. The rebels killed Xu Xian and no one complained about his injustice. Bowing his head and surrendering? Xu Xian can guarantee that everyone will dare to ride on his neck tomorrow.

Shit on.

Xu Xianxiao asked: "Do you know Wang Yin?"

"You are talking about Wang Linggong. He used to be the military envoy of our Tianxiong Army. How could I not know this? But three years ago, he attended the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony in Beijing and did not come back. He said he was killed by the emperor's personal guards!"

"Hehe... we, the manager, killed him!" Dakui said and pointed at Xu Xian.

Hearing this, the soldier's expression changed slightly and he pointed at Xu Xian and said, "Your surname is Xu! But I heard that you are a good man with a height of eight feet and a waist of eight feet. How can you be a young pretty face? I don't believe it!"

Pretty boy? Xu Xian’s appearance can be regarded as a sporty young man in later generations. He joked: “I’m not a pretty boy, it’s because you look too old! If you don’t believe me, ask someone who is literate to take a look at it.”

name."

"So you really have the surname Xu? You are the one who fought with more than 1,000 people in Huainan against 20,000 Tang soldiers?"

A soldier next to him said: "That's right. Look, those soldiers all have red scarves on their arms!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier bowed his hands and prostrated, "I didn't know it was Deputy Envoy Xu who was in front of me. I apologize for the offence!"

For the military men these days, besides money, there is another thing that is prestige. In troubled times, anyone who can lead everyone to win the war is worthy of worship, whether it is the emperor or the general.

His eyes were shining brightly, and he couldn't believe that these veterans were indifferent.

The soldier obviously didn't know who he was trying to intercept before. When Xu Xian revealed his identity, his attitude immediately changed.

"Now that you know who I am, why don't you get out of the way!"

The soldier looked embarrassed and hesitated: "I have military orders for my humble position, so I dare not let Deputy Xu in!"

"Then if you are killed by a horse, don't blame me!" Xu Xian knocked the horse's belly, and the horse neighed and rushed towards the soldier. The soldier and the soldiers behind him quickly dodged aside.

He watched helplessly as more than two thousand people rushed into the city.

After passing Wengcheng, Xu Xian asked someone to inquire and then led them straight to the military office.

I originally thought that Daming Mansion was a strategically important place, and soldiers often rebelled and rebelled, so it should have been a decaying city. Unexpectedly, on the contrary, although it was not prosperous, it was peaceful, and even the streets were better than those in Kaifeng before the renovation.

It's clean, mostly due to Fu Yanqing.

When Xu Xian stopped in front of Jiedushi's house, Zhao Kuangyi handed over a document to the gatekeeper and asked to see Fu Yanqing. Not long after, a veteran came out and said to Xu Xian: "It turns out that Deputy Ambassador Xu has arrived! But you came at the wrong time, Your Majesty.

Now the government office is open."

From the accent of this man, one could tell that he was not a native of Weizhou, but a soldier who had been with Fu Yanqing for many years. Fu Yanqing was not only the military governor of Shi Tianxiong, but also the governor of the Daming Prefecture, but Xu Xian did not believe this veteran's lies.

Xu Xian and Fu Yanqing had an old grudge. During the Battle of Gaoping, he didn't even say hello to him, so it was completely expected that he would be rejected. If Fu Yanqing had stepped forward to greet him, he would have turned around and left in fright.

Zhao Kuangyi said: "General manager, how about we go to the government office again."

Xu Xian bowed his hand and said, "That's not necessary. The days are long and the King of Wei and I can always meet. Please let me go to the military office to handle some official business first!"

As he said this, he was about to enter. The veteran and the guard guarding the door immediately stopped him with their swords drawn, "Deputy Envoy Xu can't come in!"

Xu Xian immediately shouted loudly: "You also know how to call me 'Deputy Envoy Xu'. Could it be that I, your Majesty's personally appointed Deputy Envoy of Jiedu, can't even enter the military yamen?"

The old soldier immediately raised his hand and replied: "Of course Vice Ambassador Xu can enter, but there was a fire in the mansion some time ago. Many of the public buildings were burned, and there was no room for Deputy Ambassador Xu to have his office."

"Then I want to go in and have a look!"

"The military office is being renovated, which is very inconvenient. It won't be too late for Deputy Xu to come back when the renovations are completed!"

"Then where do the other people in the military office work?"

The veteran laughed and said: "At home, Deputy Ambassador Xu can rent a courtyard to work!"

Dakui was furious, "There are no bullies like you, brothers, fight in!"

"Don't cause trouble for me!" Xu Xian grabbed him back, "Let's go!"

He originally thought that when he arrived at the Tianxiong Army, Fu Yanqing would use the power in his hands to punish him, and he had already made plans to have a fight with Fu Yanqing.

He never thought that Fu Yanqing would directly turn him away. If he could really stay away from the river, he would be happy with it. Anyway, he was not fighting for power with Fu Yanqing, he was just here to sell horses.

Xu Xian found an open space in the city to camp. He was not afraid of Fu Yanqing plotting against him. This was Fu Yanqing's territory. If he had any trouble, Fu Yanqing would be the one to take the blame. After setting up the camp, it was still early, so he took more than ten people with him.

Go straight to the horse market in Damingfu.

Although Zhou and Liao were enemies, the commercial exchanges between the two countries had never been truly cut off. Although the Liao State also strictly prohibited horses and strategic materials such as cowhide from flowing into the Zhou State, the price difference was even greater.

As long as there is profit, there is nothing that merchants dare not do. The border guards of the Liao Kingdom are also Han soldiers. As long as they are given enough benefits, there is nothing they can't get through. The Zhou Kingdom will not stop them, so in Daming Mansion

The strategic location in the north has the largest horse market in the Zhou Dynasty, which is an important supplementary place for horses in the Zhou Dynasty.

But when he arrived at the place, Xu Xian was dumbfounded. There were no lively transactions as he had imagined, no strong horses waiting for customers to choose, and no merchants haggling over prices. The huge venue was empty, and there were people enclosed in the fence.

Cattle and sheep, but no horses.

According to Xu Xian's knowledge, more than 10,000 horses were successfully traded here last year. How could such a huge market disappear out of thin air? There were no other words to describe his mood at this time except shock.

A sheep trader laughed and asked, "The general doesn't like these sheep of mine. These are all freshly seasoned with autumn fat. They are fat, tender and best to eat. No matter whether they are steamed, cooked or grilled, you will be satisfied."

Da Kui really thought that Xu Xian was here to buy sheep to satisfy their greed, and he kept drooling: "Manager, I think these sheep are good, why not buy a hundred of them to satisfy everyone's greed."
To be continued...