Long Zhen got up early. At dawn, he ordered Zhao Dutou and Fang Dutou to drive up the soldiers one after another, leaving fifty people to serve the horses, bring enough dry food and water, and then send fifty people to gather at various car dealerships.
In the big car, the rest followed him swarm to the inn somewhere in the north of the city that they had agreed with Yan Biyun.
The inn was occupied by a servant of the Yan family, who was responsible for contacting Ma Jun. Yan Biyun didn't want Long Zhen to know that he was from the Yan family, so since he entered Luzhou City, he had only contacted Long Zhen and others through this inn.
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The servant hurriedly went to Hefeng Tower to report Yan Biyun. After a while, Yan Biyun and Xiao Xian'er, covered in veils, arrived in a carriage surrounded by the Yan family nursing home.
Long Zhen stepped forward and said, "The vehicles have been gathered. Madam, please take me to the granary for delivery."
Yan Biyun felt relieved. In the past few days, she had also ordered her family and the Su family to gather carts everywhere, but with little success. It seemed that all the carts in the car dealership had been booked. She was also worried about this matter.
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This Long Zhen really has some skills, and he actually asked him to gather a big car. It seems that it is easier to handle things as an official, and many people have to give him some face.
In this case, it is not too late to deliver the goods as soon as possible and get on the road as soon as possible. Without saying a word, Yan Biyun led everyone out of the city and went straight to the grain storage place in the north of the city. After walking around for more than ten miles, he finally found himself between two hills.
A manor was discovered in a dense forest.
Long Zhen said sincerely: No matter how hard you look for such a grain storage place, you can't find it. These merchants are really crazy. They have lost all their brains just to make money.
It doesn't matter from the outside, but once inside, everyone's mouths are open. There are more than a dozen houses, and the sacks inside are piled up like a hill, and each sack is filled with fine rice. It looks spectacular.
Long Zhen gave the order, and the carts filed in. They were busy loading and weighing the trucks. They were busy until the afternoon, and finally loaded all the 500,000 shi of grain into the trucks. The 800 trucks still couldn't load it. Fortunately, Yan Biyun had collected it before.
I got some vehicles and hurriedly mobilized them, and then I could barely load the five hundred thousand stones into the vehicles.
Looking at the nearby road, there are nearly 900 large vehicles lined up in a long queue, stretching for five or six miles. Just the water and food needed on the road, and the fodder for the livestock are loaded on more than 40 vehicles.
The scene was spectacular, with a team of 1,200 people and thousands of livestock turning the remote northern suburbs into a downtown area.
Long Zhen climbed up and looked far away, and was horrified to see such a long convoy, let alone bandits coming to rob or rob it, even if no one came to cause trouble, it was still a lack of care. However, this was the first time for him to lead such a big scene.
It's true that a sense of heroism and pride arose from the bottom of my heart.
Yan Biyun ordered Xiao Xian'er to take out a pen and paper and give it to Long Zhen and said: "Commander Long, please write a receipt. The slave family can use this to go to the Third Division to settle the money."
Long Zhen had never dealt with such a large amount of supplies. When asked about the price, Yan Biyun said lightly: "Don't specify the price, just say how many stones of grain you received."
Long Zhen didn't talk much. This woman was as cold as ice. She was covered with a cloth all day long. Although her body and voice were excellent, she was definitely not the type that she could control. Seeing how bossy she was, it was better not to offend her. So she wrote
The receipt, signature, seal, and fingerprints were all in order; Yan Biyun and his party took the receipt and left without a trace.
Long Zhen ordered: "All the drivers will gather at the East Gate Square. It is already late today and we will set off early tomorrow morning."
The car drove like a long dragon to the east gate and gathered together in the square outside the east gate. Zhu Shiyong, who rushed after hearing the news, was generous enough and sent three hundred troops to help guard the square. That night, the square was ablaze.
Dozens of bonfires illuminated the entire East City with a red light. People neighed and horses roared in the square all night, causing the people around them to be unable to sleep all night long. They cursed tens of thousands of times. As they headed towards the mansion, people near the city gate
There were three figures standing by the window of a small building.
One of them whispered: "The messenger has been dispatched. It seems that the magistrate has agreed to this method. We mentioned it to him yesterday and he scolded us. It seems that he is not talking about benevolence, justice and morality but only men stealing and women prostitutes."
Another person said: "Old Huang, aren't you scolding us all with your words? This should be said in this way. In today's world, people are smart and can survive if they are more ruthless. We are also forced to do so. The prefect
Your Excellency is also forced to do so. If someone doesn't let us live a good life, we will make him live a miserable life."
One of the people in front of me chuckled and said, "The president still knows how to speak. When he said this, he suddenly sounded much more comfortable."
A dark and thin figure next to him smiled and said: "Why doesn't Mr. Tang take the examination for merit? With this method of reasoning over and over again, he can become a prefect no matter what."
Tang Jiyuan chuckled and said: "Old Liu, you also come to arrange for me, but everyone thinks that being an official is better. I would say it is the most economical to make money. What's the use of a prefect? We asked him to send people to do things, don't you think?
Did he just follow our instructions easily? What's the difference between him acting as a prefect and us acting as a prefect? Aren't we going to act based on my opinion?"
Chairman Liu nodded and said: "Jingpi, we disdain to be officials, but those who are officials are under our control."
The three of them laughed loudly, but accidentally the sound became a little louder, causing the night dogs around them to bark and the night birds to fly.
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Early the next morning, the noise in the East Gate Square was even louder, with shouts and curses, the sound of vehicles driving, the sound of whips whipping animals, and the sound of horse hooves. Until the end of the morning, people who were lazy in the cold winter looked over.
By that time, the East Gate Square was already empty.
Dozens of burned-out bonfires were smoking, and the square was in a mess. Cow dung and horses were strewn everywhere, attracting more than a dozen hungry wild dogs to run around in the square and fight endlessly.
The two vehicles were traveling side by side on the official road. Even so, the team stretched for nearly three miles. Long Zhen ordered Zhao and Fang to lead an army of 30 cavalry each to break the road. After the road was cut off, the remaining more than 100 people organized five troops in addition to one person in 20 steps.
A team of ten people rode back and forth to the left and right to prevent any unexpected events.
The snow on the road had melted, and it was not as difficult to walk as he had imagined. Although the official road was muddy, the weather was cold and the soil had frozen together. Apart from some slippage and irritation to the animals' feet, there were no major problems.
But Long Zhen didn't urge everyone to hurry up. He planned to crawl on the road slowly. It didn't matter if he climbed for ten days and a half. As long as the grain truck was on the road, he didn't care how long it would take to get there. Privy Councilor Du Yan
The words are still in my ears. Su Jin can be offended, Yan Shu can be offended, but his immediate superior, Privy Du, the highest military officer of the Song Dynasty, must never be offended.
Besides, the position of commander of the Guards Department promised by Privy Du is really tempting. Once he takes this position under his butt, he will be one of the most trusted people by the emperor. From now on, he will also have a position in front of the three divisions and two mansions. After many years of hard work,
Why are you here? Is it to have enough food and clothing and play with a few women? Isn't it just for the glory of the family?
The convoy squirmed on the official road like a reptile. By noon, it took three hours to travel less than twenty miles. At this speed, it can reach up to fifty miles a day. It would be difficult to reach the nearly four hundred miles without walking for seven or eight days. Long Zhen
I'm not in a hurry at all and I'm very satisfied with the progress.
There is a big city called Shouzhou more than 160 miles north of Luzhou, where the administrative seat of Huainan West Road is located. There is a mountain 20 miles east of Shouzhou, called Bagong Mountain. The name of this mountain is quite interesting.
The color of mythology, "Taiping Huanyu Ji" says: "In the past, the King of Huainan and Bagong climbed a mountain to bury gold here, and they ascended to heaven in the daytime. The remaining medicine was in the container, and chickens and dogs licked it, and they were all immortals. There were traces of people and horses everywhere.
, still exists, so the mountain is named after the Eight Lords." It can be seen that this is the origin of the allusion of "one person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."
This mountain is not very high, with the main peak being less than 400 meters high. However, the mountain is steep, the mountains stretch over a wide area, and the grass is deep and the forest is dense. The roads in and out are steep and difficult, making it impossible for large groups of people to pass.
Because of this, bandits gathered here, and Huainan Road gathered Shouzhou, Luzhou and Xiangzhou armies to encircle and suppress them all but failed. As a result, the reputation of the Bagong Mountain bandits became great, and small groups of bandits nearby joined the bandit one after another, including those who could not survive.
The people who went down were also coerced into gangs and became bandits, and the momentum became stronger every day.
For several months, no one dared to walk alone for several miles under the mountain. They were afraid that the gangsters would be killed because of their bravery. The merchants and pedestrians all took the trouble to go around. Even if they were delayed for three to five days, they could not teach this gang.
The gangster was caught.
On this day, the sentry of the gangsters who were idle at the foot of the mountain suddenly saw a horse moving slowly on the road at the foot of the mountain. The man on the horse was dressed as a businessman. It looked like he had run a long way and was a little tired. He planned to
Let the horse rest for a while.
The gangsters suddenly became energetic. It was boring when the bandits did not dare to come to encircle and suppress the officers and soldiers. Although this person and his horse did not look promising, he was wearing official uniform and must be a member of the government. He could say anything.
Stop him.
After the news tree was cut down, the bandits at the mountain pass in front had already opened their pockets to welcome this unlucky official. The man didn't know it yet, but he was still sitting slowly on his horse, holding a roll of noodles in his hand and eating water hyacinth.