"Yangxia Black Crow" and "Shangshui Green Crow", Zhao Hongrun finally has two hidden powers.
Although both groups of thieves actually have thieves who are good at gathering intelligence and assassinating, they are somewhat different from each other.
The black crow is on the side for assassination, while the green crow is on the side for gathering information.
As for how to make the two groups of hidden thieves check and balance each other, it is actually very simple. Zhao Hongrun only needs to merge those people from the Fuqiu people who are willing to surrender into the Black Crow. If things go on like this, it will be enough for the Yuanyi Qiu people to gradually get along with the Black Crow.
Keep distance.
This is also considering that the strength of the hidden thieves in Fuqiu is indeed outstanding.
Anyway, now that Jin Gou has escaped from Yangxia, it would be a pity to kill these outstanding hidden thieves from the Fuqiu people in vain. It is better to let the young Fuqiu people named "佴" lead this group of people to merge
Black Crow, in this way, the grudges between the Fuqiu people and the Yiqiu people will be passed down to the Black Crow and the Green Crow.
On March 5th, the Yiqiu people, no, it should be called the Qingya people who had merged with Duanlou and Genglou, one after another left Geyang Mountain with their belongings and headed towards Shangshui County.
Shangshui County is a disguised fiefdom of Zhao Hongrun. I believe that the Green Crows will surely take root in this county that is no less vibrant than the royal capital Daliang and gradually become stronger.
At the same time, Black Spider and Mang Crow officially entered Geyang Mountain and began to build a hidden thief village based on the original nests of the Yiqiu people, and gradually hid them in those inside and outside Yangxia City.
The families of the hermits were all brought to this village.
Zhao Hongrun was a little depressed about this.
Because when the Black Crow and the White Crow moved away the families of the thieves under their control, Zhao Hongrun suddenly discovered that the population of Yangxia County had dropped by 30%.
It actually dropped by 30%!
what does that mean?
This means that Zhao Hongrun thought he had controlled the hidden thieves in the county a while ago, but in fact, there are still a number of people related to the hidden thieves living in Yangxia, living under his nose.
"As expected, the hidden thieves still have to be controlled by the hidden thieves..."
Zhao Hongrun shook his head.
It's no wonder, after all, the Shang Shui Army, which he had high hopes for, has made great achievements this time, but it has defeated the wolf and lost the tiger. Those hidden thieves who are really lurking in Yangxia and pose a threat, the Shang Shui Army.
I patrolled in vain for several days and found nothing.
But fortunately it's all over.
After he has made the final arrangements, he can leave Yangxia with peace of mind and go to Yanling or Shangshui.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun asked Yuma whether he would stay in Yangxia or go to Shangshui with the Blue Crows.
Yuma thought about it and decided to move to Shangshui County. After all, Yuma had a closer relationship with Ying Kang than Black Spider, Mangya and others. Since Ying Kang had moved to Shangshui County, he
What's the point of You Ma Zhong continuing to stay in Yangxia?
It will even attract the eyes of Black Spider and Mang Crow. After all, Yangxia has now become Black Crow's sphere of influence. If the wandering horses continue to stay here shamelessly, they are likely to have problems with each other.
friction.
"I hope His Highness Prince Su will allow us, the wandering horses, to settle down in Shangshui and enjoy a place of honor."
Yuma made a sincere request to Zhao Hongrun.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun happily agreed, and then asked Yuma: "I told you back then that I would be open to the Yuma community... So now, have you ever thought about restoring Yuma?
"What is the number of this cavalry unit?"
Yuma was moved by Zhao Hongrun's suggestion, but after thinking about it carefully, he politely rejected Zhao Hongrun's kindness again.
As the saying goes, he knows his own business. Are the wandering horses under his command still the famous "Dangjun wandering horses" back then?
The backbone of the Yuma army back then were so dead that Yuma, a small leader at the level of uncle at that time, could become the leader of the Yuma people. Even if Yuma's title was restored, what would happen?
?
It just brings shame to the name "Dangjun Yuma".
However, when Zhao Hongrun mentioned this matter again, Yuma still felt very puzzled and asked: "We, the Wei Dynasty, also have cavalry who are good at fighting. Why do you feel that Your Highness seems to be obsessed with me, Yuma?"
Zhao Hongrun smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
It is undeniable that the Wei State does not have cavalry teams, and those cavalry teams are not very weak. For example, the Xiaoqi Battalion of the Junshui Army and the Hunting Cavalry of the Dangshan Army are all excellent cavalry teams.
However, it is just a cavalry team, a team, at best a battalion. The original intention of its creation was just to cooperate with the two arms of infantry and bow. It cannot be regarded as a cavalry army that can stand on its own. In contrast, South Korea, Wei's neighbor to the north,
However, their cavalry is based on "army" as a unit, which can easily number tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. This is a country with heavy cavalry.
In the Wei State, the cavalry was regarded as "can form an army alone" and not as an auxiliary to the two arms of the infantry and bow. There was only Dangjun Yuma who was the experimental army at that time. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun wanted to try it.
Let’s see if we can summon the veterans of Dangshan’s horse racing to recreate this real cavalry army.
After all, although the "Northern Sichuan Archers" are powerful, they are still the cavalry of the Jie tribe. Could it be that the mighty Wei State couldn't even build a real cavalry army?
But unfortunately, Yuma told Zhao Hongrun that the Yuma people under his command are no longer the Dang County Yuma of the past. Even if Zhao Hongrun reluctantly expands them into a cavalry, they are just a cavalry with no experience and no training.
It's just a new army.
It’s no wonder, after all, more than ten years have passed since then. Even veteran pawns like Yuma who were originally Yuma in Dang County have long since lost their ability to ride on a war horse and have not been exposed to war horses for more than ten years. What’s more, now Yuma
Most of the young people in the crowd are the children of those old soldiers.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun gave up the idea of restoring Yuma.
On March 7, Zhao Hongrun led more than 20,000 Shangshui troops and officially withdrew from Yangxia County and headed for Shangshui County.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun went south this time just to assist the Ministry of Rites in handling the conflicts between the two cities and counties of Yanling and Anling. Well, it was mainly the conflict between the Chu people who defected to Wei and the original Wei people.
But because the Shangshui Army had to return to the Shangshui station, and the Green Crows had to arrange a location to build the Hidden Thieves Village, Zhao Hongrun decided to go to Shangshui first, and then go to Yanling after arranging the Green Crows.
Before leaving Yangxia, Zhao Hongrun sent someone to summon the postmaster He Zhirong, the brother-in-law of Yuxian County Magistrate Huang Yu's wife, to Yangxia and asked him to temporarily act as the Yangxia County Magistrate.
After all, in recent years, it was the original Yiqiu people who maintained public order in Yangxia. Now that the Yiqiu people have changed their name to the Qingya people and moved away from Yangxia to Shangshui, Yangxia is likely to be in chaos.
Although there are still black crows in Yangxia, Zhao Hongrun doesn't think that the two leaders of black spider and mourning crow are talented people in this field. After all, these two guys are rough people. If they want to maintain the
In terms of public security in Yangxia, I really don’t know how many people they will kill.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun did not have the authority to appoint He Zhirong as the magistrate of Yangxia County. After all, this fell within the scope of the Ministry of Personnel. However, after he reported what happened in Yangxia to the court, the court would then select a suitable candidate.
It will take at least three months to be sent here to serve as Yangxia County Magistrate.
Should we leave Yang Xia alone for three months?
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun thought about it and finally decided to go beyond his authority and appoint He Zhirong as the temporary magistrate of Yangxia. Anyway, the Black Crows were stationed in Yangxia, and even though there were still some hidden thieves and rangers in Yangxia who were lucky enough to escape,
He would never dare to coerce He Zhirong.
As for Ma Qian, the magistrate of Yangxia County, Zhao Hongrun thought about it many times and finally decided to let him live in the county government office.
It is worth mentioning that on that day, Zhao Hongrun sent the gift given by Ying Kang and others, namely the arm of the former Fuqiu leader Jin Gou, to Ma Qian, and clearly told the latter that it was the arm that killed his wife that year.
Ma Qian actually sat looking at that arm for most of the day.
Moreover, according to the sergeant of Shang Shui who was waiting nearby, Ma Qian's face at that time was sometimes angry and sometimes confused, as if he showed signs of completely regaining his consciousness.
Unfortunately, when Zhao Hongrun happily went to visit, he saw that Ma Qian had returned to his usual madness, as if his previous sobriety was just a flash in the pan.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun could only ask He Zhirong to take good care of Ma Qian.
However, what surprised Zhao Hongrun was that He Zhirong was good at playing chess and Ma Qian was good at playing chess. These two people, who were both better at chess than Zhao Hongrun, actually got along quite well, which made Zhao Hongrun quite happy.
Of course, I believe Zhao Hongrun would be happier if Ma Qianqian called He Zhirong by his name instead of calling the latter "big squad leader."
And the last thing is Zhao Hongrun's own personal matter.
He led the clan guards to the former site of the Fuqiu Clan's lair, and summoned "佴", who was now a member of the Black Crow Clan, to ask him some questions.
After all, this young man named "佴" used to follow Jin Gou, the former leader of the Fuqiu people, and he would naturally learn a lot of things that the ordinary Fuqiu people didn't know. For example, who spent 50,000 gold?
The people from Fuqiu came to assassinate Zhao Hongrun several times in the past period.
Zhao Hongrun has hidden this doubt in his heart for a long time. The reason why he didn't ask about it until today is because he knew that Jin Gou would not tell him easily.
After all, Jin Gou is cunning and cunning. Unless Zhao Hongrun gives him enough benefits, how can he easily reveal this secret?
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun simply didn't bother to ask, and it was only after the matter was over that he asked the young man next to Jin Gou "彴".
However, what made Zhao Hongrun regretful was that he told him that the person who offered a huge reward for Zhao Hongrun's head did not show up at the beginning. The other party just asked someone to deliver several boxes of gold bricks, and inside the boxes came a letter and a
A letter with the words "A reward for the head of Su Wang Zhao Run".
The real reason why Jin Gou took great risks to send someone to assassinate Zhao Hongrun was because the letter clearly stated: 50,000 gold is just a deposit, and there will be a generous reward after the event is completed.
Yes, the 50,000 yuan that Yangxia thieves offered him as a reward for Zhao Hongrun's head was actually just a deposit. It's no wonder that even a cunning and cunning guy like Jin Gou couldn't control his greed and sent someone to assassinate Zhao Hongrun for money, but he was eventually killed.
The people of Fuqiu were destroyed, and he himself fled to a foreign land.
As he told the story, he took Zhao Hongrun deep into the secret room and to the place where Jin Gou stacked the gold bricks.
When Zhao Hongrun saw those gold bricks, his face looked a little unnatural.
The reason is simple, because the size of those gold bricks was really beyond his expectation.
Zhao Hongrun picked up a gold brick with both hands, weighed it, frowned, put it down, and picked up another brick.
"This is……"
Zhao Hongrun's complexion became worse and worse because he found that the weight of the two gold bricks was almost the same.
"How much does this gold brick weigh?" Zhao Hongrun asked him seriously.
He didn't know why, so he said truthfully: "It weighs one stone." "Note: Su's weights and measures have not yet become popular, so the people still use the old kilogram system. One stone (dan) is approximately equal to 15kg today."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's complexion became even worse.
Because in his impression, even nobles with tens of millions of wealth would rarely cast such brick-like gold bricks, because they were too heavy, too valuable, and inconvenient to circulate. Therefore, the nobles in Wei generally
It will be melted and cast into about one tael of gold cakes, gold bars, and gold ingots.
Who would cast a gold brick weighing one stone?
There is only one place!
In the entire Wei State, there should be only one place where such gold bricks can be melted, and that is the Wei State's treasury.
In order to facilitate stacking, officials from the Ministry of Revenue and metallurgists would melt the gold turned over to the treasury into gold bricks worth about two thousand taels.
"Fifty thousand gold, a full twenty-five pieces of the national treasury..."
Zhao Hongrun was shocked and speechless by what he heard and saw.
He never imagined that the bounty for his head would actually come from the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Shen Yu, take a piece away, send someone to Daliang immediately, and hand it over personally to Li Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs!"