Chapter 337 Returning to the Daming Mansion, the enemy of Mumajian
Three days later, after Xiao Tang had appeased Su Jinniang, Tang Pengxiu and other concubines, he and Yan Qing, Xu Guanzhong, Shi Jin and dozens of accompanying people crossed the Yellow River via Huazhou, crossed the boundary of Kaide Prefecture and returned to Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province.
.And Xiao Tang's confidants Xiao Yi, Bian Xiang and others who stayed in Hebei have already been waiting for them three miles outside Damingfu City. Not only Xiao Tang, but also Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong who were born in Damingfu returned to their hometown. Everyone was filled with emotion.
A lot.
When Xiao Tang and others returned to his former residence in Daming Mansion, friends and colleagues such as Lu Junyi and Suo were already waiting in the mansion. After meeting again after a long separation, Xiao Tang exchanged greetings and then asked Lu Junyi: "Why don't you see Master?
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Lu Junyi smiled bitterly and said: "His old man and Coach Wang Jin both live in Xiaojiaji, but they still don't want to move to my house to live together. Now my mentor is devoted to cultivating his adopted son Yue Fei and pays little attention to foreign affairs."
Zhou Tong and Yue Fei, one worked hard to cultivate talents for the country, and the other had already set his ambitions at a young age. When these famous teachers and disciples came together, they neglected Lu Junyi, an old disciple.
.... Xiao Tang comforted Lu Junyi and said: "After I have settled down, I will go to Xiaojiaji to pay my respects to Master. Senior brother, do you want to go with me?"
Lu Junyi nodded and said with a smile: "It is indeed good, but I am afraid of disturbing my mentor and making his old man unhappy. This time, thanks to my good brother's favor from the official family, he became an envoy to the Liao Kingdom."
, my mentor will definitely be happy to see you, my dear brother, and as an elder brother, I want to borrow your kindness from my dear brother."
After Xiao Tang, Lu Junyi, Suo and others exchanged pleasantries, they asked Xiao Yi, Bian Xiang and others: "Is all the business in the market town going well?"
Xiao Yi and Bian Xiang looked at each other and immediately reported to Xiao Tang: "Brother Haojiao knows that people in the rivers and lakes in Hebei have long been intimidated by his reputation. What's more, when we took in the refugees from Hebei when Zhang Di was in trouble, now there are people in the market town.
Six thousand village warriors, how can ordinary strong men from the green forest dare to come here to provoke us? It’s just that... something happened in the Mu Ma Prison."
Xiao Tang frowned, and he looked towards Chang Shun, Duan Jingzhu, who was in charge of the horse ranch. Although Chang Shun, the steward of the horse farm, was good at looking at horses and was an expert in curing various cold and heat diseases in animals, he had a mouth.
After listening to Xiao Yi's words, he just sighed, but Duan Jingzhu said angrily: "Brother, I don't know. The green forest strongmen on the two roads in Hebei dare not provoke us, but there are local tycoons who think that we are in their way."
In order to make money, that group of birdmen also raised livestock and made a living by selling horses. A few days ago, when the brothers went to the border of the North to import horses, they had some conflicts with that big family."
"Oh? That's strange. Who do you think that big family is?" Xiao Tang was also a little puzzled. It is said that his current reputation in Hebei's black and white circles is already second to none, and he rarely offends other comrades in the world.
, so whether it is the green forest bandits or the local powerful, they are not only afraid of Xiao Tang's current strength, but also willing to be a favor to him. Who would deliberately provoke him and become his opponent?
Duan Jingzhu replied: "It is Zengtou City in the southwest of Texas. The mayor of Zengtou City once made his five children so arrogant that they competed for horses from private merchants of the Liao Kingdom.
There were some conflicts at the time, injuring three or four brothers at the racecourse. Although the boys heard that the younger brother was the steward who was beaten by Brother Xiaotang, they did not want to make the matter a big deal, but there were many dirty words that were very harmful to the older brother.
Disrespectful.”
After hearing this, Xiao Tang was suddenly enlightened. Of course he knew about the group in Zengtou City. He also knew that what Duan Jingzhu said was true and that the powerful group was indeed very arrogant.
In the Water Margin, those who dared to challenge Liangshanbo again and again were only the local powerful group who were the descendants of the fierce Jurchens. At that time, Liangshan had already merged with the forces of Erlong Mountain, Shaohua Mountain, Mangdang Mountain and other mountains, and was already capable of breaking through.
The strength of the famous government city and important place, but Zengtou City, who had no fault with Liang Shanqiu, still took the initiative to provoke Liangshan. Not only did he seize the horse twice, he even shot Chao Gai, the leader of Liangshan Dazhai at the time.
As for why his horse herding supervisor in Daming Prefecture had a grudge against Zengtou City, Xiao Tang could probably guess the whole story. The reason why Zengtou City was able to become famous was because the owner of Zengtou City was good at raising and herding horses.
Well-bred war horses in the Song Dynasty were already scarce, so the Zeng family, who were good at raising horses, could not only make huge profits through official compradors, but also have enough war horses to equip their own local horse army.
However, after Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty re-introduced the law of horse herding and supervision, Xiao Tang, who had Chang Shun and Duan Jingzhu under his command and other talented horses and horse breeders, listened to Yang Xu's suggestion and designated five good lands in Damingfu, Xiangzhou and Mingzhou.
The establishment of the Horse Herding Prison not only monopolized the business of buying and selling horses for the Forbidden Army in Hebei, but the fine horses produced by the Xiao Horse Herding Prison also became a hot commodity sold throughout the Song Dynasty.
They are also major horse breeders in Hebei, not to mention that Xiao Tang still has the support of the government. Under such circumstances, how could Zengtou City not monitor the horses under Xiao Tang's name as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh? If it weren't for Xiao Tang, he would still be here now
As an official serving in the imperial court, I am afraid that Zengtou City, which has gradually grown by dominating the village houses and extending an area of hundreds of miles, will have to fight with each other, instead of provoking troubles from time to time.
At this time, Xiao Yi also sneered and said: "My little brother has found out the details of Zengtou City. The owner of Zengtou City came to the Central Plains to do some ginseng business when he was young. After amassing tens of thousands of dollars, he relied on Texas to drive out locals.
The villagers did not dare to offend him because they had managed the government offices. The eldest of the five children under his knees was called Zeng Tu, the second was called Zeng Mi, the third was called Zeng Suo, and the fourth was called Zeng Kui.
, the fifth one is called Zeng Sheng, and they call themselves the Five Tigers of the Zeng Family. They are very arrogant! There are more than 3,000 families in Zengtou City with 5,000 or 7,000 people and horses. In terms of the number of people in the village, they are not as brave as our Xiao family.
The collection is evenly matched.”
After listening to Suo on the side, he snorted loudly and said angrily: "What can we do? The horse herding supervisor under Xiao Renxia's name must be left behind, and it is the place where official compradors buy war horses. How dare Zengtou City
Playing tricks with the government? Xiao Renxia is very worried and rest assured. If those killers from Zengtou City dare to come to seek bad luck on the Horse Guards, we, the horse army of the Daming Prefecture’s Remaining Department, will not be vegetarians!"
Xiao Tang, who had never been reused, was promoted by Xiao Tang, and today he was appointed as the commander of the imperial army of Daming Mansion. For this, he, a vanguard who fought first, has always been grateful. Although Xiao Tang has now been transferred to the capital, he still has this feeling in his heart.
Xiao Tang regarded him as his superior officer.
Xiao Tang patted Suo's shoulder to express his gratitude. He expected that Zengtou City would not be so bold as to openly start a war with several horse herding supervisors with official backgrounds under Xiao Tang's name, but that was not the case.
We must be careful of their dirty tricks to harm people behind their backs.
Zeng Nong and Xiao Tang, the five tigers of the Zeng family, did not take it seriously. Even if the other party wanted to play dirty tricks in secret, Qingzhou, not far from Zengtou City, Texas, also had Xiao Tang's Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain's Eight Thousand Green Forests.
As for the men and horses. Once Zeng Tou Shi dares to explode, no matter openly or secretly, Xiao Tang also thinks that he has the ability to kill Zeng Tou Shi to death.
But according to the book, the people with the surname Zeng who deserve the most attention in Zengtou City are not the ones with the surname Zeng, right? Xiao Tang thought of this and asked Xiao Yi again: "Apart from Zeng and the five tigers of the Zeng family, who are they?" Can Zeng Toushi’s subordinates hire any extravagant figures in the world to help?”
Xiao Yi was slightly startled, and then said: "As far as I know, Zengtou City hired two teachers, one teacher and one teacher, some time ago. However, the two new teachers came to Zengtou City not long ago, and they have not yet been identified. Their names."
Lu Junyi stepped forward and smiled at Xiao Tang: "Xiandi, there is no need to worry too much. He is only in Zengtou City, but how can he compare to Xiandi's countless talented people? What's more, Xiandi's current prestige is no one in Hebei Province. People don’t know, even if Zeng Tou Shi is deliberately provoking a provocation, he is just recruiting some low-ranking martial arts masters to help him, so what does that count?”
Xiao Tang shook his head, he sighed and said: "Brother, I just want to ask you one thing: Brother, do you know where your fellow junior brother is now?"...
At the same time, on the official road at the junction of Daming Mansion and Dezhou, two horses were galloping in the direction of Xiaojiaji in Zongcheng County. The two men on the horse were both tall and powerful. He holds a Zhu Ying Zhang and two spears, and under his hip is a thousand-mile dragon and colt; the other holds a thick iron iron and rides on a jade horse.
The man holding the iron rod suddenly said to the other man: "Brother Shi, does your mentor really live in Xiaojiaji? But in the market town under Xiaotang's name, Zeng Taigong wanted to find bad luck with that guy who was the horse supervisor. , wouldn’t it be better to ask him to move to Zengtou City to live with you while you are meeting your mentor?”
The man holding Zhu Yingzhang's two guns looked at him strangely, and he snorted coldly and said: "How can I not know the temperament of my master? Now that I know where he is, I, as a disciple, can only pay him a visit. ... Different ways do not lead to the same thing. Of course I have to remember his kindness for teaching me this skill, but if he is still so rigid, I don't need to look at his face anymore!"
The man holding the thick iron rod was slightly startled, and then he said: "But I heard that in addition to your mentor, Brother Shi, your senior brother Yu Qilin and Lu Junyi are praised as one of the three greatest talents in Hebei. He is said to be unparalleled in the world in terms of stick skills. Why? If you don’t see Brother Shi, why don’t you go look for him and reminisce about old times?”
"Hebei's three greatest talents, his skills with guns and sticks are unrivaled in the world? Hehe...he is worthy!" The man had a look of disdain on his face, and there was a condescending arrogance between his brows. He sighed and said: "Back then, When he and I were practicing under the master, I didn't see how good he was! He was just used to being praised by incompetent boys because he came from a wealthy family. If I hadn't been wandering around in these years, I would never have come to Hebei. If you tear down his sign, how can you still allow him to boast?"
The iron-clad man was frustrated again. When he saw that his newly sworn brother heard about the whereabouts of his mentor, he rushed all the way from Zengtou City to Xiaojiaji to meet him. He thought he had a close relationship with his master and brother. Dude, who would have thought that now it seems that there is a deep gap between the master and the disciples.
At this time, I heard the man say again: "My master is old and has been a has-been figure for a long time. Who is the Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi? And who is Lao Shizi Ren Xia Xiao Tang? The two of them are in Hebei No matter how famous they are on the two roads, you must know that I, 'Blood Pixiu' Shi Wengong, have not paid them any attention at all!"