Monument Yangmen

Chapter 543 Arrived at Shangjing City

"Bajiao Mountain's top master Yue Sheng, second master Meng Liang, third master Jiao Zan, fourth master Yang Xing... it's you four, right?"

The leading general was wearing a leather armor and a strange leather hat. He wore two knives around his waist, one long and the other short. The long one was a horizontal knife and the short one was a machete. Stepping on a pair of cowhide boots.

Those cowhide boots are now stepping on the chair that symbolizes the number one chair in the Banana Mountain cottage.

Jiao Zan and Yang Xing struggled hard, but they couldn't break free from the rope made of cowhide bands soaked in water.

"let me go……"

"Sneak attack from behind, what kind of hero is he, who has the ability to fight alone with the master..."

"..."

The two shouted, but the general turned a deaf ear.

Seems to be waiting for them to give him a satisfactory answer.

Yue Sheng stared at his eyes with disheveled hair, and growled, "Third brother, fourth brother, stop barking."

Yue Sheng looked at the leading general, and said with a ferocious face: "A certain family is Yue Sheng, who are you? Report your name, so that the brothers of a certain family can understand."

The leading general grinned and said softly: "The second cavalry regiment downstream, and the third battalion is at Huoketu."

"Rangers?"

Meng Liang's pupils shrank, and he said in a deep voice: "So you are members of the Ranger Army, no wonder you can quietly touch the Banana Mountain and capture our brothers."

Meng Liang raised his head, stared at the leading general and said, "Our brothers from Bajiao Mountain and your rangers have always been safe, why did you attack us?"

Huoketu shook his head and smiled, "The one who captured you is not my Ranger Army. Your Basho Mountain is also well-known in the green forest in the northwest. You are also full of traps on this Basho Mountain. Our Ranger Army The people here are orthodox soldiers. They are not good at destroying institutions, nor do they know how to assassinate and destroy.

Someone else captured you.I am just ordered to take you back to Fuxing Pass and hand them over to the cavalry reserve battalion. "

Yue Sheng frowned, and looked at Meng Liang puzzled.

He still didn't understand why everything changed after waking up overnight.

Yesterday, they were still high and mighty mountain kings in the green forest.Today he became a prisoner.

Meng Liang lost his voice: "Could it be that the person who said yesterday that he wanted to recruit us wasn't insane?"

Jiao Zan said in astonishment, "Impossible?"

Yue Sheng frowned even deeper.

Yang Xing looked blank and asked, "What's going on?"

Huo Ketu stared at Meng Liang cheerfully, and said, "You're not too stupid..."

Yue Sheng glanced at Meng Liang quietly, Meng Liang understood, and asked, "General, our brothers are just a group of small characters who have no ambitions and turn into bandits. Why bother you to mobilize the army?

We did rob people who shouldn't be robbed yesterday, and we also caused disasters.Our brothers confessed.

In this stockade, there are gold and silver that our brothers have accumulated for many years, and I will give it to you together.

Also ask the general to hold your hands high and let our brothers go. "

"Hahaha……"

Huo Ketu laughed loudly, and said with emotion: "I really like the gold and silver in your hands. But this time, I can't let you go. First, you are the ones who will be sent to the Iron Cavalry. Everyone who can enter the Iron Cavalry Army is a soldier who has undergone strict screening. It is really your luck that you were selected.

Back then, I participated in the assessment of the Iron Cavalry Army four times and was eliminated.And you, have jumped to the front of the next.As long as you can pass the future training and assessment of the Cavalry Army.Your status will be higher than those below.When I see you, I have to salute you.

Second... this is also the most important point..."

Meng Liang and the others pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Huoketu whetted the appetite of the four of them, and then slowly said: "The order to recruit you into the cavalry army was issued by Huhou himself. Do you think that as a soldier under Huhou's command, I can violate Huhou's order ?"

"Tiger Marquis?"

The four of Meng Liang were dumbfounded.

Jiao Zan said in astonishment: "We... our brothers are missed by Huhou... Hehe... Huhou has also heard of our brother's name..."

Meng Liang gave Jiao Zan a helpless look, and said with a wry smile: "My good brother...I'm afraid, the person we robbed yesterday is Tiger Marquis Yang Yansi..."

"That insane one?"

Jiao Zan widened his copper bell-like eyes with an expression of disbelief.

Yue Sheng was a little dumbfounded, and Yang Xing was a little confused.

"What are you two doing?"

Tiger Marquis Yang Yansi is a prestigious existence in the northwest.

It's fine if he doesn't rob others.

You actually went to rob him?
Isn't this going to catch lice on the tiger's head?

Not only did Meng Liang's face look distressed, but his mouth was also bitter.

We brothers just robbed an old horse.

Why did you put yourself in it?
The four brothers looked at each other and accepted their fate.

It's okay not to accept their fate. It's no use for them to struggle now.

A battalion of rangers is enough to rub the people in their cottage on the ground hundreds of times.

After Horketu confirmed the identities of the four.

He ordered the soldiers under his command to put the four of them on horseback.

Then he ordered people to tie all the other bandits in Bajiao Mountain into a string and send them to Fuxing Pass.

Nowadays, Datong Mansion and Fuxing Mansion are under construction, but labor is everywhere.

These bandits are sent to the Fuxing Mansion, and they can also be used as waste.

As for the property in the cottage, it had already been looted by soldiers of the Ranger Army.

Looting property has become one of the necessary skills for Ranger soldiers.

The cottage on Bajiao Mountain was also burned down after being looted and emptied.

And the instigator, Yang Qi, was riding an old horse at the moment, braved the wind and snow, and wobbled into Datong, Xijing, Liao Kingdom.

Xijing City of Liao Kingdom used to be a prosperous town.

But since Yang Qi captured Shengzhou and sent Rangers to plunder everywhere.

This Xijing city has become a city controlled entirely by soldiers and horses.

Half of the vendors that can be seen everywhere in the city have disappeared, and most of them are filled by Liao soldiers.

Today, only people with backgrounds can do business in Xijing City.

The newly opened Nanguo Money Bank belongs to one of the businessmen with background.

In the eyes of the Liao people, the Southern Kingdom is a big slave country and a big gold master.

With the continuous increase of trade between the two countries in southern Liaoning.

The number of slaves purchased by the Southern Kingdom from the Liao Kingdom has exceeded 100 million.

This brought millions of taels of money to Liao.

Many aristocrats of the Liao Kingdom who were on the verge of decline made their fortunes again by selling the Han people in Liao.

Although the number of Han people in the Liao area in the Liao country gradually decreased, it had a great impact on the planting industry in the Liao country, and the imperial court also issued repeated orders to prohibit the trading of the Han people in the Liao area.

However, many nobles of the Liao Kingdom who wanted to make a fortune continued to do business secretly with the Southern Kingdom in desperation.

With the support of these nobles of the Liao Kingdom, merchants from the southern kingdom gradually began to enter the palace.

Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom believed in Buddhism.

This fall.

On a Buddha's birthday, a businessman from the southern country gave Empress Dowager Xiao a golden Buddha inlaid with various gemstones.

In this way, he won the favor of Empress Dowager Xiao, and the merchants of the Southern Kingdom also used this to establish a relationship with the descendants of the Liao Kingdom.

The Nanguo Money Bank in Xijing of the Liao Kingdom was opened by Nanguo merchants with the support of the Xiao family of the Liao Kingdom.

When Yang Qi arrived at the entrance of Nanguo Qianhang, he found that those guys standing at the entrance of Nanguo Qianhang were all looking at people with their nostrils.

Even if he faced Liao soldiers, he would not bow his head at all.

This shows the status of Nanguo Qianhang in Liao.

When Yang Qi walked to the gate of Nanguo Qianhang, he was stopped by the staff of Nanguo Qianhang because of his shabby clothes.

"You can't go in."

The guy was acting snobby.

He blocked Yang Qi arrogantly, preventing Yang Qi from taking a step into the Nanguo Qianhang.

Yang Qi shrugged his shoulders, took out a gold ingot from his bosom, and threw it into the buddy's bosom.

When the guy saw the gold ingot, the expression on his face changed immediately.

"Snapped!"

The clerk twitched himself, and said flatteringly: "The villain is blind and almost offended the guest. The villain is here to apologize to the guest. Please come inside."

Yang Qi shook his head and smiled, not bothering to argue with a snob.

The Nanguo Money Bank is now under the control of Xie Tao. Xie Tao is an official, and the shopkeepers of the branches he selected must be trustworthy people.

And the shopkeeper of the branch of the southern money bank in Xijing City, Liao Kingdom, must have his own intentions for picking a snobbish eye to guard the door.

After entering Nanguo Money Bank, Yang Qi threw a jade token at the counter.

Then I found a place to sit down in the money bank.

In a short while, a middle-aged man with a short beard who was nearly half a century old hurried up to Yang Qi holding a jade plaque.

Seeing Yang Qi, the middle-aged man saluted respectfully, "But in person?"

Yang Qi nodded, but said nothing.

The middle-aged man made a gesture of invitation respectfully, "Please come to the nobles."

Yang Qi followed the middle-aged man into the back hall of Qian Xing.

The furnishings in the back hall of Qian Xing were not luxurious, but rather simple, everything was neatly arranged.

The middle-aged man asked Yang Qi to sit down, and after personally serving tea to Yang Qi, he knelt down on the ground on one knee, and said respectfully: "I will see you, Master."

Yang Qi was stunned, and asked, "Are you a scarecrow?"

The middle-aged man nodded excitedly, and said: "I am ashamed, I have been helping the young master for more than two years. It was not until the end of last year that Deputy Envoy Zhao recommended me to join the Scarecrow."

Among the middle-aged people, Zhao Fushi is Zhao Di.

Since Yang Qi transferred Peng Pai to the northwest, all the scarecrows in the southern country were under the control of Zhao Di for the time being.

To Yang Qi's surprise, Zhao Di actually developed the scarecrow into the money bank.

It can be seen from this that when Yang Qi was not in the southern country, Zhao Di did not really waste himself.

Instead, he did a lot of things in a down-to-earth manner.

Yang Qi waved his hand at the middle-aged man, and said, "Since you are one of your own, you don't have to stick to these vain etiquettes. What's the result of this branch of Nanguo Qianhang in Xijing City, Liaoguo?"

The middle-aged man stood in front of Yang Qi and said with a wry smile: "Young Master, the results are not very good. This Liao Kingdom Xijing City is no better than other places. Now it is guarded by heavy soldiers. Basically, those who save money in our money bank are all They are some merchants. The local Liao people seldom deposit money in our money bank. They seem to prefer to exchange their money for cattle and sheep, so they can rest assured."

Yang Qi nodded and said: "There is a long way to go. Money is a long-term business, and what you do is also a reputation. Unlike other businesses, you can see profits when you open the door. As long as you can stick to it, I will I believe that more people will deposit their money in our Nanguo Money Bank.

When you are in a foreign country, you have to take care of yourself.The Liao people became barbaric, and they didn't like reasoning. "

Yang Qi patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder, and said: "When it really comes to a critical moment, you would rather give up your wealth than your life. In my eyes, your lives are more important than money."

The middle-aged man burst into tears of gratitude, and said: "This subordinate will certainly not disappoint the young master's entrustment."

In many cases, the superiors do not need to bestow too many things to the subordinates.

A warm word sometimes works better than more gold and silver you give.

This is a very simple way to win people's hearts in the age of emperor supremacy.

Yang Qi chatted with the middle-aged man about some homework, the past of the southern country, the customs of the Liao country, and so on.

In the end, Yang Qi revealed his purpose of going to the Nanguo money bank.

"My trip is going to the capital city of the Liao Kingdom. I am a Han, and I will inevitably encounter some unnecessary troubles when I walk in the Liao region. So I want you to help me prepare a caravan. Let me go with the caravan Go to Beijing."

"My subordinate understands."

Yang Qi rested all night in the back hall of Nanguo Qianhang.

The next day.

The middle-aged man who is the shopkeeper of Nanguo Money Bank prepared a caravan to accompany Yang Qi to the capital.

It is said to be a caravan, but it is actually more like a transport team serving Yang Qi alone.

The goods escorted by the entire caravan are basically things to eat and drink.

Just enough for Yang Qi to eat and drink on the way to the capital.

If it wasn't for Yang Qi's insistence on declining.

The shopkeeper of Nanguo Money Bank also planned to prepare ten maids for Yang Qi to accompany him.

After the caravan was ready, Yang Qi sat in the most comfortable carriage and rushed to Shangjing leisurely.

At the front of their caravan, hung a flag symbolizing the descendants of the Liao Kingdom.

With the existence of this flag, wherever the caravan went, they basically did not encounter any interrogation.

Since it is winter, the further north you go, the colder the weather becomes.

Severe cold always causes a lot of traffic troubles.

Therefore, it took more than a month and a half for the caravan that originally needed a month's journey to go to the capital.

By the time Yang Qi arrived at the most prosperous and prosperous city of Shangjing in the Liao Kingdom, the time had already entered the twelfth lunar month.

The closer it is to the capital city of Liao Kingdom, the more lively it can be felt.

Every day, a team of horses passed by Yang Qi's carriage.

Liao people seem to like hunting in winter.

And each of them is a very good hunter, even those fat-minded Liao nobles are no exception.

"Master, the capital has arrived..."

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(End of this chapter)