Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 192 Gathering of Heroes

Dong'e is in Jibei County, which used to be called Jeju, just west of Qi County, on the same line as the Yellow River in Jishui.The city of Jibei County is in Lu County, and Dong'e is adjacent to the west of Lu County.

Dong'e is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, Jishui in the south, and Mount Tai in the southeast.

The Cheng and Qin families used to be family friends, and Cheng Yaojin's family background and experience were similar to Qin Qiong's. When he was a child, his family fell into disrepair, but the accumulation of a hundred years of gentry made them politically frustrated, but they still enjoyed a high economic advantage.

Cheng Yaojin studied literature and martial arts at a young age. Like Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin is also the kind of person who can't calm down to study literature, but is very interested in learning martial arts and has great talent.

It is very different from Cheng Yaojin who sells private salt in the novel. His family is one of the most powerful and powerful families in Jibei, with thousands of acres of fertile land, a prominent family background and high prestige.Born in a wealthy official family, he didn't need to worry about making a living since he was a child, and he didn't need to sell any private salt at all.

Moreover, at the beginning of the founding of the country in the Sui Dynasty, the ban on mountains, forests and fisheries was lifted, and salt, iron and wine mines were not monopolized.Pay back the tax of Guanjin, except for the money entering the market.

What do you mean?
That is, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty was quite bold and generous. The salt and mines in this world were dug by the common people without taxation or monopoly.The same is true for wine, which is neither prohibited nor monopolized, you can sell it as you like.

At the same time, the Sui Dynasty also abolished the tariffs of previous dynasties, and no longer set up tax collection cards at intersections and ferries. Even opening shops and setting up stalls in the market in the city did not collect taxes.

Later generations summed up the tax system of the Sui Dynasty. They once said that in all dynasties, the tax system was the simplest than the Sui Dynasty. There was no tax for industry and commerce in the Sui Dynasty.

People in the Sui Dynasty didn't even have industrial and commercial taxes, and they didn't monopolize salt, wine and tea mines, so there was no such thing as private salt sellers these days.The dynasties with the most severe salt smuggling in history, the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, were all because the imperial court imposed heavy salt taxes and monopolized salt.

But the Sui Dynasty did not collect salt tax at all, and did not engage in salt monopoly, allowing you merchants and common people to dig and sell.

In this era, although salt was a bit more expensive, and there was a saying that a catty of salt was a bucket of rice, it was far from being as expensive as it was in the Song and Ming dynasties.

Cheng Yaojin never sold illegal salt, and of course he didn't use an axe.

The weapon he practiced was the horse lance, just like many children from official and noble families, all of them practiced horse lance riding and shooting.

According to historical records, Cheng Yaojin was brave and good at fighting, and he was good at stabbing with horses.Even among the generals in the early Tang Dynasty, his horse lance was able to squeeze into the top ten, which shows that he is a master.

"I heard that Cheng Duwei became famous at a young age, was unparalleled in bravery, and beat all the invincible opponents in Jibei with a single shot. I am now learning from Zhang Juncheng, but I can't always learn the law. I will learn from Cheng Duwei when I have time. I hope you can teach me." Luo Cheng He felt that Cheng Yaojin came from a noble family, but he didn't have any airs on him, and he had a very free and easy temperament, which made him feel like friends at first sight and hit it off very well.

"Ma Chan, there is actually no trick to this thing, just practice more, and it is not difficult to get started in three years. It takes five or six years to learn some skills, and it takes more than ten years to say that you are proficient. In fact, I am also myself. It’s just practice, and I claim to be a master in the countryside, but there are people outside the mountains, there are days outside the sky, and I dare not say that I am good at using horses when I leave Dong’e County.”

"Actually, Shubao's Ma Qian is better than me!"

At this time, a voice came from the side, "Old Cheng is bragging again."

"Who dares to make up your Master Cheng behind your back!" Old Cheng turned around.

"Why, you don't introduce one or two new friends?"

The two men stood there smiling and said to old Cheng, Cheng Yaojin saw the two of them, he laughed and said, "I thought you wouldn't come."

"Shu Bao is getting married today, why don't we come, we are brothers who played together back then, we will never miss this day."

Luo Cheng looked at the two people's stately appearance, and asked.

"Brother Cheng, who are these two?"

"Oh, let me introduce you. This man who looks like a dog to you is Cao Zhairang of Dongjun County. The one next to him is his brother and his subordinate. They are both in Dongjun County. They are now prisons. It's called Huang Junhan."

Zhai Rang is tall and tall, and looks a round older than Qi Cheng Yaojin, probably in his 30s.This is the second judge he knows. The previous Wang Bo was a judge of Qi County, and now he meets a judge of Dong County.

Dongjun is still to the west of Jibei County, separated from Qijun by Jibei County, but they are also on the south bank of the Yellow River.

"Zhai Rang, Huacheng, East County." Zhai Rang cupped his hands towards Luo Cheng, "When my father was an official in Qizhou, I was friends with Shu Bao, Yao Jin, and Jing Yun, and I was the head of the children at that time. , They all hang out behind my ass."

Huang Junhan saluted with a smile, "Huang Junhan and Huang Jingyun in Xuncheng, Dongjun County, are also Shubao's old brothers."

Luo Cheng didn't expect that today he met Cheng Yaojin first, and then met Zhai Rang and Huang Junhan, both of whom were famous generals of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.According to Cheng Yaojin, the two families of Zhai Rang and Huang Junhan were also officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty before, and several of them were officials together, so they have a good relationship with the second generation of officials.

"Zhangqiu Luocheng, nicknamed Shicheng, is Shubao's cousin."

Old Cheng said from the side, "Don't look young, brother Luo, he is capable. He Shubao captured the blue-faced ghost Zhu Hua alive, and then captured Yu Wangbo in time. It's amazing."

"It turns out that my brother is Captain Zhangqiuluo. Last winter, your name was spread all over the banks of the Yellow River. I have heard about it for a long time, but I have never had a chance to meet each other. I never thought I would meet here. Fate." Zhai Rang said with a smile.

"It's all absurd praise, I dare not compare with the brothers."

Luo Cheng is very modest. These three are better than the other. Zhai Rang is not only the county leader now, but also the founder of Wagangzhai in the future. Wagangzhai in the late Sui Dynasty was Fengyun Group.

As for Huang Junhan, he is also very good. Although he is just a prisoner now, he later became the founding father of the country after entering the Tang Dynasty like Cheng Yaojin.

Huang Junhan looked at Luo Cheng, "Brother Luo is really a hero, but he is so powerful at this age, it reminds me of a friend."

Zhai Rang quickly said, "Jing Yun must be talking about Xu Dayan."

"But Shan Erlang's little brother Xu Shiji?"

"Well, it's not the eldest son of the most powerful Xu family in our East County. He is only 16 years old this year. He is the same age as Brother Luo, and he is also capable."

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "Xu Big Eye is capable, but he is too crazy, no one can look down on him."

Standing there, Luo Cheng felt his face was a little stiff. Xu Shiji of Dongjun, isn't that the later British Duke Li Ji, and Xu Maogong in the novel.

"Why haven't Shan Erlang and Xu Dayan come yet? On the day of Shu Bao's wedding today, don't they dare not come?"

"They dare." Zhai Rang said with a smile, "Don't worry, they will definitely arrive in a while. Wait for the two to arrive, and let them punish themselves with three cups."

Shan Xiongxin is coming too?

Luo Cheng felt that today he really felt like a group of heroes.

Cheng Yaojin, Zhai Rang, Huang Junhan, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji, if you count Qin Shubao, the owner here, oh, what a gathering of heroes.

Just as he was thinking, the steward of the Qin family was already singing loudly over there.

"Zhang Juncheng of Qi County is here!"

Zhang Xutuo also came.

(End of this chapter)