Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 462 News
"How, what do you think of this ship?" Igillian Bode's voice came from behind, and Acton quickly turned around and bowed to him: "Great, I have never seen a boat that can run so fast. Even with twenty men paddling the boat, it is not as fast as him!"

"Really? In fact, this is only half of his speed!" Iggy Lianbode said with a smile: "After all, this is an inland river, unlike the sea where you can gallop at will!"

Acton nodded. He believed what Igillian Bode said. The reason was very simple. He saw with his own eyes that only one of the two masts had a sail raised, and it was only half-raised. It is conceivable that if all the ships How fast the boat can go if the sails are up.

"How far is it from Fuchu here? Is the water deep enough for our boat?" Ijilian Bode raised the question he was most concerned about.

"I originally said it would take two days, but seeing the speed of the boat, it will take a day and a half at most!" Acton replied confidently: "As for the depth of the water, you can rest assured that it was chosen as a market town because there is enough water there. Shen, if your boat can reach our village, then it can definitely reach Fuchu!"

"Oh, I'm so relieved!" Igilian Bode said with a smile, the place is surrounded by wild land, if something goes wrong with the ship, it will be over.

At this time, the sky began to rain, and the people on the deck retreated below the deck one after another, leaving only a few people who had to stay on the deck.Acton saw the muddy water rushing into the river on both banks, and from time to time, a fisherman in a coir raincoat stood in his bark boat, looking in surprise at the big boat passing by on the river, and couldn't help feeling an inexplicable feeling in his heart. pride.

"Do you know where this river below our feet comes from?" asked Igilein Bod.

"Do you mean Tumen water?" Acton asked.

"Domenshui? You call her that?"

"Yes, Tumen means Wan!" Acton explained: "This river is a collection of many rivers, so it is called this name. As for where it comes from, I don't know. It depends on someone. Only a learned old man will know!"

Yiji Lianbode nodded. He and Shen Faseng were the only people on the ship who knew the real purpose of the voyage. If the readers of this book are not so forgetful, they should remember that Wang Wenzuo encountered a group of people on the way to lead the troops to the city of Pyongyang. Some Mohe people, in the battle with these Mohe people, Wang Wenzuo was surprised to find that the arrows used by the Mohe people were much heavier than those used by the Goguryeo people. After interrogation, he learned from the prisoners that the iron tools of the Mohe people were from a From a market town called Fuchu.In the Middle Ages, the ability to forge iron weapons at home was of vital importance to a nation's military strength.

So after Wang Wenzuo was able to spare his hands, he immediately sent the two of them to find this market town called "Fuchu". The market town's population, level of defense, and finally, if possible, establish a good relationship with it, and it is best to be able to do business with it.

The last request of Wang Wenzuo was not approved by the majority of people. For example, Shen Faseng thought that there was no need for such trouble: after figuring out the location and defense of this market town, sending a small-scale expeditionary force to destroy it would be all right. ?Those Mohe people are the subjects of Goguryeo. If you do business with them, isn't it doing business with Goguryeo?To the objections of his subordinates, Wang Wenzuo just replied lightly: "Look a little further, have you forgotten the predicament we had in Baekje? Don't think that it's over after winning Goguryeo, and more troublesome things are yet to come! "

As a latecomer to Wang Wenzuo's military and political clique, Yiji Lianbode cautiously kept silent at that time. His qualifications and achievements were much less than those of Shen Faseng and Cui Hongdu. It is a big taboo for newcomers to easily express their attitude.But when he was chosen as Shen Faseng's deputy, it would not be so appropriate to keep silent like this.So he said to Shen Faseng: "In the world, there are few wise men and many fools. The Lord shows the past and observes the past, but reveals the secrets slightly. Is there any reason to speak bluntly in everything? Since we are the minions of dogs and horses, we should be reticent and cautious in our actions. valid reason!"

After hearing these words, Shen Faseng took it for granted. Although he was the leader and Yiji Lianbode was the deputy, all matters were discussed with Yiji Lianbode before giving orders, as if the two people's official positions were reversed.

With the continuation of the voyage, more and more boats appear on the river, most of which are birch bark boats, which is a kind of small boat commonly used by the Northeast ethnic groups. Covered with smoked birch bark, or other animal leather, the boat can be carried ashore when not in use, and then the skin can be removed to dry. This light boat is very suitable for local rivers with shallow water, many wetlands, and harbours. It was vertical and horizontal, frozen in winter, and part of it was a canoe. They looked at the big boat approaching in surprise, and several people even leaned over the boat, waving their arms and shouting loudly.

"What are those savages shouting?" Shen Faseng asked.

Iggy even Bode couldn't hear clearly, his eyes turned to Acton, Acton replied knowingly: "They asked us if we have salt on board, and if there is, they can exchange their furs with us!"

"You can answer them!" Igilein Bod said, turning his head and shouting to the captain: "Stop the ship and drop anchor!"

"What's wrong?" Shen Faseng asked.

"Those people said that they would exchange their fur for salt with us!"

"Hehe, you have to stop the ship just to do this small business?" Shen Faseng said with a smile, "You don't really think of yourself as a businessman, do you?"

"Business is a trivial matter, it's important to get more information from the other party!"

"That's fine, anyway, I can't understand these barbarians' words, I leave these things to you!" Shen Faseng shook his head impatiently, and walked down the deck: "I leave everything here to you, I have some Sleepy, go to sleep first!"

"Yes!" Igilebod replied. At this time, the ship had lowered its sails and anchored, and slowly came to a stop. Several small boats came after it. The leader was a strong man with a few wild boar teeth dotted between his braided hair. With a pheasant feather as a headdress, he yelled a few words to the ship, but Igileinbod still couldn't understand, and asked Acton, "What did he say? It seems to be different from your language!"

"They said they had five bear skins and twelve deer skins. How much salt can they exchange for?" Acton said, "They are Heishui Mohe, we are Baishan Mohe, and our accents are naturally different!"

"So that's it!" Igilein Bod asked, "Then how do you calculate the price of salt here?"

"I don't know about that!" Acton said with a wry smile, "Sometimes it's expensive and sometimes it's cheap. If you're not sure, it's all up to the vendors! Our village is okay, it's closer to the sea, and more inland The price is more expensive, and sometimes a good bear skin can only be exchanged for a catty or two catties of salt!"

"En!" Igilein Bode knew that the merchants who could sell the salt here would definitely lower the price and get generous gifts. He turned around and ordered a few words. After a while, two sailors brought up a straw bag, and Igilein Bode De said to Acton: "You ask them to bring two bear skins and five deerskins. This bag of salt is theirs!"

"So cheap?" Acton was taken aback. Judging from the state of the two sailors carrying it, the bag of salt weighed at least seventy to eighty catties. Judging from the local salt price, even if five bear skins cost ten It was not enough to bring all the two buckskins, but he still translated it to the Mohe people below according to what Igilein Pod said.

"Really, you are really kindhearted people!" The man in the head was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Please wait a moment, I will send someone back to fetch the leather right away!"

"It's okay, you tell him not to worry!"

Acton translated Igillian Bode's words, the leading man looked at Acton, and suddenly said a few words loudly, Acton's face suddenly changed, and he turned to Igillian Bode and said: "It's not good, It’s not good, something serious happened!”

"What's the matter? What did that man tell you, you look like this?"

"He said that Da Molizhi had ordered to recruit troops from all the Mohe tribes, and there were envoys with white-feathered arrows all over the road. Why am I running around?"

"Da Mo Lizhi ordered the conscription?" Yiji Lianbode was taken aback when he heard the words, and he hurriedly asked Acton to confirm again and again that he was correct, and then hurriedly asked people to wake up Shen Faseng who was resting below the deck.For everyone in Northeast Asia at that time, Damo Lizhi only represented one person, that is Quan Gai Suwen, the powerful minister of Goguryeo.But it was also he who led the army over the past few decades to repel Datang's overwhelming army time and time again.You must know that it was at the same time: Turkic, Tuyuhun, Xueyantuo, Baekje, Waguo and other prestigious countries all fell under the horseshoe of the Tang army, but Goguryeo was always able to stand tall.People in Tang could say that he resented and loathed him, but he had to admit that he was indeed a big man of weight.

"Can you confirm again that he is referring to Quan Gai Suwen? This must not be sloppy!" Shen Faseng's face was serious.

"Yes, Acton, can you ask if the Da Molizhi he mentioned is Quangai Suwen?" Ijilian Bode asked.

After listening to Acton's inquiry, the Mohe man scratched the back of his head: "I only know that Da Molizhi dispatched troops, but I don't know if it is Quangai Suwen!"

Seeing this, Shen Faseng and Yiji Lianbode knew that there was nothing to ask, so they hurriedly ended the transaction and continued to leave the town for Fu, hoping to get definite news from there.

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Yingzhou Liucheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning), the seat of the Anton Governor's Mansion.

In the dark night, there was a long sound of horns. In the pavilion outside the city, Ah Zhiluo stood up and subconsciously clenched the horizontal knife. He heard movement downstairs. Yes, he was not the only one who woke up.

The sound of the horn lingered in my ears, and the guards of the watch pavilion stood up one after another, picked up their bows and crossbows, and looked towards the source of the sound.When the sound of the trumpets died away, even the wind froze.People loaded their crossbowstrings, changed positions silently, and listened attentively.A horse neighed, and was immediately soothed.For a moment, it seemed that everyone was waiting for something.

"Be careful!" Ah Zhiluo lowered his voice and patted his companion's back lightly. This is the Anton Governor's Mansion, which governs eleven envoys and 33 feudal cities. What is going on here? Anything can happen, and any gross omission will not only cost your own life, but also kill tens of millions of people.

A few minutes later, Ah Zhiluo heard a sound of horseshoes. He turned his head to cast a consulting look at his companion, and found that the other party also showed the same expression, obviously the other party heard it too.

"Is there the sound of horseshoes? Are they from Mohe or Goguryeo?" Azhiluo asked.

"It may also be Khitan people!" The companion replied.

"The Khitan people have to be careful too! None of these guys know what they are thinking!" Ah Zhiluo said, as he said, the Khitan people at this time did surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but who knows what will happen next moment ?Here, you can never be too careful.

"Could it be our people?" Someone whispered: "For example, catching, guarding, and shooting!"

"Them? At this time?" Ah Zhiluo frowned. The few people mentioned by the man just now are the elite of the Tang army. How could it appear here at this time?
"No matter what, we have to go down and have a look!" Someone whispered: "If it's ours, then we have to respond!"

Azhiluo gave the man a hard look, but finally he nodded: "Yes, I must go down and have a look! I will take six people out, and the others will be guarded by me. No one is allowed without my order." Open the pavilion door!"

Azhiluo got on his horse and walked through the gates and ditches. There seemed to be countless devils hidden behind the darkness outside, and they were choosing people to devour them.He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Everyone spread out, line up in two rows, and keep your distance!"

Azhiluo walked for a while, and heard the sound of killing, he rode forward and said to his companions: "Everyone heard it, get off your horses, and wrap the hooves of the horses with cloth! Don't make any noise!"

After this was done, everyone led the horses and walked slowly in the direction of the voice, and the clouds were blown away by the night wind, revealing the moonlight.A Zhiluo saw dozens of riders surrounding the hill, shooting arrows at the top of the hill continuously, and some people fell off their horses from time to time, obviously someone on the top of the hill was besieged.

"These are Mohe people!" A soldier pointed at the riders who were shooting around and said, "The people above must be our people!"

"Yes, Pavilion Chief, what should we do?"

"What else can I do, rush up? You can't just ignore your robes, can you?"

"There are thirty or forty riders over there, and there are only seven of us. Wouldn't we die if we charged up?"

"So what? I don't care if there are few people? I didn't see that you are a coward, Kuan!"

"Shut up, are you itchy?" Ah Zhiluo scolded, he looked at the hill that was besieging him, then at his brothers, and thought for a moment: "Wang Kuan, take the torch on your horse Collect them all, step back a hundred paces, and light them up when you hear the horn!"

(End of this chapter)