Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 43
The four horses walked slowly into the city of Dengzhou, seeing at least twenty or so roads along the way.

Before arriving at Dengzhou City, Sun Xin and Hu Sanniang's expressions became more solemn when they saw the martial law at the top and bottom of the city gate.

Smallpox is a common infectious disease in these years. In Sun Xin's memory, he had experienced several smallpox epidemics, but what he saw with his own eyes at this moment still shocked him.

When I came to the heavily guarded city gate, I saw a group of native soldiers preventing the refugees who seemed to have diseases from entering the city, and only letting those refugees who could walk properly into the city. Poor people in shirtless clothes knelt in the ice and snow and begged.

He explained his identity to the guards, and the soldiers recognized Sun Xin, so naturally they let four horses in.

Sun Xin saw that the roads in the city were very slippery, and the roads were completely white after the snow and ice.

Usually this scene might seem interesting to Sun Xin, but today he understood that it was because the people in the city were panicking, so even the snow sweepers didn't come out.

The few people walked a long way before seeing a carriage on the side of the road slowly reversing some of the roads, but obviously it couldn't be collected in a short time.

After entering the city, several people got off their horses and walked towards Sun Li's house on foot.

One foot was deep and the other foot was shallow. They picked up the dry snow and walked along the side of the road, but their shoes were still wet very quickly. Sun Xin took a look at Hu Sanniang's shivering appearance, "Get on the horse."

"Horsebacks are not allowed on the roads in the city."

"Do you think who else will take care of this situation? When the time comes, you will come down when you encounter an official messenger."

When Hu Sanniang sat on the horseback, Sun Xin led the horse and walked slowly. When she came to the door of Sun Li's house, Hu Sanniang's shoes were still very dry, but seeing that her husband's leather boots were already soaked, Hu Sanniang was just moved.

Several people came to Sun Li's house and knocked on the door. It was Sun Li's youngest son who opened the door. Upon questioning, it turned out that there was a smallpox outbreak near the end of the year, and the school simply stopped classes.

After entering the door, she put down the presents, and Mrs. Le led Hu Sanniang in to talk about herself, while Sun Xin, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao and Sun Li went to the main room to talk.

After sitting down and drinking a cup of hot tea to disperse the chill, Sun Xin asked, "Is there a lot of smallpox this year?"

Sun Li shook his head: "It's common to have plagues in winter, but this year's weather is evil, and it gets cold very quickly just after the winter moon, so the flowers bloom more vigorously."

"But it's a good thing that the weather is colder. The roads are blocked by heavy snow, and merchants are not allowed to leave. The speed of smallpox must not be so fast. I asked some people, and they all said that we in Dengzhou don't think there will be trouble."

Sun Xin nodded. These days, people also have simple knowledge of infectious diseases. The more frequent the circulation of people, the faster the spread of the plague. This kind of thing does not require future generations to come to science and they themselves know it.

Since Sun Li thinks that smallpox will not be a big deal, and Sun Xin thinks about it and there is no record of this plague in the Water Margin, it must be a moderate epidemic as Sun Li said. This level of plague was common in ancient times, so he was a little relieved.

Sun Li said: "You said that you want to sell grain to the west next year. I asked someone to ask. It is said that we only have a few hundred stones. The military states in the west always store military grain. Your wheat and the others The natural harvest means that our corn is filled with miscellaneous grains and sold, and there will be buyers."

"Before the heavy snowfall, I had actually discussed with several officials, and the characters were also cleared up. Unfortunately, this month, it was suddenly announced that the official ships of the officials will go this way next year, and the boats going to Hebei will be sealed for a while. When the river was closed, it was just in time for the harvest of wheat, and I am afraid that next year our grain will not be able to go to the west."

"Official ship?"

Sun Li looked around mysteriously, leaned into the ears of the three of them and said, "It is said to be an official ship, but actually I heard that what is carried on it is the birthday outline sent by Liang Zhongshu of the famous mansion to Cai Jing and Cai Taishi in the capital."

Sun Xin was shocked when he heard Sun Li's narration.

Sun Li thought that Sun Xin didn't understand, and explained to him: "Liang Zhongshu, who is staying behind in the yamen of the Daming Mansion, is the son-in-law of Cai Taishi in the capital. It is only because of the protection of this Taishi Cai Jing that he can make progress all the way."

"Liang Zhongshu collected a lot of floating money in the Daming Mansion, and every year on the occasion of Taishi Cai's birthday, he would send it to Tokyo City to celebrate his birthday. It is said that it contained a whole 10 taels of gold and jewelry."

"I heard that there is no 10 taels, and there should be [-] or [-] taels. I don't know how many heroes in the Jianghu are looking to rob this treasure."

"This Liang Zhongshu also knows that his mouthful of fat is very attractive, so he is extra cautious in giving it. Next year, he said that he will specially send a tihat from the mansion to lead a team of soldiers to press the treasure and sit in the official position swaggeringly. Ships go the official route, and they are stricter than escorting money and food from the court, for fear of being robbed by others."

This remark naturally caused Sun Xin to jump wildly in his heart, and the outsmarting the birthday outline on Huangnigang is almost one of the most important stories in the Water Margin.

In this story, several key figures in the future of the Water Margin appeared on the stage one after another, which was also an important turning point that established the fate of the entire Liangshan.

"Is Yang Zhi the name of the person who escorted the birthday party?"

Sun Li thought for a while: "Are you talking about Yang Zhi, who is known as the green-faced beast in the world, the grandson of the Fifth Marquis Yang Linggong?"

"That man is also a son of our army, and he is currently handling the official affairs of the Palace Commander's Mansion in the south, but I have never heard of him going north."

"It's not him who will escort this birthday plan next year. I heard that it's probably the manager of the Beijing Daming Mansion, called Flying General Li Hu."

Sun Xin frowned, why had he never heard of this Li Hu's name?

Then he quickly realized that it was recorded in the Water Margin that when Liang Zhongshu asked Yang Zhi to escort the birthday card, he said that his birthday card was taken away by a group of thieves last year, and no one was found, so In the second year, it was changed to Yang Zhi to escort, but Li Hu didn't show up at all.

His heart beat wildly in an instant.

Is this the birthday key that Yang Zhi escorted, but the first birthday key that was taken away!

"His birthday outline is so ostentatious to follow the official path, isn't he afraid of being robbed?"

"Hehe, who dares to snatch him? Li Hu, the flying general who escorted the birthday party, is a world-renowned tough guy. Twenty or thirty men can't get close to him. He also brought a row of soldiers with sharp swords and armor. No two or three hundred people may not be able to snatch his treasure."

"If a grassroots bandit can swagger across the state with two or three hundred men and horses to snatch this treasure, then it must be the separatist side raising the flag to rebel? What else do you want to grab?"

Sun Xin shook his head, according to the birthday outline written in the book, it was not found out who snatched it in the end.

The four brothers chatted for a while, and Sun Xin went out of the house to have dinner with Hu Sanniang and the others before leaving Dengzhou City in a hurry.

Riding on the horse, he was very preoccupied.

That is one hundred thousand gold beads, the money that directly laid the foundation for Liangshan's opening, should I take it myself or not?

Glancing at the blunderbuss and iron whip hanging beside the horse, Sun Xin's eyes became more and more determined, and God will take the blame instead of taking it. I, Sun Xin, want this money!

Just when Sun Xin thought so, he heard a sound of hoofbeats behind him, and when he looked back, it was Sun Li who was chasing after him.

(End of this chapter)