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Chapter 239 Song Xiance is on his second mission, Liangshan gathers in Juyi Hall

When Liu Sheng inspected various armies, Song Xiance and a group of Shengjie Guards disguised themselves as a caravan and passed through some prefectures and counties in Kaifeng, Guide, and Yanzhou. After experiencing many dangers, they finally arrived at the area where the main force of Li Qingshan's rebel army was entrenched. Liangshan.

At this time, Liangshan was not an eight-hundred-mile water park as described in "Water Margin". It was just an ordinary countryside to the west of the canal, but there were indeed many small lakes, ponds, and rivers.

However, there is also a severe drought in Shandong this year. In order to ensure the water level of the canal, almost all water from surrounding areas is diverted into the canal.

If it was just a drought, it wouldn't matter. In the critical period of June, a locust plague broke out, almost eating up all the millet seedlings and other crops.

At the same time, the plague also became more and more fierce.

After Song Xiance entered Yanzhou, he found that the plague here was more terrifying than that in Kaifeng and Guide.It is not a seasonal epidemic in spring. Most of the epidemics are ferocious epidemics such as bullhead plague, pimple disease, and smallpox.

Along the way, we saw barren fields and abandoned villages. It was common to see people dying of hunger lying on the roadside, and wild dogs fighting for human bones!
This hellish scene made him feel lucky that he and his family were under the rule of Weibu.

Speaking of which, Runing was also hit by a drought this summer. However, since the Weibu captured Ruyang and other places last winter, they used work relief to repair ditches, weirs, and reservoirs, and encouraged people to restore abandoned fields. Therefore, the winter wheat production has not been reduced much. .

Afterwards, the locust plague occurred, and Li Changwen, Zhao Deyou and other administrative officials of the Wei Ministry taught and called on the people to actively control locusts. Therefore, a lot of crops planted in spring and summer, such as rice and millet, were saved, giving the people some hope.

As for the plague, as long as it appears under the rule of Weibu, it will basically be "eradicated" within ten days.More than half of this year has passed, but the plague has never caused a disaster under the rule of Guibu.

It is for this reason that along the way, Song Xiance and others became even more shocked by the hellish scenes caused by drought, locust plagues, and plagues.

Liangshan Collection.

The market near Liangshan prospered because of the canal. It originally had more than 1000 households and was considered a large market town.

Now captured by Li Qingshan's tribe, tens of thousands of troops under Li Qingshan's direct command are entrenched, and they are even more "prosperous" than before.

Unless they are businessmen with connections within the rebel army, ordinary businessmen would not dare to come here at all.

Therefore, when a group of rebels patrolling the periphery of Liangshanji came and surrounded Song Xiance and others, they were quite curious.

The young leader of the rebel army looked at Song Xiance and asked, "Where are you merchants from? Are you so brave that you dare to come here to do business?"

Song Xiance had already planned countermeasures for various situations before he came.

Seeing this, he stroked the beard on his chin, raised his head slightly and said, "I am Song Xiance, the military counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the special envoy for diplomacy!"

Now the Wei tribe occupies the territory of two or three prefectures, has defeated the imperial army several times, and captured two vassal kings. Its power and reputation have surpassed that of the Chuang army, and it has become the largest anti-Ming force in the world.

Therefore, when meeting other rebels, the names of Weibu and Liu Sheng are the best to rely on.

The young leader of the rebel army was really surprised when he heard this and asked: "But Marshal Liu Wei of Runing Mansion?"

Song Xiance knew that he had to put on airs at this time to win the trust of these people, so he hummed: "Exactly. But our commander-in-chief is not called Liu Wei, but Liu Sheng."

"But we have only heard of Runing and Liu Wei?"

Song Xiance had to explain: "We call ourselves the Yibu Rebel Army, so the commander-in-chief's name was passed down as Liu Wei."

Then he pretended to be impatient and said, "I am here to see Leader Li on the orders of the commander-in-chief to discuss important matters. Stop asking questions and take us to see Leader Li quickly."

Li Qingshan was known for his cheerfulness and righteousness before the uprising. After raising the flag, he used his loyalty to gather small groups of peasant soldiers and bandits from all over Yanzhou.In addition, the incident took place only a few months ago, and the soldiers under his command are now more loyal - at least on the surface.

Under such circumstances, people from the Yi tribe who are also from the rebel army will naturally not be treated lightly.

The little leader even laughed a little with him, and then took Song Xiance and others into Liangshanji.

There is an inspection office at the south end of the market, which has now become the home base of Li Qingshan and others.

Song Xiance was caught outside the main hall of the Yamen, and saw a brand new plaque hanging above it, named "Juyi Hall".

A large flag was erected outside, with the message "Walking for Heaven".

Song Xiance thought of Liu Sheng's explanation and couldn't help but murmur to himself: It seems that Li Qingshan and others were indeed greatly influenced by "Water Margin".

hall.

When Li Qingshan learned that the Wei tribe had sent an envoy, he first asked Song Xiance and others to hang out outside the hall to show off their power.

He called the military adviser Wang Linchen, the general Ai Shuangshuang, the left marshal Zhao Xiuxiu, and the right marshal Jia Wangshan to discuss the matter.

When Wang Linchen sat down, Li Qingshan couldn't wait to ask: "Military advisor, how much do you know about Liu Wei?"

Wang Linchen was originally just an ordinary poor scholar with limited knowledge and talents. Now he has become the military advisor of 10,000+ rebels, but he also got a feather fan, and he often compares himself with the crouching dragon and the phoenix chick and their wisdom.

At this time, he was fanning his feather fan, stroking his rather elegant beard, and said slowly and unhurriedly: "This subordinate of Liu Keyi's army only heard some news.

Rumor has it that this person carried out a righteous cause in Queshan, Runing, last year. By the time last winter, he somehow managed to capture Ruyang, and this spring he captured Xiangyang.

After receiving a large amount of money and food accumulated over many generations from Chongfan and Xiangfan, he suddenly got up.

This year, they first defeated the army led by Governor Fengyang in Zhu Gao and killed Huang Chuangzi; in the summer, they defeated Zuo Liangyu in Xinye. "

Li Qingshan had heard some rumors about Liu Wei before, but he had never been together like Wang Linchen. When he heard this, he was not only surprised but said: "According to this, isn't this Liu Wei more powerful than Li Chuang?" Wang Linchen had not yet spoken. , a loud voice next to him said: "In my opinion, this Liu Wei is just a little lucky - it is probably because the officers and soldiers in Runing are few and not powerful enough, so he took advantage of the loophole.

The most powerful ones are Li Chuang, the Eight Great Kings, and Cao Cao, who fought against the army for more than ten years without being destroyed. "

The one who spoke was Ai Shuangshuang.

The name sounds like a woman, but she is actually a Shandong man who travels around the world as an entertainer. He has a beard and looks very brave.

After he finished speaking, Zhao Xiuxiu and Jia Wangshan, who were sitting at the bottom, nodded.

Zhao Xiuxiu said: "The Generalissimo is right. We only heard about this Liu Kean this year, and we don't know how true the rumor is. How can we compare with King Li Chuang and others?"

Jia Wangshan said: "Just by looking at the title, you can tell that Liu Wei is a courageous person who only takes advantage - if you look at King Chuang, Cao Cao, and the Eight Great Kings, isn't that title astonishing?

However, Liu Wei chose the name of "Eibu Rebels" and only dared to be called Generalissimo.

Of course, the most arrogant one is you, eldest brother. You directly gave the title of general marshal to Brother Ai, and also made us all marshals. You are so generous and righteous! "

Li Qingshan judged others by himself, thinking that Liu Wei only dared to call himself generalissimo, and also felt that the rumored performance of Liu Wei might be a little misleading.

After all, news spread these days is always exaggerated, and there are many false claims.

But since he was famous for his magnanimity and righteousness, he could not ignore the envoys sent by Liu Wei.

So he asked: "Maybe the military advisor guessed what Liu Wei sent the envoy to do?"

Wang Linchen thought for a while and said: "Most likely they are looking for an alliance with us. After all, in the past few months, the leader has made such a big splash, occupying the canal, and his reputation spreads from north to south."

"Then let's meet the messenger and see what he says?"

"As it should be."

Li Qingshan sent someone out, and Song Xiance was quickly brought in.

After serving as an envoy to break into the army once, Song Xiance had some experience in being an envoy, not to mention that he was originally a fortune teller and was very good at pretending.

So, after glancing at the people in the hall, he bowed in a neither humble nor overbearing tone, "Song Xiance, Military Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of Diplomacy, pays homage to Chief Li."

Li Qingshan felt that Song Xiance's temperament was inexplicably similar to theirs, and he immediately felt close to him.

"Mr. Song, you are polite." Li Qingshan smiled, and then asked straight to the point: "I wonder what the purpose of Marshal Liu sending Mr. here is?"

Song Xiance said: "Zhu Ming is cruel and unjust, and our army is determined to overthrow Zhu Ming and restore peace to the world.

When I heard that Chief Li was doing justice in Shandong, our commander was very happy. He sent me to pay a visit and prepared some gifts. "

"I wonder what kind of gift it is?" Li Qingshan asked expectantly.

He knew that Song Xiance came disguised as a caravan, accompanied by several large vehicles.

Song Xiance said: "Ten stones of salt, thirty handles of swords."

There was silence in the hall.

Li Qingshan and others thought they heard wrongly.

After coming back to his senses, Li Qingshan couldn't help but said: "That's all?"

Ai Shuangshuang and others even showed disdain, and even ignored Song Xiance's presence and started talking and laughing with each other in low voices.

"Look, I was right. That person is very stingy."

"We have only been in trouble for a month or two, but we still don't lack ten pieces of rock salt and dozens of knives."

"Is this Liu Meng deliberately humiliating us?"

Hearing these words, Song Xiance was unhappy, but did not show it. Instead, he looked at Li Qingshan.

After all, Li Qingshan was the leader of the rebel army, and he was somewhat broad-minded. He smiled and said: "It's inconvenient for Mr. Song to come from afar, but he is really thoughtful in bringing these gifts."

What he was actually thinking was: If you were so fucking generous, wouldn't it be better to give a box of jewelry as a gift than salt and knives, and it would be more valuable and more respectable?
Song Xiance cupped his fists and said, "It's really not easy for us to carry goods when we come from Runing. The reason why we have to go to such trouble to deliver these salts and knives is because our commander-in-chief intends to express his support for the Yanzhou rebels."

Li Qingshan frowned after hearing this, "How do you say this?"

Song Xiance said, "Leader Li will know after he goes outside and looks at the salt and knives."

After listening, Li Qingshan, Ai Shuangshuang and others became curious.

Cao Mang, who had just started the incident, had no rules and immediately left the "Juyi Hall" together.

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