Late Tang

Facing this servant who suddenly appeared, Li Jing just nodded with a cold face.

"I will ask to see the envoy, please let me know!"

"Oh, what a coincidence, my general went to Gaoshan Fort early in the morning to inspect military affairs, and it's all because of these dogs that they didn't explain clearly."

Li Jing already knew in his heart at this time, he was sure that Feng Zhang was in the Yamen right now, but because of the incident just now, he didn't want to see him.Well, if you don't see it, you won't see it.When he saw Zi Fengzhang, he had to salute, but if he didn't see him, he saved it.But now that you're here, it's impossible to just go for nothing.

"Since the envoy Feng Bingma is not here, he can come to see him another day. However, there is one thing that needs to trouble you today."

"General Li Zhen will speak up if he has anything to do, and he will definitely help if he can help."

Li Jing explained the situation that he had brought the soldiers he had recruited, and said that since the soldiers had arrived in the town, he now needed to come to receive the recruits' equipment and food.Even the garrison has the requirement to hoard land, he also needs cattle, seeds, farm tools and so on.

The general frowned more and more as he listened, and said with a sad face: "The things that General Li Zhen said are not too much, but these things are really beyond the discretion of me, a little servant. Or, you Wait for a while, I will go to the other high-ranking officials in the yamen to ask them to see what kind of charter they should get, how about it?"

Li Jing guessed that he must be going to report to Feng Zhang, so he nodded immediately and said, "Well, I'll have to work."

Not long after the general went in, he led another person out. After introduction, it turned out that it was Cang Cao from Daxie Village who participated in the military.Na Cangcao was very straightforward, he only said that the ordnance in the fort is relatively scarce now.He also said that the soldiers and horse envoys had already confessed, and they tried their best to be satisfied with Shamen Town.

"Let's go, let's go and see how many things are left in the warehouse. If there are any, General Li Zhen will take them away."

Along the way, I chatted with Cang Cao for a few more words, and Li Jing was a little surprised to find that this Cang Cao man in his 50s and with a hunchback was more down-to-earth.There is no official airs at all, although it looks a little cold on the surface, but when it comes to matters, there is no embarrassment.When they arrived at the warehouse, Cang Cao first led Li Jing to collect the ordnance.

As soon as the warehouse door opened, Li Jing glanced at the ordnance inside, and almost turned around and left.It is not so much an armory as it is a waste ordnance recycling depot. The tip of the spear is rusty and the horizontal knife is full of gaps.As for the bows and arrows that are [-]% equipped by the Tang army, there are not a single one here, let alone crossbows, mo knives, shields and other equipment.In addition, even the full set of auxiliary equipment is basically the same.

After some inventory, there were three 310 rusty spears and seven 230 notched horizontal knives.This result almost made Li Jing laugh angrily. Fortunately, he bought hundreds of sets of equipment from Song Wen in advance. Otherwise, with these hundreds of rotten spears and broken knives, how can he defend Shamen Town?

Seeing Li Jing's livid face, Cang Cao was also a little embarrassed, and said, "If you have craftsmen, you can take some pig iron back and make it yourself."

Li Jing's eyes lit up: "Pig iron? How much?"

The servant put his head aside and suddenly coughed heavily, and Cang Cao hummed back the words that were already on his lips.After pondering for a while, Cang Cao said slowly: "We do have pig iron, but these pig irons are also purchased from the village. If Li Zhen needs it, he has to spend money to buy it."

After Li Jing asked the price carefully, he felt that it was a good deal, so he proposed to buy more.Unexpectedly, the general whispered in Cang Cao's ear again, but Cang Cao only agreed to sell Li Jing three thousand catties of pig iron, but refused to sell any more.

"We also need to get some tents, farm tools, cattle, seeds and other things." Li Jing made another request. Anyway, he is now hugging grass and hunting rabbits, and he can hug one by one.

With the servant keeping his head aside, Li Jing really didn't get much.There are more than 500 dilapidated tents, 2000 iron pots, [-] old wooden barrels, and [-] wooden basins.There are more than [-] broken bowls, [-] spoons, and [-] water tanks.In addition, ten stones of aged corn, two carts of salted fish, and three hundred catties of oil.In terms of agricultural tools, some more were given, including twenty cattle, three hundred pairs of plows and rakes, and five hundred pieces of hoes, shovels, shovels, and sickles.One hundred pairs of chiseled knives for land reclamation.Fifty water treadmills, two hundred stone reel shafts, and one hundred Mule Ze.

In the end, Li Jing saw that there was really nothing to squeeze out, so he gave up.After receiving these things, Li Jing took 50 taels of silver collars to the head of the family, and after accepting the money with a smile on his face, he immediately ran out to call for someone to help Li Jing deliver the things to the dock.After leaving the head, Li Jing took another 50 taels of pig waist silver collar and handed it to Cang Cao, which was considered grateful.

Cang Cao accepted Li Jing's money unexpectedly, "General Li Zhen is too polite." Putting the silver collar away, Cang Cao chuckled and said, "General Li Zhen is young and vigorous, and has Cui Sima and King Zhao as his backers. , the future is not bright, but why did he come to this Daxie Village? General Li Zhen does not know that Feng Bingmashi and Cui Sima have always been at odds. Did you intervene in it?"

Li Jing smiled, but did not speak.

Cang Cao said earnestly like an elder: "Brother, I think you are not bad, so I will just say a few truthful words. In fact, General Feng is in the village today, and it was he who made things difficult for the gatekeepers earlier. Meaning. It’s not that there are no armaments and agricultural tools in the village, but there is no General Feng’s words, who would dare to pull them out for you? My brother just came here, and he completely fell out with Feng’s soldiers and horses. I’m afraid it’s not easy to stay in the future. I think Ah, it's better to transfer away as soon as possible."

"Thank you brother for reminding me, but since I, Li Jing, have come, how could I just leave like this. If I don't make a show in Shamen Town, I will never leave. Please take care of me in the future. .”

Cang Cao sighed, as if lamenting Li Jing's disobedience. "If you need ordnance, I can't help it. But if you need farm tools, cattle, seeds, etc., I have a suggestion."

"Please say!"

"You don't need to ask General Feng for these things. You can go directly to the general who was just now. He is the same clan as the soldier and horse envoy, and he is highly valued by the general. There is a mansion shop on the dock, and it can be said that he is involved in all kinds of goods sales. If you need anything, you can go to him directly, you can't go wrong."

Li Jing was a little surprised and said: "But since that man is the clan brother of the envoy, how could he help me?"

Cangcao shook his head: "That's wrong, who would have trouble with money these days. That general is the owner of the best money, as long as you are willing to spend money, I guarantee that he will not sell you anything but armaments , he will give you whatever else you want.”

"Oh, thank you bro."

After a while, General Feng led a large group of porters over.Li Jing watched him busy up and down, yelling left and right, it was true that money could turn ghosts around.But just 50 taels of silver, that general was already so enthusiastic.Presumably, what Cang Cao said was really true.

When picking up the things, although they looked like tatters, when they were transported to the pier, they were quite a big pile, especially with twenty cows tied there, which made it even more lively.With so many things, Li Jing couldn't take them away for a while, so he simply took out another 100 taels of silver collar to seal the general's head, and asked him to transfer a large ship to send these things directly to Shamen Town.Feng Jiang took the money and watched Li Jing immediately kiss him more than his master.Immediately go to adjust the ship and assign someone to load the things on the ship.

Li Jing and the other five sat in their own boat and chatted leisurely.Thinking of spending a little money, they ordered the general to be like a cow, and several people couldn't help laughing very frankly.Although Feng Jiangtou was given 150 taels of silver, the whole province was spared all the busy work.And with this contact, it may be much more convenient if I really want to buy something from him in the future.

Watching the porters on the pier carrying all the things they brought onto the boat, Liu Shouqian smiled and said to Li Jing: "When I came here, I thought this trip would be a waste of time. , can hold so many things back. It's really worth it!"

Li Shugen smiled and said: "The most enjoyable thing was the general hitting that blind dog thing a few times. It was so refreshing. I didn't realize it at first. I thought the general was going to give me money for the dog thing."

"That's right, his head was covered in blood, and a servant dared to treat the general like this. It's really a dog's eyes. If you don't hit him a few times, he doesn't know how powerful he is."

Liu Shouqian said: "General, when you took action at the time, you never worried about Feng Zhang taking the opportunity to talk things out? What if the man surnamed Feng didn't show up and sent a group of soldiers to besiege us?"

Li Jing said in a happy mood: "I just called Feng Zhang. If I didn't hit those few times, do you think that general Feng came out by such a coincidence? It's just a few watchdogs, Feng Zhang It’s not that we can really do anything to us. But in the future, we have to be more careful in the future. We are in Shamen Town, and he is in Daxie Village. In the future, we will have to be neighbors for a long time, and some will play.”

Everyone opened their mouths and laughed loudly, as there are soldiers as there are generals.Zhang Chengzong and the others followed Li Jing, and they were already familiar with Li Jing's temperament, and they knew that Li Jing was the kind of person who could clearly distinguish between grievances and grievances.People respect one foot, and he returns one foot.If the other party bullies him an inch, he will definitely pay back an inch.Since Li Jing dared to come down to Shamen Town at the beginning, it already showed that Li Jing was not afraid of the challenge at all in his heart.

To Li Jing, the relationship with Feng Zhang is nothing, as long as he has food in his hands and trains his soldiers well, what can Feng Zhang do, and why should Feng Zhang be afraid?But don't forget, Feng Yanqing and Feng Liang's uncle and nephew were even more arrogant at the beginning, but they still died in the hands of Li Jing in the end.

"Let's go, the boat is leaving, let's follow. Shamen Town, here we come!"

"Shamen Town, here we come!" Wang Shi shouted excitedly at the blue sea and blue sky.

ps: Tomorrow's update may be a little later, and when it's time to put it on the shelves, Muzi has been ill for several consecutive times, and the few remaining manuscripts have been used up.I still have to go to bed early today, and tomorrow's chapters have to be written, but fortunately, the detailed plots of the first three volumes of this book have already been drawn up.Alas, depressed, if you have recommended votes in your hands, please vote for some comfort.