I am the carpenter king

The yellow sand all over the sky, the desolate wind, the wind mixed with yellow sand blows on people's faces from time to time, making people hurt.A few miles away is the green grassland, but this group of people did not go there, but walked forward with difficulty in the desert.

There are not many people in this pair, about three to four hundred people, but not many.However, the people here are all the same. There are Mongols, Jurchens, and many other ethnic groups. Of course, the Han people are the most numerous.

But at this time, these people were all dressed in the same way, all in leather clothes and pants, with hats on their heads.Although the weather is not cool, these people are covered tightly, and everyone has a weapon on their body.

Among this pair of people and horses, apart from the special people, the most special one is the horse.Every horse carries a huge burden on its body, but people walk on the ground.

"Litou, should we take a break after this business is over?" A middle-aged man came to the front, frowned and glanced at the leader, and said in a rather solemn tone.

The person called Li Tou is a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a big scar on his face and one blind eye with sunspots around his eyes.He is very burly, with a knife behind his back, and looks very difficult to mess with.Hearing the man's question, Li Tou sighed softly, and said helplessly: "I, Li Datou, have been in this business for more than ten years, and I know the helplessness in it. Many people say that we make money, but this How much money do we have to take out? How much will actually fall into our hands? I have already thought about it, and I am not too young. , Brother also advises you, don’t do it, this business of pinning your head on your belt is not easy to do!”

The man was slightly taken aback.Some helplessly said: "Brother, little brother, I don't know! Although I didn't do it for as long as my brother, but it has been four or five years. I can see how many people died on this road. Maybe someday it will be my turn." It's up to us. Since the eldest brother said so, we will not do it. Anyway, I have a small savings in the past few years. This is the last trip."

Nodding his head slowly, Li Tou said with a smile: "That's good, but don't tell the brothers about this for now, we will talk about it when we return to Zhangjiakou and divide the money."

The man smiled sinisterly, and said in a mysterious tone: "Don't worry, elder brother, younger brother understands, besides, younger brother doesn't want to die!"

Patting the shoulder of the feared man, Li Tou sighed deeply.He said rather helplessly: "Actually, we don't know how long we can do it. When we left, we heard that the imperial court was rectifying Liaodong, and many people had been arrested. It should be almost done now. If the Liaodong line is broken, we will The side is also fast, since the imperial court wants to take care of it, it will not keep us."

Nodding his head appreciatively, the man smiled flatteringly, and said in a respectful tone: "On this horse path. Whoever Li Tou has rich experience, as long as Li Tou says. That is the emperor's imperial decree."

Li Tou seemed to like listening to this person's flattery, he had a bright smile on his face, but his eyes were very calm, and he couldn't stop looking around, obviously this was an old hand.

After pondering for a while, the man said hesitantly: "Litou, don't the newcomers need to check? Don't you think they are suspicious?"

"Suspicious? You know! Anyone who is looking for us is not suspicious? As long as there is enough reward, we will accept it regardless of status or relationship! This is the rule." Li Tou waved his hand indifferently.Said calmly.

"But big brother, I still feel restless. I always feel that there is something wrong with these few people, and I always feel that something is going to happen." The man still frowned, looked back from time to time, and said hesitantly.

Li Tou waved his hand lightly, and said in a calm tone: "The reward is enough, and we can never do it for the rest of our lives after we finish this. Now that we have received their reward, we have to get things done, I don't want to If there is any accident in the last time, just be safe and sound."

The man seemed a little reconciled and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Li Tou, who said impatiently: "Second brother, don't worry, there are not many people who go to Zhangjiakou every year to beg for life, and it's not the first time we have done this." Yes. The three of their horses are all good things. One is worth about 800 taels, and the best horse is about 2000 taels. Such a reward is worth any risk. The money is all from the head and Mr., with this money we can wash our hands."

It seemed that what Li Tou said made sense, that person shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Everyone was walking forward slowly. In the second half of the team, there were three people gathered together. They walked forward slowly, at a speed that accommodated each other, so that no one would fall out of the team.

Sighing softly, Manggus said rather helplessly: "I really didn't expect that we would end up in this field, and I don't know if we can go back to the grassland. I hope Changshengtian will bless us!"

Chen Liangyu on one side, his face was very pale at this time, his whole body was leaning on the horse, and he was led away by the horse.Hearing Mang Gusi's words, Chen Liangyu felt sore in his heart, is it worth it for him to do so?

Huang Taiji looked at the high sky, thinking in his heart that it was Nurhachi, the father of the grassland, and he didn't know how the plan was going.If you fail, then your own efforts this time are really not worth it.

Although Huang Taiji had already made plans before coming here, he never expected to reach this last step.Looking at the pale Chen Liangyu, Huang Taiji's eyes were very complicated. If it wasn't for this guy, he probably wouldn't be in this situation.However, Huang Taiji still recognizes Chen Liangyu's talent, and he can't do anything to him now, until everyone survives!

"Son, I wanted to ask along the way, what will we do when we arrive in Zhangjiakou?" In this environment, Mang Gusi is Huang Taiji's father, and Chen Liangyu is his cousin.It's just that Chen Liangyu and Huang Taiji tried their best to avoid addressing each other, but Mang Gus never tired of it.

Looking at the smug Manggus with black lines all over his head, Huang Taiji really wanted to kick the old man off his horse, but he didn't show the slightest expression on his face.After pondering for a while, Huang Taiji said in a low tone: "I can't be sure yet, but I have made preparations before coming here. If everything goes well, then we can go back."

Chen Liangyu and Manggus looked at each other, and they both saw the doubts in their eyes, but neither of them spoke.At this moment, apart from believing in Huang Taiji, several people had no other choice.

Several people fell into silence again, walking forward slowly, no one was talking.

Huang Taiji lowered his head, with a gloomy expression on his face, thinking of those Eight Banners disciples, he felt pain.The [-] Eight Banners disciples, the most elite fighters under Father Khan, just disappeared.Huang Taiji's mood was very low, it was the first time in so many years that he felt such pain in his heart, and he suddenly understood a sentence of the Han people, that is, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will perish.

In the first year of Tianqi, on the fourth day of the eighth month, it is suitable for weddings and funerals, and it is forbidden to break ground and move.

Baozili (also known as Xiabao), at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, belonged to Xuanfu Town, the capital, and was the land of Wanquan Youwei.In the fourth year of Xuande, the commander Zhang Wenshi built a castle here, which is now Zhangjiakou.

Because it is located in a frontier fortress, Zhangjiakou was built as a castle with a height of three feet and three feet, a square of four miles and thirteen steps, and a gate in the southeast. The east is called "Yongzhen Gate" and the south is called "Cheng'en Gate".

In the fourth year of Emperor Muzong's Longqing reign in the Ming Dynasty, Altan Khan, the leader of the Mongolian Tatar Tribe, who was the Great Khan of Mongolia at that time, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and accepted the enfeoffment of the Ming Dynasty.In the 41st year of Wanli, Laiyuan Fort was built on the side of Zhangjiakou Fort. Based on Zhangjiakou Fort and Laiyuan Fort, Zhangjiakou has become the most prosperous place in the north.There are rows of pavements, merchants gather, and the "Qionglu Thousand Tents" outside Laiyuan Castle are very prosperous.

In the era of constant turmoil in the north, the trade here has never stopped, whether it is officially allowed or not, it is done here.Later, with the rise of Jiannu, merchants of Jiannu appeared here, buying and selling here.

Zhangjiakou is very prosperous, with people coming and going, people of all nationalities, which makes the situation in Zhangjiakou very complicated.It can be said that there are all kinds of people, but this place is also known as the place where the most products are obtained in the north.Some businessmen have said that there is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't buy.Whether it's the best fur horses, or silk and satin, there are all of them.There are more things in private, private salt, ironware, which are embargoed by the court, and even weapons and firearms can be obtained.

In the early morning of this day, there was already a sea of ​​people outside Cheng'en Gate, and there were constant businessmen coming and going in the market.They spoke with accents from all over the world, arguing here, bargaining here, and the whole market was extremely noisy for a while.

Everyone was busy with their own affairs, and no one noticed the arrival of a group of people. There were not many people who came, only three or five people.These people were all riding horses, frowning at the market, and they all went in quickly.

But these three or five people just arrived, and then many more people came, some were three or five, and some were more than a dozen.These people dressed in different ways, some were riding horses, some were picking things, some were dressed as lords, and some were dressed as beggars.However, these people have one characteristic, that is, none of these people stayed, and all of them walked into Zhangjiakou.They went to a similar place, a bustling street in Zhangkouli, where some set up stalls and some begged for food.

Lightly knocked on the counter, a person said loudly: "The shopkeeper, come out to pick up the customers!"

The shopkeeper was stunned, it was like calling a prostitute, he couldn't help being furious, raised his head to see the speaker, the shopkeeper was stunned. (to be continued..)