Compete for the Song Dynasty

From the Five Dynasties to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the torrential Yellow River had three major breaches, and the rolling river poured to the foot of Liangshan Mountain, and connected with the ancient Juyeze, forming a large water pool stretching as far as the eye can see, known as the [-]-mile Liangshan Park.There is a cliff on the east side of Liangshan Po. The rocks on this cliff are yellow, and there are stone roads on both sides.

Everyone stood on the edge of the cliff, seeing this situation, they all had a sense of foreboding: "General Yang, what should we do now?" Although these people were all warriors on the battlefield, they had no idea about this matter.Now only Yang Shihan has the highest official rank, and everyone looks at Yang Shihan anxiously.

"Check the number of people and items!" Yang Shihan's first reaction was that he met a bandit, and Zhe Kejun checked the number of people except Wang Pang.Looking at the belongings, they were also lost.

Among Wang Pang's entourage, Jiao Deyou and Yang Shihan are the most familiar, and with the special relationship between Jiao Deyou and Wang Pang, Zhe Kejun said to Jiao Deyou: "Brother Jiao, all of us are here, and nothing has been lost."

Jiao Deyou scratched his head, he already knew a piece of bad news yesterday, he was so anxious that he hadn't figured out the situation yet, now something even bigger happened. "General Yang, look, if it doesn't work, you go back to Beijing first, we stay and look for it separately." [

Yang Shihan thought about how anxious Wang Pang was when he heard about the accident at home yesterday, and worried that Wang Pang was in a hurry and hurried on his way quietly at night.But this is not Wang Pang's style of doing things, Wang Pang has always been very accountable; what's more, Wang Pang's horse is still there, and there are bloodstains on the cliff.

"Let's search separately! Go back to the inn at the foot of the mountain and meet before dark!" Yang Shihan frowned. Where did Wang Shilang go?what happened

This matter started before Liangshan: Wang Pang returned in triumph, Yang Shihan and others disembarked and landed in Dengzhou.It is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and there are very few pedestrians on the post road, and a group of more than ten people is particularly conspicuous.

When they went to the foot of Liangshan and saw an inn, they got off their horses and had a rest.Xiao Er saw that a team of officials was very respectful, and they took their seats.The shopkeeper saw Wang Bang and Yang Shihan walking in front, the two respected each other, and the rest followed behind; he hurriedly let the two sit down at the same table, with a smile on his face: "Master, you are the bosses. Fire or stay?"

Wang Pang knew that the tipping was a misrepresentation of Dianhuo, and the meal on the way in the Song and Yuan Dynasties was called Dianhuo.There is still four or five hundred miles to Bianjing. With the foot strength of a few of them, Xiaoxing can almost reach home after walking for two or three days overnight.

Yang Shihan knew that Wang Pang was eager to go home, so he said before Wang Pang could speak: "If you have good wine and food, just serve them up, we have to hurry to warm up."

The shopkeeper ordered the waiter to prepare. The inn is not very big. Apart from the four tables occupied by a dozen of them, there are four or five other tables where scattered passers-by are sitting.There are still two empty tables in the corner, whenever guests come in, Xiao Er invites the guests to sit down, only those two tables are reserved, it seems that they are reserved for someone.

The waiter served the wine and dishes: "Guest officer, take your time first." After finishing speaking, he hurried away again, Yang Shihan was just about to serve the wine glass, Wang Pang lowered his voice: "Yang Jun, wait a moment" He took out the silver needle and tried it among the wine and dishes. After trying it, he nodded to Yang Shihan when he saw the difference.

Seeing Wang Pang's strange behavior, Yang Shihan shook his head and smiled: "Could it be that Wang Shilang was frightened by the county magistrate of Yuncheng?"

"Hehe, it's better to be cautious in everything."

Wang Pang took a sip of wine, wondering how Yang Shihan understood that the place where they are now is not just as simple as having a lot of rioters. "Liangshan Luo, Su Duo Pirates" This is not a situation that only existed in the Southern Song Dynasty, but the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty was more serious. Those killing county magistrates in broad daylight, how could these officials in the peaceful period of the Northern Song Dynasty think of it?

Although this will only happen in the future, Wang Pang knows very clearly: Liangshanluo, its north is under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou, Yunzhou is Dongping Prefecture, and the south is under the jurisdiction of Jeju, which is Juye. This Liangshanluo It is divided into two states to manage, and the water boundary is not clear.At the same time, several counties are involved in the jurisdiction of Liangshanbo water surface, such as Shouzhang County, Yuncheng County, Juye County, Wenshang County and so on.Both have jurisdiction over the water surface of Liangshan Po.One piece of each tube.Moreover, mutual authority is intertwined, and it is hard to tell which is which.Now, this piece of land has become almost irrelevant, no wonder Song Jiang will use this place as his base in the future.

They brought a lot of property back to the capital this time, including Japanese slaves and Goryeo’s filial treasures to the king of the Song Dynasty. No mistakes can be made at critical moments.

Yang Shihan chuckled: "The county magistrate of Yuncheng said that there are so many riots in Liangshanbo, can you scare us people?" He said so, but he didn't stop drinking and eating meat.

Wang Pang watched secretly while eating, and the shopkeeper and the waiter seemed to be muttering to each other while looking at their tables from the counter.Wang Pang thought, there was something wrong with the atmosphere of this store. When they came in, the shopkeeper and the waiter kept looking at them. Could it be that this is a black shop?

Just as he was thinking, three or four people walked in from the door, and as soon as they entered the inn, they went straight to the two tables in the corner.Xiao Er hurriedly served the food and drink: "Uncle Ruan, you are finally back! How are you doing? Have you got anything?"

It seems that these two tables are reserved for these people. A big man in the head threw his backpack heavily on the table!Then he slapped the big knife on the table fiercely: "Damn it! How did you get there and come back!"

"Yo! What should I do?" Xiaoer became nervous, and the shopkeeper also came over after hearing the sound.

"Damn it, what else can we do?! We left a few people there to watch, and grab it as soon as it arrives!" The man called Uncle Ruan said bitterly. [

Their voices were not low, and Wang's party immediately became alert.The people at the table surnamed Ruan scolded like everyone else: "Your Majesty the dog thinks it's a one-off, it's all right now, just f---ing freeze to death."

"Shh!" The shopkeeper hurriedly hissed at him, and turned towards the few of them next to the king to rush at the messenger.

Hearing someone yelling at the emperor, Wang Pang and Yang Shihan's subordinates stopped their chopsticks and looked at Wang Pang.Wang Pang pretended not to hear, originally planned to get up to pay the bill and set off, but when he heard the words of these people were wrong, he sat there firmly.I just heard the entourage surnamed Ruan say: "Uncle Ruan, do you think that this is a good man who is not rewarded. You said that there are so many places in the capital, so many businesses are gone, our grandfather is in suspense this time! "

Wang Pang's heart moved, Wang Shilang of the capital?Are they talking about themselves?He and Yang Shihan were sitting closest to this table, and both Wang Pang and Yang Shihan raised their ears.

The person surnamed Ruan slapped the table: "If I dare to confiscate the land of my family, I will turn my back on it and not serve this crazy court."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said in a low voice: "Uncle Ruan, please keep your voice down, these people here are like officials, let's not be idle! Let's bear with this business for now, one more thing is worse than one less thing"

Wang Pang looked at his own group of people, they were all lightly dressed and did not wear official uniforms, this store has really good eyesight.Listening to the conversations of these people, it seems that this shop is also opened by this person surnamed Ruan, so it is no wonder that there are tables reserved for them.Since this is the case, it should not be bandits or the like, so Wang Pang signaled to go.

A few people packed up and were about to go out when they heard someone at the table in the corner say: "Uncle Ruan, you said that we went to the capital this time, but we didn't buy incense cakes, let alone incense cakes, and even ordinary coal can't be bought." , how do you survive this winter?"

Wang Pang slowed down, these people came back from the capital, it is already deep winter, how can they keep warm without coal?Could it be that Jinxiang Mansion is in short supply this year?He was thinking about it when he heard the people at the table say: "Oh! Haven't you heard? Jinxiang Mansion and all the coal yards along the Yellow River have been closed for the past two months."

Everyone around the king was shocked when they heard this, and they all stopped.Jinxiang Mansion and the banks of the Yellow River are both Wang's businesses, so why did they stop working?

Jiao Deyou turned around and came back to the table, clasped his hands and asked, "Brothers, we are going to the capital for the coal business. I just heard you say that the Jinxiang Mansion coal yard has stopped working. Could it be that something happened?" ?"

The surname Ruan looked Jiao Deyou up and down, and then looked at the people beside Wang: "Go to the capital? If it's because of coal, I advise you not to go."

Wang Pang pushed aside the crowd and walked to the table, Shi Li asked: "Brother, we are old friends with the Wang Shilang of the capital. I just heard from you that the Jinxiang Mansion is closed. Do you know what's going on?"

Several people at the table saw that the king had no malicious intentions. The big man surnamed Ruan said: "Since he is a friend of Wang Shilang, then I will tell you that the emperor ordered a thorough investigation of land transactions and confiscated many big families. It was discovered that the land in Jinxiang Mansion was bought at a low price by the government, and tax was evaded. So it was ordered to be confiscated!"

Wang Pang was taken aback: "Why didn't I know about this?!"

The people at the table surnamed Ruan laughed: "You don't know what it is, I'm afraid that Wang Shilang himself doesn't know!" The people at the table talked in a hurry.

The surname Ruan was very polite. He glanced at a few people and told them to be quiet. He said to the king: "Hey, little brother, I think you are quite honest. Let me tell you, the emperor is poor and crazy. His mother Our family’s land has to be confiscated! The people in Shijie Village are not easy to bully, and the prefect of Dongping Prefecture helped, but it was not for nothing. We were entrusted to go to the coal yard in the capital, isn’t it? We returned empty-handed !"

Everyone looked at Wang Pang nervously when they heard this, but Wang Pang didn't take it seriously. Yingzong's insanity had long been expected by him, and it was not his own business. The [-] mu of land has not yet been realized, and the big deal is to come back with the approval document from the imperial court.

"Thank you for telling me, brother!" Wang Pang turned around to leave after he finished speaking, and the surname Ruan chased after him: "It is Wang Shilang's friend, if you are lucky enough to meet Wang Shilang, please forgive him! "