Compete for the Song Dynasty

The autumn wind rustled and wrinkled the surface of the river, leaving the clouds and sails far away.A tank boat carried a smug young man from Bianjing.

In just one or two days, Wang Pang came to Jincheng in Zezhou.He paused for a while in Jincheng, and then led by Yu Danian and Li Jian, he continued to go up the Yellow River to the two newly selected coal-producing places in Jinzhou and Jiangzhou.The purchase of these two lands next to the king was extremely smooth, and wherever he went, the magistrate would personally greet him and give him warm hospitality.

Wang Pang couldn't help feeling secretly, most of the last trips were to greet the Qipin county magistrate, and now he is the fifth-rank magistrate, all relying on the identity given to him by Renzong: imperial envoy.Wang Pang is not an official, and his trip to Xixia this time is also an unofficial act; he is just a businessman in the Song Dynasty, doing some business exchanges.But this imperial gift is different, which shows that he is not an ordinary businessman, but communicates on behalf of the strength of Song Dynasty.

Wang Pang commented on himself this way, but others didn't see it that way. Wang Pang's innate status was not enough to alarm the magistrate; Wang Pang's thinking only accounted for half of the reason, and the other half was because he was too famous. ", the candidates from that place came to Beijing to rush for the exam and never drank Yunxuan's tea.Even the coal-producing areas like Jinzhou and Jiangzhou didn't watch Jincheng get rich first.

The king did not stop at these places, even though it was already late autumn.The Yellow River has nine bends and eighteen bends. The more it goes westward and enters the middle reaches, the water flow gradually becomes faster.Sailing against the current, the speed of the boat slowed down.So on the post road leading to Yanzhou in Jiangzhou, which crossed the intersection of Hedong Road and Yongxing Army Road, there was a handsome young man riding a horse with a book boy. [

The autumn wind is rustling and the fallen leaves are withered and yellow, and the horse rides on the setting sun in high spirits.The two of them spent the night in Xiaoxing, and arrived at the border of Fuzhou in a few days.

It was late autumn at this time, but there were mostly people in thin clothes on the road, some walked alone, and some came in groups of old and young from the direction of Fucheng County.These people looked worried and hurriedly passed by the two of them. Wang Pang slowed down and the book boy beside him looked back at the backs of these people and asked, "My lord, is there something going on in front?"

On Wang Pang's sharp-edged face, his brows were also frowned, appearing dignified and stern.After walking a few hundred miles and passing Yanzhou, they entered the boundary of Yanzhou, which was where Song Xia handed over. Could it be that the frontline war in Song Xia was urgent?He flirts with the bookboy and they both get off their horses.

The book boy took the reins from Wang Pang, and Wang Pang took two quick steps to meet the flow of people coming towards them. He saluted an elderly man and asked.

The old man was leading a little girl of four or five years old. The clothes on the old man's body were ragged. The little girl's dirty face and big eyes looked at Wang Pang in horror.Seeing Wang Bang coming up to salute, the old man was startled at first, and the little girl timidly hid behind the old man.

The old man saw that although the king was busy, he looked decent and respectful, so he stopped in his tracks. He put his arms around the girl and subconsciously kept her behind.

Seeing that this person was very wary, Wang Pang first said: "I came from the capital, and I am going to Yanzhou. I saw that the passers-by on the road seemed to have experienced some kind of disaster, so I would like to inquire about it."

The old man sighed softly, turned his head to look in the direction of Yancheng County and said, "If you want to go to Yanzhou, sir, you should take a detour." After speaking, he pulled the little girl to continue on his way.

Wang Pang hurriedly said: "This old gentleman, please stop. Could it be that the Xixia people hit Fucheng County?"

The old man stood still, he saw that Wang Pang looked good, and there was a young man accompanying him, both of them were not very old, or they came here to visit relatives and friends.He sighed and said: "If the Xixia people still have a city guard, there is no way to defend the city now. Now the flood has rushed to the city of Fucheng, and the natural disaster is the enemy, and there are robbers again. Man-made disaster, natural disaster Man-made disaster." The old man couldn't help sobbing, and the little girl also cried.

They, the old and the young, stopped to talk with the king, and the passers-by beside them couldn't help crying, and stopped in twos and threes.Wang Pang looked around, Cai Jing was behind him at this moment, seeing that the girl was pitiful, he took out a bun from his bag and handed it to the little girl.Seeing the girl, Wang Bang took a bite first, then looked at the old man.The old man nodded and the girl started eating

The old man thanked and said: "My granddaughter hasn't eaten well for a few days. After she finished speaking, she wept and sighed." Wang listened to him and guessed that something happened to his family. He turned around and ordered Cai Jing to take out all the dry food and distribute it to everyone. .Immediately, the desolate people gathered around him.

Wang Pang asked the old man, "Where are you going when you go this way?" The people around were all at a loss, and some said, "Go to the villages and towns ahead to see if there is any place to stay." The old man said: "At least going to other counties to beg for food is better than in Nafucheng County."

Wang Pang took the money bag on his body, and there were some scattered silver and copper coins in it.While distributing to everyone, he said: "There is Yunyan County not far from here, and the county magistrate Zhang Zai there is my elder. You can go to Yunyan County first and ask him to help resettle. I will be there soon."

After speaking, the money was all divided, Wang Pang urged the horse and Cai Jing to speed up to Fucheng County, Cai Jing turned around and saw the people behind him saying, "Benefactor, please leave your name and name." I couldn't help but cry out.

Cai Jing also wiped away his snot and tears, followed Wang Pang and said, "My lord, these people are really pitiful, those bandits are hateful, and so is this flood!"

In Wang Pang's mind, how to seduce Cai Jing is a big matter, seeing that Cai Jing has such a kindness, it actually corresponds to the saying that human nature is inherently good, it is possible.

The more people went forward, the more victims there were, and the king didn't dare to stay any longer.All the scattered silver on her body was sent out, and if all of them were arranged for Zhang Zai, Yunyan would not be able to bear it.What's more, these are only temporary solutions, not the root cause, and we can't waste time here, so we made up our minds not to look at those passers-by and just hurried on their way.

The road became more and more difficult to walk, and the exit flood left mud on the already difficult dirt road.Looking at the city of Fu, Cai Jing was stunned by the scene in front of him. After the flood, the city wall was washed away by the flood, and pieces of houses collapsed. The dead were flooded and knocked down everywhere. The whole city was in a mess and miserable state. [

Some people who have not yet left the city of Fu, or weeping silently to clean up the mess, looking for their relatives from under the wooden beams of the collapsed houses;

Cai Jing was young, the first time he saw this scene, he couldn't help crying.While wiping away tears, he said, "Young Master, why don't you become a high-ranking official?" Wang Pang looked sideways at him and saw Cai Jing's words were full of regrets, so he asked, "The future will be long, and Yuan Chang has regrets for this?"

Cai Jing said little by little: "If I become an official in the future, the first thing I will do is to control the water!" He said very firmly.

Although Wang Pang seems to be only four or five years older than Cai Jing, but Wang Pang had already passed his thirties before he traveled to the Song Dynasty. In his heart, Cai Jing was still a child at this time, so he said earnestly: "Yuan Chang must remember What I saw and said today."

Cai Jing nodded heavily!Wang Pang let out a long breath and said, "Let's go." Tima was about to enter the city.

Just a few steps away, a whistle sounded suddenly, and four or five people jumped out of the forest beside the post road. These people covered their noses with cloth, and only their eyes were exposed.

A big man in the head shouted: "Boy, stop, leave your money and spare your lives!"

Cai Jing was taken aback, he hurriedly looked at Prince Wang, only to see a contemptuous smile on the corner of Wang's mouth, these little thieves wanted to rob, and they didn't even look at who was robbing.

Seeing that Wang Pang didn't care about them at all, the robbers still drove their horses slowly, so they jumped in front of Wang Pang and raised their swords.The rest of the robbers surrounded them.The bluff followed and coaxed: "Leave the money."

Seeing that the robber's head just raised his knife, Wang Pang lowered his body, lying on the horse's back in a relaxed manner, and said unhurriedly, "Don't worry, don't worry."

The head of the robber only thought that he wanted to pay for the money, and said: "Get off the horse, and the horse will stay."

Wang Pang had already held the hilt of the Songwen sword in his hand, but he said: "Even if you are robbing, you are too unprofessional. At least report to the top of the mountain, what if you rob the wrong person, what will you do. "

The robbers looked at each other, and the leader of the robbers said, "Stop talking nonsense." As he spoke, he swung his knife and slashed at the horse next to the king.

Wang Pang was so calm, he didn't even blink when he killed the enemy on Hengshan, how could he talk nonsense to the robbers.He just saw that these robbers seemed to be forced to be bandits.After the robber leader drank, he didn't really do anything. The others were also bluffing. They didn't seem to be murderous and vicious, especially masked as if they didn't want people to know their true colors.

What exposed their identities in particular was their cloth-covered boots with soles. Wang Pang recognized that these were uniformly issued boots for ordinary soldiers. Ordinary people wear hemp shoes in common clothes. Even robbers could not uniformly wear this kind of boots.

If it was a real robber, Wang Pang would not be relentless, but there was Cai Jing behind him at this time. Seeing him make a move, Wang Pang just stretched out the Song Wen sword, blocked the sword slightly and said, "Who are all of you?"

When the bandit head heard it, the knife had already landed with a shake of his hand, and he hurriedly turned around and ran away.Wang Pang ignored it, Cai Jing asked anxiously, "Why did you let him go, my lord?"

Watching several people rushing into the woods, Wang Pang said, "This is no ordinary robber. We haven't figured out the situation yet. Let's go to the city first!"

After talking, the two of them went to the city to find out where the county government is.

Fucheng County was hit by floods, and the people were displaced. Wang Pang even discovered that there were suspected officers and soldiers pretending to be bandits to rob.Natural disasters and man-made disasters are together, since it has come, we must take care of it.

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