back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 850
After experiencing the horse bandits just now, Yunneizhou city has returned to its former tranquility.It's just that there are fewer merchants and less hustle and bustle.

Xue Gang, the state shepherd, left the mansion resentfully, began to post notices, and sent a follower to explain.

"Recruiting?"

"No, I heard that it seems to be young and strong..."

"Why young and strong?"

"It is said that they plow the land during the busy season, and use knives and guns during the war to deal with horse bandits..."

"If you want me to say, the horse bandits are going to rob those merchants, so what does it have to do with us?"

"If the merchants don't come, I'm afraid you won't have a place to buy salt!"

"This is also the reason..."

"Then what's the benefit of being young and strong?"

"I heard that the food and grass are paid by the merchants, and the money is the same for a month, including two meals..."

"Scared, are these merchants willing to spend money?"

"If they are ransacked again by horse bandits, I'm afraid they will have to drink the northwest wind! They can't bear small money, and they can't make big money!"

"That's it!"

"I heard that Zhou Mu specially invited officers and soldiers to train the young and strong, and built a chamber of commerce. Only after paying the money can they do business in Yunnei City..."

"What about the ones who don't pay?"

"Then go to Tanzhou, or other private issues..."

"Tanzhou is at least guarded by officers and soldiers, and other private affairs are in the depths of the grassland. If you are looted, you will be called every day, and the land will not work..."

"Those merchants are probably about to bleed..." Some gloated, some applauded, and there were all kinds of things in the world.

"I don't have armor, bows and crossbows, so what kind of hemorrhage is it? But the spears are the main ones. How much is it to cut a few sticks of wood and equip them with a few gun blades? The state pastor has established a chamber of commerce, and if you take out the money in it, I'm afraid you can get it Thousands of guns..."

This is true, in Dashun, the most difficult thing to ban is not bows and crossbows, but knives and guns.It's okay to say that the knife is so long after all.But a gun is different. Once the blade is removed, it becomes a stick. Does it mean that people can commit crimes with a stick?Among the ten miles and eight villages on the border, which village is not young and strong, and does not ask someone to shoot the blade?To make a living at the border, you can't entrust your life to unreliable officers and soldiers.

If there is nothing wrong, the officers and soldiers will come sooner; if something happens, it is better to be late, and it can often be delayed for three to five days, and these officers and soldiers will not come to "inquire about the situation" until the danger is over.

People are afraid of death, and it is not worth risking their lives for irrelevant horse bandits.

But people living in Yunneizhou City can't leave!Therefore, it is necessary to establish youthfulness.Of course, Xue Gang still wanted to repair the city gate. It had been a long time since he closed the city gate, and he didn't know if it was broken.All of this needs money. Xue Gang is frowning. This is not the Yuanshou period. He hinted that with two words, countless people will come to curry favor, give gifts, and give money.Although the city of Yunneizhou is not big, there are inspectors inside.Besides, guarding a group of miserably mixed people, what profit can there be?

However, soon Xue Gang knew that the merchants did not want to give up Yunneizhou City, and they were even most concerned about building youth.

In less than half a day, there are already five merchants who have come to inquire about the procedures for joining the Chamber of Commerce. This is still the most depressed time in Yunneizhou City.After the five merchants paid the membership money, they left the State Shepherd's Mansion with smiles on their faces, as if the horse bandits from the past few days were no longer a problem.

Indeed, with the presence of more than a thousand elite cavalry, the mob, the horse bandits who only dared to attack common people and merchants, could no longer be arrogant.

"Joining the chamber of commerce, are you paying the money here?"

A merchant in a sheepskin jacket, who seemed to have come down from the desert, spoke fluent Chinese, and asked the frontier soldiers guarding in front of the state pastoral mansion.

"Just go in, the state shepherd and the general are inside."

"Thank you, brother!" This man was a bit of a chivalrous man, he cupped his hands, and then strode into the mansion. "The villain pays homage to the old parents and the general!" The old parents refer to local officials, usually county magistrates or something.However, the city of Yunneizhou is not very big, it is only equivalent to a market town in the Central Plains, so it is not wrong for this merchant to call it that.

"Are you here to join the club? Come, come, sign here, hand over the monthly fee, and prepare a stone of food and grass every month."

Xue Gang has already received five merchants, and his confidence has greatly increased. It seems that he also has some expectations in Yunneizhou City.If he managed this remote place like a south of the Yangtze River outside the Great Wall, the imperial court might continue to use him, remove the name of his criminal officer, and transfer him back to the Central Plains.

People have hope and work very hard. Xue Gang is in this state.He is in his prime in spring and autumn this year, but he is only 40 years old and has only been in Yunnei State for a few years, and he already looks like a person who is fifty years away from the wind and sun.He misses the warm Central Plains and the Jiangnan with small bridges and flowing water all the time.If you can transfer away from this ghost place, even if you go to Guangnan East Road, it will be better than in Yunnei Prefecture!

The merchant was also unambiguous, and after paying the money, he said: "I have already shipped the grain and grass, where should I put it?"

Xue Gang said in surprise: "Just put it in the general's camp, and someone will sign for it."

The merchant hesitated for a moment, and then said cautiously: "There is a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Zhe Kexing had noticed his clothes a long time ago, it was obviously a leather jacket that would only be worn in the desert, and he said briefly and forcefully: "Let's talk!"

"State herdsman, general, you can also see that I just came back from the desert, and I know something about it. According to the Khitan herdsmen, this group of horse bandits was only established in the past year, and the leader is a Han..."

"Han people?"

Xue Gang and Zhe Kexing looked at each other, feeling that this matter is not that simple.

"That's right, it's the Han people. They recruited Khitan, Xi, Jurchen, Shiwei, Bohai and other refugees to form a team of horse bandits, specializing in robbing merchants. But this time, for some reason, they actually knew the reality of Yunnei Prefecture , came from thousands of miles to plunder. The villain suspects that someone is collaborating with the enemy, otherwise how would the horse bandits know that the frontier army in the Great Wall happens to be the weakest and the time when it is not suitable to send troops?"

The frontier army has a small drill every five days and a big drill once a month, which has almost become a custom.But every five days, the troops on each side have irregular days, and those who don't know the inside story can't figure out the rules at all, let alone practice once a month, and they can do whatever they want.As long as the top military officer of the frontier army feels that the training is slack, he will immediately order that the whole army must be trained within three days.

Xue Gang and Zhe Kexing didn't think so much before, but after being reminded by the merchant, they are not stupid, so they naturally understood the way.

"Sure enough, someone is collaborating with the enemy!"

Zhe Kexing said coldly, "What a house thief who eats inside and outside, did he eat the heart of a bear, or the gall of a leopard?"

Xue Gang is also an individual, and said calmly: "You have done a good job. If you find out these secrets again, don't alarm others, just report quietly."

After the merchant left with a thousand words of thanks, Xue Gangang said worriedly: "The collaborators must be very familiar with the frontier army, otherwise how could they know the time for the frontier army to practice? It is not easy to hunt and kill the horse bandits with such family thieves included. ..."

(End of this chapter)