Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

As soon as he said this, he knew he had fallen into Qian Yuqing's trick, so he quickly kept silent.

Qian Yuqing continued: "Yan Sicao, I also think it is more appropriate to put it in Guangzhou. Let me calculate for you. If the South China Sea needs 30 bolts of silk every year, each silk that goes to sea can be sold for ten guan, or even Twenty guan, of which the business tax draws one out of ten, and hundreds of thousands of guan can be drawn, if Yan Sicao does it himself..."

"Shaoqing was joking, how dare the lower official do business with the imperial court at will, but the lower official thinks that there will be no problem with 7000 people within half a month."

"He's in the army. You also know the rules of the court's new military administration. You need children from good families."

Yan Ying said: "It is possible!"

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Yan Sicao!"

In the next half month, Qian Yuqing saw the power of money.

The promise to put the first branch of Dasong Nanhai Trading Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou brought endless motivation to Yanying.

In fact, it mainly brought infinite motivation to the local upper class in Guangzhou headed by Yan Ying.

Once the Guangzhou Branch of the Great Song Nanhai Trading Company is established, the raw materials in the workshop will need to be in a steady stream, and whoever takes this order will not have to worry about it for the rest of their lives.

Besides, private shipbuilders also count money to the point of hand cramps.

In addition, more private businessmen can follow the imperial court's boat to go south to make a profit.

People in Guangzhou area have been very good at doing business since ancient times, especially doing business with countries in the South China Sea.

At the beginning of December, Yanying really gave Qian Yuqing 7000 people, and they were all recorded children from good families.

Even the children of some local landlords and wealthy merchants in Guangzhou joined in.

Naturally, they didn't really want to serve the country when they joined, they just wanted to follow the imperial navy to go south to find opportunities to get rich.

Just as the south was sharpening its knives, Yu Yunwen in the north also began to work with Jin officials to form a discussion field between the two sides to promote Song and Jin commerce.

The six years of Jingkang came to an end.

On the fifth day of January in the seventh year of Jingkang, when it was snowing heavily in the north, the sun was shining brightly in Yongzhou on Guangnan West Road, as warm as March in spring.

Wu Lin also came to the south for the first time, and he was quite shocked. Not only does it not snow in winter in the south, but even the leaves are still lush.

"Wu Shuai, I'm in the middle of winter, why am I getting hotter and hotter!" Yan Pei, the head of the Guangnan military and horse capital, took off his coat and said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Wu Lin said: "I don't know what summer in the south is like."

Yan Pei said: "I read in the book that when it comes to summer, it's humid and hot here, and miasma is rampant."

"Let's go, hurry up, it's not far from Yongzhou."

At this moment, Wu Lin vaguely heard cries for help from around.

He looked at Yan Pei and asked, "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"Cry for help."

Yan Pei pricked up his ears, and the others started talking too.

Wu Lin said, "Everyone is quiet."

The crowd quieted down, and there was indeed a faint cry for help.

Yan Pei pointed to the road in the west: "It's coming from over there!"

"Arrange someone to go and have a look!" Wu Lin said.

Yan Pei immediately mobilized 100 people to go there.

In front of 100 people, a group of people suddenly appeared in front of them.

The team immediately stood ready.

Wu Lin saw some ragged people running quickly towards this side.

"These people are people from Yongzhou?" Yan Pei was a little surprised.

Wu Lin said: "At present, it seems that it may be."

Those people were followed by others.

When the people running away saw Wu Lin and the others in front, they didn't care to stop and continued to run.

Soon, the first capital, the second capital, and the third capital in the front row all showed crossbow arrows.

When those people saw the crossbow arrows, they didn't dare to move forward, and the people who came up behind threw them to the ground.

"Run! Run again! Run again and break your legs!"

A young man held a stick in his hand and slammed it at a boy who was only fourteen or fifteen years old. It hit his back, causing the boy to scream in pain.

"Stop!" Yan Pei said angrily.

Those people saw that Yan Pei's people had crossbows and arrows, and they were ready to fight, they didn't dare to provoke them at will, they just said: "Hero, we punish the slaves, no offense, no offense!"

"You can't punish house slaves like this, it's against the laws of the Song Dynasty!"

"The hero is right, let's take them back now." As he spoke, the young man asked his subordinates to start arresting them all.

"Help! Heroes, help! They want to sell us to the Cochin Kingdom as slaves! Help us..." the boy shouted.

"Shut up!" The young man slapped the young man viciously, and howled like a wolf, "Speak nonsense and tear your mouth apart!"

Wu Lin shouted loudly: "Stop!"

Those people did not stop, and continued to drive those people forward.

Yan Pei shouted loudly: "If you don't stand still, you will be shot to death!"

As soon as he made a sound, everyone stopped at the same time, after all, the other party had a crossbow in his hand!

The young man turned around and said with a smile: "Hero, I am Zhou An, the son of Zhou Lin, the prefect of Yongzhou, and I am the biggest in Yongzhou City. If you need help, just ask me. I will take these people away, and you can treat them as nothing." If I didn’t see it, it’s a face for me.”

Wu Lin laughed and said, "Give you face? Can you accept the face I gave you!"

Zhou An's expression turned cold: "Hero, it's all about making money. I came out to get some people myself today. I didn't offend you. There's no need for us to make trouble. It's not good for everyone."

"I want to take a look today, how bad it is for me to make a fuss about this!"

Chapter 558 Tempered Wu Lin (third update)

Seeing Wu Lin's stubborn mouth, Zhou An said, "Listen to the accent, aren't you from Guangnan West Road?"

Yan Pei said: "Where we are from is none of your business, let them go!"

Zhou An sneered, "What if I don't let go today?"

Yan Pei said to the surroundings: "Wrap around!"

As soon as he gave an order, the soldiers in the first capital immediately dispersed.

The soldiers of the second capital also took action, as well as the third capital.

Everyone held crossbows and aimed at the front.

If nothing else, basically indiscriminate shooting.

Those people immediately showed a frightened look, and they didn't dare to move anymore.

Zhou An said angrily: "My father is Zhou Lin, the magistrate of Yongzhou, the official of the imperial court, you dare to kill me! You don't go to inquire about it! You kneel down for me now, maybe I will be happy, and I can forgive you... "

Before he finished speaking, Yan Pei walked over and slapped him on the face, causing Zhou An to scream, staggered two steps, and almost fell to the ground.

Others did not dare to move.

Zhou An covered his face with his hands and said angrily, "You dare to hit me!"

Yan Pei drew out his knife and said, "Believe it or not, I dare to kill you!"

Seeing the knife, Zhou An was immediately persuaded: "Don't be impulsive, a good man, just speak up when you have something to say."

"Let everyone go!"

Zhou An immediately yelled at those people: "Don't let them go! Let them all go!"

A total of more than forty people were released.

Those people were released, thanked them again and again, then turned around and ran away.

Zhou An said, "Farewell."

"and many more!"

"What else?"

Wu Lin said: "Who gave you the guts to sell civilians?"

In fact, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, in the trade between Guangnan West Road and Jiaozhi, there were indeed historical records of a large number of population transactions.

For example, in the official history, "Song Huiyao Collection" records: the land of Yongzhou is adjacent to Jiaozhi in the south, and there are many pits in the five towns and villages of Jiangzhoudong on the left and right.

There is also such a record: the officials under the management of Yongzhou accepted bribes, stayed at the people who sold raw food, lured some good ones, and sold them into Shenxi Cave.

Or like this: the various countries of the barbarians produced a lot of gold, miscellaneous incense, cinnabar, etc., and bought them easily. Once the common people entered the barbarian cave, they not only used them as slaves, but also killed them as sacrifices to ghosts.In its sales and transactions, each person can earn five or seven taels of gold, so it is really pitiful for good people to die.

That is to say, those people were sold, either as slaves, or were killed to worship ghosts and gods.

Zhou An just said: "If you have anything to say, it's better to go to Zhizhou Yamen and say it!"

"Zhizhou Yamen?" Wu Lin said, "Okay, let's go! Go to Zhizhou Yamen and talk!"

Seeing that Wu Lin was willing to go to Yongzhou City with him, Zhou An was overjoyed: I am still afraid of you here, but when you enter the city, I am still afraid of you?

Everyone went all the way to Yongzhou City.

When they arrived at Yongzhou City, they saw that the Yongzhou City was already in dilapidated condition.

Some places are ruined and overgrown with weeds.

The government servants at the gate of Yongzhou City sat in the haystacks and chatted, some were sleeping, and no one checked the businessmen when they came in and out.

It was the first time for Wu Lin to see a place with such idle management. You must know that Yongzhou was already the border between the Song Dynasty and the Jiaozhi Kingdom.

If this is placed in the northwest, Zhizhou will be beheaded.

Wu Lin remembered that there was a war between this dynasty and Jiaozhi. Yongzhou, Qinzhou, and Lianzhou were massacred, and the total death toll was as high as hundreds of thousands.

He didn't speak, and led the people in.

Not long after, on the side of the road, he saw an ancestral hall with the words "Su Zhongyong Ancestral Hall" written on it.

This is the ancestral hall of Su Yan, the magistrate of Yongzhou, during the Battle of the Song Dynasty.

When an army of 37 from Cochin invaded, Su Yan vowed to defend Yongzhou to the death. In the end, all [-] members of his family died in the country.

Soon at the gate of Zhizhou Yamen, Zhou An said: "If you have the ability, let me go in and talk..."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Lin had already led someone to the Zhizhou Yamen.

Wu Lin's actions immediately alarmed the officials of Zhizhou Yamen, but none of them could stop the people brought by Wu Lin. After Wu Lin broke in, he grabbed Zhou An's clothes and dragged him to the lobby.

Not long after, Zhizhou Zhou Lin came out and was furious when he saw this: "Who are you, you dare to break into the Yamen and commit murder here!"

"Are you Zhizhou Zhou Lin?"

"I'm right, what are you going to do?"

"This is your son?"

"Father! Help me!"

"Release him quickly!" Zhou Lin pointed at Wu Lin, "Your actions are very dangerous, and you are offending the imperial power!"

Wu Lin said: "Your son was arrested and sold to Jiaozhi among the people, do you know about this?"

"Let him go quickly!" Zhou Lin roared angrily.

"I asked you if you knew about this?"

"If you don't let me go, I will have you arrested immediately! Let me go!"

Yan Pei on one side slapped Zhou Lin's fat face, knocking Zhou Lin down on the ground.

The servants around were about to pounce on him immediately, Yan Pei took out his token and said, "Don't move, your grandfather, I am the new commander of troops and horses of Guangnan West Road! In front of you is Wu Shuai, the military envoy of Guangnan West Road!"

That Zhou Lin fell to the ground screaming and shouting: "Fart! If you are an envoy, I will be the prime minister!"

Yan Pei snatched Zhou Lin from an official, and Zhou Lin screamed like a pig being killed.

"Look at your dog eyes, this is the appointment letter from the imperial court!"