Fenghou

Husi Khan sneered and said: "If the prince can protect our Kelei tribe, why should I be so humble and beg for safety from the Yong army?"

"You have an army of 3, but you can't beat [-]?"

"If the prince is willing to give me [-] sets of armor, I can destroy this Yong army."

Wanyan Wushu sneered in his heart, given him ten guts, he would not dare to fight with the Yong army, he lied to his soldiers, he must have turned back on himself first, he had only 8000 men, much easier to deal with than the [-] Yong army.

"Think about dealing with the Xiliao army first! Let's talk about the alliance first, and put everything else aside for the time being."

Husi Khan bowed and saluted, and walked away quickly.

Wanyan Wushu's eyes were full of worry, could it be true that the Xiliao army marched eastward?

The first thousand and 520 eight chapters are shocked

On the vast grassland, a caravan composed of more than a hundred camels is slowly heading east to Linhuang Mansion. The owner of the caravan is the Mughal Yin Balu. He and his brother Yin Erhan finally arrived in Linhuang City. After settling down, the two brothers married a pair of Khitan sisters as their wives, bought a ten-acre mansion, half of the two families, and bought a five-acre shop opposite the mansion, both of which were in the best locations, for fur business.

The two brothers made an appointment and went out to collect goods in turn. There were no people in Liaodong, and basically no leather goods came out. They mainly focused on the grasslands, specializing in old goods, old sheepskins, old wolf skins and deerskins, as well as those on the grasslands. precious drug.

This time, Yin Erhan's wife was eight months pregnant, and Yin Erhan could not go out, so Yin Balu went to the grassland to receive the goods.

The goods that Yinbalu carried were salt and tea, which were the most popular in the grasslands. Wherever he went, he was treated like a VIP by the herdsmen, and of course he could buy the best fur goods.

Yin Balu returned to the shop in Linhuang City, and was immediately surrounded by several Han merchants. They had been waiting for half a month, and they dared not go to the grassland. Huangcheng received the goods. The Yin brothers' goods were of high quality and fair prices, and were very popular among Han merchants.

"Liu Dongzhu just went back, why did he come again, he made some money!" Yin Balu laughed to a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man is Liu Peng, a big fur merchant in Hejian Mansion. He said with a chuckle, "The business has been good these years. The emperor focuses on business, exempting business tax and checkpoints along the way. As long as you don't have bad eyesight, you can basically make money. While you can make money now, hurry up and run a few more times, and you won’t know in the future.”

At this time, Yin Erhan came out of the shop and said, "From now on, you can pay taxes normally! As long as you pay taxes normally, you can definitely make money. You can't expect to be tax-free all the time."

"That's it! That's it! Two proprietors, please give me more goods this time."

Suddenly Liu Peng's eyes lit up, and he found that there was an old white fox fur in Yinbalu's horse bag, which was white and delicate without any variegation. He had never seen such a high-quality fox fur.

"Ah! This is the best, Yin Dalang, you must give me this fox fur, and the price is up to you."

Yin Balu slapped his hand away, "You really dare to ask for it. It takes a hundred years to produce a fox king skin. Can you buy this? I saved it with the Flying Dragon Life-Saving Pill in a small tribe. A dying child, the only seedling of three generations, his grandfather thanked me for saving his life, and gave me the fox king skin that he had treasured for 30 years, which is dedicated to the emperor, so don’t think about it.”

Liu Peng withdrew his hand angrily, and said unwillingly, "You don't want to buy ten thousand guan?"

Yin Balu curled his lips, "The Son of Heaven might bestow this fur to the Meri Disease Department in the future. Are you afraid of causing disaster if you buy it?"

"Yes! Yes! I just don't want it, don't say such bad words."

Liu Peng also knew that this kind of top-quality fur was not something he could get, so he had no choice but to go into the store to pick up goods.

Yin Balu gave the purchase ledger to his brother, and he took the fur and walked to the Dudu Mansion.

The full name of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is Anbei Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, including Linhuang Mansion, Dading Mansion and the surrounding vast land. There are a total of [-] garrisons. Ten thousand troops guard Dading Mansion.

To the north of Linhuang Mansion is Daxing'an Mountains. From the grassland to Shangjing, one must pass through Linhuang Mansion. It can be said that Linhuang Mansion and Dading Mansion are the two gates of the entire Liaodong region.

Niu Gao was writing a report in the government office, and a soldier reported, "Yin Balu has something urgent to see!"

Niu Gao nodded, "Please come in!"

Not long after, Yin Balu walked into the lobby quickly, bowed and saluted, "See the governor!"

Niu Gao liked this majestic man very much, he put down his pen and smiled slightly: "What good news did you bring me?"

"There are several important pieces of news, but first of all, this piece of skin, this is Xiao Minjin's dedication to the emperor."

Niu Gao gently stroked the snow-white fur and praised: "It's a good thing! Why didn't you think of offering it to me?"

"Ah! The villain still has to go to the grasslands, and then go find him for the governor."

Niu Gao laughed and said: "I'm just joking with you, I will present this leather for you to the emperor, where did you find it?"

"In the Meiman tribe, although it belongs to the Mierqi tribe, the people of this tribe are very simple and generous."

Niu Gao nodded, "I remember, what else is there?"

"There are two other important news. One is that the [-] troops from the Western Liao Dynasty will unite with the Naiman tribe, and they will return to Kedun City. Wanyan Wushu will host the Quartet Alliance in Kedun City to jointly resist the Xiliao army."

Niu Gao was taken aback, surprised and delighted and said: "Wanyan Wushu is in Kedun City?"

The search for Wanyan Wushu was also a task entrusted to Niu Gao by the emperor Chen Qing. For more than half a year, there was no news at all. Unexpectedly, Yin Balu brought the news to him.

"This is the second big news that the villain wants to say. The Kingdom of Jin still has [-] troops and tens of thousands of Jurchens in Ketun City. Wanyan Wushu is currently leading them in Ketun City."

Niu Gao gasped, and hurriedly found Kedun City on the map, it was thousands of miles away from Linhuang City, no wonder no news could come out, there were still remnants of the Kingdom of Jin hiding in Kedun City.

Niu Gao walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "Are these two pieces of information reliable?"

"It's absolutely reliable. It was the chief of the Meiman tribe who told me that he was also recruited by the Khan of the Mierqi tribe and ordered him to lead five hundred warriors to the city of Ketun to gather."

Yin Balu said his goodbyes and left, Niu Gao immediately wrote two urgent messages, one was forwarded to Jingzhao via the middle of Yanshan Road with an eagle letter, and at the same time he sent cavalry to rush to Yanshan Road with an expedited delivery of [-] li.

The reason why it has to be sent twice is mainly because the eagle letter may not be able to be delivered, and it will miss a major event.

……

This morning, a [-]-member Yong army squad arrived in Shangjing. The leader of the cavalry was still Xu Changzhou.

Xu Changzhou has been to Hanzhou and has experience in dealing with the epidemic. He was also sent to lead the army to investigate in the area of ​​Shangjing.

Including the military doctor Yang Rong, each of the two hundred soldiers wore thick cotton masks and buckskin gloves on their hands, walking cautiously along the way.

In fact, the military doctors all agree that half a year has passed, and there are almost no people in northeastern Liaoning, and the epidemic should be over.

They went north and passed many villages, but they were all deserted. There was no one there, and no bones of the sick and dead were found, perhaps dragged away by wild animals.

There are indeed many wild animals, such as tigers, leopards, wolves, bears, etc., often haunt them.

At noon, they were only ten miles away from Shangjing, and they could vaguely see the walls of Shangjing. The closer they were to Shangjing, the more nervous they were.

At this time, a soldier suddenly pointed to the front and exclaimed: "There is a tent!"

The soldiers all saw that on a low hill, there were nearly a hundred tents, and there seemed to be children, my God!There are still living people in Shangjing.

Xu Changzhou immediately led the crowd to urge their horses to rush up. The people who lived here were caught off guard, and it was too late to escape, and they all lay on the ground begging for mercy.

Xu Changzhou shouted: "Don't be afraid, we are not here to fight!"

The common people couldn't understand. At this time, an old man asked in Chinese: "Aren't you here to attack the city?"

Seeing that the old man seemed to be Han Chinese, Xu Changzhou said to him, "Tell them, we are here to check the epidemic situation, and we will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

The old man said a few words loudly, and the Jurchen people were shocked for a while, and they stood up quickly, and several old men came forward to cry.

Just now the old man translated: "They said that the nobles of the Kingdom of Jin left their patients and went to Linhuang. Later, a Han Chinese medicine collector came and took them out of the city and lived in the outskirts of the city. Everyone was cured slowly, but the Han man who picked the medicine died of the disease unfortunately, we cremated him and buried his ashes in front.”

Xu Changzhou nodded and asked, "How many people are still alive?"

"There are more than 300 people. Everyone has gone fishing by the river. Only the elderly and children are here."

Military doctor Yang Rong went over to check everyone's condition. It seemed that everyone was in good condition, but he was still a little uneasy.

Xu Changzhou called the old Han man just now and asked about the specific situation.

"I want to know the situation in Shangjing!"

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The old man pondered for a while, and said slowly: "The city of Shangjing is dead silent. We collected all the bones and burned them. The herb picker took us into the city to collect the corpses. He said that there would be no disease without people. However, he told us not to live in the city for the time being, saying that the groundwater is not clean, and we will wait a year, and we actually don’t want to go to the city.”

"Have you visited the warehouse in the city?"

"It's basically empty. We just got some food in the cellars of big families, otherwise we wouldn't be able to last."

Xu Changzhou smiled and said, "My husband is Han! Why are you in Shangjing?"

"I am a Han craftsman in the Liao Kingdom. I have worked as a carpenter and bricklayer. I am in charge of building houses. My wife is a Jurchen and has lived here for decades."

"I see. When Qing Zhuang comes back, pack up your things and go to the south! The north is not safe."

At this time, military doctor Yang Rong shouted not far away: "General Xu, can you come here for a while."

Xu Changzhou got up and walked over, "Doctor Yang, is the situation not good?"

"No! They don't have the disease, but I found this."

Yang Rong pointed to a large porcelain vase, which was as tall as a person.

"Is it a ceramic jar?"

Yang Rong rolled his eyes, "This is the Ru Kiln official porcelain in Bianliang Palace, this porcelain vase can be exchanged for a house in Jingzhao."

Xu Changzhou was taken aback, "Where did you find it?"

"They have them all in their homes, and they are used to hold water and food."

At this time, an old Han man came over and said, "This was found by a big family in the inner city. They buried it in the ground carelessly, and half of it was exposed. We just used it for daily necessities."

Xu Changzhou shook his head, "This is a palace item. Ordinary people will be beheaded if they use it indiscriminately. It is the same in Jin Dynasty and Yong Dynasty, and it is the same in Liao Kingdom."

The old Han man was startled, "We don't even know!"

"Go to the city later, collect some other ordinary ceramics, and replace these palace items."

At this time, people who went fishing by the river came back one after another, men and women, and they also got the news that the cavalry of the Western Army who had been investigating the epidemic had come, and they did not slaughter the people, but they still made them uneasy.

Xu Changzhou immediately gathered everyone together. He stood on the top of the mound and asked the Han people just now to be interpreters.

"Let me tell you the first news. The Kingdom of Jin died half a year ago. The nobles fought for power and killed each other. We didn't kill all the ordinary people. They all went to the south. It's not safe here. I want to take you there too. south."

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and someone asked loudly, and the old man translated: "He asked where is the south?"

"It's the south of Liaodong, the area around Liaoyang Mansion and Jinzhou."

At this time, someone asked again, and the old man said: "He said, why can't they live here? They don't want to leave."

Xu Changzhou said: "First, I don't know if the plague will end yet. If you don't have it here, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist in other places. There is no plague in the south and it is safe; second, the Khitan people will come back soon, and this place will become a battlefield. Are you here?" Jurchens, they will never let you go!"

When the old man translated, everyone was in an uproar and asked in horror.

Xu Changzhou knew what they were asking, and said loudly: "The Liao Kingdom did not perish. Some Khitans fled to the far west and established the Western Liao Dynasty. They became stronger again and wanted to return to their homeland. Come back, but if you stay here, you will definitely end up dead."

More than a dozen old people sat together to discuss. The Han old man led everyone to build houses and make furniture. He had a high prestige among the crowd. reject us."

With the final word, everyone quickly reached an agreement to follow the Western Army to the south.

Xu Changzhou then led the crowd into Shangjing City. Entering the city from the south gate, a straight avenue leads directly to the inner city in the distance. The residences of ordinary people are generally dilapidated and densely packed, one next to the other. If a plague breaks out in such living conditions, it will be a disaster on earth.

The whole city was empty, and there was no one in sight, except foxes, deer and other small animals occasionally.

The soldiers went to the residential area to check, but they couldn't see the corpses, and they were all collected and incinerated by the people.

The cavalry entered the inner city again, and the inner city suddenly changed its appearance. They were all mansions covering a large area, and many people's roofs were resplendent and shining in the sun.

The old Han people continued to look for bottles with other Jurchen people. Xu Changzhou promised them that the porcelain bottles could be exchanged for land in the south. These Jurchen people were all very motivated.

Xu Changzhou went down to the imperial palace with two hundred men. The imperial palace was well preserved, and it still carried the majesty of the Jin Dynasty. Fearing that the emperor will pursue their crimes when he returns.

The palace was swept away by the golden soldiers, taking away everything that could be taken away, but military doctor Yang Rong still found many treasures.

"That Taihu Stone should be the treasure of the Bianliang Palace."

Yang Rong pointed to a handsome, thin and exquisite Taihu stone, more than ten feet high, and said, "I really don't know how the Jin people moved back here."

"General, are we going to move it away?" the soldiers asked Xu Changzhou.

Xu Changzhou shook his head, "No need! We will record it, and our big ship will come to carry it later."

There are still many valuable things in the palace. The furniture made of precious wood is basically snatched from the Bianliang Palace. There are also many ancient bronze tripods, many white jade screens, and large porcelains, incense burners, bronzes, There are countless exquisite sculptures and so on. Although Jin Bing couldn't take them away, he didn't destroy them either. Maybe they still want to come back.

The soldiers went to the warehouse again, and there were more things that the warehouse did not take away, such as countless aniseed materials of rosewood and agarwood, all kinds of exquisite Taihu stone ornaments, sacks piled up on the ground, and various huge bronze wares And jade, and various precious medicinal materials.

The military doctor Yang Rong is most concerned about medicinal materials. He is dumbfounded by the amount of precious medicinal materials in the warehouse. There are thousands of boxes of old ginseng that are more than a hundred years old.

He also found a golden nanmu box, locked it with a golden lock, opened it, and found ten thousand-year-old ginseng inside, which the Jurchens deliberately forgot when they left.

He sighed and said to the soldiers: "Take this box back, it is a treasure to be dedicated to the emperor!"

There was no food, no gold, silver and copper coins, and no pig iron, but there were still a large number of thick copper ingots, each weighing a hundred catties, and tens of thousands of them. Obviously, these were materials that could not be taken away.

The soldiers looked at dozens of warehouses, and there were a lot of materials piled up. Many of the materials were unnamed. For example, there were many hard wooden boards with regular shapes. There were as many as 10,000+ pieces. What are they used for? The soldiers don't know.

Yang Rong finally remembered, "This should be the material looted from the palace printing workshop. This is a blank engraving block, and the engraved characters are used to print books."

It was getting late, and Xu Changzhou ordered the warehouse and palace gates to be closed. He wanted to return to Liaoyang immediately and notify the fleet to come and carry them.

The common people found a lot of precious official kiln porcelain and bronze wares, and Xu Changzhou ordered that all the porcelain and bronze wares be put into the palace.