Zhang Mao sat in the carriage, the slightly familiar forbidden army around him had been replaced by Khitan cavalry, and the greedy gaze from their eyes even frightened him, just now, all the forbidden troops of the Great Song Dynasty left, leaving only the "coachman" and Zhang Mao himself.

Zhang Mao knew that the so-called coachmen were the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, but they were the elite scouts in the march, and this time he went to the Liao Dynasty, and he was still burdened with heavy responsibilities.

In fact, he never doubted his own safety, and the Liao Dynasty was also known as the Zhengshuo Dynasty, so how could he attack him?

Since Cai Boxi wants to put himself in front, there must be a good reason, otherwise how can he give up this good opportunity that is equivalent to an envoy?

Even Zhang Mao knew that the 100,000 stone grain in front of him was a drop in the bucket for the Liao Dynasty, and when he still didn't say a word, even if Mu Xiu came to his side, he just gave it up slightly.

On the contrary, Mu Xiu stepped forward and took the initiative to talk to him: "Zhang Duzhi, do you know where these grains are transported from?" ”

Zhang Mao glanced at him: "Naturally, it is from the Great Song Dynasty, as for the specific source, it is better not to ask!" ”

The polite and courteous answer made Mu Xiu a little embarrassed, but he didn't deliberately make things difficult for Zhang Mao, but wanted to talk to him, how could Mu Xiu not know the origin of these grains?

The convoy was speeding on the official road of the Liao Dynasty, and it was said that it was not because of the speed, but because of the bumps, and Zhang Mao, who was sitting in the carriage, only felt that all the internal organs were about to be bumped out.

Zhang Jian smiled bitterly, he was afraid that he would have to endure such pain for a long time.

From this official road to know the Liao Dynasty's transport capacity, he is the three divisions of the degree of the envoy, how can not know the role of transport on a dynasty, the bumpy official road in front of you is simply a nightmare of land transportation, the carriage can not act quickly, the horseshoe pits on the road are very easy to damage the horses' hooves.

Even if it is the fastest speed, it can't travel many miles in a day, not to mention that there are heavy grain carriages fetters behind, just like a big hand pulling a carriage, compared to the cement official road of the Great Song Dynasty, this is simply not on the road.

Today's Great Song Dynasty is almost paved with cement official roads as long as it is a larger state capital, and it only takes one day at most for goods to be transported in the adjacent state capital, while it takes about three days in the Liao Dynasty.

From Jingzhou in the Great Song Dynasty to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing in the Liao Dynasty, the distance is only equivalent to the distance from the Shun'an Army of the Great Song Dynasty to Jingzhou, if it only takes three days in the Great Song Dynasty, at this speed in the Liao Dynasty, even if there is no accident on the road, I am afraid it will take half a month.

This is the gap between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, the more so, the more Zhang Mao secretly rejoices, the longer the delay, the more food will be consumed on the road, he and the forbidden army coachmen are carrying their own military rations, although it is not delicious, but it can fill the stomach.

Although the cavalry of the Liao army was escorted along the way, all their food had to come out of these grains, and the longer the delay on the road, the faster the consumption of these grains, and Zhang Mao had already seen many cavalry joining the "escort" team along the way......

100,000 stone of grain seems to be a lot, but after arriving in Zhongjing of the Liao Dynasty, how much more can be taken away is even more problematic.

The carriage stopped when it arrived at Luanhe City, which was the closest Liao Dynasty county town to the Great Song Dynasty, which was different from other places, and there were many defenders, and when they saw hundreds of carts of grain arriving, the soldiers and civilians in the city were a little excited, but none of these grains were sold in the city.

100,000 stone of grain is right in front of them, but there is not a single grain of soldiers and civilians in the city, how can they accept this? The anger and resentment in his heart converged together, and even Zhang Mao, an outsider, could feel that something was wrong.

However, Mu Xiu resolutely carried out the will of the emperor and the empress dowager, and insisted on transporting grain to Shangjing, during which not a single grain of grain would be sold.

Zhang Mao looked at the quarrel between Mu Xiu and the Liao Dynasty guards, and sneered in his heart, this Mu Xiu is a fool, just a little food and white lies can send these hungry people away, but he has to be stubborn, in case of a change between the army and the people, he must be unlucky in the end!

The atmosphere in the city became more and more tense, but at this moment, Zhang Mao gathered all the Great Song coachmen together to guard the small courtyard where he was, but left the carriages carrying grain in the yamen where Mu Xiu was located......

Zhang Mao longed for the Liao people to kill each other, and when night slowly fell, he ordered these forbidden army coachmen to step up patrols and defenses, but he went back to the house to sleep, and what he was most looking forward to now was to wake him up by the shouts of killing at night.

Contrary to his wishes, Zhang Mao slept all night without any shouting and killing, but when he was about to leave the next day, he saw the heads of the guards of Luanhe City and the officials in the city hanging on the city gate, and at the same time he also saw a kind of anger that was about to explode and be suppressed.

On the way to the city gate, every citizen, every official, and every soldier had the same look in their eyes, flashing with anger and fire, and Zhang Mao, who was watching, couldn't help but urge the coachman to speed up.

And the coachman just smiled and said, "You haven't been on the battlefield, have you?" ”

Zhang Mao knew what he meant, these eyes should indeed appear on the battlefield, the military horse pulling the cart seemed to feel this murderous aura, and kept speeding up, when the convoy left Luanhe City under the escort of Mu Xiu, Zhang Mao was shocked to realize that his back was already soaked.

The same scene was constantly staged in the Liao Dynasty Prefecture City where the convoy passed, Bei'anzhou, Xinghua, Zezhou, almost everywhere he went, Mu Xiu used thunderous means to deter the local people and soldiers, this moderate degree of killing in Zhang Mao's eyes was simply deliberately provoking the change of the army and the people.

However, in the Liao Dynasty, this move was appreciated by the accompanying officials, who thought that he acted decisively, played properly, and avoided more terrible consequences.

Suddenly, he only felt that the Liao Dynasty had embarked on the old path of the Chinese dynasties, while the Great Song Dynasty had embarked on a new road under the leadership of the official family, which was Zhang Mao's most intuitive feeling and the proudest place.

This grain transport team composed of the Liao Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty continued to advance on the land of the Liao Dynasty, getting closer and closer to the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and the people's anger and killing along the way were more and more, but no one dared to rebel, because everyone knew that at this time the rebellion, the imperial court would go all out to kill, so that the more people died, the less food was needed.

In Zhang Mao's view, this 100,000 stone of grain is a huge and fat bait, constantly advancing on the land of the Liao Dynasty, constantly tempting those who are forced to live by the famine, and Mu Xiu is the person standing by the river holding a fishing rod.

He continued to harvest one head after another, and he also continued to harvest the anger of the soldiers and civilians from the bottom for the Liao Dynasty!

At one point, Zhang Mao even thought that Mu Xiu was a person sent to the Liao Dynasty by the Great Song Dynasty, but was soon amused by his absurd idea............