Before we met, although we experienced a lot of twists and turns. But when they really stood together face to face, these people had a good attitude. Although they have nothing to do with each other, Shen Zhezi's identity is there after all, and he is already the captain of the Jiangdong Imperial Court, and the Shen family is the head of the Jiangdong Haoqiang.

In fact, in essence, there is not much difference between them, the dock masters, and the Shen family, they are all wealthy clans entrenched in the township, and they all have certain armed forces such as family soldiers. The difference is that one is in Jiangbei and the other is in Jiangdong. The Shen family can be described as a typical example of the success of the wealthy family, not only marrying the imperial family, but also being entrenched in one place and ranking as the uncle.

Such a family background, whether in the south or in the north, should not be underestimated, so that these dock masters have no psychological advantage when facing Shen Zhezi. Maybe there is still a little contempt in my heart, but there is really no need to offend such a person because of a momentary mood.

To be honest, if Jiangdong had come in a different place, even if it was a high-ranking disciple like the Langya Wang family, it would not make these dock masters too nervous. Doors and fame are all empty to their group of people who are far from the ground, and even if they are not offended, there is a lot of room for maneuver, or simply ignore them.

However, a wealthy sect like the Wuxing Shen family, which already had both fame and strength, quietly sent thousands of soldiers across the river. No matter who you change, you can't help but shudder. In the face of such a strong dragon transit, these people are very complicated and entangled in their hearts.

They are already magnificent trees, they are just small saplings, if they really want to be embarrassed, the side branches can poke out slightly, they can be hidden from the sky. Let Xing Yue's kid come to the temptation first, just to grasp more attitudes and thoughts towards the other party, so as to make better judgments.

However, seeing Xing Yue, who was intact in Shen Zhezi's team and looking at them with shame and anger on his face, these people realized that it was actually a superfluous move, and they still couldn't grasp Shen Zhezi's thoughts. The strength is inferior to others, and the villagers cannot defend and retreat together, so they will inevitably be controlled by others after all.

"Old Qin Li, although he grew up lazy in the countryside, he also heard the name of Shen Concubine. Shen Hou's young ambition and his fame are passed down to me, and I am really fortunate to see him today. ”

Shen Zhezi and the others approached, and a gray-robed and long-haired old man standing in the center on the opposite side stepped forward and said to Shen Zhezi.

Another middle-aged man next to him also walked up, and said with a smile: "Qin Lao may still have some relationship with Shen Yuma, in the early years, when Shen Langong, the prince of the Zun Mansion, crossed the river to take office, he was serving in the same county as Qin Lao. ”

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, his grandfather Shen Lan, who had never met before, was the most typical landlord, and he only liked to take advantage of the township in his life, otherwise he would not have left a huge family for their father and son to toss. Shen Zhezi didn't know that his grandfather actually had the resume of serving as an official in the river, but he didn't think it was a prominent position, and he was a county lieutenant even if he was in the sky.

But this is just an excuse to open the topic, and there is no need to go deeper, Shen Zhezi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Thank you for the elders' high eyes, young and short-sighted, and negligent in courtesy, I hope to forgive me." ”

The other party didn't mean to build a relationship because of this, and after pointing out this section, everyone else introduced themselves one after another.

There are a total of seven families who came to meet this time, and Xing Yue, who came privately, can't be counted, and that kid himself shouldn't be able to be a master, just to see his idol, he can ignore it.

The respective backgrounds of these people, Du He also told Shen Zhezi.

The old man named Qin Li, who can probably be regarded as a leader of these people, is already the oldest, and his family is not weak in this area of Tuzhong, gathering thousands of villagers, and at the beginning of Zhongxing, he once served as the county magistrate of Chuxian County, but he did not cross the river to operate, and after being dismissed, he has been living in the township. However, many of his children are outside, and there are even those who work in Taichung.

The other families are also similar and different, some live in this country, and some come from the south. One of the more noteworthy is the Liang Guo Chen family, this family does not have any old hopes, but its strength is ranked among the dock wall masters in Tuzhong, with more than 2,000 men and soldiers of the He clan.

Chen Zong, a general recruited by Shen Zhezi in the defeat of Yuzhou last year, is a member of the Chen clan of this Liang State, and the relationship with the Chen family here is roughly equivalent to the two sects of the Shen family, which is not close, but there is something to say.

This Qin family and Chen family are also the families selected by Du He and need to be paid attention to. If a good relationship can be maintained with these two families, then the other families will not be worried even if they wait and see.

Because of Xing Yue's incident, these people were embarrassed to force Shen Zhezi to enter the camp alone, so Du He ordered more than fifty people to enter the camp with Shen Zhezi.

Hegang is a good place, itself is a hilly gentle slope flattened, there is a lake below, and all other aspects are connected by roads. Shen Zhezi and the others walked in through the shoulder-high earthen wall, and saw that there were many earthen platforms scattered in the open space, and there were also many simple houses scattered among them, which indeed matched the appearance of a bazaar, and there was even a lot of trading going on.

Although the dock wall has both military and production functions, it has a great closure, but it is also very limited, and it is not completely self-sufficient, and its own production capacity is also uneven, and it cannot completely meet the needs of life. Household and production products such as salt and ironware, which require origin and technology, often need to be obtained from the outside world.

It's just that many times, they don't have a safe and stable environment to complete transactions, and even if there is a shortage, they can only be simplified. Because Tuzhong is close to Jiangdong, the situation is not a big collapse, and you can exchange things through trading. However, further north to the Central Plains, if its own production capacity cannot be reached, and it does not have enough strength to go out to plunder, then it can only wait for death behind closed doors.

When Shen Zhezi walked through the bazaar, he was also paying attention to the ongoing transactions. Through the types, quantities and trading methods of these commodities, we can gain a deeper understanding of the overall living environment in the region.

The market is not small, but the variety of goods is not large, and most of them focus on the basic needs of daily life. For example, miscellaneous grains such as soybeans and grains, cloth and clothing such as silk cloth and arrowroot cloth, as well as simple handicrafts such as bamboo tubes, cage baskets, and clay pots. Of course, there are also relatively large commodities, such as cars, boats, rafts, wooden squares, bamboo poles, livestock, etc., but these items are not physical, and they are represented by some symbols.

As for the way of trading, it is basically barter, one moment it is still a commodity, and the next moment it can be converted into money. As for the most recognized trading goods, it is still salt and grain. A small bag of salt can be exchanged for a large amount of goods in this market, and a little more can even cause a rush.

As for grain, there is a serious disparity in price because of the different types. Among them, the most expensive is rice, followed by wheat and millet, and beans and grains are the lowest, and the price difference between them is even very different to more than ten times!

From this point, it can be seen that the production environment here is extremely poor and there is no stability to speak of. The value of goods is not only determined by use, although people can also eat grains when they are hungry and cold, so that people can live, but it is less difficult to obtain than rice.

It is true that rice is the staple food nowadays, but the production environment and season have requirements, and the production cycle is also longer, and a relatively stable external environment is needed to maintain a sustainable harvest. If there are droughts, floods, natural disasters, wars and man-made disasters and other emergencies, a season's work will be in vain, and there will be no harvest.

Grains, on the other hand, do not rely entirely on paddy fields, even uncultivated wasteland can have a good harvest, can be planted in a larger range, and if it is not for particularly severe climatic disasters such as frost and floods, it can be harvested quickly and harvested more, and it is far more flexible than rice.

Naturally, rice became a luxury and even a currency. Ordinary people are reluctant to use even a little bit of harvest, but save it for exchange.

Because Shen Zhezi stopped from time to time to observe those transactions, everyone had to stop and wait for him frequently. Those dock wall owners may not have guessed what Shen Zhezi could observe in this bazaar, but the children of Anointing Liang are rare and strange, and they also have enough curiosity about such ordinary things.

"Shen Horse has lived in the prosperous place of Jiangdong for a long time, it should be rare to see this township is cold and simple, the scenery is bland, and the lack is very good, but it is to make the horse smile."

The old man Qin Li walked to Shen Zhezi's side, and sighed with emotion.

After hearing this, Shen Zhezi said with a smile: "The hometown of magnolia, the people's livelihood is upward, and the things are endowed with human feelings, although it is far from flashy, but it is close to the foundation of people's livelihood. Silk particles, are hard-won, material resources are difficult, love things and people, always cherish! ”

The surrounding dock wall owners were originally quite impatient because of the rarity and strangeness of this gentleman, but when they heard Shen Zhezi say this, they were quite emotional for a while, and even changed their opinion of Shen Zhezi a lot.

Although this bazaar can hardly be called prosperous, and the goods are all simple and crude, only those of them who have grown up in this country can understand how hard-won the situation is in front of them. This is all they live and struggle, although they are simple and poor, they are still living seriously and hard!

Because of Shen Zhezi, it took nearly half an hour for the group to pass through the market and arrive at a bamboo building of considerable scale by the lake. There are many strong soldiers with blades on the left side of this bamboo building, which should be the guards brought by each of these people, and the smallest group has thirty or forty people, which shows that they still can't fully trust each other and are unsuspecting.

After everyone entered the building, they sat down, and the servants of the unknown family began to catch fish and kill sheep, prepare meals, and even the cooking was carried out in the open air.

After greeting for a while, Qin Li said to Shen Zhezi: "Jiangdong has its own beautiful scenery and beautiful characters, but Tuzhong is dusty, not the hometown of scholars, but I don't know where the horse's behavior comes from?" ”

Since you can't guess the other party's intentions, it's better to ask questions directly, cleanly, so as not to be entangled any more and expose more of the ugliness of the people in your own country who are suspicious of each other.

Shen Zhezi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, this kind of not very clever pun can be heard as a place where there are no scholars to live, and it can be heard as not the territory of his Shen family, you must know that his father Shen Chong is the cousin Shiju.

"Ordinary scenery, those who look long are ordinary, and those who look at first glance are poor and business-like. Qin Lao is too modest, I myself am very active and difficult to be quiet, and when I study at home, I often feel that Kyushu is rich in land and resources, and I have the ambition to read it all. As an adult, he is trapped in a lot of miscellaneous things, but he can't be clear-minded. The mountains and rivers are good, all under the Jin Zuo, you should take advantage of the young and fast, do not wait for the old to sigh. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, someone in the banquet laughed: "Shen Yuma's words are quite in line with the spirit of Shao Nian, and the old man Qin has gone through many things, but he has forgotten his original intention. ”

When Qin Li heard this, his face was already stagnant, and he glanced at the person who opened his mouth with some displeasure, but there was no lack of helplessness in his heart. These villagers really don't know the severity, and they are helping everyone to inquire about the heart of this colt, and they are eager to echo it to ridicule what they are doing!

Because the villagers looked at each other unpleasantly, the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while. After a while, the meal was delivered, and after everyone had eaten, Chen Mian, a member of the Chen clan of the Liang State, pushed the food table, looked at Du He and said: "Du Jun led the people to the north, and when he first came to this township, he made a big move, swept the rivers and mountains, and won a lot of battles, which made people look sideways. ”

After hearing this, Du He smiled slightly: "The king's order is added, how dare you slack off." Those who gather a crowd to rebel corrupt the world and cause trouble to the villagers, it is not a pity to die. However, the king's order is not thin, I am in your hometown, and I have to rely on the good help of all the monarchs here, and complement each other. ”

"In this case, I would like to ask Du Jun, has my family lived in this township, has it ever damaged the morality of the township, or has it violated the royal law? The day before yesterday, Du Jun crossed the border, but people invaded my family dozens of horses, and there was no answer to repeated questions, and today I finally saw Du Jun, I don't know if you can solve my doubts? If there is a need for the imperial court to requisition, as a royal people, I have nothing to say. But Du Jun didn't ask for himself, and didn't feel that he was too much of a deception? ”

Speaking of this, Chen Mian's face was already a little ugly. His family is also the inheritance of Wuzong, and he was forced to move south because of the war, because of the great loss of township capital, he did not dare to cross the river and wade into that deep water, but it does not mean that he is weak and can be bullied. Even if the guest lived in Tuzhong, the people near the left didn't dare to brush the tiger's whiskers, but they were robbed by Du He once, and they were really angry.

"Since Chen Jun has asked, then I might as well say you. The day before yesterday, our department cleared out the bandits, and indeed obtained a batch of animals and horses, and the old code of the county government has long been gone, and it is difficult to retrieve the old owner, so these stolen goods will be retained. Chen Jun asked today, there should have been no doubts, but unfortunately he killed too much at that time, and there was no proof of death. However, it seems that there are still remnants of the bandits left behind, and if they are caught and identified in the future, the natural objects will be returned to their original owners. ”

Du He smiled and said that the Chen family was in the Central Plains, so they were able to get high-quality horses, and Du He originally planned to buy some, but he was not received when he repeatedly sent people to visit, so he simply took advantage of the pursuit of the bandits to grab a batch. It's still impossible to pay it back, and the group of bandits who were surrounded and suppressed by him had an inexplicable connection with the Chen family, and it is not an exaggeration to talk about stolen goods.

Hearing Du He's perfunctory words, Chen Mian's face became even more ugly, and he snorted coldly: "I don't know when Du Jun will send troops next time?" If those rogues can't be captured, will my horses be used for a long time? ”

"Who's owned, it's still undecided. As for when there will be another operation, the military really can't reveal too much. Chen Jun, please rest assured, if this matter has an eyebrow, it will be notified as soon as possible. ”

Seeing Chen Mian's angry eyes, while Du He was prevaricating and delaying, everyone in the banquet laughed secretly. For them, this Chen Mian is actually the same as Du He all the way, they are both brave people who invade their homeland, but Du He is more feared than Chen Mian because of his background, and it is best to lose both!

Syllable!

Chen Mian waved his sleeves, and the cups and saucers on the dining table were suddenly scattered and shattered into slag, he suddenly got up from the table and said to Shen Zhezi: "A moment of profligacy, it is not disrespectful to Shen Yuma. It's really that Du Daohui deceives people too much, so people can't meditate. ”

"Well, well. I'm just an idler, but I don't know that Chen Jun and Daohui have such a relationship. The royal road can't be done in this country, since there is a dispute, and there is no result to negotiate, then a result will be played. Since you have endured it for so many days, why don't you bear it for a while, after all, you are not the only ones in the banquet at this moment. If you can't make a feast, it's really not beautiful. ”

Although Shen Zhezi smiled, his tone was even more angry and crazy: "I can be regarded as having a good time, and I will move to watch the two of you deploy the whole army later, and the first battle will decide life and death." If Daohui is destroyed in this township, he can wrap his horse leather and return to his hometown for burial. ”

"So, is Shen Yuma planning to completely shield Du Daohui?"

When Chen Mian heard this, his face was even more gloomy.

"It's not about covering up, I have an old relationship with Daohui after all. The two of you can't argue about right and wrong, and each has one end, and the others don't know who to believe. Each of you has your own stubbornness, and even if I say anything, your Excellency may not be able to listen to it. In that case, why bother. ”

As Shen Zhezi spoke, he also slowly got up, and suddenly flew up with a kick, and the entire food table was kicked out! After everyone in the banquet saw this, their faces had changed, and they all avoided the table: "Shen Fuma, don't be impulsive......"

"A momentary wandering is not disrespectful to you. Please sit down in peace, and if there is any disturbance from the wicked guests, please go at once, and no more disturbances. ”

Shen Zhezi sneered and looked at Chen Mian, if this guy is willing to talk calmly, even if he wants to get a stable source of horses, he plans to compensate for some of his property, so he should buy those horses. But if he wants to play tricks, since he knows that Du He is his person, and this township is a place where he doesn't ask right and wrong, how can he show weakness.

"Chen Jun don't be impatient, this time the families meet, there is indeed something to talk about, even if they have some personal grievances with each other, can't they put it aside for the time being?"

Qin Li was the oldest in the banquet, and seeing that the situation was gradually disagreeing, he hurriedly opened his mouth to advise.

Chen Mian snorted coldly when he heard this: "What else is there to talk about?" This raccoon dog is bullying, can't you see it? He is used to being powerful in Jiangdong, and he has to bow his head after crossing the river, what a joke! Zu Zhenxi was not so poor back then, and Dai Ruosi did not insult Zhisi, what is he? Guoding has been divided into north and south, even if this township is difficult to live in, where does her husband Siye have no home? It's a big deal to go north, and I have nothing to fear! ”

When everyone heard this, they all changed color. They may not have such thoughts, but few dare to say it in public.