"Wicked?"

Xiao Delidi's face sank, "Since he is a wicked person, why don't the police patrols of Jiehe Shang City arrest him?" ”

The fat steward just smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Xianggong, these wicked people may have violated the king's law elsewhere, but they have not violated the law in Jiehe Shang City, how can the police patrol arrest them?" And the market needs these wicked people. ”

"What do you need from the wicked?"

"The wicked can do a lot." The fat steward snapped his stubby fingers and said, "First, follow the sea to be a sailor, there are no good people at sea...... Fighting, killing, and killing. Now there are many sea ships in and out of the trading market, so naturally it is necessary to hire a lot of thugs.

The second is to serve as a nursing home for wealthy families in the commercial market. There are many rich people in the commercial market, and many people are here to avoid trouble, and they are afraid that the enemy will chase and kill them, so they are willing to spend a lot of money to raise the dead soldiers.

The third is to be a mercenary for the patrol team of the city division, the patrol team is the establishment of the Song army, but it has more than the salary of the forbidden army, and there are many additional benefits. There are a few strong men who are willing to devote themselves.

The fourth is in the commercial market mixed martial arts hall. What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. The upper echelons of the market are all good at martial arts, and often hold bow, equestrian, and swordsmanship competitions, and the winners can also get heavy prizes. Therefore, the atmosphere of folk martial arts is extremely prosperous. Many chambers of commerce and guilds will open or praise several martial arts halls, and many schools will also invite martial arts instructors to teach martial arts. ”

The martial atmosphere of Jiehe Shang City has slowly developed! This is not only the result of Wu Haogu's deliberate promotion, but also the characteristics of Jiehe Commercial City.

It's a free market facing the ocean!

"There are no good people at sea" is the jargon of the maritime business community. Even if this person is a good man on land who builds bridges, builds roads, and gives porridge to help the poor, as long as he is a maritime business, he must have done no less evil things. Doing good on land is nothing more than a source of psychological comfort...... Most of the people in these years believe that there are gods who are three feet above their heads, and after doing so many bad things, they can't survive slowly in the eighteen layers of hell after they die?

The Jiehe Shang Market was between Song and Liao, and had a large degree of freedom, which attracted many people from other places to avoid trouble.

Those who avoid trouble, no matter how much they provoke trouble, are probably not good themselves. If it is a good type, it will not be able to run away if it encounters a catastrophe. And the wicked who avoid disaster can either fight by themselves, or they have guards by their side who can fight.

In addition, the special geographical location of Jiehe Shang City also makes it always under the threat of Liao's armed forces.

The people who live here, whether they want to or don't want to, always find a way to use some force. Those who have money hire bodyguards, and those who don't have money have to learn some martial arts. lest you not be able to run until the end of the day!

Therefore, all kinds of martial arts people gathered in Jiehe Commercial City, even if they were not martial arts, when they arrived here, they had to become changed by the environment.

Even Xiao Delidi wanted to stay here for a few more days because he was passing by the Jiehe Merchant City, so he deliberately selected the Khitan warrior guards who had fought on the Obstruction Grassland.

He shook his head, and before he could put down the curtains of the car, another man in a brocade robe came running, but it was Zhang Jue, the new deputy patrol envoy of the Nanjing Provincial Police of Daliao.

"The subordinate Zhang Jue, I met with the privy minister, but I don't know that the privy minister entered the city today and did not arrange to clear the streets, which is really guilty."

Xiao Delidi waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't know that this official is coming, how to arrange it?" By the way, your government office is not in the city of Jiehe Commercial City, right? ”

"Not there." Zhang Jue said, "Xiaguan entered the business market today to welcome the Song State mission. ”

"Song State Mission?" Xiao Deli smiled, "Is it because our army is stationed in Quye River?" Who's here? ”

"The main envoy is Su Che, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Song Kingdom, and the deputy envoy is Lin Yu, a scholar of Hanlin." Zhang Jue said, "They arrived in Shangshi yesterday and are now living in the pavilion in Nancheng.

Do you want them to meet in person? ”

Xiao Delidi shook his head and nodded again: "There is no need to meet in public, but you can meet in private."

The two of them should be the same as this official, and they will be waiting for escorts in Jiehe Commercial Market, right? ”

"Exactly." Zhang Jue said, "The lower officials will report immediately, but it will take a few days for the successor envoy to arrive." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Deli looked around and said with a smile, "Actually, it's not bad to negotiate in Jiehe Commercial City......

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There was no official pavilion post in Jiehe Shang City, but after Mi Youren succeeded Wu Haogu as the secretary of the city of Tiju, he used the funds of the city to buy a mansion on the spot in the south of the city as his own residence in the Shang City, and used the pavilion post in the name.

Therefore, after Su Zhe and Lin Yi came to the north, they lived in this magnificent pavilion. The location of the pavilion is very good, right in the most prosperous central area of the business market. It is a commercial street right outside the door, and it is not far from the commercial market wharf.

Because Su Zhe is the leader of the old party, and Lin Ji is a newcomer to the new party, the two have nothing to say at all. So after moving into the inn, they went their separate ways. Lin Ji went to visit the Senate of Jiehe Shang City today, while Su Zhe and his attaché Wu Haowen, Tiju City Bo Si Mi Youren, and his son Su Shi walked around the street in civilian clothes.

On the street, Su Zhe also found Bao Ding training in a formation with a big shield and a short spear.

"How can there be soldiers?" Su Zhe frowned, "Why does the business market still raise soldiers?" ”

"My lord, this is Baoding." Su Shi explained with a smile, "According to the "Armor Protection Law", the family of two dings will be transferred to one ding. Jiehe Commercial City now has a population of nearly 200,000, of which Ding Zhuang is no less than 70,000 or 80,000...... It's not surprising that there are thousands of Paulings. ”

Wang Anshi's "Baojia Law" is now in a state of semi-abolition. Wherever the government military system was introduced, the "Armor Protection Law" was suspended. On the ground of Cangzhou, where Jiehe Shang City is located, preparations have recently been made to implement the government military system. However, Jieheshang City is not under the jurisdiction of the Cangzhou Prefecture Government now, and the government military system will not be implemented, so there is a basis for retaining the "Baojia Law".

However, Su Zhe still shook his head: "If it goes on like this, something will happen sooner or later...... Look at the strictness of those baoding, as well as their big shields, and that hat, they are all about to catch up with the forbidden army! ”

Mi Youren said: "If you don't have this strength, what should you do if the Khitan calls?" ”

"The Khitan is here, and the forbidden army of its own court will deal with it."

Su Shi shook his head and said, "My lord, if there were no Baoding, wouldn't the Liao people occupy the commercial market at once?" How can you wait for the Hebei Forbidden Army to come to the rescue? ”

"That's what I said......"

Su Zhe nodded seriously. However, he also knew that if Jiehe Shang City did not have the ability to defend itself, the Hebei Forbidden Army could not be counted on at all.

Not long ago, he himself was the pacification envoy of Hebei East Road, and the forbidden army of Hebei East Road was under his control, don't you know how useless those guys are?

However, the uselessness of the Hebei forbidden army does not mean that Wu Haogu has no problem developing armor protection in Jieheshang City......

He thought about it for a while, and then shook his head: "Actually, this river business market shouldn't be done at all!" ”

Su Shi asked, "Why shouldn't it?" You can earn a lot of money a year, and you can also get stuck in the Yanjing grain road of Liao.

Now that the Liao State dares to attack Hebei, the Shang City will immediately be able to cut off the water transportation of the Jiehe River. At that time, the two or three hundred thousand people in Yanjing City will have to run out of food.

Moreover, the maritime guild of the merchant city can mobilize dozens of large sea ships at any time, and they can transport troops to Liaodong to land! ”

Jiehe Shang City was originally established for the purpose of cutting Liao, and now it can be said that it has achieved very satisfactory results.

Because the Liao people could not gain control of the boundary river, let alone the right to control the sea. Therefore, it is impossible for Jiehe Shang City to be occupied by the Liao army before the Jiehe River is frozen. At the same time, the fleet of Shangshi was able to cut off the Yanjing grain route, and it could directly transport troops to the Liaodong Peninsula to land to burn, kill and loot.

In fact, there was no need to dispatch the imperial court's sailors and forbidden armies, and the Shang City could make up an army to harass the coastal areas of the Liao State by hiring pirates (maritime merchants) and wandering bad guys!

And this kind of pirate tactics is absolutely difficult to defend against an enemy who does not have sea dominance, just like an agricultural country invaded by nomads.

Su Zhe glanced at his son and sighed, "Jiehe Shang City is definitely good for the country...... When there was no commercial market, Hebei was under the iron hooves of the Khitan, and it was always fearful. With the commercial market, Hebei is as safe as Mount Tai. But this commercial market is also a source of suspicion!

Look, when Lin Yanzhen returns to Kaifeng Mansion, he will definitely participate in one of them! ”

Speaking of which, Su Zhe didn't have the heart to continue shopping in the market, so he returned to the pavilion early. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lin Yu striding out of the lobby, "Su Xianggong, the Liao envoy has come to Jiehe Commercial Market!" ”

"Liao envoy?" Su Zhe said, "Is it the Liao envoy who went to Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

"Exactly," Lin Yu said, "just now the deputy envoy of the Nanjing Provincial Police Patrol of the Liao State came again, saying that Lin Ya from the north of the Liao State, Xiao Delidi, the privy councillor from the north, and Niu Shuwen, the privy envoy from the southern court, came together. ”

"Two privys?" Su Che was taken aback.

The specifications of the envoys of the Liao State are very high! That's not a good thing...... To make the specifications so high, it shows that what the Liao Emperor wanted to solve was not the demarcation of the Hetao grassland, but to ask the Great Song Dynasty to let go of Western Xia.

But it's impossible! When Su Zhe left Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Ji had already taught him face-to-face, and on the issue of destroying Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty had no room for concessions!

"Su Xianggong," Lin Yu said at this time, "Zhang Jue said that Xiao Delidi and Niu Shuwen want to meet with us, and they are meeting in private. ”

"Where?" Su Zhe asked.

It is necessary to meet each other, so exchange opinions on both sides first, and have a good mental preparation.

"Let us arrange," Lin said, "after all, we are landlords." ”

Su Zhe looked back at Mi Youren.

Mi Youren smiled: "It's up to the late students to arrange it...... Ask them to go to the office of the Bo Division in Jiehe City to meet them. There are 1,000 ironclad elites under the city's Bo Division, so it is better to pull them out and show them, and the Khitan people Mo underestimated our business market. ”

Su Che shook his head: "No need...... If the Khitans don't want to fight, you are offending people in vain by doing this. If they want to fight, why should you show your strength? ”