The martial arts official who was holding the soft and glutinous Ximen Woman in her arms, and was still playing with a ball of soft objects in her hands, thought of the beast chess she had played when she was a child. In the beast chess, the elephant is super fierce, any lions, tigers, leopards, dogs, cats and cats can be trampled to death, but they are afraid of small mice......

The current Great Song Empire seems to be the same, noble civil officials and doctors are elephants, what nobles, military attachés, eunuchs, merchants, wealthy merchants, powerful and so on, are not in their eyes, except for the existence of Liangshan heroes!

Because the system of the Great Song Dynasty is to emphasize literature and ignore martial arts, that is, the king and the scholars share the world. As long as he doesn't dare to openly challenge this system, even if he has a heavy soldier Yue Wumu, he will only go once in the Storm Pavilion. And the heroes of Liangshan are outside this system, although Dr. Fan Jiashi can bully such a strong man as the Ximen family, but he encounters the robbers of Liangshan...... That's the "rat and elephant".

From a certain point of view, the playful idlers in Kaifeng Mansion are also the "rats" raised by the nobles of the Jiangmen. It's just that these "rats" are raised in the city of Kaifeng Prefecture, not like the heroes of Liangshan, who can only make trouble for the high-ranking civil officials, and can't really use knives.

However, making a little mess is enough for the civil officials and doctors to stand it, and you can set a fire in Kaifeng Mansion, or get some Huazi to enter the city and pretend to be a homeless person, which can give the bigwigs of the two prefectures a headache.

And to apply this kind of "beast chess" relationship to Yunzhou, that is, Doctor Fan Jiashi can suppress the Haoqiang Ximen family, and the Haoqiang Ximen family can drive the Liangshan heroes, and the Liangshan heroes can beat the Fan Jiashi doctors.

In this way, a delicate circle was formed, so that the Yanggu Ximen family, who did not have an official, could maintain the position of Haoqiang.

"It seems that I will have my own 'Liangshan hero' in the future!" Wu Haogu pondered in his heart, "Otherwise, it is impossible for my family's position in Jiehe Commercial City to be stable!" This is probably the legendary self-respect of raising a coward, right? ”

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Seeing that autumn is coming, Jishui-Liangshanbo-Wuzhang River-Huangou and other waterways are about to usher in the busiest time of the year. Outside the door of the Liang Ji Bail House on the North Lane of the Cross of Sucheng, the new shopkeeper Zhao Tieniu was wearing a cardigan and holding a big pu fan, fanning the wind while loudly directing more than a dozen hardcover men to clean the door of the bail shop.

The so-called bail line is the predecessor of the dart line and dart bureau that arose in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the word "bail" comes from the "bail plan". As the name suggests, bail is the meaning of protection and escort, while Gangyun means to transport bulk goods in batches. A large number of goods are loaded by vehicles or ships, and a number of vehicles and ships are grouped, and a group is called a program, which is called "program transportation". At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Gangyun was all official transportation materials, which were secured by the people, and were a kind of forced labor. As a result, there were too many things lost, and the people were unable to compensate, and many went bankrupt. Therefore, during the reign of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, it was changed to the military to protect the Gangyun.

However, by the time of the Renzong Dynasty, the Western Xia rose, and Shaanxi and Hedong became the front line, which required a large number of transportation supplies. Therefore, the merchants were allowed to participate in the program, and the salt and tea were the remuneration paid to these merchants. After the businessman participated in the Gangyun, there was naturally a demand for collateral services.

At the same time, the military attachés in charge of securing the Gang Transport, unable to resist the temptation of commercial interests, also changed one after another to "officials and merchants," and the quantity and value of the goods to be transported by the Gang Movement increased by a large margin, and the difficulty of the pledge naturally increased greatly. Relying on the declining force in the hands of these military attaches is not enough to carry out the bail. Therefore, these "officials and merchants" also need the force of the people to protect themselves.

And the heroes of Liangshan, who are mainly engaged in roadblocks and robberies, will naturally not let go of the great profits of the security Gangyun, and the security camp in Liangshan is doing quite well - on the ground in Yunzhou, Qizhou, Yanzhou, Jeju and Puzhou, who dares to rob the heroes of Liangshan? Liangshan is the largest group of bandits on the ground in these five states, and they are still amphibious, not only occupying the small hill of Liangshan, but also rampant and domineering in the lake known as "Liangshan Bo of Eight Hundred Miles".

Coming and going to the Ganghuo, unless there is a background that cannot be touched, who dares not to supply to Liangshan, it is guaranteed that there will be a situation! You don't have to rob the ship, it's enough to choke you if you scuttle it or overturn it. Therefore, it is the outline that is as hard as the steel plate in the background, and it will reward Liangshanbo with three melons and two dates.

In addition, the heroes of the rivers and lakes who ate this bowl of rice on the ground in the five prefectures of Yunzhou, Qizhou, Yanzhou, Jeju and Puzhou also had to make offerings to Liangshan.

Speaking of which, the heroes of Liangshan are the food and clothing parents of these five states! Without them falling into the grass in Shuibo Liangshan, is there still a need for the big guy's bail to exist?

And those who dare not bird Liangshan on the ground in Yunzhou, Qizhou, Yanzhou, Jeju and Puzhou are local tyrants and inferior gentry like Yanggu Ximen...... If you don't use the Kaifeng and Hebei forbidden armies, which have more than 10,000 actual soldiers, or the Western Army with "terrifying combat power", if you want to exterminate such a good man in Liangshanbo, you can only let the local tyrants and inferior gentry in the five states led by the Ximen family go all out.

However, the relationship between the local tyrants of Wuzhou and Liangshan is very complicated, sometimes they fight each other, and sometimes they cooperate and benefit each other...... But it will never happen that the local tyrants of the five states work together to destroy Liangshan!

Because of the destruction of Liangshan, the local tyrants who dance knives and guns will be bullied to death by the village sages and doctors who read the books of sages.

Therefore, between Liangshan and the local tyrants of the five states, there is basically more time for cooperation and coexistence, and less time for dogs to eat dogs. The fire in Daze Township, Feng County, is really rare.

Therefore, Zhao Tieniu's career as a hero in Liangshan was completely different from what he imagined before, neither did he live in the mountains, nor did he have to go to the roadblock to rob. Instead, he lived comfortably in the city of Zhisu City, Yunzhou Prefecture, served as the shopkeeper of the security bank, and interacted with people from all walks of life, and lived a good and uncomfortable life.

By the way, the security bank in charge of Zhao Tieniu is actually a window for Liang Shanbo to contact with all kinds of heroes and businessmen.

It's almost autumn, and the time for the waterways to be busy is coming. Zhao Tieniu is also going to negotiate with all parties on behalf of Liang Shanbo - the past year has been very difficult for Liang Shan, because he was beaten up violently by the super fierce Ximen Woman in Daze Township, Feng County, and lost a leader (Li Jinyi died in Yingtianfu's prison a few months ago because of his serious injuries), the prestige of the rivers and lakes plummeted, and the protection fee had to be reduced, so everyone's life was a little harder.

I hope I can get a little more money this year...... Zhao Tieniu crossed his arms and looked at the minions who were cleaning hard, and couldn't help frowning.

It's not easy to increase the protection fee, unless Liang Shan can make a "big deal" as soon as possible to boost the prestige of the rivers and lakes.

Zhao Tieniu, who was thinking about how to raise the price, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves at the mouth of the alley, and more than a dozen horses were rushing here. Everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn around, and Zhao Tieniu also glanced up, but saw that the tall horse in front was a young woman. Behind this woman, there was also a rider holding a blue flag with the word "West Gate" written on it.

The one who came was the super fierce Yanggu heroine Ximen Qing!

Although many ignorant fools in Yanggu County have made up jokes about Ximen Woman, but on the rivers and lakes of Jingdong East Road, Ximen Woman is still famous!

Because Ximen Heroine led people to beat the Liangshan heroes led by Chao Gai and Song Jiang in Daze Township, Feng County, with a blue nose and swollen face. Li Jinyi, the fourth leader of Liangshan, died, and the big leader Chao Gai was also disfigured......

Moreover, after the battle of Daze Township, the heroes of Liangshan did not dare to go to the Ximen family to seek revenge, and the murderous reputation of the Ximen Woman was naturally shocking.

"Quick, open the front door, please Simon Woman!"

Zhao Tieniu ordered repeatedly, the door of Liang Ji's bail house was opened, and the shopkeeper Zhao didn't seem to know about the Ximen Woman's violent beating of Liangshan's heroes, and he walked forward with a smile on his face: "Ah! But Yanggu Ximen Woman? I don't know where to come, I miss the distance, forgive my sins, forgive my sins...... It's a hot day, hurry up, please get off the horse and sit in the line for a while. ”

Ximen Qing also bowed his hand politely, then lifted his robe and dismounted, and asked with a smile: "You are Zhao Thirty-six, right?" Long admiration, long admiration. ”

Thirty-six is Zhao Tieniu's ranking among the heroes of Liangshan, in reality, there are no 108 heroes in Liangshan, there are only 36 leaders, after Li Jinyi's death, there are 35 left, and Zhao Tieniu just makes up for it, so it ranks 36.

"Bring all the boxes inside!" Ximen Qing gave an order to several warriors of the Ximen family behind him, and then followed Zhao Tieniu into the gate of Liang Ji's escort with his head held high.

At this time, Zhao Tieniu found that there was a horse-drawn cart behind Ximenqing's group, and there were a few boxes on the cart that looked heavy, and I didn't know what it contained?

In the lobby of the bail bank, Zhao Tieniu offered fragrant tea, and then asked cautiously: "I don't know why the woman came today?" ”

Ximen Qing smiled lightly and said: "Brother Thirty-six, the concubine left this time because she wanted to invite the heroes of Liangshan to make a big deal." ”

Zhao Tieniu smiled and said, "I don't know what a big deal?" On land, or on water? Is it to insert meat (killing), to cut a pole (to rob the road), or to pull out a stake (to beat Zhuangzi)? ”

What he said was black words, and Ximen Qing could understand it, and responded with a smile: "I want to ask a good man to help pull out a stake." ”

Zhao Tieniu then asked: "Wooden stakes (weak defense) or stone stakes (strong defense)?" ”

Ximenqing replied: "It's a wooden stake." ”

Zhao Tieniu asked again: "Where is the pile?" ”

Ximen Qing said: "Yanggu County, Anle Town, a bowl of rice." ”

"A bowl of rice" is the nickname of the Fan family in Yanggu, which is not only a homonym for "Fan", but also shows that the Fan family has no oil and water, and it is "a bowl of rice" - just grab some rice and noodles, and there is no gold and silver treasure. Moreover, the Fan family is still the home of scholars, and there are a lot of troubles after the fight......