Chapter 865 - Making Something Out of Nothing
Between Jiezhou and Anyi in Shanxi, there is a small Siyan City, because the Song and Yuan dynasties had set up the Yunsi in this place, so it is also called Yuncheng. Siyan City South, Zhongtiao Mountain North, is the vast salt lake, the salt pans of the salt are like weaving, the Hedong salt produced is sold in the sea, in the heyday of the Tang and Song dynasties, the profit of salt production accounted for one-sixth of the treasury income!
During the Wanli period, more salt wells were found in Shaanxi, and seawater boiling salt and drying salt were popular in the southeast coast...... However, the ancient town of Xiyao between the south bank of the salt lake and the Zhongtiao Mountain has not been depressed for this reason, the streets are full of people, and from time to time there are long caravans passing by, which seems to be busy, and every time the meal arrives, the roadside taverns and restaurants are full of guests.
The thoroughfare from Puzhou to Datong passes north from Salt Lake, and Xiyao, sandwiched between Salt Lake and Zhongtiao Mountain, is not a bustling place for trade routes, so why is it still thriving?
The answer lies in the rows of sheds outside the town, where the fiery fires reflect the faces of the craftsmen, and the clanging sound of beating, and every now and then someone picks up a red-hot iron vessel with a tongs and dips it into the water, and in the sound of stabbing and stabbing, white steam rises.
The water from the salt lake is said to be used for quenching, which makes the blade sharp and long-lasting.
A large number of weapons produced by dozens or hundreds of workshops not only supplied the garrison of Shanxi-Shaanxi border pass, but also sold them to the people for profit, and the imperial court forbade the people to have armor, spears and crossbows, but did not prohibit swords and bows and arrows.
Military equipment is in charge of the Shanxi Metropolitan Command and Envoy Division, and is sent to Datong, Yanmen Pass and other places for the garrison three times a year, while civilian equipment is sold to all parts of the country by relying on the caravans of Jin merchants.
In a large compound on the west side of the town, the open-chested thugs at the door were eyeing each other, and their faces were full of arrogance and arrogance, but whoever came closer, they were driven away from afar.
Inside the compound, the caravan of the Young Master's Mansion was loading goods, and people were cautious, because the two housekeepers of the Young Master's Mansion, Cao Si and Sun Youdao, had come over, which was rare!
In addition, there are a few strong men with big pie faces and circles, and those who have worked here for a long time still remember that almost every year, they will see such a few fierce and vicious guys, and then the armor and sharp blades created will be transported away by the caravan.
As for where the destination of the goods is, the craftsmen have guessed it, but who dares to chew their tongues in this kind of thing? The Young Master's Mansion is the heaven of this piece, and the Young Master's Mansion is the land of this piece, who gave birth to a bear's heart and a leopard's courage and dared to go against Mrs. Zhang?
"These are all excellent iron armor and war knives?" Battle looked at the sack that was being loaded, blinked his eyes, seemed to be a little disbelieving, and asked with a hammer, "Are they all the same as what your old man showed us?" ”
Sun Youdao was about to speak with a smiling face, Cao Si had the intention to show off in front of the distinguished guests, pulled out his waist knife and slashed down at a sack, accompanied by a piercing sound of metal rubbing, cutting through the sack to reveal the straw filled inside, and a faint black light flashed underneath.
Hmm~~ The Mongolian warriors whispered in surprise, Cao Si's waist knife fell, and on the surface of the armor in the sack, there was only a not very deep white mark, which showed that the texture was excellent.
"Okay, okay," Battle cracked his mouth and laughed, "With these weapons and armor, my Great Khan will definitely be able to regain his strength and fight with Qi Tiger again!" ”
Cao Si and Sun Youdao nodded yes, buying and selling is buying and selling, as long as there is money to be made, who kills whom?
Several craftsmen were indignant when they heard this, they had sons and daughters serving in the Nine Border Army, thinking of where these weapons and armor went, their hearts were very uncomfortable, only hindering the young master's mansion with deep roots, and the Shanxi officialdom and officials protecting each other, even if they felt uncomfortable, they could only dare to be angry and dare not speak.
As everyone knows, on the second floor of the inn in the distance, a window is open, the eaves block the light, and the black hole in the window is not clear from the outside, only occasionally the reflection of the lens is fleeting.
"Zhang Yunling was fooled!" Zhang Zixuan sneered and put down the binoculars.
Yin Binshang looked at the binoculars greedily and praised: "With this thing, the main general's command and scout's reconnaissance can get twice the result with half the effort, Brother Qin is really ingenious." ”
Zhang Zixuan smiled slightly, listening to others praising Qin Lin, she was quite self-conscious, my husband should be like this, so he handed the telescope to Yin Binshang.
You Qi laughed with him: "Miss has a good plan to make something out of nothing, Zhang Yunling's old dog can't dream of it, let's give him this hand!" ”
"Yes, not yes, it's really what it does. Less yin, too yin, sun. Yin Binshang put the telescope on the table, "False and real, true and false, mixed with three points of falsehood, the most unguardable, such as the authentic Mongols who are familiar with the situation outside the Seychelles, and hold the token of Tumen Khan, all of which are real; Wang Guan Valley raided, half-truths and half-truths, covering up the truth with falsehood, no matter how old Zhang Yunling is, he can't help but fall for Miss's clever plan. ”
What is there Tubmen Khan's messenger Batel? It's clearly Jebel, the archer of the Tumut Division!
Before Zhang Zixuan left Beijing, she asked Xu Wenchang to send a letter to Guihua City, and of course the three ladies did not disobey and immediately cooperated.
Tumen Khan and Dong Fox were beaten all over the ground by Qi Jiguang to find teeth, and thanks to the Holy Decree of Wanli, these two escaped, and the Khan court moved to the hinterland of the grassland to the north for 500 miles, and it was even more difficult to contact the Central Plains.
Jebel said that these two were in a hurry to buy weapons in order to regain their strength, which is also true, but the real envoy was robbed and killed by the three ladies in the middle of the road, took the token of Tumen Khan, and replaced them with Jebe's gang.
At this point, the matter has been five points certain, and the old and cunning Zhang Yunling is not fooled between ambiguity, Yin Binshang suggested adding another fire, so there was a surprise attack by Wang Guan Valley. Zhang Zixuan has never practiced martial arts, and the injury on Zhebei's shoulder was, of course, stabbed by himself with a knife.
With this play, the Young Master's Mansion trusted Jebel even more, and it really hit the plan.
Zhang Yunling, old horseman, you are dead! Zhang Zixuan smiled coldly and said loudly: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and now I can finally go to see Qin Lin." Mr. Yin, You Qi, the two of you will rush to Jiangzhou Wei first, cooperate with General Ouyang, and block the caravan! ”
Few people know that Ouyang Peng, the commander of Jiangzhou Wei, was imprisoned and killed by Zhang Juzheng, so when Zhang Zixuan came to the door, Ouyang Peng did not hesitate to agree to send troops to intercept the caravan of the Young Master's Mansion.
Zhang Zixuan led four guards to Puzhou, thinking that she had finally made arrangements in secret and could meet with Qin Lin, her pace sped up a little.
Pujin crosses the Yellow River pontoon bridge, the desolate and vigorous trombone sound continues to echo, rows of Wusi Tibetan monks fold their hands, recite the six-character mantra Om Mani, the Sanskrit sound is masterpiece, and the fragrant flowers are flying all over the sky.
Sixteen pure white yaks pull the chariot, the gold-lacquered crank umbrella cover, the silk gold tent flutters in the wind, a high monk on the lotus throne, born with dark skin, only two white eyebrows like snow, it is the Great Snow Mountain Zhaon Jinding Temple Weide Dharma King!
King Weide came from the west of Qinghai and arrived in Puzhou through the Qinchuan River for 800 miles, preparing to go north to Beijing for the Hajj.
The French king's family was canonized by the imperial court, not to mention that the current Wanli Tianzi and Empress Dowager Li both believe in Buddhism, so when they heard that the Dharma King was coming, the gentry of the city all went out of the city to greet them.
Puzhou Zhizhou's surname is Huang, and he is far away at the law: "The light of the Weide Dharma King has descended, and Huang Zhilian of Benzhou is waiting here, please speak in the post house." ”
The old monk of Weide Law King ignored it like a fixed person, and called Zhizhou so boring.
Outside of Zhizhou, there is the local gentry, and the old lady Zhang Yunling of the Young Master's Mansion is in the first place, rubbing his iron gall with his hands, and laughing: "The King of Weide Fa is driving the Central Plains, and he wants to purify all sentient beings, Lao Zhang is polite here!" ”
This time the King of Weide was different, immediately waved his hand, the disciples pulled the yak to stop the chariot, he stood up from the lotus platform, slowly walked down, and smiled: "Good, good, the old donor Zhang should be strong, the poor monk is happy, and the next day he recited the three volumes of the Tripitaka Sutra and prayed for the old benefactor." ”
There is one who doesn't know the details, so he spit out his tongue, and the face of the secret young master's mansion is big, and the Dharma King doesn't even have a look at Zhizhou, but he talks and laughs with Old Lady Zhang, isn't it looking at his son who is a scholar of the first auxiliary university?
Where the words! Long before Zhang Siwei entered the cabinet, Zhang Yunling and King Weide were old acquaintances, although the King had the magic power to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, and the Yellow Sect still had to rely on thousands of swords to speak, to do this it was the old lady Zhang, the two of them had already been embarrassed, King Weide and Zhang Yunling did business, and the Tumen Khan and Dong Fox outside the Saiwai were no different.
Qin Lin heard the movement, and also led the crowd to come over to see the old acquaintances, and Bai Shuanghua, Lu Yuanzhi, Niu Dali and others crowded in the crowd.
"This old bald donkey!" The enemies' eyes were red when they saw each other, and the eyes of the white frost and ice were intertwined with fire, and in an instant, the flames were blazing, and the killing intent rose to the sky.
King Weide suddenly felt a thorn in his back, he was the contemporary Dharma King of the Wusizang Tantra, quite a bit of a strange method, the six senses were more acute than ordinary people, and immediately looked at Bai Shuanghua's side.
Ahh Qin Lin hurriedly grabbed Bai Shuanghua's willow waist, hid the sect leader's sister behind him, and then smiled brightly at King Weide.
Why am I hiding? Bai Shuanghua is inexplicable, and the martial arts of the Secret Dao Sect Master are also a line different from those of the Weide Dharma King, so why be afraid of him?
Qin Lin? Qin Lin!
King Weide laughed loudly and pointed at it from afar: "Lord Qin, don't come to harm, is it okay?" Naturalization City has been separated for many years, the years are like passing water without a trace, Qin Shizhu seems to have experienced a lot of vicissitudes, if you can see through the red dust, why not enter my Buddhism? ”
The people didn't know who Qin Lin was, and when they saw that he was young, they had a relationship with a big man like King Weide, and they immediately talked about it.
Qin Lin smiled and said: "I have killed extremely hard, and there are countless bald donkeys who have died under the embroidered spring knife, how can I enter the Buddha Gate?" ”
"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot," King Widder's eyes narrowed.
Qin Lin stared at the other party and shook his head slowly: "The Dharma King has no sword in his hand, but he has a knife in his heart, I don't know if he can become a Buddha?" ”
You! The solemn eyes of the Venerable King Weide like a mountain collided with Qin Lin's sharp gaze in the air, and both of them felt a pain in their eyes.
(To be continued)