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"All the purchased salt will be shipped directly to Songzhou in Dengzhou at no additional cost! Li Jing threw another tempting chip. You don't have to transport salt by yourself, so you can save a lot of manpower and material resources, and you can directly earn two or three layers of profits, and it can also reduce the price of salt in Songzhou and win the support of the people. It's a business worth doing.

Zhang Rui only hesitated slightly, and finally agreed. Although there are some violations in the formalities of this salt business, since it is Li Dashuai's business, what about violating the rules. At that moment, Weng and his son-in-law quickly reached an agreement that Zhang Rui and the Songzhou government would fully support the expansion of Dengzhou merchants into Songzhou. There are also a lot of specific details, and there is no controversy, and they hit it off. Li Jing wants to open up business routes and make money. Zhang Rui wanted to borrow Li Jing's commodities to re-prosper Songzhou and restore the economy. Everyone cooperates, win-win.

Although it is a river crossing, with the support of Zhang Rui's official face and Li Rang's network in the Biansong shopping mall, Li Jing believes that the opening up of this market trade route will not be too difficult.

After the two Weng and son-in-law drank tea, the cooperation had been reached, and Li Jing left satisfied.

As soon as I returned to the barracks, I immediately got a bad news.

Li Cunxiao lowered his head and trembled at him, "That damn Ah San, I knew that Lu Dao shouldn't have interceded with him last time, and he directly killed the ball." ”

"What happened?" Li Jing sat down and asked.

Yang Shihou reported: "Commander Li commanded Zhu Wen to fight with Liu Cai under my command in the brothel camp and killed Liu Cai. Liu Cai's two sworn brothers, Zhu Zhen and Zhu Cun, killed four of Liu Cai's subordinates. The guards of the brothel went to arrest him. As a result, they resisted arrest. Slashed three guards. Eight horses were taken, and the three fled with the prostitute. In the end, this matter will be disadvantaged to control his subordinates, and he will ask for punishment. ”

Li Jing's brain was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly raised his head and said to Yang Shihou: "Who did you say killed someone just now?" ”

"Zhu Wen, the left and one of the five battalions in the left wing of the front army, as well as Zhu Cun, the leader of the left team, and Zhu Cun, the leader of the right team." Yang Shihou replied truthfully.

Zhu Wen, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Cun, when I heard these three names. Li Jing's mind was shocked all of a sudden. He wanted to tell himself that the three might just have the same name, but in reality, he knew that it could never be the same name.

He never thought that Zhu Wen, the Taizu of Later Liang who destroyed the Tang Dynasty, would have been staying in his army. This result made him a little confused and a little incredulous.

"Zhu Wen's details are here, when did he join our army?" Li Jing said coldly.

Li Cunxiao looked at Li Jing's appearance and was taken aback. He whispered: "Zhu Wen was recruited in Songzhou, and he was a member of the auxiliary army that was originally recruited. I started out as a gang leader. Later, when the commander ordered the auxiliary army to go on the expedition, this guy was the first to respond to the commander's order, and the commander thought that he had performed well, and he personally named him the leader of the team in front of the army. Later, in Yucheng, this guy led five teams of soldiers to resist the charge of more than a thousand grass thieves and held the left flank of our department. As a result, when he was left to clean up the battlefield, he killed all 187 seriously wounded grass thief captives. Therefore, the marshal also fined him 100 military sticks, reduced his military merits, and was promoted to commander in the end. After returning to the division this time, he also participated in the previous competition on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat race, this kid also boldly took the boat pulp to ask the sixth lady for blessings. ”

Li Cunxiao honestly told Zhu Wen in detail, and Li Jing was slightly stunned after listening to it. Previously, he only remembered that Li Cunxiao had said Ah San when he talked to him about Zhu Wen several times, so that he didn't sound this Ah San at all, and Ah San was Zhu Wen.

Thinking of this, he felt irritated for a while, he actually let Zhu Wen stay under his nose for so long. This Zhu Wen is really bold and a little cruel and cunning. However, hearing that Zhu Wen fought for a prostitute and killed his comrades-in-arms, Li Jing couldn't help but be disappointed. A dignified hero, he actually did such a thing.

If you escape, run away, such a guy, even if he stays in the army, it is estimated that it will not be a good thing.

"Do you know where they fled to?" Li Jing asked.

"Fleeing all the way to the north, it may be that he went to the Xuanwu Army, or he may have gone to Caozhou to throw grass thieves." Li Cunxiao replied.

Li Jing thought for a while: "Order the whole army to this matter, and then draw a portrait of Zhu Wen, Zhu Zhen, and Zhu Cun." ”

Seeing Li Jing's thunder and rain, Li Cunxiao and Yang Shihou were slightly surprised. Li Jing waved his hand, "The two of you have no way to rule, each of you will be fined for three months, and when the light is tomorrow, you will receive ten military sticks!" Let's get out of the way. ”

Zhu Wen's appearance made Li Jing only surprised for a moment, and even the one-eyed dragon Li Keyong was driven by him to Mobei to herd sheep, and Li Jing did not have much taboo about Zhu Wen, a hero in troubled times. If Zhu Wen can get up, he doesn't have to be afraid. Defeat him just is.

Putting Zhu Wen's affairs aside, Li Jing began to write letters to Lin Wei in Dengzhou, telling him about the trade routes, asking him to add a few salt farms in the near future, recruit more salt workers, dry more salt, and when ready, transport it from the Huai River to Songzhou. In addition, he also told Lin Wei that he might return to Dengzhou at the end of the month or early next month. Let him start preparing for the attack on Liaodong in advance, and once the army returns to Dengzhou, it will launch a wave of offensive against Liaodong within the year. In addition, he also asked him to strengthen some ties with Guo Zhenhai in Youzhou and pay close attention to the situation in Youzhou.

In the letter, he said that because of the entry of Chen Jingxuan and others in Youzhou, the originally good situation is very likely to be repeated. Let the soldiers and horses of Youzhou be ready, and if the situation cannot be controlled, they will immediately retreat to the sea, and the sailors will return to Daxing Island first.

When all these matters were taken care of, the account suddenly shouted that General Levi had brought back several messengers from outside the city.

After Li Wei came in, Li Jing understood that the envoy came from the eastern capital Luoyang and Bianzhou. Bianzhou was the envoy of Mu Renyu, while Luoyang was the envoy of Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong.

Mu Renyu's envoy brought a letter and a generous supply of labor supplies. In the letter, Mu Renyu said that he had been mobilizing troops and horses and collecting grain and grass some time ago, but because of the urgency of time, he did not have time to send troops to Caozhou. But now it is ready to attack Caozhou at any time. At the same time, he also congratulated Li Jing on his victory in the letter, and congratulated Li Jing on accepting Li Rang and other five good apprentices, and congratulated him on his marriage to Zhang Rui. At the same time, he sent two rich gifts, one to congratulate him on accepting his apprentices, and the other to congratulate him on taking a concubine. Later, he inadvertently mentioned a little misunderstanding between him and Li Rang in the letter, saying that everything had passed, and he showed a low profile to Li Jing. After reading the letter, Li Jing just smiled. Li Jing doesn't have a good impression of this guy, I heard that this guy is more greedy, and after he took office, he often dealt with those businessmen who had no hard backing and extorted money.

Especially the last time Songzhou was attacked, he, the marshal, actually saw death and didn't save him, Li Jing was willing to send troops to help him, but he was still unwilling to borrow grain. Such a person, Li Jing shook his head, and there would never be anything big. But since he lowered his posture and Li Jing was unwilling to embarrass him, those things would not be mentioned again.

The envoy from Luoyang came, and the intention was very simple. Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong have already summoned the towns to send troops, Du Xian, the defense envoy of the Eastern Capital of Jidu, Li Zhuo of the Heyang Jiedu, Du Xiancun of the Zhaoyi Jiedu, Cui Anqian of the Zhongwu Jiedu, Mu Renyu of the Xuanwu Jiedu, and Li Chong of the Yicheng Jiedu have all sent troops to assemble in Chenliu, and the six towns have sent a total of 100,000 troops and horses, which can be regarded as a dumping city.

Hearing the news, Li Jing just smiled. The last time the grass thieves attacked, the towns were not moving. Although there are several towns of Zhongwu, Zhaoyi, and Yicheng that have just returned from the Hedong battlefield and need to be supplemented and restored, the towns of Xuanwu and Dugi are completely frightened by the strength of the thief army and dare not send troops alone.

Now when he saw that Li Jing defeated 100,000 grass thieves in one battle, he felt that the grass thieves were all rabble, and he was in a hurry to send troops, so he naturally wanted to grab the credit. Especially Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, who had not seen anyone alive or dead before, but now they went to Bianzhou Chen Liu, obviously to grab the credit.

Ximen Sigong's envoy came on behalf of Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, first to reward Li Jing's great victory, and then to ask Li Jing about the current situation of the Zhenguo army. If the situation of the Zhenguo army is good, he will ask him to enter Yanzhou directly from Songzhou, go around to Yunzhou, and unite with the Taining army in Yanzhou to make Li Xiandu, and the Tianping army in Yuncheng to make Xue Chong join forces, and cut off the retreat of Wang Xianzhi and Huangchao from the east, so as to complete the encirclement and gather and destroy the grass thieves in the Cao and Pu areas.

As soon as he saw this military order, Li Jing couldn't help laughing. Xue Chong of Yuncheng and Li of Yanzhou have already been disabled, and the soldiers in their hands to defend the city are insufficient, so let them go out of the city to intercept the grass thieves, this arrangement seems good on the surface, but Li Jing knows that in fact, this arrangement just doesn't want Li Jing to make meritorious contributions again.

Wang Xianzhi's 100,000 people were defeated, Huangchao only had tens of thousands of people, and now there were 100,000 officers and soldiers in the six towns. Now they deliberately let Li Jing go around to the back, undoubtedly because they didn't want Li Jing to share the credit.

Although Li Jing saw their intentions, he didn't say anything. It seems that he has indeed been in the limelight too much recently, which has caused the joint suppression of all towns. But it doesn't matter, Wang Xianzhi lost very badly last time, it doesn't mean that Huang Chao will be very easy to fight. Although Huang Chao is only Wang Xianzhi's deputy, Li Jing knows that Huang Chao is the most ruthless of the grass thieves.

There are 100,000 horses in the six towns, and it is estimated that at least two-thirds of them are auxiliary soldiers and civilian soldiers, and the real soldiers may be about 30,000 to 40,000 people, and they are also divided into six towns. Can such a rush to the top really win? Li Jing was a little skeptical.

However, that's not what Li Jing needs to worry about, even if he reminds him now, not only will it not work, but it will cause other reactions from the towns, maybe they will think that he, Li Jing, looks down on the towns. In that case, why bother.

Li Jing wrote a letter to Mu Renyu and Ximen Sigong, and said in his reply to Ximen Sigong that the Zhenguo Army would send troops on May 20, and he didn't say much about it. (To be continued......)