Chapter 52 Trading
Chapter 52 Trading
Qixia Mountain, Black Wind Village.
This place was originally an abandoned camp of officers and soldiers, which was occupied and managed by a group of strong men and became the well-known Black Wind Stronghold in Jiangning Prefecture today.
The leader of the strong men was also a knowledgeable military officer. He built small strongholds at the seven passes leading to the Black Wind Stronghold in Qixia Mountain to guard the important roads. With only dozens or hundreds of people guarding the stronghold, thousands of government troops would have no chance of breaking through.
There are seven such checkpoints. I don’t know how many people will be killed or injured if we try to take them down.
Not to mention Jiangning Prefecture, even Yingtian Prefecture, as the capital of Nanzhili, does not have such financial resources.
Therefore, everyone in Jiangning Prefecture just let it go.
Anyway, since the founding of the country, mountain bandits and river bandits have never ceased.
What’s more, if the imperial power does not go down to the countryside, it cannot go up to the mountains.
The imperial court's assessment of various regions mainly focused on money and grain tax revenue. If there were no problems in this regard, it meant that the rule was stable.
They will only take real action when they can’t collect taxes.
The leader of the Black Wind Village is named Lin, and is known as the "Tower-Bearing Heavenly King" in the underworld.
King Lin has cultivated the Bull Demon's powerful kung fu and has astonishing strength.
In the past, he was also a bully in the village.
Someone built a stone tower on the other side of the river from their village, saying that it could drive away evil spirits from their village.
Upon hearing this, King Lin was indignant, so he snatched the stone tower alone, suppressed the evil spirits in his own village, and drove the evil spirits to the opposite village.
Therefore, he got the name of Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.
This King Lin loved to make friends with heroes. As time went by, his pockets became increasingly tight. Later, he made up his mind and robbed the government silver, and from then on he became the king of the mountain.
In recent years, they have even established a relationship with a powerful person in Yingtian Prefecture and obtained some contraband weapons, making the Black Wind Village even more powerful.
However, since you have received benefits from others, you naturally have to do things for them.
Therefore, they sent a message asking him to rescue Mr. Xu in Jiangning Prefecture, and he sent his most capable henchman Niu Peng down the mountain.
When the appointed day came, King Lin still hadn't seen Niu Peng return. Not long after, a spy from the mountain brought back a man and found out that the Zhao family had been confiscated for treason, and Niu Peng was imprisoned in the government jail.
King Lin then summoned all the leaders to discuss the matter.
"This is Mr. Zhao Bao, the cousin of Captain Zhao of Jiangning Prefecture. Now that the Zhao family is in trouble, he has come to the mountain to seek refuge with me." King Lin first introduced the person brought back to the mountain by the spy.
The incident happened suddenly, and Zhao Bao, the survivor of the Zhao family, must know many things more clearly.
After all, the Zhao family had been doing business in Qingshui County for many years. After Zhao Bao escaped through the dog hole that night, he first hid in a family that had little contact with the Zhao family, but was actually one of the Zhao family's back-up plans. Later, he disguised himself and contacted the spies of Heifengzhai through the previous contact point with Heifengzhai, and then went up the mountain.
He knew more than the spies in Black Wind Village.
The Zhao family's conspiracy to rebel has been treated as an ironclad case by Prefect He. Zhao Bao knows that unless a big shot like the cabinet minister is alerted, this ironclad case cannot be overturned.
And he knew a little about Zhao Xiong.
In fact, Zhao Xiong originally only intended to provide convenience for the religious bandits to start an uprising, and the Zhao family would not take the initiative to participate.
Unexpectedly, the incident happened ahead of time, and the entire Zhao family was implicated.
Therefore, Zhao Bao himself had nothing to do with the religious bandits.
When Zhao Bao explained the matter, he naturally did not mention the matters related to the religious bandits, but focused on Xu Qing's matter. In his opinion, Xu Qing was a sinister and deep-rooted person. Maybe Xu Qing was behind the scenes, deliberately framing him, but he just got it wrong. After listening to Zhao Bao's description and comparing it with the spies in the mountain stronghold, King Lin suddenly interrupted and asked, "Wait, this Xu family scholar is not even fifteen years old."
Zhao Bao was stunned, but he didn't dare to hide it. He stammered, "Indeed, he is only fourteen years old."
Lin Tianwang: "The current Prime Minister passed the exam at the age of twelve, but he was not from Zhili Prefecture, and the exam was a little less difficult than Jiangning Prefecture. I didn't expect that our Jiangning Prefecture would also produce such a talent."
In this era, family, country and the world come together, and family comes before country.
When a celebrity emerges from a particular place, the local people will feel proud of it.
Lin Tianwang then laughed out loud, "I originally thought that this Sanyuan scholar was a nerd, but I didn't expect that, according to Master Zhao, he is quite intelligent. If I can get his help, I don't know how much I can accomplish."
He had already rebelled and had no respect for the imperial court.
Whether it is seeking amnesty or going out to sea to find a larger and more stable base, planning and strategizing are indispensable.
After listening to what Zhao Bao said, isn't Xu Qing exactly the talent he has been looking for?
Zhao Bao got anxious when he heard what Lin Tianwang said. If Xu Qing and Lin Tianwang fell in love, he would still be alive. He said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that this kid from the Xu family is the most treacherous. Before he even took the county exam, he wasn't even a student, but he dared to help his uncle, a yamen runner, to plot against my family. This kind of person has no respect for the king's rules. It's really dangerous for the king to associate with this person."
When King Lin heard Zhao Bao's description, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he clapped his hands and laughed: "Well, well, since he has no respect for the king's law and no hierarchy, I like him even more."
If it was a corrupt scholar who followed the rules and moral principles, he would definitely not be able to invite him.
Zhao Bao became more anxious when he heard this, "Heavenly King, this boy is the top three in the Tongsheng exam, and he is only fourteen years old. He will pass the exam sooner or later, so how can he help you?"
Lin Tianwang sneered at Zhao Bao: "The nobles of Tianjing City still make friends with me, a mountain bandit. Even if he is a juren, so what?" He paused and continued: "This thing of heaven and earth, we are the people of heaven and earth. Your Zhao family has such a large family business, but you act like rats. No wonder it fell into decline in your generation."
As he spoke, there was a sense of fearlessness in his voice.
Just like the modern bull demon.
The other leaders were impressed by King Lin's heroic spirit.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have become a bandit.
Zhao Bao had no choice but to bow his hands and said: "Heavenly King, I cannot get along with the Xu family. Please consider that I tipped you off in the past and arrange a way out for me."
Lin Tianwang nodded: "Since Mr. Zhao wants to leave, I won't keep you. Where do you want to go?"
Zhao Bao: "My family has an old relationship with the eunuch who guards Tianjing. Please find an opportunity for me to meet him."
Lin Tianwang: "Okay."
He immediately ordered someone to send Zhao Bao downstairs to rest.
The next thing to do was to discuss how to rescue Niu Peng.
They are all brothers who have sworn an oath of blood alliance together. If we don’t find a way to save them, it will definitely discourage other brothers.
While they were discussing, a spy who ran a tavern at the foot of the mountain came up the mountain and said that he had a handwritten letter from Niu Peng.
King Lin took the letter from the spy and opened it with everyone else to read. There were crooked words on it. It was indeed Niu Peng's handwriting. It was difficult for others to imitate it, but the content was very literary:
"Now I have one ounce of bezoar. How much is it worth?"
At the end, a small silver-ringed snake was drawn, which looked lifelike.
(End of this chapter)