Water Margin people

Chapter 204

After dark, Song Jiang finally arrived at the outskirts of Liangshan Town.

"It's so lively!"

Song Jiang couldn't believe his eyes. Liangshan Town, which Sun Lei had just established, was still decorated with lanterns at night, and it was so lively that it was even more lively than Yuncheng County.

"This is Song Yasi, Yuncheng!"

Seeing Song Jiang coming, Zhu Gui greeted him with a smile outside the town.

"It's Song Jiang, I don't know who's next?"

Song Jiang dismounted and clasped his fists and asked, the man in front of him was tall and thin, dressed in silk and satin clothes, he looked like a member of a wealthy family.

"Liangshan Po receives the leader, and the dry land suddenly rules Zhu Gui!"

Zhu Gui smiled and clasped his fists.

"It turned out to be Hulu Zhugui in the dry land, who has been admired for a long time!"

Song Jiang immediately became polite.

"Brother has an order, please Song Yasi have the guts to have a banquet at eight o'clock tonight."

Zhu Gui looked at Song Jiang with a smile and said.

"Eight o'clock? Have a backbone?"

Song Jiang was stunned for a moment, not knowing what it meant, but what surprised him secretly was that Sun Lei knew that he was coming, and asked Zhu Gui to wait outside the town, and the banquet had already been prepared in the town, which made his back feel chills, and he Sun Lei was very clear about his movements.

"It's the banquet at the Backbone Restaurant at three o'clock in the morning."

Zhu Gui explained to Song Jiang that he didn't understand why he said eight o'clock, but Sun Lei said so, so he passed it on.

Walking into Liangshan Town, restaurants and teahouses are still in business, the sound of storytelling and silk bamboo plays is constant, there are even troupes playing shadow puppetry on the street, shouts can be heard in the gambling hall, it is really more lively than the city.

"I don't want this waterside to be so lively, it really opened Song Jiang's eyes!"

Song Jiang pretended to sigh.

"What Song Yasi said is true. There are countless villages and towns in the world, but none of them can compare with Liangshan Town."

Zhu Gui said with a smile, his words were full of pride, he designed and built this Liangshan Town himself, although it is not big, but it is his painstaking effort, every time he sees the prosperity of Liangshan Town, he feels proud.

"This is the backbone restaurant?"

Song Jiang looked at the huge three-story hotel in front of him. This is not a hotel. It is as tall as a city gate tower full of lanterns, but there is indeed a plaque with the words "backbone" on the tall shop door.

"Song Yasi, please!"

Zhu Gui invited Song Jiang to enter the hotel.

"Quite on time!"

Sun Lei looked at Song Jiangdao who came in.

"Sun Dasheng!"

Seeing Sun Lei there, Song Jiang asked with a smile and cupped his hands.

"Song Gongming, why does the timely rain in Yuncheng never come at the right time? This time it's even more extreme. You didn't come until I finished fighting with the Jeju army, and it rained at night. It's all messing around. You should report it earlier! Let me be prepared too."

Sun Lei motioned Song Jiang to sit down, and said slowly, he already knew the purpose of Song Jiang's coming, he thought it would be someone from Jeju, but who knew that Jeju government was frightened, no one dared to come, so Song Jiang from Yuncheng pushed out.

This matter will be easy to handle at once. Song Jiang is a sensible person. Now he is between the rivers and lakes and the government. No matter what he says, whether it is suitable or not, Song Jiang will help him make it right and send it back to Jeju. expertise.

"It's not that Song Jiang didn't want to tell Sun Dasheng. Then Jeju is the state capital, and there is no need to tell Yuncheng about sending troops. Song Jiang is only a magistrate in the county government, so he really doesn't know such secrets."

Song Jiang explained that Jeju dispatched troops in such a hurry this time that he didn't even communicate with the counties below, so he had no way of knowing the movements of the Jeju Xiang army.

"Since this is the case, you can't blame Song Gongming. I don't know what's the reason for the late night visit?"

Sun Lei asked pretending not to know.

"The prefect of Jeju wanted to resolve the misunderstanding with Sun Dasheng. It was not the intention of the prefect of Jeju to attack Liangshan. It was Taiwei Gao who put pressure on him, so he sent troops to conflict with Sun Dasheng."

Song Jiang said the excuse he had thought up long ago. Although it was a bit biased, it was also true. How could the Jeju government send troops to Liangshan without Gao Qi's pressure?

"It turned out to be a misunderstanding? But things have already happened, so it can't be called a misunderstanding. Since the Jeju government appointed Song Gongming to come, did the ransom also come?"

Sun Lei looked at the court paper bag on Song Jiang's waist. Although there are silver notes in this era, they are not widely circulated, and there are strict geographical restrictions, and it is extremely troublesome to exchange, so many people still prefer physical gold and silver.

"Sun Dasheng, can we discuss the ransom, the Jeju government really can't afford it."

Song Jiang shook his head.

"What do you say if you have no money?"

Sun Lei's complexion turned bad immediately, the Jeju government was not sincere at all.

"Sun Dasheng, it's just a waste of food and grass for those Xiang soldiers to stay. It's better to let them go. The Jeju government promises not to send troops to Liangshan again, and the two sides will coexist peacefully!"

Song Jiang looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Peaceful coexistence? Are you telling the truth?"

Sun Lei looked at Song Jiang with squinted eyes. This statement was obviously false. At most, he would not have any conflicts with Liang Shan in the near future.

"The prefect of Jeju has promised!"

Song Jiang said vowedly.

"No, the ransom can't be less! If they don't pay, I will throw a corpse into Jeju City a day, and I can throw more than 1000 people for three years! Let's see who can't bear it first!"

Sun Lei shook his head to express his disapproval.

"Sun Dasheng, why bother?"

Song Jiang's face changed slightly when he heard this, he didn't expect Sun Lei to be such a ruthless person, if it was true that a corpse was thrown into the Jeju mansion every day, it would really shock the world.

"Using money to redeem people, doesn't Song Gongming understand the rules of the world? Don't blame me for tearing up tickets if you don't have money!"

Sun Lei looked at Song Jiang and said, a society must show iron and blood to intimidate its surroundings. If it is so easy to talk, how can this society gain a foothold?

"Sun Dasheng, Song Jiang is willing to go back to persuade Shangguan, hope Sun Dasheng..."

Song Jiang saw that Sun Lei was addicted to money, so he had to compromise.

"Then you go back quickly, and talk about it after you see the money!"

Sun Lei interrupted Song Jiang, and waved Song Jiang to prepare the money.

After Song Jiang left, Sun Lei laughed.

"Brother, how did I act just now?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui next to him and asked.

"My brother is really good at acting. I guess the Jeju government will really think that my brother is a money-hungry person."

Zhu Gui smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Those people like to play tricks, I will let them play, and see who plays who!"

Sun Lei laughed out loud.

Song Dynasty also likes to play power tricks, such as giving the Liao Kingdom New Year's Coins every year. Obviously they won the battle, but they still paid for the war.

I am also greedy now, making the government think that I am just greedy for money, showing a weakness to paralyze them. Of course, this weakness is also true, no one does not love money.

"Are those people honest?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui again and asked.

"I just killed three escaped ones yesterday, hung them on a tree and dried them in the sun. The rest are honest! There are so many strong laborers, and it will take a lot of effort to find them."

Zhu Gui replied that of course Liangshan would not waste food and grass to feed these captives. Now the construction around Liangshan town is being done by those captives, and it is hard to find more than 1000 strong laborers.

(End of this chapter)