Lord Moyu was forced to open

Bianjing.

royal palace.

"Where is the Champion?"

Zhao Jun asked while handling the memorial in his hand.

Wang Huaien on the side immediately replied:

"According to the news that came back this morning, the champion was less than three hundred miles away from Yumen Pass yesterday. I think he should have arrived at Jinchuan Mansion by now. He can reach Yumen Pass in another day's journey at most."

"Well, how is the military ration supply along the way? Are there any problems? Where is the military ration that they were asked to prepare at Yumen Pass? Don't wait until the army arrives but there is not enough, and let the champion get out of the pass in a hurry."

Zhao Jun continued to ask without raising his head.

Wang Huaien smiled this time and said:

“Your Majesty, please rest assured that all supplies along the way are normal and there are no problems.

The secret guard at Yumen Pass came yesterday with news that Chen Duling, the Northern Bodhisattva at Yumen Pass, had started preparing food and grass half a month ago. As early as five days ago, he had enough food and grass for 10,000 cavalry to leave the country for half a month and enough weapons for several battles. The supplies are all ready.

As soon as the champion arrives at Yumen Pass, he can quickly complete the change of clothes and supplies, and there will be no delay in exiting the pass. "

Zhao Jun finally stopped writing, raised his head and said:

"Just be ready. By the way, have you found any clues about the conspirators who colluded with the Huns?"

In this regard, Wang Huai'en said: "Your Majesty, we secretly inspected all the military forts and cities in Bianjing, and none of the guards were found to be suspected of colluding with the Huns.

However, when the brothers were searching, they accidentally discovered that items from more than a dozen villages that had been plundered by the Huns appeared on the market in Suyun City.

The servant has arranged for people to trace the source of these things. I believe there will be clues soon. "

Zhao Jun's eyes suddenly froze when he heard this!

Are items from looted villages on the market?

Why does this operation look familiar?

Zhao Jun immediately asked: "How is the business situation of Hedong's generation now?"

Wang Huaien was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand why his prince suddenly changed the topic to the local business situation while he was talking.

But since His Majesty has asked, he must answer everything he knows and say everything he says.

After recalling it for a while, he replied: "Since the Huns invaded, the business environment in Hedong can be described as collapse.

But Hedong is also a salt-producing area in the Song Dynasty. Most of the green salt on the market today is produced in Qingtian County in Hedong. Therefore, relying on the first sale of salt, the business environment in Hedong quickly recovered. However, since your majesty, you After the salt and iron industry was re-nationalized and private operations were not allowed, the business environment in Hedong plummeted again, and it has not recovered until recently.

But now eight major merchants have suddenly emerged among the merchants in Hedong, namely the Fan family with Fan Fa as the head, the Wang family with Wang Ku as the head, the Zhan family with Zhan Yu as the head, the Tian family with Tian Lan as the head, and the Zhai family with Tian Lan as the head. The Zhai family is dominated by scholars, the Wang family is headed by Wang Yu, the grain price is headed by Liang Bing, and the Huang family is headed by Huang Fa.

Most of them were originally engaged in animal husbandry, grain industry, iron smelting industry, and medicinal materials industry. Since the imperial court took over the power of salt and iron in the world, their main business has become animal husbandry, grain industry and medicinal materials.

Now they can be regarded as the top eight merchants in Hedong.

It seems that they have been spending a lot of money recently, trying to open up business routes to Guanzhong and southern Hunan, and expand the original business scale. They have spent a lot of money, and they are quite strong. "

"Fan, Wang, Zhan, Wang, Liang, Tian, ​​Zhai, and Huang families!

What a big eight merchant. You were different from those people in the past. "

After muttering in a low voice, Zhao Jun immediately ordered:

"Let the secret guards investigate them. I want to see how they can still have a lot of money to expand their business after losing the most profitable salt and iron industry."

Although he was puzzled, since His Majesty ordered him to do it, Wang Huaien immediately agreed: "Promise!"

Soon the secret guards began to investigate secretly.

At this time, at Yumen Pass, after three days of traveling, ten thousand fine riders finally arrived at Yumen Pass.

As soon as the army arrived, the guard general of Yumen Pass, Zhenbei Bo Chen Duling, had already been waiting in front of the pass.

As soon as he arrived at the city, Huo Qubing heard a voice from far away: "Is the champion Hou Huoqu in front of you sick?" Huo Qubing took a closer look and saw a man in armor standing in front of him, followed by a group of soldiers fighting to suppress the enemy. The young man with the banner of Bei Bo immediately knew that this person should be the guard of Yumen Pass, Zhen Bei Bo Chen Duling.

He immediately grabbed the horse, raised his hand to stop the army, then raised his hand and replied:

"Exactly, may I ask who is Zhenbei Bo Chen Duling in front of you?"

Immediately, Chen Duling's voice sounded loudly with joy:

"That's right! Hahaha, the champion has come a long way and has been tired from traveling all the way. Now that I have arrived at Yumen Pass, I can take a good rest. I am here to greet you. I also ask the champion to follow me into the city!"

He was invited warmly, and Huo Qubing was not a pretentious person, so he immediately replied:

"Then I'll have you in charge of Bei Bole."

Immediately, the army entered the city of Yumen Pass under the guidance of Chen Duling.

After arriving in the city, Huo Qubing dismounted and came to Chen Duling's side. While the two were walking side by side, they began to talk about their escape from seclusion.

Huo Qubing went straight to the point and asked: "Uncle Zhenbei, this time I went to Bing to go out and strangle the Huns under the emperor's order. I wonder if the food and weapons needed by my army are ready?"

Chen Duling immediately patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Champion, everything has been prepared and will be handed over to Champion's men tonight.

The Champion Hou has come here from afar, so he must be tired. I have prepared hot water and food here. We will talk in detail after the Champion Hou washes up! "

Huo Qubing immediately handed over his hand and said, "It's time to work over there!"

"polite!"

……

By the time Huo Qubing finished washing, it was getting late.

The candles had already been lit in Chen Duling's garrison, and the lights inside and outside were brightly lit.

The two of them sat down separately, with roast chicken, fine wine and a few side dishes placed on each table.

Along the way, Huo Qubing was already hungry. In addition, the army had to rest at Yumen Pass for three days to replenish supplies, so he started eating without ceremony.

From time to time, I would take a sip of wine and eat to my heart's content.

After the cups and plates were all messed up on the table, he bowed his hands to Chen Duling in embarrassment and said, "It made Uncle Zhenbei laugh. It's true that he came here in a hurry and didn't eat well, so he was a little unreasonable. "

Chen Duling shook his head and said: "The champion came here as a messenger from the emperor. He worked hard all the way. Now he is just eating. It is not unreasonable. You and I are both sergeants, so this is the true nature of a man."

Champions don’t have to be guests.

The general is afraid of neglecting the champion. Is the champion full? If there is no general, let people continue to serve. "

Chen Duling said that he was about to call someone, but Huo Qubing quickly stopped him.

"That's enough, that's enough. I'm full. There's no need for more."

"That's good!"

Chen Duling smiled with satisfaction.

Now that we've had three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, it's time to get down to business.

Huo Qubing immediately asked: "Zhenbei Bo has been at the border for a long time. Does he know the current situation outside the border?"

Although there was information provided by the Imperial City Division along the way, you still have to ask the local people to know more clearly about specific matters. The more information you know, the more beneficial it will be to the battle.

Huo Qubing will not miss any opportunity to obtain information.

Chen Duling didn't hide it, and after organizing his words, he immediately replied: "Speaking of the grassland outside the pass, there have been great changes in the past two years. Since the last time the champion Hou made a big fuss in the grassland, all the nearby tribes have changed. Internal migration, but recently..."

...(End of chapter)