Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 87 Eat people soft mouth, short hands

...

In the restaurant opposite the Tokyo Kazhan Store.

Tang Long and Ling Zhen waited for a long time before a young man with a big belly and big ears arrived.

Seeing the young man coming in, Ling Zhen immediately stood up and recommended to Tang Long: "Brother Yi, this is the Liang Zhengshi Liang Yanei I told Brother Yi, my immediate boss, the son of Yinxiang Molefly, and the grandson of Su Dashi. "

It is said that when Su Shi was exiled, he sent his maidservant to a friend of the Liang family, who gave birth to Liang Shicheng in less than a month, so Liang Shicheng called himself "Su Shi's son" and "Su's body".

Liang Shicheng's statement was not denied by the Su family.

It can be regarded as a fact that Liang Shicheng is the son of Su Shi.

However, Liang Shicheng took into account the brotherhood, and even said to the accountant at home: "If Xiao Su's money is less than [-] guan, don't sue me, just pay it."

Su Shi's articles were banned, and all those among the people were destroyed. Liang Shicheng complained to Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, "What's wrong with my ancestors?" After that, Su Shi's articles gradually became popular.

Therefore, Ling Zhencai said that Liang Shicheng's godson was Su Shi's grandson.

Tang Long hurriedly paid his respects and said, "I have long admired the name of the yamen!"

Liang Yanei said impatiently: "I have something to do later, let's get straight to the point. What do you two want me to do?"

Tang Long heard the words: "My master wants to buy a batch of soldiers from the yamen to go back to the courtyard, I wonder if it is possible?"

Hearing that they were buying soldiers, Liang Yanei became interested and asked, "How much?"

Tang Long said the numbers he had thought up before: "Two hundred for iron armor, five hundred for leather armor, and one thousand for paper armor, is it okay?"

Liang Yanei's eyes lit up!
However, Liang Yanei quickly concealed his true emotions and said, "Sit down and talk."

Hearing this, Tang Long asked Liang Yamen to sit down.

After sitting down, Liang Yanei asked, "Who is your master?"

Tang Long said vaguely: "A member of Beijing East and West Road."

Liang Yanei didn't go into the details, but said with a smile: "Jingdong East Road is a good place, there are hundreds of bandits and powerful people there, and there are countless big villages."

When Tang Long heard this, he immediately became alert!

Liang Yanei lowered his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not interested in arresting you, I'm interested in money."

Seeing that Tang Long was still on guard, Liang Yanei shook his head and said, "You're so timid, how can you do something big?"

Tang Long cupped his hands and said, "The yamen, please make it clear."

Liang Ya Nei was too lazy to circle around with Tang Long, and said: "My father has done a lot of merit in supervising Mingtang, and he will soon be appointed as the envoy of Huguo, Zhendong, and Hedong. This Jiazhan army is serving as an envoy. There are still one thousand iron armors, two thousand leather armors, and five thousand paper armors in the Jiazhan storehouse. There are nearly ten thousand long and short weapons. If you can afford the money, I will sell them all to you. ,how?"

"This……"

Liang Yanei said again: "If you buy these armors at the market price, I can also sell you a batch of war horses."

When he said this, Liang Yanei had been watching Tang Long's reaction.

Seeing that Tang Long didn't mean that he couldn't eat so much food, but only doubted the authenticity of this transaction, Liang Ya was overjoyed!
Tang Long thought for a while and said, "How can I take all these things away?"

Liang Yanei said with a smile: "You can hire a boat to leave. As long as you pay a full deposit, I will send the soldiers, including the horses, to the place you specify, and then the money and goods will be settled."

Tang Long said: "Now Kaifeng Mansion is under martial law..."

Liang Yanei smiled "haha" and said: "It's just a few guides, so what's the difficulty, I will try my best to do it... It's just the price, but it can't be cheap."

Naturally, Tang Long couldn't decide on such a big matter.

Tang Long said: "I'll think about the contents of the yamen for a day, and I'll make a decision tomorrow. How about it?"

Liang Yamen also knew that Tang Long, the envoy, could not settle on such a large deal, and said, "Wait for the good news."

After speaking, Liang Yanei left.

After seeing off Liang Yanei, Tang Long and Ling Zhen returned to the restaurant.

After sitting down, Tang Long began to think about the authenticity of what Liang Yanei said...

Ling Zhen stared at Tang Long for a while, and said, "Brother Yi, tell me the truth, who are you?"

Tang Long was startled, then smiled and said: "I am Tang Long, the leopard Tang Long, so he is a blacksmith."

Ling Zhen said: "Brother Yi, stop joking, what is your identity, why did you buy so many armors?"

Tang Long felt that it was almost time for a showdown with Ling Zhen, so he said, "I'm the leader of Shuibo Liangshan who oversees the manufacture of military armor. This time I came to Beijing to recruit craftsmen and buy military armor for the mountain. Help me Those craftsmen of my Gu Qian have all arrived at Liangshanbo by now."

"You hurt me too!" Ling Zhen was shocked and angry!
It turned out that before Tang Long went to Beijing, Li Yan gave him a task - to earn Ling Zhen, the number one gunner in the world, to go up the mountain.

Therefore, as soon as he came to Kaifeng Mansion, Tang Long asked a friend to get to know Ling Zhen.

After that, Tang Long entertained Ling Zhen every now and then, and occasionally took Ling Zhen to the brothel.

Not long after, at Tang Long's suggestion, Ling Zhen and Tang Long married Jinlan.

Tang Long told Ling Zhen that he was the general manager of Lijiazhuang in Jeju Prefecture, and that he came to Beijing this time to recruit craftsmen and soldiers.

At this time, there were many family-style gangs in the Song Dynasty like Zhujiazhuang, Gujiazhuang, Lijiazhuang, and Fengyunzhuang. They had the cover of Baidao identity and good political and business relations. In addition, they also stationed private soldiers.

Since you have private soldiers, you naturally have to buy soldiers.

Ling Zhen, who worked as an errand in Jiazhanku, was no stranger to it.

The gunner of Jiazhanku's deputy envoy is an idler, and Ling Zhen has nothing else to do except setting off salutes on festivals and festivals, so he takes the initiative to help Tang Long recruit craftsmen to buy weapons.

Back and forth, Ling Zhen helped Tang Long recruit dozens of craftsmen by relying on his acquaintances. In addition to Tang Long's own recruiting, the two have sent more than 150 craftsmen to Shuibo Liangshan in the past few months. In addition, Ling Zhen also bought thousands of soldiers for Tang Long, and these soldiers have now returned to Shuibo Liangshan with those craftsmen.

A few days ago, Ling Zhen's old father celebrated his birthday, and Tang Long cast a three-jin golden Buddha for the old man.

Ling Zhen was proud and felt a little guilty, so he brazenly introduced his immediate boss, Liang Yanei, to Tang Long, and wanted to repay Tang Long's favor.

Unexpectedly, Tang Long's appetite is so big that he needs tens of thousands of soldiers!
What kind of Zhuangzi needs so many soldiers?

If it doesn't show that there is something wrong with Tang Long, then Ling Zhen has lived for more than [-] years in vain.

That's why Ling Zhen questioned Tang Long's identity and found out that Tang Long was a bandit in Shuibo Liangshan.

Tang Long said: "I expect that the Liang Yamen will not deal with us in person. One day, even if this transaction is found out, he will not be able to get him. Someone will excuse him. Brother, you are not as powerful as Mr. Liang. Zhao Fu is also the person who is the broker of this big deal. If something happens, he may be killed and punished, and he may even be the head of the Liang Ya Nei... Brother, I don’t think you will do that little official who fired the salute. Why don't you just go up the mountain with your family and eat meat, drink alcohol, and do justice for the heavens..."

……

(End of this chapter)