The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 369
However, Mu Xu needed Fang La to help Liangshan contain the main force of the Song army, so he naturally wanted to use his benefits to hang him, and immediately said, "The one who enters Bianliang first is the king, how about it?"

Fang La thought about it for a moment, and felt that her family was numerous and powerful, and that they would occupy all the fertile lands of the Song Dynasty, so the odds of winning were great.And to take a step back, no matter how bad it is, you can draw the river to cure it, and said immediately, "Then it's a deal!"

Zhu Wu saw that the two of them had reached this point, so he spoke for Mu Xu, "The leader hasn't said when your religion will raise troops, just as my village leader said, if our two families want to cooperate successfully, we should decide A definite time is."

Fang La hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Fang Baihua, and seeing his sister nodding slightly, he said half-truthfully, "Although we have a lot of believers on Zhedong Road, we haven't prepared the weapons, money and food for the incident. It will take at least two or three years."

Fang Baihua suddenly said, "I wonder if Master Mu can provide us with some more salt, so that I can save up some money for us to start a fight?"

Mu Xu didn't answer this question, but winked at Zhu Wu, Zhu Wu immediately understood,
"Look at what the girl said, it seems that we have no shortage of soldiers, money and food in Liangshanbo. Girl, don't forget that Shandong has not been in good weather for the past few years. How can it be compared to the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Fang Baihua's mouth froze, and Fang La saw this, so she had no choice but to go off the stage and said, "Sister She means that our two families can exchange what we have, you can sell salt, war horses and other scarce things in the south, and we will use good ones." Cowhide, tendon, iron materials, and grain exchange."

The things in Fang La's mouth were all urgently needed by Liang Shanbo, but Mu Xu didn't want to let him think that he was easy to handle, and immediately said in displeasure, "It's easy to talk about salt, I will give you as much as you can eat. But war horses are not the case, where is there no shortage of horses in the whole Song Dynasty?"

"Hmph, cowhide and tendon can be used to make armor and bows, and iron can be used to make weapons. How can salt be compared with it? If we don't add horses, wouldn't we be at a disadvantage?"

"So what if there are many things, no one in the world does not need to eat salt, if there is salt, there will be silver, and if there is silver, can I not buy the things that your brother said?"

"That's wrong. We can deliver it directly to the door. We have to break through the checkpoints along the way. I don't know how much effort has been saved."

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Seeing that the two of them were fighting each other, Zhu Wu came out to smooth things over and said, "Calm down your anger, we are here today to talk about the cooperation between the two companies, not to quarrel. From Xiaosheng's point of view, how about taking a step back?"

Mu Xu and Fang La didn't speak, Fang Baihua asked, "How about taking a step back and asking sir to speak clearly?"

Zhu Wu raised his fists at Fang La's brother and sister, and replied, "Please also understand our difficulties. Although Liangshanbo is located in the north, because the Liao Kingdom has always restricted the flow of war horses into the Song Dynasty, the whole north cannot buy many war horses.

Furthermore, after the Guijiao has an incident in the future, the first thing to explore is the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where there are many rivers and water networks, and there will not be many horse troops.Therefore, Xiaosheng suggested that we provide your education with one hundred high-quality war horses every year, how about that? "

Fang La shook his head and said, "Too few, we can find a way to buy a hundred horses, at least five hundred."

Mu Xu laughed angrily, "The lord speaks loudly. We are not talking about poor horses. The best war horses are scarce. I have worked hard in Liangshan, and now there are only two thousand horses. I will give you five hundred a year. Then How will I deal with the imperial conquest army in the future?"

"This..." Fang La also knew that this request was too much. He hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Forget it, just two hundred horses, this is my bottom line. And the owner of Muzhai must guarantee that no one will be sent to the south of the Huaihe River to sell your salt."

"This is inconsistent with what we discussed last year. We are talking about the south of the big river, but not including the Huaihe River."

Fang La pondered for a while, thinking that the Huaihe River is the place where the official salt is produced, and he had no idea of ​​sending people there to sell salt, so he said, "Okay, then follow the previous agreement."

After talking about the mutual exchange between the two sides, the two families started arguing about the specific time to send troops, and who should come first. What Fang La meant was to let Mu Xu go up first, and their Manichaeans would respond later, so that they could cut off the Song Dynasty. Taxes in the south of the Yangtze River dealt a heavy blow to Song Ting.

But Mu Xu is not a fool. If he does this, what's the point of him cooperating with Fang La?In addition, in Water Margin, Fang La once sat back and watched Tian Hu and Wang Qing be wiped out, and then raised troops in a hurry. It can be said that he was extremely unwise, and Mu Xu was unwilling to give in no matter what.

In the end, after a lot of bargaining, the two families came up with a compromise, that is, to raise troops together, and then negotiate in advance when the specific time comes.

Mu Xu couldn't trust Fang La, and Fang La naturally couldn't trust Mu Xu either. In order to win the trust of both parties, Fang Baihua came up with an idea, that is, let the two become brothers of the opposite sex and make a blood oath.

Mu Xu thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.So, in the Xunyang Tower, under the witness of Fang Baihua, Zhu Wu, and Fang Jie, the two worshiped Huangtian Houtu, who was about brothers of the opposite sex, and made an oath that if the first one breaks the alliance, he will die the next day. Under a thousand swords.

After narrating the age, Fang La is forty-three this year, so he should be his brother.Mu Xu was twenty-six years old, and he was his younger brother.The two met again as brothers, and Fang Baihua and Fang Jie also solemnly paid respects to Mu Xu as righteous sisters and righteous nephews.

After a lot of tossing and finishing these things, it was time for the golden crow to fall to the west, and everyone had another meal in the Xunyang Tower. When the lights outside were brightly lit, the two sides finally got out of the Xunyang Tower.

"Jiangzhou is not far from the east of Zhejiang Province. Brother, why don't you come and stay with me for a few days, so that you can fulfill your brother's friendship as a landlord."

Facing Fang La's invitation, Mu Xu shook his head and refused, "Thank you for your kindness, brother, I also want to meet the heroes of your religion. However, the imperial army is now conquering Qingfeng Mountain, which is only two hundred miles away from Liangshan. Will you hug grass and beat rabbits, so I have to go back to town as soon as possible, so I can only refuse my brother's proposal."

After that, he bowed to Fang La, then nodded to Fang Baihua and Fang Jie, and said, "The green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever, brother, take care of everything. I hope that one day, we brothers can meet in Bianliang."

Fang La's heart warmed up, and she agreed loudly, "Okay, just like my brother said, we will meet again in Bianliang in the future!"

Mu Xu clasped his fists together, took Zhu Wu and Wu Song and others who were waiting outside, boarded the black-covered boat on the shore, and went to the distance.

When Mu Xu's black-covered boat sailed away, several people came out from the first floor of Xunyang Tower. The middle-aged man who led them came to Fang La and asked, "Sheng Gong, can everything be settled?"

Fang La looked around, saw that there were no outsiders, and replied, "It's about the same as what Brother Wang expected in advance, so Mu Xu only wants to raise troops at the same time as my sect."

This middle-aged man was none other than Wang Yin, Fang La's number one counselor. He stroked his beard and said, "This is expected. This Mu Xu is only about [-] years old, and he can do such a big thing." When things come out, I think it’s not easy to deal with.”

Fang La nodded involuntarily, and asked Wang Yindao, "You just met Mu Xu downstairs, from your point of view, how is this son?"

Wang Yin said solemnly, "This man walks like a dragon and a tiger, with divine light in his eyes, he will be a powerful enemy in the world for our sect in the future."

Fang La laughed and said, "Heroes see the same thing, Bai Hua, you read how Mu Xu was provoked by you, and what poems he wrote, to Brother Wang."

Fang Baihua blushed, and told the truth about what happened, and finally told Wang Yin the song about chrysanthemum.After Wang Yin heard this, he was silent for a long time, and sighed, "This man has great ambitions and courage. When we cooperate with him in the future, we must be careful at all times!"

"Yeah, I don't know this truth. It's just that our holy religion has reached a bottleneck and we have to rely on external forces to accomplish things. If not, I don't want to make an appointment with others to hinder myself."

Speaking of this, Fang La glanced at her sister, and said, "Bai Hua, I brought you here today for another purpose, which is to let you meet Mu Xu in advance. If necessary in the future, I hope you can be a saint." For the sake of the great cause of teaching, you can sacrifice yourself and feed the tiger with your body."

Fang Baihua was stunned for a moment, and did not directly answer this question. Instead, he replied with the teachings of Manichaeism, "The darkness today is only temporary, and the light will come to the earth one day. For the sake of the light, even if you are smashed to pieces!"

Fang La and his party heard the words, all of them showed serious faces, and began to bow their heads and mutter words, scaring passers-by, thinking that they had encountered a group of lunatics, and hurried away away.

After a while, the group returned to normal. Fang La waved his sleeves and said, "Let's go, and after we go back, we will invite all cousins ​​to gather together. Our great cause will begin today!"

(End of this chapter)