Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 16 The Golden Messenger

In his opinion, Liu Ling's income was not much. It was enough to cover the military expenses during this period, in addition to recruiting troops.

In addition, gold and silver utensils and various treasures must be selected from them, and when they are free, they must be sent to Yaoshi Guo.

Things are not big here, so Yaoshi Guo sent him out to allow him to recruit troops and expand his power.

But Liu Ling still maintained caution at all times, knowing that his foundation was shallow. Before he was on the line with the Song people, his only supporter at the moment was Yaoshi Guo.

Within half a month, Yang Keshi was indeed good at training troops. The soldiers and horses under Liu Ling all killed people and saw blood. Under his training, they gradually gained the aura of an army with orders and prohibitions.

Moreover, he did not become a hands-off shopkeeper. He sat in the school grounds almost every day and learned from Yang Keshi how to train and use troops.

In the city, Chen Liang quickly took over most of the business, including horse merchants. He also followed his previous agreement and handed over 70% of his income to Liu Ling.

And during this period of time, the peace negotiations between Song and Jin finally came to terms:

The Jin people agreed to cede seven prefectures, including the city of Yanjing, back to the Song Dynasty, but the requirement was that the Liao people in the territory had to move to the Jin Kingdom, while the Han people were left to the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, correspondingly, the ever-victorious army, which was originally the Liao army, was also named and demanded by the Jin people at this moment.

Wanyan Zongbi, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, even proposed to meet the "fierce general in the army" who shot the Liao Queen Mother, and his words were quite fond.

Most people understand that it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Pharmacist Guo has become more and more panicked in the past few days. He knows that if he goes to the Jinren's side, he will probably be deprived of his military power soon. If he is lucky, maybe Can have an official position to provide for retirement.

As for the Song people, he had already heard from the Song envoy and knew that he would receive relatively good treatment after surrendering to the Song Dynasty, and his independence could even be guaranteed.

But the Jin people were so resolute that Guo Yaoshi was a little suspicious, so he had to run to the Song people all day long. He only responded with a message to the rare utensils sent by Liu Ling, saying that he understood.

But then, 200 pairs of armor were secretly sent to Rongcheng. Pharmacist Guo ordered Liu Ling to continue doing what he had done before, and made it clear that there was no need to send him anything more.

This is not necessarily a good thing.

It was already the fifth year of Xuanhe. The spring breeze in February was like scissors, but it still hurt people's faces. The weather was still cold. The wife covered Liu Ling's hands in her arms, warmed his hands with her body temperature, and said distressedly: "Why are you doing this?" We have to do things every day, is there so much military work?"

"I have to get to know the sergeants in the army and let them know who is their commander and who gives them rewards and pay every day. No one else can do these things for me."

"Oh."

The wife nodded as if she understood, and said a little disappointedly: "You go to the school during the day, and when you come back at night, you just teach Wan'er how to read and calligraphy, and I don't see you again."

Halfway through the conversation, the couple basically understood each other's meaning. Liu Ling knew that he had been busy and ignored her. In addition, in recent days, Chen Liang had a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days. The banquets were all beautiful maids and evening mothers. This is jealousy.

He smiled and hugged his wife, burying his face in her arms. The bride's pretty face was slightly red, but she still adjusted her position to make Liu Ling lie down more comfortably.

Liu Ling sighed, and the hot air blew into the skirt of the bride's clothes, which made her feel a little itchy. She listened to Liu Ling whisper:
  "We are still not stable now. We don't have enough soldiers and horses, our status is not high, and we don't have enough money and food. Alas,"

Wan Niang listened silently and gently stroked his head, as if comforting a child.

"You know, I went to the Chen family a few days ago, and they were getting married. It was quite a scene. When you married me, we were both orphans. At that time, we just invited the neighbors over for a wedding drink, and so on. When I get rich in the future, I will marry you again."

"Jing will coax me,"

The late wife scolded him, pushed him away from her arms, changed her position and nestled against his chest, saying softly: "I don't want anything, as long as you are fine."

"Sure enough, he is a good man!" The big man in front of him, whose face was obviously that of a foreigner, seemed to see some rare treasure when he saw Liu Ling. From time to time, he would pick up his arm, squeeze it, rub it, as if he were selecting an animal. of.

Seeing the hint of displeasure in Liu Ling's eyes, the big man came to his senses and said sheepishly in Liao dialect:

"I'm so sorry. I'm so rough and straight, so don't be offended."

"The messenger was joking."

Liu Ling glanced outside calmly. Zhang Wu and several soldiers were outside, with swords on their waists.

Seeing them here, Liu Ling felt more at ease, and bowed to the big man.

"Liu Ling, the last general, has met the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin."

The Jin man in front of him, who claimed to be Ba Lisu, was the Jin man's envoy. He was responsible for going to the Song Dynasty to negotiate with Tong Guan first.

But judging from his rude and bold appearance, someone else should be negotiating.

Liu Ling warned himself in his heart not to judge people by their appearance, but the other person's appearance was really no different from that of a naive person.

"I would also like to invite the envoy to take a seat. There is good tea here. I have ordered people to prepare a banquet. I will have a few drinks with you later."

Liu Ling was cautious, and when he heard the words Balisu, he guessed that the big man didn't say his full name.

His full name should be Wanyan Balisu, and he was a fierce general in the Jin army.

He purposely passed through Rongcheng this time just to see Liu Ling, the legendary victorious general who killed the Queen Mother of the Liao people with one arrow. Now that he saw it, he felt that his reputation was well-deserved.

This young general does have a strong aura about him.

Ba Lisu immediately laughed and said: "When I passed Zhuozhou City, the generals of your Ever Victorious Army and that Medicine Master Guo saw me. The smiles on their faces were fake, or they were tense. Dare to speak,

Only when I see you, Brother Liu, am I as friendly as if I were meeting my own brother.

Okay, I'll have a few drinks with you later. As for you, you want to tell me about the incident where Yanjing shot the Queen Mother! "

Liu Ling nodded. He had no ill feelings toward this bold and bold man, but he was always wary of him.

He is a Han and the other party is a Jin. This origin cannot be resolved in a few words.

It's just that the Jin people and the Liao people have a deadly feud. Liu Ling was lucky enough to shoot the Queen Mother Xiao, but now he has a good impression on the Jin people.

Drinks and dishes began to be served one after another.

On weekdays, Liu Ling never failed to satisfy his appetite, but he never had such a good meal. Most of the chefs in Rongcheng cooked Liao cuisine. Liu Ling used chopsticks, but he could just grab it with his hands, and he had a mouth full of food. It's all oil.

The two parties talked and laughed for a while. Ba Lisu picked up the clean cloth next to him and wiped his mouth. He looked at Liu Ling and suddenly said solemnly:

"Brother Liu, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not."

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