Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 18 Leaking the Word

When the weather gets warmer.

Spring is here, and so is the animal's estrus period.

The "Rongcheng soldiers" had just changed into winter clothes. Many soldiers took the money and food they received and went to the Goulan kilns in Rongcheng to spend money. Chen Liang carefully reported this to Liu Ling, who had no choice but to curse: "Go and collect your money An Xin."

Anyway, the money Chen Liang earned had to be handed over to Liu Ling, which was equivalent to the salary being sent out and circulated around, and finally returned to Liu Ling's hands.

His pockets continue to grow.

The smuggling business on the border is also very profitable, but Chen Liang seems to be still smuggling people from the Song Dynasty. He was caught by Liu Ling several times, and finally told Chen Liang directly not to do this.

"This General Liu appears to be ruthless, but in reality he is extremely soft-hearted. He is a good man. If it weren't for him, our family would probably be in trouble."

Chen Liang picked up some food for his son, who just smiled and went back to eating.

"I said, why do you just care about eating?" Chen Liang watched his son working hard, took a sip of wine, and sighed: "Then General Liu is as old as you, and he doesn't have a sister, otherwise."

"Father, you are going too far."

The son finally shook his head and replied:
  "Based on General Liu's temperament, I'm afraid he might not accept your offer of marriage. It's not certain whether he would like our merchant family.

And if a man has a wife, should we marry him off and make him his concubine? "

"Too."

Chen Liang clicked his tongue and suddenly said: "There is some news from the north. I heard that I saw an envoy from the Song Dynasty. I guess we will be either from the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty in the future."

"It's hard to talk about the affairs of this country. It's better to have a full meal first."

The son's rice bowl was empty, and he reached out to continue filling the rice bowl next to him. Chen Liang knocked his hand violently, and he quickly took it back in pain.

"What are you doing?"

"I thought, this is an opportunity."

Chen Liang sighed inwardly when he saw his son still staring at the rice bowl eagerly.

They are all the same age,

Why do you only know how to eat?

"Send your brother to his army."

"younger brother?"

The son was startled when his father said slowly: "You are the eldest son and you have to inherit our family business. As for your brother, I will sacrifice my old face to find a way for him. My son, don't blame me for being partial."

"If you go out to serve as a soldier, you will be lucky to survive any battle. How can Erlang go there?"

The son then thought about it and guessed that Chen Liang had heard some rumors and wanted to catch Liu Ling's way in advance.

But
  "You want him to be General Liu's personal soldier?"

"Correct."

"But fight"

"No one can die in a war." Chen Liang replied. Seeing the eldest son put down the bowl and chopsticks, he hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Then let me go."

By March, the news was well and truly out.

During the peace talks between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the Song people paid an additional one million yuan every year in lieu of taxes, which was included in the annual coins and handed over to the Jin Kingdom. At the same time, the Jin people promised to cede Yanjing and its six prefectures to the country. Song Dynasty.

In addition, in order to maintain the ever-victorious army, the Song Dynasty court promised to move foreign people worth more than 150 guan to the territory of the Jin Kingdom, so that Yanjing and the six states were completely depopulated, which was equivalent to receiving several An empty city.

The Jin people did not cede all the land at once, but first promised to return the three states of Shuo, Wu, and Wei. This was not given immediately.

A letter came from Pharmacist Guo, asking Liu Ling to hand over the affairs at hand and follow him to Beijing to meet with officials.

Tong Guan probably didn't dare to take the credit in the end, and he hid it from most people in the court. The Zhao Guan family really thought that he had "recovered" the land of Yanyun, and praised him lavishly. In addition, Zhao Guan's family also heard about Liu Ling's great achievement in killing the Queen Mother of the Liao people with one arrow. In front of hundreds of officials, they asked to bring Liu Ling into the court, wanting to see with their own eyes "the fierce generals of the Song Dynasty".

"You take care of things here, and I'll go. I'll probably be back in a month or two at most."

Under Liu Ling's gaze, Zhang Wu nodded repeatedly.

Wan Niang and Liu Wan were following the team. Liu Ling was not entirely at ease with Zhang Wu and the others. Anyway, there were only two women in the family, one large and one young. It would be nice to take them to the capital to see the scenery.

In addition, I also brought some gold and silver coins with me, which will be used on the road.

Liu Ling got on his horse, and the carriage behind him followed suit. The group left Rongcheng and waited for a day at Baigou River. When Guo Yaoshi's team arrived, they joined them and headed south to Beijing together.

The envoy from the Song Dynasty was named Zhao Liangsi. He was a native of Liao Dynasty. His original name was Ma Zhi. He was originally named Li Liangsi. Later, because of his merits, he was given the surname "Zhao".

His achievement was to promote the "Sea Alliance" between the Song and Jin Dynasties, and then he was awarded the title of Guanglu Doctor. He was ordered to go out as envoys many times to negotiate with the Jin people.

The team walked and stopped all the way, and at night, they set up camp in the wild.

Zhao Liangsi also specially called Liu Ling over, looked him up and down, and then said with a smile:
  "Although he is young, he is already very powerful. He can be called a young tiger."

"I heard that Your Majesty is always thinking of you. When the time comes, the Emperor will be too far away, but it is possible to choose a good girl from the clan for you."

Zhao Liangsi deliberately stayed close to him and spoke softly.

But Liu Ling shook his head and said with a smile: "I am a lowly general, how dare I have such delusions, let alone already have a family. Zhuojing and I have known each other since we were young, and we don't want to leave."

"Have a family?"

Zhao Liangsi was stunned for a moment and asked, "I'd like to ask one more question, whose girl is she?"

"If I tell the doctor, she has no background. She is from Yanjing and is from a commoner."

"This"

Zhao Liangsi hesitated for a moment, and his words were blocked.

He originally intended to win over Liu Ling, but this guy was as dumb as a green kid and didn't speak softly at all.

After a moment of silence, he could only force a smile and said: "I'm afraid, General, you still have business to attend to, so I won't bother you too much."

"I will say goodbye."

"I won't give it away."

As soon as he lifted the curtain and walked out, he saw Pharmacist Guo not far away. He seemed to be talking to someone. He didn't notice it. Liu Ling immediately walked towards him and bowed.

"I've met Mr. Guo."

"You are here too." As if he had just discovered Liu Ling, Medical Master Guo patted him on the shoulder and said meaningfully:

"I heard that you and General Yang are already familiar with each other?"

The person speaking in front of him was Yang Keshi, who replied: "After the army was defeated, I happened to be waiting at Rongcheng's place. After going back and forth, we got to know each other."

"I see."

The firelight illuminated Yaoshi Guo's face, showing a bit of indifference.

"General Yang, he and I have some private things to say, look."

"it is good."

Yang Keshi gave Liu Ling a "do you know what I mean" look and was confused for a while.

Pharmacist Guo turned to look at Liu Ling, and a smile appeared on the latter's face. Pharmacist Guo looked at him and said in surprise:
  "You're lucky every time.

I heard that the imperial court intends to have you stationed in Zhuozhou. "

(End of this chapter)