Chapter 449 Liangshan Travel

After returning to Wangjiazhuang and enjoying the excitement, Wang Yan directly called the old housekeeper to the study to talk.

"Boss, according to your plan, we have already deployed our manors in various places, and the number of soldiers ranges from 200 to 500. Among them, there are dozens of soldiers returning from Liaodong, and the rest are idlers or retired soldiers recruited in recent years. The standard weapons and armors in various places are enough to arm those soldiers and there are surpluses. There are soldiers near our Wangjiazhuang, as well as soldiers scattered throughout Shandong and Hebei, which can be assembled to about 10,000 people.

With our help, Wu Song has taken command of the entire Jingdong East Road Imperial Guards, and reorganized them according to our training standards. There are also many people we sent there. Wu Song wrote to me last month that he has 27,000 soldiers. There are also more than 10,000 garrisons in Jingdong East Road, which have long been infiltrated by us. The commander did not know We are the ones who are in charge of the lower level. Once there is a change, they will immediately kill the commander.

The deployment in the Northern Army is not easy to change. In this way, within a month, we can mobilize 50,000 troops in Hebei and Shandong. With another month of assembly, we can mobilize countless troops across the country, which will be around 200,000... In addition, food, weapons and other supplies have been stored in various places, enough to supply people and horses along the way. There are support personnel in the inner and outer cities of Bianjing, and even the palace city, and they can be taken at any time.

Boss, I think our preparations are very comprehensive. It is just right that Bianjing is empty at this time, so we can start to act. "

At first, the old guy spoke in a low voice, and he was shaking when he spoke. He was too excited. Whether he succeeds or fails, his old Wang family will go down in history, not to mention that it seems that the chances of success are very high now. Reaching the top is a huge temptation for anyone. As the butler of the old Wang family, he has handled many major events from beginning to end, and promotion is just around the corner. How can he not be excited?

The old housekeeper was talking about the domestic forces. Outside, Lu Zhishen still had nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses. In the end, it was all thanks to Zhao Ji.

There are many factors that prevented military generals from rebelling. The biggest one is the lack of food and supplies in the army. The lifeline of the army is in the hands of the court. No matter how good you are at fighting, it is useless without food and supplies.

Just like the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji created the Jiedushi and gave the local Jiedushi financial power. They can collect taxes to support the army and are actually local emperors. In this way, when the army is strong, it would be strange if there is no chaos.

The Song Dynasty abolished its own military power. Of course, it has absorbed such experience and lessons, and has a very strict grasp of financial power. This is a tacit understanding between the emperor and those civil officials. They are all persistently suppressing military generals, resulting in the low status of soldiers, and whoever scolds them is a thief.

But it is different when it comes to Wang Yan. He is a businessman, and he can still do salt and iron, which are prohibited by the people. There are grain and oil merchants, brocade and cotton cloth shops, and other related shops. At the same time, his main business is to make money and attract money, and he has enough financial resources to deal in bulk commodities. In this way, he can manipulate the mobilization of goods across the country to avoid being discovered by the people sent by Zhao Ji, so as to secretly accumulate his own power. Let him have the resources to support the army and cultivate loyal personnel.

Looking at the excited old housekeeper, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "It's almost time, but forget about it this year. It's the second half of the year now, and it's only a few months away from the New Year. Let's make some preparations and have a good New Year first."

"It's been ten years, boss. How long do we have to wait? The little guys down there are all clamoring and looking forward to it."

"I didn't see them, but you, you're over fifty years old, why are you so impatient?"

"What a big deal. The old servant hates his age. Otherwise, he would have to pick up a knife and go kill people with the young master."

"You, so down-to-earth, have waited for ten years, and what's the point of this?" Wang Yan waved his hand, instructed some things, and wrote a few letters to him. Looking at the old housekeeper who didn't want to leave without a definite letter, he laughed: "No more than a year at the latest, go and do something."

"Hey." After getting the definite answer, Wang Fusheng turned around and left, full of energy. He felt that he could live another ten or twenty years.

Knowing the specific situation and having a rough idea in mind, Wang Yan left the mansion and went out for a walk after a long absence.

Of course, the changes are huge. There are more people, it is more lively, people smile more, and children play more carefree. But in fact, there is no change, except that the industry has expanded a little and the number of employees has increased, which is all caused by this.

Now Yanggu County, without counting Wangjiazhuang, is almost equivalent to the townships that have just become well-off. If Wangjiazhuang, a world-leading industrial group, is included, it should be an economic center city similar to Shanghai.

But to be honest, the price of this economic center city can be regarded as the lowest in the country, even the capital Bianjing cannot compare. This is because the previous bulk commodity distribution center almost concentrates most of the resources in Shandong and Hebei, and the goods from the south also have to be transferred here. With this convenience, the things here are basically not expensive.

Although Yanggu County's labor wages are not the highest, they are still high because Wang Yan set the minimum standards and the county government resolutely implemented them. Even if it is the lowest, these people's wages, combined with their moderate consumption, can make everyone live a very comfortable life. The old are well supported, the young are educated, and everyone in between has work to do. A good person can have a meal of meat in three to five days, and even a bad person can eat in ten and a half months. No one bullied me, no officials exploited me, it was a magical life.

Wang Yan wandered around Wangjiazhuang and Yanggu County for a few days with nothing to do. Out of boredom, he suddenly remembered the incident of Shuibo Liangshan. After all, the people in Liangshan are gone. Isn’t Liangshan ownerless now? I just happen to have some free time, so why not go there and have a look, just treat it as a tourist trip.

I did it as soon as I thought of it, immediately told my family, took a few long followers and rode directly to Yuncheng.

After resting one night at the Yuncheng Inn, we went to Shijie Village to inquire about things the next day.

The wealth and honor of Wang Daguan's people cannot be concealed, and it is quite embarrassing. Although he was just wearing a simple green shirt and the boots he wore didn't look very good, the jade pendant around his waist and the tall, fat horse he was riding on made him look more graceful and elegant. He also brought four strong men behind him. The horses they rode looked like military war horses. They were all dressed in the same neat and powerful clothes. There were scimitars hanging from their waists. The glint in their eyes from time to time showed a fierce murderous intent. , it’s not easy to mess with at first glance. With such a configuration, it would be strange if you couldn’t tell that you are a rich person.

Under the curious and wary eyes of everyone in Shijie Village, Wang Yan jumped off the horse briskly, stroked the horse's big head, and waved his hand to find an old man.

The noble man called him, and although he was scared inside, he did not dare to hide. The old man walked tremblingly in front of Wang Yan, bowed his hands and said, "Young man, I have seen the high official. I wonder why the high official came to our Shijie Village? "

"I want to take a look at Liangshan Mountain. You Shijie villagers make a living by fishing and can sail boats. I want you to send someone to take us to Liangshan Mountain. Then we can find someone on the shore to take care of our horses. This ingot of silver will be enough for us." It’s a reward, please help me arrange it.”

As he spoke, the senior official waved his hand, and the chief behind him casually took out a small ingot or five taels of silver from the money bag at his waist. One tael of silver is a lot of money, and a tael of silver is what an ordinary person earns from a month's labor. These five taels of silver are not small money anymore. They are just for taking care of the horses. You can easily get it by taking people around Liangshan. There is no way, who calls him the richest man in the Song Dynasty? He has to be generous.

He is not taking advantage of others, he is just doing good deeds. After all, this is a lot of money. What an adult can earn in half a year can solve some problems at home. It would be good to buy something new, buy some medicine, or even eat a few hearty meals. Besides, this little money doesn't even count as a hair on Jiu Niu's body, so it doesn't matter.

"The official has found the right person. There are many people in my village who are the leaders of Song Jiang. Now they have returned home to live a good life and are familiar with Liangshan." After taking the money and weighing it, the old man smiled with a big toothy mouth. Happy: "But the one I am most familiar with is Xiao Qi of the Ruan family, who also has the nickname of Living Yama. He was originally the leader of the navy, but because he was confused and wore the emperor's dragon robe, he did not If you can get an official position, that's the ugly man. I'll go find him and take the senior officials there."

Wang Yan was stunned for a moment and looked in the direction of the old man's finger. A man in the crowd came into view. His eyes were protruding, his face was covered with jaundice, and he had a yellow beard on his cheeks. His shirtless bronze body had some spots, but his muscles were smooth and he looked very strong. To sum it up, he is a muscular man with a rough appearance.

It's not that he didn't remember it, but that he subconsciously ignored it. After all, he was a small character. As the old man said, Ruan Xiaoqi was stripped of his official position and demoted to a commoner because he wore Fangla's dragon robe and was supposed to be in charge of the Heavenly Army's capital. He is now honoring his old mother at home.

"Okay, just him. My father-in-law will arrange for someone to take care of our horses. It may take two days before we come back."

"It's easy to talk." The old man nodded repeatedly, then turned around and asked Ruan Xiaoqi to come aside to talk.

After dithering for a while, Ruan Xiaoqi found two more people, walked over to Wang Yan and cupped his hands and said, "Sir, my boat is at the dock. Are we going to Liangshan now?"

"Let's go."

"Hey, those guys are coming with me." Ruan Xiaoqi walked ahead and took Wang Yan and others to the dock. After getting on the boat, they swayed towards Liangshan.

"I heard that old soldier said that you were originally the leader of the navy in Liangshan?"

Ruan Xiaoqi, who was controlling the direction on the bow of the boat, turned around when he heard the sound, glanced at the senior official sitting on the boat with a smile, turned back and said in a buzzing voice, "It's all in the past."

"Song Jiang is dead, do you know?" Looking at Ruan Xiaoqi who turned around, Wang Yan continued with a smile: "Not only Song Jiang, but also that Li Kui is dead. Wu Yong and Hua Rong were in front of Song Jiang's grave. He hanged himself from a tree in Liao'erwa outside the south gate of Chuzhou. Song Jiang chose it because it resembled Liangshan."

He could tell that Ruan Xiaoqi knew that Song Jiang was dead. It's normal to think about it. After all, Song Jiang has been dead for half a year. Ruan Xiaoqi is a retired bandit after all. Although he doesn't ask about Jianghu affairs, he can always get some information because he is in that circle.

"Who is the official? What are you talking about to me?"

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I just heard about this and you happen to be a well-known leader in Liangshan. I just talked to you out of boredom. From the look of you, you don't care much about Song Jiang's death?"

Ruan Xiaoqi didn't reply and rowed the boat silently. He just earns money to lead the way, but he doesn't have the money to chat and relieve boredom with him. He didn't like to talk about the old things either. His two brothers were gone, and the more he talked about it, the more uncomfortable he became.

Hehehe smiled, Wang Yan didn't care, his body rose and fell with the boat, and he looked at the scenery with interest.

In fact, there was not much scenery, because they were now in a patch of reeds, which were so high that they could not see anything. After leaving the river and leaving the reeds, we finally saw the true face of the water park.

The water surface is sparkling, and in the distance are the mountains of Liangshan, which can be regarded as an island in the lake. There are many mountains on the mountain, and there are groups of green trees, which are growing luxuriantly and look pretty good.

Just like that, we rowed in silence for more than half an hour before we arrived at the somewhat dilapidated Liangshan Pier from Shijie Village.

It is normal for Liangshan to be dilapidated, because since Liangshan was recruited, no one here has occupied the mountain as king anymore. In fact, in the past two years, the entire Shandong Province has been swept by the Forbidden Army to severely crack down on the grass bandits who dominate the mountains. Drawing on the advanced experience of Yanggu County, all criminals were sentenced to lenient sentences, but they were forced to serve hard labor in the local area until they died. Therefore, naturally no latecomer would dare to occupy this good place like Liangshan.

Now only some people who fish nearby will take a rest here. There are also some people who open a few acres of land on this mountain and make a living by farming. Liangshan is gone, everyone is very happy.

Walking up the stone steps towards the mountain, we arrived at a scene in Liangshan, Broken Golden Pavilion. This pavilion is located on the edge of a cliff, surrounded by deep valleys and streams on three sides. Twelve stone pillars support a rolling shed-style roof. The four eaves are upturned, and the ridged beasts are lifelike, as if they are about to fly in the sky. Looking out from the pavilion, you can have a panoramic view of the vast water pool at the foot of the mountain and the endless mountains in the distance, giving you a sudden sense of heroism.

The official put his hands behind his back and looked at the scenery on the horizon.

Is Chao Gai looking into the distance here, contented with drinking wine from a large bowl, eating large pieces of meat, and dividing gold and silver on a large scale? Is Song Jiang also looking away from here, looking in the direction of Bianjing, studying how to kill Chao Gai and seize power, and how to recruit people to seek wealth...

Liangshan is a good place. If it were preserved as it is now in modern times, it would definitely be a popular tourist attraction. It seems that due to the invasion of Jin soldiers, the Song Dynasty dug up the Yellow River, causing the Yellow River to change its course, causing the water here to lose its source. It will definitely not happen this time. If there are no major geological changes, after all, he can avoid man-made disasters, but he cannot stop natural disasters.

After seeing Broken Gold Pavilion, under the leadership of Ruan Xiaoqi, we went to another scene in Liangshan, Zhongyi Hall. Wang Yan noticed that Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes were full of ridicule when he looked at the plaque of Zhongyi Hall. It seemed that he knew everything. This place was originally called Juyi Hall...

There is dust everywhere in the large hall. The corners and beams are the fruits of spiders' hard work. There are more than a hundred chairs scattered on the relatively flat ground. The sun shines in through the glass, but there is no warmth in the Zhongyi Hall. , but still a bit eerie. Coupled with the natural trembling of the heart in the quiet and empty environment deep inside, it feels a bit scary. If you happened to hear some horrific stories about what Liangshan people did here, you would definitely be extremely scared.

No wonder there are people living on the land below the mountain, but these things on the mountain are left untouched, not daring to move for fear of offending the ghosts and gods. Of course, the main reason is that I can still make do with it if I don't reach that point, otherwise there won't be many ghosts and gods.

Looking at Wang Yan who shook his head and sighed, Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't hold back and asked again: "Master, who are you? Why are you so interested in Liangshan?"

"It's not that I'm interested, I'm just having fun when I'm bored. As for who I am..." Wang Yan pointed to the wind-dirty glass with a smile: "I made that."

Ruan Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then reacted and clasped his fists: "Ruan Xiaoqi has met General Wang."

Seeing him like this, Wang Yan knew that his reputation was working. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling: "Do you think I'm a sycophant that everyone shouts about?"

"The common people don't dare. The general helped Liangshan, except Gao Qiu. All our brothers will remember it."

"That was Song Jiang playing a trick and trying to get me into the water. If he hadn't been unable to deal with Gao Qiu, based on this alone, you Liangshan should have changed your leadership at that time."

"He always helped us. If it hadn't been for the general's help, we still don't know what kind of harm we would have suffered from Gao Qiu. And brother Lin Chong, he finally got his revenge and he was smiling when he died."

"Regret it?"

Ruan Xiaoqi said nothing, hiding his eyes and looking away.

He didn't insist on saying that he had no regrets. After all the hard work, he got nothing in the end. He was still a commoner who made a living by fishing. Both brothers are dead, and he is the only one left among the three brothers. The old mother cries whenever she has nothing to do, how can she not regret it.

"Come on, take me around again."

Ruan Xiaoqi responded and continued to be an incompetent tour guide without saying a word.

Wang Yan had no intention of paying attention to Ruan Xiaoqi, who was in a bad mood. He was not interested in Ruan Xiaoqi's mental journey. After all, when we were robbing the birthday card, it was not like this. It was so fun to spend the money. Every day, we just had a good time with wine and meat, and we didn’t worry about not being able to make up the money when we gambled. We could just go for the biggest deal, it was exciting.

He knew that Ruan Xiaoqi had not agreed to the recruitment from beginning to end, but he was forced to accept it later. He had never been of the same mind as Song Jiang, let alone He Cheng, who killed Gao Qiu's subordinate Yuhou after he was recruited, but his subordinates killed themselves. Song Jiang pretended to wipe his tears, and Chao Gai died there before. . Maybe he didn't know it when Chao Gai first died, but after so long, he should have studied it and understood it.

Although he didn't do too many things that hurt the world, he chose this day himself. He enjoyed it and suffered the punishment. There's nothing to say. He didn't lack navy men. Ruan Xiaoqi, the navy leader who was sailing a small broken boat and had no culture, was useless and he was too lazy to care about him.

So, he wandered around Liangshan, looked here and there, and then took a boat back to Shijie Village at night. He didn't pay attention to Ruan Xiaoqi, and rode his men on horses and went home...

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