The wealth sent

On June 17, the beginning of autumn, Zhe Yanzhi left Luoyang City with his artillery and craftsmen. Wang Ruohai and a group of officials sent him out of the city, and waited until Zhe Yanzhi and his party had gone far before turning back. Zhe Yanzhi and his party walked along the

Go south on the post road.

Two men were sitting under the shed of a wine shop on the roadside of Longmen Town. They were drinking and looking at the scenery on the official road.

Suddenly, the people screamed and fled. After a while, they saw a group of soldiers coming up the official road. Under the flag, the officials on horseback looked majestic, solemn and looking forward to Zixiong. Behind the officials, there were several three-horse carts.

, the thing being pulled was covered by thatch.

Staring at the cart until it was far away, the man picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Another sigh whispered: "Brother, what you are pulling must be artillery. A three-horse cart can pull nearly two thousand kilograms. What else can it be besides cannon?"

The man nodded: "That official is Zhe Yanzhi, a member of the Zhe family in Fuzhou. He is now serving as the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty. When he went to Luoyang, he heard that he wanted artillery. That Wang Xiaolie is also interesting, such a sharp weapon.

, if someone comes to ask for it, he will give it to him. It’s not wrong, we can just stop these people.”

After saying that, the man picked up the wine bottle and poured another bowl of wine.

The wine of the Song Dynasty was packed in jars, and there were also many bottles on the market. In "Water Margin", the wine Wu Song drank before fighting the tiger was called Toupingxiang, which should have been bottled wine. Compared with later generations, the wine of the Song Dynasty

Wine bottles are relatively large, usually one liter or two liters. The style of the bottles is relatively uniform, and they usually have the name of the wine warehouse. Since the wine in most places is government-run, the government will recycle old bottles.

After drinking for a while, when they saw that Zhe Yanzhi and his party were far away, the two men stood up and followed them from a distance.

After passing Longmen, Zhe Yanzhi and his party stopped to rest when they arrived at Pengpo Town. Two men followed behind and checked into an inn next to the post road.

When it got dark, a man left the inn and went to a delicatessen shop on the street to buy two kilograms of cooked beef and a few sesame seed cakes. He returned to the shop, placed the sesame seed cakes and beef on the table, and called the boy to take them.

A bottle of wine was brought and the two of them sat and drank.

After drinking a glass of wine, the man said: "It's strange, why hasn't Mr. He followed up? Could it be that there was an accident?"

Another man said: "No. Mr. He is very smart in his work, how could something happen to him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the boy saying outside the door: "Two guests, there is a Heguan from Luoyang, who is an old friend of the two. I don't know if it is true or not?"

The man stood up immediately, jumped to the door and opened it. He said, "Where is this person? I do have an acquaintance named He."

The waiter said: "I asked the man to wait outside the store and came here to inform me."

When the man saw that the young man had finished speaking, his eyes wandered around. He took out a few copper coins with understanding, handed them to the young man, and said, "Brother, take this to buy wine."

The boy took the copper coins and smiled brightly. He led the man out of the inn, pointed at a person standing under the locust tree outside the door and said, "Isn't that Mr. He?"

When He heard this, he quickly turned around and said to the man: "As expected, it's here! Make it easy for me to find him!"

Saying goodbye to the boy, the two entered the inn. After entering the room, the man hurriedly said: "We just bought some meat, and we are going out to drink."

He sat down outside, picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He also grabbed a piece of meat, threw it into his mouth and chewed it a few times. Then he said: "It can't be wrong. It was Zheyan who left Luoyang City today and returned with the artillery.

Hangzhou. I have inquired clearly. This time there are not only artillery, but also the people who use the cannon, and the craftsmen who cast the cannon. They are all here! This is wealth that has come down from heaven, and we cannot let it go!"

After hearing this, the man rubbed his hands happily and said, "How are you planning to seize them?"

He Yuanwai thought for a while and said: "It is difficult to take action under Wang Xiaolie's rule, so we can only follow them all the way south. If they want to return to Hangzhou, they must take the Yangtze River waterway. Although Zhang Taiwei put down the Kong Yanzhou rebellion in Ezhou, Huang

Gu, Gwangju is still in chaos. As long as you plan carefully, it will not be difficult to seize the artillery!"

The man said: "It will take many days to get to Ezhou. The members are drinking outside."

He Yuanwai nodded, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking several glasses of wine, He Yuanwai said: "From tomorrow on, you two will follow Zheyan. Don't follow too closely, they have a large force.

It doesn't matter if it's only a day or two away. I'll go to Suzhou and arrange the manpower."

The man said: "As a member of the public, please rest assured that we will not ruin things."

Another man said: "I saw artillery on the road today. It is very heavy and requires three horses to pull it. Even if we capture it, it will be difficult to transport it back to the north."

He Yuanwai nodded: "Yes, I think so too. But I heard from people that Zheyan brought not only large artillery, but also some small artillery. We can't take away the big artillery, but the small artillery is not difficult. The most important thing is

, along with the artillery are the gunners and craftsmen. With them, why worry about not being able to make the artillery?"

The two men said yes together.

He's official name was He Ning. He was originally from Yan and served as an official in the Khitan Dynasty. After the Jin people destroyed the Khitan, they surrendered to the Jin army.

It has been nearly two hundred years since Shi Jingtang dedicated the land of Youyan to the Khitan. Not only are there a mixture of Hu and Han people, but the mentality of the general Han people is also different from that of the Central Plains. Many of them have no sense of loyalty to the Central Plains dynasty and are willing to live in the Khitan and the Jin Dynasty.

official.

After the Jin army destroyed the Khitan, the most trusted ones were naturally the Jurchens, the second most trusted were the Yan people, and the third most trusted were the Khitans. In the Jin Dynasty, there were many Yan people serving as officials and some Yan people serving in the army, and most of them were trusted by the Jurchens.

After the First World War in Shaanzhou, the Jin army realized the role of artillery and tried every means to get it. Even the Puppet Qi could not believe this. If the Jurchens had not risen too fast and there were no suitable talents to work as spies in Han, even

The Yan people don't want to use it either.

There was no other way, so the Jin Dynasty had no choice but to use the Yan people. He Yuanwai was originally a strong man of the Jin Dynasty, and he made many military exploits after investing in gold. Because he was shrewd and careful in his work, he was selected by the Jin Dynasty and sent to Wang Xiaolie. The most important task

, just to steal the artillery and go to the Jin Dynasty. However, Wang Xiaolie's defense was too tight and he never had a chance. Zheyan asked for the artillery in Luoyang. He Yuanwai thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and kept an eye on it.

Meng'an is known as Qianhu, but the actual command of the troops is only a few hundred. However, in the Jin army, a few hundred people are already a force that cannot be ignored, which is roughly equivalent to the command of Wang Xiao's hunting army. Let He Ning arrive

In Luoyang, the Jin army made great efforts.

He Ning selected seven people and followed him to Luoyang. They were only said to be merchants who trafficked northern pearls, and they always acted cautiously. Although Wang Xiaolie sent people to monitor people coming from the north, He Ning and others had always been honest.

There are no flaws in doing business.
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