"Puff puff puff..." After finally closing his mouth, Ling Qingyu quickly spit out the sand.
"The head of the house." A man in front of the group of horses rode a tall, all-black steed, whipped a few times, ran to the front of the carriage, stopped next to the driver's seat in the seat vacated by Han Bian, and took off the wrapping cloth on his head. Next, Meng Su called out with a smile.
"There are so many people? Are you going to rob?" Ling Qingyu pointed at the group of men in gray clothes, but they looked tough, iron-blooded and sand bandits behind him, and said.
"Yes, we are here to rob the master." Meng Su smiled, and then said to Han Bian, "The carriage can't get in, so leave it to us."
"Do you want to walk?" Ling Qingyu asked in a daze.
"Do you mind riding a horse with me?" Meng Su stretched out his hand and asked.
Ling Qingyu's eyes lit up immediately, and just as he was about to nod, he heard Yan San beside him say, "I mind."
Meng Su smiled, beckoned his men to lead several empty horses over, and said, "But third master, do you know the way?"
Yan San was taken aback, seeing Ling Qingyu's eagerness to try, jumped out of the driver's seat, took out a cloak from the carriage, changed the one she was wearing, and said, "Be careful."
"En." Ling Qingyu responded, and then took Meng Su's hand.
With all his strength, Meng Su pulled her onto the horse and sat in front of him, and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Okay." Ling Qingyu nodded. It might as well be that Meng Su had already clamped the horse's belly, and the big black horse rushed out, running forward at a fast speed.
Yan San cursed in a low voice, took the horse, jumped on it, and followed closely behind.
The big guys laughed, someone had already handed over to Han Bian, and the carriage couldn't get up the mountain, so someone had to carry it up.
This place is already deep in the Loess Plateau, with interlaced beams and hills, criss-cross ravines, and rugged trails, making it really difficult to walk.
Meng Su galloped across the ravine on his horse, and the scenery on both sides receded like the wind, Ling Qingyu screamed unconsciously.
"Are you afraid?" Meng Su put one arm around her waist, lowered his head and asked with a smile.
Ling Qingyu firmly grasped the protrusion on the saddle, jumped up, and hurriedly grabbed Meng Su's arm, then slipped his buttocks on the saddle, and quickly grabbed the saddle again. With a tight hug, the body immediately gained strength, and he relaxed, and sighed: "Young man, your sister is old, and she can't stand such a scare."
"Don't worry, I won't let you fall." Meng Su laughed, and then speeded up again.
He leaned forward, his chest pressed tightly against Ling Qingyu's back, and he wrapped his arms around her waist tightly, as if they were both on the back of a horse.
This posture made Ling Qingyu's body sliding left and right immediately fixed, and only then did he really enjoy the pleasure of speed, coupled with the fact that the horse was flying across the mountains, which was exciting and heart-pounding. After slowly adapting, Ling Qingyu I just felt that my chest was emptied all of a sudden, only full of happiness, although I still screamed from time to time, but the voice was already full of joy and joy.
Yan San's equestrian skills were far inferior to Meng Su's, and he was thrown away not long after. Hearing that the voice from the mountain had changed, he smiled and waited for Meng Su's men to come up to lead the way.
Turning around countless valleys, Meng Su slowed down his horse, pointed to the front and said, "Look."
It was a relatively high hill, and a majestic earthen fortress was built on the flat half of the hill, surrounded by tall earth and stone walls, and set up a village gate and a deer village.
"Wow!" Ling Qingyu exclaimed.
"The back of the mountain is our horse farm, the head of the family, do you want to see the iron kite of the Ling family?" Meng Su lowered his head and asked, just as Ling Qingyu also raised his head, his lips brushed her forehead inadvertently.
"Okay!" Ling Qingyu said with bright eyes, not paying attention to this detail at all.
Meng Su felt his heart was about to jump out, he suppressed it, and said, "Let's go and see." He rode his horse around the village and headed for the back mountain.
The iron kite is the trump card cavalry of the Dangxiang people, Li Yuanhao established it with one hand, Li Yuanhao in this world is still as powerful, but what he encountered was not the troops of the Northern Song Dynasty of the Zhao family, so he was still suppressed by the Great Zhou on the front line of Yinchuan, and the founding time also retreated After many years, but now it can be regarded as the founding of the country. This iron kite is the trump card army of Dangxiang Xia, and the captains are all the brave generals at that time. In addition to using it as the guard of the supreme ruler, it is also used as the "front army" for charging. According to records, this cavalry is well-equipped, riding on good horses, heavy armor, impenetrable to spears, and tied together with hooks and cables, even if they die, they will not fall immediately. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will be the first to rush out of the formation, and if the formation is disordered, it will attack it, and the infantry will advance with the cavalry. This cavalry was one of the most ferocious cavalry in the world before the appearance of the Mongolian iron cavalry that traversed the world, and it was also the nightmare of all party enemies.
After knowing the identity of Yang Zhao and the others, Ling Qingyu discussed the iron kite with Yang Zhao and the others. Although Yang Zhao was stationed at Heishui Pass, he also had small-scale fights with the party members a few times, so he probably knew about this cavalry. So at the beginning, Ling Qingyu started to build weapons and armor in Lingjia Village, using this cavalry as an imaginary enemy to build a heavy cavalry of Yang Zhao.
However, when the cavalry team on the vast grassland on the back mountain appeared in front of him, Ling Qingyu was still greatly frightened.
The equipment she gave to Yang Zhao is probably all here. Even the man and the horse are all red battle armor. The spears are like a forest, the armor reflects the cold light, and the evil spirit captures people. The three thousand riders just stand there and give people a look. An absolute sense of oppression.
"I have 3,000 cavalry heavy armor, 2,000 cavalry light armor, and Du Ming's 5,000 cavalry light armor. It was built according to this standard." Meng Su said proudly. The light armor equipment is not yet complete, but Guan Xiao has already started building a forge at the iron mine on East Road, and the coal mine and iron mine have already started construction. It is estimated that the equipment will be delivered one after another in a short time.
Ling Qingyu swallowed her saliva, and asked: "Well, can I ask? What is this going to do?" I thought it was the labor of reclaiming the wasteland, and this cheat is the heavily armed army, okay
"The head of the family, everyone here is only fighting for one person." Meng Su bowed his head and said, if the Wang family wants to fight again, even if I fight to the last person, I can still enter Bianjing.
Ling Qingyu smiled bitterly, I just want to be a businessman, a big businessman who controls the economy, I don't want to rebel!
"Don't worry, the head of the family, we don't do that kind of thing, but if they want to bully you again, they have to think about us cavalry." Sensing her thoughts, Meng Su laughed. Only such a small force is not enough to rebel, but threats are still possible.
A flash of inspiration flashed in Ling Qingyu's head, and he asked, "Then Zhao Jiajun, do you only listen to General Zhao's words?"
"Yes, the troops of the four northern routes are all under the jurisdiction of the Zhao family. The sergeants in the army only know the general of the Zhao family who is leading the army, but not the emperor." Meng Su said.
It's no wonder that Zhao Kuangyin wanted to drink wine to release his military power at the beginning, and then the entire Northern Song Dynasty defending military generals was the same as defending against thieves.
"Besides," Meng Su waved at the neatly lined-up team below, and said, "This is for you to see, so we are fully armed. Usually we are not like this. We are just more aggressive and not easy to mess with frontier people."
With a wave of Meng Su's hand, the team below gradually dispersed, and then the solemn atmosphere turned into a place of laughter.
No one was seen all the way here. It is indeed a hidden place. When you go out, you will be civilians. When you return, you will be soldiers.
"Then what do you eat?" Ling Qingyu asked, this is all training, who will farm the land
"We can already grow corn and millet around here. The harvest last autumn was very good, and we can be completely self-sufficient. Moreover, Mr. Han will transport the grain produced on the reclaimed wasteland to the outside of the mountain, and we will carry it back by ourselves. Mr. Han said that he wants us to guarantee the party-related transactions and private transactions as a reward for us." Meng Su laughed.
"Well, I'm going to cut off the supply of spices in Xiongzhou and Bazhou this year, and add some here." Ling Qingyu nodded.
"Well, let's do it after you finish the transaction." Meng Su said.
"Ah? What are you doing?" Ling Qingyu asked back in surprise.
"Du Ming took a fancy to a horse farm in Yanzhou, and we wanted to snatch it. It's a border area, and we didn't say who it belongs to. Du Ming's cottage is close to it. If we snatch it, as long as the party's army is not overwhelming, we will I can keep it." Seeing Ling Qingyu's face, Meng Su continued: "There are a lot of medicinal materials over there, good sheep are produced, horses can be raised, and salt is produced there." Seeing that Ling Qingyu's face still did not change, he continued: "It's a two-way area over there. Whoever grabs it counts, and Da Zhou can't collect taxes."
This is considered to be taken directly to make private plots? Ling Qingyu was very speechless, sighed, and asked: "Then what if the party members send troops to attack?"
"If there are few of them, kill them. If there are many, we are all cavalry. They can't outrun us. If they enter the territory of Da Zhou, Da Zhou will send troops." Meng Su laughed.
"But if you fight back and forth like this, no one can get anything good? Can't you keep it?" Ling Qingyu asked puzzled.
"They won't come to snatch this piece if they get annoyed. When the time comes, the head of the house will show up and give some money, so it's good to buy it." Meng Su said with bright eyes. Naturally, you will not be allowed to come forward. It was originally the territory of a small clan of Dangxiang, and at the border between the two countries, it is a place where there is no need for Dangxiang to fight at a high price. As long as the clan is driven away , the party item will also be defaulted. If it wasn't for Ling Qingyu's ability to do business, they wouldn't know how to make money after grabbing that place.
That's okay too? Staring at Meng Su, Ling Qingyu said, "No amount of money is as important as your lives. I don't need your lives for resources."
Meng Su smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, the head of the family, we won't mess around. To be honest, the army will get tired if they don't go out to fight often. If we want to maintain a strong morale, we must let them Battles can be fought, and I will not let them die in this small-scale battle."
Ling Qingyu turned her head and looked at Meng Su seriously. In her memory, he seemed to be the boy with big eyes and a round face who often followed Yang Zhao with a smile on his face. Before she noticed, this boy had already grown up. Today's him has sharp edges and corners on his face, his facial features are as shaped as a knife carving, and his big and often moist eyes have also sunk down, sharp and firm, what kind of battle will it take to get such a jade The same young man has been trained to be such a calm, confident and sharp man like a blade.
"Doesn't the head of the family like this kind of Meng Su?" Meng Su asked, feeling a little frustrated after touching his face.
"No! I'm just feeling sorry." Ling Qingyu sighed deliberately, and said, "Why did you become such an outstanding man when I didn't pay attention?" It's really a boy in my family who has just grown up, so I can be a mother feeling!
Meng Su laughed again. At this time, his eyes were moist again, and the familiar expression returned to his face, and he said, "It's good that the head of the family likes it."
"It's useless for me to like it, it's only for the girl to like it. By the way, when I go back this time, there are a few girls who are really nice, they are beautiful and have a good personality, they are not as good as me... ah!" Before finishing speaking, Meng Su had already galloped his horse down the mountain stream, turning Ling Qingyu's words into screams.
"The sheep were killed in the camp today, does the head of the family like to eat it?" Meng Su speeded up and asked against the wind.
"You have a sweetheart!" Ling Qingyu exclaimed unconsciously, just say so, it's too impolite!
"Yes, Meng Su already has a sweetheart, so I don't need to bother the boss." Meng Su replied. It was there many years ago, even before General Yang, but you never cared about it.
When they returned to the cottage from the back mountain, Yan San and the others had already arrived, and the cottage was bustling with activity.
Yan San stretched out his arms to hug Ling Qingyu, and asked, "Have you enjoyed yourself?"
"It's so exciting!" Ling Qingyu nodded. Was also shocked.