As the current right minister, the things he deals with are practical, which can be called daily management. Ning Yi and the others had noticed that when they came to visit Qin Siyuan this afternoon, besides them, many people were waiting in the side hall, and many of them were probably high-ranking officials. For Qin Siyuan's side, Ning Yi is now his own person who can be regarded as an aide. Therefore, after talking about Wang Shanyue's affairs, he temporarily handed Ning Yi over to Yao Zunian, Cheng Zhouhai and others to receive them on his behalf, while he first went to deal with the officials visiting outside.
Regarding the manpower and intelligence that the Secret Investigation Division spent on everyone in Liangshan, in fact, what he really knew was the staff around him. Qin Siyuan's control was only about the general direction. After he left, Cheng Zhouhai and the others took the materials in the study, and sat down with Ning Yi, Yao Zunian, and Wen Renbuer in the grape trellis outside the study, and this was the beginning of formal work for Ning Yi. Disclosure.
As for Qin Shaoyu, he couldn't get in on such a relatively formal occasion, and Qin Siyuan was not going to hand over the opportunity of the Secret Investigation Division to that nephew, so he was not called to accompany him right now.
"A few years ago, when Prime Minister Qin didn't recover, the secret investigation division's activities were only in the north, so the mastery of Song Jiang and these people was not enough. Celebrate these people, but if you want to talk about the power to use, you still have to go through the army. To be honest, relying on them to fight a war would be bad luck for eight lifetimes. It’s not that you can’t fight at all. You still have to be mentally prepared first…”
Among the three, Yao Zunian was of a higher rank, and before Wenren Buer, he was in charge of affairs in the south, so it was Cheng Zhouhai, who seemed to speak coldly. At this time, Ning Yi was able to give Ning Yi general information about the vicinity of Liangshan Shuibo, the location and number of Chen Bing, the records of previous expeditions by officers and soldiers, and several maps.
"To be honest, I am afraid that the most detailed information will have to wait for Brother Ning to go to Shandong before we can get it from Junior Brother Wang Shanyue. Right now, we can only have an idea for the time being... Junior Brother Wang's situation. Master Qin should talk to Ning. Brother, did you say it?"
"Well, it seems to say... the temperament is a bit strange?"
"Heh, Brother Ning already knew from the past. He's a bit extreme... After all, there have been major events in the family, but it's not difficult to get along with."
Speaking of Wang Shanyue, the expressions on several people's faces were a bit complicated, not joking smiles. This allowed Ning Yi to temporarily overthrow the idea that the other party was gay. They always say that each other's personalities are extreme, but they are not difficult to get along with. Is it a person who looks like a pseudo-mother but is as upright as Zhang Fei who scolds the enemy all day long? Thinking about it this way, I can't help but feel a little weird.
During the conversation, the servants in the mansion brought cold mung bean soup. When the wind blew through the courtyard, it was quite cool under the grape trellis. Yao Zunian and Cheng Zhouhai shared some anecdotes and anecdotes from various places. Most of them came from the larger gangs of robbers today. Both of them are very knowledgeable people, and they are very knowledgeable, so it is quite interesting to talk about various topics. Ning Yi is drinking mung bean soup and occasionally chatting up, When it comes to understanding the situation in the world, Ning Yi is not as good as them, but he had some understanding when he was with Fang La. And the eyes are there. Occasionally say a few words will not get off the point. Cheng Zhouhai and Yao Zunian already knew what he had done, but they only thought that he was unwilling to talk deeply. Not surprising.
Talking about Liangshan, and then talking about Wang Qing and Tian Hu, Ning Yi's heart moved, but he asked about the situation around Luliang. Yao Zunian shook his head.
"There are not many people, but the place is very bitter. The old man has been there in the early years. There is a garrison near Yanmen Pass, and the situation is better, but if you go to both sides, you don't care about it. The mountains are very dangerous, the ground is not good, and the road is difficult. Okay, Luliang robbers are very fierce. The people there are not fierce and can't survive. Sometimes the Liao people will go to the mountains when they are in the grass, but they are not purely for food. If you find a village and slaughter it, you are a warrior. When fighting, sometimes the fires are burning all over the mountains and fields, and people and animals can't escape... On our side, sometimes we also go to the grassy valley... "
"We're here?" Ning Yi repeated.
Yao Zunian frowned, obviously disapproving: "Well, it's not just the Liao people who play the grass, they come over, we go over, and after the sixteen states of Yanyun were lost, that's how it is. We don't fight each other. But looting the border people is a common practice. I was very disgusted with this back then, but there was no way. The army regarded it as training and raising soldiers... What kind of soldiers can be trained. But killing people and taking their heads is military merit. After killing people, food and food can be robbed. As for women, there is no need to say... Of course, most of these things are aimed at Liao people, herdsmen and the like, which can be regarded as a boost to morale, but people in the Luliang Mountain area are basically returnees. into this category of…”
"Oh, that's right." Ning Yi nodded, as he could probably imagine.
"Well. After all, no one can control that place. There are people, but there are not enough things, so we can only take a knife and grab it. The merchants on both sides walk through Yanmen Pass, and the frontier troops are subject to heavy taxes. I switched to Luliang. As long as it was safe once, it would be a huge profit. The frontier army tried to clear Luliang several times, but it was ineffective. If the merchants walked into the mountains, if they took the oil and water in the hands of the frontier army, Luliang and those people would not give any money. People face, they rob things, and people kill them. If the family members of merchants want to cry, they will only say that the officers and soldiers are ineffective in suppressing the bandits. In the end, no one likes them. I heard that some big merchants will secretly support the border army expedition Suppress Luliang, after one strike, it is impossible for the army to be stationed for a long time. There are fewer bandits in the mountains, and it will be easier for them to pass through Luliang area…”
"Haha." Ning Yi laughed, and the rest of the people under the grape arbor also shook their heads and smiled bitterly. They didn't know whether they thought Ning Yi was heartless or thought he was someone who did big things. However, several people present have indeed done great things, and even if they don't like many things very much, they will not show righteous indignation.
"So when there are not enough shepherds at the border, the army will go to the mountains and find some people to fill the number. There are a few... big businessmen who made their fortunes by walking through Luliang Mountain. They were also robbed and killed by Luliang, and they would be on the army's side. Instigating this kind of thing, the heads of Lu Liangshan can get a share of money from them, and the army took the heads and told the court that this was a crime by the Liao people, which is equivalent to... You can get two copies of the money..."
"Is there no one over there for the Secret Service?"
Yao Zunian shook his head: "The manpower is not enough, and it is meaningless to arrange people there. They are fierce in the local area, but they can't spread to the south. It is the news from the Secret Investigation Division from Liaoning and Jin, mainly They will go to Luliang, not Yanmenguan. The recent information has vaguely seen them mentioning that there is a stockade in the Tonghe Mountains, which is developing rapidly. They do not kill traders, but collect materials in proportion to provide convenience. , it's just that they haven't fully opened up the north-south road..."
Chengzhou Haidao: "I remember that, there is a saying that it will be much more convenient for the north-south connection to follow this road. But... I'm afraid it won't take long. Once they get through the north-south passage, it will be the time of extinction. "
Yao Zunian nodded: "No one would sit back and watch them take such a big piece of meat. In the past, they were scattered in the mountains, and their residence was uncertain. Even if the army was attacked, there was always nowhere to do it. The foundation, others can't hide when they call. This side will break them up, and the Liao people will clean them up when they clean up. Although the Liao people can't take care of themselves now, Tian Hu is now very concerned about this place. It seems that there are some ideas... The border area, after all, is not inhabited by people, that place, it is rare to end well... "
On the chair on the side of the small wooden table, Ning Yi tilted his head, dragged his chin and listened to all this with a smile. He was not thinking about the crisis that the two of them were talking about, but about what Lu Hong mentioned before.
Huanhuaxixi, along the Fen River, gather together to the southeast of Hu Hu Jin. Weeping and weeping at Lu Liangshan, death is no more than Yanmen Pass. This was a poem that he had heard before he knew Lu Hongti. He could probably understand what cruelty looked like, but it was only after Yaozu said this that he could feel it more precisely. In the past, Lu Liangshan mentioned by Lu Hongti, although there is a saying that "people don't live like people", but for her, it is a bit of an understatement. Perhaps for her, because of the habit, Lu Liangshan is not so "unable to survive".
But when Yao Zunian talked about the entanglement of his own interests, Ning Yi could see more clearly what would happen there.
Years ago in Hangzhou, Lu Hongti came all the way to look for him. Ning Yi could have guessed the idea that Lu Hongti might want to bring him back to the mountain to help. But at that time, Ning Yi knew that he couldn't leave, and he actually didn't want to suffer on Mount Luliang, so he made a hint at first, and later, the other party didn't really mention it. Now that he thinks about it, he can feel how urgent the other party's wish for someone to go to the mountain to help.
It's funny how she didn't bring it up until the end.
Although that woman survived in the most cruel environment, is her heart too kind to be deceived...
The concept of leaving with a pamphlet and arresting oneself up the mountain is fundamentally different.
Of course, Ning Yi didn't need to worry about what Yao Zunian and others said at this time. Profits are the starting point of all evils, and Ning Yi is the clearest. In his exhortation to Lu Hong, he once mentioned not to be rash. Lu Hongti's stockade is called Qingmu Village. It will only expand horizontally when it develops to a certain extent. The various villages in the periphery can be controlled as much as possible but not included in the subordinates. As a result, merchants who pass through Luliang Mountain are still life-threatening. Yes, but within the range controlled by Lu Hongti, it became a relatively safe transfer station. After the comparison, some large merchants will only have a good impression of this place.
At this stage, many merchants will even support the development of Qingmu Village, hoping that they can truly open up a safe road to and from Luliang, but this goal will be delayed indefinitely. After collecting materials and assistance, Qingmu Village did everything possible to develop and build, and to strengthen its strength. Perhaps taking advantage of the east wind that Jinliao was at war and Wu Dynasty was also bouncing around, it was possible to struggle to find a way in the cracks. Of course, it must be a difficult process, even many times more difficult than what I thought before.
Ning Yi thought about it, and suddenly felt that if he was free, he should go to Luliang Mountain. I wonder what happened to the heroine with high martial arts skills after returning to Luliang...