In midsummer, the heat is generally hot all over the country, but the north is cooler in the morning and evening. Travelers often walk early and stay late, and find a cool place to rest at noon.

It is naturally no exception in Datong Border Town. There are pedestrians on the road before dawn. The road starts lively in the early morning and morning, and it is deserted at noon. When sunset and dusk, there are more people on the road.

It is said that survival is difficult and the scorching sun is nothing. The reason why I care so much is that people of all kinds of people are afraid of getting infected with an epidemic and can be saved by heatstroke. Not only is the life of their own family, but they may also affect their companions and relatives. Everyone can think about which is more important.

There was no such taboo in previous years. This year, this is because the corpses scattered everywhere have not been cleaned up. The Mongolian army left in the first month, and some of the remaining corpses were burned, killed, looted, and some of them were not restrained. It is okay in spring. When the summer is hot, the corpses rot and the disease begins to grow. It is too late to clean up and burn them later in the government and local governments.

It was too late, but it did not cause a disaster, because all the people in the places where the epidemic was spread were killed and caught. The infected people were often passers-by and later immigrants. On the one hand, there were not many people, but on the other hand, they all died. Later, everyone was vigilant and cared about it, and the spread of the epidemic was controlled.

Although many people died of the epidemic, the government and the local government did not care much. In just one month, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died, and the losses of wealth were all over. What a big deal was the death of a few people due to the epidemic.

"All the way from Shanxi, the everywhere that was plagued by the war was decayed, and the fields on both sides of the official road were deserted. Huairen looked like he could not smell the stench of rotten meat. There were many people who dared to walk on the pipes at noon. When looking at the crops in the fields, it seemed like there had never been a Tartar!"

"When entering Huairen County, Guancha and Minzhuang stopped him to check. There were sheds built on the ground hundreds of steps away from the official road. Have you seen these?"

"......There are talented people in Huairen County! You can use the official and the township heroes together. You mean that the shed is a place for epidemics. It's really amazing. There are so many prefectures and counties in the south of Datong in the north of Shanxi, only this place has done. I don't know who this talented person is..."

"Who else could it be? It was Qin Xiucai who had made salted duck eggs and gathered people and money back then. No, now he is a Qin Juren, but I don't know what he thought. To the outside world, he said that all the plans were made by his adopted son Zhu Da!"

"This hides the clumsiness... Zhu Da, the name sounds familiar."

"Who else can it be? The one who killed someone and was pushed out by Qin Juren to take charge of the village by the river?"

"It's him. Didn't the Zheng Family and the nearby blockbuster have been destroyed by the Tartars?"

These two people talked a lot, but no one was curious about it, because they were surrounded by several riders, and in the caravan, there were more than 20 cattle, horses and carts, more than 50 camels, and nearly 200 men were busy. There were more than 20 strong cavalry guards with light and armor. Whoever dared to provoke such a caravan was afraid of something wrong when they looked at it at one glance.

Either the weather is good, the official road is flat, or the crops on both sides of the road are growing well, and there are many people walking on the official road, and there are many people who are loud and loud.

"...It's such a good year now. Look at the harvest in the fields. Isn't this a good weather?"

"That is, the boundary of Huairen County is neat, and the other fields look like rags, and they don't care about planting them, and they are still fighting for water every day."

"Yes, I don't know where the poor man moved to, and the people who kept fighting and staring at the streets were like bandits, no, they were about the same as Tartars."

In the business that followed the caravan, there were a few people chatting and arguing, and the voices gradually became louder, but the two people in the caravan were attracted by this side.

The one who said "good weather" was refuted by his companion, and he suddenly became anxious and said with a thick neck: "Why is it not good weather? Not to mention that now, Grandpa Shengming has destroyed all evil spirits. In the first month of this year, the Tartars invaded, and the government army won a great victory, cut off nearly two thousand of the Tartars' heads and drove out the 100,000 Tartars army. I heard from my cousin who was on duty that we were in charge of the Ming Dynasty and Jingnan. Grandpa Zhengde fought so well in Yingzhou, so he cut off one head..."

"You killing talent! Speak quietly, be careful that someone will take you by suing him!"

"I'm afraid of a bird, the evil guards in the factory were destroyed by Grandpa Long Live, Master Zhengde..."

Nowadays, there are some knowledge of those who can go out. This person who has a relative who works in office knows more than others. However, he always says that the emperor and the factory guards are too risky. He is happy to speak, but his companions are nervous and quickly stop them.

I noticed that my companion was anxious, and the man stopped talking awkwardly, but he was unavoidable. He raised his voice and replied with a slight increase, "Didn't those who do business in the north have sent back the news, saying that most of the Tartars were fighting each other, and it would be peaceful this year to next year. If their dog bites the dog and hurts their vitality, maybe the north of our Ming Dynasty will be peaceful forever. This is not a good year, it is not a weather or a rain..."

When he said this, he heard someone sneering. Before he could react, he saw his companion wink at him and looked over. He noticed that someone was looking at the caravan alongside him. He noticed that the caravan figures here were smiling disdainfully on their faces. It was thought that the sneer also came from him.

The middle-aged man riding on the horse who sneered was a wealthy middle-aged man. Not to mention the noisy caravan, not to mention the strong armed guard, just talking about the red horse under his crotch and the full complex horse harness, you will know that he has an extraordinary identity and cannot afford to offend him. Maybe he has the identity background of the official family. He was so excited that he was both the emperor and the factory guard. If he fell into the ears of such a luxurious person, he might cause some trouble.

The middle-aged man looked disdainful. A slightly older middle-aged man beside him smiled and shook his head, waved his hands at the three of them, indicating that it was okay, but these three people would not dare to continue talking nonsense, even if they followed him, and just stopped smiling and waiting for the caravan to come over.

The three people on the way stopped and complained to each other, so naturally they could not see the expressions of the two middle-aged men in the caravan. The one who sneered had turned into a sneer, and the one who waved his hand also had a lot of emotion on his face.

"The Tartars did not dare to fight when they came. The Tartars left the gift and left the country. Instead, they made a big victory with two thousand beheaded. This face is probably thicker than the Datong city wall." The man sneered and said.

"Ordinary people have no knowledge. The grassland tribes are not in a fire, they are annexing. Big fish eat small fish. When they are integrated, the north will be in trouble!" Another person sighed a lot.

Having said this, the man who sneered and turned around and asked, "Brother Lu, I heard that these two thousand heads of the Ministry of War have been inspected, only 10% of them are adulterated, and the rest are real Tartars. How did this come about? Could it be that they were bought from the grassland? But such a big business cannot be hidden from anyone?"

"Xiao Wei, you can't come to Datong a few times a year. You don't have much information. The Tartar's head is real, and it was cut down by our Ming people..."

"There are such powerful generals in the Datong Army? Why didn't Jiebao mention it?" The middle-aged man who was called Xiao Wei asked in surprise.

"We have only been together for a day, and some things are known to everyone in Datong. I also think you know. After saying this, you don't know that when the Tatar army headed south, they slammed the grain platform under Huairen City. The night before they evacuated, they were robbed by the Min Zhuang camp in Huairen County. All the food, grass and supplies in the camp were burned, and all the soldiers were killed!"

"How could a grain platform be used to release thousands of people?"

"There were hundreds of cavalrymen entering the camp the day before. I heard that they were going to attack Huairen City the next day, but they even packed up the hundreds of cavalrymen!"

The two of them discussed, and the "Little Wei" had already widened his eyes. Not to mention him, the several horse-riding guards he brought were stunned. They turned their heads regardless of their qualities and listened, and they also looked at the "Brother Lu"'s intimate follower from time to time, hoping to get confirmation from them.

"This... so brave... Could it be that the deputy general of Datong, who was in the city with his personal soldiers, was wrong just now. Datong border army is really..."

"It's the Zhu Da we just mentioned. He led the 300 townsmen out of the city to attack at night, defeating the more with less." The middle-aged man named Lu said leisurely. The shock of "Little Wei" made him feel interesting. Perhaps he deliberately kept it in order to see this "shocking" reaction.

The middle-aged man, who was called "Xiao Wei", was actually not many young, was no longer shocked. He looked unbelievable and moved forward with his mount. After a moment, he calmed down from the shock and asked in a muffled voice: "Why is only Datong aware of this news? No one in Shanxi has ever said that those who do things and work have died?"

"Then Zhu Da didn't say it himself, nor was he allowed to be close to others to promote it. The ground of Datong is full of generals. Who would have said that? If I didn't think it was wrong and sent someone to inquire, I wouldn't have told you this today."

"Brother Lu, you said before that everyone knows..."

"Everyone in Huairen knows it, the generals of the Wu family know it, and no one else knows it, and pretends not to know it. It is right to say it all, and it is not bad to say that no one knows it."

When the two of them said these words, they were full of self-deprecating and sneering, but they were speechless for a moment.

"I went to the new village with Brother Lu last year. I felt that there was such a unique prosperity in the countryside. I didn't expect that there would be destroyed by the Tartars there, but I didn't expect that Zhu Da, who was casually talking about that day, was such a brave man. He dared to have few enemies with only a few enemies, and attacked at night. King Xiang and Guan Zhang, such as ten thousand enemies are just like this!"

Last year, when Lu and Wei visited Hebian New Village together, they still called each other brothers, and this year one of them has become "Little Wei".

"Then Zhu Da is extremely brave, and the real success is the Qinchuan Qin Juren. If it weren't for his business plan, Zhu Da would have done such a big thing!"

"It's really amazing. I have economic plans and military strategies. Could it be the seed of the governors of the six ministries?"

"I just won the Juren, so I'll talk about it when he wins the Golden Palace!"

"No, this time, the generals of Datong, generals, and guerrillas have their own achievements. I guess they are the heads of Huairen County. These are all snatched by Qin Juren and Zhu Da? This group of killing talents is used in it..."

“I bought it.”

"I bought it? The border army is unwilling to meet the Tartars, but they don't care about the gentry and local tyrants in the border town prefecture. Those hundreds of village heroes attacked at night. Could it be that they can still line up to fight in the field to stop?"

There is a saying that "a child holds gold to pass through the bustling market." If he does not have the ability to protect himself, valuable things will bring disaster. Zhu Da's hands have so many Tartar heads are equivalent to the wealth and wealth of this town, and many people covet and covet it. Especially when the Mongolian army invades the border army in vain, these heads are even more needed to cover it up.

In this case, the head of the Tartars is not the same as the wealth and honor of military merits, nor is it any real money or silver, but an ominous thing that causes death.

The border troops are unscrupulous in the border town. They do not defend their country for the sake of preserving their strength or for other reasons, but they can definitely kill and set fire for their own vital interests, disregarding national laws. They also have this ability, and they are the strongest force here.

Not knowing is nothing, and no one dares to speak, but never before. When they face the local tyrants in the county like Qinchuan Zhuda, they will not have any future troubles if they kill and destroy them. So why don’t they take action? In the past, they dare to slaughter good people if they take military merits. For the sake of the real head of the Tartars, what’s there to dare to?

But the reason is this. Qin Juren and Zhu Da are still safe and have managed such a good situation, which makes people puzzled.

There was a surprise attack from hundreds of village warriors at night, but they were all in Datong border towns, and no one could come up with any tricks. The strength and weakness are the winners and losses. From the books, you can judge and infer it clearly. Compared with the 100,000 border troops in Datong and nearly 10,000 servants, a juren in Huairen County and a warrior are insects and ants, but why can this be done?

"Is it the elder's relatives and disciples? Or the Datong families are fighting in internal struggle?" The middle-aged man surnamed Wei frowned and asked a few words.

The "Brother Lu" smiled and said while laughing: "I don't know this. I haven't found out that much. There are only a few people who can really use it here. They all have important responsibilities and don't care about these..."

Having said that, the "Brother Lu" glanced at the front and smiled louder. "Xiao Wei" was surprised. The "Brother Lu" stopped laughing and waved forward, turned around and said, "It's a coincidence that I arranged a shopkeeper on Huairen a month ago. He was waiting in front and let him talk to you!"

"Brother Lu also specially arranged someone to come and stare?"

"It's not intentional, there's really a business to do."

While speaking, the man who was waiting in front was approaching, and he was a slightly fat middle-aged man in his early forties. He looked very kind, but he was riding a horse and waved his hand to greet him. He did a steady job on the saddle, and his mount was calmly dodging pedestrians, cars and horses on the road. This riding technique was not something that could be done ordinary.

"Xiao Wei, this is Wu Xiao, from Jiujiang. I used to put it in a narrow pass, you don't recognize it."

When he was introducing it, Wu Xiao had already approached from the other side of the caravan. A caravan guard stopped him, but someone recognized him and then let him go after saying hello.

"I have met the master and Mr. Wei." Hearing this, he said that he was a servant of "Brother Lu".

"We are all my family, so we don't have to be so polite. Let's talk about Qin Chuan and Zhu Da. How did they deal with the border army? Is there anyone behind it?" The man was curious and asked hurriedly.

When Wu Xiao saw "Brother Lu" nodding, he smiled and agreed, cleared his throat and started to tell.

"...It is said that Master Qin Qin Chuan went up to the city to encourage Zhu Da, so Zhu Da dared to take his family soldiers and village warriors out of the city to attack at night. He brought back hundreds of heads that night. After a day and a night, the Tatar army left. Zhu Da arranged for people to go out of the city to clean up the battlefield. He got a lot of heads back and piled up beside the city wall..."

The person is clear and the story is also well organized. The middle-aged man named Wei listened carefully and focusedly, and he was not worried that the mount was swaying under his crotch. He had his own guards pulling the reins for him and moving slowly with the caravan.

"...Zhu Da's work is different from others, and he always looks fresh. The young man heard that before the Tartar army came, Zhu Da had already made a new look in collecting and selling stolen goods. He dared to ask the government to issue a document saying that the stolen goods are unowned, and then hand them over to the past caravans for sale. If he buys low and sells high, he will have great benefits..."

When Wu Xiao talked about this, both "Brother Lu" and "Little Wei" listened seriously. Even "Brother Lu" probably heard it for the first time. When it comes to "selling stolen goods to make a new look", the two listened to exchange glances, and some were not convinced. When it comes to the government's publication, it must be the work of Qinchuan and Qin Juren. For local gentry, it is too ordinary to use the laws of the government to obtain personal gain, which is not an excellent trick.

"...... The caravan is also a bold person. Taking advantage of the high price of the department store in the twelfth lunar month, he actually went directly to the military hall controlled by General Bian. The goods were sold at a good price. But when the group of goods from the Bianjun saw the way to make money, they immediately rushed up. The caravan was going to the Yang family. The Yang family immediately sent their confidant family to take over the way of selling stolen goods in Huairen's nest with people..."

The Yang family is a newly established general in the border town of Datong. It has been passed down for so long and someone has reached the position of guerrillas. Naturally, many people know the details. When they heard this, the middle-aged man surnamed Wei sneered and said, "Aren't the second son of the Yang family still a sworn brother with Qin Chuan? I thought he was very ambitious that day, but who thought he was just a guy who opened his eyes to the money."

"... The Yang family was originally the generals of Datong Zuowei for generations. They have been moving upwards over the years. How could Qin Chuan and Zhu Da stop it? The old army sent to settle the matter in just a few words. It is said that Qin Chuan and Zhu Da gave up a lot of money, but it was a coincidence that the Tatar army came at this time..."

The shopkeeper Wu Xiao should have spent a lot of time in Huairen County to inquire about the news. He told the story here. Many details were unheard of to the audience. He was so excited that he heard that Zhou Qingyun did not enter the city after being shot, and rushed towards the enemy alone. He sighed.

"......Zhu Da was brave and brave, and his mind was more meticulous than others. When the Tatars brigade left, he immediately sent people to clean the enemy camp and the battlefield. Not only did he bring back his head that he had not had time to cut off, but he also picked up an additional 1,000 people and more than 300 large animals. The Tartars' heads were piled up by the city gate, and the wealth was placed there. They were all seen by the old housekeeper of the Yang family. When the Tatars army really left, they would immediately rush back to report the news..."

"Just put it back like that?"

“No blocking.”

"...After defending the city this time, except for the outside magistrates, everyone in the county was in the same position as Qin Chuan and Zhu Da. At that time, a large gentry family suggested that the Yang family should not be allowed to leave. It is said that several decent old men from the official house and the house went to talk. As a result, Qin Chuan and Zhu Da discussed behind closed doors, they still let the person go, saying that they should follow the rules..."

I couldn't help but say "confused" when I heard that there was still something to say, but now, I could not even care about the heat on both sides of the official road, and listened carefully.

"...After this night attack, Huairen County treated Qin Chuan and Zhu Da as reborn parents, and wanted to make money and do things together, but when the Yang family left, everyone's hearts were cold. Even the caravan parked in the city were much more polite. People were confused for a long time, let alone so many Tartars in their hands, and a big disaster was about to come..."

Everyone can understand this logic and cause and effect. After doing such a big thing, it will be the number one gentry and powerful in the county. Everyone needs to rely on you. You have to set rules for business transactions. If you get a big share, everyone will share the remaining ones. If this tyrant leader wants to do it for a long time, he will naturally not only make profits and be able to protect everyone. He cannot let outside powers plunder and share food, and even lead external expansion to pride elsewhere. This Datong is a place with a lot of powerful people.

If you want to make everyone have no intention and be loyal to everyone, you must not be weak except for the knife. It involves your life and life. No one will do anything for love. So if you take a defeat, you will be confused once and you will be disloyal immediately. Qin Chuan and Zhu Da do such a fool, and everyone will immediately be dissatisfied.

The Tartars have left, so this side is the world of the border generals. If you are not vigilant and do not take precautions, you should look for some bullshit rules. Such a confused person is not worth paying attention to.

There are actually not many people who can understand such rules, but many people can understand them in this caravan...

".........This time the Tartar army came quickly and came fiercely. We passed Taiyuan Prefecture in the south. The Datong border was broken, and the soldiers were broken. Just as we were about to find something to cover it, the Yang family rushed over immediately when they heard that there were so many Tartar heads in Huairen City. Not to mention that his family was guarding the western road, they could not use this head level, and they could also use it for others. Selling silver is a trivial matter, and they would definitely be able to give it a good favor..."
To be continued...