Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 507: The spy
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On the southern bank of the Yellow River, among the wheat fields on the plain and the green crops, three short-clothed men are driving their donkeys on their way. Unexpectedly, a group of officials in front of them wearing tubes and soap boots came over and drank them.
There was only one officer in a green robe riding a horse. He pointed at the three men and said, "What did you do?"
"Yueyu!" At present, a big man with a big belly grabbed the donkey and stepped forward to archway: "The grass folks sell rare goods and go back to the village to sell them."
As soon as the officer heard that the man spoke with the accent of Kaifeng Mansion, he didn't even ask where they were from, and said coldly: "Isn't the seller of private salt?"
The big man with a round belly said in horror: "How dare! How dare? Caomin and others are all on duty, earning some hard money, and never commit crimes."
"Search!" The green robe official gave an order.
The big man with a round belly and several others hurriedly told the officials to lighten up. The gang removed the sack on the back of the donkey, drew the knife and cut the rope, untied and checked the contents. After a while, there was some grain, leather goods and other things. An official turned around and clasped his fist and said: "There is only a small bag of salt." The big man with a round belly hurriedly said next to him: "It doesn't reach a catty, that's what we eat. You can't sell salt like this..."
"Go! Go!" the green-robed officer shouted, "It's you people who don't wait to farm and run around at home, you are the easiest to steal chickens and dogs!"
The three men hurriedly picked up the sacks, led the donkey and left. They all had rags tied to their hands, but the inspector didn't pay attention.
When they were far away, a man cursed and said: "Mother, if in those days, I would kill that guy!"
Another man looked at the towering tower in the distance and said: "Li Dutou, Tokyo City is right in front, shall we enter the city?"
Li Dutou was the big man with a round belly, and responded: "There are many officials and soldiers in Tokyo, so I am afraid that they will be exposed. Those of us who practice archery have different left and right hands. They are experienced. You can recognize the old soldiers. There are some streets and lanes in the suburbs, and people living in the city. These places are mixed with dragons and dragons. Let's find a house there first. According to the prisoner's confession provided by the Northern Han, the place where the armor was made In the southern suburbs."
"I do have friends in the southern suburbs," the person next to him said.
Li Dutou said: "Don't contact anyone first, let's be careful now in our identities, knowing people, knowing the face and not knowing the heart."
A group of people came to the outside of Tokyo. There are many cities here. The government has renovated and governed these places where they lived. The main streets of the north and south are still clean, but the alleys inside the neighborhood are unsightly. Many broken houses. The three of them found a remote, ruined house and paid to rent it.
The next day they searched for a donkey and went to a market south of Bianshui. The market was very prosperous and the houses were well-built. They looked more spacious and tidy than the streets next to the Tokyo city wall. Li Dutou wandered around on the dirt roads and alleys. This market only appeared in the last two years, mainly because there are many artisans and helpers in the Bianshui River. The artisans are rich, so Various shops, vendors and pawns all came here; many craftsmen with family members also lived here because the Jiafangfang was very noisy.
Li Du's head turned around, and he found that all the houses were newly built and the roads were all dirt roads. There were only a few simple fences around the town. An archway was built at the entrance of the road, and there was no gate.
Together, they bought some things in the nearby town, got a cart, and put the donkey they brought on a cart. He left the town with all the things that were set up in the pancake stall.
When they came to the Jiafangfang, Li Dutou and the others were also taken aback, and saw that the scene was very grand. A wide channel was excavated on the east side of Bianshui, leading the river to the top of a valley in the west, and then the channel and many gates were built horizontally. The water poured down from above, like a series of waterfalls. Up and down the valley, the houses are surrounded by a circle of earth walls, and the huge "ding and ding ding bang" sound inside, which has been constantly stopping. There are horse heads on the diversion river, and all kinds of boats pass by.
The three people reached the entrance of the workshop area along the road, and wanted to pretend to set up a tea stall to see the situation first.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked there, I saw a tea stand there, and the three of them looked at each other suddenly. The time was in the morning. There were no customers at the tea stand, only a middle-aged man sitting there, looking badly at the donkey cart of Li Dutou and others.
Li Du and others drove the donkey to the side of the road, and then went forward and sat down on the wooden bench, and said quietly: "Come and quench your thirst with three bowls of tea."
The man answered, slowly scooped three bowls of tea, and brought one bowl to him. At this time Li Dutou discovered that the stall owner's left sleeve was empty, as if he was disabled.
"Here, look over there." The stall owner smiled and raised his head towards the entrance of the workshop wall. The first class of Li Du and others had already seen soldiers in armor at the gate of the village.
The stall owner smiled and said: "Want to set up a stall here? No, if you are spies, how can you be born?"
When several men and others heard the word spy, their expressions changed slightly. Li Dutou said with a strong smile: "Do you think we are like spies like this? We are all people from the city of Tokyo. I heard that this place is very profitable, so I want to come and have a look."
The stall owner calmly said: "There is a town not far from the south, I want to do business there. Look at where is the stall except me?"
Li Du asked hurriedly: "Brother, how can you do business here?"
The stall owner pointed to his left arm: "I was working in the workshop. One day, I didn't pay much attention to it. A heavy hammer fell on my hands! My life was almost lost. I have a disability. But fortunately, the person from the Jiafang Administration gives me money every month. I can’t do anything and allow me to do a small business here. I am the craftsman inside, so I can naturally be here."
"It turns out that the eldest brother is the one who eats the royal food, and he is disrespectful and disrespectful." Li Du first bowed, "I don't know what eldest brother is?"
"My surname is Lu." Vendor Lu smiled, "You guys, it's better to save some trouble, so don't worry about it. It's not that I don't let you grab business here. Even if I want, the guard will rush. You guys."
Li Du touched his forehead: "We already know what's going on. Even if we don't do business and respect people like Brother Lu, we want to make friends."
"Ha!" Vendor Lu smiled and took a hissing breath, "I didn't understand, what do you mean, brother...say it."
Li Dutou was a little embarrassed and said: "It's true that some of our neighbours planned to do some business in the market, but there are no acquaintances here. It's not that I just came here after being kicked out. ."
Van Master Lu suddenly realized and nodded.
Li Dutou said: "We saw a wine shop in the market. After the stall owner Lu has collected it, how many brothers you and I will go have a drink?"
Stall Master Lu was happy after hearing this, but he was also a good drinker, and he did not refuse.
So Li Du and the others finished their tea, and when they had an appointment, they met under the archway and left first.
When you arrived, a few people met, and stall owner Lu took the things home first and drove them out soon. A few people went straight to the wine shop, asking for wine and food, drinking a few drinks, everyone soon got acquainted with each other, and the four people on the table wanted to worship as brothers immediately.
Li Dutou took the opportunity to talk and asked Mr. Lu what he had done in the workshop before. Vendor Lu patted his chest and said that he was a master craftsman. After he was injured, he couldn't start work without him. He finally found another master craftsman to work. Li Du bowed his head and complimented him. He said that if his brothers could go in and eat the royal food, it would be a good job.
Li Dutou continued to talk, from time to time after persuading to drink, he asked something about how the workshop was made. Vendor Lu said it was like that, except that he was not allowed to talk nonsense, no. Would like to say it in detail.
Stall Master Lu was very drunk, the wine shop was about to close, and three people came out...and one left midway. At this time, there was an extra carriage outside, and Li Du and his classmates put the stall owner Lu, who could not walk, into the carriage and sent him home.
...Stall Master Lu didn't know how he went back. When he woke up, the sky outside was slightly bright. He wanted to turn over, only to find that he was unable to move, sore and painful, and there was still a ball of cloth in his mouth!
He looked around, and suddenly felt something was wrong. The room was dilapidated and dirty. It must not be at home. He widened his eyes, and finally found the man who was sitting next to him napping in a chair.
Hearing the noise, the man opened his eyes to take a look, got up and opened a broken curtain, and gave a deep cry outside. After a while, the man with a round belly came in.
Li Du holds a short knife in his head and sits down. After sitting down, the fingers of his left hand slightly scratched the blade. There is a cold face on his face. Where is the polite smile of yesterday? His voice was cold: "Yesterday, when you went back to the market from the workshop, you went home and left the car; my brother followed, knowing where your home is. You have a son, so tall. Years old, am I right?"
Stall Master Lu widened his eyes.
Li Dutou said: "If you don't listen to me, I will get your son over and stabbed him to death in front of you, do you understand?"
Van Master Lu shook his head in horror, then nodded with a groan.
Li Dutou pulled out the cloth ball from his mouth. Tanzhu Lu immediately pleaded: "I have no grievances with you, this is, this is..."
Li Dutou said: "Don't worry, I want to find someone who can make armor, the kind of armor made in the workshop. You just need to serve us, not only will you be fine, but you will also be prosperous. Brother Li doesn't have to do it yourself. For work, let’s find craftsmen and teach them how to make armor. How?"
Stall Master Lu looked remorseful and cried and said: "I'm damned! Just want to brag, I really don't...I'm a messenger in the workshop, how can the master move things under the hammer? "
After hearing this, Li Du had an angry look on his face, and took a deep breath: "You have been in it for so long, so you can always see it?"
Tan Lu said: "I know something about it. I know how the armor was forged. But there are so many things on the hammer. I don't understand why it can move on its own... …The workshops are also strictly controlled. General craftsmen and handymen can only enter one room; I only work in the forging room. There is also a transmission room next door, which I have never entered. Only the master craftsman of each workshop Only then are you allowed to handle everything..."