Chapter 38: Sun Qing’s Letter

Two Goguryeo local soldiers stood outside and couldn't help but wipe their hands and feet to get the warm. Behind them was a small camp. This camp was a small outpost by the Guli people on the Liao River, with fifty people per post. Their main task was to prevent the Sui army from smuggling across the river. Originally, their mission was to patrol the river, but on such a snowy day, who would be willing to leave Wengrye's camp and patrol the river in the cold wind?

If it weren't for being too scared of the devil-like Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun, the Goguryeo wouldn't even send sentinels. Although the weather is cold now, it's just snowing just now. As long as the ice of Liaohe River cannot bear the weight of the human body, the damn Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun shouldn't have crossed the river, right?

"Swish! Swish!" Two sharp arrows suddenly emerged from the wind and snow, and accurately shot into the throats of two Goguryeo soldiers. Two sounds, the two Goguryeo sentry fell on the snow like two pieces of wood.

One rider, two rider, three rider... There were 19 tight black clothes, and a long black cloak outside. The knights with masks were exposed from the wind and snow. The eighteen riders of Yanyun and their leader Luo Yi crossed the river when the Goguryeo thought they could not cross the river.

"kill!"

The horse's hooves flew, and the snowflakes rose up, and they passed the bodies of two Goguryeo soldiers who had fallen to death on the ground. Nineteen knights dispersed and rushed to the small outpost that knew nothing.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" Before the people arrived, the iron arrows had already flown into the Goguryeo tent.

"Who?" The iron arrow mixed with the sound of the wind, and there was still a alert Goguryeo soldiers who heard it. Just as he finished asking, he immediately screamed: "Ah!"

The screams became increasingly dense. More than a dozen lucky Goguryeo soldiers ran out of the camp. Seeing that there were not many people attacking, they mustered up the courage to rush towards Luo Yi and others, shouting in Goguryeo, "Kill!"

A Goguryeo soldier looked at Luo Yi and others' clothes, recalling the legend before, and became frightened: "It was Yan Yun's Eighteen Cavalry!"

"Run!" This shout completely dispelled the fighting spirit of most of the Goryeo Gu soldiers. Many people turned around and ran towards the horse shed next to them. As long as they stepped on the horse's back, there was still a glimmer of hope of escaping. Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry did not stop if they were dispatched, but they had only fifty people, and even if they were not attacked, they were not against each other.

"Too weak." A warrior of the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun could not help but shake his head. Although these more than ten Goguryeo people could not hurt Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry even if they had the courage to fight, they could not hurt Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry. However, the move of selling their backs directly to Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry obviously saved their horsepower. They just needed to set their bows and shoot arrows on the spot.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" In less than a cup of tea, there was no one standing Goguryeo people in the entire camp. Killing these Goguryeo troops took less time than attacking the Goguryeo villages.

A day later, news of the attack on the checkpoints and villages finally came out. When the Goguryeo soldiers arrived at the first small village, the village had turned into ashes. The remaining more than 100 elderly, weak and weak women and children were not frozen to death by relying on each other's warmth. The Goguryeo officers and soldiers did not immediately look for the whereabouts of the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun. Instead, they gave up many small posts and concentrated their troops to prevent them from being defeated. They also moved all the villages within a hundred miles of the Liaohe River.

By the time the Goguryeo people were ready, Luo Yi had already retreated to the west bank of the Liao River with the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun. Hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers and strong men had turned into the unjust souls under the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun.

Xu Deyan and his move stayed in the inn for more than ten days. Every time he visited the Dongyi Schoolmaster's Mansion, the soldiers guarding the door said one thing: "The General has not come back."

If it weren't for having never met Luo Yi before, and the status of the two was too far apart, Xu Deyan would have suspected that Luo Yi deliberately avoided him.

In the first few days, the five guards from the East Palace cursed and cracked every day. They could not go back without seeing Luo Yi. Later, under the reception of Xu Deyan's daily drinks and dishes, the five guards calmed down. Although the capital was good, they had no freedom here. Moreover, Xu Deyan was generous in spending money. After a while, the five guards felt a little happy.

I was idle, so Xu Deyan had to take everyone to wander around the city. After a few days, he solved the doubts of seeing someone kneeling down at the city wall when he entered the city on the first day. It turned out that there were mostly flat lands on the grassland. The herdsmen believed that there were gods living on every mountain. Many people saw the city for the first time. Dongyi City was built on the mountain, which was magnificent and magnificent. Many herdsmen worshiped Dongyi City as a holy mountain.

At noon that day, Xu Deyan and five guards were wandering around Dongyi City. Suddenly, cheers like tsunamis came from the street. Then many people ran in the same direction, shouting loudly.

Xu Deyan and the five guards looked at each other, and one guard asked blankly: "What happened?"

The other guards shook their heads, their faces were confused. Xu Deyan quickly stopped a person running forward and asked, "What happened? Why do you all run forward?"

The man looked at Xu Deyan in confusion: "The first time I came to Dongyi City?"

Xu Deyan nodded: "Not bad!"

"The general is back. Who can get such cheers except the general?" the man said proudly.

"Is Luo Yi back?" Xu Deyan was stunned and immediately reacted: "Let's go and have a look."

The streets were crowded, as if the entire Dongyi City had arrived here. As soon as Xu Deyan and others squeezed in, a cheer like a tsunami of tsunami came into their ears.

"Long live the eighteen cavalry of Yanyun!"

"Long live General Luo!"

"Long live the eighteen cavalry of Yanyun!"

"Long live General Luo!"

...

Which one is Luo Yi? Looking at the nineteen riders walking over in the middle, Xu Deyan opened his mouth in shock. The nineteen people were covered in black armor, and their faces were still not taken down. They were covered in black cloaks, wearing Hu boots, with daggers on their boots, and a scimitar on their waists, carrying a large bow, and were full of murderous aura. Xu Deyan even felt the strong bloody smell on their bodies.

"What are the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun?" A guard asked curiously.

"Bah, you don't even know the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun." The person asked looked at the East Palace guard with contempt.

"Is it obviously nineteen?"

"Idiot, isn't it just eighteen people if it is less General Luo?"

The East Palace Guard who was scolded was furious and was about to argue, but he saw an angry gaze around him looking at him. The East Palace Guard did not dare to act rashly, so he had to shout with the crowd around him: "Long live the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun!"

This cheer was not calmed until Luo Yi and his subordinates entered the mansion. The people on the street gradually dissipated, only Xu Deyan and the five Eastern Palace guards looked at each other, with an incredible look on their faces.

Jiangnan has always had a tradition of emphasizing literature over military affairs. Xu Deyan naturally also had a little contempt for military men. When he came here, he just held a heart that was to avoid the limelight and repay kindness. He just saw the scene in front of him, but he became curious about Luo Yi. There is no doubt that Luo Yi is the king of this city, a general. What kind of charm does he have to enable him and his subordinates to get such support from everyone in a city?

In the East Palace, Lu Mulin walked into Yang Yong's study with a solemn expression: "Your Highness, Sun Qing's letter, someone has been targeted by the sugar island."

The method of making sugar is no secret now. At least ten merchants across the country know how to make sugar. The price of sugar has dropped from the first time as high as 500 pounds per pound to the current level of ten pounds per pound. However, the profit in the middle is still amazing. Moreover, due to the decrease in prices, the sales of sugar have also increased every year. Sun Qing can still bring tens of thousands of tons of profits to the East Palace every year.

In recent years, the Eastern Palace has gained nearly ten million yuan of funds from the sugar trade. For the sake of the secret of sugar, countless merchants were involved in it and many bloody battles. In the end, Yang Yong ordered Sun Qing to take the initiative to leak the sugar production method, and the pressure on the sugar island was greatly reduced and it has been maintained to this day.

Since the East Palace has a farm of the Agricultural College and a tea farm in Jiangnan, the profit of more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of yuan in sugar per year has been no longer in Yang Yong's eyes. If the thousands of people on the sugar island were not able to find a proper way to resettle, Yang Yong actually intends to give up the sugar island.

The secret of sugar island must not be revealed. If Yang Yong was ruthless in his heart, he could just order the secret guard to kill the people on sugar island. However, Yang Yong really couldn't do such a thing, and sugar island could only be kept.

Although the sugar island produces the best quality, the amount has been reduced year by year. Now there are more than a dozen companies making sugar together, and no one will be interested in the sugar that the company claims to be shipped overseas. However, Sun Qing wrote to him that the sugar island was targeted, and this matter is serious.

Yang Yong took the letter from Lu Mulin. Although the sugar island was isolated overseas, the island did not produce anything except some vegetables. Food, clothing, and sugar-making raw materials had to be purchased from outside, which gave some people an opportunity to take advantage of it. A few days ago, Sun Qing found that someone sneaked into his room to read the account book. But as soon as he caught the person, the man committed suicide by taking medicine and leaving no clues. Sun Qing suspected that there was more than one lurking on the island.
Chapter completed!