Liu Lin knew from that question that he had no luck today.

To put it bluntly, it doesn’t matter whether the melon is sweet or not... Of course, Liu Lin had just eaten it at noon, so it must be sweet... But the problem is not the melon?

The current situation is that one side wins and the other side loses, and it is a total victory and total defeat. The winner is like Zhang Rong, and the loser is like the melon in the car, allowing anyone to take it. There is an asymmetry between the two sides.

Yes, once the knife maker suspects that you are not sweet, you will not be sweet either, let alone not sweet in the first place!

So, as soon as he thought of this, Liu Lin was quite magnanimous, but he calmly stood up in the muddy water, bowed his hands and saluted, and said to him proudly: "Leader Zhang, I am Liu Lin, the prince of Qi State. I was lucky enough to escape from Liangshan Boshoutantou in the past.

, but Leader Zhang’s attitude of singing in a lonely boat has always been engraved in his mind. Today, he finally fell into the hands of the leader, but he has nothing to say, he just wants to let go of the surrounding followers..."

Hearing this, several attendants wanted to get up, but the surrounding Dongping Mansion soldiers roared and gathered around them early.

In the dim rain, Zhang Rong, who was holding a knife to touch melons, was startled for a moment, and then sneered at him: "It's a blessing that he is a Jinshi who has read a book. He speaks in such a coherent manner, unlike me, who can only sing and make people laugh."

"The fisherman's song... Why is it that for such a poet and calligrapher, he became a gold medalist and became a rebel, making us rough people look down on him?"

Liu Lin, who was dressed in short clothes, didn't hesitate and immediately gave his hand to him seriously: "It's true that the man who paid the gold price is the truth. Zhang Tou leads the world's heroes. He looks down on our father and son and has nothing to say. But I, Liu Lin, the traitor, even though I am dead, can't say anything."

Those who don’t want to be... The leader has been in Liangshan for many years. Don’t you know what the government forces the people to rebel? It was the Zhao family who betrayed the world first. Our father and son rebelled, but they were just thieves of his Zhao family, not

The thief of all men in the world!"

At this point, Liu Lin sneered, pointed at the other person, and shouted: "Brother Zhang, don't you understand? We are on the same road!"

Zhang Rong nodded repeatedly after hearing this, but then quickly shook his head: "Prince Liu is so kind and powerful. If I hadn't been your Jinan neighbor in Liangshanbo, I would have believed you... I'm just asking you, I am Zhang Rong.

No matter how incompetent you are, it is true that the defeat has affected the local people, but you have never deliberately bullied the people of Dongping, right? But your family became the emperor, and there was a large-scale conscription in Jinan and a large-scale raiding in Yanzhou. How many people fled,

We’re almost catching up with the Hebei side, do you really think I’m blind?”

Liu Lin was speechless for a moment, because he knew that what the other party said was the irrefutable truth.

It is said that after the puppet Qi Dynasty was founded and the Liu family ascended the throne, the Liu family and his son considered themselves at odds with Zhao and Song Dynasty. In order to protect themselves, they did their best to respect Confucius and hold imperial examinations;

A living official, while begging for military aid from the Jin people in Hebei, turned around and recruited troops on a large scale, while allowing Kong Yanzhou, Li Cheng and other separatist warlords to act unscrupulously... It is just a Jinan Prefecture, although it is famous in the world

Dafu Prefecture, but after several wars, the population is almost the same as that of Dongping Prefecture. And this time Liu Lin recruited more than 20,000 troops, and his father had more than 10,000 troops in Jinan. They were all recruited in a hurry. Could it be that the burden on the common people is greater than that of Dongping Prefecture?

Zhao Song is young?

Even more than that, there are some things that cannot be seen just from the surface.

For example, Zhang Rong also mobilized more than 20,000 troops in Dongping Prefecture, but a considerable part of his troops were fishermen who had left agricultural production and Hebei refugees who had fled from Hebei;

Although Kong Yanzhou dug three feet deep in Yanzhou, it may be because he was born a rogue. His raids mostly targeted the rich and middle class, and rarely targeted the poor.

On the contrary, in order to gain the basis of rule, the Liu family and his son treated those powerful scholar-bureaucrats a lot of preferential treatment. However, they needed to prepare a large army to show the value of their existence to the Jin people, but they were destined to extort the people's power from the poor...

In short, there are some things that cannot be explained by reason or words about the suffering of the common people. Although Liu Lin's words are deceptive enough, Zhang Rong cannot stand it, so he stays in Liangshan, bordering Jinan, and he knows it in his heart.

Of course, Liu Lin's behavior this time also failed. He tried again, but failed, but he couldn't help but look frustrated: "Brother Zhang, I have no other intentions. I just ask you not to send me to Tokyo...

…Why don’t you go find my father and exchange me for some large sums of gold, silver, ordnance?”

His vision was getting darker and darker, but he could still see Zhang Rong shaking his head in front of the car as before: "If it had been a month ago, I would have agreed, but to be honest with Prince Liu, this time I am not the same as Yue Taiwei, but I have inherited his legacy."

Even the official family of Zhao Song could not shirk this great favor... If it hadn't been for the royal guards of Guan Zhao's family who had been trying their best to block Li Cheng at Beixinqiao for a long time, I was afraid I would have died under Pingyin City first... Let me tell you

, Since Prince Liu is so graceful, I also treat you sincerely. Let’s go to Tokyo together, and you will inevitably have a good meal in Tokyo!”

When Liu Lin heard this, he knew that he could not change it, but he was a man who wanted to survive even in death and was unwilling to give up easily. Therefore, despite being frustrated, he still had some thoughts in his mind, thinking that Zhang Rong was a separatist rebel and was being hurriedly recruited.

, I can't persuade him today. I might as well try my best to persuade him on the way to find a way out.

Then shut up for now.

Not to mention what Liu Lin was thinking when he was taken down to change clothes. Here Zhang Rong captured Liu Lin, which was regarded as revenge for last year, but he did not show his joy. Not only that, many people around him listened to his own words.

The leaders and generals who were close to the leader who just spoke also had serious expressions on their faces.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and all the troops from Dongping Prefecture and Liangshan Bo did not return to the city. They just used Liu Lin Camp to return to the original Chinese army camp, and then lit torches and prepared melons in the Chinese army tent on the spot.

Fruits are fresh in season, wine and meat are stir-fried to celebrate.

However, when they saw the leaders of the armies that had been swept away from the front returning victoriously, they were all excited at first, but after drinking a few drinks, their expressions gradually became as unswerving as Zhang Rong's.

In fact, many of them are rude and unscrupulous people, so much so that they can talk about whatever comes to mind...

"Brother, are you really going to Tokyo to be recruited?" One person was drunk to the third degree, but suddenly and suddenly started a trouble.

"What else can we do to recruit people?" Zhang Rong's expression did not change when he heard this, or his dark face hardly changed color. "Didn't we accept the recruitment policy the year before last? I became the governor, and you became the commanders and commanders.

, for example, Lao Xiao and his brothers have all become county magistrates."

"That's not what Lao Wu meant."

Another person, smelling of alcohol, spoke frankly, but he sat closer to Zhang Rong, almost only on his left and right hands. He was Zhang Rong's confidant, one of the most knowledgeable ones. "Brother, why should I refuse? The year before last, that big man

The Song official family was only trapped on Huaishang, and the world was in chaos. He used his name to contact the surrounding officers and soldiers, so as to drive away the golden dog by the waterfront. It was an expedient measure to accept the recruitment. But today

, the official family of the Song Dynasty is in Tokyo, and Lieutenant Yue has led the army around to the front of us. If it is slower, he can take Yanzhou, wrap us inside and slowly prepare it; if it is faster, we will be surrounded now.

Given the current situation, what if Lieutenant Yue is a bit evil and just kills us..."

"You guys also know that we are trapped by others?" Zhang Rong, who usually loves to smile, interrupted the other party coldly. "You said it so clearly and in so many ways. Are you trying to persuade me to go to Tokyo, or do you not want me to go?"

"Of course I don't want my brother to go!" Na Youxue said sincerely, but anxious tears came down. "I just want to say that when I go to Tokyo, the fake recruitment will become the real recruitment. At that time, a transfer order will separate our brothers.

There is nothing we can do about it, and neither brother nor we can think about being so wanton and happy!"

"But the situation is like this, so what can we do?" Zhang Rong also sighed after hearing this. "If we really pretend not to understand and insist on not going, if Taiwei Yue receives an imperial edict to suppress us, can we really defend Dongping?

"

"At worst, I'll go back to Liangshan Po!" The first person to speak suddenly threw down his wine bowl, pulled off his clothes, revealing a bunch of black hair on his chest, and went crazy with alcohol in the tent. "Enter the water Pond, go up to Liangshan,

This is our world, except for flying here, who can help us?"

Hearing such drunken talk, many people in the tent frowned slightly, and when Nayou Xuexue heard this, he couldn't help but knock his wine bowl on the table: "Lao Wu, you bastard, you have to say something."

Except for flying here? Don’t you know that Yue Fei is called Fei? If you say this, I’m afraid it will come true!”

There was a roar in the tent and it became more and more chaotic.

One was talking about gods, another was talking about dragon kings, one was drinking, the other was talking about crimes, one was talking about military affairs, and the other was talking about God's will, but the quarrel became more and more unbearable... By the end of the quarrel, the vulgar and arrogant people had already shouted to fight in Tokyo and let my brother

It is the slogan of officials; those who are timid and dissatisfied gradually become impatient and start making sarcastic comments.

Seeing that the fuss was getting more and more outrageous, Zhang Rong couldn't bear it, but he suddenly stood up, kicked the table in front of him, and with a loud crash, he pulled out the knife and thrust it directly into the wet ground in front of him.

.

The tent immediately became quiet, and for a while there was only the sound of rain outside the tent and the constant sound of frogs.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhang Rong was topless and wearing a satin waistcoat. He stood there looking up and looked at him coldly. "Speaking of fighting with the army and Yue Dutong, they are all bastards.

! Ask yourselves from the bottom of your heart, if there is really a chance of winning, why would I want to go to Tokyo? Where will the lives of my brothers be put by such nonsense? If you want to fight, you have the final say, get angry first

I’ll mention it again after it’s settled!”

At least 30% of the people in the tent were stunned for a moment.

"As for those who say weird things, don't think that I, Lao Zhang, don't understand... Aren't you the same as those who abandoned me after a defeat last year? You came out of the water and became the leader of a county and a township.

Officials, once they are ambitious, they are not willing to go back to Shuibo to live a hard life." Zhang Rong continued to scan the tent coldly. "So when I heard that I was going back to Liangshanbo, I felt disgusted! But I, Lao Zhang, saw that you guys were also disgusted!"

There were another 30 to 40% of the people in the tent who were all terrified.

"But I don't blame you." Zhang Rong suddenly sighed. "It's just because you only have this little world, or you only see the happiness of hiding in Liangshan; or you think that once you recruit people, you can honor your ancestors...

But you guys, have you ever thought about my Lao Zhang’s world?”

At this time, even those who were particularly pedantic became cautious and just listened with their ears taut.

"Lao Wu." Zhang Rong pointed at the man who had taken off his clothes before and shouted that he would be beaten to Tokyo to change his official position and said sternly. "You hate the government and the Song Dynasty, don't I remember the hatred? Why did you fall into the grass back then?

It's not like that old monk Zhao Guan's family was transporting southeastern flowers and stones in Tokyo. Many stones, one after another, filled the canal. If the canal was not enough, we took the Surabaya River and transferred to Jishui from Liangshanbo. As a result, Surabaya

The mouth is narrow and the crossing is extremely slow... Because of those stones, fishing and ferrying were not allowed. For several months, people were starving to death, so they recommended me to become a leader and went to tell the county magistrate.

I didn't meet him, but I met all the people on duty, but they beat me down and sent me to prison. Everyone was angry, so they robbed the prison, saved me, killed the officials and rebelled, and then I was sent to prison.

Liangshan! If you, the fifth one, keep saying you won’t forget this kind of thing, can I forget it?”

The old man's face was dark and red, and he hesitated to speak, so he could only lower his head.

"But what I am better than you, and what I am better than these people who forget their origins when they become officials, is that I have never forgotten the fundamentals of things." Zhang Rong suddenly became fierce again. "I have remembered from the beginning that what I do is

This big leader of Liangshanbo basically wants to ensure that the surrounding people can fish and plant land, so that some officials will not lose their lives in vain when they exchange countless lives for stones!"

"But..." The old man below finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to interrupt.

"But today, it's not the officials from Tokyo who are preventing the people around Liangshanbo from living in peace, but the Jin people from the north!" Zhang Rong's voice was stern, like a roar. "How come you can't figure it out? Why have you forgotten that south of Shuibo?

, who was the one who used the common people of Jeju as targets to practice archery the year before last? To the east of Shuibo, who was it that slaughtered more than a dozen towns in western Beijing last year? Even if you have never been to western Beijing, so many brothers from Hebei are all golden

People treat Hebei people as livestock and give them to those fierce Anmou Ke as private slaves. Are they all telling lies? Let the Jin people come across the Yellow River and we hide in the water. What will happen to so many folks in Dongping Prefecture?

!You can hide, but I, the big boss and the governor, don’t dare to hide anymore! At this time, what should I do if I don’t go to Tokyo to be recruited?!”

The whole camp was silent.

By the time Zhang Rong shouted a long, illogical speech, he was already hoarse and his veins were exposed, but he was still indignant.
To be continued...