"Besides selling the stolen goods, I plan to try my luck and see if I can meet a few good men who can bring them back to our village.”
Xu Fengwu looked at everyone and continued,""In the past few days, there have been more and more commoners coming to the village to join us. The number of people is increasing. With just the few of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to manage them.”
"The village needs to develop and expand. Other than increasing the number of people, we also need to find a few capable people.”
Everyone nodded unconsciously. Not to mention the others, Zhu Gui had to manage resources and intelligence. During this period of time, he had a few more white hairs.
Everyone could feel the strain, so they agreed with Xu Fengwu's suggestion.
In fact, other than the above reasons, Xu Fengwu also wanted to go to the two immortal mountains in Jiugong County to pay a visit to Immortal Luo and verify whether there were immortal mantras in this world.
In the original novel, people like Gongsun Sheng and Gao Lian would basically attack in all directions once they cast their spells. No matter how high their martial strength was, it was useless.
If Xu Fengwu's world really had such an immortal mantra, it would be ridiculous.
Xu Fengwu immediately began to make arrangements when he saw that no one had any opinions. This time, he still planned to bring Ruan Xiaoqi, Song Wan, the two brothers Chen Xing and Chen Sheng, as well as twenty vassals from the Xu family and thirty elites from the stronghold.
When everything was ready, Xu Fengwu pretended to be a merchant and quietly left Liangshan with a group of people.
This time, Xu Fengwu first entered Yunzhou from Liangshan, then passed through Shouzhang and Yanggu, entered Daming Prefecture, and then followed the Yellow River all the way north.
As everyone knew, the Yellow River had changed its course many times in history.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River gradually changed its course to the north. By the time of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the mouth of the Yellow River had already moved to the border of the Song and Liao Dynasties, in the area of Tianjin in the later generations.
In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, a scholar named Li Chui wrote an article called "The Map of Guiding the River."
After Li Chui observed, he discovered that the Yellow River was changing its course to the north. If it flowed into the Liao Kingdom, the Liao army could go down the river and attack Bianliang City, the capital of the Song Dynasty.
This was even worse!
Therefore, Li Chui spent a lot of effort to compile the "River Diversion Map" and formulated a detailed plan to guide the Yellow River to flow eastward through water conservancy construction.
The emperor at that time was Song Zhenzong. After seeing Li Chui's plan, he was very satisfied, so he asked someone to make a budget. In the end, he found that hundreds of thousands of civilian workers would be used to build more than 700 miles of dikes.
Song Zhenzong was shocked, and the plan was immediately shelved. After all, the Yellow River at that time could only flow north.
When they arrived at Song Renzong, the situation became more urgent. The Shanghu River in Changzhou burst its banks and the river really changed its course to the north.
The entire Great Song Dynasty was anxious. This was no longer a matter of cost, but a matter of starting construction immediately.
At that time, there were also many people who opposed it, such as the famous Ouyang Xiu and the water conservancy expert Zhou Hang. They all strongly opposed the Yellow River diversion project.
However, the Northern Song Dynasty's fear of the Liao Kingdom clearly exceeded their fear of the Yellow River. With the strong support of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, the Yellow River diversion project began.
Starting from Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, this project had been carried out three times in total, lasting for decades. It was known as the "Three Changes to the River".
Why did he have to do it three times?
Not only did it fail, but it also caused three super floods. The second one had the most serious consequences.
In short, the Northern Song Dynasty had spent a lot of manpower and resources on the Three Changes, but in the end, it was a thankless task, making the situation worse and worse.
For example, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, and other famous officials had also made very low-level mistakes in this matter.
For example, Wang Anshi was whimsical. He thought that the reason why the Yellow River flooded was because of the siltation of the sand. Couldn't he just dig all the sand away?
This was a huge project that no one would dare to think of in the 21st century. Wang Anshi really got people to do it. As a result, the Yellow River burst its banks again and flooded 45 counties.
After these three river diversion projects, Hebei, Northern Jiangsu, Shandong, and other places were basically washed away into white land. A good land that was rich in taxes and taxes became a desolate and uninhabited land.
A few decades later, the Jin Kingdom sent hundreds of thousands of troops south, destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, and took over the mess of the Yellow River.
However, due to the inaction of the Jin Kingdom nobles, the Yellow River did not go north. Instead, it went straight into the Huai River. This was the so-called 'seizing the Huai River into the sea'.
Although the water network in the Huai River region was complicated, it was very stable. As a result, the Yellow River brought a large amount of silt, and the entire water network collapsed.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, due to the flood control of the Yellow River, countless money and manpower were spent.
However, it was now the fourth year of Zhenghe (1114). Although there was a small flood in the Yellow River this year, it was generally very stable. The people of Hebei were quite comfortable.
However, Xu Fengwu vaguely remembered that in another two to three years, the Yellow River would erupt. At that time, countless people in Shandong and Hebei would be displaced, resulting in thieves everywhere in these two places.
Xu Fengwu and the others left Liangshan and traveled for nearly ten days. After passing Hejian Prefecture, they arrived at a place called Changfeng Town in Mozhou.
If they continued to head north, they would reach Xiongzhou, which was located at the border of the Great Song. They were preparing to go to the Liao Kingdom from here.
Speaking of which, the journey was quite peaceful. Even if they were occasionally questioned by the officials, Xu Fengwu would throw a few ingots of silver at them and the soldiers would immediately welcome them with smiles.
It was already afternoon, and the group of more than fifty people were hungry. They found a restaurant on the array and prepared to eat something. Then, they would rest for the night before continuing their journey.
Xu Fengwu's group had a large number of people, and they all carried podaos and sticks. They did not seem to be easy to deal with, and they immediately attracted the attention of many people.
The restaurant manager was also nervous and hurriedly went forward to greet him carefully.
Ruan Xiaoqi called out to the shopkeeper,""Just serve the good wine and meat, and the big steamed buns. I definitely won't pay less for your wine.”
Ruan Xiaoqi had never left Yuncheng County since he was a child. He was very excited to go north with Xu Fengwu and even to Liao Kingdom.
"Please wait a moment!" The shopkeeper replied and quickly went down to get the people to prepare.
After a while, the wine, meat, and steamed buns were all served on the table, and everyone began to eat in big mouthfuls.
As everyone was eating, they suddenly heard a commotion from the second floor. They heard someone shout,"I just owe you some money for drinks and food. It's not like I'm not going to give it to you. Why do you have to come over and make a fuss all day?”
After Xu Fengwu heard this, he did not take it to heart. There were people who owed money on credit everywhere.
Sure enough, on the second floor of the restaurant, the waiter who had gone to collect the bill ran out of a room with a miserable expression.
This was not the end. A wine jug flew out and coincidentally landed on Xu Fengwu's table.
Xu Fengwu reacted quickly and dodged the attack. However, the others were unlucky. The unfinished wine in the bottle splashed all over their faces.
After the initial shock, Ruan Xiaoqi, Song Wan, and the others 'faces were filled with anger.
"Please forgive me! Please forgive me! It's all my fault, please calm down!”
When the manager of the restaurant saw this, he quickly came over to apologize to everyone. This group of people did not look like they were to be trifled with, and they were also a group of big customers.
Just the food and wine for these fifty people were worth a lot of money, not to mention that these people had to stay in the hotel. It was not a small income.
Moreover, it was really their shop's fault this time.
Ruan Xiaoqi wiped the wine off her face and wanted to scold the shopkeeper, but seeing that the shopkeeper was not young anymore and his attitude was not bad, she could not vent her anger on him.
But who were Xu Fengwu and his group?
That was someone who dared to go against the prefectural army and rob the emperor's birthday. How could he swallow this so easily?
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