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Chapter 971: Backyard fire (4)

Ji'an County is located in the border area between Liaodong and Goryeo, facing Goryeo across the Yalu River. Because the Laoling Mountains run across the entire area from northeast to southwest, it has caused two different climates in the north of the ridge. The spring breeze in the south of the ridge is early, the autumn frost arrives late, the climate is mild, the air is humid, and the rainfall is abundant, and the agriculture is developing extremely well. Since Zhang Zhongwu occupied Liaodong and his troops were out of Goryeo, Ji'an's status has been improved unprecedentedly.

Because Ji'an became an important channel for Zhang Zhongwu to transport wealth from Goryeo to transport goods.

All the property that the Liao army squeezed from Goryeo was transported to Ji'an first, and then transported back to Liaodong from Ji'an. The endless people from the post station rushed into Ji'an and left here, creating a prosperous scene of Ji'an.

The magistrate of Ji'an County is undoubtedly a very popular position. In Liaodong, it is also a position that many people covet, but Ying Qin has been sitting in this position for six years, and no one can shake his position.

Of course, this is not because Ying Qin's backstage is strong enough. In fact, he has no backstage at all. He can remain calm in this position because he is honest and occupy the best position, but never takes more. This is an alien in the Liao army's bureaucratic system that is absolutely different from other people.

Logically speaking, doing this well in Ji'an would be enough to get a good performance, but Ying Qin was not satisfied with being a porter. Under his governance, Ji'an has been the richest county seat in Liaodong since it was desolate when they first arrived to now. There are as many as 100,000 people on the list. This is a rare Liaodong, which has a rare population, is an extremely amazing achievement.

In addition to organizing transportation, Yingqin vigorously developed agriculture and reclaimed a large number of fertile land in Lingnan. Now Ji'an has not only achieved self-sufficiency in food, but also spared some efforts to transport some of it outward.

Yingqin organized local people to vigorously plant ginseng, asarum, Schisandra chinensis, etc., raise deer and collect deer antlers, making Ji'an the most important supply of medicinal materials in Liaodong.

It is precisely because of these unrecognizable political achievements that both Zhang Zhongwu and Zhang Zhongwen appreciate him very much. Although he has never been promoted to his post, it is because Ji'an is too important to Liaodong. The so-called "to be familiar or not" or "to be a child" may not be as capable as Ying Qin, and he might as well keep Ying Qin in this position.

But for Ying Qin, he was unwilling to change his nest.

He did a great job here, and he didn't think he could adapt to it when changing places.

Because at first, no one wanted to come to this place, he came.

Now this place is getting better. Many people want to squeeze in, but Ying Qin has already gained a foothold. With the support of the Zhang brothers, Ying Qin has the final say in everything himself. Those who are incompetent and want to make money cannot get in.

Ying Qin is currently busy with another major event, that is wine.

Ji'an has a large number of mountain grapes. The biggest project in the past was to collect these mountain grapes and dry them into raisins. It took time and effort and did not make much money. Ying Qin was moved when he saw the high price of wine from Tangdi. The grapes here were ready-made, and he just needed to be able to make wine.

Of course, thinking it is one thing, but being able to do it is another. He summoned many wine-making masters and had been experimenting for nearly a year, but the taste was still unsatisfactory.

A new batch was released today, but it was still very sour and astringent. Looking at the disappointed masters, Ying Qin said comforting first: "It doesn't matter, let's take it slowly, this time it's much better than the previous times. Even if I took the wine I gave to the soldiers the previous times, they all felt like fairy juice!"

"Xie County is honored and kind!" Several masters in charge of this matter kowtowed gratefully to Ying Qin. Liao is not the land of Tang, and the status of craftsmen here is far inferior to that of craftsmen in Tang. In Liao, it is not a strange thing to do something well and fail to complete it, and it is not a strange thing to be deducted from money and food or even lose your head. That is, in Ji'an, they can get opportunities again and again.

After leaving the winery, Ying Qin couldn't help but sigh, making money is really not an easy task.

"County Master, County Master, please go back immediately!" A horse ran towards him, and a yamen runner shouted loudly.

"What happened?" Ying Qin was a little dissatisfied. "Didn't you tell him when you came out? After seeing the winery, I still have to go to see the medicinal bases!"

"County Master, the army stationed in Goryeo is back." The yamen runner said: "The messenger has arrived at the county town."

"He's back so soon? Who is the one who is the leader? Is General Zhang Chengyou back?" Ying Qin asked.

"No, the Khitan cavalry who came back first, led by General Yelu Yuan!" said the yamen runner. "He is almost arriving in the county."

Ying Qin was surprised: "Yelu Yuan, Khitan soldiers? Come and prepare horses and return to the city!"

We can't help but be diligent and not anxious. If the other Liao soldiers were better, but Yelu Yuan's Khitan cavalry had a bad military discipline. Of course, this was not entirely Yelu Yuan's fault. In the Liao army system, Khitan cavalry like Yelu Yuan was born by Xiaoma, and they could do the hardest and most tiring work, but the military pay, food and grass were never paid on time and in quantity.

This also caused the main reason for the Khitan army's Ji Huansan, and they did a lot of burning, killing, looting.

Some time ago, the Dibao said that General Zhang Chengyou was about to launch a decisive attack on the Goryeo rebels, but from now on, no new news came. Now Yelu Yuan's cavalry suddenly returned first. I wonder if the war in Goryeo was completely over? Or because of the current situation in Liao, Yelu was specially transferred back first.

Ying Qin Guessed it is the latter.

The Liao King led the Liao army to attack the Tang people, but unexpectedly, the fire broke out in the backyard. Liu Yan from Weihu Mountain broke through the blockade and captured the Liuhe food transfer camp in one fell swoop, and then plundered the land of Liaodong. The Liao Palace sent a large army to encircle and suppress it, but he didn't even touch the other party's shadow.

The second-line troops left behind are completely unable to play a role in dealing with those bandits.

Ten days ago, Zhang Zhongwen's messenger went to Goryeo from Ji'an to Goryeo, and wanted Zhang Chengyou, who was in charge of Goryeo, to mobilize a group of troops to return. Now it seems that Yelu Yuan, the Khitan cavalry, was sent back by Zhang Chengyou to chase and suppress Liu Yan.

He had to rush back, and the rest of the county could not suppress Yelu Yuan.

Yelu Yuan inherited his favor because when he entered Goryeo from here, he had replenished him with food, grass, cotton, clothing, medicinal materials and other supplies in one go. It is obvious that Yelu Yuan had never enjoyed such treatment, so the two of them had a few friendships later. Every time Yelu Yuan got some rare things from Goryeo, he would give him one.

He could invite Yelu Yuan into the city to have a big drink, and his subordinates could also replenish food and supplies for them, but his subordinates would never enter the city. Otherwise, these Khitans would burn, kill and loot, let alone him, even Yelu Yuan might not be able to control it.

Ying Qin got on the horse and ran back to the county town. He saw the city walls of the county town from afar, but he didn't go in. Instead, he turned around and got on the road, and then stopped in the middle of the road.

Not long after, there was a dense sound of horse hooves coming from afar. At the end of the vision, the black cavalry was coming from far to near to Ji'an County.

A moment later, Ying Qin saw Yelu Yuan who was leading the way.

"Brother Yingqin, you actually came out of the city to greet me. It's really a terrible blow to me." Seeing Yingqin, Yelu Yuan laughed, clamped the horse with his legs, ran over quickly, and came to him, rolled over the horse, spread his arms and wanted to hug Yingqin.

Ying Qin was a little uncomfortable with Yelu Yuan's enthusiasm. He took a step back and clasped his fists to politely: "General Yelu, thank you all the hard work along the way!"

"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's hard, we brothers have indeed suffered a lot in Goryeo these years, but isn't we back?" Yelu Yuan laughed.

He glanced at the big cavalry behind Yelu Yuan, Ying Qin raised his eyebrows and said, "Looking at your subordinates' dress and spirit, it doesn't seem like they have suffered."

Looking back at his neatly dressed and red-faced subordinate, Yelu Yuan smiled: "I really suffered a few years ago, but wasn't this a big victory? Since I had a big victory, my brothers naturally gained a lot!"

"So, what happened to Goryeo?" Ying Qin said happily.

"It's been a Goryeo!" Yelu Yuan waved his hand, pulled Ying Qin and walked to the side and said, "I'll tell you in detail."

Ying Qin was pulled aside, and Yelu Yuan's subordinates rode their horses towards the county town.

"General Yelu, your troops cannot enter the city!" Seeing this situation, Ying Qin was shocked and wanted to get rid of Yelu Yuan's hand, but he was not Yelu Yuan's opponent. Yelu Yuan climbed his shoulders and couldn't move.

"Brother Yingqin, if you don't let me enter the city, aren't you just afraid that my subordinates will not abide by the rules in the city? Don't worry, I promise you that they will behave properly."

"Your guarantee is useless!" Ying Qin was furious: "General Yelu, if you still remember how many friendships we had in the past, you shouldn't let your subordinates enter the city. If I, Ying, would I, a person, lose you a piece of food and a penny of copper coins?"

Yelu Yuan smiled faintly and said, "I know Brother Yingqin won't, but this time it's not about these things, but my subordinates must enter the city!"

Ying Qin was shocked, looking at the gradually accelerating Khitan cavalry, and looking at the at a loss on the top of the city, a very bad feeling came to his mind.

"General Yelu, what do you want to do?" he asked in a deep voice.
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