Zhao Xu is missing.

Zhao Shu cursed Zhang Banian with a pale face and immediately summoned Chen An.

"What did he say he went to... investigate, go to the people, is this your idea?"

"Yes." Chen An didn't expect that Zhao Xu would go for five days and there was no news.

"The people from the Imperial City Department have lost their traces, you go and check them."

Zhao Shu said coldly: "The scouts of the Mangshan Army are unparalleled in the world, I am waiting for your good news."

Brother Chun is indeed a big killing weapon, but this big killing weapon can only detect the movements of the enemy and is useless to friendly forces.

Chen An came out of the palace with a bitter face, and an eunuch was waiting, "Madam asks the king how safe it is."

The so-called wife is Zhao Xu's true wife Xiang.

"Not hindrance!"

Chen An was very confident, and the eunuch went back and conveyed this.

"The Dragon Picture says it's OK!"

"That's good." Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a semi-finished handkerchief and smiled: "Chenlongtu is a famous general in my dynasty. He said it was okay, and I think the king must be fine."

But it is not easy to find a famous general!

There is no positioning system now, and there is no missing person notice.

Chen An stood outside the city of Bianliang City and said melancholy: "For the sake of safety, you can't even offer a reward, so how can you find someone?"

Once he offered a reward, he said that he would find the best reward for the King, and Zhao Shu and Gao Taotao would be able to swallow him alive.

That was to take the initiative to expose the target, and Zhao Xu was really in danger.

Don't doubt the determination of those who oppose the New Deal. Once they have the chance, they will destroy Zhao Xu, a fanatical supporter of the New Deal without hesitation.

So let's look for it slowly.

Chen An calmed down, "I asked him to go to the town to investigate. He said he would go back for three days. Since he hadn't come back, he either was in danger or found a good thing... He had several guards with Chen Quan around him. Unless he encountered premeditated interception, he would not be in danger. Then... go and let the brothers inquire with him."

The rural soldiers of the Mangshan Army changed into plainclothes and began to inquire about the news along that route.

"The king once had dinner here, and asked the shopkeeper about his business and tax payment."

This is a very remote wine shop, there is not even mutton, it is full of pork, chicken and duck, and the taste makes Chen An not even ate it.

"The king ate half a chicken and drank a bowl of wine."

The dark table was covered with stains, and it was hard to imagine that Zhao Xu, who was pampered, could sit here and eat half a chicken.

Good thing.

Chen An left the restaurant, looked at the path ahead, and asked, "Where is the place ahead?"

The shopkeeper was brought. Looking at him who was so fierce, he was honest like a quail at this moment.

"Neither, there is Caishu Village ahead."

"This name is too overbearing."

The homophonic voice of Caishu Village is very domineering, but it is very miserable at first sight.

More than a hundred families are scattered on the plain, and there is a small river next to the village.

The house in the village looked dilapidated, and even a skinny dog ​​at the entrance of the village was so thin that it was peeling off. It looked like it was malnourished.

The mangy dog ​​barked, Huang Chun threw a piece of jerky over, and the mangy dog ​​rushed over and bit the jerky. It turned around and chewed, and a low howl in its throat.

Chen An dismounted his horse and ordered: "Just come a few people, the others will be waiting outside."

He brought people into the village and went with no need to look for it.

After passing the house in front, turn right and there is a clearing area. This place is probably where villagers dry their food, which is very flat.

A group of farmers were squatting there, and in front of them, the dirty Zhao Xu stood on the stone mill and was talking.

“…Why not raise more chickens?”

"I can't afford it." An old farmer coughed, spitted thick phlegm, shook his head and sighed, "Young man, raising chickens can either be full by driving them out. If you drive them out to find food, you will either starve to death or be bitten to death by snakes and insects."

Well!

This is life experience.

"You have to feed chickens, but you can't even eat enough at home. What should you feed them? You can only raise a few laying hens. That egg can be exchanged for money."

"Then why not raise more? It's good to sell eggs!" Zhao Xu felt that he should support this matter.

"You have to pay taxes." The old farmer said disdainfully: "You have to pay taxes when selling things, don't you know?"

Zhao Xu was about to know, so he was very confused.

"What if you don't pay taxes?"

He felt that he had touched something and was very excited.

Chen An was also very excited and took the people to retreat to the side.

"If we don't pay taxes, then we will raise whatever we want, so we will naturally not be afraid." The old farmer was impatient and stood up and said, "The family said it was not working, but squatting here was a waste of food. Let's go home and lie down."

"That's right, I'm hungry when I lie down and I'm hungry when I go out."

"Go home!"

Zhao Xu quickly said, "Send something here immediately."

The old farmer squatted down again and coughed, "What are you sending? This time I can't send you the dry cakes that are waiting for. There is dirt inside, so I can't get shit after eating them."

Fuck it!

Chen An was speechless. He didn't expect that Zhao Xu was relying on such tricks to collect public opinion.

"Just dry cakes, do you want them?" Chen Quan has changed a lot in the past few days. First of all, it is dirty, and secondly, it is very desperate.

They stayed in this village for two days, and Zhao Xu said that they should not spend too much money, otherwise the people would not tell the truth. So he took people to the nearest town and bought this kind of dry cake, and even they ate this.

This dried cake is very cheap, but there are many things mixed in it. Chen Quan swears that he had eaten hay.

I'm not awesome!

He doesn't want to live like this one day, but the king eats it, can he not eat it? Then Gao Taotao can tear him up with his own hands.

When the farmers got the dried cakes, they carefully put them in their arms, and then looked at each other proudly, probably because they wanted to say that Zhao Xu was a stick, and asked some questions for no reason, and then gave them benefits.

"I'll ask you in the end, if you don't charge your trade tax, what do you want to do?"

"Raising chickens and pigs, you can raise everything, you can grow things, and you can grow all valuables."

"Is this true?" Zhao Xu thought, "I understand."

Chen An left more than fifty people to squat nearby and took his people back.

After returning home, Chen An asked someone to report the news, "I said that the king has been found, it is safe, and I should be able to come back tomorrow."

He sent someone outside to intercept him. If Zhao Xu still wanted to rogue, he would get it back directly.

"Mr. Langjun, there are many people here! They all bring generous gifts." Zhuang Hushi appeared quietly, "There are even people who give gold and silver."

So good?

Chen An narrowed his eyes and said, "Who?"

“It’s all businessmen.”

"No!" Chen An sneered: "Shimi Wudu is talking about these generations, they are trying to die!"

Zhuang went out the door honestly and said arrogantly: "My husband said that what I am talking about is that you are waiting, this is a tragic death!"

The Song Dynasty was not the Ming Dynasty.

The merchants in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were really rich. The salt merchants of the Lianghuai generation wanted to use gold foil to wipe their butts, so extravagant that they could not even compare to the emperor.

But that was the Ming Dynasty, a collusion between officials and businessmen.

And this is the Song Dynasty.

The prime ministers were preparing to catch a few chickens to kill them, but the rich merchants were panicked when they smelled the slightest noses.

Zhao Xu came back the next day, looking dirty.

He went back to wash up, then changed his clothes and took a shower and was caught in the palace.

Gao Taotao was angry with his pink face. Seeing that he was not injured and had many arms and legs, he said angrily: "I don't know if I take more people when I go out. Also, why have I been there for so long? Are you not afraid that the officials and I will worry?"

Zhao Xu quickly admitted his mistake. He did not persuade Gao Taotao well, but instead burst into tears.

"I wonder when I was born to you..."

Zhao Xu wanted to explode on the spot, but he didn't dare.

When a woman starts to talk, it is like a flood passing through the border, and whoever stops whoever is unlucky is in trouble.

"King, the official summoned him."
To be continued...