In the large tent of the Yuguan garrison, Geng Shaozheng personally received Xu Dongjia.

"Both Hu Dong's family and Mao Dong's family in Youzhou have left customs." Geng Shao said very politely: "They all said that Xu Dong's family will be here soon, and we are all ready to welcome Xu Dong's family."

However, the Xu Dong family was flattered and said repeatedly: "I don't dare to accept it, I don't dare to accept it. The common people are ashamed of being so polite."

"Where." Geng Shao said with a smile: "General Qin has an order. If you support the Black Mountain Trade Center, you will support the Long Rui Army. The general is very grateful to you. Don't worry, the Xu Dong family, after leaving the customs, the journey will be smooth and there will be no obstacles."

People dare to harass you. The general also told you that if you encounter any trouble along the way, you can send someone to contact the local government, and they will give you full assistance. If anyone gives you trouble, report it directly to the Liaoxi County Governor, and Governor Bai will definitely help.

You decide."

Xu Dongjia burst into tears of gratitude and said: "Speaking of which, we are also grateful to General Qin. To be honest, there are many merchants in the pass who want to come to the northeast to do trade with the tin tribes, but strong dragons cannot suppress local snakes, let alone us merchants.

It’s not a powerful dragon at all. The entire Northeast is controlled by the Liaodong Army. If you want to do business in the Northeast, it’s harder than climbing to the sky.”

"As long as General Qin is here, you can do business in the future." Geng Shao said: "The general also asked me to tell you that the Black Mountain Trading Center has just started, and everything has to start from scratch. Many things will inevitably be difficult, but he believes that it will become more and more difficult in the future.

Okay." After a pause, he continued: "The general knows that in the past, a tariff was added to the goods you shipped out of the customs. Even if merchants from the Northeast entered the customs to pick up the goods, they would count this tariff on you.

, causing your profits to be very meager. But from now on, your goods will be exempt from customs duties, and as long as there are no problems with the goods, they can go out of customs smoothly."

Xu Dongjia said in surprise: "Is this... is this serious?"

"Since the general said this, there is no lie." Geng Shao said with a smile: "With the tariff reduction, you will have an advantage in price." He smiled slightly and said: "And the general, please rest assured, the Heishan Trading Center

There will be no shortage of customers. The trade center of the Xile tribes and our Tang Dynasty will soon be transferred to the Black Mountain Trading Center. The general does not ask much from you. The most important thing is that the goods are genuine and fair, and you will be the same as Xile.

In trade, all ministries should treat each other sincerely, the goods should be good, and the prices should not be too high. What we are doing is long-term business, and the water will flow smoothly."

Xu Dongjia nodded repeatedly and said: "That's natural, that's natural." Then he frowned and said: "Master Xiaowei, the trade in Fucheng Trading Ground has always been prosperous, and the strength of the Eighteenth Street in the north is also extremely strong. It is customary for the Xile tribes

In Fucheng trade, it is not easy for them to abandon Fucheng and all turn to Heishan." He glanced outside the tent and whispered: "Just now, the common people saw the Zhao family's young master's family. The Zhao family has four people in Fucheng.

We have trade relationships with many tribes in the grassland all year round. This time they have transported hundreds of carriages of goods from the pass. The purchase price is low, and they will also be the strong rivals of the Black Mountain Trading Center in the future."

Geng Shao smiled lightly and said, "Dong Xu's family thinks their goods can get out of the customs?"

Before dark, the Xu family's team passed through Yuguan smoothly and left. Zhao Taiyan watched the Xu family's team go away, but he felt a fire in his heart.

"Are you Zhao Taiyan?" Zhao Taiyan was depressed in his heart when he suddenly heard a voice coming from beside him. He turned around and looked over, only to see a man in armor coming over. He hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Zhao Taiyan, a common man, may I ask...

..?"

"I am Geng Shao." Geng Shao said without hesitation: "I have been ordered to guard Yuguan!"

"It turns out to be General Geng!" Zhao Taiyan immediately laughed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General."

Geng Shao looked at Zhao Taiyan and asked, "Are these goods going to Fucheng?"

"Exactly." Zhao Taiyan felt a little uneasy in his heart. He looked around and whispered: "General Geng, can you take a step to speak?"

Geng Shao said "Oh" without asking any questions, and took Zhao Taiyan to a secluded place. Zhao Taiyan made sure that there was no one around, took two silver notes from his arms, and presented them to him with both hands, "General Geng, the common people know how hard it is to guard the pass.

, I hope the general will accept this little mercury for tea and let the brothers have a cup of tea."

Geng Shao glanced at it, stretched out his hand to take it, and said with a smile: "One thousand taels? The young master's family is really generous. This large sum of money is worth my salary for many years."

"There will be many places in the future where the general will have to be troubled, and this consideration is appropriate." Zhao Taiyan said: "General, don't worry, the common people understand the rules. As long as the general takes more care of you, the common people will definitely respect you...!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a cry from the other side: "Don't move, someone is coming, someone is rebelling against the party!"

Then I heard someone shouting sternly: "Everyone squat down, anyone who dares to act rashly will be killed without mercy!"

Zhao Taiyan heard the sound coming from the convoy, and his color changed. He ignored Geng Shao, turned around and ran over, only to see a large number of customs guards rushing towards the convoy, all of them unsheathed their swords like wolves.

Like a tiger, but the other side of the convoy was in chaos. Under the shouts of the soldiers, everyone in the convoy squatted down and did not dare to move rashly.

"What's going on?" Zhao Taiyan ran over and was shocked when he saw this situation: "What are you going to do?"

Immediately, two soldiers rushed over. One of them kicked Zhao Taiyan on the waist. Zhao Taiyan let out an ouch and was kicked to the ground. The other soldier had already put a knife on Zhao Taiyan's neck and said sternly: "Don't move, just move."

Cut off your head."

Zhao Taiyan's face turned pale. Although he had a premonition that passing through Yuguan would be somewhat troublesome, he did not expect that the defenders here would be so direct and rude. He said angrily: "What are you going to do? We have customs clearance documents. You... how can you

Dare you do this? Is there any royal method?"

"Of course there is a king's method!" Geng Shao's voice came from behind. Then he saw Geng Shao passing by and asked: "What's going on?"

Not far away, several soldiers came over immediately, holding arrows and crossbows in their hands. Someone stepped forward and reported: "Report to the captain, they have hidden arrows and crossbows in the car. It seems that they are hiding their weapons and leaving the customs."

Zhao Taiyan's body was shaken and his face was horrified.

For a moment, he thought of Chunyu Bu.

Zhao Taiyan naturally knew how Chunyu Bu was overthrown.

One of Chunyu Bu's crimes was that he concealed weapons.

The dignified Yuguan guard was pulled down by Long Ruijun for the crime of concealing weapons, and he was even escorted to Beijing not long ago.

Zhao Taiyan never expected that this matter would happen to him again. Of course he knew that this was framed by the Yuguan defenders. Once the charges were confirmed, the consequences would be disastrous. He hurriedly said: "Master Xiaowei, I am wronged. There is absolutely no secret in the convoy of ordinary people."

A weapon. This is a serious crime of decapitation. Even if the common people eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, they will not dare to...!"

"It's not that you are hiding weapons. Could it be that we framed you?" Geng Shao raised his hand, and in his hand was the thousand tael of silver note that Zhao Taiyan had just given. He shook it and said, "Zhao Taiyan, you gave this bank note to me.

of?"

Zhao Taiyan was startled and saw Geng Shao looking at him like a knife. He had no choice but to admit: "That...that is just for the common people to invite adults and brothers to drink tea."

"A thousand taels of silver for tea?" Geng Shao said with a smile: "How generous. I know your intentions very well. You want to use this thousand taels of silver to bribe me so that you can pass the customs smoothly." He pointed at the arrow.

Crossbow said: "Where do these arrows and crossbows come from, and where are they sent?"

"Unjustly accused!" Zhao Taiyan shouted: "I have never seen these arrows and crossbows."

Geng Shao said coldly: "These are refined arrows and crossbows, which are rarely equipped even by local state armies. The Tang Dynasty's arrows and crossbows are complex to make and unparalleled in the world. They fought with the barbarians on the grassland, and the arrows and crossbows caused great harm to them.

The grassland tribes have always wanted to get the Tang Dynasty arrows and crossbows, but they have never succeeded." Staring at Zhao Taiyan, he sneered: "Zhao Taiyan, do you want to transport these arrows and crossbows to Fucheng and secretly trade with the grassland people? Will I

The Tang Dynasty’s unparalleled weapons were traded to the enemy, which was simply insane.”

Zhao Taiyan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

At this time, he already understood that he had fallen into a trap carefully laid by the Yuguan defenders. These arrows and crossbows must have been stuffed into the car by the defenders when no one was prepared, and then they took them out pretendingly, but at this moment, he was unable to argue.

.

"Is this your own idea, or was it someone else's instigation?" Geng Shao's eyes were like daggers, and he looked at Zhao Taiyan: "If it was someone's instigation, who was it?"

Zhao Taiyan knew that a disaster was coming, and roared: "You framed the Zhao family, this... this is a trap set by you. Geng Shao, you... do you know who I am? You frame the Zhao family, it will...

..The general cannot spare you."

"Oh?" Geng Shao frowned and said, "Zhao Taiyan, are you admitting that this was what the general ordered you to do? That's nonsense. The Liaodong Army is equipped with arrows and crossbows, so how could they collect them from within the pass and trade them with the enemy? You hid them

It is simply unreasonable to dare to frame General Wang even though he has weapons ahead of him."

"I...I didn't say it was ordered by the general." Zhao Taiyan said anxiously: "This matter has nothing to do with the general."

Geng Shao said: "It's not the general, of course there is someone else. Zhao Taiyan, you should know that concealing weapons secretly is a crime of rebellion. Who else is involved besides you?" He raised his head and glanced at the squatting Shang.

Everyone in the team said in a deep voice: "Tie them all up and immediately report to the county governor's office. Zhao's caravan is hiding arms and intends to rebel. The guards are alert and alert, and they have solved the major case. Please ask the county governor's office to send someone to investigate."

"

Zhao Taiyan felt weak all over, his vision went dark, and he almost fainted.

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