Chapter 40 Advice
Hu Sanniang doesn't like makeup but prefers weapons. She spends time practicing riding regardless of the cold or hot weather.

In summer, it is cool only in the morning, so every day you can see that dashing figure running across the fields before the sun rises.

The next morning, Hu Sanniang went out to ride horses as usual, and unknowingly arrived at the inn at the entrance of the village.

After asking, I found out that the two had left last night, and I also heard about Yang Chang's exaggerated appetite.

Hu Sanniang was curious, so she asked for dozens of steamed buns from the kitchen and then rode her horse towards Yanggu.

After riding for five or six miles, they caught up with Yang Chang and Xu Ji.

Yang Chang turned around and found that it was Hu Sanniang. He couldn't help but asked jokingly: "Madam, you ran all the way here, are you here to ask us for the store money?"

"Haha," Hu Sanniang said condescendingly, throwing down a cloth bag while shouting, "The Hu family is a man of promises, how could we go back on our word? I heard that you are a big eater, and I am afraid that you will be hungry on the road, so I came to send you some dry food. You don't need to thank me, bye."

"Wait a minute."

Yang Chang was holding a cloth bag in his hand. When he saw Hu Sanniang leaving after she finished speaking, he called her to stop.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"My lady has come from afar to give us food, and I have a piece of advice for you."

"Ok?"

Hu Sanniang had just turned her head, but when she heard this she suddenly became interested and pulled the reins to turn the horse around.

"I think your wife is a rare talent, but Mr. Zhu was arrogant and reckless last night. He will get into trouble sooner or later. If you don't want Hujia Village to be implicated by him, I advise you to stay away from the Zhu family."

"What do you mean?"

"Literally, that's all I have to say. Goodbye!"

After Yang Chang finished speaking, he turned and left. He was not attracted by the beautiful girl, but he felt sorry for Hu Sanniang's experience. It can be said that she was the most miserable one among all the leaders of Liangshan.

She is beautiful and has great martial arts skills, a perfect protagonist template. However, after her entire family was killed, she was forced to marry the ugly brother of her enemy, and ended up as cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Collect a bag of steamed buns and send back a piece of advice.

Yang Chang couldn't guarantee that she would listen to him, but he felt that it would make her feel better.

Looking back at Yang Chang's back, Hu Sanniang frowned and began to think wildly. What did this guy mean? Did he want to cause trouble for Zhujiazhuang? Could a little archer have such ability?

While she was deep in thought, Zhu Biao rode back to look for her.

"I just passed by the Hujiazhuang Inn. I heard that you delivered steamed buns to the two thieves last night? There's no need to be polite, right?"

"Hmm? He is a county official. Besides, we in the Hu family always ask you, Third Young Master Zhu, before we do anything."

"Hey, Sanniang, don't be so distant. We will be a family sooner or later. My eldest brother went to your house this morning to discuss our engagement."

"Why are you telling me this?"

After saying this, Hu Sanniang urged her horse to gallop.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao hurriedly followed, and said with a smile as he rode his horse: "Sanniang wants to marry into the Zhu family, so of course I have to tell you, so that we can be more intimate in the future."

"Let's talk about it after we win." Hu Sanniang felt unsatisfied after her retort, and immediately brought up Yang Chang: "By the way, the boy who tied with you last night accepted the steamed buns and gave me a piece of advice."

"Advice? What advice?"

"He said you acted recklessly and told the Hu family to stay away from you, otherwise you would get into trouble."

"What? This guy is looking for death!"

After hearing this, Zhu Biao reined in his horse and turned to chase Yang Chang who was "spreading bad words", but he suddenly stopped after running a few feet.

How dare a mere archer challenge Zhujiazhuang?
You just said that I acted rashly. Was Sanniang testing me on purpose?
Damn, I almost fell for her trick.

Zhu Biao suddenly understood, turned his horse around and chased after him.

On the road ahead, Xu Ji was also puzzled by Yang Chang's "advice", so he took the initiative to ask: "What did Sanlang say just now, is there any hidden meaning?" "Ah?" Yang Chang was stunned, and smiled and responded: "No, I just spoke out of my feelings."

"That's good."

Xu Ji sighed, and suddenly used a heavy tone to kindly remind Yang Chang: "You will be the leader soon, and you must have a deep understanding of the situation in Yanggu. The three villages in Dulonggang are not simple, and they are places that you and I cannot afford to offend."

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Yang Chang stop, Xu Ji said seriously: "Not only can we not afford to offend you, but few people in Yanggu dare to offend you, including the county magistrate."

"Why am I confused? How many villages can a county magistrate not offend?"

"hehe."

Xu Ji patted Yang Chang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, Sanlang. Listen to me and I will tell you in detail. Dulonggang spans Yanggu and Shouzhang. In recent years, they have used the excuse that there are thieves nearby to recruit local militia to defend the area. They have not paid taxes to the county for several years. The previous magistrate once sent clerks to collect taxes, but more than a dozen of them did not come back. I heard that they were robbed by Liangshan bandits."

"Are they really the Liangshan bandits?"

"Who knows? Anyway, that's what they say. From now on, no one cares about this place. The county magistrates are all from outside, and no one wants to mess with the local tyrants. So I don't want compensation even if I get beaten, for fear that they will remember me."

"hiss"

Yang Chang took a deep breath and swallowed his saliva and said, "No taxes, no control, and there are troops. What's the difference between this and Liangshan? If the county can't control it, why don't they ask for help from the state?"

"You are so naive, aren't you?" Xu Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "They sent the captured bandits directly to the prefecture. Do you think they have anyone in the prefecture?"

"But if this trend starts, everyone will follow suit. Wouldn't it be the end of the troubled times, with powerful people rising up together?"

"What are you thinking about? You and I are just pawns. This is something the emperor should consider. We should just secure our salaries and not worry about things that may happen. We should hurry up while the weather is cooler and not walk in the dark like we did yesterday."

"understood."

After listening to Xu Ji's introduction, Yang Chang felt very uneasy.

No wonder the Northern Song Dynasty was defeated by the Jin people. There was such a hidden danger at the root. If there were more Zhujiazhuang in each county, the financial and military resources would be greatly reduced.

What Xu Ji said just now was very correct. The emperor of Zhao Song is not in a hurry, so there is no need for the soldiers to worry about it.

Two days later, Yang Chang and Xu Ji returned to Yanggu to report.

The magistrate Fang Shen went to the state on official business, so Yang Chang was not promoted immediately.

After returning from a long business trip, you can usually rest for five days.

Without Wu Song as his companion, Yang Chang was bored in the yamen dormitory, so he went out to the street to buy some wine, meat and food to visit his uncle and aunt in Jingnan Township.

Frankly speaking, Yang Chang and Yang De didn't have much affection for each other. When he traveled through time, his original owner had been beaten to death. He had been lying in bed for less than ten days before he was dragged to Jingyang Ridge to participate in tiger hunting.

You have to know that he had just been able to get out of bed and the wound on his back had not yet completely scabbed over. Yang De did this to save some money.

It's not that Yang Changliang is heartless, it's just that he has lived with Yang De for less than twenty days, and he can't really treat him as a blood-related relative, at least not at this stage. On the contrary, his friendship with Wu Song is deeper.

The weather was hot and humid at noon, and fresh meat would go rancid if left outside for too long, so all the butcher shops in the county were closed.

Yang Chang went to the live animal market and unexpectedly saw two people selling rabbits. He bought five rabbits in total.

He likes to do this business which allows him to get [Throbbing Pills] and eat meat at the same time, and he can kill two birds with one stone.

While gathering information on the streets at the end of February, Yang Chang also came to this market. Perhaps the weather had not warmed up at that time, and no hunters had caught rabbits to sell.

Before dusk, Yang Chang came to Yang De's house with gifts and took the initiative to help kill rabbits and cook.

As a result, a strange thing happened. He killed two rabbits but nothing dropped. However, he killed all of them and couldn't eat them all. So he stayed in Jingnan Township for five days of vacation, and went hunting in the mountains with Yang De for two of those days.

He hunted several pheasants but nothing dropped, only one fox dropped [Fox Fragrance]. Only then did Yang Chang realize that there was such a thing as a drop rate.

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