Chapter 137 Cao Gang
As the name suggests, these two dragon bays are like a river bay where two dragons converge. This is a place where the water potential is wide and flat, and the Bailong River and the Songjiang River meet.
It is also a sheltered harbor, so ships heading north and south stop here to recuperate.
The two rivers converge into one, and turn a big bend in this Erlong Bay, like a crescent moon falling on the world, the beach is wide, and the color is faint milky white.
If the moonlight is sprinkled on this milky white beach on that moonlit night, I don't know whether the moon in the sky has fallen to the world, or the quarter moon in the sky is the reflection of Erlong Bay.
The famous scenery of this place, coupled with such an excellent sheltered harbor, makes this place very famous, and it is also a waterway hub that must be passed through to the Central Plains.
In addition, the foot of the mountain on the bank of the river is located on the plain, so a small city was built along the river.
Because the town is located at the foot of the mountain and between the two rivers, it does not occupy a large area, but it is a necessary place for merchant ships to and fro, so it is very prosperous.
The old inhabitants of the city were all poor people, all fishermen in previous years, and then because of the increasing number of merchant ships, most of them changed their careers to become boatmen, and some of them did the work of repairing and maintaining the boats.
Some diligence and good luck have made some capital, and they have also opened a cargo station on the waterway that must pass through the north and south, buying and selling to make money, so everyone here has a job to do, and every family has surplus money, which is a quite rich place.
The Cao Gang and the Salt Gang recruited were all children of poor families who had no property. Therefore, there are no intertwined forces in this small city, just a place to make a turnaround stop. Choosing this place as a place for the two sides to discuss matters will not cause concern on both sides.
When the big ships of the Cao Gang arrived at the wharf, they saw that there were many masts, and there were nearly 100 large and small ships docked in the wharf.
Fu Pengyi scanned these ships with his eyes, and saw a large ship docked not far away, which was covered with a pile of rainproof tarpaulin. It seems that the Salt Gang has already arrived.
Falling sail and anchoring the mooring, the big ship of the Cao Gang also stopped, Fu Pengyi just got off the boat, there were already subordinates waiting for a long time, and sure enough, the people of the Salt Gang had already arrived, but the people of Jiangnan Yanyulou had not yet come.
That Fu Pengyi snorted in his nose and said, "Sure enough, it is the world's leading gate faction, and the shelf is really big." ”
Xu Fei listened to it in the back and thought to himself, I don't know who is mediating this time is who is from the Yanyu Building in Jiangnan, and most of the hall masters in this door have seen it themselves. If someone from your own door comes to mediate, you should help in secret.
When the group entered the city, it was natural that the Cao Gang disciples, who had been arranged a long time ago, would arrange the inn and restaurant where they would stay.
Fu Pengyi inquired about the negotiators with the Yan Gang, and set a meeting between the two sides on the river beach of Erlong Bay at noon.
Then he turned back to Xu Fei and Zhou Yun and said: "You two are children of ordinary people, there is something in my gang here, it is quite dangerous, and the two of you will live in the inn first, and then come back to bring you two into Beijing after I finish this matter." ”
Xu Fei was afraid that Fu Pengyi would speak like this, so he hurriedly said: "How can I sit idly by and watch my brother have a difficult matter, although I don't have any ability, but this person is powerful, and we still understand the truth of standing and cheering. ”
Fu Pengyi originally took pity on the life experience of these two people, and had the intention of carrying them in the future, and at this time, he was even happier to see that these two teenagers were not afraid of hardships and dangers and wanted to go together.
Then he said: "You two are not my Cao Gang disciples, this time it is quite dangerous to go, a word is not appropriate, and it is not known whether you will move, you follow behind my subordinates, naturally someone will protect and take care of you, don't talk nonsense." ”
Xu Fei and Zhou Yun hurriedly agreed.
In order not to attract people's attention, Fu Peng Yi ordered people to bring two sets of cotton clothes and leather robes worn by the disciples of the Cao Gang, and the two of them wore them, and then stood in the crowd, and there was no eye-catching place.
At this time, Fu Pengyi finished handling the affairs of the gang and chatted with the two.
It's all interesting anecdotes in some gangs, and there are also swords and swords when he was in the rivers and lakes, it turns out that Fu Pengyi, the leader of this Cao Gang, is not a son inheriting his father's business, he was born to be the home of this gang.
The grain ships transported by this Cao are the bulk of the country's grain transportation capacity, and the people take food as the sky, and the north-south transportation of this grain has been the top priority of the national policy since ancient times.
The cost of this waterway transportation is low, and the consumption of people and horses is also small, so the state attaches great importance to waterway transportation, but the powerful and corrupt officials in various places are also eyeing this piece of fat. Exploitation is endless.
The officials increased the weight layer by layer, causing the shipwrights on both sides of the river to complain.
Don't talk about the people in this public gate, even the little officials who opened and closed the gates, and even some ruffians and hooligans came to obstruct the grain ships.
Because there is a strict time limit for the arrival of this grain ship, there must be no delay. Therefore, the shipwrights on the grain ships, and even the lower-level military attachés who escorted them, were blackmailed by these forces from top to bottom.
Such a fortune was unprofitable, the shipwrights could no longer be recruited, and the imperial court's grain transportation plan was affected, and at this time a force came out, they united and co-opted the poor boatmen, and later recruited the young and strong children of poor families on both sides of the river, forming gangs against the various forces that exploited layer by layer.
They expelled the ruffians and hooligans who extorted money from the river transportation range, and the sluice gate and waterway officials who extorted extortion were forced to comply.
Corrupt officials in the government extorted shipwrights. The Cao Gang found some meritorious people who complained everywhere, and secretly helped with money. So the officials are slowly no longer too unscrupulous.
Over time, this force has become bigger and bigger, forming a Cao gang with forces in both the north and south of the river.
Although the imperial court knew that such a gang was easy to defeat and difficult to defeat, the ancestors of this Cao gang understood things very well and only did their duty, except for the river transportation.
In the end, he even got the approval of the royal family of Huahan Kingdom, believing that the advantages of the Cao Gang outweigh the disadvantages, which is conducive to the country's grain transportation, and can also appease the poor shipwrights and reduce the possibility of some forced thieves.
In the end, he was given the Cao Bang Panlong stick as a family law, which is equivalent to having a certain official status. But this Cao gang only does their duty, and there is no involvement in the temple, which means that the suspicion of the court is eliminated.
When Fu Pengyi was a child, he was born in a poor boatman's family, because of his father and brother, he also joined the Cao Gang early.
When he was sixteen years old, he had already become a small leader, and he could escort the grain ship alone to deal with various forces along the way, and by the time he was twenty years old, he had almost become the youngest hall master of the Cao Gang.
This person is deeply respected by the old gang leader, and feels that Fu Pengyi has prestige, can convince the public, and does things calmly and carefully, but when it comes to the implementation of the rules and regulations, he can not recognize the six relatives, and help not help the relatives, so he cultivates carefully.
This was the jealousy of other people with bad intentions in the gang, and the deputy gang leader of the year colluded with a few subordinates to frame this Fu Pengyi, and he cut it on the spot, and set up an ambush to kill him so that there was no proof of death.
But it fell short, this Fu Pengyi was very shrewd, and he did not hesitate to notice it, and immediately fought bloodily, fought out of the encirclement, and left behind all his cronies and families. The gang leader didn't expect Fu Pengyi to be so resolute. Therefore, it did not succeed.
The gang leader was already old at that time, and he knew that what the deputy gang leader said could not be trusted, but Fu Pengyi's life and death were unknown, and he could not be testified, and there were many eyeliners around him, so it was difficult to find out the truth.
After Fu Pengyi was seriously injured and broke out of the siege, he sneaked into the mountains, afraid that the fire would be detected by the pursuers, so he drank blood and recuperated.
When he recovered from his injuries and came out of the mountain, he found that his father and brother had been tortured and interrogated by this deputy gang leader and were dying.
This Fu Pengyi slaughtered the concubine of the deputy gang leader that night, and the old father tied it with a rope and hung it on the beam of the house and almost died, and tied the only son born to the concubine of the deputy gang leader. Sent to remote farmhouses for foster care. Let the deputy gang leader throw a mouse bogey, so as not to hurt his father and brother.
Then came and went without a trace, secretly investigated, and finally the matter came to light, and suddenly appeared when the gang was gathering, and took out the evidence one by one, and the evidence was ironclad.
The deputy gang leader was annoyed and angry, and turned his face on the spot. wanted to kill Fu Pengyi and the old gang leader on the spot, and directly change the dynasty to do that rebellious thing.
Who knew that when Fu Pengyi was drinking blood in the mountains, he had an epiphany about the way of heaven, so he appeared here with confidence.
Kill on the spot!
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