"Brother Qian, in a few days, Cui Jianyu should be there, our Lord Taishou is busy assigning a place to the city boss these days!" Xie Dongmin said.

"That's right, they're already gearing up, let's do something about it!" Ye Kai said.

After speaking, the two of them looked at Qian Xiaojing, the newly elected "alliance leader", with a look of anticipation, in fact, what they came here was to let Qian Xiaojing help to make a move, and find out what kind of people from the seven sects and five surnames were, after all, although they have some manpower in the court in the past few decades, their positions are not high, and their understanding of these thousand-year-old families is naturally not as good as that of the Qian family.

As for the alliance, it is dispensable, they are businessmen, and they are all businessmen with considerable strength, and they will divide with Li, and now they can cooperate in the face of a strong enemy, and they will still go their own way until the strong enemy retreats.

In the business of maritime trade, as long as someone has a ship, they can go to sea with a shipload of goods, even if they really form an alliance, Qian Xiaojing, the alliance leader, cannot have much restraint on them, so they really don't take this so-called alliance leader very seriously.

The key is to know how to get through this now.

Qian Xiaojing, who was sitting on the Lord, was naturally clear about these thoughts in the hearts of the people present, but he understood better than others that this battle was unusual, once it failed, those ordinary sea gangs could come and go freely, their Qian family was a big family, and they couldn't leave if they wanted to, so this alliance was very important to Qian Xiaojing, and it was also inevitable for the position of the leader of this alliance!

In a word, he must unite the forces of everyone and fight for the good of their family, and the people present are more like pawns in his hands.

It's just that although Qian Xiaojing has noticed the purpose of some of the seven sects and five surnames, but if he wants to say what the other party will do, he is still confused, after all, today's things are all secretly promoted by Xu Chen, and then operated by the Lu family brothers and Wang Xian, Yuzhang's Wanjia can also be aware of it as a direct opponent, as for this group of maritime merchants in Yangzhou, they are actually just a group of pond fish that have been affected, to say that they can detect the opponent's methods before they are launched, it is really a bit more than enough to be able to detect the opponent's methods!

"Well...... this" Qian Xiaojing hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Don't hide it, I don't know what the seven sects and five surnames will do, if you want to think of a countermeasure now, this ...... It's really powerless!"

Xie Dongmin and Ye Kai, who were sitting at the bottom, glanced at each other in surprise, and then looked at Qian Xiaojing's face with shame, and couldn't help but feel a sense of confusion in their hearts.

"So, now we can only wait for the other party to strike first?" Xie Dongmin asked again unwillingly.

Qian Xiaojing had to nod helplessly when he heard this: "Go back and pay more attention, so as not to respond to all changes!"

When the people present heard this, they were speechless for a while.

Such a gathering of Southeast China merchants broke up so unhappily, except for reaching an alliance agreement, no specific countermeasures were thought of.

In contrast, the Lu family brothers, who have just settled in Yangzhou City, have already begun to discuss how to implement the first step of the plan.

Yangzhou City, a house on Wenchang Street, this house is the property of the two brothers of the Lu family in Yangzhou, the yard is not big, the front and back courtyards are only, but the victory is chic, the small bridge and flowing water, the rockery and strange stones, the taste of the Jiangnan water town is all integrated into this small courtyard.

In a pavilion in the backyard, two brothers, Lu Zongtai and Lu Zongbao, were talking.

"Big brother, in two days, the old man of the Cui family will be here, and we can also start acting!" Lu Zongbao said.

Lu Zongtai nodded and said, "When the people from the Cui family arrive, we should come to visit us in person." ”

"Yes, we have to talk to him anyway, don't let this old guy spoil our business!" Lu Zongbao said.

When Lu Zongtai heard this, he looked at his younger brother and sighed softly, his younger brother has not forgotten what happened back then, not only has a deep grudge against the Lu family, but he also has no good impression of the entire seven sects and five surnames, but he is not good at saying anything about this matter.

"We don't have much copper money on hand now, although we have stopped some business these days and moved some over, but it's only a few hundred thousand yuan, I'm afraid this money is not enough, right?" Lu Zongtai said.

"It's not in the way! We're only responsible for lighting the fire, and the rest of the families will follow, and besides, as long as we stir up the momentum, those businessmen will immediately get up to the wind and add firewood, or it won't be long before the fire will get stronger and stronger!" Lu Zongbao said with a smile.

"Then let's go to the county government tomorrow?" Lu Zongtai asked.

Lu Zongbao nodded and said, "It's better to do it sooner rather than later, before the merchants in Yangzhou City notice it, we should go and hoard some land first, otherwise if we can get momentum together, the role that our money can play will be much smaller!"

"Good!" Lu Zongtai replied with a nod.

At the same time, in the northwest of Yangzhou City, on a small pier on a tributary of the canal, Wang Tieniu was looking east, waiting for something.

This wharf was deserted, a few months ago Wang Tieniu and they came to Yangzhou, looking around for a suitable place to stay, after all, their group is more special, and the five turtle boats are absolutely not to be lost!

The danger factor of this operation is great, according to the arrangement of the eldest brother Xu Chen, they cannot be separated, but there are many of them, and a large number of men will come in the later stage, and the place where they settle is small and cannot be settled.

Finally, I found a big Zhuangzi near the tributary of this canal, although it is far away from the city, but the water transportation is convenient, and it is quick to retreat once there is something.

Soon, the shadows of five ships appeared in the distance, and when the ships got closer, they would find that their bulkheads were covered with a thick layer of withered yellow reeds, and they looked in disarray.

The speed of the boat was not fast, and there were less than ten oars sticking out on either side.

Half an hour later, the five boats approached the dock, and the young man on the previous boat hurriedly waved at Wang Tieniu: "Tieniu!"

"Zheng Tai!" Iron Bull responded.

After a while, the boat docked, and Wang Tieniu greeted him and hugged Zheng Tai: "Haha, this time you have been there for more than ten days! How is it? The wind and waves on the sea are okay? They didn't blow you away, did they?"

"Haha, with the big brother's turtle boat, what are these winds and waves in the offshore sea?" Zheng Tai said with a smile.

"That's it, we're going to go all over the world! These little winds and waves are a good thing!" a lean young man behind Zheng Tai hurriedly shouted.

"Liu San, just blow it! I don't know who was scared to pee my pants when I went to sea for the first time!" Immediately, someone behind him came out to expose Liu San's old bottom.

"Nonsense! That's obviously ...... It's the rain, okay! That's wet with rain!" Liu San said curtly, but his voice became quieter and quieter.

"Haha......"

Wang Tieniu and Zheng Tai just smiled and looked at the coaxed people, and then walked to the side to discuss.

"Big brother has a letter?" asked Jung Tae.

As soon as Zheng Tai and the others settled down in Yangzhou City, they found time to go east to sea according to Xu Chen's requirements and practice water warfare at sea, after all, the turtle ship was a naval battle ship, and if a naval army had never seen the sea, it was just a loach churning in the rivers and lakes, and if you wanted to turn into a dragon, you could only go to the sea to try.

So, in the past few months, Zheng Tai has led five turtle ships to the sea for training many times, and has learned and applied some of the naval combat knowledge given to him by Xu Chen, rapidly improving his water combat ability and preparing for possible confrontations in the future.

It was only a few days ago that I received a flying pigeon from Wang Tieniu, so I hurried back.

Wang Tieniu nodded and said, "That's right! The imperial court has officially ordered the establishment of the City Shipping Division, and the first pilot is in Yangzhou, and the chief of the Municipal Shipping Division will come to Yangzhou in a few days, and our plan will begin!"

"It's finally going to start!" muttered Jung Tae, who had been shaken by his eldest brother's crazy plan since he knew all the plans.

"Tie Niu, I don't understand business matters, you can do it yourself, and I will be responsible for protecting everyone's safety!"

"Okay! You make arrangements, and we'll go to the yamen right away. "Iron Bull Road.

Zheng Tai nodded, then turned around and gathered the team.

The Taishou Yamen of Yangzhou City is in the center of the city, and today's Yangzhou City is developed from the Yangzhou camp built when Yang Guang conquered Nanchen. The whole city is roughly a square according to the topography, and the roads in the city are boxy and criss-crossed like a grid.

In order to facilitate the dispatch of troops, Yang Guang set up his tooth tent in the most central position of the city, the intersection of the two widest streets linking east and west, north and south respectively, and it is also the station of the Taishou Yamen in Yangzhou today.

Wang Tieniu and Zheng Tai rode horses with several teenagers, and it took half an hour to rush over from the outskirts of the city.

As soon as he arrived near the Taishou Yamen, a middle-aged man who had been waiting there for a long time greeted him.

The middle-aged man looked to be in his forties, with a white face and a short stature, but a pair of eyes that showed shrewdness.

This person's name is Xie An, although his surname is Xie, he has nothing to do with the Xie family in Yangzhou, just the owner of a small grocery store, because he offended a small official and was almost ruined, and he happened to be met by Wang Tieniu, who came to Yangzhou a few months ago.

So, Peng Ze, who was still in Yangzhou at the time, came forward to solve their family's lawsuit, and at the same time played some tricks to get the little official to lose his job, and finally found someone to make him an idiot.

In this way, the teenagers can be regarded as Xie An's life-saving benefactors! After that, his teenage son and wife were sent to Yuzhang, and from then on, Xie An was determined to do things for Wang Tieniu!

This is also Xu Chen's consistent employment criteria, in order to be innocent, there must not be too many family ties, although the teenagers have never understood the intention of the eldest brother to do this, but they have also implemented it without reservation.