Late autumn, October.

Ten cargo ships sailed on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and these ten ships were hung with the official flag of Yingtianfu, the flag of the Jiangnan garrison and the inner court flag of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, which was magnificent on the river. One of these flags could be unimpeded on the canal, and now the three flags are flying at the same time, and some small cargo ships on the canal have avoided them one after another.

The three sets of flags represent these three forces, the six doors of Zhang Youqian and I represent the government, Feng Bao and the three little eunuchs represent the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and the main task is the military force of the Jinling garrison.

The person at the head is surnamed Jiang Minghai, and he is a general under Bai Youcai, the garrison of Jinling.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the Jinling prefect has only 100 fast, soap, and strong officials, who are responsible for public security and inspection in the city, while the Jinling garrison is a military team stationed in Jinling, responsible for suppressing bandits and resisting Japanese soldiers, etc., and is unified under the control of the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Of course, in some road provinces, in order to facilitate scheduling, many local governors also serve as governors, such as Hu Zongxian before, who was the governor and governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At the time of departure, the route of our movement, how many kilometers we travel every day, and where to rest, are all set and must not be easily changed. Since Jiang Dahai was responsible for the overall transportation, the Six Doors and the Weaving Bureau jointly went to visit the Jiangnan garrison to discuss the stoppage.

When I came to the cabin, I was stopped by my subordinates, our Lord Jiang is discussing important military matters, you wait here for a while.

I asked, I don't know what military affairs are being studied?

The subordinate said impatiently, this is a military secret, and it is a sin to cut off the head if you ask too much.

It didn't take long to see two disheveled women walking out of Jiang Dahai's cabin and hurriedly leaving the rear cabin.

Jiang Dahai has a naked upper body, bulging temples, and tendon flesh, and he is practicing kung fu outside the door.

When we entered, we were holding a bunch of grapes and sending them to our mouths.

Zhang Youqian scolded in a low voice, after all, he is also a Ming officer and soldier, and he actually played prostitutes and entertained during the performance of official duties, and did not call me along, how can this be reasonable. I slapped him on the head, what are we doing here?

Jiang Dahai squinted his eyes and didn't get up, which made Feng Bao's face a little unhappy.

Jiang Dahai asked: I don't know what the three of them are doing when they come to find this official?

I said that this time to escort Donggong, the imperial court arranged for us to work together, and specially came to visit General Jiang to discuss the itinerary.

Jiang Dahai looked at us carefully and asked, do you two know martial arts?

I said in my heart that your kind of external martial arts, even if you practice to the end, from external strength to internal strength, at best, it is only the strength above the Wen realm.

On the rivers and lakes, the external practice of martial arts does not enter the stream, which has almost become a fixed situation, due to the lack of internal and external interaction induction, unable to master the operation of the true element, and the external practice of kung fu has always had limitations. It is a master of the top 30 sects and heaven, earth and people on the rivers and lakes, and there are very few foreign masters.

Of course, this is not absolute, for example, Han Rulong, who had the power of a dragon elephant in Ruyimen, Xu Kaishan said that he had the strength to practice kung fu and enter King Kong.

I nodded, and I had practiced for a while.

Jiang Dahai didn't raise his head, snorted, and said: I see that you two are weak, and you don't look like you know martial arts. You six doors, don't help the old lady cross the road in the city, help the widow catch the cat on the tree, but you are involved in this kind of thing, I really don't understand, the matter of escorting Donggong has always been a matter of the military, I don't know why the imperial court sent you six doors this year, Jiangnan Weaving Bureau people to accompany you, it's really a dog with a mouse, nosy.

I said in my heart that this matter is a little strange, this Jiang Dahai is talking about us everywhere, and he obviously doesn't welcome us. But then I thought about it, it was very likely that our existence was like the Cao Gang carrying private goods, blocking their financial path.

Zhang Youqian said Jiang Pijiang, it's a bit too much to say this, although our brothers' martial arts are not high, but when they meet ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, it is enough for them to drink a pot.

Jiang Dahai sneered and said, Just your three-legged cat kung fu?

Zhang Youqian said that my brothers went up the mountain to slaughter the dragon, went down to the sea to slaughter the Jiao, and walked sideways in the palace of the Hades, how can they be called three-legged cats?

Jiang Dahai walked out slowly, came to the deck, and reached out to draw a long knife from his subordinates. This knife is a Ming standard saber, forged in pig iron, although it is not said that the iron is sharpened like mud, but it is also sharp. Jiang Dahai handed it to his subordinates, pointed to his head, and said, you come and cut me and try it.

The subordinate turned out a long knife and slashed down, only to hear a click, as if slashing on top of Jingo. The long knife was broken in two, and Jiang Dahai didn't even have a blood mark on his head.

Zhang Youqian sighed, King Kong iron practice, invulnerable, good kung fu.

Jiang Dahai laughed, just know. From today onwards, I have the final say on whether these 10 ships will go or stop.

Feng Bao said that it won't work, our ship will stop and stop, and it will be made in black and white.

Jiang Dahai glared, you eggless thing, what kind of hero is you, you have the ability to compare with Lao Tzu, believe it or not, blow up your eggs, oh, you don't have eggs.

These words squeezed Feng Bao's face gloomy, but Feng Bao didn't know martial arts, he forcibly endured his anger, and said to Jiang Dahai, there is such a sentence in the capital, I would rather offend a thousand officials than offend a single eunuch, Lord Jiang, I can remember what you said.

Jiang Dahai raised his fist and was about to beat Feng Bao, Zhang Youqian and I hurriedly pulled it, why did Jiang Pei have to be like him. As he spoke, Lian motioned for Feng Bao to leave quickly.

I have long heard that the Jiangnan garrison is in trouble, and I didn't expect to meet one when I went out. Jiang Dahai is a person who is extremely selfish and greedy for power, and this first time we met, he showed off his strength with us, and took away the right to speak of the entire fleet, and did not give us a good look.

After we said goodbye, we came to the main cabin, and saw Feng Bao sitting there drinking alcohol, but his eyes were full of anger: Sooner or later, one day, he fell into my hands, I want to cramp and suck the skin and bone marrow, and I will never spare him!

Feng Bao I don't have a deep relationship with this person, I have always been an errand under Feng Linggan in the Weaving Bureau, a very low-key person, and he does things gently, I didn't expect that because of Jiang Dahai's humiliation, he would say such a thing.

As he said this, Jiang Dahai was walking in. He said coldly, who wants to cramp and suck the skin and bone marrow?

Feng Bao hurriedly lowered his head and said no more.

Zhang Youqian shouted, Jiang Pijiang, come over for a drink.

Jiang Dahai came over, sat down at the table with one butt, pushed Feng Bao aside with a slap, and said, get out of the way, Lao Tzu doesn't drink with eunuchs.

Feng Bao fluttered and was pushed to the ground, and walked out with a calm face.

Jiang Dahai then ordered left and right to go out, and asked in a low voice, you two, do you want to get rich?

I said who doesn't want to get rich, the problem is that there is no way.

Jiang Dahai said, I have some ways here, the two of you are in six doors, how much is a year's money?

I will say thirty or fifty taels of silver.

Jiang Dahai said: If the two of you cooperate, I can't guarantee more, and three or five hundred taels per person is still not a problem.

Zhang Youqian's eyes showed a cunning look, three or five hundred taels, so much?

Jiang Dahai said, this maybe, maybe, some, maybe it will break the law.

Zhang Youqian said it's okay, let's say, kill whom, I'm eighteen years old, I can kill.

Jiang Dahai said that you are very seventy-eight years old and it is a crime to kill people, who made you kill people? Isn't there ten ships?

I said yes.

Jiang Dahai said again, isn't there silver on the ship?

I said yes, this silver is for tribute, are we going to guard and steal it?

Jiang Dahai snorted, what is the prison guard stealing, do you think about what all this silver is? Escort to the capital and send it to various yamen, what is this called, this is called bribery!

Zhang Youqian said that it makes sense.

Jiang Dahai said, of course, we are all public people, and we will have a public meal in the future, and the appearance of eating should not be too ugly.

I asked, if this is the case, how can I pay the difference when I arrive in the capital?

Jiang Dahai said, so we want to cooperate, from now on thirty miles to the north, there is a Chen Jiadu, there is a handful of ringing horses, the leader is my sworn brother, tonight I will arrange to dock there, when the time comes, let them do it, and after the theft, it is said that a ship was attacked by bandits, and lost 10,000 taels of silver. When the time comes, the official documents with the imperial court still need to be written by your brothers.

I asked, "What about those bandits, shouldn't they also have a share?"

Jiang Dahai sneered, Divide the fart, when the time comes, I will take my brothers to slaughter them and destroy their corpses.

I can't help but smack my tongue, I am Brother Jiang in society, and people don't talk much.

Back in the cabin, I said I really didn't expect that this Jiang Dahai is still a ruthless character, but we really want to go along with him?

Zhang Youqian said, as the son of the richest man in the capital, Su Zhutou, do you think I will sell my moral bottom line for three or five hundred taels of silver?

I asked rhetorically, do you have a moral bottom line?

Zhang Youqian scratched his head, as if he didn't. Anyway, the silver is also for corrupt officials, and everyone is greedy for pleasure, and everyone is greedy for pleasure, and only greedy for pleasure, who is happy? Confucius sage once said, if you don't take it for nothing, you won't take it for nothing. Take them all, and take them for nothing.

When did Confucius say that?

Zhang Youqian said what are you doing so much.

In fact, compared with Jiang Dahai's recruitment, I am more worried about Xie Junfan's words before leaving, someone on the rivers and lakes wants to kill us.

I secretly scolded Xie Junfan in my heart, you say this kind of thing, if you don't say it, it's just a big deal, when you encounter danger, when you see the move, people are dead and birds are facing the sky, you have nothing to do to say that someone wants to kill us, let's be careful, isn't this the intention to block us?

The boat traveled thirty miles and arrived at Chenjiadu.

According to the itinerary, the ship should sail north to Lukang to dock, at this moment Jiang Dahai ordered to anchor and dock, Feng Bao hid in the cabin, did not come out, and did not raise any objections.

Jiang Dahai summoned us to the cabin, and there were more than a dozen officers and soldiers with sabers in the cabin. Everyone shouted in unison, "Victory!"

In the middle of the night, there was a night owl cry by the river, and Jiang Dahai even ordered someone to respond, and the bandits he arranged to hijack the ship were in place.

Jiang Dahai asked, there will be a bitter battle in a while, what weapons do you two use?

Zhang Youqian said, I use a sword, my brother uses a gun.

Jiang Dahai said that we only have knives.

Zhang Youqian rolled his eyes, then you didn't ask in vain.

Jiang Dahai gave an order, and the two of them carried two knives and came to the riverbank with all the soldiers. In the dark night, more than a dozen bandits walked out and said, Master Jiang, I have been waiting for a long time.

Jiang Dahai said, let's do it.

Zhang Youqian shouted, let's move the silver.

Jiang Dahai sneered, let's move my head first.

Dozens of people surrounded the two of us.

Ps: I drank too much last night, and the second volume, which originally had tens of thousands of words, was written by me, so I readjusted the layout today.