"Helmsman, there is another grain ship of the Great Zhou on the river, can we rob it?"

In a fishing village in Zhenjiang, Lin Bai was sitting by the river fishing, in the cold winter, the wind on the river was very cold, but Lin Bai's hand holding the fishing rod was still firm and powerful.

"Do you know the difference? Not fake? ”

Lin Bai looked at the fishing line that fell in the heart of the river, and then looked at the other side of the river, which was even more farther away.

"The helmsman, the subordinates have seen it clearly, it is not a fake, it is an official ship sent by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the south of the Yangtze River to provide grain, but it seems to be an empty ship."

The waterline of the ship after the load is completely different from that of the empty ship, and a little knowledge of the ship will know how to distinguish it.

"Helmsman, there's nothing to grab, when did our food in Jiangnan be less than in Jiangbei, there has always been a famine in Jiangbei, and beggars fled to us, hehe, brother, I just fled and escaped."

Ding Si was Lin Bai's subordinate, and he was also the first subordinate to be subdued after Lin Bai fled to Zhenjiang Fishing Village.

"Hang the sails, I think there was a Jinfan thief Gan Ning on the Yangtze River back then, and now, the name of the Jinfan thief Lin Bai should also let the little emperor of the Great Zhou know about it."

Lin Bai threw down the fishing rod, took his subordinates, drove out of the fishing village separately, and soon stopped the official ship with the banner of transporting grain from the Great Zhou Dynasty in Jiangxin.

Since most of the ships were brought to the south of the Yangtze River by Zhao Kuangyin, the official ships that transported grain in the Great Zhou were actually small boats requisitioned from the people.

In addition, this time they did not come to transport grain but to purchase grain, so several official ships were empty.

"Who are you who dare to rob the official ship of the Great Zhou?"

The leading officials looked at the fierce robbers, because they were empty ships, so there were no guards from Da Zhou among the accompanying personnel this time.

"Go back and tell you the emperor of the Great Zhou, our people in the south of the Yangtze River do not welcome your Great Zhou army, all of them should be sent back to Kaifeng by Lao Tzu, otherwise, if Lao Tzu meets you again, it will not be as simple as just grabbing the ship."

The Great Zhou grain ships were repeatedly intercepted near Zhenjiang, and a water bandit known as the Jinfan thief Lin Bai openly clamored for the Great Zhou army to roll back to Kaifeng......

The news soon reached the ears of Guo Zongxun and Zhao Kuangyin respectively.

In Guo Zongxun's opinion, there are water bandits on the river, which is a normal thing, and it is good to order Zhao Kuangyin to send troops to exterminate them.

In Zhao Kuangyin's opinion, the appearance of this water bandit is simply too timely, and he can justifiably send troops to intervene in the official ships of the imperial court transporting grain and grass.

However, Zhao Pu secretly sent someone to send him a message, asking Zhao Kuangyin not to find an excuse to control the Yangtze River waterway now.

At the same time, in many villages and towns along the Yangtze River, there have been incidents of robbery by bandits, and in some places there have even been deaths.

Zhao Kuangyin asked the Great Zhou court to allocate more horses on the grounds of suppressing bandits, so that the Great Zhou forbidden army could form more cavalry and patrol along the Yangtze River to suppress bandits.

On the other hand, Zhao Kuangyin also asked the Great Zhou court to stop sending grain relief teams to Jiangnan, saying that it was precisely because of this practice that the bandits in the Southern Tang Dynasty were interested.

Otherwise, these are all the obedient people of my Great Zhou.

"Zhao Kuangyin's subordinate Zhao Pu, who is known as the first strategist with a half-step Analect in his hand, has not appeared beside Zhao Kuangyin recently?"

"Your Majesty, that Zhao Pu has indeed not shown up for more than half a month, and it is precisely this half a month's work that has caused bandits on the south bank of the Yangtze River."

Guo Zongxun paced back and forth in the imperial study, and sure enough, he was one foot tall and one foot high, Zhao Kuangyin himself was a powerful character, and his two major strategists were not good at stubble.

"Can you find a way to find Zhao Pu?"

"Please Your Majesty, this Zhao Pu is hiding in the barracks nine times out of ten, and there has been the most military information about the suppression of bandits recently, it is estimated that Zhao Pu follows the army every time he goes out, and even if Jinyiwei finds him, he can't arrest him."

"In other words, Zhao Kuangyin acquiesced in Zhao Pu's direct use of the army to carry out some ulterior deeds in the local area?"

"Yes, according to the information that the Jinyi Guards heard, it is."

Guo Zongxun glanced at Wei Zhongxian, who was a little embarrassed with his head down, and said:

"Jin Yiwei is not omnipotent, but also shows that Zhao Pu is not easy to deal with, if he continues to make trouble like this by the river, the good situation we just created will be in vain, at that time, Zhao Kuangyin will propose to hand over the Yangtze River waterway to them to control, which is equivalent to changing the direction and being on an equal footing with the Great Zhou court, Zhao Pu's plan is very good, I have begun to appreciate this person."

Zhao Pu was the first most famous prime minister after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and he once had the reputation of 'ruling the world with half of the treatise', and he was indeed a rare talent.

"The slave is guilty, our Jinyi Wei is not doing well, please ask Your Majesty to surrender."

"Dugu Sheng, if I leave this matter to you to deal with, can you handle it?"

Guo Zongxun specially called the new deputy commander of the guard department Dugu Sheng, since Zhao Pu took the route of the military, then the one who responded on his side should also be through the military.

"Your Majesty, if you let the minister be in charge of this matter, the first thing the minister will have to deal with is not Zhao Pu, but the water bandits along the river."

Guo Zongxun said with great interest:

"This idea is a bit novel, you can explain it to me, and if it is feasible, I will send you to carry out this mission."

Dugu Sheng bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, Zhao Pu is elusive, and there are many guards around him, if it is not a formed army, it is very difficult to catch Zhao Pu, but the bandits along the river are not necessarily all with him, as long as they find a few of the important ones, they rebel against them, and then take advantage of Zhao Pu to arrange the task, and then take advantage of Zhao Pu to arrange the task, and wipe them ......out."

Guo Zongxun said with a smile:

"The plan is a good plan, and there is some truth in what I said, then I will send you to implement this plan, along the Yangtze River, that is the land of Longxing Shenteng in my Great Zhou in the future, just start with Lin Bai in Zhenjiang, I heard that he is the most happy, and taking him should be regarded as capturing the thief and capturing the king first, Dugu Sheng, I hope you don't let me down."

Dugu Sheng has stayed in the Guards Division since he came to Kaifeng, and he has basically not been idle every night, either Lu Siniang or Nalan Yi, these two women take turns to guide Dugu Sheng's swordsmanship.

"Dugu Sheng, your swordsmanship is too limited, although you have been with Marshal Yue for a while, but Marshal Yue is leading the army to fight around, and there is not much time to guide you, and his method is not quite right, so it seems that you have not made much progress in the past few months."

After being taught a lesson by Lu Siniang and Nalan Yi in turn, Dugu Sheng sadly admitted the fact that his skills were not as good as others.

"Please teach me two masters, how can I learn the peerless sword technique?"

"Dugu Sheng, you often practice sword with us now, this is certainly a good opportunity for you, but ...... A swordsman's mind and vision can only be experienced by exercising himself, you have to go out and see......"

"Master, I've been following Marshal Yue to fight in various places before, don't you just go out and have a look, does Master want me to go to the army to find Marshal Yue again?"

"Non-yes, non-yes, you didn't pay attention to the previous sentence that the teacher said, a swordsman's mind and vision can only exercise his own experience, follow others to learn the sword of course, but the achievement must be constrained, only go out by yourself, to do things alone, the heart of a swordsman is the best experience."

"Thank you for Master's teachings, and the disciples have remembered."

Dugu Sheng left happily, and Nalan Yi said to Lu Siniang:

"Senior sister, isn't it good for the two of us to fool Dugu Gongzi like this."

Lu Siniang smiled:

"Are you a little hoof who has taken a fancy to Dugu Sheng, Marshal Yue, Liu Bowen, even His Majesty is fooling him, there are not many of us, besides, maybe our method can cultivate a peerless swordsman......"