Zhaojiazhuang, in the courtyard of the patriarch's house.

"Master Hou!"

"Master Hou!!"

"Brother Qiang, hehe!"

Iron Head, Pillar, and Iron Ox, who grew up on the dock together, looked at Jia Qiang with a smile on his face and greeted.

Jia Qiang smiled, looked at the iron head and pillar, and said, "Now it's almost dark with my brother-in-law, and you are still comfortable on the boat?" ”

The two of them were straight, and the iron bull urn laughed: "Brother Qiang, these two rammers, they love to go into the water when they are young." Later, he also ran with the boat, and felt that the boat was happier than the ground. Isn't it fun now? ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said with a smile: "You still have to be careful, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and you should be thoughtful first." ”

Tietou said: "Although we can't guard Hou Ye's side, but now we worship Baitiao in the waves as a teacher, learn what you can do on the water and underwater, and you can also give Hou Ye his life!" ”

"White stripes in the waves, Zhang Shun?"

Jia Qiang remembered that when she was in Yangzhou, Li Jing's son Li Gui had contacted the people, and the water kung fu was unique in the world, which was very good.

However, he did not have a fleet at that time, so he did not recruit them.

On the side, Li Jing smiled and said: "Uncle Zhang is my father who has visited him several times, and Aunt Sun is here, so I moved." But I don't think I'm on the canal anymore......"

"Where?"

Jia Qiangqi said, such a "sailor" talent can't be let go.

Tietou said with a smile: "Master heard that our fleet will go to sea in the future, and the sea is the time to show his strength, so he went to the sea alone, saying that he wanted to find out the stubborn methods at sea first." He is not only spiritual on the river, but also on the sea! ”

Jia Qiang was overjoyed when she heard this: "Okay! It's about having that kind of ambition! Although I have never been to the sea, I know that the sea and the river are completely different things. Compared to the boundless sea, rivers are not even small ponds. So don't be complacent, you two should learn to be a sea general in the future! ”

Although he knew that it was a joke, but it came from Jia Qiang's mouth, the iron head and the pillar were still very happy.

It is said that your words are auspicious, and if you can't say it, it will come true!

Jia Qiang asked Li Jing: "Are all the pigs and sheep prepared by Zhaojiazhuang ready?" ”

This time, there were more than 100 embroidered guards and the "guys" of the Delin.

Today's reward for the three armies, the food can't be shabby.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Not only Zhaojiazhuang, but also sent people to Hucheng to buy a lot, today the pigs and sheep are enough, and the famous wine in Hucheng is enough!" ”

Jia Qiang laughed, nodded, and said to the iron head and the pillar: "Eat two cups tonight." ”

Seeing behind the three of them, Ding Chao, the son of Ding Hao, the leader of the Cao Gang, had been happy, but he didn't come forward to disturb the gathering of old friends, Jia Qiang looked over and asked with a smile: "Ding Chao, do things happily in my Delin, or do things happily in your Cao Gang?" ”

Ding Chao was also refreshed, and said with a smile: "There are too many uncles in the Cao Gang, although I am the young leader of the Cao Gang, I also have to look at the faces of the old guys." This Delin is much happier, and things are done as they say, and there are not so many things that are pulled back by the dog's skin. However, the speed of development of the Delin's fleet was a little too fast, and one more ship was added in three to five days, and a group of more people were added. There are many banner owners and even helmsmen in the Cao Gang, and they are all telling the old man that the Delin is digging the roots of the Cao Gang and is going to war......"

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "War? Therefore, the Cao Gang sent people to burn Benhou's shipyard, sent people to kidnap the family of the seafarers, and attacked and killed the old shipwright? Ding Chao, you send a message to your Lao Tzu, if he doesn't make it clear to Ben Hou, the Cao Gang just doesn't want to start a war, and the embroidered clothes guard will fulfill you. ”

Ding Chao's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Master Hou, don't get me wrong, this matter is definitely not done by my old man!" It's some people within the Cao Gang who don't want to see Hou Ye open up shipping, so that's why ......"

The confrontation between the rivers and lakes often involves the embroidered clothes and guards, and does it not talk about the Basic Law? How stubborn is this?

Jia Qiang didn't get angry, and without waiting for Ding Chao to finish speaking, he just shook his head with a smile and said, "Ding Chao, you're not a fool." Since Ben Hou could predict in advance that someone would move the shipyard to attack, and he would attack the shipwright, so that the Cao Gang killers would sink into the sand and return in vain, would he not know who the enemy was? This matter is Ben Hou's understanding of the Cao Gang's position, after all, it is a conflict of fundamental interests. But Ben Hou finally warned you again, the strategy of going to sea is the fundamental national policy of Dayan for a hundred years, and whoever dares to make trouble is the mortal enemy of the imperial court, and the mortal enemy of Ben Hou. ”

Now is not the time to turn against the Cao Gang, the governors of the southern, northern, and eastern rivers have not yet straightened out, and the army of more than 100,000 river battalions has not yet been fully mastered.

The generals and troops of more than 20 cities along the canal are still being replaced......

After everything is sorted out in an orderly manner, the life and death of the Cao Gang is actually under the words of the imperial court.

The most regretful thing in the hearts of the Ding family father and son now is probably that after being coerced by Jia Qiang, they let the Delin fleet under Jia Qiang's name grow.

Only then did the Cao Gang now even have the confidence to blackmail the imperial court......

Ding Chao is an extremely smart person, looked at Jia Qiang and smiled bitterly, and said, "Master Hou, won't you kill them all?" ”

Jia Qiang frowned and said, "What are you going to kill?" Ben Hou has never said a lie to anyone, he promised your father and son that he was just training soldiers and crews on the canal, and the road in the future was on the sea, and he would not fight with the Cao Gang for that bite of food, did Ben Hou break his promise? And you, let you take the fleet, did Ben Hou break his promise? In the future, when the Delin goes to sea, your Ding family will also go to sea. The vastness of the four seas is larger than the sum of ten hundred Great Swallows, can Ben Hou still occupy them all?

But your Ding family clearly promised Ben Hou, and said why you want to find some good people to build sea ships for me, what is the result? The dishonest are among you. In the end, I am still reluctant to lie on this canal to eat and drink spicy, and I am unwilling to take a little risk at sea. Would you rather take the silver and feed it to the governor of the river and the officials of the states and counties, than to build a ship to go to sea, and the corrupt and stubborn people dare to call themselves heroes? ”

Ding Chao couldn't explain: "The Cao Gang has hundreds of thousands of people, and it can't be said that if you change to sea transportation, you will change to sea transportation. The crew is good to say, but the laborers on the shore are the main ones......"

Jia Qiang sneered: "Doesn't shipping need to be done by sea?" Ben Hou tells you that the demand will only increase. You're just worried that you won't be able to dominate the canal then. Okay, let's drink celebration wine today, you can't do this kind of thing, let's go back and discuss it. Ding Chao, do you know why Ben Hou knew about the Cao Gang's actions, but he didn't make a dead move? ”

Ding Chao's face was a little pale, he shook his head, Jia Qiang smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Because you are leading the Delin fleet with your heart, there has not been an accident so far." Our ship did not go along, hit the rocks, or run aground for no reason. There was also no one who disappeared from the water for no reason. Come to think of it, you've been under a lot of pressure in the middle of this. You are a smart person who does practical things, so Ben Hou gives you this decency! ”

When Ding Chao heard this, he exhaled and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, what kind of smart person is the little one, he just knows the times." The Cao Gang, after all, is just a gang in the rivers and lakes, how can they be qualified to fight with the court and the Hou Ye? It's just that there's not much that can be done. Even within the Cao Gang, my father can't say what it is, and some of the people below ...... Hou Ye's words, the villain will tell his father truthfully. In fact, as the government in Beijing became more and more stable day by day, the governor of the river and the general of the river camp were constantly replaced, and the Cao gang would understand how to go forward. ”

Jia Qiang smiled: "That's right, don't be afraid to go forward, at the end of the Yangtze River, isn't it also going to sea?" Are you in Huaiyin now? You go and tell him that Ben Hou is waiting for him in Yangzhou, and there is a great wealth and wealth that he is willing to share with the Ding family, which can be passed on to all generations. ”

Ding Chaoyuan is also an active character, his eyes lit up when he heard the words, knowing that after a big stick, there must be sweet dates, a dozen and a pull, it was the true meaning of the imperial power technique, he smiled and said: "Master Hou, I don't know what is rich?" ”

Jia Qiang scolded with a smile: "I have to tell you Lao Tzu about this, you can't talk about it." Well, let's not talk about that tonight, except for the shipwright on duty, everyone is let go. Go down to Jiangnan tomorrow! ”

……

The noise of the front yard boiling into the inner house, Zhaojiazhuang is just a farm after all, and there is no heavy set of courtyards, which can block the sound.

The sisters of the Jia family were also eating the pot, and when they heard the wolf howling outside, Sister Feng couldn't help laughing and said: "It's hard to be sorry for Brother Qiang, if you make a fuss like this, if you change to Baoyu, you can't get mixed with people like you outside if you kill them." ”

Daiyu said with a smile: "Brother Qiang is not very willing to associate with people who are slaughtering officials, and he gets along very badly with those people, most of them are enemies, and they have no friends." Most of the people outside are soldiers, and they come and go. ”

Xiangyun is sandwiching a chopsticks tripe into the mouth, chewing it in a big bite, the taste is delicious, her happy eyebrows are smiling, after hearing this, she said vaguely: "Every time you slaughter more dogs, you are more readers!" ”

Daiyu sneered and said, "The chickens and dogs in the market have never done any bad things? Brother Qiang told me that good and evil are in a thought, and people in the world are much more tolerant of evil people than good people. The wicked man has done bad things for most of his life, and when he is enlightened, he puts down the butcher's knife, repents and reforms, and becomes a Buddha. And the good people have done good deeds all their lives, and when they do a bad deed, they will lose their wisdom for a lifetime. ”

Sister Feng, who didn't read the book, also understood this, and echoed with a sneer: "This is true, this world is unfair. A virgin is out of order, it's better to be a good prostitute! ”

All the sisters are embarrassed, and sure enough, this kind of thing is not embarrassing for me, it is others who are embarrassed.

Since the blackening has reached this point, there is not even a little leeway......

Daiyu chirped: "This table of sister-in-law and sister-in-law, what are you talking nonsense!" ”

Sister Feng sighed, didn't say much, and took chopsticks and cabbage to help eat.

Daiyu was angry and funny, she looked at Tanchun, Tanchun gritted her teeth, picked up the wine cup and said to Sister Feng: "Sister Feng, I shouldn't be open-mouthed today, you don't care." ”

Sister Feng was "shocked" and was about to speak, but Daiyu reminded: "Feng girl, you almost get off the donkey." ”

Xiangyun and Baoqin snickered in their stomachs next to them, and Sister Feng could only press her splendid words, and after touching a cup with Tanchun, she drank it all.

At this moment, I saw a mother-in-law carrying several wooden planks in.

After Tanchun glanced at it, he exclaimed in surprise: "Ah! It's an inscription! ”

The woman of the Zhao family smiled and said, "At this time, the Hou Ye asked people to rub the Dharma Script, saying that it was given to the girls. ”

Tanchun, Xiangyun, Keqing and others went to see it, and it was really the same as the inscription on the ancestral tomb in Dongge Village, and they were all very happy.

Daiyu smiled: "This experience is not in vain. ”

Nodding with Ping'er again, Ping'er hurriedly took the red envelope that had been prepared in advance for Zhao Hu's family and gave it to the woman of the Zhao family.

So far, there has been no word all night.

Early the next morning, they boarded the ship again and headed south down the river.

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PS: The state is sluggish and sparse, and you may need to go to the temple to burn incense and worship......