Hu Xian, the words are thorough, thick eyebrows and big eyes, broad shoulders and thick back, and there is a finger-sized mole on the forehead. This person was the first small leader of the beggar gang to support Zhou Tong at the beginning, and he was responsible for taking care of the homeless people in Moyunguan afterwards.

During the period of Comrade Hu Xian's Moyun Temple, in order to keep his status as an upstart, he disciplined the homeless people with his heart, worked hard to pat the boss, and was loyal to the crossing forces.

The four medium-sized ships that departed from Moyunguan began to be "loaded" at 9 p.m. In this era, there are no street lights, only ghost fires, and it is already pitch black three miles out of the city, with no traces of people, all relying on the starlight overhead.

The homeless people, with shaved heads and short coats, lined up in the dark to be escorted onto the boats. Monastery guards with crossbows and night vision devices on their chests were everywhere, and whether the homeless wanted to or not, the voyage to the light had begun at this moment, and it was irreversible.

By the time Moyunguan's fleet finished loading people and then came to the gate of Tangzhuang, it was already more than 10 o'clock at night. Led by the first purchase of the Dog's Eye, the four big ships had already lined up along the river at this time, and the battery headlights were neatly lit on the deck of the boat, and the latecomers slowly docked to the side of the big ship under the guidance of the lights and walkie-talkies, and formed groups in pairs.

The wide slope is lowered from the big boat, which is a specially made stepped springboard for easy climbing. The next moment, the hatch opened, and the people inside were released one by one from the pitch-black cabin. As soon as they came out, the gang was dizzy by the headlights overhead, but this was deliberate: in the past, there were always some "smart people" who planned to jump into the water and run away after leaving the cabin, and these people were either shot to death by crossbows or were caught and beaten up, so now the improved transfer process does not give these people a chance at all.

Dizzy, the fake monk Pu who couldn't open his eyes as soon as he got out of the cabin, was grabbed onto the gangplank, and the sound of cheering in his ears made them subconsciously start to climb up after training in Moyunguan for a period of time, and then the hook above his head also arrived, and he pulled it from behind his shoulder, and the person got on the big boat.

After many improvements, the "cargo" transshipment process is short and concise, simple and fast, simple but not simple. The sailors cooperated tacitly at the moment, and the process was skillful, and the homeless people who climbed up from the bilge one by one returned to the dark cabin in less than 1 minute.

During the whole transfer process, Xiong Dao, who was in the best observation position, spent most of his time using infrared telescopes to observe the pitch-black wilderness in the distance. His attention was mainly focused on outsiders, such as some thieves who came to Tangzhuang to steal things, and the captain and Hu Xian were in charge of the fleet side, so he didn't need to worry too much.

One and a half hours have passed since all the displaced people in total 600 changed ships. At this time, the four medium-sized ships began to enter the river bay under the guidance of the lights, and then slowly turned around and returned to Moyunguan.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at this time, adjusted their status one after another, and waited for the arrival of the second batch of "goods".

Normally, on the night before the sand fleet set sail, Moyunguan would always bring in varying numbers of homeless people, sometimes in one wave, sometimes in two: depending on the amount of miscellaneous goods remaining on the sand boat.

And tonight is destined to be a sleepless night: the tidal disaster that is coming in July will create a large number of hungry people around Hangjia Lake, so the Hangzhou station is currently increasing the transportation of displaced people.

Including the displaced people stranded in the Moyun Temple, as well as the "stored" in Zhou Tong's hands, those broken temples and dung diggers, these people are all on the list, and Hangzhou Station will vacate all the "resettlement posts" as much as possible before the arrival of July to accept new people.

Of course, in this case, there will be a bit of risk.

By the time the fleet arrived at Tangzhuang again from Moyunguan, it was already 3 o'clock in the evening, which was much later than usual - the deck of the ship was also full of "cargo" this time, and these people were tied here in groups of 10 with hemp ropes.

This time it was a lot of trouble, after the tied man stumbled onto the sand boat, there was an additional procedure to untie the twine, which not only delayed time, but also added noise and confusion - a "smart man" finally found a gap and jumped from the boat to the pond river.

...... There will always be such imaginative people, probably thinking that they are used to make human meat buns by working hard to fatten them through the flowers and silver, and today is the day of the basket drawer, so they always have to find an opportunity to jump into the river. However, these were nothing in front of the guards who had been prepared with infrared bows and crossbows - the river jumper had not yet fallen into the water, but was shot through the air by two carbon fiber crossbow arrows, and died at the bottom of the river without a snort.

The trick of killing chickens and monkeys always works, although it is not what the knife wielder wants. Then the speed of the transporters increased suddenly, and finally when a trace of fish belly white appeared on the horizon, the last homeless person was sent off the cabin.

People who have been busy all night can finally breathe a sigh ......of relief after a busy night.

Last night's operation was the largest number of people ever transported through the fleet, with a total of 1,400 displaced people crammed into the cabin, and the sand boats were now loaded with only people and no other groceries except for a small amount of rice.

"It's hard work, old bear, I've drunk the wind on the roof all night." Wang Bo, commander of the sand fleet and captain of the Dog's Eye, stood at the bow of the ship at this time and said with a smile to Comrade Xiong Dao, who came to see him off.

"I'll go back and lie down and sleep, you still have to take shifts to sail the boat, this is hard!" Xiong Dao nodded with a smile and shook hands with Wang Bo tightly: "Be careful on the road, take care all the way!" ”

"Take care!"

The revolutionary comrades-in-arms waved goodbye like this. A few hours later, when those who came out of Hangzhou arrived at the Tangzhuang building materials market, they would find that the four large sand boats parked in the river bay had quietly disappeared.

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After Master Xiong sent the fleet away, the big stone in his heart finally landed, and he yawned and went back to the house to make up for sleep, well, it was really hard to blow the cold wind all night. By the time the old man got up, it was already lunch time, and the Dragon and Phoenix Special Attack Team had already turned back into the Ming Shang template...... The Batman moment is over.

After lunch, Xiong Dao sat in the study and drank tea, while reviewing the work during this time: the situation is generally good, the market has finally been regulated, and the large-scale transfer of population was successfully experimented last night, so it is time to pick up the work that was suspended some time ago......

Thinking of this, Xiong Dao got up and took down a thick stack of letters and posters from the bookcase, and began to look through them carefully.

Xiong Dao had come forward to sign a contract with the Lin brothers of the maritime merchant before, and after that, the results of the Lin family's transportation of iron materials to Dayuan were very good, and both parties were very satisfied. Originally, Xiong Dao was going to make persistent efforts, who would have thought that after this, things would happen one after another, so that he had to suspend the plan, but now that he has time, he plans to continue his homework.

In the afternoon of the same day, a subordinate set off from Tangzhuang, respectively to several households in Hangzhou City to post, two days later in the morning, Master Xiong with a few entourage, from Tangzhuang, into the city also.

Xiong Dao and his party got off the boat from Qingtai Gate, and then hired a four-carrying sedan chair on the spot, all the way to the Zhangzhou Hall.

Zhangzhou Hall is on the street of Chunyou Bridge, not far from Qingtai Gate, it didn't take long for Master Xiong and his party to arrive at the door of the hall, and soon after the entourage went in to report, two businessmen wearing red Zhangsha came out of the hall.

The two sides first said politely, and then Master Xiong ordered his entourage to carry the four-color water salute, and everyone entered the hall together. Zhangzhou Hall covers an area of not small, the flower hall, wine seat, guest room, hall and these functional buildings are very neat, and the old man Xiong and his party opened a box after entering, and the three of them sat down to watch tea.

These two businessmen are both surnamed Xie and have bronze faces, the one in his forties is called Xie Fuqing, and the other is in his thirties, with a black face and hard eyebrows, and his name is Xie Chushui.

The Xie family is a maritime merchant in Zhangzhou, with a lot of wealth, and the boat gang is also a bandit and a businessman, and the scale of the business is much larger than that of the Lin brothers who ran to the big man before. The head of the Xie family in Zhangzhou is named Xie Fubei, and the two people in the merchant house today, the older Xie Fuqing is the manager of the Xie family's Jiangnan branch, the same generation as the head of the family, and the black-faced Xie Chushui next to him is the "righteous son" of the head of the Xie family.

The "righteous son" is the "adopted son".

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Fujian maritime merchants had the custom of recognizing their righteous sons, and the maritime merchants bought poor boys as deed children, and sent them to the sea after raising them, which was a lot of cases.

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"I didn't know until a few days ago, it turned out that the one who occupied Dayuan Island was actually the old man Xiong's gang, and he had no beads in the bottom, and he saw a hero today, and he was disrespectful and disrespectful!" As soon as the two sides sat down, Xie Fuqing arched his hand with a smile on his face and said to Master Xiong.

"It seems that the news has finally reached Hangzhou." Xiong Dao was not surprised: "Where, the brothers also took advantage of the 'Helan people' to be poorly guarded, and the sneak attack was successful, so they can't be said to be heroes." ”

After such a pleasantry, the atmosphere in the private room immediately changed a little: now that the identities of each other had been clarified, both parties were agents arranged by the maritime (pirate) gang in Hangzhou.

understands each other's identities, so polite words can be omitted: "I don't know what the purpose of Brother Tai is coming today?" Xie Fuqing asked at this time.

Xiong Dao saw that he was talking about the topic, so he nodded and said: "Now Dayuan Island is not very popular, and my brother heard that the Xie family has a ship that will return in the near future, I wonder if your ship is willing to go to Dayuan for a visit?" Hehe, delay for a few days, and then bring some foreign strange goods from Dayuan Island back to Zhangzhou, presumably your lord is also willing. ”

"Haha, Brother Tai is a good calculation." Xie Fuqing raised his head and smiled when he heard this: "Don't hide it from Master Xiong, the Xie family's cargo is going to Luzon with the north wind, and the contract has been set in the last year, so it's really not good to run again." ”

"Oh...... I see, it is indeed a brother's abruptness, atonement for sins. When Xiong Dao heard this, he knew that it was not easy to force it: it was already the end of the north wind season, and if the Xie family's boat was in a hurry to Manila, then the time would indeed be very tight, and if he turned around on the way, he was likely to encounter headwinds and delay the voyage.

After thinking about this, Xiong Dao could only say one sentence: "In this case, please tell your family master, and in the future, the lord welcomes the Xie family ship to trade." After saying this, he planned to leave after a few more polite words.

However, Xie Chushui, who was sitting on the side, said a sentence that made Xiong Dao raise his eyebrows at this time: "If it's raw silk or something, forget it, the Xie family has traded with a big gang of officials in recent years, and I'm afraid that there won't be too many goods to trade with Da Yuan." ”