Volume 1 Yangcheng Shaojie Chapter 35 Shipping Blocked?
With Master Lan's keen thinking and accurate judgment, it is not difficult to realize that this Huang Family Boat King is a character who is not easy to mess with.
But Lan Wang was not afraid of him. No matter how strong you are, you have to go through two moves with our Lan family master first!
Lan Wang just sneered at the shipping tycoon on the river on his own plane: "I've seen Master Huang, the junior is here to give you a gift!" ”
"I just don't know what's going on, the guys in your business house are above the top, and they are going to send them off directly without even asking the intention of the people! If this spreads, the fathers and villagers of Yangguan Town will not say that you Huangjiadian is a big bully! No, it won't take much effort anyway, so I'll just take action to discipline my subordinates for Master Huang! ”
Lan Wang knew in his heart that the old fox in front of him, who had been in turmoil in the shopping mall for a long time, would not be provoked so easily. However, when he found that this yellow shopkeeper not only did not change his expression in the slightest, but his face was still smiling, and even his face remained unchanged and his brows did not wrinkle, he was really taken aback.
"That's that, this little master is well disciplined! This time, I, Huang someone, thank you for your help, so that I don't have to go and get the feather duster for the expert law for a while! ”
The Boat King laughed as he tilted his head slightly, glaring fiercely at the front desk guy who was holding his fingers trembling in the corner.
Lan Wang just snorted slightly, did not answer, and pretended not to hear the mockery implied in the Huang shopkeeper's words.
"Ah, forgive the contemptible faux pas, dare to ask where this young master is from? What to call it? The king of the Huang family turned his head and asked again.
Young Master Lan didn't intend to hide his identity: "I am the commander of the border army in Yangguan Town, the son of the general Lan Fengshan Lan in the north of the town, just call me Lan Wang!" “
The Huang family's boat king just raised his eyebrows, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression returned to normal.
Immediately afterwards, he put on a trademark and professional smile: "Oops, it turned out to be the eldest young master of the Lan family!" Sit down, please take a seat! ”
He gave orders to the counter guy who was still cowering in the corner; "What are you doing? Why don't you go for the best tea and snacks?! Don't mess it up again, if you do a good job, I might not worry about today's mess with you! ”
The man was pardoned, and ran away.
Lan Wang was already tired of running, but he was happy to drink some tea to quench his thirst and eat some snacks to cushion his stomach, after all, it would take a while before he could have dinner!
Huang Shixin did not mess up at all, and did not lose the courtesy at all. He deigned very respectfully, leaned down and greeted Young Master Lan up the stairs first, and then followed him up.
Even if Lan Wang felt that this guy was difficult to entangle on the surface, deep down he had to admire his endurance, measurement, and qi cultivation kung fu that far exceeded ordinary people.
One big and one young, one old and one young sit in a private seat on the second floor of the commercial hall near the window, from which you can directly see the port and ferry at the junction of the river and the river outside. Young Master Lan noticed that the wharf ferry, which used to be bustling with crowds of people, was now extremely deserted, not only were there fewer ships transporting goods and disembarking passengers, but even the travelers who crossed the river on the ferry boat were completely nowhere to be found.
"Lan Dashao, contemptible people have been in business for many years, and they think that the eyes of people are unmatched in the shopping malls in the entire Shui Basin, but today I am blind! Young Master Lan is young and old, young and promising, and at first glance, he is born with extraordinary talents, and he is really admired and admired! I just don't know ......."
The ship king's words changed: "This time, Young Master Lan doesn't seem to be coming on behalf of the Lan family, but on behalf of the Wen Jia Workshop Wen Shopkeeper?" “
Lan Wang explained, "Yes. Although the younger generation's family background is considered to be wealthy, they also thank the shopkeeper Wen for not giving up, and they are idle in the workshop to eat. This time, the juniors came to negotiate with the shopkeeper Huang about the transportation of a batch of goods. “
"According to the shopkeeper Wen, originally your shipping company could not carry the goods of my Wenjia Workshop because the Jianglong Gang was in the way. However, I learned that a few days ago, on Lao Stork Street, not far from your merchant house, hundreds of gangs in the Jianglong Gang Headquarters were slaughtered, and the various branch churches on the Lianshui and Dajiang also fell apart and collapsed on their own because of the leaderlessness of the dragons. That being the case, the biggest obstacle – and the last obstacle – to our cooperation is gone. However, recently, the shopkeeper found that you had not had further contact with the workshop, let alone formally negotiated cooperation, so he felt a little strange, so he sent juniors to visit him to see if there was any way. Lan Wang entered the role smoothly, fully exerting the verbal skills and negotiation skills accumulated in his previous life, and turned into a business negotiator.
"Alas, what a coincidence!" Shopkeeper Huang took a sip of tea and sighed, "The Jianglong Gang, the big gang in Yangguan Town, has changed from a local tyrant to a street rat, but the real roadblock is not the Jianglong Gang at all!" “
The head of the Huang family continued to explain: "A few months ago, when I had my first meeting with the representatives of your workshop, your representatives proposed to hire at least 50 sand boats of the largest size from the port where the water flows into the river, which is the same place, to transport a batch of goods down the river to a construction site downstream. It was supposed to be a big business, but now it can't be done! You don't know, just on the river down the river more than ten miles of route, there is a large scale of sandbar, called Fuluzhou, this sandbar is called the sandbar is actually an island, located in the middle of the river on the right bank of the position, around the dangerous shoals are very many, reeds are dense, the terrain is complicated, even the old captain of the old boat does not dare to enter rashly! Coincidentally, there is a group of water bandits entrenched on this sandbar, claiming to be Jiangliuzhai, the leader is called Gu Daworm, and there are more than 1,000 gangsters, and there are hundreds of large and small boats. This group of bandits had already taken root on the sandbar in the middle of the river more than ten years ago, recruiting troops and horses all the way, and dominating one side according to the danger, and six or seven years ago their strength had swelled to the level of seven or eight hundred men and more than 60 boats. “
The face of the shopkeeper Huang showed a trace of worry: "At the beginning, this gang can be described as killing people and setting fires, not only robbing goods, killing merchants, but also detaining the crew members of the captured passing ships, coercing and luring good people to join the gang!" Originally, they have reined in in recent years, but they only collect protection fees and become fishermen, and our caravan and they have always been well water and not river water. But just five days ago, this bandit Gu worm didn't know what was going on, and suddenly he went out to rob a group of grain ships passing by our trading house, and all the grain and goods were plundered, and even our sailors and shipwrights were not left in ten, and they were either killed or thieves! This loss is still a trivial matter, the key is that they still let out the wind, saying that he doesn't care about other people's ships, that is, he will never let go of any of my Huang family's ships, and any caravan of the Huang family's ship company will not want to pass through the territory of his big boss on the river! ”
"So serious? This bandit leader has been in business for so many years, doesn't he even understand the truth of fishing with all his might? What's in it for them to do things so well in the long run?! “
"Well, who's to say it's not! But what if you don't understand? There are many bandits in Fuluzhou, there are a lot of fast boats, and there are also sandbanks and wetlands, even if our Huang family is on the water, there are many warships that can fight, and there are escorts with the boats, but they can only call in vain! The shopkeeper Huang put down the tea bowl with a "snap" and sighed.
"This ...... Isn't this Yangguan Town's economic control water army going to be in charge? Just let them run amok? Lan Wang also felt that the yellow shopkeeper in front of him was a false story at first, but after chatting and chatting, he found that the sad look on the shopkeeper's face was not pretended.
"Then you have to be able to manage it!" Shopkeeper Huang continued to smile bitterly, "Although Ling Zun's border army is elite, it is not used to water warfare; The water points in the area of the great river are actually in charge of the sailors of the water village. Originally, more than two years ago, General Wang Shen, who commanded the water village, once led the main force of the water division to go to Fuluzhou to suppress bandits, but because he was not familiar with the terrain and the traitor told the informant, he was defeated and lost, and he lost his official hat in a short time! After that, the other Shuizhai general no longer dared to send troops to suppress the bandits, and it didn't matter how much gold we used on our side! “
"Tell me about this... Since it is a matter that the sailor can't settle when he comes, the warships and water warriors of our Huang family's private placement are naturally even more unfortunate! “
Lan Wang asked tentatively: "The yellow shopkeeper, have you thought about it...... Send a few martial arts masters to infiltrate the bandits' den and come directly to the center to blossom? “
Shopkeeper Huang glanced at Young Master Lan, but still sighed: "That's even worse!" The Jiangliu Gang has been able to entrench in the heart of the river for so many years, relying not only on the number of people, but also on the number of martial arts masters who are neat, anyway, it is definitely not something that our Huang family can solve by sending one or two offerings! And that's not all: according to our eyeliner, there is a bigger backer behind the gang, and it's likely that there is someone to back them up to the south. The contemptible people privately suspected that the last time the sailors surrounded and suppressed, there was a spy in the water village who reported to the water bandits, which was the handiwork of the backers in the south. In addition, among the guards of our Huang family caravan, there were also veterans from the original Lianyang Water Village, listening to them, the reason why they were defeated at that time was not only because they were ambushed, but also because there were a few martial arts masters in the opposing camp who had never seen before and were obviously from the Southern Sect! When the two are compared, the credibility of the rumors is even higher! “
"The backers behind this gang of bandits seem to be eyeing our Huang family, and I don't know how we offended them! If the position of this backer is high enough and the power is big enough, not only our Huang family can't handle it, but I'm afraid that King Wen's workshop and Ling Zun won't be able to handle it either! “
Immediately afterwards, the old fox of the Huang family's boat king seemed to be able to read Lan Wang's thoughts, and he didn't stop at all: "Young Master Lan, I am also a person who practices martial arts, and I can see from my breath how deep a person's cultivation is." But on you...... I can't catch the breath. It shows that you are tough, and you are the kind of tough that has never been seen before! Even so, the contemptible person still has to advise the young master: Don't risk yourself and be brave! You don't know how deep the water is, and you don't know what kind of masters there will be in Fulu Continent! Even if you don't do it properly, you are likely to be planted in that inconspicuous-looking water bandit's nest! “
"Shopkeeper Huang's advice, the kid has written it down." Lan Wang arched his hand and said, "In other words, if this group of bandits is not eliminated, your fleet will not be able to carry large quantities of goods for us?" ”
"I'm afraid that's the case, forgive Huang someone can't do anything!" The Boat King spread his hands slightly apologetically.
However, our Lan Da Young Master does not intend to give up on this.
"Shopkeeper Huang, if I have a way here, I can eliminate this group of bandits without sending a martial arts master into the tiger's den with a single sword, and only use five or six boats, can you still carry goods for my Wenjia Workshop?"
The corners of Lan Wang's mouth showed a confident, confident smile.