In the cold weather, Liu Yuan was only wearing a single coat with patches and patches, but he carried two bags of salt on his shoulders, and the weight of more than 200 catties was stacked on his shoulders, but he didn't seem to feel anything, and carried it all the way from the side of the carriage to the side of the boat, got on the boat along the gangplank, stacked the two bags of salt neatly, walked up to the bow of the boat, and got two bamboo skewers from a tent man who was sitting behind a small table like a round ball, and got off the gangplank in three steps and two steps.

There were about a dozen people who also carried the bag with Liu Yuan, and the salt bags of several carriages were soon all loaded onto the boat, and Liu Yuan also had about twenty more bamboo skewers in his hand, and received about two hundred yuan in the round ball tent, strung it with a rope, put it on his shoulder, and swaggered back.

The security here is good, in broad daylight, basically no one robs, of course, in the dead of night, there are still people who rob him who hang money strings on his body, but these robbers, without exception, were beaten into pigs' heads by Liu Yuan, and in this area, no one provoked him anymore.

On the edge of the wharf, there is a pancake stall, the little boss is a woman with a big waist and round shoulders, a pockmarked face, not much thinner than Liu Yuan, the fingers are like a pestle, but it is extremely flexible, a ball of viscous noodles rolls on the thin stone slab, and after a while, a thin piece of mixed noodles is formed, and some sparse vegetables and meat are wrapped in it. Of course, most of the workers on the dock can't afford to eat good meat, and more are animal offal, but the fat woman washes it cleanly, tastes good, and more importantly, has a lot of these things, so this piece of the dock is extremely popular. Five cents a piece, at the end of the day, more than these big men who carry bags.

Liu Yuan counted five cents from the rope and took a pancake from the fat woman's hand, and when the fat woman handed it to him, she stuffed a big piece of fat into it like lightning.

"Ge Cai, don't beat my mind, we're not suitable!" Liu Yuanpo took a bite, and his mouth was full of oil.

The fat woman Ge Cai's eyelids rolled, and she had already pulled out a fire tong from the edge of the stove, and just picked it up, Liu Yuan had already run far away, and the copper coins on her body collided and jingled.

After leaving the dock and crossing the wide street, I turned into a small alley, which was like another world compared to the big and bright streets and tall and spacious houses that I had just passed.

There are small doors open in the cramped lanes, and the sewage flows sideways in the lanes, and the voices of chickens and dogs are heard in every household. Liu Yuan walked through the alley with his arms dangling, and from time to time someone greeted him loudly.

He's a good guy here.

The main reason is that after he came here, ordinary gangsters didn't dare to come here to spread wild.

He walked back to his cabin, stripped himself down to a pair of shorts, took out a bucket of water, poured it over his head, and then walked back to the house with a slam, slamming the door.

wiped off the water stains on his body, threw himself heavily on the bed, lay down for a while, got up again, dragged a big burden out from under the bed, and carefully opened it, inside, there was a set of iron armor, as well as a horizontal knife, a crossbow, and more than ten crossbow arrows.

It was very damp in this house, and almost every seven or eight or ten days, Liu Yuan would drag these guys out and maintain them carefully, always keeping them in the best condition.

Always be ready!

But if you have a life, you will not give up.

Liu Yuan silently recited a few words in his heart, wrapped the well-maintained guy carefully, stuffed it under the bed again, closed his eyes and recuperated.

In the daze, a familiar whistle suddenly sounded in his ears, Liu Yuanhuo opened his eyes, but the whistle disappeared again, in the past two years, such a whistle has sounded in his ears countless times, but every time he wakes up, he finds that it is just a dream. He smiled bitterly, it was still a dream.

The whistle sounded again.

Liu Yuan jumped up from the bed with a snort.

It's not a dream, it's real!

The whistle really sounded.

He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, leaned over, pulled the package out from under the bed, slung it over his shoulder, pushed open the door, and walked out.

didn't go far, Qin Scar, who was killing pigs in the alley, walked out, carrying a package exactly the same as Liu Yuan on his shoulder, and the two of them were stunned when they met, and then they both laughed. They stretched out their fists to each other, touched them three times in a row, and walked out side by side.

They have known each other for a long time, but they don't know each other, it turns out that they are from the same place.

When I walked out of this remote and impoverished alley, there were more than a dozen people carrying such packages.

They were all familiar strangers.

They walked on the wide avenue and walked on the main street of Yangzhou.

That somewhat peculiar whistle sounded from time to time on the main street. With the whistle, Xiao Er, who was serving the dishes on the plate, put the dishes in his hand on the table, and in the loud shouting and scolding of the shopkeeper, Xiao Er pulled out a package from the counter, carried it on his shoulder, and strode away from the hotel.

The merchant who was pushing a cart to sell mountain goods took out a package from the bottom of the cart, carried it on his shoulder, and strode forward without the cart.

Continuing to walk forward, the master of a blacksmith shop dropped the sledgehammer in his hand, took out a package from the clutter in the corner, carried it on his shoulder, and walked out of the shop.

In a coffin shop, the owner and his buddy dug out two packages from a coffin and walked out of the coffin shop.

On the docks, the whistle sounded.

On a sailing that was slowly going off the shore, the sailor who was holding the pole on the bow leaned over and pulled open a board under his feet, dragged out a package from it and carried it on his shoulder, and then thrust the pole into the water, and in this way, he jumped from the boat to the dock like a big bird, and then walked away in amazement.

One of the most annoying catchers on the dock on weekdays walked to the small wooden house where he usually rested, carried out a package, and strode away.

A tax collector was inspecting the goods on a merchant ship, and when he heard the whistle, he threw down the tax collector in his hand, turned around, went ashore, walked to the tax office, dragged out a package, carried it on his shoulder, and left without looking back.

Ge Cai, who was full of pockmarks and big waists and round shoulders, heard the whistle, and the pockmarks on his face seemed to be shining at this moment, and he dragged out a large package from under the stove and carried it on his shoulder, and took a big stride.

Everyone gathered, smiled at each other, and strode forward.

These people all have one goal, that is, Shenglong Qianzhuang in the center of Yangzhou City.

Qin Xinming stood like a javelin, looking at the people who came in from the side door one after another carrying packages, in the huge courtyard, more and more people walked in, and then stood up straight like Qin Xinming.

There was still a person standing beside Qin Xinming, who was the confidant of Mei Jiu, the governor of Yangzhou, and Su Bao, who was also the military commander in Yangzhou, looking at more and more people in amazement.

He was born in the military, and he could naturally see at this moment that the people gathered here were special.

The key is that he knows many of the people in it, such as Ge Cai, the fat woman who sells pancakes on the dock, Ma Qing, who is in charge of security on the dock, and of course, Liu Yuan, who likes to hang money on his body and jingle it. There is also the second little boy in the shop, who often goes to that store to eat and serve, and the second little man who serves the food is these people in front of him.

At that time, he had never noticed the abnormality of these people, but at this moment, these people seemed to have all changed, and wherever they stopped, a sense of iron and blood naturally emanated from these people.

Qin Xinming took a deep breath, took a step forward, took out a list from his body, and said loudly: "Datang Internal Guard, Zhaowu Captain Ge Cai." ”

The fat woman Ge Cai snapped out of the queue and said loudly: "Ge Cai, here!" ”

Liu Yuan gasped, grandma's, this woman is actually the captain of Zhaowu, one level higher than himself.

"In Yangzhou City, there are a total of 500 people gathered here, all of whom are led by you, and now you will name them!" Qin Xinming handed over the list in his hand to Ge Cai.

Ge Cai took the list, his eyes swept over Liu Yuan, and a smile flashed.

"Deputy Lieutenant Zhaowu, Liu Yuan!"

"Here!" Liu Yuan felt a little toothache and took a step forward.

"Deputy Lieutenant Zhaowu, Qin Cen!"

Qin Scar took a step forward: "Here!" ”

"Captain Zhenwei, Ma Qing!"

Catch fast Ma Qing took a step forward and said loudly: "Here!" ”

"I am the commander of the first battalion in Yangzhou, the three of you are the first battalion, and now, the three of you will each name the soldiers of your team!" Ge Cai gave the list in his hand to each of the three people.

"Yes!"

Su Bao was already a little sluggish.

Qin Xinming turned to look at him with a smile and said, "Su Beijia, soldiers like this, in Yangzhou, we have arranged a total of six, they are distributed in various places in Yangzhou, and now, they are being assembled." A full 3,000 people will gather in Yangzhou within 10 days. At the same time, at this moment, there are a full 2,000 people who are gathering in Yangzhou by water, and they are from Pinglu Zuo Xiaowei. ”

Su Bao looked at Qin Xinming blankly: "Shopkeeper Qin, then who are?" ”

"Reacquaint yourself, Datang Internal Guard Qin Xinming, but Su Beijia, I don't know how to fight, I really only plan to do business and make accounts." Qin Xinming said with a smile.

"Are these people what you prepared for Yangzhou? I don't know who will be in charge? Su Bao asked with a trembling voice.

Qin Xinming smiled slightly: "Their general is on the way to come at the moment, Su Beijia, the five thousand soldiers who came to Yangzhou are all members of the Yixing Society, and they can die without regrets for Li Xiang." With them, Yangzhou is safe! ”