Wu Xuexia looked at this group of people and felt very strange, you one by one, do you really regard Wei Bao as a god?

However, Wu Xuexia didn't show it, knowing that after a long time, she would definitely understand why the people under Wei Bao had such an attitude towards Wei Bao.

"I'll leave it all to you! I'm waiting for news here! Wei Bao happily said to the senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who had been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, and other senior agents and officers.

"President, you'd better not be here, there is still danger here, let the president's secretariat and the president's personal guards accompany the president to wait five miles away, right? As soon as we get those ship bosses under control, we let people bring the ship over to the president! Then the president will leave for Liaoxi directly, right? The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Administration, who had been appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, was concerned about the safety of the president, so he made this suggestion.

Wei Bao is a person who takes as safe a route as he is, and his subordinates' suggestions are exactly what he wants, so he immediately agreed.

As soon as he said to leave, Wei Bao then informed Wang Qiuya to let the people from the president's secretariat and his more than 30 personal guards prepare to leave!

Wang Qiuya was very curious, she didn't know that it was dark, and now she left these fleets, which one of them was going on? Now that Wu Xuexia is sticking to Wei Bao all day long, she has not been following Wei Bao all the time, I don't know what has changed?

Wei Bao didn't explain: "Let's do it right away." ”

Wang Qiuya didn't ask too much, and immediately went to convey the president's order.

There is not much to pack, the beautiful secretaries of the president's secretariat and the president's personal guards are all well-trained, and if they don't have a stick of incense, they will accompany the president to wait on the beach five miles away in a carriage!

Wei Bao walked nearly a hundred people here, and there were more than a hundred people left, so the sailors in the rivers and lakes were not suspicious!

They are only in charge of transporting goods, and they do not care about the entry and exit of the proprietors.

And Wei Bao lived in a simple place, after coming to the fleet, he lived in a simple place, almost never out of the cabin, few people had seen him, and they didn't know what this young rich boy was doing.

It's just that everyone respects Wei Bao very much, so a few sailors who have seen Wei Bao himself only think that Wei Bao is the little master of the proprietor's family.

Even now, they can't even figure out who is the biggest financier among the other party.

The senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who had been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, and the other senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau and Hejian Province, as well as several officers of the escort team, discussed the specific details of the operation again, and then asked people to light a bonfire on the beach, make a small game, and gamble on it themselves.

They didn't go out of their way to ask people to come to those ship bosses, for fear that they would be suspicious!

Most of these more than 50 big ships are one ship, one owner, and one owner pulls thirty or forty sailors to live together.

Both owners and owners know each other well, but it is rare to be able to gather so many owners together at one time.

The shipowners and sailors are all mixed with the rivers and lakes, the people of the rivers and lakes, the people of the green forest, to put it mildly, that is, the underworld characters at the bottom of society, these people live better than ordinary people, but they also live a life with their lives shut, and their heads are pinned to their belts.

But there is no such person who does not like to gamble.

Therefore, the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who had been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, and the other senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Office and the Hejian Province, as well as several officers of the escort team, gambled by the river, which immediately attracted their attention.

At first, some sailors came over to watch, and when they saw the gambling you coming and going, the silver in and out was ten or two hundred taels.

In the back, there were more and more onlookers. Almost all the shipowners and sailors were attracted to it.

A small two thousand people gathered on the shore.

However, the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Administration, who have been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, and the rest of the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Administration and Hejian Province, as well as several officers of the escort team, deliberately raised the stakes very high because they intended to attract the shipowners to play! lest the sailors of the rivers and lakes also come to an embarrassing corner, and it is difficult to do things when there are too many people.

They play Pai Gow, which is a set of cards made of wood, bone or ivory, and is a Chinese folk game utensil, so the gameplay of Pai Gow is more diverse and less likely to cheat, so it is also more varied and interesting than dice.

Pai Gow evolved from dice, but the composition of Pai Gow is much more complex than dice, for example, two "six points" are spelled into "heavenly cards", two "unit points" are spelled into "land cards", and one "six points" and one "five points" are spelled into "tiger heads". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the popular "push pai gow" and "play the sky nine" are more attractive games.

32 dominoes, 3 dice, 1 dice cup. The basic game of Pai Gow is to win and lose by the size of the domino points.

Domino pai gow is divided into big pai gow and small pai gow, big pai gow is four cards per person, divided into two groups of large and small, respectively with the dealer against the card, all wins and all loses for the winner, small pai gow is two cards per person, the victory or defeat is immediate, due to the crisp and neat gameplay, small pai gow is more popular.

It's a small pai gow here.

The 32 cards are divided into: ringing, palace, point, and several card names.

Palace: Heaven, Earth, Man, And, Plum, Long, Board (each with two cards).

Points: Nine (Red Nine, Black Nine), Eight (Bend Eight, Flat Eight), Seven (Red Seven, Black Seven), Red Six, Five (Red Five, Black Five), Red Three.

Mo: Axe, Four-Six, Six, Five-Five (two of a kind each).

Ring: Red six points plus red three points are called ringing, which is the largest card in the dominoes, and the smallest card is used separately.

The sound is greater than the palace, the palace is greater than the mo, and the mo is greater than the point (ring-palace-mo-point), and the point is the smallest.

The first game begins by either side to shake the dice, the side that is shaken by the dice to the banker begins to draw the cards, and then each game by the loser shakes the dice and the winner sits on the bank to draw the cards.

When the loser shakes the dice and the winner draws the cards, the winning side needs to draw the cards according to the method specified by the loser, such as drawing the cards from the front, drawing the cards from the back, drawing the cards from the middle, etc.

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, sat down and shook a nine.

Everyone exclaimed, this is a small card, especially for the dealer, everyone is waiting to see a good show, knowing that the dealer is going to lose this time!

At this time, nearly 100 taels of silver had been bet on the gambling table on the ground, and the stakes were very large.

All the onlookers had a question in their hearts, did the dealer lose so much silver?

According to the rules, if you can't get the money, you will be chopped off, because it is fraud.

Several senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, agents of the Bureau of Statistics, and officers of the escort team, they all opened cards bigger than nine points, and only one person's card was smaller than nine points, which was almost a loss!

The onlookers couldn't help but exclaim again.

Who knew that the senior agent of the Beijing Station of the National Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, did not even blink an eye, and took out a few large ingots of silver from his arms and lost all the money happily!

The game is so big, and the loss of money is so refreshing, which makes everyone in the audience itch and scratch!

The most important thing is that these characters have eyesight, and they can see that the other party's gambling is very clean, and there is no cheating to cheat those cats.

The sailors of the rivers and lakes suffered from not having so much silver, and they would definitely not be able to get on the table of such a big gamble.

But the shipowners have money.

One of the ship's owners couldn't help but ask, "Brothers, can we play together?" It's okay to be idle at night. ”

Several of them were playing with the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, and the agents of the Statistics Bureau, together with the officers of the escort team, looked at the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, meaning that this is the real big brother, and they have to wait for this big brother to speak.

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, smiled: "It's okay, let's play together, there are more people, but we don't owe credit, at least one more than twenty taels of silver can play." ”

This angered a group of shipowners, the characters in the rivers and lakes have a lot of face, and they are most afraid of being looked down upon, and although these shipowners do not have a few rich owners, however, most of their net worth is carried with them, who can't take out 20 taels of silver? Several shipowners with a little more money had no problem taking out 200 taels of silver in a minute.

"This brother, although we don't have any silver, but who can't take out a few hundred taels of silver? I'm afraid you don't have enough money! One of the ship's owners pretended.

Immediately, the other shipowners held their rockers to support him, and they all said that it was not bad money.

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, smiled slightly: "Don't be angry with this old brother, I just asked casually, and when it comes to gambling, I can't lose the money, I'm afraid it will be unsightly on everyone's face." ”

"Hehe, no need to remind, we are all people who have been in the rivers and lakes all year round, and we all know the rules!" The ship's owner replied angrily.

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, nodded: "It's dark, it's a little cold on the shore, let's get on the boat and play?" ”

The owners of the boat have no opinions, and they all talk about the boat to advocate the boss's play on the ship!

Everyone then went to Boss Zhang's boat to play.

A large group of sailors wanted to come and see the excitement.

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, frowned, changed his smile again, and joked: "You don't need so many people, right?" Don't wait for the ship to sink down. ”

The owners of the ship were amused by him, although it was a little unlucky to sink the ship, but they themselves usually made such jokes occasionally, and they didn't think there was anything. And gambling people don't like to be surrounded by a large number of people!

"It's all gone, hurry up and go to sleep! What's there to see? ”

A group of shipowners scolded their men.

In this era, there were no lights, and most of the lights on the ship were lanterns, but a ship also had at most one or two lanterns, all of which were in the bow and stern of the ship, and there were common ones. Therefore, if the sailors of the rivers and lakes want to play money together, they can only play on the side of the ship during the day, otherwise they will not be able to see it at all.

Although the sailors knew that there was a big gamble soon, they were unwilling to retreat like this, but there was no way.

A fair gamble is not easy to have a situation where someone wins a lot at once and someone loses a lot at once, coming and going, the shipowners and the senior agents of the Jingcheng Station of the Statistics Administration, who were appointed as the deputy commanders of this operation, as well as several agents of the Jingcheng Station and Hejian Fu Station of the Statistics Bureau, as well as several officers of the escort team, everyone has won and lost.

The person who wins the most has already won three or four hundred taels of silver, and the person who loses a lot can borrow silver from others, so he has been gambling for more than two hours, and everyone is still gambling hotly, and there is no intention of stopping at all.

At this time, the people of the Statistics Office and the Guardian Team were already quietly in place!

boarded the boat of Boss Zhang, who was gambling, and then quietly controlled all the sailors on this ship in one fell swoop.

The gamblers in the cabin did not hear any movement.

The people of the other dozens of boats did not notice anything unusual in the slightest.

The ship slowly sailed away from the middle of the fleet, to the most remote position, but it did not leave the entire fleet.

Each ship had a vigil and watched out for the sailors.

Seeing that Boss Zhang's boat had sailed away a little, although he didn't know what it meant, he didn't think much about it.

Then, a group of guards and people from the Statistics Office suddenly rushed into the gambling cabin with knives!

"Don't move, don't squeak! Otherwise, I'll kill you! ”

The shipowners were all gambling on the excitement and were taken aback by the sudden change.

They are all perennial people who have been running the rivers and lakes all year round, and they have not seen the wind and waves, so no one panicked enough to scream or anything, and they were pressed together, and they were a little overwhelmed by surprise.

"What are you going to do? What do you do? Are you going to be black? We have 2,000 little brothers here! The owners muttered.

"Don't panic! We don't do anything! I won't ask for your money! and I will not ask for your life. The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, said flatly.

Perhaps it was the attitude and kindness of the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation that made these ship owners feel a lot more at ease. I don't want money and life, so what are you afraid of?

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, then said that he wanted them to transfer to Weihe to help transport goods!

"It's not a difficult thing to say, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhang Laodao: "Such a little thing, just say it directly, at most add some silver, why do you need to make it like this?" ”

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, smiled: "There is absolutely no problem with adding silver!" We are all trustworthy people, and we are only afraid that you will not go, so we will make this decision, after all, everyone is not familiar with it. And, let's be honest, we made a big deal this time! I'm afraid that since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, no one has ever made such a big deal! Therefore, please make sure that you clearly state everyone's name, place of origin, where they live, and who they are in the family, so that we dare to let you participate! ”

A group of shipowners looked at each other, everyone was a smart person, and when they heard it, they understood, where are these people transporting what goods? Apparently a gang of thieves! They previously said that they would let Wei receive the goods in Tianjin, but now there is obviously a problem, but they are afraid that they have been chased by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court and have nowhere to hide, so they fled into the Wei River, right?

Most ship owners want to resist, they don't want to participate in this kind of thing, and secretly take the goods, although it is also a violation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but it has not reached the point of openly confronting the imperial court!

They are very aware of the consequences of being targeted by the imperial court, not to mention the yamen of Jinyi Weidong Factory that make people tremble when they hear it, even the yamen in places like Shuntian Mansion and Hejian Mansion are enough to make people unable to survive.

However, now that he was restrained, no one dared to say anything, and the knife was on his neck, knowing that if he didn't agree at this time, the other party was likely to kill immediately.

"How? It's not that hard, is it? The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, said indifferently: "We don't have time, either agree or not!" Within an hour, you must get the roster of all sailors! Otherwise, no one will be able to pass this hurdle. ”

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, has a certain level, and the more he understates it, the more he can give people an irresistible force!

The shipowners were silent for a minute, and the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who had been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, saw that the time was almost up, so they asked the shipowners to take them away.

Several agents from the Jingcheng Station Statistics Office and the Hejian Provincial Statistics Office conducted interrogation missions against them.

The agents of the statistical office all had two brushes, and the interrogation mission was quickly completed, and the information in the entire roster was basically accurate, because few people could tell the same lie three times and still keep it exactly the same.

Then the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, took a group of agents of the Bureau of Statistics, and the officers of the escort team, as well as dozens of soldiers who got on the ship, and disembarked, leaving only a team of non-commissioned officers to watch the sailors of the ship march towards the place where the president was waiting, and the ship left the fleet!

At this time, the sailors on the other big ships, who were in charge of the night lookout and vigilance, noticed that something was wrong and sounded gongs to warn them.

All the big ships are going to chase after the ship that has sailed out more than a mile, and there are all the owners on board!

If the shipowners are gone, aren't the dragons leaderless? Who will these sailors eat and drink with in the future? It's not that the shipowners are much respected by the people below, they are a kind of employment-like relationship, and the shipowners are more like rural contractors.

The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, shouted loudly from the shore that the ships that had begun to turn their bows and were ready to pursue!

"Listen to me! You all listen to me, and it's not too late to chase people after I finish talking! The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, spoke out in a simple, loud voice made of iron sheets.

The sailors on each ship were rough men, and when they heard this, they gathered around the position of the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who had been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation.

"You all come down, there are too many of you, there are too many boats, I say this, you can't hear it!" The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, continued to shout vigorously: "Your shipowner has already handed you over to me!" I'm your owner now! ”

When these sailors heard this, they were even more puzzled, and they handed us over to you? Do we know you? How could the shipowners do such a thing? Could it be that gambling with these people has lost all of them and lost them too?

The reason why the senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, said this is because he knows that I am afraid that only with this trick can it be possible to make all the sailors temporarily stop the pursuit and listen to him finish speaking!

Although they got the roster from the shipowners, the senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, the agents of the Statistics Bureau who carried out the rendezvous of the brigade that went to Triangle to meet Lin Wenbiao, and the officers of the escort team, still knew that getting the roster was only the first step, and it was not necessarily possible to control so many sailors in the rivers and lakes of nearly 2,000 people!

Because those shipowners and their men are not only in a relationship of employment, but also in relation to geography and kinship, and the relationship between them can be controlled.

There was a lot of commotion, and nearly two sailors disembarked one after another, gathered on the shore, and the momentum was huge.

If these nearly 2,000 sailors start to destroy the combined force of more than 100 agents of the Statistics Bureau and the non-commissioned officers of the Escort Force, there will be no pressure at all, and it will definitely be a complete victory! With only cold weapons, no army can do one dozen ten, and the Jiannu Iron Cavalry may not be able to do it!

"Listen to me." Nearly 2,000 sailors finally gathered, and the senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, said loudly: "The owners of your ships have not had any accidents, they are all fine!" The reason why they sold you to me is only temporary, because our operation is very involved! It's a big deal! But don't worry, as long as you do what you are told and drive the boat, you don't have to worry about anything, I guarantee that you will earn more than you can earn in five years in less than five days! ”

The senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, came up with a set of methods of coercion and inducement, and tactfully stated their identity as 'thieves'! and took out the tokens left by the shipowner to appease his men.

In these years, people with a bit of identity will bring a luxury item with them, and most people are illiterate and can't write letters.

"Wouldn't it be easy for you to get your hands on the ship's stuff if you kept them in check?" Immediately, some sailors began to question: "This doesn't mean anything, it's true that we are all mixed with the rivers and lakes, but we are enemies of the imperial court, and the involvement is too great, so we don't do it!" ”

The senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, had long expected this, and invited the only owner of the ship, Boss Wang, to be left behind.

The reason why Boss Wang was chosen by the agents of the Statistics Bureau to be the only owner of the ship left was because they felt that Boss Wang was the most cooperative! And this man's brain is active and bold!

Therefore, the senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, took a risky move! In such a short period of time, in such a tense time, they entrusted the identity of their Heaven and Earth Society Statistics Office to this Wang Boss! Directly exposed yourself!

This risky move was made without the approval of President Wei, which was very risky! If this boss Wang pretends to be subservient and then changes his hexagram on the spot, it will make the Statistics Office very passive.

Even if he can still kill this Wang Boss, he can only die in the face of nearly 2,000 sailors.

This is a very risky temporary rebellion!

"If you don't believe me, Boss Wang, you should believe it, right?" The senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the operation, said loudly.

Among the sailors in the rivers and lakes, many people recognized Boss Wang, and it was easy to deal with a boat boss, and they immediately seemed to have found the backbone of the main heart, and they quieted down again.

The senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, and a number of agents of the Bureau of Statistics, as well as the officers of the escort team, all raised their hearts to their throats, and they didn't know if this Boss Wang could do what they hoped for, so don't come on the spot! Otherwise, something really will happen!

"Don't panic, everyone!" Boss Wang took a few steps forward and said loudly: "This brother is right, some of our ship owners have summed it up, this is a good deal!" Everyone is desperate to do this time, and you can be idle for several years! Good house, good field, good woman, you can have what you want! What's the point of working hard for a few years without making money? ”

The senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics and a number of agents of the Bureau of Statistics who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, as well as the officers of the escort team, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the same time when they heard this Boss Wang say this, I was really afraid that this Boss Wang would have an accident when he changed his mind temporarily!

"Boss Wang! And what about the owners of our boats? Do business and buy and sell, what do you do with our shipowner? ”

"Yes, Boss Wang, will we not make this deal?"

"Who the hell are they?"

"I've been waiting on the beach for two days, and now I've done so many things, what are you going to do?"

"Where the hell did these guys come from?"

Although there is a speech from Boss Wang, it seems that the effect is also limited! One shipowner simply can't convince all the sailors at once!

The senior agents of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics, who were appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, and a number of agents of the Bureau of Statistics, as well as the officers of the escort team, began to be anxious again!

In particular, the senior agent of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, who was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of this operation, is the person in charge here, and he found that it was still very difficult to handle.

And according to his observations, even if all the shipowners are temporarily rebelled at the same time, and all of them succeed, it is estimated that they may not be able to control these people very smoothly!