After meeting up with Xu Shiyang's receiving force, the fleet stayed for a moment, waiting for the slender man who had taken refuge in the nearby dock fort to return, ready to continue its advance.

At this time, Xu Shiyang learned that his genuine fiancée was on the slightly delicate large cao boat in the middle of the fleet.

And this girl seems to be full of bravery, and when the horse thieves concentrated on attacking Zhang Mingyi's ship, she also stood up to boost morale.

But after Xu Shiyang appeared, the girl stopped showing up.

Hearing the news, Xu Shiyang breathed a sigh of relief.

His wife is not only a lady who does not go out of the door, but also a woman who abides by traditional morals but is very brave.

For Xu Shiyang, this is enough.

As for whether the girl is beautiful or not, it doesn't really matter.

……

Escorted by the famous Qingzhou soldiers of Qi Province, the slender men will naturally no longer be afraid of any horse thieves - after all, in the eyes of people in this era, horse thieves are indeed fierce, but the Tartars are definitely more fierce than them, and the ones who can defeat the Tartars are naturally the fiercest.

Two grades stronger, what's there to be afraid of?

However, before the slender man could regroup and drag hundreds of ships on, the horse thief reappeared.

This time no one was afraid to throw down the rope, for only three of the thieves had come.

One of the leaders, everyone knows - that is Wang Qinian, the big master of the horse thief who competed with Zhang Mingyi for half a day before the war.

"Why is he here again?" Zhang Mingyi was still angry, and his tone was not very friendly.

I don't know if he was angry and went at the horse thief or Xu Shiyang.

After all, Xu Shiyang's explanation of the incident in Fengshenggongfu can only be regarded as barely reasonable, and it is impossible to be convincing.

"Master Zhang, the little one is here to ask for a favor."

Wang Qinian's eyes were good, and he saw Zhang Mingyi standing on the shore from a distance, shouting to this side from a distance of about a hundred steps:

"Can you get back some of our brothers who were arrested? The mins can be exchanged for horses. ”

"Horses for horses!"

Hearing this, Lin Chong, Xu Ning and the others were ecstatic.

Zhang Mingyi's face is long-he is a jinshi, a civil official, and he has always been a bit arrogant, but today he has been regarded as a negotiation opponent by a robber several times, which makes him feel that he is looked down upon.

Xu Shiyang glanced at Zhang Mingyi, and saw that he had no intention of talking to Wang Qinian again, so he took a horn from the guard and shouted to Wang Qinian:

"Don't bother Lord Zhang about this kind of thing, you come and talk to me directly!"

"Who are you?"

"I am Xu Shiyang, the head of the soldiers and horses of Qi Province, and I arrested your people."

The Governor of Soldiers and Horses was an official position given to Xu Shiyang by the Great Zhou court, and was generally used as an external title, and the commander of the new army was only used within Qi Province.

"You are Xu Shiyang?" Wang Qinian paused for a moment, but after a little reflection, it was normal for him to appear here.

After all, Zhang Mingyi claimed to be the envoy of Qi Province, and just now a stupid girl jumped out and claimed to be Xu Shiyang's wife.

"Made, you've really kicked the iron plate."

Wang Qinian scolded in a low voice.

But he didn't hesitate and rode over directly.

"It's not a small amount of courage." Xu Shiyang said with a smile: "You are not afraid that I will arrest you directly." ”

"I'm still afraid, but if I don't even have this guts, I won't be the boss of the horse thief."

Having said that, Wang Qinian was only ten steps away, and did not really walk to Xu Shiyang's side, nor did he get off the horse.

Obviously, something was wrong, so he immediately turned around and ran away.

"How many of you have captured me?"

is close, the two sides don't have to talk so hard, Wang Qinian asked calmly: "One person and one horse, can you change it?" ”

"I'll start with a question."

Xu Shiyang asked:

"You intercepted my fleet, killed so many of my people, and ran into Lord Zhang, why do you think I will let your men go? You are thieves, do you expect me to let you go and come back to trouble me? ”

"I won't trouble you again." Wang Qinian replied: "I will take my people to Jinshan to do business, and if I don't come back, you don't have to worry about me making trouble for you again." ”

"Why do you make me believe you?"

"This year, we thieves have kept our promises than you officials."

If you think about it, there is some truth in what you said, but it is really a bit speechless.

Of course, Xu Shiyang had just heard about Wang Qinian's past from Ma Yi, otherwise he wouldn't have said a word to this guy who was blocking the road and robbing him.

Resist the remnants of the Tartar rebels, and save some face.

Zhang Mingyi can let Xu Shiyang negotiate with the horse thief with a cold face, which is also the same reason.

"Do you agree with a horse for a person?" Wang Qinian asked: "I admit that I made a mistake by intercepting your ship today, and I will never provoke you again in the future, I promise." ”

"You're not as crazy as you were when you had the upper hand." Zhang Mingyi couldn't help but sarcastically.

"I'm a thief, not stupid." Wang Qinian replied curtly: "We also have to eat, if we don't scare you, how can we succeed." ”

Zhang Mingyi couldn't help but reprimand him again, but was stopped by Xu Shiyang.

"Wang Qinian, I don't care to lie to you."

Xu Shiyang said solemnly:

"So I'll be honest with you, since you admit that you are a thief, then I can't let your people go, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the victims of my men."

"But I just heard about your past from Mr. Ma Yi, and to be honest, I was very moved. So I'm not going to compare you to the real bandits. ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Wang Qinian asked.

"Would you like to join my army? You should have also heard that I am a good fighter for Tartars, and you come to my side to have a good chance of avenging your father and brother. ”

"You are an official, I don't trust you." Wang Qinian replied: "You are a good hand at fighting Tartars, I believe in this." But I don't trust you to treat my people as cronies, and you will definitely use us as cannon fodder. ”

"I don't do it."

Xu Shiyang nodded, giving up and continuing to persuade the horse thief leader.

This kid is too traumatized in his heart, and it is understandable that he doesn't trust Xu Shiyang.

So, Xu Shiyang gave a second plan:

"It's very simple, your captured people have to go to Qi Province to serve their sentences, and I can only promise that they will not be sentenced to death. Give me all your extra horses, and in return I will give you some salt and other supplies. ”

Wang Qinian robbed the fleet with only one hundred and ten people, it can be said that he was bold, but he must have been hungry.

The fact that he had just robbed and offered 10,000 yuan and 10,000 stone at the beginning, then lowered it to 5,000 stone on his own, and then reduced it to a mere 3,000 stone of grain himself, which can also illustrate this point.

Xu Shiyang can give him a few hundred stones of grain, which can make Wang Qinian's horse thief have the ability to support him for a period of time.

"Salt is used with you to exchange horses, I can give you a little more, and you won't lose money."

"What do I need so much salt for?" Wang Qinian frowned.

"Aren't you going to Jinshan?" Xu Shiyang suggested: "Take it and exchange it with the Mughal Tartars for some livestock and horses." ”