The young official on the ship was none other than Zhang Mingyi.

He went to Qi Province in Jiangbei Province to serve as a military transfer envoy to the Dadu Governor's Mansion.

Although the real duty is to supervise the army of the imperial court and give the soldiers of Qi Province a shackle immediately, since he is a transfer envoy, it is also beneficial for him to gain a foothold in Jiangbei, which has become a little strange to the imperial court.

In addition to the dowry prepared by the Wen family for their daughter, the entire fleet of 110 ships and various materials and treasures are indeed a lot.

It is said that taking out 10,000 stones of grain and 10,000 yuan is really not a big deal for the fleet.

But Zhang Mingyi can't afford to lose that person! When he went to Qi Province, he was considered to have reached the front line, and as a transit envoy, he was going to mix with a group of proud soldiers who could fight Tartars, and he was frightened by a group of horse thieves and first took out the reward given by the imperial court to the soldiers as money to buy the road, who would trust him after that?

Therefore, Zhang Mingyi made up his mind that he would definitely not compromise with the horse bandits today.

Of course, just because he doesn't compromise doesn't mean that others don't want to compromise either.

A fleet steward cowered and said cautiously: "My lord, that person is the king of thieves on the horse!" ”

"Hmph, this official knows!" Zhang Mingyi replied angrily.

"That's the bandit who wandered around Jiangbei before the Jianxing year!"

"What the hell are you trying to say!?" Zhang Mingyi reprimanded: "Do you want to compromise with the horse bandits? ”

"My lord, the villains used to take the canal line, and they also wanted to give some benefits when they met."

Seeing that Zhang Mingyi can't live or die, the steward can only say clearly:

"Actually, what he shouted just now was just asking for a price, everything is negotiable, if the adults agree, two thousand stone grain is enough to send him away, and Wang Qinian has a good reputation, he will protect us from others ...... if he receives the grain."

"Ridiculous!" Zhang Mingyi flicked his sleeves: "Get out!" This official will never compromise with horse bandits! ”

Actually, it's not ridiculous at all.

The terminus of the canal is Yanyun, that is to say, if the ship that ran this line before was not the official ship that gave Jin Guoyun New Year's coins, then it must be the merchant ship that the lord of Jiangnan and sent the gentry to trade with the Jurchens.

Such a spineless person naturally doesn't mind spending money to buy peace.

They keep up with reputable roadblockers like horse thieves, and even have a tacit understanding - how many ships and goods they cross, how much money should be given to the horse thieves to buy roads, and the horse thieves will be responsible for escorting a section of the road after receiving them, so as to avoid the phenomenon of double charges.

This is the first time that the main battle faction has been involved in the canal route, and Zhang Mingyi doesn't quite understand the unspoken rules, but the steward of the fleet is very clear.

Because the steward and these ships were originally sent by the gentry after seeing that the wind direction of the imperial court had changed, and after abandoning the lord and faction and switching to Wen Xianggong, in order to show his heart to the main battle faction, he took the initiative to send Wen Xianggong to complete the shipping task to Qi Province this time.

The gang of people who helped the main war faction to Qi Province to ship were still helping the leader and faction to Liaodong shipping last year.

But now Zhang Mingyi is in charge of the fleet, he gritted his teeth and was resolute and uncompromising, and no one else could force him.

"Get ready, everyone!" Zhang Mingyi ordered loudly: "Don't be afraid of those horse bandits! It's already very close to Qi Province! At the top of two hours, the soldiers and horses of Qi Province will come to help! ”

He didn't know when Qi Xingbing would come, but the two sides did agree on a time in advance, and it was indeed not far from Xu Shiyang's territory.

The soldiers and horses of Qi Province should come over to meet - after all, the Qi soldiers are not Zhou soldiers, and they will not "move as a mountain when friendly troops are in difficulty".

Zhang Ming was resolute and uncompromising, which made Wang Qinian feel very embarrassed.

He only has a hundred riders under him, even if one is not enough, but the other party can't bluff, which is very embarrassing.

Let's fight, I'm afraid there will be a lot of losses, even if it causes him a few wounded, it will be a big trouble for the horse thief, who is known for his mobility.

But if you don't fight, let go of this batch, it's hard to say whether you can block the ship next time. Besides, now that he has appeared, if he goes back empty-handed, the prestige of the thief will be lost.

"5,000 stone grain, 5,000 yuan!"

Wang Qinian gritted his teeth and roared:

"Don't be so reckless! Lao Tzu didn't want to kill so many people! ”

"Don't think about it!"

Zhang Mingyi also roared angrily:

"Dismount and surrender! This official spares you from dying! ”

"Made! A bunch of cowards who were scared to Gangnam by the Tartars! will only pretend in front of the common people, why wasn't he so rigid in front of the Tartars back then? ”

Wang Qinian scolded:

"Three thousand stone grain, I don't want the money, if I don't agree with Lao Tzu, I'll kill you!"

"A bunch of horse thieves dare to call themselves ordinary people!"

Zhang Mingyi flicked his sleeves and went directly into the cabin, no longer talking nonsense with Wang Qinian.

"The dog officer is looking for death!"

Wang Qinian was completely furious.

Since the oil and salt don't enter, then there is only fighting!

"Brothers! Pick up the guys! Make a deal! ”

Wang Qinian roared angrily:

"Just hit that boat! Catch that dog officer! ”

He was referring to the boat that Zhang Mingyi was standing on just now.

"Huha!!"

Horse thieves don't like to gnaw hard bones, but once the boss decides to fight hard, everyone will not back down in the slightest.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and the other thieves who had been hiding behind them just now rode their horses.

Perhaps hearing Wang Qinian's shouts, the boats around Zhang Mingyi began to scatter and flee.

These cowards don't seem to want to be affected by Zhang Mingyi, who is as hard as a stone.

But there were also a few ships that quickly approached Zhang Mingyi - these people were eighty percent of Zhang Mingyi himself, or the guests of the Wen family, and they couldn't watch the transfer of Qi Province with the army cause problems for the adults.

The characteristic of the canal boat is that it will not leave the banks of the river too far, because it is far away and it is inconvenient to pull the fiber, and after the thieves approached the riverbank, they dismounted one after another, galloped forward a few steps, and threw the rope with flying grabbing to Zhang Mingyi's boat by taking advantage of the momentum of dismounting and rushing forward.

This trick is an old way for the horse thieves to intercept the canal boat, it is almost impossible to miss, Zhang Mingyi's boat was hooked by three flying catches, and several horse thieves immediately tied the other end of the flying catch to the horse, and then urged the horses to drag Zhang Mingyi's boat to the river.

Several of Zhang Mingyi's guards rushed out shouting, desperately cutting those ropes with knives and axes.

The two ropes were quickly cut, but the horse thief shot arrows on the shore, the three guards fell with arrows, and the other horse thieves threw more flying catches, densely packed with more than ten of them, one of which even directly hooked the shoulders of a Zhang Mingyi's guard, and the horse thief urged the horses, and the guards screamed and were pulled off the boat, directly dragged over a distance of dozens of steps, and dragged from the canal to the shore.

Dragged all the way through the water, the guard had lost most of his life, and even the screams were much quieter, and several thieves stepped forward, cut off the head of the guard with their waist knives, and then picked up the head with their spears.

"Kill !!"

Wang Qinian shouted frantically, and dozens of horseback thieves worked together with their horses to quickly drag the boat to the shore.

The others directly waded into the water to attack and rushed towards Zhang Mingyi's boat.

On the bow of the ship appeared a figure dressed in a washed, somewhat whitish coarse cloth, and it was an old man with a white beard.

He stood there uncovered, and fired a flat shot at the horse thief with a hard bow.

A string of arrows flew in, and the three thieves were shot in the chest, screaming and falling into the water.

"Yellow River Hero!"

Wang Qinian gritted his teeth and said.