Princess Renfu's maid had heard some rumors about the thieves in Jiangbei.

For example, Jiangbei thieves like to eat people, especially the hearts and livers of children and women, mix noodles together, fry them in an oil pan until golden brown, and then put them out of the pot and serve them on a plate......

Now, the protagonist of this terrible rumor is hovering near him, and the soldiers of the Praetorian Army who protect them have long since given up their resistance and have fallen into the hands of those demons, which seems to have become inevitable.

This made the ladies shudder, and many of them covered their mouths with their hands, trying not to cry out loud, as if this would not attract the attention of the thieves.

It is a pity that the ship that the princess is riding on is completely different from other boats only from the appearance, not only carved beams and paintings, the decoration is very gorgeous, but also the draft is very deep, and you can see that there are many good things on board at a glance.

As long as the thief is not blind, he can definitely see that this ship is an important target.

I didn't attack now, I guess I just wanted to save the best for the last time, right?

Princess Renfu sat upright on the edge of the bed, as if she didn't care about the imminent threat.

But she knew in her heart that at this time, she was completely trying to maintain her dignity as the princess of Da Zhou.

Her hands were unconsciously tightly stirred together, and she was covered in cold sweat, and even wanted to make everyone cry, so that she felt that she could also take the opportunity to cry heartily.

'Why is my life so bitter...... why is my life so bitter......

Zhao Xiangyun, a 16-year-old princess of Renfu, kept repeating this sentence in her heart, until a maid cried out in horror: "The thief is coming!" ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of clanging footsteps outside the cabin from far and near.

Suddenly, a timid maid could no longer bear it and began to cry bitterly.

Crying alone, it immediately triggered a collective chorus of more than a dozen girls in the cabin, and the crying resounded all over the world, and even Zhao Xiangyun himself couldn't help shedding two lines of tears.

She cried out plaintively, "Why am I so unlucky......"

The footsteps stopped at the door of the cabin, and seemed startled by the sudden crying, and after a long, long time, until the girls' cries became a little quieter, a calm voice sounded outside the cabin:

"Xiaguan Da Zhou Qingzhou Jiedu envoy Xu Muhe, dare to ask, is the princess in the cabin?"

"Huh? Ay? Big Zhou? ”

Zhao Xiangyun didn't quite understand how the thieves in Jiangbei could claim to be the Jiedu envoy of the Great Zhou, but she quickly reacted that these people had no need to deceive these weak women who had already arrived.

Regardless of the truth, since he claims to be the official of the Great Zhou, he should be somewhat polite to himself, the genuine princess of the Great Zhou—at least before tearing his face.

Zhao Xiangyun looked left and right, the maids were still screaming and crying, there was no way, so she had to pull the quilt by herself, wipe it on her face, take a deep breath, exhale, and after calming down a little, Princess Renfu of Da Zhou replied loudly:

"The princess is in the cabin, why is the princess bothering the princess?"

The voice outside the door replied politely:

"The lower officials can't agree with the Holy Lord's policy of peace and proximity, so they are here to intercept Feng Yuan. Please move the princess, Xiaguan has prepared a temporary palace for the princess, the princess only needs to rest for a few days, and Xiaguan will send the princess back to Jiangnan. ”

"What! You're going to send me back to Gangnam!? ”

"Ah, it turned out that the princess herself answered?"

Xu Muhe was a little surprised, he thought that he was talking to some old palace maid, but he didn't expect it to be the princess herself, it was really not easy for a 16-year-old girl to stabilize her emotions so quickly.

At this time, Xu Muhe also had a little respect for Zhao Xiangyun, and it was the Xu family's established plan to send the princess back to Jiangnan, so the head of the Xu family replied in a very positive tone:

"Yes, Xia Guan once issued a military order to Wen Xianggong, and he will definitely send the princess back to Jiangnan."

This is not a lie, after Xu Shiyang returned from Jiangnan, Xu Muhe did establish frequent correspondence with Wen Jiefu, and soon after the departure of the pro-ship fleet, Xu Muhe issued a military order in the letter, promising to cut off the canal, stop the Heqin fleet, and definitely send Zhao Xiangyun and her attendants and palace maids and forbidden soldiers back to Jiangnan.

As for the craftsmen and the dependents of the craftsmen, Xu Muhe Wen Jiefu did not mention them, and they seem to have tacitly agreed that these people, along with the property of the fleet, should be regarded as remuneration for the Qingzhou army.

Regardless of whether the craftsmen wanted to stay in the dangerous Jiangbei or not, at least Zhao Xiangyun was relieved now.

The person outside who claimed to be the envoy of Qingzhou Jiedu said that he was instructed by Wen Xianggong, which is easy to understand - he must have stayed in Jiangbei to fight against the Tartars, and he must have been supported by the famous leader of the resistance faction, Wen Xianggong, and obeyed his orders.

It is only natural that such a person will be armed to intercept and pro-ship fleets, and he will definitely be able to be treated as a princess.

Amitabha, this is simply the best result! No, the result is better than I imagined!

He did not fall into the hands of thieves, and he would not marry a barbaric Tartar .......

Uh, wait......, it's really not going to marry a Tartar?

"Lord Xu, if the slave family returns to Jiangnan, and my father wants to marry the slave family to Liaodong, what should you do?"

"Don't worry, princess, there are lower officials guarding Qi Province, no one should want to give the princess to Tartar!"

……

Xu Shiyang didn't go to greet the princess, his identity was not enough, after all, the nominal head of the family and the envoy of the festival was his father, and he was not in the mood to take care of a little girl, in Xu Shiyang's opinion, the most important thing now is to sort out the harvest of this operation.

Now, Xu Shiyang was standing in the cabin of a silver-transporting ship, looking at the mountain of wooden boxes in front of him with satisfaction.

One of the wooden boxes had been opened at this time, and inside was a neatly stacked silver bar, which was so shining that it made people feel a little dazzling.

Xu Shiyang took out one of them, weighed it a little, and weighed it a catty, according to the price of silver in Jiangnan, one tael of Kuping silver with higher purity was worth two copper coins, that is to say, he was now carrying a full 24 copper coins in his hand, and he could buy more than 20 stones of grain in Jiangnan!

"How many farmers do I have to work hard for a year to grow so much food?"

Xu Shiyang said to himself:

"Sure enough, it's still a quick robbery to get money, but unfortunately there may not be such a good opportunity in the future."

"Commander." Li Jinghuai walked over and reported in a low voice: "I went to a private merchant ship to take a look, most of them were cloth and grain, and there were also a lot of Min Tie Sugang. ”

"I heard from those merchants that in addition to the high price given by the Jurchens to these goods, they can be sold for money when they arrive in Liaodong, and they can also be exchanged for some Liao goods such as pearl deer skins.

This is understandable, the bitter cold land of Liaodong, the productivity is not developed, and the Tartars are not very good at farming, of course, they must import important daily necessities from the south of the Yangtze River as much as possible.

For example, grain and cloth, and steel.

These things were equally important to Xu Shiyang, and he threw the silver bar in his hand back into the wooden box with satisfaction, and ordered with a little excitement:

"Make a register of all the seizures and transport them back to Qingzhou first!"