During Lu Hong's chatting with Guo Yongyan, except for a few guards accompanying the inspection, the rest of the people on the Ji family's cargo ship were chatting or sitting in the corner and dozing off (infatuated with rivers and lakes). I check it every time, and it's a joy every time, so everyone is used to it. None of them noticed that a sergeant with a tiger head had returned from the cargo ship.

This sergeant is none other than Huzi. After he left Lu Hong and came out of the cabin, he returned to the big military ship opposite. Then he went down to a small boat behind the big ship. The eight sergeants who had been on standby above immediately threw off their arms and rowed vigorously towards the south bank of the river.

After a stick of incense, the boat docked. On the shore, there was already a white horse tethered there. Huzi took off his uniform and threw it onto the boat. Then he mounted his white horse and galloped westward.

For this moment, Huzi has been by Lu Hong's side for a month. Two days ago, he returned to Jiangning, and Song Zheng asked him in detail about what he had done during this period of time before he told Huzi about the errand he had to do. Although Huzi didn't know the detailed plan, from Song Zheng's solemn expression, he felt that this time it must be a big deal (read the full text of the restricted summoning). Because of Song Zheng's demeanor, Huzi saw it on Song Zheng's face when he accompanied him to fight Dajin. This made Huzi extremely excited!

Two days later, today, the excited Huzi finally waited for the Su family's cargo ship. When he got on the boat to inspect it, he could see clearly the nearly 100 bags of salt with the word "army" painted on them. In fact, when he whispered to Lu Hong, he was not talking about Guo Yongyan's private goods, but confirming that it was military salt, and he also pointed out the exact amount. Now, he couldn't wait to fly to the warehouse of the trading house immediately to inform the Su family of the news of the cargo ship.

When Lu Hong came down from the Su family's cargo ship, Huzi had already run for nearly a hundred miles. The fine white horse was so tired that he was foaming at the mouth, sweating like pulp, and crumbling.

Although Huzi was in a hurry, there was no way. Seeing that there was a pond next to the official road in front of him, Huzi ran off his horse and walked forward slowly. When the white horse saw the water, it seemed to be full of strength again, and rushed forward desperately, but was strangled by Lu Hong. He knew that the water was already very cold this season, and if the sweaty white horse drank it now, something would definitely go wrong, and maybe he wouldn't even be able to run to Jiangcheng.

When he reached the pond, Hakuba lowered his head and drank a big gulp. Huzi kept pulling the reins, so that the white horse would not drink in one go.

After the tea, the white horse was almost drunk. Huzi let it gnaw on the grass on the side for a while, and only after it pulled a bubble of did it return to the official road.

At the end of the afternoon, Huzi rushed to the warehouse of the Chengxi Trade Bank. Xiaobei and Lu Chun were not in a hurry, but immediately calculated after inquiring in detail about the situation of the Huzi Su family's cargo ship.

The most critical issues are water speed and wind direction. During this period of time, Xiaobei and Lu Chun were not idle. Instead, the speed of the Yangtze River was thoroughly touched, and combined with the current wind speed, the accurate time for the Su family cargo ship to arrive at the Da Yuan Wharf was calculated. This kind of problem is Xiaobei's strong point.

After deducing it twice, Xiao Bei said, "The Ji family's cargo ship is going upstream, and although the water speed is not fast, the northwest wind direction is quite unfavorable for them. In this way, they should arrive at the dock of the big turtle between one and two quarters of the unitary time. Our boat went down, with a smooth wind, and from here to the pier of the big turtle, about half an hour was enough. Our ship will depart after three minutes, and it will arrive at the same time as the Su family's cargo ship (read the full text of Hell City). ”

Lu Chun frowned and said, "There should be no problem on our side." It's just that there are three docks on the side of the big turtle, and I don't know where the Su family's cargo ship will dock. ”

"It's supposed to be Pier No. 1." Xiaobei used a pen to draw a line on the circumambulation, outlining the general situation of the big turtle pier, and pointed to the road on the right, "I have been to that place." There are three piers from east to west. A ship like the Su family cargo ship should choose the most convenient pier No. 1. And they come up from downstream, and docking at Pier 1 is the most convenient. ”

"Well, in that case, our ship is still docked on the inside of Pier 1 as usual. Grab ahead of the Su family's cargo ship and lean over first. ”

Xiaobei nodded, "That's it." At that time, let the Su family cargo ship dock on the outside of the wharf, and the two ships unload at the same time, we will have a chance. ”

Lu Chun looked at the hour again, and felt that it was almost there, so he asked people to call Guan Chen and Cai Yong, and after some instructions, the two went out separately.

The ten bags of poisoned salt had been secretly removed from the manor two days earlier and placed in a separate warehouse of the trading house. Outside those salt bags, there was a layer of horse bags, which was no different from ordinary grain bags. However, Cai Yong made it very clear that the ties of these bags were relatively long, and the tying method was also very particular. Just pour it through the first loop, pull the long rope and the whole bag will open.

After the minister ordered the cargo ship to be loaded, Cai Yong led the people to carry the ten bags of poisonous salt to the ship first. Immediately afterwards, the grain was brought out from another warehouse, and the ten bags of poisonous salt were pressed to the end.

Everything was ready and the time was just right. The steward waved his hand to the ship boss, and the ship boss shouted, "Set sail!" Suddenly, several boatmen pulled up the sails and adjusted their direction. Soon, the cargo ship left the dock of the trading house and headed downstream.

This ship was bought by Lu Chun and asked Guan Chen to come forward, and it was slightly smaller than the Ji family's cargo ship. However, the appearance of the sails on it, the form of the cabin, and the color of the tung oil painted on the outside are very similar to the Ji family cargo ship. As for the boss of the boat, the boatmen are all veterans on the Yangtze River. This kind of talent cannot be cultivated in a short period of time. So Pin Chun also spent a lot of money to pry it from other boatmen (read the full text of the double hate).

Guo Yongyan was lying in the cabin, covered with two thick quilts. Despite this, he kept shivering and sneezed from time to time with a runny nose.

It's no wonder that he had to go out of the cabin to blow a cool breeze just after he was discharged, and there was still a residue of vomit in his crotch, which made Guo Yongyan extremely uncomfortable. What made him most depressed was that General Lu had a good conversation, and he actually chatted with him for an hour. He also had to fight hard to accompany him, pretending to be very speculative with Lu Hong.

After grinding for a long time, Lu Hong was finally leaving. Guo Yongyan had to send Lu Hong out again, and as soon as he got out of the hatch, another gust of river wind blew, Guo Yongyan was cold, and he almost withered on the ground.

After the two sides finally "said goodbye", Guo Yongyan, who returned to the cabin, collapsed, and was finally helped to the bed, Guo Yongyan had to let Yahuan untie her clothes and dispose of all the things in her crotch, which was considered a rest.

After such a toss, Guo Ye, who was in good health, directly became a sick number, and he was also seriously ill.

After sleeping for more than three hours, Guo Yongyan, who had a splitting headache, was called again. For no other reason, the Big Turtle Pier is about to arrive.

"Steward Cai, where is our boat parked?" On the ship of the trading house, the captain of the ship asked Cai Yong carefully. At this time, the nearest pier No. 3 is also a mile away.

Don't let him be careless, the strong man in front of him is a ruthless character. He had long been told that Cai Yong was the confidant of the owner's steward (Guan Chen). Not only that, but the men he led were all powerful. Half a month ago, two blind boatmen wanted to bully these coolies, but they were beaten all over the ground by one hand. Since then, the captain has also learned to be obedient and voluntarily retired to the second boss.

Cai Yong looked at the river in front of him and hesitated. At this time, the sun sets in the west, dyeing the river red. The sunny weather made the visibility on the river quite high, and Cai Yong looked into the distance, only to find a few black spots in the distance, and he couldn't see whether it was the shadow of the Ji family's cargo ship. He was secretly anxious, if he approached the No. 1 pier at this time and did not unload the goods, wouldn't it be suspicious?

"Steward Cai, look (read the full text of the firmament smile)! Pier 1 and Pier 3 are vacant. Are we going to go to Pier Three? The boat boss pointed ahead again.

Cai Yong took a look, and sure enough, a boat on the inside of Pier 3 had finished unloading and retreated. On the other side of Pier No. 1, there was a steward standing on the pier, waving a small white flag. Cai Yong knew that this was the dock's steward informing the ships that were going to dock not to dock at Pier No. 1. Obviously, they have been notified that the ship of the Ji family transporting military salt has arrived this afternoon.

"Lower the sail for the most part first, leave two sections to hang, and slowly sail to the inside of Pier No. 1." Cai Yong decisively gave the order.

"Huh?" The boat boss was taken aback, "Didn't you stop over there?" Someone is waving a flag up there! ”

"If you don't stop, you have to stop, we have been unloading the cargo at Pier 1, and the person who received the cargo is also waiting there. Seeing that it is getting dark, if you stop at Pier 3 and then look for someone at Pier 1, if you delay back and forth, you will miss someone's business. Cai Yong explained.

"Oh, and it does. Okay, ...... in a minute."

"I'll deal with it in a moment, you just have to drive the boat over." Cai Yong said coldly.

The captain of the boat shrank his neck and hurriedly turned back to give orders, and the boatmen began to busily lower the sails and steer the ship.

Cai Yong stood at the bow of the boat, observing the movement on the dock while looking east. Finally, when the ship was forty or fifty feet away from Pier No. 1, a black dot in the distance became clear. On the mast of the ship, a white flag danced wildly in the wind, and between the curls, the huge red word "Ji" appeared and disappeared.

"It's almost a quarter of an hour behind." Cai Yong silently recited in his heart. The reason is that he also knows that the more evening it gets, the stronger the river wind becomes, which affects the speed of the Ji family's cargo ship.

"It's a good time, it's just the right time to deal with the steward." Cai Yong smiled, stretched out his hand and touched it in his arms, which were a few small silver tickets of twenty taels.

At this moment, one of the stewards on the shore shouted, "Steward's boat, listen, you can't stop here, turn around quickly, and go to Pier 3 (read the full text of the online game Age of Magic)." ”

Cai Yong ordered the boat to move on, and shouted at the dock, "Is it the whole manager?" What's wrong today, Pier 1 doesn't work? ”

In the past month, Cai Yong has dealt with the stewards on the dock, and has also sent a lot of filial piety, and he is very familiar with the stewards of the No. 1 pier. For more than half a month, this Guan surnamed Quan has also taken the benefit of seven or eight taels of silver.

Don't underestimate these stewards, the power is still not small. The Wharf is busy, with several boats sometimes crammed together. At this time, whoever comes first and who comes first must listen to the steward's arrangement.

"It turned out to be Steward Cai." Steward Quan's tone eased a little, and then he shouted again, "Steward Cai, let your ship sail back quickly, Pier No. 1 can't stop for the time being." ”

"We've been stopping at Pier 1 and the people picking up the goods are there. Yes, right behind you. ”

The steward looked back, and saw not far away, a man who looked like a butler was standing there with a group of strong laborers. The appearance is also familiar, and it is the person who receives the goods here. He naturally didn't know that this person was Song Zheng's subordinate Dou Hai.

"That's not going to work either! Today, the army salt is to be unloaded here, and no one can afford to delay! Seeing the ship getting closer and closer, the whole steward couldn't help but be anxious, and his tone became stern.

"I'm in a hurry!"

"No, no, go back!" The whole steward waved the white flag desperately.

"Borrow a light. Didn't the ship carrying the salt still haven't arrived? I don't have much cargo here, so I won't delay much. As he spoke, Cai Yong stretched out two fingers to the steward, and then crossed the index fingers of both hands.

The ship was so close that the steward could see it clearly. My heart suddenly slammed, my obedient, twenty taels of silver! ~

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