"Lord Qian, General Qi, I know that you are in a hurry to lose food, and so many soldiers have died, this can't put all the responsibility on me, this is a felony of robbery and murder, I am a small businessman, I can't afford it." Wang Laohu said.

Qian Kebai whispered to Qi Lian, Qi Lian waved his hand, and the soldiers surrounding the mansion immediately dispersed. It seems that this testimony still played a role.

"General Qi, I don't know where you found this dying man. Please believe me, Wang Laohu, although I have no talent, I will not pose a danger to you. ”

At this time, someone outside the door came to report: "Report, my lord, we have found traces of mountain bandit activities on the mountains outside the city, and a large amount of grain has been lost. ”

"What, these bandits actually stole food and stole it on my head." Although he didn't know if the grain was his own, Qi Lian couldn't help but equate the grain with the food he had lost.

"General Qi, Lord Qian, if you don't dislike it, I am willing to follow the two adults and go up the mountain together to exterminate the mountain bandits." Wang Laohu said.

"Okay, let's go see these bandits now." Qi Liandao.

Wang Laohu followed Qi Lian and others to the mountain outside the city, where a lot of grain fell on the mountain path, and along the path they passed, and they also found several large bags or bags of grain falling on the ground.

"These mountain bandits seem to be in a hurry, you see that these whole bags have not been taken." Qian Kebai said.

"I think it's because these mountain bandits have unevenly distributed the spoils, there has been infighting, and the whole bag of grain is gone." Wang Laohu said.

"These mountain bandits are too hateful, Lord Qian, how can there be mountain bandits in your Hangzhou territory? Looks like it's going to be a good one. Qi Lian said.

"Yes, yes, that's what the general said."

"Now that there is no food, my thousands of people still have to eat food, and this food will be solved by the money." Qi Liandao.

"The rations of these thousands?" Qian Kebai said with some hesitation, "A day or two, it's okay, but after a long time, I'm afraid it's a little unbearable." ”

"Lord Qian, my grain transport team has been on the way to Hangzhou, there are many roads in Hangzhou, this time I specially asked them to come by water, although the time is longer, but in this way you can avoid the mountain bandits and be safer. You just need to help me solve the food ration problem for these two days, and it will be no problem. ”

"I have a lot of rich businessmen in Hangzhou, I just need to mobilize and let this rich businessman donate grain, and the rations of your thousands of people will be solved. Wang Laohu, General Qi is in trouble, shouldn't you express it? "Qian Kebai said.

"General Qi lost food in Hangzhou, of course I want to offer a little of my heart." Wang Laohu said.

"Wang Laohu didn't care about Qi's recklessness just now, and took the initiative to donate, which is really rare." Qi Liandao.

"What General Qi said, I am a businessman, and it is my honor to be able to do something for the general. Lord Qian, General Qi, I'll go to help raise food now, and I'll leave first. Wang Laohu took Jia Wang and others down the mountain.

Qian Kebai looked at Wang Laohu's back as he went down the mountain, and said: "This Wang Laohu doesn't seem to be suspicious, as soon as he heard that he wanted to raise grain, he immediately agreed, and personally raised food for the general." ”

"I don't think so."

"General Qi still thinks that Wang Laohu is suspicious?"

"Wang Laohu's psychological quality is too good, and he doesn't show his color when someone points him out, and he promised too quickly, and he didn't leave any flaws last night, which makes me even more suspicious. If he were our opponent, it would be a little scary. ”

"General Qi, you are exalting him too much, he is just a small businessman, and now he doesn't flatter us, how does he do business, so this business of donating grain and losing money must also be done, and he can't help but not do it." Qian Kebai said.

"I'd like to see if this tiger is the one who is against us." Qi Liandao.

"Oh, I remember, the general deliberately revealed the grain transportation route to Wang Laohu, in order to test him." Qian Kebai said suddenly.

"If he is still concerned about my food, he will definitely do something, and then I will be able to catch the turtle in the urn and capture this king and tiger."

"That's a good ploy."

Hangcheng King Tiger Mansion.

"This time, fortunately, Chang Yuchun and others pretended to be mountain bandits and lured the officers and soldiers out, otherwise, my suspicion would not have been cleared up so quickly." Wang Laohu said.

"This Qi Lian and Qian Kebai, we all have to be careful, they are eyeing the son." Jawang said.

"Even Jawang, you can see it, it seems that I still have to be more careful." Wang Laohu said, "Now we have taken his grain, although we help him raise grain, but this grain can only last a few days, and his convoy should soon bring the grain." ”

"Childe is right, now we are still investigating the origin of this convoy, and we will report to Childe as soon as there is news." Zhang Zhengdao.

"I got a piece of news, when I went to the mountains with Qi Lian and others to see the grain today, Qi Lian inadvertently said that his grain team came from the waterway."

"Waterways? If it comes from the waterway, it will take a longer time to transport the grain, and the waterway is not easy to ambush? Zhang Zheng was worried.

"If they come by water, they need to know their exact route and then they will consult on where to set up an ambush. Zhang Zheng asked people to find out the exact route of Qilian's grain transportation. ”

"Yes, Childe."

A day later, the Secret Service had news.

Wang Laohu summoned Chang Yuchun, Rong Yu, Zhang Zheng and others to come to discuss.

"We have found out that Qilian's convoy will enter Hangzhou from the Shangtang River tomorrow afternoon. And this Shangtang River is the cleanest river, the banks of the river are clean, and it is not suitable for Tibetans, but near the Jiangjia Bridge, there are enough trees, and it is no problem to hide thousands of people on both banks. His convoy would eventually choose to land at Shijiaqiao Wharf. ”

"How many people did they come this time to deliver food?" Rong Yu asked.

"I heard that Qilian sent two boats and forty or fifty people to escort them." Zhang Zheng added.

Jawan smiled and said, "This waterway is not our strong point, and I may feel uncomfortable when I take a boat." "What Jawan said is true, people in the north may not be too used to taking a boat, let alone doing it on a boat.

"Jawan, so you're a landlubber." Chang Yuchun said with a smile, "There are not many people they escort this time, but the Shangtang River is wide, and if you want to do it on the river, you have to get a few boats." ”

"The boat is not a problem, the key is that we have to pick the right time and the right place to start." Rong Yu said.

"We have already made observations, from Jiangjiaqiao to Wujiaqiao, there are fishing boats fishing on the riverside here all the year round, and our people can mix in these fishing boats, treat them as fishing boats, use fishing boats as cover, and go to them without knowing it." Zhang Zhengdao.

"This place is not good, there are too many people, and if the movement is too big, it will be discovered." Wang Laohu denied.

"Childe wants to do it in a secluded place?" Zhang Zheng asked.

"Secluded place, not easy to spot. For example, in the Wujiaqiao area, although there are many fishing boats, you can fish in mixed waters, but in case someone finds out and reports to the official, or is surrounded by people who do not know the truth, although what we do is a righteous thing, it is difficult to explain it clearly, and it is difficult to escape. Wang Laohu said.

"Childe is right, before arriving at Shijiaqiao Wharf, there should be many such secluded places." Rong Yu said.

"There are a lot of places, the key is to see if there is a place that suits us." Zhang Zheng thought for a while and said: "Yes, the Shangtang River passed through Huilong Village, and it arrived at a place where there was neither a village nor a store, and the river in this place was in the shape of a dragon, and the river in this area was not in a hurry, which was very suitable for hands, and the boats on both sides were going to another river that flowed through Huilong Village. ”

"There are two rivers flowing through this Huilong Village, and ordinary boats go to the other merchant river, which means that there are not many boats here?" Chang Yuchun asked.

"Yes, that's right, we can choose to start in this place, and if we succeed, we can quickly leave the Shang River." Zhang Zhengdao.

"Good. We will do it in this place, Rong Yu is responsible for going to the ship, Chang Yuchun and Qishun, the two of you are ready, choose the man, I will send the Ming Tiger team to fight with you, tomorrow you pretend to be a delivery merchant, wait on the river, until the two grain ships arrive, you pretend to pass by the ship, and then do it. ”

It seems that this plan is seamless, everything is designed, and Qilian's two grain ships seem to be unable to escape Wang Laohu's budget.