Shi Qian returned by special boat the next morning. There is a way to specialize, and the effect of experts is different, Shi Qian lurked in the Green Gang for most of the night, and the harvest was not small.

The first is to confirm that the middle-aged scribe is indeed the master of Qiao County. The second is to find out the reason for the Qing Gang's plot against Fei Bao, Fei Bao and others control the waters of Taihu Lake, and sell illicit salt to make a lot of profits, Qu Hong has long been red-eyed, and the geographical location of Taihu Lake is important, if it is controlled in hand, then the canal waters from Hongze to Taihu Lake are all his sphere of influence. Therefore, under the pretext of the lack of salt in Jianghuai during the flood, he asked Fei Bao and others to transport salt to the north, hoping to take the opportunity to destroy it, and then control the waters of Taihu Lake in his name. But an action that was determined to be won was inexplicably lost. Qu Hong was uneasy in his heart, and when he discussed with the master last night, he was heard by Shi Qian.

More importantly, the two of them decided to go into the night five days later, and under the cover of night, they transported Zhaozhuang's grain to the south. According to common sense, the Jianghuai flood is short of grain, and the local sale profit is the best, but Qiao County Ling said that the local sale is too eye-catching, although the south has more grain and low price, but because of this, the flow of 70,000 or 80,000 stone grain into the market will not be eye-catching, although the profit is less, but it can be safely released. If he has a foothold in Taihu Lake, he can hoard grain in Taihu Lake and sell it at a price, or after some time when the turmoil passes, he can also re-transport grain to the north. Due to the unpredictable results of the secret calculation, he did not dare to take the risk, and decided to transport grain to Jiangning for the time being.

So far, Zhao Zhuang's information is basically clear, just waiting for how the action plan will be formulated. Xiao Jiasui had a case for this, and after listening to Shi Qian's words, he thought about it again, and made up his mind, but when he looked up, he saw Gu Haotian looking at him with a smile, knowing that he had long expected his strategy, thinking that it was also his first opportunity to join Liangshan, so he no longer shirked.

"I thought that if you take Zhaozhuang, it should be the best to start when the grain is loaded on the ship and the line is not going. At that time, when the Qinggang saw that the food had been fully loaded, they must be careless and give us an opportunity; Secondly, it can also save us the trouble of carrying grain; Third, if it is done, the ship will have food. It's a triple win. ”

Xiao Jiasui's strategy coincided with what Bian Xiang said, and Gu Haotian secretly appreciated it when he heard it.

"In terms of specific actions, when the grain is about to be loaded, let Ba Saburo and others enter Zhaozhuang first, and we will send brave men to sneak in the warehouse, divided into two roads, one team to seize the ship, and one team to control the dock; Then we attacked from the wharf to the village by water, this village is surrounded by water on three sides, and the green gang is good at water, so it must be lured to retreat from the land, so as to facilitate our clearance; Therefore, it is necessary to set up an ambush in the westward passage, and once the village is attacked and defeated, it must retreat to the west, and as long as it enters the ambush place, it can be wiped out. ”

"In addition, you can let Ba Saburo bewitch the second gang leader and set up a banquet, if this matter is successful, you can get twice the result with half the effort."

"It's only feasible, there are still three days before Zhaozhuang will produce grain, I expect that there will be a fleet in Liangshan tomorrow, and then we will see the personnel situation, and then distribute the manpower, before Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu's intelligence office should make every effort to keep an eye on the two key points of Zhaozhuang and Qingban, and report it immediately as soon as there is a disturbance."

Zhao Zhuang's action plan, Gu Haotian has also been considering, in fact, there are only two key points, one is how to control the grain ship safely, and the other is how to block the news, to achieve these two points, the strength of Zhao Zhuang and the Qing Gang is not worth mentioning in front of Liangshan's strength. However, Siu Ka Sui was more thoughtful in both aspects, so he did not need to add anything more.

In the afternoon of the second day, Ruan Xiaowu and Xiao Rang and Jiao Ting arrived with people, and Sun An arrived at dinner, these people knew that there was a shortage of manpower here, and they were all rushing all the way day and night, at this time there were more than 300 team members gathered in Dawangzhuang, including 100 people in the guard battalion, nearly 200 people in the sailor battalion, and 50 infantrymen. Gu Haotian arranged for Jiao Ting to bring 40 people from the sailor camp to escort the more than 1,500 victims stranded in Dawangzhuang back to Liangshan on the same day.

Another day later, Gu Bo arrived with people, and there was only one day left before the five-day period of Zhaozhuang, and the news sent by Shi Qian showed that the ships of the Qing Gang had arrived in Zhaozhuang the night before, and had begun to load grain yesterday morning.

After Gu Haotian and Xiao Jiasui discussed, he ordered Ba Saburo to go to Zhaozhuang today, originally wanted to let the sailors hide in the warehouse to follow up, but considering that the weather was too hot, and it was unbearable for the body to stay in the warehouse for a day and a night, so he asked Ba Saburo to instigate the second class master to set up a banquet tomorrow, and he fought for it to purchase wine and food, and then brought people in. Gu Haotian called Fei Bao and Di Cheng to ask for help, after all, the two of them have not yet taken effect, but both of them said that their lives were given by petty officials, and they said anything outside.

So Gu Haotian immediately summoned all the manpower of Dawangzhuang to deploy the Zhaozhuang operation, including Xiao Jiasui, Bian Xiang, Xiao Rang, Du Qian, Zhou Yunqing, Sun An, Ruan Xiaowu, Gu Bo, Shangguanyi, Yuan Lang, Teng Huan, Fei Bao, and Di Cheng.

"Qiao Zhengxian and Qu Hong were greedy and greedy, and they even ignored the livelihood and death of the disaster, intercepted the disaster food, and filled their own pockets.

Gu Haotian sharply denounced Qiao Zhengxian's evil deeds, and he was also excited for a while.

"Now I order: 1. Bian Xiang, Gu Bo, and Teng Huan will take the personal guard battalion and the first part of the sailor battalion to set up an ambush at the westward exit, and Duan Jingzhu will cooperate, and no one will be missed; Ruan Xiaowu, Fei Bao, and Di Cheng led 50 sailors to cooperate with Ba San Lang, Ruan Xiaowu led people to capture the wharf and held on, and Fei Bao and Di Cheng led people to occupy the grain ship; Xiao Jiasui, Sun An, Zhou Yunqing, Yuan Lang, and Shi Qian and I led a team from the dock to the village. ”

"Master Shangguan Zhuang, there is one more thing I want you to help with?" Shangguan Yi is also a person who has not yet served him, and Gu Haotian is more polite.

"Little official, what's polite, all brothers have something to do, I'm in a hurry." Shangguan Yi saw that he had nothing to do, and he was waiting to speak.

"In this way, please ask the owner of Shangguan Zhuang to take people to patrol the waters around Zhaozhuang to prevent people from leaking through the net."

"From now on, everyone will split up and get ready, and tomorrow night with the fire on the dock as the signal, all groups will start to act at the same time." Then the people dispersed, and each of them prepared to go.

Let's say that Ba Saburo took seven brothers and drove the boat to Zhaozhuang in the afternoon of this day, only to see that the wharf was densely packed with fifty or sixty boats, and dozens of villagers were loading grain on the boats.

"Ba Sanlang, why did you come back for a long time, didn't you sneak into the kiln in Xuyi City to prostitute your sister." The gang guarding the dock recognized Ba Saburo and screamed from afar.

"I wanted to go, but it was Niu Er's guy who ate dirty water and drained his stomach and fought to die, so tired that a boatload of people guarded him in the collection of Wuxian Temple for three days." Although Ba Saburo is exaggerating, he is telling the truth.

"The second master is here, and I'll talk to him back?"

"In Zhuangzi, you go to him."

Ba Saburo got off the boat, ordered his subordinates to watch the boat, and took the two of them into the village.

The second leader of the Green Gang is called Qu Man, and Qu Hong are both cousins of the "water" generation. He was sitting in the lobby and listening to the report of the staff below, and when he heard that Ba Saburo was back, he asked someone to bring it in.

"Why did you go for a long time?" He glared at Ba Saburo angrily, with a fierce expression.

"It's not for Niu Er, if it weren't for the coincidence that I met a You Fang Langzhong, this kid would be afraid of his life."

Ba Saburo was helpless, told Niu Er about Niu Er again, and took out a crumpled prescription from his pocket.

Qu Man had a good relationship with Ba Saburo, but he squinted his eyes, but he already believed it in his heart. He was about to give an order, but suddenly asked again, "Why didn't Qu Yang come to see me." ”

"The kid said that he hadn't been home for a few months, and he would come back in two days with his wife."

Ma Laosan had been prepared for a long time, and his answer was smooth. He casually took a piece of silver from the hand of the attendant behind him and handed it to Qu Man.

"This is the reward given by the elders in the village, and I don't dare to use it indiscriminately, so I will hand it over to the second master."

"Qu Yang's killing talent is an eyeless, and he doesn't look at the season, what kind of old lady are you busy with now, or you are older, the manpower in the village is very tight in the past two days, you bring someone to the dock and keep an eye on me, don't make a mistake."

Seeing that Ba Saburo was so sensible, Qu Man was greatly appreciative in his heart, so he went to guard the key point of the dock.

"Okay."

Ba Saburo didn't expect to be dozing off, and someone immediately sent a pillow and hurriedly responded.

It is said that Ba Saburo received Qu Man's order and immediately rushed to the dock to understand the situation at the dock. After the observation, it was found that there were 58 large and small boats at the wharf, and more than 20 civilian boats, and the boats had already been loaded with grain, and the civilian boats were loading grain, and it was expected that they would be loaded tomorrow afternoon. There was also one person on each boat, and there was a sentry on the dock for five people. Ba Saburo knew what to do, so he assigned his seven men to each key place on duty, and he turned back to find Qu Man.

In Zhuangzi, after Ba Saburo reported the situation at the dock to Qu Man, he patted his ass.

"The second gang leader has been in Zhaozhuang for a few months, and he has taken care of this place in an orderly manner, but it is not something that ordinary people can do."

"Humph!" Qu Man sneered, but it was a look of self-satisfaction.

"It's just that tomorrow night the grain ship will leave quietly, and the months of hard work of the second gang leader may have become someone else's reputation, but I am a little worthless for the second gang leader."

Qu Man was usually a little dissatisfied with Qu Hong, but Ba Saburo knew it in his heart, and deliberately led the conversation in this direction.

"If you have a fart, you have to twist and behave like Sister Yao, and make the master disgusted." Qu Man's face turned gloomy, and his words became rough.

"I'm just not worth it for the second gang leader, Qiao County Ling knows that you did all this, it's better to ......" Ba Saburo looked at Qu Man's face.

"Say it quickly." Qu Man glared at him.

"Tomorrow out of the boat, the master will come, it is better to set up a few tables of banquets to live, pick a few cronies in the village, and take the opportunity to publicize the hard work of the second gang leader at the banquet, at that time, not only the master knows in his heart, but also the gang also understands the ability of the second gang leader, so no one can take away the credit of the second gang leader."

"You talent, you can say something inconsequential, who is greedy for this big merit, it's just that the brothers have worked hard day after day, and it's okay to set up a few tables tomorrow night to treat yourself, so it's up to you to do it."

Qu Man's face improved significantly, but he pretended not to care.

Of course, Ba Saburo was full of words, secretly happy in his heart, and most of the things were done.