Chapter 17: Killing the Tartars (Thank you for your support, keep asking for push)
Liu Chang was not in a hurry, and pondered for a while before saying, "Fifth Master Ge, if you want to make a big deal, you want us to help take care of your business, right?" That's asking Qu Shuai, right? ”
Ge Mengjin snorted: "If you work together, you will benefit bore, and if you divide it, what do I ask you for?" Qu Zhenhan, I don't have anything to ask you for, I just want to join forces to make a big deal! ”
Liu Chang was lowering the price: "Fifth Master Ge, no matter how capable you are, you are just a dragon on the sea, and if you go ashore and leave our Qu Shuai, you are a fish lacking water, Fifth Master, except for Yueqing Bay, you can do a big deal wherever you go, as long as we help you lure the Qing demons along the coast away, where is not your world!" ”
But what Ge Mengjin thought about was this Yueqing coastal business: "No! This Yueqing Bay is a big piece of fat right now, I don't take a few bites, I just say that it is brothers, even the mother-in-law can't get through, Liu Checkpoint, I will help you clean up the demons along the Yueqing coast, this is a good thing. ”
The so-called "purging demons" is just synonymous with going ashore to plunder, but Liu Chang is not in a hurry: "Fifth master, what you said is a little bad!" This Yueqing was originally the country laid down by our Qu Shuai, and there is no need for the five masters to do it on their behalf, but if the five masters want to purchase military funds and sell black and white goods, we can fully support them in the coastal areas of Yueqing. ”
For these boat bandits, although they drift at sea all the year round, they are indispensable for the support of the shore, from gunpowder and lead to rice and non-staple food, all of which have to be procured from the shore, and the black and white goods brought by their ships also have to be transported from the shore.
It's just that Ge Mengjin still didn't agree, and Liu Chang over there had already promised an unprecedented profit: "Of course, I think Qu Shuai won't let the fifth master suffer, how about five thousand taels!" ”
Five thousand taels? Ge Mengjin almost jumped up, he didn't expect Liu Chang's price to be so high, he couldn't believe it: "Real money!" ”
"Five thousand taels!" Liu Chang did not hesitate: "Real money, if you can't take out real money, you have to take the things approved by the fifth master to cover this matter!" As long as the fifth master does one thing for Qu Shuai, he can take out the five thousand taels. ”
Over there, Qu Zhenhan was a little dissatisfied with Liu Chang's own assertion, but Ge Mengjin couldn't calm down anymore, this is a big number!
Over the years, he has been crisscrossing the ocean in Zhejiang and Fujian all the year round, but in a year, it is only a little more than this number, and it also has to carry great risks.
In order to cope with the raids of the boat bandits, the coastal towns were forced to pay the ransom according to the situation, but it was generally only seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and at most only about one thousand taels, and the government and the people who handled it often had to take half of it, and only a few hundred taels really fell into the boat bandits.
Five thousand taels of silver is enough for a good year, enough for Ge Mengjin to gamble his head!
Therefore, Ge Mengjin's heart was so confused that he couldn't say the planned words: "Five thousand taels, five thousand taels, five thousand taels!" What do you want me to do for you? ”
"It's a trivial matter!" Liu Chang raised a finger: "Just need the fifth master to drive the boat to Yongjia County, and then fire a shot!" ”
During this period, Yongjia County and Wenzhou Fucheng were both in the later Wenzhou urban area, the same city of Fuxian County, and it was also the place where Wenchu Dao was governed, located in the south of the Oujiang River, and it was also the place where the Qing army was the most in southern Zhejiang.
"A shot? A shot? A shot? Five thousand taels? Ge Mengjin kept talking to himself: "Just one shot? ”
The most powerful cannonball is the one that has not yet been fired in the barrel, Liu Chang said neatly: "One cannon, five thousand taels!" ”
Five thousand taels of silver can make such a sea tycoon gamble everything, Ge Mengjin clenched his fists: "It's just a mansion city, Lao Tzu has bombarded many counties and towns, anyway, he pins his head to the waistband of his trousers, and he will shoot it!" ”
One shot is enough! Liu Chang immediately replied: "One shot!" ”
This cannon was enough for the Qing army in Wenzhou not to dare to cross the river to the north to help, so that the Red Turban Army and Liu had enough time to deal with it, and Ge Mengjin had already given an order: "When to pay!" ”
Qu Zhenhan had already thought of the benefits of this cannon: "There are tens of thousands of taels of cash in our army, as long as Ge Wuye shoots this cannon, I will pay half of the deposit, and when you and I get through the water and land contact, I will pay half more!" ”
"Done!" Ge Mengjin also didn't have a mother-in-law: "Five thousand taels, you buy one and be safe, as for you apportioning the five thousand taels to coastal villages and towns, that's your business." ”
He made a decision on the spot: "I will send someone to ask my mother-in-law to go straight up the river and blast a shot at Wenzhou Mansion, Qu Zhenhai, you can say it!" If this cannon is fired, you will have to pay me 2,500 taels!" ”
He didn't care about the resistance that his fleet might encounter, in fact, they had penetrated the Oujiang River many times over the years, and had crossed the city of Wenzhou more than once, and except for a few Tuyong who had spontaneously organized along the coast, no one dared to resist them.
As for the small number of green battalion sailors along the coast of Wenzhou, they have no combat effectiveness at all, you must know that as early as the Qianlong Dynasty Qing army reinforced Taiwan, they would rather take civilian ships than resolutely not take sailor ships, the reason is that when building sailor ships, the handlers caught too much, as a result, many sailor ships are glorious on the surface, but the interior is rotten, not to mention going to sea to fight, that is, there is a danger of capsizing in the face of wind and waves, and now the situation of the Zhejiang and Fujian sailors is far worse than that of the Qianlong Dynasty, and when they encounter pirates, boats, and bandits are all defeated by the wind.
"Just wait for the fifth master's cannon!" Qu Zhenhan also laughed: "Fifth master, do you want to find a beautiful girl for you to shoot?" I'll charge you five thousand taels. ”
Ge Mengjin laughed: "Of course I want it, what is it if a man doesn't drink flower wine, Liu Jian pointed out that we can say that we don't fight or make a deal, and when the time comes, drink a few more glasses with my brothers!" ”
He sighed again: "I've been floating on the sea for so long, of course the beautiful girls have to find two, Zhenhai, you must charge me 10,000 taels!" ”
He quickly shifted the topic to a lewd topic that men are interested in, and the wine table exposed the nature of the proletarian hooligans, hugging two well-known girls in and out of Yueqing City, laughing non-stop, telling a yellow joke from time to time.
Although Liu Chang often does business, he still resists such a flower wine in his heart, so he found an excuse and left: "I haven't opened a gang yet, I said that I would add food to them, and I have to go back and explain!" ”
It's just that when he left, Ge Mengjin had a bright eye, and touched Qu Zhenhan with a wine glass: "Zhenhai, you can rest assured that Liu Checkpoint is not the same as us!" ”
I'm not a person with you Ge Wu! Qu Zhenhan spit out a truth: "When employing people! ”
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When Liu Chang came back, fifty pro-soldiers were still practicing, although Qu Jie had no ability, but he still had a good eye for training, Liu Chang glanced at it and nodded approvingly.
It's just that although he nodded, there were twenty or thirty people on the side of the training ground who were noisy, and these people were all salt lords summoned by Huo Qiu from Xixiang.
They didn't have the same insight as Huo Qiu, so they all smiled and said, "Boss Huo, this is the pro-soldier of Liu Checkpoint, and he will walk!" ”
"That's right, I'm going up and walking better than them!"
"I'm not at ease with handing over the shotgun we've been hiding all these years!"
It's just that under Qu Jie's command, the soldiers are still practicing in an orderly manner, and they are not moved by these rumors at all, but they are always a little uncomfortable in their hearts.
Night is approaching, Liu Chang walked to the queue to preside over the final disbandment: "Take a break, I know you are the best and the best, I said, add dinner in the evening, everyone and the brothers brought by Huo Qiu have a good get-together!" ”
After a while, a flowing water banquet was set up on the training ground, but the soldiers and the salt lords were very consciously divided into two camps, and neither of them would come to the other party's table, Huo Qiu even reported a bad news, his batch of salt lords were unwilling to hand over the six bird guns that had been treasured for many years, and insisted on keeping them in their own hands.
"Got it! Meet them first. Liu Chang didn't pay attention to these six shotguns, he paid attention to the group of people brought by Huo Qiu: "Let's get to know each other first!" ”
This batch of salt lords let go of their stomachs to eat and gobble up, but it was Ge Mengjin's first-class proletarian hooligans, who had seen Huo Qiu come over with Liu Chang, but he knew a courtesy: "Boss Huo, this is Liu Checkpoint, right?" Boss Huo said, in the future, we will all follow the inspection, inspection, let's go one! ”
After Liu Chang crossed over, his body was certainly fifteen years younger, and his face was also fifteen years younger, and now he was not enough in this group of salt lords, Liu Chang even considered whether to take out a notebook to give these salt lords a long insight.
Finally, considering that the power has been consumed for more than an hour, it is still different from these cunning salt lords: "Brothers follow me, I Liu Chang will not treat everyone badly, there are such good days every day!" ”
The salt lords like this boss: "Okay, check the good people, let's go again!" ”
Although he looks down on Liu Chang's pro-soldiers, he is very satisfied with today's food, there are fish, meat and even wine, the salt lords are all from poor backgrounds, and there may not be such a table of wine and food at home for the New Year.
After a few glasses of wine, everyone's mood became warm, and there was finally some movement between the two small groups, and someone in the salt owl even shouted: "I used to listen to the drum lyrics, and after listening to the thousands of miles to send Jingniang, there is a sentence in the back, that is, check to be the son of heaven, if the check is rich, don't forget our group of brothers!" ”
Liu Chang also smiled: "Gou Fugui, nothing to forget!" ”
This meal was eaten for a whole hour, people in this era are all big-bellied, and the meals are swept away, Liu Chang was about to arrange a place for the salt lord, and a salt lord suddenly said loudly: "No, something!" ”
The salt lord is doing the business of licking blood from the knife edge, and he is the most sensitive to what is going on, more than 30 salt owls have pulled out their weapons, which are much cleaner than their own soldiers, and Liu Chang raised his head over there, but saw someone rushing over, and shouted loudly: "Check and help!" ”
Take a closer look through the starlight, it is Sun Hu's grandson, he is covered in blood, and the blood from several wounds is still gushing out, and when he sees Liu Chang, he shouts loudly: "The green battalion soldiers are reversed!" ”
He shouted in his mouth: "Check, the Green Battalion soldiers are reversed!" It's the other way around! Go to the county office! You've got a idea! ”
At this moment, the pro-soldiers had been neatly lined up into five elements, and without saying a word, they were waiting for Liu Chang's order.
Liu Chang stood upright, looked at the pro-soldiers with ruddy faces in the night, and ordered loudly: "Follow me!" Get on the spear! Kill the Tartars! ”
"Get on the spear! Kill the Tartars! ”
ps: Thank you so much for your support, and finally got to the bottom of the new book list, but I still bite very tightly in the back, and continue to call for everyone's recommendation votes