Chapter 278: Yangzhou
"Chief helmsman, Wang Lun sent someone to ask for help, and wants us to support some more weapons and gunpowder!" , Chen Jialuo sat on the chair, listening to Luo Bing's report on the various messages sent by the intelligence department, and it seemed that Luo Bing's whole person had regained his brilliance after that incident.
Hey, the combat effectiveness of the party is really not good, Wang Lun's troops far exceed Shu Hede's department, but he can't win the other party, his fingers are slowly tapping on the table, looking at the map and thinking for a long time, "If it doesn't affect our own production, give it to him!" At the moment, we also need Wang Lun to help share the pressure, and we can sacrifice less brothers in the club by spending a sum of money, which is worth it! ”
"Brother Jiu sent a letter over, saying that the troops transported to the northwest by the Tatars this year are much less, and now the old hero of Mu is in a stalemate with Ah Gui's army, and both sides dare not attack easily, and the situation over there has temporarily stabilized!" , Luo Bing then reported.
"There is so much chaos in the Central Plains, and the Tartars are overstretched and unable to support the northwest, which is also a reasonable thing!" , I hope Mu Zhuolun will not use this time to become big in the Western Regions, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the relationship with Huo Qingtong's sisters at that time, Chen Jialuo smiled, "This is good news, I will tell Qingtong and Kasli in a while!" ”
"Brother Jiu also said that Miss Zhou just gave birth to a boy for him, and the Wei family is now considered to have a queen! It's just that he is bored in the Western Regions, and he wants to go to the Central Plains to fight with the Tartars! When Zhou Qi gave birth to a child for Wei Chunhua, Luo Bing's tone couldn't hide the envy, "This is a great joy, I have to prepare a gift for Brother Jiu when I go back." ”
"The fourth sister-in-law is right! In addition to Brother Ma, Brother Jiu is the first of us to have children! I'll prepare some children's gadgets for Brother Nine when I go back! After speaking, he frowned and thought for a while, relying on Wei Chunhua's ability alone, he couldn't deal with things in the northwest, so he had to find a helper, "Since Brother Jiu has a child." It's not a way to let him worry about the affairs of the northwest all the time, so it's better like this, when I reply to the letter, I will find two capable brothers to go to the northwest together, and with them to help Brother Jiu, Brother Jiu can also have some time to tease the children! ”
"Brother Jiu always said that staying in the northwest all day is either ushering in the delivery or dealing with letters, and he can't stay up for a long time!" Luo Bing said with a smile, "It is estimated that as soon as the chief helmsman sends someone over, he will throw everything to them and run out to fight with the Tartars himself!" ”
"Now that Brother Jiu has a child, it's time to change his desperate temperament, right?" , Chen Jialuo also laughed, Wei Chunhua was nicknamed the Nine Lives Jin Leopard, and every time he went into battle to fight, he rushed over like crazy.
"With Old Hero Zhou and Miss Zhou here, he should know this!" , Luo Bing turned out the last piece of information. "The people of the Salt Gang found Hangzhou Ma Dang's house, saying that there is a big matter and they want to cooperate with the Red Flower Society!"
"Oh? The Salt Gang? What are you looking for us to work with? Chen Jialuo thought for a long time, as if this gang did not appear in the original book!
"The messenger sent by the Salt Gang didn't say anything, but he was extremely generous and sent several large ships of salt directly to us! It's worth tens of thousands of taels of silver! Luo Bing's generosity also smacked his tongue for such a big stroke of the Salt Gang, "It is said that their gang leader wants to meet with the chief helmsman." We'll find out when we see it! ”
"When will they come to Funing? Before that, ask why the Salt Gang is looking for us! It's always good to have one more ally. Besides, salt is a necessity of life, and if the Safflower Society has such a channel, it can save a lot of silver.
"Uh." , Luo Bing hesitated for a moment before saying, "The letter from the Salt Gang means that you should go to Yangzhou with the chief helmsman!" No wonder Luo Bing hesitated. Based on the comparison of the forces of the Red Flower Society and the Salt Gang, it is the leader of the Salt Gang who came to see Chen Jialuo.
"Interesting!" , Chen Jialuo smiled, things did look a little weird, "You go and inquire again." Anyway, I don't have a lot of things on hand lately, if it's good for our meeting, it doesn't hurt me to go to Yangzhou! ”
The efficiency of the intelligence department of the Red Flower Society in collecting intelligence is very impressive, and within a few days the reason for the incident was inquired clearly, it turned out that the life of the Salt Gang is almost unbearable now, they used to live by selling illicit salt, and in the past they could still live on what leaked from the fingers of the salt merchant and the governor of Yancao. But this year, the court was short of silver, and the governor of Yancao cut off a lot of their livelihood in order to loot the silver, and the Cao Gang also called the fire robbery and began to grab land with them, and the pressure on the court and the rivers and lakes broke out together, plus several bigwigs in the gang had disagreements, and the life of the Salt Gang was getting worse and harder.
"They don't have many ways in the court, and the only one who can compete with the Cao Gang in the rivers and lakes is our Red Flower Society! In my opinion, they invited the helmsman to go because they wanted to win over us, and the Red Flower Society would support them. Luo Bing gave his own judgment based on the intelligence.
"So it's not a conspiracy of the Tartars?" , Chen Jialuo became interested, the salt gang has a lot of people, and the territory is in the key place of the Grand Canal, if they are co-opted, they can not only obtain new financial resources to make up for the loss of silk and other maritime trade raw materials, but also in the hinterland of the Qing court to lay a nail enough to paralyze Caoyun.
"Hmph, forgive them for not having the guts!" , Luo Bing snorted coldly, "What they ask for is not a big deal, I can take the ninth and tenth brothers to get it!" The three of us don't dare not give face when we go out of the gang! ”
"It's not an easy thing to do!" , Chen Jialuo shook his head, "This is a good opportunity to take the Salt Gang into your hands!" I'll take it myself this time! Fourth sister-in-law, you go with me! Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Jialuo showed an ambiguous smile at Luo Bing.
Luo Bing's face flushed and agreed; After a few days, the personnel and materials were prepared, and the group went to Yangzhou by land, accompanied by Yang Chengxie and Zhang Jin in addition to Luo Bing, and half of the special forces were also brought out by Chen Jialuo.
Every time they stayed in the hotel along the way, although Chen Jialuo and Luo Bing lived in two separate houses, at night Chen Jialuo would sneak over and have a fight with Luo Bing, and the brilliance on Luo Bing's face became more and more dazzling.
When they arrived in Yangzhou, the special forces from poor backgrounds were not enough, and they were all surprised by the prosperity of this place. Yangzhou is the place where salt merchants gathered, and now it can be said that it is the place with the most rich people in the Qing Dynasty, and the song and dance have long made people forget the tragedy of a hundred years ago.
Found the rudder address of the Red Flower Society, sent someone to deliver a letter to the Salt Gang, and Chen Jialuo waited for the other party's arrival on the second floor of the teahouse. Half an hour later, his subordinates came to report, the leader of the Salt Gang arrived, walked to the window to look down, and saw the appearance of the leader of the Salt Gang, Chen Jialuo couldn't help but be stunned, and then hummed softly, "The mountains and rivers can't carry too much sorrow, and the years can't afford to wait too long" (to be continued......
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