At the beginning of November, a cold wind blew the land of Shandong.

A continuum, coming from the south, traveled extremely slowly, stretching two miles from front to back.

On the east bank of the canal, the slender men in torn jackets pulled the rope on their shoulders, lowered their heads, spit fog, resisted the cold wind, and dragged hard.

On the canal are a series of flat-bottomed boats, each loaded with cargo and with an extremely deep draft. The bow and stern of the ship are planted with the flag of the Fan family, as well as the order flag of the Ming army.

With such a large fleet and an army covering it, the officials on the road knew that they couldn't offend, so they let it go all the way.

At this time, on a big ship in front, Fan Sanba, who was wearing a brocade robe and a mink fur, was shrunk into a ball by the wind, and looked at the fleet behind him from time to time.

Liu Liangchen, who was on the side, had been outside the customs for more than ten years, and he had long been accustomed to the cold.

The cold wind blowing at this time was nothing to him.

He stood at the bow of the boat, "This time the young owner has fulfilled his mission, and after I return to Guanwai, I will definitely give credit to your Fan family." ”

Fan Sanba was overjoyed, "This is as it should be, it is the honor of my Fan family to serve the Qing Dynasty." ”

"I didn't expect that Nanzhili's products are so rich, I transferred cash twice in a row, and the bank's treasury was almost emptied, barely enough!" Fan Sanba said with some pity: "If the emperor can transport more silver to Zhangjiakou, I may be able to receive more supplies this time." Now I can only go back first, and then come over to help Daqing buy supplies in the spring. ”

Liu Liangchen smiled, "The coming day is long, and the young owner doesn't have to be in a hurry." Now that my eldest brother is taking care of me, as long as I bring the silver, will I still be worried that I won't be able to receive anything? ”

Fan Sanba also smiled, "That's true." Some people are easy to do, that Gao Yihuan spent more than a year to build such a big stall, but the relationship is not hard, Liu Dashuai's words, all his channels, have become our land. ”

If a businessman wants to quickly open up the situation in one place, the fastest way is to collude with officials and businessmen.

However, in this way, the businessman will also tie his own fate with the official, when the official is there, it is natural that the wealth is extensive, the money is soft, and the official falls, the businessman will naturally be implicated.

Although the collusion between officials and businessmen will bear certain political risks, for Fan Sanba, it seems that there is no risk at the moment.

On the contrary, he used Liu Liangzuo's power to squeeze Gao Yihuan out, and then suppressed the competition of other businessmen, but quickly opened up the situation in Nanzhili.

At first, the local merchants were very repulsive to him as an outsider, but under the suppression of power, they found an excuse to close a few shops, and those merchants quickly compromised.

As a businessman, Fan Sanba still understands the weakness of businessmen very well, and knows that as long as they threaten a little, they will give in.

After all, what businessman dares to fight with the official?

"Haha~" Liu Liangchen suddenly smiled, "This Gao Yihuan once attacked the Qing Dynasty in Nanwang Lake, and also killed Li Shutai and Ertahar, and now we have cut off his financial route, which can be regarded as revenge for the forehead and made a contribution." ”

Fan Sanba said with some excitement when he heard this: "Counting the credit for purchasing materials, then we haven't made two great achievements!"

Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, the days outside the gate are getting harder and harder.

This time, they not only bought a large amount of grain, but also a lot of cotton cloth, which can be said to have solved the urgent need for the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Liangchen was also a little excited in his heart, knowing that he would definitely get a reward after he went back, he was happy in his heart, but a large lake suddenly appeared a few miles ahead.

"Nanwang Lake has arrived!" Liu Liangcheng pointed to the front and said.

At this time, in a forest next to the canal, a small scout team was hiding in the woods.

The leader is none other than Liu Heizi himself.

This time, he can be regarded as having made a bloody investment, transported the food and materials in his hand to Nanzhi, and sold them to Fan Sanba with the help of several merchants such as Ma Yuanwai.

Although 150,000 taels of silver were in hand, the silver could not be eaten as food after all. If he can't get back the grain and supplies he sold, he will not only lose a lot, but even this year's Chinese New Year will be a problem.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and in order to reassure himself, Liu Heizi personally went into battle.

At this time, Liu Heizi sat on a stone, gnawing on the flatbread, and scolded: "Mother, is the news given by Gao Yihuan right, why haven't you seen the trace of the fleet?" ”

When it comes to his more than 100,000 taels of supplies, Liu Heizi is a little anxious, those things are what he uses to survive the winter, if he loses them, he may not be able to buy them back if he has money.

At this moment, a soldier who was guarding outside crawled over, "General, the fleet is here!" ”

Liu Heizi listened, threw the saliva-stained cake to the subordinates next to him, and immediately stood up, "How many boats?" ”

"It stretches for two or three miles, at least seventy or eighty, and I haven't counted the lowly positions."

"On such a large scale, you can't be wrong!" Liu Heizi was instantly overjoyed, "Turtle Sun, let Lao Tzu wait for a while." Come with me, everybody. ”

At that moment, everyone got on their horses and followed Liu Heizi to the north.

At the entrance of Nanwang Lake, more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were ambushed on both sides of the canal, and Gao Yihuan, who was also not at ease, also rushed to Shandong in person.

His capital is bigger than Liu Heizi, if he can't snatch back what he sold, then he will be in vain this year.

A few days ago, Gao Yihuan received news from Ma Hongshan and knew that Fan Sanba had set off, so he led more than 200 horsemen to Guide, and then called Liu Heizi, led 3,000 men and horses, came to the edge of the canal, and waited for Fan Sanba to come over.

This wait is three days, but there is still no movement, which makes Gao Yihuan a little anxious.

In fact, Fan Sanba should have arrived a long time ago, but the fleet was too big after all, even if Liu Liangzuo personally went to Xuzhou to get the relationship, it still took a lot of time to get the paperwork.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was studying the map to see if it was possible for Fan Sanba to take other roads, but Liu Heizi suddenly ran into the reeds, and could not hide his excitement: "Brother Gao, the fleet is here." ”

Gao Yi stood up happily, his face flushed, "Turtle Sun, it's counted!" ”

Fan Sanba at the bow of the boat listened to Liu Liangchen's words, and couldn't help but look up, and sure enough, he saw a large lake in front of him.

"Is this the place where Gao Yihuan attacked the Qing camp?" Fan Sanba saw the sparkling patch and exclaimed: "The scenery here is very good!" ”

Liu Liangchen frowned, "This place is unlucky, let the slender man hurry up, let's go over as soon as possible." ”

Fan Sanba didn't think so, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, General Liu is still afraid of that Gao Yihuan, ambush us here again?" Hehe~"

Before he could laugh, in the reeds in front of him, a trumpet exploded, followed by nearly a hundred rafts rushing out of it.

Almost at the same time, the earth began to tremble, and a rolling yellow dust appeared on the east bank of the canal, and the slender men stopped one after another, looking into the distance in bewilderment, and before they could react, danger had come.

Liu Liangchen, who was standing at the bow of the boat, was panicked, instinctively retreated, wanting to escape, but found that he was standing on the boat, there was no way to retreat, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Fan Sanba stood at the bow of the boat blankly like a fool, and suddenly a rain of arrows shot over, and he woke up like a dream, and shouted in horror: "My mother, there is really an ambush!" ”