Wang Dong spoke for Gan Ning, but was rejected by Lu Peng at the first time. Regarding Lu Peng's resolute attitude, Wang Dong was very embarrassed.

According to the habits of his merchants, not to mention in this troubled era, even in the peaceful years, it is necessary to pay a certain protection fee to the thieves and ruffians along the way, and the state and county officials who pass by.

As for paying some protection fees to thieves and paying some protection fees to the government, which is the so-called excesses and miscellaneous taxes, in order to seek temporary peace, is there any essential difference between this? In fact, sometimes, the promise of paying protection money to thieves is more reliable, and the taxes paid to officials and getting their promises are actually equivalent to fart.

Therefore, befriending thieves is necessary and indifferent in this era, this is flexibility. Because of his blind brutality, he not only delayed his trip but also formed grudges. What's more, there will be casualties of personnel, as a warlord, or an official, he doesn't care about the life or death of the people at all, they are the people, and they are not as good as pigs and dogs. But as a businessman, people still come first, so every time their own escort team is killed or injured, they have to take out a large amount of money as a pension to settle down for their families, that's it, every time you travel, if the casualties are too serious, in the end no one will stand up to protect this caravan, and pay protection fees, it seems like a lot, but the wool is out of the sheep, as long as these costs are evenly spread into the cost of the goods, that is.

But Lu Peng didn't think so: "In this world, from the day I debuted, only I will collect other people's protection money, and I will never let others charge my protection money, other people can't, and neither can this so-called Jinfan thief." I, as a person, talk to people who understand, of course I am reasonable, but talking about it with me in such an open fire is a threat to me. Then he slammed his fist on the side of the ship: "I hate who is going to blackmail me the most." ”

"In the face of threat, my only response is my sword, my fist, and I will never use money to buy my peace, because that would seem to me to be surrendering to my enemy, using my flesh and blood to raise my enemy fatter and stronger, and eventually he will beat me."

Then facing Wang Dong, he solemnly admonished: "In our Youzhou, please remember that our dignity is not begging, it is returned by our flesh and blood, my peace is not given by others, it is obtained with my fists, and in the future, this coast, as well as the future Yangtze River waterway, will be the lifeline of my business dealings, then, I will use my fists to fight a person who wants to beat my mind along the way, and the peace that is terrified." ”

Looking at Wang Dong's bitter gourd face, Lu Peng didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. Now Wang Dong is no longer a member of the Wang family, but his own subordinates. The captain of the naval fleet is his own subordinates, so there is no need to accommodate his original outdated family ideological rules, and it is necessary to cultivate their nature of acting according to the ideological rules of their own lord.

So, he shouted to the soldiers around him: "Beat the drums, give orders, meet the battle, defeat the Jinfan thieves, and use our warships to create a peaceful channel for our merchants." ”

The war drums rumbled and thundered, and the operators beside the various instruments began to nervously and orderly put the catapults in their hands, the bed crossbow wound the casso, and bundles of javelin-like crossbow arrows were lifted out and piled up next to the bed crossbows.

Large canisters of fire oil were also placed next to the catapults, equipped with fuses, ready for battle, and the five hundred guards under Lu Peng and the two thousand soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion were on guard with swords and guns.

The handsome ship in the center raised the handsome flag, and half of the hull grew forward, and then there were flag-bearers on the left and right who began to raise the signal flag and command the warships on the left and right, everything was tense and orderly in the big war.

At that time, the daytime flag language and the night lantern were already popular, and unconsciously, everyone, regardless of the north and south or the official and military pirates, all implemented the same set of flag lantern signals by default.

The flags on Lu Peng's warship were together, and Gan Ning on the opposite side couldn't help but shrink his pupils, Lu Peng was going to fight.

For the opponent Lu Peng to have this kind of behavior, in fact, it was very unexpected for Gan Ning, in this coastal Yangtze River waters, everyone who saw their Jinfan, even the official army and sailors, had to respectfully stop the boat and talk, and this stunned young man actually directly abandoned the rules that should have been made, and went to war directly, which is really contempt for himself.

In Gan Ning's heart, he is along the river, in the coastal land, the second in the world, he is the third, and the one who gives himself face is a friend. Whoever provokes himself is the enemy. Dealing with the enemy, Gan Ning's life creed is to fight until he is convinced. Although this battle is contrary to his original intention when he came, but this is also good, let the person opposite him take a look at his own strength, weigh his own weight, and then everyone can sit down and talk about the price, of course, after such a battle, the price will be raised.

In fact, this time Gan Ning suddenly ran to the mouth of the Yangtze River to stop Lu Peng's fleet, not because he came here to meet Lu Peng by mistake on a whim.

Gan Ning came to meet Lu Peng for a while.

Lu Peng's trip to the south this time was originally secret, but because of a small corruption case in Xinyang, many things were brought out in the future, many people were implicated, and a lot of time was delayed, so that Lu Peng's purpose was obvious to the world and everyone knew it.

He was going south to meet his old brother Liu Bei, and he brought Liu Bei 50 ships of rich aid.

The materials in Youzhou are the most refined in the world, and the price is expensive, but they are also the most sought-after.

When this news reached the ears of Gan Ning, who had nothing to do, his heart couldn't help but pound, and after thinking about it carefully, he was ready to deal with this Lu Peng.

This time, he had two purposes of his own.

The first purpose, that is, he is too extravagant and extravagant, and he wants money for extravagance, and now his hands are very tight, if he can take Lu Peng's 50 ships of rich aid, he can get rich overnight.

The second purpose is that since he defected to Liu Biao, he has been very unpopular with Liu Biao, and he has not been taken seriously at all, and his several important suggestions have been vetoed by Liu Biao or shelved.

Gan Ning thinks that he is a talent, so he is suppressed and not taken seriously, so he is a little depressed, so he is ready to go elsewhere.

His first choice was Sun Quan, who rose in Jiangdong, when Sun Quan was employing people, he recruited talents from all over the world and spared no expense, so he defected to him and would be of great use. But Gan Ning is a proud person, he doesn't want to go to Sun Quan empty-handed like this, he hopes to have a heavy vote, through this thick vote, show his ability, and be able to be reused by Sun Quan. But he found a problem, that is, Sun Quan now handed over the water army to Zhou Yu, who was more proud than himself.

are all mixed in this Jianghu, everyone is familiar with each other, Zhou Yu's pride has reached the point of unbearable, and if he does it under him, it will definitely be quite aggrieved.

And because Lu Peng went south, Gan Ning had a second choice, that is, Lu Peng.

The rise of Lu Peng is obvious to all in the world, this guy who was not favored by everyone before, has now been recognized as one of the most promising warlords by famous people in the world, and it is also a good choice and development to defect to his name.

With such a single-minded mood, Gan Ning took his most elite team, called friends and companions, and slaughtered out of the Yangtze River estuary, right at the mouth of the Yangtze River, ready to give Lu Peng a dismount.

According to the normal routine, Lu Peng should hear his prestige, and after seeing the strength of his mighty fleet, Lu Peng should take the initiative to talk to him, and then Corporal Lixian invited him to join his group and be reused.

However, Lu Peng did not play his cards according to the routine, did not meet and talk to each other, and was not deterred by his strong strength, even with his 50 warships, he wanted to compete with his own 200 warships, and he wanted to rely on his 50 borrowed so-called armed fleet composed of sailors, and he wanted to fight with the Jinfan thieves who had experienced a hundred battles and stirred the sea and the Yangtze River. Don't he know! He is a dragon on land, and when he enters this sea and river, he is a worm.

Since Lu Peng has set up the carriage and horses, then let's fight in a dignified manner, let you know that I am very good, and after I rob you of all your supplies, you will run to me and beg for mercy, and then see if my grandfather is willing to take refuge and help you complete the great cause in your heart, by the way, by that time, grandpa is no longer taking refuge but helping you, then you have to think about the status you give me.

Calculating this, Gan Ning immediately beat the drum and raised the flag without showing weakness, and arranged his warships in an orderly manner according to the size of the ship, all kinds of ships, bridge ships, fighting ships, and ships, except for the fact that there were no tall building ships, this was the luxurious lineup of the Han sailors.

"I, Gan Ning, am a particular person, we Mingren don't do dark things, send a clipper ship, and send a war letter to the other party, Lu Peng, to make an appointment."

Seeing a small boat flying out of the opponent's array, a proud guy standing on the boat yelled at Lu Peng's warship: "Listen, the people on the other side, I am the messenger sent by Gan Daxia to make an appointment for battle, and Lu Peng on the other side came out to answer." ”

Lu Peng pouted: "When is this, it's not the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and you still play this kind of trick to the teacher, will I still meet you as a water thief?" Then I'm not stupid. muttered, and ordered Wang Dong: "Bed crossbow, kill him." ”

Wang Dong was stunned, this is a serious discord with the rules of the rivers and lakes.

Lu Peng saw Wang Dong's expression, and said gloomily: "Why, do you want to disobey my orders?" ”

Wang Dong was new to the group, and he did not understand the rigid level of the Lu Peng group's implementation of discipline and orders. In Youzhou, an order is issued, that is, whether it is right or wrong, it must be carried out later. For example, in dealing with those smugglers and workshop owners in Xinyang this time, Lu Peng reviewed his policy mistakes with them on the one hand, and immediately adjusted and improved them, but still gave due punishment to those smuggling merchants and workshop owners in accordance with the orders that had been issued, which is the most direct example.

At this time, seeing Wang Dong's face embarrassed, and he had the intention of not carrying out his orders, Lu Peng said gloomily and directly: "Wang Dong, now I dismiss you from the position of captain of the Youzhou fleet, and this fleet is under my command." ”

Such a decision, at that time, Wang Dong fell into the ice cellar, he worked hard to build this line for the future development of the family, and for this goal, his family in the sea alliance, made a huge sacrifice, but because he did not follow the lord for a while, he was immediately dismissed, in fact, he was immediately abandoned, such a result, that is, maybe because of his momentary hesitation, he ruined the development of his family after a hundred years.

But it was also through this time that Wang Dong really got to know Lu Peng. The face is calm and indifferent, and he is approachable and harmless to people and animals, but once he disobeys his orders, or once he disagrees with his appetite, he will immediately use thunder methods, and this kind of thunder means will definitely make you powerless to resist. Even if these fifty warships were actually his own now, and they were given to Lu Peng by his own family, he Wang Dong would never dare to say a word now, so he could only kneel on the ground in fear and ask for guilt.

Lu Peng didn't look at him and was so cold to him, he wanted to use this action to knock and knock on the future head of the Wang family. Remind him that it is impossible for a family to go against a powerful government. Of course, other governments may tolerate you, rely on you, or even be swayed by you, but I, Lu Peng, will never be, and it is absolutely impossible, I have the magnanimity to make you prosperous for a hundred years, and I also have the means to make you disappear in an instant, boy, give me a little smarter.

With Lu Peng's order, Lu Peng's soldiers immediately picked up the bed crossbow that had been wound for a long time, smashed down the machine control with a hammer, and a javelin-like crossbow arrow roared out of the air, accurately penetrating Gan Ning's arrogant man who had written the war book directly, and the oil clay pot hanging on the crossbow arrow exploded, drenching that guy through. The fire on the clay pot instantly ignited the high burning point of the Gulin Fierce Fire Oil refined by the Savage Valley, and with a bang, the shouter who was not yet dead burned into a burning man in front of this army of thousands of horses and thousands of horses, and fell into the sea, the flame was still not extinguished, and a strange blue was burned on the surface of the sea.

If you Gan Ning give me the underworld, then I will return you to the underworld, this is Lu Peng's character.

Wang Dong knew that Lu Peng's savage valley armament was powerful, but he really didn't expect it to be so powerful, it was just a small oil canister, it was so powerful, how terrifying would be the power of the two hundred catapults mounted on fifty warships?

It seems that in this battle, his "friend" Gan Ning is going to suffer a big loss.

(End of chapter)