Because the backstage of the Haisha Gang is involved in the corruption of the high-level of the Xuanjia Army, if it spreads, it will have a great negative impact on the reputation of the Xuanjia Army.

Fang Yuan did not want to be personally involved in the case of exterminating the Haisha Gang, so he handed everything over to Wang Bingjian, the prefect of Zhenjiang, and handled this case as a case in the Zhenjiang Mansion, rather than a case involving the Xuanjia Army.

In this extraordinary period when the foothold is unstable and internal and external troubles are being stamped, the eyes of the whole Jiangnan are staring at the Xuanjia Army. The Xuanjia Army needs to be rectified, but it cannot be rectified publicly, otherwise it will fall into the hands of others.

What Fang Yuan wants to catch at the moment is the big corrupt official in the Xuanjia Army, as long as there is no backstage of the Xuanjia Army, there are only three thousand sea sand gangs, that is, the meat on the chopping board.

Two days later, Jing Jie, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, who had received the order, rushed straight from Yangzhou Wei to Jingkou and secretly met Fang Yuan in the restaurant.

Fang Yuan was not in a hurry to ask Jing Jie about it, but asked Xiao Yuan to serve him tea first, and then said, "Third child, Xiao Yuan is now my concubine's room, and everyone will be a family in the future." ”

Xiao Yuan also bowed and said, "The concubine comes to see the third uncle." ”

Jing Jie took the teacup and looked at the steaming tea, but he was at a loss, Fang Yuan's sudden summons, should it be for Xiaoyuan to be a concubine, there was a big abnormality, and he hurriedly got up and returned the salute to her, "Sister-in-law is too polite." ”

He asked Fang Yuan again, "Boss, why are you looking for me in such a hurry?" ”

Fang Yuan glanced at Hu Qi who was standing respectfully on the side, and asked in surprise, "Third brother, didn't Commander Hu say anything to you?" ”

Hu Qi coughed embarrassedly, "Fang Junmen, I'm worried that if I say it directly, it will be unexpected, so I still hide it from Coach Jing." ”

He was worried that if Jing Jie had two hearts, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he would be able to do things safely, Fang Yuan nodded and made him step aside.

Jing Jie also sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and said bluntly, "Boss, if you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, our brothers were born and died, why bother beating around the bush?" ”

Fang Yuan Zhengrong said, "The third child! This time, I had a private visit with the fourth microservice, and the fourth was trapped in the Haisha Gang, and I came to you to save him. ”

Jing Jie's heart suddenly suddenly, if he wants to save people, he will send the Xuanjia Army directly, what kind of thing is the Haisha Gang with only a few thousand people, and he solemnly recruited himself to discuss the method?

Fang Yuan obviously had something to say, Jing Jie was stunned and asked, "The Haisha Gang dares to detain the fourth child, it's so audacious!" ”

Fang Yuan looked directly into Jing Jie's eyes, wanting to see some clues from his eyes, and said unhurriedly, "The Haisha Gang not only dares to detain the fourth child, but also robs the people to sell illicit salt, so they are bold!" ”

Jing Jie didn't let go of Fang Yuan's gaze at all, without the slightest cowardice, "Boss, such a heinous gang, send someone to rescue the fourth child first, and then send troops to exterminate it!" ”

Fang Yuan really didn't see that his eyes were a little evasive and weak-hearted, he already knew it in his heart, and he no longer tried it, and told him the truth straight to the point, "It's not easy to exterminate the Haisha Gang, because the channel for the Haisha Gang to smuggle smuggled salt turned out to be the water transportation of military assets for the Xuanjia Army, heh!" ”

Jing Jie came back to his senses at this time, it turned out that Fang Yuan recruited himself to come to Jingkou, not to discuss the extermination of the Haisha Gang, but to suspect that he had collusion with the Haisha Gang behind his back, and he was the backstage of the Haisha Gang, no wonder Hu Qi was also reluctant to tell the truth before.

His face sank, and he said displeasedly, "Boss, do you suspect that I am involved in it, and that I am colluding with the Haisha Gang??" ”

Fang Yuan got up and grabbed his hand, and said slowly, "Third child! I don't doubt you, I'd rather believe that the fourth child did this than believe that you did it. However, I saw with my own eyes that the Haisha Gang held the customs clearance documents of the Xuanjia Army, which had the military seal of the Xuanjia Army and your signature. Also, the Haisha Gang actually has the Xuanjia Divine Gun, so there must be someone in the Xuanjia Army involved. ”

Jing Jie only then realized the seriousness of the matter, smuggling smuggled salt was still secondary, if the Xuanjia Divine Gun, which should have been strictly controlled, was leaked, and the Manchu, Liukou, and Ming soldiers took their hands, and the military strength on the battlefield increased greatly, the consequences were simply unimaginable, no wonder Fang Yuan was so angry and ordered himself to come for questioning.

Jing Jie knew that he had caused a big disaster this time, and said half-kneeling, "Boss, the customs clearance document is my last signature confirmation, but the military affairs are busy, and it is impossible for me to go ship-by-ship to verify military funds." I can swear with my life that this matter has nothing to do with me! ”

Fang Yuan hurriedly helped him up and said, "Third brother, I don't doubt you at the moment, but you have to think about it, which military camp did this customs clearance document pass through." ”

Jing Jie pondered for a while and said, "The boss specifically requested that military supplies should not go through the civilian shipping dock, so I planned a small wharf in Jingkou of Zhenjiang Mansion - Longmen Wharf as a special military wharf. ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Now this Longmen Wharf has already become the nest of the Haisha Gang!" ”

Jing Jie's vest was numb for a while, although he didn't know about it, but as the commander of the Xuanjia Army, his dereliction of duty was obvious, "If it is a military transportation, it is reported by the logistics battalion." The logistics battalion was first managed by Hongyu, and then the commander was ...... Liang Min. ”

"Boss, I was also vaguely aware before, Liang Min sent too many customs clearance documents for signing, and the amount of military transportation was too large, but I thought that it was the huge need for the Navy Division to build the Navy Division, and I didn't think about it, I never thought that it was smuggling smuggled salt!"

"Liang Min?"

Fang Yuan sighed secretly, he didn't want to doubt these old brothers who had defected since the establishment of the Xuanjia Army, but the facts were in front of him.

As the commander of the Xuanjia Army, Jing Jie has no time to take care of the transportation of military resources, and he has the most leadership responsibility. And Liang Min, as the commander of the logistics battalion, if there is such a big omission in the transportation of military funds, it is unbelievable that he is unaware of it. Even if Liang Min was not involved, he was seriously derelict in his duties, and he must no longer remain in the post of commander of the logistics battalion.

Jing Jie said loudly, "Boss, in order to clear my innocence, from this moment on, I will never leave the boss's side half a step." The boss can exterminate the Haisha Gang, catch the leader and torture him, and if he finds out the clues that I am involved, I am willing to be punished by military law; If this matter has nothing to do with me, I should also be guilty of dereliction of duty, please punish the boss! ”

He is upright by nature and is willing to bear the crime of dereliction of duty, Fang Yuan is very satisfied, his good brother Jing Jie is not involved, Fang Yuan is even more pleased, secretly relieved, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately, "Third brother, the Xuanjia Army has made such a shameful thing, not only you, the commander, should be punished, but even I, the governor, should be punished together." However, everything will have to wait until the Haisha Gang is wiped out, and then we will come to deal with the aftermath. ”

Fang Yuan slightly appeased the innocent and suspected Jing Jie, and summoned Hu Qi again to begin to explain this mission.

First, he sent the Jinyi guard to summon Liang Min to Jingkou, and sent someone to send 20,000 taels of silver to the Haisha Gang to redeem Qin Zhan;

second, to contact Wang Bingjian, the prefect of Zhenjiang, to find out the information of all the halls of the Haisha Gang;

Third, he ordered the 5,000 soldiers of Yangzhou Wei to go south and join up with the Zhenjiang Weiming Army, preparing to encircle and annihilate all the halls of the Haisha Gang in one fell swoop, and wipe out the Haisha Gang;

Fourth, Shi Lang led the sailors to enter from the mouth of the Yangtze River, attacked the warships of the Haisha Gang at Longmen Wharf, and cut off the waterway;

Fifth, this time the Haisha Gang was exterminated, and all the masters above the hall were the first offenders, and they were killed, leaving only the gang leader Xu Bao alone, and he was convicted in public trial; The remaining accomplices are willing to surrender and accept the amnesty of the adaptor, and they are not guilty of the past.

Fang Yuan was willing to adapt the gangs of the Haisha Gang, firstly, because most of these gangs were actually poor people who did not have enough to eat, although the profits from selling illicit salt were huge, but that was the vitality of the leaders of the Haisha Gang, and these low-level gangs actually didn't have much to share, they took the risk of selling white powder, and made money from selling cabbage, just to have a bite to eat.

Second, because almost all of these thousands of people were outlaws, it was extremely difficult to exterminate them, and if they were forcibly exterminated, the losses of officers and men would inevitably be not small. It is better to change to Zhao'an and recruit, but it can become a death squad with extremely strong combat power in the Xuanjia Army. The treatment that the Haisha Gang can give them is even more lucrative in the Xuanjia Army, and Fang Yuan is willing to adapt them and become a regular army, not worrying that they are not grateful to Dade.

At this point, Fang Yuan had already set up a net to exterminate the Haisha Gang, just waiting to catch fish.