After Zhuo Maolin walked out of the camp, he continued to walk forward, and a hidden path appeared in front of him, and the grass was cut down a few points, if he didn't look carefully, he really couldn't find it.

This is a kind of mark used by the Salt Gang, which is a direction guide.

After walking out of more than a mile, several figures greeted him and saluted: "My subordinates have seen the big dragon head." ”

"No need to be polite, you're all here?" Zhuo Maolin looked at these humanitarians.

"Big dragon, there's a little bit of us in front, you better move there, it's easy to talk."

"Okay, lead the way." Zhuo Mao Lin Road.

These men led Zhuo Maolin out of a few miles and came to a small settlement.

The people here are also resting, only the cattle and sheep still make the sound of grazing and kicking from time to time, and the low cry of excitement or comfort.

Everyone came to a tent, where a few people were waiting, and when they saw Zhuo Maolin coming in, they immediately fell to the ground to greet them.

Zhuo Maolin waved his hand, then walked to the main seat and sat down, and the people who led him to him stood in front of him.

"Li Xiang, you came here today?" Zhuo Maolin asked a leading person in front of him.

This man was about forty years old, with a dusty face, and wore a herdsman's robe, and if he didn't look closely, he would be mistaken for a herdsman on the grassland.

Most of the people of the Salt Gang on the grassland are dressed like this, and even many of them were originally herdsmen, but later took the line of the Salt Gang and took the initiative to join the organization.

Li Xiang was one of the helmsmen of the 36 rudder divisions of the Salt Gang outside the Saiwai Fortress, which had 72 rudder divisions in 13 provinces in the interior and 36 rudders outside the Saiwai.

The territory outside the Saiwai is vast, much larger than the territory within the Great Wall, and it stands to reason that more rudders should be set up, but the outside of the Saiwai is vast and sparsely populated, and there are no people in many places at all, and there are many uninhabited places within hundreds of miles, and there are also vast deserts, grasslands and human settlements are more like oases in the desert ocean.

The Salt Gang only set up rudders in large settlements, and the rudders dominated the smuggling and sales networks scattered all over the country. The most valuable thing about the Salt Gang is this network system, and the court and the king of Altan also know about the existence of this system, but they can't take them, not to mention that they are doing business to make money, and they don't want to fight the world.

Li Xiang arched his hand and said: "Tell the big dragon head, my subordinates came over yesterday to wait for your arrival." In the evening, there were so many people that I didn't dare to come to visit. ”

Zhuo Maolin said: "Well, in the future, we will still do this, keep in secret contact, and don't contact me on the surface, unless there is a special emergency." ”

He asked about the rudder again, and Li Xiang answered them one by one, and then turned to the topic.

"What's going on? I heard that there was a swarm of bees and people flying on the grass who wanted to intercept the convoy of the minister, were they not afraid of the three thousand cavalry of the Tatars? Zhuo Maolin asked.

There are forces that want to take the opportunity to rob, and he has told him about this situation, but he trusts the first-hand information detected by his own people even more.

"Big dragon head, these people are all summoned by Zhehan, planning to rob the ministers of the Qincha, and they will not hurt anyone, the Tatar cavalry has reached an agreement with them, and they do not protect the convoy pulling the supplies, but only protect the ministers and those officials." Li Xiang said.

Zhuo Maolin said angrily; "Zhehan is innocent of this fight!"

"It's no wonder that Zhehan, it's really that there are too many goods brought by the minister this time, and they are all rare and sought-after goods outside the city, not only is there a swarm of bees and grass flying on the heart, but I don't know how many streams of Kou Ma bandits are sharpening their knives behind them, not to mention that there must be 100 or 100 shares, and there must be more than 100,000 to 200,000 people in total."

"Ah, there are so many?" Zhuo Maolin was taken aback.

"Yes, so my subordinates think that you should persuade the minister of Qincha to let those vehicles pulling goods return to the customs as soon as possible, without those goods, the rogues who want to rob will naturally be not interested." Li Xiang said sincerely.

"It's impossible." Zhuo Maolin snorted coldly.

He understands that he is a person, as long as he is more serious, there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, and he will also break through with his head bored, and he will definitely not give up halfway, to be honest, he really admires this kind of energy.

"If the minister refuses to listen to the persuasion, it will be difficult to do, and he can only prepare for war." Li Xiang smiled bitterly.

"What's so terrible about fighting, the minister has 10,000 elite soldiers under his command. Find out to me all the situation of these unscrupulous bandits and horse bandits, how many people there are, where they are located, where they are going to rob, and in what way. Zhuo Maolin Road.

"Big dragon head, this ...... It's too difficult, it's hard to get close to these rogues, and it's dangerous to check their whereabouts. Li Xiang said with a difficult face.

Zhuo Maolin took out two silver tickets from his sleeve and handed them to Li Xiang: "This is the reward of the minister, that is, your intelligence funds, whether you accept it or not, I don't force you." Zhuo Maolin's face was grim.

Li Xiang took a look, it was actually two silver tickets of 10,000 taels, and immediately smiled and said: "Big dragon, it's not difficult, this thing is not difficult at all, let's do it!" ”

"Didn't you just say it's dangerous?" Zhuo Maolin scolded angrily.

"If there is no silver, of course no one wants to do such a dangerous thing, and with silver, there is no danger. How can you make money without difficulty and danger? Li Xiang said with a hippie smile.

"You bastards, you don't make less money on weekdays, and you are still so in the eyes of money."

"Big dragon, you don't know the bitterness outside the plug, except for our salt, what is not expensive, but everything with a little green leaves, it is like inlaid with gold edges, the price is heavenly, brothers can not eat vegetables at all, just eat vegetables This is more than the silver of drinking wine, eating meat and eating flowers and hops every day in the mainland." Li Xiang complained bitterly.

"Okay, I know that you are very bitter, much more bitter than the brothers in the mainland, but the silver has always been doubled for you, and if anyone thinks the mainland is good, they can rotate to the mainland to sell salt." Zhuo Mao Lin Road.

"This ...... No, the outside of the plug is more expensive vegetables, eat less, and the others are still good. Li Xiang hurriedly shook his head and said.

For example, the salt sold outside the Saiwai is not smuggling, but openly, because there is no salt production outside the Saiwai, there is no salt * law, the salt gang is mainly guarding against those rogue horse bandits and bandits, afraid of their robbery, as for the tribes, they are very good to the salt gang, treat them as serious businessmen, which is very different from the treatment in the mainland.

In the mainland, if a smuggler is caught, he will basically be beheaded, and he will not want to get out of the government prison alive. The Salt Gang would not rob the prison just because one or two smugglers were caught, which would anger the imperial court and suppress them as an organization similar to the White Lotus Sect.

The silver ticket of 20,000 taels of silver that Zhuo Maolin gave to Li Xiang was obtained by selling the fake treasure map, and the two fake treasure maps were stolen from three parts, and there were still seven parts left, and each corner Zhuo Maolin and Xiaojun both thought of selling them for a high price of 20,000 taels of silver, and got a total of 140,000 taels of silver, which is a huge amount of money.

Moreover, he and Zhuo Maolin added five to two and divided it equally, and he also took out 20,000 taels of silver from his own part to Zhuo Maolin as intelligence funds, Zhuo Maolin did not use it when he was in the Guannei, and now this silver comes in handy.

Of course, Zhuo Maolin can also directly order these people to do things, but the power of silver is greater, and the effect is better, with silver, these outlaws will work harder, and they are not afraid of death.

Zhuo Maolin also knew that these brothers were living very hard, and he was embarrassed to let them work in vain, so he took out a huge amount of funds, 20,000 taels was just the first step, and the next time he went to the ground of other rudders, he would have to pay for it.

In the rivers and lakes, silver is the most powerful magic weapon, even if the salt gang system is highly united, without silver, it still can't be done, at least it can't be done.

Of course, it does not mean that the thirty-six rudders must be scattered, so there is not so much silver to scatter, and this time the route mainly involves the territory of two or three rudders, in this case, 70,000 taels of silver is enough.

Zhuo Maolin's vision has now looked overseas, the mainland and the outside of the small fights he has not looked down on, his biggest ideal is to follow the situation to the coast, to be a real overseas trade dealer, at that time the goods are a ship of out, silver is a boat of back, just like the white rice produced in the field, that is the real thrilling big deal.

"Big dragon head, do you want me to gather my brothers and quietly kill a few swarms of people?" Li Xiang held a silver ticket of 20,000 taels, felt ambitious, and took the initiative to ask.

"No, just quietly get me information, and don't interfere in the war, unless I have a special order for you."

The Salt Gang are also outlaws, naturally they are all militants, if they fight with a swarm of bees, they really don't have stage fright, but in that case, they will inevitably lose both sides in the end, and the casualties will not be small.

The Salt Gang can bloom everywhere outside the fortress, of course, these outlaws are not easy to mess with, and even those large and small tribes are unwilling to provoke them, because they are more than a swarm of people, and they are even more desperate.

However, the people of the Salt Gang fought and the 10,000 elite soldiers they brought with them, they were a group of stragglers after all, and there was still a world of difference between them and the regular army.

Zhuo Maolin didn't want to directly intervene in the battle with the Liukou, because he didn't want people to find out that the Salt Gang had any connection with the Rag, and now he was also a top secret in the army, and no outsiders knew.

If everyone knows that the Salt Gang has become an intelligence network, the Salt Gang will become a public enemy of the whole people outside the Cypriot Fortress, and then it will not be able to mix outside the Cypriot Gang in the future.

"Where are the swarms now?" Zhuo Maolin asked.

"They set up an ambush in Huangshayuan, preparing to ambush the convoy of the minister." Li Xiang said.

Then he drew a topographical map of the yellow sand on the table, and after a gourd mouth entered, it was simply a dead place, and if the two sides were blocked, they could only attack the surrounding high ground, and then they would almost lose the initiative to fight.

"They did pick a good place." Zhuo Maolin also gasped.

"But now that we all know, they won't be able to bear it, and the minister's convoy can take a detour, just walk for an extra day."