After Ye Sheng went back, he sent Gao's son Gundam to Di Qing, saying that he was training under Di Qing's hands. At the same time, according to Di Qing's intentions, Ye Sheng opened a blacksmith shop and recruited some blacksmiths to come over, although Lord Bao promised to give weapons, in fact, it was just a disguise, the key was to build swords and shields by himself, and use them with confidence. ”

This morning, Ye Sheng was busy with this matter, and suddenly Li Xiancheng hurriedly found him. "Ye Sheng, there was an accident in the canal, two boats sank", the waterway was blocked! ”

"The ship sank? Just fish it out. Ye Sheng said nonchalantly.

Li Xiancheng was so anxious that he was sweating, pulled Ye Sheng aside, and said in a low voice: "Someone did it on purpose." ”

"Oh?" Ye Sheng realized that something was wrong. Hurriedly walked out of the blacksmith workshop, changed into clean clothes, and rushed to the docks. Li Xiancheng followed closely behind and kept introducing the situation.

It turned out that in the morning, suddenly two big boats sailed along the canal to the dock outside Taicang, and the back boat went around to the side of the previous one, and the two boats were side by side, like two door gods, blocking the channel.

The soldiers in charge of patrolling hurried over to inquire about the situation, but they didn't know that many men in black jumped out of the deck, scolding the soldiers, but they wouldn't get out of the way.

Seeing that the other party was deliberately making trouble, he hurriedly reported to Zhao Putou, who was inspecting the waterway, and when he heard that someone was making trouble, he immediately summoned people to come, and many people joined along the way, and the team expanded to more than 100 people. At the same time, someone told Li Xiancheng and asked him to find Ye Sheng.

By the time Zhao Putou arrived at the scene of the incident, the other party had already gone ashore in a small boat, and two or three hundred people, armed with knives, guns and sticks, were standing on both sides of the canal. There are even people on the ship who pong and sink the ship, these two are big ships, if they sink, the other ships will not think of passing.

Since the opening of the canal, hundreds of ships have passed by every day, and the tax money has been cramped, and when he saw that someone dared to cut off the financial route, Zhao Pu's head hit him upward, and his hair stood up.

"Who are you? Dare to run to the Grand Canal to make trouble, is there any royal law? ”

Zhao Putou scolded, and walked out of the other party a guy in his forties, thin and thin, with golden and shining eyes, he grabbed the few beards on his chin, and smiled contemptuously: "Wang Fa? How much is it worth? If you have the ability, please come out and let the brothers see! ”

After he finished speaking, the thugs behind him laughed, not to mention how rampant!

Zhao Putou's face sank, suppressed his anger, and sneered: "Friend, you are deliberately provoking trouble, right?" Since the opening of the Grand Canal, we have not offended anyone, and we do our duty. However, please also remember, honestly, it doesn't mean that we are easy to bully! ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers behind Zhao Putou brushed their weapons together, and the two sides were tense.

"Yo! The temper is not small! The thin guy looked Zhao Putou up and down, didn't care, and said, "Master Luo is just deliberately stirring up trouble, what else can you do?" ”

Zhao Putou sneered, "Then don't blame me for being unkind, and finally ask you, would you like to get out?" ”

"The grandson is willing!"

"Okay, on!"

Zhao Putou beckoned, and the soldiers behind him rushed up with a roar, their eyes were red, just that crazy energy, the thin guy was startled, they were all thugs, what kind of life? How did he know that Ye Shengli ignored the public opinion and left a hundred percent of the shares to all the workers.

Business is getting better and better, everyone has bonuses, dividends, and only a few dollars of silver per month, but this is enough for the big guy to treat the canal as their own industry. Not to mention a bunch of guys who jumped out of thin air, even if the officers and soldiers want to snatch the Grand Canal, they dare to fight hard!

Zhao Putou didn't know where to find an iron chisel weighing more than ten catties, dancing like flying, and smashed down three or four people when he went up.

"Which grandson is coming to die!"

The thin guy retreated into the crowd, and his brow furrowed when he saw the people of the Grand Canal so brave and crazy. He looked back at the big man next to him.

"Master Tiger, I'm afraid I'm going to make a move."

"Hmm!"

The big man shook his shoulders and threw his cloak aside, revealing a cowhide vest, the muscles of his body were swollen, his arms were thick, and his blood vessels were as dense as a sleeping dragon, which was daunting.

The big man rushed up to Zhao Putou with his bare hands, and at this time Zhao Putou had already put down five or six of them, and he was like a rainbow. Seeing the big man rushing over, he didn't care, but raised the iron drill and slammed it down.

A stunned scene appeared, the big man did not dodge or dodge, but raised his right arm, stunned to hit the iron drill with his flesh and blood!

Crazy?

Everyone was stupid, with a bang, it seemed to hit the leather, Zhao Putou only felt that his arm was numb, and the iron drill was almost thrown out. And the big man only took a half step back, leaving a shallow red mark on his arm.

The layman looks at the excitement, only when the big man resists the attack, in fact, the insider knows that no matter how hard he practiced, he would only break his muscles and bones if he fought hard with his arm. Dahan used rolling thunder to hit the iron drill from the side to block the iron drill. But even so, the strong hard work is also terrifying.

Dahan glanced at Zhao Putou contemptuously, and said disdainfully: "Do you still dare to do it?" ”

"How dare you! I'll stone you to death! ”

Zhao Putou's eyes were red, and he had to fight hard. No matter how much he knows that he is not the opponent of the big man, he can't be cowardly. At this time, due to the blocking of the shipping route, several ships have gathered to and fro, and everyone is watching, and it is not a man to take a step back!

"Kill!"

"Slow (stop)!"

The explosion came, everyone followed the reputation, it was Ye Sheng and Li Xiancheng who came, seeing Ye Sheng coming, everyone breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, as if they had the backbone, and the two sides automatically separated.

Zhao Putou's face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "Little Xianggong, it's all Zhao Neng's incompetence." ”

"Don't say it."

Ye Sheng's face was solemn, and when he was far away, he noticed that hundreds of people were all wearing black shorts, as if the Axe Gang was dispatched, and it was definitely not out of nowhere.

"Friends on the other side, I think you must have a plan to make trouble in the Grand Canal, you might as well make it clear, what's the point of fighting in such a mess!"

The thin guy chuckled: "I'm not old, but I have some knowledge." Tiger master, talk to them little one? ”

The big man nodded, and this guy came to the person again, squinting his eyes,

looked Ye Sheng up and down for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "You are the famous Ye Jieyuan, right?" ”

Ye Sheng was noncommittal, so he listened to this guy continue: "My surname is Luo, my name is Luo You, and he is a person from the rivers and lakes, and he can't be compared with Ye Jieyuan. But Luo Mou wants to say, which line has the rules of which line, Ye Jieyuan's scholarly family, why bother wading into troubled waters? As long as you don't interfere, your penny will not be short, wouldn't it be better? ”

"What a big breath!" Ye Sheng chuckled and said, "You keep talking about the rules, may I ask which family's rules?" You are a Jianghu person, and you dare to set rules for me? ”

Luo You shook his head and said in an old-fashioned manner: "In the end, it is a young man, and he is vigorous." Although Luo is a Jianghu person, he is not a Jianghu person you can afford to mess with. Ye Jieyuan, how about we make it clear? ”

This is long overdue. ”

"Well, to tell you the truth, it's the people of Caokou below!"

Bandits? Anyone else calls themselves that?

Ye Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood, what he said was "Caokou", the so-called Caokou is the predecessor of the Cao Gang, as we all know, the grain production center of the Great Song Dynasty is in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is necessary to rely on the Grand Canal to transport the grain to the north to supply the consumption of the capital and the border soldiers.

Around the Grand Canal, various gang organizations have been formed, and Caokou is one of them.

The officials in charge of the transportation of the water will take advantage of the opportunity to exploit the grain from the people, and use the name of "floating income" to scrape a few more knives. But the people were not reconciled, so they took refuge in the prestigious gentry or the famous students, and handed over the grain to them, so that they could deal with the officials of Caoyun.

The original Caokou was similar to the charge d'affaires, but it was actually a game between the local government and the imperial court, but later Caokou gradually grew and evolved into the Cao Gang, who controlled the people, controlled the Caofu, and did not allow outsiders to come in, and became a parasite lying on the canal to suck blood.

After figuring out this, Ye Sheng finally came to his senses, these people coveted the interests of the Grand Canal, and they were looking for awkwardness!

Luo You saw Ye Sheng's brows frowning slightly, and said with a smile: "Ye Jieyuan, don't say anything else, the brother in Caokou ate hard food, and a drop of sweat fell into eight petals. The Grand Canal is good, the freight is only half of the Grand Canal, and those who have shares can also be reduced, so that the big guys will run to the Grand Canal, and there will be fewer people walking the Grand Canal, and the brothers will have nothing to eat, so they will have to set up camp with you. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Wu Tiancheng wanted to refute, but Ye Sheng stopped him with a wave of his hand, reasoning with these people was pure waste of spitting, and smiled at Luo You: "Don't go around in circles, just say it, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Happy!"

Luo You smiled, "Ye Jieyuan is an understanding person, I only need three conditions, from now on, the brothers at the Grand Canal Wharf will join us Caokou, and they will be regarded as our brothers, and Luo will not treat them badly; Second, take out the shares of the canal ticket number 30%, with the help of Caokou, the ticket number can be opened to the whole world; Third, the Grand Canal will be taxed in the same way as the Canal. ”

After Luo You finished speaking, he stared at Ye Sheng and said with a smile: "How is it?" The requirements below are not high, as long as Ye Jieyuan agrees, let's get rich together, wouldn't it be better! If you don't agree, you will offend tens of thousands of brothers in Caokou, if it makes a fuss and affects Caokou's luck, you are afraid you can't afford it! ”

In the middle of the day, more than 20 large and small ships were moored on the canal, and the previously smooth shipping route was blocked. Many businessmen were not satisfied in their hearts, and they cursed and cursed.

"What the hell is going on, my ship is carrying fresh goods, if it is delayed, who will pay for it?"

On a ship next to him, a head poked out and sneered: "Losing money? It's good not to be tied up, but if you want me to say that the Grand Canal is in trouble. ”

"Didn't you say there were people behind the Grand Canal?"

"Who knows, a mountain is higher than a mountain, we are wicker, which side of the wind is hard to float to!"

……

The businessmen talked a lot, and the lively people on the shore also gathered more and more, three layers inside and three layers outside. With a loud whip, the common people hurriedly looked back and saw a team of officers and soldiers rushing over.

Everyone said that it was okay now, and the guys of the Cao Gang were going to be unlucky.

The local garrison General Li Shen held the waist knife, took the lead, and rushed into the crowd, seeing Ye Sheng hurriedly wiping his sweat, but in fact, there was no sweat on his head.