Zhenjiang Mansion is located at the confluence of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, close to Yingtianfu, Changzhou and Yangzhou, a veritable transportation hub with well-developed waterway transportation.

Although the economy is ranked behind Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou and Yangzhou in Nanzhili, the Jingkou Wharf under its jurisdiction can be said to be the most important military town south of the Yangtze River.

Whether the regime south of the Yangtze River can be in a safe corner is the most important thing in Jingkou. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Beifu soldiers were stationed here. Han Shizhong also trapped the Jin soldiers in Jingkou for forty-eight days, so that the Jin soldiers no longer dared to rashly cross to the south.

There are countless poems about Jingkou throughout the ages, and Li Bai, Wang Anshi, and Xin Qiji have all left popular sentences.

"Jingkou Guazhou is a water, Zhongshan is only separated by a few mountains"

"I want to think of the past, Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger"

Whether the sea salt from the Lianghuai Salt District is sold to Jiangxi and Huguang, or the sea salt from the Zhejiang Salt District is sold to Nanzhili, it must pass through the waterways in Zhenjiang Prefecture.

That's why the Haisha Gang, which smuggles smuggled salt, chose this Zhenjiang Mansion where the waterways extend in all directions.

The Haisha Gang is a smuggling gang of smuggling salt, and the law stipulates that those who sell smuggling salt will be punished with at least 100 canes and three years in prison, up to the death penalty, depending on the amount of salt sold. With the medical level of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called cane is responsible for a hundred, and if it is solid, eight or nine times out of ten will die.

Most of the smugglers of smuggled salt in the Haisha Gang are subject to death according to the Ming Law, that is to say, the entire Haisha Gang is a group of outlaws who are playing with their heads.

Fang Yuan's attitude towards the Haisha Gang is not sure for the time being, whether it is to recruit an or exterminate it, he will never just listen to the words of the Shanshan Merchant Gang and the Hui Merchant Gang, after discussing with Qin Zhan and Jing Jie, he decided to personally conduct a private visit to the Haisha Gang at the entrance of the Jingkou Wharf in Zhenjiang Mansion to explore the reality of smuggling smuggled salt in Jingkou.

Fang Yuan decided to pretend to be Xi Zhan, the nephew of Xi Benzhen of the Dongting Business Gang, for the authenticity of this identity, he also specially asked Jinyiwei to go to Xi's house to open a letter of introduction, clarifying his identity, and the purpose of going to Zhenjiang Jingkou was to negotiate with the Haisha Gang about the smuggling of smuggled salt for the Xi family.

There should not be too many entourages in this private visit of the microservice, and more will be eye-catching; It should not be too little, too little to deal with emergencies.

Fang Yuan finally decided that the entourage would take Qin Zhan, Chigutai, and three shrewd and capable Jinyi guards.

Qin Zhan pretended to be Xi Benzhen's nephew Xi Zhan, Fang Yuan was considered Xi Fang, the housekeeper who managed the accounts for Qin Zhan, and Chigutai and the three Jinyi guards were the thugs of the Xi family's full-time guards.

Hu Qi led 300 brocade guards in civilian clothes to infiltrate the entrance of Beijing and secretly perform the duties of guards. In order to meet the needs of communication, Fang Yuan purchased a set of radio communication equipment on Taobao, with an effective call distance of two kilometers, so that it can be answered at any time.

Jing Jie led the Xuanjia army back to Suzhou Mansion, among which the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was on vacation for half a month because of the continuous battle. Then 1,000 Xuanjia sergeants and 1,000 artillery battalions were mobilized to join Shi Lang, who had returned to Jinshanwei, and 20 warships were dispatched to the north along the waterway and stationed in Yangzhouwei, which was across the water. In the event of a war in Zhenjiang Prefecture, prepare to support nearby.

Princess Kunxing and her entourage, accompanied by Su Hongyu and Xiao Yuan, returned to Suzhou Mansion and settled in Canglang Pavilion. Xiao Yuan and Princess Kunxing are already Amitabha Buddha if they don't quarrel together, but they can't say that they can go together. Fang Yuan could only ask Su Hongyu to accompany her to comfort Princess Kunxing and stabilize her emotions.

Before leaving, Fang Yuan was looking through the strongholds of the Haisha Gang sent by the Xi family, as well as the map of Zhenjiang Jingkou Wharf. The Xi family had dealt with the Haisha Gang four or five years ago, but later because the competition in the salt industry could not compete with the Shanxi Merchant Gang and the Hui Merchant Gang, they gave up their plan to gain a foothold in the salt industry and broke off contact with the Haisha Gang.

According to Xi Benzhen, at that time, the Haisha Gang was a wine shop selling wine at the entrance of the Jingkou Wharf, called Ruyi Wine Fang.

Xiao Yuan had already brought in a bowl of lotus seed soup, sat on his lap with ease, blew lightly with his mouth, and fed it one bite at a time.

Fang Yuan sniffed her body, as well as the fragrance of his fingertips, his hand also wrapped around her slender waist, and took a few sips, only to feel that the mouth was sweet, and the craftsmanship was really not bad.

Xiao Yuan asked in a coquettish voice, "Childe, is it delicious?" ”

Fang Yuan put his hand into her little clothes, rubbing her slender waist back and forth, and played with it so much, "It's delicious, but it's not as delicious as you." ”

Xiao Yuan moaned charmingly, and asked with a pun, "Hey, do you want to be able to eat it every day?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Of course I want to!" ”

Xiao Yuan smiled slyly, her fragrant lips came to Fang Yuan's ear, and she took a bite gently, "Childe will take me to Jingkou with me!" It's so fun to have a private interview with Weifu, I want to play together. ”

Fang Yuan's heart suddenly, it turned out that she wanted to follow her to Jingkou Weifu for a private visit, and said embarrassedly, "This Weifu private visit is to investigate a gang of smuggling salt, these people are all outlaws, with a lot of inconvenience for you, next time you have leisure, I will take you to Jingkou to play." ”

Xiao Yuan said unrelentingly, "It's so dangerous, that son is not allowed to go." ”

Fang Yuan smiled, "I'm doing serious things, don't mess around!" ”

Xiao Yuan coquettishly said, "Where I have nonsense, the son is not afraid, and I am not afraid!" ”

These days, Fang Yuan and her are like glue, and they are pampered to the bones, since Xiaoyuan insists on going, then let her go!

Fang Yuan's tone gradually softened, "In what capacity are you going together?" ”

Xiao Yuan's eyes flashed with a touch of brilliance, and he said softly, "Childe's concubine, is it okay?" ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, and immediately understood Xiao Yuan's thoughts, her current identity was just a roommate, not even a concubine. She said that she wanted to go as a concubine, which was a pun, implying that Fang Yuan was unwilling to give her the identity of a concubine.

The identity of a concubine seems to be worthless, but in fact, the identity of the concubine in ancient times was much higher than that of the girl in the room.

The girl is the female slave in the house, and the girl in the room is just a female slave who can sleep with the male master. The concubine is the side room in the house, although she is not as good as the wife, her status is obviously much higher, at least she will not face the risk of being resold at any time.

Like Xiaoyuan, most of the girls who come out of the tooth line can get mixed with the status of a concubine, and most of them are actually girls who have been in the house for a lifetime, and they have to face the risk of being resold.

Fang Yuan has never given her a legitimate identity, not that she is stingy, but she doesn't care about the status of three wives and four concubines in this era, since she is already her own woman, and she cares so much about her status, except for the title of the lady of the main room, which must be left to Princess Kunxing, the other titles that should be given to her still have to be given, so he said, "Okay, okay, everything depends on you." ”

"Alright! Childe is hungry, you can eat! ”

Xiao Yuan fell into his arms with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to send cherry lips. Fang Yuan also got up, picked her up horizontally, and went to the bed to turn the dragon and phoenix upside down.

With Xiao Yuan's joining, Fang Yuan also arranged a disguised identity for her, that is, to be Qin Zhan's concubine.

Fang Yuan announced this decision to Qin Zhan and Chigutai the next day, Xiao Yuan smiled and saluted Qin Zhan Yingying, "Husband, please take care of me!" ”

Qin Zhan was so frightened when he heard this, he shook his hand again and again, "Boss, don't scare me, I don't dare to give me a gut!" ”

Fang Yuan put his arm around his shoulders and laughed and said, "Fourth, when you arrive at Jingkou, you are the boss, doesn't the boss bring a concubine, a housekeeper takes a concubine, what kind of system does it become?" Aren't those old rivers and lakes greasy to see at a glance? ”

Qin Zhan thought about it for a while, and said with a bitter face, "Boss, let's talk about it first, you can't live in one room at night." ”

Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Fourth uncle, you want to be beautiful." ”

Qin Zhan looked at her in amazement and asked, "What?" You call me Fourth Uncle? ”

Fang Yuan was also stunned, this Xiaoyuan is really windy, she only gave her a title last night, and today she even changed her name to Qin Zhan, and she can be regarded as directly disclosing her name, no longer the previous girl in the room, but a concubine.

Xiao Yuan glanced down at Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan played a round for her, explaining to Qin Zhan a little, "Xiao Yuan, she is already my concubine, and we will all be a family in the future." ”

Xiao Yuan pursed his lips and chuckled, "If you don't call you the fourth uncle, do you call you the fourth?" ”

Qin Zhan suddenly realized that Fang Yuan had decided to officially accept Xiaoyuan as a concubine, not just the previous roommate, and changed his name with knowledge and interest, "That Xiaoyuan will be my sister-in-law in the future, heh!" ”

Xiao Yuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly lowered his head to hide his uncontrollable smile.

Fang Yuan was stunned and watched the two of them change their names seriously, he didn't expect the ancients to really care so much about their reputations, and the rules of one board and one eye could not be messed up.

Where is it like before the crossing, you can call your wife when you see it for the first time, and you can call your girlfriend a horse to your brother. If he dared to call Xiao Yuan his wife, it was estimated that Xiao Yuan would be frightened and overwhelmed, and Princess Kunxing would immediately come to the door, and she would never give up. If he dared to call Princess Kunxing Ma Zi, it would definitely be a hornet's nest, and there would be no peace.

The so-called Jingkou Guazhou is a water room, that is, Yangzhou's Guazhou Ferry and Jingkou are only separated by a water, Fang Yuan arranged properly, and took Xiaoyuan and his party, through Guazhou Ferry, crossed the Yangtze River directly to Beijing.