Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Sail Thief (I)

Gan Ning watched the mouth of the river gradually move away, and she didn't feel much relief in her heart, and even a little depressed, because when she escorted the sea ship over this time, she had a big quarrel with Juan'er. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Juan'er is a person who will never be satisfied with the status quo, after she learned that Qin Han is Yuan Yun, in addition to being surprised, she also complained about Gan Ning's various complaints, saying that a bookkeeper in a mansion can get the status of a marquis, but Gan Ning will only guard her every day.

Gan Ning actually wanted to tell Juan'er that Yuan Yun first became a marquis before entering the palace and pretending to be a bookkeeper, but women are generally unreasonable when they complain.

If you reason with her, she will talk to you about making mistakes, and if you explain to her, she will say that you are quibbling, and the result is that you do not admit your mistakes, that is, you are all wrong.

Gan Ning was cursed by Juan'er as a wreck with no great ambitions, which made him very annoyed, so this time when he escorted the grain to the south, he brought a large amount of spirits by the way, just to make a good fortune in the south.

Gan Ning has always been a bold person, who values righteousness and is not informal, so the people in the palace like him very much, and it is the first time that he has been scolded for being a wreck.

Many brothers in the palace persuaded him not to provoke Juan'er, but Gan Ning was so good, Juan'er's scolding, he quarreled as a husband and wife, and he still felt a trace of warmth.

If Yuan Yun knew, he would definitely sarcastically say that Gan Ning was a standard M, a natural sufferer.

After entering the Yangtze River channel, the road was smooth, Gan Ning was very familiar with this area before, where the water thieves were the most fierce, where there were many water thieves, he knew everything.

Now all the grain on the ship has been disembarked in Jianye, and a large amount of sugar in the south has been exchanged, and several large ships have returned to the ports of Xuzhou and Beihai as promised, where the sugar is exchanged for currency issued by Xudu.

At this point, Gan Ning was very confused, and didn't know why Diao Chan did this? After all, now that the war is in chaos, it is not credible for anyone to issue coins, because once this force collapses, then the coins issued by him will also become a bubble, and only barter is the best choice.

However, these are not what Gan Ning can consider, except for the returning sea boat, the only remaining ship is loaded with those spirits, which the Sun family also wanted, but Liu Biao's Huang Zu offered a better price, so Gan Ning decided to go up the river and send it to Jiangxia to make a lot of money, so I don't believe that Juan'er will say anything bad.

The river road is very wide, even if they are driving a sea boat, they still go very smoothly, as for the water thief Gan Ning, he is not worried, before he entered the Wang family, he was the biggest water bandit in this area, and it would be good if he didn't mess with others.

The captain's surname is Wang, called Wang Qu, he is one of the few rising stars in the Wang family, since Wang Bin's family was burned to death by a fire, there are fewer people to take care of on the other side of the river, and Wang Qu is obviously the candidate that Diao Chan is preparing to cultivate.

Wang Qu and Gan Ning get along very well, they appreciate each other and take care of each other, all the way from Leling, the two have already become acquainted, so Wang Qu agreed to help Gan Ning go all the way to Jiangxia to sell wine.

Now in Leling, because there is a large amount of grain inflow, so winemaking has almost become the main pillar industry of the beggars, which under the instruction of Yuan Yun, the invincible let the Wang family also participate, so immediately expand the production.

The liquor produced in large quantities was transported by sea to the south, and even as far as the Korean Peninsula, and the money earned back can only be described as a mountain of money, and the palace is now expanding more ferociously.

Under Yuan Yun's guidance, in the near future, the gunpowder technique that Diao Chan cares about the most will also become the standard configuration on the ship, which has entered the schedule arranged by Yuan Yun, and even a batch of them has been produced and manufactured to arm some of the king's ships, after all, pirates are already a big trouble for the Wang's sea ships.

In this regard, Cao Cao should not object, as long as it can ignite a fire in Yuan Shao's territory, it is naturally as much as possible.

"Those barbarians on the plateau, sooner or later they will have to suffer greatly!" After seeing the moment when those gunpowder jars exploded on the sea, Uncle Wang said with emotion.

The beggar gang did not let it go too far, and the royal government developed on the river, and the beggar gang followed on both banks, expanding all the way to the plateau area, as if it was already the largest gang on the bank of the Yellow River.

The profession of beggar has always been the easiest to spread, because even the city gate officials are too lazy to take care of these down-and-out people, and they have always turned a blind eye to them, as long as they do not commit crimes, they are free to come and go.

With the existence of these ubiquitous beggars, Yuan Yun's intelligence network has become very rigorous, even if Yuan Shao has a concubine who steals people today, he can hear about it in a few days.

Gan Ning naturally didn't understand this, he just simply thought that since Yuan Yun was Diao Chan's junior brother, then they were all the way, as for Uncle Wang, he always said ambiguously that his master was probably finding a home, which was a little inexplicable.

However, Gan Ning didn't bother to care about this, a creature like a woman, he only cared about Juan'er, and one Juan'er was enough for him to stand it, where did he still have the heart to consider other people's gossip.

Before going to Jiangxia, Gan Ning and Wang Qu did a rest and replenishment at a wharf, but the officials at the wharf actually bullied people, only said that the wharf belonged to Huang Zu's command, and asked Gan Ning to take the initiative to send some wine to pay respect.

In this regard, Gan Ning had an attitude of calming things down, after all, he was on someone else's land, so he didn't have a seizure, and obediently sent out the wine, which sent the other party away.

Who knows the opposite, once Gan Ning shows weakness, the officials at the back dock will ask for this, and before he arrives in Jiangxia this way, more than a dozen jars of spirits have been sent.

"These bastards are even more ruthless than those water thieves, damn it." Gan Ning cursed and began to drink sullen wine in the bow of the boat.

Wang Qu frowned and said, "I don't think it's easy, when those officials embarrass us, they don't have a trace of fear at all, as if they were instructed to do so." ”

Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, and thought carefully about the faces of those officials, and sure enough, they all looked greedy, and they were not worried about the consequences of asking for bribes like this?

And Huang Zu's rule has become very strict in recent years, and it stands to reason that these officials should not be so bold.

"It's a little wrong, although Huang Zu is greedy, he will definitely prohibit his subordinates from being greedy, and these officials are all looking like they are waiting to be fearless, can they ......" Gan Ning did not continue to finish, his face was full of hesitation.

"Could it be that Brother Gan is ready to turn back?" Wang Qu asked.

Gan Ning was very angry and poured another sip of spirits, and said unhappily: "Count Lao Tzu at a loss, turn back, otherwise it will be difficult for us to cope with just being blackmailed if we go on like this, so let's return to Jianye Wharf and buy the spirits to the Sun family." ”

Wang Qu also nodded, it is indeed not a way to go on like this, and it is estimated that the wine will be sent away before Jiangxia.

Soon, something happened that made Gan Ning angry, those officials who had accepted bribes before, when they saw that they were returning from the sea boat, even asked for spirits, and only said that they would give it, and they would naturally have to give it when they came back.

Gan Ning's anger jumped up instantly, and he just wanted to wield the chain hammer in his hand to kill someone, but he was stopped by Wang Qu, but he just sent Gan Ning back to the ship first, and he would handle the rest of the things himself.

Gan Ning returned to the cabin so angry that he could only continue to drink and vent, and this time he drank high, so he fell asleep and did not get up until noon on the second day.

After getting up, Gan Ning moved his body on the deck, but found that everyone was indignant, and only after asking clearly did he know that Wang Qu had given a few jars of wine last night, so the official at the dock actually asked Wang Qu to break his leg.

Now Gan Ning can't bear it anymore, Wang Qu was personally entrusted to him by Diao Chan, and now he has broken his leg, how can he explain this? If you endure it yourself, I'm afraid what Juan'er said will come true.

"Let's go back, let's go to the dock last night!" Gan Ning shouted.

After a short time, Wang Qu limped to the deck, looked at the fierce Gan Ning, and immediately comforted: "We have all gone out for dozens of miles, and it takes time and effort to go back, not to mention, if we are detained by the other party, won't the gains outweigh the losses?" ”

Gan Ning just wanted to refute, Wang Qu said again: "I am the captain, naturally listen to me, we will never return to the voyage, Brother Gan will act as if nothing happened." ”

In desperation, Gan Ning gritted his teeth again and endured it.

"Brother Wang Qu, there are many dark stones in the river in front, let's lean more into the river." Gan Ning snorted, he was too familiar with this area.

Wang Qu was sitting on the deck at this moment, looking at the sun, looking at the river, and sure enough, he saw some dark stones faintly on the shore, but he really didn't notice it when he came, so he immediately commanded the helmsman to move towards the river.

After the big ship stabilized, Wang Qucai said: "The waterway of the river in this area is narrowing, and there will definitely be thieves who are worried about it, this place is really suitable for robbing ships." ”

Gan Ning poured a sip of spirits, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this area was the boundary of my mix back then, and the water thieves were a group of people I brought back then. ”

Wang Qu smiled and said: "I forgot that Brother Gan was called a Jinfan thief by the people in this area back then, and no one dared to provoke you, but there are always some people who are not long-sighted, you see." ”

After Wang Qu finished speaking, he had already pointed to the river, where several small boats were following, and the speed was extremely fast, not at all like ordinary ships.

Gan Ning put down the wine jug, only glanced at the handsome flag hanging on the boat opposite, and immediately jumped up, and then shouted: "The person who came is Huang Zu himself, it's not appropriate!" ”

Wang Qu was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Aren't we going to sell wine to Huang Zu, it would be better if he came to pick it up in person, just complaining to him, those officials under him are really bastards." ”

Gan Ning smiled bitterly: "I used to do it under Huang Zu back then, this person is very jealous, if his subordinates have the ability, he will definitely suppress it, that is, he is worried that his position will be taken away by others, I now understand, why we will be treated like this by those dog officials these days, it must have been instructed by Huang Zu, and now when he sees us returning, he will come directly to snatch it, and he will not care about it at all." ”

Wang Qu was taken aback and shouted, "Is there a countermeasure? We are sailing on a sea boat, and we will inevitably not be able to outrun a flat-bottomed river boat on the river. ”

Gan Ning carefully counted the number of other parties' ships, there were a total of six ships, and if they wanted to run, they would definitely not be able to run.

Gritting his teeth, Gan Ning shouted loudly, ordered Wang Qu to stop the boat, and then asked someone to take his big bow and stand alone on the bow of the sea ship, looking very mighty.

When Huang Zu's ship was still more than three hundred meters away, Gan Ning stretched out his finger and licked it, tried the wind position again, and soon smiled on his face, and then raised his bow and arrow, and aimed at the first ship of the six ships.

The bow used by Gan Ning was very huge, and the shaft of the arrow was twice as thick as the ordinary one, and at this moment, an arrow shot out with the wind was as fast as lightning, even if it was three hundred meters away from the river, he still shot down the general under the command of the opponent's stern with an arrow.

At this time, Gan Ning said to Wang Guan: "I have avenged you." ”

Although Wang Qu didn't have Gan Ning's eyesight as good, looking at the clothes and movements of the general who was shot down just now, he probably guessed that the other party was the dog official who broke his leg, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and thanked him again and again.

The people in the boatload were all impressed by Gan Ning's magic arrow, and while shouting Gan Ning's name loudly, they began to slowly continue to move the ship, and then retreated against the wind towards the way they came.

Gan Ning saw that Wang Qu was happy, so he smiled and said, "It's not over yet, isn't there an adjutant for the dog officer who beat you?" ”

Wang Qu was stunned for a moment and said, "The soldiers on the ship have all set up shields, obviously they are on guard, can Brother Gan still be shot?" ”

Gan Ning did not reply either, but ordered the sailors to slow down.

In a moment, the six ships got closer, Gan Ning's eyes were cold, and he set up his giant bow again, with a bang, the thick arrow feathers flew out, and a soldier holding a shield in the middle of the arrows actually passed directly through the wooden shield in his hand, and then nailed a person behind him to the deck of the ship.

Gan Ning smiled, and then turned to Wang Channel: "We don't have to rush, the other party will definitely not dare to chase closer." ”

The six ships that followed really didn't dare to approach, so they chased from afar, and none of the generals on the ships dared to stand on the bow of the ship to command, so they could only fish from a distance.

In the middle of the night, Gan Ning looked at the dark sky and knew that the other party would definitely come over to raid at this time, because who could shoot the arrow accurately in the night?

But Gan Ning could, just by a little moonlight, Gan Ning squinted his eyes slightly, and then shot an arrow, right in the middle of a sailor on the ship, actually shot the other party directly into the water, you can imagine the power of this arrow.

In this way, the other ships slowed down again.

Suddenly, I heard a loud shout from the river: "Xingba, you treat your former colleagues like this, can you bear it?" ”

As soon as Gan Ning heard the other party's voice, he immediately replied loudly with a smile: "Huang Jie, you kid dare to use your Lao Tzu's handsome flag, aren't you afraid that your father will go back to beat you on the board?" ”