The wind blows the clouds and the blood flows.

In the early spring, the flames bring not only warmth, but also a chill that symbolizes death.

The expected attack took place at noon the next day, and before the ship reached Huai'an, robbers came out. The thieves had buried stakes in the water beforehand, pulled iron chains, and when they saw the ship approaching, they straightened the chains and damaged the hull of the boat. The first ship of the flotilla was destroyed in the shape of geese, and while the sailors and the ship's guards were busy repairing the hull and transferring the fabrics, the robbers rowed out of the harbor.

The timing and steps of the ambush were well arranged, but the lineup of the attackers made Yang Shida, who was supervising the formation on the ship, breathe a sigh of relief, and even those Yang family nursing homes were completely relieved.

The so-called thieves were just two dozen scrawny men, ragged and thin, with a malnourished face. In addition to sticks and farm tools, there are sometimes axes or kitchen knives, this kind of lineup will not be taken into account even by the servants of the Yang family who have not been in battle, let alone those guards who know martial arts.

Feng Mingqi stepped forward and said two words, revealing his kung fu, wanting to make these people retreat. But he didn't want these refugees to rush to the boat like crazy, and only shouted, "Cloth! We want to make clothes out of cloth! We have to live. "I can't listen to anything else, and I don't know anything about the black words of the rivers and lakes, and at this point, there is really no way to think about it except fighting.

With a gesture, he knocked the two opponents out, and Feng Mingqi also found that although these people have blood and bravery, they have no good martial arts, and their physical fitness is not good, and they are purely hungry. There is no point in killing such a person, and he made a feud in vain, so he hurriedly shouted to his subordinates to show mercy, but Yang Shida shouted: "Kill them, kill this group of poor ghosts, and let other robbers see, what is the fate of those who dare to beat our Yang family's idea!" ”

Human life is at stake, and under normal circumstances, no matter how much wealth a businessman has, he would not dare to kill people at will. However, when encountering bandits on the canal, they were killed or injured in self-defense, and it was not difficult to fight a lawsuit in the yamen. The Yang family is wealthy, since he spoke, his subordinates dared to attack, and Yang Shida even asked his subordinates for a bow to shoot arrows at the hungry people in person.

His archery skills were still over, and he sent five arrows, and finally shot a hungry man. Watching the target wave his hands and feet a few times, and finally an upside-down green onion fell into the water, he laughed and looked at the colorless beauty beside him: "See, this is the method of this son!" If you don't serve me well, I won't have to pay him back when I see your man in the future, and I'll kill him with just one shot!" ”

The robbers came and went quickly, and after more than half of the dead and wounded, the refugees, who found that they could not rush in at all, began to retreat in confusion. But in the battle, I don't know who lit the fire, and two small boats with fire rushed into the Yang fleet, although there was no fire to Chibi, and there were two large ships that were damaged to varying degrees. In order to ensure the safety of the future, we can only park nearby and repair it first.

Fan Jin's face was gloomy, and he was not happy because of the victory in the battle, Feng Mingqi only thought that he was worried about the time, and explained on the side: "Fan Gongzi doesn't have to worry, the Yang family has brought skilled workers with the ship, and the speed of repairing the ship is very fast." And including the ship with damaged bottoms, it has not reached the point of being extremely serious, I think how can it be repaired in one night and half a day, and then ask a few friends, and then let our ship take the lead on the way, to ensure that we can't miss the child's examination date. ”

"Feng Lao said seriously. It is not easy for the heroes to fight bloodily, if Xiaosheng dislikes and delays time, he will have no heart. That's not what I'm worried about. ”

"Oh? So what is Fan Gongzi worried about? ”

"Don't Feng Lao think that these robbers are too weak? They can't even be considered a group of robbers, do you think such a person can kill Huo Tieshou? ”

Feng Mingqi nodded and said, "What Fan Gongzi is worried about, in fact, the old man has also thought about it. However, Fan Gongzi is not in the rivers and lakes, and he is not very clear about the things in the rivers and lakes. Although Huo Laosan is the leader of the waterway, he is actually just an alliance leader. There are a lot of small village owners below, and everyone is a hero of one side, and they recognize him as the eldest brother and put him in this position. The rivers and lakes are sinister and unpredictable, maybe it is just that someone covets his status and comes to a fire, which is also the most common thing in the rivers and lakes. Those people snatched the position of the housekeeper, it doesn't mean that they dare to come to us for trouble, after all, the old phoenix flag hangs there. Twenty years ago, the old man and a few other sworn brothers fought against Huai'an Mansion and defeated them nineteen masters on the water in a row, and they should not have forgotten these things. It shouldn't be so bad that it doesn't give me face. Newly launched robbers, that's the level. ”

He smiled, "The old man understands what Fan Gongzi means, but the people in the green forest are straight, brainless, and don't have as many scheming as scholars." The theory of stratagms is written in the book, and the people of the green forest actually don't understand this, and I don't think there will be any arrogance in the army. Besides, these guards are all practicing kung fu at home, and they have few real battle formations, and they have never seen blood. No matter how it is arranged, the morale is still not very reliable. This time we won the battle, and let them see the blood, knowing that thieves are not difficult to deal with, even if any more robbers come, and this is a good thing for us. Even if it is really a ploy used by the robbers, it will be beneficial to us. ”

Fan Jin said: "Xiaosheng is a scholar, he knows little about the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't have enough knowledge, which makes Feng Lao smile." It's just that I think the people of the Yang family are a little too proud. ”

At the beginning, when they heard about the robbers, the Yang family was very careful, and sometimes even to the point that the grass and trees were all soldiers. But when I fought for a while, I relaxed a little bit. When Yang Shida was leaving, Song Guofu sent some good wine, and he bought a lot of meat, which is now distributed to the shipwrights, sailors and guards.

After a battle that killed people and saw blood, letting his subordinates drink wine and eat meat to boost morale was originally considered a trick to control the subordinates, and it was not easy to blame. But there was no restraint in the reward, as if everything was safe, the guards drank without moderation, and some got together to gamble for money, in Fan Jin's opinion, this was too much.

Feng Mingqi said: "Fan Gongzi has never been in contact with them, these people are this virtue." It's too difficult to restrain them with regulations, and they are not military men, so how can they be constrained. Besides, Yang Erye himself is also a gambler and fun, and the people below are also following his wishes. In my opinion, he is going to find a woman to accompany him tonight, and he is singing and making trouble, and the eldest lady also asks Fan Gongzi to help persuade him more. ”

Fan Jin nodded, and suddenly asked: "Elder Feng, when big families, especially merchants, use their families to produce slaves, or the servants who have been strong and skilled in martial arts accompany them, have you ever thought of hiring someone to escort you?" ”

"I thought about it, but it's hard to find someone. This kind of person must first know that the foundation is reliable, secondly, he must have kung fu, and the most important thing is that he must have a way to come back when he arrives at the place. Otherwise, if you go one-way and can't find business, how to solve the travel expenses back? After counting these conditions, there is actually no one available except for his own slaves. Besides, not every practitioner has real talent and learning, and he can talk about his hands at home, but when he goes outside, he may not be able to live in the town. Therefore, when a big businessman goes out, he can only bring more nurses or domestic servants, and ordinary people have to be in groups to be safer. ”

Fan Jin said with a smile: "You don't have to think about the card ticket, I also have the fire card given by the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang, fortunately it is useless, otherwise even the Ling army will be affected." At present, the Prime Minister of Jiangling must strictly investigate the abuse of cards and tickets, and whoever hits the muzzle of the gun will suffer. At the moment, there is a lot of business coming and going, and more and more goods are moving, but I think there is a business to be done here. Come, let's go to the cabin and talk slowly. ”

The Yang family's fleet found the nearest secluded harbor to stop and began to repair the ships, drinking wine, eating meat and gambling for money. A small boat left the brigade and began to go to the neighborhood to find You Chang to accompany him, and some went to the nearby market to buy supplies and prepare to eat and drink.

The corpses of the strongmen who were killed were hung on both sides of the boat, saying that they wanted to show their military exploits, and there were a few captured prisoners, who were asked by Feng Mingqi to go to a few interrogations, and a few were left by Yang Shida to be beaten by his subordinates, and when they were tired, they were tied to the boat and let the cold wind blow. said that it was handed over to the government when he arrived in Huai'an City, but in fact, if he couldn't get to the place, he would die.

Near Gangxia, behind a few stones, a few heads poked out to look this way, and then retracted back and said, "Feng Si is so old, and his skills are still so powerful, can this business be done?" It's not worth losing your life for a few pennies. ”

"Everyone has received a deposit, and you don't do it now, how can you explain it? People have hands and eyes all over the sky, and when the time comes, they will smash you to death with silver. Huo Tie's shoulder is so powerful, he was killed, I heard that he didn't want to sell his daughter over there, but even his life was bought, you dare to provoke such a ruthless person? No matter how high Baimen Fengsi's martial arts are, he is a person, and when the time comes, the brothers with high martial arts will fight around him, not seeking to win, but only to drag on for a moment or three, and go down quickly to arrest people. We caught someone and ran away, so what could he do alone? It's a big deal to sweep the Huaishang Water Village again, and it has nothing to do with us. ”

"That face said to catch a beautiful woman, but she didn't have a look, how can you catch it?"

"It doesn't matter if he has so much, he catches one when he sees one, anyway, the money over there is refreshing, and as long as the person is good-looking, he is willing to pay. After catching it, everyone vented their anger first, and then handed it over to the other side. Everyone has done this kind of thing so many times, what was Bai Xuerou last time, or what kind of woman, still called us father. I've done it so many times, don't be afraid this time, right? ”

"yes, if you want to mix in this place, you can't offend that side. Besides, it's not said that there are some red goods on that big ship that are worth considerably, and they are a lot of money when they get it. When the time comes, you will grab a woman, take a good thing when you see it, just get in and out quickly, and you are not afraid of how powerful he is Feng Mingqi. Just remember one thing, don't kill the owner of this fleet, otherwise everyone will die. ”

In the cabin, Feng Mingqi and Xue Sufang both looked at Fan Jin with wide eyes, listening to him talk. Although Zhang Shunqing was very dissatisfied with Xue Sufang's demeanor when she looked at her man, she was also happy that Fan Jin could easily convince martial arts masters like Feng Mingqi and the clever strategies that he could come up with casually: My husband should be omnipotent, and only such a good man is worthy of me.

Fan Jin just finished talking about his idea at this time, and said with a smile to Feng Ming: "This business is probably like this, the Yang family opens a standard shop, and the governor of Jiangchen has a standard camp in his hands, and the business I think of is called: Dart Bureau!" When the dart game starts, the servants of those big families and the nursing homes will have to stand aside, and the people who practice martial arts in the world will have one more way to make a living. ”

"Dart game?" Feng Mingqi twisted his beard and pondered, "This business is very raw right now. I heard that there are occasional pacesetters in the army who can't survive and earn a few dollars as escorts for merchants, but they only have it in the border areas, and they have never heard of it. Although Jiangning's standard store also delivers goods and collects money from small cloth stores when it operates standard cloth, there are still discrepancies with the dart game that Fan Gongzi said. To do this business, the first thing is to have hard work, the second is to have connections, and the third is to have capital, which is not so easy to do. ”

"Yes, this business is not easy to do, and there are not many people who can do it. It is precisely because of this that the profit is big. The Yang family is the richest man in Jiangning, and his family's guards are all so virtuous, and the guards of other big families are not much better. Compared to them, a master like Feng Lao is really reliable. As long as the dart line is established, first do a province, and then a few more provinces, and finally you can do the entire Ming Dynasty. As soon as the phoenix flag comes out, the green forests of the world will give Feng Lao face, life in the world, and at this point, he will live up to what Feng Lao Hero has learned. Besides, the old man has just passed fifty years old this year, and he is in the year of fighting, and in twenty or thirty years, he has achieved a great career, and it is not difficult to be the head of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, and thirteen provinces. ”

Before that, there were only similar institutions or individuals in the private sector, but no one made it into a scale and operated into an industry. Fan Jin's current dart game concept is combined with the concept of a logistics company in later generations, which not only requires the skills of practitioners, but also requires their relationship background and even funds.

Feng Mingqi is a smart person, he can feel the huge business opportunities contained in it, Rao is he has been practicing hard for many years, and his heart is like water, but at this time, when he thinks of the glorious prospects of the future, he still can't help but fluctuate, and even his breathing is not as calm as usual. Feng Mingqi, who is over half a hundred years old, still wants to make a career, otherwise he would not be so enthusiastic about promoting cowpox.

Although the cowpox incident has gained Feng Mingqi a good reputation among the people, he is a martial artist after all, and in comparison, this dart game is more like his business. If it can really be established, it will become an ancestor of a line, and its status is no less than that of the founding of a sect. When the local government sees itself, I'm afraid that it will be polite.

Of course, doing this kind of business requires relationships and capital, and Feng Mingqi's own strength can't reach it, but with Fan Jin and Zhang Shunqing here, these two problems are not a problem. Fan Jin said: "I will write a letter to Xu Weizhi and tell him about the benefits of this dart game, we will not do it so big when we come up, we will do it in Yingtian first, and if Yingtian does it well, then expand outward." ”

Zhang Shunqing said: "I think it's better to include Zhejiang." The concubine can repair a book with the old man Xu in Zhejiang, and with the help of his old man, this dart game will definitely be opened. If the business is good, this is a thing that is beneficial to the country and oneself. As far as the concubine knows, every year when the government escorts the silver and military rations, there is a danger of sending more troops. If there are more factions, the cost will be large, and if there are fewer soldiers, there will be fears of change. If a dart bureau is willing to come out to take on such a business, the government can't ask for it. When I saw it, Miss Xue could sit in Zhejiang and be the head of a province, and she might be able to marry a wishful husband and be a main room in the future. ”