In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Zhang Chun, a native of Yuyang (now southwest of Miyun, Beijing), and his fellow villager Zhang raised troops against the Han. Zhang Chun and others formed an alliance with Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan, plundered Jixian County (now southwest of Beijing), and killed Gongqi Chou, the captain of Wuhuan in the Han Dynasty, Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping County (now southeast of Fengrun, Hebei), and the Taishou Yangzhong of Liaodong County (now Ningyi County).

There are more than 100,000 people, tun in Feiru (now Lulongbei, Hebei). Zhang Ju proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, Zhang Chun proclaimed himself General Mitian and King Anding, and the two moved to Shuzhou County, claiming that Zhang Ju would be the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and asked the Han Emperor to abdicate, and the secretary of state welcomed Zhang Ju.

Emperor Ling sent the Southern Xiongnu soldiers to attack Zhang Chun, but the Southern Xiongnu failed to do so. In November of the fifth year of Zhongping, Zhang Chun made the king of Wuhuan Qiao lead Wang Wan to ride Wang Wan, enter Qingzhou (now Zibo, Shandong) and Jizhou (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei), and conquered Qinghe (now Linqingdong, Hebei), Pingyuan (now southwest of Shandong Plain) and other counties, and the momentum was very strong. The Han court edict cavalry captain Gongsun Zan led his troops to discuss.

Gongsun Zan and Zhang Chun fought in Shimen (now Chaoyang, Liaoning) and broke it. Zhang Chun and others abandoned their wives and children, fled over the blockade, and retreated to Liucheng (now Chaoyangnan, Liaoning). Zhang Chun's rebellion was then pacified. Later, Zhang was killed by his subordinate Wang Zheng.

In October, the Changsha county people called themselves generals, gathered more than 10,000 people, attacked the county, and raised troops against the Han. The Han court took Sun Jian as the Taishou of Changsha and marched into the Xingyi Army in the district. Sun Jian went to Changsha County, set up a strategy, took the lead, and in January, he was about to level the Xingjun District. Sun Jian was awarded the title of Marquis of Wucheng for his merits.

"Sun Jian is here, it's in Changsha County next door, this is a big shot." Yang Xi checked Sun Jian's information and felt that Sun Jian had to die, otherwise the Sun family would have Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Sun Quan and others, and they would not have tortured people to death directly.

"But Sun Jian's death can't have anything to do with us, as long as it doesn't matter, Huang Zu will let him die, which is called one thing to one thing. Let's mess up, I'll take advantage of the chaos! ”

Yang Xi stood up, his eyes full of determination.

The Chaisang section of the Yangtze River, the river is wide, and several boats with a length of thirty or forty zhang are rocked into Peng Lize (now Poyang Lake North). The leader is none other than the Hunan Gang Qin Fang. Recently, Qin Fangzhi has been complacent, and the purchase price of salt has been reduced by more than two times, which can free up more manpower for trade activities, and the supply is relatively sufficient, making the salt gang make a lot of money.

Qin Fang plans to take another thousand stones for the next batch of goods, so that the volume of goods will increase greatly, and in the salt gang, it can be regarded as a giant.

This time into Poyang County trading, is his bigger customer, Poyang County Wu family, the Wu family has controlled Poyang County for many years, is considered the head snake here, it is said that its ancestor is the famous person Wu Rui, later named the king of Changsha, but this is just said, although Wu Rui is also surnamed Wu, but there is no evidence.

In the past, all the salt goods of the Hunan Gang were taken over by the Wu family in this area, and then sent to Shangrao and other inland counties, so the relationship between the two was good. This time, due to the big drop in the cost of Qin Fang, the cost to the Wu family has also been reduced, which can annoy the other salt gangs, everyone is supplying the Wu family, your price is so low, other people's goods will naturally not be sold.

So this time, Qin Fang just took the goods and turned into the waterway of Poyang County, but he was blocked by dozens of boats. Qin was relieved to sink, this is definitely not the strength of one or two families.

This is the local salt gang or family in Pengze, Poyang, and Chaisang counties.

The other party has at least a thousand people, and he only has a few boats and two hundred people, so he is naturally not an opponent, so he has to go up to answer.

After some negotiations, Qin Fang confessed to Chenhe Port.

As a result, a conspiracy against Chenhe Port is brewing. And Jiangxia, at this time is also an undercurrent, Jiangxia Anlu Huang's fleet, recently run frequently, Huang Jie, as the person in charge of Huang's salt industry, although a little unlearned, but related to a lot of money, naturally is not ambiguous.

"Second Young Master! Check it out, these three batches of salt in succession are all from a place you don't expect! A little guy was reporting to Huang Jie.

"Where?"

"You went to that place a few days ago, and praised the girl's service methods there, which are completely different from other places, what kind of one-stop service is it!"

"You said Chenhe Port? Impossible, how is it possible, Chenhe Port is a business of making paper, wine, and boats, how can it be in the salt industry, and so on, making ships? That's right, there are so many ships, it's a pity not to do salt! It's really possible! But how could his salt be shipped so cheaply? ”

"Second Young Master, you have to ask the Xiang Gang Qin Fang, the news from his subordinates is really not specific, if it is recommended by the Xiang Gang, maybe, you can also take this line."

"Fart! I Huang Jie still need the Xiang Gang to be introduced to the table? Since you know that it is Chenhe Port, it will be easy to do, go straight over. You go and inform Yang Chenhe, the person in charge of Chenhe Port, and ask him to receive me, and I will be there tomorrow. ”

Chenhe Port, the fourth voyage is about to begin, five big ships, ready to go, more than 200 guards on board, these are soldiers who have undergone more than half a year of combat training, with the hope of Chenhe Port, Yang Xi sent Dong Cai off.

Sitting on the deck, Dong Cai couldn't help but sigh, he was a yarn ingot dealer, three years ago, he could earn a hundred dollars a day, which was regarded as burning high incense, and it depended on the business. When did you think that you would be able to achieve this position one day, he turned his head and looked at Dong Maru, who was also more than ten years old and growing up next to him, and said, "Maruko, do you know why we are where we are today?" ”

Dong Maru didn't think much about it, just looked at the direction behind him and said, "All this is given by the principal." ”

Dong Cai shook his head and said, "That's right! But it's not right! You have to remember that what Childe can give us is only a platform and an opportunity, but if you want to seize these opportunities, you have to rely on yourself, and others can't rely on it. Look at it, how many people are around Childe, these people, after several years of training by Childe, which one of them is not alone and has outstanding ability, but who can be entrusted with such a heavy task by Childe? Guanxi Tianqi and them, although they can be reused, but after all, they are not the same as our task, and besides, doesn't the son still have a younger brother and sister? Yang Shao and Yang Xi, none of them were entrusted with important tasks by Gongzi, of course, this first has to be said to be Gongzi's mind and inclusiveness, and there is another point, that is, our brothers fight for their own strength, and every time they do things, they are all properly and proper, and they have never brought any trouble to Gongzi. ”

After studying for so long, Dong Maru's comprehension ability is not low, and he understands as soon as he hears it, his cousin wants to improve his abilities in all aspects.

Soon, Dong Cai sighed again: "I feel that Gongzi this time, he gave more than 500 ship guards, fully armed, and equipped with crossbows that were only used in wartime, because he calculated that we were in trouble this time." But Childe didn't say it clearly, this is a test of my ability, this level is over, our Chenhe will usher in a new page. ”

Dong Maru said he didn't understand.

"Brother! Is someone going to do something to us? Dong Maru became nervous.

"It's a matter of time before you do it, but you don't know how many people and which ones. I understand what Childe means, it's time for my Chenhe Chamber of Commerce to release his fangs. In the past, we were a child in the Chenhe factory, but now, not to mention a giant, at least we have become a leopard, and anyone who wants to provoke them will have to break a few teeth. ”

Dong Maru nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't understand before, the principal has been accumulating force from the beginning. Do a business, what to do with the accumulation of force, but now that I think about it, step by step, the principal is planned, and at least in three years, it seems that everything is being calculated. Now our Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, plus the new ones, have more than 10,000 people, and the entire Exian County has a population of more than 10,000, and a family of this size is rare. So many property and people, without the protection of force, are, in the words of the headmaster himself, fattened pigs. ”

The two chatted and chatted, and the boat shook suddenly, but it was a sudden slowdown. Dong Cai was just about to ask what was going on, when he suddenly found that the waters in front of him were densely packed, and a row of boats appeared, each of which was not much smaller than the Chenhe boat.

Dong Cai counted it, there were about sixty boats, and these sixty boats were divided into different camps, with a total of four camps, and the head boat of each camp was planted with a flag.

"The Meng family! Locke! Jiujiang Gang! Hanako is handsome! These are two families of Yuzhang County and two salt gangs, especially the Huazi Dashuai, it is said that he was called Huazi since he was a child, and later when he grew up, he became nine feet tall, and he was able to lift the crown, and after killing the salt gang giants in Peng Zecheng, he was promoted as the leader of the gang, and called himself Huazi Dashuai. ”

When Dong Maru heard his cousin talk about this, his feet were slightly weak, but when he looked at the big boat under his feet, he was a little bolder. If the ship retreats at this moment, there is absolutely no problem, and others will not be able to catch up.

Dong Cai didn't think so, if he retreated at this time, although he could ask Gongzi to raise the guard battalion and several other big ships to fight, wouldn't it be a loss for our Chenhe Chamber of Commerce.

Besides, Childe gave me such an arrangement, so I must have expected today's events a long time ago.

The four major salt gangs did not advance or retreat, in this water, all other ships have not appeared, even ordinary county towns, they dare not offend so many salt gangs at will.

But Dong only knew that what Yang Xi wanted, what he wanted was deterrence!

The other party's boat slowly approached, and Dong Cai ordered, and the five boats formed a cone-shaped shape and moved forward at a speed of ten knots.

Ten knots had already reached the fastest speed of the opposing boat, and it was down the river.

Suddenly, more than a dozen people poured out of Hanako's fleet, and one of them shouted: "But the Chenhe fleet? We are the seat of the handsome Hanako, the handsome said, if you stop the ship for inspection, and pay a certain fee, the handsome Hanako is willing to let you go! ”

This person's voice was quite loud, and it was a full half a mile away, and it could be faintly heard.

Dong Cai understood the other party, but where did he have the intention of stopping the ship, and successively ordered, all the guards in the cabin poured out, a hundred people per ship, and after the captain of the five ships received the order, he rang seven bells and made the ships trample with all their might.

Dong Cai chose the fleet of the handsome Hanako and rushed with all his might.