The chaos in Wanyanlou was quickly pacified with Zhou Tong's escape. www.biquge.infoLess than a dozen people were able to escape from the heavy encirclement of officers and soldiers, and even the black-clothed people who came to support behind were mostly taken by officers and soldiers.

After the war, the tower was counted and a total of more than 100 members of the Shark Gang were captured, and there were fewer of those in black, and there were about 20 of them. There were also more than 100 dead and wounded.

The casualties of officers and men were not small, and it was only because of the large number of officers and men that such achievements were achieved. It is conceivable that the strength of the Shark Gang is far greater than that of officers and soldiers.

Let his subordinates start to clean up the aftermath, and Tie Ta hurried back to the mansion to report the battle situation to Ye Shaolong.

Ye Shaolong was assassinated on the street today, and the news spread quickly, and after hearing the news, the six princes of Piaoxianglou rushed to visit Ye Shaolong as soon as possible.

In the main hall of the mansion, Ye Shaolong met with the six princes. Knowing that Ye Shaolong had the sixth prince who was in danger, he was obviously relieved, but Ye Shaolong proposed to him that he wanted to resign and not do it, but he was very distressed.

"You kid wants to leave now, can the emperor agree?" The Sixth Princes also understood Ye Shaolong's situation at this moment, and he was not surprised when he learned that Ye Shaolong had such thoughts.

Ye Shaolong spread his hands and shrugged: "It's no longer a question of whether the emperor agrees or disagrees, just imagine." The emperor has actually helped me for so long, and I am not alone here in the provincial capital. If there is a benefit, I will send it to the capital, and what do I get every time except a useless holy decree? ”

The sixth prince frowned: "Be careful! You kid is resentful in front of the emperor in front of this king. Be careful of being used by people with intentions, but remember that if you say it, you will not be able to take it back. ”

This is a subtle reminder to Ye Shaolong that although the way of being an official is not a profound knowledge, the rules must be followed. If you don't say something, you have to rot in your heart, and once you say it, you're making trouble for yourself.

Facing the kindness of the six princes, Ye Shaolong was full of indifference: "What the six princes said, Shaolong naturally understands, but with the current situation of the kid, I hope that the emperor will attack me." At least being imprisoned is better than losing your life and affecting your family! ”

"Ugh!"

The sixth prince was speechless for a moment, what Ye Shaolong said was also the truth, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

While the two of them fell silent, the tower returned from outside. When he saw that the sixth prince was also there, the iron tower was very casual.

After saluting the six princes, Tie Ta told him about the situation of Wanyan Tower in front of him.

Ye Shaolong learned that the three masters of the Shark Gang had fled, and although he felt pity in his heart, he did not blame the iron tower. He instructed the tower to arrange for the meritorious people and those officers and soldiers who died in battle, and let them go down to do business.

The tower didn't say much, and after saluting the two again, he retreated on his own.

At this time, the sixth prince said with a smile: "It seems that you kid has to leave it alone!" And this shark gang has heard that it has a lot of strength at sea, and you are doing it against others like this, so be careful of their revenge. ”

At the same time, the six princes who are in business are still quite familiar with the shark gang. At least their strength at sea, the Six Princes know very well.

After Ye Shaolong heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "I don't know how many merchant ships the sixth prince has in the provincial capital?" ”

"Why do you ask this?" Asking about such a thing for no reason, the sixth prince also became vigilant for a while.

Seeing that the sixth prince was vigilant, Ye Shaolong explained with a smile: "The prince is nervous, the kid knows that you have never liked to get involved in these troubles, so naturally you will not be affected." But the Shark Gang in front of them is indeed too arrogant, they have colluded with foreigners, and are ready to monopolize the trade of big tobacco in the provincial capital. ”

"And such a thing!" The sixth prince was slightly surprised.

Nodding, Ye Shaolong continued: "This is also the reason why they are in a hurry to kill me, although the smoking ban has been lifted." But as long as I am still in the provincial capital, they will not be able to buy and sell cigarettes unscrupulously. ”

After a pause, Ye Shaolong hesitated and said, "In addition, I have already discussed with Su Can of the Beggar Gang and some martial arts people to deal with the Shark Gang and the Bright Sect with them. And the Sharks are not a concern on land, the only thing that gives us a headache is the forces at sea. ”

"You want to borrow a boat from this king!" Hearing this, the sixth prince somewhat understood Ye Shaolong's intentions.

"Exactly!" Ye Shaolong also simply admitted his purpose.

The sixth prince shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You want this king to borrow a boat for you to fight the Shark Gang, this is simply impossible." ”

"Why did the prince say this?" Hearing that the sixth prince rejected himself so resolutely, Ye Shaolong was inevitably a little angry at the moment.

Why did the sixth prince stay in the provincial capital, in the final analysis, it was not the emperor who asked him to stay and help him. From beginning to end, Ye Shaolong didn't seem to have received any help from the Six Princes.

Now that he has something to ask for, he just wants to borrow a boat from him, but the sixth prince rejected him in one bite, and Ye Shaolong naturally didn't give him a good look.

"Don't sulk yet, you kid. It's not that this king refuses to lend you ships, but that my ships that carry goods are not used for war at all, they are just cargo ships, and they are not equipped with any weapons. ”

In fact, Ye Shaolong didn't know that the Qing Dynasty now had no right to speak at sea. The only boats owned were some plank boats.

Compared to the steamers of the foreigners, which were equipped with steam engines, they were no different from tattered wooden planks. Just imagine, what is it to use such broken wooden planks to fight those foreign steamers, instead of holding eggs and touching stones?

"Don't we even have a ship we can handle?" Ye Shaolong was still unwilling.

"Nope!" The sixth prince shook his head again and again, his face full of bitter expressions.

Then he explained to Ye Shaolong: "It has not been a year or two since the Qing Dynasty closed the country, especially in recent years, almost to the point where a piece of wood does not go to the sea. Although the imperial court still has shipbuilding shipyards, it has been abandoned for so many years, and this person who knows ships is already old, and his skills have long been lost. ”

Speaking of these, the sixth prince was also quite emotional, there was such a day in Huaxia, as the prince of a country, he was also gloomy.

Hearing such a thing really surprised Ye Shaolong, he didn't expect that the Great Qing Dynasty had fallen to such a point.

Seeing Ye Shaolong's surprised look, the sixth prince said helplessly: "There is nothing to be surprised at, you are also a person who has been to the palace." It has only been a long time since the emperor has really been in power, which is why the emperor is in a hurry to learn the skills of foreigners. ”