Chapter 58 The Storm is Coming

As soon as I returned to Zhujiazhuang, everyone in the Zhu family had already returned. On the second day of the www.biquge.info, Zhu Zhenguo came to Zhu Wenzhong to discuss important matters.

"Second uncle, can you inquire clearly?" Zhu Zhenguo frowned and asked.

"In the past two years, I have often sent people to inquire left and right, and this tiger head gang will bring in a batch of illegal salt from Chuanshan County at the beginning of the year, and it will be loaded and sent down by land when it arrives at the rich water lake, and this batch of private goods is afraid that there are tens of thousands of catties." Zhu Wenzhong said.

"How many tens of thousands of catties, hundreds of thousands of taels?" Zhu Zhenguo asked again.

"If you have 40,000 catties of refined salt, it will be 120,000 miles of silver, before this tiger head gang did not have such a big breath, in recent years, the wind and water have been smooth, and the appetite has really increased, I am afraid that it is not only in this Dajiang County to make a living, but also to go further into the river." Zhu Wenzhong analyzed. A pound of coarse salt will cost about six or seven hundred wen, and if it is a catty of refined salt, it will be sold for at least four taels or more when it reaches the county government in the lower reaches of the river. Coarse salt is bitter and astringent, mostly used by ordinary people, but refined salt is used by wealthy households.

"We don't have a big ship, I'm afraid we won't be able to get this batch of private goods on the ship, if this batch of goods arrives, we must buy a few big ships." Zhu Zhenguo seemed to be talking to himself. A river boat with dozens of materials costs at least one or two thousand taels of silver. (The load of the ship is 1 material = 1 stone = 92.5 catties)

"Zhenguo, do you really want to do it?" Zhu Wenzhong was still a little undecided, not that Zhu Wenzhong was timid and afraid, but that Zhu Wenzhong knew that once the battle started, it would not be easy to stop, and it would inevitably be bloodshed and sacrificed.

"Second uncle, have you been doing business well in the past two years?" Zhu Zhenguo asked rhetorically. This Tiger Head Gang and Zhujiazhuang obviously have a grudge, although there is no real action, but it has made Zhu Wenzhong suffer a big loss for this source of goods in the past two years.

"The second uncle knows what you mean, but I'm afraid that it will be a river of blood." After all, Zhu Wenzhong has too much experience.

"The second uncle knows why this Tiger Head Gang doesn't dare to touch my Zhujiazhuang? Could it be that you are afraid of the hundred and ten long knives of our Zhujiazhuang? Zhu Zhenguo asked.

Zhu Wenzhong didn't answer, just waited for Zhu Zhenguo, who paused.

"This Tiger Head Gang didn't dare to touch me again, just because they later learned that your nephew was the first genius in this big river, and the protégé of Lord Ouyang. When they sit up, they don't dare openly, but secretly they don't necessarily dare to. When my master dies of old age, he will not give up with us easily. Zhu Zhenguo directly said the root of the matter.

"In that case, I've done it with them." Zhu Wenzhong is not a mother-in-law, and after listening to Zhu Zhenguo's analysis at this time, he was even more upset.

"At this time, while we have someone to maintain on our official face, and we also have a long knife in our hands, we don't compete with this tiger head gang Nanshan faction, and when they become more and more powerful in the future, there are more and more money and food people, but we Zhujiazhuang will never have a chance again." Zhu Zhenguo has analyzed the matter thoroughly.

Not to mention that Ouyang Zheng is getting older and older, he is getting longer and longer on this sandbank, and his influence in officialdom is decreasing day by day. Let's just say that if Ouyang Zheng has a good one day, it is obviously impossible to expect this group of outlaws to care about a few talents.

Zhu Wenzhong is the man who went into battle to kill the enemy, his face gradually sank, his heart was full of blood, and evil was born to the side of his guts. His tone sank and said: "The Tiger Head Gang smuggling goods on Fushui Lake don't dare to go to the Guanjia Wharf, they have built their own small wharf in the middle of nowhere, and if they want to do it, they must do it here." ”

"Okay, the second uncle will send more people to investigate after the pass, Qingshan will go to the Shichong Mansion for three hundred miles, send horses to explore every day, the second uncle is ready, and the nephew will also mobilize some partners, not too many people, just a hundred people." This time it was done, and he immediately went to the sandbar to buy a boat, and later closed this water-rich river. Zhu Zhenguo didn't say much, knowing the bloody nature of the second uncle, as long as the uncle and nephew reach an agreement, most of the things will be successful, and they can't do it on their own.

Zhu Zhenguo discussed with the second uncle, and had achieved his goal, so he called four companions to go straight to Zhuangkou. At this time, it was already a winter afternoon, and there were no idlers under the Zhuangkou tree.

"Tie Niu, as soon as the New Year passes, I will avenge the scar on your face." Zhu Zhenguo went straight to the topic.

"Young master, is it serious?" Iron Bull asked.

"Seriously!" Zhu Zhenguo replied.

"Young master, my big knife has long been hungry and thirsty." Iron Bull was in a good mood and shouted.

"Haha..." Zhu Zhenguo listened to Tie Niu's words and felt that this sentence was so familiar, and he couldn't help laughing.

The other three were tight-faced, knowing that the big thing that the young master had said for a few years was coming.

The short and stout head also spoke: "What is the young master going to do?" ”

"You don't care how you act, there is only one thing you have to do, and that is to choose thirty good players among your partners, and gather here tomorrow afternoon, I have something to say. But it must not be preached, it must be kept in the heart. Zhu Zhenguo commanded.

Zhu Zhenguo also knew that this Zhujiazhuang had always been a simple place, if it weren't for this conscription, this Zhujiazhuang would never have anything to do with this martial arts. If it weren't for Zhu Wenzhong's interference in private salt, he would never have had anything to do with this matter in the rivers and lakes. If it weren't for Zhu Zhenguo's far-sightedness, he would not have anything to do with this battle in the rivers and lakes.

Although many people in Zhujiazhuang have made a living in Zhu Wenzhong's private salt matter in recent years, they have also heard too much about this Jianghu matter. But the following things to be done can only be done first, not said first.

Zhu Zhenguo had already discussed with Zhu Wenzhong before, and Zhu Zhenguo brought thirty teenagers who dared to beat him. I wish Wen Zhong seventy martial arts veterans on his side.

Zhu Wenzhong must be the main force, there are thirty or forty old soldiers, and there are also good players in the Zhuangzhong Guards who have been trained over the years to do things.

This time it is to rob the goods, the number of goods is still very large, there are tens of thousands of catties, even if there are fewer people, the goods can not be shipped back, and there are too many people to do this secret thing, and it is easy to get out of the division has been exposed. 100 people are just right.

On the afternoon of the second day, thirty people gathered under the tree, including those who had gone to hunt wild boars before. Most of these thirty people are fifteen or sixteen years old, all of them are carrying knives, but the queue is very neat, which is obviously the credit of Zhu Wenzhong in the past two years.

Zhu Zhenguo simply explained that he would do great things after the New Year, and asked everyone to prepare, so he didn't say more, but just asked everyone to keep their mouths shut and rot in their hearts.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Zhenguo saw that everyone was excited, and his heart was settled, obviously these teenagers were also influenced by Zhu Wenzhong, and they also envied those brothers who made a lot of money by handling private salt in the city. These teenagers are no longer men who are willing to beg for a living in the fields with their backs to the loess.

Zhu Zhenguo dismissed everyone, and took four companions to the Fushui River in front of the village, and the four companions laughed and scolded on the side. Zhu Zhenguo thought a lot in his heart.

Baisha snatching horses is just an episode, even if there is no such thing, Zhu Zhenguo still has to take this step. Just like what I said when I chatted with Zhu Qiang on the way to the city before, this rich water river is the only way for Jingyan in Chuanshan County to go to the rich land in the lower reaches of the big river, as long as you control this place, I don't know how much money you will get a year.

In these troubled times, the imperial court has been weakened to the extreme, maybe one day it will fall down, if you don't earn a self-protection, there will be decades of life in the future, I'm afraid you can't tell the future, not to mention the family that can't give up, as well as these five or six thousand Zhu clan people.

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