"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here, sorry for the past, I invite you to come today, to tell you that your ship is coming back."

In the east hall of the Jinchai Building, Yang Chao set up a large table and sat nearly a hundred people, all of whom were merchants who had lost their cargo.

Some of them came from the owner's house, but some of them were more than one person, with their sons, with their shopkeepers, and in the end more than a hundred people came.

Then Yang Chao beckoned these guests to drink and eat, and he walked over one table after another, talking to these people and clinking glasses.

However, Yang Chao is not like last time, he drank in a big bowl, but took a small sip, which just means, the last time he drank with his own officers, it was naturally to be happy, and now he drinks with these business partners, and the meaning is on the line, anyway, these people have a stronger mind to make friends with Yang Chao than Yang Chao to make friends with them, otherwise they would not have dragged their families and brought so many people here.

Every time they come to a table, these businessmen are humble, even if they are doing business with Liu Kongzhao now, but they maintain a good relationship with Yang Chao, they are also very happy, not to mention Yang Chao's power in Nanjing, just Yang Chao's invincible reputation now, and it is enough for them to brag when they take it out.

But it is also indispensable to pour some bitter water and sigh twice.

"Lord Yang, are you really not doing shipping?"

A businessman asked.

"Hey, you don't know, since I cooperated with Uncle Liu, it's been hard for us."

Another owner asked.

"Yes, yes. Uncle Liu's soldiers, all of them have unclean hands and feet, and they can take the goods on the ship if they want. If you dare to say it, they will whip you with a big mouth. ”

A shopkeeper's complaint.

"Also, this Uncle Liu is too greedy, and he escorted more than 100 ships to sail a few days ago. Everyone didn't dare to go too far, and as a result, a strong wind rose on the river. Many ships crashed together, and there were dozens of people just falling into the water, but no one saved them. ”

A small proprietor lamented.

"Oh, don't say it, last time my family had a boat in it, and I transported a boatload of porcelain, and most of it was spitted, not to mention compensation, Uncle Liu didn't even say a word."

The other shopkeeper patted his leg and sighed.

This is also a lot of cases. As an earl, it is impossible for Liu Kongzhao to do these things personally, and he doesn't even bother to take care of them, that is, his housekeeper is just worried about it, and he may not be able to figure out how shipping works now.

"Also, Uncle Liu also increased the price at will, saying that a ship would be 100 taels of silver, but that day the soldier was going to collect 150 taels, and he swore that 100 taels was collected by Uncle Liu. Fifty taels was their brother's tea money. ”

"You've done it, but I paid a hundred taels for tea, enough to ask me for two hundred taels. Pity my cargo in the end, I earned more than 100 taels, and I lost it! ”

Liu Kongzhao's subordinates are all a group of ruffians from the Zishui Battalion, and they do these things with deduction and blackmail, and they do it righteously and brightly, even if Liu Kongzhao knows, he probably won't care, where would he attach so much importance to the object of cooperation as Yang Chao.

"Lord Yang, if not, you can come out and do it."

"yes. We old bones really can't stand the toss of Uncle Liu. ”

"The river is so big. Uncle Liu can't finish eating alone, if Lord Yang goes out of the mountain. I'm still with you. ”

Speaking of the last businessmen, they are all bitter water, they really want Yang Chao to come out of the mountain.

But Yang Chao walked over one by one, just smiling and toasting, without saying a word, at most nodding.

After turning around, after listening to the opinions of these people, Yang Chao slowly walked back to the place where he started, standing at the front, facing everyone.

The people below were still whispering and buzzing, and no one had the heart to drink wine and eat meat, shaking their heads helplessly as they spoke.

Suddenly, Yang Chao slowly raised his hand and made a virtual press motion, and everyone saw Yang Chao's movements, reminding each other one by one, and slowly quieted down.

Yang Chao was still smiling, and said slowly: "I know what all my friends mean. You asked me if I could do shipping anymore, hehe, I'll tell you now, do! How not to do it. In the future, I will rely on the support of all friends. ”

Yang Chao's statement made everyone suddenly a little excited, it was a comfort to do business with Yang Chao, the money delivery was completed in the Jinchai House Exchange, and he went directly to Zhang Dawei with the guarantee ticket, Zhang Dawei will help them arrange it very organized, and there is absolutely no need to worry about the loss caused by too many crowded cargo ships in the process, because Yang Chao only escorts fifty ships at most, and there is no need to worry about soldiers robbing their goods, Yang Chao's soldiers are all good soldiers, not only can they fight, but also have clean hands, and they don't have to worry about the officers privately blackmailing, Anyway, there are no other soldiers of the Ming army who have that kind of stinky problem with Yang Chao, I heard what kind of military discipline is this.

However, Yang Chao withdrew from shipping, and now the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River, from Anqing to the east to the sea, are Liu Kongzhao's sphere of influence, which has caused a lot of hardship to a large number of boat owners.

Now that Yang Chao has stated that he is going to make a comeback, how can this not make them happy.

Soon someone shouted: "Lord Yang, when will your old man start, I still have a few ships pressing, I am not afraid of pressing for a few more days, I will wait for you." ”

The Yangtze River is still very uneven, from the upstream there are constantly outlaws drifting down, robbing houses everywhere, not to mention robbing river boats, even the villages on the shore are not less harmful, Gu Zhaoji's resignation has a direct impact on these things. Therefore, when the boatmen are escorted, they are very careful to keep the distance between the ships, otherwise it is likely that the tail will be bitten off by the outlaws who killed them out of nowhere. They don't dare to deliver goods without escort, but Uncle Liu's business is not only to add money at will, but also to keep his hands and feet clean, and sometimes it depends on the mood, maybe a few times a day, maybe only once a few days, so these merchants often press goods.

Someone shouted again: "Lord Yang, why didn't you say it earlier, I knew that my ship would not be sent today." ”

Someone chimed in: "My boat was also sent today." ”

Another human: "My family too." ”

Yang Chao pressed again: "I know, I know that many of you have sent boats today, sent to Pukou." The rest have already sailed to Guazhou and Zhenjiang yesterday. ”

Speaking of these boat owners and merchants, they are the first people to cooperate with Yang Chao, although Yang Chao has made a fortune, but they have also made a fortune. Because the river has not been peaceful in recent years, there is a great chance of being plundered without escort, and they have Yang Chao to escort them. are also willing to pay this money, and as a result, their business is stable. As a result, in the past two years, all of them have purchased new ships, some have added one or two, and some have more.

But after cooperating with Yang Chao for a long time, Yang Chao has mastered their situation, even if he doesn't grasp it, ask them directly, no one will hide it. But this time it was not asked by Yang Chao, but arranged by Yang Chao.

Yang Chao did not come forward in person, but just sent Zhang Dawei to take care of these people, telling them that there were river bandits on which day and day they received the news, so that everyone should not ship if they have nothing to do, in this way, a large number of merchant ships were concentrated yesterday and today, yesterday was the ship to Guazhou and Zhenjiang, and today it was the ship to Pukou.

One day to Pukou is enough, to Guazhou or Zhenjiang. It takes one day to go down the river from Nanjing, and two days to go upstream.

So yesterday's ship from Guazhou, today from Jiangpu. Basically, it's going to be today.

Hearing Yang Chao's statement and seeing Yang Chao's appearance, everyone suddenly wondered, why would Lord Yang care about when they would ship? Is there any reason for this?

They spontaneously stopped talking for a while, and they all stared at Yang Chao.

"I also know that Uncle Liu's big ships, ten went to Puzikou, ten went to Anqing, and ten went to Wuhu. Ten ships went to Zhenjiang and Guazhou, and twenty remained in quarrying. ”

Yang Chao has not been idle these days. Although I don't do shipping, I often sail quietly. explored Liu Kongzhao's details clearly.

A group of businessmen blinked, but they didn't understand what Yang Chao meant.

At this time, Yang Chao's complexion changed to a smile and slowly became cold.

Suddenly, he slammed the wine bowl in his hand: "Liu Kongzhao can rob Lao Tzu, can't Lao Tzu rob him!" ”

……

At the same time that Yang Chao was feasting on merchants in Jinchai Tower, Puzikou on the other side of Nanjing, Liu Kongzhao's big ships had already docked.

Ignoring the merchant ships that came ashore one after another, the soldiers on the big ship walked to Pukou Dongmen Street in groups of three or five giggling, and soon walked into taverns, brothels, green buildings and theaters, and none of them were guarded on board.

A group of coolies lying at the base of the warehouse wall in the harbor jumped up one by one after watching the last ruffian leave.

Very quickly ran to the dock, untied the rope tied to the dock, and then immediately climbed onto the warship one by one, propped the big ship away from the dock with a pole, and sailed into the waterway one by one, raised the small sails, and the big ship slowly moved on its own, and slowly sailed into the Yangtze River from the waterway.

In the stunned eyes of the merchant ships and the coolies who moved the goods, a total of ten large ships finally entered the Yangtze River.

After galloping on the Yangtze River, Zhang Dawei breathed a sigh of relief, touched the waist knife in his arms and was glad, fortunately it was not used!

"I don't know if Wang Pu's kid has succeeded?"

Zhang Dawei couldn't help but glance to the west, Yang Chao asked them to rob Uncle Liu's warship, Zhang Dawei kept sweating, but fortunately he didn't have to rob the ship of the quarrying camp, Zhang Dawei decided that there would definitely be a fight.

I don't know if Wang Pu will be as exciting as him, and he doesn't need to do anything to dress up in disguise.

Zhang Dawei's worries were unnecessary.

Wang Pu was driving the frightened quarrymen off the ship at this time.

"Get out, get out of here!"

Wang Pu kicked a dozing soldier off the ship.

One of them glanced at him more.

Wang Pu immediately clenched the spear in his hand and shouted angrily: "Believe it or not, Lao Tzu stabbed you to death!" ”

The soldier jumped off the ship.

Quarrying is a military place since ancient times, who occupies here, means to occupy the initiative, the Sui Dynasty general Han Baohu led the army to attack the quarrying at night, and then defeated Nanjing, the destruction of the Southern Dynasty Chen. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Emperor of the Jin State Wan Yan Liang led his division to invade the south, wanted to cross the quarry, and forced Jiankang, Yu Yunwen, a famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, won more with less, defeated the Jin soldiers, and successfully defended Nanjing. During the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the general to seize the quarrying in the spring, and the Yuan army was defeated in Taiping and approached Nanjing.

The full name of quarrying is quarrying rock, which is a quarry by the river, and the water flow of the Yangtze River in this section of the place is gentle. It is the best ferry port, so it has always been a key point in the wars between the North and the South regimes. There is also Niuzhu Mountain condescendingly overlooking the quarrying, and the geographical location is very important. Therefore, all dynasties have set up heavy defenses here.

The Ming Dynasty is no exception, quarrying has always been the place of trust of the Admiral of Caojiang, and it is the place where the Admiral of Caojiang personally guarded.

It's just that the armaments were slackened at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and in such an important place, the military discipline of the soldiers was also very lax, Wang Pu led people to squat nearby last night, and landed before dawn, and he never encountered obstacles. rushed to the quarry dock in one go, and was not discovered until he climbed on the big boat, but after the boat, some soldiers guarding the ship did not dare to resist at all, and were beaten down by Wang Pu one by one.

"Go, go! Want to eat cannons? ”

After driving away the soldiers guarding the ship, Wang Pu immediately ordered the sailors to leave immediately.

There are a large number of artillery pieces on Niuzhu Mountain, and Wang Pu doesn't want to eat cannon bombing.

But Wang Pu obviously overestimated the quality of the quarrying soldiers. It wasn't until the last boat left the dock that a group of soldiers poured out of the water, weapons in their hands, and went straight to the dock.

"Shout together. Thank you Uncle Liu for the boat! ”

Seeing these soldiers, Wang Pu was a little depressed for no reason, in order to carry out this mission, Yang Chao transferred all the elite soldiers and strong generals to him, a thousand soldiers, either veterans of the past, or the people of Haizhou, have all seen the battlefield, but they didn't expect to do it at all.

Wang Pu was quite unwilling. Until the quarrying guards ran to the edge of the dock, the nearest ship was less than thirty feet away. Wang Pucai had an idea and asked his soldiers to shout together.

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, for the boat!"

A boatload of soldiers shouted.

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, for the boat!"

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, for the boat!"

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, for the boat!"

The other boats shouted as well. The ship got farther and farther away, but it never saw the cannon fire on Niuzhu Mountain.

I heard that after Liu Kongzhao took office, he sang songs every night and enjoyed himself all day long, it is said that he has never been to the barracks, and no one has trained soldiers, Wang Pu feels that this is true, he has been practicing every day in Yang Chao's army, it is a little incomprehensible.

Just when Zhang Dawei was about to cross the Yangtze River, and Wang Pu was slowly unable to see the quarrying water village, in Guazhou, south of Yangzhou, Song Kun also led people to pedal on big ships.

Song Kun found a chair from the cabin to sit on, and in front of him were groups of soldiers forced by spears.

"Ma's go and sail!"

Song Kun shouted to one of the sailors, he had already heard that it was the sailman.

"This is Uncle Liu's ship!"

But next to him, a man who looked like a slightly older butler shouted.

Song Kun raised his hand and slapped the corner of the person's mouth with blood.

Then Song Kun slowly pulled out the waist knife pinned to his waist, making a screeching sound of Zrazla.

"What's wrong with Uncle Liu's ship?"

Finally pulled out the knife, Song Kun asked coldly.

The butler shuddered, knelt on the ground and asked tremblingly, "Dare to ask who you are heroes?" ”

Song Kun glanced at a few companions, laughed, in order to prevent early exposure, they were all dressed in civilian clothes, disguised as merchants, and after bribing a military attache in Liu Kongzhao's fleet, they mixed in Liu Kongzhao's fleet, and handed over the money Liu Kongzhao's subordinates didn't care what the merchant ship pulled.

Then, as soon as the flotilla landed, they took out the weapons they had hidden from the cargo and occupied the flotilla that had just landed.

"Haha, do you old boy still want to settle accounts in the future?"

Song Kun smiled coldly.

The housekeeper immediately knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head: "Don't dare, don't dare, the good man spares his life." ”

Song Kun snorted coldly: "Start the boat!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a knife slashed at the butler's hand lying on the ground.

The butler shuddered, raised his head and shouted, "Don't start the boat yet!" ”

After speaking, he glanced at Song Kun in confusion: "Where is the good man?" ”

Song Kun then said: "New Jiangkou!" ”

In an instant, the butler understood everything.

……

In the Jinchai Building, the moment Yang Chao threw the bowl, everyone couldn't help but shake their bodies, and what they saw in their eyes seemed not to be the Yang who had always been kind to them and polite, but the Yang General who was charging into battle in Haizhou with a murderous aura, and suddenly more than one person was excited.

But at this time, they finally came to their senses, Lord Yang was going to rob Liu Kongzhao, to rob a count, and he was also a lord who held great power and was deeply trusted by the emperor!

A group of businessmen suddenly became uncomfortable, and many of them were faintly frightened, because it seemed that they were involved in this incident, and it was their ships that attracted Uncle Liu's fleet, and these fleets were about to be robbed by Yang Chao! (To be continued...... ）。