Two days passed in the Nanxi River.

Zhang Mu and Wen Desheng travel in the mountains and rivers every day, drink and compose poems, and they are also comfortable.

On the afternoon of 18 July, the Wen family's manor in Nanxijiang was extremely busy.

Dozens of wagons kept loading goods on the ships until sunset, when everything was in order.

When the last ray of dawn in Xishan disappeared, Zhang Mu and Wen Desheng took a cargo ship and quietly set off from the Nanxi River.

The seven or eight cargo ships of the Wen family, loaded with goods, headed towards the lower reaches of the Yongjia River.

When you get out of the Nanxi River, the sky has completely darkened, the river is dark, the banks are deserted, and you can only hear the hunting sound of your wind blowing the sea sails.

Zhang Mu was slightly nervous, tonight's success or failure would determine the life and death of him and his subordinates.

He successfully lured the snake out of the hole, and all that was left was Li Yunchang's cooperation, which was the thing that worried Zhang Mu the most.

Fortunately, the Yongjia River can only go to sea through Longwan Ningcun, and there is only this one road, if the Wen family cannot be intercepted there, once it reaches the vast sea, things will be unpredictable.

The evening breeze is slow, Wen Desheng is very relaxed, anyway, this is not the first time to buy and sell seafood, and he has long been familiar with the road.

Otherwise, these seven or eight two-masted ships appeared on the Yongjia River, as long as they were not blind, they could see it, not to mention, they would have to pass through the Panshiwei camp on the way, if they hadn't bought off the relationship, they would have been stopped in Panshiwei.

"Is Brother Yan seasick? How do I see that your face is not quite right? Wen Desheng asked.

"Hehe, that's not true. It's just that the weather is too hot, and I feel a little heat stroke at noon, and now I have a terrible headache. Zhang Mu said with a wry smile.

"When you get to the sea in a while, it's good to blow the sea breeze." Saying this, Wen Desheng looked up and saw a bright light in the distance, as bright as day.

Counting the hours, it's time to pass by Panshiwei.

Wen Desheng turned around and said, "Hang the lamp." ”

Present. Seven or eight big ships lit up one after another, and then raised the battle flag of the Ming Dynasty sailors, and the sailors on board all changed into the soap clothes of officers and soldiers.

At first glance, I thought it was officers and soldiers patrolling, where it was possible to tell that they were bandits smuggling seafood?

Zhang Mu found that all of these sailors were very proficient in operation, and all of them were equipped with weapons, even strong bows and crossbows in the army.

Well-equipped not to mention. At first glance, it is trained.

Zhang Mu pondered, if this is really a fight, the officers and soldiers of the guard station are really not necessarily the opponents of this group of fake pirates.

The cargo ship slowly approached Pan Shiwei, Zhang Mu's eyelids jumped, and he asked in a low voice: "It's okay to go to sea so blatantly?" ”

"Don't worry, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha. He Commander Zhou just didn't give me the face of the Wen family, how could he give the face of King Tan. Can you and my Wen family have the money to buy these big ships? Wen Desheng said with something in his words.

"These cargo ships belong to the King of Tan?" Zhang Mu asked in surprise.

"That's not it, the imperial court allocates the cost of repairing warships to the border guards every year. these ships. Originally, they were all warships against pirates. Later, Commander Zhou lied that he was sunk by the Japanese and hid it privately. After the king of Tan said hello, the ships were half sold and half delivered to me. Wen Desheng smiled.

Zhang Mu was secretly frightened when he heard this, and the Wen family has always been generous. He was just a comprador of the Guogong Mansion, and the Wen family gave a meeting gift of 10,000 yuan, and this week Commander doesn't know how much silver he received.

I can't get it. This Commander Zhou and Wang Ming are afraid that they are going to refresh the position of the first giant greed in the Hongwu Dynasty.

It was Guo Heng, the first giant of the Ming Dynasty who shocked the government and the opposition back then, he was a household servant, and he was nothing more than embezzling more than 24 million stone of grain.

The Wen family has been smuggling for many years. Looking at the corruption situation guarded here, I am afraid that it is even more terrible than Guo Heng.

Sure enough, after waiting for the Panshi guard post, the big ship slowed down.

When Pan Shiwei's soldiers blocked the river with small boats, and when they saw these cargo ships, a non-commissioned officer who looked like a hundred households shouted: "Who is the ship ahead?" Rapid shore inspection. ”

At this time, Wen Desheng took a small boat, arrived on the river, saw the hundred households, and hugged his fists and said: "Below is the command of Feng Zhou, who went out to sea to inspect." ”

After speaking, he took out the official letter and handed the hundred-household a stack of treasure money by the way.

Baihu smiled at the moment: "It turned out to be you." I've heard of a strong wind tonight, so be careful. After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Let go." ”

At that moment, the boat on the river gave way to a large road.

Wen Desheng exchanged a few words with him, watched his cargo ship leave, and then returned to the ship.

Panshiwei was the largest command post stationed on the Yongjia River, and the Wen family's smuggling ship left from under his nose in such an open manner.

I don't know why, Zhang Mu suddenly thought of a legendary figure in his previous life-Lai Changxing.

I heard that when Lai Changxing was smuggling, he unloaded the goods under the nose of the customs, which made Zhang Mu want to laugh, these two people are really the same.

After passing the Panshiwei, the road was unimpeded.

Going straight downstream, after about an hour, I arrived at Longwan Town.

Out of Longwan Town, it is the last stop Ningcunwei, and after Ningcunwei, it is the sea.

In this way, the stars twinkled in the sky, Zhang Mu clutched the railing tightly, and a layer of cold sweat broke out in his palms.

After a while, the big ship finally arrived at the outpost of Ning Village.

Zhang Mu looked up and saw that the sentry post here in Ning Village was brightly lit.

Standing in the tower on the sentry post, there was a guard, and when he saw Wen Desheng's big ship, he shouted loudly: "The ship ahead is docked for inspection." Otherwise, you will be killed. ”

Zhang Mu couldn't help but get nervous, and said secretly in his heart: "Li Yunchang took control of the Ning Village Institute so quickly? ”

After Wen Desheng heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

Zhao Qianhu is stationed here tonight, in the past, as long as he was out of Panshiwei, he would be a flat river, Zhao Qianhu had never intercepted him, why did he stop it today?

"We are a patrol fleet, with the instructions of Commander Zhou. This brother in the distance, are you new here? Wen Desheng shouted loudly from the deck.

"Less nonsense, let you stop the boat, don't you hear? If you grind and chirp again, we're welcome. The sentry shouted.

"Brother Wen, what's going on?" Zhang Mu asked.

"Hehe, it's fine. I've been on this road for seven or eight years. It may be that the officers and soldiers stationed there tonight want to make some extra money. The official word has two mouths, you know. I'll go down and get some of it. Wen Desheng smiled.

Zhang Mu just nodded, he knew that Wen Desheng would not be able to come back if he went.

So he quietly gave Zhao Wu a look, Zhao Wuyi waved his hand, and everyone guarded Zhang Mu's side.

At this time, seven or eight small boats came in the distance, each with six or seven guards, slowly moving towards this place.

Wen Desheng frowned and said, "It's really an evil sect today, these people have personally found money to ask for money." (To be continued......)