Leave the multiple-choice question to the emperor three thousand miles away to do, and Yang Chao just waits.

Of course, it's not stupid to stay in the barracks and wait, what needs to be done still has to be done.

Even if the emperor chooses not to let Yang Chao help him make money in the end, Yang Chao's other operations still have to be done, after all, money has now become a thing that determines life and death.

Forty big ships were snatched from Liu Kongzhao's hands, although they were not all the kind of big ships owned by Yang Chao, but they were all two-masted ships that were not smaller than Yang Chao's ships.

More than 40 large ships made Yang Chao the most powerful water force in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River for a while, and it was enough to monopolize the trade on the river.

In the past, that kind of business was a bit too much to say.

In the past, Yang Chao's route was generally two, the short distance was from Xinjiangkou to Puzikou, this route was short, each ship charged 30 taels of premium, although the profit was not high, but it was stable, on average, it could receive 400 taels of silver per day, and in the past, it was only a boat to escort. The other is a canal route from Nanjing to Guazhou and Zhenjiang, this route is highly profitable, and each ship Yang Chao collects hundreds of taels, but it is not stable enough, with an average of 600 taels of silver a day.

In the past, because of the small number of ships, the escort often only dared to escort ten ships, and they were all large ships of more than 1,000 quintals, and small ships did not dare to accept them at all.

Now that the power in his hand has become stronger, Yang Chao immediately re-planned.

The fleet of ships crossing the river every day has tripled, and it is still one ship at a time, escorting ten merchant ships, but if conditions permit, five consecutive departures are sent every day, and it is not limited to 1,000 quintals of large ships, and ships of more than 300 quintals are collected, 300 quintals are 10 taels, 500 quintals are 20 taels, and 1,000 quintals are 30 taels of premiums, so although it is impossible to expand the business by five times. But after collecting these small boats, three times as much as they should have, so that they can have more than one thousand taels of income a day.

In addition, the canal route was re-planned. From Nanjing to Guazhou and Zhenjiang at the mouth of the canal, it is sent once a day. Ten warships escorted thirty merchant ships at a time, and each merchant ship received a premium of one hundred taels, and after removing the influence of the weather, it could also get at least two thousand taels of income per day.

But this is not a big head, why is the real big head behind, it is still necessary to do sea trade, even if the emperor's choice makes Yang Chao give up sea trade. But Yang Chao still intends to do it himself.

It's just that it won't be as ostentatious as it is for the emperor, and it must be cautious, according to the rules of the market, honestly supply Zheng at twice the market price, and share the market with the wealthy family, instead of directly monopolizing and collecting four times the price of Zheng's goods for profit.

Therefore, Yang Chao also planned to send warships to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Yang Chao now has a total of 43 large ships, of which 5 are used to escort the convoy from Xinjiangkou to Pukou, and 10 large ships are dispatched at a time on the canal route, but only one round trip can be made in three days. Therefore, to maintain an uninterrupted fleet every day, three batches of thirty large ships are needed, so that there are only eight large ships that Yang Chao can use.

Eight big ships. Each ship can transport 1,500 loads of goods at a time, a load is 150 catties, converted into the tonnage of later generations, 100 tons is a very small tonnage, Zheng's three-masted ship loaded with 10,000 loads of goods is not a few, so eight ships at a time, just enough to meet the appetite of Zheng's a big ship.

It's just that Yang Chao planned very well, but it was not so easy to start all at once.

Yang Chao had just robbed Liu Kongzhao's boat. Now businessmen of all sizes are still waiting to see how Uncle Liu will fight back. I didn't believe that Uncle Liu would just forget it, so the count's face would be gone.

Therefore, for a while, they did not dare to let Yang Chao escort them. Although Yang Chao swore that he would compensate them for their losses, as long as it was an accident like a human error by Yang Chao's escort rather than an accident like a strong wind and waves, Yang Chao would compensate them for their losses according to the price, but still no one dared to do business with Yang Chao at this time, which meant that they were involved in the battle between Yang Chao and Liu Kongzhao, and it was not their small businessman who could bear it.

Therefore, there is still only one boat that goes to Pukou every day, and it is still forcibly kidnapped by Yang Chao, and there is no one who goes to Guazhou and Zhenjiang.

But ordinary people are afraid of Liu Kongzhao, and if some people are not afraid, the Zheng family will not be afraid.

So the deal with the Zheng family can be carried out now.

But to make a deal with the Zheng family, Yang Chao needed a letter of nomination, and under the urging of Yang Chao, Shi Kefa quickly gave it.

……

"Hahahaha, brothers, let everyone suffer. On behalf of my eldest brother, I would like to toast you and make amends! ”

In the Jinchai Building, in the private room downstairs, there are a few tables, and all the five big and three thick guys who still exude a smoky smell on their bodies are shouting and eating and drinking.

These are the same criminals who were caught by Zhang Guowei and locked up in Susong Prison back then, and they were finally fished out by Yang Chao.

As soon as they were released, Yang Chao immediately invited Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui immediately picked them up.

"Fourth master, you will see the outside world when you say this. Brother said something that I don't like, if it weren't for the righteousness of your Zheng family over the years, Lao Tzu's life would have been confessed a long time ago, and Zhang Guowei's old puppet is afraid that he would have cut off his brother's head long ago. ”

"That's right, although my brothers have suffered a little in the past few years, it's good to save their lives."

"That's it, I still said that these are birds, but the old men came out of prison, and the wine was drunk, and the meat was eaten, the fourth master, if you don't get a few women for your brother to play with, don't blame your brother for scolding your mother."

A group of rough men laughed.

"Yes, yes, women are the right thing. Before you came, Fourth Master Zheng praised Haikou and blew the woman in the Golden Hairpin Building out of the sky. In the past, when we went in, we didn't listen to all the Jinchai Building, but since you Zheng Siye packed the ticket, we will stay here tonight. Didn't you say that what Yuanyuan, what Xiaowan, is the woman that Emperor Lao Tzu has a crush on, called over to sleep for the brothers, ah, hahahaha! ”

The others followed suit.

Zheng Hongkui laughed twice, and found that it was a mistake to get this group of people to Jinchai Tower, where is Jinchai Tower, this is the place of Dingswen in Nanjing, and he also wants these people to see and understand, after all, they have been in prison for the Zheng family for seven or eight years, but I didn't expect this group of rough billets, all they thought was to sleep with women, but the women in Jinchai Tower were good at sleeping?

Maybe Yang Chao can sleep. No one else wants to sleep at the door.

Zheng Hongkui thought like this, so he could only clench his fists and apologize: "I'm sorry everyone, the woman in this golden hairpin building." He doesn't sleep with him. ”

"What? Don't sleep together! ”

A bunch of rough billets were immediately unhappy.

Immediately, some people complained: "If you don't sleep with you, you will bring Lao Tzu here to do something, and entertain Lao Tzu to play." ”

"That's right. Although it was your Zheng family who came out, everyone knows that this prison is for your Zheng family. ”

Some people have a tendency to turn their faces, and some people immediately persuade them.

"Hey, your brother just drank too much again. Fourth Master Zheng, don't be surprised, this cowardly hasn't been drunk for a few years, he's drunk, he's drunk. ”

Zheng Hongkui also knew that this group of people was not a good person, and there were few who were clean. There are quite a few people who have human lives in their hands, although they are not outlaws, but they are not much worse.

Zheng Hongkui was not surprised, and said with a smile: "It's the brother who didn't think about it and should be punished." ”

Drink three glasses in a row.

After drinking, he said: "Everyone give my brother a chance to correct his mistakes, and the brother will arrange for everyone to go to Nanshi Building, one person and four girls, and keep it and serve it." ”

But at this time, the "drunk" guy didn't let go: "No-use!" That's it, let the round and small man come to serve Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it. Where in this world is there a reason to open a green building and not let people sleep with girls. ”

After speaking, he immediately pulled a girl who was waiting next to him, and reached out to touch it in his arms. This girl is a bright girl, he has been optimistic about it for a long time.

"Let's take this to vent the fire first!"

After saying that, she was about to push it on the table, and the girl immediately struggled and screamed.

Suddenly, the door was slammed open, and several thugs with whistle sticks broke in.

The little girl who was rough and disheveled suddenly broke free, rushed out of the door crying, and the other girls also ran away in panic.

There was only a group of thugs in the room, confronting a group of Jiang Yang thieves who had just come out of prison.

This group of rough billets is not easy to mess with. Especially one of them, a man with a scar named Wu Sixteen, is even more notorious. Back then, Zhang Guowei found out that they had fornicated with the officers of the guard station and brought a boat to surround them. This Wu Sixteen wounded several soldiers and came out of the pass, although he was still arrested in the end, but he was really fierce.

Seeing a few thugs coming in, this Wu Sixteen immediately turned over the table, stepped on a broken table leg and carried it in his hand, looked at several thugs with cold eyes, and was ready to hurt people at any time. Other rough blanks are also the same, copying chairs and unloading table legs, all ready to do it.

A few thugs are steady, they are Nanjing's line, hired by the Jinchai Building to protect the family, usually rarely encounter the opportunity to shoot, but they are all experienced, know how to handle, just temporarily confronted, know that these are the guests of the Jinchai Building, it is not easy to offend, as long as the host comes forward to solve it, it may not be necessary to really do it.

Zheng Hongkui knew that it was going to be bad as soon as he saw this situation, and if he didn't get these people right, he would have to make a big fuss in Jinchai Tower, but Yang Chao was so easy to offend?

"Brothers, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

Zheng Hongkui hurriedly persuaded peace.

Wu Sixteen, who took the lead, didn't buy it: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding is a fart." This group of grandsons is holding sticks in their hands, do they want to come to beat Lao Tzu? ”

"Hmph, Fourth Master Zheng, you invited our brothers to drink, but you gave a woman, Lao Tzu felt weird, and I didn't think that this was trying to calculate the brothers."

The "drunk" man just now also snorted coldly, not buying Zheng Hongkui's account, in the end, they are not really grateful to the Zheng family, they have not died all these years, and they do not all believe that it is the Zheng family to protect them, speaking of which, the strength of the Zheng family in Jiangnan is not as good as their respective families, otherwise the Zheng family would not have had to win over their family to do maritime trade, they can live, and now they can come out, I am afraid it is more of the strength of their family, thank the Zheng family in their mouths, but to give face, depending on the situation, they may have to do business with the Zheng family.

But suddenly there was such a trouble, and this group of guys who were holding back their brains in the prison immediately exploded.

"Brother Wu, don't talk about it, let's do it, the brothers will kill it together."

"Kill? Who is going to kill! Just came out and wanted to go in? ”

Suddenly, a cold voice came from the door, and then a noble man in brocade clothes walked in with a guard wearing iron armor, which immediately made a group of rough bodies cold, they are not eyeless characters, they can all see that the group of iron guards have a murderous aura on their bodies, they are all masters who have killed people, and they are definitely not easy to mess with.

As soon as Zheng Hongkui looked at the person, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly walked over.

"Lord Yang, you're here. It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! ”

The person who came was Yang Chao, Zheng Hongkui wanted to feast his brother in the Jinchai Building, and Yang Chao also sold him this face, otherwise Yang Chao would not accept this kind of person, the rules of the Jinchai Building are very big, and now he refuses to enter without wearing Confucian clothes.

This group can come in wearing prison clothes, Yang Chao has already given Zheng Hongkui a big face, but he didn't expect to dare to make trouble.

So after a few girls cried and reported to Yang Chao, Yang Chao immediately asked his soldiers to wear armor and hold weapons, he really planned to kill people if he couldn't control it, anyway, these are all important criminals who are complicit, and they are stained with blood in their hands, and if they kill them, they will be killed, and there will be no psychological burden at all.

"Misunderstanding?"

Yang Chao sneered.

Looking at Wu Sixteen, who was the leader, he said, "Is it a misunderstanding?" ”

At this time, the "drunk" man next to Wu Sixteen immediately smiled and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, definitely misunderstanding." (To be continued...... ）。