Chapter 158: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Huangfu Wujin coldly watched as the twenty military ships rushed closer and closer, and they had already appeared a mile away, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "You asked for it!" ”
He turned around and shouted, "Wave the assembly flag!" ”
Two green flags and a red flag were waving on the high mast, which was the flag of the assembly of the Chuzhou navy, and the governor of the navy issued an order to order all the navy warships to assemble to the mother ship...... A mile away, Yang Shaoyou also saw the flag, he smiled hideously, and also ordered: "Ignore it, give the order to move on!" ”
His warship also waved the red order flag and ordered the Jiangning naval warships to continue to move forward, and after a moment of slowing down and hesitating, more than 20 naval warships continued to disperse and move forward, trying to break through the interception on the river.
"Dudu, he dares to disobey orders!" Zhou Yanbao was also furious.
Huangfu Wujin snorted heavily, he straightened up and calmly gave his first attack order, "Sink Yang Shaoyou's command ship!" ”
Zhou Yanbao's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Governor, you can board the ship and capture the other party!" ”
"Nope! Sink it. "Huangfu Wujin's face is as merciless as a rock.
Twenty medium-sized warships surrounded Yang Shaoyou's ship, and soon Yang Shaoyou's boat was surrounded, and the soldiers on Yang Shaoyou's ship began to be frightened, and they shouted one after another: "Yang Dudu, the other party seems to be attacking!" ”
Yang Shaoyou took two steps back, his face turned pale, and he whispered to himself, "Huangfu Wujin, do you really dare to attack your own warship?" ”
He suddenly turned around and shouted, "Call all the embroidered guards to the deck!" ”
In a moment, two hundred embroidered guard sergeants rushed to the deck and shouted for the first captain: "Captain Yang, what's wrong?" ”
Yang Shaoyou pointed to the warship that surrounded them, and said sharply to the embroidered guard: "Have you seen it, the plum blossom guard wants to get rid of you." ”
The two hundred embroidered guards exclaimed at the same time, and retreated one after another, Yang Shaoyou squinted his eyes and smiled proudly, with these embroidered guards hostages, the emperor would not dare to ..... Before he could finish thinking about it, his face changed suddenly, and he saw two blood-red flags waving on the mast of the other party's mother ship, which was an order to sink the enemy ship, and he was so frightened that he took a step back and sat on the deck.
I saw that more than 20 large ships surrounding it fired stone cannons at the same time, and dozens of boulders the size of grinding discs roared from all directions, "Boom! "I heard a series of loud noises on the hull, the clatter of broken boards, the screams of the crew being smashed, and the main mast of the flag was broken by a boulder and fell with a bang.
The hull shook violently, causing all the crew and the sergeant to fall on the deck, when one of the crew members shouted in terror: "The ship is sinking, jump ship!" ”
The crew members jumped into the Yangtze River when they knew that something was wrong, and more than 200 embroidered guards also jumped into the Yangtze River in horror...... Dozens of clippers emerged from the cracks in the surrounding large boats, and stepped forward to pick up the crew and soldiers who had fallen into the water, and the large ships began to tilt, half of the hull had been submerged, floating in the river, and the water was full of soldiers shouting for help.
Huangfu Wujin's gaze turned to the other twenty or so warships of the Jiangning Navy Military Palace, and the terrifying situation of the sinking of the main ship strongly shocked the hearts of each of them.
At this time, the warship floating on the water had sunk to the bottom of the river, and all the people who fell into the water were rescued, but more than a dozen people still followed the big ship and died at the bottom of the river.
In a moment, more than a dozen sailors pushed Yang Shaoyou, who was tied up with five flowers, in front of Huangfu Wujin, Yang Shaoyou was soaked, and his eyes were sprayed with anger, "Huangfu Wujin, you dare to sink your own ship, I want to sue you in front of the emperor!" ”
Huangfu Wujin glanced back at Zhou Yanbao and asked coldly: "What is the first paragraph of the military regulations?" ”
"If you don't listen to the command, the following offenders will be killed!"
"Good!"
Huangfu Wujin waved his hand, "Push Yang Shaoyou to the bow of the boat and behead the public!" ”
More than a dozen soldiers pushed Yang Shaoyou towards the bow of the boat, Yang Shaoyou turned around and shouted: "Huangfu Wujin, you have no right to kill me, only the emperor can kill me......" "Huangfu Wujin, I am Shen Xiangguo's person, you can't kill me!" ”
"The emperor has no promotion, you can't ......"
Huangfu Wujin was unmoved, and shouted: "Chop!" ”
A sergeant raised a large chopping knife high and slashed it down, blood burst out from his neck, and a human head rolled to the ground, Yang Shaoyou's shouting stopped abruptly, and Huangfu Wujin smiled faintly, "Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?" ”
The soldier picked up the head, knelt down on one knee in front of Huangfu Wujin, and raised the head high, "Dudu, Yang Shaoyou has been beheaded!" ”
"Okay, spread the head of the people all over the navy army, and those who commit the following crimes will be guilty of the same crime!"
Huangfu Wujin turned back to Zhou Yanbao and said: "General Zhou, I now appoint you as the acting lieutenant of the Jiangning Navy and Military Mansion, I will present to the emperor, and then formally appoint you, now you can order the Jiangbei ships to return to the port." ”
Zhou Yanbao hurriedly bowed down and said, "Obey orders!" ”
He was secretly frightened in his heart, this governor seemed to be young, but his scheming was deep and his methods were ruthless, it was the first time he had seen it, and he was confident, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the emperor's punishment, could it be that he had received the emperor's tacit approval in advance?
He didn't dare to think about it, and immediately ordered: "Order the Jiangning Navy and Military Mansion to return all the ships to the Jiangbei Military Port!" ”
The flag waved, more than 20 Jiangbei ships did not dare to disobey, turned around one after another, and returned to the Jiangbei Military Port with embroidered clothes and guards, and Zhou Yanbao also led more than a dozen ships to the north to collect troops from the Jiangning Navy Military Mansion.
After looking at the fleet and walking away, Huangfu Wujin glanced back at Captain Lin Yuanyang, "What's the matter?" ”
Lin Yuanyang had been waiting for a long time, and he hurriedly stepped forward to report, "Governor, a Plum Blossom Guard soldier came to deliver a letter just now. ”
He handed a letter to Wu Jin, Wu Jin took the letter, it turned out to be written by Su Han, he quickly opened the letter and browsed it, and was relieved that nothing had happened at home, but his brows furrowed again, Qi Wei had disappeared all night.
A thought immediately flashed in his mind, could it be that he was kidnapped by the envoy of King Qi, he had now guessed that the so-called envoy of King Qi was the mastermind behind Jiangning Mansion, if this person was not eliminated, the business war in Jiangning Mansion would not end.
He pondered for a moment before ordering, "The Tiger Ben will return to port, and the other warships will continue to block the river." ”
......... The time has come to the afternoon, the run in Jiangning City is no longer as violent as in the morning, the six banks of Baifu and Donglai have all been smashed, all kinds of bills and account books have been snatched and burned, the two banks located on Jianye Street have been burned, the smoke is still billowing, the officials at the two levels of the prefecture and county are like fire brigades, busy and anxious, but they are glad that the disaster has not affected other shops, let alone formed a large-scale turmoil, this is a repeated guarantee from the government, Donglai and Baifu Money will be paid in full, The angry populace gradually came to their senses and went home.
The four city gates in Jiangning County have all been closed, and teams of Meihuawei soldiers are patrolling the streets, and the people are not allowed to gather again, and the streets and alleys in the city are plastered with government notices, guaranteeing in the name of the government that Donglai and Baifu Qianzhuang will definitely pay in full, and the notices are stamped with two red and colorful seals of the county government and the county government.
There is still a long queue in front of Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang with only three holes in the city, in good order, nearly half of the people have taken the money, so that everyone has hope in their hearts, and Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang said that it will not close at night and withdraw money all night, which will make the troubled hearts of the depositors gradually calm down, and everyone understands that if Qi Dafu is smashed, everyone will not be able to withdraw money.
Dozens of men carried porridge buckets and baskets full of buns to distribute food to the people in line, Qi Dafu thought carefully, and specially prepared thousands of small maza for the elderly.
With the return of sanity, many merchants gave up withdrawing money, and for merchants, the cost of withdrawing money was very expensive, not only did it mean that they would lose a lot of interest, but it was also likely that they would no longer be able to borrow money from Qi Tai Fook to operate.
At this time, the crowd shook slightly, and I saw several Qi family children supporting the old family master Qi Wannian to show up, Qi Wannian had been living in Jiangning Mansion ten years ago, and many people had seen it, and they greeted him one after another, "Old man Qi, your body is still tough!" ”
"Thanks to everyone, my health is very good, didn't the rumors say that my Qi family was copied? If the Qi family is copied, will I still be here? ”
Qi Wannian used iron facts to debunk the absurdity of rumors, and there was a lot of discussion in the crowd, it was indeed the case, it was obviously a rumor, and many people began to hesitate in their hearts, and if they took the money away before it expired, the loss of interest would be great.
At this time, Qi Wannian stood on a table and said loudly to everyone: "Fellow villagers, the Qi family is the first big tax payer in the imperial court, the Qi family is law-abiding and operates, the imperial court will not raid the Qi family no matter what, everyone can rest assured, the foundation of the Qi family is in Jiangning Mansion, I assure you with the reputation of the Qi family for two hundred years, everyone will save money to Qi Dafulai, and there will be no loss." ”
Qi Wannian's words aroused applause from everyone, and someone shouted: "Old man, I can trust the Qi family, I won't withdraw the money, and I will take the interest after it expires." ”
The depositor shouted to the crowd: "Don't be stupid, it's okay at all, and there will be no interest on the money you take away." ”
He clapped his hands and left, and everyone began to waver, which is more important than interest and safety, and more and more people were finally lured by interest, gave up withdrawing money, and left the team.
Soon, the long seven teams continued to shrink, and only a thousand people remained, and a crisis gradually subsided.
Qi Wan breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the third Qi Zhu again: "How is the situation of each store?" ”
Qi Zhu hurriedly said: "The shops are all operating normally, and according to my father's instructions, the guys have been removed from the important goods, even if there is a smash, the loss is not big." ”
Qi Wannian nodded, his heart was full of gratitude to Huangfu Wujin, if it weren't for him, Jiangning Mansion was smashed and burned today, not only Qi Dafu's three money houses, but even their mansions were estimated to be unable to be saved, but at the same time, he was full of worries about the situation in Weiyang County, I don't know what the fate of the two money houses there was?
He sighed, turned around and asked, "Where is the second girl?" Get her. ”
(To be continued)