The coolies on the dock spent a morning moving all the Wang family's goods into the cabin.

There are a lot of goods, but Yang Chao's ship can pull 1,500 catties, a load of 300 catties, a total of 45,000 catties, converted into the tonnage of later generations, there are also more than 200 tons, although it is only a small boat in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty it is an undisputed big ship.

Therefore, Yang Chao loaded all the boats.

It is precisely because this is a big ship that when you pull a shipload to the other side, you dare to ask for ten taels of silver.

This is completely the market price, not Wang Xiao taking care of Yang Chao's business, if Wang Xiao really wants to take care of it, Yang Chao will not accept it.

By noon, Yang Chao's boat had sailed away.

Zhang Dawei is very experienced, he has been sailing for most of his life, and he can sail this kind of sailboat almost with his eyes closed.

Among the four veterans recruited by Yang Chao, several of them had high sail skills, and although the others had sailed sailboats, they were all sloops, and only Zhang Dawei had piloted a brig.

Because when Zhang Dawei attacked Jiangnan a few years ago, he fought in battle, but in the end he did not die in battle, and fled the army timidly.

But in the future, life was poor and was recruited by Yang Chao.

The sail was in Zhang Dawei's hand, unusually obedient, and it seemed to be very easy to see him commanding the sail to raise, lower, and turn the sail, but Yang Chao tried it, but he felt very heavy, and he was tired and out of breath after a while.

Zhang Dawei said regretfully that these recruits don't know much about it, otherwise it would be easier.

Yang Chao doesn't think that Zhang Dawei's strength is so much greater than his own, I believe that this is all because of his skills, because of his skills, he is not tired of doing it, and he can do it better.

In addition to Zhang Dawei and other four veterans, as well as Yang Chao and two teams of soldiers, there was an account room of Wang Yihe and a grocery store on the ship.

As soon as the boat sailed into the Yangtze River, when Zhang Dawei commanded the soldiers to adjust the sails, everyone was temporarily idle.

Yang Chao immediately lectured the two teams of soldiers.

"Yesterday I punished you. Because I think you are all cowards, cowards who are chased by pigs, such people are not even men in my eyes, let alone soldiers. I know that many people are not convinced, and they are ashamed to say that he is not afraid of thieves. To tell you the truth, this official did not buy a ship to pull goods to make money. This official is promoted for the purpose of suppressing bandits, and when this official is promoted, you will be promoted. So whether it's a coward or not, we'll know when we find the Jiang bandits. It's better than saying it 10,000 times with your mouth. ”

After Yang Chao finished speaking, he looked at one of the teams, and that team was Wang Pu.

To be honest, Wang Pu's military training is already good, at the beginning he did rank low, so he beat the soldiers the hardest, and in the end, his soldiers' skills were among the best, second only to many men's teams.

Wang Pu listened to Yang Chao's lecture, his face and neck were flushed, but he always held his head high, like an unconvinced rooster.

The other soldiers were also unconvinced, but most of them were confused, and they only regarded this as a scolding from the captain, and they had long been accustomed to it.

But the Wang family's account room, who listened to Yang Chao's words, showed a deep fear, he didn't expect that Yang Chao was not transporting goods, but looking for Jiang bandits, to suppress bandits.

Knowing that this was the case, he didn't dare to get on the boat if he was killed, everyone else had to meet the Jiang bandits, Yang Chao was good, and he was ashamed to shout to suppress the bandits.

Like the Wang family's account room, there is also Zhang Dawei, he also showed a deep sadness, he didn't expect Yang Chao to have this plan.

Zhang Dawei couldn't help but regret that he followed Yang Chao for the sake of two dollars a month's salary, he was a man with a wife and children, his family would lose his livelihood when he died, and his wife and children would starve to death.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have let go of the soldier's monthly salary of more than one or two and secretly ran home, but there was a risk of being caught and deserted, but fortunately, the officers in the guard post were also old neighbors for generations, and they hid it for him, plus the officers and soldiers who suppressed the bandits died one by one, no one cared about him being such a person, nothing happened in the past few years, and no one pursued it.

"My lord, when you meet Jiang bandits, do you really want to suppress them?"

Zhang Dawei couldn't help but ask worriedly.

The king's bookkeeper was also very concerned about this issue, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

Yang Chao knew very well that Zhang Dawei had worried about this problem several times, and had advised him from the time Yang Chao made up his mind to buy a ship.

Yang Chao said loudly: "Of course we want to suppress bandits, those Jiang bandits are rampant, and that's because I haven't met this official." When they met their own officials, they would have been suppressed a long time ago, and they would have long since become the first rank of their promotions. ”

Hearing Zhang Dawei's sigh, Yang Chao felt a burst of anger in his heart, although the status of the Ming army is very low, but the ancestor was born as a soldier, how can he be so cowardly, even the small people in the market.

However, Yang Chao also knew that Zhang Dawei's family was only a laborer for him, with two daughters and a son, one of the two daughters was married early at the age of eighteen, one was only twelve years old, and his son was only five years old.

In fact, what Yang Chao didn't know was that Zhang Dawei ran away because of the birth of his son.

But Yang Chao guessed that it was because he was worried about his family's livelihood that Zhang Dawei did not dare to take risks.

Yang Chao said: "Don't worry, Lao Zhang, if something happens, as long as the official is okay for a day, he will ensure that your wife has food and clothing." ”

Zhang Dawei sighed deeply: "What adults say counts!" ”

Yang Chao said: "A gentleman's words are fast and the horse is whipped, if you violate the oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”

The people of the Ming Dynasty believed in the oath very much, and Zhang Dawei's face showed seriousness, and he shouted for a long time.

continued: "Then Lao Zhang's life will be sold to adults." Anyway, there is no end to doing hard work everywhere, and the whole family can have a full meal with adults, and it is not in vain to be a man. ”

When the king's account room heard that Lao Zhang also promised to suppress the bandits, he immediately said in a hurry: "My lord can't help it." The villain heard that the Jiang bandits only want money, if I meet the Jiang bandits, I don't want the goods, and the adults don't want to ship, the life of the big guy is important. ”

Yang Chao snorted coldly: "Hmph, where is there a soldier who encounters a thief, and he has to sacrifice his wealth to save his life." ”

Yang Chao did not agree at all with the attitude of the king's account room to protect himself, could it be that it was precisely because the people of the country had thought like this from generation to generation that the country was destroyed by foreigners again and again.

Seeing that he couldn't convince Yang Chao, Wang Zhifang could only sigh and hide aside, praying in his heart that the Buddha would bless him and never have an accident.

Today, the wind direction is very good, almost due south, taking advantage of the wind to cross the river, it took less than an hour to cross the wide Yangtze River.

The journey was very calm, and he did not encounter the legendary Jiang bandits, which made Yang Chao feel a little disappointed.

But the king's account room was very happy and happy, even Zhang Dawei breathed a sigh of relief, although if someone took care of his wife and mother, his life would not matter, but it was better not to die, but it was better not to die.

Among the other soldiers, some were happy, some were disappointed, and most of them were at a loss, as if there was no difference between encountering Jiang bandits and not encountering Jiang bandits.

However, the two officers and many men and Wang Pu, especially Wang Pu, seemed very disappointed.