Section 112 Convoy

Jia Shilu is the hereditary commander of the right guard of the navy, and most of the officers and soldiers of the Xinjiang Jiangkou water battalion are from the two guards of the navy, so Jia Shilu can be regarded as the head snake of the ground.

Jia Shilu's boss is the chief officer of the water camp, is the deputy general Yu Chengwu, Yu Chengwu was born in Pukou Qianhu, hereditary Pukou 100 households, the Yu family has practiced martial arts for generations, a few years ago Zhang Xianzhong entered Koujiangpu County, Yu Chengwu killed the enemy meritorious, accumulated merit and was promoted to the rank of Qianzong, and finally transferred to the Xinjiang Jiangkou Water Camp as the chief officer.

For Yu Chengwu, an outsider, Jia Shilu has always been obsessed with it, and he really wants to squeeze Yu Chengwu away, because with Yu Chengwu here, Jia Shilu will not be promoted to deputy general.

But compared to Yu Chengwu, Jia Shilu does not have any reasonable capital, Yu Chengwu is a ruthless character, a few years ago in Pukou is the general, at that time coincided with the thieves attacking the city, ants attached to it, Yu Chengwu raised a knife to intercept and kill, and the person who was killed did not know how to go.

Forcibly cut from the general manager to the position of the thousand general, and finally added the guerrilla rank, after the liukou retreated, he was transferred to Xinjiangkou as a deputy general.

Jia Shilu's only advantage may be his age, Yu Chengwu is already close to the age of six, and Jia Shilu is just over forty, he has time to wait.

Therefore, Jia Shilu is actually more worried about other competitors, the other two thousand presidents of the Xinjiang Estuary Water Camp, the left thousand and the right thousand general.

The Qian Zong on the left and right, although they have no outstanding qualifications like Jia Shilu, most of them rely on Yin Gong, rely on their qualifications, and rely on climbing relationships to rise to the Qian Zong, but the other two have no worse identity backgrounds than Jia Shilu, and they are both Wei Commanders, and they both have intricate officialdom relationships.

To overwhelm these two people, Jia Shilu must have excellent capital, and he thought that Yang Chao sent him this capital.

Yang Chao killed nine Jiang bandits, which is a lot of credit, although it is not enough for Mr. Qian to behead nine people, Mr. Qian is actually promoted by one level, at least twenty heads, but this makes Jia Shilu far ahead in the competition with others, and after Yu Chengwu returns to his hometown, he Jia Shilu is the most qualified person.

Therefore, Jia Shilu valued this credit as much as Yang Chao, and after Yang Chao found him, he immediately handed it over.

And use his own connections to take this credit, and he will also be able to share a share of the credit.

But I didn't expect that someone didn't want this credit to be implemented, and the merit report document submitted not only did not reply, but after inquiring, he was reprimanded by an old friend and an old man, asking him not to get involved in this matter.

Yang Chao saw that Jia Shilu had no choice, so as Jia Shilu's top boss Yu Chengwu would not have a way, Yang Chao went to find Yu Chengwu again, but Yu Chengwu only said that he had handed over the meritorious scribe in accordance with the charter, and there was no reply on it, and he politely agreed to help Yang Chao inquire, so he politely sent Yang Chao away.

Yang Chao knew very well that Jia Shilu knew some of the situation, Yu Chengwu must also know some of it, Jia Shilu also knew that he was sorry, and he also said a little useful news, at least because some people didn't want to let this credit be implemented, and some people didn't want Shuiying to suppress bandits.

This shows that among the high-ranking officers in Nanjing City, some people had fornications with Jiang bandits, so Yang Chao killed those Jiang bandits, not only did not merit, but offended someone.

But this person, whether it is a group of people or a person, Yang Chao can't say it well, Jia Shilu can't say it well, Yu Chengwu simply pretended not to know anything, and only played sloppy with Yang Chao.

The only thing that is certain is that someone erased Yang Chao's military exploits.

Yang Chao's mood couldn't help but be a little depressed, he easily encountered an opportunity for promotion, and he fought with his life to get such a military feat, but he was wiped out, just because some people didn't want to see Jiang bandits suppressed.

Yang Chao is not a person who is easy to get rich, although he has encountered this setback, although he is depressed, he always believes that there are more ways than difficulties.

This time, although Jia Shilu didn't know who was stumbling on him, he probably guessed that it was a senior official of the navy, a certain high-ranking official, or some high-ranking officials were involved, so the merit report documents handed in by General Qian and the deputy general were detained by the navy.

There are not many high-ranking officials who can hold the meritorious service documents of a deputy general, either the military preparation road, or the imperial history of the river patrol, or the imperial history of the capital directly, at least a civil official of the third grade, anyway, he did not go to the military department.

To solve this matter, it is a way to dredge it up one level at a time, but in that case, the money to be spent will be a sea, and it will not be solved at all for a while.

Either find out a certain link, and then focus on public relations, or go directly to the military department.

However, the difficulty of stabbing to the military department is not as simple as dredging up at a level, so the only way to find out the real crux of the problem is to find out who is obstructing him and who has something to do with Jiang Bandits, and then whether it is to resolve the contradiction with this person and make him accommodating, or directly bring this person down, so that he can be promoted smoothly, this is the only way to work.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao began to move again.

This time he handed over a document asking for recruitment to fill the vacancy, if he offended someone, then someone above would stop him, even if his request for recruitment and filling the vacancy was very reasonable, he might be suppressed.

As long as Yang Chao inquires clearly, this document is stuck by that high-ranking official, and he can basically find the person who targeted him.

And to inquire about such a trivial matter as an official document being stuck on that layer, Jia Shilu can do it, and he hasn't told him yet, just wait for the document to be called back, just ask Jia Shilu to inquire.

Yang Chao continued to do his own thing, helping people deliver goods and train troops.

I didn't meet Jiang bandits, I didn't get military merits, but the business became bigger and bigger.

Since the last incident, the shopkeeper Mao has handed over all their goods to Yang Chao to transport, and many of his friends have also met Yang Chao through him, and they have also entrusted Yang Chao to help deliver the goods.

Now the price of Yang Chao's shipload has risen to 20 taels, and 20 taels is just crossing the river, and it is 40 taels back and forth.

This is far from enough, because there are not many boats that dare to cross the river, although Yang Chao beat the river bandits once, but the river bandits are still rampant, and you can hear about the robbery of the boat once in three or two days.

In less than ten days, Yang Chao's freight rate has risen to twenty-five taels, and the general goods are not transported at all, only high-priced goods such as raw silk, porcelain, and fur, and consumer goods such as wood and grain are not transported at all.

But in this way, there is still a continuous flow of customers, Yang Chao now runs twice a day, one trip back and forth fifty taels, and earns one hundred taels of silver a day, but there are still people queuing up to find Yang Chao to deliver goods, because even if they meet Jiang bandits, the reputation of still being able to ensure the safety of goods is too reassuring.

There was really no way to send it all, and finally the clever businessman came up with a solution.

That is, Yang Chao protects their cargo ships across the river, and they are willing to pay a certain premium.

When Yang Chao heard that this was not just escorting merchant ships, he immediately agreed.

After some negotiations, each big ship of more than 500 quintals needs to give Yang Chao ten taels of silver for one time to cross the river, and 20 taels for more than 1,000 quintals.

As for the small boat below 500 quintals, Yang Chao did not accept it at all, if that kind of small boat encountered a river bandit, it was too lacking in protection, and the river bandit could easily board such a small boat and kill the crew above.

It's a big ship, Yang Chao only accepts ten ships every time he escorts, too many ships don't need it at all, because there are too many ships, and a long fleet will be driven on the Yangtze River, Yang Chao only has one boat, and he can't take care of it.

Even if there are ten ships, it is a huge amount of money, even if they are all five hundred loads of ships, ten taels of silver for one boat, and one trip to the river, Yang Chao will also get one hundred taels of silver, one round trip is two hundred taels, and two trips a day will cost four hundred taels of silver for the escort fee alone.

That's definitely a lot of money.

But the merchants did not suffer.

The ship of five hundred quintals, if it pulls silk and satin, high-grade fur, porcelain and other expensive goods, is worth tens of thousands of taels, and if it is robbed by the Jiang bandits, the risk is too great, so there must be protection.

Therefore, the businessmen paid ten taels of silver to ask Yang Chao to escort, in fact, it was very cost-effective, and Yang Chao did not suffer a loss, anyway, he had to cross the river, and it was just convenient to bring a fleet, so why not make some extra money for escort costs, so this is a mutually beneficial thing, and the businessman and Yang Chao are very happy.

Xinjiangkou is organized by the Mao shopkeeper, Yang Chao in accordance with the rules of the brokerage house, to the Mao shopkeeper to take a cut, Puzikou side, let Su broker help organize, very smooth, every time the voyage is full with ten big ships to move, two trips a day, three days to earn more than 1,000 taels of silver, much higher than the current income of Jinchai Lou.

But he has never met the Jiang bandits, and Yang Chao is no longer following the boat in person.

Because every time Wang Pu's team had to be on the ship, when Yang Chao was not there, Wang Pu was put in charge of organizing the defense of the ship, and the other three teams who rotated on the ship and their team were all under Wang Pu's command.

Yang Chao stayed in the barracks to train the formation.

The soldiers have been trained well, the basic training has been completed, the skills training such as assassination have also been completed, and the next step is the more advanced combat array training.

For the battle formation, Qi Jiguang has trained the Mandarin Duck Formation, this formation has exerted an extremely terrifying power in Qi Jiguang's hands, often with single-digit losses, killing thousands of Japanese Kou, and in the north, it is with this formation, killing hundreds of thousands of Mongolians.

Qi Dashuai's mandarin duck array in the north Yang Chao still can't learn, because it involves a lot of chariots, which need to be trained in the car battalion, as well as artillery, bird guns and other weapons, which Yang Chao can't get for the time being.

Therefore, Yang Chao decided to train the mandarin duck formation suitable for the south, and Yang Chao now only has 100 soldiers, and it is not suitable for the formation and training of the northern car battalion mandarin duck formation, which is often a group of thousands of people.