Yang Chao has been staying in the barracks.

The newly recruited 400 soldiers were also integrated into the barracks, trained to eat, read, and sleep in an orderly manner, and the barracks was like a factory, turning every young man who entered into it into standardized parts and machines.

But Yang Chao still felt that there was a fly in the ointment, that is, Qi Jiguang's handsome mandarin duck formation could never be practiced by himself, and the complex formation changes always made these soldiers scratch their heads.

Even their own personal soldiers who have been training for the longest time are difficult to master, but they are very accustomed to the simple wall formation, and they are very imposing when they rush to kill.

However, Yang Chao felt that since the Mandarin Duck Formation had been tested in actual combat, it meant that it was suitable for the battlefield, and his wall formation was groped out from fighting with the Jiang bandits on the boat, and it had not undergone much testing at all, and it was not certain whether he would be able to establish his might on the battlefield in the future.

What is the problem, Yang Chao can't figure it out himself, is it because of the soldier's poor comprehension? Or is there a problem with the training method yourself?

I know that I will return to Nanjing City in May!

Dong Xiaowan came back from Hangzhou, this time she brought her mother to Nanjing, and bought the river house next to the Jinchai Tower, so that her mother could live in it.

Dong Xiaowan used the silver he received last time to help redeem himself and spent 5,000 taels of it.

The brothel bustard asked for 5,000 taels when he opened his mouth, Dong Xiaowan didn't say a word, he just took a ticket and took the deed of sale that shook in the bustard's hand and walked away in style. Then she took her mother to Nanjing with her, intending to settle in Nanjing.

Dong Xiaowan also took her mother to visit the Yang family and gave Zhao Lan and Yang Yue a set of exquisite jewelry made by the old silver shop in Gusu.

At this time, Yang Chao came to Jinchai Tower, he did not come to see Dong Xiaowan or Aunt Dong, but to see Wang Xiao, because Wang Xiao had an accident.

The cargo ship of the Wang family's grocery store was looted on the Yangtze River. There was also a dead account office.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao was not on the ship at that time, but the losses were also great, and the goods worth tens of thousands of taels of silver were looted. If it can't hold on, Wang Yihe's grocery store will have to close. Because Wang Xiao pressed all the funds of the grocery store to the top, and he also owed more than 3,000 taels on credit.

When Yang Chao arrived at Jinchai Tower, Wang Xiao was with Kang Cheng, drinking sip of stuffy wine.

Yang Chao accompanied him to drink three glasses.

And only then began to comfort: "How much is the discount?" ”

Wang Xiao was bored and did not speak.

Yang Chao said: "I still have 20,000 taels of taels in your place, I will lend you the copy, where can a man have a hurdle." ”

Wang Xiao looked up, her eyes were already full of tears: "It's not a matter of money, Brother Yang." Tell me if I can't do a big deal. ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "The Ruan family gathers to help Zhang Tianru exchange 100,000 taels of money, which one is not a big deal, and which one you haven't done?" ”

Wang Xiao sighed: "But when it comes to my own business, I will do one thing and smash another, I-"

Finally cried out when he spoke, the man didn't flick when he had tears, but Wang Xiao was actually only seventeen years old and less than eighteen years old, and he couldn't be considered a man.

Yang Chao asked, "How was the goods robbed?" ”

Wang Xiao shook her head, not knowing anything.

Yang Chao said: "Why don't you let me help you with it." If it's such an important product, you should ask me, are you afraid that I will charge you a premium? ”

Wang Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother Yang, don't make fun." It's all my selfishness, I don't want you to help me, I want to do it myself. I didn't expect—"

As he spoke, he buried his head and whimpered.

Yang Chao patted him on the shoulder: "Lend you the capital, prepare the goods, and I'll help you transport them!" ”

Wang Xiao looked up at Yang Chao and shook his head again.

"Why don't you worry about me?"

Yang Chao asked.

Wang Xiao said: "No, it's just that there is a problem with this batch of goods, I'm afraid you don't want to." ”

Yang Chao said: "What goods?" Illicit salt? ”

Yang Chao felt that except for private salt, there were basically no problematic goods.

Wang Xiao bit her lip. Tentatively: "The goods that lead to the sea." ”

Yang Chao was stunned: "Have you done sea trade?" ”

Wang Xiao nodded: "Actually, it's not a sea trade, it's just a supply to a few heroes who have access to the sea." They paid three times the price. That's why I took the risk of staking all the money on the goods, if it was done. It's over. ”

A few years ago, Zhang Guowei also arrested a large number of maritime merchants, as well as a large number of officers and soldiers of the Jin Shanwei and Su Song Naval Divisions who colluded with maritime merchants, but they were still repeatedly banned.

Because the profits of sea trade are too great, a shipload of raw silk to Japan can get ten times the profit, so there are many outlaws who risk going to Haiboli.

However, because of the regression of shipping technology, the risk of maritime trade is also very great, according to the records of later generations of Japanese, in the late Ming Dynasty, every year in the Jiangnan area to Japan, sometimes one or two, sometimes for several years without one.

The Japanese records are reliable, because the Japanese have been nervous since the war with the Ming Dynasty, and the Tokugawa shogunate set up a special agency to collect Chinese intelligence, and each sea ship will investigate, ask the crew about the situation in China, and indirectly record the situation of China's maritime trade.

Compared with the Jiangnan region, Fujian's Zheng Zhilong Group can send nearly ten large ships to Japan every year, and it is said that the annual profit reaches 2 million taels of silver.

Although it is not as good as Fujian, the smuggling in the Jiangnan area is also repeatedly prohibited, and even some giant rooms collude with maritime merchants to stock up on them, and the maritime merchants do not all go to Japan, some directly go south to supply Zheng Zhilong, some to the Dutch, and some to Vietnam, the Philippines and other places, and the profits are not bad.

Because the risk was too great, and the Ming Dynasty people were more desperate than Westerners, and not many people were willing to risk sailing, so the number of smuggling maritime merchants was relatively small, so it was very important to open the door to these people, almost opening a silver mine.

So Wang Xiao tried every means to get such a way, and did not hesitate to sell a batch of his shares to others.

The maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty were synonymous with pirates, and in connection with the robbery of Wang Xiao's goods, Yang Chao did not suspect that this was a set.

"Brother Wang, is your relationship reliable?"

Wang Xiao understood what Yang Chao was talking about, which meant that the seafarers lured Wang Xiao to send a huge amount of goods at a high price, but they refused to pay and directly robbed the matter.

But Wang Xiao firmly believed: "That person is a well-known agent in Nanjing, with a wide range of channels, and he will come back later, I have to ask him." But there should be no problem, otherwise this face will be planted, and who will dare to deal with him in the future. ”

Brokers rely on the door to eat, is the tooth shop with a head and a face, they generally do not do their own business, just do the middleman, that is, the broker, relying on the relationship and reputation, if the reputation falls, it will be over.

Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour later, a middle-aged man in a green shirt and Confucian clothes hurriedly came to Jinchai Tower and came to Wang Xiao with an urgent face.

"Wang Gongzi, what's going on?"

When someone walked in the door and asked, they simply ignored Yang Chao and Kang Cheng, and it could be seen that he was also very anxious. (To be continued)