"It turned out to be Li joining the army, and I happened to have something to ask!"

Shen Jian pointed to a few big ships that were gradually moving away and asked, "Those nine transoceanic boats are your fleet, right?" ”

Li Qingming smiled slightly, "I was ordered to do business with Shen Gong, since it is a business, of course there must be a means of transportation, Shen Gong said right?" ”

Li Qingming avoided the truth, and did not mention that the fleet was to receive pig iron and brass, but said that he came to Jiangnan to do business, Shen Jian suddenly laughed, "Actually using nine transoceanic boats, it is really a big deal, please!" Let's go back to the city and talk. ”

This time led by Fang Xuanling, the soldiers were divided into two ways, one was **** responsible for buying pig iron and brass, and one was responsible for Li Qingming, who came to Jiangnan to buy grain and cloth, although Jiangnan was rich in grain and cloth, but the channels were controlled in the hands of Jiangnan, Jiangnan would set up a lot of commercial houses for this Jiangdu, and sold a large number of bulk goods in Jiangnan, grain, cloth, tea, etc., and then bought pig iron, weapons, armor and other weapons and materials.

Li Qingming followed Shen Jian to a trading house, which is also an institution of the Jiangnan Society, and the two walked into the inner hall to sit down with the guests, Shen Jian smiled and said: "I also heard about General Zhang's deeds in Hebei, severely damaged Dou Jiande, exterminated Gao Kaidao, and heard that he also fought with Goguryeo, which can be described as colorful, but it is a pity that General Zhang left Jianghuai, so that Du Fuwei could survive, otherwise I can also go to Jiangbei to buy some grain and tea." ”

"Since my handsome family is a Hebei envoy, these are all things within his responsibility, and they are not worth boasting about."

"Lin wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, you want to keep a low profile, but your deeds have spread all over the world, please tell General Zhang and ask him to be more careful. It's best not to come to Jiangdu to report on work, Li Senjun should understand what I mean. ”

"Thanks for the reminder!"

Li Qingming smiled faintly and turned the topic back to business, "This time I was ordered to Jiangnan, I want to buy some grain and cloth from your guild, and we will pay in gold." ”

Shen Jian didn't mention business first. Instead, he asked curiously, "Before we talk about business, I want to ask, how come you have nine transoceanic boats?" I know where two of them came from, but where did the other seven come from? ”

"From Goguryeo!"

Shen Jian nodded, "I see, I understand, okay!" Last year, the harvest in Jiangnan was good, and it hurt the farmers a little bit, so we bought a lot of cloth. I wonder how much you want? ”

"We want to buy 200,000 stone of grain and 100,000 pieces of cloth, can you get them?"

"It's really a big deal! I need 200,000 stones, and 100,000 pieces of cloth, and I will think about it. ”

Shen Jian pondered for a moment and said: "We have grain and cloth, we can get this amount, but we don't want gold."

"What do you want?" Li Qingming asked quietly.

Shen Jian squinted and laughed, "I know that you have gained a lot from fighting Goguryeo, and you still have five thousand cavalry. So be it! We want 5,000 sets of Mingguang armor and 1,000 war horses in exchange, a fixed price! ”

Purely in terms of value. Five thousand sets of Mingguang armor and one thousand war horses are not worth 200,000 stone grain and 100,000 pieces of cloth, but Shen Faxing has been defeated in Wu County, and the situation is critical, and they urgently need to reverse the situation.

Li Qingming pondered for a long time and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to ask the manager! ”

"Of course, what does Li need to join the army, just bring it up."

"I need to go to Jiangdu, please ask Shen Gong to arrange a boat for me."

Shen Jian immediately understood that Zhang Xuan must have planted an intelligence point in Jiangdu.

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The Huang family's beku is not far from Jiangning County. The fleet traveled more than 100 miles southwest and entered the territory of Liyang County, where Huangjia Beiku was at the junction of Liyang County and Jiangdu County, in a small village on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

This small village has about a dozen families, scattered at the foot of a large mountain, most of them live by fishing, the mountain is made of limestone, there are not many trees on the mountain, the whole mountain is gray-white, but at the foot of the mountain is densely forested, a small river flows around the mountain, until it flows into the big river a mile away.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a row of huge stone houses, all of which are made of mountain rocks, blending with the color of the mountain, it is difficult to find from a distance, this is the warehouse built by the Huang family, it is blocked by dense forests, it cannot be seen in the big river, and it is close to the small river, and all kinds of materials can be transported in and out through the small river.

This is a feng shui treasure that the Huang family found after looking for a few years, close to the Yangtze River, but there are woods to block, convenient transportation, especially here is located at the junction of the two counties, the government has never arrived, very hidden, the Huang family built a secret warehouse here.

A Huang family steward with dozens of flat-bottomed boats has arrived here first, the big boats can not sail into the small river, can only dock at the riverside, then these flat-bottomed boats in and out of the rough iron and copper ingots, and then hoisted onto the big boats, three million catties of crude iron and one million catties of copper ingots, only two transoceanic boats can be carried, the other transoceanic boats are actually prepared to transport grain and cloth purchased from the south of the Yangtze River.

Standing on the transoceanic boat, watching the flat-bottomed boats full of thick iron sail out of the small river, slowly approaching the transoceanic boat, putting a huge piece of thick iron into the rope net, and countless soldiers on the boat slowly pulled the thousands of pounds of rope net onto the big boat with a hanging tower.

"Won't Huang Senjun go home to see?" Zhou Meng, the general, slowly walked to the **** side and asked with a smile.

Shaking his head, "I'm currently on a mission, where can I go home, it's my time after I hand over the order." ”

"Actually, you can write a letter home and ask them to take it back." Zhou Meng pointed to the busy boat below.

smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I have already written a letter from home in Jiangdu, and I asked my uncle to bring it back." ”

Zhou Meng nodded, and said with emotion: "This time we actually traveled a long way to the Yangtze River, our handsome man is really generous, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth, and it was also our luck that we didn't meet the Jiangdu army patrol boat." ”

smiled slightly: "As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, this is actually not luck, but our Jiangdu spies have already figured out the details of the Yangtze River, and they are full of intelligence preparations, so we will be so smooth." ”

"I see."

Zhou Meng was surprised: "Could it be that the big marshal has been planning this matter for a long time?" ”

"No, because the marshal wants to make full use of the transoceanic boat to transport goods, the Yangtze River will also be a frequent place, so we pay attention to the patrol intelligence of the Yangtze River, we have a special intelligence point in Jiangyang County, they are responsible for collecting all kinds of intelligence on the Yangtze River, and then send it to Qingzhou, we have figured out the bottom of the Yangtze River, and nine big ships dare to sail into the Yangtze River with such a swagger, but the fleet can only go to Lujiang County."

"Why is that?"

Said lightly: "After Lujiang County is the territory of the Poshui thief Lin Shihong, this person has hundreds of warships, and controls the Yangtze River waterway west of Lujiang County, how can he not be blushing with our nine transoceanic boats." ”

Zhou Meng was startled and hurriedly said: "When we pass through Jiangning, we may be discovered by the people of the Jiangnan Society, will they inform Lin Shihong?" ”

"Are you worried that Lin Shihong will come forward to hijack the ship and divide the spoils between the two families?"

"I'm really a little worried, I heard the marshal say that these two transoceanic boats are Jiangnan will be ready to sell to Lin Shihong, but they were taken back by us, and now the Yangtze River is loosely guarded, Lin Shihong's hundreds of warships are the kings of the Yangtze River, and their scope of activity will never be limited to the west of the Lujiang River."

I also feel that Zhou Meng's worries are reasonable, although the Jiangnan Society may not betray them, but Lin Shihong's fleet will definitely not be limited to the west of Lujiang County, if the marshal is still Jianghuai's envoy, he will not dare to come and provoke Lin Shihong if he gives him a hundred guts, but they are now far away in Qingzhou, Lin Shihong may not be afraid of them anymore.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed to the river in the distance and shouted: "General Zhou, a fleet is coming!" ”

Zhou Meng was taken aback, hurriedly walked to the side of the ship to take a closer look, and saw a fleet of ships appeared on the river two miles to the west, all of which were about 500 stone warships, about 20 ships, Zhou Meng's face became solemn, and immediately ordered: "Boat No. 1 and Boat No. 2 go to block them and don't allow them to approach." ”

This time, Zhou Meng also brought a thousand sailors, mainly concentrated on the No. 1 and No. 2 ships, and the other side only had more than 20 500-stone warships, with the size of a transverse ocean boat and a thousand soldiers, the other party was not his opponent.

Two large ships of transoceanic boats slowly sailed forward, lined up on the river, intercepting the way of the fleet ahead, and a thousand soldiers with bows and arrows on board were waiting for them. (To be continued.) )