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"Did you ask for a boat?"

In the room of the ship, standing in front of Ma Han was a middle-aged man about thirty years old, although he was dressed ordinarily, his thick brown clothes could not cover his thick body. Maybe it's not enough to compare with Zhou Cang and other white wolf warriors, but Ma Han always has a feeling that they are the same kind of people. However, even if this man had been a soldier, it was nothing. In the troubled times, there were no escapees that day? Even if he was himself, wasn't he a fugitive back then?

"It's my master's request." The man bowed, quite surprised, obviously not expecting that the owners of these five large ships could be so young.

"Eight hundred stones of grain and grass are ferry, and your master is so generous." Ma Han tapped his fingers on the desk, rolled his eyes, and forced the other party to look, "Where are you going?" How many people are there? ”

The man said calmly: "If our master wants to return to his hometown, he only needs to send it to Langya." We had more than 80 servants, more than 100 horses, oxen and mules, and more than 30 baggage vehicles. ”

Langya country, through the two counties of Xiapi and Donghai, is estimated to be six or seven hundred miles, not far and not close. Eight hundred stones of grain and grass is just enough for five hundred people to eat back and forth, and using this as a ferry fund is actually not much.

Ma Hanwei frowned: "With so many people and chariots and horses, my ship can't be loaded." ”

"It doesn't matter, we have more than a dozen hundred ships, enough to carry oxen, horses and some wagons, as long as your ship can carry people."

At this time, Zhao Yunfa on the side asked: "Since you have a way to get a boat, why don't you get more, just take a boat by yourself, but take our boat?" ”

The man smiled bitterly: "It's no problem to get ten or eight more boats, but the current situation in Xuzhou is chaotic." There are a lot of thieves and thieves, and if you take a passenger ship, I am afraid that if you don't travel a hundred miles, you will lose both people and money! ”

This is the big truth, at the moment Xuzhou is more and more chaotic in the northwest, only to see that there are constantly refugees from the East China Sea, Xiapi south to flee to Guangling, there are really few dare to go north. If you really go north with so much belongings, it is the best choice to take this kind of building boat with excellent protection.

At this time, Zhou Cang said: "How do we know what is loaded in the car." ”

Zhou Cang really deserves to be born as a bandit, and he is very good at saving people. That's to the point. If the car is loaded with goods, it is a good citizen, if not......

The man said very simply: "I'm waiting for the things in the car, but I can check them at any time, how about it?" ”

Everyone has already been singleton to this point, and if they push it back, it is insincere to say that it sounds good, and if it is unpleasant, it is afraid of the other party.

Ma Han immediately made a decision: "Okay, we must all get on the boat before dusk." Obsolete does not wait. ”

From the time the horse spoke, to dusk, it was only an hour before and after, and there were more than 80 people and more than 100 cattle, horses, and vehicles. Including 800 stone grain and grass, all arrived at the designated place of Mahan. It's not that the other party's efficiency is amazing, but that people are actually prepared. They lived in a farm yard not far from the river, and they just drove the horses and loaded them onto the boat.

Zhou Cang personally went to inspect the contents of the more than 30 cars. Of course. He couldn't open it all up, and that was too much. Zhou Cang didn't even open any of the boxes, he just circled the car a few times. Look at the ruts, knock on the boxes, and listen to the movements. Then he came back and reported that all the boxes on the car were full of yellow and white things, and nothing else.

For Zhou Cang's judgment, Ma Han is still very convinced. People are born in robbery, and they see vehicles passing under the mountain on weekdays, rob or not? Of course, it is not necessary to open the box first and take a look before making a decision, but to judge by the depth of the rut marks, the size and shape of the box, and the sound of the bumps, and the accuracy is extremely high. This is a professional skill, and you can't accept it.

Zhao Yun also reported his observations to Ma Han: "These servants are light and agile, with strong muscles and bones, and some of them have a little valgus in their legs - this is caused by frequent horseback riding. These people were either former sergeants or guards, and in short, none of them were ordinary servants. ”

Then there is the observation of horses in a hundred years report of the White Wolf Horseman: "Most of them are military horses, although they are not good horses, and the bell marks on the horse's rump have been cut off, but the scars are obvious. ”

Finally, Yu Xinlai reported: "1,300 stone grain and grass, all of which are the best polished rice and black beans, of which 500 stone grain and grass are prepared by the guests for their own people." ”

Ma Han laughed and came to the final conclusion: "If you have wealth, horses, and food, I don't care who they are." Take the boat with peace of mind, that is, the passengers; If there is another plan, it is to send money to the door. ”

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At nightfall, the owner of the group of passengers finally showed up. When this man who called himself Zhang Hai appeared in the bird room with two servants, holding a box of gift money, two satin brocade silks and three jars of fine wine, Ma Han, Zhao Yun, Zhou Cang and others were quite surprised. For this man was not the scribe or the old man who needed a lot of guards and protection, as they had imagined, but a bearded man in his thirties or forties, with a meaty face. This person is not tall, but he is strong and powerful, with a mediocre appearance, and a pair of bean eyes that exude a cunning.

If it weren't for seeing this person bring so much net worth on the ship, there would be a chance that Ma Han would be dealt with as a bandit.

This sea is very bold, and it is a gift of gold and silk, and it is a gift of wine, and then he pulls the three of them to drink wildly, and says a basket of good words of thanks. During the banquet, Ma Han and others continued to inquire about Zhang Hai's origins, and the other party only said that he was a Langya person, who had purchased land in Guangling for many years, because of the recent invasion of Xuzhou by the Cao army, the soldiers besieged the city of the East China Sea, and there was a tendency to attack Xiapi. Zhang Jiasheng was afraid that Cao's army would commit Guangling, so he sold his land and property, and returned to his hometown with his property and domestic slaves to avoid the war. This sound reasonable.

Zhang Hai also kept asking about Ma Han's origin, but Ma Han only said that they were ordered by Kong Beihai in Qingzhou to support Taozhou Mu. As for why he didn't take the land route, he made a big detour instead. Ma Han only said that he was avoiding Cao's army scouts, as for the rest, I'm sorry, the matter involves military aircraft, and I can't say anything to anyone.

Do the two sides believe each other's words? It doesn't matter, no one has any intention of being friends with the other anyway.

Early the next morning, five thousand-stone ships and 20 hundred-hundred This naturally also alarmed Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling. More than 100 foot soldiers were specially dispatched to monitor the coast until the ship passed through Sikou and went to Xiapi before withdrawing the troops with peace of mind.

Ma Han dispersed more than 80 of Zhang Hai's servants to one building ship and three sills, each ship had less than 20 people, and secretly ordered the knights and soldiers of each ship to adopt the method of keeping a foot at the person and supervising it. Only more than 20 Zhang's servants could not monitor because they were guarding more than a dozen small boats in their own house. However, the ships were closely searched. Without weapons, no matter how many people there are, there will be no demon moths.

And Zhang Hai himself took four servants and Ma Han on the same boat. He seems to be unconcerned about this apparent surveillance.

Sailing for a day, to Ling County, a qiē as usual. The next day, he entered Xiapi County, and another day, he was about to go to Xiaxiang (now Suqian, Jiangsu). For three consecutive days, all aspects reported normally. Zhang Hai has always been very honest, except that he must go to his own boat to inspect every night when he is berthed. The rest of the time, he either stayed in the cabin that Ma Han had separated for him on the first floor, or brought up a drink with Ma Han and the others. However, most of the time, only Zhou Cang drank with him, and Ma Han watched the two of them drink and laugh. There is always a feeling that these two people seem to be the same kind of people.

Because of this strange feeling, Ma Han has not relaxed his supervision of Zhang Hai and his servants.

At dusk on the third day, the fleet sailed more than ten miles to the lower phase. In a few moments, you can go to the city to anchor outside the city, and if you go by, you can also enter the city to rest and replenish.

Ma Han walked out of the finch room. The cold river breeze makes people feel refreshed -- after staying in this bitter cold place in western Liaoning for a long time, the cold wind of Jianghuai, however, not only can not make the horse warriors and white wolf warriors cringe, but on the contrary, it is a great spirit.

As far as the eye can see, the reeds on both sides of the bank are dense, and occasionally you can see the branches coming in and out of them, startling a group of unknown birds; The shore is slender and horizontal, the hills are undulating, dotted with patches of woods, and from time to time you can see a faint wisp of smoke, rising from the forest; In the distance, the peaks of Santai Mountain are undulating like waves, half autumn yellow, half green, a quiet scene in Jianghuai in winter.

The white wolf warriors who served as guards on the deck were also quite intoxicated, most of them were from the border of Youzhou, and they had never been to the south of the Yellow River, not to mention the land of Jianghuai, they never thought that there would still be such a scenery in the coldest winter.

Ma Han shook his head and smiled lightly, raised his right hand, and started the heat source scanning. This is the routine vigilance work that Ma Han must do every time before the ship is berthed since entering Xiapi. When passing through Ling County the day before yesterday, from the mouths of some fleeing people, it was learned that Cao Jun had been attacking Yan County for a long time, and in order to boost morale, he sent Cao Ren, the captain of Li Feng, and Sima Shi Lian of the Chinese army, to lead the army south to capture Pi, and at this time the troops had surrounded Suiling (now Suining, Jiangsu). And the next phase to Suiling, but dozens of miles. In other words, the pleasant winter scenery on both sides of the strait is about to be broken by the sword soldiers.

The closer they get to the battlefield, the more they must be careful of ambushing the soldiers, after all, their dozens of boats are too eye-catching, and if they are seen by Cao Jun, they will definitely not let them go.

Ma Han kept swiping his fingers on the miniature screen, or zooming in or out, repeatedly confirming that it was as usual, and was about to turn off the scan, when an anomaly caught his attention. The anomaly is not external, but internal.

There were two ships at the bow and tail of the fleet, Ma Han was responsible for opening the way and commanding, and Zhao Yun was responsible for delaying. The three sill boats followed closely behind the command building ship in front, and more than ten Zhang's boats were sandwiched in the middle, so that they could be effectively protected and supervised. Ma Han found that the video screen showed that the medium-sized leading ship of 300 Hu at the front of the Zhang clan was actually densely dotted with red spots. After zooming in, there were more than twenty people, all of whom were concentrated in the cabin.

What's going on? Is there a meeting? Why is it not reported? It is absolutely forbidden to gather many people in such a private way.

Ma Han immediately called Zhou Cang, asked him to lead a few soldiers with good water nature, let the boat go down, go to check the situation, and at the same time ordered someone to summon Zhang Hai.

After a while, Zhang Hai and the four servants hurriedly arrived, and as soon as they boarded the deck of the bird room, Zhang Hai smiled and said: "I was asking to see Ma Jun for something, and I heard that Ma Jun was summoned, what a coincidence." ”

The horse on the bow of the boat turned around with his hand, his face displeased: "Zhang Jun, why did your Zhang clan's leading ship gather so many people?" ”

Zhang Hai's mouth slowly widened, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he calmed down, and said with a wry smile: "Just because a certain family got the latest news about Cao Jun, I'm afraid we won't be able to go north......"

Zhang Hai's voice was very low, and the wind was strong on the river, so he couldn't hear it too clearly, but the amount of information contained in a few key words and sentences alone was amazing. Ma Hanjian raised his eyebrows, took two steps forward, approached Zhang Hai, and asked, "What news?" ”

At this moment, the elbow and armpit were born. (To be continued......)