In order to deceive those salt merchants, Yan Hong instructed Hu Baiqi to take a big ship back to Hangzhou by pro-unification army, and not to show his bottom to anyone. Although Hu Baiqi received a lot of silver from Zhang Yongfu and had the heart to intercede for this friend, but seeing Yan Hong's murderous face, he thought that you Zhang Yongfu would not die, and he actually wanted to rob Qincha's concubine, and my brother really couldn't help you in this matter. Just hide back, but you can't see it. Therefore, he said yes. This naturally misled the sight of the officials and gods in the city.

As for the Zhejiang soldiers, they were not mobilized, and they were stationed in Yangzhou City. Yan Hong's current hands are more than 150 people accompanying him, as well as more than 1 million archers from the Shou Inspection Division, and some are the officials of Naganjiangdu County who participated in the beating of Yangzhou Shangcha.

It is said that this bit of potential strength is indeed a little thin compared with the combat power that the local overlords of Yangzhou may mobilize, but Ning Wei patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Qincha, these eight hundred sons under our command are all good men with one as ten, that is, the three battalions of Zao Yong will attack together, and we will also fight." ”

When Xun Si heard this, he couldn't help but scold: "Ning Wei, you want money and want to go crazy, why is it that on this day, your troops have doubled again?" This official doesn't have that much money for working hours and meals for you. ”

This Wanshou Town is indeed as Ning Wei said, it is the basic plate of his business, and after arriving here, Yan Hong revealed his identity and took over the hundred Zhejiang soldiers who were originally stationed here. Then Ning Wei gave some orders, and summoned the lieutenant chiefs, grain chiefs, and village elders of several villages in the town, and ordered them to go down and strictly guard the secrets. Then they scattered people and horses and hid them among the people, and the people sent by the Yangzhou government to inquire about the news were all concealed by the governors of these places, and they did not even notice that the Qincha brigade had actually been stationed.

Two days later, reinforcements sent by Hu Zongxian arrived. You don't take big boats. Switch to a small boat. Even the guard of honor was hidden on the ship and sent it, secretly divided into small teams, and gathered one by one. Collecting these horses, Yan Hong has more than 1,500 troops directly under the central government, which can be described as a strong man. In the past two days, three more salt ships have been detained, all of which are owned by Hui merchants, so they have all taken down the boats and their people, forcing them to admit that they are illegal salt. So the archers of the Wanshou Inspection Division. It has become a temporary nest of happy robbers, and the robbers in this nest have extraordinary identities, and the imperial court has led the team.

Of course, doing this kind of thing is actually ugly. used the power of the government to directly and violently loot + slander the wealthy businessmen, which was even more ruthless than the policy of Zhu Yuanzhang, the grandfather of the country. In Hu Zongxian's heart, he actually felt that something was wrong. But Yan Hongyi wanted to poison these fat and brainy salt merchants, and secondly, because of Wang Cuiqiao and Mo Qinger's affairs, he wanted to clean up Zhang Dahu, so he did whatever it took to do so. And Ning Wei and Xun Si are also bent on fun. I don't want any shameful rules. Therefore, he also let Yan Hong act without scruples.

And in this den of robbers. There is also an additional gain: through the torture of the captured Zhang family, one of them is a small manager of the Zhang family, who could not endure the punishment, and even confessed that his master colluded with the Japanese Kou. At first, Yan Hong only thought that the other party could not support the punishment, and confessed indiscriminately according to his forced confession. He wanted to frame Zhang Dahu anyway, and immediately continued to chase and investigate. After careful questioning, I realized that this little manager knew a lot of inside information, and what he said was not true.

Zhang Yongfu, a salt merchant, is said to have colluded with many wealthy businessmen, and even got on the line of the Japanese through them. He has probed the Ming military situation, the deployment situation, and secretly provided supplies. And the stolen goods after the looting of the Japanese are then purchased and sold by him. At the beginning, the three Japanese invaded Yangzhou, and Zhang Dahu made a lot of profits, but when this kind of thing was said, Yangzhou peers couldn't let him go first, so it has always been secretive.

Some time ago, a group of refugees came and defected to Zhang Yuanwai, who was very familiar with Zhang Yongfuxian. And those people were obviously embarrassed, Zhang Yongfu gave a gag order at home, and no one was allowed to say that this group of people had come to his house. This little manager has sharp eyes and recognizes one of the leaders, just like Li Wenxiu, the guest of his own house in the past. I heard that the Li family is now a prisoner, why did he take in such people? It's just that he didn't mention it in his stomach, and now he can't be punished, so he has to recruit it.

When Yan Hong heard the news, if he had obtained a treasure, he immediately wanted to send troops to Zhang's house to arrest people. Or Yun Chuqi suggested: "Zhang Yongfu has a lot of industries, if he hides people in annexes and secret rooms, it will not be easy to find them for a while." This matter should not be rushed, it is better to first grasp the evidence of his crime in the name of investigating illegal salt, and then start on the grounds of stealing illegal salt, so that he can not take precautions, so as to succeed. ”

As for Mo Qing'er, she has been waiting by Yan Hong's side for the past few days, and she just hopes to receive the house early, which is what she wants. However, Yan Hong only wrote a document to buy a concubine, which can be regarded as recognizing the identity of Qing'er's concubine, and has never been a concubine. Let this little girl secretly shed many tears. I only blame myself for not serving carefully, so I am extra attentive.

Taking advantage of the past two days, Xun Si's wife, that is, the delicate and transparent little junior sister, has already used the means of Madame's diplomacy. made friends with Wang Cuiqiao, Hua Yuexian, and Geng Jinling. After all, she was born in a scholarly family, and she is very good at talking, even characters like Wang Cuiqiao, and she also has a good impression of her, not to mention Hua and Geng's second daughter.

She pulled Xue Yanniang and Liu Niangzi in, and talked and laughed with this group of women, the parents are short, the urban and rural customs, and even Wei Zhijie, Xun Si and her own past are not hidden, I heard that Wei Zhijie has a human face and a beastly heart, and there are still bad intentions for this little junior sister, Geng Jinling said angrily: "I knew that the dog official was so hateful, so I rushed over and gave him a few punches, so that he knew that the Tao was powerful!" ”

Mrs. Xun had already calculated that she wanted to climb a high branch for her husband, so she wailed: "What's the use of punching him a few times? Xianggong beat him this time, I'm afraid that he has a big feud, and when Qin Cha leaves, I don't know how he will retaliate? Maybe one day, the concubine body still can't avoid his entanglement, maybe she has to commit suicide to save her husband's face. ”

Wang Cuiqiao and Xue Yanniang smiled silently, but Liu Niangzi was good-hearted, and when she heard this, she hurriedly said, "What did Mrs. Xun say?" Sister Xue Yan, when you turn around, you will say a few words to Yan Gongzi, let him keep the official position of Xun County, or transfer him to another place as an official, and always let Mrs. Xun get away from the entanglement of this beast. ”

Xue Yanniang said in her heart: Sister is so stupid, this Mrs. Xun is going to find an official position in Yangzhou for her husband. This kind of fat shortage, how can you get it with red lips and white teeth, you also have to take some real money out, I don't see this sincerity, why should I help? After Qing'er's dowry is out, it's not too late for me to think about saying a few words.

At this moment, a small army ran to the tree and reported: "Back to Qincha, another boat came, and the boat was bigger than the first three, and it was the people of the Salt Gang who pressed the boat. ”

At that time, the pattern of rivers and lakes in the Ming Dynasty, some people once said that "there is a field and there is a faction", which is indeed a bit exaggerated. However, if it is said that "if there is a faction, there is a field", then eight is not far from ten. You must know that if a sect wants to be maintained, it must have its own regular income. If you don't do the income from the fields, you have to collect underworld protection fees. As for the so-called robbing the rich and helping the poor, this kind of story in the book is used to deceive people, and it is not good to believe it yourself.

Back then, as soon as the White Lotus Sect shouted the slogan of Juntian free food, it immediately became a public enemy of martial arts, and everyone shouted and beat it, just because this was tantamount to cutting off the wealth of the Ming sects, and who would you do if you didn't play with your life? But among the gangs in the world, the Salt Gang is an outlier, because it really has no land of its own, and all its income comes from salt.

The Salt Gang was originally a gang organized by a group of salt lords, but later the financial resources became stronger, so they pondered whitewashing. Under the guidance of the masters, the Salt Gang became the protector of the stove households, the leader of the gang, and served as the "chief urge" and "general A" of the stove households. It is known as the largest gang in the world, helping hundreds of thousands, but this is to count all the stove households in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, no one in the major salt-producing areas of the Ming Dynasty knows anyone, how can there be a common helper? It's nothing more than putting gold on your face.

There is a lot of salt in Lianghuai, and there are nearly 50,000 salt in the stove household, which is also a lot of strength, plus the people are fierce and practice martial arts, this salt gang deducts water, and it is also a powerful gang. In the past, the salt gang's action was to protect salt, relying on its own big fist and familiarity, to ensure that private salt could pass the inspection smoothly and earn commissions. In addition, there is the commission from the stove households, but it can also ensure that the stove households will not be arrested by the government for selling surplus salt, and that they will receive a reasonable remuneration for the salt sold.

Normally, salt is introduced, and sometimes it is also escorted by people from the salt gang to ensure that it is not looted during transportation. After all, the stove households on these two Huai are quite fierce, and ordinary people in the rivers and lakes are not willing to provoke. The people of the Salt Gang and Wan Sushi are also familiar, since Ning Wei took office, they have some tacit understanding with each other, as long as they see the people of the Salt Gang, they usually do not stop them.

But today's situation is different, and before Yan Hong could speak, Ning Wei had already shouted: "No matter who it is, don't let it go." Today, Ning is under a gun, and he can't recognize the deceased! ”

This section of the river is shallow all year round, and it is necessary to use a slender man to pull the fiber and drag the boat over. But I saw that from this big boat, dozens of strong men came down, naked and naked, pulling the rope, and letting the thick rope grind and grind their shoulders swollen and grinded. When the scorching sun was in the sky, these people bowed their bodies hard, and after a while, beads of sweat like beans appeared on their foreheads.

A sturdy man in his thirties, shirtless, stood next to him and commanded the slender man, shouting: "Work harder, pull harder." After this tiger's mouth, I, Cai Gongchong, will reward you with one or two silvers. You can inquire and inquire, who doesn't know that I Cai Gongchong Cai is the most righteous and always speaks. ”

As soon as the words landed, I heard a person snort coldly: "Mr. Cai, which are the tiger's mouths?" Isn't this called Wanshou Town? When did the name change, why didn't the official know it? And with the sound of the voice, a large number of men and horses rushed out of the woods and behind the grass, forming a semicircle, and surrounded the slender men in the middle. is the first person, but it is the Ning Weining tiger. Behind them were the archers of the Wanshou Inspection Division, all of whom had knives and guns in their hands, as if they were facing a great enemy, and the fire ropes on a few bird guns had been lit, and some people pushed out the Franc machine and faced the boat.

Cai Gongchong was shocked when he saw Ning Wei putting on this kind of battle, and said in his heart: Check out the private salt, so as not to put on a desperate appearance. I had to smile and say: "Who should I be, it turned out to be General Ning Inspector, Xiaomin gave you a salute." After kowtowing, he smiled again: "Ning Inspection, the salt in my boat is all induced." A few days ago, this was still a garrison of Zhejiang soldiers, when did it change the defense? (To be continued......)