When the fleet of seagoing ships transporting grain passed through the sea off Jiaoao, they put down the Yangtze River Navy Division Commander Liu and his officers, and they would take small boats and go straight to the captured pirates' lair, completely separated from the seagoing fleet.

"Boss, isn't it too much?"

Watching the soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy Division leave in a small boat, Shi Ze said with a worried face: "If you encounter pirates again......

"Where are so many pirates?"

Jia Cong sneered: "The northern shipping is not prosperous, even the life of pirates is not easy, the pirate force that can gather three sea ships at one time is already quite strong, do you think the sea ships are small sampans?" ”

Shi Ze blushed and said embarrassedly: "Isn't this worrying?" ”

"Nothing to worry about!"

Waving his hand, Jia Cong said leisurely: "Set sail, let's rush to Jinmen in one go, and after completing the task, we can go ashore and rest for three days, and everyone will have a share of three taels of silver!" ”

Amid the cheers of the sailors around him, Jia Cong returned to the cabin unhurriedly, and soon the ship's hull shook and accelerated the sailing speed.

A few days later, a group of ten sea ships arrived at the sea off Jinmen, and the official messenger of the governor of Caoyun, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately took a small boat to meet them.

The boss was withdrawn, and the shock to the officials above and below the Yamen of the Caoyun Governor was not small, how could they dare to blow up the stab at this time?

It's just that......

"Boss, these officials of the Caoyun Yamen are too enthusiastic, right?"

Even Shi Ze, who claimed to be the first commander of the Yangtze River, saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly went to Jia Cong's cabin to report.

"No matter what they have in mind, let's just do it according to the rules!"

A chuckle appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Jia Cong said leisurely: "Go to the dock first, and then ask the dock workers to help you get food, you kid and the sailors on the ship are staring with wide eyes, and stop it immediately if they notice something wrong!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "It must be carried in front of everyone, if the number of people on the dock is small, you can go to the city to shout, even if you spend money, you must call a sufficient number of onlookers!" ”

"Boss, are you saying that these officials may be doing their tricks when they are in the palace?"

Shi Ze was taken aback and said in disbelief: "No, it's all on this, it's too late, right?" ”

"It's always better to be careful!"

Jia Cong said indifferently: "You can't go out of the pool at the last step, even if the grain transported this time is lost, it is not easy to make a difference!" ”

Shi Ze, this kid, still has too little experience, or knows too little.

In the Internet era of the information explosion, all ghosts and tricks can be seen, and some people or forces can do anything crazy for their own interests.

In the modern information society, some beings dare to be unscrupulous, not to mention the feudal era when the control of the imperial court was not very strong.

Even if you pour grain from a ship into the sea in front of you, what can you do?

Jinmen, but the base camp of the Caoyun Governor Yamen, does not need to be detailed here.

Really......

Seeing that the Zhen family's fleet was not confused by the smoke bombs, the expressions on the faces of these Caoyun Yamen officials who warmly greeted them deteriorated with the naked eye.

Then, he only glanced at the cabins where the grain was loaded everywhere, and did not dare to make any move at all with the sailors around him under the watchful eye of the sailors.

When they got off the boat, they were absent-minded and their faces were not good-looking, but they forgot that this was in the open sea.

As a result, the boat capsized directly, and more than a dozen officials of the Caoyun Yamen all became chickens in the soup.

These guys didn't have a good heart, this was due to Jia Cong's luck.

If you go against the son of luck, don't expect a good end.

When the Zhen family's fleet docked, there were few idlers waiting on the dock.

This is not possible!

Shi Ze, the newly promoted first yamen of the Yangtze River Naval Division, was quite qualified, and soon led a large number of people from Tianjin to break through the simple blockade line set up by the Caoyun Yamen, and ran to the dock to see the excitement.

With Jia Cong's strength and five-sense acuity, even if he didn't get off the boat hundreds of meters away, he could clearly hear the voices of these lively people.

"I heard that boy say that most of the Cao Yun will have to go to sea in the future, which is really strange!"

"Yes, I heard that it is quite dangerous to sail in a hurry at sea, so I don't know if it is safe to transport grain?"

"Those big people who are engaged in grain shipping are not worried, what are you worried about. Didn't that son say that Dayuan had a perfect shipping model for grain back then, but it was later abolished by Chen Han! ”

"Why did Chen Han abolish it?"

"It's a thing made up by a foreign court, and our Han dynasty naturally disdains to imitate it. Fortunately, the prince said that the shipping of grain has existed since ancient times, and it is not unique to foreign courts, and it doesn't matter if our Han court uses it! ”

"That's the reason, I just don't know how the shipping of grain is compared to river transportation?"

"Naturally, it is more convenient, and the carrying capacity is also large, don't you see the sea boats on the dock, a sea boat is afraid that it can top dozens or hundreds of river boats!"

"You stupid, take a boat from Jinmen to Jiangnan by sea, I heard that it doesn't even take ten days, if the shipping of grain also has such a speed, it is really amazing!"

"It doesn't matter. I only know that if this is the case, the cost of transporting grain to Jinmen is very low, doesn't it mean that the price of grain can be reduced a lot? ”

"That's the reason, it seems that the shipping of grain is still very effective for our people, at least the price of grain can drop a lot in the future!"

"What's the point, didn't you see that the ship has already started to carry grain, let's just go and see what is going on?"

“……”

I don't know if there is a support in the crowd to coax, when the sea boat is here to collect grain, this group of people who suddenly came to watch rushed to see what was going on.

I don't want to, Shi Ze, this kid, still has the ability to publicize and agitate.

Jia Cong smiled slightly, and asked the younger brothers to go out and keep an eye on it, don't let the guys from the Caoyun Governor's Yamen take advantage of it.

Here, there are more and more grains piled up on the dock, and the strange thing is that there are not many transportation vehicles, so they are piled up in the open space of the dock.

"Xue Pan, send someone to ask what's going on?"

At this point, he was an eye-opener. Nima played so roughly, I really thought everyone was blind.

Soon, Xue Pan ran over with an angry face and said angrily: "Boss, those guys in Caoyun Yamen are really hateful, they even said that we came too suddenly and were not ready!" ”

The fart is not ready!

A few days before the departure of the Zhen family's fleet, a notice had been made to Caoyun Yamen in advance through the canal, explaining the specific time of the fleet's departure and the possible time of arrival, and the error would definitely not exceed two days!

With Jia Cong personally accompanying the ship, unless he seriously deviates from the course, even if he wants to encounter bad weather such as storms, he will definitely be able to arrive at Jinmen on time.

As a result, Caoyun Yamen actually said that he was not sure about the reception time and was not ready?

Prepare your hammer!

"Then transport these grains to the Xue family's warehouse on the dock first!"

Jia Cong's expression was calm, not affected in the slightest, and said leisurely: "No matter what, we have to ensure the safety of this batch of grain!" ”

"Boss, aren't there a lot of wives on the docks?"

Xue Pan was a little confused, so he was puzzled: "I don't know what the situation is in the Xue family's dock warehouse in Jinmen!" ”

There was some apprehension in his heart, if the steward below fooled him, it would be embarrassing, and he didn't brag a lot when he was on the boat.

"You kid is confused, Lifu on the dock, it is estimated that they are basically the hands of the Cao Gang!"

Jia Cong said indifferently: "Do you dare to guarantee that they won't do it secretly?" ”

This......

Xue Pan was speechless, how dare he promise that if there is an accident, he will lose the adult, and it is not easy to explain to the boss.

"What are you doing in a daze?"

Jia Cong said angrily: "Go to work, if something goes wrong, I will only ask!" ”

waved his hand to drive away the obstructive Xue Pan, looking at the busy crowd on the dock, and the piles of grain, a strange smile appeared on his face.

I just don't know if I will have the urge to kill people after knowing the situation here in Jinmen today.

He really guessed it, and at this time, the murderous intent is rising.

Jinmen is only 100 miles away from the capital, and if you hurry up, you can run back and forth in a day, and what happened at Jinmen Wharf is the first time to know today.

The audacity of the officials of the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun surprised him and made him murderous.

Nima, this is clearly dissatisfied with his decision, and wants to make a small move secretly, and he is not even allowed to enter the warehouse of Caoyun Yamen, this is to let the ten ships just arrive with grain, and there is an unexpected rhythm.

Today, he was angry in his heart, and immediately sent his henchmen eunuchs to rush to Jinmen with a ticket of dragon forbidden lieutenants, and he must protect that batch of grain, and at the same time, he was brewing in his heart to deal a greater blow to Caoyun Yamen.

Since he is so disobedient, this yamen, which has too much money and food, and nearly 100,000 soldiers, is still necessary to exist?

Obviously, this attempt to ship grain by sea has been completely successful.

In the future, the transportation can gradually shift to sea transportation, and as for the impact along the canal, isn't there still a large number of merchant ships?

In "The Heroes of the Late Sui Dynasty" written by Jia Cong's kid, it is written quite clearly.

If the Grand Canal wants to truly develop, water transportation must not become the mainstream, but should let the merchant ships traveling between the two ends of the Grand Canal become the main force.

In this way, the imperial court deliberately completely withdrew from the big quagmire of Caoyun and handed over the maintenance of the canal to the local government.

If it is done well, it is natural that everything is easy to say, and if there is a sufficient number of merchant ships coming and going, the development of the towns along the Grand Canal will not be greatly affected.

However, if the local government does not act, or acts indiscriminately, the impact of the canal accident on the imperial court will be like that, and the economy of the towns along the canal will suffer a devastating blow, but this is all caused by the local officials and people.

As long as you think about it, the money invested in the management of the canal every year, I can't help but feel heartache today, and I don't want to continue to maintain it at all, and I don't think he knows the doorway in the middle of the canal......