Chapter 64: The Mysterious Caravan (2)
"I saw that this caravan was unusual, and there was an official escort, so I kept an eye on it. All the way north, I followed this caravan, and it can be regarded as a stain of light, and the wind and waves are calm. Yu Mu said.
"Since the other party came from an unusual way, uncle, you follow like this, you are not afraid of being discovered, and people will deal with you?" Song Xingzhi said.
Yu Mu chuckled: "How could they be carrying such an important cargo." We weren't the only ones who followed this caravan north. ”
“……”
The more Song Xingzhi thought about it, the more unusual it became: "With such a large caravan, there are too many points to be made. First of all, the Zhao family wants to let the Zhao family go. There are also water bandits and robbers along the way, who recognize money but not people. ”
"So that's where the weirdness is!" Yu Mu replied, "This fleet arrived at Yuezhou Port last night, and it has not yet pulled anchor and set sail. ”
"What flag does the merchant ship fly?"
"No flag."
It's really weird!
"Xiaozhi, do you want to listen to me and guess, who is behind this boat?"
"Who does Uncle think he is?"
Yu Mu dipped his fingers in hot wine and wrote a Wu on the table, and then wrote another Yang character.
I think so!
Those who have the ability to use 20 ships to load arms to the north in the southeast are either the Wu family or the Yang family.
"I think this is more likely......" Yu Mu pointed to the Wu character, "because after the fleet entered the port last night, there was no unloading." Obviously, they are just resting in transit, and may even load up and then continue north. ”
"Maybe it's going to Xuanzhou." Song Xingzhi said.
Yu Mu nodded, and his voice was lowered: "I also heard from the merchants from the north and south that Wu Jianzhang has long been in Xuanzhou. ”
After Emperor Feng usurped the throne a few years ago, Wu Jianzhang was named the king of the southeast, and the four southeastern states were all his fiefdoms, Xuanzhou was the core of the four southeastern states, and the southeast palace of the Wu family was in Xuanzhou.
Song Xingzhi thought of Wu He!
At first, she thought that Wu He secretly went to Yuezhou to listen to information for his father?
Now that I think about it, if it's just to listen to information, why send Wu He?
Therefore, Wu He has done so many things, and the real purpose may be for those twenty merchant ships.
Is it for merchant ships, or is there another purpose?
"Uncle, do you think they really want to be shipped?"
"Of course, they still have ten ships that are empty, and it costs a lot of money to go north on one ship, how can it be just for those ten ships of arms to escort?" Yu Mu said.
Xingzhi suddenly: "If you really want to load the goods, what do you want to do in Yuezhou?" The most abundant in Viet Chau is rice and salt. ”
The ten counties and eight towns in Yuezhou, with tens of millions of acres of fertile land, are the largest granaries in the four southeastern states, and at least one-third of the grain fields are in the hands of the Song family. The border town of Haiphong in Yuezhou has a history of drying salt for a hundred years, and the salt drying technology is excellent, and the Song family controls most of the salt households.
"Xiaozhi, you are so smart."
"If you want rice and salt, you naturally have to find the Song family."
Xingzhi thought of what Song Xingxiao said to him next to the rockery, and they were afraid of offending Wu He.
If Wu He came to Yuezhou to buy salt and grain and go north, then he must have contacted the Song family and even made a deal.
If this is the case, there is no need for Wu He to kill Song Xingxiao at this time in order to blame her? What is more important than him safely sending twenty ships of military rations and ammunition back to Xuanzhou?
"Looks like your grandfather has made a choice." Yu Mu said deeply.
"Grandfather really doesn't look like he has already taken refuge in the Wu family." Even the eldest uncle is still carefully currying favor with the Yang family.
"Your grandfather has been dealing in rice and salt for decades, and of course he has the word Li first." Yu Mu said.
But you feel that something is wrong?
But it was only at this moment that she finally understood why the Song family and the Yang family had established a balanced relationship for so many years, and the Wu family was determined to follow the Wu family as soon as it appeared? also married his big sister to Wu He!
Could this be the turning point?