Looking around, this big empty courtyard is indeed a good place to talk, Guo Sheng stretched out a few arms easily, and motioned to a few small bamboo chairs under the corridor, "Let's sit here and talk, your main hall is almost the same as the Yamen Public Hall." ”

"I have a lot of people, the place is too small to stand, I usually like to sit here and talk, brother, you sit, this gentleman sits." Hu Panshi smiled, personally dragged three chairs over, the three of them turned their backs to the empty main hall, sitting under the corridor that was more than twice as wide as the ordinary corridor, the sun was shining warmly, very comfortable.

"Brother, why are you here? I haven't seen you in years, and I'm dreaming about what you're thinking! Hu Panshi looked at Guo Sheng, his smiling face bloomed, and he was reluctant to take his eyes off.

Guo Sheng's cold hair stood up when he looked at him, "Look at you, such a big person!" Don't laugh, I'm looking for you for something, big thing. ”

"What's the matter? Brother, just say it! Hu Panshi immediately sat upright.

Xu Huan looked very strange.

"How many people do you have on hand now? How many of them are similar to you? How much land do you occupy in this canal? Guo Sheng looked at Hu Panshi and asked.

Xu Huan also subconsciously straightened his back, something big was coming.

"Four or five hundred people, don't carry the work, brother, you also know, the people who carry the work on the dock are all our people, and they dare not come if they have something to say. Like me, there is no one, not much worse than me, there are twenty or thirty, and a little worse, there are fifty or sixty, this river, within the boundaries of Liangzhejiang Road, are our territory, a few years ago, you and your uncle were in Liangzhejiang Road, I took the opportunity to occupy them all, you went to Gaoyou, I originally wanted to squeeze a little more to Gaoyou, but there is a Gaoyou army over there, hey. ”

Hu Panshi laughed a few times, he couldn't afford to provoke Gao Youjun, so he hurriedly retreated with a touch.

Xu Huan glared at Hu Panshi, and quickly blinked again, blinking back the surprise. This rough man named after the rock, is he so shrewd!

"Almost." Guo Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, "These twenty or thirty, and those fifty or sixty, how about the kung fu in the water?" Have you ever been to sea? ”

"Look at what my brother asked, let's do business in the river, let's talk about water kung fu first, and there is nothing to say about water kung fu. I have all been out to sea, and my brother told me at the beginning that it is not enough to flutter in the river, at most it is a river shrimp, and it must be able to go to the sea, and if it can go to the sea, it can become a big thing, but everything I fancy will be carried and thrown to the beach to flutter for half a year and a year. ”

Hu Panshi looked proud. Guo Sheng raised his hand and patted him, "There is a lot of interest, I have a big matter, I have to take away all the small hundred people in your hand, maybe they all have to be damaged." ”

"Don't be afraid, it's a big deal, let's start all over again, it's not once or twice, when will we leave? I will let people calculate the amount of silver, how much silver is in a family, and send it to each family first, and ...... in a few boats" Hu Panshi stood up and immediately made arrangements.

"You sit down first, what's the urgency, how can I teach you? The more important the event, the more important it is to plan first and then act. Guo Sheng motioned for Hu Panshi to sit down.

Xu Huan looked at Guo Sheng with a solemn expression, if he wants to use a hundred small masters, he can build a small county town, what kind of big deal is this?

"The year before last, you sent me a letter saying that you wanted to run the business at sea, how did you do?" Guo Sheng then asked Hu Panshi, Hu Panshi looked bitter, "It's not good, the sea business is not good-looking, until now, I haven't even been able to find a decent ship boss, the business at sea is in Mingzhou, the business in Mingzhou, the Jiang family and the Zhao family don't nod, the newcomers can't get in, the ship is two, now let them practice sea kung fu use." ”

"What about the pirate business? Haven't tried it? Guo Sheng looked at Hu Panshi and asked.

"Why haven't you tried it? I've tried, there are too few people, I can't take care of it, this river, just count the best business in this section of our two Zhejiang Road, it's not easy to see it, we have a total of 100 people, we can only take care of one head, that sea business, not much more money than our business on this river, I didn't stretch out my hand for the time being, brother, you said, to go step by step. ”

Xu Huan's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Hu Panshi, this boss on the Liangzhejiang Road Canal was a smart person.

"Hmm." Guo Sheng's expression was a little solemn, and he motioned to Hu Panshi to pour him a cup of tea, sipped it slowly, looked up at Hu Panshi and said: "This time, you have a hundred and ten people, I'm afraid you will have to fold it in, this canal is ......"

"Don't be afraid, it's a big deal to start all over again." Hu Panshi waved his hand absently.

"That's good." Guo Sheng stared at Hu Panshi and smiled from the bottom of his eyes, "Don't worry, you just start all over again...... It must be much stronger than you are now, much stronger, okay, now you can help me do a few things, one, let people inquire about the officials above the third rank who came out of the capital after the New Year and went to the south by water, when they set off, where they are now, how many people they have brought with them, how many boats, whether their families are with them, the sooner the better, the more detailed the better. ”

"Good!" Hu Panshi listened intently.

"Second, let people carefully inspect your two sea boats, repair what should be repaired, and repair what should be repaired, I will use it."

"Yes." Hu Panshi's answer was very refreshing.

"Third, you and your hundred and ten people, be ready to set off at any time, but don't leak any rumors, you know." Guo Sheng's expression was stern.

"Brother, don't worry, you know it very well." Hu Panshi responded briskly.

"At noon, call all the big guys over and have a good time." Guo Sheng smiled and instructed Hu Panshi.

Hu Panshi suddenly smiled, "Okay! Brother, sit down for a while, I'll arrange the arrangement! This master, you talk to my brother, I'll come in a while, just a while! Hu Panshi jumped up, took a few steps back, and ran out with brisk steps.

"It's ...... Your own brother? Watching Hu Panshi go out, Xu Huan's belly was full of doubts.

"That's a long story." Guo Sheng stood up, found the pantry, lifted the teapot and tea cup, Xu Huan moved Zhang Xiaoji over, Guo Sheng made tea, and Xu Huan had a cup of tea, and began to talk about the past.

"It was when I escaped from Taiping Village, that I ran away for a day and a night, dizzy, and plunged into the camp of a group of pirates, and the leader of the pirates took a fancy to me, saying that I looked like him and were the face of great fortune and nobleness, and recognized me as a son.

I said that I was a native of Taizhou, and I was familiar with the road, so I showed them the way, and I took them into a place of death, and on the way, I thought of alarming the officers and soldiers, and they were surrounded by the officers and soldiers in a group of thirty or forty people, and they were trapped in the place of execution. ”

Xu Huan's upper body leaned slightly, and he listened attentively.

"That group of officers and soldiers is very smart, they know that it is a dead land, and they do not attack, they just wait to starve them to death. On the third day of starvation, the pirates discussed killing and eating the four or five children they had brought in along the way. ”

Xu Huan was terrified when he heard this, and goosebumps rose a thick layer.