Pengcheng.

Xiao Yu stood at the window of the teahouse, looking at the busy wharf, a group of porters were changing grain from the canopy boat to the brig, the boats from the south of the Yangtze River were all canopy boats, this kind of boat was very stable, and the boats on the Yellow River were all brigs, this kind of boat was safer on the rough Yellow River.

The size of the two boats is about the same, and the carrying capacity is also about the same, dozens of men from the Fallen Horse Water Village are carrying knives to supervise the boat, and there are several warships from the Fallen Horse Water Village in the distance, protecting the perimeter.

It has been four days since Xiao Yu arrived in Pengcheng, and in Pengcheng, he met Reina, who had been here for more than a month, and this was the first time that the two had met after the change of Fengyulou.

In the past few months, he has traveled all over the cities near the imperial capital, adjusted and stabilized the rudder of Fengyulou in each city, and then rushed to Pengcheng, and went to Luoma Water Village to meet with He Dong, and the two discussed the matter of Cao Yun.

The first batch of grain shipped to the imperial capital had twenty-two ships, which was the most of all the batches, and the palace gave Liu Han thirty large ships loaded with thousands of stones, and He Dong and Reina used all their resources to form a fleet of thirty-four ships, but there were only twenty-six large ships that met the requirements, and ten of them were hired, and the rest could only be filled with small boats for the time being.

There was really no way to do it, all the shipyards around Luoma Lake were starting to build ships, and the plan to build ships in Jizhou was forced to be shelved by the war with Wang Xutian, and Rena decided to venture to Yangzhou to build a ship, and strive to buy or build ten thousand stone ships in Yangzhou.

The duration of the Cao Yun is very long, from the end of May to October, it is the busy period of the Cao Yun, after October, the autumn harvest is over, and the Cao Yun is over.

Twenty-two boats, ten boats are not full, the following are private salt, to Xiao Yu He Dong's surprise is that the reform of Yangzhou salt policy has a great impact on Cao Yun, if before, each ship can be loaded with thirty percent of private salt.

A few people in satin brocade robes walked towards the teahouse, and there was a bargaining sound next door, and the loud voice of He Dong's subordinates shouted loudly downstairs, this teahouse was bought by Reina, as a base for some commercial activities, some of which were not visible.

In addition to private salt, the interests of Cao Yun also have the transportation of goods, from Pengcheng to the imperial capital, there are six checkpoints set by the imperial court, each checkpoint has to pay taxes, and they are all ten taxes one, after these ten checkpoints, the price of goods will rise eighty percent, but the Cao Yun fleet does not need to pay taxes, and the tax collector will not and is not qualified to check on the ship, so please Cao Yun fleet to transport goods, the benefits are huge, and the officials along the way know this, however, this is good for everyone, and everyone will turn a blind eye, of course, it is not without a price, and it is necessary to make a secret dot.

The Cao Gang withdrew from the north of Pengcheng, Chang Meng disappeared, Luoma Water Village was extremely angry, He Dong attacked Pengcheng with a heavy hand, swept away the large and small Jianghu forces in Pengcheng, and then transferred to the north, swept away the large and small forces in Dongping, and completely turned Luoma Lake into the inner lake of Luoma Water Village.

"What is the landlord thinking?"

A deep voice came from behind him, Xiao Yu didn't look back and knew that it was Zeng Ming, Zeng Ming was twenty-six or seventeen years old, short and lean, dark complexion, and looked a little unruly, but in front of Liu Han and Liu Tie, he was as docile as a sheep.

Listen to the name, you can know that this Zeng Ming is not Liu Han's guard, Liu Han's guards are all surnamed Liu, Leo inquired from the side, this Zeng Ming came back from the Western Regions with Liu Han, and he is a squad leader of the escort team.

Liu Han's escort team was divided into four levels: squad, platoon, and company; the group was five, and the squad had two groups of 10 people, the platoon had four squads and 40 people, and the company had four platoons and 120 people; Liu Han had a company of escorts in the imperial capital, two rows outside the city, and one platoon in the city and one platoon in the city, and after the attack in the palace, a special platoon and a private platoon were added, totaling 120 people.

Xiao Yu didn't look back, Zeng Ming was not polite at all, stepped forward and stood side by side with him, Chu Fei frowned slightly when he saw this, but he didn't have a seizure, Liu Tie was not in Pengcheng, Zeng Ming was the head of the Hanhai Trading Company in Pengcheng, to be precise, it should be the head of the escort team, and there was also a person named Pompey who was in charge of commercial affairs, and at this moment he was negotiating with He Dong's military advisor next door to those businessmen.

The transportation is about to begin, and the three joint shipping companies are officially in operation, and at the beginning, everything is a new start, and there is a process of exploration for everyone.

"Nothing. Xiao Yu responded calmly, and slightly gave way to the side, letting Zeng Ming stand with him.

Zeng Ming didn't give in at all, and walked up to stand in a row with him, looking at the dock in the distance.

"Landlord, you said they would do it there?" Zeng Ming asked, his expression seemed to be a little eager to try, as if he was looking forward to the other party coming over soon.

"I know," Xiao Yu said lightly, during the time he arrived in Pengcheng, he understood Liu Han's subordinates, these subordinates, including Liu Tie, when they were in Liu Han's mansion, they were all gentle and frugal, like scholars who read poetry and books, but when the two sides agreed on the battle plan two days ago, both Liu Tie and Zeng Ming seemed to have changed as if they had changed people, and that gentle and frugal let them be thrown out of the clouds, revealing their true colors, iron-blooded men on the trade road in the Western Regions.

The two sides had differences on the battle plan, and Liu Tie went to Dongping yesterday, and the common judgment of the two sides was that if the opponent wanted to make a move, it would not be in the Luoma Lake, but must be in the waterway from Dongping to the imperial capital, especially after entering the Yellow River.

But specifically, there are differences between the two sides, Liu Tie advocated strengthening the investigation, the other side is coming, the number of troops must not be less, it is impossible to completely cover up the traces, as long as the traces are found, they will take the initiative to attack, and eliminate the hidden dangers.

Xiao Yu wants to do it on the water, the water strength of the fallen horse water village is very strong, the Yellow Sand Gang is not an opponent at all, and even if it is a grandmaster-level master, fighting on the water, the strength must be estimated by three percent, if you give full play to this advantage, you can not only eliminate some of the opponent's masters, but also take advantage of the situation to hit the Yellow Sand Gang, and even completely eliminate the Yellow Sand Gang.

Liu Tie still thinks that this strategy is inappropriate, thinking that fighting on the water is also a restriction for himself, and the real masters, the masters who break through the threshold of the grandmaster, are actually very few restricted, not as many as thirty percent, especially if the opponent aims to destroy ships instead of capturing them, such a fleet is undoubtedly the best target to be broken by each one.

Xiao Yu admits that there is a problem, but the problem is that whether it is Fengyulou or Luoma Water Village, the control of this waterway is relatively weak, and it is difficult to find the hiding place of the other party.

The two sides were at a stalemate, He Dong supported Xiao Yu, he didn't take the Huangsha Gang in his eyes at all, and Luoma Shuizhai could easily defeat the other party.

But Liu Tie still insisted and refuted He Dong, the current Huangsha Gang is different from the previous Huangsha Gang, in the past, it was the power of the Huangsha Gang, and now it is the Huangsha Gang plus the power of Wang Xu's family, and Luoma Shuizhai still has the strength to deal with it?

"Although the power of the Falling Horse Water Village is very strong on the water, in my judgment, two grandmasters can destroy the Falling Horse Water Village. ”

Xiao Yu still remembered that when Liu Tie shouted this, there was a trace of disdain in his expression, and He Dong was so angry that he almost drew his knife on the spot.

But Xiao Yu had to admit that Liu Tie's judgment had some truth, if he could land on Luoma Island and destroy Luoma Water Village with the strength of Hanhai Trading Company, it would be easy.

There is no need for Liu Han to make a move at all.

So, they have the right to be arrogant!

Arrogant?

Thinking of He Dong's hateful look, Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly, Liu Tie is now close to breaking through and stepping into the threshold of the grandmaster, and his master is even more of a top-grade grandmaster, with such a backer, he is qualified to be arrogant.

"Brother Tie went to Dongping, a two-day journey, and it should arrive today," Zeng Ming said: "There will be news back tomorrow." ”

"I'll know tomorrow," Xiao Yu paused, and turned his head to look at Zeng Ming: "Have your people been settled?"

Zeng Ming nodded: "It's already settled." ”

Yesterday, a somewhat fat man came over, and after contacting Zeng Ming, Zeng Ming took him away and came back to tell Xiao Yu that reinforcements had come from the imperial capital, but he didn't introduce the slightly fat man to Xiao Yu.

However, Xiao Yu also saw that Zeng Ming seemed to have some disdain in his expression, obviously, the cultivation of this wave of reinforcements was not high.

Xiao Yu didn't pay attention at first, until the day before yesterday, Liu Tie and He Dong choked, in order to protect the master, He Dong's subordinates angrily attacked, but were intercepted by Zeng Ming, Xiao Yu found out that this Zeng Ming actually had a second-grade martial artist cultivation.

With this discovery, he paid attention to the twenty people Zeng Ming brought, and found that each of them had a good cultivation, and the lowest one also had a mid-grade cultivation of a warrior, and with this strength alone, it could be regarded as a first-class gang in Pengcheng.

The door of the room opened, Reina was in front and Shen Chen was behind, the two walked in, Ding San and Ding Si at the door closed the door again, and the two of them guarded the door like two door gods, and no one was allowed to approach this room.

"No news?"

Looking at Reina's expression, Xiao Yu knew this result, but he still didn't give up and asked, sure enough, Reina nodded, his expression was sickly tired, and as soon as he sat down, he let out a violent cough, and Shen Chen hurriedly poured him a cup of tea.

"If you're not in good health, don't be too tired. Xiao Yu turned around, sat opposite him, and said with concern.

Reina took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a white pill and swallowed it with tea, and then took a deep breath, the pill was very effective, the red tide on his face quickly disappeared, he looked up at Xiao Yu and smiled bitterly: "This Mr. Liu's recipe is effective, but it is too difficult to break the roots." ”

Reina has a chronic illness, and he coughs endlessly as soon as he has a seizure, Liu Han gave him a few pills, but these pills can only relieve the symptoms, and he can continue to root it, and he needs to carefully check his condition to break the root, but he just doesn't have time, so he can only do this first, and every time he coughs well, he takes one pill.

Xiao Yu looked at him and sighed softly, and didn't say anything more, during this time, Reina ran thousands of miles, spent a lot of energy, stabilized the rest of the wind and rain building that was about to collapse, and pulled the Luoma Water Village, so that today's situation was formed, which was slightly conducive to the situation of the wind and rain building.

Liu Han has a great favor to them, and they are allies at this stage, but after such a long time, Xiao Yu still can't see Liu Han clearly, and I don't know who he is?

If he was just a simple businessman, why would he wade into this muddy water? Xiao Yu believed that with Liu Han's shrewdness, there must be a way to avoid it.

But if he has great ambitions and wants to dominate the imperial capital, why save them and kill them is the best choice to achieve this goal.

"Now it's up to Shopkeeper Liu, if he has news, we can go smoothly. Reina said with a wry smile.

As if Liu Han, who was thousands of miles away, heard his words, the door opened again, and a sturdy man in a cloth robe came in, he didn't care about the others, walked straight to Zeng Ming, handed him a note, and then turned around and left.

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