Chapter 748: Murder with a knife
Zhou Jianping knew that Wang Lu must have a plan in his heart, but he also couldn't see what Wang Lu's idea was. Underwriting salt? This is a big deal, by the sea, are you afraid that you won't be able to eat salt, on the contrary, through the caravan of Yashan, worthless salt can be exchanged for some supplies, why not? Zhou Jianping thought about it, Wang Lu suffered from his own gains, but he couldn't see if there was another way in it, so he had to give up.
With sufficient food, life-saving body armor, and the backing of the Yashan team led by Wang Lu, the leaders of the mountain people were confident in conquering the Great Wall, and a few people, such as Xiao Wu, had already shouted that the whole army would capture the Great Wall in one fell swoop tomorrow with a full meal.
However, Zhou Jian's steady focus was on it, pointing out that because of the continuous attack for more than half a month, in fact, everyone's physical strength and spirit were already very tired, so it was better to withdraw for the time being, eat and drink well and rest for a while, and then carry out the decisive battle in one go.
But there are also many objections to this suggestion, and there are people at the moment: "We are resting, and those fishermen can also rest, yes, we have the food provided by the leader of the Yashan King, but after the troops of those fishermen are withdrawn from the Great Wall, they can drive their boats to other coastal towns and towns to search for supplies, and even go to sea to fish, so that even if we have body armor, after the other party recovers his strength, the fight will be endless." ”
There was a lot of noise in the hall, and everyone was blushing, and at this time, Wang Lu coughed lightly and heavily: "Everyone, I have a little immature opinion, I don't know if I can say a few words?" ”
Wang Lu's move was a bit excessive, and this was the internal affair of the mountain people. What are you interfering with as an outsider, it's just that the materials provided by the Yashan caravan just now are really generous, and they owe Wang Lu a little bit of affection, and the leaders of the mountain people have to laugh dryly and let Wang Lu "say a few words".
Wang Lu said with a smile: "I think Zhou Jianping's proposal is very good, the soldiers can only exert their maximum combat power when they are rested, but Lao Ma and Xiao Wu were also right just now, they can't let the fishermen on the other side of the Great Wall take the opportunity to rest." Wang Lu first reconciled with the mud, and the two were not offended, and then said: "The body armor we brought this time is limited, and there are only about 100 pieces." It is impossible to give one to each of the warriors. My suggestion is. The soldiers on the front line still maintained the rhythm and method of attacking, but secretly took turns to withdraw their men to rest, and then -- well, I think it's about a week. A week later. Pick the strongest hundred warriors. Put on body armor, find a section of the city wall that is most easily attacked, and attack with all your might. ”
The people in the hall pondered for a moment. Even claiming to be good, only Xiao Wu suddenly asked: "Why a week later?" I think a three- or four-day break is enough. ”
Wang Lu's face was flat: "That's the case, our caravan also has some business relations with Shangtian Town, they have some large construction machinery there, I can introduce you to Shangtian Town to contact them, and ask them if they are willing to rent machinery, so that it is convenient to attack the city wall." This back and forth, plus transporting the machinery under the Great Wall, took almost a week. ”
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up: "Really? That's a good thing, I used to drive a forklift when I was working, with the help of these construction machinery, we can directly choose to build the Great Wall section of the highway, once the breakthrough, you can quickly assault along the highway, haha, a blitzkrieg, a large-scale outflanking, and make dumplings for those fishermen. ”
Wang Lu laughed in his heart, this Xiao Wu seems to be also a military fan, he can blitzkrieg and outflank on a large scale at every turn, he really thinks that he has a million male troops under him, but he said: "That's right, that's it." ”
Zhou Jianping was also quite happy, especially when he heard from Wang Lu's words that Yashan did not want to dominate the trade route between the mountain people and Shangtian Town, but only played a role in communication. In this way, his own side can directly negotiate with Shangtian Town about the cost of renting machinery, and no longer have to be intervened by Wang Lu.
It's just that what Zhou Jianping can't understand is that since Wang Lu has pulled up the caravan, the profit of this caravan lies in communicating the existence of the two places, entering at a low price and exiting at a high price, and then making profits from it, if it is to change him to do this business by himself, it must be at a lower price, rent machinery from Shangtian, and then rent it to the mountain people at a high price, and the mountain people are willing to pay no matter how big the price is in order to reduce the losses during the attack. But Wang Lu actually said lightly and transferred such a huge profit.
Thinking that Wang Lu also provided himself with food and body armor at the price of cabbage just now, could it be that this guy is really a good person, and he has a long-lasting friendship with his old classmate? Zhou Jianping had a smile on his face, but secretly kept staring at Wang Lu's expression, but he really couldn't see anything unusual, so he had to shake his head imperceptibly.
At the moment, Zhou Jianping's leaders went to order their subordinates, on the one hand, to tell them the good news of Yashan Helping Boxing, and on the other hand, to tell them not to leak the news, and to withdraw in batches to rest, and only sent a small number of personnel to insist on shouting and shouting on the Great Wall, and the fight was "lively and lively". At this time, Wang Lu also ordered Sha Lin to unload the grain and cook for the mountain people who had not eaten for a while.
Zhou Jianping smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, walked to Wang Lu's side, sighed and patted his shoulder: "Good brother, really good brother, the bunk beds have not been slept in vain in the past four years." I didn't say it, after we occupy the Qiangjiao Peninsula, what is the matter, Wang Lu, even if you bring a word, your business is my business, and I will repay you for your great favor today. ”
Wang Lu smiled: "Look at you, don't you see outside, if I really need help, I won't look for anyone you can find." ”
Wang Lu and Zhou Jianping talked for a while, and Wang Lu asked the fishermen with great concern, whether there were any boats, and the location of the wharf. Zhou Jianping knows everything, the original Qiangjiao along the coastline is mostly the tidal flats for aquaculture, not everywhere can be berthed, the largest wharf has two, one is the wharf of Guohua Power Plant, the other is Mopanshan Wharf, the other place is a small port, Guohua Power Plant heard that it has been destroyed, and now the fishermen's boats are parked at Mopanshan Wharf.
Zhou Jianping said: "Mopanshan Wharf is in the northernmost part of the peninsula. If we can't quickly conquer this dock and capture the ships, then we can only say that we are half the battle. ”
Wang Lu understood what Zhou Jianping meant, and let go of the leader of the fishermen, even if the mountain people occupied the peninsula, they would be retaliated against from the other party from time to time in the future.
Zhou Jianping suddenly glanced at Wang Lu, Wang Lu's heart moved, and the two quietly went upstairs and entered Zhou Jianping's room, Zhou Jianping glared at the woman who was lying back on the bed: "Get out." The woman hurriedly got out of bed. The door was locked with two long legs bare.
Zhou Jianping listened attentively. Seeing that the other leaders were still talking and laughing loudly in the hall, no one found out that they were plotting with Wang Lu in private, but he was also refreshed, and opened his mouth to say, "Old classmate." Can you please do me a favor. Help me kill a few people! ”
There was no surprise on Wang Lu's face. He said lightly: "Kill whom?" ”
Zhou Jianping said: "Who else can it be?" Of course, the leader of the fishermen, they have three boat bosses in charge, you can do me a favor. Take advantage of the day to launch a counterattack, quickly break into the Mopanshan dock, kill the three bosses, and after the deed is done, I will give you one, no, three boats! ”
Three lives, in exchange for three boats, this is definitely a good deal, Wang Lu finally lost the calm he was forced to do, his breathing was a little heavy, he licked his lips and said, "Why do you want us to kill people?" Can't you kill yourself? You have more men than I have in my caravan. ”
Zhou Jianping shook his head: "No matter how many people I have, it's useless, you have also seen the fight on the Great Wall, it's just a joke." You see, even if they broke through the Great Wall with body armor on the day of the general attack, they would not have killed each other. But the three ship bosses must not let them escape, or it will be a great trouble, and my men will worry too much, and when the time comes, it will be a big deal. Although the number of your team members is small, they are all capable, with automatic weapons in their hands and body armor on their bodies, and when the time comes, take advantage of the chaos of the Great Wall to rush to the Mopanshan Pier as fast as possible, and decapitate the three ship bosses to eliminate the future troubles forever! ”
Wang Lu pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Aren't those three boat bosses your relatives?" ”
Zhou Jianping looked directly into Wang Lu's eyes: "Old classmate, I won't hide it from you, the three of them have no affection for me, but they have some kinship with several other leaders." ”
Wang Lu immediately understood why Zhou Jianping wanted to kill the three ship bosses, Zhou Jianping was the temporary leader of the mountain people, and with the help of Wang Lu, if he conquered the peninsula, he would have the greatest credit, and naturally he would have the greatest right to speak in the future. But in case the three boat bosses do not die, but see the opportunity to surrender to the mountain people, their ships and subordinates will immediately be annexed by several leaders of the mountain people who are also relatives, Zhou Jianping actually does not care about the three boat bosses driving away in the boat, what he is worried about is that the three ship bosses have seen the general trend and have gone to the practice to surrender on the spot, and this scene is very likely to happen, even if the Qiangjiao Peninsula is defeated, Zhou Jianping will just make wedding clothes for the other leaders.
Wang Lu suddenly smiled: "What a trick to kill people with a knife!" ”
Zhou Jianping's old face turned red, he did have the idea of killing people with a knife, anyway, Wang Lu is an outsider, and his subordinates killed people, this hatred is not on his head, but he can also take the opportunity to appease the frightened fishermen, and pull the fishermen and boats who have lost their leaders under his command.
Zhou Jianping gritted his teeth: "Old classmate, I don't let you suffer, five or five open, and you and I will half of the boat captured in the end." ”
Wang Lu frowned and thought for a long time: "It's done!" Horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, people have no windfall, and if you miss this opportunity, Lao Tzu can't even make a fishing boat by relying on the caravan alone. ”
Zhou Jianping saw that Wang Lu was dragged into the water, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, and the half of the boats seemed to be a big deal, but in fact, these boats were still in Zhou Jianping's hands, because the boat was not a car, it could be driven around, and the cliff mountain and the base were both located on land.
There is not only a 3,000-ton wharf on the Qiangjiao Peninsula, but also a ship repair factory. What's more, Wang Lu has no talents in his hands, driving ships to sea and repairing ships are all high-tech jobs, and such talents are only available to his subordinates. Otherwise, the boss of the base would have occupied the city center a long time ago, and it stands to reason that he also controlled several docks and repair shops, but because there was no corresponding talent, he had never heard of a large fleet of ships coming out of the base.
The king's road was divided into half of the ships. The ship can only be anchored on the Qiangjiao Peninsula, Wang Lu is just a name, even if he gives him some fishing goods, the real power is still in Zhou Jianping's hands.
Wang Lu and Zhou Jianping negotiated a big deal, and the two looked at each other and smiled, both thinking that they had taken advantage of this shady transaction.
That night, Yashan's caravan was housed in a small canning factory, which was small but had a large parking lot to accommodate the convoy. Wang Lu said goodbye to Zhou Jianping at the door. I returned to the factory office that was temporarily used as a bedroom.
All the members of the caravan were there, and as soon as Wang Lu entered the door, Lu Kai had already shouted: "Uncle Wang, it's a loss." The business was at a loss. We gave food and body armor. It's exactly what they hillbillies need the most, and you get some new grain and salt, which is also a big loss. ”
This is the case. Only Lu Kai said that this kid has always been neither big nor small, and he doesn't care at all, this business just now was reached by Wang Lu, saying that this business was lost, isn't it a slap in the face of Wang Lu in public.
Fortunately, Wang Lu knew Lu Kai's temperament, and he didn't care, but just asked Li Yong: "Is it safe?" ”
Li Yong nodded: "There are two guards outside the factory gate, and there is no one else." ”
Wang Lu smiled, and then said to Lu Kai: "You must think that the business I did just now is a big wrong, right?" In fact, let's really take advantage of it, and the grain they gave to Zhou Jianping was originally the old grain exchanged from Shangtian Town, and if we don't get rid of it quickly, the food accumulated in our hands will not only occupy space, but also have to worry about quality problems. Now this guy has happily taken over, exchanging next year's new grain, and our profit inside and outside is more than four times greater. Speaking of body armor, it is just a rental, with the firepower of those fishermen on the Jiaojiao Peninsula, there will be no major damage, but in exchange for a stable source of salt. Although the salt thing is inconspicuous, it is inseparable from everyone every day, Yonggang people have an old saying, three days without salty rice foot bones will be sour, lack of food we can still melon vegetable generation, no salt a few days down people will collapse. ”
Wang Lu waved his hand: "The most important thing is that I don't care about these materials, what I value is the special port location of the Qiangjiao Peninsula." Originally, there were two treasures on this peninsula, one is the Guohua Power Plant, and the other is the 3,000-ton wharf, but unfortunately, from the information provided by Zhou Jianping just now, the Guohua Power Plant has been destroyed, but the 3,000-ton wharf is something we must get. ”
"Our caravan in the future wants to go farther and farther, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, and the use of zombies to pull the cart will be eliminated sooner or later. Yonggang was originally one of the earliest seaports in China, the Grand Canal, the seaport, connecting the inland and coastal areas, we do not give full play to the advantages of marine transportation, is it not stupid? Occupying the Qiangjiao Peninsula, we have an outlet to the sea, which is our biggest gain in this business. ”
Lu Kai scratched his head: "Ah, Uncle Wang has a point, let's take out some old rice and change the port, this is really the biggest profiteering in the world." ”
Wang Lu saw Wang Bi'an move his lips, and he looked like he had something to say, so he nodded at Wang Bi'an: "Wang Bi'an, what do you want to say?" Tell me, you're not my son, you're a member of the caravan, and you're just as good as everyone else. ”
Wang Bian said: "Well, that's the case, I don't understand a little, when it comes to the mouth of the sea, we have Yinjiang before, isn't Yinjiang Tongyongjiang?" Along the Yongjiang River, we can also go to sea. ”
Wang Lu nodded: "You're right, you can also go to sea along the Yongjiang River, but you forgot that there is a thousand-year-old Xiongguan Zhenhai Zhaobao Mountain at the mouth of the Yongjiang River." Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and the Ming Dynasty's anti-Japanese and Qing Dynasty's anti-French expeditionary fleets were all fought under Zhaobao Mountain. And now our old acquaintance, the main point of the No. 11 battle plan, the guard troops are held there! This force now has a very delicate relationship with us, and if the homeland forces were really rescued by them, as we had previously suspected, they were more likely to be enemies than friends. Going out to sea from the Yongjiang River, they can easily intercept us. Therefore, we can not only rely on the Yongjiang River as an outlet to the sea, Qiangjiao Peninsula is one of the best ports in Xiangshan Port, if we can master this outlet to the sea, it will play an immeasurable role in our long-term development. ”
Wang Lu paused and said: "In addition, there is also a key that we do not have talents for shipping and shipbuilding maintenance, Yashan does not have it, and there is no base Wang Qiao, but the fishermen of Qiangjiao are old sailors who have accumulated years, and there are even skilled workers who know how to repair shipbuilding, which are also valuable assets that cannot be exchanged." ”
Everyone present listened to everyone's opinion, Yashan is not rich enough to do business by sea, but this is a long-term chess piece. The caravan traveled this time, and it happened to meet the mountaineers and fishermen competing for the Qiangjiao Peninsula, if they didn't intervene at this time, it would really be a matter of heaven not to take it.
Everyone understands in their hearts that the time node of the caravan coming this time is really wonderful, whether it is the fishermen occupying the peninsula before, or after the mountain people conquered the peninsula, if the caravan comes to contact, it is not good that people will not pay attention to you behind closed doors, and now Zhou Jianping and his group open the door to thieves, and even pay a considerable price to ask Yashan to help, this is the real pie in the sky and wake up with a smile in their dreams. (To be continued......)