Pei Rong poured a bowl of wine for everyone, and said with a smile: "I think some of you have drunk this wine, and it tastes really good." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoMaybe you don't know, this wine is made by Yang Tianhong, the grandfather of Yiyong. ”

Speaking of this, someone immediately exclaimed: "I've heard of it." This Qingling jade liquid sells very well in the north. It is truly a business like a sea of gold and silver. Could it be that it's all true?"

"Hehe! and much more. ”

Pei Rong tapped his finger on the wine jar and said, "Duke Yiyong occupies Anzhou in the south, which is said to be a place rich in rice and grain. Our brothers have toiled on the water for several years, and it is not as good as the benefits of a few months. Now it seems that the wind direction on Lizhou's side must change. Changhu Hou Cui's family is finished, and the matter on the Yellow River is probably up to Duke Yiyong. Especially with the construction of the big city of Lizhou, the inflow and outflow of gold and silver every month may be more than one million taels. Perhaps, there will be more. ”

Hearing the number "million taels", everyone's breathing became heavy. After a long time, one person asked: "Longtou, according to your meaning, let's wash our hands and change careers to do the business of transporting goods, just for this Lizhou market?"

Pei Rong laughed a few times, pretending to be mysterious and lowered his voice to explain: "You think, the freight on the Yellow River will definitely be very prosperous in the future." As long as our brothers put in early now, we will definitely be able to take the lead in everything. We have people and ships in our hands, and we have all kinds of unique advantages, who else can compete with us in terms of freight? This is the best time to wash our hands and wash our hands. If you miss this pass, it will be difficult to think about it in the future. I have calculated that as long as I work hard for half a year at most, I will be able to have more ships in the future, and the income will continue to stabilize. When the time comes, our brothers will no longer have to look at other people's faces to act. It's not nice to say. Even if it's not for ourselves, we have to think about the brothers below. ”

Some were silent in thought, and a few had red eyes and nodded as they listened. Someone suddenly said: "Boss, this thing is good, but I don't know what kind of charter it is over there in Lizhou." Don't wash our hands here. Lizhou still has to send troops to encircle and suppress us. When the time comes, it will really outweigh the losses. ”

Everyone is not stupid, and at this point, they can figure out something. There was silence in the room for a moment, and the man who spoke the loudest before shouted: "Boss Pei, listening to what you said, it seems that you have a relationship with Lizhou." Could it be that you want to use our brother's lifeblood to gain a background for yourself in the future?"

Pei Rong took a sip of the wine in the bowl. Chewing the soybeans slowly, he looked at the man with slanted eyes, and said coldly: "Do you think this kind of thing is possible? It's not been a long time to mix on the Yellow River, you go out and inquire, when did my Pei Rong do something sorry for my brother?"

The man still didn't give up: "Then what should we say about today's events? In plain words, how do you say that you have to wash your hands and wash your hands? If you didn't have such a mind early on, how could you call everyone together?"

Not all water thieves can think of the future. Several people immediately stood up and walked over to the man. The room was clearly divided into two groups.

The expression on Pei Rong's face became a little colder: "Since you have said it." Then I won't hide it anymore. In short, I don't plan to stay here at Guangyi. If you want to go on with your old life, then whatever, the boat is out there. In the future, you take your Yangguan Road, and I will take my single-plank bridge. I'm just going to do it for my brothers. There is no such thing as a betrayal at all. ”

When the man saw that there were many people around him, his momentum became sufficient, and he shouted, "I knew that things would not be so simple. You Pei Rong is not the same as a thief, and you have done a lot of killing and eating people. You think. Is it true that this kind of thing can be done by saying it? That's right, if the big city of Lizhou is opened, it will definitely be a situation of gold and silver. It is also a good place for our brothers to live in the future. We are thieves, thieves who kill people and steal goods. Boss Pei, I see that you are also old, and you have lost your previous thoughts. This leader, it seems that we still have to choose another talent. ”

Pei Rong's face completely cooled. That man insisted on holding on to seize power. This may have been in mind for a long time, but today I took the opportunity to put it away. After thinking about it, Pei Rong said angrily: "Don't think about leading your brothers to their deaths. Even if you don't want to, you have to think about the mother-in-law and doll at home. Could it be that if you have been a thief in your life, they will still be thieves in the future?"

This was said very harshly, and it also tore the skin.

"**** Nima's!"

The man became angry on the spot, smashed the wine bowl and wanted to rush over and beat people with his fists. The leaders next to him saw that things were not good, and hurriedly blocked them in the middle and spoke to stop them. For a moment, there was chaos in the house.

At this moment, suddenly there was a movement outside. Immediately afterwards, the dishes and chopsticks on the table trembled, and Ding Lingdang rattled. This loud noise immediately calmed down the quarrel in the room. People look at each other and can see panic. Someone whispered, "Could it be an earthquake?"

Someone immediately shook his head and retorted: "No, it may be a large group of people coming." ”

The other party's face was full of suspicion: "Who could it be? How could they come to such a place?"

Pei Rong's face was also uncertain, and he instinctively turned his gaze to the man standing opposite. The man did not have the slightest fear, but became a little cold and arrogant.

Pei Rong's face gradually turned pale, and he asked sharply, "Okay, you guy." Say, did you bring these soldiers and horses in?"

The man's face was full of arrogance and pride, and he said with a smile: "Uncle Qingyuan Hou Ding has long looked at you unpleasantly. I also know that you, Pei Rong, want to take refuge in Lizhou. Therefore, Uncle Ding made a plan early and wanted to arrest you back. It's just that I didn't expect you to bump into it yourself. Fortunately, you called everyone to gather here today, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to arrest you. ”

Pei Rong's face was full of incredulity.

Of course he knows about Qingyuan Houding's family. Speaking of which, Pei Rong's initial business as a water thief on the Yellow River was arranged by the Ding family. The Yellow River flows through Tongzhou, and the Ding family needs a force that can control the coming and going on the water. Of course, this kind of practice cannot be put on the table, and can only be carried out in the name of bandits in private. Over the years, Pei Rong has been up and down the Yellow River. Among them, the Ding family is inseparable from their support. However, this kind of murderous business has been done for a long time, and Pei Rong himself is tired of it and wants to go ashore to wash his name. It's just that I never thought that the Ding family wouldn't give themselves this opportunity at all. Seeing it, he wants to replace himself with that man. It has become the new leader of the Yellow River water thieves.

The man saw that the situation was fully tilted to his side, and his momentum became more and more domineering. He glanced at Pei Rong viciously, and scolded: "Speaking of which, your **** is the one who really eats inside and out." Uncle Ding said that he wants to take you back and clean it up. If you are honest and obedient, then I will take care of the brotherhood of the past, and I will not let you suffer from that flesh and skin. But if you want to mess around, then don't blame Lao Tzu for saving face, and slaughter you here first and feed the fish. Anyway. Even if Uncle Ding arrests you back, it will also be a dead end. ”

Pei Rong gritted his teeth and stared at the man standing opposite, his right hand pressed tightly on the hilt of the knife, and he stood there without making a sound.

The situation was not in his favor, and the leaders who were originally on their side had already followed the man's words, and many of them had already stood on the opposite side. Pei Rong treats the people below well, but in front of the critical issue of life and death. Everyone will choose to benefit from disasters. Giving up his life for the sake of so-called righteousness is simply an idiot's behavior.

Outside. The rumbling of horses' hooves is getting closer. A lot of people can already be heard shouting, and it even turned into a riot. The man took control of the situation, and he commanded the other leaders: "Go out, let the brothers outside not ****** mess." Those were the soldiers and horses sent by the uncle of the Ding family in Qingyuan, not the officers and soldiers who were chasing us. In the future, everything on this river will change its direction. There is Lao Tzu here. Everyone is still just as happy. Transporting goods, transporting Nima's forced goods. Since you are a thief, don't think about anything serious. That's not something we can do. ”

The speed of the people was very fast, the sound of horses' hooves outside had stopped, and the sound of the commotion in the distance had also disappeared. didn't wait for the man to arrange for someone to go out. Everyone heard footsteps getting closer and closer. Then, the door of the concealed room was kicked open from the outside, and more than a dozen hardcover men in iron armor and heavily armed rushed in. They were armed with steel knives in their hands, and they took control of the situation as soon as they entered, and the knives were placed on the shoulders of the water thief leaders. That kind of fierce and vicious look, you can know that you are a good hand in this at a glance.

The man was also held to his neck with two knives. He shouted repeatedly: "Is there a mistake? I am the person who waits for the uncle of the Ding family in Qingyuan." If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask. The person you're going to arrest is over there, it's not me! It's not me!"

A tall, middle-aged man dressed in the uniform of a military attache of the imperial court walked in, apparently the leader of the group. His eyes were piercing, with an incomparably strong majesty. Just by sweeping it with his eyes, the water thieves in the house lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at them at all.

At this time, even the man and Pei Rong felt that something was wrong. Especially Pei Rong, who has been mixing in the road for a long time, also has a unique set of judgments for big people. The middle-aged man's dress is obviously not from the Ding family in the same state. He was thinking about how to speak, only to hear the man scan the room and ask in a cold voice, "Who is Pei Rong?"

The water thieves didn't know how to answer for a while, but their eyes subconsciously focused on Pei Rong.

The middle-aged man nodded, and continued to ask, "Who is Ding Yi?"

The man's name is Ding Yi. Speaking of which, it can be regarded as one of Pei Rong's right-hand men. It's just that no one thought that Ding Yi would actually be the secret son arranged by the Ding family in Guangyi in Qingyuan.

A few people raised their hands and identified Ding Yi. It is not uncommon for bandits to snatch power within themselves, fighting each other and the like. However, Pei Rong has a good reputation among the water thieves and treats people very well. Ding Yi suddenly became difficult today, although he had the support of the Qingyuan Hou Ding family behind him, but in everyone's hearts, he still spurned this kind of behavior. Especially Ding Yi is usually arrogant and has an ordinary relationship with everyone, which makes people look down on him.

The middle-aged man glanced at Ding Yi, turned around, beckoned to Pei Rong, and motioned for him to come over. Pei Rong hesitated slightly, but still stepped forward quickly. A faint smile appeared on the cold and tense face of the middle-aged man, and he said, "My grandfather has already read the letter you sent to someone." My name is Yang Qian, and I am my grandfather's personal guard. Grandpa asked me to bring you a message: If you really want to go ashore in vain, you must honestly obey Grandpa's orders. Speaking of which, it's also your eyes that are poisonous. Move fast. Grandpa was already planning to do something to Guangyi, but I didn't expect you to be very good at it, and I took the initiative to surrender to you. My grandfather likes people like you who are sensible. ”

As he spoke, Yang Qian turned around and sneered at Ding Yi, who was stunned: "A mere Ding family dares to manipulate water thieves to control the waterway of the Yellow River. Qingyuan Hou Ding Wei was in the capital that day, and he was temporarily left with a life by my marquis. I didn't expect the two sons to be jumping up and down in the same state. That's fine. For the sake of Qingyuanhou's face, I will spare your life for the time being. Don't think that this is my grandfather's soft-heartedness, it's just that you can't die for the time being, and when you identify the Ding family in the future, it will be of great use. ”

"You, what did you say? You, you weren't sent by the Ding family?"

Ding Yi and several of his leaders were all full of horror. No one thought that the person who came was not the officers and soldiers of the Ding family, but the Xuanhuo Army from Lizhou. And look at the stance. Obviously, he has already controlled the situation, and he keeps saying that he wants to deal with the Ding family. This, can this thing change just change?

After a short period of consternation, someone immediately reacted and subconsciously reached out to touch the weapon placed on the chair next to him. But as soon as he started here, a few knives on the opposite side slashed hard. The room was in chaos, knives stabbed straight into the chest, blood splattering from the shoulders of the headless. The air was filled with choking blood.

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

Ding Yi finally understood what was going on. Looking at the few corpses lying in front of him, he only felt terrified. It was cold all over his body, and he didn't have the slightest intention of resisting. One knelt on the ground and kowtowed, stammering and begging for mercy.

The rest also knelt down. It's just that some people have a different mind, and when they kneel on the ground, their hands touched the hem of their trousers, and before they could make the next move, they immediately had a steel knife cut off their heads and faces. Both arms were suddenly broken on the ground. The head was also chopped off and rolled out of the open door with a "grunt".

No one dared to move anymore. There was silence in the room.

Rectifying Lizhou, Yang Tianhong controlled the situation from top to bottom.

Hu Yingtong is indeed the top role among the officials in Lizhou. The Cui family and the Ding family are allies, and Hu Yingtong has heard about the Yellow River water thieves. However, it really worked. It's still the letter sent by Pei Rong. With the letter as a guide, it was no longer difficult for Yang Qian to lead the official army into Guangyi Daze. At least, it doesn't happen that you get lost and strayed into a swamp and everyone gets trapped inside.

What's more, according to the letter, Pei Rong also arranged manpower outside Daze and waited for someone from Lizhou.

Lizhou has settled down, and all affairs are to deal with Rongdi, who may go south at any time. The army can't be sloppy in the purge of the army, although the assassins sent by the Tongzhou side, Yang Tianhong can only bury his hatred in his heart for the time being, and when he frees his hands, the affairs of the Ding family must be concluded.

Pei Rong's eyes are very poisonous, and the bet on the treasure can be regarded as the right bet. Yang Tianhong directly ordered the appointment of Pei Rong as the Guangyi inspector and gave him a real official position. Under the great joy, Pei Rong no longer hid his secrets, and honestly took out everything he had. There are as many as 7,000 thieves willing to surrender, and there are thousands of large and small ships. For Pei Rong's upper path, Yang Tianhong is very satisfied. Since Pei Rong is willing to obey orders, it is natural that his benefits are indispensable. In this way, after only half a month's effort, there was already an extremely large cargo fleet belonging to Yang Tianhong on the Yellow River.

From Fuzhou to Lizhou, the fastest and most convenient mode of transportation is by ship.

Yang Tianhong has no restrictions in terms of employing people. Even if it is a bandit leader like Pei Rong who has a blood debt on his hands, he can still be appointed. Of course, this kind of thing can't be repeated over and over again. Occasionally, there is an example, of course, if anyone kills someone and has to take refuge in it, Yang Tianhong is categorically impossible to shelter him. Speaking of which, this time is also a coincidence, if it weren't for the imminent establishment of Lizhou City, and the urgent need to establish a freight fleet on the Yellow River, even if Pei Rong had the heart to take refuge, it would be impossible for him to be accepted by Yang Tianhong.

Destroying Pei Rong's forces also has other additional benefits. It was just four days after the news of the Guangyi water thieves surrendering to Chengcheng came out. There are several river thieves and water thieves through different channels, and they have found the Lizhou Jiedu Embassy. begged Grandpa Yiyong to give him a way to live.

If you want to survive, of course, it's easy. Yang Tianhong now needs the control of the entire Lizhou, and he needs to maintain a huge amount of money for the huge army. As long as this premise, he is willing to accept anyone.

In the same way, no enemy will be spared.

......

Entering the Linglong Treasure Lock again, Yang Tianhong suddenly found that on the Five Elements Great Array located at the core of the Treasure Lock, the fire attribute altar had become red and dazzling, and it was obvious that the lock cylinder of the entire altar had become complete.

"How so?"

Yang Tianhong's eyes were full of surprise, and he looked at the fire attribute altar that released a violent high temperature and muttered to himself.

Except for a piece of volcanic melt crystal from the Meng family, he never filled the altar with any foreign substances. However, the fire attribute altar lock cylinder is already complete. What is the reason for this change? )