In Jinan Mansion, Fan Xiu's public identity is a big merchant from Tokyo, and his background is very unusual, and he is a distant relative of the privy envoy Tong Guan.

Of course, he didn't say anything himself, it was all accidentally revealed to the outside world by his entourage.

He has a wide range of businesses, doing whatever he makes money, and it is said that he also does business with Goryeo and Fuso.

Although he has only been in Jinan for half a month, Fan Xiu is good at dancing with long sleeves and has met many wealthy businessmen, after all, he is a wealthy businessman from Tokyo, whether he is a fierce dragon crossing the river, or a big thick leg that can take everyone to fly together, the local businessmen in Jinan have noticed him.

Therefore, he rented five big boats to buy 2,000 stone of rice and shipped it to Qingzhou.

Fan Xiu accompanied Hua Rong and Zeng Mi and them to take these five big boats, and the two loach boats returned the same way.

On each rice boat, there were more than 40 Zhujia soldiers wearing leather armor and carrying knives and bows to escort the ship.

Sure enough, when there were still more than 30 miles away from Jinan City, several ships with the banners of officers and soldiers were lying across the river.

"Stop!" An official at the bow of the ship shouted loudly.

Hua Rong ordered someone to drop the sails, and the boat slowly stopped.

Two official ships approached Hua Rong's ship and set up a plank, and twenty or thirty officers and men stepped on the plank.

At the head was a bearded official, with a tall chest and belly, nostrils facing the sky, patting the knife on his waist from time to time, as if he was about to pull it out and cut people at any moment.

"This is the prefect's newly appointed water thief to observe Chen Yu, I'll deal with him!" Fan Xiu whispered to Hua Rong and Zeng Mi.

"You know?" Zeng Mi asked Fan Xiu in a low voice.

Fan Xiu shook his head.

"Then I'll do it!" Zeng Mi said with a smile.

He walked up to Chen Observation, with a little arrogance, hugged his fists and said, "Your Excellency is Chen Observation, right?" I don't know what to advise? ”

"You—You know me? But I think you're very naïve! Chen observed that this young man was very dragged in front of him, and he had some doubts in his heart.

"Huh!" Zeng Mi smiled but said nothing.

Chen observed that he was being despised and said unhappily: "Who are you and where are you going?" What's on board? ”

Then he added: "Water thieves have been rampant recently, and we have to guard against them!" ”

"In Xia Zengshu, a native of Tokyo, do some small business, I heard that Cangzhou was affected by the disaster this year, and I transported some grain to sell."

Zeng Mi said as he took out a money bag from his arms, stuffed it into Chen Guan's hand without a trace, and said in a low voice: "It's a little meaning, please have a tea with Chen Guan's brothers." The ship is full of rice, although rest assured, Zeng is a serious businessman! ”

Chen Guan took the money bag, his hand was quite heavy, he checked it, and suddenly smiled, and said, "It's easy to say!" It's just a routine check, just a formality! The main thing is to guard against water thieves, and it is impossible to be a water thief if your bearing is extraordinary. ”

He turned to a young clerk under him and said, "Fill out the form and ask Boss Zeng to sign it." ”

The clerk wrote on the form:

Number of vessels: five;

Owner: Zeng Shu;

Cargo: Rice;

Results: No water thieves or prohibited materials were found.

After filling it out, let Zeng Mi sign it, and the inspection is completed.

Zeng Mi suddenly asked: "Chen observes, is this water thief in Jinan Mansion very rampant?" ”

"Although there are some little thieves who don't know the height of the sky, but with me, you can rest assured!" Chen's expression was a little unnatural.

"That's nature, we're relieved!" Zeng Mi smiled: "I don't know if there are those water thieves? To tell you the truth, I also have some good escorts on the ship, and if I meet them, I may be able to catch them and give them to Chen Guan for meritorious service. ”

Chen Zhi smiled, and then said with a serious expression: "Boss Zeng, I hope you won't meet water thieves, if you happen to encounter them, I will send you four words: Break the fortune and ask for your life!" 186 Chinese Network

"There are more than a dozen large and small water thieves in Jinan Mansion, but they are all small thieves who are not in the climate, but there is a group of water thieves who are ruthless, led by Zhao Sanscar, they not only rob money, but also do not leave a living mouth, if you meet them, you must rush over desperately, otherwise there is only a dead end!"

Looking at the heavy amount of silver, Chen Zhi reminded.

Such a generous boss, I really hope that they will live a long life and come to Jinan more often.

"Zhao Sanba? What a strange name! Zeng Mi looked puzzled.

"When you see him, you'll understand!" Chen Guan smiled, did not explain, turned around and left with his men, and the other four rice ships did not send anyone to check.

"Brother Zeng is very experienced in dealing with these corrupt officials and corrupt officials!" Fan Xiu said with a smile.

"You are courteous to travel all over the world, and it is difficult to walk an inch without money! I used to follow my father to the north and south, and I have seen a lot! Zeng Mi smiled helplessly.

Jishui passed outside the city of Jinan, and in order to prevent extraneous branches, they did not get off the boat and entered the city, but left directly.

"General Hua, General Zeng, farewell to the younger brother." After Jinan City, Fan Xiu offered to leave, and he had to go back to Jinan Mansion to carry out underground work.

"This time thanks to Brother Fan!" Hua Rong hugged his fists and thanked him.

"It's a matter of duty! On the way back, you can go to Juxian Tower on Qingquan Street in Jinan City to find me! ”

Fan Xiu boarded a small boat and sailed to the shore, while Hua Rong and Zeng Mi went down the river and continued on their way.

From south to north, the terrain gradually flattened, and on both sides of the river, there were golden crops, and it was harvest season, and the fields were full of hard-working farmers.

As it got dark, the sailors hung lanterns on each of the bow and stern to prevent them from hitting the ship at night.

The two of them had been blowing the wind in the bow of the boat for a long time, and were about to return to the cabin for a drink or two, when they suddenly found that in the night, a ship approached, about four zhang long, with a narrow hull and extremely fast speed, and quickly rushed to Hua Rong's boat.

Hua Rong and Zeng Mi glanced at each other, knowing that the person who came was not good, and there was no doubt that he was a water thief.

"Go gather the brothers!" Zeng Mi unhurriedly instructed his own soldiers around him, and ordered someone to transmit a signal to other ships to warn him - a personal soldier shot a rocket into the sky.

Hua Rong already held the bow in his hand, and held three feather arrows in his backhand.

Boom! Boom!

More than a dozen iron hooks flew over from several small boats on the opposite side, hooking the boat gang, and the men over there pulled the ropes together, and the two boats slowly approached.

The Zhujiazhuang soldiers on the ship came to the deck and stood behind Hua Rong and Zeng Mi, some swords were unsheathed, spears were clenched, and some were bent bows and arrows, secretly aiming.

From the boat on the opposite side jumped a group of ragged and rude men, holding steel knives and harpoons in their hands, all of them with fierce faces.

"The man is killed, and the woman is left ......", led by a fierce bald man, has three red scars from the front of his head to his forehead.

"Zhao Sanscar?" Zeng Mi finally understood the meaning of Chen's observation.

Chen Sanscar was halfway through his words, and suddenly froze, and saw a group of heavily armed warriors opposite, all wearing leather armor embedded with iron plates, the swords, guns, and arrows in their hands were shining cold, and then looked at a group of crooked melons and cracked dates behind him, like calling flowers.

This momentum, this equipment, is not a level, there is no way to fight!

"What about Brother Wang? Isn't this my brother's ship? Ah! I'm sorry, I saw the wrong thing, I got on the wrong boat, let's go! Chen Sanscar pretended to be indifferent, turned around and left.

"Hmph, are you okay?" Hua Rong sneered, raised his hand and shot Chen Sanscar coldly.

Before the fight began, the leader who had always been known as prestige was killed, and the water thieves were stunned, and several fierce water thieves drew their swords to kill the Zhu family army, and were shot down by sharp arrows flying through the air.

The others reacted, and they were immediately frightened, the momentum just now was gone, and they rushed to their own thief boats, you pushed me, and many people fell into the water.

The soldiers of the Zhujia army were like wolves and tigers, rushed up and slashed, and chased them until the other party's boat, the water thieves had no power to fight back, except for a few who jumped into the river and escaped, they were all hacked to death on the deck.

"Let's search below!" Zeng Mi ordered, more than a dozen soldiers went down, and when they came up, they shook their heads and found nothing.

"Burn it!" Hua Rong glanced at the thief ship in disgust.

A fire burned down the ship, and Hua Rong and Zeng Mi and they went down the river and continued to move forward.

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