Wangjiazhuang, 100 official halls.

"What!"

In the main hall, Wang Weizhen looked at the little flag officer Xu Ming in front of him with angry eyes, the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably, and a wave of anger was lingering around Wang Weizhen, so that several people around him did not dare to approach.

Xu Ming had no choice but to say it again: "Lord Qiqi Management Team, last night the salt drying field was attacked by pirates, and my Dapanbao killed three people, wounded more than a dozen people, and lost 1,000 catties of finished sea salt. ”

"Bastard!"

Wang Weizhen was so angry that he scolded, and said fiercely: "His damn Haikou is turned upside down, dare to attack the salt drying field, dare to cut off Lao Tzu's financial route, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you!" ”

Jia Hongyu on the side is also furious, since Liu Yan reopened the salt drying plant, not only Wang Weizhen has a monthly income of 30%, but even Jia Hongyu has a profit of 1 or 200 taels per month, which makes Jia Hongyu very comfortable, and at the same time he is also very close to Liu Yan.

Now I suddenly heard that a small group of pirates attacked the salt drying field and robbed a thousand catties of sea salt, this is no longer an ordinary banditry, but is cutting off the wealth of a few people, this is looking for death!

So Jia Hongyu clasped his fists and said: "My lord, Liu Zongqi worked hard day and night to get such a fortune for the adult, but he became the fat in the eyes of Haikou. If you don't kill that group of pirates this time, who will put adults in the eyes in the future, I'm afraid that a hairy thief will dare to come and step on it! ”

Wang Weizhen thought it was true, and immediately said to Xu Ming: "Xu Xiaoqi immediately went back and told Liu Zongqi: This official is mobilizing people and horses, so that Liu Zongqi can also gather his dun army, and two days later, we will meet in Dapanbao and send troops together to encircle and suppress this sea bandit!" ”

"Order!"

After Xu Ming went back, Wang Weizhen said to Jia Hongyu: "Inform all Yandun and Tunbao to gather all the dun troops to Wangjiazhuang within one day, and I will gather all the troops to encircle and suppress this Haikou!" ”

Jia Hongyu's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Adults, don't do it!" ”

"Why?"

"Adults should know that there are often Haikou passing by near our Wangjiazhuang, why? It is already a well-known fact that chimneys and tunpu often do business with these pirates, and many places secretly sell the ordnance reported to the pirates. ”

"In the past, those Haikou were very acquainted, and none of them had anything to do in our Wangjiazhuang, at best, they just settled down, so they were at peace with us. But this time it's different......"

Wang Weizhen frowned and said, "Are you worried that people will leak the news?" ”

"Exactly."

Wang Weizhen thought for a while, and then said: "Since this is the case, then you should work hard, and now you will inspect everywhere, and draw trustworthy people and horses from various chimneys and tunpu, plus the men and horses stationed in our Wangjiazhuang, this time it should be enough." ”

"Yes."

Jia Hongyu said with a smile: "Don't worry, my subordinates will do it." Besides, isn't there still Liu Zongqi's people, we must have enough manpower this time, but it's not easy to find that Haikou. ”

Wang Weizhen said: "This is easy to do, take Shen Tuo with Shen Tuo at night to find the mountain pier, that is a rare good hand, and you will definitely be able to find that Haikou." ”

"Hehe, the adults still have a way, and the subordinates will do it."

Two days later, Wang Weizhen and Jia Hongyu led their troops to Dapanbao.

This time, Wang Weizhen made a lot of money, and brought a total of more than 200 people, most of which were the dun army in Wangjiazhuang, accounting for more than 180 people, including 50 family members brought by Jia Hongyu from the 100 official halls, which can be described as strong. These fifty family members are Wang Weizhen's old roots, and it was not easy to pull them up, which shows the great determination of Wang Weizhen this time.

Liu Yan led a group of subordinates to welcome Wang Weizhen and others into Dapan Fort, and properly arranged their accommodation, and ordered the pig to be killed for a banquet on the same day, and to entertain Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu and others. Now Liu Yan also has a lot of silver in his hands, although Wang Weizhen brought more than 200 people, but Liu Yan can still afford a few meals of wine and meat.

That night, Liu Yan set up a banquet in the general flag official hall to wash the dust for Wang Weizhen and Jia Hongyu, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming five small flag officials as accompaniment, Zhang Yi wanted to defend the salt field, so he did not return to the fort.

To Liu Yan's surprise, Wang Weizhen also called a man named Shen Tuo to serve on the table, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

I saw that Shen Tuo was in his twenties, with a moderate figure, but his hands were longer than ordinary people, coupled with his unusually burly and strong figure, he looked like the silver-backed chimpanzee that Liu Yan had seen in his later life, and he couldn't help but have a sense of acceptance in his heart.

After everyone drank for three rounds, Wang Weizhen asked about the Haikou bandits, and Liu Yan said: "Lord Qiyu, in the past two days, the subordinates have sent a day and night search, and it can be roughly concluded that the den of the Haikou is in the southwest of Dapanbao, but the time is too tight, and the subordinates have not yet found the specific location where the Haikou is hiding. ”

Wang Weizhen said with a smile: "Don't worry, this Shen Tuo is a capable person, it can be said that it is the best night in our Wangjiazhuang, this time I will bring Shen Tuo, and the matter of finding Haikou will be handed over to him." ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yan smiled and beckoned Shen Tuo to drink a glass of wine. And Miao Shao and Xu Ming looked over a little unconvinced, Shen Tuo also looked over, the three of them looked at each other, no one was convinced by each other, Liu Yan even felt a spark flickering between the three of them.

"Interesting, there are still talents in Wangjiazhuang?"

Liu Yan then said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then let the Shen Tuo brothers temporarily be assigned to the subordinate night team." ”

Wang Weizhen said with a smile: "Hehe, Liu Zongqi loves talent like life, and when he meets a capable person, he wants to be under his command, which is not good." ”

Liu Yan smiled, and Jia Hongyu next to him explained: "This Shen Tuo has been transferred to Wangjiazhuang by the adult, and he is ready to be promoted to a small flag officer, and the appointment will be done in a few days." ”

Liu Yan raised his glass and said: "Since this is the case, then let's congratulate Shen Xiaoqi, come, have a drink!" ”

The next day, Miao Shao and Xu Ming took ten people who were ready to set off, and Shen Tuo also packed up his equipment and set off with the team to search for the traces of Haikou in the southwest direction.

More than two hours later, everyone came to a bay called Nanlong Bay, settled the horses in a small forest, and left two people to take care of them at night, and then everyone followed Shen Tuo to the bay.

Everyone marched in a vigilant formation, Shen Tuo walked in the front, Miao Shao and Xu Ming followed, and the remaining eight Ye Bushu also followed closely.

During the march, Miao Shao asked in a low voice, "How did Shen Xiaoqi know that Haikou was hiding here?" ”

Shen Tuo smiled and said in a low voice: "It's not that I'm boasting, I know all the hidden terrain in our Wangjiazhuang, and in the southwest of Dapanbao, only this place is the most suitable for Haikou to hide." ”

"In addition, through our search, all kinds of signs also point to the area of Nanlong Bay, so most of the pirates are hidden here."

Miao Shao and Xu Ming didn't care when they heard this, it turned out that searching for the enemy could still be inferred.

Soon, the group came to a hidden tidal flat in Nam Long Bay, which was surrounded by cliffs and only accessible by a beach path in the center.

Miao Shao, Xu Ming and others followed behind Shen Tuo and hid here, if Shen Tuo hadn't led everyone to find here, he really wouldn't have been able to find it by himself just by not closing the team at night.

Miao Shao and Xu Ming glanced at each other, and both of them had a trace of doubt in their hearts: who is this Shen Tuo, and why is he so familiar with the habits of these Haikou?

After hiding here for a while, they noticed that someone appeared on the beach in front of them and was walking towards this side.

Shen Tuo lowered his voice and said to Miao Shao and Xu Ming: "This group of Haikou is not near Wangjiazhuang, it should be a new stream here." ”

"How do you know?"

"I'm familiar with the pirates here, and I generally don't dare to attack the property of our guard, after all, they are thieves, and we are soldiers. It's okay to do some business secretly on weekdays, but once they turn their faces, they will only have to be slaughtered. ”

Shen Tuo looked at Xu Ming, who was asking, and said in a low voice: "So, this Haikou must have come from outside, and after discovering Liu Zongqi's salt drying field, he wanted to get a handful!" ”

Xu Ming didn't answer, Miao Shao said in a low voice: "You mean, this matter is just Haikou's doing, and it has nothing to do with others?" ”

Shen Tuo smiled and said, "I didn't say that, but judging from the current information, it's generally like this." ”

Xu Ming and Miao Shao stopped talking, and the people from there got closer and closer, and finally stopped a hundred steps away from everyone.

At this time, everyone saw the appearance of the person who came, dressed basically the same as the four corpses in the salt field, a total of six people, all bronze men, several of them had all kinds of blades in their hands, and when they stood in the distance and spoke, they all scolded and scolded, and they were not good people at first glance.

"Four people died, in exchange for thousands of catties of sea salt, and made a lot of money, there is such a rich place in this fucking Wangjiazhuang!"

"Who said no, wait for a few days to sell that sea salt, and we will make a lot of money, at least we can make the brothers happy for a few months."

Another person said worriedly: "It's just that the salt drying field is not a good stubble, and twenty or thirty men rushed out of the fire together, all of them have guys in their hands, I'm afraid it's not the government's industry, right?" ”

"What are you afraid of! Will they still be able to catch up here? ”

Here, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming vaguely heard the conversation of those pirates, and their hearts were full of anger, sure enough, it was this gang of pirates!

At the same time, Miao Shao secretly said in his heart: "This Shen Tuo is really very capable, this Haikou is really from other places, and he doesn't know that the salt drying field is my Dapanbao's industry!" ”

After a while, the pirates inspected the entrance to the tidal flat, and then one of them said, "Let's be careful, starting tonight, we will send a few more brothers to guard here, just in case." ”

When the pirates returned to the depths of the tidal flat, Shen Tuo waved his hand to everyone, and Miao Shao, Xu Ming and the others tiptoed behind Shen Tuo and retreated from here.

When everyone got out of the tidal flat, they hurried to the grove, and met the two who stayed behind.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Weizhen and Liu Yan received the information, and the two were very happy, especially after listening to Shen Tuo's explanation, Wang Weizhen immediately gave Shen Tuo a reward of five coins of silver, and Miao Shao, Xu Ming and other soldiers who did not collect the team at night also had a reward of three coins of silver each, and everyone thanked them without mentioning it.

Liu Yan was impressed by Shen Tuo, and said secretly: "This Shen Tuo is really a talent, but it's a pity that he was transferred away by the master of the management team, it's a pity!" ”

Then Wang Weizhen and Liu Yan discussed, and the two joined forces and agreed to lead their troops to encircle and suppress the Haikou early tomorrow morning.

After Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu and others went to rest, Liu Yan summoned several of his small flag officers, ordered Wang Yue's team to stay in Dapanbao, ordered Zhang Yi's team to garrison the salt field, and then took Wang Bo's team, Chen Xun's team and Yebu's team to attack. As for the Juntun side, because they are basically young and strong working in the fields, and there is no valuable property, Liu Yan is not very worried, but just asks Chen Xunchuan to give the order to go, and let the working men bring self-defense weapons tomorrow, just in case.