After Duan Zhixuan's words were finished, Cheng Chumo nodded solemnly.

In the past six months, many businessmen have chosen to go to sea together in order to save escort costs.

Most of these merchants made a lot of money, but every once in a while, several merchant ships were robbed.

The looted merchant ships either lost all their money or were simply slaughtered.

The Tang Navy Division also sent a fleet to clean up, but those pirates were able to receive information in advance and go into hiding every time.

After a few times, Zhang Lei also felt a little helpless about this.

Duan Zhixuan reminded those businessmen to try their best to form a scale and hire a sailor to escort them later.

At the same time, it arranged for manpower to investigate the officials of Guangzhou City and suspicious people from outside.

At this time, Zhixuan opened his mouth to ask Cheng Chumo to help clean up the pirates, but he just said it casually.

The caravan was nearly twice as large as last year.

Among them, in addition to the addition of a 2,000-material ship ordered by Li Zhi, there are also three thousand-material ships and hundreds of merchant ships with 500 materials.

With such a large caravan, you don't have to think about it to know that there will be sailors to escort you.

Therefore, there is hardly anyone who dares to rob without opening their eyes.

With the sound of a melodious horn, all the ships began to unmole and retract their anchors.

Cheng Chumo also boarded the flagship and began to slowly leave the port with the fleet.

Thousands of merchant ships began to raise their sails after leaving the port, and the sky in the distance gradually turned white.

The crowd on the pier began to disperse.

Several of these people quickly quietly left the city of Guangzhou through the chaotic flow of people.

They came to an ordinary house in a small fishing village outside Guangzhou.

The few people stayed in the house for about half an hour or so, and then quickly left separately.

Not long after the people left, the owner of the house hurriedly left the house with a simple bag on his back.

He walked quickly and vigilantly all the way, observing the situation around him at any time.

Soon after, he entered a wooded field and quickly pulled a fast horse out of it.

After turning over his horse, this person galloped directly in the direction of Wu'an Prefecture.

He was a person in charge arranged by Liu Hongbo, the assassin of Wu'an Prefecture, near the city of Guangzhou.

Whenever there was a merchant ship going to sea in the port of Guangzhou, someone would send information to him.

If it is a situation like today, there are both merchant ships and sailors to escort the situation, and many people will come to report the situation together.

This man galloped all the way, and secretly changed horses three times along the way, so it only took four days to arrive at the Thorn Mansion.

At this time, the Thorn History Mansion was a lively scene of singing and dancing.

There were no less than twenty people in the huge guest hall in the Assassin's Mansion at this time, enjoying the singing and dancing while drinking and feasting.

Liu Hongbo drank the drunken immortal brew in the cup in one gulp, and then laughed out loud without any scruples.

I only heard him smile and say: "Now this day is really a human life."

Two years ago, the official was not even as good as a pig and a dog! ”

Song Zhen, who is now very rich, said: "My lord, there is no need to sigh, the days I am waiting for will definitely get better and better in the future."

It won't be long before I give an emperor to my lord, and I'm afraid I won't do it. ”

Liu Hongbo said with a smile: "This official doesn't want to be the emperor now, how can he have a comfortable life now than he does every day to work on state affairs?" ”

Zhou Chong on the side said: "I can have today's wealth and thank the emperor today."

If he hadn't opened the sea trade, where would I have the opportunity to make a windfall? ”

After Liu Hongbo heard his words, he looked at the few rough and strong men sitting on his right.

I only heard him speak: "I also have to thank the strong support of several island owners, otherwise it would be difficult for our business to go so smoothly." ”

After saying this, he picked up the wine glass that had just been filled, saluted a few people, and drank it dry.

The few people sitting on the right-hand side are all recently rising pirate leaders.

Seeing Liu Hongbo toasting, everyone hurriedly picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Among them, the pirate leader of the Cham country said: "My lord's words are serious, and we can only stay safe and sound by relying on the information provided by my lord." ”

Liu Hongbo said with a smile: "The owner of Leitong Island doesn't need to be polite, you and I should work together to become bigger and stronger." ”

A pirate leader next to him spoke: "This Tang Navy Master has been looking for traces of us for a while ago.

It's not good for us for a long time! ”

Liu Hongbo said: "Brother Qin, rest assured, the manpower of this official is always paying attention to the movements of Guangzhou City.

But any disturbance will definitely not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the official. ”

A person on the left side spoke: "This Wu'an Prefecture is Lord Liu's territory.

If the sailor investigates it closely, you can take people into Wu'an Prefecture to hide for a while. ”

After listening to the man's words, Liu Hongbo nodded and said, "What Brother Zhang said is reasonable, as long as there is an official in Wu'an, you will have no worries." ”

While the crowd was talking, the messenger was brought in.

I saw him bow down and speak: "Liu Yi has seen my lord, and there is new information in Guangzhou City." ”

Liu Hongbo let out an "oh" after listening to Liu Yi's words.

Then he spoke: "There are no outsiders here, so what information can be directly stated." ”

After hearing his words, Liu Yi spoke: "The latest batch of ocean-going caravans has set off from Guangzhou.

The size of the caravan was nearly 2,000 merchant ships, and the escort sailors sent only ten warships to follow. ”

Liu Hongbo's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then he looked at Lei Tong and the others.

Lei Tong shook his head lightly when he saw Liu Hongbo's gaze.

I only heard him speak: "The combat power of the Tang Navy Division is very terrifying, even if there are only ten warships, it is not something that we can easily defeat. ”

Song Zhen opened his mouth and said, "The scale of the caravan is too large, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to completely block it."

At that time, if a merchant ship breaks out of the encirclement and transmits the information to the Datang Navy, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to survive in the future. ”

After hearing this, Liu Hongbo nodded silently.

Now that their lives are quite nourishing, there is really no need to risk offending the Tang Water Master.

Just at the stall where everyone was silent, the merchant surnamed Zhang opened his mouth and said: "There are so few ships escorted by the sailors, thinking that it will only protect the long-distance caravan.

As a result, there will inevitably be many merchants who have not made escort requests to take this opportunity to trade in neighboring countries.

We can wait until these merchant ships return to their voyages, and the harvest will be very good. ”

After listening to his analysis, everyone's eyes lit up.

Liu Hongbo even laughed and said: "Brother Zhang Xin is worthy of being the Zhuge among us.

It only takes a little analysis to figure out the key to this. ”

After listening to Liu Hongbo's words, everyone also praised Zhang Xin.

I saw him wave his hand proudly and said, "It's just a foolish opinion, and I don't deserve your praise." ”