"Although several ports in Nanyang are now defended, not to mention that the two ports in the south of the city are still in the hands of the old ship gang, plus they have been in business for many years, and their influence is all over the surrounding counties, so they want to grab the business of Caoyun, unless their ports are directly sealed. The strategist known as Mr. Ma faced the map and couldn't help but admire the ability of the old boat gang leader to distribute people.

In the past few days, the old ship gang has attacked the Luo family's port just a pretext, and the original intention is just to disturb the Luo family.

On the contrary, the port of the Old Boat Gang is still doing things as usual, and compared with the two, the Old Boat Gang will naturally be able to prove to the adults sitting in the yamen that they are more capable of managing the affairs of Cao Yun than the Luo family who drove the ducks to the shelves.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Lord Gong came with the instructions of the Shi clan and his ability to provide a lot of official help, Mr. Ma really didn't want to be an enemy of a gang like the Old Boat Gang, and it was thankless.

Luo Hong didn't think about it so much, as soon as he heard that the Luo family was going to take the initiative to attack the ports along the riverbank next, his eyes were full of excitement: "That's right, the old boat gang has been bullying people too much these days, and it's time to give them some color to take a look, otherwise others will think that my Luo family is really easy to bully." Hmph, a group of ninth-rate people, why are they fighting with me?"

The people you recruit aren't necessarily ninth-rate. Qin Ke stood aside and couldn't help muttering, but he was slightly looking forward to the development ahead.

Just after the order was given, the Luo family's manpower almost attacked in full force, and divided the troops into three ways to carry out a blow to the port of the old ship gang.

After all, the Luo family is wealthy, and those subordinates and Jianghu people who are smashed out with money are not weak, and under the reasonable arrangement of the strategists, the momentum is naturally very strong.

But in just one day, they had several fights with the old boat gang, and the port was full of bloodied porters and sailors, and in the end even the cargo ships did not dare to dock easily.

The old boat gang probably also felt that the two sides had reached a critical time, and they refused to back down half a point, and strictly guarded the port, almost everyone did not leave their weapons for a moment, as long as there was a little wind and grass, they immediately gathered into a group, as if they were on the battlefield.

Seeing that the guards of the Old Boat Gang were too strict, the people of the Luo family also changed their strategy, changing to attacking the east and west, hitting the south and the north for a while, in short, they just wanted to drag the people of the Old Boat Gang around and consume their physical strength.

However, after only one or two wins, he heard that his port was attacked by the people who sneaked past by the old ship gang, and immediately shouted with an angry face to return to defense, and the two sides happened to meet on the same street, and it was immediately a burst of ping-pong.

As more and more people on both sides invested and the momentum became bigger and bigger, the Cao Yun along the Nanyang River had completely stopped, because whether it was the people of the Luo family or the people of the Old Boat Gang, as long as one party dared to do something, the other side would immediately smash it violently, forcing the opponent to concentrate on dealing with it.

The two sides kept making a noise until dusk, and after seeing the mess in the major ports, the government finally sent small officials to deal with the matter of the group fight, except for arresting a few people who took the lead in the fight.

After all, nearly 3,000 people from both sides have been arrested, and I am afraid that even a few large prisons will be filled, not to mention that if the matter is really so big, how can the DPRK and the Central Committee completely ignore the questioning? When the time comes, I am afraid that no one will be able to bear it.

And even if they are imprisoned, these people still have to send food every day to support, which is also a lot of expenses, and because of this, the manpower of each port will be empty, and it is difficult to even find a few porters, and it is even more difficult to do the things of Cao Yun and commercial transportation.

Qin Ke sat in Luofu while drinking tea while listening to the reports of the people outside who kept coming in, looking at the map that Mr. Ma spread out on the table, it was a little strange.

"Although this Mr. Ma has indeed changed the weakness of the Luo family a lot in the past few days, but if it goes on like this, it will be a lose-lose situation in the end, the Luo family has to do things, and the old boat gang has to do things.

"Sir, the yamen has made a big move!" At this moment, the return of the subordinate interrupted Qin Ke's thinking, and when he rushed in, he even tripped over the threshold, and finally ran to Mr. Ma, but he was out of breath and speechless.

"Gasp! Say it quickly!" Luo Hong was already impatient to wait, and no matter how far the next person ran, it was a scolding to split his head and cover his face.

The subordinate didn't dare to fight back, so he could only take a deep breath as much as he could: "Just now, the people from the Yamen suddenly appeared, arrested more than 300 people directly from the port, and all of them were taken back to the prison, saying that they would be punished for the crime of private fighting, which really stopped everyone at once. ”

"The more than 300 people arrested, are they from the Old Boat Gang?" Luo Hong was startled at first, and then felt that this must be Lord Gong supporting him behind his back, and he was overjoyed.

"No...... Isn't it ......" The subordinates were a little hesitant, "Our people have also arrested more than 100 people, and even the Luoxing steward has been arrested, looking like this, it seems that he will be punished strictly." ”

"What? How can this be? Could it be that the people in the government are crazy?" Luo Hong's eyes widened, originally he thought that he had Lord Gong behind him, how could it be that the people of the Old Boat Gang were suffering, but in fact, even his own people were imprisoned?

Although those people were just smashed out with money, after all, they were in the name of the Luo family, and the government would not know about it.

"Master Luo, don't be impatient. Mr. Ma was calm as usual, and even had a smile on his face, looking like "everything was expected".

Qin Ke's heart moved, and he suddenly figured it out.

This Mr. Ma sent by Lord Gong clearly wanted to mess up the situation and completely destroy the transportation and trade pattern of the entire river, so that not only could the old boat gang be frustrated, but even those merchant ships would be affected by this, and a large number of goods could not be landed, and the government would inevitably come out to uphold justice.

After all, there is still a gap between the strength of the Luo family and the old ship gang, so he wants to gain some advantages through that Lord Gong?

Qin Ke was also secretly glad that he had a "teacher" like Gao Yishui who had been in the rivers and lakes, so that he could see the mystery.

And Mr. Ma's explanation to Luo Hong also confirmed Qin Ke's guess in his heart: "...... After all, Lord Gong is an official, even if he is really optimistic about Gongzi Luo, he can't go too far on the surface, and arresting some people is just to show his fairness. ”

"These more than 300 people are just an attitude of Lord Gong, it is precisely because of our fight with the old boat gang in the past few days that Nanyang and the surrounding counties have been affected, and the cargo ships are difficult to unload, the transportation is blocked, and the road is impassable, so the adults who have not indicated their attitude naturally have to express their attitude, whether to choose the Luo family or the old boat gang. ”

After all, Mr. Ma is a person of Lord Gong, and he knows a lot about the inside story, so he can naturally sit on the chair and talk eloquently, as his folding fan suddenly knocked on the table, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, Childe, within an hour, the yamen should send someone to deliver a message, let me wait for a preparation, and then ...... Presumably it was the time to make it critical. ”

Soon, the messenger of the Yamen passed the news to the Luo family, saying that they were inviting the Luo family to have a banquet at the Nanyang Restaurant tomorrow and discuss the matter of Cao Yun with several adults.

"The people of the Old Boat Gang are also going?" Luo Hong immediately clapped his hands when he heard this, "It's just right, you can settle the account with them." ”

Mr. Ma shook his head and said, "Although the matter has come to this point, it is not yet the end of the matter, and the reason why Lord Gong asked Master Luo to recruit cultivators is for this matter. Presumably, the struggle between the Old Boat Gang and the Luo family can only be concluded by a few cultivators. ”

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