Zhang Xuanning stood on top of the ship, looking at both sides of the river.

The ship, which was rented for a hundred taels of silver, could carry ten tons, and at this time it was windy, and the sails were full, and it moved in the river at a speed as fast as a galloping horse.

After Yang Guang, the emperor of Sui Yang in this world, ascended the throne, he unified the south with the north and ordered people to dig a canal to connect the north and south traffic, which was wider and more vast than the canal in history, so that he could achieve such a speed.

"Lord Xiang, it's almost dawn, let's find a place to rest, we have arrived in Yuhang. It was Xingrong who spoke, and on the boat, Gui Xiliang, Zhou Feng, and Wang Chengzhi, the three leaders of the Erzhu team, with thirty brothers, almost all of them were present, as for Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, they temporarily worked with Jiang Feng to maintain their daily life on the street with the newly added gangsters.

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, Zhang Xuanning didn't want to use them, but felt that these two people were a kind of disaster, because wherever he went, nothing would happen.

Although this is to nourish the war with war and hone their lives, but for an organization, for Zhang Xuanning, he is unwilling to encounter such a calamitous and difficult thing, others are not Xiaoqiang, they will die if they die, so they don't want to take them out at all.

"Okay, you find a place to stop, take a rest, pay attention, don't show up, this is the territory of the Haisha Gang, I can take the dead grass, as well as Gui Xiliang, Zhou Feng, and Wang Chengzhi ashore. Zhang Xuanning said confidently: "Don't lean on the special pier, there will definitely be no escape from the attention of the Haisha Gang, let's stay away." ”

Sure enough, I found a hidden point of the river, stopped, went ashore, and then took four people ashore, it was dawn at this time, walked for half an hour, entered the city gate, and was in the dock area, first took four people to a steamed bun shop, called five steamed buns.

At a glance, I saw countless ships, masts like forests, thousands of porters were picking up and unloading goods, merchants and passengers were coming and going, very busy and lively, as for all kinds of people with knives, they were also among them, so although the four of them all carried knives, they were not conspicuous.

The four of them were relieved, and no one was stupid enough to come out in clothes embroidered with bamboo.

Steamed bun shop, not far away, is the most famous salt street, more than 20 high and open salt shops, lined up on the side of the sea, behind the shop is the wharf, full of large ships and small boats.

The more than 20 shops were crowded with people without exception, and the salt goods in the shops were piled up, as cheap as if you could take a bag and a half without money.

Zhang Xuanning showed a hint of a smile: "It seems that the business here is still good." ”

The four of them all nodded yes, and the prosperity in front of them made them all feel a little overwhelmed, but they didn't know Zhang Xuanning's true intentions.

The Song clan is the most powerful clan in the south, and the lord of the "Heavenly Knife" Song Que is known as the world's first knife master. At that time, Yang Jian ruled the world and established the Great Sui, because he was afraid of the power of the Song people, he adopted a policy of appeasement towards them, and named Song Que as "Zhennan Gong", and Song Que also knew that the general trend of the Southern Dynasty had gone, and bowed his head to protect the family.

Despite this, the Song valve is also far-sighted, the battle of the world, one of which is "money", the most profitable one of the Song valves, is from the coastal counties, the private salt through the Yangtze River into the inland, to seek huge profits, so the strength of the Song valve is very strong in the salt profit.

Du Fuwei won a great victory and destroyed Song Hao and the 3,000 cavalry he led, so to speak, it was to eliminate the main chess pieces of the Song valve in the coastal area, and the strength of the Song valve was greatly reduced.

Just thinking about it, Zhang Xuanning became alert, glanced towards the street, and found a group of strong men patrolling the street, it was obvious that this was the gang of the Haisha Gang.

Moreover, in almost every salt shop, there are one or several strong men leaning inside, and they don't say anything, just hold and watch, which is supervising the business of the salt factory.

"The salt profits here are all carried out by special shops, and outsiders can't buy them, of course, there are sporadic ones, but it's a small shop, only selling more than ten hundred catties, we must contact the Li family's store, of course, try not to target the Haisha Gang. Zhang Xuanning couldn't imagine that the supervision here was so strict, so he said: "Count it as dead grass, you take my iron plate and contact the Li family's store, you don't have to pick up the goods on the spot, we are waiting for your news." ”

"Boss, I see. In order to avoid some problems, Zhang Xuanning is now called the owner: "Don't worry, I can still do this." ”

So saying, he went out into the street, and because of his appearance, he was an old gangster, and he did not attract attention, and he walked down the street pretending to have nothing to do, and glanced past the storefronts, and then went from shop to shop, and after a while he was able to enter a shop.

After a while, the dead grass went out the door, and then nodded his head.

Zhang Xuanning said: "You guys are waiting here, I'll take a look." ”

After speaking, he followed in, only to see an old gentleman with an abacus behind the counter, and the old gentleman said coldly without raising his head: "Go inside and talk." ”

Zhang Xuanning walked inside, passed the store outside, and in the infield, he had already seen a middle-aged man, and he was standing there respectfully.

"You're here with a sign?"

"Yes, you are?"

"You don't have to pay attention to who I am, the goods here are all divided by the government, gangs, and big merchants, if you don't have Yan Ye's brand, I won't pay attention to you, okay, how many goods do you want?" said the middle-aged man impatiently.

"My ship can carry 10,000 catties. ”

"That's a hundred bags of salt, I know, your brother stays first, and you go back first, I will bring you goods in the evening, pay attention, I advise you to return to the boat honestly, don't walk around, if you are noticed by the Haisha Gang, this business will not be done." The middle-aged man said, not even asking about the money, so he waved his hand and signaled that he could withdraw.

Zhang Xuanning had to go out first, and only then did he get out of the store, and he saw a few big men in Tsing Yi coming not far away.

Zhang Xuanning also avoided the side of the road, and didn't seem to receive much attention, but the big man led by him just took a look, and when he returned to the steamed bun shop, several subordinates followed.

"Let's go, don't go around the salt shop, this is the key area, let's go to other places to see. ”

Sure enough, once out of the salt shop, the four of them immediately felt relaxed, although there were still people from the Haisha Gang, but they would not look at it with a tiger's eye, especially on the dock, all kinds of boats were mixed, and there were countless people with long knives and long swords, of course, it was not surprising.

"It's so big!" Zhang Xuanning looked at a huge ship, ten feet high, like a big thing, depending on the situation, it can carry hundreds of tons, the shipbuilding industry in this world is really perverted, almost comparable to the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty, and on the ship, the samurai in white samurai uniforms patrolled on the deck.

This is another non-historical thing, and the white samurai costume is also a feature, but fortunately it is different from the samurai uniform in Japan in the future. Datang Volume 1 Yangzhou Turbulent Waves Chapter 8 Yuhang (I)