The salty and wet sea breeze blew his clothes and his clothes were grinning, and Zhao Bufan stood by the dock with a calm gaze. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fan Ruhao next to him avoided his gaze, and instead looked at the sea ship in the distance, his weather-covered face was slightly helpless.

"It's a long story, our Yunhai faction was actually deceived, although we had trade contacts with Dongying merchants in the early years, it was only there, until the Storm Gang opened a branch here, everything changed. We are the head snakes, they are strong dragons, in order to compete for food in this daily situation of the Great Song Dynasty, the competition between the two is becoming more and more fierce, and even swords against each other for a time. At that time, General Liu Zhongwu happened to lead his troops to Cangzhou, and seeing that our contradictions were becoming more and more planned, he came forward to mediate, prompting our two factions to sign an agreement and formulate rules!"

"Then why is the Yunhai faction still getting closer and closer to the Dongying people?" Zhao Bufan asked.

"For a living!"

Fan Ruhao shook his head bitterly: "The impact of the Storm Gang on us is too great, they are the top maritime gang in the Great Song Dynasty, with a far-reaching reputation and abundant assets, since the rudder was opened in Cangzhou, it has been crazy to reduce the price, and our Yunhai faction can't open the pot, but we have two or three thousand people to feed, and we are really forced to do nothing." At that time, the sect was gloomy and bleak, and it was a depression, but the merchants of Dongying came to the door to cooperate, and the conditions were simple, that is, they were allowed to enter and leave the Great Song Dynasty without permission through our Yunhai faction as a cover!"

"You agreed?" Zhao Bufan frowned.

Fan Ruhao shook his head: "No, the head of Wei didn't agree at first, but the Dongying people then completely cut off cooperation with our Yunhai faction, and even didn't allow us to enter its borders." At that time, the business of the sea route to the south was basically robbed by the Jingtao Gang, and the head of Wei refused to do the business of the Liao State and the Jin State in the north, and we all relied on running to Dongying's side to barely maintain, seeing that this last way of life was also going to be cut off, the head of Wei was forced to helplessly, thinking that the Great Song Dynasty and Dongying were also good friends anyway, so he reluctantly agreed, but who would have thought ......"

Seeing that Fan Ruhao wanted to speak and stopped, Zhao Bufan couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

"It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God!"

Fan Ruhao looked depressed and kept shaking his head: " After the cooperation was reached, the Dongying people really kept their promises and gave us all-round support, so that our Yunhai faction withstood the most difficult period, and then with the efforts of the head of Wei, we quickly pulled back a lot of business, and slowly formed a situation of opposition between the two powers, and the Dongying people also relied on us, secretly traded from the Great Song Dynasty to a lot of materials that were not allowed, and their country is now also very chaotic, and the regents and the royal family are fighting for power very strongly, and they are all reserving strength, so the cooperation with us is very pleasant, but slowly, we found that something is wrong......"

"What's wrong?" Zhao Bufan frowned slightly.

Fan Ruhao's face showed a bitter face, and he sighed again and again: "They not only used us to trade with the Song Kingdom, but also used our cover as a step to slowly contact the Xia and Liao people lurking in our Song Kingdom, and even started a business without capital. They secretly organized wandering samurai to become pirates, robbed ships everywhere, and then used the cover we provided to secretly exchange goods for what they needed in the Great Song Dynasty, and even had close ties with the enemy countries who infiltrated our Great Song Dynasty. ”

"This is treason, even the heroes of the green forest are not ashamed of your deeds!" Shi Qian suddenly stood up and rebuked loudly.

Fan Ruhao didn't refute, and said to himself: "The officials have close exchanges with the heroes of the green forest, rather than you inquiring yourself, it is better to take the initiative to explain by the contemptible people, this is also to express our sincerity, but our internal problems will never affect the goods of the officials, and all the businessmen we have cooperated with can testify!"

"But your situation really makes me feel uneasy, and I don't want to cooperate with people who collaborate with the enemy and treason, if I had known about these circumstances, I would never have come here to waste time!" Zhao Bufan looked disgusted, turned around and was about to leave.

Fan Ruhao hurriedly grabbed him and explained in a panic: "Great official, this really won't affect you, and since we Wei Sect Leader knew about the secret actions of the Dongying people, he had already made up his mind to cut off relations with them, and now he is negotiating, but he has never been able to get them away!"

Zhu Lian's face was full of disdain, and he responded unceremoniously: "Aren't you full of lies? If you have the heart to dissolve the relationship, will you wait until now?"

Fan Ruhao is really a little helpless, the amount of business in front of him is huge, and the commission is as high as more than 20,000 yuan, which is very important for the Yunhai faction in distress, and if it is done well, it is more related to long-term cooperation, he does not want to miss such a business no matter what.

Seeing that Zhao Bufan turned around and left, he gritted his teeth fiercely, rushed up to stop him, and said: "Big official, to put it mildly, we really want to break with the Dongying people, but they have used the cover we provide to secretly make a lot of transactions with the Liao State and Western Xia, which makes us inexplicably charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason." Now they threaten us with this mistake, which makes us embarrassed for a while, but sooner or later this matter will be resolved, officials are also people walking on the rivers and lakes, and there are many people who will not talk about it, you should be able to understand!"

Zhao Bufan looked at him deeply for a long time. "Let me think about it for a few more days, I also need to carefully investigate the situation of your Yunhai Sect to verify whether what you said is true, this batch of goods is worth 200,000 yuan, I really can't promise you anything easily!"

Fan Ruhao said solemnly: "The official is a person in the rivers and lakes, so there is not much nonsense in the next, as you check carefully, you can even go to the Shocking Waves Gang to ask, but to be honest, if you finally choose the Shocking Waves Gang Branch, then you are just one of the many cooperative candidates for them, but for us, you are a guest, and our strength is indeed stronger than the Shocking Waves Gang Branch, and you can promise that as long as you choose to cooperate with us, you can permanently reduce the three-tier commission!"

"Okay, I'll give you an answer after the investigation, you first find a place for us to settle down temporarily, and during our investigation, I hope you won't get in the way, if that's the case, it's better for you to take your Yangguan Road now, I'll cross my single-plank bridge, it's irrelevant!"

"No problem!" Fan Ruhao promised.

Soon, everyone settled in a mansion in the south of Dongxian Town, which was the outer residence of the Yunhai faction, which was specially used for merchants to live in.

In the hall of the mansion, Zhao Bufan had a brief discussion with everyone, and then sent Zhang Qing and Zhu Tong to the Jingtao Gang to let them inquire about the situation from there, while Shi Qian went to find the local green forest heroes and learn about the Yunhai faction through them.

At the same time, he also repaired a letter and asked Luan Tingyu to take it to find the little whirlwind Chai Jin.

Chai Jin is a person who has to be respected by everyone in Cangzhou, and they have exchanged letters with each other frequently over the years, and they have a good relationship, so Zhao Bufan thought of asking him for help.

The next day, Zhang Qing and Zhu Tong returned, and the news they brought back verified a lot of information, but the Shocking Waves Gang obviously wanted to persuade them to go to Donghai Town, so the information revealed was inevitably a little more fueling, and there was a suspicion of slandering the Yunhai faction, and in general, only two points could be confirmed.

One point is that the Yunhai faction has never broken its promise, it is an old sect with a good reputation, and the Storm Gang, as a competitor, can't pick out the thorns at all, so they avoid this issue.

The second point is that the Yunhai faction did cooperate with the Dongying people in the most difficult time, but the Shocking Waves Gang only knew that there was such a thing, but there was no specific evidence, and it was ambiguous.

And so it went for another three days!

During this time, Fan Ruhao also visited every day, but every time he was shh

At noon on the fourth day, Shi Qian rushed back, and when he saw Zhao Bufan, he immediately said with certainty: "Brother, I have exhausted all kinds of tricks, and the situation of the Yunhai faction is about the same as what Fan Ruhao said, not only has an excellent reputation outside, but also among the heroes of the green forest, many people know that they have been cheated by the Dongying people." The Shocking Waves Gang has also been investigating this matter recently, and wants to collect enough clear evidence to sue the capital and completely wipe it out!"

Zhao Bufan frowned when he heard this: "Since the matter is so big, is there no one in the imperial court to investigate?"

Shi Qian lowered his voice slightly: "No, it is said that the people of Dongying are secretly trading with the people of the government, and many things have been suppressed!"

"Alright, let's sit down first!"

Zhao Bufan waved his hand, his gaze swept over the people in the room, and his gaze gradually became solemn.

"It seems that the original plan was to make some changes, we have a lot of opponents this time, not only to fight against the Dongying people and the masters of Xixia Yipintang, but to defeat this entire interest group, no matter who is involved, get rid of it!"

"Knock them all out?" Zhi Yuezhi exclaimed, a little confused about Zhao Bufan at the moment. "You're just a general guarding the northern frontier, is it appropriate to take care of things so far away?"

"Sister Zhizhi, my husband is not meddling, he wants to build a solid defense line in the northern Xinjiang!" At this moment, in front of many generals, Zhu Lian smiled and looked very gentle.

As soon as she said this, everyone's eyes instantly lit up.

Zhao Bufan was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that it was Zhu Lian who knew him best, and there seemed to be some tacit understanding between them.

"Madame is right, this northern part of Cangzhou is one of our future garrisons, if there is this terrible interest group behind us, your brothers must have a lot of scruples about killing the enemy in front, in order to prevent the brothers from sacrificing in vain, in order to prevent any accidents in the future, this interest group must be defeated, and more importantly, we must control the coast. ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals looked at each other and looked surprised.

Dong Pingping said with doubts: "Listen to the general's wishes, but in the future, you want to cooperate with the Yunhai Sect and the Storm Gang?"

"Cooperation?"

Zhao Bufan smiled, with an undoubted affirmation in his voice: "The Northern Xinjiang defense line is very important, I will never allow any formed force to appear behind me, the combined strength of the Yunhai Sect and the Storm Gang Branch is almost equivalent to a sailor, they exist for a day, I will not be safe for a day!"

"Time has changed!"

"In!"

Zhao Bufan took out the seal in his arms, waved his hand and threw it to him: "Pass my general order, order Hu Yanzhuo to lead the Northern Tiger Army with a thousand chain iron cavalry, Lin Chong to lead the Eastern Tiger Army with a thousand spear cavalry, Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo to lead three thousand crossbowmen to Cangzhou, and arrive at Linshan County within ten days to station, if there is a delay, behead!" (To be continued.) )