Huai'an is the distribution center of official salt in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the starting point of official salt transportation, and all kinds of ship masts stand on the wharf, and flags flutter. It's not a good thing for them to have nothing to do now, and if they have nothing to do, they won't have income, so they can't open the pot, and the whole family is hungry.

When the great eunuch Liu Jing came to the Huai'an Salt Transport Wharf, it was already a depression, but it was not like this before, the boats were going back and forth, it was busy, and groups of porters were carrying them on their shoulders and shouting loud trumpets. The restaurants, small shops and grocery stores along the coast are even more crowded, singing and dancing. Now there are so many people that even the officers and men on patrol are listless. Liu Jing sighed and came to Liang Jinzin's official mansion, and the soldiers said that Lord Liang had not seen him for several days, saying that he was sick.

Liu Jing smiled bitterly, can you not be sick, it is a heart disease, and losing so much silver is like digging his heart and liver. "Turning the River Dragon" Chen Yan is also ruthless, the ransom is 500,000 taels of silver, Liang Jinzhen has only been a few years of Huai'an Salt Patrol Imperial History, and he has only participated in the smuggling of official salt for more than a year, although he has made a lot of black money, a few losses are enough for him to break his muscles and bones.

Seeing Liu Jingliang Jin Zinc burst into tears, pointing out the scars on his body to tell the cruelty of the water bandit Chen Yan to him, in fact, Ou Xiaofeng did not have a finger on him, and the wound was rubbed by himself when he dodged the shell. Liu Jing knew this, and said with a little comfort: "Huai'an official salt is piled up into a mountain, you immediately call thirty wooden sailing ships, ready to set off for Sichuan." ”

"Three, thirty, thirty ships have just been hijacked by water bandits, and we are brazenly transporting fleets, isn't this a sheep into the mouth of a tiger?"

Liu Jing sneered and said, "Lord Liang was frightened by the water bandits, and this time I promise that nothing will go wrong." ”

Liang Jinzhen looked at him suspiciously and asked, "How many sailors is Lord Liu going to send to escort him?"

"Not a single soldier will be sent. Liu Jing replied.

"This, this ......" Liang Jinzhen was dumbfounded, and didn't say anything about the meridian for a long time.

Liu Jing finally stood up this time, and said to Liang Jinzin: "This time, you can put 10,000 hearts, I have invited a capable person to subdue the water bandits and ensure that the road is unimpeded." That's right. You also have to prepare 20 private ships and 40,000 stone of private salt, and try to make up for all the losses. ”

Liang Jinzhen couldn't breathe: "20 ships, if they are hijacked by water bandits, I will be bankrupt." ”

Liu Jing said: "I asked Ou Lingtian, the king of Huashan, to escort you, do you think there will be problems?"

"King of Huashan, the overlord of the Wudang Mountain Martial Arts Competition, the father of the 'Glacier Saintess' Ou Hanbing, the leader of the 'Huashan Black Dragon', and the prefect of Shiyan. My mother, they are there to escort you. It can be said that it is foolproof. Liang Jinzhen was overjoyed and danced with his hands.

Liu Jing snorted: "Do you think it's for nothing? We have to divide the money with him in four or six years, do you understand?" ”

Liang Jinzhen was stunned, his face was even uglier than a dead man: "Forty or six points, this Ou Lingtian is too rampant, why is he?"

"With his strength, even the Ming Mongolian Iron Cavalry was defeated. Will he take it seriously to the little water bandits? I know you feel sorry for the silver, but do we have a choice? In the long run, as long as King Huashan guarantees the absolute safety of shipping on the Yangtze River, money will continue to flow in. It's called taking advantage of a small loss, you know. ”

Liang Jinzin regained his demeanor. looked at Liu Jing and said, "Lord Liu can be said to be powerful in the imperial court. Who in the world dares to compete with you. Ou Lingtian didn't know what to do, and he fought for food in the tiger's mouth. Did Lord Liu swallow his breath? This doesn't seem to be in line with your temperament. ”

Liu Jing sneered and replied, "Lord Liang is deliberately provoking me, isn't it?" Giving in now does not mean that it will in the future. King Huashan can be proud for a while, but the emperor regards him as a thorn in the flesh. This account will be settled sooner or later, what are you anxious about. The most important thing at the moment is to organize the loading of goods into the ship as much as possible, and wait for your Lord Liang to order. ”

Liang Jinzhen said: "I immediately ordered the loading of the goods, and left on time in three days. ”

"After loading the ship, someone will naturally come to pick it up. Remember, don't ask too much, and the matter is important. Be sure to keep it a secret, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. ”

"I understand. ”

30 Somu sailing ships were quickly loaded, Liang Jinzhen loaded 25 more ships according to Liu Jing's instructions, smuggling salt reached 50,000 stones, a total of 55 wooden sailing ships, 120,000 stone official salt composed of a fleet of ships is mighty, the boatmen did not see a Ming warship when they were ready to set off. Not even a single Ming sailor. This situation is the first time I have seen it, thinking of the previous period when the salt transport ship was hijacked by the water bandit Chen Yan, the officers and soldiers lost a strict zhòng, and the "river dragon" water bandits were extremely brutal, and the shipwrights began to find excuses to get off the ship, and some even fled quietly, and no one went to die in vain.

Liang Jinzhen did not expect this situation, and when he was about to set sail, he found that there was not much left of the shipwright, and no one dared to come to increase the wages. was worried, Ou Lingtian's people arrived, led by a young man who was handsome and chic, and the jade tree was in the wind. Next to her is a beautiful and unstoppable woman, with a fairy-like temperament. Seeing that Liang Jinzhen was calm, he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "You are Lord Liang, I am Shen Yixian, this is Miss Ou Hanbing, and the fleet will be handed over to us." ”

Liang Jinzhen only felt that his scalp was numb, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly. "Xiao Sheng" Shen Yixian, "Glacier Saint" Ou Hanbing, a pair of lovers of the golden boy and jade girl rumored in the rivers and lakes, especially the name "Glacier Saint", defeated tens of thousands of Mongolian iron horses, slashed the "Demon God" Mo Qing, Tianshan was invincible, defeated the "Stick God" Cen Fenghan in the Wudang Mountain Martial Arts Competition, and assisted the King of Huashan to win the championship in one fell swoop. The person described as a grim reaper by the officers and soldiers turned out to be a stunning beauty with a radiant skin and picturesque eyebrows.

Liang Jinzhen was convinced, and didn't dare to put on an official show anymore, but said with a bitter face that the boatmen had run away when they heard that there was no sailor escort, and Shen Yixian replied: "Then please ask Lord Liang to tell them the truth, Shen Gongzi and Miss Ou of the 'Huashan Black Dragon' will escort them personally, what are they afraid of? ”

The news came out, less than a day when all the boatmen arrived, before leaving, Liang Jinzinc put wine for them to practice, "Glacier Saintess" Ou Hanbing is the emperor's personal seal of the military general, plus the credit of the military general, from the fourth grade. "Xiao Sheng" Shen Yixian is a flying cavalry captain, from the fifth grade, they are all officials of the imperial court, and they all know each other. 55 wooden sailing boats set off on time, and Liang Jinzin, who saw them leave, stood on the shore brushing his beard in a daze, and it was a great irony that the once invincible Daming sailors could not protect their fleets on the Yangtze River.

On the Yangtze River, in addition to the two larger groups of water bandits, the "Dragon Turning River" and the "Dragon's Village," there are many small bandits, and some of them have dozens of people lurking in the dangerous shoals of the Yangtze River or in narrow places on the river. Or sneak on the boat at night and grab it and leave, never love to fight. Repeated bans. Officers and soldiers also had a headache.

As a precaution, "Xiao Sheng" Shen Yixian made full preparations. The captain of the first wooden sailing boat was Huang Jiaotao, and the escort was all the water bandits of "Huashan Heitan", and they took 55 boats, and soon became familiar with the boatmen, and called them brothers. The "Huashan Black Dragon" is said to be miraculous, which strengthens the sense of security of the shipwrights.

The fleet had a smooth journey, maybe it was the "Huashan Black Dragon" who was in charge of the escort, and there was no interference, the fleet temporarily docked at the dock in a county town that night to replenish food, Shen Yixian was not an officer and soldier, he was not so mean to the boatmen, he was good at eating and drinking, the only restriction was that he could not drink, he made a mistake when he ate wine, and how many heroes died on wine. However, the water bandits who used to "turn over the river dragon" are used to living a life of drinking and getting drunk today, and not drinking is simply killing them. There was no alcohol on board, and after docking, a few people sneaked off the boat to go to the tavern on the shore to drink and have fun, and something happened.

Chen Yangshi was the personal guard of Chen Yan, the original owner of the village, and when the "Xiao Sheng" Shen Yixian broke the village, Chen Yan asked him to protect his most beloved concubine Qiu Yuzi. Qiu Yuzi is a Japanese, was kidnapped by Chen Yan on the Yangtze River, saw her long face like a silver basin, eyebrows like willows, skin snow, bewitching body, immediately liked the fascination, forced to accept as a concubine. Qiu Yuzi could not resist, but could only obey. Chen Yan is brutal by nature, killing people for pleasure and doing all kinds of evil. Qiu Yuzi trembled when he saw him, and Chen Yangshi took advantage of the situation to enter and hooked up with Qiu Yuzi. Chen Yan has been kept in the dark.

Chen Yangshi panicked when he came to Qiu Yuzi's residence when the water village was broken, and Qiu Yuzi was taken away by Cai Yong, the military advisor of the "Dragon Village", which is nothing in the water bandits, but in Chen Yangshi's heart, it was like digging his heart and liver, desperately going up to rob people. Cai Yong had many subordinates, Chen Yangshi was not an opponent, and the beaten wolf bèi fled, and finally surrendered to Shen Yixian. Became a small boss.

Qiu Yuzi was taken back to the "Dragon's Village" by Cai Yong to hide Jiao's golden house, and there was no possibility of getting together with Chen Yangshi again, can Chen Yangshi grit his teeth without hate, but he also knew that he was by no means Cai Yong's opponent, and going to "Dragon's Village" was to die. I had to borrow alcohol all day to kill my sorrows. The kid still has a bit of martial arts, and the water nature is also good. In addition, he can speak well, and his subordinates admire him very much. There was no wine on the ship for a few days, Chen Yangshi couldn't help it, today the opportunity to temporarily dock is rare, Chen Yangshi led a few of his subordinates into the tavern to ask for wine and food, eat and drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the tongue can't stop it, and several people talk about the "Huashan Black Dragon" is endless, what "Xiao Sheng" Shen Yixian is brave, and the "Glacier Saint" Ou Hanbing is the phoenix among people. 'Huashan Heitan' fought against the Daming Naval Division in the Minjiang River, captured alive Huai'an Patrol Salt Imperial Shi Liang Jinzhen and the Naval Division General Chen Zhanwei, what a hero. The speaker has no intention of listening, and the position next to him happens to be the detective of Dongchang named Liu Zan, that is, the "sitting" of the people who visit the local government offices everywhere, and it is the spy of the great eunuch Liu Jing who arranged to monitor the officials' every move. (To be continued......)