Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"yes, who are you. Liu Dingsi suddenly woke up after this reminder, the waist card in front of him was a guerrilla general's system, and it didn't look fake, but he didn't know the details, and he didn't ask how to leave a letter so that his father knew that he was going to do business.

"This official is the guerrilla Cao Wenzhao in Jizhen, and there is an official seal as proof. If you see Liu Xingqi himself, he can't help but bargain with difficulty, with Liu Xingzhu's character of riding the wall back and forth between Dongyu and Daming, he will definitely take the opportunity to blackmail him, this kid in front of him is only asking for ten Dongyu heads, it is really very conscientious, where is there a second time for such a good thing, and it is natural to firmly grasp it.

"Cao Wenzhao, well, I've heard of this name. Liu Dingsi pondered, thinking that his father had instructed before sending troops on Phi Island, saying: When you enter the Ming Kingdom, you must be careful to be a man, and make more friends with heroic generals who hold heavy troops, our Liu family's foundation in the Ming Kingdom is shallow, and there is a past of incidents, the court suspects me and regards me as an outsider.

How to win the trust of the imperial court, this is not something that Liu Dingsi can decide, and he can only make friends with famous

generals This matter can be decided by himself, thinking of this, Liu Dingsi sighed secretly, in the past in Dongyu, bullied by Haoge, the day is not safe, and in Phi Island and under the jurisdiction of Mao Wenlong, it is not easy to take refuge in Yuan Chonghuan, a big gamble, and eat the foundation of Dongjiang Town into his mouth, only to be proud for a few days, and he wants to come here to look up to people and snort, look at the sour face of those crepes, how is this kind of day the head.

"Who is still rare at the head of the Dongyu now, my father has just been promoted to a deputy general, and only ten of them have been sent to the military department, and they can not be promoted, and the rewards of the court are not much, if you have a thousand taels of silver, I will give you a ride. Liu Dingsi calmed down, and privately thought that the conditions discussed before were at a loss. Since Yuan Chonghuan's official worship of the superintendent, and Mao Wenlong had a bad relationship, he relied on the emperor's favor, and wrote to the imperial court to suggest that the silver sent to Jiangdong be rerouted from Shandong to Qinhuangdao, and the tribute road from North Korea to Daming was rerouted from Phi Island to Qinhuangdao, then Yuan Chonghuan was really ruthless, and the salary and silver deduction to Dongjiang exceeded seventy.

The Dongjiang River was originally a bitter cold place, was tossed by Yuan Chonghuan, and suddenly there was a famine, Mao Wenlong took the people and horses to North Korea to eat and finally survived the winter of the previous year, after Mao Wenlong's death, Liu Xingqi took over the Phi Island, and he was shocked by the extreme poverty of the jurisdiction, the soldiers were all ragged, with vegetables, like a bunch of refugees, and died of hunger and freezing to death in a winter last year. At this time, if he can raise a thousand taels of silver for his father, he will definitely be rewarded.

"Your price is too unreasonable, the head of Dongyu is only fifty taels according to the market price, and ten is only five hundred taels, if you don't want to, I will find another ship." Cao Wenzhao was displeased, but secretly complained in his heart, the so-called market price of fifty taels is just the price code given by the imperial court, but in fact there is no market, this thing is not only valuable, but also the basis for accumulating merit and promotion, usually no one is willing to sell, this time to see Wang Pu is also expected to be besieged by the enemy for four months, the baggage must be scarce, the so-called strange goods can live, each side has the strange goods that the other party urgently needs, this transaction is expected to be done.

"If you don't want to pull it down, I'll tell you the truth, there are artillery on both sides of the river in the east, last month, we pulled out the camp and tried it once, but a warship sank, more than 200 people were killed and wounded, although human lives are not valuable, the ship is worth much, and a thousand taels of silver is not much. Liu Dingsi rolled his eyes and sneered.

"Okay, I'll give you a thousand taels, but the silver is not with me, so I have to go back to Xianghe and go to our army first. Cao Wenzhao pondered for a while and gritted his teeth.

"Hmph, forgive me for not daring to fool me. Liu Dingsi pouted proudly.

Liu Dingsi transferred two warships from the army, this kind of warship can sail in the coastal sea not far from the coast, can not withstand the big waves, and the speed is very touching, it is Mao Wenlong from the Emperor of the Apocalypse to get the warehouse goods, the ship diffuses a rust and rancid smell, even the anchor has been rusted into shape, it seems to be a few points thinner than the ordinary iron anchor.

Cao Wenzhao boarded the ship, frowned, and glanced back at Liu Dingsi, as if to say, how dare you take out this rag and use it. The latter seemed to have thought of something, so he ordered his subordinates: each of them dragged a red dragon boat behind the warship.

"How can you not take risks when you march and fight, Cao Guerrilla, you say yes. Liu Dingsi teased with a wicked smile.

"Hmph. Cao Wenzhao sneered and didn't reply. He knew that the kid in front of him was also a son of an official eunuch, but all those who were pampered and treated with good quality did not spare their lives, and they would not risk nine deaths for a thousand taels of silver. However, even if the big ship was hit by artillery and sunk, it could still be retreated down the river with two small sailboats, and his life should be safe.

"Don't underestimate these two boats, when they were sent to Korea to fight against the Japanese, they participated in several wars, they can be intact, it can be seen that a lot of good wood is used, and the workmanship is also exquisite, there is no hastily beating the keel with iron nails, and the dark tenon is very clever and exquisite, and it is difficult to build such a strong ship today, in recent years, the ship built by the Ministry of Industry, the wood used is all logs, and the water has only been soaked for a few years before all the shapes have been deformed, and the big waves have fallen apart, and many people have died for this. Xu recalled his father's advice to make friends with the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Dingsi suddenly changed his pleasant face and said a few good words.

The group set out from Tianjin, traveled upriver along the Xiang River, and arrived at the Liuxuzhuang ferry two days later, which was only a few hours away from Caijiapu Village. According to the prior discussion, Zuo Liangyu, Ma Shilong and others had already moved the camp here, because it was an ulterior act, they did not dare to delay, and arranged for people to move the baggage onto the ship in the dark.

Hearing that Liu Dingsi needed to be paid 1,000 taels of silver, the generals were very painful, but Yuan Chonghuan's fate was vividly remembered, and he could only take money to eliminate the disaster after thinking about it. These two ships were fully loaded with baggage, and the speed was comparable to that of maggots, and it still took two days to return to Tianjin after going downstream.

Liu

Dingsi's second uncle, Liu Xingxian, was entertaining with the officials of Tianjin Wei four days ago, and only after returning to the camp the next day did he hear that Cao Wenzhao had come, and there was a transaction with his nephew about 1,000 taels of silver.

Then he personally led a battalion, about 500 military horses and 16 Cangshan boats, waited at the mouth of the Ning River, and waited for three days before Liu Dingsi and Cao Wenzhao sailed to the entrance of the Ning River.

"The ship

is too big, and it is not equipped with guns, isn't this going to die, we should use the Cangshan ship." Liu Xingxian grimaced and said to his nephew.

"I originally wanted the guy surnamed Cao to die, and if he dares to look down on people, then don't blame me. Besides, Dongyu's artillery accuracy is very poor, and it may not necessarily be able to hit, heh, then again, it is really not easy to sink these two broken ships. Liu Dingsi looked fierce and grinned.

"Nonsense, do you know if there is anyone behind Cao Wenzhao, and how many relatives and friends he has. There are many Ming people, how deep is the water here, how do we know where we are when we first come, even if it is not enough to walk on thin ice, why do you make a grudge with others. Liu Xingxian is suspicious by nature, and he can't help but be very unhappy about doing things.

"Dongyu killed the Ming people with blood and pestle, the Ming Kingdom is about to end, we are afraid of where he will come, besides, I didn't take two warships out to make a coffin for him, at least there are dozens of our soldiers to bury him, who dares to say that we owe him." Build a ship for at least three thousand taels of silver, and we will be the blood loss, hum. Liu Dingsi sneered.

"Don't say it, more things are better than less, this is Mingguo, we are guests after all, I heard that Inspector Sun is very important to Ma Shilong, have you seen him. Liu Xingxian suddenly asked.

"I've seen it, but so, it's better to be famous than to meet, at a glance, you can know that it is a bad seed, and that thing can also be entrusted with important tasks by the Ming court, it can be seen that there is no one in the Ming Kingdom, and the country is not far away. Liu Dingsi thought of a decadent military man, his expression was melancholy, and his eyes were filled with sorrow, which was the kind of goods he hated to look down on the most.

"Hey, don't care if you're a bad breed or not, you're always a favored minister, such a person stammers and says a few good words to us in the court, and the benefits are far more than a thousand taels. What do you say about the friendship between Ma Shilong and Cao Wenzhao, and whether they are the same party. Liu Dingsi stepped forward and asked.

"I don't know. However, they made up a thousand taels together, Ma Shilong gave three hundred taels, Cao Wenzhao gave three hundred taels, and the remaining four people each contributed one hundred taels. "

"Well, I'd rather believe it, have you already taken the money? "

"It's only five hundred taels of subscription, why do you want to pay it back? Liu Dingsi was stunned and said, Dongjiang is very poor, and five hundred taels of silver is not a small amount for them.

"Favor debts, if used well, are priceless. "

Hearing that the

original two dilapidated ships were to be replaced with fifteen newly-built Cangshan ships, Cao Wenzhao was very pleased, and then he felt that the value of one thousand taels of silver was spent, so he insisted on refusing to accept the return of the five hundred taels of subscription, and finally after Liu Xingxian's repeated tug-of-war, it was finally agreed that the remuneration would be changed to five hundred taels, and the subscription would be counted as the full amount.

Although it is

difficult to sail against the current, but there is no war all the way, as far as the eye can see, the yellow water and green mountains, a few egrets under the clouds can distinguish the color of the coat, the wild wirtle on the shore swayed and dragged into the field of vision, after a light rain last night, the dust was washed, the sunrise and morning light shrouded down, even the water vapor on the river is not easy to condense into fog, such a large fleet is unobstructed, as if placed on the counter as eye-catching.

However, they were worried

about surviving a day, their hearts were sore, but there was no trace of the enemy, there must be a demon when things went wrong, and the scouts of the East Captives would not be so blind and negligent, and such abnormalities made people inevitably feel worried, and they all speculated that the East Captives were luring the enemy to go deeper, and there might be a well-arranged death trap waiting ahead.

The moon is cool at night, the cold is coming, Cao Wenzhao's mink cloak is a fine iron armor, the iron is cold, the wind rolls he can't help shaking, the cool air penetrates into the viscera, and he can't stay in the bow of the boat, so he hides in the cabin to avoid the wind.

I don't know how long it took, he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly climbed out of the cabin, and his tired eyes faintly saw a faint light and shadow in the distance ahead.

"Where is this, go ask them. Cao Wenzhao ordered the soldiers.

The soldiers on the boat found a bamboo pole out of nowhere, hung a lantern on the top, repeatedly raised and lowered, and at the same time stretched their throats, and called: "Hey, put, picture, throw, come, come." "

After a long time, I tried several times from different sides of the ship, and finally there was a response, and the lantern lit up in the distance on the port side was high and low, and there was an elongated call from there: "Figure, in, this, by, come, come." "

Cao Wenzhao felt that the boat was leaning slightly to the right, and the sound of the water was gradually uproaring, but the waning moon was dim, and there was only a crimson lantern beating on the river in front of him, which was strange and terrifying. The lantern Yu jumped closer, and finally showed the outline of the boat, but it was only ten paces apart, and when the two boats cautiously approached to five or six paces, a bamboo tube was thrown at the opposite side.

"This is the horseshoe bend, uh, yes, this is the dock, so we should be there. Poring over the diagram borrowed from the opposite, the boatman explained. Cao Wenzhao noticed that there was a line of handwriting on it: Ministry of Industry River Yamen Water Control Map. smiled bitterly and sighed secretly at the road of the Dongjiang River.

That is to say, the bright light in front of him is where Wang Pu is. Cao Wenzhao sighed: "In this way, the island has not been breached, fortunately." "

Cao Wenzhao's boat was lined up at the back of the fleet, and when they anchored next to them, Liu Dingsi and others had already been on the island for a long time.

Wang Pu was woken up by his own soldiers at night, saying that there were two adults surnamed Liu outside who asked to see him.

"Liu Xingxian, Liu Dingsi, who is this, no matter how someone comes. Wang Pu frowned, couldn't remember these two people, and secretly thought: The person who came must be an unknown person.

"Tell them to wait. Wang Pu was holding Gu Jindan tightly in his arms, she was extremely delicate and weak when she had a cold disease, and it was not good to use a strong fire in the cellar, so as not to be suffocated, Wang Pu had to use her body temperature to drive away the cold, and she was close to each other for two days, and she never separated for half a moment.

"If someone comes, it's not good not to see it, in case there is something important, it is not appropriate to call staff member Lin Changxing to talk, it will give people the impression of arrogance and rudeness, which is difficult to do. Wang Pu was entangled in his heart, and wanted to get up and go out for a while, but he was afraid that Gu Jindan's cold illness would worsen, so he really didn't dare to take risks, and finally ordered outside the door: "Call them in." "

Liu

Dingsi and Liu Xingxian bent in, and they were stunned to see a fur floor in front of them, a handsome man with no armor on his body, only wearing light clothes and holding a package, there was a small stool under the lamp, and a wine jug was placed on it, the man had a sword on his left hand, horizontal at the root of the package, and a pair of heroic eyes were looking at them, and from time to time he patted the package with his hand, "Well." The package let out a soft sigh, Liu Dingsi understood something in an instant, his heart surged, he was furious, and he dared to humiliate Grandpa Er.