Wudang

Chapter 84

On the second day after Dugu Jiani and Changsun Xuan went to sea, Zhang Junbao and the others finally received the imperial decree.

Of course, the imperial decree was issued to the magistrate of Ninghai Prefecture, and some of the content about Zhang Junbao and the others was conveyed by the magistrate.

In the imperial decree, Zhang Junbao and others were reprimanded for acting recklessly. Of course, the reprimand did not have any substantive punishment.

In addition, Zhang Junbao also knew that Zhang Zhixian had indeed been reprimanded by Kublai Khan again, and his words were more severe.

In any case, killing Sog and resolving the crisis of the Zhou family, they actually did not pay anything for the Quanzhen Sect.

And through this incident, Zhang Junbao believes that those forces who want to teach Quanzhen should weigh whether to continue.

Although this incident was due to his own identity, Kublai Khan did not pursue the responsibility of the Quanzhen Sect at all. I believe that people with a heart can still see some clues.

That is, the imperial court's suppression of Quanzhen Sect is almost the same.

If some things are done too much, the Quanzhen Sect can completely fight back.

And the imperial court will no longer teach Quanzhen anything.

Before they dared to attack the Quanzhen Sect, it was because they saw that the Quanzhen Sect did not dare to resist.

Now that the situation has changed, Zhang Junbao believes that the leaders of these forces should not be too confused.

"Zhang Daochang, don't you want to stay for a few more days?" Zhou Houde learned that Zhang Junbao and the others were leaving, and wanted to persuade him to stay.

This time the Zhou family's troubles were resolved so quickly, thanks to Zhang Junbao and the others, he still hasn't thanked them enough.

Before Zhang Junbao said that he didn't have to worry, they will be fine.

But Zhou Houde was still worried and couldn't sleep well every day.

After all, it was a Dalu Huachi who was killed.

Until today, the big stone in his heart has fallen to the ground.

"We still have to go to the south." Zhang Junbao said with a smile, "The Zhou family's matter has been resolved, so we can rest assured."

"Fuzhou?" Zhou Houde already knew that Zhang Junbao and the others were planning to go to Fuzhou, "How about this, Daoist Zhang, my Zhou family happens to have a few ships going south by sea, why not go together?"

"Really?" Zhang Junbao asked, "Could it be just to send us off?"

"How can it be?" Zhou Houde shook his head, "My Zhou family has business in the south, and the goods on these ships will be sent to Lin'an. However, Lin'an is not far from Fuzhou, and then I will let another ship deliver a few Taoists. Long go to Fuzhou."

Zhang Junbao nodded and did not refuse.

Going south by sea is much faster and more comfortable than going by land.

"Huh? Didn't you say that Mouping Port is a big port? Usually there are no less than a hundred ships docked, but today there are only dozens?" Zhang Junbao and his party came to Mouping Port and stood on a high place overlooking the entire port.

There are less than fifty ships of all sizes parked in the port.

Zhou Houde blushed, all the way he was talking to Zhang Junbao about the customs of Mouping County, especially the Mouping Port, of course he was not left behind.

I said just now that the port is busy, but today I came to see that there were too few ships, and the so-called busy scene was completely gone.

He hastily summoned a steward of the Zhou family who was stationed at the port to inquire about the situation. Today was a bit strange, because he saw many people in the rivers and lakes.

Could it be that it is because of these people in the rivers and lakes that merchant ships dare not dock?

"Going to sea?" After asking, Zhou Houde was a little surprised.

Zhang Junbao also heard it from the side, but he didn't expect it to be related to the four ghosts of Yinshan Mountain.

In the past two days, there have been rumors in the rivers and lakes that the four ghosts of Yinshan fled to the sea from Muping Port by boat.

As a result, people in the chasing rivers and lakes swarmed in. Some of the better ones paid some money to hire ships to pursue them, and some unreasonable ones directly threatened the boatman to sail or robbed the boat and left.

As a result, there will be no ships at the port.

After hearing the news, how many boatmen would dare to dock?
The relationship between the Zhou family and the Quanzhen Sect was known to most people in the world, so no one dared to plunder the boats of the Zhou family.

In particular, Zhang Junbao killed Dalu Huachisuoge in Ninghai Prefecture in public a few days ago, which made him famous.

At this time, not many people in the world dare to touch the eyebrows of Quanzhen Sect.

"Which family in the city do the twenty or so ships over there belong to?" Zhang Junbao asked, pointing to the twenty or so big ships opposite the Zhou family's fleet.

There are ten ships of the Zhou family, which are considered medium-sized ships in the port, and there is a gap between the largest one and the smallest one opposite.

In Zhang Junbao's view, the Zhou family is a well-known big family in Mouping County and even Ninghai Prefecture, belonging to the top few families.

He didn't expect that there was a family here that was far more powerful than the Zhou family, which surprised him.

The flags hanging on those boats had the word 'Pu' written on them. Zhang Junbao thought about it, and there seemed to be no big family with the surname Pu in Mouping County, nor in Ninghai Prefecture.

"It's not from the local area." Zhou Houde replied, "It's from the south, the fleet of Pu's family, Zhongshu Zuocheng of Fujian Province, the fleet of Pu's family is extremely large, their business spreads overseas, and their wealth is incomparable to any country."

"Zhongshu Zuocheng?" Zhang Junbao was a little surprised, he was a senior official.

He now has some understanding of the officials of the Yuan Dynasty, who are among the top five high-ranking officials in a province.

No wonder the size of the fleet is so large, and it is indeed remarkable to have such a big tree behind it.

In addition to these two, there are also some ships that belong to local big families. They are preserved under the care of the government and some local Jianghu sects.

"What's going on?" Zhang Junbao suddenly saw a dispute on the port pier.

There is a group of people from the Zhou family's side, and the other side is from the Pu family's fleet.

Zhou Houde frowned slightly: "The Pu family is in trouble again, and many of us in Ninghai Prefecture have suffered from them."

"En?" Zhang Junbao was surprised, "Why, no matter how powerful he is, he is from the south, how can a strong dragon overwhelm a local snake?"

"The Pu family has always been strong." Zhou Houde said with a wry smile, "Before they had an irresistible relationship with Prime Minister Ahema, so the local government didn't dare to offend them at all. Even Dalu Huachi, Dalu Huachi, like Suoge, still smiled when he faced the members of the Pu family. welcome."

Zhang Junbao thought it was so.

Zhang Junbao has seen how powerful Ahema is.

The Pu family has a relationship with Ahema, and there are high-ranking officials in their own family, so of course their style of acting is strong.

"Ahema is dead, how dare they be so arrogant?" Zhang Junbao was somewhat puzzled.

It stands to reason that when Ahema fell from power, the forces attached to him were demoted and killed. Even if they kept their official hats, they would either be demoted or transferred from some important positions.

Those like the Pu family should be affected.

Shouldn't it be low-key at this time?

Probably because he is used to being domineering, Zhang Junbao thought to himself.

"I know a little bit about this." Zhou Houde said, "I heard that the Pu family has not been affected much."

"What?" Zhang Junbao was very surprised.

Although Zhou Houde didn't elaborate on the wealth of the Pu family just now, the incomparable wealth is enough to explain everything.

Probably another Yusheng firm.

Ah Hema is over, Zhang Junbao doesn't believe that no one is interested in the Pu family, such a huge wealth, no one is jealous?
No matter how you look at it, it's incredible.

"Is the Pu family in charge?" Zhang Junbao asked.

Like Yusheng Commercial Bank, it should have paid a considerable price.

"That's not clear. Anyway, I heard that the Pu family is no different from before, and they are still highly regarded by Kublai Khan." Zhou Houde said.

"I've heard of this Pu family. They were originally from Semu. They moved to Quanzhou and settled there for hundreds of years. They were deeply favored by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. The current head of the Pu family, Pu Shougeng, was appointed by the Song Dynasty as the appeasement envoy of Fujian and the envoy of the coastal capital. He was in charge of military affairs and civil affairs in Fujian, and even commanded coastal defense along the coast. With this power, Pu Shougeng was both an official and a businessman, and carried out the maritime spice business. He monopolized the spice business in Quanzhou for nearly 30 years and accumulated a large amount of wealth. There are countless merchant ships under the family." Yang Zhilian said.

Wealth and merchant ships are countless, Zhang Junbao believed it.

The tonnage of these large ships in Muping Port can be seen one or two, which is probably a drop in the bucket of the Pu family fleet.

"Later Pu Shougeng took refuge in the Yuan court and started killing in Quanzhou City. It is said that more than 3000 descendants of the Zhao family in the Song Dynasty died under Pu Shougeng's butcher knife. Lie admired it very much, awarded General Zhaoyong, the governor of Fujian and Guangxi, and the envoy of recruiting soldiers and horses, and promoted Fujian and Guangdong ships, and now he has been promoted to Fujian Provincial Zhongshu Zuocheng." Yang Zhilian added.

Zhang Junbao understood that this Pu Shougeng was a scum, just like Liu Mengyan and his ilk, if not more hateful.

He gained Kublai Khan's respect by stepping on the corpses and blood of the royal family of the Song Dynasty.

No wonder Ahhema fell, and the Pu family was not affected much.

Pu Shougeng fell into the eyes of Kublai Khan.

Being able to achieve this step, Zhang Junbao felt that Pu Shougeng's identity as a Semuren also played a big role. After all, the Yuan Dynasty reused Semuren, who belonged to the second class.

What a bastard, Mung Dou met his eyes.

"Go, go and see, what do they want to do?" Zhang Junbao's expression darkened.

Zhang Junbao naturally didn't have a good look at this kind of scum.

On the way past, people from the Zhou family had already come to report.

The conflict between the two parties is actually very simple, the goods issue.

The Zhou family and the Pu family went south this time to purchase some special products in the north, especially some furs from the grasslands, some ginseng and deer antlers from Liaodong, and other goods that can be sold at high prices in the south.

Originally, there was no conflict between the two.

The final destination of Zhou's family is Lin'an, while Pu's family will usually continue to the south and arrive at Fujian Province.

But this time the Pu family wants to develop northward, so this time the goods will also be sold to Lin'an, so there will be competition between the two.

Since the volume of the two companies is not small, if they are sold together in the same place, the price will inevitably be lower than expected, at least much lower than expected.

Rare things are more expensive, and the more quantity, the price will naturally come down.

So the Pu family wants to let the Zhou family find another place to sell, or sell all the goods to the Pu family. Of course, the price is not high, it can be said to be a low price.

The Zhou family also bought these goods from the north, and the price the Pu family offered was almost the cost price plus a little bit more.

Isn't this obviously bullying?

It's not that the Zhou family is incapable of transporting this batch of goods to the south. It can be said that the Zhou family is very familiar with this route and has been operating it for many years.

"I'm trying to persuade you with good words. The sea is not very peaceful recently. If there is any storm and the ship capsizes, not only the goods will be lost, but also the people will be lost. You will lose both people and money. You have to think carefully about it."

When Zhang Junbao and others approached, they heard a steward of the Pu family threatening the Zhou family.

"Why doesn't my Zhou family need your Pu family to worry about it?" Zhou Houde said with a gloomy face.

The steward of the Pu family naturally knew Zhou Houde, seeing him coming, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

He didn't expect the head of the Zhou family to be here.

When he saw the Taoist behind Zhou Houde again, he was shocked, why did the Quanzhen sect come?
Of course they heard about Sog, and the person who knew Quanzhen Sect was in Zhou's house.

But he didn't expect people from Quanzhen Sect and Zhou Houde to come to Muping Port, he was very surprised.

"It turned out to be Master Zhou, and I also meant it well. You may not know that many people from the rivers and lakes have gone to sea in the past two days, and they also went south. If this group of people make trouble, it is really not a joke." The manager restrained himself. Xinshen, I didn't do anything, can people from the Quanzhen Sect still eat me?
Besides, the Pu family is not so easy to mess with.

The Quanzhen Sect is very powerful in the north, but my Pu family is in the south, where even the Quanzhen Sect cannot catch up.

"Going south?" Zhou Houde had a trace of doubt on his face.

"Oh? It seems that Master Zhou doesn't know yet." The steward smiled, "We got the news that the four ghosts of the Yin Mountain went to the south after taking immeasurable skills and going to sea. I know that the Zhou family has traveled south many times, and they are very familiar with the route. Familiar, but this time is different from the past, Master Zhou has to be more careful. How about this, my Pu family can add [-]% to the previous basis, so that the Zhou family can earn a few percent without taking risks, wouldn’t it be a good thing ?”

"Why don't you let this good thing go to you? The goods on the Pu family's boat are sold to the Zhou family, and we can add [-]% to the price for you." Zhang Junbao said.

The people of the Pu family are really shameless, intimidating and luring the Zhou family?
There is a threat, but the temptation is a bit disgusting.

Because the price was too low, for the Zhou family, the Pu family was doing nothing for nothing.

The steward of the Pu family was stunned for a moment, he was thinking of waiting for Zhou Houde to speak out, but he didn't expect Zhang Junbao to speak out first.

"Who is this Daoist?" Although it was the first time he saw Zhang Junbao, he also knew that this person in front of him should be the rumored Zhang Junbao, the disciple of Daoist Huolong.

"Daozhang Zhang means my Pu family." Zhou Houde said, "In this way, your Pu family won't have to worry about the danger on the road."

The Pu family steward's tone was stagnant, he knew that today's matter would not be done.

People from the Quanzhen sect supported Zhou Houde, and Zhou Houde's waist was also hardened.

Otherwise, he believed that his threat would definitely work.

Bad luck.

However, he was not in a hurry. When he got to the sea, it was too late for the Zhou family to regret it.

"Ahaha~ Master Zhou was just joking." The steward laughed and said, "My master specifically told us to ship this batch of goods back, otherwise I would lose my food."

"If that's the case, then I won't force it."

"Master Zhou, we are ready to leave. Let's say goodbye." Seeing that there was nothing to do, the clever person from the Pu family came over and said that the time had come.

Back on his boat, the steward's originally smiling face darkened.

"My lord, the Zhou family doesn't know how to flatter you," said the person next to him.

"Hmph, they can't be left alone when they're at sea, they won't be fined for toasting." The steward sneered.

"The Zhou family's boat is about to sail." Hearing someone on the boat shout, the steward turned around and looked towards the Zhou family's fleet.

"My lord, why is the Taoist priest of Quanzhen Sect on the boat?" The people beside him were a little surprised.

The steward was also surprised.

Just now he thought that Zhou Houde brought Zhang Junbao and the others here to see Mouping Port and Zhou's fleet.

But I never thought that people from Quanzhen sect would follow the boat.

This is troublesome. Originally, he was thinking of attacking at sea and robbed the Zhou family's ship directly.

"My lord, it's not easy." The person next to him is the steward's confidant, so of course he understands the steward's original plan.

"Hmph, why is it so difficult?" The steward snorted coldly, "You go and tell the sea wolf to play by ear. Hey, there are so many people in the rivers and lakes at sea, we can fish in troubled waters."

"Understood, my lord is really wise, and the Zhou family's accident can be blamed on those people in the world. The younger ones will deal with it immediately."

The steward smiled and nodded, watching the Zhou family's fleet slowly leave the port, the coldness in his eyes could not be concealed.

At sea, if a Quanzhen Sect member had an accident, he wouldn't be able to blame himself.

(End of this chapter)