Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 87 Asking for help
  Half of the hundreds of saltmen entered the temple and began to clean the temple. When the other half arrived at the temple, they saw corpses all over the ground.

There were sounds of fighting in the temple, but it ended quickly.

Although the fighting power of the fifty salt men is not strong, the strong ones in the temple have long been killed by Jia Qiang. Even if the remaining ones still have some strength, they cannot face the fifty salt men forming a battle formation to fight.

"Deploy manpower and clean up the cargo ship!" Jia Qiang commanded the fifty saltmen who were in a daze in a deep voice.

The fifty saltmen looked at him with awe and followed his orders one by one.

Not long after, more than ten monks, big and small, were escorted from the temple. An old monk kept reciting scriptures, and the rest of the monks were so shocked by the battlefield in front of them that it looked like a Shura field.

On the other side, the survivors on the cargo ship were also taken out. Those who were hiding were all cowardly. Even if they knew that they would be beheaded if they were caught as private salt dealers, they preferred to be killed immediately. I want to live longer.

"Sir, there's a lot of private salt!" A salt clerk came to Jia Qiang and reported.

At first, Jia Qiang thought that there was a lot of private salt piled at the dock. Packets of private salt were piled up here, forming a hill.

Under the leadership of Yan Ding, he came to the side of the temple facing the dock, where ten gates were opened.

The ten gates were opened one by one, and inside was a huge warehouse. Judging from the size of the warehouse, half of the temple was probably occupied by the warehouse. The temple was more like a cover-up.

Ten warehouses were filled with bags of private salt. The quantity was so large that Jia Qiang could not estimate the quantity. She only knew that the number must be extremely huge.

How did he know that in the recent period, several major salt farms will produce salt, which is when the price of salt is at its highest.

The three major salt dealers have piled all the private salt here, waiting to release all the private salt during the salt opening period, when the salt price is the highest.

"Send a few people back to inform Mr. Lin!" Jia Qiang glanced at the salt cubs. He had observed these salt cubs along the way, and he noted down the abnormal heartbeats of some salt cubs.

Most of the people he pointed out had abnormal heartbeats, and there was a high chance that they were eyeliners.

He also hoped that these informants could attract more enemies and allow him to gain more experience.

But he didn't expect one thing, that is, his method made these saltmen feel awe, a kind of awe like seeing a heavenly being.

Even the informant, stimulated by the murder of hundreds of people, temporarily gave up the idea of ​​betraying information.

Before dark, Lin Ruhai came over with a large group of people, which disappointed Jia Qiang.

"Sir, kill all the private salt dealers. All the private salt dealers are here!" Jia Qiang stepped forward and reported.

"You should rest first!" Lin Ruhai said with a long sigh when he saw the corpses covering the area.

He didn't sigh because of the death of the private salt dealer, but because of Jia Qiang's murderous intention.

In the next period of time, he did not want Jia Qiang to kill too many people. After the salt fire, he would find time every day to guide Jia Qiang in studying.

Lin Ruhai brought a full staff, and several accountants began to calculate the amount of private salt.

Lin Ruhai brought Jia Qiang to the side, and the others wisely moved away, leaving them to talk alone.

"The credit for this batch of private salt belongs to you, and it will be resold with salt leads. Because the quantity of private salt will be reported, you don't have to divide the money. All of it will be sent to the Holy Spirit. This is considered your first stage achievement! Lin Ruhai said softly.

Precisely because Jia Qiang is his disciple and has deep thoughts, Lin Ruhai takes great care of Jia Qiang.

Afraid that this disciple would not be able to achieve results, he converted all the information he had finally obtained into Jia Qiang's results.

Of course, if it weren't for Jia Qiang's strength, this kind of achievement would not have been achieved.

There are six to seven hundred private salt dealers here, and with the help of three Franco machine cannons, even if the salt transport yamen can capture this place, the losses will be extremely huge.

Where is it like now, when all private salt dealers are wiped out without harming anyone?

In addition, Jia Qiang's achievements are also Lin Ruhai's achievements. No one can deny this.

"I can't let you do it in vain. Those three cargo ships will not be registered. I will mention it to the Yamen that they will be registered in your name in the future. In this way, the three cargo ships can earn at least ten thousand taels of silver every year!" Lin Ruhai continued. .

He did not say the value of the three cargo ships. The value of these three cargo ships was not low. The total price of the three cargo ships exceeded one hundred thousand taels of silver.

"Teacher, you gave me too much!" Jia Qiang felt a little embarrassed and bowed.

"Just take it for you. It's hard to come to Yangzhou. How much money can you make in that place in the capital!" Lin Ruhai waved his hand grandly.

Jia Qiang looked at Lin Ruhai who looked domineering. To Lin Ruhai, money was like waving like rain.

"Listen to the teacher!" Jia Qiang responded with a smile.

He thought that when he returned to Beijing, he could buy a better house for himself.

I thought the house in Jinyu Hutong was enough before, but who knew that now I have Yun Fei and Zhu Jun as my concubines, and my wife in the future, plus Jade and Qin'er, the house might not be big enough.

It's not that Jia Qiang wants to marry as many women as she wants, but it's not up to you in this era.

If you don't have more children, there is no guarantee that the next generation will have talented people. As long as the family has enough population, there will be a greater chance of having talented people, and the family will not decline.

Moreover, women with the status of Yunfei and Zhujun, do they have to be transferred out after being sent here?
  He has no idea of ​​giving women as gifts, he can only treat them well in the future.

I was busy at the dock there until the third day, and stayed in the temple.

Jia Qiang's only regret was that she could not find any evidence to crucify the big salt merchant from the captured people. The harvest this time was a huge amount of private salt and three cargo ships.

There is nothing that can be done about this. Big salt merchants are still very cautious in doing things, and it is not easy to grasp the handle.

Otherwise, they would not be able to remain at ease for so long. Under normal circumstances, as long as the forces behind them do not collapse, they can remain at ease.

Jia Qiang relied on her super strength to forcefully tear open the mouth of the big salt merchant, but it was far from enough to reach the lifeline.

Back at the Lin Mansion, Lin Ruhai, who had been busy for three days in a row, did not rest, but started other work.

That is to say, he has the support of Jia Qiang's 'Healing Technique [Intermediate]', otherwise in his state, even if he is not sick, it will still be consuming his life.

The three cargo ships were transferred to Jia Qiang's name before returning to Lin Mansion.

Lin Ruhai found three experienced stewards for the three cargo ships through personal connections, and Jia Qiang didn't need to worry about the rest.

With the relationship with the Salt Transport Envoy, there is no need to worry about the freight business. Even if Lin Ruhai leaves the Yanyun Envoy Yamen, this business will not be affected at all, unless something happens to Lin Ruhai in the capital and he loses his official position.

This is the official rule of Daqian, and no one will break the rule.

In six or seven days, the salt trigger will be released. Jia Qiang accepted Lin Ruhai's instructions and will act as a guard again on that day.

He thought nothing would happen after that, but who knew that just one day later, Zhang Zhizhou came to his door.

"Master Zhang, please take care of yourself!" Lin Ruhai couldn't help being surprised when she saw Zhang Zhizhou. The main reason was that Zhang Zhizhou's face was extremely ugly, as if he was seriously ill.

"I'm here to ask for help!" Zhang Zhizhou said bitterly.

Lin Ruhai was startled. You must know that Zhang Zhizhou has an army larger than that of Salt Ding. Zhang Zhizhou is a fifth-level official. If it does not involve salt affairs, if there is something that Zhang Zhizhou cannot handle, there is nothing he can do.

"How do you say this?" he asked with a slightly condensed expression.

"The dog went to the lake yesterday and was kidnapped. He asked me to redeem him with money!" Zhang Zhizhou knew that he had to explain the situation clearly, so he explained what happened.

"Who is so brave?" Lin Ruhai couldn't help being shocked and asked quickly.

Zhang Zhizhou is the second-in-command of Yangzhou and controls the military power in Yangzhou. It can be said that he wants power and has soldiers. Who dares to stroke his beard!

Zhang Zhizhou's situation is different from Lin Ruhai's. Lin Ruhai controls the distribution of massive silver, and his interests are enough to drive salt merchants crazy.

But for offending Zhang Zhizhou, his efforts did not match his gains.

"We didn't find out, we just found out that it was the Yan Gang's boat!" Zhang Zhizhou replied with a chill in his eyes.

"The Salt Gang has really gone too far. This time the Salt Transport Bureau cleared a large amount of illegal salt, and the Salt Gang also exists!" Lin Ruhai was equally angry when he heard about the Salt Gang. He then asked: "Do you want the Salt Transport Commissioner to Will the Yamen dispatch to deal with the Salt Gang?"

"It's not about dealing with the Salt Gang. Dealing with the Salt Gang will be discussed after Ximing is rescued. I want to ask Mr. Lin to borrow someone!" Zhang Zhizhou shook his head and said.

He looked at Lin Ruhai sincerely, hoping that Lin Ruhai would agree because of their past friendship.

"Who to borrow?" Lin Ruhai already had the answer in his mind, so he still asked.

"Your hidden guard is Jia Qiang!" Zhang Zhizhou replied in a deep voice.

Lin Ruhai smiled. He knew that Jia Qiang was the guard. He might be able to hide it from others, but Zhang Zhizhou knew about Jia Qiang's killing of General Zheng, the powerful archer.

As long as you compare and think about it before and after, you will determine that Jia Qiang is the guard who hides his identity.

"Don't worry, I'm just borrowing Jia Qiang's skills as a magic archer and using the ransom money to lure people out. As long as I see Xi Ming's figure, I believe the magic archer can solve everything!" Zhang Zhizhou was afraid that Lin Ruhai would disagree, so he explained more. Ichiban.

"To be honest, I really don't want Jia Qiang to be murderous again. Do you know how many people he has killed in recent times? More than a thousand people, and he is only fourteen years old!" Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, after seeing Zhang Zhizhou With an anxious look on his face, he waved his hand and continued, "But Master Zhang has a request, so let Jia Qiang go there!"

"Thank you, Master Lin. I will remember this kindness!" Zhang Zhizhou said with a solemn salute.

When Lin Ruhai took Zhang Zhizhou to find Jia Qiang, Jia Qiang was writing an article in the study.

Through the window of the study room, Zhang Zhizhou saw Jia Qiang. If he hadn't known her ins and outs, he would have been unable to imagine how powerful he was.

"Teacher, Master Zhang, am I disturbing you?" Jia Qiang sensed someone coming. He saw Lin Ruhai and Zhang Zhizhou, thinking that they were going to the study to talk, so he stood up and apologized.

"Master Zhang is here to find you. Zhang Ximing has been kidnapped and needs your help!" Lin Ruhai said.

"Please also ask Nephew Jia Shi to help, Zhang will be very grateful!" Zhang Zhizhou then bowed and requested.

"I don't dare to take it seriously. Brother Ximing is also my friend. I will help my friends when they are in trouble!" Jia Qiang quickly returned the courtesy.

"You should follow me as my guard, don't expose your identity!" Lin Ruhai reminded.

Jia Qiang killed too many people. This bad reputation may affect Jia Qiang's career in the future. Literati did not like this kind of reckless man charging on the battlefield, and even rejected him.

When Zhang Zhizhou left the Lin Mansion, there was a guard behind him wearing armor and covering his face with a visor.

This time Zhang Zhizhou deliberately brought several guards wearing armors. Although the styles of the armors were different, they were really inconspicuous when mixed together.

Jia Qiang did not participate in Zhang Zhizhou's plan to save his son. Zhang Zhizhou had rich experience in handling such cases for many years.

The next day, by the Slender West Lake, Zhang Zhizhou led two hundred soldiers and a leader Chen.

Chen Captou is responsible for handing over to the kidnappers, while Jia Qiang follows Chen Captou to respond at any time.

"I've seen you, sir. Someone has given you a letter!" A man came to Zhang Zhizhou and handed a letter to Zhang Zhizhou.

Zhang Zhizhou opened the letter, took a look at it, and then crumpled the letter into a ball.

After a while, he unfolded the letter and handed it to Chen Captou who was standing aside.

"Let's hand over on the water. It seems that the other party may be a water bandit!" Chen Captou said in a deep voice.

"Water bandits, aren't the Yan Gang also living on the water?" Zhang Zhizhou said with murderous intent in his eyes.

He had already decided that when his son was rescued, he would immediately contact several forces to completely destroy the Salt Gang.

"Sir, it's better for me to get on the boat and hand over the matter. I just don't know if this one can be as accurate on the boat as on land?" Chen Captou said and looked at Jia Qiang, who had never spoken.

He only knew that Jia Qiang was invited by Zhang Zhizhou, but did not know her identity. This made him very worried that Jia Qiang was dragging him down.

"Don't worry, as long as Ximing shows up, he will take action to solve everything!" Zhang Zhizhou was full of confidence in Jia Qiang.

Being able to kill a warrior-level archer head-on, and having the terrifying power of being an archer himself, it is easy to deal with some water bandits.

"Call that ship and say it's been requisitioned by the Yamen!" Zhang Zhizhou pointed to a small ship not far from the shore. He took out a wooden box and handed it to Chen Captou and said, "I really don't have it." If you can do anything, hand over the banknote and be sure to keep Ximing!"

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely ask you to see Mr. Zhang before accepting him!" Chen Captou nodded and replied.

At this time, the boat arrived at the shore. Chen Captou got on the boat first, followed by Jia Qiang.

The boat is not big, and it can't carry many people. In addition, it was stated in the letter that only two people can go there at most. If there are more, there will be no negotiation and a direct dispute.

(End of this chapter)