Rise of the Heavens

Chapter 208 Water Camp
"I, Gao Cheng, can't afford such a talent!" Gao Cheng sneered. These shopkeepers look quite powerful to ordinary people, but they are still domestic slaves in essence. They were originally servants of the Mei family, but now they belong to the Gao family. Hand, even if you kill others, you won't say anything.

Gao Ying let out a low exclamation, and quickly covered her mouth.And the shopkeepers standing outside were already paralyzed from fright.Seeing Hu Fu who died tragically not far away, sweat oozed from his forehead.

They didn't expect that Gao Cheng, who hadn't moved for two months, came out today to look through the accounts, and then used his hands to kill Hu Fu, who was the highest among them.

Gao Cheng was not interested in getting entangled with these low-status shopkeepers, so he stood up and said, "I will explain everything you have done to Gao Ying. This time, I will go around you once, and I will try to deceive you later. Huh?" Fu is your fate!"

The originally limp bodies of several shopkeepers suddenly surged with strength, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed and shouted: "Thank you for your generosity, the villain, I will work hard in the future!"

Gao Cheng waved his hand, and killing a Hu Fu would at least make these people peaceful for a while. He was familiar with this method of killing chickens and scaring monkeys.

He turned his head and said to Gao Ying: "Xiaoying, our Gao family is short of talents now, and the only ones I can trust are you and Uncle Gao, but Uncle Gao needs to sit in the water camp now. When I usually retreat and practice, these things outside , you help me look first, if these people still dare to lie, report to me directly!"

Gao Cheng's current subordinates include Gao Tai, Zhang Chen, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and a newcomer Lu Dai. These people are either fighters with relatively outstanding military strength, or first-rate famous generals who have not yet grown up.

There is no one who is proficient in money, food and internal affairs.Gao Cheng has nothing to do at this time, and he can't be delayed by these mundane things every day, so he can only let Gao Ying supervise him temporarily.

"If Li Shanchang and Liu Ji can come here alone, I don't have to worry about these things at all!" Gao Cheng secretly sighed in his heart.

When he was in the world of Yitian, he had Li Shanchang, Zhu Sheng, Liu Ji, Song Lian and other internal affairs talents and counselors under his command. There were a lot of talents. Any of these people would be the top talents in the Three Kingdoms world.

Basically, big and small matters can be easily resolved by these hands. Gao Cheng's role is to weigh the pros and cons among the opinions of several people.

The problem has been solved by his subordinates, and he only needs to make the final decision. Unlike now, the audit of accounts that can be done by a random official requires him to intervene in person.

Gao Ying looked a little terrified, she was young, and she would spend more than half of her energy managing the trivial matters of the house. How could she figure out the things about the shops and land outside?
However, listening to the young master's meaning, it is not that she is responsible for these things, but that she can temporarily act as eyes and ears when the young master has something to do, and can report the matter in time.

Thinking of this, Gao Ying secretly let out a sigh.

There are [-] mu of land and more than a dozen shops. These things are not worth mentioning in troubled times. Gao Cheng did not take these things too seriously. At this moment, what he cares most about is the Huai'an sailors trained in the Baima Lake water camp.I don't know how Gao Tai and Lu Dai have trained these people.

After noon, Gao Cheng rode his horse towards Baima Lake in the south of Huai'an City.Not long after, a misty mist of water vapor hits the face, which is very cool.Looking forward, I saw a vast expanse of mist.Small islands are dotted on the vast lake, and the water is misty, which looks poetic.

Baima Lake connects with Hongze Lake and is close to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. It is an important place for north-south waterway transportation, and there are many large and small islands in the big lake.

In today's increasingly chaotic world, many fishermen who could not survive simply fled to these islands, and most of them became water bandits.

In the past, these water thieves were not very powerful, and they just relied on the fish and shrimp in the White Horse Lake to barely survive. Unexpectedly, not long ago, a group of super powerful water thieves occupied this important waterway and gathered many water thieves , He robbed the merchant ships of the major families, and his strength continued to grow.

Now this group of water thieves has seriously affected the interests of the major families in Guangling County.However, it will take a lot of effort to wipe out these water thieves.

The Guangling family is unwilling to do such a laborious task, so they secretly hinted that if someone in Huai'an County can wipe out the water thieves, they can recommend it to the governor of Xuzhou, and let the person who has done meritorious service be the county captain of Huai'an City. The position of county captain is an ordinary family The best choice for children to become officials.

Mrs. Mei was very greedy for this position, so she didn't hesitate to spend a lot of money and food she had accumulated, and wanted to wipe out the water thieves in Baima Lake. It's a pity that their plan was wiped out by Gao Cheng before it started.

The water was turbulent, and there was a camp near the shore of Baima Lake, in which hundreds of soldiers were practicing in full swing. In front of the water camp were dozens of newly built ships.These ships are not too big, flexible and maneuverable, and are the most suitable warships in rivers and lakes.

Hundreds of soldiers on the warships were also training with the Shouters. Two men stood on a high place and continuously raised the flags, and many warships below continued to shuttle across the lake according to the flags.

Gao Cheng could see very clearly that these small boats still had a lot of jerky driving, and occasionally the two boats collided, but the sailors on board had been trained to deal with ordinary water thieves!

Seeing this scene, Gao Cheng felt a surge of joy in his heart.Gao Tai and Lu Dai did not live up to his expectations.

To establish a foundation in Guangling and Jiangnan, the navy is the top priority.Although the water army trained by the two is not very good, but with increasing experience, sooner or later it will become an elite division.

At this time, the soldiers on the outskirts of the camp who were training for short-blade fighting saw Gao Cheng coming on horseback, and immediately rushed out a dozen big men, issued a signal, and shouted angrily, "Who dares to spy on our naval base? Stop it for me!"

Gao Tai and Lu Dai, who were directing the training at a high place, heard the movement, turned their heads to look, and found Gao Cheng's figure, their expressions changed immediately, and they hurried down to meet him.

Among them, Gao Tai yelled: "Xu Ping, stop quickly!"

But when Gao Tai yelled, the man named Xu Ping had already gone up to him, ready to pull Gao Cheng off his horse.

Gao Cheng chuckled, and didn't care too much about this person. With a thought, his mental power attracted a ray of thunder and lightning between the heaven and the earth, and the lightning flashed, Xu Ping trembled all over, unable to control his body.

Gao Tai and Lu Dai came in a hurry, Natou bowed and said, "My subordinates pay homage to the young master!"

At this time, Gao Cheng was just a acting county lieutenant, and had not yet obtained the official documents from the big man, so the two were not commensurate with each other by their official positions.Seeing the actions of the two bosses, everyone in the water camp immediately knew that the young man in front of them was Gao Cheng who had killed the Mei family and killed the nine-level warrior with a single sword.

(End of this chapter)