Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 347 Quickly Made Arrangements

"The relationship between Jianzhuang and me is known to everyone in the world, and Bai Zixuan and Jianzhuang are in the clear. If Bai Zixuan is appointed as the envoy of the Southern Palace... I am afraid it will be easy for people to guess. Perhaps... this Liu Jinyuan is more important than Bai Zixuan. It is suitable to be the envoy of the Nanfu." Ye Chen stood on the bow and muttered to himself.

"Come on! Go ashore to find Zhou Xin, and ask him to prepare 2 taels of silver for me overnight, and put it on our boat before dawn." A flash of determination flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, and he said to Feng Zhiyuan who was standing five steps behind him .

Feng Zhiyuan quickly clasped his fists in agreement, and quickly made arrangements.

Shuicheng County under the jurisdiction of Sizhou is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south and the Grand Canal in the east.

In a warehouse next to the wharf outside Shuicheng County.More than a dozen coolies are gathering together to discuss something, even if the pier is light, chatting in broad daylight is not the professional attitude that coolies should have after all, and the ferocious look on their faces seems to reveal that they are otherwise an identity.

Surrounded in the middle is a young man with a thin figure, about 27 or [-] years old, with a lean face and relatively regular facial features, but there is such a stern look in his eyebrows and eyes. When he opens his mouth, all the men around him are shocked. Obediently shut up, obviously he is a leader.

"I found out, it seems to be a businessman who went to Yangzhou to collect tea, and came from Kaifeng, the capital."

"Brother Huang, there are about a dozen guards on their boat, and they all seem to be good hands." A coolie reminded.

The man known as Little Brother Huang is the leader of the Dajiang Gang's sub-helm near Sizhou.Because of the suppression of Jianghu forces by the Song court, the number and strength of the sub-helms of the Dajiang Gang in the Song Dynasty are far from being comparable to those of the sub-helms of the Yangtze River Basin in the Southern Tang and Wuyue Kingdoms.

Brother Xiao Huang sneered and said, "It's just some businessmen, what's the big deal? Besides, you've stepped on it a little bit, so I don't need to tell you how heavy the boxes in the back room are?"

The words were plain, but when the box was mentioned, the eyes of the coolies began to become hot.Walking on the rivers and lakes, genuine bandits look at the dust from the wheels to judge the weight of the goods in the car, and thus judge the value.The water pirates in the rivers, lakes and seas are best at judging what is on board from the depth of the ship's draft.

Today, a large boat suddenly stopped at the pier. The hull of the boat is probably new. Looking at the thickness of the ship's horizontal boards, people who have been on the pier all year round know that this boat has not been launched for a long time.Nowadays, this kind of big boat is rarely seen in the vicinity of Shuicheng County. To the water thieves, this is a rare big fat sheep. When the people on the boat got off the boat to buy a place to eat vegetables and clean water, someone had already inquired about the things on the boat. clearly.

What made these bandits wonder was, since they were merchants collecting tea, how could they have put such a heavy load on the back of the ship?As a result, the draft of this ship is obviously very different from the usual ships.This question was finally answered after a cook who acted as an eyeliner boarded the ship. There was a box in the heavily guarded room at the rear of the ship. Check the strength of the ship planks and the slight scratches on the iron key of the box. , the thieves discovered with extreme sharp eyes that the box was actually full of silver!
"Businessmen from the Great Song Dynasty to the Southern Tang or Wuyue Kingdom usually use gold and silver to trade with each other because the copper coins are different. Obviously, this is a merchant from the Great Song Dynasty who is going to the Southern Tang Dynasty or Wuyue Kingdom to purchase goods." Little Brother Huang judged in his heart.Recently, the leader of the gang is going to change the way of life of the gang, which mainly collects protection fees and robs. He secretly plans to open a large trading house and use hundreds of ships under his command to do some goods transactions from south to north, but this requires a large sum of money. money as start-up capital.Therefore, the Dajiang Gang needs money very much these days, and these days they ask their subordinates to go around and rob cargo ships as much as possible.

One of the water thieves thought about it for a moment and said, "Brother Huang, the draft is deep, and there is no cargo on board... Maybe the bilge is pressing down on river rocks, and sister-in-law Zhu may not have seen it clearly."

Little Brother Huang shook his head and said, "It's not a sea-going ship. What do you need ballast stones for? I'm just a little worried. The merchants on that big ship... don't have any big backgrounds."

"What are you afraid of? The leader of the gang has already said that he doesn't care about anything except those companies that pay us protection fees." A water thief said with a strange smile, "Anyway, I didn't see the protection flag of our Dajiang gang on that boat." These words immediately received a response from his companions.All the water thieves laughed in unison, full of greed.

Little Brother Huang thought about it again, and waved over to the sister-in-law of the Zhu family who was in charge of inquiring about the news.Mrs. Zhu's sister-in-law had an ordinary face, slightly dark complexion, she looked very sophisticated, and said flatteringly, "Brother Huang, don't worry, there are only a dozen or so guards up there, and one maid. The master's family is a The young man is so weak that he looks very handsome, but he doesn't know how to hide it at all. Presumably, it is a second-generation ancestor who is a big business leader in Beijing, who was driven to the south of the Yangtze River by his elders to hone his skills."

Bringing a maid, presumably the young businessman couldn't stand being lonely at night.Little Brother Huang sneered.Take it easy, if the young man is really caring, he won't be wandering the canal with a woman, maybe he is really a second-generation ancestor who has never been out of the house, and went to the south to practice and talk business.

As for the dozen or so guards, they were not in his sights.Although the power under his hands cannot be compared with the sub-helm in the Southern Tang Dynasty, there are more than 40 brothers, each of whom is a gangster with several lives in his hands. He believes that when boarding the boat at night, those guards will only die or jump into the river There are two paths to choose from.

The water thieves around him glanced at each other.Suddenly he laughed very lewdly, and said: "Little Brother Huang, after the night's work is done...give us a refreshment with that maid."

Little Brother Huang's eyes lit up, and he said: "Look at how promising you are! As long as you get the money, the tender maid will naturally follow you after I have had fun, but let's make it clear first, don't kill me, and sell it later. There is also a sum of money in the Sizhou brothel."

Everyone laughed obscenely in unison. After a pause, Brother Huang said in an extremely cold voice: "Keep your hands and feet clean. Except for that servant girl, don't leave anyone alive. Afterwards, pull the boat to the main rudder. good."

The night outside Shuicheng County is very quiet. The moon above the mountains opposite the canal coldly shines on the calm and waveless canal. From a distance, there is a layer of silver light on the surface of the river.There were a few boats moored alone on the pier. It was past midnight, and it was the time when people were sleeping most soundly. The lights on the boats were turned off early, and the merchants had already fallen asleep.

Under the light of the moonlight, more than 30 black shadows silently touched the shore, dived into the river, and swam around the largest boat before taking out hooks and other objects from their bodies, some even It was empty-handed, and he climbed onto the boat along the rope, like countless apes that had been drenched in water, his movements were extremely vigorous and agile.

In just a short while, the water thieves who attacked at night had already touched the big ship and disappeared into the darkness.

With a cold knife in his mouth, little brother Huang went up to the second floor of the big ship in silence, and under the cover of the shadow of the cabin, he went directly to the rear. Everyone in the warehouse had a clear discussion and knew the layout of the ship. Palm, knowing that the box full of silver is at the back of the cabin.

In the darkness behind him, there was a faint sound of puffing, followed by someone falling on the deck with a soft sound.He frowned, thinking that these little bastards didn't know how to be more careful in their actions. In case all the guards were alarmed at the same time, although they were not afraid, they would yell loudly so that the people on the shore could hear them and the officials of the Song Dynasty heard them. is trouble.After all, this is the Song Dynasty, not the Southern Tang Dynasty.

When he came outside the wing room, Brother Huang was a little surprised not to find the guards. At this time, there were several muffled hums from the ship in the night. Brother Huang knew that his subordinates were gradually invading the middle cabin. Hooking the door, the tip of the knife opened the door softly, and in the next moment, he touched a box in the dark.

With the help of the faint afterglow coming from the window in front, little brother Huang could see the size of the box clearly, and couldn't help but gasped. The sister-in-law of Zhu's family didn't make it clear, but only said that the size and weight of the box were estimated to be 5000 taels... But Brother Huang touched the box in disbelief, estimating the size... My God, it takes at least 2 taels of silver to fill such a big box!

He suddenly felt a little scared. The person who can carry so much silver with him to do business in the south of the Yangtze River, even if he is the second generation ancestor, is probably the second generation ancestor with a very deep background in the capital of the Song Dynasty. The anger of a certain important person may cause trouble for the leader of his clan.

Don't kill that second ancestor!This was the first thought that popped up in Brother Huang's mind, but he immediately thought that the deal was done, so he couldn't help hesitating, and with so much money, he and others hid a tenth of it, and if the rest was dedicated to the guild leader, he could not help but hesitate. The status in the gang is enough to jump up two or three steps.

Thinking of this, Brother Huang's breathing became a little short. He carefully took out the tools, and it took him a long time to open the box.

A piece of silver light immediately filled the entire cabin!
Little Brother Huang stared at the box in front of him dumbfounded, his face full of shock and disbelief!

Even though he is a person who lives on the edge of a knife and is used to seeing bloody silver, he is still dazzled and fascinated by the neatly stacked silver ingots in the box tonight. In his usual cold eyes, he began to Revealed the meaning of greed.

But he immediately came to his senses, no matter how bright the moonlight is and how beautiful the silver is, it is impossible to emit such an alluring light!

She suddenly looked back, only to see a middle-aged man in black with an indifferent face and a big man holding a saber in his hand appeared behind her at some point. Looking at himself coldly, that gaze was like looking at a dead person.

Lian Jicheng, the deputy head of the Assassination Division, and Yue Zhengye, the gold-medal killer, had followed Ye Chen's instructions and gave Little Huang enough time to appreciate the money. Yue Zhengye slashed down very slowly.

Little Brother Huang yelled and raised his knife.

However, that blunt long knife, like an unstoppable flood, instantly broke down the defense and defense of the leader of the Dajiang Gang's sub-rudder near Sizhou, making him desperate to live while feeling terrified Watching his left hand being chopped off, blood spewed out accompanied by severe pain!

(End of this chapter)