The movements of the Imperial Guards are always very fast, especially when facing common people who are likely to be unruly. They can only be described in four words:
Meticulous.
The 100,000 people brought by Liu Bang were already stationed around Taikang. There were already a lot of people staying at the dock, and these people gave Yu Yunwen the confidence to inspect the ship at this time.
What the emperor taught him was not to believe in good or bad people. These civilians seemed harmless, but it was about their jobs. Who knew what they would do.
He has been the prefect of Mingzhou for half a year. Mingzhou is also the largest port in the world. There are countless ships passing through in a day, and he has seen too much about the entanglements behind each ship.
A ship that can allow nearly ten thousand people to compete, even if the boatmen, trackers and coolies are included, there has never been such a big ship in the past, so it can only explain one point.
The Qian family has more than one ship.
Taikang does not produce much, and its direction to the south is only two locations...
First, go southeast along the Wo River to Bo; second, go west to Cai River, and then go south to Chenzhou.
Let’s not talk about Bozhou. My group has just come from there. If they come here from Bozhou, if there is such a large fleet, it is impossible not to notice it. And if they go to Bozhou from here, what are they carrying? ? Is it possible that they are all locally produced tea tree mushrooms?
The general of Chenzhou had just surrendered to Liu Qi. If the ship came from Chenzhou, Liu Qi could not fail to inform the emperor. If they were going to Chenzhou from here... then they should be going to the previous ship. It also belongs to Chenzhou of the Jin Kingdom.
After all, the man said they had been looking forward to this life for days.
The last possibility is that this ship is a supply sent by the Qian family to the Song Dynasty army. But if it is supplies, the Qian family left the tens of thousands of troops nearby and did not notify them. Pedestrians... No matter what the boat was carrying or where it was going, it was oddly tight.
Moreover, the ship carrying supplies should have come from outside to Taikangdu, but since he arrived here, he only saw ships leaving, not coming in.
There are many weird things, so the ship will naturally be inspected.
Yu Yunwen was very keen. He thought that Wang De also noticed this, so he came with him. At this time, with an order, hundreds of people from the Imperial City Division decisively stopped in front of everyone.
The man standing on the dock was dressed in brocade clothes. When he saw this formation, he was not even a little bit surprised. He quickly reacted and raised his hands towards Yu Yunwen who was taking the lead:
"I wonder what the superior has ordered? This ship belongs to the Duke of Rongguo. Is there any misunderstanding?"
Yu Yunwen heard the name Rong Guogong dozens or hundreds of times a day when he was in Mingzhou, and he had already met him when he came to Taikang before, so he was not surprised at all.
"Previously, Duke Rongguo said that some military supplies were coming, and the officials sent me to wait here to receive them. Now I see a large number of civilians on the pier, and there is a huge formation, so I came to ask, but the ship for Master Wang has arrived."
The man smiled and said: "The superior also saw it. Our ship is going out, so the things for Master Wang should naturally be sailing in, so of course not."
Of course Yu Yunwen knew it wasn't the case: "If it's not the case, then how many boats the Duke's family has prepared have actually alerted all these civilians to move?"
"Um," the man didn't answer directly, but asked, "Sir, is this also official business?"
Yu Yunwen looked at him: "No."
"Then, little man..."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Yunwen interrupted: "But I must know."
The man paused. Ever since he could remember, he had never been embarrassed when he gave out the name of the Qian family. But today, this man seemed to be here to make things difficult.
"I would know even if you didn't tell me. These people said they have been waiting here for many days for your ship to move... There are nearly ten thousand people, and there will always be one or two who are willing to tell me and listen."
The man rolled his eyes, then cupped his hands and said: "Since the superior wants to know, I can tell you that there are not many ships, only thirty or forty."
Yu Yunwen remained calm: "What are you pretending to be?"
"This... naturally contains goods, the Qian family's goods."
"What cargo?"
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you."
"can not say?"
"can not say!"
Seeing that he was very determined, Yu Yunwen waved his hand: "Get on the boat and check!"
"Come on!" The man stopped in front, "You have to think carefully, this is..."
"This is the Qian family's ship!" Yu Yunwen took over the second half of his sentence and added, "I heard a lot of such words when I was the prefect of Mingzhou."
"This ship must be inspected. Even if Duke Rongguo is here, he must be inspected. If you are dissatisfied with anything, you can tell Duke Rongguo. Of course, the official family is in Taikang County. You can file a complaint at the Qian family's residence, and I'll ask someone to take you to meet the official."
This was said very loudly. Wang De on the side was not a fool. Knowing that something was wrong, he immediately pulled out the knife and made Yu Yunwen look good.
"If you say we will investigate, we will investigate. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will chop you with a knife!"
Of these two people, one is neither humble nor arrogant, and the other is as ugly as a ghost. How can ordinary people resist? The man in brocade gritted his teeth and said harsh words as usual... He didn't want to say anything either, but if he didn't say anything, his end would be even worse when he returned.
"Since you two want to investigate, let's do it. Just please leave your name so that when my three lords ask about it, I can have an explanation."
"Yu Yunwen!"
"Wang De! You can also call me Yaksha!"
Neither of them was afraid of trouble, and everyone knew Wang Yaksha's name. As soon as he opened his mouth, the man lost his temper and obediently stepped aside.
Not long after, the Imperial Guards who had boarded the ship had already turned back and replied in front of the man:
"It contains grain, as well as live pigs and sheep. The number is unclear at the moment."
Another person came to report: "Money, dozens of loads of money."
Not to mention the amount, this is clearly the same thing as what Qian Chen promised to the Song Army. If that is the case, why does this person say that the ship from the Qian family to Master Wang has not arrived yet?
Could it be that this person remembered it wrong?
Even an idiot shouldn't remember such a large amount of things wrongly. Since it's not a mistake, then...
Does your Qian family have a second army to reward?
Yu Yunwen's mind was spinning rapidly, and he only heard a rush of gongs, and a fleet of boats slowly sailed towards Taikangdu.
Without thinking, he said:
"When they reach the shore, we will go directly to the boat to investigate."
Then he cupped his hands towards Wang De and said, "General, please help me."
Yasha was a little hesitant. He stared at the group of people on the bow and saw that many of them were wearing armor:
"Well, it seems Liu Du has done it."
(End of chapter)
