At the beginning, everyone laughed at him for not being like a man in the green forest. Later, people gradually realized why this person did what he did. Because after Zhang Juzheng implemented the examination law, officials everywhere gradually became nervous. While focusing on civil affairs, they also began to clear out various gangsters under his rule!
Those who were famous, or those who were more ruthless were successively eliminated by the government. Only this one was still alive and carefree, and he gradually became a famous branch in the river!
But just when everyone thought he might dominate the Yangtze River, he did the opposite and supported other small groups of water bandits to grow stronger instead of annexing them! His move is even more impressive. In this way, with the help of his allies, he has become the de facto boss in this area. He can still engage in the business of water banditry without being inconspicuous or arousing the vigilance of the government. It has been more than 20 years without any incident, which is very rare!
So the people gathered here are all water bandits who have a deep relationship with the tailless fish. These people unite to control a quite long section of the Yangtze River! Now they are all gathered here at the call of the tailless fish.
At this time, I heard the middle-aged scribe say: "Master, the news has come. You brothers should be aware of what to do, right?"
The tailless fish chuckled and said, "It's easy! There are more than sixty ships in this fleet, loaded with salt cargo. They are heavy ships, and traveling upstream will be extremely slow! When the time comes, I will lead my brothers to rush up. That’s it! Most of the people attack the ships in the front section, and a small number of people contain the ships in the second half. After controlling the ships in the front half, just gather people to attack the ships in the second half!"
The middle-aged scribe nodded and said: "I don't understand things on the water, so it all depends on the master! But I would like to remind the master here, don't make any mistakes! The head of my family takes this matter very seriously!"
Tailless Fish also said seriously: "Sir, don't worry, as soon as this fleet entered the Yangtze River Estuary, our people have been following it, and there has been no unexpected news. So I have also estimated our manpower, and it is relatively easy to capture those ships." of!"
The middle-aged scribe said: "Back then, the head of the family said that the head of the house was very smart! Today I saw that it was indeed the case! Who would have thought that before those fleets even left the shore, the head of the house actually sent people to follow them!"
The tailless fish smiled proudly and said: "That's natural! As the old saying goes, if you walk a lot at night, you will always bump into ghosts, so it's better to be careful! But when it comes to this, I, the old fish, will ask one more question Mouth, have you sent all the money you gave to the navy?"
The middle-aged scribe's eyelids twitched when he heard this, but he still said calmly: "Master, thank you for your trouble! But I personally handled this matter, and several battalion leaders have accepted the money!"
But the tailless fish sighed and said: "To be honest, I, old fish, really don't want to get involved in this business. It involves too much! Opposite me is the powerful Marquis, and I really can't afford to offend him!"
The middle-aged scribe smiled and said, "Does the boss want to regret it?"
The tailless fish smiled bitterly and said: "I want to regret it, but can you allow me to regret it? I can't afford to offend your family master either!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged scribe laughed twice and said, "Actually, the head of the family doesn't have to worry. No matter how powerful Wu Ninghou is, he is still far away from the capital, and my master is in Jiangnan! I think Wu Ninghou has all kinds of abilities. It's also that distant water can't save a nearby fire! What's more, you also know my master's ability. He said that he would protect the master in the future and help him get clean and get ashore. What a good thing it is!"
The tailless fish forced a smile and said: "Thank you very much for your attention, your master. I will have to ask my husband for help in the future, so don't shirk it!"
The middle-aged scribe nodded arrogantly and said, "Don't worry, Master. As long as things are done, I will definitely say more good things to Master in front of my master when I go back next time!"
In fact, the tailless fish is very reluctant to do things according to the other party's requirements, because he knows that these people are demons who eat people without spitting out their bones! If you join in, you are just a hound being driven by others. How can you be free and easy as a water bandit on weekdays! But there are some things that he can't choose if he wants to, so he just hopes that he can live a peaceful life after this incident ends safely!
In fact, what the middle-aged scribe didn’t know was that
, after being coerced and induced to agree to this matter, the tailless fish had already sent away all his wife, children, and children! He knew that he was caught in the middle of a fight between two behemoths, and it was up to him whether he would live or die. Everything depended on luck!
Therefore, we were extremely careful when fishing for tailless fish on this trip. We sent people out of the Yangtze River estuary early and followed them into the Yangtze River when the salt cargo was being loaded. Judging from the news they sent one after another, although there were more guards on the ship than normal, they were completely within the acceptable range!
Therefore, when the tailless fish thinks that it can win, it specially tells the brothers below to kill as few people as possible! For injured people, treat them if you can! Moreover, he also strictly prohibited the people below from hiding salt secretly. Once captured, all transport ships were scuttled immediately, and even the ships were not allowed! He did this just to leave a way out for himself!
But even though he had done so much, he still felt empty and lacking confidence! So he soon lost his mood to talk. So he cheered up and talked to the middle-aged scribe for a while before taking his leave and leaving.
After he left the yard, many villagers greeted him when they saw him. It seemed that the relationship between the two parties was very harmonious! Because he grew up in this village, and basically all the young men in this village followed him and became water bandits. It can be said to be his lair!
So he never commits crimes around the village just to hide the village. Moreover, his men were obedient and pretended to be ordinary people as soon as they landed ashore, so the village was never exposed.
While saying hello to the villagers, he felt sorry for the village, because he had not exposed this place for so many years, but he had to expose it for this business, and he always felt that the gain was not worth the loss! He really didn't want to involve these fellow villagers in these things, but it was out of his control!
Then he also took the leaders of several other groups of water bandits to inspect all the ships, and warned and warned the water bandits below before finding a place to rest! In another six or seven days, the ship carrying salt will arrive here, and then it will be time to fight!
