After Chu Boping and his party dealt with the aftermath of Tianlang Village, they came to a forest at the foot of the mountain. There was a caravan waiting here. The leader of the caravan immediately greeted Chu Boping and others when they saw it. He was very surprised by the strange configuration. The group showed no abnormalities.
At this time, there were not only Chu Boping and others in the group, but also more than ten poor people rescued from Tianlang Village, including the women who were robbed up the mountain, the two men who were almost squeezed dry, and even a few The look in the woman's arms is full of confusion and childishness.
Chu Boping stopped a young man in black. This man was the young man who had just been slapped by the headmaster and only had blood bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
"In Feng Nian, our team is a bit large and may cause unnecessary trouble on the road. You lead four teams A, B, C, and D to leave the team and look for a suitable opportunity to enter Qingqiu City in disguise. We will meet at Shanhai Tower."
"Yes, young master." The young man known as "Feng Nian" respectfully handed over his hands, and without saying much, he immediately took the order and walked towards the young men in black. "A, B, C, and D, follow me out of the queue!"
Fifteen young people immediately walked out of the team. The young man simply said a few words to them and made a few gestures. The young people understood.
Sixteen people, including the leading boy, reorganized into four teams and galloped away in different directions.
Chu Boping and his party also began to integrate into the caravan. This caravan had six trucks and four boxcars. Each car had a flag with a picture of a ferocious shark head emerging from the sea.
This is the flag of the Haisha Gang, which has been on the rise in Youzhou in recent years. The Haisha Gang was originally just a small gang that made a living on the docks. Six years ago, the current gang leader Xing Tian was born. Under the leadership of Xing Tian, the Haisha Gang He continued to expand his territory and recruit troops, and his strength skyrocketed in just a few years.
In addition, the new leader of the Sea Shark Gang is extremely moral, has a high reputation in the world, and can be protected by the Sea Shark Gang. In the chaotic land, almost no green forest hero dares to provoke him without a discerning eye.
There are a total of thirteen knights from the Sea Shark Gang who are guarding the caravan. Each one of them looks very powerful. They are all riding tall horses. They are well-trained and disciplined. They are definitely not comparable to ordinary gangs.
When the Sea Shark Gang masters saw Chu Boping, they immediately dismounted and saluted. One of them, a young man who was obviously different from the others in terms of clothing and horse, stepped forward.
"Master, do you still remember me? I am Ma Xiaohai. I have offended many people in the past. Please forgive me." This person turned out to be Ma Xiaohai, the young leader of the Haisha Gang who had a conflict with Chu Boping and others a few years ago. At this time He doesn't still have the frivolous look of the past, but his temperament has changed drastically and he has become much more mature and steady.
"So it's you. There's no need to mention those little things before. I didn't take them to heart." When Chu Boping saw him thinking about Ma Xiaohai's ridiculous behavior, he laughed it off and patted Ma Xiaohai's shoulder gently.
Ma Xiaohai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chu Boping didn't blame him.
"Young Master, I am now the person in charge of the Chaos Land Branch of the Sea Shark Gang. I am fully responsible for the security of this operation. I will give you any instructions." Ma Xiaohai bowed respectfully again. Apparently, he was the one who was punished by Xing Tian in recent years. Yan Xingyun's training was very good.
"Just be like an ordinary caravan guard. No need to treat him differently. There is only one request. Keep secret about this mission. If any news comes out, I would like to ask for you." Chu Boping said seriously, and motioned for Ma Xiaohai to return to the team, and Ma Xiaohai took the lead. He left and gave orders to his men.
At this time, the people rescued from Tianlang Village had their acupoints sealed and hid in the truck at the back. The young man in black who had not left was also dressed as a restaurant apprentice.
After finishing all this work, the person who was the leader of the caravan came to Chu Boping to recover his life. This person was dressed as a businessman, and he was Xu Xin, the shopkeeper of Shanhai Tower in Qingqiu City, and the disciple of Lu Zhengliang.
"Sir, everything has been arranged and ready to go at any time."
"Thank you for your hard work, shopkeeper, let's go!" Following Chu Boping's order, the team marched toward Qingqiu City like an ordinary caravan.
With the protection of the Sea Shark Gang, even if he was discovered by spies from the Green Forest Heroes along the way, no one would touch him.
The journey was uneventful, and the team arrived at the gate of Qingqiu City, where a group of soldiers inspected the gate.
The Lord of Qingqiu City did not care about worldly affairs, and the city was extremely chaotic when it was first built. Several sects in the city had no choice but to form a loose alliance and mobilized manpower to form a city guard to take care of matters in the city.
The internal management of the city guards is also very lax, and all matters are extremely perfunctory. They are not as disciplined as the guards of other big cities.
The city guard soldiers at the city gate even wore their armors and helmets in a crooked way, and their styles were not the same, like bandits who had given up the armor of the real army.
A young man who looked like a boss stepped forward to stop the caravan. He looked arrogant, but his clothes were slightly normal, looking a bit like a soldier.
But when he saw the flag of the Sea Shark Gang, his expression changed and his attitude immediately softened. "He's a brother of the Sea Shark Gang. May I ask whose caravan this is?"
Shopkeeper Xu opened the curtain of the carriage and showed a gentle smile to the young man. "This little brother, we are from Shanhailou going out of the city to purchase goods. Please let me go."
The young man's eyes lit up when he saw Shopkeeper Xu, obviously he knew him.
"It turns out to be shopkeeper Xu. I often visit Shanhailou. Brothers, please let me go quickly!" The young man's attitude became a little flattering and he immediately ordered his subordinates to let him go.
"This little brother is really refreshing. Next time you bring your brothers to Shanhai Tower to see me, I will treat you all to drinks and meat." Shopkeeper Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said cheerfully.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, for your respect. Brothers, we must go, we must go!" The young man smiled even more at this moment, and the other soldiers secretly swallowed their saliva when they heard this.
Watching the convoy leave, the young man looked proudly at his companions. "Look, there are good things about being on duty with me. Damn it, if Shanhai Tower purchases goods every day, wouldn't it be a good job to guard the city?"
The compliments poured out from his subordinates made the young man feel a little carried away.
Chu Boping and his party arrived at Shanhai Tower smoothly. The guys moved the goods containing people into the building together with the general goods. Shopkeeper Xu arranged for his cronies to secretly transfer these people to a secret cabinet. Chu Boping signaled Ma Xiaohai to lead After everyone left, Ma Xiaohai and other members of the Haisha Gang immediately took orders and left.
Shanhailou is a restaurant that opened in Qingqiu City five years ago. It is a three-story building with a kitchen lobby on the first floor, private rooms on the second floor, and the third floor is where the cooks and waiters live.
Not long after the restaurant opened, it attracted a large number of diners with its delicious dishes, and because the prices were very favorable, ordinary people were willing to come here to have their teeth made. Even the city's wealthy businessmen and disciples of well-known sects often showed up in the restaurant's private rooms.
Over the past few years, Shanhailou has become one of the most popular restaurants in Qingqiu City.
On the surface, Shanhai Tower is an ordinary restaurant with a prosperous business, but secretly it is Chu Boping's stronghold in Qingqiu City.
Lu Zhengliang's apprentices were sent to various parts of the Central Plains to build restaurants. With their excellent cooking skills and Chu Boping's financial support, the restaurants had basically covered the major cities in Jiuzhou in the Central Plains.
However, the intelligence network that Chu Boping wants to establish will still take a long time to operate. However, the restaurants in several major cities in Youzhou are relatively mature and can already provide Chu Boping with a steady stream of information and manpower.
The restaurant adopts some poor children and orphans in the city in the name of recruiting apprentices. After screening, the children with qualified qualifications and humanity will be secretly sent to the Burial Immortal Mountains, while the other children will really stay in the restaurant as apprentices.
This is part of the origin of Chu Boping's young men.
Four teams that entered the city separately also arrived at Shanhai Tower. A group of boys and girls entered a hidden room in the restaurant with Chu Boping.
The children stood in several rows in an orderly manner, quietly waiting for Chu Boping's lecture.
"This Tianlang Village mission was finally judged to be a failure!" Chu Boping's face was serious, not at all like the proud look he had in the Juyi Hall at that time, while the teenagers drooped their heads like eggplants beaten by frost.
"You made several fatal mistakes this time!"
"Li Fengnian, as the commander of this operation, you made mistakes in collecting intelligence and did not even figure out the opponent's maximum combat strength. If it weren't for the two uncles, how many of you would have left Tianlang Village alive?"
"This is the first mistake!"
The boy who took the lead turned out to be the elder brother of a group of brothers and sisters that Chu Boping brought out of Yong'an City. At this time, although Li Fengnian was depressed, his eyes were firm.
"Sir, I have an unshirkable responsibility for this failure, and I am willing to accept the punishment." Li Fengnian took a step forward, put one hand on his chest, and bowed deeply.
"Okay, let me continue my review first. There will be no shortage of punishments. We'll talk about it when we get back to the valley!" Chu Boping motioned to Li Fengnian to return to the team.
"In this operation, a total of seven teams of twenty-eight people were dispatched. Excluding the leader of Tianlang Village, a total of one hundred and sixty-two bandits were killed. Five missing people narrowly escaped and were intercepted by Uncle Wu and Uncle Lu."
"This is the second mistake!"
"When Squad C assassinated the number two figure in Tianlang Village, they covered their eyes after seeing his naked body because he was a woman. They were looking for death. If Yang Mei hadn't saved him with the city-breaking crossbow, the other three would have been dead at this moment. "
"This is the third mistake!"
"Don't think that these are just small mistakes. On a real battlefield, one mistake can be fatal. By then, there will be no senior experts to protect you. If there are no seniors to help today, at least half of you will stay in that cottage forever. "
"After you go back, reflect on it and practice hard. No senior will take action on the next mission. Life or death is up to you. If you don't want to die, be energetic."
"Yes!" The teenagers clasped their fists and saluted, saying in unison.
"Repair here and set off home at midnight!"
After receiving the order, the teenagers sat on the ground and rested in place.
Chu Boping walked out of the secret room with Wu and Lu.
"Master, are you too harsh on these children?" Lu Zhengliang said slowly.
"This is also for their own good. What I said is true. The enemy will not show mercy just because they are children. Uncle Lu, you will help cook and prepare some delicious food for these brats later. Don't tell them it's me." Give it up!" At this time, Chu Boping also put away his serious look and said to Lu Zhengliang gently.
"Sir, why are you doing this?"
"Someone has to be the villain."
At this time, a man who looked like a clerk rushed over and handed Chu Boping a note. Chu Boping opened the note and looked at it, his eyes narrowed and he frowned.
"Uncle Wu, Uncle Lu, the Taichu Dynasty has changed hands. Various intelligence shows that the new emperor Li Boqian most likely killed his father and brother before ascending to the throne. Because of this, the Taichu court may also be at odds with the Xinghe Sect."
"Intelligence shows that this Li Boqian is moody, duplicitous, insidious, conceited, cruel and lustful. If such a person becomes the Emperor of Taichu, the Taichu Dynasty may not be peaceful in the future."
"Zhong An is now in the Xinghe Sect. He must make plans early to avoid being affected if the situation changes."
Chu Boping then smashed the note into powder with his fingers.
Late at night, Chu Boping and his party left Qingqiu City on a wooden kite.
The more than ten people who were rescued were also taken to the Burial Immortal Mountains by restaurants. This is a story for another time.
