In less than a stick of incense, Cao Tuo and his group were killed by the officers and soldiers. Cao Tuo was even beheaded on the spot. The prison guard did not even give him a chance to speak.
Gao Kan waited until the shouts of killing in the restaurant gradually subsided, and then he returned to the inn with Lin Chong.
There was no peace in the city that night. After the officers and soldiers eliminated the leader of Cao Tuo's bandit, they entered the Hebang Village Gate garrison.
They killed all the people in one of the Ganhe Gangs on the spot, leaving no one alive. They killed them until their blood flowed into a river, and then they stopped.
What happened next is unknown. It was only around noon on the second day when he, Lin Chong and Tian Mi were having tea in the teahouse of the post station that Shi Jianmen came to find him.
He sat down and said happily: "I hope Mr. Gao can give me some advice. Last night we suppressed the bandits and killed hundreds of bandits from the He Gang. There was no way to collect money and food. Master Zhongshu learned this morning and was very happy."
"Congratulations to Mr. Shi. With this great achievement, Mr. Shi will definitely have a bright future in the future." Gao Kan said with a smile as he cupped his hands.
"You have to thank the young master for your promotion. If you don't have the friendship with the young master, how can you know this?"
Shi Jianmen felt happy, and he was even more grateful to Gaokan, and even after he finished speaking, he lowered his status a lot.
Gao Kan said politely: "That is your wise decision, what does it have to do with me? I don't dare to take credit, but I will bother you a lot."
"Young master, no one dares to disobey your orders." Shi Jianmen arrived immediately.
"I have been ordered by Taiwei to transport this amount of grain and grass back to Tokyo. I will have to come to Daming Mansion often in the future. To avoid trouble, I intend to buy a fleet to transport some goods."
Gao Kan said, glanced at Shi Jianmen's expression, and then continued: "It's just that this is a water transportation business, and it requires a certificate from the shipping department. I wonder if your Excellency can give me some advice?"
"That's it. Don't worry, young master. This is a small matter. I will handle it properly. When I return to the Yamen and prepare the documents, I only need to ask someone to pick them up." Shi Jianmen said without hesitation. Accept it.
Private water transportation requires a person with a floating household registration to take the lead in order to handle the matter.
And different people need different documents.
The average person is allowed at most one transport boat on the river, but not more than one.
However, Shi Jianmen is an official of the Shipping Department, so it is easy to apply for a water transport document. What's more, Gaokan carries military rations, which is considered half an official camp, so it is even more convenient.
After Gao Kan heard this, he thanked Tian Mi again and asked Tian Mi to go to the shipbuilding department's Yamen in the afternoon to get the documents.
Just as we were talking here, someone came to the Shijianmen again, saying that Mr. Zhongshu called him over, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left.
After the people left, Gaokan asked Tian Mi to lead Hongjiang and his party to load the grain and grass into trucks and send them to the dock to wait. After receiving the water transportation documents, they loaded the grain and grass and transported them away.
Gao Kan himself led Lin Chong and two more people to the He Gang.
On the way, Lin Chong was curious. The He Gang had ordered the government and the army to uproot their roots, and the gates of the He Gang's garrison were demolished. What else was going on?
Gao Kan smiled and said: "Although the river gang has been destroyed, the merchant ships that the river gang occupied are still there. Now they are all ownerless. When Tian Mi gets the water transportation documents from the shipping department, our fleet will be established in the future. Don’t you just need these ships?”
"So that's it, Young Master is really far-sighted!" Lin Chong praised.
When the two came to the Hegang station again, they saw from a distance that there were officers guarding the area, preventing others from entering.
After walking closer, Gao Kan cupped his hands and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, gentlemen, is this the land of the river gang?"
The officer in charge raised his head and glanced at Gao Kan, and said disdainfully: "Where can there be any other river gangs? Those thieves were wiped out by the prison guard last night. Go ahead if you have nothing to do. Don't talk nonsense here. If you talk more, I will beat you up." If you become an accomplice of a thief, take them down in one fell swoop!"
The smile on Gao Kan's face did not change, and he explained: "The official misunderstood, we are not fellow members of the He Gang, it was Mr. Shi Jianmen who asked us to come here."
Upon hearing this, the official's expression immediately changed.
He even stood up and said, "The prison master called you here. What's the matter?"
"The Lord Prison Gate said that the He Gang thieves were destroyed. They collected a lot of money and handed it over to the public. However, there are still some ships left that are difficult to dispose of. I asked the villain to come and take care of them." Gao Kan answered.
"Is this really true?" The official didn't believe it.
"If the official doesn't believe it, send someone to ask the prison master and he will find out. The villain's name is Gao Kan." Gao Kan said with a smile.
"Then wait."
The official glanced at Gao Kan, then turned around and said a few words to the person behind him.
After hearing this, the man glanced at the two of them, then nodded and left to report to the prison gate.
After the man left, Gao Kan continued to speak: "It's really hard to ask all the officials to stay here again. I have some tea money here. Please have a bowl of tea and have a rest."
As he spoke, he took out a bag of broken silver and placed it on the table.
Seeing this, the official picked up the silver bag and weighed it. He looked at Gao Kan and said, "You are a sensible person. It will take some time before he can answer the question. The He Gang's boat is inside. You and I can go and see it first." Look."
"Thank you, sir." Gao Kan thanked him.
Following this official mission, the two of them entered the He Gang station, walked along the road in front, and went around to the water entrance behind.
The water surface here is connected to the moat outside, and also connected to two large rivers.
Normally, all the ships in the river park are parked here. If there is business to be transported, it is also convenient to transfer the ships from here to the dock to load the goods.
The two of them had never been here before when they came here for the first time, so they didn't know how many boats there were in the river gang. They only saw it now.
I saw a strip of water more than ten feet wide, filled with more than a dozen cargo ships parked, and a large one in between. It seemed that it would not be a problem to pull dozens of people.
After taking a glance, Gao Kan felt very happy.
The official pointed out: "These are the boats that were taken by the He Gang thieves. You should take stock of them and deal with them on your own if there are any problems. When the people come back later, you can ask someone to come and take over the boats after you find out what the prison guard really meant." Drive away."
"Yes, yes, thank you sir." Gao Kan agreed with a smile.
The official didn't say much, turned around and left after speaking.
After he left, Gao Kan said to Lin Chong: "Let's go and have a look on the boat."
Lin Chong followed Gao Kan until he came to the side of the big ship. He boarded the ship along the steps and took a look. After looking at it, he liked it more and more.
"What a good ship. It's a pity that it's just this one. If there were one or two more, it would be enough to build a navy."
Touching the ship frame, Gao Kan couldn't help but sigh.
Lin Chong said on the side: "If you are serious, Master, we can take down the docks on the Daming Mansion side and the Puyang side, and then we can slowly build them."
"That's the truth. Let's discuss it with Shopkeeper Tian after we get back." Gao Kan nodded.
