Chapter 2002

After all, Yang Chengye is a man who has seen the world. Although he is a bit cautious when making choices, once he makes a decision, his execution ability is still very strong. In just a moment, he asked the housekeeper to prepare the sedan and sent someone first.

Prepare boats by the river.

Yang Chengye did not want his movements to attract outside attention, so in addition to the two bearers, he only took two personal bodyguards with him when he went out.

There is a large field outside Yangjiazhuang. There are no traces of people at this time, but the canal is still a bit lively. Many painted boats that cannot be seen during the day have appeared on the canal at this time. These painted boats are specially used for business by foreign merchants.

, but there is no wharf for them to dock in the section of the river near Yangzhou City, so most of them come out to solicit business after dark, and there is no need to dock. They can just use a springboard to let guests come from other boats.

Yang Chengye has many ships under his name, and he usually takes his own ship in and out of Yangzhou City, so even if he suddenly arranges a trip at night, he can still prepare everything in a short time and wait for his arrival by the river.

After crossing the river with the sedan chair, Yang Chengye explained his final destination to the bearer. His destination was actually not far from the place where he and Lu Kangtai had dinner more than an hour ago, but at this time, he did not want to go back to the place where he had eaten.

bump into each other.

"Master, there seem to be a lot of people making trouble in front of you!"

The report from outside the sedan brought Yang Chengye out of his thoughts. He quickly ordered the sedan to stop and opened the curtain. Sure enough, there seemed to be people standing on the pier in the distance, and there was a lot of noise.

The place is exactly where he wants to go.

Yang Chengye couldn't help but frowned. It was obviously impossible to be a coincidence that so many people were gathering at the dock to cause trouble at this time. Moreover, the two salt cargo ships docked at the dock were the two salt cargo ships from Ningbo.

"Let's wait and see what happens." Yang Chengye finally made up his mind to go out across the river and come here to implement his plan. Although the situation in front of him was beyond his expectation, he did not want to change his mind and give up his previous plan.

In fact, the fight on the pier was already coming to an end at this time. This group of trouble-seeking gangsters had completely lost their structure. From the moment their leader was taken down by Gong Shiqi, they became a piece of loose sand.

Fight or talk, go or stay, there is no unified attitude at all. Although the number is superior, they are not as organized as the other party. As soon as the fight started, more than a dozen people were injured and fell to the ground. Others discovered that the fighting power of both sides existed.

The gap is so large that it is impossible to take back the lead from the other side, so some people are afraid and don't dare to go up any further.

"Someone is really looking for trouble!" Yang Chengye could probably guess the purpose of these people coming here to make trouble, but he had no idea who was driving them here. There are too many people in Yangzhou City who have reasons and

With this strength to attack the Ningbo Salt Merchant, it was difficult for him to judge who was driving these gangsters behind the scenes.

The only person Yang Chengye could exclude from suspicion was probably Lu Kangtai, whom he had dinner with before. Judging from Lu Kangtai's attitude at that time, it was obvious that he planned to sit back and wait for others to test the strength of this group of salt merchants before considering whether to

He dispatched his musketry team. He had just been separated from Lu Kangtai for more than an hour. It was unlikely that he would change his mind in such a short period of time and send a group of people to try to attack the Ningbo salt merchants. The most important thing is that Yang Chengye believed that Lu Kangtai

The people under Kangtai could not be so good. They clearly had the advantage in numbers, but they were driven back by the opponent, and they were about to be scattered.

Gong Shiqi was very calm about the current situation. The gangsters' lack of operational experience was exposed as soon as they fought, and it was not too difficult to deal with it. Even if the number of people on the opposite side doubled, Gong Shiqi thought it would still be

There was no need to put combatants with rifles into the battlefield. He handed over the on-site command to his men and returned to the ship along the gangplank with his hands behind his back. Instead of watching this one-sided fight, it would be better to quickly interrogate the prisoner and get him

Find out who is behind the scenes.

Of course, Gong Shiqi would not just put a sack on the newly captured prisoner and sink him into the river so easily, at least not until he got information from him.

He went straight to the lower cabin. As soon as he entered, he smelled a faint smell of blood. The guy who had just been put on the ship was tied to a wooden frame. It seemed that he had been punched and kicked here. There were marks on his face and forehead.

There were several cuts, and blood slowly dripped onto the floor along his drooped jaw.

Gong Shiqi nodded towards the two shirtless thugs and said, "You guys take a rest first."

The two of them nodded to Gong Shiqi, clasped their fists, and retreated to the side to drink water.

Gong Shiqi slowly walked up to him and said in a deep voice: "If you really want to keep your master's secret, then I can help you. After all, only the dead can truly keep secrets, so I can sink you to the bottom of the river."

That's it. But if you still want to live, then I advise you to give up resistance as soon as possible and choose to cooperate with us, because no one can take you out of this ship alive except me."

The man did not answer, but Gong Qi Qi could clearly hear his breathing becoming rapid. Gong Qi Qi had so much experience in interrogation that he knew that his words had an impact on him, so he immediately struck the iron while the iron was hot: "

If you are afraid of being settled by your master after revealing the truth, then I can also arrange for you to have a retreat. How about ensuring that you leave Yangzhou City and go to Ningbo to make a stable living? If you feel that Ningbo is not safe enough, then I can also arrange for you to leave Daming.

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Gong Shiqi has been operating on the front line of the intelligence battlefield all year round. He is very familiar with the psychology of these low-level tool people and knows that their loyalty is actually very limited. Most of them work for money. There is actually no great morality in betraying their employer.

But if the employer is rich and powerful and has the means to counter them, then they may have more scruples. At this time, arranging a very feasible escape route for them is actually dismantling their psychological defense line.

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Of course, this method is not 100% effective. Gong Qiqi will make adjustments based on the reaction of the person involved. For example, although the strong man who was subdued by him has never revealed the information, Gong Qiqi is very interested in prying his mouth open.

Very confident.

"Sooner or later you have to speak, it's better to speak earlier and suffer less." Gong Shiqi continued to encourage the other party in a leisurely manner: "Don't take any chances, your gang of accomplices can't accomplish anything at all.

We have already driven them away."

"Aren't you afraid... of summoning more revenge!" The strong man finally spoke, half of his tone was filled with unwilling hatred, and the other half was filled with despair.

Gong Shiqi smiled and said: "I'm not afraid to tell you that the purpose of bringing these two ships to Yangzhou is to lure the local salt merchants into action. If they swallow their anger, I will be very disappointed. Do you think your master will send troops?

Save you? Stop dreaming. At this moment, he is probably somewhere nearby jumping up and down in anger, calling you a useless idiot. You try your best to keep it secret, but your master probably wants you to die soon.

That way there's no risk of betraying him."

Gong Shiqi's words were heart-breaking. Even if the man was tenacious, he was still shaken after hearing these words. He was just a street gangster. In terms of psychological games, how could he cope with the experienced Gong Shiqi?

It took only a moment for him to be defeated.

Gong Shiqi was about to continue to put pressure on him when one of his subordinates came to report that there was a person outside claiming to buy a large amount of salt and wanted to meet Gong Shiqi to discuss it in detail.

"It's almost midnight, and you came all the way to buy salt?" Gong Shiqi said with a smile, "How many people did he bring here?"

The subordinate responded: "There are only two bearers and two attendants. It doesn't look like they are looking for trouble."

Gong Shiqi nodded thoughtfully, and after a moment of silence he said, "Then please invite him on board the ship for a meeting."

A moment later, Gong Shiqi saw this uninvited guest who came late at night.

"The conditions here are simple, please don't mind, distinguished guest." Gong Shiqi personally poured a cup of hot tea for the guest sitting opposite: "I heard that the distinguished guest is here to buy salt, I don't know what to call him?"

"My surname is Yang." This man took the teacup handed over by Gong Qiqi, but put it directly on the table: "I heard that Boss Gong shipped a lot of refined salt on these two ships, and the price was quite reasonable, so I planned to purchase it.

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"It turns out to be Boss Yang. How much salt does Boss Yang plan to buy?" Gong Shiqi saw that the other party only gave his last name but did not sign up, so he didn't feel strange. After all, this was Yangzhou and it was the sphere of influence of the local salt merchants. He took the initiative to come here to talk to him.

Meeting to buy salt by yourself is inherently risky, and it is understandable that the other party would not directly state his or her real name.

"all."

The two words spoken by the other party surprised Gong Qiqi. He couldn't help but repeat them to confirm the other party's intention: "All?"

"Yes, give me a price for all the salt on your two boats. I want it all."

Gong Shiqi smiled and said: "To be honest with Boss Yang, in fact, several groups of people came this morning, and they all made the same opening remarks as Boss Yang. However, the price they offered was a bit difficult for me to accept. If Boss Yang

It’s the same plan as those people in the morning, so I don’t think there’s any need to waste time and saliva anymore.”

The person who came to buy these two large ships of salt in the middle of the night was naturally Yang Chengye. After much deliberation, he decided that only by asking the Ningbo salt merchants to leave Yangzhou as soon as possible could the conflict between the local salt merchants be temporarily eliminated and the two sides impose on him.

The tasks automatically lose the necessary conditions for execution. If you want to make the Ningbo salt merchants disappear quickly and drive them away by force, the only feasible way is to make them lose the reason to stay in the local area - such as buying them and shipping them.

All the salt was delivered to other places, and then asked to leave Yangzhou immediately.

Of course, Yang Chengye is not stupid. He knows that this is just his unilateral wish. Since the other party has shipped these two ships of salt to Yangzhou for sale, he obviously has the intention of deliberately causing trouble. It is very likely to use this to anger the local salt.

Shang. Even if he offers a reasonable price, the other party may not do the deal with him. It is more likely that he will be ridiculed by the other party and then kicked out. However, this is the only way for him to resolve the current complicated situation.

Anyway, I can only bite the bullet and try it first.

But just as the negotiations started, Yang Chengye hit a wall. He didn't know who had come to see Boss Gong in the morning and what conditions were offered to him. But Yang Chengye could roughly imagine that the local salt chamber of commerce would have a negative opinion of Ningbo.

The reaction from colleagues was definitely not too friendly. The offer that the other party said was "somewhat unacceptable" was probably just a symbolic offer, with the purpose of driving them away from Yangzhou as soon as possible.

"Boss Gong, my purpose is different from that of those who came before. I am here to buy salt sincerely." Yang Chengye knew that it was difficult for the other party to immediately believe his intention, so he could only try to make his words appear more sincere.

Seeing that he was serious and not joking, Gong Shiqi asked tentatively: "I wonder what kind of price Boss Yang can offer?"

When Yang Chengye heard that he seemed to have a chance, he quickly responded: "What's your selling price today?"

When Gong Shiqi heard this, he realized that this man didn't even ask for a discount. He was either joking to himself, or he was really relieved to eat this batch of goods.

If Gong Shiqi came to Yangzhou to sell salt, then he could sell the two ships of salt to the other party at once, and then collect the money and go home, saving time, trouble and worry. But the problem lies in his trip to Yangzhou. The purpose is not to sell salt here. The two shipments of salt and his identity as a salt merchant are just a cover-up. The purpose is to stimulate the local salt merchants to use the elusive musketeer team, and then try to identify this musketeer team. personnel composition and the most important source of weapons.

Of course, it would be better if there are other ways to achieve this goal, but Gong Qiqi is not optimistic about this. He believes that only when an armed conflict occurs and escalates to a level that cannot be solved by conventional means, will the local salt merchants resort to their A big killer weapon in hand. And creating conflicts seems to be the only way to achieve this situation.

At this time, someone came to the door and wanted to buy these two shipments of salt at once. Gong Shiqi's first reaction was that some of the local salt merchants still wanted to use peaceful methods to solve the problem, but this was not the situation he expected to see. Even if the other party The price offered sounded sincere, but Gong Qiqi still couldn't agree to it.

"Boss Yang, I would like to ask, what are the additional conditions for you to buy these two ships of salt?" Gong Shiqi was very curious about the other party's true purpose, and was not in a hurry to reject the other party. He slowly started to trick the other party.

Yang Chengye hesitated before responding: "I believe Boss Gong also knows that there are some local people who don't want to see you stay here any longer, including me. So after buying these two ships of salt, I hope you can leave as soon as possible." Yangzhou, it is best to leave before dawn. As for the two shipments of salt, the delivery can be completed elsewhere."
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