This is a very ordinary cargo ship no matter how you look at it. It is not big, with a head and tail of only three meters. It has been used for many years. The warehouse is already very old, but it is clean and looks comfortable.

A young man in his twenties walked out of the warehouse, looking like a young man in his twenties, with a long figure. He looked around the bow of the boat for a moment, and said to the person who had been guarding the bow: "When Huang Chao captured Yunzhou, there were also many looting of the Yellow River cargo ships?"

"The soldiers made a living by looting. Whether it was Wang Xianzhi or Huang Chao, they would pass through the border like locusts when they went to the area. At the beginning of the year, Huang Chao led his troops to capture Yunzhou. Most of the cargo ships that were nearly a hundred miles from Yunzhou were looted."

The person who spoke was a beautiful woman, about the same age as a man in a dark robe. She wore a navy blue dress and her vibrant figure was outlined to the fullest. This was not a woman with a beautiful appearance, but her temperament was quiet and looked like a little girl.

She continued: "The Changhe Gang only penetrated into the lower reaches of the Yellow River last year, and its power is still very small, so the losses suffered are very limited... The Changhe Gang's closest stronghold is still in Bianzhou."

The young man in Xuanpao nodded and looked at the river and said, "In recent years, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao's rebellious soldiers have been mainly concentrated between the Yellow River and the Huai River. The two river basins are already rich, and the rivers are crisscrossing, and the canal roads are really a piece of fat."

The woman thought about it and looked worried: "The connection between Pinglu and the Central Plains is a large part of the convenience of the river. The riots flowing between the two rivers is indeed unfavorable to Your Highness's plan. Not to mention anything else, it is difficult for the materials given by the court to safely transport them."

The young man in Xuanbo smiled and didn't care: "It's okay, they can't stay here for long and are about to go south."

"Going south?" The woman was skeptical.

The man in the dark robe nodded confidently.

The man in the mysterious robe is naturally Li Ye. He was on his way to Pinglu to take office, and the woman was Liu Zhiyan, the leader of the Changhe Gang. Her Changhe Gang had already controlled the Wei River Basin and now penetrated eastward into the Central Plains through the Yellow River waterway.

Li Ye did not explain Liu Zhiyan's questions. He remembered it very clearly that Wang Xianzhi was about to die in battle. Then Huang Chao would go to the Yangtze River Basin and go south to the Pearl River Basin. After two years, he would be able to accumulate energy in the south and go north again, which would be the time for him to go straight to Chang'an.

Li Ye served as the governor of Pinglu, and was heading east of Mount Tai. He said he was here to attack Huang Chao. In fact, after he left the customs this time, Huang Chao's troops had already evacuated Yunzhou and went south to attack Songzhou, the hinterland of the Central Plains, and had no intention of advancing towards Ziqing.

As for the wandering soldiers, once they lose their ambitions and mobility, they will be surrounded and annihilated by the official army. Huang Chao understands this truth very well, so he does not stay in the place for more. The wandering soldiers attack the city just to plunder wealth, arrest strong men, and strengthen themselves.

Li Ye came and lost, but he didn't feel regretful. On the contrary, this was part of his plan.

A large group of arrogant soldiers and generals of the Pinglu Army have always been unsubstantiated. The degree of harshness is only slightly worse than that of the three towns in Hebei. They have done a lot of expelling the Jiedushi. Secondly, because the Penglai Daomen is here, the power of the Jianghu in the jurisdiction has increased significantly in recent years. They have joined forces with powerful families in prefectures and counties to develop a large number of Taoist disciples, with vague signs of being out of control.

Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao suffered a disaster in the Central Plains. The imperial court ordered the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains and nearby towns to join the war, but Pinglu did not accept the imperial edict.

Li Ye came to take charge of Pinglu. If he wanted to sit firmly, he had to solve these problems first. Otherwise, he would have to take the Pinglu army to fight in a hurry. Not to mention that they did not obey the orders, it would be good if Li Ye didn't kill himself on the battlefield.

Although Pinglu is chaotic, the place is good and can be called the foundation. When the three towns in Hebei cannot move and the terrain of the towns in Huainan is poor, if Li Ye does not take charge of Guanzhong, Pinglu is the best choice.

Huang Chao's southward journey gave Li Ye the opportunity to rectify Pinglu. He had to take Pinglu firmly in his own hands before Huang Chao headed north. In this way, he could only perform when Huang Chao conquered Chang'an and the vassal states in the world to serve the king.

"Your Highness, the battle in Yunzhou is about to come to an end, and it is not peaceful yet. We have so many cargo ships that are too arrogant and I am afraid it is not safe." Liu Zhiyan suddenly said.

The river at their feet is called Jishui. The water flow is large and stable, connecting Pinglu and the hinterland of the Central Plains, flowing eastward parallel to the Yellow River channel, only about a hundred miles away (the distance between each section is large and small), and eventually it also merges into the Bohai Sea. However, the lower reaches of the Yellow River do not pass through Pinglu, so the connection between Pinglu and the Central Plains and material transportation mainly relies on Jishui.

Li Ye smiled calmly: "It's good not to be peaceful, only if you don't have peace can you do work. Don't forget, what's the matter if I ask you to bring Changhe to help you this time."

Liu Zhiyan blinked and looked at Li Ye curiously, looking puzzled: "Control the Jishui River."

Li Ye said: "We have passed Oyezawa and then move forward and enter the boundary of Qizhou. If there are large-scale river bandits in the Ji River, we can only be the power of Qizhou."

Qizhou, later called Jinan, is now under Pinglu.

Li Ye looked into the distance with his hands behind his back and said nothing more.

Conquering Pinglu starts with conquering Pinglu's forces.

A group of more than ten cargo ships were loaded with valuable commercial goods and sailed towards Qizhou. In addition to the boatman, there were only more than twenty people with sword guards. No matter how you look at it, they were all fat fish.

Someone from Li Ye and others took the bait.

On the morning of that day, the river was covered with thick fog, and Li Ye sat in the cabin to play chess with Li Zhen. His chess skills were not very good, and he was tortured by the latter. When he was frowning and pondering, Liu Zhiyan lifted the curtain and leaned in and said to Li Ye: "Your Highness, someone robbed him."

"Someone robbed the river?" Li Zhen was stunned.

Li Ye was overjoyed, and got up after losing the chess piece, just like he was dancing: "Why didn't it? The robbery in the river is so convenient, because you can't change the way, it's much better than being on the ground."

He had nothing to do along the way, and he was so bored that he was already itchy.

When he arrived at the bow of the ship, Li Ye saw that the shadow of a giant beast was exposed in the thick fog. He used the power of cultivation. He quickly saw that it was several transformed cargo ships, which were spread across the river and blocked the road ahead of the Changhe Gang, which was very domineering.

An eight-foot man with an eye mask and wearing a short jacket, showing his strong muscles as strong as a hill, carrying a big knife like a door panel. Surrounded by a crowd of minions, he stood majestic at the bow of the boat more than ten feet high, raised his chin and watched Li Ye and others appear at the bow.

"I built this river, and I opened this road. If you want to pass by it from now on, you can stay and buy wealth!"

The eight-foot-foot man roared loudly, his voice as if thunder was running, and his aura was extremely powerful. When he was speaking, he swung the machete around and slashed heavily at the river surface. Suddenly, a white sword aura fell, and a spring of water was shot out on the river surface, showing the magician's absolute deterrence.

"Okay, okay! This line is well read, just like the script." Li Ye's eyes lit up. Seeing sporadic splashes on the bow of the boat, he couldn't help but clap and praise, "This character is also chosen well, majestic and domineering!"

Liu Zhiyan couldn't help laughing and looked at Li Ye strangely, thinking that this highness has not always been so arrogant, and she has such a childlike heart, which is fun.

"Your Highness, what should I do?" Liu Zhiyan turned her head slightly and asked in a low voice.

"Don't call your highness, expose your identity and call him a young master." Li Ye smiled and said, "You are the leader of the Changhe Gang. There is only one principle when you negotiate with them."

“What principle?”

"Be afraid!"

Liu Zhiyan rolled her eyes silently in her heart, coughed twice, cleared her throat, stepped forward and clasped her fists, and said seriously: "At... in the leader of Xia Xiaohe Gang, Liu Xiaoxiao, who is the best...hero, please sign up!"

Li Ye gave Liu Zhiyan a blank look. What kind of broken name did this little girl get? She has the Xiaohe Gang. There are gangs in the world that are called such a non-dominant name?

When the eight-foot man saw that it was Liu Zhiyan's answer, he immediately laughed and pointed at Liu Zhiyan and said hilariously: "Why is it a woman? You Xiaohe Gang has no men, so you are the one who is the leader? I'm a little girl, Xiaohe Gang, look at this name, it's the life of being a little fish and shrimp!"

The minions behind him burst into laughter.

Liu Zhiyan's eyes were slightly sank when she heard this.

The eight-foot man waved his hand and carried the machete again, slapped his chest and said in a humorous tone: "Uncle, I am the leader of the Dahe Gang, Boss Wu, you little girl, if you know each other, please stay and buy a way..."

He was about to say that he would stay and buy Lucai, but when he saw that there were only twenty dozen ships on the Changhe Gang, and the head of the house was still a weak woman. His eyes turned and he immediately smiled sinisterly: "Leave your ship, get out quickly. If you are one step slower, don't blame the uncle for not recognizing the sword!"

Speaking of this, the eight-foot man stared at his big eyes like a copper bell, showing a hideous expression that he thought was extremely ferocious, and threatened: "To be honest, the great master's big sword is a second-level magic weapon, which is extremely powerful, and he has to drink blood every day, otherwise he will be restless. He can't count the heroes of the world who died under the great sword! The great master also told you that the great master's big sword happened to have not drunk blood for three days, and he has been hungry and thirsty! The great master finally told you that the great master's big sword likes to drink the blood of a woman with fine skin and tender flesh the most, and can suck you dry in an instant... and turn you into a mummy, extremely ugly..."

"Mr. Wu is mighty!"

"Master Wu is domineering!"

The minions cheered loudly, and each one was extremely excited.

The eight-foot-foot man spitted everywhere, and he was completely selfless. In the end, even Li Ye was shocked by this guy's eloquence, thinking that the world is so big that it is indeed not short of top-notch.

Liu Zhiyan clenched her teeth and turned to Li Ye and said, "This rash man is so pretentious, young master, I can't help it!"

Li Ye was excited and quipped: "Are you angry?"

Liu Zhiyan held the short knife tightly and said word by word: "I usually don't get angry unless I can't help it!"

Li Ye nodded, "Since you can't help it, then you don't have to bear it anymore, go and chop him!"

"Thank you, young master!"

When Liu Zhiyan said the last word, he had already reached mid-air. A pair of short swords were unsheathed at the waist and slashed at the eight-foot man.

"This is such a bad temper." Li Ye said twice, "A woman who is in the world can't afford to offend her!"

The eight-foot-foot man was surprised to see that Liu Zhiyan took the initiative. His eloquence was not over yet, so he had to stop. However, Liu Zhiyan's small body really couldn't make him feel afraid. He grinned: "I originally only wanted your goods. Since you came to the door, the uncle will accept you too. I'll enjoy it later..."

The huge machete punched him in his hand, and the white light flashed, like a hammer swing, swinging towards Liu Zhiyan with a thunderous momentum. The whistling sound was particularly harsh: "Get down for the uncle!"

"Master Wu is gentle, don't destroy the beauty!"

"Master Wu is amazing. This knife is simply shocking the world and making ghosts cry!"

The minions joked loudly.

But the next moment, the minions seemed to be strangled by someone, and the teasing stopped abruptly. They opened their eyes wide and looked ahead in disbelief, stunned.

Two short swords hit the machete, so small that it was negligible. However, at that moment, the arrogant expression of a man who had always looked like the best in the world was frozen on his face, and was replaced by a strong fear.

As a magician, at this moment of the fight, the man was surprised and shocked to discover that this seemingly weak woman suddenly burst out with the fierce strength of the second level of Qi training!

With a sound, the second-level magic weapon in the eight-foot-foot man's mouth was cut off by two swords and flew out. Liu Zhiyan took the opportunity to flew into the air, turned around and swung his legs, and swept his face hard.

The eight-foot-foot man's body, which was more than 200 pounds, made a shrill scream in this dull loud noise, flew out of the big ship and fell into the river with a thud!

Liu Zhiyan landed peacefully on the side of the ship, staring at everyone with cold eyes: "Who do you want to do it gently?"
Chapter completed!