With Yan Shifan's IQ, he could understand what was going on in a few words. This Yazi must be an agent of a wealthy local family in Ningbo, or simply a member of a wealthy family.
The entire smuggling process along the coast of Zhejiang during the Ming Dynasty was divided into several links. The dry link from land to sea was monopolized by these wealthy families.
Because only these wealthy families have the strength to safely transport the goods from land to sea without being seized and confiscated by patrol officers and government officials, and then sell them to merchants from various countries on Shuangyu Island.
As for why the patrol officers and the government did not seize the smuggled goods of the local wealthy people, anyone with a little knowledge can guess a lot of inside stories.
At the same time, these wealthy families have cooperated with the Shuangyu Island forces for a long time, and there is a certain foundation of trust. The Shuangyu Island forces are more confident in purchasing goods from the wealthy families.
As for the goods trafficked from the hinterland to Ningbo, such as the thousands of pieces of silk brought by Yan Shifan this time, they could only be sold to local wealthy families at a slightly lower price, otherwise they would not be able to make it to the sea at all.
If these goods did not pass through the local wealthy families, and if these goods were not seized as smuggled goods by the government or patrol officers, no one would transport them to Shuangyu Island, and the ferries would be afraid of offending the local wealthy families.
This is Zhang Qishu's confidence. Any outsider who comes must follow the rules.
In fact, these thousands of pieces of silk were not Yan Shifan's goods. He was forced to work. But with Yan Shifan's character and temper, he really couldn't stand the arrogant tone of Zhang Qishu.
"These silks all belong to Qin Zhongtang in Hangzhou City. How dare you interfere?" Yan Shifan pointed at the fleet and said more arrogantly: "If you don't know what is good and what is evil, you will be responsible for all the consequences!"
Xu Weixue covered his face in pain. In terms of business, Uncle Yan is really a pig teammate!
When I met the inspection department in Yuyao, hadn't I already experienced a local snake? Why didn't Uncle Yan have a longer memory?
Moreover, although Uncle Yan Shifan always misjudges the situation, he should be a very smart person. Why is he so stubborn in this regard? It's really a bit out of his wits.
Just like Inspector Xie from the previous episode, Zhang Qishu, a young man, was unmoved when he heard Qin Zhongtang's name.
There are always grassroots rules at the grassroots level. This is the domain belonging to several of their major families. When entering this field, you must follow their rules.
If you sign up as a big boss, you must be treated specially, so what’s the point of the rules?
So Yazi Zhang Qishu said calmly: "There is no logo, no license plate, and no advance greeting. At first glance, it is a fake Qin Zhongtang!"
Yan Shifan habitually closed the folding fan, pointed at Zhang Qishu and said, "Since your surname is Zhang, are you from the Zhang family in Chahu, Ningbo City?"
Isn’t it true that your family has an assistant minister, Zhang Bangqi, but you still dare to show off in front of me! I will ask Zhang Bangqi, an old man, how he taught his people!"
Zhang Qishu, who had always had a "calm" expression on his face, as if he was in control, finally broke through when he heard this.
Currently, the person with the highest official position in the Chahu Zhang family is Zhang Bangqi. If outsiders casually slander Zhang Bangqi and he remains indifferent, then stop being part of the family!
Immediately, a group of idle men gathered around, just waiting for Zhang Qishu to greet them.
Faced with the risk of being beaten, Yan Shifan still mocked: "A bunch of rubbish, are you afraid of me?"
Although Xu Weixue felt that Yan Shifan was mentally retarded, at this moment, he had no choice but to protect Yan Shifan for his own overall interests.
After all, he was a merchant (thief) who had experienced strong winds and waves, and he still had some bravery, so he immediately rushed over with some of his clerks and soldiers.
At the same time, Xu Weixue said to Yan Shifan: "Kill this Yazi and rush to the seaside! There are still more than 200 of us and ships at Longshan Institute!"
Yan Shifan: "..."
Damn it! You can just make gestures with your mouth, but are you serious about it?
Leader Xu stared at Yan Shifan, why didn't you give the order, Uncle Yan? What are you hesitating about?
In addition to the boatmen, some of their fleet were soldiers sent by Qin Dewei, and some were men led by Xu Weixue, totaling about twenty or thirty people.
The key is to have weapons and great combat effectiveness
Strong, it is a good armed force. It has great hope of rushing to the beach.
Yazi Zhang Qishu was also frightened. The group of people opposite looked extremely fierce. They were obviously not ordinary honest businessmen. Why did they smell like armed smuggling by gangsters?
At this moment, a small group of patrolmen happened to be passing by. Seeing that there seemed to be a large fire merging with dozens of people, the group of patrolmen immediately turned around and left, leaving behind a group of figures on both sides.
Although they were patrol officers arranged by the county government in Sanjiangkou, the big battle in front of them was obviously beyond the control of their small team of patrol officers!
However, Yan Shifan pretended to be surprised and said loudly to Zhang Qishu, "Since the policeman is watching, I will give you face and let you go today!"
He also said to Xu Weixue: "Temporarily withdraw to the ship!"
Immediately, Uncle Yan took the lead and left the scene first.
Leader Xu is simply incomprehensible. Yan Shifan's behavior today is as schizophrenic and illogical!
If you want to be submissive, you should act according to the rules from the beginning and don't provoke the other party. In the end, Yan Shifan just talked the other party into breaking his defense!
If you want to be tough, since you are ready to fight, you will fight to the end, but Yan Shifan got cold feet again!
Xu Weixue caught up with Yan Shifan's retreat and couldn't help but ask: "Why is Uncle Yan so capricious? This can't be done at all. How can we complete Qin Zhongtang's order and traffic these thousands of silks to Shuangyu Island?"
Yan Shifan glanced at Xu Weixue and sneered, "What do you think Qin Zhongtang asked us to do?"
Leader Xu thought this question was too simple and answered without thinking: "Trafficking silk in exchange for funds from the shogunate."
Yan Shifan responded: "Wrong! Big mistake! You don't understand at all! Qin Dewei's real purpose is to make us cannon fodder!"
Xu Weixue shouted: "Impossible! I was entrusted with important tasks as soon as I joined Qin Zhongtang. How can I be cannon fodder!"
Yan Shifan patiently explained: "How could Qin Dewei not know the evils of coastal smuggling? It's just that he lacks a grasp and an opportunity!
That's why he sent us out for smuggling, and strictly specified that we must go to Shuangyu Island to sell the goods!
In fact, he wanted us to conflict with the local government and make things worse. Only then did Qin Dewei have the leverage to directly intervene in every aspect!
But this puts us in danger. The power of these local wealthy families is deep-rooted, and they have no shortage of ruthless means of killing people and stealing goods, so we are likely to be retaliated against!
We are actually Qin Dewei's abandoned sons. What is this if not cannon fodder?
Maybe in Qin Dewei's heart, we who are dead are the best of us, so that we can give him the biggest bargaining chip!"
Xu Weixue lost his voice and said: "This is impossible! How could Qin Zhongtang be such a person! I sincerely surrendered to Qin Zhongtang, how could I be treated as an abandoned son and cannon fodder!
If Qin Zhongtang wanted to stir up trouble, why didn't he say it clearly? Could it be that I, Xu Weixue, am afraid of trouble?"
Yan Shifan sneered and said: "Do I need to explain it clearly? Do you think Qin Dewei divided the ten thousand pieces into two batches for safety and insurance? He had already made up his mind that the first batch of silk could be lost as a sacrifice!
Do you think Qin Zhongtang allowed us to bring five thousand bolts of silk through the market without giving any certificate to keep it secret? He made us act like young children holding gold, attracting the covetousness of others!
Do you think Qin Zhongtang specified that we must go to Shuangyu Island to sell goods in order to find out the information about Shuangyu Island? In fact, it is to force us to conflict with the local power that monopolizes smuggling!
Do you think you asked me to traffic silk with you because you were afraid that you would run away? In fact, Qin Zhongtang wanted to trap me in it and use local wealthy people to get rid of me!"
Leader Xu only felt his blood boiling, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him. Is this the deep meaning of a temple-level boss?
Are all high-level figures so inhumane and inhumane? In their eyes, everyone is really just a cold chess piece that can be sacrificed at will?
Yan Shifan asked again: "Now do you understand my difficulty?"
Xu Weixue nodded subconsciously, and he also
As a person with some brains, he naturally figured out why Yan Shifan acted so weird and awkward.
First of all, he had to show off to Qin Dewei, so he exchanged insults with Yazi and Zhang Qishu, and even prepared to fight, pretending that there was a conflict;
Then I don't want to be in real danger, so I always get cold feet at critical moments and don't want to actually cause bloodshed and sacrifice.
Yan Shifan patted Xu Weixue on the shoulder, "So we are truly on the same line, and Qin Dewei will only treat us like dogs!"
Leader Xu murmured to himself: "Actually, it is the greatest honor to be Qin Zhongtang's dog."
Yan Shifan: "..."
There is something wrong with Xu Wei’s thinking!
"What should we do next?" Leader Xu asked again.
Yan Shifan said confidently: "Don't worry, everything is as expected! First of all, I concluded that the man named Zhang will definitely come to retaliate against us!"
There is no need to doubt whether Zhang Qishu has this ability. The Zhang family is one of the four major families in Ningbo City. If they don't even have the ability to retaliate, then they are just one of the four major families. How can they monopolize smuggling?
Yan Shifan continued: "You quickly send someone to Longshan to convey the message and ask your ship to rush to Sanjiangkou. When the Yazi named Zhang takes revenge on us, we will move the silk goods to your ship.
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Some time ago, Xu Weixue kidnapped Yan Shifan as a hostage. Before going ashore to Hangzhou, his ship parked in a harbor near Longshan Institute, with more than 200 men on board.
Longshansuo Harbor is not too far from Sanjiangkou, so people can be sent to deliver the news.
Although Sanjiangkou is not a seaside port, it is only a few miles away from the sea. Sea-going ships can sail to Sanjiangkou from the sea.
Therefore, Yan Shifan's request is not technically a problem at all, but the biggest problem still lies in the "software"
Leader Xu hesitated and said: "According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, my sea-going ship cannot load goods at Sanjiangkou, or even on any coast of Zhejiang.
Only the ships of the Xu brothers and Baldy Li's forces on Shuangyu Island can come over to load the goods, or local ferries can load the goods and transport them to Shuangyu Island.
If my ship wants to engage in trade, it can only buy goods from Shuangyu Island, load them, and then sell them to other countries."
Yan Shifan only asked: "Why not? The silk belongs to us. We can load it onto our own ships. Who will stop us?"
Xu Weixue replied very experiencedly: "If my ship comes to load goods, it will definitely be reported, and then it will be patrolled by the guards or the government, and the soldiers will detain it and confiscate it!
Anyway, the freight from the offshore to Shuangyu Island is jointly monopolized by the local wealthy families and Shuangyu Island forces, and many people from the government and the guard are bribed, so no one else can get involved!"
Yan Shifan laughed loudly and said: "Have you forgotten that we are half government officials and businessmen! Today I will let you see what government businessmen are like!"
Let me tell you, Qin Dewei's good friend Hu Zongxian of the same age was the censor of the maritime patrol, and his good friend Feng En was promoted to the municipal shipping department, and the government offices were all in Ningbo!
As long as the repair book is sent to Ningbo city and told that it is Qin Dewei's goods, what else can be wrong?
First of all, this batch of goods will be labeled as a tribute group of the Shipping Department, and secondly, the patrol censor will give special approval to release your ship. Which officer and army can inspect it?"
Xu Weixue was stunned, could things be so simple?
For a maritime merchant (thief), this is a brand-new gameplay that has never been experienced before.
Yan Shifan urged: "Okay, don't be in a daze, it's not too late! You send someone to Longshansuo Harbor to deliver the message, and I'll send two letters to Ningbo City, and we'll take action on our own!"
"Is it really possible?" Leader Xu was worried and asked again.
Yan Shifan said confidently: "Don't worry, everything is under control! The advantage is entirely on our side!"
So Xu Weixue became even more worried. According to his recent experience, whenever Uncle Yan is confident, the opposite will happen.
So do you still want to listen?
However, as Yan Shifan expected, although the conflict did not officially break out, Zhang Qishu still felt that he had lost face.
The key is to kill the chicken and scare the monkey. If everything is like this, what else can Yazi do, who bullies the market? Will people from other families think that the Zhang family is in trouble?
Therefore, Zhang Qishu decided to take revenge. In the evening, he gathered a group of people. After drinking and eating, they went to the fleet in the dark.
I thought that if it was convenient, I would arrest one or two people first and ask questions to find out their true origins.
When we were still more than ten feet away from the fleet, our field of vision suddenly lit up.
When Zhang Qishu reacted, he found that a ship in the middle of the fleet had caught fire and was burning.
If you look carefully, you can see that the fire has a tendency to spread to the nearby boats, and people are jumping from the boats into the water.
A friend next to him asked: "Brother Zhang, did you invite someone else to take action?"
Zhang Qishu was a little confused. Could it be that this group of people had offended others and were retaliated by others first?
He subconsciously took a few steps forward to take a closer look, and finally saw a one-eyed fat face in the blazing fire, and the fat face seemed to be grinning at him a few times.
Yan Shifan stood on the safe shore, looked at the two burning ships, and thought to himself, Guihu Zhang Family, Qin Zhongtang, all of them should die!
Although he suffered all the humiliation, the one who had the last laugh could only be Yan Shifan!
When daybreak comes, your Qin Dewei's henchmen see the remaining cargo, so they can't ignore it, right?
Under the arrangement of Qin Zhongtang's gang members, Qin Zhongtang's goods were openly loaded onto the pirates' ship and smuggled to Shuangyu Island, where they would be massacred again. Zhang Bangqi knew it! This chapter has been completed!