The Art of War says that taking advantage of the darkness and chaos, exploiting the enemy's weakness and leaving it without a master. Then turning into darkness and entering into a banquet, this is fishing in troubled waters.
After less than half an hour, calm returned to the river surface again. Compared with the noisy fire fighting scene before, the silence at this moment was a bit strange.
The two boats that opened the way, as well as the fifty boats that followed at the end, there was no one on board at this moment.
No one knew what had just happened. They only knew that in the chaos, their number was getting smaller and smaller. By the time they recovered from putting out the fire, only the twenty or so people on the boat were left.
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Looking at the dark night, they were frightened. They originally liked the night where they could be unscrupulous, but now they felt that the dark night was like a ferocious giant beast, and it became a nightmare that lingered in their hearts.
Then a young man walked out of the darkness and asked them with a smile whether they wanted to live or die. It wasn't until a big man took a knife and wanted to vent the fear in his heart that the young man pointed his head and exploded it. They didn't know what happened just now.
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Looking at the young man's crumbling appearance, surprisingly no one dared to move, because the tall man before was killed on the spot by this shaky young man with one finger in the air.
After half an hour like this, the young man stood up and shot wisps of white light into their bodies, and then told them to return the same way and return the salt on the boat to the Yamen, otherwise the white light would penetrate into their bodies.
The awn will blow their heads to pieces.
After witnessing the boy's god-like tactics, they were all frightened. They were more frightened than when they fought with the officers and soldiers, when they faced the gang's torture, and when they saw those demons and ghosts in the script, so they turned around.
Already.
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The sky gradually became brighter, and the color of the river could be seen clearly. The mist on the water was vast. Jia Qi returned to the boat and woke up the two people who were sleeping.
"Tidy up, it's time to go!"
The old man driving the boat stretched his muscles and rubbed his darkened eyes. Seeing that Jia Qi didn't look tired at all on his face, he felt puzzled. He only slept in the middle of the night. Logically speaking, the kid in front of him
At least he didn't go to bed until late at night, but it seemed like nothing happened to him.
When the first ray of the morning sun pierced the sky and patrolled the Yangzhou Salt Yamen, a Yamen servant hurriedly broke into the backyard and woke up Lin Ruhai who had just fallen asleep.
"Sir! What a strange thing! The salt that was stolen last night was returned!!"
Lin Ruhai was rubbing his still swollen temples. Hearing this, Huo De stood up immediately. Now his head was no longer swollen and his body was no longer sore. Lin Ruhai asked anxiously: "What on earth is it?"
What's going on? Come to me quickly!"
The visitor did not dare to delay and quickly told what he saw. After hearing this, Lin Ruhai had a look of surprise on his face, "You mean those five ships have been sent back? Is there anyone on that ship?"
"Back to your lord, one of the ships has traces of being burned by fire. There are four or five people on each ship, but those people don't seem to be normal and suspicious. They seem to be~"
At this point, the visitor paused slightly. Lin Ruhai was a scholar and had always hated talking about ghosts and gods. He did not want to scold him. Just like before, after Lin Daiyu was born, the scabby monk and the lame Taoist appeared, saying
Lin Ruhai drove away all the gods and ghosts.
Seeing something strange about the person coming, Lin Ruhai walked out and asked: "How does it seem?? If you have something to say, tell me straight away. This hesitant man is worried for you!"
The visitor smiled awkwardly, followed Lin Ruhai, and said as he walked: "My lord, please forgive me, but those people are really weird. I'm not sure. You'll know after a while!"
When Lin Ruhai heard this, a hint of deep meaning flashed in his eyes. He could make the other party say this. It seemed that something was different, but judging from his appearance, he probably wouldn't say it. He wouldn't force it. Anyway, the salt had come back.
, other things don't matter.
However, he did not expect that things were not as he imagined. Those who stayed on the ship were actually more important in a sense, because more information could be obtained from the expressions of these people. Then
It's more than just five ships of salt.
The wealth in the south of the Yangtze River has been the main source of annual tribute for most dynasties since ancient times. A few provinces can support the entire court. When talking about the source of wealth, the first one is salt and iron. Among them, the most important thing is salt and iron.
Salt is the most important thing.
In ancient times, salt was a hugely profitable industry, and it was monopolized by the government a long time ago. This has always been the case in all dynasties. However, salt is a product that is in urgent need. It is impossible not to eat it. There are no substitutes, and the refining technology is not available.
Mature and high cost, the price of salt has remained high. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the price of salt could even reach about 150 yuan per pound at the current price, and the huge profits were jaw-dropping.
The benefits are so great that naturally some people will take risks. Not to mention the officials who are lining their own pockets and making themselves fat. There are also many aristocratic families who have taken up the idea of salt, and even more so some aristocratic families.
The aristocrats control the situation behind the scenes, establish gangs, peddle private salt, and seek huge profits.
What happened last night was like this. These five hundred people came from the same force - the Salt Gang.
In an extremely luxurious area of Jinling East City, there is a luxurious manor covering an area of dozens of acres. A middle-aged man sweating profusely, with wind at his feet, walked quickly towards the lobby, passing through several corridors,
After passing two more rockeries, he came to the door of a lobby called Longhu Hall.
He said hello to the boy standing guard at the door, and hurried in. There were people waiting in the room for a long time. The leader was a bearded man with an unkempt beard. He was not elegant at all, but no one dared to look down on him, because
He is the leader of the Salt Gang with more than 30,000 men under his command - Lu Yue.
There were five or six people in the house, all elders of the Salt Gang. They were both men and women. They looked very solemn and said nothing. When they saw the man pushing the door open, everyone couldn't help but go to him at the same time.
As soon as the man closed the door, Lu Yue didn't wait for him to sit down and asked directly: "Second brother, what's going on?"
The man's name is Yin Chang, and he is the second elder of the Salt Gang. He has always been cautious in doing things. He has never made any mistakes before. Even if the government sends people to chase him, he can get through the difficulties without any danger. But today at the dock,
After waiting for a long time, no ship came. The subordinates knew that something was wrong, so they hurriedly reported it to their superiors.
"Second brother! Could it be that your men have hidden the goods!!"
"That's right! Second brother, don't joke with the brothers. What I said a few days ago is all nonsense. If I make second brother angry, I am willing to come and apologize!!"
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Then everyone started talking to each other, because they had been working for more than ten years and there were no problems. They didn't think about the ship being intercepted at all. They just thought that the ship was hidden by Yin Chang.
When I got up, I wanted him to hand over the goods while talking.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
Yin Chang's face darkened, he glanced around at everyone present, then clasped his fists and said coldly to Lu Yue: "The goods have been intercepted! The specific situation is not known yet. There is a letter from Yangzhou that the five ships were intercepted by our
People are driving back!!”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent for a moment. For a moment, everyone's faces were filled with incredible expressions. They were driven back by their own people... Isn't this a joke?