Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 472

Qingjiangpu was called Huaiyin in ancient times.

Since Yongle opened in the 13th year of the Ming Dynasty, due to the different capacity of the north-south canal, in order to ensure the transportation of grain to the north, only water boats were allowed to pass through the locks during critical periods and no other ships were allowed to pass.

Therefore, after the goods shipped from the south of the Yangtze River arrived at the wharf east of the Qingjiang Gate, they were transported by horses and horses, and a large number of people from the north arrived at Wangjiaying by horses and horses, and then they changed to ships to go south.As a result, Qingjiangpu has become the hub of passenger and cargo transfer from north to south, and has the nickname of "ships from the south to the horses from the north, and the thoroughfare of nine provinces".

At dusk, on the streets near the Chenghuang Temple east of Qingjiangpu, people and cars are bustling with people and cars, and the shops are still open for business. In the tea shop, there are people singing and performing arts, and people holding their sleeves and clapping their fingers to bargain. , Selling calligraphy and paintings, and fortune-telling with posters, the waiters in the restaurant are inviting customers, announcing dishes, and counting dishes.

In a leather goods store close to Dawang Temple in Mishi, the shopkeeper finished pulling out the abacus beads, and finished calculating today's income and expenditure accounts, and then said to the clerk: "Hao Er, put away the cover, today is almost the same."

The guy nodded when he heard the words, got up and went outside to take off the cover without making a sound.The shopkeeper was about to go back to the backyard with the account book in his arms when he heard footsteps coming from behind him, and when he turned his head, a man of medium build walked in.

At this time, because of the bright light outside, the house was not lit yet, so it was dark, and the shopkeeper couldn't see the man's face clearly, so he said casually: "Are you buying leather goods? I'm sorry, my shop is closing. Please go early tomorrow."

"Good rain knows the season." The visitor suddenly dragged out a poem without thinking, and the accent sounded like someone from the Yangzhou area.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, only to hear the man repeat it again, in a very hurried voice.He walked around the counter and took two steps in front of the man, only then did he see clearly that the man was dressed as a scholar, about 30 years old, with an anxious expression on his face.

"Good rain knows the season!"

The man repeated it again, and the shopkeeper raised his hand to signal the other party to be safe and calm, and then said to the guy holding the shop front: "Go and have a look at the door."

When the buddy walked outside, the shopkeeper said in a deep voice, "Your shoes will get wet when you go out."

"refrigerator!"

"Sewing machine."

When the code was matched, the scholar let out a long breath, cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Jiang, and I have a single name."

Just now Jiang Fan said the first half of the code three times in a row. For a moment, he even thought he had entered the wrong shop.

The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Jiang, who has admired his name for a long time."

Jiang Fan didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, reached out and grabbed the other party's wrist, and said eagerly: "Take me to see your Boss Wang, something big happened in Yangzhou, if it's too late, it's too late!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Mr. Jiang, don't worry, what happened?"

When Jiang Fan gave a brief account of what happened in Yangzhou, the shopkeeper was sure that something was really wrong.He settled Jiang Fan's guest room in the backyard first, and gave the guy some instructions, then went out and took a boat across the canal, and after landing at Taipingdu, he went straight to the nearby Qinglong Lane.

"Hey, shopkeeper Pang, I came back early today."

"Hehe, yes. As always, the weather is getting warmer, and there are fewer customers buying leather goods." Shopkeeper Pang greeted people with a smile, and walked slowly towards his yard as usual.However, when he entered the alley, his footsteps quickened immediately, and he arrived at a courtyard gate in a short while, raised his hand and knocked on the shop head on the door a few times.

"Who?"

"it's me."

The door was opened by a woman in her twenties, and when shopkeeper Pang entered the yard, the woman closed the door and said, "I came back early enough today."

Shopkeeper Pang gave a "hmm" and called the lady to go to the east wing of the backyard together.After the two entered the room and lit the lamp, shopkeeper Pang first took out a black and white portable generator from a wooden box in the corner, unscrewed the cap of the fuel tank on it, and took out the oil dipstick to look at it.

The woman said: "Want to send a report?"

"Yes, send it right away."

After hearing this, the woman quickly took out a black rectangular transmitter and a pull-out five-star antenna from another box.At this time, it was dark outside, so the woman opened the antenna and stood it in the yard, and connected the antenna to the transmitter.

When she finished her work, the generator in the house had already started, and the sound was very weak.Shopkeeper Pang connected the power cord of the transmitter to the generator, took out a palm-sized key and plugged in the earphones one after the other.

The woman walked to the table, put on the earphones, and adjusted the transmitter for a while. After confirming that the frequency was correct, she nodded to shopkeeper Pang, raised her right hand and placed it on the key.
Half an hour later, the telegram with hundreds of words was delivered to Zhao Xin.He was really surprised when he learned that Jiao Xun, Zhong Huai and Huang Chengji were arrested by the Qing court on charges of treason.

People had to be rescued, and it was hard to get a few scholars to join them. Moreover, Jiao Xun and the others were so interested in mathematics, it was impossible for Zhao Xin to ignore them.

At first, Zhao Xin wanted the guard battalion to land from Chongming Island on Beihai No. [-], but he immediately vetoed this method; it would take at least three days to go there by boat, and when they arrived in Chongming, they would rush to Yangzhou. The time was estimated to be too long.

The only problem now is to save people quickly. Jiao Xun and the others stayed in Beihai Town for several months and saw a lot, and Jiao Xun and the others also knew about Hong Liangji and Jiang Fan going to Dagukou with the boat.If the three of them could no longer hold their own in prison, not only would Hong Liangji and Liu Taigong be exposed, but many things in Beihai Town would no longer be secrets in the eyes of the Qing court.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xin immediately called Wang Yuanfang.

"Arrange someone to help you stare at the training base for a few days, then pack up your equipment and come across the river to find me as soon as possible."

"What happened?" Wang Yuanfang was a little confused by the sudden call.own equipment?It hasn't been used in years.

"Yes, we have to leave. I'll tell you when we come."

Then, he called Yu Deli again to explain the situation.After hearing Zhao Xin's words, Yu Deli said anxiously: "Do you have to go in person? Can't others?"

Zhao Xindao: "I've thought about it over and over again. This matter came too urgently. It's faster than me to send anyone there. If they, Sang Hezhen, can't bear the confession, our previous efforts on Jiangnan Shilin's layout may be in vain. "

Yu Deli was silent for a moment after hearing this, and sighed helplessly: "From this incident, we can see that we still have too few chess pieces in the south. This is not good, Zhao Xin, now is not the time when you used to have three or five guns. up"

"Old Yu, I promise this is the last time! In the few days I'm gone, you will be watching the interior of Beihai Town."

"Oh! Alright." Yu Deli hung up the phone a little unhappy.

Putting down the phone, Zhao Xin wandered around the room for a few times, and said to Xu Shounan, who had just served as his adjutant for a month, "Go to the telecommunications room and inform Beihai No. At eight o'clock, pick up people at Flower and Bird Island. Forget about the rest, that's it."

After Xu Shounan finished writing the content on the paper, Zhao Xin read it and signed it, and then said to Xu Shounan: "I'll be away for a few days, remember, no one else can talk about it except Teacher Yu."

Xu Shounan nodded. He understood what was going on from the conversation between Zhao Xin and Yu Deli just now, so he said worriedly: "My lord, it's too dangerous for you to do this! Although, although I know you are not a mortal, but If something happens, the sky will collapse!"

Zhao Xin nodded and said: "It happened so suddenly, you have to understand that I can only go there in time. Remember, you are a soldier now, you have to obey orders! Go."

After Xu Shounan left, Zhao Xin immediately began to check his equipment.There are three long and short guns, including HK416, SIGP226, and Marlin1894. As for the bullets, he has a lot of bullets, such as Kevlar body armor, grenades, smoke bombs, and vans. By the way, you need a boat to get out of Yangzhou.

Patrol boats are now used in Ningguta, while passenger catamarans are currently used for personnel transfers from Khabarovsk to Yaxa.Official boats are now used by civil affairs, and they often go to and from Boli Town, Heilongjiang City and Fuldan City.So Zhao Xin had no choice but to choose the yacht parked on the small pier in the south.

The big yacht was used as a temporary apartment for Director Liu and his wife for a while, and after their new house was built, it has been kept there.Deng Fei will regularly take the students from the sailing school to help with maintenance, and Ding Guofeng will sometimes take his little wife Xuewu out for a lap in the sea.

So Zhao Xin took two guards in a carriage to the small pier south of Beihai Town Square before Wang Yuanfang arrived.In order to prevent some people from being curious and destroying Prince Zhao's "fast boat", the Public Security Police Station specially set up a duty room here, which is manned 24 hours a day.

After arriving at the pier, Zhao Xin went to the duty room first, and asked the person on duty to pack up his things and go home immediately, and told him that no one would be guarding him for the next five days.The security policeman was at a loss after hearing this, but the boss of Beihai Town had spoken, and he had to obey immediately.When the person on duty left, Zhao Xin asked two guards to guard the carriage, and walked up the trestle by himself.

In the night, the yacht undulates slightly with the waves.Zhao Xin looked at the vehicle he bought the first time, and felt a little emotional in his heart.After saving people, it will depend on whether they can quickly enter and exit from Yangzhou City.

He boarded the boat alone, found the power supply, checked the condition of the fuel, checked the fuel filter, circuit, cold water pump and other places, and then returned to the pier after confirming that everything was normal. collected.

When he returned home after a lot of tossing, Wang Yuanfang had been there for quite a while, drinking tea in the study with a big bag at his feet.When he saw Zhao Xin coming in, he asked in confusion, "What's the matter? It's past 8 o'clock, where are you going?"

Zhao Xin laughed and said, "I'm sorry, did I delay you and Ms. Wu's friendship?"

"Nonsense!" Wang Yuanfang glared at Zhao Xin, and said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense, he hasn't agreed yet."

"Hey, if the couple fights in the future, you will suffer. Let me declare in advance that we don't care about anyone."

It is said that Mr. Wang, the squad leader, has been suffering for many years, and now the old tree has finally blossomed.Ever since he saw Miss Wu for the first time, he has been a little moved, she is lively and skilled.He was going to be busy these days, so he asked Wang Zhong to be his matchmaker to propose marriage.

Although he also understood the old man's thoughts when chatting with Wu Zhong, but for a modern person, what is being married?It doesn't matter if you have a child with your mother's surname in the future.Of course, it was impossible for Wang Yuanfang to change his surname to "Wu", and there was no such thing in Beihai Town's "Regulations on Household Registration Management".

Zhao Xin made a joke, so he told Wang Yuanfang what happened in Yangzhou two days ago, and the other party immediately understood why Zhao Xin wanted him.

"Are you going to break in and rescue Jiao Xun and the others? Good guy, we are going to rob a prison."

"It can only be like this." Zhao Xin frowned and said, "Although the 'Ten Manchu Tortures' are all legends, I really dare not bet on this. The ancients often said that under the three trees, there is nothing you can ask for. You must know , Back then Yang Naiwu was still a juren, so he was tortured to extract a confession."

Yang Naiwu?I seem to have heard of it.However, Wang Yuanfang didn't know much about these things, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll accompany you for a walk. I haven't been on the battlefield for a long time, and my bones are a little itchy."

Zhao Xin said: "Don't worry, we have only taken a small step in the Long March, and there are some things that will be left behind for you to fight."

After all, he asked Wang Yuanfang to wait for a while, and went to the backyard with a pretendingly relaxed face, telling Shen Xuan that he had something urgent to go to Fuldan City overnight.Shen Xuan didn't say anything after hearing this, but just told him to pay attention to safety.

After that, Zhao Xin took away the equipment Wang Yuanfang had brought, and the two came to the closely guarded courtyard.

After closing the iron gate, they first went to the house to change their clothes, and then Wang Yuanfang got into the container.After experiencing a moment as if frozen in time, the two returned to another time and space in a blink of an eye.

There are always two cars in the ranch's warehouse, a sedan and a station wagon.The distance from Freezing Port to Vladivostok Airport is 144 kilometers. Zhao Xin asked Wang Yuanfang to drive, while he called the airport and booked a private jet.

It only took two and a half hours to fly back to China from Vladivostok. The two arrived in China at three o'clock in the morning. After completing the formalities and exiting customs, they bought tickets to fly to Taizhou in the morning.After some back and forth, at 12:[-] noon, Zhao Xin and Wang Yuanfang had arrived at the gate of Tianning Temple in Yangzhou.

Wang Yuanfang looked at the traffic-heavy Yanfu Road in front of him, and asked Zhao Xin, "What should we do now?"

"Eat, find a place to sleep, keep your spirits up, and talk about it at night."

"By the way," Wang Yuanfang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Do you know where the prison in the Yangzhou government is?"

Zhao Xin spread his hands and said, "I know the approximate location of the magistrate's office in Yangzhou, and the prison, I really don't know."

Wang Yuanfang asked, "Then what?"

At this time, Zhao Xin saw a shop selling tourist maps on the side of the road, so he went in and bought a map. After opening it, he looked at it for a while, rolled his eyes, pointed at the "Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy" attraction on it and said with a smile. : "Hey, there is a way!"

The so-called Lianghuai Salt Transportation Envoy, the correct way to say it is "the two Huaihe Rivers are transferred to the Salt Transportation Envoy", and it was commonly known as "Yunsi Yamen" in the Qing Dynasty.

In the second year of Shunzhi, the Qing court established the Lianghuai Salt Inspection Office and the Lianghuai Duyan Salt Transport Envoy in Yangzhou. .

And because the Yun Sishi often served as the inspector's salt censor, it was also called "the patrol salt censor".They not only manage the salt affairs, some also purchase valuables for the court and investigate the movements of the people.In history, Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin held this position concurrently.

The reason why Zhao Xin chose the Yunsi Yamen instead of the Tianning Temple he had used before was because Tianning Temple was located outside Yangzhou City in the Qing Dynasty, while the Yunsi Yamen and Yangzhou Fuya were both in the old city.

(End of this chapter)