Reborn as Murong Fu: This time I am the protagonist

Chapter 66
The big ship continued to sail on the Bian River.

It was already midnight, and Murong Fu was still standing on the bow of the boat and did not sleep.Ba Tianshi and Gongyegan stood behind them without saying a word.

With the help of two or three lights on the Bian River and the faint starlight in the sky, the boatmen and trackers dragged the big boat forward in the dark.

Gong Yeqian also persuaded Murong Fu to rest earlier, but Murong Fu led him away with a smile. He also knew his son's temper, so he didn't say anything, just stayed by the son's side silently.

Ba Tianshi was not a retainer of the Murong family, for some reason, he stood silently behind Murong Fu blowing the evening breeze.

Murong Fu didn't look back, and suddenly said indifferently: "You two, there should be a good show tonight."

"Why did you say that, son?" Gong Yeqian asked curiously, while Ba Tianshi was like his name, like an eternal stone, nothing could make him speak.

But after saying this nonsensical sentence, there was no more to say, Murong Fu continued to stand on the deck with his hands behind his back, blowing in the wind, Gong Yeqian couldn't ask any more questions when he saw his son like this.

The night was very quiet. When we got to this water section, the water gradually became deeper, and it had already submerged the thighs of the trackers. It is estimated that after a while, we can enter the deep water area, and there is no need to pull the tow.

Murong Fu suddenly yelled at the trackers: "Brothers, you have worked hard. After a while, each of you will be rewarded with one or two taels of silver!"

The big boat stopped for a while, and almost all the trackers couldn't help being stunned by the sudden reward.Then, each of them glanced at each other, and they could see the unconcealable joy from each other's faces. With this tael of silver, it meant that the family's expenses would be settled for the next month, so how could they not be happy.

Some of the younger boys were so overjoyed that they even shouted "Long Live". Fortunately, it was midnight and there were no people around, otherwise this would be a big deal, and it would be enough to bring about a big or small disaster.

Look at this young man, he not only rewards food with good wine and meat, but is also so generous in rewarding money.This is the real master, unlike some crazy and deceitful people, who can't wait to smash their nostrils to the sky in front of people like themselves, how can they look at people like themselves?

Some people were moved immediately, thinking to themselves that it's a pity that they can't work under this master for a long time.

There was a faint smile on Murong Fu's face, but the night was relatively dark and no one saw it.

At this moment, screams of "Ouch" and "Oh my god" came from the trackers, and then someone leaned and fell into the water in pain.

Someone screamed and reminded: "someone put something in the water, everyone, be careful, don't get caught!"

Someone reminded him so, and the people behind stopped in succession, for fear of being caught off guard.For a while, the team that was originally orderly suddenly became chaotic.

The panic was soon reported to the boat boss, who came to the deck in a hurry, first saluted Murong Fu, and then shouted at the top of the water: "What's going on!"

Someone in the water responded: "There is something in the water, which hurt the feet of the brothers!"

The boat boss frowned, cursed, and wanted to go down to check.

All of a sudden, the flames burst into flames, and the densely packed torches illuminated the dark banks like day.

Except for the three of Murong Fu, everyone turned pale with shock, the scene in front of him seemed to be within Murong Fu's expectation but also disappointed him, he put his hands behind his back and shook his head slightly, as if he was very dissatisfied.

The crowd was shocked at first, but after they calmed down a bit, they realized that there were hundreds of people standing densely on both sides of the bank, all holding torches and weapons in their hands. Wolf pack of prey.

"Water bandits!"

The word flashed through everyone's minds, and their hearts sank.

In this year and month, although there are basically no major wars and the world is peaceful, it does not mean that everything is peaceful.In the Song Dynasty, commercial trade was extremely developed, and land mergers were not suppressed, which led to a greater gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty than in the previous dynasties. It took almost a few decades to intensify the land conflict to the extent that it would only appear at the end of other dynasties.

The reason why there were no major disturbances was thanks to the Song Dynasty's preferential treatment of the scholar class and the restrictions on the powers of military commanders. Therefore, although the people have continued to change since the beginning of the founding of the Taizu Emperor, they were at most limited to the scope of one road and one road. Make a big mess.

But the absence of major disturbances does not mean that there are no disturbances. For example, refugees are an important problem in Song Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty, the exploitation of tenant farmers almost reached the point of sucking the marrow, causing a large number of civilians to lose their land and become refugees.

Among them, some people entered the city and became handicraftsmen, and a considerable number of people became thieves and started businesses without capital.

For example, what Murong Fu and others are facing now is exactly this kind of situation.

Murong Fu frowned, feeling a little troubled, he didn't want to get his clothes dirty for a few low-class water bandits.

Gongye Qian asked in a deep voice: "My lord, do you want to send these people away?"

Generally speaking, it would be enough to send some money in this situation, but Murong Fu shook his head slowly.

Gong Yeqian asked again: "Then what does the young master mean, get rid of these people?"

Murong Fu smiled and said nothing, but his expression was obvious, and he did not agree with Gong Yeqian's proposal.

Gong Yegan thought for a while, and then asked: "Could it be that the young master meant to recruit these people for his own use?"

Murong Fu smiled gratifiedly, Gongye Gan was said to be a descendant of Gongye Chang, one of the 72 sages under Confucius, and was known for his calmness and strategy.In a short period of time, three different solutions were proposed. Compared with Feng Bo E and Bao Bu Bu making troubles everywhere, such subordinates are obviously more likable.

But Murong Fu followed suit and shook his head slowly.

Now that Gongye is really doing this, he really can't figure it out, he respectfully said: "This subordinate is stupid, I really can't guess what you mean, please show me."

Murong Fu smiled: "Second brother Gongye, please be safe and don't be impatient, you don't need to do anything, just watch a good show here."

Reminiscent of Murong Fu saying that there will be a good show tonight, although Gong Yegan was puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions.He believed that it was reasonable for the young master to do so, but he still put his hands on his pair of judge pens unconsciously. Once these ignorant thieves dared to offend the young master, he would give them a good look.

The atmosphere was very dignified, and the rest of the people were obviously a little flustered. After all, any ordinary person would see hundreds of shining steel knives surrounding him in the middle of the night, and his legs would go weak. that's it.

The boss of the boat suppressed his fear and got off the boat to deal with it. He laughed and said, "Hey, isn't this Xiang Wanghai from the Shahe Gang, Mr. Xiang? Why, where did your old man get rich recently?"

The leading man named Xiang Wanghai smiled domineeringly: "Wang Jinbao, so it's you, old boy."

The boss of the boat quickly nodded and smiled: "Yes, yes, it is a small one. I don't know what you can do when you come here, old man?"

Xiang Wanghai raised his hand and slapped him across the face: "Sir, give me some shit, who are the people on board?"

The boss of the boat covered his face and said panickedly: "Master Xiang, our boss has already paid the regular money every month. I'm afraid it's a bit out of order for you to do so!"

Although he was terrified to death in his heart, he still spoke boldly and brought up his employer's name in the hope of scaring this lawless gangster.

Who knows, this has the opposite effect.

The burly man raised his hand and slapped again, directly knocking out two teeth of the boss of the boat: "Grass mud horse, when labor and management are doing business in this river and lake, when have you negotiated the price? If you don't argue with labor and management, labor and management will pay you back." Save some face. You are chattering with the labor and management, but the labor and management want to show you some color and let you know how many eyes the Lord Ma has."

With a big wave of his hand, he said, "Little ones, all the things on the boat will be robbed, and people will keep them as meat tickets. If the girls say something, let the brothers have a good time!"

Hearing what the boss said, the eyes of hundreds of people suddenly glowed green like wolves, and they all sharpened their knives and were about to strike.

The boss of the boat was so anxious that he was going crazy, "Putong" knelt in the water, kowtowed recklessly and said: "Master, Mr. Xiang, my dear grandfather, please, you are so high-handed, just treat yourself like a little one. Let the little one go. If something goes wrong, the little one will be killed by the master when he goes back, please be merciful!"

Xiang Wanghai was furious: "You don't know good or bad. Labor and management are stealing from the rich and helping the poor. Who in the world doesn't call you a hero? You old dog is still grinding here for me. It's hard to explain when you go back, right? Then don't go back Already!"

As he said that, his eyes were full of fierceness, he drew out his waist knife, and slashed at the top of the head of the boat boss. The boat boss turned pale with fright, his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground.

Just when the steel knife was only a short distance away from the head of the boss of the boat, and the life of the boss of the boat was hanging by a thread, a slender iron chain flew from a distance and entangled the steel knife.

Then, a strong force came from the iron chain, and Xiang Wanghai was caught off guard, carelessly, the weapon flew out of his hand.

Xiang Wanghai turned pale with shock: "Who the fuck meddles in his own business and hinders labor and management from doing business?"

An angry voice came from the crowd: "Bully a boatman who doesn't know martial arts, you bullshit hero! Those who have the guts are right with labor and capital, and those who don't have the guts to get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Everyone took a closer look and found that it was the pair of brawny brothers, and the iron chain came from one of them.

The sudden change seemed to have sprinkled a handful of salt in a hot oil pan, and the scene exploded immediately.

A crowd of water bandits yelled and cursed: "What kind of dog are you? How dare you confront our boss!" "Our boss chopped you into three pieces!"

All kinds of voices merged into one, noisy, and the river beach suddenly became lively.

Murong Fu watched everything in the field quietly, not intending to intervene, but the playful smile on the corner of his mouth became more intense.

Interesting, it seems that this road will not be so boring after all.

(End of this chapter)