Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 304 Reopening

Yang Chao in the Jinchai Tower said that he was not worried about his subordinates at all, that was a lie.

What worries Wang Pu the most is that quarrying is an important place, and there has always been heavy guards there, so Yang Chao assigned a thousand elite soldiers to Wang Pu, and transferred all the best sailors under Zhang Dawei, so that he could grab the ship. After the first time to drive away.

On the contrary, Song Kun, who was going to Guazhou, assigned some soldiers. The order given to him was to subdue Liu Kongzhao's sailors in the shortest time, and let these sailors drive the boat back.

As for where Zhang Dawei is, there is nothing to worry about. Yang Chao has long been aware of the situation in Pukou, and knows that Liu Kongzhao's men will go to the beach once they get to the shore. They don't even guard the boat, so Zhang Dawei only As long as it needs to be stolen, it is impossible to fight without accidents.

Yang Chao looked at the trembling businessmen, and suddenly laughed again, and became amiable again, and a group of businessmen could only laugh in embarrassment.

"Haha, everyone, so I'm going to open tomorrow, and please help me a lot. Also, I'll keep in mind the losses you suffered in the past, and I'll use future insurance premiums to cover them."

After speaking, Yang Chao nodded and gestured for everyone to continue eating and drinking.

Who can eat it at this moment, each eye contact, there is only bitterness.

The fight between Yang Chao and Liu Kongzhao was not the result of their meddling with small businessmen, and now they are caught between pins and needles.

Soon, someone asked Yang Chao to leave with the excuse of a stomachache. Yang Chao pretended to care about him, and then allowed him to leave.

In this way, everyone started to find various excuses to leave, and Yang Chao simply sent everyone out.

Yang Chao didn't stop, and immediately rushed back to the navy camp in a carriage.

The camp has become empty, 1000 people were sent to quarry, more than 1000 people were sent to Zhenjiang, and [-] people went to Jiangpu, nearly half of them were not in the camp.

The remaining 2000 people were quickly assembled by Yang Chao and lined up on the pier.

Yang Chao was stuck on time, and not long after, he saw the figure of a warship appearing on the river.

A ship slowly sailed into the pier of Xinjiangkou.

More than 2000 soldiers, all wearing iron armor and holding long guns, formed three long queues.

Yang Chao walked slowly in front, with warships slowly entering the port on one side and serious soldiers on the other.

Yang Chao suddenly stopped and said loudly: "Listen up, our ship has been snatched back, and our business has also been snatched back."

The soldiers didn't move at all, but their expressions all moved. Yang Chao told them to train hard, and then get back the business. Now they finally got it back. All of them have complicated thoughts, some don't care much, and some feel at ease , and faintly excited.

"It was snatched from Uncle Liu, the admiral of Caojiang."

Yang Chao reminded.

These soldiers already knew today that Yang Chao had already sent someone to act, because half of the people in the barracks were suddenly missing, and a fool could guess what they were doing. What's more, Yang Chao asked the officer to tell them, tell the soldiers, Their general sent someone to rob an earl of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the ship is back, and their general told them that it was snatched from Uncle Liu.

That's right, the Uncle was strong, and more people felt a little passionate in their hearts, and at the same time, they were a little envious of those brothers who were singled out to be robbed.

They are soldiers, they were refugees in the past, and their mentality is different from that of businessmen. Businessmen seek stability and do not want to cause trouble, but they are not afraid. After all, they still have Yang Chao on their heads, so they are quite interested in fighting against the powerful.

Yang Chao pondered for a while, let the soldier's emotions brew for a while, and spoke again.

"What I want to tell you is that no matter who robs us, we will take it back and remember it!"

These recruits have been trained for a month, but their military discipline is very good. All of them are holding long guns, standing upright and silent.

Yang Chao could only shout here: "Answer me, do you remember?"

At this time, there was finally a part of the voice that was sparse and not neat: "Remember."

Yang Chao shouted: "Speak up!"

With preparations this time, everyone was in unison: "Remember!"

Finally, the boats parked on the pier one by one.

The soldiers in plain clothes above came down one by one. When they saw Yang Chao for the first time, they immediately stepped forward, stood at attention and saluted, and consciously formed a queue.

Slowly all the boats stopped, all the soldiers disembarked, and stood in front of Yang Chao in a line.

At this time, in front of Yang Chao were the soldiers who had returned from Pukou, and behind him were the soldiers who had not been selected.

Yang Chao turned back suddenly, and said to Dajun, "Tell our brothers now, what if someone robs us in the future?!"

At this time, more than 2000 soldiers shouted: "Take it back, grab it back, grab it back!"

The sound echoed on the pier, and more and more people watched, but no one dared to approach the group of soldiers in iron armor.

This is still the Longjiangguan Wharf, and all the merchants are here. Although the wharf in front of Shuiying is under construction, there are still berths available. Yang Chao just let the fleet come to the Longjiangguan Wharf. In fact, he did it on purpose. To tell everyone, tell these merchants their own strength.

Uncle raped Yang Chao's things, and Yang Chao wanted to take them back, so who would dare to take Yang Chao's?

Standing up power is also a demonstration, standing up in front of the public and demonstrating against Liu Kongzhao.

Soon after thousands of armored soldiers reorganized and returned to camp, Yang Chao went to visit a merchant on the pier.

Shopkeeper Mao, the first customer who did business with Yang Chao, was also one of the people who went to the Jinchai Tower for a banquet today.

It's just that the shopkeeper Mao was also frightened, and hurriedly fled from the Jinchai Tower.

Yang Chao was looking for him to solicit business.

Shopkeeper Mao was enthusiastic, but his face was still a little pale. He obviously had lingering fears about being involved in the struggle between Yang Chao and Liu Kongzhao. Either of these two people can make him a small businessman die without a place to bury him.

Yang Chao was not polite, he just asked him how he would send a shipment tomorrow, and the shopkeeper Mao talked about him.

Yang Chao finally shouted angrily: "Master Mao!"

Shopkeeper Mao gave a jolt: "Ah, Mr. Yang."

Yang Chao turned to smile and said, "Let's talk, how about loading a shipment for you tomorrow? I'm in Jinchai Tower this year, but you asked me when I opened it."

Shopkeeper Mao cursed in his heart, "But at that time, I didn't know that you robbed Mr. Chengyi. After that, who would dare you to do business? You two have fun every day when you rob me and I rob you, but as a businessman, who can bear it."

But he muttered in his mouth: "The market has not been very good recently, and there is not much stock in hand."

Yang Chao laughed and said, "As much as you have, pack it all, and tomorrow I will send a boat to take you across the river."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and patted Shopkeeper Mao on the shoulder lightly: "You and I are old acquaintances, this time the official reopens this time, you can't help but join us."

After speaking, he didn't give Shopkeeper Mao a chance to refuse at all, so he walked away.

Leaving shopkeeper Mao alone with a frowning face, he let out a long sigh.

The reason why Yang Chao is not hesitating to use force, unreasonably wanting to open tomorrow is due to his own considerations. He snatched Liu Kongzhao's boat. If he hides and dare not sail, it proves that Yang Chao is afraid and is showing weakness to Liu Kongzhao.

So not only can Yang Chao not hide, but he has to open the shop immediately, tomorrow.

The reason why he went to Shopkeeper Mao was just as a cover, and he planned to escort only Shopkeeper Mao tomorrow and let others see.

It's just that shopkeeper Mao is indeed in danger. He is just a small fur dealer, and he really can't afford to offend Liu Kongzhao.

But if it's just one person, Yang Chao can still protect him, and he can afford to cover him, so he's the only one to look for first.

Sure enough, on the second day, Yang Chao enthusiastically helped shopkeeper Mao load a batch of fur goods early in the morning. It was not a little stock that shopkeeper Mao said, but a full boat.

Then Yang Chao dispatched ten warships to protect them from all directions, front, rear, left, and right, and set sail while everyone on the pier was stunned.

Yang Chao smiled when he saw Shopkeeper Mao with a sad face, "Treasurer Mao, why are you not happy about my opening?"

Shopkeeper Mao bowed again and again: "Happy, happy!"

Trying to suppress a smile, the result was uglier than crying.

Yang Chao couldn't bear to tease him anymore, so he said seriously: "Master Mao, have you seen my new terminal?"

Shopkeeper Mao nodded.

Yang Chao asked, "What do you think?"

Shopkeeper Mao said flatteringly: "It is majestic, much stronger than Longjiang Pass."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Mao, why don't you consider setting up a warehouse on my pier? You don't have to be afraid of anyone when you get there. My army is right next to you. Whoever dares to stretch out his hand, I will let him die." paw!"

Although shopkeeper Mao's complexion was still pale, his eyes rolled slightly.

"This!"

But he still hasn't made up his mind. Building a warehouse on the wharf means a stable income. His warehouse in Longjiangguan is the most important capital of his family, and it also costs a lot. Although building a few warehouses is not enough It doesn't cost much, but it will cost a lot of money to get through the tax officials. Without the care of these tax officials, it will be difficult to do business.

If he moved to Yang Chao's place, what would he do with his warehouse in Longjiang Pass? It took half a lifetime of hard work to manage it.

"Don't worry, my pier is still early, you have plenty of time to think about it."

Seeing Shopkeeper Mao hesitate, Yang Chao said to him.

After seeing off Zhang Dawei's fleet, Yang Chao didn't leave. He drank tea at the shopkeeper Mao's house until the soldiers reported that Wang Pu had returned.

Caishi and Guazhou are both about the same distance from Nanjing, but quarrying is upstream, so it is normal for Wang Pu to come back earlier. Besides, Wang Pu started his work earlier, using night as cover, and landed before dawn. Polishing is over the battle.

In the same way, Yang Chao once again gathered his team to welcome Wang Pu on the pier, and also made the soldiers shout "take it back". .

Wang Pu arrived in the morning, but Song Kun didn't come back in the evening, so naturally he had another welcome.

All the ships were taken back. Liu Kongzhao robbed about [-] cargo ships from Yang Chao, and Yang Chao robbed him of [-] warships.

(End of this chapter)