Dongting Lake is quiet and deep under the night. The surrounding reeds sway left and right under the breeze. The abundant watery Xiangjiang River crosses mountains and ridges and pours into Dongting Lake. Under the dense reeds at the estuary of the Xiangjiang River, there are four small boats hidden. Although the boats are small, each boat is equipped with six oars. Such a fast ship makes people have only one inference: this is a bandit ship. Yes, the Dongting Lake bandit Zhang Zhao is waiting here. Yesterday, he received a report that Sichuan Yankeshi Yang Yiren resigned from office and returned to Changsha. It is expected to cross the Xiangjiang River estuary tonight.

Zhang Zhaojing sat at the bow of the boat, chewing a reed pole in her mouth, staring at the dark water surface in a daze: Sichuan Salt Class, that's a fat man. Anyone, as long as he thought about it, would know that Salt Class Class is simply rich enough to rival a country. Besides, if you don't leave during the day, why do you have to walk through Dongting Lake at night? You must have a ghost in your heart!

Zhang Zhaonian was about twenty-seven or eight years old, and his face was extremely thin. According to his brothers, he worked in the Dengzhou navy during the Tianqi period. Because he was deducted military salaries for many years, he came to argue with his superiors, but was beaten and threw himself into prison. A group of brothers were angry, killed his superiors, rescued Zhang Zhao, and fled to Dongting Lake. Several bandits were merged in Dongting Lake, and a group of poor fishermen were summoned. After a few years, he became the largest bandit in Dongting Lake, known as the Dragon King Zhang Zhao. The government suppressed him several times, either allowing Zhang Zhao to escape or being beaten to fall into the water, resulting in Zhang Zhaoxiaoyao still present.

There were many mosquitoes in the reeds. Li Mengshen and Zhao Hehai were tortured so much that they couldn't stand it. They kept cursing Yang Yiren and complaining about how the corrupt official ship was so slow. It was almost ugly and they were not here yet. Li Mengshen and Zhao Hehai were Zhang Zhao's brothers in Dengzhou. Eight people escaped together at that time, and those who died in Dongting Lake were injured. At present, only Zhang Zhao and three others were left.

Zhang Zhao stared at his eyes and shouted, "I have done all the money robbing and murdering people, are you still afraid of mosquito bites? Next time I go out, smoke it with mugwort!"

Li Mengshen and Zhao Hehai smiled, and did not speak, following Zhang Zhao's eyes to the depths of Dongting Lake. After waiting for a while, Zhao Hehai couldn't help but speak, "Brother, this Dongting Lake is too small. The three of us brothers are so frustrating here. We work hard every day and can't grab anything. Think about the sea boat that is rushing to the West, snatching one is enough for us to be free for the rest of our lives!"

Li Mengshen blinked his one-eye and said, "I don't want to go to the sea, otherwise my left eye would not be able to save my left eye." Li Mengshen is good at observing astrology and the sun, and serves as the chief of fire in the army. His right eye is already blinded by the stimulation of the sun for many years.

"Where can I get a sea boat? It's not as good as a land boat. If you don't pay attention, the boat will be destroyed and the people will be killed!" Zhang Zhaotou said without looking back. Zhao Hehai smacked his lips and said, "I'm just thinking about it. Now that we leave Dongting Lake, we must be caught by the government!"

"Shh, whisper, a boat is coming, notify brothers to be prepared!" Zhang Zhao ordered.

I saw a little light coming out from the horizon from afar. Everyone stared at the lights and slowly approached. It turned out that there were two ships, each of which was very well-drawn. The bandits couldn't help but be excited. Today they encountered a piece of fat meat.

Seeing that the target ship was getting closer, Zhang Zhao ordered: "Term the first ship first, catch Yang Yiren, and make a forced landing in the second one! Humph, even if the second one is wanted, we can't run away. Let's hurry up!"

Finally, he heard the rustling sound of the target ship walking. Zhang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Brothers!"

Four ships rushed towards the target ship like arrows leaving the string. Zhang Zhao, Li Mengshen and Zhao Hehai stood at the bow of the ship, holding a knife in their right hand and a shield in their left hand, shouting: "Stop the ship in front, leave money for life!"

Hearing a scream from the boat: "It's over, there are water bandits robbing the way!" There were even more crying. Zhang Zhao judged based on the voice that the other party should not have armed guards, so he ordered: "Around it, brothers, snatch it onto the boat!"

The bandits were more brave than the other. They all climbed onto the boat after getting closer. Soon, they dragged an old man out of the boat and threw it in front of Zhang Zhao.

The old man was not panicked, tidied up his clothes and asked, "Old Yang Yiren, I'm passing by here when I returned home. I wonder which hero came to greet me, the useless old man?"

The old man's calmness was beyond Zhang Zhao's expectations. Most people were robbed, either begging for mercy or scolding him sternly. The old man still had leisure to joke, which made Zhang Zhao admire him.

Zhang Zhao was unwilling to lose his momentum and shouted: "You are Yang Yiren? Brothers are short of money recently and want to borrow some money to spend money with Yang Tiju!"

"It's easy to say, this is right. Yang Fu, give the heroes silver!" A servant behind the old man struggled a few times, and Zhang Zhao signaled the water bandits to let Yang Fu go. After luring Yang Fuzi, he entered the cabin and brought out a plate of silver ingots, which was about fifty taels.

When the water bandits saw it, they were extremely angry and shouted and scolded.

"Old man Yang, are we beggars? Do you want to send us this little bit of silver?" Zhang Zhao's cold voice made everyone shudder.

Yang Yiren bowed and said, "I have no money and property in my life. Please forgive me, the hero."

Zhang Zhao snorted and ordered: "Brothers, search for me!"

Soon, the water bandits returned to the deck and shouted: "There is nothing in the cabin except a few huge rocks!"

"Where is the ship behind?"

The bandits on the boat behind also shouted: "It's all stones, nainai, nothing!"

Zhang Zhao was shocked and stared at Yang Yiren and said, "Old Man Yang, what's going on?"

"The boat crosses the Sichuan River, the waves are high and the water is fast. I have to use stones to press the warehouse, and there is no extra silver. If all the heroes don't believe it, they will probably take my life." Yang Yiren said loudly.

"I only need money, what's the point of your life? Feeding dogs makes you feel that there is no meat!" Zhao Hehai cursed in anger.

"Stop!" Zhang Zhao stopped Zhao Hehai, "I didn't expect that Yang Tiju was actually a clean official!"

"Oh, I have long wanted to resign and return home. The officialdom is so dark. Being a clean official is more difficult than being a corrupt official!" Yang Yiren sighed.

Zhang Zhaowei pondered and ordered: "Brothers, please withdraw!"

The bandits jumped off the boat in disappointment and slowly swayed the boat away. Soon, they disappeared deep in Dongting Lake.

Seeing that the water bandits were gone, Yang Yiren finally couldn't see it, and ordered: "Yang Fu, inform the five ships behind and accelerate into the Xiangjiang River!" A smug smile appeared on his face.

The next day, Zhang Zhao heard that Yang Yiren arrived in Changsha with seven ships of property, and was so angry that he vomited blood. He sighed: "I didn't expect that I was like Dragon King Zongheng Dongting, and I was deceived by Yang Yiren. What's the use of leaving this eye!" After saying that, he raised his right hand, stretched his fingers, and penetrated it hard into his right eye. Li Mengshen happened to be by his side, so he hurriedly blocked Zhang Zhao with his hand and said: "Brother, why bother? We have next time!"

Zhang Zhao used too much force. Although Li Mengshen blocked him, his fingers were inserted into his forehead, and blood immediately emerged from his forehead. Zhang Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't take this revenge, you will not be a human being!"

Let’s talk about Yang Yiren’s conscience, of course, he was spread everywhere in Changsha. Within a few days, it spread throughout Dongting Lake. Zhang Zhao felt regretful and felt that he had no face to seek a living in Dongting Lake, so he took his brothers to the Yangtze River, preparing to build on the Yangtze River and continue the promising cause of the water bandits. Given that Zhang Zhao was good at water wars and loyalty, the water bandits on the Yangtze River were either annexed or killed by Zhang Zhao and others. Within a year, Zhang Zhao and his gang became the largest water bandits on the Jingjiang River, plundering merchants, and were never rude to the passing officials, which caused panic in Jingzhou Prefecture. Although the Jingzhou Left Guard and the Jingzhou Central Guard had navigators patrolling the river, they were not the opponents of Zhang Zhao and others? If Zhang Zhao did not come to the door, he would burn incense, let alone talk about the extermination.

When Zhang Zhao was free and happy on the Yangtze River, Lin Chunhong's sight also shifted to the Yangtze River. At present, the purchase of land in Bailizhou was smooth. As long as there was silver, it was no problem to completely control Bailizhou in time. At the same time, the inclusion of the natives near Geheyan into the system was also progressing smoothly. Baiyadong and Sinan's lawsuit almost regarded Lin Chunhong as their parents for food and clothing. Lin Chunhong believed that with the construction of the three places of Geheyan, Xiaowanzi and Yazikou, the progress and depth of the integration of the natives will be further improved.

Lin Chunhong's third step plan is to completely control the Yangtze River and Qingjiang waterways. The Yangtze River and Qingjiang are Lin Chunhong's lifelines. Whether it is wood, earth, or other goods, they are basically transported by waterways. Therefore, if you want to go further, it will become a natural thing to eliminate the water bandits.

At this time, Zheng Tiancheng was reporting the waterway to Lin Chunhong across the river. He only heard Zheng Tiancheng pull his finger and say 15: "Since the end of last year, a total of five batches of goods have been robbed. They were in the stone condoms, Liujiawan and Jiangkou downstream of Bailizhou, lost 1,320 taels of silver and thirteen shipmen."

While listening, Lin Chunhong held a pen to mark the map. After the mark was clear, he stared at the map and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Lin Chunhong pointed to the map and said, "It seems that the water bandits are temporarily unable to rob the upper reaches of Bailizhou..." At this point, Lin Chunhong paused again, his eyes gradually became sharp, and he turned his head to stare at Zheng Tiancheng, and said, "But I will not place my hope on others. We will suppress this water bandit!"

Zheng Tiancheng was shocked by Lin Chunhong's eyes and couldn't help but have a cold war in his heart. Is this still the mistress who grew up together before? He said carefully: "As far as we know, the largest water bandit on Jingjiang is the Dragon King Zhang Zhao. He is strong, what strength should we use to fight?"

Lin Chunhong slapped his palm on the map and said, "I don't have the strength for the time being, but we are starting to make arrangements now. I believe that the water bandits will not be able to jump around in the future. Humph! By robbery, it is a tree without roots. How many days can they jump around?"

Zheng Tiancheng was far less confident than Lin Chunhong and hesitated: "This..."

Lin Chunhong said resolutely: "You are in Bailizhou, build a shipbuilding factory as soon as possible. No matter what ship the factory can build, I will see our ship at the end of the year. No matter how much money I want, I will approve it. In addition, the boatmen will also help me with as many help as possible, even if they don't need so many people. At the latest next summer, we will organize a fleet to find Zhang Zhao's bad luck!"

This was so terrifying that Zheng Tiancheng, who was good at calculating, did not agree. Zheng Tiancheng couldn't help but reminded: "Zhang Zhao's bravery, after learning the water battle, we will form a new fleet, so how can Zhang Zhao's opponent?"

Lin Chunhong sneered: "You have to fight even if you are not an opponent. I wonder how many water bandits can have? It will consume a little bit in a battle, and sooner or later it will be exhausted. Our ships and boatmen can supply them continuously. In the long run, Zhang Zhao will not be our opponent? Besides, if we fight, our fleet will have more experience, and sooner or later Zhang Zhao will not be our opponent!"

Zheng Tiancheng said in surprise: "How much money will it cost?"

Lin Chunhong patted Zheng Tiancheng on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Tiancheng, this account cannot be settled like this. Think about it, if you wipe out Zhang Zhao, Jingjiang is under our control. How much money can't be earned back?"

Zheng Tiancheng was convinced and was about to express his determination. He heard Lin Chunhong say, "You can go back to Bailizhou as soon as possible and get the two things I said right away. We can't wait!"

Zheng Tiancheng agreed to leave.

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However, Zhang Zhao's actions were much faster than Zheng Tiancheng. As soon as Zheng Tiancheng returned to Bailizhou, he received a report: the wooden raft was robbed and the loss was more than 4,000 taels!

"Get out, get out of here!" Zheng Tiancheng kicked over the chair, but he still couldn't relieve his anger and overturned the table.

The servant stood outside the door tremblingly, not even dared to go in and clean up. Since Zheng Tiancheng was in charge of the cargo warehouse and the transport of wood, his authority has been better than that, but Zheng Tiancheng, who is humble, has never been like this. Today, it is a bit abnormal. The reason is that the wood transported to Jingzhou thousands of miles away was actually cut off by the water bandits. This string of wood rafts were several thousand taels of silver, and no one felt uncomfortable. Since Zheng Tiancheng followed Lin Chunhong, he has been well and has been deeply trusted by Lin Chunhong. Otherwise, he would not have entrusted the sales and transport of wood to him as a whole. Because he is good at calculating, he is respected as a "god calculator" by the people from the river rock. Now he is like a delicate abacus turning into scattered beads, and all the beads hit him in the face. Zheng Tiancheng could think of the ridicule of his brothers, which made him even more unbearable.

"Mr. Zheng, it's useless to be angry now. Now I have to find a way to recover the losses!" Lu Shiyuan is Zheng Tiancheng's deputy. His steady personality is admired by Lin Chunhong. He was assigned to help Zheng Tiancheng. After hearing a sensation, he came over to inquire and found out what was going on, so he walked in to persuade Zheng Tiancheng.

"What's the solution now? Do you want me to find bandits to recover the wood?" Zheng Tiancheng grew up in calculations, but after all, he had too little experience in his youth, and now things are messy. Lu Shiyuan is nearly thirty years old and has been in the wood market for many years. When he saw Lin Chunhong's business getting bigger and bigger, he threw away his previous small business and followed Lin Chunhong. To deal with the storm, it is indeed not comparable to Zheng Tiancheng. Lu Shiyuan said: "The most urgent task is to send someone to notify Boss Lin, and then track the bandits and wait for an opportunity to regain the wood. The third is to take measures to prevent our goods from being intercepted!"

Zheng Tiancheng was stunned for a while, making Lu Shiyuan secretly anxious. After a long time, he said tiredly: "You arrange to do it, I'm confused for a while."

Lu Shiyuan received the authorization of Zheng Tiancheng and did not delay it. Soon, a fast ship was sent to Biheyan, a group of people were sent to find out the way of wood, and a group of people sent to inform Lin Deshao not to transport goods to Bailizhou for the time being. In addition, Lu Shiyuan strengthened the inspection of the cargo warehouse and ordered all ship workers not to leave the river for the time being and to keep their ethics in order to prevent bandits from attacking.

Lin Chunhong received a notice from Bailizhou and discussed with everyone. Everyone agreed that the Yangtze River waterway is the lifeline, and the unstable water surface is the biggest challenge facing us. So Lin Chunhong led most of the combatants to go downstream with Zhou Wang to solve this problem. As for the matter of Biheyan, the five captains and Uncle Li discussed and resolved it. When everyone had a dispute, Guo Mingyan decided. This arrangement convinced everyone. As the team continued to expand, everyone knew who had a stronger management ability.

"Now these people are only enough to guard Bailizhou. When it comes to the Jiang bandits on the water, we have no choice." Zhou Wang stood on the bow of the boat, looked at the string of ships behind him, and said.

"No one on the land can bully us now, but we can't do anything on the water. Those boatmen can't fight with the Jiang bandits." Lin Chunhong has always been very confused about this problem: he had never realized the importance of the Yangtze River waterway to them before. Now something happened, and he realized that all circulation has become a problem, which directly threatened their survival. Lin Chunhong regretted not preparing for the future. "It's all my fault. He should have recruited and trained boat workers as soon as possible, and now there is no way out."

Zhou Wang smiled bitterly and said, "There is always a problem of coming first and coming later. If Baiyadong and Sinan don't solve it, we can't continue to do it. This is not urgent."

"The navy must be formed. No matter what method is used, otherwise we will be controlled sooner or later." Lin Chunhong said firmly. Zhou Wang felt a move when he heard the word "A navy". Now, he finally realized that Lin Chunhong's thoughts were really not the flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water. He said: "The most urgent thing is to straighten the fortune. The navy cannot come."

It took only one day for Lin Chunhong and others to arrive in Bailizhou. Zhou Wang and Lin Chunhong were both satisfied with Lu Shiyuan's arrangements. Lu Shiyuan has now found out that the Jiang bandit who started was Zhang Zhao, and has made a detailed report on Zhang Zhao's identity and power. Lin Chunhong has no good idea now. There is no other way except to increase the salary of the ship workers by 10%, recruit more ship workers, and arrange for them to learn about water wars. Moreover, these people don't know how to fight water wars now, and even a coach can't find it.
Chapter completed!