Chapter 22 Determination of Bandits
Lin Chunhong was very depressed. He was not used to using passive measures, and this passive measure might not be effective. Zhou Wang, Zheng Tiancheng and Lu Shiyuan saw that Lin Chunhong was depressed, so they invited him to visit Jingzhou City. Jingzhou was not far from Bailizhou, and it was ten miles of waterway. It arrived in two hours. Jingzhou City has six city gates, namely the East Gate, the Small East Gate, the North Gate, the Small North Gate, the West Gate, and the South Gate. Each city gate has a urn city and a city tower is built, among which the North Gate is the exit of the post road, also known as the Liumen. The South Gate is close to the dock, and is full of wood. Under the large-scale dumping of Lin Chunhong and others, Jingzhou has become a well-known timber distribution center. Timber merchants from all directions gather at the dock and discuss the timber heads. Although the four of them were happy to see this scene, they did not stop and entered Jingzhou from the south gate.
After entering Jingzhou, everyone's hobbies were highlighted. Zheng Tiancheng liked to wander around Wa City. He was excited when he heard the bargaining sound. Zhou Wang went straight to the weapon store to see if there were any good swords worth collecting. Lin Chunhong and Lu Shiyuan walked towards the Jinjiulong Hotel intentionally or unintentionally, where the Chenjiu there was summoning them.
Zhou Wang kept touching the dagger with a dagger. Today he spent 200 taels of silver to buy the dagger. The owner made a statement on the spot, which made Zhou Wang buy the dagger without hesitation.
"Uncle Zhou, don't touch it anymore. It's yours. I still think it's not enough?" Zheng Tiancheng said with a lip silence.
"I just can't touch it enough. This is a good thing, you don't understand." After saying that, he took out the dagger from the condom and waved it. The three of them laughed.
At this time, a shout came from behind: "There are four barbarians, stop."
The four of them looked back and saw more than a dozen yamen runners rushing over and surrounding the four. One of them pointed at Zhou Wang and shouted: "Do you know that it's illegal to waving a sharp blade in the street?"
When Zhou Wang saw it, he met a blackmailer, but refused to take out the money obediently and said, "Which method has you violated with a dagger?"
"If you break the law, you will break the law. Let's go, follow me to the government office!" After saying that, more than ten people made a move forward.
Zhou Wang was indignant and put the dagger back into the condom. His fists were pinched tightly, and a joint sound came. Lin Chunhong knew that Zhou Wang was a sign of his move, so he immediately took Zhou Wang's hand and signaled him not to be impulsive. Then he took out some broken silver from his arms and handed it over, saying, "We are countrymen. We don't know the rules today, so I hope you can forgive me."
The yamen runner took the broken silver, put it in his hand and said carelessly: "It seems that you are still quite sensible. You are not allowed to hold a dagger in the future. Do you know?"
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Li Cheng, what are you doing there?"
When Lin Chunhong heard this voice, he couldn't help feeling ecstatic. He stepped forward and bowed: "Student, pay homage to Mr.!" It turned out that this person was Zhang Daohan, Lin Chunhong's teacher.
When Zhang Daohan saw Lin Chunhong, he was very happy and quickly helped Lin Chunhong up and said, "It turns out it is Chunhong. I have been hearing about you doing a good business recently!"
Lin Chunhong smiled embarrassedly: "It's just a group of people who are trying to make a living. Why is this sir?"
"I am the prefect of Jingzhou, and I happened to pass by here."
After saying that, he turned his head to stare at Li Cheng, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he shouted: "I knew you wouldn't have grown, but today I would have blackmailed in public! Take care of your skin."
Li Cheng and others knelt down quickly and returned the broken silver to Lin Chunhong. Lin Chunhong laughed and said, "Just let the brothers have a glass of wine." Not only did they not accept Li Cheng's silver, they also took out about two taels of silver from their arms and handed it to him. Li Cheng didn't want to die, but Zhang Daohan said, "Please take it, Boss Lin invites you to drink, but you don't know how to polite it? Get out of the money after taking the silver."
Li Cheng and others took the money and rolled away.
The five people met one by one, so they made an appointment to have a drink at the Jin Kowloon Restaurant.
"A good boy, not only logs wood, but also trades with natives. It's good and good, and it's beneficial to the education of natives!" Zhang Daohan was not very interested in making money, but he admired Lin Chunhong and the good relationship between natives.
"I'm sure I'm not hiding it. Now the money we earn from the natives is comparable to the money we earn from logging."
"Haha, when doing things, whether in business, official or military, you must look at the big picture. Although you are in business, you don't know that you have done something amazing, but you have done it, it is considered an act of unintentional insertion. You will use your brain more in the future. As the saying goes, people will have immediate worries without long-term thinking."
"Yes, we are worried now. Jingzhou Prefecture is unable to eliminate Zhang Zhao and others. The Yangtze River waterway is unstable, which has almost stopped our business." Lin Chunhong explained in detail the matter of Zhang Zhao looting wood to Zhang Daohan.
Zhang Daohan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Now the court is in chaos, Jingzhou Prefecture is also in chaos. The governor Tang Hui put pressure on Jingzhou Prefecture. Jingzhou Prefecture is not sure how to wipe out Zhang Zhao. If you want to say this Zhang Zhao, you are a man. After Yang Yiren put it on, you will kill all the officials."
Seeing that everyone didn't know about Zhang Zhao, Zhang Daohan told everyone about Zhang Zhao's origin. Everyone was fascinated by hearing this, and Lin Chunhong felt even more interested in recruiting him. Zhou Wang said: "No matter who Zhang Zhao is, now that we block our way of life, we must wipe him out."
"It's this reason, but Zhang Zhao is on the water, so we have no choice." Lu Shiyuan said.
Zhang Daohan smiled and said, "Will the water bandits not go to land? If you can't do it on the water, come to land. This is called seeking profit and avoiding harm, and using my strength to attack the enemy's shortcomings." Zhou Wang suddenly realized what Zhang Daohan said and shouted, "Happy, Mr. Zhang is really amazing. He pointed out a way for us in one sentence. We can lead him to land. Mr. Zhang, I'll give you a glass, it's so satisfying!" After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it all in one go.
Zhang Daohan touched his short beard and nodded and said, "But things cannot be done like this. If you have the truth, it will be unrighteous."
Everyone admired Zhang Daohan very much. Seeing that he said he could not do this, they stared at him with confusion.
"Think about it, what can you get if you wiped out Zhang Zhao?"
"The Yangtze River waterway is smooth and we can make money, which can be considered a good thing for Jingzhou." Lin Chunhong said.
"Then what can you get if you have an official?" Zhang Daohan asked.
"You can make money and get promoted." Lin Chunhong said excitedly.
"That's right. Now that your business is getting bigger, it will sooner or later attract the attention of others. With an official position, everything will be easy to do! It's just right to wipe out Zhang Zhao, and you can use this to get promoted."
This sentence made the four of them fascinated. After all, officials and gentry in this era enjoyed countless privileges, and the fact that they were extorted by the yamen runners just now deeply stimulated everyone. A businessman is nothing, and without an official position, a yamen runner can bully you.
"Sir, can you come to guide us? You have a broad vision. Compared with you, we are really frogs in the well." Lin Chunhong now deeply understands the importance of strategy, and now he lacks talented people like Zhang Daohan.
"Haha, I don't understand what you do business. He Zhiyuan, the current prefect of Jingzhou, is also a close friend of old friends. As an aide, it is beneficial to you. Ask me more about the affairs in the government, so as not to know it if you step into the trap."
Lin Chunhong nodded and agreed, asking, "We are all civilians, how can we get a job?"
Zhang Daohan closed his eyes and thought for a while, before saying, "Your father's remaining power in Jingzhou City is still there. I believe it is not difficult to get a patrol position, but it requires silver. How much silver can you take out?"
"It shouldn't be difficult to take out ten thousand taels!" Lin Chunhong said.
Zhang Daohan almost jumped up and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that your business was so big. I thought it would be good if you could take out three thousand taels. There is no need for so many, one thousand taels is enough. Leave the rest to me, just wait to become an official!"
Everyone dispersed until midnight, and they talked about the past events of their interactions with the natives and the Qianhu in Datian, and discussed the situation of the Ming Dynasty. Lin Chunhong and the other four people realized how important the strategy is today. What they did in the past was simply a counterattack. They wanted to further develop, and there were a lot of difficulties. Now Zhang Daohan has pointed out a clear path for them, which made them very excited.
After some conspiracy, Lin Chunhong spread a big net and waited for Zhang Zhao to come in.
Chapter completed!