A knife in love

Chapter 1407

Hearing Zhang Shi's words, Qin Laowu secretly scolded himself for being confused, the big ship has probably been sent to Dashan Island, and Lizhi County and Master Pan still forced Wangjiazhuang and other big families to search around Dongliao County. It's just a hypocrisy.It can be said that whether the owner of Wangzhuang sent people to build a temple on Motianling has nothing to do with whether he can find the big ship.But in the past few days, my heart has been in a mess, and I have been in a mess. Hearing Li Qiufeng say that Wang Zhuangzhu transferred Zhuang Ding away, he immediately got angry, which is really inappropriate.

Li Qiufeng had already thought up his speech. Hearing what Zhang Shi said, he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang is right. The big ship is probably no longer near Dongliao County. But don't forget, whether it is Daxueshan The green forest thieves and pirates from Dashan Island, they snatched our big ship just to get money. If the guess is right, they will sell the big ship after the limelight has passed. Right now the thieves dare not The sale of the stolen goods by the big ship is nothing more than the fact that their eyeliners in Dongliao County knew that the county magistrate had sent Zhuang Ding from Wangjiazhuang, Majiazhuang and other big families to look around. The momentum was so great that the thieves did not dare to act rashly. If we suddenly stopped at this time, The thieves will think that we have given up on the matter of finding the big ship, and they can find a way to dispose of the big ship. I heard from the owner of the Wang Zhuang that after the pirates rob the merchant's ship at sea, most of the goods on the ship will be sold by them. In exchange for gold and silver. As for the ship owners and cargo owners caught by them, the pirates will regard them as meat tickets and ask their families to redeem them with money, otherwise they will tear up the tickets.”

When Zhang Shi and Qin Laowu heard this, they both thought: "Old Yin is really unlucky. First his ears were cut off, and then he was taken away by thieves. He is a man who loves money like his life. Whether it fell into the hands of thieves in Daxue Mountain or was captured by pirates in Dashan Island, he definitely refused to reveal where the gold and silver treasures were placed, so he could not afford to suffer less. I heard that the wives and concubines in Lao Yin's house usually If they were beaten or scolded by him, if thieves and pirates came to Lao Yin's house to extort ransom, these wives and concubines hated Lao Yin to the bone, and most likely wished that Lao Yin would be torn apart so that they could divide up Lao Yin's family property. From this point of view, Lao Yin is in danger carry on."

I just heard Li Qiufeng say: "As for the big boats that were snatched by them, because Dashan Island is adjacent to Dongyi, there are many fishermen, so the pirates often sell these boats to Dongyi treacherous people in exchange for gold, silver and ginseng. But Dongyi has always The ministers of the Ming Dynasty are afraid of punishment from the Ming court, so they dare not buy and sell stolen goods openly. As long as we continue to search for big ships in Dongliao County with great fanfare, whether it is pirates or Dongyi traitors, we dare not buy or sell big ships. In this way, we Only then can the big ship be recovered intact."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he glanced at Zhang Shi and Qin Laowu, and then said: "Therefore, we must not neglect the matter of searching for the big ship. It is better to force the thieves and pirates to dare not sell our big ship. And This matter can't be all pushed to Wangjiazhuang. I think the owner of Majiazhuang, Ma Yuanwai, is a cunning person. Many people say that he is secretly colluding with the green forest thieves. It's better to ask Majiazhuang to do more, so that we can secretly observe Ma Yuanwai Is there another conspiracy behind it? But the most important thing is to take back the big ship. This matter can never be done by the magistrate's office of Dongliao County alone. Only the Liaodong Governor's Yamen and the Liaodong General Army must send officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the pirates. But we are all businessmen, and the yamen will never listen to us. Fortunately, Mr. Xiao has the documents and customs of the Ministry of War on him, and it will be convenient for him to come forward to write the Liaodong Governor's Yamen and Liaodong General Soldier Let's do business."

Hearing this, Zhang Shi suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu is more thoughtful. I understand what you mean, let's go and meet Mr. Xiao, and he will come forward to put pressure on the magistrate of Dongliao County. Master Li and Master Pan dare not slack off. In addition, please also write to Liaodong Governor’s Yamen and Liaodong General Army, asking them to send officers and soldiers to Dashan Island to eradicate pirates.”

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said in his mouth: "If Lord Xiao can listen to Yuanwai Zhang, we will be sure to get the big boat back."

Hearing Li Qiufeng's words, Qin Laowu was surprised and happy, but also a little uneasy.He said to Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi: "The governor and the chief soldier are both high-ranking officials. Although Xiao Dong works in the Firearms Bureau of the capital, in terms of official position, he is far from the rank of governor and chief soldier. How could he Follow his orders?"

Zhang Shi smiled and said: "Old Qin, you have been in the military camp in vain, and you don't even understand the rules of the officialdom. The Governor of Liaodong and the Liaodong Commander-in-Chief are indeed not small in terms of official positions, but when it comes to real power, these two people are afraid Not even a small chief of the Sixth Ministry of the capital. Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the officials sent here to be governors are squeezed out of the officialdom in the capital. How dare they offend the officials of the Sixth Ministry? As for the Liaodong General Army, it is even more pitiful , there are only a few thousand soldiers under his command, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. Xiao Dong has the documents and customs of the Ministry of War. If the Liaodong General Soldier dares not give him face, the Ministry of War can find any excuse to dismiss him as an official. Even punish him. Old Qin, put your heart in your stomach. As long as Xiao Dong is willing to take out the documents of the Ministry of War and the customs and defense documents of Liaodong Governor's Yamen and Liaodong General Soldier, they will definitely help us with our affairs."

Qin Lao Wu said: "If this is the case, it is not too late, and I invite the staff to go to Mr. Xiao right away and settle the matter as soon as possible."

Zhang Shi nodded, and said to Li Qiufeng: "Old Qin is right. Brother Zhu, you and Mr. Zhang go to see Mr. Xiao, and persuade him to write a letter earlier and get the big boat back, so we can go to Fusang to make a fortune. "

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "I hope so."

The two discussed a few more words, and then they left Qin Lao Wu and went to find Xiao Dong together.After seeing Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi explained the matter according to the words he had discussed with Li Qiufeng.After hearing this, Xiao Dong pondered for a moment, and said in his mouth: "Mr. Zhang is right. You can't let the Dongliao County Yamen take care of you. In addition, I will write two letters immediately. When I go to the magistrate's Yamen to talk to Li Zhisheng, I will let you He sent a mission to deliver the two letters to the governor of Liaodong and the general army of Liaodong respectively."

When Xiao Dong said this, he paused for a while, took a look at Zhang Shi, and then said: "Although Lao Hu is shrewd, he does things with foresight and foresight, so he can't do big things. I will trouble Zhang Yuanwai to go with me to the county magistrate's office and beat the side drum for me. Let Li Zhisheng and those two bastards surnamed Pan not dare to fool us."

Zhang Shi said with a smile: "Since Master Xiao ordered, the villain will follow everything."

Xiao Dong stood up, took a few steps in the room, turned to Zhang Shi and said, "It's not too late, I'll write a letter right away, and then we'll go to the county magistrate's office to do business."

After Zhang Shi and Li Qiufeng returned to the guest room where they lived, they saw Qin Lao Wu walking around the room like an ant on a hot pot.Seeing the two of them coming back, he hurried forward to ask for news.Zhang Shi explained the matter, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, as long as the officers and soldiers arrive, they can always find your big boat."

(End of this chapter)