The Great Seminary

Chapter 102 Walk away
Under the bright sunshine.

Zhang Jiujiang saw his friend's excited expression and asked in confusion:

"How can you provide a one-stop service and let me eat 'ready-made'?"

Zhang Gui smiled and said:
"It just so happened that I recently opened a port in Zhihai Town and wanted to increase my income, so I went around looking for business opportunities.

As a result, we found out that the three cities to the west of the Giant Snake Head Road, namely Roujin, Sacred Ode and Civilization Pioneer, are central cities for the Xihe people who specialize in ocean trade and are extremely wealthy.

I went to check it out and it was true.

He purposely built up his network of contacts there, and now he is very well-connected and has made a name for himself.

Especially in the pioneer city of civilization, when the upper class circles mentioned "Winter is coming", they would give some face to me, the humblest one, and myself.

So I won’t say more. Within half a month, I will give you a thousand authentic and genuine stories about the Ming and Song officers and soldiers who were captured after the national war and became famous.

You don't even need to go there in person. Just eat, drink, and have fun at the dock in my fiefdom, Zhihai Town, and wait and see my methods and abilities."

Although he knew that his friend was no longer the same as before, Zhang Jiujiang was still quite surprised to hear his tone.

"One thousand prisoners of war would cost at least one hundred thousand silver coins. Even if you had that much money, I couldn't afford to do that."

“It doesn’t cost that much.

When the Yuanshan people captured Ming and Song prisoners of war, the first thing they did was to cut off their right thumbs so that they could no longer hold weapons and serve as soldiers.

Can only do light work.

Most of them were pastoral slaves.

The remaining ones would be half sold and half given away to Xihe merchants, as a way to show off their martial arts skills.

Therefore, the cost of rescuing a thousand people is not that much at all. It mainly requires connections and relationships.

Okay, don't worry about all this, just be well."

Before he finished speaking, a clear male voice came from above his head.
"The person who came here is General Longhu of Zhihai Town in Pingyang County.

I, Gongsun Longbei Qulong Gongsun Benxiao, pay my respects to you."

The person who spoke was a handsome man standing on the Haifang Pavilion.

Just now, when people around him were talking about Zhang Gui, he kept a half-smile on his face and said nothing.

But then he spoke.

Zhang Guize didn't look up at first, but made a face at Zhang Jiujiang and said in a slightly lowered voice,

"Just now you pretended to be dead and didn't say hello, and now you're acting like a big shot. No matter how great the Gongsun Longbei Qulong Gongsun family is, I won't eat their rice..."

"Stop talking to me, you bastard. Senior Brother Benxiao is a very nice person."

"There are so many good people in the world, do I have to put on a smile for them all?

That is to give you face.

When we get ashore, I'll give you a good beating and teach you a lesson."

After saying this, Zhang Gui's face lit up with a smile, and he raised his head and politely bowed to Gongsun Benxiao on the pavilion, saying:
“It turned out to be Gongsun Benxiao, the eldest grandson of the second branch of the ancient Gongsun family in Qulong, Longbei.

I have heard of your great name for a long time, but have never been close to you.

Seeing him today, I found that he is indeed very majestic and not an ordinary person. I am honored.

Since you are my senior brother from Jiujiang, just call me Zhang Gui.

My name was Zhang Gui from the time I was born until last month.

Who would have thought that because he had rashly resorted to war to defend the king, he suddenly became Yang Shizhong.

Now he is called Li Yang in official business and Zhang Gui in private.

No delay for both, hahahaha."

If he said this in isolation, it would have a bit of a "making a fool of himself" tone at the end, making it seem like he was giving Gongsun Benxiao a lot of face.

But combined with the previous sentence "I didn't eat Gongsun's rice", the private words that were not private words turned into the feeling of playing monkeys.

But it is also blameless.

After all, Gongsun Benxiao, the boat owner, played dumb when his classmates teased Zhang Gui. He couldn't become more alert now.

I could only laugh dryly and say:
"Where, where, where.

I once asked a friend to send a letter to you, Brother Zhang. You should have received it, right?"

Gongsun Benxiao had never met a person like Zhang Gui before, so he obviously didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing for a moment, and asked questions for the sake of conversation.

Zhang Gui just shook his head like a rattle, "No.

What are you talking about, Master Gongsun?

I don't necessarily know your friends. No, no, no, it's not appropriate to say that.

I should say that I didn't even know you before today, so how could I have received your letter? I hope you have been fooled.

You are a young master from a wealthy family, with little experience in the world and no understanding of the treacherous nature of human nature."

Listening to Zhang Guiyun's confusing nonsense, Gongsun Benxiao was furious but he had no reason to vent his anger.

More importantly, he had no means of controlling Zhang Gui.

The Gongsun Longbei Qulong Gongsun family, along with a number of relatives, friends, disciples and old acquaintances, are all based in the northern border of Ming Song, and the help from the southern country is much less.

Besides, no matter how legitimate the bloodline of Gongsun Benxiao is, he is still a junior who has never been in charge of the family.

And Zhang Gui dared to kill people in public because of the offense of the Shuanghu Rong family's offerings.

Later, it was said that before the Rong family could retaliate against him, he took the initiative and killed several elite members of the Rong family as a protest.

Such people will only bring shame upon themselves by making threats.

Gongsun Benxiao could only suppress his anger and interrupted:

"Brother Zhang, let's not talk about whether my friend sent you a letter or not.

Before you led your fleet to Jinmen to defend the king, a general from my Gongsun clan must have come to find you, bringing a letter from my junior brother from Jiujiang, right?

"No." Zhang Gui said with a forced smile, "Instead, I heard that a group of retainers from the Qulong Gongsun family in Longbei came to the Siyang County Military Headquarters to collude with the upper and lower levels.

He planned to take advantage of the Shuanghu Rong family getting rid of me to eat up my entire family, hahahaha.

But don't worry, Master Gongsun, I still have some brains.

Naturally, I wouldn't believe such an absurd joke.

I was just thinking of capturing all those clowns pretending to be from noble families and slowly dealing with them."

Gongsun Benxiao was stunned upon hearing this and could no longer speak.

At this moment, Zhang Gui had no mood to continue talking nonsense with this idler who came from a noble family, thought highly of himself, but actually had not experienced much hardships at all, and had high aspirations but low skills.

Turning to Zhang Jiujiang, he said,
“Jiujiang, it’s getting late.

I will go back to Zhihai Town to take care of my own business, and then go straight to the sea to Giant Snake Head Island to handle your business.

Ten days later you will be waiting at the dock in Zhihai Town.

One thousand Ming and Song prisoners of war must be sent.

gone. "

With the blessing of Shen Cong Jianzu, he drove the golden energy and blood in his body, displayed the flying kicking technique, and jumped dozens of feet on the waves.

It disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing his friend walk away, Zhang Jiujiang finally reacted.

"Hey, Dagui, we're going to Zhihai Town to find you, don't, don't leave like this!
How come he disappeared all of a sudden?

Above the ocean, is this, is this crossing the water on foot?

This, Senior Brother Benxiao, why do I feel like this is not right? Did you contact the family generals you sent to Zhihai Town later?

Why do I feel like something is wrong? "

(End of this chapter)