"Master Cheng."
As she spoke, Zhong Min had flashed out from behind Zhong Zhiqing, and gracefully marched towards Cheng Mu to make a blessing, she was wearing a Luo skirt embroidered with gold embroidery today, decorated with pearls, and under the reflection of the setting sun, the pearls were shining, in stark contrast to the dull official uniforms around.
Cheng Muyou returned the salute, "There are so many people here, the girl doesn't have to come to thank her, if something goes wrong, it will not be good." ” Zhong Min's face turned cold, "Adults don't like me coming." ” Cheng Muyou was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Cheng didn't mean that, don't misunderstand, girl." ” Seeing this, Zhong Zhiqing hurriedly stepped forward and said to Zhong Min with a smile, "Min'er, Master Cheng, he cares about you, why don't you appreciate it?"
Speaking of this, he turned to look at Cheng Muyou again, "The virtuous nephew is right, there are many things in the city now, and it is really not appropriate to go out often, so let's take Min'er to Xin'an Mansion another day to express my gratitude." ” Cheng Muyou just wanted to excuse himself, but he didn't expect Zhong Min to bow to him again, "My lord, it's Zhong Min who didn't think about it well, I will visit the adult's mansion in a few days, and I hope the adult will not turn me away." ” These words were originally a joke, but it is very inappropriate to use them here, because Cheng Muyou and her are only a few faces, and the first time they met, they were very unhappy, and the two are not familiar enough to joke at will.
So he didn't know how to respond for a while, so he could only nod and smile at Zhong Min, and said lightly, "How dare you." ” "My lord, the ship is docked."
Jiang Xixi saw Cheng Muyou's embarrassment, and hurriedly took action to relieve the siege, but when he saw the appearance of the salt ship that had sailed nearby, he couldn't help but exclaim, "My lord, these salt ships are really big, they are three stories high, and it is the first time I have seen such a big ship." ” Seeing her excited, Zhong Min snorted coldly on the side, "I don't know." ” Jiang Xixi just wanted to confess, but was stopped by Cheng Muyou raising his hand, and he explained to her softly, "Each salt ship needs to be loaded with 300 to 700 ingredients of salt, so the hull must be at least seventy feet long and eighteen feet wide to bear such a huge carrying capacity," Speaking of this, he paused, "It's a pity, you go down and take a look, Ziming's first time doing supervision work, I'm afraid he won't be able to cope with it." ” Jiang Xi said yes, got up and walked towards the bottom of the dock, and when he saw her walking away, Fang Min cleared his throat, "Lord Cheng, is this Jiang girl the personal maid of the adult or the official of Xin'an Mansion?"
If it's a maid, I think her kung fu is too rough to serve people, and if it's a servant, then she seems to be too disrespectful to adults. ” Cheng Muyou looked directly at the salt boats that docked one after another in front of him and the salt bags piled high on them, and said expressionlessly, "It's my sister, I don't have to pay attention to etiquette here." ” Hearing this, Zhong Min's face turned pale, and after thinking about it, he felt that he seemed to have the intention of explaining to himself, so he pursed his lips and smiled, and then stopped speaking.
In the middle of the night, a small wooden boat that could only accommodate three people floated from the direction of the pier towards the shore, and the ripples on the stern of the boat were like a slender water snake, drawing a silvery-white thin line on the surface of the river.
After seeing the figure standing on the shore, the three people in the boat accelerated their rowing speed, rowed the boat to the shore, stepped on the knee-deep river water to the shore, and bowed to the man, "Big brother." ” Du Ru nodded, and then asked in a low voice, "Can you understand the situation in the salt boat?"
” One of them stepped forward, "Big brother, the information given by Lord Zhong is good, after the salt boat docked, the soldiers in charge of escorting all got off the ship, and now there are only some accompanying servants left on the ship, but when our brothers just dived to the side of the ship, they saw some officials patrolling the ship, fortunately, they are not very numerous, and they will not have any impact on us." ” Du Ru said suspiciously, "Servant?
It seems to be the people of Xin'an Province," he groped his rugged chin, "although there are few of them, but they all have kung fu, if they are used."
If we find out that someone has hijacked the ship, it will still cause us a lot of trouble, and if we attract the attention of the soldiers on the shore again, then won't our plan be in vain?
Speaking of this, he sighed, and then continued, "I met Master Zhong a few days ago, and he means that since we are going to risk losing our heads to rob ships, we must not make a small fuss, just hijack a few ships at random, and if we want to do it, we must at least take half of those salt ships." ” "Half?
Big brother, Lord Zhong, isn't he talking in a dream, it's easy to do one or two ships, let's get on the boat to kill people, load the goods and run, if the action is neat, no one will find out.
But to rob half of the salt ship under the noses of so many soldiers, how could such a big movement go unnoticed?
” A cold light flashed in Du Ru's eyes, "My lord has always had a close relationship with the Liao people, and this batch of salt is to be sold to the Liao country, if you only rob one or two ships, enough for a few people to stuff their teeth, do you still not understand this reason?"
” The man smashed his mouth and muttered, "It's hard to cook without rice, no matter what, Lord Zhong can't make it difficult for him." ” Du Ru turned his gaze to the river, and there was a light in his eyes that others couldn't see, "It's not that there is no way, it depends on whether a few of you dare to do it." ” "Big brother, the brothers are doing something that is against the imperial court, there is no turning back at all, what else do you dare not do?"
Du Ru looked at him and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Set fire to the boat, do you dare?"
” The man was stunned, "Salt burning ship?"
” Du Ru stared at him and nodded slightly, "Lord Zhong said that if you want to rob most of the salt boats, you can only take advantage of the danger, do you think, what kind of accident can make these people abandon the ship and escape?"
” The man's eyes widened, and after a long while, he stammered, "Fire, what they are most afraid of is fire" Du Ru pulled out a gloomy smile from the corner of his mouth, "That's right, not to mention the fire, even a little spark will cause panic, everyone is afraid that the things of sixteen years ago will repeat themselves in themselves, so when they see the fire, they will inevitably run away, and when the time comes, it will be a good time for us to do it." ” The man looked puzzled, "But my lord, if this burns down the ship, what will we do with our salt?"
” Du Ruzhao nodded fiercely on his forehead, "Fool, the people in the government have learned the lesson of the past, and no longer lock the salt ships together with anchor chains, we only need to light a few boats, and we won't lead the fire to ourselves." ”