The most unlucky crossing in history

Zhong Qiyun knew that there was another war in the northwest, and it was the fifth day after returning to Hangzhou City, the fifth day of April in the 22nd year of Chonghong.

In March, the new Uighur king tore up the agreement signed by the two countries less than a year ago, and invaded the Northwest.

In April, when the news spread to Jiangnan, the crowd was excited, there were many students in Jiangnan, and a group of literati and inkmen who "cared for the world" gathered in front of the Yamen of Hangzhou City Mansion, making a big noise, saying that there is no way to take office today, Not distinguishing good from bad caused the Northwest Army to be defeated repeatedly, and the streets were full of people for a while.

Zhong Qiyun, who has been busy with the fleet affairs, also came back from Songjiang Port and only found out about it when he saw the crowds on the street and the students yelling impassionedly at the present.

It has been [-] days since we parted ways with Xie Wenyuan last time. The journey from Quanzhou to Jingzhao City is already a long distance, nearly four thousand miles. Said it would take half a month to arrive.

Zhong Qiyun didn't know if Xie Wenyuan knew about the news, and he didn't know if he would rush there first.

After staying with Xie Wenyuan for so many months, although he has some understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China, his knowledge is still superficial, and the ancient news is lagging behind. Lags of more than a month are also common.

Zhong Qiyun didn't think so, he didn't know anything about the situation of the person in his heart in Jingzhao, if something really happened, he wouldn't know until a month later, what should he do?

Thinking of this, Zhong Qiyun hurriedly went back to the four-story building with a large area under the plate years ago. The first floor was the Chengfeng Station in Hangzhou City, and the second floor was Chengfeng Pavilion. The gathering and distributing point for business news and discussions, in today's terms, is the head office in Hangzhou.

After Liu Wangcai came back from Shendu, Zhong Qiyun didn't ask him to return to the area to be in charge, but stayed in Hangzhou to help him with the Hangzhou Chengfeng Station and the Black Whale.When Zhong Qiyun arrived, he happened to sign a one-year shipping business with a shop on the first floor.

Seeing Zhong Qiyun come back, Liu Wangcai sent someone downstairs to leave, and then hurried to the third floor to report what had just happened to Zhong Qiyun.

"The one just now is Boss Li from the Tongqing Grocery Store. His family originally signed the contract with Zhou's fleet in the first half of the year for cheap, but there were too many shipping accidents there. Boss Li lost several shipments of goods by recruiting him, and even filed several lawsuits.

If you don't come back, this time you will see us lower the shipping fee, so you will sign a one-year agreement with our family. "

Zhong Qiyun nodded, expressing his understanding, and then asked about the status of the orders delivered from various places recently.

As he expected, not only the coastal areas, but also the inland orders have increased a lot.

"Afterwards, you send someone to send a message to the stewards everywhere, let them see the opportunity to buy some good land caravans, and then report to me."

"Okay," Liu Wangcai said, "I'll do it right away."

"Hey, it's not urgent. It's only been four days since the fee reduction event, and the goal has not been achieved. You can talk about it a month later. I have another matter that needs you to help me immediately."

"Brother Zhong, tell me."

"You think of a way to build a news channel from Jingzhao City to here, so that the believer can directly report to me what happened in the court at any time."

Liu Wang thought for a while and said: "It's not difficult to say, we have already set up Chengfeng Stations in the state capitals along the way from Hangzhou to Jingzhao City, and we only need to add two or three letter joints in various places. But there is a problem, Jingzhao is the capital of our dynasty, and there are many dignitaries and dignitaries. It is very special. There is a Fuwei Escort Bureau in the city, which is a local local snake, and there is a fourth-rank official behind it, who has been obstructing us. Jingzhao City has not yet built Chengfeng Station..."

At this point, Liu Wang repented and said: "Thinking about it, I feel a little regretful. When I was at sea, I should have mentioned this matter to Mr. Xie. If there is him as a guarantee, why should we be afraid of those fourth-rank officials?"

Zhong Qiyun cast a sidelong glance at Liu Wangcai, and said with a smile, "You are afraid that he will be like that, so you don't dare to say a few words, and dare to ask him?"

Liu Wangcai chuckled when he heard the words, "Isn't there still you here? If you mention it to Mr. Xie, it might be good."

Zhong Qiyun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, you don't have to worry about this matter, no matter what, this experience can be regarded as a meritorious service. If you can praise such a sentence by now, I'm afraid that the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen Hurry up and get a seal for us." Zhong Qiyun said after thinking for a while, and said: "You first arrange the affairs of the lettermen in other prefectures, Xunyang is closer to Jingzhao, and let Xunyang have more Chengfeng post for the time being. Run away to Jingzhao, pick a trustworthy person to do it yourself, don't say anything."

"Yes."

After Liu Wang finished speaking, Zhong Qiyun looked at him, and said slowly: "When I came back from Songjiang, I went to the beach to meet Xiangdong. Xiangdong and the others said that you have been going to the gambling house every now and then?"

When Liu Wangcai heard this, he smiled and said, "It's true that I ran a few times, but Brother Zhong, don't get me wrong, go there

It's not for gambling. The gambling house said yesterday that it wanted to do business with our family. It said that it wanted to send some things to Dongyingkou. The price was [-]% more than our quotation. Let me go there Look..." At this point, Liu Wangcai had a serious face, and said to Zhong Qiyun in a low voice: "I went there twice in total, but they never showed me the goods, instead they invited me for free. I participate in gambling BO, if I lose it’s theirs, if I win it’s mine, Brother Zhong, I think it’s a bit strange, you know, everyone in Hangzhou city knows that I was a gambling prodigal, these people seem to want me to Indulging again, and then trying to make me listen to them.If I hadn't really quit, I'm afraid I would really fall into their way. "

Zhong Qiyun pondered for a while, then said after a while: "Can they still invite you today?"

Liu Wangcai nodded: "Although we have no grievances with this gambling house in the past, but I think it's better not to go again. How can I not know the nature of those people? In case there is fraud..."

"Since someone invites you to play for free and even gives you money, how can you not do such a good thing?" Zhong Qiyun said with a smile: "You should go, pretend, they don't recognize Jiang Sicheng, I will let Jiang Sicheng accompany you ,ensure safety."

Liu Wangcai rolled his eyes and understood: "Brother Zhong means that you want me to talk to them?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded, "No matter whether this gambling house is targeting our fleet or something else, there are always people who don't want us well. We hid this time, and we will definitely find a way to make trouble next time. This time we can see the clues. Then it will count.”

Liu Wangcai nodded: "You are right."

When Zhong Qiyun came back, Liu Wangcai 'did not dare' to blatantly skip work to go to the casino during the day, and only waited for the night to fall, when the Chengfeng Station closed, and he couldn't wait to go to the casino, and he continued to look like this for many days until late at night Just got home.

It didn't take long for people to 'reach' Zhong Qiyun's ears about this kind of behavior, and Zhong Qiyun was furious. When talking to Liu Wangcai on the street, he scolded Liu Wangcai for 'not knowing the depth' and 'disappointing him'.

Liu Wangcai promised Zhong Qiyun that he would never go again, but in the middle of the night, he was seen again in the gambling house.

At the end of April, Liu Wangcai, who had already fulfilled the letter arranged by Zhong Qiyun, went to the casino again at night.After leaving, under the cover of their subordinates, the two quietly rushed to the side door of Zhong Qiyun's inaccessible house in the middle of the night, and entered the house.

Deeper and deeper, Zhong Qiyun was silent for a long time after listening to Liu Wangcai's words.

Liu Wangcai looked at Zhong Qiyun nervously, not daring to disturb him.

"You can see

Yes, there are weapons hidden inside? "

"There are indeed weapons hidden among the gold, silver and gambling equipment." It was Jiang Sicheng who replied, "They hid them in the box, so they shouldn't be aware of them, but the cold light of the blades coming out of the gaps is the real weapon."

"How many?" Zhong Qiyun asked again.

"Don't talk about more than a hundred boxes."

Zhong Qiyun frowned, more than a hundred boxes of weapons is indeed not a common quantity, during this period of war in the Northwest, all parts of the country are being searched very tightly, and the Zhong family has now built a land caravan, Zhong Qiyun naturally understands that it is necessary to go on land It is basically impossible to transport these things, I am afraid that they will not be able to get out of Hangzhou City, so these people can find shipping, but why are they looking for Zhong's family?Wouldn't it be safer to get two ships by yourself?

After much deliberation, Zhong Qiyun thought of Xie Wenyuan.I was afraid that these people would use his hand to discredit Xie Wenyuan.

"Why does this casino have so many weapons? Do you know his background?"

Liu Wangcai said: "I have lived in Hangzhou for more than [-] years. Although my family was not considered a big family, I have been in contact with everyone from all walks of life, but I have never heard of such activities in gambling houses."

"Then this year, is there any change in this gambling house, or what kind of people have come to Hangzhou City?"

Liu Wangcai shook his head: "That's not clear, we have very little contact with them now, and we haven't paid attention to them, but we have seen a few unfamiliar faces among the bosses, but it is normal for gambling shops to change people, and I don't know if there is anything wrong with it. "

Jiang Sicheng frowned slightly, and reminded: "Hundreds of boxes of weapons cannot be obtained by ordinary gambling houses. There must be some ulterior secrets in them, and the place he transported is Dongyingkou, where the Changhe River enters the sea. The state capitals along the way are not easy..."

Zhong Qiyun nodded, "That's right, since we have hidden weapons, we must not transport them. No matter what major problems are behind it, it is a serious crime for people to find out if we transported this thing. But, we cannot allow They found out that we already knew the problem...."

"How about that?"

Zhong Qiyun thought for a while, and said: "You promise them verbally for now, don't let them notice, tomorrow, I will find an opportunity to go to the government office."

Liu Wang nodded, "That's the only way."

"Brother Jiang, you will secretly investigate the details of this gambling house tomorrow, as well as the abnormalities of the people in the gambling house. No matter if you find anything, report it to me immediately."

"Yes." Jiang Sicheng nodded in response.

The next day, Zhong Qiyun did not go to the government office in Hangzhou, but visited Que Jiangcai after night fell.

After returning to the house, Jiang Sicheng had already arrived, and the one-day secret investigation did yield some results.

That night, Zhong Qiyun wrote a few pages of letters at his desk with a lamp on, and then personally sent them to a "family" in Hangzhou City with a bunch of items.

The two brothers of that family saw the bundles sent by Zhong Qiyun, two pots of Songjiang wine, a box of Songjiang peach blossom cake, and a box of orchid bamboo shoots in pear juice.A sauce-flavored salted duck was silent for a while, and said, "Is this also an extremely important thing?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded earnestly, and said with a smile: "Please trouble the two little brothers and send it to Mr. Xie."

"..."

Sending this...should...wouldn't be blamed by adults...

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