382 After hearing this, Old Monster Liu couldn't drink any more wine. He looked at Chen Jie and said, "This Nan Batian is such a jerk. He blocked the Mianshui River and not allowed any boats to go down the river. Then he sent his own cargo ships to transport goods for these big merchants and earn high freight rates. Does he still have any shame?"
Chen Jie laughed when he heard this and said, "I think Gang Leader Nan is forced to do so. After all, the Mulan people are blocking the door and asking for money. Besides, iron ore and salt production don't make money. There are thousands of people in this gang that need to be managed. Without money, it will be difficult for him to do his job."
"It's hard for him to do this, but it's easy for me. My Cao Gang also has thousands of people. They spend money on food, drink, defecation, weddings and funerals. Only he spends money. I can't make ends meet."
"This freight is the biggest part of my Cao Gang, but now he has become the biggest part of Mianshui transportation. He has robbed so many of my customers this time. No, I can't just let this go. I have to settle the score with him."
Chen Jie said, "Brother Liu, calm down. Why are you looking for him? He just made some dirty money, and he didn't secretly deliver weapons to the Zoroastrians. Even if you sue him, Lord Yelu can't do anything about it!"
"Oh, yes, this old guy is secretly running the canal transport, can he also secretly help the Zoroastrians transport military equipment? He, he has a problem!"
Old Monster Liu pointed his finger at the table and said.
Chen Jie looked puzzled and asked, "This, no, can't be possible?"
"Why not, Jiu Si, you are just too naive. No wonder Nan Batian always likes to frame you. I think that's the case."
As Liu Laoguai said this, he stood up. Chen Jie said, "Brother Liu, where are you going? We haven't eaten yet!"
"I'll treat you next time. I'm going to take people to the dock right now!"
As he said that, Old Monster Liu hurried out. Watching Old Monster Liu disappear, Chen Jie said helplessly, "Well, a table of delicious food is wasted. Xiaohu, Sixi, Atun, Gouzi, come here, it's time to eat, and have a couple of drinks with me."
After hearing this, Xiaohu, Sixi, the last two remaining members of the Twelve Tiger Guards, Chen Zhu, and Chen Gou who had just recovered from his injuries were called over.
Chen Jie said to Cui Ju behind him, "Bring new bowls and chopsticks."
"Yes, Master."
Cui Ju went to do her job immediately. Chen Jie held up the wine glass and took a sip with the four people.
Xiao Hu said, "Brother Jiu Si, once this old monster Liu leaves, it will be difficult for Nan Batian to do business."
Chen Jiusi said: "Alas, it's not easy for Nan Batian either. He finally made some money, but he was sued. How pitiful! Come and eat. This dish is not touched."
Old Monster Liu did not pick up his chopsticks. He just drank two sips of wine and ate a peanut. Then, he was inspired by Chen Jiusi's words and went out to call his brothers.
Then, only the delicious dishes on the table were left: pork elbows, roast chicken, big carp, river shrimps, crabs, and big shells, all for the people at the table.
It seems that inviting Old Monster Liu to dinner only cost a peanut and a glass of wine.
Old Monster Liu rushed out of the door and found his think tank Bai Mosheng. He said angrily, "Nan Batian is such a jerk. If Jiu Si hadn't told me..."
Bai Mosheng looked at Old Monster Liu's angry expression and pondered for a moment. The gang leader was being used as a gun by Chen Jiusi.
However, this matter was indeed a big deal. Nan Batian's actions did shake the foundation of his Cao Gang. The Cao Gang was different from the Yu Gang. The foundation of the Yu Gang was not fishermen or fishing.
The foundation of the Cao Gang does include water transport. The annual income from water transport accounts for about 25% of the total income of the Cao Gang, which is similar to the annual production capacity of iron ore.
Therefore, this can be regarded as the pillar industry of the Cao Gang. Now Nan Batian has done this and snatched away many of their regular big customers. This is equivalent to stealing their home!
If we don't react, the future water transport may be snatched away by the Southern Tyrant. How should our Cao Gang cope with this? Will our Cao Gang members be left to starve?
Chen Jiusi dared to use my gang leader as a gun so blatantly. It was obvious that he was not afraid that I would see through his purpose.
What's so scary about this? Even if I know his purpose, I will still help him with advice. Can I just watch Nan Batian become bigger and stronger? Chen Jiusi has included me in his plan.
Bai Mosheng put away his ebony fan, tapped his hands twice and said, "Boss, you take your men to seal off Nan Batian's wharf first, and I will take my men to find the big merchants in the city. They will not swallow their anger after being cheated of such a large sum of money. Once we have evidence from both sides, we will go directly to Yelu Mansion and sue Nan Batian."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
…
Old Monster Liu ordered his men to go to the dock.
At this time, at the dock of the fishing gang, Qin Ying and his men were directing the gang disciples to load the ships. This was already the third batch of goods. The first two batches of eight cargo ships had already set off, and some had even been out for a day.
This was of course part of Chen Jie's plan. If a ship failed to set off and was caught by Old Monster Liu, it would be a simple business issue. Once Yelu found out and checked the ship, he would realize that Nan Batian simply wanted to make money.
But if several ships have set out, and at this time you go to seal up these ships, then who can say for sure what is on the eight ships that have escaped?
Of course, it is highly likely that Yelu did not believe that Nan Batian was really crazy and would so blatantly help Zoroastrianism transport military equipment. However, the ship has already set off, and who knows what is on the ship? What if Nan Batian predicted Yelu's prediction and thought that Yelu would not believe that he helped Zoroastrianism transport military equipment?
hehe...
This is a suspicion trap that never ends once it starts.
What Chen Jie has to do now is to expand this suspicion and make Yelu more and more disappointed with Nan Batian. When the critical point comes, he will give Nan Batian a fatal blow and kill this local tyrant who has been dominating the Mian River for more than ten years.
So Chen Jie didn't say it yesterday, but said it today instead.
Let Nan Batian's act of secret transportation become an established fact. At this time, if Old Monster Liu takes action again, Nan Batian will have a hard time!
Qin Ying stood on the dock directing his disciples to move the goods. Three ships were loaded this morning, and these are the three in the afternoon. After everything is loaded and they have lunch, they can set off. One ship costs two thousand taels of silver, and six ships a day, which means twelve thousand taels of silver. It's so cool to make money like this.
It's a pity that there are not enough ships, but the gang leader has used his connections to transfer ships from Huangzhou Prefecture. If he could make 12,000 taels of silver every day, that would be a huge profit.
Qin Ying smacked his lips. Wouldn't the fishing gang's life be better then?
The money earned in one day is more than what I earned in the previous month. This is simply sudden wealth. I became a wealthy man in the blink of an eye!
Qin Ying thought happily, wondering how much the gang leader would give to their Eagle Hall.
"Hey, hurry up and arrange all of Shopkeeper Li's goods..."
Qin Ying was directing his younger brothers to do things. Just as Qin Ying was directing his younger brothers to place the goods, suddenly one of them rushed over and said, "Master Qin, it's bad. Liu, the old monster Liu is here!"
"ah!"
Qin Ying was so shocked that his eyes widened. At this moment, he heard a scream, and then two brothers from the fishing gang were thrown into the water by Old Monster Liu and his men.
Old Monster Liu brought his men to Qin Ying, and Qin Ying asked, "Liu, Boss Liu, what are you going to do?"
"What?"
Old Monster Liu's eyes widened and he said angrily, "I would like to ask what you fishermen are planning to do? Didn't they say the river is closed? Why are you still loading cargo on your boats and going down to the river?"
"Well, can't we transfer some things to another dock?"
Qin Ying said stubbornly. After hearing this, Old Monster Liu said impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense. Someone seal it for me. No ship is allowed to leave. I want to see what is on the ship!"
"Who dares? You dare to seal the goods of my fishing gang?"
Qin Ying said as he blocked the Cao Gang member who was about to attack. Seeing this, Old Monster Liu roared, "You guys from the Yu Gang have too many baskets. Either get out or die!"
"you!"
After hearing this, Qin Ying looked at Old Monster Liu fiercely and said, "If my leader knows, he will never let you go!"
"Haha, I won't give up on him yet. Feng, anyone who dares to stop me will be killed without mercy!"
Old Monster Liu roared domineeringly. After hearing this, the Cao Gang brothers rushed forward. Qin Ying blocked the way, and one of the brothers pushed him directly: "Get out of the way."
Qin Ying was about to get angry, but then Old Monster Liu stared at Qin Ying and said, "If you dare to make a move, I'll think you want to start a war!"
Qin Ying didn't dare to do anything.
He could only glare at Old Monster Liu fiercely and said to the younger brother behind him: "Notify the gang leader."
"yes!"
Old Monster Liu did not stop him. He was not afraid of Nan Batian coming. If he came, it would be a good opportunity to talk to him.
…
At this time, Nan Batian from the Fisherman's Gang looked at the pile of banknotes in front of him, one, two, three~
Each ticket costs one thousand taels, twenty in total, totaling sixty thousand taels of silver.
This amount of money was enough for the fishing gang's expenses for a year. At this time, he looked at Tang Ziyue who was looking worried and said, "Mr. Tang, now that we have money, why are you so sad and unhappy?"
Tang Ziyue looked at Nan Batian and said, "Boss, Lord Yelu has issued a ban, not allowing any boats to go down the river. What are you doing?"
Nan Batian heard this and said, "Haha, so what? If he doesn't allow me to go down to the river, then I won't go down to the river."
"Then how do we explain this to Lord Yelu?"
Nan Batian said: "Haha, how to explain, it's very simple, I did this to capture the Zoroastrian demons, to give them a chance to surface, to find the weapons!"
Tang Ziyue asked, "Can Lord Yelu believe it?"
Nan Batian said: "If he finds the weapons, he will believe it. If he doesn't, he will not believe it. So the key to this matter is the weapons of the Zoroastrianism."
Tang Ziyue asked: "Can we find it?"
Nan Batian said: "I'm sure we can find it."
"Are you so sure?"
Tang Ziyue looked at Nan Batian and immediately said, "Boss, are you hiding something from me?"
Nan Batian looked at Tang Ziyue, a little hesitant, but still said: "No, I am not hiding anything from Mr. Tang."
…
At this time, in the Chen Mansion, Chen Jiusi and others had already finished half a round of wine and five dishes. Everyone had almost finished eating, but they didn't drink much wine. What Chen Jie took out was distilled high-proof liquor.
The alcohol content is very high and the wine is very strong. Xiaohu and others don't like white wine very much. They like the light-tasting rice wine.
However, after being baptized by the wine culture of later generations, Chen Jie has a special liking for white wine.
After drinking a few cups, Chen Jie looked at Xiao Hu and said, "Hu Zi, you should have a good sleep tonight. You can go to Beishan tomorrow."
"North Mountain?"
Xiao Hu was stunned and said, "It's closed there, what am I going to do there?"
Chen Jie said: "It's sealed, but not completely. Go and do one thing. Investigate whether Nan Batian has done anything wrong. Oh, and bring two old miners with you."
Xiao Hu looked at Chen Jie in confusion and asked, "Brother Jiu Si, what are you doing?"
Chen Jie said: "If I were Nan Batian, and was forced to this extent, and now all the bets are on that batch of weapons, I would cheat."
"Cheating?"
Xiaohu and the others all looked at Chen Jie, puzzled. Chen Jie smiled and asked, "What is Beishan?"
"Iron mining area!"
Xiaohu answered casually, and the others nodded.
Chen Jie looked at Xiao Hu and asked, "What are those weapons made of?"
"iron!!"
"Brother Jiu Si, are you saying that Nan Batian would secretly make a batch of weapons and then lie to Yelu, saying that they were weapons of the Zoroastrians?"
Xiaohu has obviously become much smarter after following Chen Jie for such a long time.
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