Chapter 395: Surrounding
Xia Ziqiao was waiting for the fleet of the Guo brothers.
The Zhou boatman said, "We have been blocking them in the Bian River recently."
They are all sailing on the Bian River, especially when entering Bian Jing City, they all walk the same way. In order to cause trouble for the Guo brothers, the four fleets will deliberately step forward to stop them. If a Guo family's ship crashes into it, they will have to pay.
The Guo brothers are already very thin, how can they withstand such troubles?
Xia Ziqiao said, "Is it useful?"
The Zhou family boatmen smiled and said, "Their boatmen are all veterans, and they almost hit them several times, but they still avoided them at the last moment."
"Even so, we still blocked our way and could only follow slowly behind, which might make me feel so angry."
Xia Ziqiao heard this: "In other words, it didn't cause them much loss?"
The Zhou family boatmen were stunned for a moment.
I'm afraid Xia Ziqiao thinks they are useless. The Zhou family manager coughed and said, "Our method is also useful. At least they dare not transport some goods that are prone to deterioration."
"If they had made a deal with a merchant but could not be delivered on time, over time, no one would have used their ship to transport the goods."
"We have calculated for the Guo family in private. They have not made any money for these days."
Xia Ziqiao nodded, and could understand the way the four families were doing. When something happened to the He family, they had to restrain themselves on the water and try to choose some gentle means to deal with the Guo brothers.
"Wait a few days later, the wind has passed," said the Zhou family manager. "We will use some other methods. In short, they will definitely be dealt with before autumn."
The waterways are particularly busy in autumn, and it is also the best time to make money. They cannot leave the Guo family fleet until then.
Xia Ziqiao had nothing to ask, but Xie Chengrang thought of another thing: "How much money could the Guo family make on the Bian water in the past?"
"Not much," said the Zhou family manager, "They have few boats, and we didn't take them seriously."
Xie Chengrang continued, "Then how could he buy so many boats?"
Xia Ziqiao's eyes lit up, why didn't he think of asking this.
"This..." The Zhou family manager was stunned for a moment. They had never thought about this. "Maybe they were transporting some illegal private goods in the past, but they were not discovered by the government. They made money. It might also be..."
The Zhou family boatmen said, "There are merchants who paid them money." The boatmen had all discussed it, and some people found out that some rumors were heard.
Xie Chengrang looked at the Guo family fleet that was getting closer and closer, and did not speak anymore, and he had some answers in his heart.
Xia Ziqiao looked at Xie Chengrang: "It seems that you really might have guessed it."
The two people were talking, and the boatman pointed to the water: "Those two are the Zheng family's ships."
The two ships that suddenly appeared on the water had their flags on the Zheng family, and the Zhou family boatman recognized them all at once.
The four boats were considered to be one family, and they helped each other on the Bian River so that they could run rampant in the Bian River. The boatmen immediately felt a little close to each other when they saw the flags of the four families. Just now, the boatmen in the Zhou family thought the boat was strange, and now that thought was going clean. Everything the four ships do is right. "Our family has also arrived," said the Zhou family manager. "I'll let the two men see how we blocked the Guo family's fleet in a while." Xia Ziqiao looked behind him with great enthusiasm, and indeed saw five or six Zhou family ships. It seemed that there must be a good show today.
Xie Chengrang was still staring at the two boats on the river.
The two boats were a little strange and suddenly rowed over from the shore. If he remembered correctly, it should not be a serious pier there. What cargo does the Zheng family have to get on board from here?
And what were the yamen on the shore shouting?
The two ships of the Zheng family happened to be between the Guo family fleet and the Zhou family ship. To be precise, the Zheng family ship is closer to the Guo family fleet, and the same is true for the yamen on the shore. "What are you thinking?" Xia Ziqiao turned his head and asked Xie Chengrang.
Xie Chengrang pointed to the shore and said, "What did those two yamen do just now?"
"It should be checking along the river," said the Zhou family. "The envoys from the Western Fan City entered the capital, and there were patrolmen and yamen everywhere." Xie Chengrang said, "They were just shouting." "It's too far away, I didn't hear it clearly," said the Zhou family. "However, it seems that they were shouting at the Guo family's fleet, and they could say that they were asking the Guo family's ship to help transport goods." People in the public often do this, taking boats and transporting goods under the banner of the court, without giving money.
It seems that there should be no problem, but Xie Chengrang was a little inexplicably worried for some reason. "Huh," the boatman of the Zhou family suddenly shouted, "Why are the Guo family's ships chasing the Zheng family's ships?"
Several people immediately looked at it and saw the Guo family's fleet heading straight for the two small boats of the Zheng family.
The manager of the Zhou family also said, "The one that blocked them a few days ago was the Zheng family's ship. Could it be that he would go to take revenge when he saw the Zheng family ships placed the order?"
After speaking, he saw that the two Zheng family ships had to turn the direction, and obviously found that they were unable to defeat the Guo family fleet. "It's true," the boatman of the Zhou family looked at the manager, "Do we want to pick up the Zheng family's ship?"
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"Go," said the Zhou family manager. "After receiving the boat, approach the Guo family fleet, give them some good looks, and trap them on the Bian River. Don't even think about entering the city until dark."
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Manager Li and others escaped to the river and found two small boats that were docking there in advance. Listening to the sound of horse hooves coming from behind, he knew that the yamen officer must have been chasing him.
The few people didn't care about anything else, and rushed to the boat one after another, and then rowed up the river. As soon as he left the river bank, several yamen came after him.
Manager Li almost sat on the board, which was so thrilling that they almost couldn't escape.
"Scroll quickly," Manager Li ordered, "Follow the Bian River, the farther we are from Bian Jing, the safer we will be."
Everyone answered.
They are running for their lives, so how can they not work hard?
When Manager Li was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw several boats coming towards him.
Manager Li was stunned, hoping that the ships would not notice their strangeness when he heard the yacht shouts from the shore: "The ship over there, stop them."
When the church members heard this, they all showed fear on their faces and involuntarily stopped the movements in their hands. "What are you doing while standing?" Manager Li said sternly, "They may not be able to hear it when they are so far away. Let's quickly pass by, they can't turn around and chase after it."
Everyone heard this and regained his energy.
However, they soon discovered that the fleet was coming here quickly.
Manager Li's heart sank.
"Hang the flag," Manager Li ordered again, "We are the Zheng family's ship. If it were the fleets of four families, we would not have chased us."
The flag was hung, but the fleet in front did not hesitate and even put on a stance to surround us.
Cold sweat flowed down Manager Li’s forehead. Could it be that he really can’t escape? Thinking of this, he looked around, trying to find another way out, but saw the Zhou family boat behind him.