Lu Ming

Next, Ha Liuyi took out his wallet from his arms with a solemn face, then opened the zipper, and carefully took out a stack of paper from the interlayer.

Putting the stack of yellowed papers on the table, after Ha Liu spread it out lightly, everyone came over to take a closer look, but it was a map the size of a washbasin.

"This is?"

Glancing at the map, after seeing the city gates, retaining walls, watchtowers and other graphics drawn with ink pen, Gu Ming suddenly felt: "Is it the topography of which Zhuangzi?"

Breathing out a cigarette, Ha Liu stared at Gu Ming for a long time, then made up his mind and said word by word, "An Guogu Family Collection."

When Gu Ming and the three of his confidants heard this, they all took a deep breath: "How brave! It's actually Gu Jiaji!"

Anguo County is just south of Baoding.Since ancient times, Anguo has been the largest medicinal material market in northern China.There are many wealthy merchants here, and it is a place where gold and silver flow.Since Gujiaji is located at the Sanchakou and is just a day’s journey away from Anguo, Gujiaji has undertaken a lot of logistics work along the route of Anguo.

Originally, Gujiaji was called Gujiazhuang, which was just an ordinary Zhuangzi.But the patriarch of this generation of the Gu family is a visionary. After taking office, he wantonly used the superior geographical location to develop various commercial activities. After 20 years, the Gu family village has forcibly made a reputation as a "Xiao'an Country", changing from Zhuangzi to market town.

Such a wealthy market town, without the protection of officers and soldiers, is naturally the focus of the surrounding people.However, the Gu family are not fools. After they got money, deep ditch and high walls, and the earth-fired watchtowers rose from the ground, and the living water was drawn from the Tang River in the north to build the moat, and the ground was impregnable.

A large group of bandits who did not believe in evil had attacked Gujiaji before, and a large group of refugees had done the same thing.As a result, in addition to grabbing some sundries in the peripheral market, the real core of Gujiaweizi, the bandits could not get in, but they also lost a lot of manpower, and the gains outweighed the losses.

So after learning that this piece of paper was the topographic map of Gujiaji, Gu Ming's first reaction was that he bit the iron walnut.But then he suddenly realized: No, Ha Liu has a unique ability to break the door!

Gu Ming reacted instantly, and his heart was full of enthusiasm: Gu Jiaweizi has been famous in the arena for decades, and the gold and silver goods in it far exceed that of a Yixinlong caravan.

In this way, as long as Ha Liu opens the gate... Isn't this a replica of Wu Huodun?

Gu Ming, who figured this out, looked at the topographic map with eager eyes, and asked, "Brother, what's the charter?"

Ha Liu was well prepared, he stretched out his fingers and clicked a few points on the picture with confidence, first of all, he was tempted: "My brother has been a groom in Gujiazhuangzi for a year and a half, and these places are about the size of the silver cellar. already."

Speaking of this, Ha Liu slammed his fist on the front door on the map: "Old rule, my people blew up the gate of Gu's family with a mine."

"After that..." Ha Liu looked at Gu Ming helplessly: "Brothers are short of manpower, so I have to trouble you, brother!"

"Hahaha!" Gu Ming smiled naturally at this moment.

A caravan similar to the Guangyi Gang is about high-speed maneuvering, coming and going like the wind.Although this combat mode is highly sophisticated, it has a disadvantage: you can only eat fast food, such as grabbing a caravan with its own carriage.

But this time, it was a small town with a huge amount of property.The property here includes not only gold and silver, but also various "trophies" including grain, commercial goods, furniture, and even women and meat tickets.

This kind of dinner, which belongs to a variety of dishes, does not have enough teeth, can't eat enough, and it's all wasted.

Guangyi Gang is sparsely staffed. Even if the gate is broken, there are still many programs that need time-limited follow-up: street fighting, digging silver taels, searching for property, loading trucks and carrying loads to retreat, etc. Work that requires a lot of manpower to do.

Gu Ming now has the same mind as a mirror.The reason why Ha Liu has been releasing goodwill all the time is that it is because of this transaction.

"What did you say afterwards?"

"Old rule, split the account between five and five!"

"Well……"

Speaking of this, Gu Ming touched his chin and finally weighed it: Although the Taihang Gang contributed, the key to entering Gujiaji Haipi is the landmine in Ha Liu's hands.

After using half a cigarette to finally understand the big issue that science and technology is the primary productive force, the master of Gu no longer struggled, and he also punched the map: "Just make this vote with your brother!"

"Brother is proud!"

Hearing this, the head of the Ha gang was overjoyed, and immediately pushed the advance map on the table... no, it was the topographic map of Gujiaji, and pushed it in front of Gu Ming: "Brother, take this map, and send someone down the mountain to check it. If there is any If it’s not right, we can adjust it in time.”

"really?"

Even if he knew that the other party had a unique landmine in his hand, so he had no fear, the leader of Gu was also moved by the pride of the leader of the Ha gang at this moment.Putting away the map, Gu Ming made up his mind: "Brother, when will you start?"

"Well... I'm afraid it will be years later."

The leader of the Ha gang quickly explained the whole story: "It costs 200 taels of silver to shake the landmine. I have to go back to Tianjin to open the joints and buy a round before the Chinese New Year."

Gu Ming knew that Ha Liu had worked odd jobs with officers and soldiers, but he didn't expect this guy to have his own unique source of goods by relying on this experience.After thinking about it, Gu Ming, who was experienced in robbery down the mountain, put forward his opinion: "The action can't be delayed until the fifteenth day of the first month at the latest, otherwise the caravans will travel and the guards will be more troublesome."

"Just by brother!"

Coordination to this point, in the seventeenth century when communication relied on roaring, was already a tactical operation of precise coordination.

Next, Ha Liu arranged the itinerary: he himself will leave for Tianjin tomorrow, and he will come back with the mines before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month at the latest.He will leave the second master Tu Erye as the liaison officer.

Master Tu immediately exchanged a few words with the liaison officer from Taihang.The two parties finally agreed that the liaison officer would meet at a contact point near Anguo somewhere around the eighth day of the first lunar month.At that time, the two sides have agreed on the time and place of assembly, and the main force will be assembled before the fifteenth.

When Shang talked about this step, the real purpose of tonight's banquet was achieved.The time is already late at night.

In this way, the exhausted two-way men and horses hurriedly dispersed to rest.

……

Early the next morning, Wu Fazheng, Master Wu, squinted his eyes and was awakened by the sunlight shining through the crack of the door.

Squinting his eyes and shaking his head a few times, Wu Fazheng finally remembered that he had become a bandit's meat ticket, in a dark wood room with no windows and only doors.

Looking sideways, the short and stout shopkeeper Wu has not woken up yet, and is lying groggy in the haystack.

"Ugh."

Master Wu, who originally planned to get up and look through the crack of the door, stopped moving.He was afraid of waking up shopkeeper Wu.

Shopkeeper Wu is getting old, and he has been fighting again and again. In addition, since yesterday, he has not entered the water and rice, so it is better to fall asleep, so as not to get up and suffer.

Just thinking of this, Master Wu's stomach growled involuntarily.

No way, bear with it.There are ferocious bandits outside the door. Master Wu dare not mention human rights protests at this time, otherwise it will not be worthwhile to have both ears cut off.

Yesterday's battle, Yi Xinlong's remaining living people were all tied up by bandits and turned into meat tickets.

After the night walk, most of the guys were locked up in the donkey and cow sheds in the mountain villages.Only Master Wu and shopkeeper Wu, as "high-end" meat tickets, got into the business single-room firewood room.

That's it.The bandits seem to be very busy since last night, and no one cares about the human rights and health of the meat ticket.Until this morning, there was not a drop of water or a grain of rice in the business firewood room.

Fortunately, Young Master Wu knows the procedure, so he is not very worried about the future and his own life.

Since it was laborious to tie the meat ticket instead of slashing it with a knife, then the bandits will definitely contact the merchant to redeem the person.After the company gets the news, it will definitely pay enough money to get the people back first.

As for revenge, that's another story.

The above are all default programs.Over the years, Yi Xinlong has experienced many situations where the caravans have lost their hands and captured people, so he naturally knows how to deal with them.

It just takes a while for now.

Just as Young Master Wu was leaning against the wall, silently reciting the Spring and Autumn Period, and trying to suppress the gastrointestinal protests, there was a clattering sound on the door.

The next moment, the broken door was pushed open by two robust bandits with knives outside, and a not tall figure appeared in front of Young Master Wu in the backlight.

"What, don't you recognize me?"

Seeing that Young Master Wu squinted his eyes and didn't respond, someone chuckled lightly, "You have to slash your brother with a thousand swords when you speak, so you can't recognize your face?"

"Huogui! So it's you!"

The angry Wu Fazheng instantly understood who was coming.

Chapter 690 Returning to the North (fifteen)

"Ok you... Huogui!"

Master Wu's anger only lasted for two seconds.

Hungry and cold body can not hold the virtual fire.Two seconds later, Young Master Wu, who wanted to say something, suddenly realized the current situation, sighed, and turned back to the pyre with his eyes blank.

Huogui is plain looking, but has a pair of shrewd eyes.Seeing the young master lying flat, he smiled knowingly. He bent down and put the scattered jars, baskets and burdens on the ground: "Young Master, let's have something to eat. If you didn't greet me well, I'm hungry after thinking about it."

"Ok?"

Young Master Wu, who was lying back, is now refreshed.He sat up quickly, stretched out his hand and took out a grain of grain from the basket and swallowed it.As a result, no two mouths choked, and he quickly picked up the water tank on the ground and filled it with gas before swallowing the dry food.

Huo Gui was not hurried here, he found a pile of hay and sat down: "Young master, eat slowly, don't be in a hurry."

"Humph!"

While chewing the food brought by others, Young Master Wu showed no appreciation: "Seller seeking glory, treacherous person!"

"Ha ha."

Huo Gui wasn't angry at all, and responded lightly: "I'm afraid the sellers can't be called... each is their own master."

Master Wu stopped his mouth when he heard the words, and began to dig into the dry food.Just now, he was also angry for a while, and couldn't help but spit out a word.This meeting Huo Gui had a victorious attitude. He knew that if he provokes the other party again, if he didn't do it right, he would be killed.

Huo Gui actually doesn't care about the attitude of this rich boy.He and Wu Fazheng have never dealt with each other twice, and there is no friendship at all.

He came to visit, mainly shopkeeper Wu.Although Huo Gui went to the Yixinlong to lurk with organizational tasks from the very beginning, Manager Wu has been treating him well for a long time, and this is considered a personal friendship.

So without violating the principle, Huogui came with dry food in advance.You know, according to the rules, after you get the meat ticket, you must starve hard for at least two or three days to exhaust your energy and energy, and then the kidnappers will give you drinking water.

At this moment, with a few slight coughs, Shopkeeper Wu woke up.Seeing that the shopkeeper woke up, Wu Fazheng hurriedly lifted the water bottle and took two sips of water first.

After two mouthfuls of water, Shopkeeper Wu suddenly became refreshed, and took a few more mouthfuls of the water jug ​​himself.

In just a few sips of water, although no one spoke in the room, Manager Wu had already seen the scene clearly.

Unlike Wu Fazheng.In the eyes of people like Shopkeeper Wu who deal with daily affairs, they are not so hostile to Huogui.

In other words, in the opinion of Shopkeeper Wu, this time it was mainly a public feud between Yi Xinlong and a few bandits.

The bandit gang spent a lot of thought and perseverance in burying this nail, and even if they didn't take in this person, the bandit gang would definitely find a way to send someone again.

In the final analysis, the fence is still not fastened.As for the fire, it's just an ordinary bandit.Shopkeeper Wu, who has seen too much deceit in the world, has hatred for Huo Gui, but no additional hatred.

After drinking the water and wiping his mouth, the shopkeeper Wu thanked him calmly: "Thank you Brother Huo for the water."

Huo Gui, who was upgraded to a brother, faced some ridicule with a faint smile on his face. He didn't care, but reached out his hand and handed it over with a nest: "The shopkeeper's got something to eat."

Young Master Wu, who reads the book of sages, is not hypocritical, and shopkeeper Wu is even less hypocritical.

Probably because he felt that he was still a little far from satisfying his conscience, Huo Gui revealed a few words of relief at this time: "Last night, the two kings settled their positions, and several leaders of Yi Xinlong followed Guangyi to help them. Don't panic. , with me, I will not suffer."

When Huo Gui said this, Manager Wu immediately understood what happened next: they would be escorted by the Guangyi Gang to their own stronghold, and then there was a long wait.When the merchants hand over the redemption silver to the Guangyi helpers through the middleman, when will they be able to get out of trouble.

The above operations are all ordinary processes, as expected by the shopkeeper Wu.However, he did not expect that in the end, the people of the firm would be separated into two groups according to class.

After understanding it, Shopkeeper Wu stopped chewing, raised his head and asked, "If you say that, are you guys going to stay in Taihang Mountain for the New Year?"

"Of course."

Huo Gui dropped a word of his book bag, then shook off a floral leather bag on the ground, and confessed a little as if he made a contribution: "The softness is gone, but most of the rest are still there."

In the bag that was shaken open, there was a pile of scattered objects.

These are the personal belongings of Master Wu and Shopkeeper Wu, including personal seals, pen and ink, paper, and books, all of which are inconspicuous.Those that seem to be valuable, such as lighters and leather boots, have long been looted.

"Ugh……"

Shopkeeper Wu sighed: "I have a heart."

At this time, Huo Gui finally felt that his merits and virtues were perfect and his conscience was no longer in arrears, so he picked up a few manuscripts with a smile, and while flipping through them, he added unconsciously: "The two of you are afraid that you will spend a few days in the kiln. It’s also good to relieve boredom.”

"Humph."

Just now, Young Master Wu, who just took the time to nibble on two nest heads, really doesn't want to see Er Wuzi's ugly face.While reclining on the pyre, he murmured in a leisurely voice, "I turned the book without any ink on my chest, and took it down carefully."

"I said, young master, you look like this all the time, and you are still acting like a stinky air?"

Huo Gui was really annoyed by Young Master Wu's behavior: "I've been underestimating me from beginning to end."

As he spoke, Huo Gui shook out a manuscript, coughed twice to clear his throat, and recited: "The No. [-] Cotton Spinning Factory in Shanghai covers an area of ​​[-] mu. The power of the envoy, the utmost ingenuity and ingenuity. This workshop has more than [-] spindles, more than [-] young and strong weavers, and produces [-] pieces of thick and thin grey cloth per month, which is the foundation of the country.”

Thinking of this, Huo Gui quietly shut his mouth.

Young Master Wu, who was lying on the pyre, resisted and did not turn his head.

In fact he had opened his mouth in surprise.He never thought that Huogui, a vulgar young man, could actually read... If Young Master Wu had traveled through time, he would have asked: Is the equipment of gangsters so high-end these days?Is it that curly?

What Young Master Wu didn't know was that Huo Gui, whose face was covered by the manuscript, also had his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost.

He glanced down a few times, and then switched to another document.On the other sheet, the first few lines are written: the captain is twenty-zhang hanging zero, iron bone and wooden armor, with three hundred Jianyong.It is equipped with more than [-] cannons of generals, and there are golden cracks in the caves within three miles.The ship uses coal fire to push water vigorously, and it can fly hundreds of miles a day, and it is called the Fujian number.

"Cough...cough..."

Suddenly, a loud cough sounded in the room.The next moment, Huo Gui, who was blushing, bent down, put away the baggage, clutched his chest, and hurriedly walked outside: "I'll leave later...I'll put away the baggage for the two of you first, so as not to be robbed again gone."

……

In the afternoon, the village entrance.

Guangguang Gang, the head of the family, led the brothers and said goodbye to the heroes in Taihang.

"Good brother, take care of the way, we will meet again after the year!"

"It's time to go to the appointment! It's just that I have a hard time thinking about things after the new year. I hope my brother will plan carefully!"

"Don't worry, this time I will do my best, and I will not teach my brothers to be disappointed!"