Chapter 3026

After Murong Danyan finished speaking, Ding Guan shook his head and said: "Miss Mu is right. I am quite familiar with the officials of Songtian Yandao. I have given them not only 10,000 yuan but also 8,000 yuan in silver over the years. It stands to reason."

He said that as long as he went down to go through customs clearance, they would not deny him. But when he went to the dock to exchange for customs clearance the next morning, something strange happened on the way, so he changed his mind and instead of going through customs clearance, he hurriedly

I hurried back and wanted to discuss it carefully with Uncle Li and Miss Mu before making a decision."

It turned out that after Ding Guan had discussed with Li Qiufeng early in the morning, he took a servant and hurriedly got off the ship and headed straight to the west end of the pier. The reason why he took the servant with him was to ask the servant to help him carry a wooden boat.

He put five hundred taels of silver in the box and carried a bag containing Yunnan Baiyao pills brought from the Central Plains to bribe the tax collector.

After the two people got off the ship, they walked more than a hundred feet, but they saw a dozen people gathered in front of a rice shop on the right side of the pier, whispering. It was not long before dawn, and although there were people walking on the pier, they were far away.

It was not as lively as it was during the day, so these dozen people gathered together in one place, which seemed quite abrupt. Ding Guan looked intently, and happened to meet the eyes of one of them, and couldn't help being surprised. The man's expression was also the same when he saw Ding Guan.

As soon as he changed his mind, he hurriedly walked over, reached in front of Ding Guan, raised his hands and said, "Isn't this the shopkeeper Ding? I didn't expect that after saying goodbye to Quanzhou, four years later, shopkeeper Ding became more and more healthy."

Ding Guan also recognized this person at this time, and hurriedly returned the greeting, saying with a smile: "Who is it? It turns out to be the shopkeeper Meng Da. No wonder his left eye kept twitching early this morning. He thought he was going to meet a noble man.

, so that there will be such auspicious omen.”

It turns out that this man's surname was Meng Fu'an, a surname from Baoding Prefecture. Three generations of the Meng family dealt in jade and antiques and were a famous big businessman in Baoding Prefecture. Four years ago, Ding Guan met Meng Fu'an when he was working in Quanzhou. Both of them were

They were both good at dancing and even though it was just a one-time encounter, they formed a friendship. However, Ding Guan never expected that he would meet Meng Fu'an on Matsuda Rock Island thousands of miles away.

The two exchanged a few polite words and briefly talked about their experiences in the past four years. They felt quite sorry for each other. Meng Fu'an said to Ding Guan: "Brother, I came to Matsuda Rock Island this time. I don't know where to stay?"

Ding Guan said with a smile: "This time Ding is going to Fuso Country for work, not to Songtian Rock Island to do business. As soon as the customs are cleared, he will sail out to sea immediately. Therefore, he did not stay at the inn on the island, but only

Rest on the ship. Now I’m going to exchange for the defense. After I get the defense back, I’ll pull anchor and set sail for Fusang.”

As soon as Ding Guan finished speaking, Meng Fu'an's face changed drastically. He turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and said to Ding Guan: "Brother, haven't you heard that something big happened at sea?"

Seeing Meng Fu'an's appearance like this, Ding was shocked. He shook his head and said, "Ding just arrived at the dock yesterday and didn't hear anything about what happened at sea. There are many Fuso soldiers on Songtian Rock Island, and there are hundreds of miles around."

The whole sea is the territory of the Matsuda family, whoever dares to cause trouble here is living impatiently."

When Ding Guan said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Is there a big storm on the sea?"

Meng Fu'an shook his head and whispered: "It's not as simple as encountering a storm. Have you ever heard of the name of the fifth master Qin of the Qin family in Xiangyang?"

Ding Dian nodded and said: "The Fifth Master Qin is a famous big businessman in the Central Plains. His family has thousands of acres of fertile land, hundreds of tea shops, silk and satin shops, pawn shops, and grain shops. The Qin family has set foot in Xiangyang, Henan, Shandong, AH

, the four provinces of Jiangxi will all tremble. Although Ding has never met Qin Wuye, his name is so famous, how could Ding not know about it?"

When Ding Guan said this, he glanced at Meng Fu'an, then glanced at the group of businessmen who had gathered together and whispered, and then continued: "Is it possible that the Fifth Master Qin has also arrived at Songtian Rock Island?"

Meng Fu'an shook his head and whispered: "What kind of status is Fifth Master Qin? How can he go to Songtian Rock Island to do business in person? Qin Sheng, who went to Songtian Rock Island to do business this time, is the Qin family's headquarters in Luoyang Prefecture, Henan Province.

The great shopkeeper of Zhongyuan Tea House. This great shopkeeper of Qin is by no means a mediocre person. In terms of seniority, he is still the uncle of Master Qin and is extremely powerful in the Qin family. On weekdays, the prefect of Luoyang treats the great shopkeeper of Qin the same way.

With great respect, he is quite famous in both black and white circles in Henan."

Ding Guan listened to Meng Fu'an's words and felt impatient. He thought to himself that the Qin family is indeed a big family in Henan, but no matter how rich the Qin family is, they are just local rich people and nothing special. I have to go to the customs defense, so how can I care to listen to you?

What nonsense are you talking about here, mother-in-law?! Thinking of this, Ding Guan was about to speak when he heard Meng Fu'an continue: "Shopkeeper Qin arrived at Songtian Rock Island more than ten days ago. After hearing about it, many wealthy businessmen from the original place heard about it.

Naturally, they had to go to the inn where Shopkeeper Qin was staying to hand in a name card. So after Shopkeeper Qin finished his work, he drank and had fun with many old friends. As a result, he stayed on the island for a few more days, and it was not until yesterday evening that he took a boat out to sea.

Returning to the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, after the ship left Songtian Rock Island and sailed for more than a hundred miles at sea, it unexpectedly encountered pirates..."

When Ding Guan heard what Meng Fu'an said, he was horrified and said: "How is this possible? Ever since the Matsuda family occupied Matsuda Rock Island, they have sent warships to patrol the sea three hundred miles around the island. Not only did they

The official ship of the Fuso Kingdom drove away, and even beat the pirates to death. They dared not approach Matsuda Rock Island. Over the years, I have never heard of a merchant ship encountering pirates near Matsuda Rock Island. Otherwise, there would not be so many people coming to Matsuda Rock Island.

We have come to the island to do business. The Qin family’s ship was in danger at sea, I’m afraid it wasn’t at the hands of pirates?”

After Meng Fu'an listened to Ding Guan's words, he whispered: "The strange thing is here. After the Qin family's big ship was intercepted, many masked people boarded the big ship and locked all the Qin family's shopkeeper and others into a cabin.

During this time, the group of people searched everywhere on the ship, struggling for more than an hour, and plundered all the money on the ship before roaring away. Shopkeeper Qin was lucky enough to escape with his life, and he was anxious and angry, so he ordered his boatmen to turn the ship around.

We must return to Matsuda Rock Island to seek justice from the Matsuda family."

The more Ding Guan listened, the more curious he became. He glanced at Meng Fu'an and said, "Ask for justice from the Matsuda family? What justice do you seek?"

Meng Fu'an said: "Shopkeeper Qin said that he went to Songtian Rock Island to do business. He heard that it was safe here and there had never been any banditry. However, the Qin family's ship encountered robbers near Songtian Rock Island. The money on the ship was

After being robbed, the Matsuda family's promises are like farts, and he must seek justice from the Matsuda family."

When Meng Fu'an said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Brother, I came late and didn't see the Qin family's big ship when it returned to the dock. Shopkeeper Qin's face was as swollen as a pig's head. I guess it was because of the pain.

He was beaten by pirates. After he got off the boat, he yelled and cursed as he walked, accusing the Matsuda family of not doing their job well and allowing the pirates to hide near Matsuda Rock Island, which almost killed him. If the Matsuda family could not eliminate the bandits, they would compensate the Qin family for the stolen money.

, he will never let go of the Matsuda family."
Chapter completed!