Chapter 286 The white-eyed wolf seduces the dead ghost
"My dear brother will understand what is going on here sooner or later. It is not convenient for me to explain it clearly at this time.
The wise brother only remembers one sentence: Do well the things the emperor entrusts you, and take care of the people the emperor entrusts you.
You are the emperor's eyes, the emperor's hands and feet."
Qiu Shian stretched out a white finger and lightly tapped his forehead:
"You can't do this for the emperor."
His slow words scared Gao Qigong into a cold sweat, and he quickly waved his hands:
"Brother Qiu, I don't even dare to kill myself..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiu Shian had already picked up the jug himself, poured a full glass of wine for Gao Qigong, and said with a smile:
"Look at you, we are brothers drinking and saying a few words of respect. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Hit when you need to hit, and after you hit, you will see that the other party understands, and you can immediately bring the relationship closer without leaving a trace in the middle. This is your skill.
The two drank two glasses of wine in a row before Qiu Shian said:
"The people in Caogang have become a little too courageous recently.
When they saw the Qingya flag flying on Jia Lian's boat, they not only refused to give way, but actually dared to block it, and even took advantage of the chaos to steal the Qingya flag. This is quite a big deal."
"What?" Gao Qigong stood up again, "People from the Cao Gang dare to steal the Qingya Flag? Are they going to rebel?"
At this time, Qiu Shian's face really darkened:
"The emperor was going to issue an edict to you, but I stopped it.
I told the emperor: Let me come over and ask in person first. I'm afraid Lao Gao really doesn't know about this, otherwise he can't mention a word in his book. He is not the one who deceived the emperor."
Gao Qigong knelt down with a "gudong" sound:
"Thank you, Brother Qiu, for saving me!"
Qiu Shian helped him up with both hands:
"You don't have to thank me. We are all brothers. We should help each other and work hard for the emperor.
Your position is very important. You know it well. This is because the emperor trusts you and values you.
Since the emergence of the "grain boat gang", people who make a living by bad luck have formed the Cao gang. Today, there are nearly one million gang members across the country.
These million people are responsible for the collection and transportation of grain, and they maintain the safety of the country's granaries. Money and goods from the north to the south depend on them.
But when millions of them gather in one place, they become a force in themselves. Once they lose control, the consequences will be extremely disastrous.
We have to use the Caobang, so the imperial court lowered its status to recruit the Caobang.
The successive leaders of the Cao Gang also swore to strictly control the members of the gang according to the "Cao Regulations". They swore that whenever they were on the waterway, the Cao Gang must give way respectfully to official ships, military ships and coin-carrying copper ships, and that the imperial court would be the top priority in everything. In addition, the emperor was still in the dormitory at that time, and it was Xiao Guan's birthday. The leader of the Cao Gang sent in ten blue tooth flags as a birthday gift to show his loyalty.
Now that they dare to steal the Blue Teeth Flag, their disrespect for the Emperor is obvious."
"This bunch of untouchables! Only with the favor of the imperial court can they dominate the waterways, and now they dare to ride on the imperial court's head! It seems that they are itchy, so I will send someone to clean them up and show them some blood." The more Gao Qigong thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more frightened he became, the angrier he became. He had no idea what to do, but he had to make a firm statement to the people sent by the emperor first.
Qiu Shian nodded and said:
"Before returning to Beijing, you must find the Qingya Flag.
In addition, this trip to transport money to Beijing is to make the emperor look good. If you mess up the matter because you have a feud with the Jia family, the emperor will not agree to it."
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Jia Lian didn't know that Qiu Shi'an went straight to Jinling from Huai'an. Now that he had received the imperial edict, he was naturally busy counting and urging the salt merchants to pay more than 10 million taels of tax silver.
A few days later, the money was counted, and the large official ship sent by Gao Qigong, the Governor of Water Transport, arrived in Yangzhou.
These three official ships are all brand-new Dasha spaceships. The flags, guns, umbrellas at the front and rear are very dignified, and the big flags on the cabin are embroidered with the golden characters of "Governor of Jiangnan". Each ship is equipped with dozens of people.
The Cajun soldiers in bright armor, surrounded by five escorting Cajun warships, are really majestic.
Also coming with the ship was the Governor of Water Transport, Gao Qigong, which no one had ever thought of.
Although Jia Lian is a double-ranked official of the third rank, the Governor of Water Transport is, after all, a second-rank official. There is no reason for a high-ranking official to come from other places to meet a junior official.
But Gao Qigong, a second-rank official and the uncle of Prince Zhongshun, not only came, but also came with great fanfare, and with him came a large number of people from the world tied up like rice dumplings.
Jia Lian led a group of officials and welcomed Gao Qigong into the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy. Everyone took their seats. Gao Qigong was very polite and apologized to Jia Lian.
Only then did Jia Lian learn that those who were tied up came to plead guilty on their own.
The leader, the old man who looks like a man with ribs and is swaying when he walks, is Ding Rongliang, the chief gang leader of the Cao Gang in the world.
Those who followed him to plead guilty were all the leading figures of the Jianghuai Four Gang among the Jiangsu Twenty-one Gangs.
Because the siege of Jia Lian's boat took place on the water of the Four Gangs of the Jianghuai River, the gang leaders and deputy leaders of the Four Gangs of the Jianghuai River, as well as the eight heads in charge of sailors and boatmen, and the eight heads in charge of yard workers, all
I tied myself up to apologize to Jia Lian.
But the biggest problem is that the Qingya Flag has not been found yet.
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Jia Lian is quite generous:
"Since I can't find it, forget it."
Gao Qigong said angrily:
It’s not that something happened under your rule, you are naturally generous.
But he smiled and said:
"The Qingya Flag is of great importance, how can we make it happen if we just forget about it?
I plan to ask the four Jianghuai gangs to come here and ask Mr. Jia to identify them."
Jia Lian thought:
Bah! The Cao Gang is under your control. They stole my things, but instead of forcing them to hand it over to me, you thought of passing half of the responsibility on to me. How beautiful you are!
So Jia Lian shook his head and said:
"What happened that day was on the water surface of their Jianghuai Fourth Gang, but it may not have been done by the Jianghuai Fourth Gang.
For this matter, we have to get everyone in their cao gang to take action."
Gao Qigong thought:
Do you think I didn’t let everyone in the Cao Gang move? I’ve already killed a few people.
Before he spoke, Jia Lian had already made the final decision:
"Forget it, since everyone from Caogang has brought them, just give them to me first. I will find a way to ask them to send back the emperor's things."
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On the day of departure, Yangzhou City was filled with gongs and drums and firecrackers were blasting.
Lin Ruhai reluctantly sent Daiyu to the boat, and Daiyu was also reluctant to leave her with tears streaming down her face.
The sand flying boat was built by the Sha family in Yangzhou. Because the boat has a wooden roof like a building boat, it is called "Flying Immortal", so it is called the "sand flying boat".
The large-scale sand flying boat that Jia Lian rides is a building ship with exquisite workmanship and exquisite materials. It has a spacious cabin, a larger hull, and better stability and comfort.
The ship has two floors, Jia Lian lives on the first floor, and a group of women live on the second floor. The other two ships are filled with heavy silver.
Jia Lian stood on the bow of the boat with a smile on his face and bowed his hands to those who were seeing him off on the shore.
He was confident that it wouldn't take long before the Qingya Flag would be returned to his hands.