When Zhang Shou said that he had already specially trained a group of typesetters here in Beijing Public School, Mr. Jiang, who was jointly encouraged by Zhang Chen and Zhu Er to tell the story, was dumbfounded. Cao Wu still had the same honest and amiable face, as if I didn't know anything.
Zhang Chen and Zhu Er, who had been looking at each other in confusion, smiled as if they didn't understand. After hearing this, they continued to look at each other.
As for Guan Tao, who really didn't understand these words, he blinked his eyes and looked confused. As for the group of Cangzhou martial arts people who didn't dare to rush around and follow Cao Wu to the capital to look for opportunities, they listened even with their excellent ears.
There are seven or eight, but most of them are still in a state of completely watching the fun.
After being stunned for a long time, Zhu Er shouted angrily at Zhang Chen: "It's all you. You and Lu Sanlang are exchanging messages all day long, making it look like it's real. I really thought you had any good ideas.
After doing this for a long time, it turned out to be the same trick that others had already thought of! Let me just say, my future brother-in-law takes every step he takes and looks at it three times, how could he underestimate those celebrities who are invited to come!"
Zhang Chen ignored Zhu Er's words that were obviously flattering to Zhang Shou, frowned and said: "It doesn't make sense. Lu Sanpang doesn't know? He owns a bookshop himself, and it is his father who teaches the public school wine festival."
What is it that he doesn’t know about? Uh..."
He suddenly closed his mouth and saw Zhang Shou looking at the two of them with a smile but not a smile. He knew that he and Lu Sanlang were colluding internally and externally, so he had no choice but to confess unnaturally: "That guy Lu Sanlang is really unfounded.
People have been sending people all day long to tell me and Zhu Er how to guard against subtle changes. We have no choice but to rope in Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu. This is not because we think that a few cobblers can stand up to Zhuge Liang..."
"Aren't we thinking that as Gemen disciples, we have to help our sect flourish, so we are trying to come up with an idea?"
Hearing that Zhang Chen confessed Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, and pulled out the banner of the Gemen disciples, Zhu Er immediately betrayed him: "In the end, Zhang Lu came up with such an idea from the newspaper office... He said
, anyway, many people use the newspaper office to copy the newspaper from the yamen, etc., we can directly annex several small newspaper offices in Cangzhou, so that we can spread news that is beneficial to us."
"Actually, you can do this in the capital, but there are too many big guys in the capital, so you have to be careful... Ouch!" Seeing Zhang Shou close his fan and hit him hard on the head, Zhu Er immediately realized that Zhang Shou thought he was too big.
Mouth. Maybe those who were brought here by him and Zhang Chen were intended to be used as peripheral candidates, but after all, this topic had not been discussed with Zhang Shou before, so he could only shut up in anger.
After Zhang Shou stopped Zhu Er's words, he looked at Cao Wu, who had always tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, and said with a smile: "Mr. Cao, you are bringing a large number of people to Beijing this time... to expand your business? Yes.
Are you planning to open a martial arts gym or an escort agency?"
"Ahem, it's not easy to live in the capital. We didn't dare to hope that we could gain a firm foothold in the capital." Cao Wu smiled innocently again, then glanced at Zhang Chen and Zhu Er, and said with a dry smile, "But thanks to
Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhu are supporting us, so we plan to do some inconspicuous things in the capital. For example, we can arrange fortifications for this vegetable garden."
You guys, a group of experts who transport all kinds of people and goods to wealthy families all day long, went to the capital specifically to set up fortifications in the vegetable gardens?
Are you sure this isn't overkill?
Zhang Shou couldn't help but dumbfounded, but when he saw Cao Wu's expression that said "I am serious", he finally understood why Guan Tao said excitedly before that he no longer had to worry about those garden thieves. Experts look after homes and homes, then
Do you still need to worry? However, since Cao Wu didn't want to reveal his true intention immediately, he certainly wouldn't be in a hurry and just nodded with a smile.
"If you are willing to just do these little things, that's fine. However, Guan Tao and his senior brothers are poor monks and I'm afraid they can't afford your remuneration."
"Dr. Zhang introduced these good things from overseas to people in the capital, which can be regarded as making our Cangzhou famous. Now that there are Xiaoxiao coveting those seeds, of course we should contribute, so how can we ask for money?" Cao
Wu spoke impassionedly, but seeing that Zhang Chen and Zhu Er both looked disbelieving, he laughed dryly as if he was embarrassed.
"Actually, of course we also have selfish motives. Since this vegetable garden is famous, we can also use its light to make our reputation known. Otherwise, we foreigners may not be able to let the people in the capital know our skills.
"
Zhang Shou knew that people like Cao Wu were unprofitable and could not afford to be early. Even though this reason sounded similar to the same thing, he also felt that it was not necessarily the truth. Therefore, he said nonchalantly: "In that case, both of you, your own
Just go and talk about it and do it. But it’s rare for a fellow countryman to come from Cangzhou, and Little Peanut happened to not come out with me, otherwise that kid should be happy."
"Master, as long as you don't force him to recite poems anymore, Little Peanut will definitely be happy."
Hearing Ah Liu suddenly say something quietly, Zhang Shou glared at him angrily - I just changed the subject by talking nonsense, what nonsense are you talking about? But at this moment, Ah Liu suddenly
Added: "And they are not old salted fish."
After not seeing Ah Liu for a few days, Zhu Er and Zhang Chen both felt that the tone of his speech was really worth missing. What's more, it was rare to see Ah Liu and Zhang Shou arguing, so the two of them were naturally happy to watch the excitement from the wall.
Of course Zhang Shou could understand the meaning behind Ah Liu's words - with Xiao Peanut's awkward temperament, unless Lao Xianyu or Xian Yunhe came over, people would never be happy when they saw a fellow countryman. He could only say angrily
He cursed: "Didn't Old Xianyu go back to contact the ship to Qiongzhou Prefecture? Once he sets sail to sea, he won't be able to come back for a year and a half."
"That's why Little Peanut is worried about him!"
Ah Liu didn't seem to know that he was talking to Zhang Shouji and they were completely unrelated. He didn't seem to see Zhang Shou's dumbfounded expression. He suddenly glanced sideways at Cao Wu and said thoughtfully.
Said: "Xiaohua is afraid that the sea is unsafe... Actually, I think that the escort business can't be done at sea. Lao Xianyu and the others can also bring bodyguards with them when they go to sea, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Er and Zhang Chen, who had just been watching Zhang Shou and Ah Liu's master-servant joke, were stunned, and Cao Wu's fake smile suddenly froze on his face.
Among the other escorts who were separated by a few steps to show their closeness, the reaction of those people was even greater. One of them, a sturdy man, slapped his thigh directly, but when he was about to speak, he was struck by Cao Wuyi.
Forced back.
Zhang Shou also didn't expect that Ah Liu would suddenly mention this. After being slightly stunned, he couldn't help but look at the boy in surprise.
Ah Liu was often silent to the point of being dull when he was in the countryside, but after arriving in the capital, he seemed cold and solemn most of the time, and was even less interested in studying. He always positioned himself as a person who fights and kills all day long. But now it seems
, he really looks down on people, but this guy is still quite capable of thinking.
However, when Zhang Shou, who was thinking this way, accidentally glanced at Cao Wu, he found that he was obviously a little panicked, as if... the intention he had been trying so hard to hide was suddenly revealed. He realized that Ah Liu was probably
He really revealed Cao Wu's sincerity unintentionally. He immediately laughed and said with great interest: "Is it possible that Mr. Cao, the bodyguard, also has the ambition to make a living at sea?"
"How dare I be so overestimating my capabilities!" Cao Wu immediately laughed and said, "The sea and the land are not the same family. Those heroes who dominate the land actually boarded the sea ship, and many people vomited. Even if I have this intention, I can't do it."
I don’t have the guts, I don’t have this person!”
Seeing that Cao Wu tried his best to deny having such an intention, Zhang Shou was moved in his heart and immediately said with a smile: "That's why I said Ah Liu, this is really whimsical. After all, even if Mr. Cao, the escort leader, is a sea and land man, you can play it."
You are a good man, but it is hard to judge the people under your command. Ah Liu, you have never been to the sea, so don’t give others random ideas!"
Zhang Chen was better at observing words and emotions than Zhu Er. Seeing that although Ah Liu was scolded by Zhang Shou, his face was still calm, while Cao Wu's expression changed drastically at that moment. He naturally felt that this person who volunteered to be a bodyguard escorted them to Beijing.
Guy has a problem.
I think he was the trigger for the first purge of Tianjin Linhai Camp - not even one of them, because he opened the lid. At this time, although Zhang Chen didn't know what Cao Wu meant, and who Zhang Shou was
However, if you don't understand something, just follow Zhang Shou, so he immediately eloquent and packaged himself as an expert in maritime affairs.
"Ah Liu, you have come up with a bad idea this time! There are rules at sea. The fighting and killing of pirates is different from the back and forth of swords and arrows on land. How many masters on land become like worms when they go to sea.
"
He searched hard for the past events that the sufferer told him back then, and then added other things he had read in books and heard from hearsay, and deliberately exaggerated: "In a war at sea, no matter how high a person's martial arts is, he can't compare to a big ship with a thick ram.
Then a collision, it is said that in the far west, pirates have driven such ships to rob merchant and passenger ships since ancient times, and then collided with them and then engaged in battle..."
"But this method won't work for our warships, because when you are about to collide, you will be within the range of artillery fire. When the artillery fire and blunderbuss are fired, your ship will sink and everyone will die.
Moreover, even in a side-to-side battle, firearms such as firecrackers are much more powerful than swords. Even bows and arrows are far less useful than firearms because they are easily affected by moisture at sea."
"However, our merchant ships did not have firearms, so they were naturally at a disadvantage in naval battles after encountering pirates. Many of them hired many skilled fighters to accompany them on board, but in fact they were of no use.
"
Zhang Chen didn't seem to think it was a big deal for a future prince to swear. After saying the last four words, he even smiled.
"The heinous case in Linhai Camp in Tianjin a few years ago was when warships attacked merchant ships going out to sea, and the excuse was to check for pirates. At that time, two famous escort masters from Heluo were hired on one of the ships, but the result
But when the officers and soldiers boarded the ship, they didn't dare to let go of a single thing, and when about ten people blocked the doors and windows and fired randomly, they didn't even have a whole corpse."
After saying this in one breath, Zhang Chen shrugged with unsatisfied meaning: "In short, the escort agency has expanded its business to sea ships. This has been happening for a long time, but the results were disastrous. In the escort agency in Heluo, the two best
The famous master died without a burial place, and the master of his suffering came to demand compensation, and he was immediately scattered."
"In short, Cao Wu, you should think about it yourself and don't rush to develop a career at sea! There are specialties in the art industry, and even if you want to do it, you have to think of a sound strategy first, otherwise don't say I didn't remind you!"
Zhang Shou didn't expect that he just poured a basin of cold water on him, and Zhang Chen simply said something that was equivalent to throwing Cao Wu into an icy pool.
However, Cao Wu tried his best to keep his face, and kept saying "I've been taught". The burly man beside him who just slapped his thigh hard but didn't say anything because of Cao Wu's look finally couldn't help it this time, but nodded repeatedly with lingering fear.
.
"Thanks to Mr. Zhang, otherwise Brother Cao and us would have been tricked! Isn't there something about the construction of a port in Cangzhou? The richest man in Suzhou, Hua Jia, came to us privately, hoping that we would provide manpower to serve as bodyguards on sea ships.
He also promised generous rewards."
Cao Wu didn't expect that his sworn brother would be so quick-talking. At this moment, he was in a dilemma and was extremely embarrassed. He had just denied it, but if he couldn't find a good excuse now, the image of being knowledgeable and knowledgeable he had established in front of Zhu Er and Zhang Chen would be in vain.
, even Mr. Jiang, who was the matchmaker between himself and the Hua family, might soon complain that he didn't control his adopted brother's mouth.
Therefore, he immediately made a decisive decision. While never mentioning Young Master Jiang's involvement, he sincerely blamed himself.
"I really didn't mean to hide it just now. Although some brothers can swim, it is said that swimming in the sea and swimming in rivers are completely different things. If you really fall into the water, it is impossible to even collect the body, so I have always been hesitant about this matter.
of."
"But the pie falling from the sky is really too big. I have no idea, but I am also greedy. I thought that no matter what, I would go to Beijing to meet the fourth master Hua, the head of the Suzhou Hua family. If the risk is too great, we can't talk about it.
Well, then I will quit this matter and see if there are other opportunities in the capital. Because I was afraid of losing face, I was embarrassed to tell the truth just now."
Only then did Zhang Shou realize that it was the Suzhou businessman who had planned for a rainy day and had even thought of hiring an escort agency.
However, he had just deliberately exaggerated the difficulty of maritime bodyguards, but he did not really want to prevent Cao Wu from leading people into this industry. Therefore, when he saw Cao Wu bowing to him and Zhang Chen and Zhu Er repeatedly, he shook his hand.
"This kind of thing is meant to be discussed in private. You are strictly abiding by business ethics by keeping silent. There is nothing wrong with it."
As he spoke, he smiled, gently lifted his chin with two fingers, and then said lightly: "I just said that land masters cannot get used to naval battles. This is indeed true, but since Mr. Cao, Mr. Escort, you are willing to bring people to
The capital came to see Fourth Master Hua for an interview. I believe that your men can also fight on the water, but they just didn't take into account the difficulties Zhang Chen just mentioned."
"After all, a group of bodyguards stationed on sea ships to provide protection for people and cargo is of limited use on the vast sea."
He paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about such an interesting thing, and then smiled and said: "Mr. Cao, you might as well stay in the capital for a while. There are actually many places like this vegetable garden that need to provide security.