Chapter 68: Taihu Lake Water Bandits

Yaojiayan, the danger of the embankment.

Under the guidance of Pan Jitao, it took the people half a day to finally plug the gap.

But the best is yet to come.

I saw beams more than two feet long, with several baskets of stones tied to the tips, lying quietly on the embankment.

Hundreds of shirtless men looked at Pan Zhongcheng in unison, waiting for his orders.

Pan Jitao only stared at the change of the water flow, and waited until a fierce river tide passed, and then immediately said: "Get down from here!" ”

The men lifted the beams and slowly sent the ends of the bamboo baskets against the embankment.

The raging tide swept the beams of the house downstream, and even the basket of stones could not be suppressed.

But there are arm-thick cables tied to the beams!

More than a dozen strong men clung to the cable, their muscles knotted, and they rigidly bound the beams of the house that were about to escape.

Finally, the beams of the house were thumped into the water.

"Ramming!" Pan Jitao shouted again.

The people immediately carried the ramming stone forward, and the tammer shouted the trumpet to cooperate, and the wooden beam was cut into the bottom of the river. Until you can't beat a single inch anymore.

"Stick to the next four groups!" Seeing that the five groups of stones were fixed, Pan Jitao immediately gave another order.

The men did the same, and according to the position indicated by Pan Jitao, they went down to four wooden beams.

Pairs of stone baskets tied together are then lowered into the water through wooden beams.

Five sets of wooden beams are to be strung together like a string of sugar gourds. Based on these five groups, go down to four more groups.

Twenty wooden beams and hundreds of baskets of masonry were sent down one on top of the other, and finally they were firmly tied up with cables.

On the embankment, a huge triangular prism protruded.

Strange to say, as soon as the triangular prism appeared, it concentrated on the water potential at the gap, and it was obviously weakened a lot......

The men cheered with joy.

Zhao Shouzheng, Bai Zhushu and Gu Dadong hurriedly offered a rainbow fart to Pan Zhongcheng.

Pan Jitao was unmoved, obviously everything was under control.

"Let's go to Sanjiangkou and see ......," he said, and then turned around and went down the embankment.

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Wuxi, Huajia Yingge.

Zhao Hao didn't know that Pan Jitao had arrived in Kunshan, and he was still in a hurry there.

It only took one meal for him to negotiate with Hua Bozhen, and the Hua family exchanged the price of 150,000 taels of silver and 80,000 stone of grain for 300,000 shares of Jiangnan Company.

Like the two Wang families, Hua Bozhen also did not ask Zhao Hao, what does this Jiangnan company do, and is it not such a question to make money?

For the Hua family, who had piled up tens of millions of taels of silver at home and were unwilling to buy any more land and property, this was really a very simple decision.

Is there anyone in this world who can make more money than Zhao Gongzi?

Without.

Hundreds of thousands of taels were invested in him, how could he lose?

What's more, even if you lose? Sprinkle water......

After signing the seal, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the rain outside was a little lighter, and Hua Bozhen invited Zhao Hao to attend his family's Huitong Hall.

It will be tomorrow if Hengzhu wants to leave, so Zhao Hao readily agreed. He had long heard that the copper movable type printing of the Hua family's private bookstore 'Huitongguan' was the best in the world, not only the book engraving was exquisite, but also the speed of publication was beyond the reach of ordinary engraving.

He also acquired a bookstore in Nanjing, but the speed of page by page engraving was really slow, which seriously slowed down the pace of Zhao Gongzi's book publishing. To have the opportunity to learn from industry bigwigs, of course, I can't ask for it.

Who knew that before he walked out of the Maoying Pavilion, he saw Gao Wu pointing to the end of the corridor.

Zhao Hao saw that it was Ma Xianglan standing there.

He couldn't help but feel nervous, Secretary Ma knew the rules very well, and if he came to look for himself rashly, there must be an emergency.

'It can't be that Daddy has really been washed away, right?' Zhao Gongzi only felt a dry mouth, hurriedly confessed to Hua Bozhen, and walked quickly to Ma Xianglan.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Gongzi's voice trembled a little.

"It's not a master." Sure enough, the person who knows Zhao Gongzi best in the world is Secretary Ma.

"That's good." Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Dad was fine.

"It's Miss Jiang who has an accident...... Ma Xianglan said again.

"Uh......" Zhao Hao was stunned when he heard this. What happened to her? ”

"Wu Ji's ship carrying grain for us has been hijacked." Ma Xianglan said again.

"What?" Zhao Hao opened his mouth wide in surprise. "Robbed? Who dares to rob Wu Kee's ship? ”

What does Wu Kee do? That's a big merchant who runs money and shipping. There are rich and people, and there is also a background in the official face, how dare ordinary bandits provoke?

"I heard that it's a gang of Taihu water bandits." Ma Xianglan reported: "They even detained the people and the boat, and only let one of the stewards come back to ask for ransom. ”

"Miss Jiang is also on board?" Zhao Hao frowned and asked.

"Yes." Ma Xianglan nodded, her pretty face was full of worry, "It happened yesterday, and it's been a day." Miss Jiang she, she won't ...... Something, right? ”

"It's going to be fine." Zhao Hao comforted Ma Xianglan, who was discolored:

"What is Taihu Lake? The water bandits who can mix in Taihu Lake will not know the depths. Wu Ji is a big business name in Jiangnan, and if he goes too far, he will attract them to retaliate frantically! ”

"That's good, that's good......" Secretary Ma was full of self-blame, she felt that if it wasn't for her own instigation, Jiang Xueying would not have taken the initiative to come to Zhao Hao. Naturally, there will be no such thing.

"Hurry up and tell everyone to get ready to go." Zhao Hao ordered in a deep voice, and then turned around to explain the situation to Hua Bozhen.

Wuxi Lintai Lake, with the power of the Hua family, must know the situation in the lake better than him.

After listening to Zhao Hao's speech, Hua Bozhen also showed an unbelievable expression and said, "Can't you?" Do they dare to move? ”

Zhao Hao's heart moved when he heard this, Brother Hua really knew the inside story.

He took a deep look and said, "It doesn't matter how many boats of grain there are, but there is me on board...... Girl, it's really worrying. Please also ask Brother Hua for guidance. ”

"Brother Xian, don't worry, I'll send someone to inquire." Hua Bozhen asked people to call the old housekeeper Hua An, and commanded in a deep voice:

"Hurry up and take someone to inquire and see which one did it all the way!"

Saying that, he raised his eyebrows, and said domineeringly: "No matter which king and eight lambs stretch out their hands." Let someone pass the word to him, and let him go immediately, otherwise he will be the enemy of my Hua family! ”

"Yes." The old butler hurried away.

"You should also send a letter back." Zhao Hao also commanded Gao Wudao in a low voice: "Please Brother Jin be ready and be on call at any time." ”

Gao Gong nodded, and also took the order.

Then Hua Bozhen whispered to Zhao Hao: "Don't worry, brother Xian, it's not a few years ago." Although Taihu Lake is still that Taihu Lake, there are gunner teams in all counties, and in order to guard Taihu Lake in order to protect the Japanese and the generals, those water bandits who don't understand the rules have been exterminated. The rest are obedient ......"

After a pause, he said a little: "I just don't listen to the family." ”

ps. Chapter 4, there is another chapter, ask for a monthly pass, a recommended ticket ~~