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Qiu Shengong, who had just been promoted to the head of the left wing of the war barracks, took his brothers to the Phoenix Wharf early in the morning to pick up the goods, and according to the letter received from Song Wen in Dengzhou yesterday, the 1,000 sets of equipment purchased by Shamen Town will be delivered to Shamen Island early this morning. However, I waited until noon on the day, and I didn't wait for the cargo ship from Dengzhou at all.

Qiu Shengong personally led a group of people to row a speedboat to the sea to meet them, but until Dengzhou, he still did not see the boat with the red carp flag in the letter. He personally made a trip to Dengzhou Wharf, and the people at the wharf replied that there was such a ship, but it had already gone to sea early in the morning. He went to the Assassin's Mansion again to ask Song Wen, and Song Wen replied the same way.

When it was dark, Qiu Shengong returned to Shamen Town and brought back a puzzling piece of news to Li Jing. "Judging from the information from the inquiry, the boat carrying our weapons did leave the Dengzhou dock early in the morning. Quite a few people who were fishing along the coast in the morning also confirmed that they saw the boat and that it was coming from the wrong direction. He said, "But after driving a short distance through Dengzhou Water City, it seems that it suddenly disappeared." After that, no one saw the boat again. ”

"Could it be that Wang Jin intercepted that ship and robbed us of our goods?" Wang asked again.

"Or the man on the boat will run away with our cargo!" Lin Wu said, "But I think that since the boat belongs to Song Wen, and the people on the boat are also his people, it is unlikely that they escaped with the goods." He looked at Li Jing, who had been sitting at the top and had not spoken, waiting for his judgment.

Li Jing also frowned, when he was still poor and white with these weapons. spent a huge sum of 50,000 yuan to buy this batch of goods. For this. He also borrowed 50,000 yuan from the Xiao family for usury. In three years, he will pay back 100,000 yuan. And in addition to these, he also agreed to admit ten children of the Xiao family into the army of Shamen Town. Just yesterday, the ten children of the Xiao family had landed on the island. It was not only the ten outstanding Xiao family children who were selected, but each of them also brought a team of family generals. Together with the maid guards who came to wait for Han Xiao's family, there were more than 1,000 people who came. They were sent by the Han family's fleet of ten ships, which also carried a large amount of food and even extravagant household utensils.

That scene made many people on the island stunned. Even if Li Jing knew that the Xiao family's money was not so easy to borrow, he couldn't help but be amazed when he saw this result. Where is the Xiao family sending their children to come to hone. Those who don't know think that they are here to change the guest and want to seize his army and territory.

There were nearly 600 people, and Li Jing could see that although most of the guards of these Xiao disciples were young people in their twenties, they were all strong and healthy, and they had a good foundation in martial arts. And what makes Li Jing even more vigilant is that the family leaders of these Xiao family children are all stubble who have experienced life and death. Their eyes were sharp, their bodies were steady, and as soon as they stood there, a bloody aura naturally gushed out of their bodies. These people are hard stubble. It is estimated that they are all elites selected from the army and caravans.

The official number of soldiers in Shamen Town was only 300, and the ten sons of the Xiao family brought nearly 600 families. If it weren't for Li Jing's desperate expansion several times. There are not as many people who can't figure him out as there are these Xiao disciples. The Xiao family's ambitions for Shamen Town are clearly revealed. Even if they may not have the ambition to seize power and seize the island now, they do have the idea of planting people.

Li Jing originally planned to be tougher and leave only the ten Xiao family disciples, but their family members were sent back. However, Old Madam Xiao took the initiative to find him, and first said that the children of the Xiao family are all squirrel, like pomp and circumstance, and so on. Then the topic changed and suggested that the island was not safe, and that there were pirates who attacked not long ago, and the town of Salmon was almost unsafe. So I begged Li Jing to let them keep their respective teams.

Of course, as compensation, the Xiao family is willing to waive Li Jing's arrears. In addition, he is also willing to provide Li Jing with a loan of 200,000 yuan, which is also a three-year loan time, and the principal and interest will be repaid together after maturity but 500,000 yuan. Moreover, she also made a special statement that the children of the Xiao family are in Shamen Town, and everything will be done in accordance with the rules of the army, and they are also responsible for their own equipment and food. Even the bereavement allowance for the war dead and wounded and even the rewards for the battle are not the responsibility of Shamen Town.

Mrs. Xiao's words revealed that the Xiao family just wanted to borrow Li Jing's territory, and Li Jing would help train a sophisticated escort team and hone the meaning of the younger generation of the family. This proposal made Li Jing a little moved, and now he is short of money, and he is also short of people. Faced with the siege of Feng Zhang and Wang Jin, and the new city has not yet been repaired, he always has a sense of insecurity.

The Xiao family is the number one scholar clan in the south of the Yangtze River, and cooperating with them inevitably has some meaning of seeking skin with the tiger and taking millet from the fire. The Xiao family's money was not easy to take, but after thinking about it several times, Li Jing still agreed to Mrs. Xiao's proposal. All because of the 4,000 men and horses in Li Jing's hands now. With this new army in hand, Li Jing didn't believe that on this small island, these hundreds of people from the Xiao family could still make flowers.

The Xiao family's men and horses settled on the island, but Mrs. Xiao had no intention of leaving, and there were thousands of Xiao family horses on the island at once, and Li Jing looked forward to his soldiers and horses being armed as soon as possible. At this time, a thousand sets of equipment were missing.

For a moment, Li Jing also wondered in his heart whether this batch of weapons was made by Song Wen and didn't want to give it to himself. However, he thought about it in his heart, and he couldn't understand why Song Wen did this. Compared with Song Wen's suspicion, Wang Jin is obviously more suspicious. The ship disappeared within the power of Wang Jin's sailors, and the relationship between him and Wang Jin was well known. Although a non-aggression pact has just been reached between the two. But it was just a few verbal agreements, and there was not even evidence in black and white.

"General, don't think about it, this must be a good thing done by Wang Jin, let's order all the people and horses now and go to Dengzhou Water City. simply chopped Wang Jin with a knife, and it was a hundred. Li Shugen, the head of the right wing of the war barracks, said loudly, almost lifting his knife and leaving.

"Don't be impulsive!" Li Jing stopped Li Shugen, this matter was very obvious on the surface, and everything pointed to Wang Jin. But the more this is the case, the more Li Jing feels that there is something wrong with this matter. Wang Jin had just reached an agreement with himself, and it could be regarded as a compromise with himself. Now that even half a month has passed, how could Wang Jin suddenly make such a move. Even if he really did it, why did he make it so obvious?

"Who benefits, who suspects!" Li Jing tapped lightly on the table, "You say, if this batch of weapons is robbed, according to the development of the situation, who will benefit the most?" ”

Zhang Hong stroked his goatee and pinched his teeth, with a heartbroken look on his face. The disappearance of a thousand weapons for which a huge sum of money has been paid is like the abduction of his daughter. "Based on the current situation, if we follow the existing suspicions, we will conclude that Wang Jin is the one who intercepted our weapons. Then we can't react twice, either we fall out with Wang Jin and fight with Wang Jin. Or, we forbear for the time being, but find another opportunity to retaliate, a tooth for a tooth, a blood for a blood. But no matter what kind of reaction, even if the non-aggression agreement we have reached with Wang Jin is shattered, the two of us will have to fall into an open and secret war, and we will not stop fighting. ”

"We and Wang Jin will never die, who will benefit from it?"

"Song Wen!" Wang Zhong said.

"Feng Zhang!" Lin Wei also put forward his own views.

Li Jing suddenly remembered Li Wei, since Gongsun Lan suspected that Li Wei was an ambitious guy, could he have done this? He snatched these weapons and kept them for himself to prepare for rebellion in the future, and he was able to make the relationship between himself and Wang Jin tense again, and even fight directly. If he and Wang Jin fight, then this move may even lead to the overall situation, and finally drag Song Wei and Wang Jingwu into troubled waters. In this way, can Li Xiao break the situation in Ziqing Town and profit from the chaos?

Song Wen, Feng Zhang, Li Xiao, all three of them are suspicious, but none of the three seem to be possible. Li Jing was confused for a while.

But the more this is the case, the more Li Jing smells an aura of conspiracy. His instincts told him that someone in front of him seemed to have dug a pit waiting for him to jump down. He is trying his best to restrain himself, he can't mess up, he can't mess up. If you mess up, you may really fall for the enemy's conspiracy.

What should I do? Plan before you act.

Li Jing's heart suddenly brightened, the situation was unclear, and he did not move. What he needs most now is to figure out the situation, find out who intercepted his goods, take them back first, and then try to deal with the enemy in the shadows.

"Zijun, Xuancheng." Li Jing called the two generals of the reconnaissance capital, "You immediately spread your manpower and secretly inquire about the news of Da Xie Yan and Dengzhou Water City and Dengzhou City, and find a way to find out where the missing cargo ship is and where our cargo is!" ”

"Yes." The two of them shouted their orders.

Wang Zhong asked, "Then what should we do now?" ”

"Wait!" Li Jing spat out a single word, "No one is allowed to move without my order." Everyone went back to their respective countries and seized the time to train the soldiers and horses. The situation is becoming more and more unstable, and we can only stand tall if we train an elite army as soon as possible! ”

At the end of the meeting, the meeting will be dispersed. After Li Jing and the other generals left, he returned to the house and changed into an ordinary silk robe, put on a stiff-legged head, walked to the back, and called Wang Shi, "Go and ask a few brothers to change into ordinary clothes, and let's go to Phoenix Street." ”

Phoenix Street is Heavenly Street, and Li Jing felt that the name of Heavenly Street was a bit taboo, so he ordered it to be changed to Phoenix Street. Wang Shi didn't ask the reason, nodded very conscientiously, beckoned a team of family members to change into ordinary civilian clothes, and drove a carriage straight to Phoenix Street. (To be continued.) )