Nanming Engineer

Chapter 45
In Jiangnan in May, the sky was bright very early, and when the time was still at the beginning of the hour, there was already a white belly in the water antenna on the horizon. With this faint morning light, the people on Mudun Island were full of voices, and countless people were on the scene. Busily running around, the pirates in black clothes were like ants moving house, changing the gold and silver utensils hidden in the silver box in the cave into sacks for shipment, and then loading them into small boats, filling one, and starting Take a boat, row to the lake, and disappear in the morning mist.

"Is this safe? That's money. It's hard to come by. It would be a pity to lose it." Li Tingyu stood on the shore frowning and looked at this scene with a bitter face, his voice asked tremblingly.

"Lord Li, don't worry, these people are brothers who have been with me for many years. They will do things safely and there will be no mistakes." Standing beside him, Zu Bian replied confidently: "Wang Shenshi told me that they will take the boat We rowed to another hidden place by the lake, melted the gold and silver in a large furnace, and turned them into gold and silver ingots, which will be kept by Master Ma Quan and my eldest brother. When the wind blows, we can take it out and spend it."

The corners of Li Tingyu's mouth twitched, and his heart ached even more. If such a large amount of treasure was transported back to Sichuan, he would not know how much it would benefit the people and how many soldiers and horses he would raise. Wang Huan, a prodigal son, would throw it all away without even frowning. Is it really worth it here?
But since he knew that what Wang Huan said was right, taking these gold and silver on the road was like putting a death talisman on himself, and it was impossible to return to SC alive. If Ma Quan wanted to stay here, he couldn't do without this windfall, so his heartache was his heartache. Li Tingyu knew what to do.

"Hey, I've never seen so much money in my life, and I haven't warmed my hands. It's over." Li Tingyu muttered regretfully, watching the boats passing by, and sighed helplessly.

"Ah? My lord, what did you say?" Zu Bian didn't hear clearly, thought Li Tingyu was talking to him, and asked quickly.

"It's nothing, are you ready for what Wang Senshi told you to prepare?" Li Tingyu said angrily.

Zu Bian hurriedly said: "The preparations have already been made. The twenty tank boats have been fully loaded and covered with tarpaulins. As soon as we leave, the original boatmen will drive the boats northward. Our people are watching on the boats. Those boatmen dare not Run around."

Li Tingyu nodded: "We will leave immediately after the silver box is moved. We have been staying on Mudun Island for two days. If we don't leave, Qing Gou may find this place at any time. Go ahead and urge the kids to speed up their actions. , the move must be completed before Chenshi."

Zu Bian agreed, and walked away, shouting and urging him.

The transportation of more than 1000 people was very effective. Before the time limited by Li Tingyu, hundreds of huge silver boxes, large and small, piled up in the cave were emptied, and all the belongings were scattered on countless small boats. They disappeared on the lake again and again, leaving only empty wooden boxes scattered on the ground in the huge cave.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Wang Huan wiped the sweat from his head, let out a long breath, and said solemnly to Ma Quan: "Master Ma, the future depends on you. The soldiers left by Master Li are only 100 people. There are very few people, and you are under a lot of pressure."

Ma Quan's face was also covered with beads of sweat, and he replied calmly: "Don't worry about the counselor, the ancestors have given him trustworthiness, with him here to control the scene, the bid will definitely live up to the entrustment of the adults and the council, in this Nanzhi The land that belongs to the heart, manages a climate, and lays the foundation for the adults to go south and east in the future!"

After a pause, Ma Quan laughed again: "No matter how bad it is, at least I can rely on the two million taels of gold and silver left by the council, backed by the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, trade from north to south, and become a wealthy man who is incomparably rich. Make the next big cornucopia, just like how Shen Wansan funded Ming Taizu back then, and subsidized military expenses for the army."

Wang Huan also smiled slightly after hearing this. He knew very well that Ma Quan had this ability. From his ability as a quartermaster to make the five hundred soldiers survive for more than ten days after cutting off the army's food supply, he knew that this person was a capable person. A person who is good at calculation and quick thinking. In addition to fighting, such a talent is definitely a good hand in business.

"However, Master Ma, staying here is not as easy as it says in the words. The Manchu people are not so easy to deceive. You must gain their trust and secretly protect Zu Tianci's activities. You must be careful everywhere. Everything must be done with the utmost importance of self-preservation, if there is nothing to be done, you must leave in time, don't care about the money, keep it useful, it is better than anything else, remember it!" Wang Huan thought for a while, and carefully Instructed carefully.

"Don't worry, counselor. Before joining the army, Ma Quan also did business and traveled thousands of miles, so he won't worry about his priorities." Ma Quan knew that Wang Huan's exhortations really cared about him, and he was grateful in his heart. He quickly responded with a slight bow. In his eyes, the Wang Huan in front of him was no longer a young monk, he had long been regarded as a real military adviser, and he was very respected in his heart.

At this time, a soldier came over, holding a set of clothes in his hand. Ma Quan saw it, looked at the sky outside, and said quickly: "Counsellor, it's daybreak, these things have been moved, and the boat outside is ready. Okay, we can set off at any time. Master Li and the others have already changed into casual clothes. Shouldn’t you also change into your monk’s robes?”

At this moment, Wang Huan was still wearing the tattered monk's robes he had worn in Yangzhou, and they were dusty and dirty, so after Ma Quanyi said, he immediately took them off and put on new clothes.

After changing clothes, the two walked out of the cave and came to the pier on the island. Li Tingyu and others had already been waiting here, and four hundred white soldiers were also lined up beside them. Dozens of large boats were parked by the lake. Low, it seems to be loaded with a lot of goods, which are tightly wrapped by thatch.

Li Tingyu was wearing a cotton gown, a cloth towel on his head, and thousands of miles of boots with thousand-ply soles. A piece of inferior jade pendant that was not green or white was hanging around his waist. He was dressed as a standard weather-beaten small businessman. The same attire, while the other sergeants are all wearing bunts, some are dressed as sailors, some are dressed as Lifu, and some are holding spears and long sticks, and they are all dressed as countrymen. They all changed their clothes.Even young monks like Chen Ergou and Xu Goudan put on a set of linen clothes with bald heads and mixed in the crowd.

Wang Huan looked at himself, then at the others, and couldn't help but annoyed, "Who prepared these clothes for me? Why are they different from theirs?"

Ma Quan hurriedly said: "It was prepared by Biao Xia. Because the councilor is not tall, there are only a few sets of suitable linen clothes, and they are all worn by the young monks who are with the council. This is the only set left. Biao Xia thinks, anyway. The councilor has an outstanding literary talent, and this suit fits perfectly, so I put it on for the councilor."

Wang Huan opened his mouth helplessly, wanting Ma Quan to find another set. After thinking for a while, he closed his mouth again, shook his head, and had no choice but to flick the cross-collar gown he was wearing, and walked towards the pier.

Li Tingyu and the others were talking, but at first they didn't notice Wang Huan coming. When he got closer, he suddenly noticed a man dressed differently from an ordinary businessman and servant like himself. Wang Huan.

Everyone's eyes were attracted, it was indeed very eye-catching, a character dressed as a scholar and scribe could not fail to be eye-catching among a group of merchants.

But this talent is still bald.

(End of this chapter)