"Low sail, everyone in the boat stood up, put down their weapons, and the official inspected!"

On the small boat in Taiyuan Prefecture, a middle-aged man who was obviously a troupe in the yamen stood at the bow of the boat and shouted loudly at the salt boat of Fang Jingnan and others.

Fang Jingnan listened to the same words twice, and both times they were from the regular officials of the court, except that one was in charge of the river and the other was in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Facing the inspection, a group of soldiers from border towns and bloody men who defended their country.

Fang Jingnan asked Li Shui, the boss of the boat next to him with a chuckle, "Have you ever encountered such a thing in the past few years of sailing?"

Li Shui looked at the two men in front of him with amused, "The previous month, I had brought salt from the salt farm to Taiyuan Prefecture, and it was not like this at that time. As long as I paid the passerby, the people in charge of the river would not come to cause trouble."

Seeing that the Taiyuan Mansion ship was approaching, Huang Zhi bowed to Fang Jingnan and said, "There is no need to worry about the ships that have been inspected by my river channel, the government office has no right to inspect!"

As he said that, he took his two subordinates back to his boat. Fang Jingnan was at a high position. Looking up, the group of officers in charge of the river actually lit the fuses on the bird guns, and dozens of guns rushed straight to the people.

"Uh, it won't really start a fight, right?" Fang Jingnan felt funny.

The river channel is in conflict with Taiyuan Prefecture!

There are many and large boats in the river, but there are hundreds of groups of people in Taiyuan Prefecture who are training by the river.

Fang Jingnan felt that those who manage the river should win the battle. After all, this is a matter on the river surface. They should be responsible for it, and they have many ships.

Unexpectedly, in the shore team, a man wearing the costumes of a staff member suddenly shouted loudly: "Go!"

Hundreds of regiments rushed into the water and rowed the hand-rowing boat that rushed towards the river channel with their hands. The officers on the boat were holding bird guns with a fire rope in their hands, but they did not dare to fire.

No one ordered them to launch either!

Huang Zhi couldn't help but glance at the Cangshan boat. The chief officer of the Flood Control Department was on this hundred-material warship.

"Everyone poked them with oars, poked them down." Seeing that the chief officer did not give the order to shoot, Huang Zhi asked the people on the boat to push the militia with oars.

But there were too many people coming, dozens of people squeezed into a small boat. In a short while, people climbed onto the small boat one after another, and even one of them was overturned too hard.

More than a dozen boats crossed the river and blocked the Fen River.

bump!

A thick smoke floated, and a fire lit up on the Cangshan boat. It shot at the mountains and forests next to it. The lead bomb flew over dozens of steps and hit the ground hard and bounced up again, breaking a big tree.

The cannon is indeed bluffing!

Everyone became quiet, and at this time, many regiments had already climbed onto the oars that were in charge of the river, and both sides stood in front of each other on both sides of the boat.

The staff member on the shore was not afraid, and said with a smile: "The cannon hits mosquitoes, and the flood prevention master is really amazing!"

"Hmph!" A cold snorted sounded on the Cangshan boat.

"I'm in charge of river supervision and ship navigation. What's wrong with your government office?"

The staff laughed and said, "Who can tell me if you are in charge of rivers and blocking ships? But recently, bandits in the mansion have been rampant. Our Qingyuan County Tuanjian was ordered by the government to clear out the bandits. We also have the right to supervise the ships. Why do you stop me?"

"Don't use any mansion to scare people. Isn't it just a bad idea for Feng Jingshu and Feng Tongzhidong? Besides, if you don't go to the mountains to suppress the bandits, you can run up the river to join in the fun."

The master did not deny that these were all assigned by Feng Jingshu, and sneered: "How can you, a flood prevention department, understand the strategy of the county in the prefecture set by Feng Tongzhi? If the bandits in other counties are defeated, flee to other places, and finally gather and become bandits, can you afford the responsibility?"

"Don't be sensational in this situation, let alone if we see bandits in the river, we will let them pass? Why do you need to interfere with each other and waste manpower?"

The master laughed and said, "Oh, why did I hear that as long as I pay enough passers-by, anyone can let go of the river."

"No, I'm talking nonsense. You are the master sent by the mansion to give you three points. I really think my cannon is a decoration!"

...

The two of them confronted each other constantly. Fang Jingnan listened carefully, but he thought a lot.

Normally, Taiyuan Government Office and Guanhedao are in a power dispute. The customs clearance benefits that passers-by merchant ships can give are limited. In the past, one by one, one by one, but now two by two, so those who manage the river are naturally unwilling to do so.

The governor of Shanxi, Wu Sai, was removed from office. The court has not yet appointed a new governor, and the governor is vacant. The land of the three prefectures in Shanxi is currently dominated by the prefectures. The people in charge of the river are third-rank Taoists, and the struggle between the two sides for power and profit is also a matter of responsibility.

but……

Fang Jingnan thought of the bandits in the Shizhai he set up with the Five Elements Banners in Daizhou.

Fang Jingnan knew that the bandits in these counties were actually secretly supported by Tongzhi of Taiyuan Prefecture. Fang Jingnan was not clear about his ultimate goal. He was not familiar with the official system of the Ming Dynasty and did not know what rights a Tongzhi of the Mansion had.

Fang Jingnan had been trying to ask Wen Chaoyi for some reason, but for some reason, she failed every time.

When you go back this time, you must ask Wen Chaoyi for a clear question.

There will be more than 3,000 people from the Zhang family who will be moved here. If this is the case on the river surface at that time, it will be a bit troublesome.

Just as Fang Jingnan thought about it, the two sides did not reach an agreement, nor could they reach an agreement at all.

Seeing that the small boat from Taiyuan Government Office leaned towards Fang Jingnan's four salt ships regardless of the obstruction of the river.

Fang Jingnan suddenly thought that Zhang Zhenling and Zhang Zhenzhu and others on the boat behind had no way to guide them. Tian E opened a document on the relocation of the clan, and did not issue one for everyone.

Although Fang Jingnan is not afraid, he has not been so serious about investigating this thing these days, but there are still 8,000 taels of silver on the ship, so it is inevitable that others will use this as an example.

It's trouble anyway!

He lowered his eyebrows lightly, Fang Jingnan gave Li Shui a few instructions, and Li Shui's eyes lit up and he laughed, "Okay!"

Following the flag slogan on the ship, Fang Jingnan turned his head and was shocked, shouting: "We are the chief Fang Jingnan, the chief Mawu of Huairen City, and the order of the guardian of the Dao. We have important matters. We have been inspected by the river channel and set sail!"

After saying that, Fang Jingnan waved his hand and said, "Drive the boat!"

The Baili Salt Ship was five feet long. With a rush, he raised his sail and rushed forward. The three salt ships behind him also followed closely.

The rising waves slapped straight at the boats on both sides. Hearing Fang Jingnan's words, the boats in charge of the river all supported poles to avoid them. However, the two small boats in the government office were obviously not at a high level and could not react at all. One of them was knocked away and turned around the river for several times before stopping.

"Beautiful!" A sound of praise sounded from the Cangshan warship.

When he was sailing past the Cangshan warship, Fang Jingnan looked upwards and saw a tall and thin middle-aged man smiling at this side.

Fang Jingnan also smiled back, but thought in her heart that this person is the courageless flood prevention officer!

The fleet walked with the wind, lined up and rushed forward, leaving everyone behind in the blink of an eye.

Fang Jingnan turned around and looked at it gently, "You want to argue and block the river, just stop the one behind you. Uncle, I'm going home!"

*

After the Fen River goes north and crosses Taiyuan City, the river turns west and goes up until Ningwu County is its source.

Fang Jingnan's fleet crossed Taiyuan City and drove away from the Fen River, entered the Yushui River, passed through the Yushui River, then entered the Hutuo River, and arrived at Bokou, Dong County, Daizhou.

The whole journey took twelve days, three days faster than riding a horse and seventeen days faster than walking.

Most importantly, comfortable!

After the salt ship stopped, Fang Jingnan asked everyone to get off the boat and rest at the dock by the river. Xingfeng sent Jiang Li back to the city to inform the others. After having subordinates, Xingfeng usually doesn't have to do the errand running work.

Fang Jingnan walked to Li Shui and invited, "Uncle Li worked hard all the way, so why not park the boat here and go to Dong County with me for a rest!"

Li Shui smiled and said, "Thank you, always kindness, there is no need to rest. In the past, I spent most of the year floating on the sea. This little fatigue is nothing."

Fang Jingnan said in surprise: "Uncle Li still went out of the sea?"

This may be something he was proud of in his life. Li Shui seemed to be trapped in memory and grinned: "I have been watery since I was a child. At that time, I always felt that the Yellow River and the Yangtze River were no longer an obstacle to me. Only the sea can be regarded as my challenge. Alas, I didn't expect that running around the sea was relying on watery at all."

"Oh," Fang Jingnanqi said: "What's the point?"

Li Shui laughed embarrassedly and said, "The astrological viewing diagram of pulling ropes and climbing poles is really not important whether it will be paddling."

Fang Jingnan laughed when she heard this, and she felt even more unwilling to let him go back like this. She would have to do more things and be close.

With his eyes rolling, Fang Jingnan said, "Uncle Li brought us here. If we return with empty ships, it would not be a loss. It would be better to go to Gan County to find some suitable goods and take them back, which can be considered as filling."

What can an empty city in Dong County have?

This is not important. The key is to fool Li Shui first and entertain him well. Such people will never be wrong to establish a good relationship.

Who do you want to eat with?

Li Shuiying said: "There are some fur, ginseng and other products in Dong County. I was planning to bring some in Taiyuan Prefecture when I returned. If there are also Dong County, it would be better."

Fang Jingnan laughed and said, "Most half of the shops in Dong County are mine, so you can choose whatever you want!"

Li Shui was stunned. Unexpectedly, Fang Jingnan was rich and powerful, and she couldn't buy half of the shops even if she had money.

The two chatted for a while, and then called the bows of the other three boats and asked them to go back first. The salt ship with a hundred materials can carry two hundred stones, and fur and ginseng are all rare and expensive items, and the capacity of one boat is completely enough.

After a while, the slogans came from afar!

One, one, one, one, two, three, four...

A group of young and strong men, wearing uniform linen leather jackets, came trotting, but the head of the General Banner Li Gunian, director of the Health Department of the Security Organization.

"Stand firm!"

"Salute!" Li Gunian shouted.

Everyone clenched their fists in their right hand and hit the chest: "Hello, sir!"

Fang Jingnan replied with a greeting, "Brothers, thank you for your hard work!"

Immediately afterwards, Ma San, Ma Si, and Cheng Beisheng arrived one after another and came to salute. Later, Wu Shuijing, the chief escort of Zhenbei Escort Agency, brought Jiang Ming and Jiang Zhongyu and other men of the Five Elements Banners to salute.

Finally, Zhao Er from the baggage team followed him closely with Dianbo Helanxun, the Dianbo of Dongxian who wanted to resign from his post early in the morning.

"Boss, I miss you so much!"
To be continued...