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Chapter 558 Taihu Water Bandits

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    Yaojiayan is a dangerous place on the embankment.

    Under the guidance of Pan Jixun, the peasants spent half a day and finally blocked the gap.

    But the fun is yet to come.

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

    Hundreds of shirtless men all looked at Pan Zhongcheng, waiting for his order.

    Pan Jixun, however, only stared at the changes in the water flow. When a fierce wave of river tide passed, Fang made a quick decision: "Get off from here!"

    The men then lifted up the beams and slowly lowered the ends of the bamboo baskets against the embankment.

    The raging tide swept across the rafters and rushed downstream, even the baskets of stones could not hold them down.

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

    A dozen strong men clung to the cables, their muscles all tangled, tightly restraining the beams that were about to escape.

    Finally, the beam plunged into the water.

    "Tamp it!" Pan Jixun shouted again.

    The peasants immediately came forward carrying the tamping stones. The rammers and tampers shouted chants and drove the wooden beams into the river bottom section by section.  Until no more cents can be scored.

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

    The men followed the same method and went down four more wooden beams according to the positions indicated by Pan Jixun.

    Then, pairs of stone baskets tied together were dropped through the wooden beams into the water.

    Five groups of wooden beams are to be strung together like candied haws.  Based on these five groups, proceed to four groups.

    In this way, twenty wooden beams and hundreds of baskets of bricks and stones were all sent down layer by layer, and finally tied tightly with cables.

    On the embankment, a huge triangular prism protruded.

    Strange to say, as soon as the triangular prism appeared, the water force concentrated on the gap was significantly weakened

    The men cheered happily.

    Zhao Shouzheng, Master Bai and Gu Dadong hurriedly presented rainbow farts to Pan Zhongcheng.

    Pan Jixun remained unmoved, obviously he had everything under control.

    "Go to Sanjiangkou and have a look" After saying that, he turned around and went down to the river embankment.

    ??~~

    Wuxi, Huajia Zhuoying Pavilion.

    Zhao Hao didn¡¯t know that Pan Jixun had already arrived in Kunshan and was still worried.

    It only took him a meal to reach an agreement with Hua Boxhen. The Hua family exchanged 300,000 shares of Jiangnan Company stock for 150,000 taels of silver and 80,000 shi of grain.

    Like the two Wang families, Hua Boxhen also did not ask Zhao Hao, what does Jiangnan Company do? Is it making money?

    For the Hua family, whose family has accumulated tens of millions of taels of silver and is unwilling to buy any more land, this is really a very simple decision.

    Is there anyone in the world who is better at making money than Mr. Zhao?

    there is none left.

    How could you lose money if you invest hundreds of thousands of taels in him?

    What¡¯s more, what if you lose money?  Sprinkle some water

    After signing and stamping, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

    At this time, the rain outside was a little light, so Hua Boxhen invited Zhao Hao to attend his family's guild hall.

    Anyway, we have to leave tomorrow, so Zhao Hao readily agreed.  He had long heard that the Huitong Guan, a private bookshop of the Hua family, was unparalleled in the world in its copper movable type printing. Not only were the calligraphy and engravings extremely exquisite, but the speed of publication was unmatched by ordinary engravings.

    He also purchased a bookstore in Nanjing, but the speed of engraving the pages page by page was extremely slow, which seriously slowed down Mr. Zhao's pace of publishing books.  Of course I would love to have the opportunity to learn from industry leaders.

    Who would have thought that before he walked out of Zhuoying Pavilion, he saw Gao Wu pointing at the end of the corridor.

    Zhao Hao took a look and saw Ma Xianglan standing there.

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

    ¡®It¡¯s not like dad was really washed away, right?  ¡¯ Mr. Zhao felt his mouth was dry for a while, so he hurriedly apologized to Hua Bozhen and walked quickly towards Ma Xianglan.

    "What's the matter?" Mr. Zhao's voice was trembling.

    "It's not Master." Sure enough, the person who understands Mr. Zhao best in the world is Secretary Ma.

    "That's good." Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as his father is fine.

    "Something happened to Miss Jiang" Ma Xianglan said again.

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

    "Wu Ji's ship transporting grain to us was hijacked." Ma Xianglan said again.

    ??"What?" Zhao Hao opened his mouth in surprise.  "Being robbed? Who dares to rob Wu Ji's ship?"

    What does Wu Ji do?  They were big merchants who opened banks and ran shipping companies.  He is rich, well-connected, and has an official background. How can he dare to provoke ordinary gangsters?

    "I heard they were a group of Taihu water bandits." Ma Xianglanhui reported: "They even detained the people and the boat, and only asked a steward to come back and demand ransom."

    "Miss Jiang is also on the boat?" Zhao Hao asked with a frown.

    "Yes." Ma Xianglan nodded, her pretty face full of worry and said: "It happened yesterday, it's been a day. Miss Jiang, will she be okay?"

    "I'm sure everything will be fine." Zhao Hao comforted Ma Xianglan, who was losing her beauty, and said:

    "Where is Taihu Lake? There are no water bandits who can fool around in Taihu Lake but they don't know the depth and depth of things. Wu Ji is one of the biggest business houses in Jiangnan. If you go too far, they will incur crazy revenge!"

    "That's good, that's good" Secretary Ma was filled with self-blame. She felt that Jiang Xueying would not have come to Zhao Hao if she hadn't instigated him.  Naturally, this will not happen.

    "Hurry up and inform everyone to prepare for departure." Zhao Hao ordered in a deep voice, then turned around to explain the situation to Hua Boxhen.

    Wuxi is close to Taihu Lake. With the power of the Hua family, they must know the situation in the lake better than him.

    After listening to Zhao Hao¡¯s speech, Hua Boxhen also showed a bewildered expression and said: "Isn¡¯t it possible? They dare to touch Wu Ji?"

    Zhao Hao was moved when he heard this. Brother Hua really knew the inside story.

    He bowed deeply and said: "It doesn't matter how many ships of food there are, but having mesister on the ship is really worrying. Please give me some advice from Brother Hua."

    "My dear brother, don't worry, I will send someone to inquire." Hua Boxhen asked the old housekeeper Hua An to be called, and said in a deep voice:

    "Hurry up and take someone to inquire and find out which of the ignorant people did it!"

    As he spoke, he raised his brows and said in a domineering manner: "No matter which bastard reaches out randomly. If someone sends a message to him, he must be released immediately, otherwise he will be an enemy of my Hua family!"

    "Yes." The old housekeeper hurriedly took the order and left.

    "You should also send someone to send the letter back quickly." Zhao Hao also whispered to Gao Wu: "Brother Jin, please be prepared and be on standby at any time."

    Gao Gong nodded and followed the order.

    Then Hua Boxhen whispered to Zhao Hao: "Brother, don't worry, it's not the same as it was a few years ago. Although Taihu Lake is still the same Taihu Lake, there are gunners in each county. In the past, there were generals guarding Taihu Lake in order to prevent the Japanese.  Those water bandits who didn't understand the rules have been wiped out. The rest are obedient"

    After a pause, he said with a little embarrassment: "I just don't listen to my family."

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