On the early morning of the sixth day of November, the team arrived in Cangzhou smoothly.

A piece of open land was rented near the wharf and camped, asking Ergou and Wang Anshan to take people to receive the food they purchased before, including the big heads given by Chen Tingyang. Xu Changqing took Li Youwei, Wu Sanmei, Gu Hengbo, and a few girls from Kou Baimen, and wandered around the wharf with great interest.

Cangzhou has been a hometown of martial arts since ancient times, with strong people, especially in the late Qing Dynasty and Republic of China, it reached a peak, and many great masters emerged, including those familiar masters.

In later generations, Xu Changqing had passed by Cangzhou countless times, but he never had time to get out of the car and come here to take a look and take a look.

With this opportunity at this time, Xu Changqing certainly would not let it go.

It should be noted that the quality of the military source in Cangzhou is very good. Xu Changqing, the general general of Shandong Left Association, can choose one or several small bays as supply points in Cangzhou, and naturally he can also recruit soldiers from Cangzhou.

Xu Changqing also wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the people's livelihood in Cangzhou.

However, after just a short walk, Xu Changqing and a few girls were in a bad mood.

There are ragged people everywhere on the pier, beggars can be seen everywhere, and it happens from time to time when selling children and daughters.

In addition to the labor workers working on the dock, including some officially controlled areas, the order is pretty good. In other places, there are mixed men everywhere, and they try to exploit those vendors who do small businesses, and fights happen every time.

Whether it is the patrol of the yamen or the garrison of the dock, it seems that this has long been commonplace and ignores it at all.

Xu Changqing originally wanted to take the girls to taste local snacks, but in this state, he had to give up.

Even if Xu Changqing could clear a small stall, it would be impossible to invite all stalls.

You can't eat breakfast here, but you can see someone else being beaten with feces and urine not far away, right? Xu Changqing doesn't have this kind of habit.

"Xu Lang, there is nothing to visit here, let's go back."

Li Youwei was the first to speak out at this time.

Xu Changqing also forgot when the girl's name changed from now on, but she felt pretty good.

Wu Sanmei lost the intention to compete with Li Youwei at this time and whispered: "Brother Xu, I'm a little tired too."

Gu Hengbo and Kou Baimen also looked at Xu Changqing with a gaze, and they didn't like it either.

Xu Changqing nodded and called the girls to leave, but his brows frowned.

Cangzhou is not a poor place.

It’s not like the grain and rice warehouse, but the land quality should be pretty good. On the boat these days, Xu Changqing has been observing the fields on both sides of the canal.

But at this time, Cangzhou, which is so close to the capital, looks like this. It is conceivable that those places with high sky and far away emperors and even worse conditions are in the worst.

When she returned to the camp and asked the girls to rest, She Yidao went to prepare breakfast, and Xu Changqing couldn't help but sigh deeply.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has either drought or disasters, and there has been almost no day of peace.

However, the imperial court has poor control and the local area is complicated, so it is not surprising that some monsters are rampant.

At this time, even though Xu Changqing fought hard to win the Battle of Songjin, the scene of the end of the world was still a bit unstoppable...

Just after breakfast, Ergou, Wang Anshan and the others came back.

However, even though there are seven or eight thousand people in Xu Changqing's camp, the staff is still a bit insufficient.

The main reason is that Chen Tingyang is so real. The food he sent alone was 1,200 large trucks, and the ones Xu Changqing bought were nearly 2,000 large trucks.

The strong labor among the craftsmen is still too thin. It is a little bit difficult to push only the chicken buses in their families, so it is impossible to use human hands to push these heavier grain trucks.

Xu Changqing thought for a while and was about to hire some labor from Cangzhou, which could be considered as finding a way out for these poor ordinary people. Ergou quickly came over and whispered: "Shuai Ye, when we just went to pick up the food, we heard... not good news?"

"oh?"

Xu Changqing frowned slightly, "Tell me."

Ergou hurriedly whispered: "Shuai Ye, I don't know who released the news, saying that our team had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at this time. I heard that the horse thieves and bandits on the ground around the ground were very active these days.

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We're on our eyes."

Xu Changqing nodded slowly, his brows frowned even tighter.

When chatting with Chen Tingyang a few days ago, Chen Tingyang also emphasized this matter. Nowadays, there is no real peace.

Especially in the plain mountainous areas where Nanzhili and Shandong intersect, there are many old horse thieves, many of which are the remnants left by Kong Youde's troops after the "Wuqiao Mutiny".

These people, Chen Tingyang, couldn't speak, and stole his goods several times.

In the end, Chen Tingyang could only pinch his nose and admit defeat, treating it as a headless case.

Xu Changqing really didn't care much about this before. He even killed Huang Taiji, so he was afraid of a few less powerful horse bandits?

However, based on the situation in Cangzhou and the news from Ergou, Xu Changqing could not be careless!

The warehouse is full and the etiquette is known.

If this person is crazy about poverty, there is really nothing they dare not do.

"Ergou, please keep an eye on this matter carefully! You can spend some money and buy more local people, and strive to determine more accurate information!"

"yes!"

When Ergou left, Xu Changqing asked someone to get paper and pen and write a letter to his mother, Yang, asking them to come to Cangzhou at a speed.

After thinking about it, Xu Changqing wrote another letter to Wu Xiang, the old Taishan, informing him of the situation and asking him to send some servants to help.

At this time, although Xu Changqing's reputation was so powerful that the Ming Dynasty, there were very few soldiers who could actually use it, and most of the bones and blood were protecting the Yang family and his group in the capital.

This is also the key reason why Xu Changqing refused Xu Shengyuan's three thousand people to accompany him.

If things cannot be controlled and you rashly absorb the people of the Xu family, then if something happens later, it will not be fun.

And such things are definitely not suitable for spreading.

Xu Changqing is the chief of Zhongyi, the general of Shandong Left Association, and the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty. Could he be frightened by the bandits?

However, even if the bandits are hateful, the more hateful one is the person who released the news!

really.

When a literati kills people, he never uses a knife!

...

November 7th.

Xu Changqing released news early in the morning in Cangzhou that he hired 4,000 strong men in Cangzhou at a super high price and a monthly silver price of 1,000 taels and 500 yuan to promote nearly 2,000 grain trucks.

This immediately caused a sensation in Cangzhou City.

It should be noted that at this time, the monthly salary of the Guanning Army soldiers was only one or four.

Ergou and Wang Anshan also took the opportunity to go deeper and find opportunities.

...

November 9th.

The number 4,000 civil servants have basically hired them all. Although the main force of the Yang family has not arrived yet, the more than 200 pioneers led by Zhao Qiliang and more than 100 slaves from the Wu family have arrived.

The leader of the Wu family is Wu Sanfu!

The news from Xu Changqing made Wu Sanfu, who had been suppressed and almost suffocated, feel energetic and come back to life all at once.

Although the more than 100 family slaves he brought were already in their thirties and forties, or even forties or fifties, many of them were still disabled, they were all veterans of the Wu family, and the bones and blood in their bones and blood. Their nephews were basically the pillars of Guanning’s main force at this time!

Moreover, they also brought thirty turtledove guns and more than forty bird guns, which greatly enhanced Xu Changqing's weak firepower.

And just as Xu Changqing was accompanying Wu Sanfu for lunch, Ergou and Wang Anshan received important information!

This news was first reported by a man named Ma Yaozi.

This Ma Jiazi is not an old evil bandit, but a "newcomer".

This guy has only emerged for a few years and has been active in the plain mountainous area on the junction of Nanzhili and Shandong. He has five or six hundred people and hundreds of horses under his command, and his strength is very strong.

Ergou and Wang Anshan just caught a Ma Yaozi alive in Cangzhou and received deeper news!

"Shuai Ye, although this Ma Jiazi has only become famous in recent years, he is cruel and extremely vicious. Behind him, there is a man nicknamed "Ghost King".

This Ghost King is said to be the leader of General Qian under Kong Youde's command. He has been rooted in Nanzhili and Shandong for more than ten years. When he was the most powerful, he once captured several county towns and had thousands of people under his command. However, in recent years, he seemed to have disappeared and there was no news.

Beizhi guessed that this horse kite is very good

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Maybe it was the puppet launched by the Ghost King, or he was his subordinate!"

Ergou explained carefully to Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing nodded slowly, things were indeed complicated.

I have to say that some people may not be able to do serious business, but their hands and eyes are really clear!

"Continue to keep watching and try to find more detailed information! Remember, don't alert the enemy!"

"yes!"

...

Just as Xu Changqing was carefully planning and patiently waiting for the main force to gather.
To be continued...