Chapter 52 Yang Shanren
But although Demons' heart flew back to Shanghai, he and Liu Chang had to honestly carry out cumbersome, meticulous and even boring inspections.
Demons personally checked the three thousand Mexican silver coins delivered by Liu Chang, checked them one by one, and finally bit the gold ingot with his own mouth. After confirming it, he hid the gold ingot with satisfaction, feeling the beauty of the cold gold and the hot body, Demons was intoxicated.
Liu Chang had to personally inspect each rifle. Although it was retired second-hand equipment, it was maintained quite well, especially the fifteen-firing gun, which lasted less than ten years and was repaired by Demons in advance, making it look very new.
Demons personally taught Liu Chang and his subordinates the details of rifle shooting. Qu Jie and the others grasped it very quickly and they started it soon.
It’s not how smart they are, but that they are so complicated that they often require two people to load and shoot together. The loading of flintlock guns and firing guns is much simpler, especially the firing guns are so convenient, which made Qu Jie nod repeatedly: "Cheer your eyesight, this gun is thirty silver dollars, and it is indeed worth the money and worth the money!"
The next work was even more tedious. Buckets of gunpowder, saltpeter, sulfur, all kinds of rifles, and accessories were transported from Demons' Western sailing boats, loaded onto Niangzi's sampan, and then transported them again and again, transporting them back to Niangzi's ship.
The carrying capacity of the sampan is very small, and the waterline is so deep that it may overturn at any time. On the deck, Demons continued to teach the details of operating the flintlock rifle and firing rifle step by step, especially the details of maintaining the rifle. At this time, Qu Jie and the others could not keep up. They could only understand a sentence or two at most.
However, Liu Chang can still talk about Demons now, and even brought a quill pen from Demons and wrote down the specific details on paper.
The relay transportation of the halter board lasted for nearly two hours. Before jumping on the suspension line, Liu Chang had to tell Demons: "Earl of Demons, next time you transport arms, I hope to solve the transportation problem of this last kilometer, otherwise our specific transaction may last one or more."
"No problem, it will definitely satisfy you. I hope the transaction will be pleasant at that time!"
“Happy transaction!”
He jumped onto the sampan carefully. Several personal soldiers quickly helped Liu Chang and slowly rowed towards Niang Ye's sailboat. Liu Chang was still smiling and waved at Demons, waiting until the row reached the middle stream. Liu Chang suddenly asked: "Who is the richest near our Panshi Village?"
Before everyone could understand, Liu Chang said again: "The horse is not fat without night grass, and the person is not rich without wealth. We have to take action once."
This time, I bought the machinery and took out all my money. If I didn’t make a lot of money, it would be difficult to pay Demons’ next arms payment, not to mention the fact that it would be difficult to maintain the troops.
The waves were waves, and the waves gently patted the waterline of the boat. Liu Chang's words quickly received a warm response: "Yes, I have to make a lot of money."
"I've been waiting for this day long. Check it out, let's follow you to fight for big players."
"Check it out, I think Yang Shanren is good. After opening their house, we can at least spend a year comfortably with the Dragon Gun Shou."
"Maybe not a year, ** months are always OK."
"But Yang Shanren is in the south of the Yangtze River, so we have to cross the river."
"So what about it in Jiangnan? Their Yang house is only a few miles away from the river bank. As long as we get ashore, we are not afraid of what tricks he can do!"
"Be careful, be careful! He is also the leader of the village hero."
Liu Chang asked carefully and found that the real name of Yang Shanren was Yang Yingde. He was the most famous rich man in Yongjia County. He had more than 7,000 acres of land and had more than ten shops of various types, including mills, pawn shops, inns, etc., and his family had several thousand taels of silver. The entire Wenzhou Prefecture was famous.
Yang Yingde is usually famous and claims to be kind and generous. He is indispensable in building bridges and roads. However, Liu Chang and his personal soldiers knew his details: "What kind of Yang is a man of thieves and prostitutes, and he has done so many things that are not moral."
"Yes, I don't know how many lives I have killed after putting the money on the pen."
"Not only, Yang Shanren also sold opium privately and opened a brothel in the mansion. He was forced to go to the forefront of his young wife and daughter."
"Hey! I don't know how many sacks have been thrown by Shanren Yang over the years, and how many people have been sunk at the bottom of the river."
Such a typical local tyrant and evil gentry is Liu Chang's best choice for making money. It is not easy to win Yang's house.
The first problem is that the Yang family is not in the north of the Yangtze River, but in the south of the Oujiang River, confronting Panshizhai across the river. To take down Yang's house, you have to cross the river and land in depth for five or six miles.
The second big problem is that although Yang Shanren does everything he wants, he always does not eat grass beside his nest. He has a good reputation near his hometown. He usually looks kind and kind. He has a lot of bridges and roads. Whenever there is any disturbance, he will definitely reach his ears as soon as possible.
The third problem is that since Yang Shanren has done so many things, he has a strong force in his hands. There are twenty or thirty strong men in the Yang clan alone, and there are no less than sixty or seventy domestic slaves and lackeys fed with people's fat and ointment. It is said that he also has several foreign guns, two local cannons, thirty or forty bird guns, and all kinds of swords and guns.
Yang Yingde used to donate a prison student in the government, but now he has prepared a case in the government and is a township leader. There are no less than two or three hundred local brave men under his control nearby.
In the past, there were people on the Green Forest Road who wanted to blackmail Yang Shanren, but they suffered a great loss. Therefore, after learning about Yang Yingde's background in detail, Liu Chang first made up his mind: "We have to practice the foreign gun first, and we will make this fortune!"
Everyone agrees with this idea. The Yang family’s old house is opposite Panshi Village, which is the monk temple that cannot be escaped.
Liu Chang also borrowed a boat from Niang Ye to cross the river on the boat. Niang Ye agreed: "It's good to go to Jiangnan to make a fortune! But we'll get one."
Liu Chang immediately replied to her: "No problem, the gold, silver and treasures I got are indispensable for Miss Ye, but Miss Ye, you have to give me the deposit of 1,000 taels, and I can't even get rid of the blame!"
Although Madam Ye is a woman, she is a truly powerful character: "Okay, just turn around and send a thousand taels of silver, but you have to give me five barrels of sulfur."
Liu Chang didn't know that the sulfur had no price in Zhejiang and Fujian, so he agreed and asked again: "When will Niangzi Ye take action?"
"What?"
Liu Chang said: "Since Madam Ye bought new cannons and dozens of barrels of foreign gunpowder, plus my five barrels of sulfur, it should be for the Green Camp soldiers of Yuhuan Camp to be witnessed."
Madam Ye did not answer Liu Chang's question: "That is a big thing that the fifth master wants to think about, not something that I, a little woman, can interfere with!"
Liu Chang asked, "Miss Ye, you are too humble now. Everyone says that Miss Ye can be half of the fifth master's family."
Mrs. Ye was asked so much that he could only tell the truth: "It depends on when Qu Zhenhai can make great progress."
As he was talking, Niang Ye's sailboat had already docked, and Yun Tianzong was waiting there on the wharf: "Check, there is a great victory in the north, and Qu Zhenhan has arrived in Dajing Town."
Liu Chang laughed: "It seems that the fifth master is going to do it too."
This is a good opportunity.
Chapter completed!