The old man standing behind the young man was of course Lao Fan, and this old water bandit was no one else, but Wang Ren, the head of the Wang family in Yuncheng. Behind him was not a stranger, but the young master of the Wang family with a special identity, Wang Huai'en.

"Grandpa, it's Han Zhenhan's subordinate..."

Of course, Wang Ren also saw that, but the people did not fight with the officials. No matter how weak the officials were, the bandits were born to be afraid of the officials, not to mention that there were more than a dozen official ships. Although the large ships had the advantages of large ships, small ships also had the characteristics of small ships. If they really wanted to start, the party who suffered the loss would definitely be Lao Fan and the others.

Whether in terms of the number of people or the number of ships, what is more important is the hydrological factor that plays a decisive role in water wars. This hydrological is actually the underwater terrain. Without active motivation, ships rely on the power of nature to drive themselves. This is especially true for inland water wars.

One of them is the wind direction. Because of the trend of mountains and rivers, there will be some different wind directions near waters near some mountains and rivers. This wind direction may only be concentrated in one location, and the other is hydrology. Different underwater terrain will lead to different directions and changes underwater underwater. Sometimes fast and sometimes slow. If the ship is placed at the position of the undercurrent, the speed will naturally be increased. If you approach a certain rush hole, the ship will shaking, and in severe cases, it will turn.

"I saw him, what can you do on the official boat? And this is just a small leader. Killing him will only alert the snake."

"Who is that kid who scolds people on the bow of the boat?"

This sentence was said by Wang Ren, but it was not to tell his grandson, but to ask the young man who led the team.

"Elder Wang doesn't know that the "Li"-recognized flag is the ancestral flag of our Poyang Lake bandits. We can go through this past century. The first thing we rely on is that we are chivalrous and righteous, and the second thing we rely on is that we are strict discipline, and this discipline is left behind in the flag. You went to Yuncheng shortly after joining the gang, so it's not surprising that you don't know."

The retreating Poyang Lake bandits and the advancing official ship fleet were completely different from each other.

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Unlike the water bandits who were walking away in shame, Li Saibao, who was on the flagship of the official ship, was so angry that he was walking on the ship. His teacher Wang Jian didn't say it or care, just drank tea and looked at the scenery. Lao Fan next to him looked at the child who was walking around worriedly. He didn't know if he should persuade him.

Looking at Lao Fan's worried look, Wang Jian couldn't help but persuade Lao Fan in the end.

"The water bandits in Poyang Lake are the water bands of the Yue family army at that time. Because they were so angry that Qin Hui and other treacherous warrior Yue killed Marshal Yue, they became bandits here. In the Taiping years, they fished around Dongting Lake in Poyang Lake to make a living. In the years of turmoil, they began to turn people into bandits, but they never caused trouble in the village. There were water bandits and horses there, and they would take the initiative to wipe out and incorporate the other party. In addition, the water channels in Dongting Lake are complex, and it is difficult for people without detailed water maps to find their nests."

"Oh, I didn't expect that the water bandits had the same origin as Brother Li. Oh, no wonder Brother Li's flag raised and all of them left... That was the flag of the ancestor..."

After Wang Jian explained this, Lao Fan naturally understood it. It turned out that he was a family in the same root, but one was an official and the other was a bandit. Li Saibao was angry because this group of water bandits had a connection with his ancestors, so he had such a behavior, so he scolded and shouted out thousands of bandits.

"Their Li family has been invisible since Marshal Yue went west, and they also asked their descendants not to go out. They were not originally a small household and lived a wealthy life. Saibao, a kid, was originally a literati, but he was thinking about the country and had ambitions. But his father held the rules of the family and believed it, so he found me and sent his precious son to me. Saibao competed with Li Bao's "treasure"..."

In this way, the reason for this matter today will be a reasonable explanation. After the entire fleet sailed into Ezhou City, it will be replaced by a simple addition. The next big city will be the destination of the entire fleet, Xiangyang City, and judging from Yuncheng to Xiangyang, the time when Lao Fan and his team arrived should be close to the speed of following the team passing by land.

However, the last journey is very difficult to walk. It is not that this road is difficult to walk, mainly because the road is all northbound and the water flow is not slow at all. If there is no boatman who wants to walk up, he can only wait for a strong wind and the north wind will be blowing. It would be good if the gathering in early spring does not blow south wind, and it is too difficult to blow north wind.

This problem is not a problem in front of Lao Fan. People who are truly wealthy have long regarded the difficulty and obstacles of this journey, so Lao Fan did not talk nonsense and directly brought more than a dozen boxes into Li Saibao's cabin.

After getting along for a few days, Wang Jian had already believed Lao Fan's words. When he just entered Ezhou, Lao Fan spent so much money. This time, Wang Jian was even more excited. The leader of the group, who was said to be thorough, without any leakage, and his inferences were accurate and detailed, and he had complete plans. Now he showed rich financial resources and decisive means. This person really made Wang Jian want to know him more and more.

More than a thousand boatmen and more than 300 mules and horses were hired in Ezhou, which prevented the fleet heading north from slowing down at all. Instead, it encountered a few days of smooth weather, which made Wang Jian, who had always liked to be frugal, shouted that he wasting money. After six days, the fleet arrived in Xiangyang a hundred miles away.

The two thousand strong men had arrived three days ago and were all stationed. They brought these two thousand people to the place, and they were all the same. They were managing the entire brotherhood. Qiao Zhiyong, the great wealth god in Yuncheng, saw Qiao Zhiyong and Lao Fan, who was very kind to him, saw that Qiao Zhiyong and Lao Fan were very friendly. The two chatted in Qiao Zhiyong's tent for almost an hour before they bid farewell.

Qiao Zhiyong can be said to be the first friend that the entire Xinyi Group made after entering this world. Now it has long become a "person". Since it is a matter that his own people do not involve too much problems, Lao Fan has talked to Qiao Zhiyong, especially the matter of shunzi being embarrassed and being sent to the kitchen team.

Qiao Zhiyong also told Lao Fan about the current situation in Yuncheng. Before parting, Qiao Zhiyong asked quietly when he would start going south again? He didn't want to stay in that place in Yuncheng all the time.
Chapter completed!