The wind and waves on Dongting Lake are decreasing, and there are more and more sunny days.


    These days, there are always some ghosts and angry people snooping in Yuezhou. The officers and soldiers caught a lot of water thief spies. All of them were cut off and hung on the wall. There were many fewer spies, but the residents were in panic.


    I don''t know who leaked the news that there were 100000 water thieves on Dongting Lake ready to wash Yuezhou with blood. There are few pedestrians in the street these days.


    "General, do you think those water thieves will capture Yuezhou mansion?" a merchant with a pleated hat whispered to Tang Hao.


    "It''s impossible, a mob. Where is the opponent of our Lingnan Navy? Although Liang Gong lies high, it depends on my capture means." general Tang''s reputation is well known.


    "The navy of the imperial dynasty is very powerful. I''ve heard of it for a long time. In January, in Koguryo, I even dominated three prison cities and killed 100000 enemies. General, young heroes are good."


    Tang Hao accepted the compliments of the merchants with a smile, took a map of Dongting Lake and said, "Lord Liang, look, this time, my handsome lured all the thieves here. Less than 20000 thieves dare to claim 100000. I will make them ashes here."


    Lord Liang twisted his beard and looked at the map. He only saw that countless small flags were densely marked on it, representing the flying dragon of officers and soldiers, including the black chess pieces representing water thieves outside. Sure enough, I was surrounded by a solid and impenetrable crowd.


    It seems that it was in these days that Liang Gong got the most reliable news and returned to Yuezhou with satisfaction. When I entered the house, I saw a lot of people sitting in the hall of my house. I couldn''t help laughing and said, "I just came back from the general. You gathered at my house. It''s really exquisite heart."


    "Don''t panic. The officers and soldiers have surrounded the thieves on Junshan mountain. It won''t take long to gather and annihilate them. Do whatever you should do. I can''t manage the food of these people at home. There''s nothing to worry about with less than 20000 water thieves."


    "Liang Gong is wrong. There are not as many as 100000 water thieves, but there are fifty or sixty thousand. I''m not afraid of jokes. I eat water meals, so I have a little relationship with water thieves. A companion of water thieves said that this time it was a large collection of water thieves in the whole Dongting. When he was about to go, there would be no less than fifty thousand people. If the general said less than twenty thousand, that would be fine It''s definitely lying to us. "


    Liang Gongmeng stood up and pointed to the man and asked, "are you... Sure it''s like this? Are you sure the number of thieves exceeds 50000?"


    "Liang Gong, my business depends on everyone to have a bowl of rice. Who dares to deceive everyone in such a thing? The companion did see that fifty or sixty thousand water thieves would never be less than twenty thousand as general Tang said."


    Liang Gong nodded. The Cao family has been engaged in water transportation business for a long time, and its reputation has always been known. If people in the water transportation industry don''t know water thieves, they can''t do this business for a long time.


    They are all business people. Naturally, they are very clear. He plans to tell Tang Hao the news.


    It is a wrong idea to use more than 10000 people to besiege 50000 people, which must be corrected, otherwise we will suffer heavy losses.


    When he reached the door, he was dragged back by a large group of businessmen and begged him not to go. If the imperial court wants to encircle and suppress the water thieves, it must be a protracted war. The land and houses that general Tang wants to deliver successively next year will become a bubble. Once others know, it will immediately form a trend.


    At that time, the silver he has handed over to Tang Hao will be taken away by others. The target of Tang Hao''s first money must be senior officials and dignitaries, not businessmen like himself.


    But isn''t it dangerous for more than 10000 soldiers in the national dynasty? Lord Liang still has some heart.


    "Lord Liang, think carefully. The soldiers are in danger. Aren''t we in danger? Once the business fails, how should our family arrange? It''s also tens of thousands of people."


    Looking at the merchant crying with his legs under his feet, and looking at the eldest son shrinking in the corner trying to close the door. Liang Gong hung his head helplessly, trembled and said to his eldest son, "well, Houde, the Liang family will be handed over to you from now on. My father is old and useless. You talk. I''ll go to the back house to have a rest."


    Then he staggered to the back house.


    "When we signed the contract, we were worried that Tang Hao would go back on his word, so we specially set the compensation higher. If the general wanted to go back on his word, we had to pay back almost twice our silver coins. If we went back on our word, people only needed to return 30% of our silver coins. In this way, didn''t we lose to grandma''s house?"


    Boss Liang roared with blood red eyes.


    "What else do you want? Wait until the water thieves enter the city? We have nothing to lose. We can''t see a copper coin. We can resell the land deed to others. Maybe we can reduce some losses. If we operate well, we can still make a profit."


    "Do your big dream, Dongting Lake water business people. All of them have contact with the water thieves. Their news may be earlier than us. It''s true to get 30% of the silver coins back while we still have a chance. What if the government wins? Don''t we lift a stone and hit ourselves in the foot?"


    A smart merchant said his opinion carefully, and everyone looked at him like an idiot.


    An old man closed his eyes and said slowly, "the government will win."