Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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After waking up, Guo Ye greeted the old lady, washed up and hurried out of the mansion without even eating breakfast.

Because Li Ke, king of Shu, is still in decline in Shuzhou, he can't stay in Longxi for a long time, and some things must be settled as soon as possible.

As soon as he got out of the mansion and arrived at the entrance of Fushun Lane, Captain Liu Zhenxuan of Zhiguo had already led a hundred soldiers to station outside.

Guo Ye took out an ingot of silver from his sleeve and threw it into Liu Zhenxuan's hand, shouting: "Zhenxuan, take it. Take the brothers and me to find a place for breakfast. After breakfast, we will go to the bank of the Minjiang River to do errands." .”

After Liu Zhenxuan collected the money, he immediately called out his subordinate Erlang to prepare for the match, and prepared to travel with Guo Changshi.

Then he ran to Guo Ye and asked, "Guo Changshi, why are you going to the bank of the Minjiang River for a while? Could it be that you're going back to Shuzhou by water?"

Guo Ye shook his head and said with a light smile, "I haven't finished my work, so it's useless to go back to Shuzhou. After a while, you and my sons and I will go to the head of the Cao Gang to meet old friends."

"Cao Gang?"

Liu Zhenxuan had an inexplicable look on his face, and thought in his heart, the name is Jianghu gang, dare you, Guo Changshi really has a lot of friends, even in the Jianghu grasslands, there are old friends?

Without thinking, he nodded and said, "Alright, listen to Guo Changshi."

Then he pulled his neck and shouted: "Brothers, set up the match and go out with Guo Changshi!"

"Here!!"

shhhhh~

Under the reflection of Chu Yang, the hundreds of personal soldiers lined up for battle are dignified with spears and spears, and their armor is shining, very majestic.

For a while, the people along the street were attracted to stop and watch, and from time to time they made comments and sighs.

Chapter 649 Goodbye Cao Bang Sun Mingyan

After Guo Ye led Liu Zhenxuan's hundreds of people to finish breakfast, they left Longxi County in a mighty way, heading towards the bank of the Minjiang River twenty miles away.

Guo Ye and Liu Zhenxuan rode their horses in front, and the other hundred soldiers trotted behind, walking for a full twenty li.

Therefore, it was not until the sun was three poles that I reached the bank of the Minjiang River.

"Master Changshi, look quickly~"

Liu Zhenxuan raised his horsewhip, pointed to the shore ahead and shouted.

Guo Ye followed the prestige and saw a huge river boat slowly coming towards the center of the Minjiang River, gradually approaching the shore.

He was quite familiar with this ship, it was the Silver Lang ship that he had ordered from Kangyue Mountain, Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in Yizhou.

While speaking, the Yinlang boat docked in the shallow water only three to five meters away from the shore, and with a loud bang, a plank was set up on the boat and put on the shore.

rustling~

Ten men dressed in bunts poured down from the boat, climbed onto the plank and ran to the shore, stood on both sides of the boat, and shouted at Guo Ye, "Cao Gang, welcome Mr. Guo to board the boat!"

Seeing this situation, Liu Zhenxuan went in without knowing it, and was about to call out his own soldiers to prepare to line up to protect Guo Ye as if he was facing a big enemy.

But Guo Ye laughed and stopped him: "Zhenxuan doesn't need to be nervous, he's one of us!"

Guo Ye's voice fell, and another burly man stepped down from the deck, and shouted at Guo Ye: "Brother, Sun Mingyan is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and he is looking forward to you, hahaha..."

The person who came was the chief rudder of the Cao Gang——Sun Mingyan.

Today, Sun Mingyan is a lot richer, with a more confident look on his brows, he walked down the deck steadily and walked to Guo Ye's horse, took the bit of the horse with one hand, and said loudly with a smile on his face: "Brother , Sun Mingyan is still the same Sun Mingyan who led the horse and kicked you back then, please get off the boat."

Guo Ye looked at Sun Mingyan with a smile, nodded and said with a smile, "Old Sun, I haven't seen you for a long time."

After that, he got off his horse, and then Liu Zhenxuan got off his horse and walked behind Guo Ye, looking at Sun Mingyan with a wary look.

Sensing Liu Zhenxuan's hostility, Sun Mingyan laughed softly: "Your lieutenant, you don't need to be nervous. Back then, when Sun and my little brother, oh no, you were messing around with Mr. Guo, you didn't know where you were."

Guo Ye also waved at Liu Zhenxuan, saying: "Zhenxuan, Lao Sun is one of his own people, and everyone in the Cao Gang is my brother Guo Ye, so there is no need to be on guard. By the way, you lead the brothers on board first, and I will take you to the boat today." Cao Gang chief rudder has a good meal, haha...Old Sun, you won’t be petty, will you?”

The last sentence was a joke to Sun Mingyan.

Sun Mingyan grinned, and said: "What's the point, little brother, I received the news as soon as you returned to Longxi yesterday. I thought I would come to you last night, but I was afraid of disturbing you, the old lady, and the two sisters-in-law's reunion. Ju Tianlun, that's why I dragged off to meet my little brother today. Hehe, I didn't expect that we really have a good understanding, I watched you come to the shore from afar before I got off the boat, what a coincidence!"

Guo Ye said: "It's a coincidence, old Sun, you have a heart."

At this time, Liu Zhenxuan had already led a hundred soldiers onto the Yinlang boat.Seeing this, Guo Ye said again: "Old Sun, let's get on the boat, and go to the helm of your Cao Gang today."

"That's a good feeling, I wish for it!"

Sun Mingyan bowed slightly and asked for his hand: "Brother, please get on the boat!"

Guo Ye hummed and stepped on the wooden boards to get on the boat, followed by Sun Mingyan. It was not until the ten Cao Gang disciples boarded the boat and stowed the wooden boards that the Yinlang boat slowly moved away from the shore.

After about a while, the big ship galloped on the surging water of the Minjiang River and headed for Jiangxin Island with the wind.

Jiangxin Island, which was reclaimed by Guo Ye when he was the regiment training envoy of the six counties, was used as the garrison of the regiment training army, and now it has already become the place where the main rudder of the Cao Gang is located.

At this time, there was still some distance away from Jiangxin Island. Guo Ye and Sun Mingyan went to the deck together, chatting with the wind blowing in the river and watching the waves of the river.

Sun Mingyan pointed to Liu Zhenxuan who had been following Guo Ye, and jokingly said, "Brother, the captain beside you is loyal to guarding you every step of the way!"

Guo Ye has been in touch with Liu Zhenxuan since the day he left Shuzhou County, and he also thinks that this young man is very interesting. He is not only good at using him, but also good at seizing opportunities.

He shrugged at Sun Mingyan, and then told Liu Zhenxuan: "Zhenxuan, I have something to say to Sun Ruozhu, you go down first!"

"Yes!"

Without saying a word, Liu Zhenxuan turned around and left without any hesitation.

Seeing Liu Zhenxuan leaving, Sun Mingyan said: "Brother, I heard that you are returning to Shuzhong this time to accompany His Royal Highness the King of Shu to open a feudal clan and take up the post of Chief Governor of Shuzhou Metropolitan Government?"

Guo Ye nodded, and suddenly asked, "Old Sun, how many members of the Cao Gang are there now?"

Sun Mingyan thought about it roughly and calculated, and said: "The whole Cao Gang, if you count the disciples from the periphery, there will be at least a hundred thousand."

"Hiss... [-]???"

Guo Ye exclaimed, looked at Sun Mingyan in amazement, and said, "The development is so fast, it was really a clever move to let you take over the Cao Gang at the beginning. Now the power of the Cao Gang has occupied the entire Minjiang River? "

"Haha, it's not just the entire Minjiang River?" Sun Mingyan smiled proudly, "In the dozens of states in central Sichuan, wherever there are rivers, there are sub-rudders of our Cao Gang. What are Qingyi River, Dadu River, and Dujiang River?" , Jinsha River, Chishui River, etc., are all over the boats and gang members of our Cao Gang, hehe..."

"Okay, old grandson, well done!"

Guo Ye gave him a thumbs up and praised him, and reconfirmed: "So, as long as the Cao Gang gives an order, all the ships on the entire Minjiang River in Central Shu can be stopped? It is even said that the Cao Gang decides the entire river. All the travel and goods on the Minjiang River?"

"what?"

Sun Mingyan was taken aback by Guo Ye's question at first, and then he answered truthfully: "There are thousands of ships of all sizes in the Minjiang Guangcao Gang in Shu Prefecture. .Moreover, nearly a million people in more than a dozen prefectures along the Minjiang River rely on the Minjiang River for food. Isn’t it the same as relying on our Cao Gang for food? Hey, brother, why are you asking this all of a sudden?”