A few people had already walked into the innermost courtyard. [Full text reading]

It's different from the ones outside that are surrounded by bamboo.

The courtyard is surrounded by towering trees, which are as dense as a forest.

Under the jagged shade of the trees, clumps of shrubs and flowers bloom in an orderly manner.

The fragrance of flowers is wafting, and there is the sound of birdsong.

In the middle of the woods there was a clearing, and the sun shone from above, creating a circle of light that enveloped the circle of tables and chairs.

Gu Xinyue was stunned, exclaimed, and didn't care about the cold abyss, took Qin Qi's hand, sat down on the east side of the table, and raised her head to meet the sunshine and took a long breath.

Looking at her comfortable appearance, Qin Qi smiled gently, held her hand with one hand, supported the back of her chair with the other, let her lean on it safely, and then raised her hand again, bringing her wind-blown emanation to the back of her head.

He looked at her for a while, then pulled the chair again, sat down, looked at Han Yuan and said, "The eldest prince continues." ”

Han Yuan looked at his position where he could just block the wind for Gu Xinyue with a pull, and sat down with a shallow smile.

Picking up the teapot, he poured a circle of tea first, and said: "Listening to the girl's words, you should also know that Dongzhu is rare, and it is necessary to go down to dozens of meters below the sea surface, and it must be an old clam in the rapids of the cliff to get it." ”

Qin Qi raised his eyebrows, looked down at Gu Xinyue, who was still basking in the sun, and shook his head: "I don't know about this." ”

Han Yuan smiled and said: "Also, most people don't know that if you want to go down to such a deep sea, not to mention how long you have to hold your breath, it is the pressure generated when you go up and down, which is not something that ordinary people can bear, those fishermen, no matter how good the water is, the next time you go to the deep sea, it is also on the edge of life and death, it is lucky, go down, become, one is not careful, it is also very easy to get a disease." ”

"Scuba." Qinglianzi sat casually next to him, and said: "Because of the pressure of seawater, people's lungs will not be able to withstand it, and if you go up and down rapidly, you will form a scuba tree, once you have a scuba tree, not only will your breathing be impaired, but your body will also weaken rapidly, and you will not survive for a few years, and a strong man will be skinny and sick and die of illness." ”

"The Dongzhu Supervision Division was established 50 years ago, the first 20 years are good, every year a household only needs to hand over a Dongzhu, at that time, several families united to find the old mussel, an old mussel can produce a few Dongzhu, it can meet the number of a year, it is dangerous, and there are not many people who die."

Han Yuan smiled faintly, leaned back comfortably, only a trace of coldness passed between his eyebrows, and said: "But twenty years ago, because there was a noble person in the palace who particularly liked Dongzhu, the holy order required each household to hand over twenty Dongzhu, saying that it was to collect all ten thousand Dongzhu and make Dongzhu clothes for that nobleman, that year, I don't know how many fishermen died on the edge of the East China Sea, but that's it, the number is not enough, only less than a thousand, for this reason, the government slaughtered a village to kill a hundred people, no way, in the next few years, Even teenagers can only go to the sea to dive pearls, and the number of people in the fishing villages of the East China Sea has decreased sharply, but this is the case, and the Dongzhu Supervision Department is not satisfied. ”

"Because, those people took the East Pearl, in addition to the palace to send the rest, the rest are sold at a high price, if the pearl people pay less, their interests will be damaged, naturally they will do everything to force the pearl people, to the end, even a few years old children they will not let go, * go to the sea, otherwise, they will kill people directly on the beach." Qinglianzi said coldly.

Qin Qi's eyes blinked, his gaze swept between the two, and he said lightly: "The eldest prince went to sea fifteen years ago, and the one he brought with him is Zhumin?" ”

Han Yuan was stunned, looked at Qin Qi and smiled, and said to Qinglianzi: "You are right, talking to someone who understands is simple. ”

"Well, I'm not going around the bush anymore." Han Yuan sat up straight, and said: "Back then, those pearl people were overwhelmed and ready to rebel, but they were unarmed, how could they be the opponents of the officers and soldiers, so I came up with an idea, let them pretend to be washed away by the current after entering the sea, but in fact, they got on my boat at sea, and after a trip to the open sea, they changed their identities and came back, and in this way, they took a few people from the fishing village out. ”

Qin Qi frowned lightly and said, "If you take people away like this, won't the Dongzhu Supervision Division find out?" ”

"They naturally feel that something is wrong, but they are more panicked than the suppression of the rest of the people, if everyone throws themselves into the sea, and they don't have enough beads to hand in, then they will die." Qinglianzi sneered coldly, with a ruthless expression in her face.

Han Yuan chuckled at Qinglianzi with a reassuring look, and then turned to Qin Qi and said: "The beads here have been collected for decades, and the hundred-year-old mussels in the offshore sea have been almost dug up, and this Dongzhu is extremely rare, but when I went to the open sea, I found that on the small island in the middle of the sea, this kind of beads can be picked up anywhere, so I brought some back, and then, I negotiated a deal with the Dongzhu Supervision Division, that is, I will give them 200 Dongzhu and 10,000 pearls a year, and those pearl people are all under my jurisdiction." ”

Qin Qi's brows straightened unconsciously, and his eyes sank little by little as he looked at Han Yuan.

At that time, this man was only fifteen years old, right?

The fishermen of the 300-mile coastline of the East China Sea are afraid that there are only a few thousand people, and they have all become his subordinates?

Han Yuan smiled faintly and said, "General Qin, I invited you here today in the hope that you can continue to take care of these hard-working people and give them a way to live." ”

Qin Qi blinked for a moment before suppressing the surprise and turning his head to look at Qinglianzi.

Qinglianzi bowed her head, when she did not save zài.

"General Qin, after so many years, those teenagers have grown up, and the children have also become adults, to tell you the truth, my Xuanyi team, there are eight hundred elites, all of whom can come and go freely in the sea, and although they are not martial arts masters, their skills are not bad." Waiting for Qin Qi to turn around, Han Yuan took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Besides, their requirements are not high, as long as they can keep their families and let them live normally, it is enough." ”

Xuanyi Team ......

Qin Qi's mind came to mind the Xuanyi guards who acted in unison, acted capably, and were silent.

At that time, he felt that something was wrong, and he always felt that those people were not just ordinary guards.

Really.

This guy is training them in the same way that he trains the army.

Those people, even the amplitude of their movements are the same!

Coughing lightly, Qin Qi chuckled lightly, the clouds were light, but his eyes were full of coldness: "The eldest prince said this to me is really a little strange, these people should be the eldest prince's greatest reliance and strength, and they are also the confidence of the eldest prince to dominate overseas and Hangzhou, although Jiangnan is chaotic now, but the eldest prince is rich and powerful, and he is completely at ease, so give me your confidence?" What is the meaning? ”