Chapter 41: Sticks

Kunlun Island, at first glance you would 100% think that this is a Chinese island, but it actually belongs to Vietnam.

This island in southern Vietnam hangs more than 200 kilometers off the sea from the famous Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh City.

Of course, there is no Ho Chi Minh City at the moment, this is called Chai Bang, and the city that will soon be renamed Saigon has not yet developed, and it is still full of jungles, dense water networks, and many swamps.

It originally belonged to the territory of Shui Chenla, in 1698, the Ming King Nguyen Phuc Wither sent the clan to stationed here, and then got the grandfather of Yan Zilu, Ha Xian Zhen Yan Jiu attached, this land can be regarded as the Quang Nam Ruan family.

When Ye Kai came here, there were basically few decent houses in the whole firewood stick, and Nguyen Phuc Anh's Quang Nam Kingdom and the Tay Son Dynasty had frequently tuged here in recent years, and the surrounding farmers and fishermen had almost run away.

The Tay Son Dynasty, which defeated Nguyen Phuc Anh, was unable to establish effective rule in this place, because the basic force of the Tay Son Dynasty was the inland people from the Tay Son region, who were simply not accustomed to the humid climate near the sticks and the swampy quagmire everywhere, while the local forces pro-Nguyen Phuc Anh constantly used the dense water network to attack the Tay Son army.

In the end, Ruan Hui, who couldn't bear it, learned Kang Mazi's cruel tricks, he took away all the nearby fishermen and farmers, and burned the firewood sticks when he left.

After the Xishan Dynasty left, He Xiwen, who escaped from the bandits in South China, took advantage of the situation to occupy this land, but he himself did not have many people, and it was impossible to develop this place on a large scale, so he could only get some settlements in a few towns such as Chai Stick and Longchuan!

So when Ye Kai came over, he didn't meet the Xishan army, nor did he see many locals, until he was close to the area around the firewood stick, and he could occasionally see a few small villages established by the Guangnan people or Zhenla people on the road.

The people who came with him this time, in addition to Zhang Gui and Zhao Zhenren, there were also five guards that Ye Fulai had recruited for him at a great price in Bangkok, and Ruan Phuc Anh also found a small officer named Ruan Meng and four or five soldiers to accompany him.

Ruan Meng is the descendant of the Ruan clan who pioneered the firewood stick, and several soldiers are also righteous people in Longchuan and other places, all of whom belong to the local land snakes!

As for the hundreds of people who were lucky enough not to be relocated, they had already run out before Ye Kai and them came, they thought that the Ruan family had fought back, and they were afraid of causing a military disaster, so they left early!

Ye Kai and the others could only choose a house that was slightly higher on the ground, there was not so much mud on the ground, and it was about to collapse, while Ruan Meng had tears in his eyes and a long sigh and became a 'soft cute'.

"This is the ancestral hall of my firewood stick Ruan clan, these heavenly thieves in the West Mountain, one day I will crush your bones and scatter ashes!"

Ruan Meng cried bitterly for a while, and then began to collect and pick it up, indeed, Ye Kai looked around, and he could really see that this was once a tall ancestral hall!

Zhao Zhenren groaned and found a dry place to sit down, and he quickly took off his shoes.

These leather boots have long been soaked with water, not only have their feet been soaked white, but also huge leeches are attached to Zhao Zhenren's feet and sucking wildly!

Ye Kai took out a small wooden stick that was still burning from the fire that had just risen, and handed it to Zhao Zhenren, such a big leech can't be pulled out by brute force, the best way is to burn it with fire and let it loosen up naturally.

"Zhao Zhenren, there is not a single ghost here, how can I find your junior brother?" Ye Kai looked at Zhao Zhenren while burning leeches and asked.

Zhao Zhenren hissed, and finally burned a leech, "In the past, not far ahead, there was a kiln where some muddy wine was sold, and there were some Guangnan women who sold meat.

That's my junior brother's secret stake, and you can usually find his people when you get there, but now you see, I haven't been here for three years, and I don't know if people are leaving or not. ”

"Ruan Meng, you guys clean up here, I'll go to the front and have a look!" Ye Kai commanded Ruan Meng, and pulled Zhao Zhenren, who had just put on his shoes, and walked towards the kiln!

There are only two streets on the whole firewood stick, some of the roads are paved with bluestone slabs and gravel, and some are simply muddy roads, and after people and livestock step on them, they will form small puddles one by one.

As soon as the sun is slightly blinked, the smell is as bad as it is, plus the mosquitoes and flies flying around and the garbage and feces piled up everywhere, Nima's, no wonder you get sick when you don't get it in the South Seas!

This firewood stick is still like this in small cities that have been built for more than 100 years, and other places can be imagined, if you are not careful, you can pull people to death just by straining!

This is a two-story small bamboo building, with a signboard hanging in the middle, on which the three words Xiaoyaowo are written crookedly in Chinese characters, Ye Kai couldn't help but laugh dumbly, just this place, how can you be free?

Zhao Zhenren looked at the closed door and said to Ye Kai: "Young Master Kai, you see, there is really no one here, it is estimated that my junior brother is not here for a long time, right?" ”

Ye Kai glanced at it, it really seemed that no one was there, but soon he shook his head and picked up a bone on the ground casually, and the flies on the bone buzzed everywhere.

"Someone! There's still a bit of meat on this bone, and it shouldn't have been long since it was sold! Ye Kai took a closer look and sniffed it, "The meat hasn't spoiled yet, someone is definitely there, maybe they are hiding when they see us coming!" ”

Zhao Zhenren looked at the bones in Ye Kai's hand, and simply walked in and looked inside through the crack in the door.

Ye Kai threw away the bones in his hand, and suddenly a strong sense of danger appeared in his mind, he rushed forward and pulled Zhao Zhenren, who was squinting his eyes and looking inside through the gap.

Zhao Zhenren exclaimed, and before he could ask Ye Kai what was going on, an arrow flew out of the crack in the door!

"Ahh Zhao Zhenren, who had just finished exclaiming, screamed again, and blood splattered on his shoulder, but if it wasn't for Ye Kai pulling him this time, I'm afraid it would not be his shoulder but his heart!

"Zhao Zhenren, you sell P! You dare to come, Lao Tzu wants your life! ”

Accompanied by Zhao Zhenren's scream, an extremely loud roar sounded, and it turned out to be a Sichuan East accent, and it was a female voice.

'Do! Chemical element! Chemical element! A window was pushed open, and seven or eight arrows shot out like rain, and several guards around Ye Kai shouted, raising the round shield in their hands to protect Ye Kai.

The unlucky Zhao Zhenren accidentally got hit by another arrow in his leg because his feet were exposed, and he squeaked in pain!

Seeing that Ye Kai and the others had shields, the window on the second floor of the small bamboo building was also pushed open, and seven or eight men in black clothes with sharp blades jumped down from the second floor, and three or four people also came out of the window on the first floor.

Ye Kai fixed his eyes and saw that the one who rushed to the front was obviously a woman, who didn't look very old, she bit her braid in her mouth, and rushed over with a few ups and downs in her hands!

The dozen or so figures behind her were also holding various weapons, and rushed over like crazy tigers!

There were no long-range weapons on the opposite side in front of him, and the guards around Ye Kai also shouted and dispersed.

Two of them with shields slammed into the woman in black, and the others also drew their weapons and fought with the man in black!