Chapter 17: Ten Steps to Kill a Man
The bandits immediately retreated in a hurry.
They are just a group of robbers, and they are not dead soldiers, of course it is okay to bully the weak, but they will not die when they really encounter hard stubble.
"There's a living mouth here!"
A sailor said, looking at the river below.
"Hook up!"
Huang Zhen said with a gloomy face.
Huang Ying was still hurriedly bandaging his wounds, he received a shotgun in the shoulder, although not fatal, but not lightly, and one of the six sailors on board was killed by a direct arquebus bullet in the chest, and the remaining two were shotgunned. One of them was also shot into the lungs, with the level of medical care at this time, this person was not dead and useless, and the other was arrowed, and the real ones were Huang Ying and the two sailors.
Yang Xin also received a shotgun.
However, the power of this thing was limited, and it hit him right on the sternum, and the result was that it bleed him a little.
Yang Xin hooked the live mouth.
It's said to be alive, but it's actually dying.
"Huang and Zhang Cripple have always been at peace, and they have never been rude to you every year, why did you suddenly offend me today?"
Huang Zhen said.
It was clear that he knew the bandits.
But this is also normal, like him, who has been running this road all the year round, it is impossible not to have some connection with the water bandits, I am afraid that they have cooperated before, and because of this, Huang Zhen suffered such a big loss, he never thought that the water bandits would rob him.
The bandit was slurring something.
One of the sailors bowed his head, followed by an angry look......
"It's Liu Qi, Liu Qi told them, we have made a fortune in Jingshi, at least five hundred taels of silver on the ship!"
He said.
Yang Xin looked at Huang Ying inquiringly.
"It's the splash skin from yesterday!"
Huang Ying said.
Yang Xin understood, the splash went back to find these bandits, and deliberately said that they had five hundred taels, and people like him must have more than one profession, extortion and extortion, abduction, and being a secret agent for the government, basically doing everything, which must include being a hidden stake for the water bandits, helping them determine the target of the robbery, otherwise how can the water bandits know which ship is the most valuable, since he said that there are five hundred taels, the water bandits must believe it.
"Madamn, I'll kill him!"
Yang Xin said hatefully.
"Go find Miao Er, give him five taels of silver, he will lead the way, we will wait for you in Tianjin!"
Huang Zhen said.
Then he gestured to the sailor.
The sailor unceremoniously slit the bandit's throat and kicked it into the Hai River, where all the bodies were pushed to the edge of the reeds, where they floated like garbage. There were a total of eight dead bodies in the water, plus the dead sailors on the ship, and the false news of five hundred taels of silver made nine lives go away, and at this time Yang Xin really felt what human life was like grass mustard.
He looked at Huang Zhen with an inquiring gaze.
"They are all those who have no names and surnames in the government, and no one cares how many they die!"
Huang Zhen said.
Yang Xin nodded, which meant that he didn't need to wipe his buttocks, and then he looked at Huang Ying again, neither of them was a child, the latter just handed him a goose feather knife, just like the queen of Sparta who sent the man on the expedition. Yang Xin took the knife and held the small sampan and left immediately, and Huang Zhen's ship went straight to Tianjin, they had to go to the doctor to treat the wounds first, as for the private salt on the ship, it was impossible to delay the lives of the four wounded for sixty taels of silver, just heal the injuries first and then come back and load a boat.
Salt is worthless here.
With his super memory, Yang Xin quickly found Miao Er's broken shed, which was pickling salted fish, and immediately became indignant when he heard him.
"Brother Yang, I've wanted to kill this dog for a long time!"
He said.
Of course, the main reason for his righteous indignation was that there was money to be made.
"Lead the way two taels, and make three taels!"
Yang Xin said.
"My own brother, I didn't say it!"
Miao Ermei said with a smile.
He was not afraid that Yang Xin would repay the debt afterwards, and Huang Zhen would not come to sell smuggled salt.
"Is this your daughter?"
Yang Xin looked at the little girl and said.
The latter was not afraid, but looked at him curiously.
"Picked up, the tide of the year before last, I don't know how many families were washed, she didn't know whose family, she was washed here by the tide, even my woman was picked up at that time, and now she is also losing money, and she is thinking of finding someone to sell as a child daughter-in-law!"
Miao Er said.
Yang Xin didn't ask any more questions, and the two of them left immediately.
"Where did all these bandits come from?"
He asked.
"It's just some fishing, there are also some homeless people who have no roots, they fish on weekdays, occasionally sell salt, and when they meet a suitable deal, they will do a ticket, and after grabbing it, they will go back to their homes, and the government doesn't care, and the inspection lord will accept the filial piety of the lame, this kind of place is close to the sea, and the fish are fed when they die, and no one cares."
Miao Er said while holding the boat.
"Where are we going?"
Yang Xin asked.
"Fengcai Field, not far away, it will be there in half an hour, our salt area belongs to Fengcai Field, Liu Qijia is in Fengcai Field, and his eldest brother is still on an errand under Deputy Envoy Hu."
Miao Er said.
"How many salt pans are there?"
Yang Xin asked.
"This is the rich wealth field, there are three fields of wealth, rejuvenation and wealth in the vicinity, to the north and south, the entire coastal twenty, from the north of Changli to Cangzhou, the salt patrol imperial history is stationed in the capital, and the Yamen of the Changlu Salt Transportation Division is stationed in Cangzhou. Tianjin's Guibei Division, the branch division is stationed in Tianjin, in charge of eleven fields, the South Division is in Jinghai, in charge of nine fields, each field is in charge of the ambassador of the salt department, in the past, the salt of the official warehouse, now it is in charge of the silver of the salt department, and the ambassador of Fengcai is stationed in Gegu. ”
Miao Er said.
He said that Ge Gu Yang Xin was clear.
Gegu.
"This is the land of fish and rice!"
Yang Xin said unexpectedly.
Unlike the salt pans or reeds he saw before in this area, Gegu has begun to grow a large number of rice, knowing that because of the influence of the tides in this area, it is not so easy to even drink water. The groundwater in this area is high fluoride, that is, brittle bone disease, drinking water can only go to the river to pick, although the Haihe River becomes a sea as soon as the tide rises, but after the tide is a muddy pond. Therefore, when the water is high, you can only take advantage of the salty water with a large proportion to push the light fresh water to the surface, and step on something like a springboard to scrape fresh water from the tide surface to drink. This is not bad, even some coastal places that do not rely on the Haihe River have to hoard sea ice in the winter, and in the summer the ice melts and flows into the mud pits dug nearby......
Just drink this water.
Sea ice is actually salty, but slightly better than seawater, and as for the rain, it belongs to high-end goods.
It's not easy to grow rice here.
"The imperial court organized military households here to camp many times, each time it was not long-lasting, these are the first few years ago a senior official surnamed Xu private here, he bought thousands of acres of wasteland here to try to grow rice, these are the Xu family, but their family also taught others to plant."
Miao Er said.
"Xu Guangqi?"
Yang Xin said.
"I knew it was surnamed Xu, and that was his nephew,!"
Miao Er said.
As he spoke, he pointed to the rice paddies.
A young man in a green shirt and a black hat was walking on the ridges of a field and inspecting a rice paddy.
Xu Guangqi is sure.
Yang Xin remembered that he did succeed in trying to plant rice in the Gegu area, and it also developed into a special product of small station rice in this area, I have to say that the Ming Dynasty is not without talents, although Xu Guangqi worships Yawei, but his achievements in science and technology agriculture are enough to make him famous in history. However, Xu Guangqi did not have the ability to solve the crisis of the late Ming Dynasty, and he could not collect taxes, the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty at present was neither a new army nor a new science and technology, what the Ming Dynasty needed was a group of wolf-like tax collectors who could collect all kinds of taxes......
Well, then you won't be able to sell smuggled salt!
It is said that Yang Xin only remembered at this time that his current identity was one of the moths that hollowed out the Ming Dynasty.
Just small bugs, of course.
Flies don't count.
"Liu Qi!"
Suddenly, Miao Er said.
Yang Xin raised his head and looked in the direction of his finger.
Liu Qizheng was carried by two subordinates, and walked down from a small boat, obviously he had just come back from seeing the doctor, he was talking to a person passing by on the road while walking, looking full of energy, he didn't hurt him much yesterday, and he didn't have so much trouble if he fell to death.
Yang Xin pulled out the knife with regret.
"What are you going to do?"
Miao Er next to him looked at him with a frightened gaze and said.
"Cut people!"
Yang Xin said with a natural expression.
"This is a big court, you can't just do it, you have to plan first, there are thousands of soldiers and horses in the coastal defense camp here!"
Miao Er said as if he was broken.
"Well, don't bother!"
Yang Xin said.
After speaking, he casually pushed Miao Er away.
The latter saw that the situation was not good and fled the scene as quickly as possible to avoid being involved.
At this time, Liu Qi over there also saw Yang Xin, he stood there somewhat confused, Yang Xin then showed him a bright smile, Liu Qi instantly sobered up, pushed away the two subordinates, regardless of the fact that he was actually a wounded, turned around and ran backwards for his life. And the two subordinates were still confused, Yang Xin, who was sprinting at full speed, came to them in a blink of an eye, these two people were frightened, screamed and threw their heads to the ground, Yang Xin rushed straight from between them.
Liu Qi instinctively turned around, and Yang Xin was already less than twenty meters away from him.
The guy screamed in fright.
Without hesitation, he turned his head and rushed into the rice paddies and ran wildly in the muddy water......
"Chen Gongzi, help!"
He screamed and rushed at Xu Guangqi's nephew.
The latter looked at them in amazement, and before he could react, Liu Qi threw himself at his feet, followed by Yang Xin, and Chen Gongzi instinctively drew his sword. Yang Xin raised his foot and stepped on Liu Qi's back, grabbed his hair and pulled it upward, and at the same time as Liu Qi's head was raised, he stuffed the Yanling knife under his neck......
"This son, this thief colluded with the water bandits to rob our ship, we killed one brother and injured five, and we are here to avenge our brothers."
Yang Xin raised his head and said.
Of course, it was impossible for Chen Gongzi not to know who Liu Qi was, he looked at the blood stains on Yang Xin's chest and the hole made by the shotgun, and then made a gesture with his right hand.
Yang Xin nodded.
The Yanling knife in his hand was pulled fiercely, and the blood on Liu Qi's neck suddenly burst out.
Chen Gongzi was bold enough, even if he was splashed with blood, he still looked at Yang Xin with interest.
Yang Xin tugged at Liu Qi's hair, stepped on this guy's back, and looked at Chen Gongzi with a smile while bleeding.
The two looked at each other silently
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