In Guangzhou, the sky has just dawned, and the sun is still rising. The salty smell of the sun and the sea gradually faded away and permeated the dotted docks;

Most of the people who stayed up all night and had fun had already gone home before the sun came out. The fish market and the morning sea market are also dispersing, some coolies are sweating at the docks to clean up the garbage and dirt left by the crowd, and many laborers and sailors, sleepy-eyed and stretching their waists and sweat towels, have come out of the shacks and private shackles, ready to welcome the new land ferry.

With the sea breeze washing. The last bit of pine and grease embers dissipated over one of the largest ports and cities that never sleeped, and a new and busy day began.

Guangzhou Port, since Qin destroyed Nanyue and Zhao Tuo called the king, the opening of the port of Panyu has a history of nearly 1,000 years, regardless of the rise and fall of the dynasties, it seems that it is difficult to affect the corner of the extreme south, the city has been expanding with the prosperity and population exhibition, has been expanding to the side of the mountain. Then it turned to the sea and expanded, and drained the tidal flats with embankments, and reclaimed new land, on which a large number of settlements of various customs were born.

Of course, according to the usual situation, the dull and busy early morning belongs to the poor, except for the doorman who is on duty at night. Even the most diligent tax collector lay down in a good bed. At this time most of the morning belonged to the servants of the families, and when the sun was higher than the bar, the market was filled with these servants and men dressed in various patterns of family coats of arms; When the drums of the opening place have been heard, some merchants' carriages, silk cloth-clad tents, stewards and other high-ranking personnel converge on the street to form a landscape of traffic and people, and the silent city gradually regains its vitality, which can be regarded as the beginning of a new day for most shops. When the sun is close to the middle of the sky, some small and medium-sized businesses that still need the owner to work in person also belatedly appear in the store wearing robes and scarves.

As for the life of the richest family in the city, which is slightly deserved, it is not related to the whole morning, for most people, breakfast is the most important and sumptuous meal of the day, and the afternoon time is the time when they open their doors, and as for the essence and climax of their day, it is still in the deep night.

Therefore, for a while, the city shrouded in the red glow, such as the golden city shrouded in divine light, compared with the night view of the wharf where thousands of ships gather at night and are known as the sea of lights, it is another style that people never get tired of seeing; It's just that all of this today is somewhat tainted with a sense of decline and decay because of the scarred ruins and ruins that occasionally dot the city.

And in the new day, in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the inner city of Guangzhou, the gorgeous and unusual homes around have already been cleaned up, and in the somewhat empty official hall, a belated breakfast has just been presented.

It's just that compared with the surrounding environment and background of carved beams and paintings, gorgeous and intricate and elegant, the yellow carved hu rice placed on a small wooden table and packed in a large stoneware bowl, a small plate of sauce and puros, and a middle-aged man holding gray chopsticks without carving or lacquer color in a pair of extraordinarily thick palms, also wearing a pale cloth robe, seem a little out of place shabby and simple.

As the current owner of this room and the ruler of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzhou City, the general Huang Chao, who has experienced the vicissitudes of wind and frost, but he ate deliciously and inadvertently, showing a faint expression of satisfaction and nostalgia, until he cleaned the last handful of carved Hu rice, and dipped it in the residual juice of the sauce pu luo and swallowed it, then gently wiped his chin and sighed slightly.

"The craftsmanship of the old fan is still the same as the old taste of his hometown."

"General, your diet and daily life are too clean."

A middle-aged scribe standing on the side said bitterly.

"I have a lot of work to do, and I hope to take care of your body."

"In the former dynasty, the Maha monk (Wang Wei) had a "Song of Ascending the Tower" and said: 'Amber wine and carved rice, the king will not be too late.' ”

Huang Chao smiled slightly.

"This is the best delicacy that God has given us in the cold and hungry years."

"At the beginning, when we took the children of the three surnames and seven families and sold the place..."

"Having this half-bowl of carved hu rice is a rare treat and hospitality."

"Even after all these years, I still miss it very much."

"But that's on the way to the war... In this city"

The scribe was a little admiring and a little worried, and wanted to persuade something, but he waved his hand to interrupt him.

"I don't know what they are in private."

Huang Chao sighed deeply.

"But since I made an oath to raise troops for the world, and the general ordered all the righteous teachers,"

"Then it is even more important to uphold this body consistently. Otherwise, how can they be rectified and restrained? ”

"How is the re-clearing and re-cultivation of the fields near Guangfu, as well as the opening of the market?"

"The work of clearing the fields and cultivating the land has already achieved initial results,"

"There are more than 300,000 acres of new and old raw and mature fields, but in addition to seeds, there is still a shortage of ploughing cattle and farm tools."

"In addition, there are not many achievements in the market, and there are still many wait-and-see people, and there are few people in the market."

"And most of them are small livelihoods and small capitals."

"No matter how small it is, it is still a livelihood, and it is also a gesture to support the long-term stability of our volunteer army"

Huang Chao couldn't help but sigh.

"You have to have a good life, a lot of treatment and support."

"No..."

The scribe replied.

"Quanyi."

Then, he turned to another high-ranking general on standby.

"The matter of the arsenal collaborating with the enemy and hiding thieves, how is it being investigated now."

This person's name is Zhang Quanyi, and he is one of the few old brothers who came out of the salt lord gang at the beginning with rough writing, and he is also one of the few henchmen in the general's mansion, directly leading the elite athletes from various armies.

"Zhou Bustard, the commander of the filial piety army in charge of the guard, is waiting for the crime in the military palace."

The general named Zhang Quanyi hurriedly said.

"Is it poor supervision, or is it collusion with those dog thieves"

"The men of Zuo Sima are being thoroughly investigated and interrogated overnight."

Speaking of this, Zhang Quanyi paused and said.

"In addition, there are dozens of implicated people in the city, who have been arrested and imprisoned."

"During this period, a lot of hidden weapons and deaths were seized, and we are waiting for the next step of the confession and credentials."

"It is also necessary to prevent the people below from wantonly expanding right and wrong, and intentionally or unintentionally disturbing the people."

Huang Chao thought about it and commanded.

"Let the Owl Team send them to various places to step up supervision."

"Obey the general's orders."

Zhang Quanyi's positive voice responded.

At this time, Huang Chao suddenly saw a name on the stack of copywriting presented, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's this monk again."

"It's a bit tied up with my rebels. . . ."

In another part of the city, in a chamber cut off from most sound and light, the floor was already full of broken precious objects and fine porcelain with graceful patterns.

"The other side of the arsenal was discovered by a grass thief. It's in the whole city."

A thunderous voice was also shouting.

"What is the origin of this bad thing?"

"Why don't you come with me for a visit,"

"Please also ask the proprietor to change a place of residence with me."

The other voice was cautiously persuasive

"Because of the suddenness of the incident, several families were caught off guard.

"I'm afraid that under severe torture, it won't be long before this place is implicated."

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In some kind of faint curse and chatter, when Zhou Huai'an woke up in a hazy way, it was already all bright and the sun was high. The unfamiliar environment and furnishings, as well as the unfamiliar bedding draped on his body, the bedding is basically seventy percent new, and it still exudes the smell of sun exposure, which also makes him finally remember some of the previous things.

I only remember that I didn't know how much I drank, so that in the end, I couldn't go out of the city and return to the camp by myself, so I was personally led by Cao Shixiong and sent to another mansion owned by Wang Chongyin to rest. It's really embarrassing to say, I can be regarded as well-informed and trained in the wine table and KTV, but I was actually overturned by a group of low-alcohol wine that the ancients won with quantity.

However, it seemed that because of the fact that he was in the city, what he heard here was not the noise of the barracks, but the rather quiet chirping of birds and insects, and the faint whisper of a woman's voice.

Pushing open the window of the recent wooden lattice paper, he realized that he was actually in a room on the third floor of a wooden building along the street, with an unobstructed view of the scene of market life at the bottom, and in the distance were the laundry and sheets scattered together, and the vendors and shops that were stuffed with stitches and needles. Nearby, there are many private houses lined up in Tsby, and from time to time there are all kinds of people who are obviously wearing the colors of the rebel uniforms, and they are constantly coming and going.

Obviously, this is a temporary settlement and living area related to the rebels. And many people just wear uniforms or military robes in broad daylight, and openly bring their families and relatives to the market like this, or run straight back to a certain residence, and never come out for a long time. It seems that the overall atmosphere is quite relaxed and slack, which is in stark contrast to Zhou Huai'an's relatively tight and busy daily life in the angry wind camp outside the city.

Well, this is obviously the best portrayal of how easy it is to degenerate.

And for the first time, he also saw the family members of the camp of the rebels, who were also old and weak women and children in the usual sense; You must know that when you are in the Angry Wind Camp, there are basically no women, and even the leaders led by Wang Pan regularly go to the nearby market towns to solve their physiological problems.

After all, in this era of non-chaos, under the pressure of life, there is always a variety of women who have come out to sell themselves for a long time or temporarily, even under the short-term occupation of the rebels, it has not changed.

It's just that among the families of these rebels that Zhou Huai'an saw, there were relatively few old people and young children; And the able-bodied middle-aged women and young women make up a large percentage. And according to Zhou Huai'an's vague knowledge, it is said that most of the family members were lost on the way south, so many of these family members are obviously new to become the "family members" of the rebel army.