In May of the third year of Tianbao, the king of Hangui in eastern Yunnan was defeated by the Tang Dynasty and the Nanzhao coalition army, and then surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court in order to prevent Nanzhao from taking the opportunity to advance eastward, so he released the sins of the Han chieftains, and ordered him to still lead eastern Yunnan, and the Tang army withdrew to Yaozhou, but Nanzhao did not withdraw the army under the pretext of protecting the southeast of Yunnan, so that the power of Nanzhao developed to eastern Yunnan legally through this war.

In the same month, the imperial court agreed to the Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhang Qiu and Qiong to set up the Central Governor's Mansion in Nanxi County, and to detain 17 prefectures such as Lang, Kun, Qu, and Wei, and appointed Li Mi as the governor, who was controlled by the Jiannan Jiedu envoy.

Also in May, the Nanxi County Wharf was officially zoned for military use, and all commercial passenger ships set their sights on Yibin County, where a new wharf had just been completed.

This day is the middle of June, the day is already hot, the boats on the Minjiang River are like shuttles, the full white sails shine in the sun, so bright that people are dizzying, and the dense cargo ships take advantage of the wind of trade, lined up in a long line, from the north, like a string of seagulls. And to the north, the slender men pull the long cables, and the low and rhythmic trumpets are shocking.

On the surface of the river, a small boat with slightly shaking white wings floated from the north, as if it was a cluster of silver dandelions floating on the water, and around the boat stood four biao men, all in green clothes and black trousers, with a thick-backed long knife on their waists, and layers of calluses on their palms. In the middle of the four men, there was a man of great stature, his dark face turned red from the sun, his brows slightly raised, and his slightly squinted eyes seemed to be looking at the ships passing and passing on the river, but from his constantly changing eyes, it could be seen that he was actually immersed in thought.

At this time, a large cargo ship brushed the ground from the side of the boat, and a wave of white foam poured over the side of the boat, and flowed into the boat along the inner wall of the boat, and the boat immediately shook violently from side to side, and the one standing on the side almost fell into the water, and the half-leaning man sat up, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and glanced at his subordinates.

The body shook, two people jumped high, and with a turn of their bodies, they landed lightly on the big ship, bluffing the shipowner who was gloating and laughing on the big ship, his face was like earth, his legs trembled, and he wanted to escape to the front cabin, but his legs could not move at all.

One of them slowly walked to his side, took out a blood-colored iron plate, shook it in front of the shipowner's eyes, and said coldly: "You are limited to go to the Chengdu River Shoujin Wharf to accept the punishment within two days, if you are delayed, this boat will disappear on the Minjiang River." ”

The voice was low and not loud, but there was no room for disobedience.

After saying that, the two of them flew up again, put their feet on the boat a little, like a milk swallow returning to the forest, and actually skimmed the two-zhang wide river and gently and skillfully floated back to the boat, leaving only the shipowner standing stupidly, he suddenly reacted, slapped his head fiercely, 'plopped' and knelt down, kowtowed to the boat again and again to apologize, and then ran to the bow of the boat with a rolling belt, and urgently ordered the boat to quickly turn around and go to Chengdu.

The man's eyes were lowered, as if he had seen nothing, and he turned back and ordered the other two men, "You two go and help the boatman rock!" The two nodded, and immediately went to the stern to help.

Needless to say, this person is the new leader of the Min Gang, Nanzhao Wang Bing, in the conflict with Emeitang two months ago, the Min Gang won a complete victory, the three deputy masters of Emeitang all died violently at home, and the number of deaths and injuries in the gang was countless, and the vitality was greatly injured, and finally the Hai family asked Li Daofu for help, under the intervention of the government, the two gangs sat down to negotiate, and the battle ended with all the Gangs of Emeitang for the original gang leader of the Min Gang.

This time Wang Bing went south, but in order to expand the power of the Min Gang, along the Min River in the major wharves to investigate, Yibin County is the last stop of his investigation, but also the most interested station, this is a new port, there is no gang force involved at present, if the Min Gang can gain a foothold here, it means that all ends of the Min River are controlled by it, but Wang Bing each has a deeper purpose, he wants to Yibin County as a springboard, with the Min Gang as a medium, the Tang Dynasty wealth and prosperity to Nanzhao.

This small boat was rented by Wang Bing in Jiazhou, and the boat boss was a native of Yibin County, a black and thin old man of about 50 years old, Wang Bing only told him that he was a dart master and went to Yibin County to take over a business, and the boat boss looked at their food and clothing, so he believed it.

He was at the stern of the boat just now, his vision was blocked, although he didn't see the blood-red sign shown, but he had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he had seen a lot of people in the world, and he had guessed that Wang Bing's identity was not ordinary just from the fear of the shipowner.

At this moment, he had someone to help him get out and take a sip of water in the cabin, but as soon as he got out of the cabin, he was called by Wang Bing.

"Brother, come here and sit down!"

The captain of the boat was startled, so he had to tremble, standing in front of Wang Bing and nodding his head.

"Come on! Sit down and talk. Wang Bing chose a dry place and asked him to sit down with a smile.

The captain of the ship leaned sideways, sat down on half of his ass, and smiled flatteringly, "I wonder what the guest is looking for me?" ”

Wang Bing's face softened, and he tried to keep his tone soft, "It's the first time I've come to Yibin County, I've only heard people say how Nanxi County is, but I've never heard of Yibin County, but in the past few months, it has suddenly become popular, I'm busy with other things, I don't know why, I heard my brother say yesterday, you are also from Yibin County, I want to ask my brother to tell me, what happened recently?" ”

Wang Bing's smile made the boat boss slowly settle down, and when he mentioned his home, his heart began to become active, and he also smiled and said: "If the guest doesn't think I'm noisy, I'll talk about it." ”

He pondered for a moment, his eyes showing joy, and the joy was mixed with a hint of emotion.

"Passers-by say that my Yibin County is good luck and the light of the military management of Nanxi County, but in fact, it is not true, the fundamental reason is that our Yibin County has issued a good county order."

A trace of disdain suddenly flashed on Wang Bing's face, and he couldn't help but interject: "Isn't your county order the wine jug?" He also deserves to be called a 'good' word? ”

The captain glanced at him and said angrily, "Is that wine bag worthy of me?" He's gone, I'm talking about our current acting county magistrate, the original chief bookkeeper Lord Li, if he hadn't built a new wharf in time, how could our Yibin County be prosperous now. ”

Wang Bing was stunned, and then laughed, "You small people naturally don't understand, the official's favorite thing to do is this kind of tune, where do you know, this time to move the soil, how much money he can get from the middle, if it is to run a school and open up wasteland, I still believe that if you can build a wharf, you can say that he is a good official, and this kind of good official may not be too easy to be." ”

The boat boss's face became more and more gloomy, the muscles at the corners of his mouth were twitching, and suddenly he slammed the water hyacinth, Huo Di stood up, "The guest is fine, just rest by yourself!" I'm going to rock the boat. ”

He turned around and left, but was grabbed by Wang Bing, and apologized slightly: "You take a step slowly, I'll just listen to you." ”

Seeing his humble attitude, the captain of the boat suppressed his anger a little, sat down and said: "Although we are flat-headed people, everyone has a scale in their hearts, and they are bright!" ”

He paused, suddenly remembered the identity of the other party, and his heart suddenly sank, but the anger in his heart did not disappear, his face turned half blue and half red, and the corners of his mouth squirmed for a while, Fang sighed and said: "I was a little out of shape just now, don't blame you!" ”

"I don't blame you, you go on."

The boat boss thought about the changes in Yibin County in the past few months, and sighed: "Our Yibin County was originally the stepping stone of Nanxi County, and then there was a tiger wolf county lieutenant, and there was a wine bag county order, everyone felt that there was no hope, and if they could go, they would go, and even I went to Jiazhou, but since the arrival of the chief secretary in the spring, it began to change, first the county lieutenant was cut off his head, and the county order was also gone, and then the dock was repaired, and the big and small ships were changed to our Yibin County docking, which gradually prospered. But this can only be said that Li Xianling is a competent official, not a good official. ”

The ship's eyes slowly flashed with a dazzling look, looking up at the sky, not hiding the reverence on his face in the slightest.

"He built bridges for the people, using his own money, he ran official schools, tea gardens, and wineries for the benefit of the people; He built docks, sold land, and built houses, and he didn't have a penny in his pocket. ”

He suddenly looked at Wang Bing squarely, his eyes blazing, "Isn't such an official a good official?" ”

"But how do you know that he didn't fill his pockets, and would this kind of thing be written on his face?" Wang Bing shook his head, still not convinced.

"Justice is in the hearts of the people, the guest is not a Yibin person, maybe you don't believe it, but every ordinary person in Yibin County knows that he doesn't!"

The captain put on his straw hat and got up and strode towards the stern.

Wang Bing looked at his straight waist, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing an imperceptible smile, "This is quite an interesting county order!" ”

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The sky is close to dusk, the wharf of Yibin County is busy, the golden cargo ship is waiting in a long line outside the new wharf, the wharf is about five hundred steps long, all paved with large pieces of bluestone, the surface has not yet been polished and smooth, it seems a little rough, the bluestone is tightly interlocked, the workmanship is fine, with a thin layer of mortar adhesion, over the platform of two zhang wide is dozens of bluestone stairs, at the top of the staircase stands two huge warehouses, there is a passage about five zhang wide between the warehouses, Hundreds of porters were passing through the passage like ant colonies, picking up boxes of good Shu brocade along the stone steps.

The wharf is full of more than 30 large and small ships, three large cargo ships of a thousand stones stand in the middle of many small boats like a giant, occupying nearly twenty percent of the wharf, this is a sea ship from Yangzhou, come to Jiannan to buy Shu brocade, ready to directly traffic to Japan, but it no longer has to go to Chengdu, Yibin's Li Ji firm has a large number of spots, the price is the same as Chengdu East Market, the fat shipowner shook the pu fan, stood by the boat with a smile, and took out a handkerchief from time to time to wipe the sweat beads on his forehead.

"Isn't Proprietor Peng staying in our Yibin County for one night?"

The owner of the ship turned back hurriedly, and at some point, the county commander Li was standing behind him, and he hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "No, the sea will be stormy in a few days, if you hurry up, you can still rush back and forth." ”

The person who came was Li Qing, everything has been smooth in the past few months, and he has grown a little official, this Li Ji firm is his private property, mainly engaged in the business of Shu brocade and sugar, and the words of the owner of Peng suddenly made Li Qing interested, "Are these ships of goods going to sea?" Where is it going? Goryeo or Japan? ”

Peng proprietor is a native of Suzhou, in Yangzhou business for many years, mainly do silk business, brocade, Luo Yan, silk can get high profits, recently popular in Japan Shu brocade, in order to grab a lot of money before the season, he rushed to Chengdu day and night, originally planned to do some supplies in Yibin, but unexpectedly bought the best Shu brocade here, and the market price of Chengdu, which saved him five days of travel, he immediately bought all the inventory, ready to return to Yangzhou overnight, listen to Li Qing's question, he hurriedly piled up a smile and said: "Go to Japan, Shu brocade is in full swing there, and I want to catch up with the peak season. ”

Sure enough, it is Japan, a country of Fusang, which has a deep enmity with China in later generations, and what is the situation now, Li Qing suddenly had a strong interest in his heart.

He was about to ask again, when suddenly, there was a shouting from outside the dock, and he looked at it quickly, and a small white passenger boat was rushing towards the pier like an arrow.

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