"The smell is choking." The businessman who smoked didn't care, and said with a smile: "If you smoke too much, you will get used to it, Brother Lin, why don't you take a sip too?" ”

"I don't want it, I'm afraid that Daddy will kill someone."

When the two answered, one hand had already taken out the things in Brother Lin's arms, but this guy pouted, and he didn't know if he was disgusted by the smell of smoke, or if he was still distressed about the two hundred taels of silver, but for a while, he didn't notice it at all.

"This thing, it seems that people outside the gate smoke a lot." Some people have seen and heard widely, but they took the opportunity to show off: "It is bitter cold outside the gate, and there is no autumn after summer, and the snow will fly directly." At that time, I could only lie in the fire pit all day long, and I would freeze half to death when I went out...... Isn't sitting idle all day tight and boring? So smoke a bag, saying that it can relieve fatigue and boredom! ”

"It's this reason, it's this reason!"

"That's so good, I'll try it when I have time."

"Why be free? Ready-made. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, plunder the beauty of people, I don't do such a thing."

"Benefit but not cost, this thing is rare, it takes a little effort to plant a sunny place in your home."

"Then, it's better to be respectful."

The middle-aged merchant was really addicted to smoking, and when he heard that someone was interested, he happily filled a pot full of cigarettes, handed it to people to taste, and then the flint lit the fire coal, and lit the smoke in the smoke pot.

"It's a fresh thing."

An old man selling pancakes, dressed in a washed white blue cloth coat, shook his head and said in a thick Shandong accent: "Now there are more and more new things." It's a pity that this situation, otherwise, the old man would have wanted to try this tobacco. And what kind of peppers, tomatoes, look red and gorgeous, and sweet to eat, but I don't know how to grow it? ”

Someone said: "There are also corn and sweet potatoes, all of which are passed from the South Seas, and the sweet potatoes I have planted, but they are strangely sweet, but they are too small, and the harvest is not too much. ”

Sweet potatoes have been introduced to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, but farmers generally don't know how to plant them, and they can't do it.

From Shandong to Huaiyang, Henan, there were not many crops, but in Hainan at that time, sweet potatoes and other crops had gradually spread.

It will be a few decades before peppers and corn become mainstream crops.

So when people brought it up, some of them nodded their heads in agreement, and some of them were dumbfounded, as if they were talking about the sky. In the closed agricultural society of the Ming Dynasty, there is another world a hundred miles away, unless it is a student study tour, or a businessman who goes back and forth to seek profits, he knows a little more, and Qingjiang here is already extremely civilized and well-informed.

The more the crowd gathered, the more diligent a few characters with sharp beaks and cheeks became, and they were very happy.

When the harvest was abundant, a few people made a look and planned to sneak out of the crowd and leave. Anyway, this group of local guys and businessmen are chatting happily, and the smoke pot is handed around, and it is not too dirty!

As he was squeezing out, one of them suddenly felt a pain in his wrist, and when he looked down, he saw a pair of big hands like iron tongs on his hand and neck.

"What are you doing?" The man was in pain, and first groaned, and then cried out, "Let go!" ”

Look at the other party is just a short black man, not amazing at all, but his eyes are shining, if there is substance, people feel scared when they look at it, and they hold their heads high, although their appearance is not good, it still makes people think that this person is extraordinary!

And the hand strength is amazing, looking at it is just a casual ride, the strength of the hand is so great, but it makes people feel that their wrists are about to be twisted.

"Let go?" Listening to the man's call, the black dwarf man smiled slightly, and said in a crisp northern accent: "Take out all the things in your arms, and then be honestly tied up, and go back to the yamen with me to make it clear, and you will naturally let go." ”

This person is the head of all the thieves, so the stolen things are put in his arms, this will be broken by humanity, looking at the appearance of the other party's Tsing Yi and small hat, it seems that it is unlikely to be an official, but it is not an official, of course, there is no need to be afraid of him!

At the moment, enduring the pain, the accomplice who looked around stunned shouted: "Hurry up, knock over this mess, let's go quickly!" ”

This time there was a commotion, and everyone could already see that something was wrong, and then listening to this person's words, they vaguely understood some of the flavors.

"Hey, catch the thief." The little merchant surnamed Lin was very unstable, and this time he became happy, and said with his hands in a hurry: "Hurry up, let's catch the thief." ”

"You don't have to do much."

Among his peers, there were naturally elders entrusted by his family, and he immediately shouted in a low voice: "Lin Qing, you kid want to make a mistake?" This gang of thieves has bulging waists, give you a pinch of your waist and eyes, how do you tell me to explain to your mother? ”

"Then, I won't go up."

The young man came out to do business, although he was not stable, but he was not stupid. The young businessman named Lin Qing also saw that this group of thieves was very unkind, and they were forcing the black short man one by one, although there were many onlookers, but there were also many thieves, and everyone pressed the clamp on their waists, and for a while, hundreds of people were quiet.

"Hurry up and let go, and we'll be fine with each other." The thief who was twisted his wrist was sweating profusely, and his expression was still very proud, and he only shouted: "How many days have you been here, and I haven't met you like this, let go quickly, we will be safe." If you are an official, the filial piety you should have will not be less than you, we understand! ”

"What do you understand? Understand the evil of goodness, for the evil of the place? What is it on your ancestral grave that you have such a thing? Besides, you know the official, I'm afraid it's the former river defense interrogator, right? Tell you, those are Liu Zeqing's soldiers, and now they are being dismantled, the treasury is being managed, and the cao is being watched, or the project is heavy, building bridges and roads, and then you want to 'understand the rules', and you will harm people, I'm afraid it won't be possible. ”

Although this person is not good-looking, he is really imposing, surrounded by a group of five or six tall and strong thieves with fierce expressions, and his face does not change, and he is also very strong, and everyone hears it clearly, and they can't help but scream at the moment.

"Good for your ......"

"Shameless for you, looking for death, right?"

A few thieves couldn't get up and down their faces, secondly, they were really annoyed by the damage, and thirdly, they were a little panicked. This black dwarf man doesn't have anything else to say, the little military attachés and soldiers of Liu Zeqing's department who have been covering them recently have all been transferred, and some of the ones who stayed behind have always been honest and don't have much to do, so now they are helpless, and they are originally very unhappy in their hearts.

At this time, he didn't care what the identity of this person was, so he could only quickly put it down and leave quickly.

"Come on, take them all!"

The other party approached, but the black dwarf man was not panicked at all, first as soon as he collected and released, everyone heard a click, the thief's head had been twisted off his wrist, and he screamed miserably, and he fell to the ground in pain, and the rest of the thieves, this person was not chaotic at all, dodging and blocking, two or three people approached, and they didn't have anything to do with him.

However, such a blocking action, that is, a few efforts, from the surrounding crowd came out of more than seventy or eighty big men, all of them looked powerful, well-trained, and forced up together, three times five divided by two, that is, a group of thieves were captured.

"Take them all back." The black short man also smiled with satisfaction when he saw that his subordinates were powerful, but the smile was accepted in an instant: "Today's third batch, it seems that there are still a lot of thieves, and we can't slack off." ”

"Yes Le!"

"You kid, just watch the excitement and scratch it." Looking at his subordinates tying up people, the black dwarf man walked up to the little merchant named Lin Qing again, and said with a smile: "Isn't it complaining that you have collected too much gold?" ”

"Well, yes...... Oh, no, no! ”

"If I take your money, I will protect your safety." The black dwarf man smiled and asked this Lin Qingdao: "Touch your arms, do you see anything missing?" ”

"This ......" Lin Qing touched it in his arms, and suddenly his face was shabu, and there was no blood at all. At the touch of it, there was nothing, of course, the complexion changed greatly.

"Here we are!" The black dwarf man smiled, and threw it back with a document in his hand, and the kid picked it up and looked at it, what was it if it wasn't his own?

"Kowtow to your lord!"

The middle-aged businessman took the lead, and five or six businessmen knelt down together, and the black dwarf man hurriedly helped them up and said with a smile: "What are you doing, it is the duty of this official to catch the thief." Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has received your money to raise soldiers and officials, isn't it just to drive out the Eastern Captives, cut off the thieves, and give everyone a peaceful time? Catch these evils that do not become instruments, and when you ask them clearly, you will drive them to build roads, and you will have to atone for my sins as many times as they have done...... Do you think that's the reason? ”

This official has a serious northern accent, and his speech is strong and powerful, and he is very refreshing, and everyone is very respectful when he listens to it, because he smiled and said: "That's right, what the adults said is very true." ”

"Alright, you can rest." The black dwarf officer squeezed his eyes and said to the middle-aged businessman: "Brother, if you have the strength to come back next time, bring me some tobacco seeds, this smell is authentic." ”

"Done!"

There are more northerners smoking than southerners, and middle-aged businessmen know that the other party knows the goods, so they respectfully agreed.

"I don't know your surname?"

The black dwarf man in front of him behaved, his appearance, and the situation of his handling all showed that he was an official, or he was dressed in civilian clothes, and he was too capable to see that the official was big or small.

Anyway, in the eyes of ordinary people, this lord is not like a big official. After all, the big officials came out and put up a team of one or two hundred people, and everyone under the Huwei avoidance card was easy, and the people were avoided, and the thieves were far away.

This adult not only led people, but also caught thieves with his own hands, I'm afraid this official is a big deal.

"Hehe, the official's surname is Yan, and he is the deputy director of the Public Security Department under the Generalissimo's Mansion." The black dwarf man did not shy away from it, and said with a smile: "The full-time is Qingjiang, what trouble will you have next time, go to the original household department and look back two or three hundred steps to the east, and the yamen of the Public Security Department is there!" ”

(To be continued)