Xin'an Wharf from the Yangtze River to the west to the Hanshui Qingchuan Bridge, claimed to stretch for thirty miles, of course, in fact only seven or eight miles, occupies the most convenient port on the north bank, said to be exclusively for Hui merchants to dock, but most of the merchants in South Zhili and Zhejiang are involved with the Hui Gang in one way or another, so as long as you pay the berthing fee, you will not encounter difficulties in leisure. The remaining territory of Beigang was divided between local merchants in Huguang and Jiangxi. As for the merchant ships in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, they could only anchor on the south bank, pick up the goods and send them to Hankou Town, if there were goods to be transported from Hankou Town, they could only hire another ship, which was expensive and inconvenient, but because of the small situation, it was difficult to compete.

Before Chenghua, the town of Hankou was nothing more than a reed island, until the Han River was diverted, and it suddenly became a sheltered harbor, so merchants poured in. The Hui merchants took advantage of the convenience of the salt industry to sell salt here, and because of their wealth, they first gained a firm foothold and suppressed the later merchants.

Therefore, when the day's fighting began, the people in Hankou Town did not take it seriously at first, until there were rumors that more than a dozen people had been killed, and several fast hands in charge of the town's Hanyang County Express Shift felt that the situation was not good, and hurriedly went to report to the Hanyang County Government while organizing people to go to the bullet pressure. However, when they gathered dozens of white servants and helpers who were not in the yamen organization and hurried to the place of the fight, the senior fast man led by him realized that he had misexpected the scale of today's group fight.

At least six or seven hundred people were involved! If this is going to kill people, I'm afraid that there will be more than a dozen people! It's a disaster now, and it's really a big case. Don't say he can't afford it. I'm afraid that Zhou Xianzun will also be anxious!

"Today's thing. Who exactly provoked it? ”

"Li Ye, it is a group of Baoqing people who are gathered by the local Dongting merchants in Huguang to work as coolies at the wharves everywhere, and it is said that a lot of money has been spilled."

The veteran Kuaishou was already speaking sharply, but when he heard that it was the local merchants and gangs uniting, he gasped. After thinking about it for a long time, he saw that all the people he brought were cowering, and after thinking about it, he said in a deep voice: "Go get a batch of bamboo whistles." Move quickly, and then give me a piece of hard blowing, as long as this group of people shows signs of stopping, they will shout at me, saying that the officers and soldiers are coming, and then find someone to make some movement of horses' hooves! ”

In a hurry, he can think of the trick of bluffing, and this veteran fast hand is undoubtedly a very good person. Sure enough, when the terrible bamboo whistles sounded one after another, the shouts of various officers and soldiers spread all over the dock, coupled with the sound of horses' hooves that seemed to be galloping. The two groups of people who were fighting on the dock were in full swing finally gradually stopped. However, neither side is simply a rush to disperse. It's about picking up the dead and wounded, tidying up the battlefield, and the movements are all extraordinarily well-trained. After just a quarter of an hour, there was nothing unusual except for the bloodstains in the place that had been the main battlefield.

As buckets of water came up, constantly washing the bluestone floor on the dock, and some people used bristle brushes to desperately brush those sticky bloodstains, even the last specks of red gradually disappeared.

After waiting for an hour, the Hanyang County Ya received a report, and a large team of two or three hundred people from the economic and non-economic service drove over, and the Xin'an wharf was already quiet, how could there be any fighting posture? The head of the fast class Qin was annoyed and summoned the Li Zhukuai, who was stationed here, and as soon as he saw someone, he asked with a slashed face: "What about the two groups?" You wouldn't say that your brains were about to come out, but they all fell apart after a while? ”

Originally, it was to eliminate a catastrophe, but as a result, people dispersed too quickly, but they were reprimanded by the team leader, and Li Zhukuai was also a little unhappy, but he could only swallow his anger and explain. Seeing that the residual anger on Qin Bantou's face had not subsided, he said in a low voice: "Although the dock has been washed clean by those two gangs, today's casualties are not as good as usual, but I am afraid that the doctors in those medical halls in Hankou Town may not be enough." Moreover, if the lives of the dead and injured are not reported, the yamen can treat it as a matter of nothing, but if someone shouts at it, it will be a big matter. ”

Qin Bantou's face suddenly froze, and he was about to say something, but unexpectedly, a white servant suddenly came up behind him, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Master Ma beside Zhou Xianzun is here!" ”

Ma Liang is a famous criminal master, and he is very respected by Zhou County on weekdays, and this Zhou County Zun has been old and spicy since he took office, and he has been obedient in three classes and six rooms, so how dare Qin Bantou despise this Master Ma, and hurriedly called Li Zhuai to greet him. But after only a few steps, they saw Master Ma, who usually pays the most attention to posture, rushing over at a trot, and they couldn't take care of being out of breath, and said angrily: "How is the situation?" ”

Qin Bantou snorted at Li Zhu, and motioned for him to go and say to Master Ma, when he saw that Li Zhuhai finished speaking, Ma Liang's face was still like the bottom of a black pot, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart. It took them a long time before they heard the master, who was proficient in names, speak, "You go and see the two gangs of people who just fought at once, and hear what they have to say." If there are no casualties, a reprimand is sufficient; If there are casualties, they themselves know the consequences, and at that time, when they wantonly arrested people and implicated them, Hugh blamed the county for not being polite! ”

When Ma Liang thought of Zhou Xianzun's originally extremely good political achievements, he was likely to be smeared by this fight, and he would be annoyed and annoyed. And this is not at other times, but at the moment when Huo Xiu acted in a monkey play yesterday, and was still recognized! Wang Fulin's family lives on Xin'an Street not far from here, if they knew, would they ask Wang Daokun to take this opportunity to wear the county and their shoes? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and in the end, he instructed Qin Bantou and Li Zhukuai in a few words, and he immediately hurried away.

When he came to the inn he had visited before on Xin'an Street, his heart was full of emotions. If he had known that it was just the internal affairs of the Wang clan in Songmingshan, how could he not have thought that he was smart and came up with such a stupid idea, and it was all because Liu Qian, who had dealt with Wang Daoguan head-on, was so incompetent that he didn't even see the real purpose of others! With this anxiety, he called a man to lead the way to Wang Fulin's courtyard, but was stopped by several entourage. Although as Zhou Xianzun's entourage, he has always been regarded as a guest within the jurisdiction of Hanyang County, but he did not dare to lose his temper at this time.

"I'm here on the orders of Zhou County Zun to discuss something with the petty officials."

This time I came to Hankou, because I took the land route, and the dart bureau in Hangzhou needed manpower, Wang Fulin brought a group of newcomers back to ask Qi Jiajun to help train, and transferred the old man to Hangzhou, so there was also a pattern of two old people with two new four dart divisions. plus the four entourages in the family, a total of eight people, not all of them are not many. At this time, Ma Liang said this, several people exchanged glances with each other, and an older entourage spoke: "After the little official came back from the governor's yamen, he was busy going to the dock to prepare for the return of Huizhou. ”

If it were to be changed to usual, Master Ma would definitely not be able to stand this kind of coldness and leave, but at this time, he did not show any gloom, and inquired and learned that Wang Daoyun and his wife were still in the governor's yamen and did not come back, so he decided to stay and wait. This wait was enough until dusk, he drank two full pots of tea in front of the inn, went to the thatched house again and again, and found a young man to pull the family cooking in frustration, and waited until the flowers were gone, and finally got the news that Wang Fulin could see people.

He quickly followed the entourage to the back hall, and when he pushed the door in, he saw Wang Fulin yawning with his hands over his mouth, but looking at him with a smile in his eyes. Almost instantly, he decided not to beat around the bush, but to open the skylight and say something.

"Petty official, the county lord knows that he has offended a lot before, so he can't leave Hanyang City at will, so he can't apologize in person. If there is anything else that can be done, please let the petty officials not hesitate to make it clear. Today's dispute at Xin'an Wharf has ended, and if the two sides have no other demands, it will never affect the itinerary of the petty officials. ”

This is to tell yourself to make conditions, not to use today's weapon fight to hinder the future of that Zhou Xianzun? Tsk, fortunately, he restrained the people below today, and he didn't plan to meddle in things, otherwise that Zhou Xianzun would just be more nervous, right? I think about it a lot, he is a selfish and lazy person who is a friend of the dead and the poor, so he has no heart to meddle in things. The previous scene was also to get the father and mother back to Huizhou, and by the way, it was just a lesson to the guy who looked down on people with dog eyes, but he didn't think about how far he would fix people because of a little bit of the festival.

Although the two masters around Zhou Xianzun are cautious and hateful, they can be scared. As for Huo Xiucai, he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he has a bad record, he deserves to die!

Wang Fulin saw Ma Liang say something deeply, so he stepped forward and helped the person up with both hands, and then forcibly pressed the person to sit down, and then said calmly: "I'm not here to do business in Hankou Town, what does it matter to me whether there is a fight on the dock or not?" As for Zhou Xianzun, he is a good official with outstanding political achievements, and my father has also received a lot of care from him, I only have gratitude as a son, how can I let Zhou Xianzun apologize to me? Before that, I also told Mr. Nanming that I was going to see Zhou Xianzun to apologize, and asked Master Ma to go back and bring a message for me, and I would go back tomorrow morning on behalf of my father to say goodbye. ”

To apologize? Just look at this kid's methods to deal with Huo Xiucai, you can know that it is not comparable to a pedantic nerd like Wang Daoyun at all, how can he go to apologize to Zhou Xianzun?

Ma Liang thought he had misheard, and it wasn't until he saw Wang Fulin sit down, write a serious post, and then ask him to forward it, that he realized that the other party was telling the truth. Far from diminishing, the sense of crisis in his heart became stronger because of it. Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, not to mention that their previous design of Wang Daoyun was discovered by others!

After thinking about it, he couldn't get the point, so he could only accept the prayer post and leave in a hurry. If this is a little later, it is very likely that he will not be able to enter the city in time to let the county make preparations in advance! (To be continued......)