Xiangshan County and Haojing are in the southwest of Guangzhou City, while Xin'an, where Wang Fulin is going this time, is in the southeast of Guangzhou Prefecture, and Dongguan County is 100 miles south. This was originally Dongguan Shouyu Thousand Households, until the first year of Wanli was divided into Dongguan County, and part of it and Dongguan Shouyu Thousand Households were divided into Xin'an County, so that Guangzhou Government had an additional county order.

Nine out of ten of the people in the city are military households, and the county commander has been in office for three years since the first year of Wanli, which is definitely an old qualification. If you look at the map alone, today's Xin'an County will govern Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the future, but now it is the most remote place in Guangzhou Prefecture, and there is no one.

After all, the wealth of Xiangshan depends on Haojing, but Xin'an is different, whether it is Hong Kong or Shenzhen in the future, it is now all small fishing villages!

Lu Guangwu and Zheng Ming thought that there was nothing to do, and sent someone back to the rented inn to report a letter, and also followed Wang Fulin on this trip. Lu Guangwu is not the first time to come, and he is not surprised at all when he enters the low county town of Xin'an, and Zheng Ming first came to this place from the prosperous Guangzhou City, which is not inferior to the south of the Yangtze River, he can't help but feel that the gap is very large, after entering the city, he sighed in a low voice: "No wonder smuggling pirates are rampant in Guangdong. ”

"So, I've heard a saying about it. As the head of a county, the full amount of taxation is just a small road, and the fairness of the lawsuit is not mediocre, on the contrary, the construction of roads and bridges, so that people in some remote places can also enjoy convenience, can communicate with the outside world more quickly, and even persuade farming. Xing industry and commerce. Drive the people of the county to get rid of poverty and become rich. That is the real political achievement...... Wang Fulin unconsciously took out the theory of the leading cadres of later generations on economic development and mentioned it slightly, of course, he only stopped at the point.

In the face of this kind of strange talk, even Lu Guangwu, who was deeply influenced by He Xinyin and could accept many novel ideas, couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression, not to mention Zheng Mingxian. And, chewing on the words. They have to admit that according to this standard, even Hai Ruihai Qingtian, the most famous in this dynasty, has not done enough!

And Xu Xiucai was even more tongue-smacking, if it weren't for the fact that Wang Fulin began to smile and count the other two with his fingers after the road was repaired, some mountain specialties could be sold at a good price, he was afraid that he would think that the other party was not a merchant's child, but an official of the imperial court. As he discovered that Wang Fulin was very proficient in the doorways of merchants, and even really finalized a small business in Xin'an County, his suspicions disappeared without a trace. Of course. As for why Wang Fulin was interested in the murder, he also accepted Wang Fulin's explanation. Chundang, the son of a merchant who intends to get involved in the Haojing trade, is afraid that piracy will be rampant again.

After all, in the past, Lin Daoqian, Lin Afeng and others once turned the entire coastal area of Guangdong upside down!

Just on the road, Wang Fulin heard Xu Xiucai talk about the murder of a fisherman in Xin'an, which made people boil. Xu Xiucai's family is in a village outside Xin'an County, and since his daughter-in-law has returned to her parents' house with her son, he does not dare to ask people to come back, but he inevitably visits him secretly occasionally. On the way back from this visit, he happened to meet several villagers in a fishing village who carried the two bodies to the Xin'an County Ya, and the bitter lord was a child who was not yet nine years old, and after he asked, he learned that the child had escaped death in the sea and carried a wooden plank before going ashore, and on the fishing boat, two of the four people died, namely his uncle and father, and the child and the other two were pushed into the sea. Two days later, the two bodies that floated back to shore were none other than his uncle and father.

According to the child, the fishing boat that went to sea rescued three people from the sea, but these three people came to their senses and immediately committed murder, led by a man with curly black hair and brown eyes, like a monster.

Because after all, it was a big case involving the death of two people and the disappearance of two people, and the Xin'an County Ya had to accept it, but it was disdainful of the child's testimony...... Needless to say? In Guangdong, in addition to giant thieves such as Lin Daoqian and Lin Feng, there are also more small pirates, such as Lin Daoqian, who is only rumored to be infighting or killed by a cannon. However, the Tang County Order is already considered to be responsible, if it is replaced by another county order, the homicide case will affect the evaluation, and it is possible to directly push this to the waves and capsize.

As for the question of how to raise the child who was not yet an adult, Tang County Ling also became a good person, and came out to the two wealthy families in the city to say that they donated a total of twenty taels, which was regarded as burying money and child support, and handed over the child to the elders in the fishing village who came to sue to bring back to raise.

After staying at the inn in the city that day, Wang Fulin said to Xu Xiucai: "The pirate murder case in Xin'an is really concerning. If it is really if a giant thief like Lin Daoqian makes a comeback, let alone Haojing, even Guangzhou City will be in danger. Do you know that fishing village? I want to check it out, and even if I can't ask anything, I can still eat the freshest seafood. ”

"I've asked, it's not far from the city to the sea, so just ask for directions when the time comes. Is Childe really going? The fishing village must be very dilapidated. ”

"As long as there is something delicious to sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple."

Xu Xiucai had already discovered along the way that, except for Wang Fulin, Lu Guangwu and Chen Atian, the others did not speak Cantonese very well, stumbled, and listened to the accent, and the businessman who wanted to hire him was likely to move from the southeast. Moreover, Wang Fulin is indeed quite particular about the word eating, even when dealing with a meal casually on the road, there will be an entourage to go to the carriage to take out the food box, in addition to all kinds of dried fruits, there are also non-perishable lo-mei or pickled meat. And the three women dressed as men in the carriage rarely came out, so when he heard Wang Fulin say that if there is no gain, he should be satisfied, but he actually took it seriously.

After staying overnight in the inn in the city, early the next morning, Wang Fulin instructed Xiaobei alone, and then let her and Bizhu Xiuzhu stay at the inn, while his party went out of the city to the small coastal fishing village where the two fishermen were killed.

If the city of Xin'an County is just dilapidated, then when you go out of the city to the small fishing village, you will see the beautiful scenery of the sea and sky. It's really hard to resist the dilapidated village, which makes people feel heavy. Especially for first-time visitors. For a few people who had a hard time in the past, it was even more of a sudden thought of the past. It is important to know that since ancient times, Liangguang has been called the land of Lingnan miasma, but Guangdong has been developed rapidly since the Tang and Song dynasties because of its proximity to the coast, especially in the large areas near Guangzhou, which is prosperous in commerce and prosperous in people. Therefore, it is known as the rich Tiannan. But less than 300 miles away from the city of Guangzhou, it was a different scene.

It is so simple that it can only be called a shelter for a shack, and the fishing nets hung in tatters on all kinds of wooden forks and branches, and two or three worn, mottled fishing boats docked on the seashore, and most of the men and women who came and went were shirtless, walking barefoot, wearing only a pair of shorts, and the women were no more than short clothes. Even many people are not clothed, and many people are taking advantage of the rising tide at this time. Busy picking up things on the beach.

It is about the relationship that few outsiders come here, and the arrival of Wang Fulin and his party naturally attracted a lot of vigilant eyes. Even though they looked rather plainly dressed, they were either riding horses or mules, and they obviously had a little money. Soon, an old man wearing a hat and straw sandals came forward, respectfully with a hint of flattery: "A few guests have come to try it on purpose?" ”

In this year, unlike later generations, all kinds of cold chain distribution and fresh transportation, it is difficult to keep the sea fish fresh, and the restaurants in the city deduct the price, and most of the fishermen eat it themselves, or dry it and sell it for money. The land by the sea is not suitable for farming, so fishermen, who depend more on the weather than farmers, live in even more poverty. What's more, in principle, it is also forbidden to go to the sea to fish, not to mention encountering pirates, but also encountering the big ships of the Franc Robot, and those ships of the guards, which are overturned or killed, are all commonplace. Therefore, those who occasionally appear in the fishing village and want to taste seafood on a whim are the most popular customers.

Xu Xiucai met the bereaved child at the gate of the county government before, but this fishing village was also the first time to come, and he had just asked someone for directions along the way. At this moment, he opened his mouth and was about to speak, but Wang Fulin rushed ahead and said, "Exactly, is there a fishing boat that has just come back from the sea to catch fish?" ”

"Yes, yes!" The old fisherman smiled with great joy on his face, pointed to the most decent of the many shacks, and said with a smile on his face, "Shall you sit there, guests?" The custody is all the freshest. ”

Wang Fulin agreed, but his eyes seemed to glance in all directions inadvertently, seeing that those men and women did not come up to ride like the old fisherman, but some people were envious, some people were disgusted, and some people hurriedly avoided it, so he ordered Chen Atian to pester the old fisherman to speak, he was two steps behind, and asked Lu Guangwu in a low voice: "Senior Brother Lu, I have read your previous notes, these coastal fishing villages in Guangdong seem to have a lot of smuggling, pirates and even pirates?" ”

"It is difficult to make a living by the sea, and the government only cares about expropriation and extortion, regardless of livelihood, so naturally there are many people who take risks." Lu Guangwu lowered his voice very low, but his eyes were like eagle falcons, taking in all the scenes, "Although this place is very close to Xin'an County, you also need to be careful. As he spoke, he quietly stuffed something into Wang Fulin's hand, and then wiped the bottom of his nose with his hand, seeing that Wang Fulin showed a knowing expression, but pushed his thing back, and patted the placket of his clothes at the same time, he suddenly laughed dumbly.

Why did you forget that Wang Fulin still has the trick of drinking and cheating?

Xu Xiucai had already been instructed, and he had been looking around, trying to find the child he had seen, but until he sat down in the simple shack, he couldn't find anyone, so he could only whisper to Wang Fulin to explain. Wang Fulin didn't know that it was so easy, and he didn't pay too much attention to it, just nodded slightly. However, when he saw that the simple wooden table was filled with fine porcelain as white as jade and as thin as paper, he suddenly couldn't take his eyes off it. Although he was not much of a connoisseur of porcelain, and was less sure of its value, he was the only one thing he could be sure of.

How can fishermen who can't even afford to build a house and wear good clothes have such good things?

But the old fisherman who personally served the food still said with a smile: "I often entertain nobles from the city like Gongzi here, and I know that the coarse porcelain guy at home is not suitable for hospitality, so I have prepared such a set of good things." This is the best porcelain in the city of Guangzhou, and I can't buy such a set even if I kill my head, and it was half sold and half given to me by a merchant who came here to try it. ”

"What a chance! But yes, good dishes have to be served with good utensils. Wang Fulin said this, but he did not politely ask the old fisherman to sit down and eat together, but gave a reward of a few dollars, sent the person away, and ate and munched on his own pride, admiring from time to time. The old fisherman couldn't help but smile proudly when he saw everyone flying chopsticks and eating happily, as if he was glad that his family's craftsmanship was appreciated. Just as he was secretly rubbing his fingers and thinking, he suddenly saw one of the particularly tall middle-aged men get up and walk towards him.

"It's really boring to have food without wine, is there wine? It's okay to make your own rice wine, I'll give you more money! ”

Catching the things thrown by the other party, the old fisherman looked down and found that it was a piece of silver that weighed two or two, he smiled and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, of course, please stay for a while!" ”

After the old fisherman and Lu Guangwu brought two urns of wine that claimed to be home-brewed rice wine, Wang Fulin drank two bowls and seemed to be a little sleepy and took a nap, and several other people were also addicted to alcohol. Seeing that everyone had fallen, the old fisherman stepped forward lightly, first gently pushed Wang Fulin, who was obviously the leader, and saw that the people did not react at all, so he laughed cruelly, and stabbed the other people's legs one by one with his toes, and found that one person was really completely down, so he smiled and slapped hard.

"Come in, my unique secret five steps are poured into the wine, and even a cow can't resist it, let alone a person? If you knew this, why should you add the amount to the dish, and you are afraid that people will taste it? ”

"Fu Gong, what should you do with these people?"

"The old way. Search their bodies, take down everything valuable, and then sell them in another place, and as for them, they will be tied to stones and sunk into the sea! If you don't see anyone alive or dead, who can find out? ”

"But in the end, there are still others in the village who have seen ......"

"Afraid of what? As long as my family Ah Xiong is still at sea for a day, they will not dare to do anything! Whether the government is powerful, or the pirates are fierce, they know it in their hearts! ”

Seeing that there were still people who were hesitant, they obviously felt that there were more people sent to the door this time, and if they really sank into the sea like before, if there were still people left in Xin'an City, it would be a big trouble. The old fisherman seemed to see through the hesitation of his accomplices, and said in an aggravated tone: "Why, do you really want someone to come to our small fishing village often to try it?" This kind of fat sheep can't be slaughtered by God! ”

What's more, someone in Guangzhou City had already sent an image of this young man, and he also sent a full hundred taels of silver, saying that if this person appeared, he would definitely take someone's life. He doesn't know what this guy's identity is, but money is always real! After making this vote, he didn't care whether he was an old bone or not, and directly followed his son to the sea to earn his life, it was really a big deal to go to the South Seas! (To be continued.) )