Chapter 805 Nanzhou Ji: Wandering before the abyss

The fact that Zhong Shangwei tried his best to hide was like a thin layer of sand and dust in front of time, and it was blown away with a light breath.

The miners are no longer willing to dig in vain, and everyone knows that the veins are gone, and the future of the coral state is gone.

I don't know if it was because of the disturbance in people's hearts, or if the miners always wanted to slaughter their animals and eat a big meal, and the farm dogs barked all night, and there was no peace at night. The miners and farmers were in constant conflict, that is, they wanted to suppress it all, and Fang Wu was powerless. As for the shopkeepers on the other side of the dock, they are completely sitting on the sidelines, looking like they will leave as soon as the ship arrives.

Everyone is waiting for the ship, but even this expectation is always rare. Although Shengfan has not appeared, the threat to the hearts of the people in Coral State is increasing day by day.

First, some people fell ill one after another, although Lang Zhong said that it was just a cold, but it did not prevent everyone from rumoring in private, saying that it was poisoned in secret.

Then, at night, there were figures similar to natives wandering around the farms and mines, and it was not known if it was a psychological effect, or if there were actually natives looking for their missing people.

Looking at the dark and endless depths of the earth, Fang Wu felt as if there was a monstrous beast squatting there, which could jump out at any time and eat himself and everyone in one bite. Or not a giant beast, but hundreds of thousands of beings, mighty and unstoppable, crushing these hundreds of people in Coral State into powder. In the colonization of the South Seas, there is no lack of precedents for the expedition pioneer team to be wiped out by Lao Lin Shengfan.

"Fang Darthead, you have to prepare, don't wait for Lao Wang to come, even our corpse capital can't be collected......"

Zhong Shangwei was close to collapsing, and this sentence also pressed Fang Wu to collapse, and he had to make a choice.

On 10 August, 30 men selected from among the miners were given muskets, and that night an accident occurred, and most of the pigs and sheep in the barn were taken. In front of the bayonets and guns, the angry peasants looked so small and humble.

"I don't believe it. I won't talk about the king's law here!? ”

Xu Fu hated his cowardice. I also hated my daughter-in-law's previous persuasion, if I had a gun in my hand, how dare those miners be so rampant?

Ignoring his daughter-in-law's obstruction, he followed several peasant representatives to the wharf. Find the shopkeeper, that is, their nominal reasoning.

"It's all about now. What's the fuss? Everyone is staying up, what is that little livestock? ”

The shopkeeper couldn't be appeased, so he had to ask the bell to take the position. Zhong Shangwei was impatient. I think these farmers are too narrow-minded.

Xu Fu said angrily: "General Division, it's okay to rob livestock this time, will you rob people directly next time?" ”

This is the voice of the peasants, and this is what they are more afraid of.

Zhong Shangwei is displeased, these mud legs, rebel! My Master Zhong persuaded with Yan Yuese. actually kicked his nose and face. Know that you are my tenants at heart! It's an idle role that I have to raise for mining, and I don't have a few of us. Can you go from a proletarian tenant to a small landlord with a hundred acres of land?

Master Zhong is still graceful, and he is about to leave with his sleeves, and he will no longer talk to them. Xu Fuyi gritted his teeth and let go: "General Division, we are all township court members on the roster!" Our resolution is the township law! Even if you can't handle people here, as long as you hand the pleadings to the yamen above, the government should always take care of it! ”

Zhong Shangwei froze, it's over, how did you forget this stubble!

Coral Prefecture has been established as a state, and the township courts are all randomly signed by farmers, which is just a formality. But Xu Fu's affairs must be taken seriously, unless all these people are suppressed, otherwise the matter will be poked out, not to mention the government, the literati in the Heavenly Temple, the Eastern Courtyard and the middle school who like to talk nonsense, I am afraid that there will be black materials to play on the topic. Zhong Shangwei blamed himself on these people for throwing himself away from the coal mine, naturally, the strength of these people is so great that even the backer Liang Boyu is unwilling to face it alone. …,

Hard or soft?

The choice flashed in Zhong Shangwei's mind in an instant, and the already hideous face instantly turned kind.

No matter how bad Zhong Shang's memory is, he squeezed the mud legs of Fengtian Village back then, and as a result, he forced out a real dragon, and he will never forget it in this life. Although he secretly gritted his teeth and felt that he had given these peasants a future, these people were ungrateful, crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and in turn pinched him, and their faces were extremely hateful, but when he thought of the lesson, the law of the country, and the righteousness of the country, he could only swallow this breath.

So Zhong Shangwei found Fang Wu and asked Fang Wu to deal with the miners, even if it was just for an appearance, to appease the peasants.

"Stability, everything is just stability, and when the ship comes, everyone is relieved."

Facing Fang Wu, Zhong Shangwei also said this.

Fang Wu dealt with it very heavily, of course, more because he was angry that these miners actually didn't listen to him. The animals had already been killed and eaten and could not be chased back, so they drew twenty braids from each of the offenders, and the back was dripping with flesh and blood.

"Darthead, I'm afraid something big will happen like this......"

Hu Xi said worriedly, he saw the fierce light flashing in the eyes of the miners, angry, desperate, greedy ** seemed to be about to break out of the cocoon.

"The whip helps them remember a long time, and that's the way it is in the Volunteers. You also pay attention, I am also merciless when I get too close to these people and break the rules. ”

Although Fang Wu was also wary, Hu Xi's words sounded alarmist, and even had some flavor of coercing outsiders to question his authority, so he warned Hu Xi that this guy was very familiar with the miners and almost forgot his position.

Hu Xi lowered his head and was speechless, and a little spark floated in his eyes.

In the eyes of Zhong Shangwei, Fang Wu, and even Xu Fu, things seemed to be settled like this, and everyone continued to wait for the ship.

After a few more days, Li Shun's situation improved a little, but he still couldn't speak, the mine had long been idle, and no one on the farm side except for the fields was tending, and even the farmers were discussing the matter of returning to China.

And even this retreat is faintly like the abrupt veins in the mine, and there is a danger of being cut off. Not only Wang Zhiyan's ship has not yet arrived, but even the boats from Chongzhou and Dongmingzhou, which had been scheduled to come once every two months, are nowhere to be seen.

There was a storm on the sea, and General Secretary Wang's ship sank, and ships from other places did not dare to come......

Such rumors quickly spread again, and Mr. Zhong no longer squatted on the pier every day to look, but retracted into the house, which also confirmed the news from the side.

"The law of the land!? Wait until you have the life to go back, and then say what kind of national law! ”

"Don't be wordy, break his tendons! This guy is the one who killed our brothers! ”

"Hey, don't go too far. It's just a breath of air. ”

In a small forest outside the farm, Xu Fu and his wife were surrounded by a dozen miners. Forced by musket bayonets. Xu Fu's face was still red and swollen, which was smashed by the miners with the butt of a gun.

The miners who had been whipped had already been expelled from the ranks of the guards, but what Fang Wu didn't expect was the conflict between the miners before. It's a fight over who is the boss. And when Fang Wu recruited guards from the miners, the miners had already twisted into a rope. The farmstead caused their brother to suffer. This blood debt has to be recovered, and Xu Fu is the first target.

At this time, the miners did not dare to do it blatantly, so they asked Hu Xi to help cover it up. dragged Xu Fu and his wife to a remote place. And it was Hu Xi who persuaded them not to take it too seriously.

"Hu Xi! I didn't know you were such a thief! ”

When Xu Fu saw Hu Xi, he was extremely angry, and this scolding also made Hu Xi angry, I really don't know what to do!

I have already filled my anger with God, Coral State, and Xu Fu in my heart. Hu Xi kicked Xu Fu and rolled over, and Xu Wang screamed and rushed over to protect her husband. During the action, the bulging chest was like gunpowder, which suddenly ignited Hu Xi's lower abdomen. …,

"I'll do it first...... You're waiting for ......."

Looking at the surrounding miners, their eyes were also green, and everyone suddenly had a tacit understanding, and the law of death that they had been guarding before instantly came to naught. Earlier, because of the consideration of the problem of the trouser belt, Li Shun set an iron law with great majesty, whoever dares to violate a woman and drive him to the wilderness to live by himself is equivalent to a capital crime. After that, everyone got used to it and almost forgot that they still had this need.

"No ——!"

"You will get recompense! Damnation will be upon you! ”

At this time, Xu Fudu had no intention of mentioning any national law, and was pressed to the ground by the miners, watching his wife being violated by Hu Xi, he couldn't stop struggling and roaring.

"It's better to live in this place than to die, all the wealth promised by the old man before is gone, and we have been damned! God doesn't care about us anymore! ”

Hu Xi's eyes were red, and while scolding, he slapped Xu Wang almost unconscious. Peeling off her clothes, the woman's body was all exposed to the air, the woman's round curves, fair complexion and delicate touch, at this time, in Hu Xi's eyes, the peasant woman lying under her was more beautiful than a fairy.

Hu Xi vented on Xu Wang's body like a beast, and the other miners couldn't stand the woman's screaming and moaning, and smashed and kicked Xu Fu's gun, who was still screaming.

This was so refreshing that they forgot to cover up the movement, and when the fourth person pressed on Xu Wang's body, the peasants chased after him.

Hu Xi was the first to finish, the first to notice, and the first to slip away. The miners' guards had guns, but they were poorly trained and their legs were weak, and after killing and wounding two peasants, they aroused even greater anger among the peasants, and they were all beaten to death, just like those who had been before them. For the first time, the land of Coral Prefecture lay down the corpses of Chinese who died due to infighting.

What happened next was like a tide on the sea, and a huge wave surged into the sky in an instant.

"Kill Hu Xi!"

Xu Fu carried a musket and led the peasants to the dock to ask Fang Wu to hand over Hu Xi. Xu Wang was about to commit suicide, but he stopped him. In his opinion, this time he will risk his life to seek justice for himself and his daughter-in-law. If you can get it back, if you can't get it back, the couple will bury their bones in this overseas land.

The other peasants are also related, if they don't do Hu Xi, they will become the target of miners and even dart masters, at this time, a hectare of land in Coral Prefecture is not worth nostalgia at all, they want to protect their own freedom and destiny.

Fang Wu roared at the peasants: "If you can't do it, what to do, there are national laws!" How can you let you open your mouth and decide the life and death of a person? You've killed someone, and you've got to wait for the justice! ”

Of course, he hated Hu Xi very much, but it was absolutely impossible to hand over Hu Xi to the people for disposal. As he said, it must be done according to the law of the land.

"They're all in this together!"

A peasant said angrily, Xu Fu also looked at Fang Wu who he knew with a little hope, but all he saw was hatred, extreme hatred, so his face gradually synchronized with it.

"If you charge again, you'll shoot!"

The peasants no longer paid attention to him, and they were about to rush in to arrest people, Fang Wu gave an order, and more than a dozen dart masters gathered in formation, raising their guns against each other.

Relying on this, people couldn't stand it, but on the other side of the mine, when they learned that their brother had been killed, the miners also rushed over. Looking for the peasants to ask for the murderer, and then the peasants, both men and women, also poured over. The population of the entire Coral State is concentrated at the docks. -for-tat, sabre-rattling.

"Mr. Zhong! Master Zhong! You have to talk to your face! ”

The shopkeepers crowded into the room on the top of the bell, almost kneeling and crying.

"Lao Li, Lao Wang...... God, you're talking! ”

..., Zhong Shangwei's eyes straightened. Sweat rained down from his forehead, where did he dare to speak. What can he say when he comes forward? On one side are the peasants, on the other are the miners, who have died. Hatred is no longer easy to dissolve. And the two sides are evenly matched. Offending either side is not pleased.

"No matter! What do you like to make trouble! Let Fang Wu take care of the grain depot, let's guard the boat at the dock, and wait for them to make trouble! ”

In the end, Zhong Shangwei gritted his teeth and let go.

"Boat! The ship is coming! ”

Seeing that Zhong was in despair, the shopkeepers were all gone, and there was a cry from the dock. Then the bell rang slowly.

Not only did Zhong Shang's side jump up, and his face was instantly full of red light. The argument continued, and the crowd that was about to do it also stopped.

But Zhong Shangwei quickly collapsed again, and his face turned blue.

It was a sampan with a paddle wheel and a sampan from Xianzhou Adventure Company. Their ship ran aground off the coast of the northeast of Nanzhou, and it took a lot of hardship to sail to Coral State.

This is just bad news for the Xianzhou company, and the people who came to bring bad news about the coral state. Wang Zhiyan's ship did sink, and what happened in the north of Java, Wang Zhiyan himself was fine, but he would not be able to come to Coral State for a while. From the end of June to the present, there has been a storm in Java, which has not been seen in the South China Sea for more than ten years.

Xianzhou Company relied on its familiarity with the sea routes, and also wanted to explore the large island of Wanli in the southeast of Nanzhou, so it ventured to the sea. And Wang Zhiyan also entrusted them to attach some supplies, and at the same time conveyed them to Coral Prefecture, so that Zhong Shangwei and Li Shun could wait with peace of mind. In Wang Zhiyan's view, there is no problem with grain and minerals in Coral State.

As a result, the ship of the Xianzhou Company also had an accident, which seemed to be stained with the mildew of the Coral State.

Hearing that it would take at least three months or even longer to go back, Fang Wu also had the urge to slump to the ground. Now that the farmers and miners are in this situation, what will they do in the next days!?

"How can it be like this? What about the law of the land? What about righteousness? Raw? Do you really think there are a thousand lives in this place? Maybe the two groups you killed before and after are all the births within a radius of thousands of miles. ”

When the survivors of Xianzhou Company learned about the current situation in Coral State, they were extremely surprised, and the situation mentioned made Zhong Shangwei and Fang Wu breathe a sigh of relief. Among the survivors, there was also Lang Zhong, who heard about Li Shun's illness, patted his chest and said that they were familiar with the situation, and there were symptomatic medicines, and Guan Bao made Li Shun better, Zhong Fang and the others felt that they were not unlucky to arrive home after all, and the ship still brought good news.

As for Xianzhou Company's incomprehension of the current situation in Coral State, both of them felt a little ashamed and avoided this topic.

That is, after waiting for another three months, they had a bottom in their hearts, and Zhong Shangwei and Fang Wu also felt a little better.

But as soon as a heart was so reluctantly rested, a loud bang was heard, and the earth shook slightly.

"Director-General! Oh no! Wildly...... Hu Xi connected himself and blew up the grain depot together! ”

A moment later, the shopkeeper rushed in, crying out incoherently, and the two of them rushed outside as if they had been shot through their chests, and saw that the fire had enveloped the grain depot, and the huge column of smoke went straight into the sky.

"End...... It's over......"

Zhong Shangwei sat on the ground with no strength in his body.

Fang Wu was already demented, he looked straight at the grain depot that had been engulfed in flames, his eyes seemed to penetrate the smoke and dust, and even reversed time, seeing Hu Xizheng screaming loudly, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he ignited the gunpowder in the warehouse, and turned into ashes along with himself and the grain in the warehouse.

"It's over! It's all over! ”

Hu Xi should have shouted like this, and the shouts were also turning in Fang Wu's ears. This man should have thought that the company's ship had arrived, and he would also be subject to national law. was already upset in his heart because of the shattering of his dreams, and he recreated his sins, and when he heard the news of the coming ship, he didn't have time to ask carefully, and his heart completely collapsed. …,

And as soon as he collapsed like this, he dragged everyone in Coral State on the road, and the food, the food was gone...... What to do with the remaining months?

"I give money! 10,000 taels ...... 100,000 taels! Send me to Chongzhou! ”

Zhong Shang's position was slightly in the situation, and Chao Fangwu screamed.

"Master Zhong, be realistic......"

Fang Wu shook his head, Chongzhou was thousands of miles away to the north, and no one had walked by land at all.

"Be realistic...... Yes, I want to be realistic. ”

This sentence also woke up Fang Wu himself. His face changed for a while, and Fang Wu's face suddenly calmed down. Said to Zhong Shang: "Master Zhong." Now it's up to us. Hearing that Fang Wu bit the word "we" too hard, Zhong Shangzhi was excited, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him had a temperament faintly like Yang Chun in his early years.

Fang Wudao: "There are still grain seeds in the farmer's house. It's not a small amount to gather, if the miners go and rob it......"

Zhong Shangwei stayed for a while. Nene said: "We took the grain of the peasants, co-opted the miners, and then pressed the peasants to hunt and fish. If the peasants don't listen. Let the miners rectify the ......"

Seems to be frightened by the prospect he describes. He shuddered: "This is not allowed by the law of the country, what should I do when I go back?" ”

Fang Wu's face was fierce and said, "You have to live before you can go back!" ”

He accentuated his tone again: "Master Zhong, what national law, what company's rules, don't talk about it now......"

The words are not exhausted. The meaning of Zhong Shangwei heard it, and the nature somewhere churned out from the depths of his heart. Zhong Shangwei smiled flatteringly, "Yes, yes, let's work together to tide over the difficulties together." ”

Zhong Shangwei also bit the word "we" very hard, and Fang Wu nodded with satisfaction.

The two of them then turned their heads to look at the bewildered miners and peasants, like sheep under a whip.

In the next few days, Fang Wu became the de facto ruler of Coral State, while Zhong Shangwei was a dog-headed military advisor, and began to plot a plan to turn the miners into dogs and enslave the peasants.

"Fang Darttou, this is the land of the imperial court, we are all the emperor's people, you are really not afraid of the king's law, you are really not afraid of being cut by a thousand knives!?"

Xu Fu and other courtyard officials led the peasants to gather to resist, and were arrested by Fang Wutong and the miners and dart masters, and they wanted to be rectified as a typical example.

Xu Fu scolded angrily, Fang Wu's heart swayed, but his face was unmoved: "I ...... here"

He looked at Zhong Shang, who was shrinking his neck on one side, and changed his words: "Master Zhong and I are the official government, and our words are the king's law!" ”

After all, Fang Wu added: "The current situation is special, for the sake of everyone, we have to do this. ”

Zhong Shangwei interjected: "Can you stop making trouble?" Hand over the seeds so that everyone can live? ”

Xu Fu said disdainfully: "Let you decide how to divide it?" Then we're afraid we won't be able to eat again. ”

With a sonorous sound, Fang Wu pulled out his long knife and said impatiently: "Now is not the time to quarrel, if you think your neck is hard, you will go down again!" ”

Thinking of the daughter-in-law who was stopped by himself several times in search of death, I was afraid that I couldn't stop it after that, and Xu Fu also lost his life: "I nodded, and I only got the food in my family, you want to be the emperor of the soil, are you intent on killing me, is it still useful to say anything?" ”

Fang Wu gritted his teeth, and the knife edge was on Xu Fu's neck, but after all, he didn't harden his heart, and looked at Zhong Shangwei as if asking for help. If this knife continues, there will really be no way back in the future.

Zhong Shangwei swallowed his saliva, where would he be willing to face such a choice. But if you don't rectify the farmers, how can you get the grain? Without food, what will happen to the remaining months? Do you really have to kill all the peasants to do this? …,

It's less of a crime to kill someone......

Zhong Shangwei muttered in his heart, as soon as his eyes were closed, he was about to nod, at that moment, he felt that it was really painful, he would never want to be the emperor of the soil in this ghost place again.

Fang Wu saw that Zhong had made up his mind, and the long knife was held high, but he was still swallowing saliva, and his gaze was also uncertain.

Among the hundreds of people around, the miners, peasants, and dart masters also stared blankly at Fang Wu's knife, all knowing that with this knife, Coral Prefecture would no longer be the land of the imperial court, and their future would also fall into even more unpredictable darkness.

□...... Clang......

"Boat! Ship! Still is...... Or ......"

Hope lost his voice and shouted, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

On 17 August, a slender and elegant ship with high sails appeared on the sea surface of Coral State, and on the fiery red flag fluttering on the top of the mast, the golden twin dragons were ready to fly with their teeth and claws.

The knife in Fang Wu's hand fell to the ground, and the person also softened on the ground, and the hundreds of people around him also felt the same way.

"It must be a dream......

Zhong Shangwei patted his cheek, trying to wake himself up...... Bring the cute girl

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