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Chapter 764: Hailing Harbor where something big is about to happen

The people of Hailing, Fuzhou, knew more than a month ago that something big would happen, because in the past month, there have been more and more big people shuttling between Dingzhou and Hailing Port, and the vigilance is getting stricter day by day, the whole wharf has been renovated, and the flags on the wharf have all been replaced with brand new ones in one day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info With more and more soldiers coming from Dingzhou, the speculation in everyone's hearts is getting bigger and bigger, what is this going to do?

Hailing people are not people who have not seen the world, the first giant ship Qiyuan on the mainland was launched here, that day was a sea of people, Li Dashuai personally presided over the launching ceremony, General Deng personally commanded the first voyage of the Qiyuan, and now the most powerful sailor on the mainland is also here to swear to go out, that scene, that momentum, let Hailing people talk about it so far, even if it is such a big action, there is no such toss now.

Hailing Port this month of busyness on the Hailing people is still a great impact, originally in Hailing there were two wharves, a military and a civilian, later the military wharf expanded, occupied the civilian wharf, the civil wharf therefore moved dozens of miles, but because this is the Dingzhou Navy base, so, the flow of people on the wharf is still very much, many Hailing people rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to draft, up and down the year is to do the business of these sailors.

Although there are various businesses run by the government on the military wharf, it is not forbidden for ordinary people to carry carts to do business here, as long as you open a certificate in the Hailing Yamen to confirm that you are a native of Hailing, or a retired soldier. Not far from the wharf, there are all kinds of restaurants, restaurants, and department stores, and there are several green buildings. Although Li Qingzhijun was strict, he couldn't help but stop the skin and meat business, mainly because the sailors spent most of the year adrift at sea, occasionally going ashore to take a few days off at a time, and those who had a family in Hailing could naturally go home to their wives and children to hot kang, but a large number of bachelors always had to have a place to vent their fire, and these energetic soldiers were prone to accidents if they were always suffocated.

The Qinglou here is doing this business, originally Xu Yunfeng didn't like it very much, but Li Qing later told him to leave it alone, so he had no choice but to follow Li Qing's wishes, and every few months, he sent a doctor in the state to examine these prostitutes, Li Qing was afraid that these prostitutes would infect the soldiers with some bad diseases, and it would be bad.

It can be said that these Qinglou women in Hailing are the happiest prostitutes in the whole world, because they can enjoy free regular check-ups and medical treatment, and their asking price is much higher than elsewhere, because the Dingzhou army is high, and these sailors are never short of money.

Later, Xu Yunfeng was ruthless and simply found these prostitutes to collect taxes, which can be regarded as opening a new tax source for Fuzhou.

Xu Yunfeng started, and several other states were not willing to follow, which made many scholars under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou dissatisfied, and wrote to Li Qing, but Li Qing glanced at the morality and righteousness of these scholars, laughed and threw it aside, neither said yes, nor said no, after a long time, these scholars also understood what Li Qing meant, although they were unwilling, but they could only say a few words, and this matter became a custom under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou, It made people in other parts of Dachu widely known as a laughing stock in Dingzhou.

Now Hailing is almost closed to the port, there are a lot of warships coming and going, and there are more sailors than usual, but the sailors are not allowed to leave the port, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter the port to do business.

This is also under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou, the political atmosphere is relatively enlightened, ordinary people through the village elders or clan respected people can also tell their wishes, change to other places, you dare to make trouble, you will be tied up with a rope, and you will be honest if you stand in the cage for a few days. Of course, Dingzhou, Fuzhou, these local customs are also really strong, these places are Li Qing's birthplace, almost every family has children serving in the army, maybe an old man selling Yali pear on the street, his son is a senior officer, this is also a headache for Hailing Mansion. Don't dare to stretch out your hand and talk nonsense, if you are not careful, you may break the sky!

What's more, in the past month or so, in his mansion, there has been more than one high-ranking official in Dingzhou, who is a big man compared to him, even if it is because the Dingzhou Navy Base is under his rule, his mansion is a whole line higher than that of a comparable level of government, but in front of these people, it is not enough to see.

Fortunately, as the time approached day by day, more and more high-ranking officials came to Dingzhou, and by now, he was only left to run errands, and he was still a little younger in front of the bigwigs.

First Xu Yunfeng, the governor of Fuzhou, arrived, and a day later, Ji Sichen, the vice president of the Supervision Yuan, arrived, and then even General Yang Yidao arrived in advance, and the army that followed Yang Yidao completely took over all the police protection work, and in the entire Hailing, I don't know how many special services of the Supervision Yuan are secretly guarding.

Two days ago, Li Dashuai finally came to Hailing accompanied by Lu Yiming, Yan Nanfei, Luo Daoming, Li Muzhi and other high-ranking officials, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, the arrival of the lord means that this matter will end soon.

The following day, the governors of the prefectures under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou came one after another, in addition to the general of the mountain wind, General Tian Feng, and General Wang Qinian, the military high-level of Dingzhou also gathered here, and even General Lu Dalin, who was stationed in Bingzhou, also rushed over.

The entire Hailing now knows that Li Qing has arrived at Hailing Port, because Li Qing's personal guard battalion is completely different from other armies in terms of equipment and clothing, and seeing their large-scale appearance means that Li Qing has arrived.

November 8th, for the Central Plains, it is already the season of high autumn air, but for Fuzhou, it is relatively cold, early in the morning, the cold wind blows, it is quite a biting feeling, which is also thanks to Fuzhou Linhai, the temperature is relatively high, and at this time Dingzhou, is quite cold.

On the Hailing Wharf, the guards were heavily guarded, countless soldiers wearing brand new armor and holding spears that had obviously just come out of the warehouse stood solemnly, their faces under the helmets were frozen red, and they didn't know when they started their duties, the morning sun rose, the sun shone on the armor, and there were water marks under the light.

In Hailing City, there is also a post of three steps, a post of five steps, and all residents have been told in advance not to go out today.

All the people of Hailing knew that something very big was about to happen, because it was the first time that the residents were not allowed to go out, even if Li Dashuai had come to see off General Deng on his expedition before, this situation had also occurred.

Well, they were not allowed to go out, but this did not prevent the residents from having other ways to see the poor, so on the roofs of the Hailing houses, many more people came out, or sat or stood, and on the roof of their houses, as long as the position was good enough, they could clearly see the situation of the harbor.

Hailing Mansion, headed by Li Qing, high-ranking officials at all levels in Dingzhou were dressed in brand-new official uniforms, everything was ready, and as soon as the hour came, they set off for the harbor.

The official mansion on all the officials is very different from before, it is no longer the original official uniforms of Da Chu at all levels, but a new system, among the civil officials, the three pavilion elders are all wearing red official robes, and an eagle with wings is embroidered in the middle of the robe. The Shangshu of each department is dressed in a scarlet robe, with a crane embroidered on his chest, and then Zhizhou, dressed in a purple robe, but embroidered with a peacock. Of course, there are exceptions, people like Li Muzhi, Li Sizhi, and Xu Yunfeng, although they are only Zhizhou, they are also wearing red official robes.

Like the general, the whole body armor, but on the chest of the armor, there are stars, the general is inlaid with gold stars, the general has two rows of stars, four up and five down, a total of nine, hussar generals, Xiaoguo generals are eight and seven respectively, and so on, to the last level of Xuanwei general, there is only one gold star. The captain is inlaid with silver stars, and the highest-level Zhenwu captain is embroidered with six stars, two up and four down, and so on, and there is only one left in the last level of the Guide captain.

Right now, in the Hailing Mansion, the red robe is pushing, gathering the stars, like the Hailing Mansion in a green robe, there is no place in the lobby at all, so you can only stay in the courtyard, waiting for the orders that the adults may come at any time.

Li Qing sat in the middle of the hall with a smile, looking at the officials at all levels who were gathering together and whispering in the hall, and his heart couldn't help but burst with pride, these people are his subordinates, and he can determine the life and death of these people, rich and poor. Thinking about the season when I was still struggling to survive a few years ago, I couldn't help but feel like I was separated from the world.

The Iron Leopard hurriedly ran into the lobby, glanced at the adults in the room, ran straight to Li Qing, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. Li Qing's face changed, but he returned to normal in an instant, nodded slightly, and the iron leopard flew away again.

Seeing the iron leopard coming in a hurry and leaving in a hurry, the people in the hall immediately knew that something should have happened, and the hall instantly quieted down, and their eyes turned to Li Qing in the lobby.

Li Qing's face remained unchanged, and he said softly: "There is a small episode, and the time of our departure may have to be slightly delayed." ”

Lu Yiming said in surprise: "Lord, this time is accurate, if General Deng Peng appears at the harbor by then, we haven't arrived yet......"

Li Qing waved his hand, "Our old friends have also sent people to watch the ceremony, the Supervision Yuan is going there to invite them, it will take a certain amount of time, don't worry, it won't take long." You won't get down to business. ”

Everyone in the hall suddenly changed their faces, some were surprised, some were annoyed, some stomped their feet and scolded, some cursed in a low voice, in short, and so on.

"Is it Yuan Fang?" Lu Yiming said in a low voice.

"It's not just Yuan Fang, but also Zhong Ziqi, these two old friends have sent people to watch the ceremony, we have to go and greet them."

Yan Nanfei gritted his teeth and said: "What is the Supervision Yuan for, I didn't find them until now, I must check it carefully afterwards to see if those people were derelict in their duties?" ”