Zhong Shangwei said righteously: "In today's Jiangnan, people's hearts are pinched by the Tartars, the imperial army is killed, and those flat-headed people are also following the Tartar soldiers to make trouble, will our soldiers fight or not?" If we fight, we will hurt our morality, and if we don't fight, our soldiers will not be able to protect themselves. So, we have to let the Jiangnan people know that we are good first, and stop messing with us, and then talk about the matter of collecting Jiangnan. ”

Liu Wenlang said: "You profiteer, just say bluntly that Jiangnan has become a country, and you will no longer be able to squeeze the people at will, right, your Jiaozhi Coal Industry Business Association, there are so many bad things in Jiaozhi, it's not the Tongshi Hall, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and even the official family are helping you wipe your ass, each of you is enough to be cut ten times."

Zhong Shangwei is not uninformed, and he reads the miscellaneous newspapers all the time, and refuted angrily: "Why don't you call it a fight?" You scholars, I'm afraid that the Jiangnan scholars will rob you of your jobs and ride on your heads. Jiangnan is full of people who can write and calculate, whether they are officials or working in the company, they are no worse than you."

At the end, he added earnestly: "Everyone is in the same kiln, don't say that others are dark." ”

Liu Wenlang seems to be a sullen and angry student, his tongue is not good, his face is flushed but he is powerless to refute, so he can only use his eyes to compete with Zhong Shang.

Li Shun realized: "Everyone is taking advantage of it now, so naturally they don't want outsiders to share this profit again." Even if you want to divide it, you can only follow it. This is just like us peasants digging fields and building canals, which is very correct. ”

This step is good, Zhong Shangwei and Liu Wenlang hurriedly went down.

Liu Wenlang asked: "You don't care about this?" Now that Jiangnan has been beaten, you Funan people are even lower than Jiangnan people. ”

This is a bit of a deliberate provocation, although Funan is now only a trusteeship of the Nanyang Company, the imperial court has built laws, customs and other yamen, and then sent the chief official of the public office, and other affairs are basically taken care of by the people, and it seems that it is indeed a little worse than the official land. But those people in Funan have followed Wu Ya and the red-clothed army in the South Seas for several years, wading through the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, and they are deeply entangled with each other in this country, and they can't understand it at all if they don't experience it.

Li Shun seems to be accustomed to the mainlanders looking at Funan in this way, he dodged this question and talked about himself: "I am from Mizhi, Shaanxi, and Jiangnan has nothing to do with me." In addition to passing on the lineage, there is only one thing I hope for now......"

His eyes shone brightly, "The imperial court can fight to Shaanxi as soon as possible and restore my hometown." ”

After a moment of silence, Zhong Shangwei patted Li Shun's shoulder with affection, of course, it had nothing to do with his hometown, but to pass on the ancestry.

Liu Wenlang asked: "If the imperial court restores your hometown now, is this a good thing?" ”

Li Shun was stunned for a moment, and his pupils gradually tightened, "No, of course it's not a good thing." Those officials and big businessmen, as soon as they become brothers, they will also be in the same country as me. In the past, they oppressed us people in every possible way, but now they raise their butts, change chairs to sit, and continue to live a good life, which is not fair."

Speaking of this, Li Shun's eyes were red, and no matter how much he said, the two of them didn't know what Li Shun's story was, and they both sighed in unison.

Liu Wenlang said with emotion: "Xiao Li, you and I have the same mind, don't hide it, I am originally from Jiangnan, and this name is just a pseudonym." I got rid of the Jiangnan literary disaster earlier, but the poor family was implicated, exiled, and I don't know whether I live or die. ”

His face also became hideous: "I have all these people in my heart one by one, such as my classmates, the division commander, the neighbors who have bitten my relatives, and the officials who condemned my life and death." Now that I am back to Jiangnan, I am going to seek revenge, if the imperial court collects Jiangnan, they have also become Chinese people, my hatred, Jiangnan Wencao, the injustice of those who died, who should I find to settle the settlement? ”

Seeing that these two people were violent, Zhong Shangwei's heart trembled, and he reluctantly smiled: "Jiangnan people are good and bad, let's punish the bad people and don't hurt the good people, haha......"

The three of them have made some hearts, and the relationship is much closer, knowing more details about the two of them, Zhong Shangwei secretly thought that he was a big man, but now it seems that there is a dragon and a crouching tiger everywhere.

Li Shun was originally a soldier of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, but was captured in the Hunan War and sent to help the south to reclaim the famine. In the past few years, he has accumulated 100 acres of land in Huaixiang, and even has three daughters-in-law. He and a group of comrades-in-arms planted spices in Huaixiang, such as pepper, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon, and the harvest was very good. ..., the arithmetic with the pseudonym Liu Wenlang works for Shengliang Salt Company, and is also the vanguard sent by the company, so he must first touch the bottom of the Jiangnan salt market. With the support of the imperial court and the "Trade Regulations" as the foundation, the salt company is naturally reluctant to cooperate with the salt merchants in Jiangnan, but wants to cut into the bottom, rely on low prices to run rampant in Jiangnan, and do big business.

Even if each has its own forces behind it, the imperial army with several large companies in the country has just enclosed the territory in Jiangnan, the transportation of materials and personnel is frequent, and the ship capacity is seriously insufficient, and the small forces behind them have to let their vanguard sit on the dilapidated boat of the king's bow and go to Jiangnan slowly.

Even taking advantage of the monsoon, it took half a month for the ship to cross Zhoushan and turn towards Hangzhou Bay.

That Liu Wenlang seemed to be very familiar with the route, and asked Wang Chuantou: "Why do you go along the south bank instead of driving directly to Longmen?" ”

Wang Chuantou was secretive and changed a few excuses, first saying that the route was like this, and then saying that there were strong winds and waves at the mouth of the bay, and after being refuted by Liu Wenlang one by one, Wang Chuantou became impatient, "Anyway, it can be sent to the ground, why pay so much attention?" ”

Zhong Shangwei's eyes widened, and he secretly said badly: "Bow of the ship, could it be that you are a black ship?" ”

Wang Chuantou jumped to his feet and said: "You are a coal digger, and you actually say that I am black."

It was too late, and was reminded by Zhong Shang's words, and a bunch of passengers surrounded him and asked him to take the boat certificate.

Most of Yinghua's roots are now at sea, and the control of shipping is particularly strict. As long as it is not a fishing boat, any vessel that can go to sea must be registered at the port for entry and exit. The registration system has been implemented for the transportation of people and goods, which is not only for supervision, but also for the inspection of smuggling and even the payment of compensation in commercial adjudication. Of course, where there is regulation, there is taxation, and this money is also used to support the Coast Guard and customs.

Whether it is a formally registered shipping company or a ship temporarily carrying people and goods, there is a shipping certificate for every trip to sea. If there is no documentary evidence, or if the documentary route is different from the actual route, it is a black ship. Because the coast guard is very strict and there are a large number of clipper inspections, in the past few years, the bows have developed habits and are very well-behaved, and even the passengers do not pay much attention to whether it is a black ship.

The king shook his head for a moment, clenched his fists and shouted: "Fellow villagers, begging for a hard meal, why bother us to rush to the sea?" Wait a minute, I'll refund you 30% of the boat price, and everyone will raise your hand and let us poor brothers go. ”

This guy really doesn't have a ship certificate, it seems that because of the Jiangnan incident, the shipping is unprecedentedly tense, and the king has also made a loophole. Needless to say, there must have been someone at the dock who colluded with him.

Zhong Shangwei had the support of the masses, and scolded confidently: "One trip is not more than a hundred taels of materials, and the fee is five centimeters, you have to be greedy?" ”

Wang Chuantou sighed and said: "This adds up to two hundred taels, and the fare of the ship is one percent, which is enough for our poor family to eat for three or five years." ”

This guy is really faceless, the words mentioned "brother" just now seem to imply a threat, in the crowd, Li Shun's eyebrows have been raised, he has at least hundreds of lives in his hands, and he is still afraid of threats?

Zhong Shangwei hurriedly stopped him: "I'll talk about ......it when I get to the ground."

Liu Wenlang led the topic to the key point: "You stayed away from the original sea route and avoided the sea patrol, but now this road has a Tartar sailor."

Wang Chuantou said disdainfully: "The Tartar sailors in Jiangnan have long been sunk, and the joke of the master is not interesting." ”

This seems to be the truth, and everyone scolds and scolds, but there is nothing they can do, so they only sigh and get on the thief ship.

But there is a saying that what you are afraid of comes.

Not long after, a few things that looked like fishing boats, so rotten that they seemed to float only on the water, surrounded the broken boat at the bow of the king's boat. A group of ragged guys rushed onto the ship tremblingly, drove the crew and passengers together, and the thieves and thieves probed for a long time before someone nodded to the other person and bowed: "Sanrong, there are no Southern Barbarian soldiers, they are all people."

Sanjung ......

This kind of title that has been absent for many years rushed into Zhong Shangwei's ears, and he was the first to react, "Tartar...... Qing soldiers? ”

The crowd was in an uproar, is it really a Qing soldier? A sailor dressed as a fisherman and cruising the sea with a fishing boat?

The beggar-like general looked at Zhong Shangzhi and roared: "The bold Nanban Er and the others are already prisoners of the lower ranks, and they dare to be rude and not afraid that Ben Rong will cut off your head here and sink into the sea to feed the fish?" ”

Such a familiar tone, such a familiar momentum, Zhong Shangwei suddenly woke up from a dream, a trembling, poofed knelt on the board of the ship, howling: "My lord spare his life"..., one hundred and six passengers, twelve crew members, just like this, became the prisoner of the Qing soldiers and sailors, and even the boat and people were escorted to Jinshanwei.

The capture of more than 100 southern barbarians seemed to be unexpected by the Qing soldiers, and they didn't know what big people personally went into battle and directly started the trial in the town guard yamen of Jinshanwei.

"Are you the people of Guiyi Beitou?"

Zhong Shangwei felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, and he was distracted. The reactions of the others were very mixed, some said yes with shaking throats, some were silent, and some sneered. Looking at this situation, it can still be assumed that these people are "defectors" who have thrown themselves from the south to the north, and there is really something wrong with their brains.

"What are you from? Among them, there are small works that do not come from the truth, beware that no one can escape"

It's really familiar, Zhong Shangwei said. The others were all in agreement at this time, and they all shook their heads.

"Lying that you don't go to the mouth of the bay, but go around to the bay, don't you want to sneak into the south of the Yangtze River? Come on, kill them one by one, until they open their mouths to tell the truth."

That Shangguan obviously didn't understand what a black ship was......

Zhong Shangwei is a little anxious, who is it? But he was the "red man" in the eyes of the general who boarded the ship, and he was dragged to the front, his head was pressed tightly, and he only listened to his voice, and could not see anyone.

"Let's start with this fat man"

These words frightened Zhong Shangwei's soul away, and then Li Shun got up and said proudly: "This lord, kill us Yinghua people today, don't be afraid that tomorrow I Yinghua will kill you and ask for guilt."

The Shangguan seemed to have heard some ridiculous joke, and laughed and said, "The people are just grassy, what kind of country is worth talking about?" ”

Li Shun sneered: "Nanyang natives, kill one of us, Yinghua wants to ask for a hundred natives' heads, even if you are noble, ten adults, maybe you can top us alone." ”

Hearing Li Shun's hard words, Liu Wenlang also got up and said: "With my one hundred and eighteen lives, in exchange for a thousand of your heads, it's worth it, let's start with me to see if you have the courage to have my Yinghua army, which is not far from Jinshanwei."

Such a counter-threat was more confident than the threat of the Shangguan just now, and even Wang Chuantou and the others got up to respond, and the soldiers hurriedly rushed over, waving sticks and beating them violently, and the hall suddenly mourned.

"Hey...... Nanban is Nanban......"

The Shangguan gritted his teeth and scolded, Zhong Shangwei's eyes glared, and he remembered

Standing up, Zhong Shangwei looked at the hall, hehe, sure enough, he hasn't seen him for many years, and he has aged a lot, but he is still white-skinned and extravagant.

Bai Daolong...... The former Shaozhou commander-in-chief, he was the master who once served like a dog.

"Zhong ...... Zhong ......"

Bai Daolong also recognized Zhong Shangwei, but unfortunately, he couldn't even remember his name, so he pointed his hand in the air and couldn't shake it out.

was glared at by Bai Daolong, Zhong Shangwei subconsciously leaned over, and his knees were about to fall down again.

But the sound of sticks in the flesh behind him, Bai Daolong's previous threat, the situation of his own gang, the awe-inspiring righteousness of Li Shun and Liu Wenlang, the anger of Wang Chuantou and the others, countless thoughts flashed in their minds in an instant, and finally only one thought stopped in their hearts.

I am on the throne, and now I am a member of the Heavenly Empire......

He straightened up again, and at that moment, Zhong Shangwei was like a man who was about to die generously, arched his hand towards Bai Daolong, and said calmly: "Contemptible Zhong Shang, Lord Bai, I haven't seen you for a long time......" ......,