"There's food on the docks!"

The shout was like pouring a spoonful of ice water into a large pot of boiling oil, and the crowd exploded, and despite the pressure of the two archers, they rushed towards the docks, even the old and weak, women and children.

Seeing that the crowd was pouring in the direction of the pier, and the vendors who had just settled down along the way hurriedly packed up their things so as not to suffer from the pond fish, the two archers stood on the spot, and after a while the two said something, one followed in the direction of the pier, and the other ran back and forth, apparently going back to report the news.

Wu Wei said in a deep voice: "Let's go, let's take a look." The group also walked briskly towards the dock.

Along the road, there are constantly people joining the team to grab rice, passing by their side and rushing to the wharf, which is also mixed with a lot of local people, some are actually the whole family, the cloth bags and pottery urns that can hold things are all brought over, and even some people push the chicken cart, see Wu Wei and his party look at each other, silent.

Just approaching the dock, he had already heard the sound of people, noisy, and occasionally heard the sound of beating and screaming, Wu Wei's heart tightened, worried about whether there was at least his own person on his head, and hurriedly quickened his pace.

Before getting closer, I saw a sea of people on the riverbank, at a glance there were no less than a thousand people, some homeless people jumped on the big car parked on the wharf, stood on the grain pile and lifted the big bags of grain down, some of the grain bags have been cut, revealing the yellow and clear millet inside, but also attracted countless hands to scramble, and a few people teamed up, the whole bag of grain was thrown on the chicken cart, and the whole bag of grain was thrown onto the chicken cart, and they ran away.

There were already many laborers on the dock, and they saw everyone scrambling. It's all eyes on fire, and gradually they also join in to snatch, so that the scene is even more chaotic.

All the eight immortals crossed the sea, each showed their magical powers, and used all the things that could hold grain, and some of the homeless people had no long things and nothing to undertake, so in a hurry, they took off their pants. Tie the hem of the pants. He picked up the millet from the ground and put it inside, and even ignored the naked stripes on the lower body.

There were some people who looked like coachmen standing there with their hands in their hands, but they didn't dare to approach. There is only a middle-aged man who looks like a steward. It seems that it is the owner of the goods. There he jumped up and cursed at the outcasts, but who cared.

Wu Wei stood on a dirt bag and looked around. Seeing that the grain boat parked on the shore in the distance also climbed up and many people were robbing, and from time to time someone squeezed into the water, he looked around, and after looking for a long time, he didn't find a familiar face, so he relaxed a little.

At this time, Wu Shiyi brought two people over from the crowd of spectators, but Wu Wei didn't recognize it, and when he asked, he knew that it was his own person, and secretly said ashamed, it turned out that the two of them were standing aside to watch the excitement, and Wu Shiyi saw it, and expected that he would know the whole story, so he called over to report the situation to Wu Wei.

Wu Wei had never seen these two people, but they all recognized Wu Wei, worshiped him as a god, knelt in front of Wu Wei, kowtowed, and didn't dare to get up. The two of them immediately opened their mouths together, each saying their own words, and the country slang they both used was mixed together, and suddenly Wu Wei's head was three points bigger, and he hurriedly stopped it, and Wu Shiyi and the others secretly snickered on the side.

Wu Wei glanced at them sideways and said to the two: "Which of you speaks fluently, let him speak slowly." ”

The two glanced at each other, and one of them said, "Report to your lordship, I'll tell you." The other nodded hurriedly.

Wu Wei nodded and said, "Say it." Wu Wei hurriedly stretched out his hand to help the two of them up and asked, "How long have you all been here, and what happened?" ”

The man replied and said, "We are all men on the ship, and we have come out to buy vegetables." Good guy, there are so many people in this Hukou Town, it's worth the county seat of my hometown."

Wu Shiyi saw that the more he talked, the more trivial it became, and he shouted softly on the side: "Cui Broken mouth, don't talk about those messes, pick up the important ones!" ”

The guy nicknamed Cui Shazui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled: "Yes, we were sent out by the Liu steward to purchase vegetables and vegetables, who knew that just after passing through this dock, I met this stall, and some of us also heard what others said, it seems that those Shanxi Yankees used boats to transport grain upstream, and when they were originally transferred, they were covered with oilcloth and hay on the grain truck, and somehow, a mule pulling the cart was shocked, and overturned a cart of grain in the field next to the road, and the bag that did not fit the grain was torn again, revealing the contents inside."

Hearing this, Wu Wei fully understood, this Nima is the late Ming version of the highway robbery incident, the difference is that these displaced people are struggling on the verge of life and death, and the food is to survive, which is much more righteous than the motives of those villagers who are purely greedy and cheap in modern times.

After asking the ins and outs of the matter, and knowing that there were no people of his own, Wu Wei was also lacking in interest, originally he was still hesitating how to help these homeless people, but now he doesn't have to worry about it, they will solve it themselves, this is not a way to do it.

Well, especially the owners of these grains are still those rich Shanxi Yankees, that is, those legendary Jin merchants, this loss is a drop in the bucket for them, not Jin merchants? Wu Wei suddenly had a strange feeling, and faintly felt that something seemed to be wrong.

Jin Shang was a political and economic force in the late Ming Dynasty, starting from Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei, who inherited almost a Jiazi, and the relationship network in the government and the opposition was intertwined, and it was terrifyingly huge!

After Wang Chonggu facilitated me to pay tribute and open up border trade with Mongolia, there was no police at the border for decades, and the Puzhou Wang family, who had negotiated this business, as the biggest hero, together with their in-laws Zhang family, monopolized most of the foreign trade under the acquiescence of the imperial court.

Of course, the other Jin merchant families are not given for nothing, each has its own foundation, each has its own background, otherwise it will be passed down for decades, and it will be eaten by other competitors for a long time.

The question is, will such a Jin merchant be helpless to watch his goods being robbed? Wu Wei didn't think so, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Sure enough, his premonition was soon fulfilled, and the archers who went to report the news just now quickly called over seven or eight helpers, all of whom were big shoulders and round waists, fierce and vicious, holding iron rulers and wooden sticks and the like to rush into the crowd is a mess of smashing and pumping, and all the people who met were bleeding and wailing, but the number of people who grabbed food was too much, and this point of manpower was really a drop in the bucket, and it was very helpful, and they were soon squeezed by the crowd to stagger, unsettled, and even beaten by the crowd alone.

Wu Shiyi and the others pouted when they saw it, obviously disappreciating the strength of the archers, but Wu Wei knew in his heart that the patrol department was just some township soldiers recruited from the local area, and the number was extremely low, and it was expected that he could not cope with such a scene, so he would not be naïve to think that the means of these Jin merchants would only be so little.

Sure enough, the leader of the patrol saw that it was not a problem, picked up the whistle on his chest and blew it sharply, and the archers were already timid, and when they heard the sound, they hurriedly turned around and withdrew from the crowd, and even the beaten companions couldn't care about it.

At this time, Wang Baihu, who was stationed in the local area, appeared, and saw him riding a horse and dozens of sergeants, panting along the main road.

Seeing Wang Baihu coming, the middle-aged steward who escorted the grain cart hurriedly stepped forward as if he saw a savior. I saw that he said a few words to Wang Baihu fiercely, and Wang Baihu nodded again and again.

Wu Wei's heart was not good, and sure enough, he saw that Wang Baihu shouted an order, more than a dozen sergeants stood in a row in front of him with shields, and the other sergeants bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows pointed obliquely forward at a forty-five degree angle. Before Wu Wei opened his mouth to stop it, dozens of feather arrows were shot out in unison, only to hear the sound of "poof" into the flesh endlessly, many people in the crowd who were grabbing food were hit by arrows, and the sound of crying became one, and everyone immediately scattered, leaving only more than a dozen dead and wounded lying on the ground and moaning #.

Seeing that Wang Baihu ordered his soldiers to move forward, Wu Wei hurriedly rushed forward from the side and shouted: "Lord Wang, slow down!" ”

Wang Baihu also recognized Wu Wei, and made a gesture to order the sergeants to stop their movements, arched his hand to Wu Wei and said: "It turns out that Lord Wu is also here, and I ask Lord Wu to wait for a while, and wait for me to suppress these chaotic people before talking." ”

The middle-aged steward didn't recognize Wu Wei, and when he saw Wang Baihu stop, he immediately couldn't stop urging, and glanced at Wu Wei dissatisfied.

Wu Wei ignored him, stepped forward, grabbed Wang Baihu's raised right arm with his hand, forced it down, and said with a smile: "It's just some food, what is it worth?" Why should adults bother with these little people? ”

Wang Baihu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wu Wei with strange eyes, as if he had seen something strange, and he couldn't imagine that there would be people who would intercede for these worthless homeless people.

However, in these years, there are people who believe in all religions, and the officials are not exempt from vulgarity, and there are many people who eat fasting and recite Buddha, and Wang Baihu only said that Wu Wei is the same, so it is not surprising that he came out at this time to be a good person.

However, Wu Wei's fictitious title is already a commanding officer, which is already a serious rank of military attache of the fourth grade, and Wang Baihu is just a sixth grade, it stands to reason that since he speaks, Wang Baihu must give this face. Unexpectedly, he shook his head without hesitation and said, "Lord Wu, it's not that the subordinate officials don't show affection, but I can't help myself in this matter." ”

He glanced at the middle-aged steward, only to see him with his hands behind his back, squinting at Wu Wei, looking fearless, and approaching Wu Wei with a wry smile: "Lord Wu, I advise you not to meddle in this matter, we can't afford to offend the owner of this grain!" ”

When Wu Wei heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and when he looked at the steward, he saw that his face was anxious and impatient, and said: "Lord Wang, why don't you do it, if you keep grinding, these mud-legged people will run away after grabbing the grain!" After saying that, he walked closer, arched his hand to Wu Wei, and said: "This lord, please sit aside, if you don't give these thieves a little bit of power today, they will also say that our Zhang family in Puzhou is made of clay and paper!" ”

No wonder it was so arrogant, it turned out to be the Zhang family in Puzhou! (To be continued......)