Chapter 52: The Prince's Might (Ask for Collection)
"Whoosh, whoosh" two arrows fired at the same time, straight into the crowd.
At this moment, at the edge of the quarry rock, Lu Jiang and his party of more than 500 people are being besieged.
Because most of these people are ordinary people, although they have many weapons in their hands, they do not really come up to fight, so the two sides are at loggerheads.
Lu Jiang was going to talk to the leader of the other party, because he knew that the people here were all under the jurisdiction of the nearby group training, so he ordered people to negotiate with the other party many times, but there was no result at all.
"No fortifications can be built here, and once the fortifications are built, how can our people fish, you will cut off our livelihood."
"That is, what's wrong with the officers and soldiers? Won't we let the common people live? ”
"If you don't make it clear today, you don't want to leave here."
"Our regimental training envoy won't come to see you, save that heart."
There were people in the crowd shouting constantly, and these fishermen seemed to be very hostile to the officers and soldiers in front of them, so under the excitement of the crowd, they couldn't tell who was the leader.
Lu Jiang could only smile bitterly at the moment, he knew in his heart that it was difficult for his more than 500 people to break out of the city, and looking at the appearance of these fishermen, they were actually organized, not just a plate of scattered sand as they saw in front of him.
Lu Jiang was about to be reasonable, but he didn't know which guy he was talking about, and threw a few stones from the crowd.
As soon as these stones were thrown out, some soldiers could not bear it, and the bows and arrows in their hands that were already ready to fire were already shot out.
As a result, the scene immediately became chaotic, and the fishermen stepped forward one after another and rushed towards the officers and soldiers.
Lu Jiang didn't want to hurt the people, because once there was damage, things would be even more difficult to handle.
However, now it is impossible not to get hurt, and Lu Jiang can't control the situation for a while.
However, at the height of the confusion, two arrows were fired behind the people, each with a whistle on it.
The feather arrow broke through the air, with a sharp sound, louder than the sound of the crowd's excitement, and for a time two arrows crossed the people's heads and fell directly to the Yangtze River.
Hearing the sound of arrows, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and then turned back sharply.
Far away, the dust is rising.
The fishermen are already a little nervous at the moment, they know in their hearts that it is not a fun thing to attack the officers and soldiers, but because the regimental training is fateful, they must make it clear today that the officers and soldiers cannot be allowed to fortify here, otherwise they will have no hope of fishing, and it is precisely because of this that these fishermen are so excited.
At this moment, seeing the dust behind him, there should be a large number of people and horses coming, and for a while, these fishermen were also a little panicked, so they retreated one after another, forming a two-sided trend, on the one hand, they were staring at Lu Jiang and them, and on the other hand, they were resisting the army coming behind them.
Li Yu was sitting on the horse at the moment, the bow and arrow in his hand had just been put down, and his expression was very serious.
There are about 2,000 people in front of him, and it seems that Lu Jiang is indeed besieged, but it doesn't seem to be too dangerous.
The bow and arrow in his hand were put down, and the horse moved forward, but his mouth was an order to Tang Hong behind him, asking him to stop the army temporarily, and he himself moved forward alone, looking for those people to reason.
Li Yu's horse moved forward, and there was no army behind him, which made the fishermen who were waiting for the battle at the moment breathe a sigh of relief.
"Folks, my name is Li Congjia, I am the sixth prince of the current Southern Tang Dynasty, I have no malice in coming this time, I just hope that you folks can let General Lu return to the city." Li Yu bowed slightly on his horse, with a bright smile on his face.
The people who stopped Li Yu and their way stared at Li Yu for a long time at the moment.
Suddenly, one of the old men, who was about fifty years old, took a step forward, he held a harpoon in his hand, and said loudly, "Sixth Highness, we have heard of your name, but we have no malice in stopping Lu Jiang, we just hope that we will not build fortifications here, once the fortifications are built, we fishermen will have no livelihood." ”
"How is that possible? Even if we are building fortifications here, you should still fish, so what's the conflict? When Li Yu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked.
"His Royal Highness No. 6 doesn't know, once there are fortifications, the people can't be allowed to release boats to fish, this is a long-standing rule of the official family, so we don't accept it." At this moment, behind the old man, a stout man also stepped forward, with anger on his face.
"Yes, your official family will collect silver taels in such a name, and at the very least, it is not that our people will suffer." A short, dark and thin fisherman also stood up, his face rather indignant.
Hearing these people's words, Li Yu frowned, then turned his head to look at the herald behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Is that what they said?" ”
"I don't know, but the generals before me seem to have done it." Although the herald did not say it so clearly, he also said some clues.
Li Yu nodded, then turned his head and looked at the fisherman in front of him with a sincere smile on his face.
"Everyone, Li Congjia is here as a prince to assure you that such a thing will not happen again."
"Can you do it?" A young man asked aloud, with great doubt in his eyes.
"That's it, you're just a prince, how can you be the master of the magistrate."
For a while, there was a burst of discussion in the crowd.
"Everyone, Li Congjia Bucai, now as the Yangtze River Inspector, I can still call the shots in this matter, and I hope to meet the regimental training envoy, I think it is necessary for us to talk about this matter well." Li Yu smiled and looked at the fishermen in front of him.
Li Yu knows that from ancient times to the present, when the people see the people of the emperor's family, they will be in awe in their hearts, unless the people of the emperor's family are extremely vicious, then the greater the oppression, the greater the resistance.
For the Southern Tang Dynasty, the monarch was not too wrong with the governance of the country, and the people's evaluation of the Southern Tang Dynasty was not too low, and it was precisely because of this that Li Yu was confident that he could convince these people in front of him.
Hearing that Li Yu was a prince and hoped to meet the regimental training envoy, these people couldn't help but be a little shaken, after all, Li Yu said his identity, and he was also the Yangtze River patrol, and this function was the person who governed the Yangtze River, so it was difficult for these people to shirk Li Yu's invitation.
Besides, it was too stiff with the officials and soldiers, and things were not easy to handle, so the old man who took the lead in negotiating with Li Yu finally nodded, although there was still hesitation in his eyes, but he agreed to Li Yu's request.
"Sixth Highness, we need to discuss this matter with the regimental training envoy, please wait a moment." The old man respectfully hugged Li Yu, indicating that he still had respect for Li Yu.
Li Yu smiled slightly, turned over and dismounted, and took the reins of the horse.
"The old man is not polite, you told the regimental training envoy that although Li Congjia came with troops, he had no malicious intentions, and I hope he can come out to see him."
"Okay, the grass people will go and talk about it." When the old man saw Li Yu dismount, this meant that the other party had no intention of conquest, so he was a little more vigilant, turned around and told the others to pay attention, and then walked quickly to a dock on the edge of the Yangtze River in the distance.