The man then made a gesture and said, "Below is Li Jiang, the clerk of the local port management office, before the two adults get off the ship, you need to check the personnel on the ship according to the registered list." ”

"What does this mean?" Li Jin frowned and said, "Do you suspect that there are some unidentified people on this ship?"

Li Jiang replied without humility or arrogance: "The rules of Lijiazhuang Wharf are like this, and they are just doing things according to routine. If the two adults don't want to bother, then it's fine, but the people on this ship can't be allowed to go ashore. ”

Li Jin was furious after a moment: "You are a civilian, where did you have the courage to point fingers at the imperial court officials! What qualifications do you have to prohibit us from acting!"

Li Jiang was unmoved, and still said very calmly: "This lord, it is useless for you to yell at you, this rule is not made, and you have no ability to change the rules here." If you are not satisfied with this, you can order the ship to turn around and leave here, and the other side of the river is not the territory of Lijiazhuang, so there is no need to follow these rules. ”

"You guy......" Li Jin felt even more fueled when he heard this, and he rolled up his sleeves and planned to teach this disrespectful guy a lesson.

Yan Mingjun quickly stretched out his hand to stop Li Jin, and said to Li Jiang: "If you talk about the rules, this Li Jiazhuang is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and you should abide by the rules set by the Ming Dynasty, but your private rules of Li Jiazhuang are still bigger than the imperial court?"

Li Jiang glanced at Yan Mingjun, and his tone suddenly became cold: "In the first year of Chongzhen, Lijiazhuang was besieged by thousands of rogues, and at that time, Zhuang Shang sent people to Guangzhou Mansion for help, but the adults seemed to forget that this place was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no intention of sending troops to rescue it. At that time, no one told the people here what the Ming Dynasty was doing!"

This Li Jiang was originally a person from Lijiazhuang, when Lijiazhuang was besieged by the rogues, he was also one of the witnesses, and he was very impressed by this history. And Lijiazhuang is also an area with a very high degree of Haihan control, and many people in Lijiazhuang chose to join the Haihan nationality after that battle, in order to be able to get timely help from the Haihan militia in case of another bandit rebellion one day. Li Jiang was also one of them, and immediately after his naturalization, he was assigned a job assignment to be in charge of the negotiation of foreign civilian and merchant ships.

"You ......" Yan Mingjun was also choked by Li Jiang's words for a while, unable to refute them. In the first year of Chongzhen's banditry, the bandits and bandits who were wandering around made a mess of the entire Liangguang during that time, and it was not Lijiazhuang that encountered the bandits. However, Panyu County and Guangzhou City were close at hand, and the defenders did not move after receiving local requests for help, and sat back and watched Lijiazhuang being besieged by the Liukou, which is unjustifiable in any case.

And this behavior of the Guangzhou garrison also made the people in Panyu County, especially Lijiazhuang, remember it, and in the end, if it was not for the Haihan militia to rush to reinforcements, it is really difficult to say whether Lijiazhuang would be broken by the Liukou army. And the resentment of isolation and helplessness at the beginning, the people naturally remembered the heads of the government and the imperial court.

Yan Mingjun was a scholar after all, and he was still not as impulsive as Li Jin, so he quickly calmed down his feelings, and asked with unhappiness: "Then how long will it take you?"

"Please call all the people on the ship, and after checking the list, the two adults can land. Li Jiang responded.

Before Li Jin could say anything, several people came up from the gangplank on the shore, all in gray cloth shirts, holding a five-foot-long firearm in their hands, looking at Yan and Li with fierce eyes. Li Jin protested at the edge of his mouth, and immediately turned into saliva and swallowed back into his stomach. Before he got on the boat, he listened to Liu Qian's warning, and when he went to the territory where the Haihan people were the masters, he should not clash with the people of the militia group, because most of the soldiers of the militia were from the Limiao mountain people and the Annam ethnic group, and many people only knew the Haihan Executive Committee, but did not know that there was a court.

In desperation, Yan Mingjun could only ask people to call out all the people on the ship and gather on the deck, so that Li Jiang could check as much as possible.

In fact, Li Jiang's move was indeed instructed by his boss, and he usually did not investigate it so strictly. What's more, this ship originally belonged to the Ministry of Shipping, and the crew and sailors were all naturalized, and if there was anything unusual on the ship, these crew members would have jumped out and exposed it a long time ago. The Lijiazhuang Port Management Office arranged such a link, mainly to give these alternate officials a note of Ma Wei and file their spirit.

Li Jiang's counting of the number of people was symbolically walked down the process, and it was completed in a moment. After Li Jiang nodded his head, he said to Yan Mingjun and Li Jinzuo: "Thank you for your cooperation, you can land and go ashore now." However, please try to stay within the scope of our activities to ensure the safety of adults and families. ”

"Hey, the scope of activity is also marked!" Li Jin replied angrily and funny: "I don't know how big this range of activity is, can you tolerate a few turnovers from this official?"

Li Jiangmian said without changing his face: "After the two adults arrive at the dock, as long as they don't go out of the place where there is a red line on the ground." As for whether or not you can do somersaults, this adult can do a good job when he goes ashore!"

Without waiting for Li Jin to attack again, Li Jiang retreated on his own. Yan Mingjun smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Li, this Lijiazhuang is known as the No. 1 village in the Pearl River, I don't know anything else, at least it seems that this rule is the first." ”

The so-called title of "the first village in the Pearl River" has only slowly emerged in Guangzhou in the past one or two years. Since the bandit rebellion in the first year of Chongzhen, Lijiazhuang has carried out in-depth cooperation with Haihan, not only building facilities such as migrant transfer camps, large comprehensive wharves, and military training bases in Lijiazhuang, but also gradually aligning the local social management system with the areas under Haihan's rule. For example, most of the regulations and measures formulated by the Lijiazhuang Port Administration Office are copied from the contents of Shengli Port and Sanya Port. Haihan's successful experience in the operation of the port terminal also made a very small number of opposition groups in Lijiazhuang unable to make a strong voice at all.

With Haihan's support, the resident population of Lijiazhuang has increased several times in just two years. In addition to the number of people in the migrant transfer camps, more and more migrants have come to settle in the vicinity of Lijiazhuang and work directly or indirectly for the Haihan people. Even the local people in Lijiazhuang, a considerable number of people, like Li Jiang, chose to work for Haihan.

Due to the special location of Lijiazhuang in the Pearl River Basin, the wharf here has quickly become one of the cargo distribution centers on the Pearl River. In order to avoid being exploited by the city shipping department at the Guangzhou City Wharf, many ships that trafficked goods from other places to Guangdong chose to unload their goods in Lijiazhuang, and then transport the goods to Guangzhou and other places from there. In this way, the economy of Lijiazhuang was also quickly driven, and its prosperity even surpassed that of Panyu County, and the public security here was also excellent, so it was named the title of "the first village in the Pearl River" by the people.

The two of them went down to the shore from the gangplank, and when they saw that the first few ships that docked first were still getting off one after another, they knew that what Li Jiang said was true, and there were probably no exceptions to this fleet, and all the ships had to be checked by the local port agency before the people on board could go ashore.

Li Jin stepped on the ground made of this kind of cement for the first time, and couldn't help rubbing it on the ground with his feet, and finally squatted down to touch the ground, and then he praised it unsatisfactorily: "This Haihan cement material is so smooth, and each piece is two zhang square, and I don't know how the Haihan people paved such a large area." ”

Yan Mingjun smiled dumbly and said, "Brother Li, this cement is not a cut stone brick, but it is really like mud. What you see on the ground is actually the traces of wooden strips when paving. By limiting the area, it is also easier to pave the road and make the road surface smoother. ”

Li Jin suddenly realized: "I see, but I am ignorant and ugly." ”

Yan Mingjun said: "There are endless varieties of strange skills and tricks mastered by the Haihan people, and there are many things that I haven't seen before, so Brother Li doesn't have to mind." I heard that there is a kind of black iron monster car in Yazhou that does not need animal power, and can run like a horse by boiling water, and can also drag 10,000 catties of loads. ”

Li Jin sighed: "With so many secret techniques in their hands, and backed by endless gold and silver, it is no wonder that they can motivate the people and serve them. ”

"The two of them are different, this is not some mysterious technique, the Haihan people call it 'science', it is difficult for others to understand, but they don't understand the truth. Suddenly, someone interjected from the side, and the two looked sideways and saw that it was a young man in a blue satin robe.

Yan Mingjun saw that he was dressed, and the hat on his waist and head was inlaid with a piece of jade, and he knew that this person's identity must not be low, and he had never seen this person before, so he took the initiative to greet him: "Didn't ask this brother who is?"

"Don't dare to be, in Xia Li Nai, the word is Rong, a local person. The two adults are polite!" The young man who accosted the two officials was none other than Li Nai, the third son of Li Jiazhuang, one of the owners of Li Jiazhuang.

Yan Mingjun saw that this Li Nai was polite and polite, and he should not be an ordinary rich man, so he talked a few more words, and only then did he know that this Li Nai was one of the leaders of Li Jiazhuang, and he was also born in the same year, and he was also a middle-aged man in the same year, which can be regarded as fate.

After greeting his academic qualifications, Yan Mingjun took the initiative to ask: "Since you and I are the same year, then we will be commensurate with the words." Listening to what Brother Chuan Rong said, he seems to be extremely familiar with the situation in Haihan?"

Li Nai responded: "Then it's disrespectful in the next place, since Brother Jun Gu asked, I will talk about the relationship between this Haihan and Li Jiazhuang." ”

Li Nai started from the first arrival of the Haihan people in Yulin, how they gained a foothold in the local area, how they followed the trade to catch the line of "Fu Ruifeng", and how the two sides began to cooperate. Talking about the experience of going to Shengli Port for the first time, Li Nai also had a lot of feelings: "At that time, I just thought that these overseas visitors were quite business-minded, but I didn't expect that they could develop into today's situation in just a few years. However, in terms of their ability, even if they achieve ten times more than a hundred times, it is just around the corner. ”

It was the first time that Yan Mingjun and Li Jin had heard someone talk about the various experiences in the Haihan settlement in such detail, and they were both attentive at the moment. It wasn't until a servant came over and called them to the dinner that the three of them stopped the conversation.

Yan Mingjun said: "Brother Chuanrong, if it's convenient, can you bother after the banquet?"

"Brother Jun Gu is polite, I will let people invite the two of you next time, I will rest in the Zhuangzi tonight, and then set off with the fleet tomorrow. Li Nai is also a person who likes to interact with people, and it is rare that someone is so willing to listen to him promote Haihan culture today, and he also wants to talk more about it.

The reception banquet for these alternate officials was also arranged by the Guangzhou Office, during which the local interim director, Sha Xi, also came forward to meet with the officials. However, Sha Xi didn't have much intention of getting close to these officials, because he knew very well that these officials would be hollowed out after they arrived on Hainan Island, and there was no real power to exercise at all, and the reception banquet arranged now was actually to observe whether there were dangerous people with more radical attitudes among these people, so that Hainan Island could prepare early.

In addition to this feast, Shaxi also arranged a place for the officials to spend the night - a local guest house specially used to receive visitors from the base camp. There are more than twenty rooms in total, all of which are full. However, in the second half of the banquet, when the registration of accommodation personnel began, Sha Xi received a report that Yan Mingjun and Li Jin were not ready to live in the guest house, but were invited to stay overnight in Lijiazhuang's Li house.

Sha Xi made an excuse to leave the banquet hall and asked Li Nai to call out. Li Nai also understood what Sha Xi was looking for, so he took the initiative to say: "Director Sha, this Lord Yan and Zai Xia are in the same year, and they also have some friendships. Although that Master Li is a martial artist, he is not an unreasonable person, and he thinks that if the measures are appropriate, these two people can fight for it. ”

Sha Xi smiled dumbly and said: "Okay, Li Nai, you took the initiative to take over all the work that should have been done by the Ministry of Security! I will say hello to Mr. He when I go back, and simply recruit you into the Ministry of Security as a special guest!"

Li Nai didn't shy away from it, and said with a smile: "If Mr. He had the intention to pull me into the gang, he would have spoken a long time ago, so why do you need the recommendation of Director Laosha." It's not a lot of trouble in the next place, but I think these two people can talk, and I want to see if I can change their opinion of Haihan. ”

Shaxi nodded and said, "Since you have this thought, I won't stop you." But you know our policy, and you have to know what to say and what not to say. ”

Li Nazuo responded: "Director Sha, don't worry, there will be news tomorrow." ”