The silent sea, except for the sound of the waves lapping, there is no side, the lone lamp on the deck is swaying, and there is a strange feeling in the cool night.

Mu Chonglan looked up at Xiao Xiantang, and when he saw him reading at night, he couldn't help but relax. "Look, be careful of hurting your eyes."

"Just watch for a while, and you'll be fine." Xiao Xiantang said lightly.

Mu Chonglan pursed his lips, disapproving Xiao Xiantang's statement, but he still wanted to persuade but didn't know how to persuade him, after all, when it came to eloquence, Mu Chonglan thought that he was not Xiao Xiantang's opponent, so he could only pretend to stretch his waist and block his hand on his scroll.

Xiao Xiantang looked at the white and tender little hand on the scroll, the surface was silent, but the bottom of his eyes was soft, and finally put away the scroll and stroked her hair with his hand, again and again, as if playing.

Xiao Xiantang's fingers were a little cold, but the movements were very gentle, just like that, Mu Chonglan pillowed Xiao Xiantang's legs, squinted his eyes comfortably, felt the boat shake under him, and then fell asleep in a daze.

When Mu Chonglan woke up again in a daze, he found that he was the only one in the cabin, and Xiao Xiantang was gone.

Xiao Xiantang!

Mu Chonglan's heart tightened, she immediately got up, ran out of the cabin, and found that on the deck, Xiao Xiantang was next to a tall man, not knowing what he was talking about.

"Xiao Xiantang?" Mu Chonglan walked over to the two of them.

When the tall man saw her, his eyes were surprised and amazed: "This is ......"

"It's my wife." After Xiao Xiantang made a brief introduction, he reached out and rubbed Mu Chonglan's hair: "It's windy outside, you better go in first, and I'll tell you when you get on the shore." ”

Mu Chonglan just wanted to nod, but was suddenly attracted by the firelight in the distance.

It turned out that on the coast in the distance, there were ten ships docked there, which were different from ordinary merchant ships, these more than ten ships looked very tall, and the hull shape was different from the hull shape that Mu Chonglan had seen before.

Many trestles were laid down on these ships, and some foreigners who looked very different from the Dasheng people were directing coolies to carry goods to the ships.

On the coast, there are many, many horse-drawn carriages waiting to be unloaded, as well as horse-drawn carriages that keep coming, which are quite spectacular.

"Xiao Xiantang, what are they doing?" Mu Chonglan asked with a frown, she didn't think these people were ordinary maritime merchants.

"Probably, it's the five ghosts." After Xiao Xiantang finished speaking, he pulled the corners of his mouth, leaking a sarcastic arc.

"......" Hearing the ghost word, Mu Chonglan subconsciously silenced, looked at Xiao Xiantang with blank eyes, and complained that he was scaring himself.

Xiao Xiantang couldn't help laughing when he saw it: "It's just a metaphor, it's not really a ghost." ”

"Then ......" Mu Chonglan looked at Xiao Xiantang curiously.

Xiao Xiantang breathed a sigh of relief: "Do you remember the unmanned convoy we met before?" ”

"Oh, that's the one we're going to hack...... Oh, you ......" Mu Chonglan wanted to say what are you pinching me for, but when he saw Xiao Xiantang's expression, he suddenly wilted: "What's the matter with them?" ”

"They're the same as these trucks." Xiao Xiantang pointed below and said: "We met that strange truck fleet before, and I thought it was very strange, so I ordered someone to come here, and then found out about this scene, and also got acquainted with the famous Dinghai general, Yan Hongxin, and General Yan. ”

After Xiao Xiantang finished speaking, he also looked at and smiled with the burly man next to him, that is, Yan Hongxin, and he had the taste of a hero who does not fight and does not know each other.

Mu Chonglan looked at Xiao Xiantang's sunny and smiling face, and felt like she had swallowed a fly.

Xiao Xiantang is a person who smiles so well at outsiders, and likes to shout at her, she looks at Yan Hongxin who is not good-looking.

Mu Chonglan pouted, secretly deciding that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely knock Yan Hongxin's stuffy stick, and although Yan Hongxin felt a chill down his back, he didn't know what was going on, so he only thought that it was caused by the sea breeze being too cold, and told what he knew. "They transport not only salt, but also iron, Yanzhou is not only rich in salt, but also hides brass and iron, the name of Longtong County is also because of this, but many people don't know, only Longtong County is a salt field."

After Emperor Sheng ordered the launch of the sea ban, the overseas goods wanted to come in, and the Dasheng goods wanted to go out, which seemed to have suddenly become a problem, but the so-called policy and countermeasures, Yanzhou is located in a remote area, but it occupies a treasure house, so it is naturally impossible for them to sit still, so they naturally want to think of something that cannot be brought to the table to say a way, in order to open this trade route on the sea.

Longtong County was originally an inconspicuous small county, but because of its special location, it has become a port that is not a foreign road.

"It's no wonder that when I first arrived, I thought it was very strange that the people here were closed during the day, but now it seems that they are mostly busy working at night, so they don't go out during the day...... It seems that there are officials everywhere, and even the people have been involved, so it's no wonder that pirates are rampant here, but there are still a lot of people gathered, and I haven't heard of any people suing for pirates, so that's the case. Xiao Xiantang sighed.

"Not really." Yan Hongxin smiled bitterly, if it is just that the officials are corrupt and take bribes, the people are not happy, but the people also take this smuggling as a livelihood, and naturally a vicious circle of protection between the government and the people has been formed.

"General Yan, I waited to come this time, but I just heard the rumors and came to take a look, and at this time, I saw that the situation was not solvable by us, so I am afraid that I will disappoint General Yan this time." Xiao Xiantang's words had a sense of shirk.

When Yan Hongxin heard this, he immediately became anxious: "Xiao County Order, Master Zhao has mentioned it, saying that you are a great talent, and there are ...... There is also Mrs. Xiao, who is also a heroine among women, since Lord Xiao has already learned about it this time, how can he not care at all? ”

Xiao Xiantang narrowed his eyes slightly: "General Yan said with a smile, this matter is very important, how can a seventh-grade petty official like me do it." ”

"Lord Xiao must have a way, right?" Yan Hongxin is actually not very good at saying this kind of thing, he only knows that Zhao Yongkang told him that if he saw Xiao Xiantang, he would definitely ask him to solve the matter, so he seemed so pressing.

Xiao Xiantang could see it, so he sighed: "Don't hide it from General Yan, suppressing this smuggling, Xiao can really think of one or two, but after the fact, if these people riot because they have no business, Xiao will have no way to deal with it, General Yan must also understand, right?" ”