Li Xia exhaled softly, okay, this boot has fallen.

"How much do you know about coastal banditry? Let's talk about it. Li Xia looked at the sixth brother outside the window, and the articles that Guo Sheng asked to memorize were changed from one at a time to two at a time.

"I know a lot, the line from Wenzhou to Shaoxing in southern Zhejiang, has been within the scope of the scourge of bandits, when I was very young, I followed my adoptive parents to avoid the bandits a few times, the people of southern Zhejiang are fierce, in some places, like the village of Oxknee separated by Taiping Village for more than ten miles, it has killed half of dozens of bandits, there are trenches dug outside Taiping Village, half of which is to prevent enemies and half to prevent sea bandits.

Those bandits, in fact, are also locals, for various reasons, joined the gang, I escaped from Taiping Village, all the way to Shaoxing when I asked for food, I was also swept into a gang of bandits, the bandit leader is called Hu Da, want to accept me as a godson, I followed them for four or five days, only to find a chance to get out.

Later, after I was a talented man, I went to Wenzhou Mansion to take revenge, and I also borrowed the bandits......"

Guo Sheng's words paused, glanced at Li Xia, who was leaning at him with a clear face, gritted his teeth and continued: "I found a gang of pirates, designed to lure them into bloodbathing Taiping Village, and the enemy next door, revenge." I was too young and vigorous at the time, and over the years, whenever I think about it, I regret it and can't sleep......"

"It's nothing, you go on." Li Xia interrupted Guo Sheng's words.

Guo Sheng quickly glanced at Li Xia, but there was no surprise, so far, it seems that his girl does not care about human life, and the girl said that she is not too early to be wiser...... Hey!

"Yes. Later, in the downstream calendar, it was said that there were immortal mountains overseas, and they were ...... I've been out to sea a few times. ”

Guo Sheng smiled dryly, Li Xia glanced at him, and the corners of his mouth pulled down.

"Those bandits are different from the inland mountain bandits and bandits, no matter how the mountain bandits and bandits are, they still step on the king's soil and do not leave the king's law, the bandits are different, from Fujian to the south, if the wind is good, it will only be ten days, there will be land, all of them are wild places, those bandits, I heard that one or two of them occupy the island, and there are those who claim to be the emperor and the emperor on the island, and it is really lawless."

Guo Sheng was a little excited when he said it, it seemed that he really knew a lot about this bandit.

Li Xia listened very attentively, outside the window, Li Wenlan walked briskly into the house, Guo Sheng hurriedly stood up and looked at Li Xia, Li Xia looked at the sixth brother who had already walked to the door, bowed his head and wrote.

In the evening, Li Xia and Li Wenlan entered the small courtyard where Guo Sheng and Xu Huan lived one after another.

After Xu Huan wanted to stay for a long time, Mrs. Xu cleaned up a small courtyard for him. Although the Gaoyou County Government is not big, the population of the Li family is too small, and there are many empty yards. But Xu Huan refused to move, saying that as long as Mr. Guo was not annoying, it was best for him to live with Mr. Guo.

Of course, Mrs. Xu would not force this, and Xu Huan lived in the wing room that was temporarily resettled.

Under the corridor, Xu Huanzheng and Guo Sheng were around the red clay stove, boiling tea and drinking tea, seeing the two of them coming in, Xu Huan hurriedly beckoned with a smile, "Come here, you two must have come with a smell, my uncle bought fresh chestnuts today and just roasted them." ”

"Uncle, uncle!" Li Wenlan rushed in front, full of excitement, "The plum blossoms in the back garden have bloomed, and a green plum plant next to it has also bloomed a lot, very beautiful, with a dark fragrance floating in the moon dusk, didn't you say that it is best to enjoy the plum blossoms in the evening?" Let's go to enjoy the plum blossoms, my uncle will write a poem, and I will write one! ”

Xu Huan rubbed his forehead with one hand, smiling bitterly, he really couldn't cry or laugh at this elegant and surprisingly young nephew, "It's so cold, ...... eat chestnuts"

"Go, go, go, who told you to talk about some dark incense?" Guo Sheng glanced at Li Xia, who was following behind unhurriedly, and pushed Xu Huan.

Xu Huan stood up very reluctantly, patted the placket of his clothes a few times, patted the very reluctant clean, lifted his shoulders up, raised his body with the same interest as Li Wenlan, and said loudly: "Such a dusk, such a plum blossom, how can you not appreciate it?" Let's go, my uncle will take you two to enjoy the plums. ”

"I'm not going, I'm going to eat chestnuts." Li Xia squeezed past Xu Huan, sat down in his seat, and stretched out his head to look at the chestnuts placed around the mouth of the red clay stove.

"What's so delicious about chestnuts? Uncle, let's go, anyway, my sister will also compose poems. "Li Wenlan has never been the master of her sister, she is used to whatever her sister says, she can eat chestnuts if she wants, he must appreciate plum blossoms.

Xu Huan took Li Wenlan by the way, laughing all the way.

Watching the two of them leave the courtyard, Guo Sheng poured a cup of tea and handed it to Li Xia, who motioned to him: "Go on." ”

"Yes. In the coastal area, bandits are rampant, but the business at sea is very prosperous, the bandits rob the merchant ships at sea, very orderly, surround the merchant ships, get on the ship to count the goods, make a price, draw a few percent, to see which merchant ship it is, which one the robber is, when it comes to the ships in their hometown, it will generally be a little less, but it will also be increased, but, generally, it will not be more than half. ”

Li Xia listened carefully, she didn't know these things.

"There are very few people who rob all the goods and kill people, I followed the sea ship to the sea, I met two groups of bandits along the way, none of them hurt people, I heard the boat boss say, there are also new entrants who do not understand the rules, or go berserk, kill people and rob the light, once or twice, to the third time, there are a large number of bandits to clean up the portal, so as not to affect everyone's business."

"There is a way to steal." Li Xia sipped his tea and said in a low voice, "Well, let's talk about the sea merchants in the state." ”

Guo Sheng was stunned and reacted very quickly, "Jiang family? ”

"Let's talk about it."

"Yes. In fact, which is the largest maritime merchant, I can't say, the sea business, the profit is extremely high, because the risk is extremely high, and the inland business is different, they do not need to put up a shelf to show that their own financial resources, therefore, how many ships each maritime merchant has, how big the business, how much money he earns, most of them are secret. Which business does it depends on the incoming and outgoing goods, usually styled, and speculated. ”

Guo Sheng explained carefully first, and then said: "Over the years, in the Mingzhou area, the public has recommended one of the best families, one is the Jiang family, the second is the Zhao family, these two are in-laws, and now in Mingzhou, they are very good friends, but these two are among the best, most of them are because of Queen Jiang and Zhao Jixiang. ”

"How much do the two of their sea boats, those bandits, want to draw?" Li Xia looked at Guo Sheng.

"I don't know about that." Guo Sheng met Li Xia's gaze and subconsciously owed himself, "These are extremely secret things, and they are rarely known to outsiders. ”