Chapter 146: Bloodstained Pearls
"Yes, it was the older woman herself. Let me take them to the beach tomorrow, boss, you say, could it be someone from the capital? ”
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After all, this year's tribute has not been enough.
But if they continue, how can there be a sea lady in their fishing village who can catch pearls?
"Phew, a bunch of embarrassed dog officers.
Zhu Zhu and the others can't touch the sea now, and they are forced to go to the sea.
Where is this to fish for pearls, this is forcing them to die! ”
One of the men, with a visible scar on his cheek, said viciously.
"Boss, if these people are really related to Lord Futai, do we want to?"
One of his subordinates made a knife cut down.
"Don't be in a hurry first, it's not too late to do it when they show their true colors."
Now there is still half a month before the deadline for Lord Futai to ask for the pearl, and they can't be self-defeating at this juncture.
"Wison, you take them tomorrow.
Then take a closer look, what are they trying to do, what are they doing in our Nanyue Mansion? ”
"Yes, Boss."
After listening to Boss Tu's orders, Wison retreated.
Seeing that Huisheng left, the scarred man waved his palm, and said with a fierce face.
"Boss, why don't we sneak into the Futai Mansion directly and check the dog official directly."
"Hutu, let's not mention that a few of us are now secretly entering the mansion of Futai.
Just say that if you kill this dog official, won't the court send people again?
Even if the officer sent again is a good official, won't he collect this pearl?
Don't you need the ama in our village to go to the sea to catch this pearl?
Even if he doesn't need the sea maidens in our village to go to the sea to fish for pearls, but if we kill the imperial court officials, do you think the imperial court will let us go so easily?
Unless, you all have to think about it, after killing Chen Tai's dog officer, a few of us will drag our families to the sea to be pirates who will never go ashore again.
Do you agree, and so do your family?
You know, after becoming a bandit, our children and grandchildren will never have a chance to turn over! ”
Tu Hai, who was called the boss, let out a long breath after saying all this, closed his eyes and stopped looking at these subordinates.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, except for the scarred face who was still unconvinced, everyone else retreated.
When you are in the world, don't you just want to live a life?
If they die, they will die, but if they have to be bandits and can't go ashore, how can they nod so easily.
Seeing this, the scar man felt that they were all wrecks, so he was so angry that he turned around and left.
"Hey, boss, what do you think of Scar?"
"Forget it, his only sister is gone, and whoever he replaces, no one feels good."
Tu Hai opened his eyes, looked at the back of Scar who left angrily, sighed, and waved his hand to stop him.
Hearing the boss's words, everyone also thought of themselves and fell silent.
The next morning, when Wison came over, the big guy was still having breakfast.
Ning Pengpeng couldn't see him standing and watching them eat, secretly swallowing saliva, so she called Ning Laosan to get a bowl of gruel and two buns, and then stuffed them into Huisheng's hand.
"Take it, whether you've eaten it or not, eat some more."
In a word, he blocked Wison's hand of resignation.
The gruel in the bowl was so thick that you could see that it was full of rice flowers.
As for the bun in his other hand, he could faintly smell the aroma of the meat filling in the bun.
Wison's body was a little stiff, and the corners of his eyes were a little red.
After standing for a while, he obediently walked to the corner and ate it in a big gulp.
It's been a long time since he's had such a good meal!
By the time Ning Peng and the others finished eating, Wison had already taken the bowl to the kitchen of the inn and put it away.
also helped Ning Pengpeng and them pull the horse out, and stood at the door of the inn and waited.
You can't ride a horse in the city, so after pulling it all the way to the south gate and going out, everyone turned over and got on the horse, and Ning Pengpeng pointed to Ning Laosan's horse and said to Wison.
"You can ride a horse with him, we are not in a hurry, just take our time."
If there are a lot of oysters here and they are fat enough, Ning Pengpeng doesn't mind doing business with the fishing village here for a long time.
After all, she can't stay in this Nanyue Mansion for a long time!
Hearing Ning Pengpeng's words, Wison looked at Ning Laosan with bright eyes.
Ning Laosan smiled and stretched out his hand and pulled Huisheng behind him.
"You have to sit tight and don't fall."
"Hey, thank you, big brother."
Hui Sheng suddenly shouted sweetly, only to make Ning Laosan's heart bloom.
At home, he is the third in line, but the fourth guy has never called him the third brother sincerely, and he is congested when he thinks about it.
Pei Yan, Wang Dong and Bai Zhu were on the side, and they didn't make a sound.
This time, Ning Laosan rode at the forefront, trotting forward in the direction pointed by Wison.
This Nanyue Mansion is indeed not far from the sea, but it is only twenty miles away.
If they had taken the carriage, it would have taken them half a day, but now they were riding horses, and they arrived at the fishing village that Wison was referring to in about an hour and a half.
I saw that the fishing village said that it was a fishing village, but there were only a few thatched houses.
However, the wall is made of stone, which can still be blocked by ordinary wind and rain.
It's just that the thatched roof on the roof is probably going to be scraped off.
Ning Pengpeng counted carefully, this so-called fishing village didn't even have ten households.
"Here, is it a village?"
Seeing the surprised expressions of the nobles, Wison showed a wry smile on his face.
"Yes, our seafolk have lived by the sea for generations.
It's just that every year when I go to sea to fish, there are always people who overturn and die in the sea.
The remaining orphans and widows either starved to death, or found another way out and married in other villages.
In fact, other villages are similar to this one.
In addition, over the years, the ama in the fishing village were asked to go down to the sea to fish for pearls every year, and countless ama were drowned.
It is already difficult for Haimin to marry a wife, but now that many of the Hai Mai have died, it is even more difficult for the rest of Haimin to marry a wife.
If you can't marry a daughter-in-law, there will be fewer and fewer natural people.
Don't look at these few families here, it is already a village with a large number of people in the nearby fishing villages. ”
Hearing Huisheng's words, Ning Pengpeng couldn't help but fall silent.
This is the third time she has heard of the ama going to the sea to fish for pearls, do the emperor concubines in the palace know that these tribute pearls are all stained with the blood of the ama?
"Does the court not care?
Even if the imperial court wants to pay tribute to the pearls, there are fewer and fewer ama, and the more they die, the less likely they will be able to catch pearls in the future.
What if one day I can't catch a pearl? “
Ning Pengpeng didn't hold back and said.