Chapter 69: Pier 1

Yang Xin's plan was to go south first, avoid the Qing army in front of him, and then turn east, only then did he remember that there was neither a map nor a navigation in this era.

Then you can only use a guide, Du Datou is the head snake of the capital, and he knows a lot about the West Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, so he will naturally lead the way.

For the sake of safety, they started to march in the evening, taking advantage of the fact that it was not completely dark, they crossed the West Mountain, and Yang Xin and Du Datou led the 2nd team to open the way in front, and there were yellow dogs left behind the 1st team to ensure that no one was left behind, and in the middle was maintained by each captain with a few henchmen and soldiers.

Finally, there was no danger through the West Mountain, away from the ambushed Qing army, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to light the torch at night, Yang Xin organized each team to use a rope to pull it, so as not to step on the air.

A group of people are like lonely souls in the dark, walking through the vast wilderness, as for whether they will encounter the Qing army, although there are scouts to guide the way, to a large extent, it can only rely on luck, once they meet the Qing army, these people have no strength to fight at all, they can only be captured.

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Tianjin, wharf, a strong man wearing a tattered green coat, a broken straw hat covering his forehead, is lying upside down under a willow tree by the bluestone paved wharf, with Erlang's legs crossed and a horse's tail grass in his mouth.

Around him, there were more than a dozen men, most of them skinny and ragged, looking at the empty dock, but there was not a single cargo ship.

There was another gurgling sound in the strong man's stomach, he hadn't eaten for two days, and at this time, he just wanted to lie down, and there was no other way.

"Boss Jiao, it's not okay to go on like this, I can't find any more work, my brothers are going to be hungry and can't walk, and everyone has a family to support, how can this be good?"

The skinny skinny man on the side had a sad face.

"What to do? Lao Tzu knows what to do? Wait! ”

The strong man lifted his straw hat and glanced at the thin man.

The man kicked over and scolded: "Wait a fart, I heard that the Qing army has entered the customs, it is estimated that this will be besieging the capital, the cargo ships in the south dare not come over at all, and we will all starve to death if we wait!" ”

The strong man sat up all of a sudden, his face was full of anger, and he raised his hand and slapped the thin man's shoulder, but this hand was raised very high, but he was reluctant to put down his heavy hand, just patted it gently, and said: "Xue Laosan, it's against you, even the boss dares to fight?" See if I don't kill you! ”

As he spoke, he was about to pounce, but the thin man was so frightened that he hurriedly avoided it, begging for mercy: "Don't! I wasn't in a bad mood, and I didn't mean to! ”

The shorter and sturdy man sitting next to him laughed and said, "You two bastards, you are dying of hunger, and you are still interested in dog-eat-dog, I can't say that you have to give me the position of the boss to sit down, and watch my brother bring you dinner!" ”

When the two heard this, they didn't get angry at all because they were scolded, and they came over together, and the thin man surnamed Xue asked, "Fat Lin, what good things have you seen with your dog's eyes?" ”

Lin Fatzi glanced at the few people standing on the dock, and said: "You see, these people come to this dock every day, and they wait for a day, look at their clothes, the cliff is a rich man, let's find a way to get some oil and water from them!" ”

As he spoke, he was eager to try, and said: "You see, the master's thin skin and tender flesh are not guaranteed to be women disguised as men, and her five bodyguards, although they are decent and have a lot of people, are all hairy boys, as long as Grandpa I want to find a way, I will definitely be able to knock bamboo poles from them!" ”

Then he asked with a sinister face: "How?" Brothers, do you dare to do a vote? ”

Boss Jiao waved his hand and said, "Get out!" Let's not do the things of the ruffians, although our Jiao family is now down, it is also a white family! ”

The others were full of interest and gathered around, Lin Fat whispered around everyone, and everyone laughed proudly, but no one paid attention to Boss Jiao who went back to sleep.

Jiao Cripple is not really lame, this person is Shandong refugees, as a coolie at the wharf, for the righteousness, the coolies on the wharf in order to grab business from time to time to fight in a group of fights is commonplace, Jiao Cripple every time to rush to the front, and bad luck He often injured his leg in the group beating, and he has to make a living, so he often works with an injured leg, limping, so he got the nickname of Jiao Cripple.

Because of righteousness, he was naturally pushed to be the boss by this group of people, and at this time, the boss felt that he was not welcomed, and he pretended to be high and did not want to be in the same stream, so he went back to sleep under his willow tree.

After a while, all the ragged men on the ground were gone, and the scorched cripple was left unmoved, and continued to lie flat.

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The princess has been in Tianjin for five days, and she brings five guards to the dock every day, although Daniel Zhang persuades her not to come to the dock in person every time, she still insists that when Yang Xin escapes to Tianjin, the first person she sees is herself.

Daniel Zhang had no choice, originally planned to send only one guard to the dock every day to keep an eye on, but for the safety of the princess, he had to increase to five.

And Daniel Zhang still remembered the task that Yang Xin gave him when he left, he thought that this time he came out to prepare to lay down a piece of territory, so as soon as he came to Tianjin and rented two compounds, Daniel Zhang began to carry out intensive military training for his musketeers, this set of training methods, Yang Xin has taught him a full set.

The other courtyard was handed over to the forty cavalrymen, these people had bad military discipline, Daniel Zhang did not want to live with them, or used Yang Xin's previous method to live alone with them, and also hired four family members in the local area to serve this group of masters.

These masters have money in their hands and have nothing to do, so they stay in Tianjin's casino Qinglou every day, and their lives are not easy.

Back at the dock, I waited for a morning today, but there was still no Yang Xin, but the princess did not have the slightest air barrier, and still looked at the scenery on the other side of the river with great interest.

"Madam, it's not too early, let's go get something to eat first?"

Heizi on the side said, at this time, several of their guards were also hungry, because their group except for the army, there was no maid, every noon, the princess came to deliver food in order not to trouble the guards in the camp, and they were all in the restaurant near the dock to eat, after all, the princess is a golden body, and she wants to learn from those soldiers to bring a dough cake for lunch, which is obviously a bit reluctant.

"Wait a little longer, wait for a pillar of incense, and then we'll go, Heizi, you go to He's Restaurant first to set a table of wine and food."

The princess was still reluctant to leave, but she couldn't let her subordinates go hungry, so she could only order.

Kuroko hurriedly took the order and left.

Heizi left for a moment, and at this moment, a thin man in rags ran to the dock in a panic, holding a porcelain vase in his hand, and behind, chasing a large number of rags, a short fat man in the lead laughed with a wooden stick, shouting: "Thief of theft, this dock is already a dead end, see where you can run!" ”

Turning his head and shouting to the crowd behind him, "Someone! Surround him with Lao Tzu! ”