Su led two horses to the dock at dawn tomorrow and saw a boatload of families waiting here on the dock.

The ship could not accommodate about seven or eight people, but it could not pull Su Ming's horses and goods.

"Boatman, is there a boat to Jinshanwei, I need to send two horses back with these goods." Su Ming came to the dock and looked at the owner of the boat and asked.

"You want to send horses to pull goods, but my ship can't do it, where are you going to Jinshanwei? I can help you ask if the other boats are going! The shipowner looked at Su Ming and said.

"Jinshanwei Salt Factory, can you get here?" Su Ming asked.

"We can only go to Bishui Bay here, and there are still about 30 miles away from the salt factory, and the fare may not be low, at least it will have to be more than the usual money." The owner of the ship said to Su Ming.

"Okay!" Su Ming also knew that it would not be cheap to take a boat here, if he was allowed to walk back, he didn't know what else he would have to experience, these boatmen were more familiar with this section of water, and the road would be safer.

The boatman quickly called a man in his 30s, this man was tall and thin, and Su Ming knew that the other party must be similar in water by looking at that figure.

"Are you going to Bishui Bay? 1800 Wen does not bargain, this way to pass through three sections of water, the distance is about 130 miles, on the way to encounter an accident I to send away, now the departure may be in the afternoon to arrive. The young man said to Su Ming.

"Alright, let's go!" Su Ming directly agreed, although 1,800 wen is a lot, and ordinary people may not be able to earn it for half a year, but he is unwilling to lead two horses to walk back, and now he still has more than 3,700 wen, and it is very close to the salt making station in Bishui Bay, and he should be able to go back tonight.

"That's the ship!" The young man pointed to Su Ming a boat in the distance, this boat was about ten meters long, two young people rowed over, and today it was the three of them who sent Su Ming back together.

Su Ming watched the three of them carry their two horses and all the goods onto the ship, he sat in the cabin and waited quietly, although the boat fare was a little expensive, but the service of the three people was not bad, so this wind chime ferry was not bad, much better than Su Ming imagined.

The boat started slowly, and the three of them took turns paddling down the river, and the speed gradually increased, Su Ming's eyes stared at the shore and enjoyed the scenery, and he didn't have any conversation with the three of them.

The three of them were also concentrating on the road, and at noon Su Ming saw the young man take out a yellow-green cloth and hang it on the bow of the boat, and they passed by a water village, which was smaller than the wind chime crossing, and saw that their boat was not blocked.

Along the way, they passed through three water villages, and some people appeared on the edge of the river, but they did not stop their boats, and they came to Bishui Bay at the beginning of the afternoon.

Bishuiwan is a natural wharf, usually no one cares, the sea is here many times, and many caravans in Songjiang Prefecture are smuggled here, Su Ming paid the young shipowner the usual eight strings of money, and the other party sent Su Ming's two horses and goods ashore.

Seeing no figure, Su Ming looked at the 9 bullets in his pocket, and now there were 14 bullets in the magazine, so he was a little relieved in his heart, he knew that the last part of the road was not easy to walk.

The salt making is said to be a place, but it is actually composed of two forts and more than a dozen villages, and Su Ming's home is in Erwei Castle in the middle of the salt factory.

Su Ming has lived in the salt factory for 18 years, and he knows Bishui Bay very well, his father would not allow him to come here before, because there are often sea smuggling transactions here, and there are nine times out of ten fights, and Su Ming saw many people who failed in the battle outside our village when he was a child, and his father closed the door and never allowed outsiders to enter the fort.

I don't know how my eldest brother lives now, in the pirate attack two years ago, most of his parents and brothers were lost, if he hadn't joined the Shen family and left, his father's position in the hundred households might have been lost.

Riding on the horse, Su Ming walked back from the path according to his memory, the memory of the salt making institute in his mind was opened little by little, and the thoughts of his eldest brother became deeper and deeper, and when he left home, his eldest nephew was already able to take the child exam, and his talent for reading was much better than that of his predecessor.

Entering a bamboo forest, which was only ten miles away from Erwei Castle, Su Ming couldn't help but feel a little excited, and when he found that something was wrong, he stopped, but he saw that he was surrounded by people.

Su Ming saw this and took out a pistol, trying his best to hide his body between the two horses, he didn't move but waited quietly, now it was dusk, but he couldn't see clearly in the bamboo forest.

"You're from the salt factory?" A voice came from the bamboo forest.

Su Ming saw someone coming out of the bamboo forest, and he was wearing cloth armor, which showed that the other party was likely to be a military household, and when he appeared here at this time, it was likely that he had something to do in Biwan Bay at night.

"Yes, I'm from Erweiborg." Su Ming saw that the other party was holding a delicate big knife, and he was followed by 4 people, two of whom were carrying bows and arrows.

"Two Vesburg? Is your surname Wang or Zhang? The man asked.

"The surname is Su!" Su Ming returned, the salt making institute is strictly two hundred households, Su Ming's house is in the south, known as Weizhuang hundred households, their hundred households are mainly composed of two Weibao and many nearby small villages.

Weizhuang 100 households are mainly surnamed Su, Cao, and Liu, while another 100 households in the north are called Zha Yan 100 households, the head of the 100 households is surnamed Wang, and most of the personnel are surnamed Wang or Zhang.

"Let's go!" The man turned to leave, apparently unwilling to provoke the salt factory.

Su Ming saw that the other party left and led the horse to continue walking, there was basically no danger after passing the bamboo forest, and when he arrived at the boundary of Erwei Castle, the sky was completely dark, and he could only hear the sound of birds in the woods next to him.

Su Ming came to the gate of Erwei Castle, looking at the earthen wall with a height of more than five meters, his heart couldn't help but be excited, at this time, the patrol officers on the gatehouse also saw Su Ming, picked up a bow and arrow at Su Ming.

"Who?"

"Brother Chunrui, it's me!" Su Ming shouted outside the door.

"It's... Eighth master, eighth master, why are you back! Cao Chunrui shouted at Su Ming.

Among Su Ming's cousins, he is the eighth, and now his father and uncle are no longer there, among the brothers, the eldest brother is the eldest brother, the fifth brother is the eldest son of the third uncle, and the thirteenth brother is the son of the fourth uncle who grew up with the eldest brother.

Wei Zhuang's own eldest brother Su Ren is the head of the hundred households, the fifth brother Su Qingping and Cao Chunrui are the banner owners, and there are ten small flags.

The small flag is the captain in the fort or the head of the small village outside the fort, who is the main force when he usually works and fights, and is led by the flag owner. Now that Cao Chunrui is in the fort, the fifth brother should be in the salt field by the sea, and the two banner owners usually take turns to be in charge of the salt field.

"It's me, Brother Chunrui!" Su Mingzhuang shouted loudly outside the village.

"It's really that the eighth master is back, I'll tell the uncle!" At this time, another person shouted at the head of the wall, it turned out that there was more than one person on the wall of the second Wei Village, and Su Ming probably saw that there were at least 5 people.

The heavy gate was opened, and Su Ming saw that there were many people standing inside the gate, and although it was getting late, he was still able to call out everyone's name.

"Eighth Master, it's really you, why did you come back!" Tie Zhu was the same age as Su Ming, and when he went out, he saw Su Ming and said happily.

Everyone in Wei Zhuang knew that the eighth master of the Su family was the son-in-law of the Shen family in Shanghai County, and when he entered the city, he was a master, and when he saw Su Ming come back, everyone didn't know what was going on.

"It's been a year and a half since I left, how can I not go home and see, is everything okay in the fort?" Su Ming looked at Tie Zhu and asked, he has been his little follower since he was a child, and when he went to Shanghai County, Tie Zhu's father still wanted his son to follow.

"It's all right! General Yu Dayou went to sea last year to clean up all the pirates in the eastern waters of Zhejiang, and this year, we only have a few small pirates in Jinshanwei, and everything is fine in the salt factory! Cao Chunrui looked at Su Ming and said.

"Don't talk outside the village, let's go into the village and talk about it, the eighth master, you still bring so many things when you come back, and you don't have the eyesight, and you don't help the eighth master bring the horse back." Next to him, a veteran in his fifties, who was an old man in the village who had followed Su Ming's father for decades, he watched Su Ming grow up, and he was very happy to see Su Ming come back.

Su Ming chatted with a few people about the fort, and at night, Su Ming saw the scene in the second castle. The two Weibao are about ten acres in size, and there are about 20 earthen courtyards covered with rows of inside, which are divided into three rows because it is late and cannot see the new and old, but only look at the two Weizhuang compared to those dilapidated villages outside Shanghai County, which is also inferior.

In this way, let them make green salt in this most dangerous Jinshanwei to defend against pirates, and this Jinshanwei Town is also bold enough.

In other words, the role of Wei Zhuang Baihu here is cannon fodder, used as a warning, and by the way, to create some income for Jinshanwei salt, Jinshanwei officials just didn't care about their lives.

Su Ming entered the castle and soon came to the gate of his own courtyard, he saw the eldest brother and sister-in-law coming out of the courtyard, and when he saw Su Ming, Su Ren strode up happily.

"Eighth brother, it's really you! How did you get back? Are these two horses yours? Also brought back these goods. Su Ren asked happily when he saw Su Ming coming back.

"I haven't been back for over a year, bring something for everyone!" Su Ming didn't say much and went straight into his yard.

Su Ren ordered two horses to be sent to the stable, Wei Zhuang had horses, and these horses were all divided by Jinshanwei, there were quite a few of them, and the main role was to quickly report to Jinshanwei Town if they encountered pirate attacks.

"Eighth master, you have been to Shanghai County for a year and a half, and it is still the same as before, we all thought that when you came back, you would become a big master, and we couldn't recognize it!" Tie Zhu followed Su Ming into the middle room of the house, where Su Ren usually entertained guests.

Su Ming's family is obviously much better than the same Zhuang family, their yard has at least seven points of land, three upper rooms in the courtyard, three partial rooms, the firewood room on the side is full of firewood, all the houses are made of stone foundation, not to mention higher than other Zhuang houses, but also seem to be much stronger.