At the same time as the establishment of the Bullet Factory, a large number of porters and rice cooks at Yongji Wharf were transferred to the workers of the Arsenal. In order to replenish the number of peripheral workers, of course, everyone has to start the idea of the population of the surrounding counties.

Puzhou City, 30 miles away from Yongji Gudu Wharf.

This is the location of the later "Yongji City", at this time the industry and commerce have been extremely developed, the smuggling of salt is everywhere, at least nine of the ten households in the city have dealt with the smuggling of salt, and the common people of the whole city are wandering between "black" and "white".

Iron Bird Fly, a big salt owl, walking on the streets of Puzhou City, more or less feels like a fish in water. From time to time, a person on the side of the road would greet him: "Tie Da master, how can you have time to come to Puzhou to shop today?" Got a big ticket business again? ”

Tie Bird Fei turned his head to look, if the person talking to him was also a salt dealer, he took out the salt guide he snatched from Huang Yunfa, shook it, and smiled: "Lao Tzu has an official salt guide, and he can pick up 10,000 catties of goods, how about it?" Your little business is still a, come and with me. ”

This can make the eyes of peers red! There are really people who are thinking about whether to mess with him.

If it was the local people of Puzhou who greeted Tie Bird Fei, then his answer would be different, showing a mysterious smile: "I'm here to recruit workers, do you know some people who are ingenious and want to make two dollars?" Men and women are not limited, I will take them to get rich. ”

Meanwhile, on the other side of Puzhou City, the war monk walked through the pile of dilapidated houses with a whistle stick in his hand.

The poor here are doing very badly, especially in the years of drought.

However, in the past year, their lives have begun to improve greatly, of course, because Gaojia Village has brought a large amount of grain, which is constantly being transported from Yongji Gudu Wharf to Puzhou City, and the price of grain has been continuously reduced, although it is still a little more expensive than usual, but it is already affordable for the poor.

Seeing that the "enlightened monks" of the Pufu Temple came, the poor people saluted him one after another and said hello, there is an eternal truth in this world, that is, the poorer the people believe in Buddhism, the more they believe.

Because when human beings can't change their fate by their own ability, they often want to ask the gods to help them change their fate.

Burn a copper plate of incense, you dare to make a wish to earn 10,000 taels of silver, rather than embarrassing yourself, it is better to embarrass the Buddha.

"Master, my family is too poor, please give me some guidance and give me a way to get rich."

"Master, I haven't seen you in the last two visits to the Pufu Temple, where have you been now?"

Good men and women greeted him one after another.

The war monk clasped his hands together: "Ami steals the Buddha!" Thirty miles west of this place, there is an ancient ferry wharf, which is recruiting a large number of porters and female cooks, if you want to earn three melons and two dates, and eat enough, you might as well go there to try. ”

Iron Bird Fei and War Monk, one took the black road, the other took the white road, as soon as this advertisement came out, the people of both black and white roads immediately received the news, and a small number of people began to take action and set off towards the Gudu Wharf.

The two of them did a good job in mass work......

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the east gate of the city, and some people ran through the streets and alleys, shouting loudly: "The officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers are coming." ”

As a small state city, Puzhou usually does not have officers and soldiers stationed, as soon as they heard that the officers and soldiers were coming, many ordinary people rushed to the east gate to see the strangeness.

Iron Bird Fei and the war monk also walked towards the east gate from two directions in the city at the same time, and the two met in the crowd, but they didn't say hello, just made a look, pretending not to know.

Puzhou Zhizhou greeted the city gate, a big flag outside the city, getting closer and closer, with a "king" word on the book, it was Wang Guozhong who came, and there were three thousand soldiers behind, full of murderous spirit.

Soon, Wang Guozhong left the main force outside the city, with only a hundred guards by his side, drilled into the city, and stood in front of Zhizhou, omitting 100 million words of nonsense when the two met and greeted, and went straight to the point.

Wang Guozhong grinned and said: "General Ben used to stray into the wrong way, fortunately the precipice was reined in, corrected quickly, and was favored by the imperial court, and named General Ben as the deputy general of Puzhou, in the future, General Ben will be stationed in Puzhou for a long time, Lord Zhizhou, please take care of it." ”

Pucheng Zhizhou's surname is Qiu, and his name is turned thousands, and he hugged his fists at Wang Guozhong, but the expression on his face was not good-looking. It turned out that Qiu Zhizhou had already received news that after Wang Guozhong entered the territory of Puzhou, he burned and looted all the way, causing disaster to several villages.

Although this guy in front of him is already a nominally an officer and soldier, he is a rogue in behavior, but he can't do anything about the goods in front of him. If he is really a rogue, Swing Flip can organize a militia to fight, but now that he is a military attaché, Swing Flip can't fight, and can only write a chapter to complain to Chaoyan.

After this piece is written, God knows if it will be useless!

Swing turned over and said in a weird manner: "The general is stationed in Puzhou, and the official no longer has to worry about the villagers being troubled by the rogues, which is really gratifying." ”

"What kind of bandits, rogues and other things are here?" Since ancient times, generals like him want to kill more rogues, hand in a petition, set up a war exploit to show his loyalty, and show his attitude to the court.

Swing turned over and scolded in his heart: You are a rogue.

It's a pity that I can't say this, so I have to say coldly: "A few months ago, Lao Zhang Fei, a non-muddy subordinate, came to our Puzhou City to make trouble for a while, and since then, there has been no rebellion. ”

"None?" Where is Wang Guozhong willing to believe: "Your words as Zhizhou are not true." ”

Swing turned: "What the official said, every sentence is true." ”

Wang Guozhong: "General Ben was appointed Deputy General of Puzhou, and he will stay here for a long time in the future, not a passing general, Lord Qiu, do you think that a lie of this magnitude can really be concealed from General Ben?" ”

The expression on the swing sank.

Wang Guozhong: "Hmph! When I was still the captain under Wang Jiayin, I knew that the Yongji Gudu Wharf in Puzhou was entrenched by a giant named Yongji Xing Red Wolf, but Lord Qiu never mentioned this person. Or is it that he accepted a huge bribe from him and has become a backer of the rogue? ”

He said this seriously, and the expression of the swing turned even more ugly: "Although Yongji Xing Red Wolf is entrenched in Gudu, he has never done anything that hurts heaven and reason, although he has the name of a salt lord, he has not done anything cruel. As soon as General Wang came, several villages were turned into white ground, and she had to be knifed, so she couldn't see the peace of Puzhou, so she had to make trouble? ”

Wang Guozhong snorted: "It seems that it is not unreasonable that the salt lord has been rampant in Puzhou, Lord Qiu will return to protect the salt lord today, and the general will definitely report it to the court, and when the time comes, I don't know if Lord Qiu's black gauze hat can be saved, hum, let's go." ”

He took his men with him, turned around and went out of the city again, and went back to the barracks outside the city.

The swing rolled and let out a long sigh: You know a fart! The salt lord in Pucheng is a historical problem, and the common people here have participated in the sale of smuggled salt, as long as it does not hurt the heavens and reason, the local officials of all dynasties have turned a blind eye. On the contrary, you guy, a hundred times more annoying than the salt lord, are you not a little self-conscious?

"Alas!"

The swing turned up to the sky and sighed, not knowing what to say.