Chapter 17 Killing a Person in Ten Steps(1/2)
The water bandits immediately retreated in a hurry.
They are just a group of robbers, not dead men. Of course they can bully the weak, but they will not fight to the death if they really encounter tough guys.
"There is a living here!"
A sailor said, looking at the river below.
"Hook up!"
Huang Zhen said with a gloomy face.
Huang Ying was still hurriedly bandaging his wound. He was hit by a shotgun on his shoulder. Although it was not fatal, it was also very injured. Moreover, one of the six sailors on the boat was directly hit by a bullet in the front of the chest by a medley gun. Two of the remaining ones were shotgun. One of them was shot into the lungs. With the medical level at this time, this person was wiped out and was useless. Another one was caught by an arrow. Huang Ying and the two sailors were really intact.
Yang Xin was also hit by a shotgun.
However, this thing is limited in power and just hit his sternum, which turned out to be a little blood for him.
Yang Xin hooked the living mouth.
It's said that it's a survivor, but it's actually almost impossible.
"Huang and Zhang Crook have always been in peace, and have never rude to you every year. Why did they suddenly offend me today?"
Huang Zhen said.
It is obvious that he knows this group of water bandits.
But this is also normal. People like him who travel this road all year round cannot have any connection with the water bandits. I'm afraid they have cooperated before. It is precisely because of this that Huang Zhen suffered such a big loss. He never thought that the water bandits would rob him.
The water bandit said something in a daze.
A sailor lowered his head, then looked angry...
"It's Liu Qi. Liu Qi told them that we made a fortune in the capital, and at least five hundred taels of silver on the ship!"
He said.
Yang Xinyong looked at Huang Ying with inquiring eyes.
"It's just that rascal yesterday!"
Huang Ying said.
Yang Xin was clear. The thug went back to find these water bandits and deliberately said that they had 500 taels. People like him must have more than one profession, extortion, cheating, and acting as spies for the government. Basically, they did everything, including being a secret stake for the water bandits and helping them determine the target of the robbers. Otherwise, the water bandits would not know which ship is the most valuable. Since he said there were 500 taels, the water bandits would definitely believe it.
"Ma, I'll go kill him!"
Yang Xin said hatefully.
"Go to find Miao Er and give him five taels of silver. He will lead the way. We'll wait for you in Tianjin!"
Huang Zhen said.
Then he signaled to the sailor.
The sailor cut off the bandit's throat without hesitation and kicked into the sea river. Because it was high tide, all the corpses were pushed to the edge of the reed marshes, and they were blocked by the reeds and floated like garbage. There were eight dead bodies in the water, and the sailors who died on the boat, and the fake news of 500 taels of silver cost nine lives were lost. Only then did Yang Xin truly feel what life is like a mustard of grass.
He looked at Huang Zhen with inquiring eyes.
"They are all those who have no names in the government, and no one cares about how many deaths are!"
Huang Zhen said.
Yang Xin nodded, which meant that there was no need to wipe his butt. Then he looked at Huang Ying again. Both of them were not in love with each other. The latter just handed him a goose-feathered sword, as if the Spartan queen who sent a man to war. Yang Xin took the knife and supported the small sampan and left immediately. Huang Zhen's ship went straight to Tianjin. They had to go to the doctor to treat the injury first. As for the private salt on the ship, it was impossible to delay the lives of the four wounded people for the sixty taels of silver. He cured the injury first and then came over to load a boat.
Salt is not worth a lot here.
With his super strong memory, Yang Xin quickly found Miao Er's broken shed, who was pickling salted fish. He was immediately indignant when he heard that.
"Brother Yang, I've long wanted to kill this dog god!"
He said.
Of course, the main reason for his indignation was that there was money to make.
"Leading the way for two taels, and things will be done!"
Yang Xin said.
"Brother, I didn't say anything!"
Miao Ermei said with a smile.
He was not afraid that Yang Xin would be stolen afterwards, and Huang Zhen would not be stolen from selling private salt.
"Is this your daughter?"
Yang Xin looked at the little girl and said.
The latter was not afraid, but looked at him curiously.
"I picked it up. The tide of the past two years ago has rushed to countless families. She doesn't know whose family it belongs to. She was rushed here by the tide. Even my woman picked it up at that time. Now she is raising it and is also a money-losing product. She is thinking about selling it to someone as a child bride!"
Miao Er said.
Yang Xin didn't ask any more questions, and the two set off immediately.
"Where did these water bandits come from?"
He asked.
"Even some fishermen, some refugees who have no roots, usually fish and occasionally sell salt. When they encounter a suitable transaction, they will get a ticket. After grabbing, they will disperse and go back to their own houses. The government doesn't care. The inspector will accept Zhang Crook's filial piety. Such a place is leaning against the sea and feeding the fish when they die. No one cares."
Miao Er said while raising a boat.
"Where are we going?"
Yang Xin asked.
"Fengcai Field is not far away, and it will be half an hour. Our salt area is under Fengcai Field. Liu Qi's family is in Fengcai Field, and his elder brother is still working under Deputy Envoy Hu."
Miao Er said.
“How many salt fields are there?”
Yang Xin asked.
"This is Fengcaichang, and there are three nearby Fortune, Xingguo and Fuguo. To the north and south, the entire coastal area is twenty, from the Changli area to the north to Cangzhou. The salt inspector is stationed in the capital, and the Changlu Salt Transport Department Yamen is stationed in Cangzhou. The Tianjin side of the Guibei Department is stationed in Tianjin, and the branch office is stationed in Tianjin, and the Nanshi is in Jinghai and nine. Each of them is the Ambassador of the Salt Course Department. In the past, the salt department is in charge of the salt warehouse, but now it is in charge of the salt collection fee, and the Ambassador of the Fengcaichang is stationed in Gegu."
Miao Er said.
He said that Ge Gu and Yang Xin were clear.
Ge Gu.
"This is a land of fish and rice!"
Yang Xin said unexpectedly.
Unlike what he saw before in this area, Gegu has begun to plant rice in large quantities. You should know that due to the influence of sea tides, it is not even easy to drink water. The groundwater in this area is high in fluorine, which is brittle bone disease. You can only pick water from the river when the tide rises. Although the sea river becomes vast as the ocean, it is a mud pond after the tide falls. Therefore, when the tide is high, it can only carry fresh water with light weight to the surface when the tide is high, and step on something like a springboard to scrape fresh water from the tide surface. This is pretty good. Even some coastal places that do not rely on the Haihe River have to stock up sea ice in winter, and in summer, the ice melts and flows into the mud pit dug next to it...
Just drink this water.
Sea ice is actually salty, but it is slightly better than sea water. As for rain, it is a high-end product to entertain guests.
It is really not easy to grow rice here.
"The court organized military households to build land here many times, but each time it didn't last long. These were built by a high official named Xu a few years ago. He bought thousands of acres of wasteland to try to grow rice here. These are all from the Xu family, but their family also teaches others to grow."
Miao Er said.
"Xu Guangqi?"
Yang Xin said.
"I just knew that his surname was Xu, and that was his nephew,!"
Miao Er said.
While speaking, he pointed his finger at the rice field.
A young man in a blue shirt and a big black hat was walking on the ridge of the field to patrol the rice fields.
Xu Guangqi is sure.
Yang Xin remembered that he did succeed in trial planting rice in the Gegu area, and it also developed into a specialty small station rice in this area. It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty was not without talents. Although Xu Guangqi was obsessed with Yawei, his achievements in science and technology agriculture were enough to make him famous in history. However, Xu Guangqi was not able to solve the crisis in the late Ming Dynasty, and he could not collect taxes. The most important thing in the Ming Dynasty at present was neither a new army nor a new science and technology. All the Ming Dynasty needed was a group of tax collectors who were like wolves and tigers, who could collect all kinds of taxes...
Well, then you won’t be able to sell private salt!
By the way, Yang Xin only remembered that his current identity was one of the borers of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it's just a little bug.
Flies don't count.
"Liu Qi!"
Suddenly Miao Er said.
Yang Xin raised his head and looked in his finger.
Liu Qi was taken off the shelves by two men and walked down from a small boat. It was obvious that he had just returned from seeing the doctor. He was talking to a person passing by on the road while walking. He looked very angry. He didn't cause much harm to him yesterday. If he had known that he wouldn't have had so much trouble.
Yang Xin pulled out the knife with regret.
To be continued...