1627 Rise of the South China Sea

A moment ago, the Ming army, who was still in the inn forcibly collecting money and food, heard the shouts from outside, like a frightened rabbit, immediately abandoned the things at hand, and jumped out of the inn door as fast as possible.

But their next move was not to face the Haihan army outside the town, but to turn around and run north.From the perspective of a bystander, if the Haihan army did not send cavalry, it would be difficult to catch up with the Ming army who was eager to escape from Fudong Town.

The shopkeeper watched the backs of these Ming soldiers disappear at the end of the town with a look of astonishment, and after a while, he told the shopkeeper as if waking up from a dream: "Hurry up, hang up the two-color flag!"

Under the intimidation of the officer just now, the shopkeeper asked the clerk to take down the two-color flag at the entrance of the store. It has become a life-saving magic weapon.

As soon as the man hung the two-color flag back, the Haihan army entered the town, and he stood under the eaves, looking at this strange army curiously.

The shopkeeper hurriedly pulled the clerk back into the store, closed the door, turned around and cursed: "I want to see all the excitement, so I don't want to die?"

The clerk replied resentfully: "We have a two-color flag hanging at the door, so it should be fine!"

The shopkeeper stared and said: "Can you think of something better? If the inn is gone, you and I will have to go out and ask for it!"

The guy wanted to say something, but seeing that the shopkeeper's anger was almost uncontrollable, he finally stopped it wisely.

It is said that they don't watch the excitement, but who can really not care at this time?The two passed through the gap in the door in silence, continuing to watch the movement outside.

The two were a little surprised that the Haihan army, which made the Ming army flee after hearing the news, looked unremarkable, not even wearing armor. Most of them were just wearing gray cotton military uniforms, holding a four-foot-long Long gun.

After these Haihan soldiers entered the town, they did not immediately loot the shops in the town, but first controlled several main intersections entering and leaving the town.

There were only a small number of cavalry in this army, they did not stay in the town, they rode straight through the town and headed north, presumably to confirm the movement of the Ming army just now.

And after the other infantry finished controlling the town, they even started knocking on doors from house to house.

Seeing this scene through the crack of the door, the shopkeeper cried out inwardly that something was wrong.The two-color flag hanging at the door may not be able to save his own inn.

Sure enough, after a while, an officer came towards the inn with a team of troops.

The shopkeeper knew that he couldn't escape, so he gritted his teeth, opened the store door, and respectfully welcomed the group of Haihan soldiers into the inn: "Masters, do you want to stay in the inn? There are twelve rooms in the inn. Now they are all empty, and you military masters can choose as you like."

The leading officer took a look at the environment in the inn, and ordered his subordinates: "Go and look around, and give me a closer look, don't miss anything!"

The soldiers moved in response, and immediately went to check the interior of the inn separately.

The shopkeeper thought it was over now, these Haihan soldiers seemed to pack up and take away all the things in the inn.

The tragic scene of those members of the old Liu family being beaten by the Ming army in the street is still vivid in my mind. The shopkeeper must not dare to resist at this juncture.Now we can only hope that these Haihan soldiers only grab things and don't hurt people, and Amitabha can survive the catastrophe safely.

But the officer asked, "Haven't you asked the shopkeeper's name?"

The shopkeeper was still immersed in the thoughts of despair and didn't come back to his senses. The waiter next to him responded: "Master Jun, my shopkeeper's surname is Ding, Ding of a strong man."

The shopkeeper glared at the waiter, and quickly replied with an apologetic smile: "The villain's surname is Ding, please tell me what you have to tell me."

The Ming army who came from the front asked for 200 taels of silver and [-] catties of grain. The Haihan army scared the Ming army away as soon as they showed up. The strength is obviously stronger than the Ming army, and they must not be polite in this regard.

Shopkeeper Ding was already mentally prepared. At worst, let the other party evacuate the inn. Anyway, with such a small amount of property, if the other party opened his mouth, he could only give as much as he had.

The officer nodded and said, "Master Ding, I think your inn is not bad, and it's pretty clean...Since you hang a two-color flag at the door, you must have goodwill towards our country. We will requisition this inn for two days...Maybe Three or four days, no problem?"

Shopkeeper Ding said in astonishment: "Requisition...requisition of the villain's inn?"

Since the other party wants to live here, at least he and his buddy are safe for now.Serve the other party well during this period, and most of the inn can be preserved.This is undoubtedly good news for Shopkeeper Ding.

Seeing his hesitation, the officer misunderstood what he meant, and immediately said, "Master Ding, during the requisition period by our army, we will settle the cost of board and lodging with you, so you don't have to worry."

Shopkeeper Ding hurriedly said: "If you can't make it, you can live as long as you want, Mr. Jun."

The officer shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm staying here, but some important people are coming to live here... In short, you won't be open for business in the next few days, understand?"

Shopkeeper Ding thought that there would be no customers coming to shop in this time of chaos, so he nodded and agreed immediately.

At this time, the soldiers who entered the store to search also came back to report one after another. Shopkeeper Ding was slightly relieved when he saw that they hadn't moved out the inn's belongings.

At this time, the waiter asked without sense of humor: "Shopkeeper, you sent all the cooks home the day before yesterday. Are you cooking or me cooking now? If Mr. Jun is not used to eating, what should we do?"

Shopkeeper Ding was about to slap him, but the officer said: "It's okay, I will have someone to take care of the cooking later, so you don't need to cook."

Not long after, another group of people came, and several carriages stopped at the entrance of the inn. The soldiers moved all kinds of things on the carriages into the inn, such as pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, rice, grain, meat and vegetables. Everything is available.

The guy wanted to take the initiative to help, but he was asked to stand aside, and he was not allowed to participate at all.

Shopkeeper Ding quietly pulled the clerk aside, and said in a low voice, "Don't touch the things they prepare for the big shots."

The man was puzzled and said, "Why is this?"

Shopkeeper Ding said anxiously: "You're not from Haihan, so they can rest assured that you will be contaminated with the food of the big shots? If something goes wrong with the food, how many heads can you and I chop off?"

The buddy suddenly realized: "So there is still such a particularity... But these Haihan soldiers don't seem to be too difficult to deal with!"

Shopkeeper Ding said: "Be careful sailing for thousands of years, you boy, don't be too relaxed, people look at us like ants, if you are in a good mood, let them go, if you are in a bad mood, just stretch out your foot and you will be crushed to death, you must not rash."