Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 3771 Fishing Village Riot
Because she was too full at noon, Yang Ruoqing couldn't eat after a few casual bites at night, so she sat by the side and talked with them.

The two were mainly exchanging information about Wu Xiong, the governor of Tianhai County.

Yang Ruoqing listened to them and gave them two checks. After going back and forth, she gradually understood some of the current situation in Tianhai County.

Tianhai County is a county on the east coast, and its scope is not very large, probably not as large as Qing'an County.

However, Tianhai County used to be a rich place with fertile products and adjacent to the sea. All kinds of seafood and coastal port trade brought a rich life to the people in this area.

At that time, everyone said that Tianhai County was a place favored by the Sea Dragon King, and the people here lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But in the past few years, the situation here has gone from bad to worse. Large areas of fields have been barren, and a large number of people have been lost.

Large and small ports and docks have also closed down, especially in the past two years, because of the deterioration of the ocean climate, the output in the sea has also dropped sharply, and the lives of the people have become more and more difficult every year.

"Brother-in-law, Wu Xiong is a virtuous hypocrite."

Da'an's voice awakened Yang Ruoqing's thoughts.

Yang Ruoqing's eyes fell on Da'an, and saw that Da'an had put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"This Wu Xiong, I don't know how much money has been collected from the people in Tianhai County in the past few years. The tax is getting higher every year,"

"Let's not talk about those small-scale people, even those local small landlords and big grain growers can't bear Wu Xiong's exploitation."

"One after another, throughout the year, [-]% of the grain harvested will be confiscated by the government, and the remaining [-]% ​​will be robbed by local bullies. The grain that the common people get is almost nothing."

"In this way, they simply lost their fields!" Da'an said.

With a serious face, Luo Fengtang said: "If it were me, I wouldn't sit down. It's purely for others to make wedding clothes, and I can't get a single piece of it!"

Da'an nodded: "That's right, so during my low-level investigations and unannounced visits, I found that many people's grievances against the government are no longer a little bit. It can be said that there are many complaints. Freezing three feet is not a day's cold!"

"These people, after throwing away their hoes, have several choices,"

"One, go to the beach to fish to support the family."

"Second, those who are well-connected stay at home and go to other places to seek refuge with relatives."

"Three, I have no relatives to turn to, and I am lazy and don't want to fish, so I give up on myself and do nothing outside, sneaking around, eating for nothing, and waiting to die."

"And often the proportion of the last type of people is currently the largest in Tianhai County. This type of people is also favored by those rioters with ulterior motives, and they snare them over. If they stutter, they lead them to rebel and become Death squads in the rebel ranks!"

Speaking of this, Da'an settled down, "By the way, brother-in-law, I have already made arrangements. I will go to the fishing village eighty miles east of Tianhai County in the next few days."

Hearing that Da'an was going to the fishing village, Luo Fengtang's expression suddenly changed.

"You can't go to the fishing village, it is now the most dangerous place in Tianhai County!" Luo Fengtang said.

"Brother-in-law, I have to go, no matter how dangerous it is, I want to talk to that Qin Hanqing."

Da'an said, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes are full of determination,

"I heard that he was selected by Juren before. Since he is a scholar, he must be able to communicate and explain the truth clearly. If I can have a good talk with him, I will let him return without a single soldier. Wouldn't it be best if the turmoil would calm down?" Da'an said.

Luo Fengtang frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Da'an, Qin Hanqing is not as simple as you and I saw."

"That's right, he is indeed just a down-and-out Juren, but he can summon so many fishermen's uprising army and cause such a big momentum. Behind him may be hidden power that we can't see. I don't trust you, you It's a stock that goes deep into the tiger's den!"

"Brother-in-law, I must go!"

"You can't go, if I say you can't, then you can't!"

"But I am an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor. If I am greedy for life and afraid of death, wouldn't it be a betrayal of the emperor's trust?"

"You are also my brother-in-law, your safety is more important to me than the emperor's trust!"

"Brother-in-law..."

"Okay, both of you stop for a moment, I have something to say!" Yang Ruoqing slapped the table with one hand, interrupting the conversation between the two men.

"Both of you treat me like air, don't you? I don't make a sound, and you are still arguing endlessly. I have something to say!" She frowned and said angrily.

The two men shut their mouths at the same time and looked at Yang Ruoqing.

Luo Fengtang said: "Qing'er, tell me."

Yang Ruoqing said: "When I'm talking, neither of you is allowed to interrupt, unless I ask, you can answer."

Luo Fengtang and Da'an looked at each other, both men wanted to laugh at the same time, but they were used to her dominance.

"Okay, whoever you ask, whoever answers, promises not to steal your words." Luo Fengtang said with a good temper.

Yang Ruoqing said: "First of all, what happened to the fishing village uprising? Secondly, who is Qin Hanqing?"

Luo Fengtang glanced at Da'an, and Da'an said, "Let me answer this question."

"The uprising in the fishing village started last winter. Last winter, an appalling thing happened on the beach eighty miles east of Tianhai County."

"This fishing village is not a small village, but a general term for all the villages along the coast that rely on fishing for a living."

"In a fishing village, a fisherman named Wang Erxiao returned home from fishing and found his pregnant wife and five or six-year-old son killed at home."

"Her wife was not only killed, but also insulted by the murderer, and the death of her son was horrific!"

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing subconsciously covered her mouth, almost imagining that bloody and miserable scene in her mind.

"The most intolerable thing is bullying women and children, they are worse than animals!" Yang Ruoqing said angrily.

"Who did it? Have you found it out?" she asked.

Da'an said: "Everyone doesn't know who killed it, but the Skynet is not missing. There happened to be a poor teacher in the village. He came out and told everyone that the son of the head secretary of the Tianhai County Yamen did it!"

"This teacher is Qin Hanqing!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded, signaling Da'an to continue talking.

Da'an said: "This master is a subordinate of Wu Xiong, the governor of Tianhai County. The master has a son who is a local young man, a tyrant, who has done many evil things."

"But because of his father's protection, no one has dared to sanction him."

"When he went to the fishing village, he actually made a mistake in the county and angered the master, so he was sent to the old house on the other side of the fishing village. Not only did he not have a good self-examination there, but he continued to do such outrageous things. thing."

(End of this chapter)