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Chapter 600 Arrest
"There are two males in your household, so you must send out one of them to serve as a soldier, and report to the Yasi within three days." In Shenglong City, groups of soldiers went from house to house to grab the strong men to serve as soldiers.

"Master Bing, what happened? Why is the scale of the draw so large this time?" the family asked, "Usually, one draw is for three coins, and it's not our family's turn."

"I heard that the barbarians in the south died of the old king, and the regent Ruan Fuxi came to power and wanted to make a large-scale northern expedition, so the Lord wants to recruit people to go to Changyu Base to guard against the barbarians in the south." The soldiers of the Zheng family said, "Do you have any water here? After running halfway across Thang Long City, I was dying of thirst."

"Hey, second child, bring a bowl of water to Master Bing." The old man turned to a young man in the house and shouted, and then turned back, "Master Bing, although there are two males in our family, but my second son will He is only in his early ten years, if something happens to the eldest brother, all the acres of Susukida outside the city will fall on the old man, and I have a sick daughter-in-law lying at home, but no one can take care of her."

"Stop talking nonsense! This is mandatory military service from the lord, and no one can use any excuses to escape." The soldier took out a roster, "This is the number of males in each household. If any one is missing, The lord will pursue it, and I will bear the burden?"

"Alas..." The old man sighed heavily when he saw several soldiers leaving.

There is a simple tea house on this street. The owner of the tea house stands at the door of the shop, watching the soldiers of the Zheng family rushing to and fro.He didn't worry about his family being conscripted as a strong man, because on the Zheng family's roster, he was from Chenla who had escaped, and his wife and children died at sea.

At this time, a soldier from the Zheng family came to the tea house, found a bench and sat down beside the owner of the tea house: "Come and quench your thirst with a pot of tea, as always."

"Master Bing, do you know why the Zheng family is arresting people like crazy?" The owner of the tea shop personally poured a pot of tea for the soldier.

The soldier looked around and found that he and the boss were the only two people in the tea house, so he lowered his voice: "The Zheng family has gone crazy. They plan to enlist a large number of strong men. They probably use them to deliver food and grass, and they want to go south to attack. Fuchun City is here!"

"Didn't they go south in a big way last year and lost troops? Why, do they still want to be smashed?" The owner of the tea house asked in surprise.

"Master Zheng didn't want to find a way to destroy us, so why would he give up! I think it's because the old master passed away and the young master was young, so Lord Zheng wants to take this opportunity to unify Annan." The soldier said, "Hurry up and arrange people to go to Fuchun City to inform Regent, let the regent strengthen the defense of Changde Base."

"The Zheng family's imperial forest army in Changyu Lei has blocked all the roads leading to the south, and now even a mosquito cannot fly through." The owner of the tea shop was a little embarrassed.

"Let the messenger take the sea route. Rili Haikou is where our navy is stationed. As long as the messenger pretends to be a businessman from Dongying or Huaxia, and mixes with their fleet to go south." The soldier just drank After two cups of tea, I patted my clothes and prepared to leave, "I have to go back and continue my military service."

"Okay, I'll arrange people to try it out." The owner of the tea shop was very worried.

After the soldier left, the owner of the tea shop summoned the waiter, handed him a letter, and said in a low voice: "There is a big move in Shenglong City, you take this letter to the dock to find the ship of the connector, and let him pretend The merchant ships of the Dongying people went south to Hoi An Port."

"Yes, shopkeeper." The waiter's eyes lit up, he was also a spy placed by the Ruan family in Shenglong City.

"Get ready, go and come back quickly, be careful, don't be followed." The owner of the tea house patted the waiter's shoulder, as if there was a stone in his heart, which made him uneasy.

The shop waiter stuffed the letter into the crack of the linen clothes, walked to the street as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the Wharf of Shenglong City.

At the wharf, the Zheng family's own naval ships were mainly moored, followed by the Huaxia Merchant Ship, the Netherlands Merchant Ship, and the Dongying Merchant Ship, but there were only a few of them, and the Dongying Merchant Ship was only a poor one.Because the Kyushu Army has two free trade ports in Nagasaki Port and Yokohama Port in Dongying Kingdom, Dongying merchants can directly buy and sell goods from China in Nagasaki Port and Yokohama Port. Do business with Chinese merchants indirectly.

In an inconspicuous corner, there is a merchant ship more than ten meters long.This merchant ship looks a bit old. The hull is full of scratches and signs of being damaged by storms. Some boards still have scorched marks. It is hard to believe that such a dilapidated merchant ship can survive.

At the bow of the merchant ship, an old man with a beard was holding a wine bowl and pouring wine down his throat, smelling of alcohol, leaning on the railing and watching the people coming and going on the pier.

However, when he saw the shop boy walking towards the merchant ship, a trace of spirit burst out of his muddy eyes, he twisted his neck, and made a neck twisting sound.

"Shop er, there are fresh sea fish today, do you want to bring some back to the shopkeeper?" The old man held the wine bowl to the shop errand.

"Okay." The waiter waved at the old man.

But when the waiter was about to board the boat, he found that the old man's face had turned pale.

"Old Luozi, don't drink if you look so bad. If this continues, your health will collapse. What should your little wife do?" said the waiter.

"Do you know...your identity has been exposed...and I've been implicated!" The old man grabbed the waiter's coat and shouted hysterically.

"Old Luozi, what are you talking about? I don't understand... If you have something to say, please say it." The waiter looked blank.

"Look at who is behind you!" The old man threw the waiter to the ground.

Before the waiter had time to get up, he looked behind him in a panic.On the pier, there was a group of dozens of Zheng family soldiers with weapons and matchlock guns rushing towards them. The target was obviously them!

"They are the Ruan family's spies in our Shenglong City, capture them alive and get the news!" The leader waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers quickened their pace.

In order to prevent the merchant ship from being pushed away by the waves, it used a thick rope to lasso the wooden pile on the pier, and it was too late to untie it now!

With a splash, the drunken old man saw that the situation was not good, and quickly turned around and plunged into the water, leaving behind the waiter who was so frightened that he peed his pants, watching dozens of soldiers boarded the deck and surrounded him.There is almost only one way to be caught as a spy - to be tortured!
　There is one more chapter that may come later. .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)