Lu Ming

Chapter 500

While shopkeeper Wu was telling about his family history and encounters, the sky in the east gradually turned pale, and the environment became brighter.

At this time, shopkeeper Wu also gradually discovered the true face of the "mountain spirit": this **** is not a mountain spirit, but a weirdo!

The few people in front of them were big and round, holding iron utensils in their hands, all dressed in flowered clothes, with colorful patterns smeared on their faces.

Shopkeeper Wu thought, with this kind of attire and color patterns, these people are probably the people of Sheyao in the nearby mountains?Reminiscent of that weird accent, the shopkeeper felt that he was close to the truth.So he hurriedly said: "I have offended a few mountain braves, please let the two of us go, after the old man returns, there will be a report!"

Those who didn't want to take the lead didn't pay attention to this, but became interested in another matter: "Old man, you just said that you escaped from Guitouwa, so you know the details of Guitouwa?"

"I can't talk about the details. The two of us were only arrested for a day."

Shopkeeper Wu is an old Jianghu, and seeing that the other party spoke the wrong words, although he didn't understand the situation, he still instinctively avoided the topic.

The person at the beginning of emmm nodded, noncommittal.He probably sensed that shopkeeper Wu had concerns, so he turned his head to look at He Biandan at the side.

At this time, He Biandan, who had been knocked down by the palm thunder, had recovered and was trying to control his hands and feet, trying to get up from the ground.

The leader said at this time: "Take them all back and talk about them."

Then He Biandan was pulled up: "Be honest, if you dare to mess around, you will be charged!".

As for shopkeeper Wu, who was already exhausted and slumped on the ground, he received good treatment instead: several Sheyao people chopped and chopped branches, made a temporary stretcher in less than 10 minutes, and lifted shopkeeper Wu up. .

The next moment, He Biandan was kicked on the buttocks: "Are you waiting for dinner? Take your shopkeeper!"

He Biandan, who was dumbfounded by the electric shock, became a coolie again, turned into a stretcher soldier, carried shopkeeper Wu, and followed the team in a daze.

Shopkeeper Wu groaned secretly in his heart: Is this the rhythm of leaving the wolf's den with the front foot and entering the tiger's den with the rear foot?However, the two of them have no power to fight back now, and they can only let the gang of She Yao manipulate them, which is probably the case with the so-called resignation to fate.

But shopkeeper Wu, who was lying on a stretcher after being free this time, gradually noticed something unusual.

The first is direction.Logically speaking, this team should go west into the mountain, but at this moment they are heading south along the Zengjiang River.You must know that She Yao people usually do not deal with Han people if it is not necessary.Going on like this, I am afraid that I will reach the place where Han people gather all the way, so shopkeeper Wu is a little puzzled.

Next, shopkeeper Wu, who traveled all over the world, discovered more differences: no matter in terms of clothes or various bits and pieces on his body, looking at it carefully now, this group of people is not like the She Yao people, but more like people in the army.

First of all, shopkeeper Wu had seen that forbidden army spirit in some military camps in his early years.

Secondly, not to mention the shiny and weird things on these strange people, just the pair of military boots that are fashionable in Guangzhou and require "shoe polish" on their feet, the poor Sheyao people can't afford to wear them.

The military boots and ordinary leather boots produced by the Yizhou workshop are not only extremely comfortable to wear on the left and right sides, but also the soles are made of thick cowhide that cannot be imitated by Ming people. Now it's standard for the rich.She Yao people are so poor that they can't even afford homemade cloth, so how can they have a pair of military boots for each person?
The confused shopkeeper Wu walked all the way wondering all the way, faintly, as if there was always something that his family had missed-until he boarded the boat.

The small teams with different thoughts kept marching silently at first, heading south along the water network.After walking for half an hour, suddenly, two weird men also dressed in flowered clothes jumped out from the side of the road.

This move startled shopkeeper Wu who was sitting on the stretcher: Didn't you notice anyone around before?Strange, can this floral dress be charming?

The ambush soldiers who rushed out made a few gestures silently, and the team turned into the reeds beside them.Then it suddenly became clear to everyone: there were several small boats parked in a small puddle.

By this time, needless to say, I knew I was going to board the ship.But at the moment shopkeeper Wu got off the stretcher and was supported by He Biandan onto the boat, he suddenly knew who these people were—one of them took off the strange-looking cloth cap that looked a bit like a copper basin helmet, revealing He has short curly hair.

Kunfa, with the continuous expansion of General Cao's power, it has long been a standard configuration in the economically developed areas of Fujian and Guangdong.

In the beginning, Kun Fa came to the territory of the Ming people along with the fleet officers and soldiers, as well as the foreman and accountant of Yizhou.

Later, when the novelty wears off, people don't care.After that, slowly, many people on the construction site who fought against Marshal Cao shave their hair automatically.After all, if I don’t cut my hair, I will deduct a little “soap” fee when I pay my wages every month. The reason is that I use more soap for long hair.

For such a small fee, many poor Ming people simply settle the matter.In this way, with the passage of time, wherever there are Cao's industries and large-scale construction sites, there are hairs everywhere, and Ming people have long been accustomed to it.Some young people can't even stand the temptation of the bright windows and colorful hand-painted newspapers of the new-style barbershops, and even go to the barbershop to have their hair washed, cut, blown, and waxed. This has become a fashion among young people.

But at this time, after seeing that the other party was wearing hair, shopkeeper Wu's thoughts flashed, and he went through the army he knew with hair in his mind, and then he came up with a seemingly strange but correct answer. Answer: "Dare to ask this deputy, is it under the command of General Cao of Yizhou?"

The next moment, the leader with flower mud on his face showed a terrible smile at Shopkeeper Wu: "You can see it? Old man, you are so old and cunning, how did you see it?"

"Oh!" Shopkeeper Wu's face was full of joy at this moment, and he slapped his thigh hard: "This is meeting my family. So that the deputy master can know that the company of Baiji, the little old man, is the No. [-], Yizhou, Zengcheng area. An agent of groceries!"

"Oh, so that Lao Qi from Guitouwa stole my boss's business this time?"

Shopkeeper Wu nodded again and again: "That's right! This batch of goods was brought out by the little old man from the general agent in Guangzhou the day before yesterday. It's a pity that the invoice was confiscated by the bandits, but there is still a bottom link at the Guangzhou wharf."

"Well, robbing my boss's business is a capital crime." The colorful leader nodded upon hearing the words: "But our brothers still don't know the details of this Guitouwa, so there is no way to help you avenge it?"

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Shopkeeper Wu pulled the somewhat dumbfounded He Biandan over: "Both the little old man and this little brother have been to the bandit's den. The vice master just asks, and I will never say anything false."

But the colorful leader was not in a hurry at this time: "Well, let's go first, and talk slowly when we get to the place."

Immediately afterwards, three small fleets set sail.

After drilling in the reeds for a while, the boat quickly turned into the Zeng River and went down the river.At noon, He Biandan and Shopkeeper Wu saw the big blue and gold ship parked in Huangpu New Port again—this time they watched it closely, because the two were taken to the military port where the big ship was located.

(End of this chapter)