I was the best old lady in ancient times

Chapter 146 The Bloody Pearl

"Yes, it was the older woman who said it herself. And let me take them to the beach tomorrow. Boss, tell me, could it be someone from the capital?"

After all, this year's tribute has not been enough.

But if it continues, how can there be any divers in their fishing village who can catch pearls?

"Hey, a group of dog officials working together.

Zhu Zhu and the others can't touch the sea now, and they are forced to go into the sea.

This is not to fish for pearls, this is to force them to die! "

One of the men with an obvious scar on his cheek said viciously.

"Boss, if these people are really related to Mr. Futai, do we want it?"

One of the subordinates made a downward cutting movement with a hand knife.

"Don't worry, it won't be too late to start after they show their true colors."

Now there is still half a month before the deadline for Master Futai to hand over the pearls, they can't make fools of others at this juncture, and self-defeating.

"Wuisheng, you take them with you tomorrow.

Then take a closer look, what exactly do they want to do, what are they doing in our Nanyue Mansion? "

"Yes, boss."

After listening to Boss Tu's order, Hui Sheng stepped back.

After seeing Huisheng leave, the man with the scar waved his palm as big as a cattail fan and said with a fierce face.

"Boss, why don't we just sneak into the Futai mansion and kill that dog official."

"Confused, let's not talk about the few of us sneaking into Futai's mansion now.

Just say that if you kill this dog official, won't the court send another person?
Even if the official sent again is a good one, wouldn't he confiscate the pearl?

Don't we need the divers in our village to go into the sea to catch these pearls?
Even if he doesn't need the divers in our village to go fishing for pearls, but we kill the imperial court officials, do you think the imperial court will let us go so easily?
Unless, you all have to think about it, after killing that dog official Chen Tai, the few of us will drag our families to the sea to become pirates who will never go ashore again.

Do you agree, does your family do the same?

You know, after becoming a pirate, our children and grandchildren will never have a chance to stand up again! "

Tu Hai, who was called the boss, let out a long breath after saying all this, and closed his eyes no longer to look at these subordinates.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, except for the scarred face who was still dissatisfied, everyone else retreated one after another.

When you are alive, don't you just want to live with a purpose?
If you die, you will die, but if your children and grandchildren have to be the pirates and cannot go ashore, how can they nod so easily.

Seeing this, the man with the scar felt that they were all useless, so he turned around and left in anger.

"Hey, boss, do you see the scar?"

"Forget it, his only sister is gone like that, and whoever changes it will feel bad."

Tu Hai opened his eyes, looked at the back of Scar leaving angrily, heaved a long sigh, and waved his hand to make people shut up.

Hearing what the boss said, everyone also thought of themselves and fell silent.

Early the next morning, when Huisheng came over, everyone was still eating breakfast.

Ning Pengpeng couldn't see him standing and watching them eat and secretly swallowing his saliva, so he called Ning Lao San to get a bowl of porridge and two buns, and stuffed them into Huisheng's hands.

"Take it, whether you have eaten it or not, eat some more."

With one sentence, Huisheng blocked Huisheng's refusal.

The gruel in the bowl was so thick that it could be seen that it was full of rice flowers.

As for the steamed bun held in the other hand, he could faintly smell the aroma of the minced meat in the steamed bun.

Huisheng's body was a little stiff, and the corners of his eyes were a little red.

After standing for a while, he obediently walked to the corner and started eating with big mouthfuls.

It's been a long time since he had such a good meal!

When Ning Pengpeng and the others finished eating, Huisheng had already taken the bowl to the inn's kitchen and put it there.

He also helped Ning Pengpeng and the others pull the horse out, and stood waiting at the door of the inn.

Horses were not allowed in the city, so after pulling them all the way to the south gate, everyone got on their horses. Ning Pengpeng pointed to Ning Laosan's horse and said to Huisheng.

"Just ride a horse with him, we don't worry, just take your time."

If the oysters here are plentiful and fat enough, Ning Pengpeng doesn't mind doing business with the fishing village here for a long time.

After all, it's impossible for her to stay in Nanyue Mansion for a long time, isn't it!
Hearing Ning Pengpeng's words, Huisheng looked at Ning Laosan with bright eyes.

Youngest Ning smiled and stretched out his hand, pulling Huisheng behind him.

"You have to sit still and don't fall."

"Hey, thank you, brother."

Huisheng immediately yelled sweetly, only making the youngest Ning's heart burst into joy.

At home, he is the third child, but the fourth child has never called him the third brother in all sincerity, thinking about it makes him feel uncomfortable.

Pei Yan, Wang Dong and Bai Zhu were on the side, silent.

This time, Ning Lao San rode at the front, trotting forward in the direction Hui Sheng pointed.

This Nanyue Mansion is indeed not far from the sea, but only about twenty miles away.

If they took a carriage, it would probably take half a day, but now they were riding a horse, and they arrived at the fishing village that Huisheng pointed out in about an hour and a half.

I saw that the fishing village was said to be a fishing village, but there were only a few thatched huts.

However, the wall is made of stones, and it can still block ordinary wind and rain.

It's just that the thatched roof on the roof may be completely scraped off.

Ning Pengpeng counted carefully, and there were not even ten households in this so-called fishing village.

"Here, is it a village?"

Seeing the surprised expressions of the nobles, Huisheng showed a wry smile on his face.

"Yes, the sea people here have lived by the sea for generations.

It's just that every year when they go out to sea to fish, someone's mainstay always capsizes and dies in the sea.

The remaining orphans and widows either starved to death, or found another way out and married into other villages.

In fact, other villages are similar to the village here.

In addition, in these years, the divers in the fishing village are required to go to the sea to catch pearls every year, and countless divers have drowned.

Marrying a wife is already difficult for Haimin, but now that many of the divers have died, it is even more difficult for the remaining Haimin to find a wife.

If you can't marry a daughter-in-law, there will be fewer and fewer natural people.

Regardless of the fact that there are only these few families here, it is already considered a fairly large number of people in the nearby fishing village. "

Hearing Huisheng's words, Ning Pengpeng couldn't help but fell silent.

This was the third time she had heard about divers going into the sea to catch pearls. Did the imperial concubines in the palace know that the blood of divers was all stained in the pearls that were offered as tribute?

"Does the court not care?
Even if the imperial court wants to pay tribute to pearls, the fewer and fewer divers there are, and the more they die, the less likely they will be able to get pearls in the future.

What if one day the pearls are no longer available? "

Ning Pengpeng couldn't hold back, and said.

(End of this chapter)