Late Tang

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Half a thousand sails on one side, thousands of miles of blue waves.

Li Jing's five people rowed the small boat and followed the big ship slowly, sailing in the vast sea pond.The pond is calm and calm, and countless ships are parked here.Li Jing's boat passed through it, as if entering a huge maze, which made him amazed.

Finally, in the amazement of Li Jing and others, the cargo ship in front sailed into the island in the center of Tangwan, Shamen Island.

Salmonella has arrived!Li Jing heard someone shouting at him from a distance on the deck of the cargo ship ahead.

Li Jing raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see an island suddenly appearing in front of him.Along the coast of the island, there are countless reefs and cliffs with strange shapes, some of which are abruptly clustered, some of which are isolated; some are like sharp swords, piercing into the sky; Some are like a pair of lovers rubbing shoulders and arms, intimate; , Forming a series of wonders that people are attracted to at the first glance.

Phoenix Mountain, one of the three mountains on Shamen Island, is also a mountain located in the middle of the island.Li Jing's boat is docked at the pier at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. Salmon Island is surrounded by Tangwan. There are four large piers and more than a dozen simple piers. the most recent one.

Before coming, Li Jing had already done some homework and learned as much as possible about Salmonella Island.During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Salmon Island has always been a place where prisoners were exiled.Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui, until Tang.Although the Tang Dynasty developed the Koryo Bohai Seaway, the Tangwan of Daxie Island became the largest seaport and safe haven in the north, and the Salmon Island living in the Tangwan also stationed troops and built a garrison, but in fact, it was used as a prisoner. The Exiled Lands have never changed.

So far, on this island with an area of ​​more than 2000 mu, apart from the Salmon Fortress in the middle of the island where the garrison is stationed, there is also a village in the south and north on the slightly rectangular Salmon Island. Shanqian Village at the foot of Taishan Mountain in the south, and Beitou Village at the foot of Beishan Mountain in the north.The villagers in these two villages are actually prisoners who were exiled earlier, their families, and prisoners who were exiled later.

It can be said that on this island, apart from the garrison soldiers, they are criminals.But until now, the most people on the island are the descendants of those exiled prisoners. Although they are the descendants of prisoners, they are not exiles. These people have lived on Salmonella Island for generations, fishing, hunting, and even doing business, etc., and settled here. .In today's Salmonella Island, they are the ones who have the most people, and they are actually the garrison soldiers, while the number of real exiled prisoners is the least.

As soon as the boat docked, many people rushed to the docks to take jobs, and some wharf mansions, inns, and shops even sent people to fetch customers.

"That's the cargo owner, you all go to him." Feng Lin had previously recruited a group of porters to load Li Jing's things onto the boat, and then left it alone.The captain knew that Feng Lin couldn't be offended, and even Feng Lin was so polite, he didn't dare to offend him.Although I was anxious to unload the goods and go back, but I dared to urge Li Jing, so I had to let those who took the work go to Li Jing.

As soon as the five of Li Jing landed, they were surrounded by crowds. Several gangs of porters were vying to unload the goods, and several shop assistants solicited customers.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

"Come one by one, you all want to take jobs. In this case, in order to avoid hurting everyone, I think so. Each of you sets a salary in your heart, and then don't say it directly. Only tell me. I How about cooperating with the one who raises the price most sincerely among you?" Li Jing didn't want to quarrel with this person, so he just came to the scene to bid secretly.

The foremen were a little surprised. Everyone looked at each other and felt that the boss's idea was really fresh.In order to lower the price, wouldn't it be better to let everyone bid against each other directly?But I also feel that it is not bad to do it this way, at least everyone has only one chance to make an offer, and there is no need to press the price to death.

Several foremen went back to their own teams and discussed with their own people what price to offer.

"How about it, have you discussed it? After the discussion, I will come here to quote."

None of the foremen seemed willing to be the first to come up to quote, and in the end a thick, black man with only a bun on his head and a broken wooden hairpin came up in the cold, and was the first Quoted his price.

"One stone of rice!"

The quotations from the next few people in succession were not lower than his quotation.Finally, Li Jing announced the job, and handed it over to the person who led him by the black and strong man.When the other foremen heard the quotation, their faces turned dark with anger.Their quotations are all about seven or eight thousand yuan, which is about two stones of rice.But this black Hanqiu was very skilled in martial arts, but they couldn't beat them, so they had to walk away angrily, cursing as he walked, "Brother Heiqiu, you know you are waiting for food, but you can't do it!" Grabbing jobs like this, if this continues, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind in the future, donkey day-thing."

The man named Hei Laoqiu didn't take it seriously, instead he said apologetically to the foremen, "Thank you for your help, I, Laoqiu finished this job tonight, please go home and have a drink."

The foremen couldn't help but shook their heads and laughed and scolded: "You should buy rice first for the money you earn. If the donkey-day-has a heart, don't break the rules next time."

Hei Laoqiu laughed a few times, turned his head and shouted at the seven or eight men squatting on the ground on the other side: "This job is ours, we all go back and call people, and call everyone who can help. This trip There are 120 catties of rice, and we will share them equally after the work is done."

The few men squatting on the ground were happy with a bang, and then ran towards the pier.After a while, no. 50 people, old and young, came to the pier.These people are old and young, male and female.The young and able-bodied men were the few just now, and the rest were mostly women, half-children and old people.Li Jing even saw a few seven or eight-year-old children wearing a hooded animal skin in the first lunar month, their feet were barefoot, their faces were flushed from the cold, and their two big snots were still sucking. One suck.

There are also many older girls and younger daughters-in-law in this group of people. Although their bodies are patch upon patch, they are still neat.However, a group of women came to the pier to carry out work, which still made Li Jing stunned.

These people did things simply, without any extra words, they just stepped on the pedals and boarded the ship, and then started unloading.The men carried the rice first, the women took pots and pans and other light things, and a group of boys helped lead the cows down from the boat, everything was in order.

Although Hei Laoqiu is a leader, he is very admirable when he does things. Other men carry a bag of corn at a time.But he carried two bags at a time for such a large bag of half a stone.This made Li Jing admire the foreman a little bit. Taking advantage of his time to carry him back, Li Jing asked Zhang Chengzong to call him over.

"My boss, may I ask where are you going to take this batch of goods after they are unloaded from the ship? If so, we will take them to the warehouse at the dock. We will help you with just one shimi and no need to lift a finger." Hei Laoqiu put down a heavy bag of corn, walked up to Li Jing and said with a smile.

Li Jing smiled and motioned him to sit aside.Li Jing is also a newcomer, and really wants to find someone to ask about the situation on this Salmon Island first.

"Take a rest for a while, don't patronize business. You chat with me. If you have a good chat, I will reward you with two buckets of rice later."

The corners of Old Heiqiu's eyes twitched slightly, and he said with a smile, "Then tell me, boss, what you want to talk about, as long as Old Hei knows."

"I see that you have extraordinary courage and a good personality. If you go out, you should have a lot to do. Why do you stay on this Shamen Island and work as a coolie? In addition, when you quoted the price just now, the price you quoted was only half of the price of other people. And why? Besides, among your people, why are there so few young and strong men, but more women and children, and even old people?"

Hearing these questions, Hei Laoqiu's face became very solemn, he bit his lower lip tightly, and his eyes became a little dull.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said: "It's a long story, but it's also very simple. I have no other skills, I do have brute force. I'm not from this island, but from Qingzhou. Living on a few acres of Susukida, after a year of hard work, I still can’t fill my stomach, and I can’t get enough food and clothing. Later generations, there are also people like this owner who told me that I should rely on my strength to make my way. He went to join the army."

Speaking of those past events, Lao Qiu seemed to have a calm face, as if he had faced it thousands of times alone.That was ten years ago, and the field suffered another drought that year. Seeing that there was no harvest for another year, Lao Qiu gritted his teeth, packed up a few clothes and went to join the army.Laoqiu is a tall man, especially with good strength in his arms. After half a year of training, he became a jumping soldier.Jumping soldiers are generally sword platoon players holding short knives and round shields. They are required to have superb martial arts skills and bold skills. Comrades like crossbowmen and modaoshou.

In the jumping team, Lao Qiu performed very well, and was quickly promoted to the team leader, and then was selected to join the more elite Modao team.

If the Dancing Squad is a special force, then the Modao Squad is a death-defying commando!

That may be the period of time that Lao Qiu misses the most, pure and full of hope.It's a pity that later on in the competition for promotion to the team leader in the army, he accidentally beat his opponent into a disabled man, and his bright future became bleak. He was demoted to Nanjiang and Nanzhao for several years, and finally won He devoted his life to the military and was transferred back to Qingzhou as the general.However, a year later, he was relegated to the rank of lieutenant general, and then transferred to Daxie Village.After staying in Daxie village for two years, he was directly demoted from deputy general to team leader, and finally sent to this Salmonella Island.

"What? You said you were an officer of the Shamen Garrison?"

"Yes, at least in name I am still the team leader, but after the new general takes office, I don't know what will happen." Hei Laoqiu said with a wry smile.

Li Jing was shocked: "Since you are still the gang leader, why are you working on the dock? And who are these people?"

"Those are my brothers, and me and their parents, wives and children."

ps: The protagonist has finally landed on Salmon Island, and the new plot will start in full swing.Please recommend tickets, please praise!I beg for a reward, it will be on the shelves soon, please prepare a monthly pass for Muzi!