1091. Desolate Village

Sizhou, here to the northwest there is Tongji Canal leading to Luoyang, out of the city gate to the east dozens of miles there is Shanyangze through the ditch, go to Yangzhou, is a traffic artery, quite prosperous, Yang Guang is also built here to have the Duliang Palace, so this place is also called Duliang.

At this time, there was a group of ragged people outside the east gate of Sizhou, some old and some young, it was Lu Lao Er and other people.

"Second uncle, why do you want to take a boat? The boat fare is expensive, and if you go back, you only need to spend a small half of the dry food money." A rather tall man said reluctantly.

"Yes, second uncle, this boat ride is precious, we used to pull boats, we can't just practice it with some money." Another man also looked at the money bag that Lu Lao was holding tightly, and said in pain. They are all poor households, and in the past, they used to pull boats for others on the side of the canal, when did they think about sitting by themselves?

"Hmph, you think I want to spend this money, think about it, which son said that someone in Yangzhou will accept the case for us, and then someone will go to our village to find us to collect evidence, if we go back late, then the son can't find us, isn't it a big mistake, we should go back as soon as possible and wait for the son to find us, don't be reluctant to give up this money." Lu Lao Er snorted and said straight.

After hearing this, several people suddenly realized that they said straightly: "It's still the second uncle's thoughtfulness."

Immediately, a few people got on a small boat outside Sizhou, this small boat is not expensive, but the speed is also fast, and it is the first choice of Lu Lao Er and others.

Just after Lu Lao and a few people left, three or five people with swords came here.

"What about people?" A man wearing a hat and carrying a long sword asked in a low voice of anger.

"Hall Master, they were still here an hour ago, they should be gone." A man in brown clothes was a little flustered, and hurriedly lowered his head and said.

"Chase". The man with the hat snorted coldly and chased after him first.

chased all the way to the edge of Shanyangze, and these people changed into a small boat and chased after them.

But chased until dark, still did not catch up, straight out of Shanyangze came to the ditch, the big boats and small boats are countless, the big boats walk leisurely, the small boats are like arrows off the strings down the river, it is difficult to find for a while.

In the cabin, the man wearing the hat took off the hat, and at first glance, the face was as stiff as a dead man, and it was the killer of the Cao Gang chasing his life.

"You said that they didn't enter Beijing, and they turned back in Luoyang?" The voice of chasing life was very stiff, and it didn't seem to have much emotion, and this cold voice made his hands shiver.

"Yes, hall master, my subordinates just chased them to Luoyang, and I saw them returning." A man knelt down on one knee and replied respectfully.

Chasing Life's brows furrowed slightly, and finally there was a slight fluctuation, and he said straightly: "They went to Beijing to complain, but why did they have to return halfway?" ”

"This ...... subordinates don't know". It turned out that when Lu Lao Er and the others met Li Pojun, the Cao Gang did not catch up, and after Li Pojun left, Chen Buxian ordered to chase and kill Lu Lao Er and others, and only then did the chase let people track Lu Lao Er and others. Therefore, the Cao Gang's eyeliner knew that Lu Lao Er and the others stopped when they walked to Luoyang, and then turned back.

"You continue to track, and when you find someone, don't leave without permission, and find a gang to report to me." Chasing the life thought about the straight road, and then put on the hat, and took advantage of the darkness to jump a few times and disappeared.

In the evening, Li Pojun's cruise ship arrived at the Yangzhou wharf, since it was dark, but the wharf on the bank of the Hangou River was still full of people.

"Lang Jun, if you go to Yangzhou, get off the boat here, there are carriages and horses on the dock on the shore to enter the city, I wish you a happy journey." The captain also knew that Li Pojun's identity was either rich or expensive, and he also stepped forward to say it himself.

"Then I'll get off the boat, and the boat family will have a smooth journey." Li Pojun said with a smile and led Zhang Wenjun and others off the boat.

What Li Pojun didn't know was that after they got off the boat, the boss of the boat looked at Li Pojun and the others with slightly narrowed eyes, and called a boatman, "That son is extraordinary, he must be an extraordinary person, you follow and secretly see what they are doing in Yangzhou, if they really come to Yangzhou to play, you don't need to follow." If there is any change, report it immediately."

The boatman looked at the backs of Li Pojun and the others in the distance and nodded, but a fierce man plunged into the river and disappeared.

There are many cars and horses on the wharf by the side of the road, this is the oil wall car, decorated with gorgeous and simple, for pedestrians to rent and ride, pay for the car, this is the prototype of the bus.

Li Pojun and others got on the oil-walled car that looked quite high, the carriage was long, there were three small windows on both sides of the carriage, each small window was equipped with a seat, and there were three seats on each side of each side to sit opposite each other, the windows had curtains, the decoration was gorgeous, and the seats were covered with satin, which was very exquisite, which was a very high-end frame, of course, the rental price was also expensive.

It was already night, and he couldn't see the scenery of Yangzhou City, so he found an inn to live in not far from the city gate.

The next day, the sun was shining, Li Pojun did not go to Yangzhou City to play, but directly asked passers-by to go to Anyi Donggou Village, dozens of miles outside Yangzhou City.

Donggou Village, this is the village on the edge of the ditch, the ancestors lived on the side of the ditch, with the river operation of the ditch full of use, the villagers of Donggou Village gradually became Cao households, worked for the government, and became the fixed hired personnel of the imperial court, this is an iron rice bowl, the salary is fixed, for a time, those villagers of Donggou Village were envied to death by the surrounding farmers.

After all, if you farm, you still have to look at God's face, when the climate is good, you can still save some food, barely survive, and when the year is bad, you can't even pay a ration when you pay taxes. The Cao households in Donggou Village have a fixed income, and how can they not be envied by drought and flood to ensure income.

It's only been in the past two years, this Donggou Village has become a pitiful object for several nearby village chiefs to sigh shortly, and everyone knows that Donggou Village can be regarded as a poor jingle now. The people who rushed to marry their daughters to Donggou Village before regretted dying, and the Cao households who were once envied by the farmers have now become idle laborers one by one, and the government does not pay for them, they just go to do some odd jobs and exchange for some food, and what makes the Cao households even more annoyed is that they are Cao households, like those salt households, they are all selected by the imperial court to become naturalized, and they can't get out, and they have to work hard to repair and maintain the canal, but they have no wages, delay time, and consume physical strength, not to mention, there is no salary, What a grievance this is.

It was noon, the sun was at the head, and it was still the most lively time in a village, but Donggou Village was in a depression, with houses falling down and no people in sight.

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