The coast is dark and dreary, no light can be seen, after estimating the time, Yu Xiaotian roughly estimated that it was about ten o'clock in the evening at this time, it was already the time of the second watch, and ordinary people in this era basically had no entertainment at night, except for the dignitaries and wealthy families, the common people basically went to bed early, and those who had wives hugged their wives to do bed exercises, and those who did not have wives relied on their ten-fingered sisters to comfort themselves, so at this time, people had basically fallen asleep.

Therefore they were close to the shore, and they did not light lanterns, and no one could find them on the shore in such a night.

The shore is quiet, looking far to the east, you can see the lights of Dinghai City in the distance, but this is a bay that is sunken into the shore, don't look at the straight line distance between the coast here and Dinghai City, it is only about five miles, but if you go around it by land, it will be at least ten miles away, which is why Yu Xiaotian dares to take people to land here.

Even if there is something here, after the warning, the guards of Dinghai City dare to go out of the city to come here to investigate, the distance of ten miles is enough for them to walk for a while, and when the officers and soldiers arrive here, they are estimated to have already boarded the ship and offshore.

Everyone was nervous at this time, this time they didn't scout here in advance, they were going to do it directly, they didn't know the situation here at all, including Yu Xiaotian, they all felt that they didn't have a lot of confidence in their hearts, so everyone lowered their voices as much as possible and didn't dare to speak loudly.

Because they did not know the depth of the water on the coast, they did not dare to put the boat directly on the shore, but when they were still a few dozen meters from the shore, they dropped the stone anchor and lowered the small sampan carried on the boat.

The black head led the men down to the sampan, rowed all the way, and paddled towards the shore as he explored the depths of the water, and finally dragged the cable to the shore.

The rest, guided by them, lifted anchor again and slowly followed the waterway they had leaned out, and then cautiously leaned against the shore.

Yu Xiaotian was very nervous in the process of docking, such a late night dock in unfamiliar waters, even with lanterns and torches, it is easy to run aground, but they have to dock the boat to the shore in complete darkness, this is undoubtedly an adventure, as long as one is not careful, they may be stranded on the shore, once they can't return to the sea after dawn, they are equivalent to being thrown ashore fish, what the end is self-evident.

Fortunately, the water on the shore in this area was deep enough for their boats to come close to the shore, and the people on board knew the tide in this area, and before dawn, this was the time of low tide, and as long as the ships leaned against the shore, they would not be stranded here because of the low tide.

After a long period of tossing, they finally got down from the boat to the shore, Yu Xiaotian asked Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi to stay on the boat, and took Meng Luozi and Heitou, Liu Tong, Han Xian and seven or eight other bold descendants on the boat, and after identifying the direction, they immediately touched the village not too far from the shore.

According to the location told by Steward Li to Yu Xiaotian, the place they chose to dock was near Dongping Village, and after going ashore, it was easy to find Dongping Village.

Dongping Village was originally a small village, the village used to build an earthen wall, as a fortification to defend against pirates and pirates, but over the years, the trouble has gradually lightened, and here is relatively close to the city of Dinghai Thousand Households, and the general pirates do not dare to come here to disturb, so a big family in the village built an iron-striking workshop outside the village, did not think that this iron-striking workshop, the business is actually very prosperous, attracting many people nearby to buy ironware here, so that later Dongping Village gradually formed an iron-striking business circle, and there are as many as seven or eight blacksmith shops, gradually became a scale.

This time, the mob arrested by Lianjiang County to rob the grain store was sent here to build a road from Dinghai City to Lianjiang County, and these homeless people gathered here with their families.

This also happened to be Yu Xiaotian's goal, he did not have the ability to go directly to the shore to recruit manpower, so he could only rely on forcible kidnapping to meet his needs.

As for the return of the village, when he arrived on Treasure Island, these outcasts could only be at his mercy, and he believed that with good food and drink, these people would follow him.

Yu Xiaotianshen took a dozen people towards Dongping Village, and before he went far, he saw Dongping Village under the cover of night and the thatched huts outside the village.

A road that is not wide passes through the outside of Dongping Village, stretching along the coast on the east and west sides, and Yu Xiaotian raised his hand to stop the footsteps of everyone behind him.

"Wait here! I'll take the blackhead over to explore the truth first! Yu Xiaotian squatted down, and the rest of the people hurriedly gathered around, and he lowered his voice and commanded everyone.

Madman Meng nodded and said, "Helmsman, be careful!" ”

"Don't worry! You all have to be careful, don't let the news go! I'll be back soon! If I don't come back before dawn, you can go back to the ship, go back to the sea first, and come here tomorrow night to pick me up and Han Xian!" Yu Xiaotian didn't dare to say anything, leaving a back road for himself, once they couldn't do it tonight, they would leave behind, and it would not be too late to leave tomorrow night.

After hearing this, Meng Madman nodded and agreed, Yu Xiaotian didn't say anything more, took the black head and trotted towards the place where the outcasts in Dongping Village gathered.

The entire Dongping Village was dark and quiet, and the occasional chirping of insects broke the silence, but it did not attract anyone's attention.

After Yu Xiaotian touched the outside of the village with a black head, he saw a lot of shacks set up in a flat place outside the village by the moonlight, it seems that the homeless people gathered here, and near the village, there are several courtyards, and you can also see some chimneys that are not too high, so it can be basically concluded that there is a blacksmith shop.

In addition, in the west of the village, they found a place with lanterns lit, so Yu Xiaotian went to this black head and touched the vicinity of the place where the lanterns were lit, and squatted down to observe it carefully.

It turned out that there was a circle enclosed by a wooden fence, which looked like a large livestock pen, and left a door, and there were two people in soapy blue clothes looking at the gate of the fence, and it can be seen from their clothes that these two people should be the officials of the county government.

And inside the wooden fence, through the faint light of the lanterns hanging on the fence gate, you can vaguely see that there are many people lying in the grass huts without walls on all four sides, and there are about 40 after counting, and it is estimated that they are those people who were arrested by the county government to rob grain.

Outside the fence were wooden shovels and rakes, bamboo baskets or rattan baskets, and a large boulder, which at a glance showed as tools for building roads, so that it could be concluded that this was the place where the people were temporarily detained.

The exact number of servants responsible for guarding these Diao people is unknown, but they can only see two officials on duty at the door with an iron ruler and a single knife at their waists, and one of them is still leaning on the outside of the door railing and sleeping, without the slightest vigilance at all.

Yu Xiaotian and Heitou took a closer look, and on the north side of the fence, they found a relatively large and slightly talk-like shack, which didn't look like a homeless person who lived, so Yu Xiaotian asked Heitou to stay, and he touched the side of the shack.

The inside of the shack was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly, but he could hear the sound of breathing and snoring coming from inside, and Yu Xiaotian stretched out his head to look inside from the window of the shack.

After getting used to the dark environment a little, Yu Xiaotian could probably see a few bamboo beds in the shack, and vaguely he could see people sleeping on three beds, so he could basically determine that there were only these five people who were responsible for taking care of Diao Min, which was less than he expected.

After figuring out these circumstances, Yu Xiaotian turned back and took the black head to the vicinity of the blacksmith shop outside the village, and began to explore the situation here.

This blacksmith shop is very small, after Yu Xiaotian jumped over the wall and went in, he found that there were only three people in the small courtyard, which met their requirements, but there was one thing they didn't know very well, that is, how the blacksmiths here worked, but now they can't be too demanding, and they can get a blacksmith, they are already content!

After a cup of tea, Yu Xiaotian and Heitou returned to the hiding place of Meng Madman and told them the situation briefly.

After hearing this, Meng Madman stood up and wanted to go forward, but he was pulled by Yu Xiaotian and squatted down.

"Don't worry! Let's do it at the same time, I'll take people to the fence, you and the blackhead will deal with the blacksmith, remember! We're not here to kill, especially on your side, and when dealing with blacksmiths, you are not allowed to kill! Scare them, tie them up and take them away, and if you don't work, let them go and return to the boat! Remember, Uncle Meng? Yu Xiaotian suppressed his voice and explained to Meng Madman.

Madman Meng laughed dryly, scratched his head and smiled: "Look at what the helmsman said, I'm not a madman who likes to kill people at every turn!" I understand that we want people to die! Rest assured! ”

Yu Xiaotian then simply divided the work for the rest of the people, and saw that the time was not early, so he nodded and said, "I remember it clearly!" Don't hurt people easily unless you have to! Unless someone is trying to disadvantage you, try to control as many people as you can and bring them on board! Get the rope ready and let's do it! ”

Meng Madman didn't say a word, ordered two post-sheng and followed the black head towards the blacksmith shop, and the remaining seven people followed Yu Xiaotian to get up and trot towards the fence under the cover of night.

(The second is that the brothers have a red ticket!) ）