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Half a thousand sails on the side, blue waves.

Li Jing and the five of them rowed a small boat and followed the big boat slowly, sailing in the vast sea pond bay. The wind and waves in the pond are calm, and countless ships are parked here. Li Jing's dinghy walked through it, as if entering a huge labyrinth, which made him breathtaking.

In the amazement of Li Jing and others, the cargo ship in front of it sailed into the central island of Tangwan, Shamen Island.

Salmon Island has arrived! Li Jing was on the boat from a distance when he heard someone on the deck of the cargo ship in front of him shouting at him.

Li Jing raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see an island suddenly appear in front of him. On the coast of the island, there are countless strange rocky cliffs, some abruptly clustered, some isolated alone; Some are like sharp swords, reaching into the sky; Some are like mighty lions, with their heads held high; Some are like a couple rubbing shoulders and are intimate; Some are like fair girls, sitting quietly and thoughtfully...... These strange reefs and strange rocks are either majestic and rough, or simple and quiet, or exquisite, with their own charms, forming a series of wonders that people are attracted to at a glance.

Phoenix Mountain, one of the three mountains on Salmon Island, is also a mountain located in the middle of the island. Li Jing's ship docked at the wharf at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, Shamen Island is surrounded by Tangwan, there are four large wharves, more than a dozen simple wharves, but from the South Island, the wharf at the foot of Phoenix Mountain is the closest one to Shamen Fort.

Before coming, Li Jing had already done his homework and increased his understanding of Salmon Island as much as possible. Salmon Island was a place of exile for prisoners during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui, and until Tang. Although the Tang Dynasty developed the Goryeo Balhae Sea Road, the Tangwan of Daxie Island became the largest seaport and safe haven in the north, and the Shamen Island in the middle of the Tangwan was also garrisoned and fortified, in fact, the place was never changed as a place of exile for prisoners.

Up to now, on this island with an area of more than 2,000 acres, in addition to the Shamen Fort in the middle of the island, which is the place where the garrison is stationed, on the slightly rectangular Shamen Island, there is also a village in the south and a village, a village in front of the mountain at the foot of Mount Taishan in the south, and a village in Beitou under the mountain in the north. The villagers of these two villages were actually prisoners who had been exiled earlier, as well as their families, as well as prisoners who had been exiled later.

It can be said that on this island, except for the soldiers, they are prisoners. Today, however, the largest number of people on the island are the children and grandchildren of exiled prisoners, who are not exiles who have lived on Salmon Island for generations, fishing, hunting, and even trading. In today's Salmon Island, they are the most populous, but they are actually the soldiers, and the real exiled prisoners are the fewest ones.

As soon as the ship docked, many feet rushed over the yard to collect work, and some dock shops, inns, and shops even sent people to pull customers.

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

As soon as Li Jing and the five of them landed ashore, they were already surrounded by groups, several groups of porters vying for unloading work, and several shop men soliciting customers, all chattering and overwhelming.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

"Come one by one, you all want to take the job, in this case, in order to avoid everyone hurting the peace, I think so. Each of you sets a salary in your own mind, and then don't say it directly, but only with me. As for me, how about cooperating with the most sincere of you? Li Jing didn't want to quarrel with this person, so he simply came to the scene to bid for the price.

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

The foremen went back to their own ranks and negotiated with their men what price to offer.

"How about it, have you discussed it, and after you have discussed it, you will come over and quote."

Several foremen didn't seem to be willing to be the first to come up to quote, and the last one was still a long and stout, and the black strong man who only had a bun on his head and a broken wooden hairpin came up and was the first to quote his price.

"One stone of rice!"

The quotations of several people in a row were not lower than those quoted by him. After Li Jing announced this work, it was handed over to the person who the black man took him to do. When the other foremen heard this offer, they couldn't help but be angry, and their faces turned a little dark. They quoted about seven or eight thousand yuan, and they discounted two stones. But this Heihanqiu is a good martial artist, but they can't beat it, so they have to leave angrily at the moment, and they scolded while walking: "The thief's mother--Hei Laoqiu, I know that you are waiting for food to eat, but you can't rob it like this, if it goes on like this, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind in the future, donkey day-thing." ”

The man who was called Hei Laoqiu didn't care, but said to the foremen a little apologetically: "Thank you for your help, I Laoqiu will invite everyone to drink at home after this trip in the evening." ”

The foremen couldn't help but shake their heads and scolded: "You should buy rice first with the money you earn, if you have the heart of the donkey-day-day, don't break the rules of the industry next time." ”

Hei Laoqiu laughed a few times, turned his head and shouted to the seven or eight men squatting on the ground on the other side: "This job is ours, go back and call people, and all those who can help are called." There are 120 catties of rice in this trip, and when it's done, let's divide it equally. ”

The few men who were squatting on the ground were happy with a bang, and then ran to the dock. After a while, forty or fifty people, young and old, came to the dock. These people are old and young, men and women. There were only a few young men, and the rest were mostly women, half-grown children, and old men. Li Jing even saw a few seven or eight-year-old children, who wore a hood of unknown beast skins in the first lunar month, with bare feet on their feet, their faces were red from the cold, and the two big long noses were still inhaling and inhaling.

There are many big girls and little daughters-in-law in this group, although they are also patches and patches, but they are quite neat. However, a group of women came to the dock to carry the work, which still made Li Jing stunned for a moment.

These people did things simply, and without any extra words, they just stepped on the pedal and got on the boat, and then began to unload the cargo. The men carried the rice first, the women took pots and pans and other light things, and a group of boys helped to bring the oxen down from the boat, and everything was in order.

Although Hei Laoqiu is the head, he is very admirable when he does things, and other men carry a bag of corn at a time. But this big bag of half a stone and one bag, he carried two bags at a time. This made Li Jing can't help but have some appreciation for this foreman, and while he was carrying back again, Li Jing asked Zhang Chengzong to call him over.

"This owner, where are you going to pull this batch of goods after it is unloaded from the ship? If so, pull it to the dock warehouse, just give another stone of rice, don't bother you to move half a finger, we will help you get it right. After Hei Laoqiu put down a heavy bag of corn, he walked up to Li Jing and said with a smile.

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

"Take a break and don't just do business. You chat with me, chat well, and I'll reward you with two buckets of rice. ”

The corners of Hei Laoqiu's eyes twitched slightly, and he said with a smile: "Then you say, what do you want to talk about, as long as Lao Hei knows everything." ”

"Seeing that you are brave and good, if you go out, you should have a lot to do, why do you stay on this Salmon Island as a coolie? Also, when you quoted just now, you only quoted half the price of other people, why is that? In addition, why are there so few young and strong men among your people, but there are more women and children, and even old people? ”

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

After a long time, he sighed and said, "It's a long story, but it's also very simple. I don't have any other skills, I do have brute strength. I am not from this island, but from Qingzhou, and my family lives on a few acres of thin fields, and I work hard for a year, but I still can't fill my stomach, and I can't mix food and clothing. Later generations, like this proprietor, also told me that I should use my strength to break through, and as soon as I gritted my teeth, I went to join the army. ”

Speaking of those past events, Lao Qiu's face seemed to be very calm, calm as if he had already faced it alone a thousand times. That was ten years ago, there was another drought in the field that year, and seeing that the harvest was another year, Lao Qiu gritted his teeth and packed a few clothes and went to join the army. The old hill people are tall and big, especially with good strength in both arms, and after training for half a year, they become jumping soldiers. Jumping soldiers, generally armed with short knives and round shields, require superb martial arts, high and courageous, when the key is able to jump out of the enemy, not only to take the initiative to attack, but also to cover the array of crossbowmen and Mo knife hand such comrades.

In the jumping team, Lao Qiu's performance was very prominent, and he was quickly promoted to the captain, and then he was selected to join the more elite Modao team.

If the Jumping Team is a special combat team, then the Modao Team is a death commando!

That may be the time that Lao Qiu misses the most, simple and full of expectations. It's a pity that later in the army's promotion team head competition, he mistakenly beat the opponent into a disability, and his good future was bleak, and he was demoted to Southern Xinjiang and Nanzhao for a few years. It's just that a year later, he was demoted to the head of the deputy general, and then transferred to Da Xie Yan. stayed in Da Xie Yan for two years, and was directly demoted from the deputy general to the captain, and was sent to this Shamen Island after the worst.

"What? You say you're an officer at Shamenshu? ”

"Yes, at least nominally, I'm still a gang leader, but when the new general takes office, I don't know what will happen to Lu Dao." Hei Laoqiu said with a wry smile.

Li Jing was shocked: "Since you are still the leader of the gang, why are you doing work on the dock?" Who else are these people? ”

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

PS: The protagonist has finally landed on Salmon Island, and a new plot will be in full swing. Ask for recommendation tickets, ask for praise! I'm asking for a reward.,It's going to be on the shelves soon.,Please prepare a monthly pass for Muzi!