Speaking of which, the 20 or so people in the ferry restaurant are really suspicious, but there is nothing to be done.

After the New Year's Festival, hundreds of thousands of displaced people were stranded on the north bank of Chaotiandang, especially displaced people along the Shiliang River, and fishermen and boat owners in Hongzepu also gathered to protest against donations. To say that the appearance is suspicious, how many of the groups of displaced people along the Shiliang River are not suspicious?

In a chaotic world, the so-called morality is really useless, and in order to make a living, it will not be less to kill people and set fires and rob homes. The homeless people are scattered like locusts, and if they have a job, they will work, and if they have no work, they will beg, eat the rich, and rob their homes. Gathering and robbing money and killing people, they were scattered into the countryside, and the government had no way to arrest the criminals if they wanted to, and even the small strands of poles that directly established flags suddenly increased.

Those sword and archers in the county can barely cope with the scene when they catch thieves and cheap people in the city, guard the city and watch the house, and they can't be strong in the vast countryside. Xiangbing Xiangyong played a key role in maintaining and stabilizing the local area at this time, but Xiangbing Xiangyong was mostly a private soldier controlled by the wealthy family, and the scale was limited after all, and the association was still reluctant to protect itself, so he did not dare to come forward to fight the rogues, and he did not have such a motivation. In order to protect themselves and win the hearts of the people, some wealthy families set up more porridge farms and took out some rice and grain every day to boil porridge to relieve the victims.

This is the case, and the local government is naturally cautious in dealing with people with suspicious deeds, at least they dare not detain them at will. Even if they are detained and imprisoned, they will not be able to scavenge any oil and water from these people's heads, and everyone has the attitude that more is better than less, and on the one hand, they mobilize soldiers and horses to restrain the displaced people not to cause chaos, and on the other hand, they are extremely hoping that this tide of displaced people can pass in peace, and the things that excessively provoke the displaced people are much less than in previous years.

Lin Jian invited Liu Xilin and others to the boat to eat and drink, and asked them to move their luggage, mules and horses to the boat. In addition to the suspicious appearance of the man who eats wine in the restaurant, there are also many shacks built around the ferry to live in the displaced people who are stranded here, very few of the displaced people can afford to use oil lamps or candles, and the shacks are dark and dark at night, and I don't know how many people there are here, and there are no credible statistics in Shiliang County.

"Alas......" Lin Jian sighed slightly in his heart, on the south bank of Chaotiandang, there was still a peaceful scene inside and outside Jiangning City, and only when he reached the north bank and then went north, he knew that the situation was becoming more and more tense. The DPRK and China have vigorously eliminated bandits around the New Year's Festival, and a wave of displaced people has formed earlier than in previous years, which has also caused many places to miss the spring planting season, and the famine in the north will not be alleviated this year.

It was drizzling again at night, and there were three cabins on the stern deck of the Dongyang, Lin Lian and them were drinking in the top cabin, the cabin door was opened, and the candle flame swayed and swayed the night breeze that came in, reflecting on the faces of Lin Lian, Liu Xilin, Sun Jingtang, Zhao Hu, Gu Tianqiao, Da Loach Ye and others.

Only then did Sun Jingtang know that the simple-looking and sturdy young man he met by chance in Savage Ferry was the captain of Dongcheng who was about to go to Jiangning.

Gu Wuchen can overpower Wang Xueshan, in the final analysis, the former Dongcheng Lieutenant Chen Zhi is too stupid. After Chen Zhi was dismissed and imprisoned, the post of Dongcheng Lieutenant has been vacant, and Zhang Yubo, who joined the army by Zuo Sikou, Sun Jingtang only then knew that this position was still taken over by the military attache of Gu Wuchen's department, and now it seems that Gu Wuchen has a considerable foundation in Jiangning. Sun Jingtang saw that Liu Xilin's attitude towards Lin Jian was quite respectful, and he was even more convinced that Lin Jian was not a legend as the first person of the Gu family. Although this dynasty said that martial arts and Chongwen were suppressed, Dongcheng Wei was an important figure, even if it was only compared from the official position, the martial arts of the sixth rank was not comparable to the Confucian Lin Lang of the ninth grade, but Lin Lian and Liu Xilin belonged to the same family of Gu Wuchen, and the intimacy of the relationship with Gu Wuchen still had to determine each other's actual status.

When the situation was at its most tense, tens of thousands of fishermen gathered to make noise, and the displaced people crossed the border at that time, and the waterway in Hongzepu was completely closed around the New Year's Festival. Although Dongyang is only adjacent to the northeast corner of Shiliang County and Hongzepu, once the fishermen of Hongzepu make trouble, Dongyang is bound to be affected. At the beginning of the month, Chen Han's third department, the anti-thief department of the Huaishang Qing bandits, was transferred to Huai'an, and was stationed in the northeast of Hongze Pudong to take the rebels, and the troubled fishermen began to disperse, so I was able to go back to Fucheng to deal with Lord Shen...... "Liu Xilin said.

"Chen Han's third department was transferred to Huai'an, did anything bloody happen?" Lin Jian asked.

"I've heard that some people were killed, but it's not very serious. Chen Hansan is not from Huai'an, he is also full of blood in Huai, and he has no scruples when he starts in Hongzepu. Lord Shen was very opposed to transferring Chen Hansan over, the strings were already too tight, and he had to slow down at the right time, but Lord Shen couldn't control things outside of Dongyang Mansion. Brother Lin doesn't have to worry too much when he goes to Shiliang County, when I go back to Fucheng, Lord Shen still has a group of people stationed in Shiliang, and Shiliang County will control ......" Liu Xilin said.

Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang Prefecture, is a young official who advocates the reorganization of the local government army, and Liu Xilin is an excellent general excavated by Shen Rong, and the Dongyang government army is more trustworthy than the town army. Listening to Liu Xilin, Shen Rong is still worried about the situation in Hongzepu, and indeed, when the livelihood of fishermen is in question, it should not be easy to bluff by force and pressure. At this time, the fishermen's dispersal may be a temporary forbearance, but it also reveals some other information, and the gathering and dispersal of the fishermen in Hongzepu appear to be orderly, not like an ordinary uproar.

The big and small loach master Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong brothers and the Ge family are the leaders of the fishermen and boat households in the Nanru River, and they are also the leaders who later led the fishermen and boat households in the Nanru River to resist donations.

It is not an incomprehensible thing that there should be some people behind the crowd gathering to make an uproar, and there should be some people behind the secret organization and promotion, but it is a pity that there is no local awareness of these from the copy of the Tang Bao Mansion sent by Huai'an Prefecture to the county department.

The big loach lord was going to be on duty all night, and he stopped halfway through the wine and went out to patrol the sentry.

Lin Lian told Liu Xilin about some of the situation in Jiangning, with Sun Jingtang and Gu Tianqiao present, Lin Lian only talked in general, so that Liu Xilin had a general understanding of the situation in Jiangning, and specific and micro confidential matters, after Liu Xilin arrived in Jiangning, Gu Wuchen and Zhang Yubo would teach him face-to-face.

After eating and drinking until late at night, Lin Jian left Liu Xilin to rest on the boat, and then asked Xihe to send a boat to send them to Jiangning after dawn.

If someone instigates the homeless people to mutiny, Liu Xilin and his three attendants will definitely not be able to deal with it, and they can't expect the sentinels and tax collectors at the ferry to help them.

Sun Jingtang went back to the Wupeng Cao boat of the Xihe Club behind to rest, Lin Jian asked Zhao Hu to accompany him on the deck, and the big loach master Ge Cunxin stood at the bow of the boat and stared at the shore.

"What's going on?" Lin Jian saw that the big loach lord stared at the shore with a more serious expression.

"There are a few groups of people who covet this side, and another group of people who have just left," said the big loach master, who was still in the bow of the boat, and could still faintly see the situation on the shore, "The brothers are all wearing armor and taking turns to rest, and if they keep an eye on us, they will really ask for hardship." ”

There is a big gap between the first and the other. There are twenty pairs of excellent armor on the Dongyang, no matter how bad the others are, they are also double-layer leather armor, and they don't even have to be afraid of hunting bows and shots at close range, and it is difficult to hurt ordinary swords, and everyone on the ship is brave and good at fighting, and the Mo knives and other sharp weapons are all sharp weapons, and there are strong bows and sharp clusters.

Lin Jian stared at the shore for a moment, it was dark and dark, and the people who coveted this side had withdrawn, he couldn't see anything, so he pulled the big loach master and Zhao Hu to squat on the deck and discussed: "Our ship is empty, and people with a little experience in sailing can see the reality at a glance; Besides, Hongzepu is shallow, even if the Dongyang is not carrying cargo, thinking that Hongzepu will turn into the Huai River, it is also trembling and frightened, what are these people doing to rob our ship? Moreover, it is a little strange that the fishermen who gathered in Hongzepu to resist the donation suddenly dispersed in the middle of the year......"

"Are they going to set a trap to lure Qin Chengbo in?" Zhao Hu remembered that Lin Jian had said before eating and drinking that Qin Chengbo would most likely want to visit his hometown after he stepped down, and he had been thinking about it and said, "The fishermen and boat owners in Hongzepu continue to block the waterway and not disperse, even if Qin Chengbo wants to return to his hometown to glorify his ancestors, he can't borrow the road from Hongzepu to Zhongli County......"

"Hongzepu has always been a shallow place, fishermen, boat owners have no big boats, Qin Chengbo and his family back to Zhongli, it is bound to be a huge fleet, some people really want to lead Qin Chengbo into the Yan, as long as the Qin family fleet is forced into the shallow water area of Hongzepu to run aground, you can act recklessly, but also to prevent the Qin family fleet from returning to the Shiliang River when the opportunity is wrong. If it were me, it would be very necessary to block the retreat of the Qin family's fleet with a big ship......" said the big loach master.

"In this way, we still have to confirm whether the people who are secretly investigating here are related to Hong Zepu's side......" Lin Jian frowned and ordered: "Light the lamp, let a group of people wear armor and come out to line up with knives, and try not to clash as much as possible; In addition, the summons notified the crow lord to come aboard. ”

"Okay." The big loach master Ge Cunxin responded, and he went to make arrangements, he was also born in a boat household, if it was the fishermen and boat owners of Hongzepu who coveted this side, it would be best to recite incense and fire to deter the other party from conflict.

There are also three cabins on the stern deck, the top deck is about three zhang high from the water, and there is a wooden tower on the top deck, which is similar to the corner tower of the estuary, although the copper oil lamp placed on it is not as huge as the corner tower of the estuary, the three wicks are also as thick as the baby's arm, the oil storage lamp holder is half a person high, there is a canopy, the wind is blocked by a glass cover, and the wick can make the whole Dongyang deck twelve zhang long and two zhang wide bright as day.

To tell the truth, the wooden lighthouse on the deck of the cabin is far less convenient and economical than hanging a few more wind lanterns on the ship, and the glass cover is fragile and expensive, but with a polished concave bronze mirror, the light can be projected to a distance of 300 paces. In the days when there were no searchlights, such a rudimentary wooden lighthouse allowed the Toyo to make fewer mistakes during night voyages or gain many advantages in night battles.

Lin Jian just wanted to intimidate those people at this time not to be greedy for the Dongyang, if these people were targeting Qin Chengbo, who was about to leave Jiangning, then they should give Qin Chengbo the illusion that Shiliang River and Hong Zepu could pass safely, instead of acting rashly against the Dongyang.

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