Chapter 1129
Ancient Town
Chapter 1129 Ancient Town
More than 20 miles northwest of Fushan County, there is a place called Guxian Town.The town is only five or six miles away from the coastline, and there is a small river in the north of the town that leads directly to the sea. However, this small river is only more than 20 feet wide, and its water depth and navigation capacity are relatively limited. Large seagoing ships rarely sail directly outside the town. Generally, only some fishermen on the seaside will drive their own fishing boats to the upper reaches and sell all kinds of sea catches to the town residents.
Before the Denglai Rebellion, Guxian Town had a permanent population of 3000 to [-] people. It is considered one of the most populated places in Fushan County. However, because it is located closer to Dengzhou City, the impact of the war on Guxian Town is far greater. After crossing Fushan County, many people were forced to flee their homes during the war.It wasn't until after the war that the population of the town began to slowly recover. However, due to various reasons, the population of the town was only maintained at around [-] people, and it has not been able to recover to the level before the war.
Wendeng County, Rongcheng County, Mouping County, Fushan County, Chengshanwei, Weihaiwei and other places under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, the land passage between these places and Dengzhou City, Guxian Town is a must pass, every year There are quite a lot of migrants coming and going here, so the livelihood of the residents in the town is mainly based on service industries such as restaurants and hotels.According to incomplete statistics, there are more than a dozen inns and hotels in the town alone. Considering a small town with a population of a thousand people, this number is absolutely astonishing.
In the afternoon of this day, a horse team suddenly came to the town, with about thirty or forty riders.It is not too accurate to say that it is a cavalry team. The people who come here are not a caravan carrying goods, but more like a cavalry unit.The leading rider had a red and blue flag on his saddle, and all of them were wearing gray cloth shorts and trousers, carrying a long rucksack, and a saber on their saddle, but they didn't have many personal belongings on their horses. luggage items.
Before entering the town at the beginning, some people thought that this group of people was the Ming army passing through here, but when they got closer and saw that the attire of these people was significantly different from that of the Ming army, and most of these people's hair was cut Very short, with no bun on the head, obviously not a Ming person.The owners of several inns were more knowledgeable, recognized the identities of this group of people, and immediately ordered their subordinates to close their shops.
A few days ago, people from Dengzhou City just came to the town and put up a safety notice in the town, saying that a group of armed pirates who called themselves Haihan had come near Zhifu Island in Fushan County, and asked the people not to contact them as much as possible to avoid danger.And the most obvious appearance signs of this group are the red and blue two-color flag and very short hair. When they came to the town, the group obviously fit the description on the notice.
But not everyone is nervous about the arrival of the uninvited guests. As early as a few days before Dengzhou's Anmin notice was posted in Guxian Town, Haihan's actions in Fushan County have been spread here one after another. In the eyes of some people, Regardless of whether the Haihan people are pirate gangs or not, they have never done anything harmful to nature in Fushan County. Instead, they assisted the government in driving away the Wanjia army and rescued many local people. A public recognition of Haihan people.These deeds were spread from Fushan County through some parties, and they are highly credible, but there was no mention of them in the Anmin Notice issued by Dengzhou.
Faced with the two completely different statements in Dengzhou City and Fushan County, some people chose to believe the announcement issued by Dengzhou City, while others believed that Haihan’s performance in Fushan County was the real situation, so the arrival of Haihan people There is not much resistance.However, out of caution, no one from any store took the initiative to go to the street to recruit these people.
This group of people rode horses slowly forward from the official road that passed through the town, and in a blink of an eye, they had passed through most of the ancient town.Just when everyone was wondering if they didn't intend to stay here, the group stopped in front of the largest restaurant in the town.
"This is the place!" Sun Zhen got off his horse, and quickly put the rein on the horse post outside the shop.After entering the town and walking here, I finally found a restaurant with a large row of horse-holding posts and drinking troughs outside the store. I didn't plan to look for other places at the moment, so I ordered the team to stop here.
Wang Jinmin, who was following behind him, also got off his horse, but he was treated better than Sun Zhen, and immediately someone came down to take over his reins, and led the horse to the side to settle down.Their team came from the mouth of the Jiahe River and had walked for more than 20 miles in a row. They planned to stop in the town for lunch before proceeding with the rest of the journey.
At this time, a waiter came out of the store, but the smile on his face was rather stiff: "Guest officers...are you eating in a small store?"
"Can we sit in the store?" Wang Jinmin asked casually.
"You can sit down! You can sit down!" Seeing the people behind Wang Jinmin taking off their sabers from their saddles and holding their sabers in their hands, the shop clerk trembled a little when he answered: "Guest... guest officer, please..."
Wang Jinmin left a few people to guard outside, and Sun Zhen led his men into the store.Although this restaurant is the largest in the town, there are actually less than [-] tables on the upper and lower floors. When they entered the restaurant, there were only two tables of customers in the restaurant, and the vacant tables could indeed accommodate all the team members. people.However, the two tables of guests had already finished their meal at this time, and they were hurriedly paying their bills.
Wang Jinmin and Sun Zhen knew that these people were afraid of their arrival, so they didn't say anything at the moment, but asked Xiaoer to quickly bring out meals that could fill their stomachs.Their mission target is not in Guxian Town. They could have detoured from outside the town, but they intend to show up here for another purpose. One is to check the attitude of the local people towards Haihan, and the other is to let the outside world know about Haihan. The range of activities has reached here, deterring those ghosts and snakes who are secretly plotting evil.
The news that the Haihan people came to Guxian Town spread throughout the town almost at lightning speed.When Sun Zhen and his team were still eating in the restaurant, the people in the town had already reacted in various ways.
Some chose to close their doors for safety, and planned to wait for the Haihan people to leave Guxian Town before returning to normal life; some thought that Guxian Town was no longer safe, so they packed up their gold and silver and sneaked out of the town, rushing to Dengxian Town. Zhoucheng escaped.Most people shrank in the house, and very few dared to come out to watch the excitement.
However, there are some daring guys among them who are not prepared to accept the fact that Hai Han has arrived.The restaurant next door to Haihan Horse Team Dining is a small inn with two yards. The owner Gan Sheng has been running this inn for nearly ten years. It is quite new, and the daily business is not bad.
Gan Sheng is no different from other inn owners in the town. They all take the path of making money with harmony. They don’t argue with others on weekdays. Everyone treats him as a good man, and few people know that he is a good person except for the inn. In addition to the identity of the boss, there is actually another identity in private.
When the Haihan horse team stopped at the entrance of the restaurant next door, Gan Sheng, who was paying attention to the movement, quickly asked the staff to close the store and ordered that no guests would be admitted today.He hurried back to the backyard, opened the door of the side room and went in. After closing the door, he hurriedly said: "The Haihan people have arrived at the door, you hurry to go through the back door!"
"What are you panicking! It's impossible for them to know that I'm here. Besides, if they really wanted to arrest someone, they might have blocked the back door a long time ago. How can they get out now!" There was no light in the room, and the person sitting at the table couldn't be seen clearly. What is the expression of the person in question, but his tone is steady, obviously not flustered.The man pointed to the chair in front of him, motioning for Gan Sheng to sit down and talk.
Gan Sheng sat on the chair, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said, "You really don't want to leave? If the Haihan people find out that something is wrong, our two brothers will be killed here!"
The man sitting in the dark said: "Are you afraid? You are afraid of being implicated by me, so you want to drive me away?"
"No!" Gan Sheng waved his hands again and again and said, "Brother, I'm just worried that the Haihan people will harm you, and you're afraid that something will happen to you. The Haihan people are eating next door right now, so don't make any noise and bring trouble!"
The man stood up, walked to the window and opened it, the light from outside shone in, and he could finally see his appearance clearly.It turned out that this person was none other than Gan Qiang, the leader of the Wanjia Army who had fought diplomatically with the Haihan Army in Fushan County earlier and managed to escape.Gan Sheng, the owner of this small inn, is like a brother to him.
After the defeat of the Wanjia Army that day, Gan Qiang and his military adviser Pu Xueguang fled into the mountains with the remnants of the army, and tried to reintegrate the remaining forces of the Wanjia Army.These days, he has been running back and forth between various strongholds to deal with the reorganization of the Wanjia Army, but he has achieved some results.
The inn that Gan Sheng opened in Guxian Town was originally a secret stronghold of the Wanjia Army. Buy supplies or sell loot here.
Gan Qiang came to Guxian Town secretly this time to raise food and grass for the bandit armed forces hiding in the nearby mountains.Since the Haihan people controlled the area near Fushan County, the Wanjia Army could no longer go to the local area to collect food, so they could only turn to the next best thing and turn their attention to the outer areas of Fushan County.However, there is not much farmland reclaimed in Guxian Town, so if you want to collect grain directly from the local area, you won’t get much. Local organizations such as Chaoshui Town and Fuxin Town organized the purchase of grain.
That's right, because the Wanjia army suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with Haihan, it is currently unable to organize large-scale armed personnel to go out of the mountains to attack villages and towns and directly grab them from the people. They can only take money to buy food outside the mountains.Moreover, Pu Xueguang had lingering fears about the power of the Haihan cavalry, and he was also worried that if he made a move, his whereabouts would be exposed and the Haihan people would quickly pursue him.So they plan to get food in a low-key way first, and strive to overcome the current difficulties first.
In order to hide his whereabouts, Gan Qiang did not bring many people out of the mountain this time, less than ten people.He didn't expect his luck to be so good. He just arrived in Guxian Town in the morning, and the Haihan people also arrived in the afternoon, and they went to the restaurant next door as if smelling the smell.
Although Gan Qiang spoke hard, he had personally experienced how powerful the Haihan people were, so he didn't dare to make a mistake.It is said that in the reward notice posted by the Haihan people in Fushan County, his worth has increased from the 50 taels of silver offered by the Fushan County Government to 500 taels of silver, regardless of life or death. First.If he accidentally showed his whereabouts, not to mention the Haihan people, there are many murderers in this town who come and go, maybe someone will try to arrest him for money.
Gan Qiang said: "The Haihan people don't recognize you. Go next door and see how many people they have. Also, try to find out why they came here and where they are going."
Gan Sheng hesitated and said, "I heard that Hai Han people are all spirited like ghosts. If they see through this, they will be in big trouble!"
"You're so scared!" Gan Qiang scolded, "They are human beings but not gods, how can they be so capable!"
"Isn't that... arresting all the big bosses?" The fear on Gan Sheng's face was still very obvious.
There are many rumors about the battle between Haihan and the Wanjia Army in Fushan County among the people, and the rumors became more and more mysterious in the future, and they have long deviated from the truth.In Guxian Town, it is said that Haihan soldiers are all eight feet tall and invulnerable to swords and guns. When fighting, the horses they ride will turn into dragon colts, which come and go like the wind on the battlefield, and the weapons that Haihan soldiers specialize in are It is invisible and intangible, but it can kill people from afar.
In Gan Sheng's view, the Haihan people who were able to beat the Wanjia army to the point that they could hardly fight back were no different from the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals.Of course, he also asked Gan Qiang to verify the authenticity of these rumors. Although Gan Qiang tried his best to deny it, he couldn't tell how the Wanjia Army lost. This made Gan Sheng believe in the rumor that the Haihan Army was invincible. Can't show the courage to fight against it.
Gan Qiang scolded angrily: "That's the surname Wan himself, who was useless and was captured by mistake. If the Haihan people are really so powerful, why did Lao Tzu and the military division withdraw from Fushan County safely? It's not good to stand by you In front of you? You go to eat next door and see if you can hear any news."
Gan Sheng was cowardly and did not dare to argue with Gan Qiang, so he mustered up his courage and went out to the restaurant next door.
There were a few dark-skinned Haihan soldiers standing at the entrance of the restaurant, with sabers in their hands, staring at him coldly. Gan Sheng kept his eyes on him, and walked into the restaurant tremblingly, not daring to look at him as he sat in the lobby Several tables of people went straight to the counter.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant naturally recognized him, he forced a smile on his stiff face and said, "Shopkeeper Gan is here to eat!"
Gan Sheng responded, "Yes..."
Before he came in, he had already thought up the words and said that the business here is good, so he would not occupy a seat here to eat, and order a few dishes for the restaurant to deliver to his store, but when he thought about it, he would definitely not be able to pay Gan Qiang after returning. , can only bite the bullet and stay.
(End of this chapter)
More than 20 miles northwest of Fushan County, there is a place called Guxian Town.The town is only five or six miles away from the coastline, and there is a small river in the north of the town that leads directly to the sea. However, this small river is only more than 20 feet wide, and its water depth and navigation capacity are relatively limited. Large seagoing ships rarely sail directly outside the town. Generally, only some fishermen on the seaside will drive their own fishing boats to the upper reaches and sell all kinds of sea catches to the town residents.
Before the Denglai Rebellion, Guxian Town had a permanent population of 3000 to [-] people. It is considered one of the most populated places in Fushan County. However, because it is located closer to Dengzhou City, the impact of the war on Guxian Town is far greater. After crossing Fushan County, many people were forced to flee their homes during the war.It wasn't until after the war that the population of the town began to slowly recover. However, due to various reasons, the population of the town was only maintained at around [-] people, and it has not been able to recover to the level before the war.
Wendeng County, Rongcheng County, Mouping County, Fushan County, Chengshanwei, Weihaiwei and other places under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, the land passage between these places and Dengzhou City, Guxian Town is a must pass, every year There are quite a lot of migrants coming and going here, so the livelihood of the residents in the town is mainly based on service industries such as restaurants and hotels.According to incomplete statistics, there are more than a dozen inns and hotels in the town alone. Considering a small town with a population of a thousand people, this number is absolutely astonishing.
In the afternoon of this day, a horse team suddenly came to the town, with about thirty or forty riders.It is not too accurate to say that it is a cavalry team. The people who come here are not a caravan carrying goods, but more like a cavalry unit.The leading rider had a red and blue flag on his saddle, and all of them were wearing gray cloth shorts and trousers, carrying a long rucksack, and a saber on their saddle, but they didn't have many personal belongings on their horses. luggage items.
Before entering the town at the beginning, some people thought that this group of people was the Ming army passing through here, but when they got closer and saw that the attire of these people was significantly different from that of the Ming army, and most of these people's hair was cut Very short, with no bun on the head, obviously not a Ming person.The owners of several inns were more knowledgeable, recognized the identities of this group of people, and immediately ordered their subordinates to close their shops.
A few days ago, people from Dengzhou City just came to the town and put up a safety notice in the town, saying that a group of armed pirates who called themselves Haihan had come near Zhifu Island in Fushan County, and asked the people not to contact them as much as possible to avoid danger.And the most obvious appearance signs of this group are the red and blue two-color flag and very short hair. When they came to the town, the group obviously fit the description on the notice.
But not everyone is nervous about the arrival of the uninvited guests. As early as a few days before Dengzhou's Anmin notice was posted in Guxian Town, Haihan's actions in Fushan County have been spread here one after another. In the eyes of some people, Regardless of whether the Haihan people are pirate gangs or not, they have never done anything harmful to nature in Fushan County. Instead, they assisted the government in driving away the Wanjia army and rescued many local people. A public recognition of Haihan people.These deeds were spread from Fushan County through some parties, and they are highly credible, but there was no mention of them in the Anmin Notice issued by Dengzhou.
Faced with the two completely different statements in Dengzhou City and Fushan County, some people chose to believe the announcement issued by Dengzhou City, while others believed that Haihan’s performance in Fushan County was the real situation, so the arrival of Haihan people There is not much resistance.However, out of caution, no one from any store took the initiative to go to the street to recruit these people.
This group of people rode horses slowly forward from the official road that passed through the town, and in a blink of an eye, they had passed through most of the ancient town.Just when everyone was wondering if they didn't intend to stay here, the group stopped in front of the largest restaurant in the town.
"This is the place!" Sun Zhen got off his horse, and quickly put the rein on the horse post outside the shop.After entering the town and walking here, I finally found a restaurant with a large row of horse-holding posts and drinking troughs outside the store. I didn't plan to look for other places at the moment, so I ordered the team to stop here.
Wang Jinmin, who was following behind him, also got off his horse, but he was treated better than Sun Zhen, and immediately someone came down to take over his reins, and led the horse to the side to settle down.Their team came from the mouth of the Jiahe River and had walked for more than 20 miles in a row. They planned to stop in the town for lunch before proceeding with the rest of the journey.
At this time, a waiter came out of the store, but the smile on his face was rather stiff: "Guest officers...are you eating in a small store?"
"Can we sit in the store?" Wang Jinmin asked casually.
"You can sit down! You can sit down!" Seeing the people behind Wang Jinmin taking off their sabers from their saddles and holding their sabers in their hands, the shop clerk trembled a little when he answered: "Guest... guest officer, please..."
Wang Jinmin left a few people to guard outside, and Sun Zhen led his men into the store.Although this restaurant is the largest in the town, there are actually less than [-] tables on the upper and lower floors. When they entered the restaurant, there were only two tables of customers in the restaurant, and the vacant tables could indeed accommodate all the team members. people.However, the two tables of guests had already finished their meal at this time, and they were hurriedly paying their bills.
Wang Jinmin and Sun Zhen knew that these people were afraid of their arrival, so they didn't say anything at the moment, but asked Xiaoer to quickly bring out meals that could fill their stomachs.Their mission target is not in Guxian Town. They could have detoured from outside the town, but they intend to show up here for another purpose. One is to check the attitude of the local people towards Haihan, and the other is to let the outside world know about Haihan. The range of activities has reached here, deterring those ghosts and snakes who are secretly plotting evil.
The news that the Haihan people came to Guxian Town spread throughout the town almost at lightning speed.When Sun Zhen and his team were still eating in the restaurant, the people in the town had already reacted in various ways.
Some chose to close their doors for safety, and planned to wait for the Haihan people to leave Guxian Town before returning to normal life; some thought that Guxian Town was no longer safe, so they packed up their gold and silver and sneaked out of the town, rushing to Dengxian Town. Zhoucheng escaped.Most people shrank in the house, and very few dared to come out to watch the excitement.
However, there are some daring guys among them who are not prepared to accept the fact that Hai Han has arrived.The restaurant next door to Haihan Horse Team Dining is a small inn with two yards. The owner Gan Sheng has been running this inn for nearly ten years. It is quite new, and the daily business is not bad.
Gan Sheng is no different from other inn owners in the town. They all take the path of making money with harmony. They don’t argue with others on weekdays. Everyone treats him as a good man, and few people know that he is a good person except for the inn. In addition to the identity of the boss, there is actually another identity in private.
When the Haihan horse team stopped at the entrance of the restaurant next door, Gan Sheng, who was paying attention to the movement, quickly asked the staff to close the store and ordered that no guests would be admitted today.He hurried back to the backyard, opened the door of the side room and went in. After closing the door, he hurriedly said: "The Haihan people have arrived at the door, you hurry to go through the back door!"
"What are you panicking! It's impossible for them to know that I'm here. Besides, if they really wanted to arrest someone, they might have blocked the back door a long time ago. How can they get out now!" There was no light in the room, and the person sitting at the table couldn't be seen clearly. What is the expression of the person in question, but his tone is steady, obviously not flustered.The man pointed to the chair in front of him, motioning for Gan Sheng to sit down and talk.
Gan Sheng sat on the chair, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said, "You really don't want to leave? If the Haihan people find out that something is wrong, our two brothers will be killed here!"
The man sitting in the dark said: "Are you afraid? You are afraid of being implicated by me, so you want to drive me away?"
"No!" Gan Sheng waved his hands again and again and said, "Brother, I'm just worried that the Haihan people will harm you, and you're afraid that something will happen to you. The Haihan people are eating next door right now, so don't make any noise and bring trouble!"
The man stood up, walked to the window and opened it, the light from outside shone in, and he could finally see his appearance clearly.It turned out that this person was none other than Gan Qiang, the leader of the Wanjia Army who had fought diplomatically with the Haihan Army in Fushan County earlier and managed to escape.Gan Sheng, the owner of this small inn, is like a brother to him.
After the defeat of the Wanjia Army that day, Gan Qiang and his military adviser Pu Xueguang fled into the mountains with the remnants of the army, and tried to reintegrate the remaining forces of the Wanjia Army.These days, he has been running back and forth between various strongholds to deal with the reorganization of the Wanjia Army, but he has achieved some results.
The inn that Gan Sheng opened in Guxian Town was originally a secret stronghold of the Wanjia Army. Buy supplies or sell loot here.
Gan Qiang came to Guxian Town secretly this time to raise food and grass for the bandit armed forces hiding in the nearby mountains.Since the Haihan people controlled the area near Fushan County, the Wanjia Army could no longer go to the local area to collect food, so they could only turn to the next best thing and turn their attention to the outer areas of Fushan County.However, there is not much farmland reclaimed in Guxian Town, so if you want to collect grain directly from the local area, you won’t get much. Local organizations such as Chaoshui Town and Fuxin Town organized the purchase of grain.
That's right, because the Wanjia army suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with Haihan, it is currently unable to organize large-scale armed personnel to go out of the mountains to attack villages and towns and directly grab them from the people. They can only take money to buy food outside the mountains.Moreover, Pu Xueguang had lingering fears about the power of the Haihan cavalry, and he was also worried that if he made a move, his whereabouts would be exposed and the Haihan people would quickly pursue him.So they plan to get food in a low-key way first, and strive to overcome the current difficulties first.
In order to hide his whereabouts, Gan Qiang did not bring many people out of the mountain this time, less than ten people.He didn't expect his luck to be so good. He just arrived in Guxian Town in the morning, and the Haihan people also arrived in the afternoon, and they went to the restaurant next door as if smelling the smell.
Although Gan Qiang spoke hard, he had personally experienced how powerful the Haihan people were, so he didn't dare to make a mistake.It is said that in the reward notice posted by the Haihan people in Fushan County, his worth has increased from the 50 taels of silver offered by the Fushan County Government to 500 taels of silver, regardless of life or death. First.If he accidentally showed his whereabouts, not to mention the Haihan people, there are many murderers in this town who come and go, maybe someone will try to arrest him for money.
Gan Qiang said: "The Haihan people don't recognize you. Go next door and see how many people they have. Also, try to find out why they came here and where they are going."
Gan Sheng hesitated and said, "I heard that Hai Han people are all spirited like ghosts. If they see through this, they will be in big trouble!"
"You're so scared!" Gan Qiang scolded, "They are human beings but not gods, how can they be so capable!"
"Isn't that... arresting all the big bosses?" The fear on Gan Sheng's face was still very obvious.
There are many rumors about the battle between Haihan and the Wanjia Army in Fushan County among the people, and the rumors became more and more mysterious in the future, and they have long deviated from the truth.In Guxian Town, it is said that Haihan soldiers are all eight feet tall and invulnerable to swords and guns. When fighting, the horses they ride will turn into dragon colts, which come and go like the wind on the battlefield, and the weapons that Haihan soldiers specialize in are It is invisible and intangible, but it can kill people from afar.
In Gan Sheng's view, the Haihan people who were able to beat the Wanjia army to the point that they could hardly fight back were no different from the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals.Of course, he also asked Gan Qiang to verify the authenticity of these rumors. Although Gan Qiang tried his best to deny it, he couldn't tell how the Wanjia Army lost. This made Gan Sheng believe in the rumor that the Haihan Army was invincible. Can't show the courage to fight against it.
Gan Qiang scolded angrily: "That's the surname Wan himself, who was useless and was captured by mistake. If the Haihan people are really so powerful, why did Lao Tzu and the military division withdraw from Fushan County safely? It's not good to stand by you In front of you? You go to eat next door and see if you can hear any news."
Gan Sheng was cowardly and did not dare to argue with Gan Qiang, so he mustered up his courage and went out to the restaurant next door.
There were a few dark-skinned Haihan soldiers standing at the entrance of the restaurant, with sabers in their hands, staring at him coldly. Gan Sheng kept his eyes on him, and walked into the restaurant tremblingly, not daring to look at him as he sat in the lobby Several tables of people went straight to the counter.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant naturally recognized him, he forced a smile on his stiff face and said, "Shopkeeper Gan is here to eat!"
Gan Sheng responded, "Yes..."
Before he came in, he had already thought up the words and said that the business here is good, so he would not occupy a seat here to eat, and order a few dishes for the restaurant to deliver to his store, but when he thought about it, he would definitely not be able to pay Gan Qiang after returning. , can only bite the bullet and stay.
(End of this chapter)