The boy didn't wake up all the way on the boat.
Xu Yong wanted to speak several times, but held back several times.
Finally, when he was approaching the tea, Xu Yong said: "Master He..."
After saying that, he glanced at the young man lying in the cabin and said: "I went to Kuancha with the old man a few years ago, and the man's accent was that of Kuancha! At this time..."
Xu He smiled: "It doesn't matter. No one knows beforehand that we are going to make tea. They won't send a spy to wait for us on the road, right?"
Xu Yong frowned and said: "Having said that, it is not a good thing to have a stranger on the boat, and he is so sensitive. Moreover, this person has a dark complexion and thick calluses on his hands. At first glance, he looks like a cook who has been working all year round. What if everyone suddenly gets into trouble, this..."
Xu He looked at the young man, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head: "If he is Zao Ding, the injuries on his body must be caused by fleeing from his hometown. I heard that Zaotou has annexed the brine pond in recent years, and ordinary Zao households have no hope of living. Then, he can't engage in other business in the salt field, he can only be a fugitive. After all, he is a poor man, so let him rest and give him some money to spend!"
Xu Yong saw that Xu He had his own opinions, so he couldn't persuade him.
Xu Peng on the side came over and asked: "Brother He, it's almost time to make tea. What should we do?"
Xu He was thinking about this issue all the way, and finally came to the conclusion that he should first find out where Chen Hua is now. After all, he represents the will of the government, and his words still count. Of course, if the imperial court is in Tuancha Saltworks If you still have some credibility.
The second step is to find a salt worker named Lao Zhengtou. The specific name is unclear, but according to Zhang Panlong, Xu Song once visited Kuancha. This salt worker named Lao Zhengtou was responsible for setting up a boat to send them back to the sea. Mausoleum.
Xu Song had a conversation with Lao Zhengtou on the way. He felt that he was an honest and loyal person, and he was very measured in his words and actions. At that time, Xu Song even rewarded him with some money. Although their identities were very different, Xu Song felt that he was I was very happy and had a deep impression on this old man Zheng.
Later, when he returned home, he told Zhang Panlong about it, and Zhang Panlong remembered it.
However, Zhang Panlong doesn’t know the other party’s specific name. He is still alive today, but the Dou family, which has been close to the Xu family for decades, has now been affected. The Xu family urgently needs someone in the tea farm who can understand the cause of the incident. People, so helpless, Zhang Panlong reminded Xu He about Lao Zhengtou.
"In other words, we have to first find out how this incident broke out, where the source of the outbreak was, and why there was such a big conflict at that time, and it developed to the point where officials in the Lianghuai Salt Farm were killed in rebellion!"
“Only by understanding these can we take the next step.”
Xu Peng nodded: "If something goes wrong and the negotiation fails, then the cooks in the salt field will suffer, and the court will not let them go."
Xu He said solemnly: "No matter what, I will try my best to persuade Zhang Bingxian not to fight with each other. It's not easy for the Kitchen Guards. Their lives are already precarious. In the final analysis, it's... the court and those people have failed them." ah!"
Who those people represent is very clear to everyone present. Xu Yong has been guarding Kong Huaitang. He has a clear view of the ugly behavior of the elders who have been singing and singing every night in Kong Huaitang these days.
He also went out with the elder to see the world, and this scene made him disappointed.
From the beginning, he knew that the second master, Xu Dai, was not the material to be in charge of a business, let alone an official.
But he didn't expect that the family would suddenly slip into the abyss in just ten days.
Now think about it, weren't they the same guys who were leading the Xu family to death?
And they failed the Xu family, failed the eldest man who had worked hard to run the family for so many years, and also failed the kitchen workers who had supported their Xu family's industry for decades.
In the face of interests, the Xu family's approach was to use their interests and lives in exchange for Xu Dai's official title and those who led him.
This is lying on Zao Ding's body to suck blood!
Everyone fell into silence when they heard Xu He's words. There was no sound on the boat, only the rushing water rolling eastward.
When Xu He and the others came to the village near Kuancha, they discovered that black smoke was rising from the Kuancha farm in the distance.
No one now understands what that means better than Xu He. Thinking of the original Dong'an Town, it was also filled with black smoke. This represents the collapse of order and the fluctuation of people's hearts.
Seeing this scene, everyone's faces became serious.
As we approached the tea farm, there was no one outside. All we saw along the road were destroyed kitchens and brine ponds.
The corpses of some salt soldiers wearing "salt" patches were also exposed.
The people coming and going looked at the well-dressed people on the three boats with vigilance and hatred.
Along the way, Xu He noticed that most of these people were unkempt and half-clothed. Some children were topless, with bulging bellies and dark faces.
Some old women walked to the seaside with walking sticks and the support of their grandchildren.
Xu Yong said softly: "They all go to the beach to pick up some seafood!"
Xu He looked at the scene in front of him and frowned: "Why don't these people look like they have very good eyesight?"
Xu Yong sighed: "The women in the salt field are burning stoves almost day and night. They are so smoky that most of them have bad eyesight. Some of the older ones are almost completely blind!"
Xu He knew that these cooks and their families were living a hard life, but he didn't expect that...
Just as the boat was slowly passing through the salt field, a gong suddenly sounded, and a large group of young and middle-aged men rushed towards Xu He and others on both sides of the river.
This battle suddenly startled the Xu family warriors in the two boats behind.
Xu Yong called to the waiter and the last two boats to pass quickly.
But soon, someone on the waterway in front of them threw wood into the river and blocked the waterway. Looking in the direction from which they came, they saw that the same was true on the back road.
Xu Yong is responsible for Xu He's safety and is calmer than others after all.
He shouted in a deep voice: "Stop the boat, everyone get ashore!"
Soon, the three boats stopped, and a group of warriors from the Xu family surrounded Xu He on a hillock on the shore to protect him.
They had just organized their defensive formation, and the crowd had already surrounded them three levels inside and three levels outside.
Seeing this, Xu He shouted loudly: "I am from Hailing County! Where is County Magistrate Chen of my county?"
He asked three times in a row and no one answered.
The crowd just looked at them with indifferent eyes, and the air was eerily silent.
At this moment, someone suddenly came from a distance. This was also a dark man in his twenties. He looked at Xu He and others and replied: "They are also people brought by the dog officer, brothers. Capture them together! When the court sends troops, use them as a shield!"
