The development of Guangxi during the Ming Dynasty was relatively average. Even though Liuzhou Prefecture was one of the three sharp knives that shocked the chieftains in western Guangxi, that does not mean that its development was very good. The biggest advantage of Maping County, where the capital of Liuzhou is located, is military, because from a military point of view, this place is in an excellent location and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Because the Liujiang River made a sharp turn here, it formed a cylindrical peninsula shaped like a finger. Maping County, the seat of Liuzhou Prefecture, is located on this peninsula surrounded by water on three sides.
The place where this peninsula connects to the "Continent" is only more than three miles long, less than four miles.
Needless to say, cities these days must have built city walls, and the advantage of Liuzhou Fucheng lies in this. If something happens, you only need to guard the north of the less than four miles road. Since the southeast and west are all surrounded by water, you only need to send people to divide them. A regular inspection will ensure that everything is safe.
As for crossing the Liujiang River and capturing the city tower, let alone the Yao people, even the chieftain of Western Guangxi couldn't do it. To put it bluntly, Guangxi's officers and soldiers probably don't have the technical conditions, so the safety of Liuzhou's capital city is guaranteed.
But this level of security only means that the city is safe from danger, but it does not mean that there are no "enemy agents" in the city.
There is a Buddhist temple near the southwest corner of Liuzhou Fucheng called Xilai Temple. As the name suggests, this temple was built either to commemorate the arrival of Patriarch Bodhidharma from Tianzhu, or to commemorate the arrival of Xi Zhenzhen via Tianzhu.
However, there are several children selling herbal medicine near Xilai Temple. They obviously believe in Buluotuo, but they like this place because of the word "Xilai". In addition to going out to collect it every ten days and a half, In addition to medicine, they have been living here and even bought a storefront as their herbal medicine shop.
The chieftains and nobles of the Tongren are popular in wearing Han Chinese clothes, while the ordinary Tongren are still mainly dressed in traditional clothes. The owners of this herbal medicine shop are such a pair of brothers.
It was getting late, and the hurried owner of the herbal medicine shop, Mo Si, came back from a distance.
He was wearing homespun clothes, blue cloth placket, round collar and wide sleeves, buttons made of black cloth, trousers of the same color with wide legs, and his bare feet. He carried a long backpack on his back, which contained some daily necessities bought from the Han people.
His expression looked as honest as the other children in the city. Only when he occasionally looked around did his eyes show a shrewdness that ordinary children did not have.
Mo Si approached his family's herbal medicine shop. When his brother Mo Wu saw him, he showed an honest smile and asked loudly, "Brother, have you bought the oil paper to tie the kite with?"
This child also spoke Chinese, and spoke it quite fluently. It seemed that the children had enough exchanges with the Han people. These children who made a living in the place where the Han people gathered were almost exactly the same as the Han people except for their clothing.
Mo Si also replied loudly, "I bought it. I bought several large pieces of oil paper, but the kind with paintings is too expensive, so I couldn't bear to buy it. Just this kind of oily yellow one, I think it's good for making kites." , As long as the craftsmanship is good, Ahua will definitely like the kite made."
The people nearby looked at their brothers and smiled knowingly.
Mo Wudao said, "That's great. Brother, come in quickly. Let's discuss how to tie this kite."
"Haha, you are just impatient, don't be impatient, I just thought about it all the way, let me tell you"
With that said, the two brothers walked into the herbal shop amid the kind smiles of everyone around them.
Children, like Miao people, have their own set of herbal medicine knowledge. Although it is not as vast and complex as Han medicine, it still talks about yin and yang, acupoints, and meridians, and has its own set of unique ways of using bamboo pots and silver needles, which is quite unique.
Children's understanding of herbal medicine also has local characteristics. In addition to common diseases, they are also particularly good at treating diseases such as miasma, poison, poison, and dampness. Their herbal medicine shop also provides some simple treatments. The effect was quite good, and the surrounding Han people became very friendly to the brothers.
However, as soon as brothers Mo Si and Mo Wu walked into the herbal medicine shop, the honest smile that often appeared in front of others disappeared and was replaced by two very serious faces.
Mo Wu frowned and asked, "Fourth brother, a high-ranking Han official has come to the city. He is said to be the Inspector. Do you know why he is here?"
"Otherwise, what do you think I did? Buy paper." Na Mo Si put down his backpack, picked up the bamboo cup, drank a large glass of water, and then said again, "I am indeed here to patrol Guangxi. Moreover, it is said that this person has a great background, and seems to be a literary star among the Han people. Jiang Xin and Ni Zhonghua are extremely respectful to him, and they are just trying to help others."
Mo Wu was stunned for a moment, then laughed with a sarcastic look, "Deputy Ambassador Jiang is usually very arrogant. Last time the second master of the Luo family from that place came to Liuzhou, I heard that he didn't escape in time because he didn't escape in time. Deputy envoy Jiang ordered on the spot that the four bearers of the second master of the Luo family should each be given twenty lashes. I heard that the second master of the Luo family was so angry that his face turned green."
"Oh, so what. If it's the eldest master of the Luo family, Jiang Xin might give him some face. What does the second master care about?" Mo Si waved his hand. "Let's not talk about these gossips. The news I just heard said that the person who came here is The patrolman was very grand, and he brought three hundred servants with cannons. Ni Zhonghua personally went up to lead his horse. He didn't even look at it. Instead, Ni Zhonghua looked proud, as if it was an honor to lead his horse. Similar."
"Three hundred bird gunners" Mo Wu was a little nervous and asked, "Is it the kind of bird gun that the Guangzhou soldiers used not long ago?"
"I haven't found out yet. You know I can't get closer to take a look. But looking at it from a distance, I'm afraid it's really the kind of blunderbuss that won't blow up. If we match it, I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Mo Si sighed. road.
A worried look appeared on Mo Wu's face, and he frowned and said, "With such a high-ranking official here, things in Xincheng County will not change. Why is he here?"
Mo Si sneered and said, "The news released by the Han people at the beginning said that he was here to count the military achievements, just to count the heads of those Yao people."
"This seems to be what the patrol officer is supposed to do, fourth brother, why are you laughing?" Mo Wu asked in surprise.
"What I'm laughing at is that the Han officials thought they could deceive us." Seeing Mo Wu's doubts, Mo Si smiled and explained, "The inspector brought those officials to his yamen. Then the servants he brought surrounded the yamen, and the guardsmen also moved. Two more lines of defense were set up outside the servants, and the defense was extremely tight. I pretended not to understand and wanted to get closer. He was immediately driven away by the outermost guard soldiers.”
Mo Wu was surprised and said, "The patrolman is so afraid of death."
"I'm afraid it's not that he's afraid of death, but that there's something big to discuss inside." Mo Sidao "I guess they're talking about the ownership of Bazhai, and his ideas must be different from Governor Liu, otherwise what would he be doing here in Guilin?" That’s enough to express your consent.”
Mo Wu was taken aback and said hurriedly, "Are we done talking now? Should we contact that person?"
"We haven't finished talking when I came here, but they couldn't talk about going there at night. Maybe they've finished talking now." Mo Si said with a gloomy expression, "I must contact that person. If I don't ask about this matter clearly, there will be no follow-up." It will be difficult for the master to get started."
