The current government of Siming Mansion is already vaguely visible in Haiyuan City. The reason why it is called "now" is because the former government of Siming Mansion was further to the west. Later, due to some reasons that cannot be explained in a few words, it was transferred to Here, Haiyuan City was built.
Haiyuan City is located in the south of Mingjiang River. To the northeast outside the city is a moat and several watchtowers. To the southwest is a river with the streamline of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword flowing through it. The location of Haiyuan City is just at Dadaowan. Judging from the terrain, it is indeed a strategic location that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Haiyuan City was considered an important transportation place at this time. The number of tourists traveling from south to north was second to none in southern Guangxi. The market day every three days was very lively. The bells of the caravans selling anise and rosin kept ringing. The fleet is constantly flowing, and wooden and bamboo rafts on the river are anchored at the river pier to replenish food supplies.
Due to the large floating population coming and going, the catering and inn industries here are booming. There are many businessmen doing business in Haiyuan City, and there are also many rich people. The richest people, apart from the local magistrate Huang, are the people who live in the main street. The houses on both sides of the main street, especially the streets, are mostly blue brick houses, which is rare in Guinan at this time.
However, the most spectacular and majestic thing on the street is the Tu Zhifu Yamen. Since the establishment of Haiyuan City, it has always been a symbol of the power of the Huang clan and Guinan Tu emperor.
Although Haiyuan City is a mountainous city, the more than ten villages surrounding Haiyuan City are mostly plains and hills. The land is fertile and the water resources are especially good. Most of them are fertile fields with good harvests despite droughts and floods. This is a transportation hub connecting various parts of southern Guangxi, with Taiping Prefecture in the north, Lianzhou Prefecture in the east, Zhennanguan in the west, and Anbang Town in the south.
However, Gao Pragmatic still has doubts about the word "Haiyuan" in "Haiyuan City". This place is obviously in the mountainous area of Nan Guangxi, and it must be two hundred miles away from the nearest sea - Beibu Gulf. The word "Haiyuan" comes from Why talk about it?
However, Huang Zhiting, a landowner, quickly told him the reason. It turned out that there was a big pool to the west of Haiyuan City. This pool was not only large in area, but also quite deep. It was called Haiyuan by the native people of southern Guangxi.
Huang Zhiting also proudly said that her swimming skills were developed in "Haiyuan".
Gao Pangshi has traveled with her for nearly a thousand miles. Although the time has not been long, he has become familiar with her, and he doesn't have much fear now. Moreover, he found that Huang Zhiting seemed to be more accepting of his harmless jokes, so he felt less scrupulous about speaking.
After listening to Huang Zhiting's words, Gao Pragmatic directly teased: "You are not afraid of someone suddenly popping up in the water."
Huang Zhiting's face suddenly turned red. If it weren't for the fact that there was already a group of wolf soldiers following her, she would have had a serious argument with Gao Pragmatic.
But at this moment, there is no choice but to say with itching teeth: "This is Siming Mansion! When I am playing in the sea, I will naturally send people to clear the place. How can anyone dare to seek death?"
Oh, that's true.
Gao pragmatic nodded and said with a smile: "I forgot that this is your family's territory."
"Hmph, it's good that you know. I remind you that even if you are not afraid of snakes and insects, I still have many ways to manipulate you. Don't make the mistake of yourself."
"How about pinching?" Gao pragmatically touched his chin, which had no beard at all: "I didn't expect that this girl has this skill. I prefer pinching my back. Look, girl..."
"Go to hell!" Huang Zhiting was ashamed and annoyed, and quietly glanced around. Fortunately, these wolf soldiers who she was used to leading were very eye-catching, and they looked at each other intently, seeming to turn a deaf ear to these words. Especially Huang Hu, who walked in front with a normal expression and showed no reaction at all except the corners of his eyebrows twitching twice.
Speaking of which, Huang Hu also worked hard along the way. After he and Master Cen Qi parted ways at that time, he had been trying every means to trace Huang Zhiting. After finding the clues, he hurriedly followed slowly. It was not until he caught up with Bazhai that he realized that his eldest lady and Mr. Zhang had gone to Siming Mansion.
Huang Hu was one of the generals of the Siming Mansion. He was not the strongest in terms of leading troops, but because his martial arts skills were the best in Guinan, he was often sent by Huang Chengzu to protect Huang Zhiting, so he was quite sure what route Huang Zhiting would choose. Sure enough, after chasing for three more days, they finally caught up with Huang Zhiting and Gao Jingshi in the Sien Mansion.
So he didn't say much, and naturally escorted the eldest lady and the two all the way south. For Huang Zhiting and Gao Pragmatic, Huang Hu's appearance also helped them solve a big trouble - they were penniless and lived on eating wild fruits for nearly ten days, and only had two meals in Luoyu Village. , I really feel like a bird is fading out of my mouth.
"Hahahaha..." Gao Pingshi laughed. It seemed that he didn't pay attention to this local princess at all. However, Huang Zhiting seemed to have no way to deal with him. Apart from snorting coldly, there was nothing more to say.
Huang Hu listened in front of his head and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart: Miss, aunt, you must not fall in love with this mad man. Although he has a reputation as a scholar, that thing is top-notch in the eyes of the Huang family. What's the matter? Even if the prefect gives him a quota, he may not be able to make up for the shortage in Guangxi. What use is this kind of person to the Huang family?
You are the apple of our magistrate's eye, and you will most likely be married to another big chieftain by then. It doesn't matter who your partner will be right now, but it's better than messing with this crazy person!
However, although Huang Hu thought so, he did not dare to mention it to Huang Zhiting. After all, the rule of the chieftain was completely different from that of the imperial court. The chieftain took life and death from the native people under his rule. The rules were very strict. The eldest lady loved it. Only the prefect can control who she deals with, and even her brothers have no say.
Although Huang Hu's surname is Huang, his family was not considered a chieftain a hundred years ago, and his bloodline is too far away, so how can he dare to talk too much?
While Gao Pangshi was chatting and making trouble with Huang Zhiting, the group had already arrived at the gate of Haiyuan City. In fact, although Haiyuan City is considered a big city in southern Guangxi, in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, its size and prosperity are no more than the same level as Xinzheng County. There is only one thing that far exceeds Xinzheng County, and that is city defense.
Haiyuan City is backed by the Mingjiang River, and its city walls are also quite tall and strong. Although they are not comparable to Datong City, which has a majestic and huge city defense, in Guangxi, it is probably not inferior to Liuzhou and second only to Guilin. This is already a huge project for Siming Mansion, which has no support from the imperial court and only relies on the financial resources of the government. It is unknown how much sweat the local people of Siming Mansion put into building it.
Huang Zhiting, the eldest chieftain lady, was not as unwilling to show her face as the ladies of the Central Plains. She just swaggered into the city under the guard of more than two hundred wolf soldiers.
What particularly stunned Gao Pingshi was the reaction of the local people after they saw the flag representing her identity. When they saw the flag from afar, they quickly ran to the roadside and knelt down, kowtowed their heads on the ground, and waited for the wolf soldiers to appear. After walking in front of him, he began to kowtow non-stop. He did not stop kowtowing until the shadow of the last wolf soldier in the team disappeared from in front of him. But even now he didn't dare to raise his head, let alone get up. He had to wait for a while before he dared to get up from the ground.
During the whole process, not a single native dared to raise his head and look at Huang Zhiting. Huang Zhiting, on the other hand, didn't even look at the native people kneeling on the ground. It was obvious that they had become accustomed to it.
Gao Pragmatic has only one feeling: Damn it, this rule is bigger than meeting the emperor!
Fortunately, although there were many people in Haiyuan City, it was not very big. It didn't take long for us to walk along the main street from the south gate to the prefect's Yamen in the north - which is the Huang Mansion.
