After the previous dynasty entered the customs, the status of Dongzhu produced in the "Longxing Land" increased with the royal family, and gradually overshadowed the Lingnan Pearl.
Everyone knows that the color of Dongzhu is like light gold, which is luxurious and luxurious!
In order to monopolize this luxurious pearl, the royal family successively issued bans, prohibiting people from fishing for pearls outside the customs, and non-royal clan ministers were not allowed to wear dongzhu.
As this paper ban continues, dongzhu has become a private jewelry exclusively for the royal family, princes, and nobles, making the value of dongzhu become rich and glorious, and covered with more valuable and noble colors.
At the same time, after ruling China, in order to meet the needs of imperial prestige, the previous dynasty began to set up Wula Yamen outside the customs, specializing in collecting eastern pearls. Along with sables, catfish, ginseng, honey, and pine nuts, they were continuously sent to the capital as tribute.
Since ancient times, officials have been valued and the people have followed them.
Once an honorable thing is known to the people, it often attracts people who follow it and follow it like a flock of birds.
Although the previous dynasty strictly censored and severely punished the poaching of Dongzhu, once this beautiful orb was obtained, a lot was gained.
As a result, the people became more frustrated and braver, and poaching of Dongzhu occurred one after another.
When Yu Bo was young, he was a pearl diver in poaching villages. He went to Mujiang to fish for pearls for these poachers.
Pearl fishing in government offices mostly takes place during spring and autumn when the water is warm, and Zhuxuan boats are loaded with pearl divers along the river to collect the fish.
At its most beautiful, the river is vast, with thousands of ships and flags flying, which is very spectacular.
Illegal mining among the people can only be carried out secretly and late at night.
In the deep winter and cold spring, the government officials are reluctant to go into the water, and the patrol guards are the most lax.
At this time, the bead thieves would cut through the ice, drill into the biting river water, and use wax-sealed kerosene lamps to search for clams in the water.
In the middle of winter, it would be unbearable to hide at home without burning the kang, not to mention the cold river water. If the pearl fishermen are not careful, they will freeze and drown in the river water, and die on the spot.
The Pearl Stealing Village naturally knows this!
The pearl divers they drove were mostly runaway slaves who did not dare to return to their place of origin. If they had family members, they would coerce their families while fishing for pearls. If they dared to escape or were lazy in fishing for pearls, their family members would be thrown into the river.
In this way, pearl collectors may be afraid of returning home, or they may need to protect their families, so they often let the pirates take advantage of them without daring to resist.
The father of the fish uncle was a pearl diver. After the old man died, the young fish uncle took over his father's work, and the son followed his father's business.
Fire and water are merciless, and the river is cold.
Once this kind of illegal harvesting is discovered by the government, the day lilies will be peeled off and their heads will be shown to the public.
Yu Bo's mother knew this very well. In order to save her son from the sea of misery, she deliberately angered the village of pearl thieves when Yu Bo was fishing for pearls, jumped into the river and drowned in front of Yu Bo's eyes.
When a loved one dies in front of oneself, everyone wants to risk their lives.
But Yu Bo also knew that the Pearl Stealing Village was extremely vicious and crowded, so he had no choice but to endanger his own life.
Fortunately, most of the bead-stealing team don't go into the water. They are not as familiar with water as Yu Bo.
Since his relatives were all dead, Yu Bo was no longer under their intimidation, so he took his mother's body down the river and escaped from the tiger's mouth.
In the cold winter, many villages near the river would cut ice on the river to get water. When Yu Bo was about to freeze to death, he finally found the ice cut and luckily saved his life.
The place where Yu Bo came ashore was Huangwei Village near Changbai Mountain. He lied that he and his mother accidentally fell into the river while digging ice to collect water. Now his mother had drowned, and he was left with good water ability and was not drowned.
When the people of Huangwei Village saw that he was indeed dragging the body of a middle-aged woman, they believed his words. They immediately took him into the village and fed him old wild ginseng for half a month to regain his energy.
After all, Yu Bo had been frostbitten in the river for several hours, and had another cut on his face. When the ulcers and swelling healed, they were left with ugly pits and bruises, and even the skin on his body was soaked to the point of being unable to recover.
As he gets older, his skin droops even more horribly, turning him into a strange old man with a face full of pits.
Not to mention the children crying when they saw it, even the adults were shocked.
When he was young, in order to repay his kindness, he guarded the temple and ancestral hall of Huangwei Village all the year round. When he got old, he realized that he was ugly and ugly, and he thought about saying goodbye to the village.
He has been taking care of the temples and ancestral halls for Huangwei Village for twenty or thirty years. He has long been a member of Huangwei Village. When the villagers heard that he was leaving, they were naturally reluctant.
It happened that the previous temple chief of Longmen Peak Jiaolong Temple was old, so he volunteered to go up the mountain and become the new temple chief.
After the former dynasty disappeared, he successively visited the Jiaolong Temple for these Huangwei villages for more than ten years. Most of the young people in Huangwei Village also knew him.
Respectfully, I call him Uncle Yu, and jokingly, he won’t be angry even if I call him Old Fish.
After Geda finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but sigh. Mr. Cat's eye sockets were red and he said angrily:
"Brother Yu's life experience is really more miserable than mine. God damn the old dynasty, which cost so many lives of poor people."
"Isn't it the same in the Republic of China today? It should be borne by the common people. No one can escape. Let's just eat more, drink more and be happy."
Yue Guanchao recalled Yu Bo's experience, which was very similar to his own. The old man's incident also reminded him that he could no longer feed the tiger with his body. He must get rid of the Tang family as soon as possible and regain his freedom.
"Hey, where did the second artillery go?"
Song Siyuan looked behind her. Yue Erpao was skewering meat behind him, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Yue Guanchao looked at the half-bitten meat skewers, and then turned his attention to the side hall. The side door of the side hall opened, and he saw his brother wandering towards the old well in the flower bed from a distance.
"What a bastard!"
Yue Guanchao pushed open the door of the hall and walked forward quickly. Yue Erpao seemed to be hysterical, dangling at the mouth of the well and drilling down.
