Chapter 54 Yazhou City (1)
When Luo Shengdong came out of the White Tiger Hall, he felt relaxed. It seemed that his life's bad luck had probably ended. Everything he had done these days was going smoothly, and his condition couldn't be better. This return not only successfully concealed the fact that he was defeated and captured in Yulin, but also made great achievements by using it, and found a very reasonable excuse for losing the ship and his men. Not only did he please his boss He Wenhui, which gave him a chance to be promoted to the general manager, but it also paved the way for the Haihan people to appear in Yazhou with reasonable and legal identities. This was the best of both worlds, even if Luo Shengdong himself did not know it beforehand. Never thought of that. Thinking about it now, it seems that the more than twenty days of hard labor in the past are not so sad anymore.
"I'm so smart!" Luo Shengdong expressed his sincere appreciation for his adaptability.
When Luo Shengdong led five soldiers to the school grounds, he saw Wei Sanzhu kidnapping the two deserters and preparing to behead them outside the camp gate. When the two people saw Luo Shengdong, they couldn't help shouting for mercy. If what happened during this period of time had not happened, Luo Shengdong might have felt sympathy and asked for mercy for the two deserters, but now it is difficult to get off the tiger, it is either you or me. Even if Wei Sanzhu does not take action, Luo Shengdong will I will never let these two live. Of course, when things have evolved to this point, even if no one takes action, He Wenhui will not let these two people live anymore - it is a great achievement to get this thing done, how can they be allowed to continue talking nonsense?
Luo Shengdong stopped, pointed at the two people and said, "You have all seen clearly, this is the result of talking nonsense!" The five close soldiers around him all understood that Luo Shengdong's words were meant to scare them. They all said they didn't dare.
The military judge led two executioners to the two kneeling men and read out their charges loudly: "The fourth part of the military law is to complain too much, make the general angry, disobey the restraints, and be difficult to control. This is called fighting the army. The culprit is to be beheaded! The 8th rule of the military law is to use a sharp tongue to instigate right and wrong, so as to cause disharmony among the soldiers. This is called slandering the army, and the culprit is to be beheaded! Faking death due to injury, this is called cheating the army, and the offender will be punished for several crimes, and the sentence will be executed immediately! ”
A soldier next to them came up and untied the buns on the two men's heads, and then pulled their hair to put their heads on the big wooden guillotine in front of them, preventing them from continuing to struggle, and at the same time exposing their necks for the executioner to strike.
The two executioners stepped forward and briefly marked the position of the neck with their knives, then raised their ghost-headed knives and slashed down. Two pillars of blood rushed the head away. Luo Shengdong let out a sigh of relief. Once these two deserters who knew the inside story were dead, at least no one would threaten his safety in a short period of time.
In addition to dealing with these two deserters, Luo Shengdong also did not forget to report the merits of the fifteen unlucky ghosts who died under his command, so that their families could get some pensions. As for the more than 30 people who were still in the labor camp of the Crossing Army, Luo Shengdong could only wait until he had the opportunity to arrange the transfer of hard labor, and then proposed to the Crossing Army to exchange for those people with several times the number of hard laborers. With the previous examples of successful cooperation, Luo Shengdong believes that when the time comes to propose a replacement plan, he will not encounter too many obstacles.
That night, Luo Shengdong got drunk with a group of familiar sergeants to celebrate his escape. Early the next morning, Luo Shengdong took a few men to the pier to drive a sentinel boat and quietly sailed out of Yazhou Water Village. Before he escaped and came back this time, Luo Shengdong had guaranteed to Tao Donglai that he would definitely try to bring everyone through Yazhou City. Yesterday, Luo Shengdong had obtained permission from He Wenhui and arranged for the Haihan envoys from across the sea to visit Yazhou City to see the majesty of our country tomorrow.
Of course, Luo Shengdong would not trust anyone else to do the reception work. He had seen and experienced the consequences of offending these Haihan people with his own eyes. Moreover, Luo Shengdong vaguely felt that the benefits he could get from the Haihan people were far more than what was in front of him. These Haihan people had such momentum when they first arrived, and Luo Shengdong silently felt a sense of anticipation as to what kind of help they could give him over time.
The action team set up camp on a seaside sandbank outside Nanshan Town last night. This place is less than ten miles south of Yazhou. The population density is also higher than the several places the action team visited yesterday. There are people living not far from the sea. However, Luo Shengdong had warned them yesterday, so the action team did not hastily contact the locals to avoid causing trouble and attracting people from the Inspection Department.
As soon as the sentinel boat Luo Shengdong was riding out of the mouth of the Ningyuan River, Wang Tom, who was on duty, spotted him through the telescope: "A small boat came from the north... Luo Shengdong was on the boat."
Yan Chujie, who was helping others distribute breakfast, put down what he was doing after hearing this, walked to Tom Wang and picked up the binoculars to look around for a while, nodded and said: "Since he can come out of the water village today, it means that It should have passed.”
Sure enough, Luo Shengdong had a proud look on his face when he boarded the "Speed": "I've seen you all! After I returned to the water village yesterday, I acted according to the pre-decided plan. In addition, with the evidence of those head weapons, no one had any idea about it. Doubt it. At this time, the battle report of General He from Shuizhai is on his way to Qiongzhou Fucheng, and he will probably be awarded a reward in a few days."
"Has our identity issue been resolved?" Yan Chujie was not very concerned about Luo Shengdong's personal future. He was eager to know whether Luo Shengdong could, as they requested in advance, win a reasonable and legal place for the time travellers. Conditions for entering Yazhou City. "I will naturally do my best to fulfill the promise I made to Chief Tao. Don't worry, everyone, Yazhou Water Village has recognized your identity. Today, I will accompany you to Yazhou City for a stroll." Luo Although Shengdong sounded humble, he still exuded a feeling of pride that could not be concealed.
Yazhou City is located about five miles east of Yazhou Water Village and is located in the upper reaches of the Ningyuan River. However, the appearance of the "Speed" is too eye-catching, so the action team does not intend to sail upstream from the Ningyuan River. In addition, Yazhou Water Village is at the mouth of the Ningyuan River. If there is an unexpected situation, the "Speed" will easily be blocked in the upper reaches of the river and cannot get out. From a safety perspective, it is safer to go to Yazhou by land.
Yan Chujie left the foreigner Morgan and several members of the military and police department on the ship to guard the ship. Although the female reporter Luo Wudan objected, she was eventually kept because everyone on the same trip thought that taking such a girl to the cliff was Yazhou is indeed a bit risky, and no one can guarantee whether Luo Wudan, who has a wild nature, will cause any trouble in Yazhou City. Considering that the firearms of the people in the Military and Police Department were too eye-catching, they all packed up their canvas guns before setting off so that they would not have any trouble carrying them on their backs.
Now that the action team decided to take the land route, Luo Shengdong was happy. He left one person to watch the ship, abandoned the ship and landed with several other men, and walked to Yazhou with the action team. Fortunately, Yazhou is only a few miles away, and it only takes more than an hour to walk there slowly.
This group of people included water village officers and soldiers, as well as overseas people in strange clothes. They attracted a lot of onlookers along the way. On the way, he also met people from the Nanshan Inspection Department. Luo Shengdong took this opportunity to convey the origin of the Haihan people and the intentions of General He in Shuizhai, so that they could openly operate in these places in the future.
Before the Song Dynasty, Yazhou was just an earthen city. During the Southern Song Dynasty from the end of the 12th century to the beginning of the 13th century, Yazhou began to be gradually transformed into a masonry city wall. By this time, after four hundred years of reconstruction and expansion, it had become the largest city in Hainan Island. a fortified city.
Yazhou City is adjacent to the Ningyuan River in the north and has three gates: east, west and south. The action team traveled from south to north, and the city gate they arrived at was the only south gate civilized gate that has been completely preserved to later generations. The city wall of Yazhou City is more than two feet high. There is a Qiao Tower built on the ocher red arched city gate with a plaque "Civilized Tower" on it. The crenellations on the city wall are clearly defined, and there are soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall. There are also sentries standing on both sides of the city gate to check the people entering the city.
With the presence of Luo Shengdong, a senior leader, the action team did not encounter any trouble when they entered the city. Although the Shuizhai border troops and the guards stationed in Yazhou City were under different jurisdictions, Luo Shengdong was a hundred-year-old general, and he had the warrant from Shuizhai Commander He. Naturally, no one dared to stop this team. The soldiers on duty at the city gate couldn't help but look at them a few more times.
As soon as they entered the city gate, someone discovered something remarkable. They pointed at the building behind the stone archway and said, "Look, this is the Confucius Temple!" Immediately, someone took out their camera and took pictures there. got up.
Luo Shengdong heard this and thought to himself, these Haihan people are indeed considered cultural people. They noticed the Confucius Temple before seeing anything when they entered the city. It seems that Confucius is powerful enough. Luo Shengdong was very familiar with the things inside and outside Yazhou City, and he immediately switched to tour guide mode: "Everyone, this is the Yacheng Academy. It was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It contains statues of Confucius and the Four Pairs. Ten If you are interested in the tablets of the two philosophers, you can go in and pay homage.”
Luo Shengdong thought that the surprise of this group of people was due to their respect for Confucius, but he did not know that these people had a purely tourist mentality and just regarded this place as a cultural landscape. As for entering to pay homage to the sages, these people are even less interested. To put it more seriously, few in the action team even know who Luo Shengdong's "four partners and twelve wise men" refer to.
Among the members of the action team, the military and police department were concerned about the defense situation in Yazhou, and each was making a military plan to attack Yazhou with arms in his mind. People in the industrial and agricultural sectors figured out what they could buy and what they could sell in this place. Schneider, the big profiteer, wanted to quickly visit the shops in the city. Making money was what interested him most. The remaining father and son who led the way, Yu Dashan and Yu Xiaobao, were not literate at all, let alone any admiration for the "Confucius Temple". Only Fu Li, a Li man who didn't know what was going on, got excited when he saw the crowd shouting and yelling. If Yu Xiaobao hadn't caught him quickly with his quick hands and eyes, this kid who was coming to Yazhou City for the first time would probably have been alone. Went in for a walk.
(End of chapter)