Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 614 Snake Shadow
During the Ming Dynasty, the development of Guangxi was relatively average. Even though Liuzhou Mansion was one of the three sharp knives that deterred the chieftains in western Guangxi, that did not mean that its development was so good.Maping County, where Liuzhou City is located, has the greatest advantage in terms of military, because from a military point of view, the location of this place is excellent, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Because the Liujiang River turned a sharp bend here, a finger-shaped columnar peninsula was formed. Maping County, the seat of Liuzhou Prefecture, is located on this peninsula surrounded by water on three sides.

The location where the peninsula connects to the "mainland" is only 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. Once something happens, you only need to guard the north side of the less than four miles away, and since the southeast, west and east sides are all surrounded by water, you only need to send people to divide them. A section inspection can ensure safety.

As for the capture of the city tower across the Liujiang River... Not to mention that the Yao people are not capable of that, even the chieftain of Western Guangxi can't do it.To put it bluntly, the Guangxi military may not have the technical qualifications, so the safety of Liuzhou Fucheng is guaranteed.

But this 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 coming of Bodhidharma from Tianzhu, or to commemorate Xi Tianzhen coming from Tianzhu.

However, there are a few children who sell herbs for a living near the Xilai Temple. They clearly believe in Buluotuo, but because of the word "Xilai", they love this place very much, except that they have to go out to collect herbs every ten and a half months. Besides medicine, they have been living here, and even bought a storefront as their herbal medicine shop.

The toasts and nobles of the children are popular in wearing Han clothes, while the ordinary children still wear their traditional clothes. The owners of this herbal medicine shop are such a pair of brothers.

It was getting late, Mo Si, the owner of the herbal shop in a hurry, came back from a distance.

He was wearing homespun clothes with blue cloth fronts, round neck and wide sleeves, buttons made of black cloth, and trousers of the same color with wide cuffs and bare feet.He carried a long pannier on his back, which contained some daily necessities bought from Han people.

His expression looked as honest as other children in the city, only occasionally when he looked around, his eyes showed a shrewdness that ordinary children did not have.

Mo Si approached his family's herbal medicine shop. His brother Mo Wu saw him, showed a simple and honest smile, and asked loudly, "Brother, have you bought the oil paper for the kite?"

The boy also spoke Chinese, and he spoke quite fluently. It seems that the boy and the Han people had enough exchanges. The boy who made a living in the places where the Han people gathered were almost exactly the same as the Han people except for their clothes.

Mo Si also replied loudly: "I have bought it. I bought several large sheets of oiled paper, but the one with paintings is too expensive, and I am reluctant to buy it. It's just a little oily yellow. I think it's quite good for kites. Well, as long as the craftsmanship is good, Ahua will definitely like the kite she makes."

The people nearby looked at their brothers and showed knowing smiles.

Mo Wu said loudly: "That's great, brother, come in quickly, let's discuss how to tie this kite!"

"Haha, you are just impatient, don't worry, I thought about it all the way just now, and I'll tell you!"

Saying that, the two brothers walked into the herbal medicine shop amidst the kind smiles of everyone around them.

Tong people, like Miao people, have their own set of herbal medicine knowledge. Although it is not as vast and complex as Han medicine (Chinese medicine), it also talks about yin and yang, acupuncture points, and meridians, and has its own set of unique bamboo pots and silver needles, which are quite unique. .

Children's understanding of herbal medicine is also very local. In addition to common common diseases, they are also particularly good at treating diseases such as miasma, gu, poison, and dampness. And their herbal medicine shop also provides some simple treatments. The effect is quite good, and the surrounding Han people are also very friendly to the brothers.

However, as soon as Mo Simo and Wu brothers walked into the herbal medicine shop, the simple and honest smiles on their faces disappeared, replaced by two very serious faces.

Mo Wu frowned and asked, "Fourth brother, a Han official came to the city, and he said he was the inspector. Do you know why he came?"

"Otherwise, what do you think I'm going to do, buy paper?" Then Mo Si put down his back basket, picked up a cup made of bamboo tube, drank a large glass of water Gululu, and then said again: "It is true that I came to Guangxi for a tour. Press, and it is said that this person has a great background, he seems to be the Wenqu star of their Han people, Jiang Xin and Ni Zhonghua respect him so much that he almost licks his toes."

Na Mo Wu was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed, showing a mocking look: "Vice Envoy Jiang is usually very arrogant. Last time the second master of the Luo family from that state came to Liuzhou. He was also ordered by Deputy Envoy Jiang on the spot to whip twenty lashes on each of the four bearers of the second master of the Luo family, and I heard that the second master Luo was so angry that his face turned green."

"Oh, so what, if it's the eldest master of the Luo family, Jiang Xin might save face, what's the use of the second master?" Mo Si waved his hand: "Let's not talk about these gossips, the news I just heard said, come on. The inspector master was very ostentatious, and he brought three hundred servants with bird guns... By the way, Ni Zhonghua went up to lead him the horse himself. He didn't even look at it. It's an honor to lead a horse."

"Three hundred bird gunners?" Mo Wu was a little nervous, and asked, "Is it the kind of bird guns that Guangzhou soldiers took not long ago?"

"I haven't checked it out yet... You know I can't take a closer look, but from a distance, I'm afraid it's really the kind of bird gun that won't explode. If it matches, it may be very difficult." Mo Sitan He took a breath.

A look of worry appeared on Mo Wu's face, and he frowned and said, "With such a high-ranking official, the affairs of Xincheng County will not change, right? Why did he come here?"

Mo Si sneered, and said: "The news that the Han people released at the beginning said that he was here to count the military achievements, that is, to count the heads of those Yao people."

"This seems to be what the police should do. Fourth brother, why are you laughing?" Mo Wu asked with some surprise.

"What I'm laughing at is that those Han officials thought they could fool us." Seeing Mo Wu's puzzled look, Mo Si explained with a smile: "The inspector brought those officials to his place. In the yamen, the servants he brought surrounded the yamen, and the guards also moved. Two 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 , was immediately driven away by the outermost guard soldiers."

Mo Wu was surprised: "Then the inspector is so afraid of death?"

"I'm afraid it's not because he's afraid of death, but because there's something important to discuss." Mo Sidao: "I guess it's about the ownership of Bazhai, and he must have a different idea from Governor Liu. Otherwise, what is he doing here? You can express your consent in Guilin."

Mo Wu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Have we finished talking now, should we contact... that person?"

"The conversation wasn't over when I came here, but they can't talk about going tonight, maybe it's over now." Mo Si said with a gloomy expression: "I must contact that person, if I don't ask about this matter, I will discuss it later. It’s not easy for the master to start.”

　In fact, today I have to go back to my usual place of residence from my hometown and drive more than 200 kilometers. I guess I don’t have time to code. Today, the four chapters are all over night to catch up on the manuscript. I set the release time to be 6:7 to [-]:[-]...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)