marquis of jingan

Chapter 404 Japanese pirates are rampant
Taizhou Fufu governs Linhai County, which is a thousand miles away from Jiankang.

Shen Yi and his party went there in a carriage, and their traveling speed was much slower than riding a horse. They only walked about a hundred miles a day. By the time the group arrived at the gate of Linhai County, Taizhou Prefecture, it was already nine days later in the morning.

At this moment, there were only four people left in the original team of nearly 50 people. Most of them entered Linhai County and other counties in Taizhou Prefecture in batches, and some people were sent to farther places, such as Guangzhou House.

The remaining four people are Shen Yi and Li Mu, and two generals of Prince Jin's family who are close to protecting them.

The four of them were all in plain clothes and did not reveal their identities. They were already very tired from the journey, and after entering the city, they found an inn in the county town to rest.

After washing up and taking a nap, in the evening, the two of them recovered enough energy, ordered a table of wine and food in the inn, and talked about things while eating.

At this moment, the two family generals are guarding the door, and basically no one will listen to the conversation between the two of them.

His Royal Highness offered Shen Yi a cup at this moment, and after drinking it with his head up, he shook his head and said, "This Wu language is really difficult to understand. After entering the city, there are few words that I can understand."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "Tomorrow, I will find a local guide for my brother, so that communication will be smooth."

The two did not reveal their identities, so they were called brothers along the way.

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled dumbly: "I almost forgot, Ziheng, you are a half-landlord."

The Dibao Department of Taizhou Mansion has been set up more than two months ago. The person in charge here is Zheng Hu, the leader of the fourth group of the Intelligence Department of the Dibao Division.

In more than two months, Di Baosi has accumulated some influence in Taizhou Mansion, and besides, there is still no problem in finding a few locals.

"Where am I a landlord?"

Shen Yi smiled and said: "This place is thousands of miles away from Jiankang, the local forces are deeply intertwined, and it is difficult for external forces to infiltrate in a short time. Originally, I thought that I would go into the city and take a look. Brother, you wait and see outside. I never thought my brother would come in with me."

"If people find out about this, we brothers may not be able to leave this state capital."

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Brother Wei is here, I will definitely keep you safe."

Seeing his confident appearance, Shen Yi was also slightly relieved.

No matter what, with His Royal Highness here, there is no big problem with his own safety.

After the two had a few sips of wine, Li Mu looked at Shen Yi and said, "Speaking of which, Ziheng hasn't told me yet, why should we be the first to arrive at Taizhou Mansion?"

Li Mu was a little curious: "Because there are big fish in Taizhou Prefecture?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly.He opened his mouth and said: "Brother, among the prefectures along the coast, the Dibao Division has obtained many actual evidences of local big families' communication with Japanese pirates, but only this Taizhou Prefecture, which is seriously plagued by Japanese pirates, has Japanese pirates invading every year, but the Dibao The company has been active here for more than two months, but there is no real evidence at all."

"When dealing with big families in these places, the most important thing is not to overwhelm others, so start from the most difficult places."

Li Mu stretched out his hand to pour a glass of wine for Shen Yi, and asked with a smile, "Then how should I get it?"

"I do not know."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Because I don't have any clues, I have to come to this state capital first."

With that said, Shen Yi took out two white papers full of words from his sleeves, put them in front of Li Mu, and said, "Brother, please take a look, this is the information of Yuan Yuan, the prefect of Taizhou, and Deng Quan, the prefect of Linhai County. It's detailed, it was delivered by the people from the Dibao Division at noon today."

Li Mu took it and took a look, then thoughtfully: "This magistrate has been in office for two years, and the other magistrate has only been in office for less than a year. These two people..."

"Will there be any connection with the local family?"

Hearing Li Mu's question, Shen Yi shook his head slightly.

This son of King Jin does not mean that he is not capable, nor that he is not smart enough. He was born in Jiankang and grew up in Jiankang. He does not understand the survival logic of local officials and gentry, nor does he understand what officials at the bottom look like .

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "Brother, don't say one year, two or three days after the new official arrives, the big clans in these places will compete for banquets and make friends. If you are determined to go against the local gentry families, I'm afraid In two or three months, I will pack up and leave."

Li Mu frowned: "That's all for the county magistrate, is it the same for the magistrate?"

"all the same."

Shen Yi said helplessly: "Since ancient times, the imperial power has not gone to the countryside. Whoever wants to be a stable official can't do without the people in these places. Local officialdom, there are only four words."

"Compromise with each other."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Li Mu was startled for a moment, and then smiled dumbly: "Ziheng, you are not only useful in places, but also in Jiankang. They are just objects of mutual compromise. It's just different."

The two of them exchanged cups and drank until late at night. The next day it was bright, and the two got up from the bed. At this time, a young man named Yang Wu was already waiting at the door of the inn.

This man spoke well with the locals of Taizhou Prefecture, and the official words were good, and he was recruited by the Di Baodi to guide Shen Yi and the two of them.

With a guide who can speak official language, communication is much easier. Two people and two family generals, a total of five people walked together in Linhai County.

Linhai County is close to the sea, so there are naturally many seafood sellers. There are many seafood that Jiankang can't see or eat, which opened the eyes of two people who have never been to the sea. Seeing that two people were interested, Wu asked the price for them in local dialect.

After asking the price, Yang Wu frowned slightly. He turned his head and bowed his head to the two of them, and said in Mandarin: "You two, the Japanese pirates have become more and more rampant in recent years. There was a lot of looting, so many fishermen moved away from the seaside, and now the price of these seafood is [-] to [-]% higher than before..."

Di Baosi told Yang Wu that Shen Yi and the other two came to Taizhou to play in the capital, so he called them sons.

Shen Yi smiled and said, "You have been here for so many years, did you only know about the price increase today?"

Yang Wu said with some embarrassment: "Young master, the villain's family is not very good. Although these seafood are not expensive, they are not often bought on weekdays..."

"Well."

Shen Yi nodded and continued: "Okay, you lead the way to the best restaurant in Linhai."

"I treat you to a good meal today."

Yang Wu swallowed his saliva, and said: "Yes, the two young masters, please come with the villain..."

He walked in front and walked quickly all the way, leading Shen Yi and the two to the largest restaurant in Linhai County, and then took the two of them up to the second floor, carefully helping them order food.

After ordering, Shen Yi glanced at him and asked with a smile: "Our brothers have just arrived in Linhai and are going to do some business in Linhai. After we finish eating, please ask my brother to take us to places like the wharf and the port. .”

"See if we can ship some goods from Linhai back to Jiankang for sale."

"Unlucky."

Yang Wu waved his hand and sighed: "The Japanese pirates are so rampant now that merchant ships dare not go to sea. Only a few big families dare to ship goods to the sea if they can afford escorts. No one else dares to do business at sea. ..."

Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask which big families it was, when Shen Yi tugged at his sleeve and said with a smile: "In that case, let's talk about it after dinner..."

(End of this chapter)