Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The night was dark, and Haishenwai, who had been busy the whole day, finally fell asleep. There were still ships docked at the pier waiting to unload the cargo, but at the moment, there were no more porters willing to work overtime. They dragged their tired bodies back to their temporary residence, allowing the captain to raise the money without turning back.

There were too many factors restricting the development of the Far East economy, and the scarcity of people was the most serious problem. This was basically a common disease in the cold zone. The climate determined the fertility rate of humans, and the density of the population directly determined the degree of development of the region.

There were plenty of jobs in the Haishenwai, and their income was not low either. But the number of people who worked was really too little, so all sorts of businesses were in a state of hunger and thirst. Adding to that, the men outside the pass loved to drink alcohol and spend as much money as they wanted, this might have something to do with their previous life hunting.

There was plenty of work, so it was easy to earn money. Plus, he was born without a sense of crisis … This gave all the employees a headache. These people would immediately go and play after earning enough money for a day's worth of food and drinks. Not many people were willing to work overtime.

Furthermore, the post-war economy was in a state of chaos. The first push of the aquaculture industry was definitely the development of Infrastructure s. Construction of roads, construction of houses, logging, mining, and expansion of piers all required manpower to complete.

The large market demand had directly caused the shortage of manpower. The Haishenwai's manpower expenditure had already reached twice that of Na Ba's, but it was still not enough.

The anxiously waiting captains on the docks waited with great difficulty until their ships were close to the docks, but by now, the pocket watch was pointing to the time it was ten o'clock in the morning. At this time, none of the tired loading and unloading crew members were willing to work overtime, and even if the loading fees were increased by thirty percent, they would still shake their heads.

The few workers had their arms around each other's shoulders as they went out for supper and went back to sleep, ignoring the Captain's pleas from behind.

"Come, let's go to Sanniang's house to eat pickled vegetables and stew … Today's harvest was pretty good. Drink half a catty? "

"Half a kilogram is not enough. At least one kilogram should be enough to walk. Hurry, hurry up …" The Sanniang's home had a lot of people at night, and if they finished, they would have no seats at all. That slut with a pair of big tits was really gluttonous … "Pei, she earned the money already, hahaha …"

The man laughed lewdly as he carried the Ryukyu Dragon-striated Silver Coin and the paper money. He was very happy, but in order to obtain a place, they had to turn a corner and go through a warehouse on the east coast.

This person had to be generous with his words, especially in the middle of the night. He had to speak less cynical or wicked words, or else he would be too easily provoked.

Perhaps their lecherous voices had angered some ghost or demon. Just as they entered the darkest part of the warehouse area, a chill suddenly forced its way through their bodies. The four porters immediately felt their hairs standing on end, and this feeling rushed all the way to their heads.

Bang... Bang... Bang... A dull sound suddenly rang out. It sounded like a gong being struck, but it was also like the sound of a giant being walking. Unsurprisingly, the sound came from underground, which made the four people certain that it was coming.

No one could describe the terrifying atmosphere at that time. It was impossible to see one's hand in front of them, and they could only rely on the blurry starlight to distinguish their surroundings. Suddenly, a terrifying sound came from the quiet night.

"What …" What the hell! "Is there a ghost …"

"Motherf * cker, hurry up and spit!" "You can't say that word at night …" Someone beside him blocked the mouth of the big tongue.

"Hand in hand, hand in hand, walk …" There are already families not far ahead. From now on, we won't be walking on this road anymore! "

At that moment, the four of them recalled the bizarre legends in Haishenwai. Paleogene was extremely confident in the gods, and everyone believed in ghosts and gods.

The corpses of the Haishenwai were everywhere, especially during the street fights inside the city. Batches upon batches of the old setae died, and after the war, the corpses were all pulled around by carriages. There were also several tens of thousands of pits for corpses to be buried outside the city.

If there were too many dead people, there would definitely be ghosts. During this period of time, there had been rumors among the citizens of Haishenwai about ghosts hitting walls, ghosts crying in the middle of the night, and even some strange noises.

Many of the people in the uninhabited areas only dared to pass the day and walk away at night. For example, in the warehouse area near the coast to the east of the city, there were a lot of weapons belonging to the volunteers and there were no residents around. At night, it was extremely desolate, and if it wasn't for the four of them anxiously seizing the spot, they wouldn't have taken the shortcut if they didn't want to.

Now that there was no medicine for regret, they just walked out around two bends after walking for a hundred meters. It would be a waste of time to walk back, so the four men held hands and ran forward as they screamed.

Just at this moment, several green lights sprang out from the roadside, like fireflies emitting green light. At that time, they were so frightened that they shouted, "Ghost fire!" "Run …"

They did not even know how they came to this distance of over a hundred meters. It seemed like an illusion, but it also seemed like they were seeing with their own eyes how many ghosts and ghosts with green lanterns were running around them, their blood-red tongues dragging long.

There were even cries for help from the surroundings. It was as if these wild ghosts had caught up to someone, and they were experiencing some sort of disaster. What was even more terrifying was the monotonous clanging of the ground, which continued endlessly.

Maybe it was because the four men had strong firepower, or perhaps it was because they ran fast, but when they arrived at the small restaurant in Sanniang's shack, the four of them were shocked to find that they had already charged out of the darkness.

Familiar faces in the shack watched them with lanterns. "Ouch, what did you run into?"

"Yes, yes, yes …" There was a ghost! "We really saw it …" The four of them rushed into the shack in fright, scaring the people around them away.

Just when people were asking what had happened, the coquettish Sanniang also ran in in in fright, "I'm so scared, go out and run some water, I heard a ghost scream, I'm so scared, my pants are wet …"

Everyone looked down, and sure enough, the corners of Sanniang's cotton pants were drenched, and then they saw that Third Mother's belt was not fastened properly, revealing a white cotton pants.

But it was really strange. Why did he go out to let the water flow? His jacket had even opened up, so how did he pee? Do I have to take off my clothes and reveal my breasts?

"Sanniang! Did a pervert do it? " The crowd immediately burst into laughter.

"Pah pah pah …" How unlucky! Your mother was the one who was given the cold shoulder! Hurry up and drink your yellow soup. "I really can't head to the warehouse area anymore in the middle of the night. It's so scary, there's so many ghosts …"

The ghost story was scary, but it was a great entertainment for the people of that era. They did not have any movies or TV shows to watch, so they were not even as good as the modern man who had computers or phones to play on.

Boring time was actually passed using all kinds of strange stories. What happened tonight only needed a few more days of fermenting before it would become one of the ghost stories of the Haishenwai.

However, no one expected that the soldiers of the patrol squad would come to them early the next morning and pull all these drunkards up.

"Stand still, the handsome tiger crashed to the ground in the warehouse district last night!" If any of you have any leads, quickly provide them! "

"Aiya, us!" "There's really something wrong!"

With a bang, the copper basin in Sanniang's hands fell to the ground, while the four stowaways' faces turned yellow from fright.