Daming Haikou

The coast was so dark that no light could be seen. After estimating the time, Yu Xiaotian roughly estimated that it was around ten o'clock in the evening, and it was already the second watch. In this era, ordinary people basically There is no entertainment at all, except for the dignitaries and rich people, the common people basically go to bed early, those with wives hug their wives to do bed exercises, and those without wives rely on their ten-finger sister to comfort themselves, so this is where At that time, people basically fell asleep.

Therefore, they were close to the shore, and they did not light lanterns, so no one could find them approaching the shore in such a dark night.

The shore is quiet, looking east from a distance, you can see the lights of Dinghai City scattered in the distance, but here is a bay sunken into the shore, don't look at the coast here and the city of Dinghai The straight-line distance is only about five miles, but if you go around by land, it will be at least ten miles away, which is why Yu Xiaotian dared to take people ashore here.

Even if there is something wrong here, after the warning, the defenders of Dinghai City dare to come out of the city to investigate here. The distance of ten miles is enough for them to walk for a while. When the officers and soldiers arrive here, they will probably have already boarded the ship offshore.

Everyone became nervous at this time. This time they didn't investigate here in advance, and they were going to do it directly. They didn't know the situation here at all. Including Yu Xiaotian, they felt that they didn't have a deep understanding, so everyone Keep your voice down as much as possible and don't dare to speak loudly.

Because they didn't know the depth of the water on the coast, they didn't dare to put the boat directly on the shore. Instead, when they were tens of meters away from the shore, they dropped the stone anchor and put down the small sampan carried by the boat. plate.

The black head led the men down to the sampan, rowed all the way, while exploring the water depth, rowed towards the shore, and finally dragged the cable and landed on the shore.

Under their guidance, the rest lifted the anchor again, slowly followed the waterway they protruded, and then carefully leaned against the shore.

Yu Xiaotian was very nervous during the docking process. It is easy to run aground even with lanterns and torches in unfamiliar waters late at night, but they have to dock the boat on the shore in complete darkness. This is undoubtedly a risk. As long as they are not careful, they may be stranded on the shore. Once they cannot return to the sea after dawn, they will be like fish thrown ashore. It is self-evident what will happen.

Fortunately, the water depth along the shore is enough for their boats to approach the shore, and the people on board know the tide conditions in this area. Before dawn, the tide here is low. Strand them here.

After a long while, they finally got off the boat and landed on the shore. Yu Xiaotian let Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi stay on the boat, and brought along Crazy Meng, Heitou, Liu Tong, Han Xian, and seven or eight other brave young men on board. After identifying the direction, he immediately moved towards the village not too far from the shore.

According to the location Li Guanshi told Yu Xiaotian, the place they chose to dock was near Dongping Village. After landing, it was easy to find Dongping Village.

Dongping Village was originally a small village. The village used to be built with earthen walls as fortifications to defend against pirates and Japanese pirates. Dare to come here to harass, so a big family in the village built a blacksmithing workshop outside the village. Unexpectedly, the business of this blacksmithing workshop was very prosperous, attracting many people from nearby to come here to buy ironware, so that later Dongping Village Gradually formed a blacksmith business circle, there are as many as seven or eight blacksmith shops, and gradually became a scale.

This time, the mobs arrested by Lianjiang County for looting grain stores were sent here to build the road from Dinghai City to Lianjiang County. These refugees gathered here with their families.

This also happened to be Yu Xiaotian's goal. Right now he doesn't have the ability to directly go to the shore to recruit people, so he can only rely on forcible kidnapping to meet his needs.

As for the return, when they arrived at Treasure Island, these refugees could only be at his mercy. He believed that with the food and drink, these people would follow him.

Yu Xiaotian led a dozen people towards Dongping Village with a deep foot and a shallow foot. Before walking too far, he saw Dongping Village under the night and the messy huts outside the village.

A narrow road passed through the outside of Dongping Village and stretched along the coast to the east and west sides. Yu Xiaotian raised his hand to stop the footsteps of the people behind him.

"You wait here! I'll take the black head there first to find out the truth!" Yu Xiaotian squatted down, and the rest of the people quickly gathered around, he lowered his voice and told everyone.

Crazy Meng nodded and said, "Helmsman, be more careful!"

"Don't worry! You all be careful, don't get out! I'll be back soon! If I don't come back before dawn, you all go back to the boat, return to the sea first, and come here tomorrow night to pick me up and Han Xian! "Yu Xiaotian didn't dare to speak out, and left a way out for himself. If they can't get things done tonight, at least they will stay behind, and they can leave tomorrow night at no later time.

Crazy Meng nodded and agreed after hearing this, and Yu Xiaotian didn't say anything more, he put on his black hair and ran towards the place where the refugees gathered outside Dongping Village.

The entire Dongping Village was dark and quiet, and the occasional chirping of insects broke the tranquility, but it didn't attract anyone's attention.

After Yu Xiaotian touched the outside of the village with blackheads, he saw through the moonlight that many shacks had been set up on a flat area outside the village. It seemed that refugees gathered here. Near the village, there were In several courtyards, you can still see some chimneys that are not too high. In this way, it can be basically concluded that there is a blacksmith's shop.

In addition, in the west of the village, they found a place with a lighted lantern, so Yu Xiaotian went to this black head and felt near the place with a lighted lantern, and squatted down to observe carefully.

It turned out that there was a circle surrounded by a wooden fence, which looked very much like a large cattle pen, with a gate left. Two people in soap and blue clothes were looking at the gate of the fence. It can be seen that these two people should be servants of the county government.

And inside the wooden fence, through the weak light of the lantern hanging on the fence door, you can vaguely see a lot of people lying in the grass shed with no walls on all sides. After counting, there are about 40 people. , presumably they were the unscrupulous people who were arrested by the county government for grabbing food.

Outside the fence, there are some wooden shovels and rakes, bamboo or rattan baskets, and a large stone roller. It can be seen at a glance that these things are all tools for road construction. It is concluded that this is where the unruly people are temporarily detained.

The exact number of guards in charge of guarding these thugs is unknown, but there are only two guards with iron rulers and single swords on their waists at the door, and one guard is still leaning against the gate railing and sleeping soundly, without any vigilance at all. Word.

Yu Xiaotian and Heitou observed carefully. On the north side of the fence, they found a relatively large and somewhat decent shack. It didn't look like a homeless person, so Yu Xiaotian let Heitou stay and touched the shack by himself. beside.

The inside of the shack was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly, but the sound of breathing and snoring could be heard from inside, Yu Xiaotian stretched his head and looked in from the window of the shack.

After getting used to the dark environment a bit, Yu Xiaotian could probably see a few bamboo beds in the shack, and vaguely saw people sleeping on three of the beds. Diao Min's servants were only these five people, a little less than he expected.

After clarifying the situation, Yu Xiaotian turned back and touched the blacksmith shop outside the village with his black head, and began to investigate the situation here. After touching each family, they finally locked their eyes on the one in the east. blacksmith shop.

This blacksmith's shop is very small. After Yu Xiaotian jumped over the wall and entered, he found that there were only three people in the small courtyard, who met their requirements, but there was one thing they didn't know very well, which was how skilled the blacksmiths were here, but now they asked It can't be too high, they can get a blacksmith, they are already content!

After a cup of tea, Yu Xiaotian and Heitou returned to the hiding place of Crazy Meng and the others, and briefly explained the situation to Crazy Meng and the others.

After listening to Crazy Meng, he stood up and wanted to do something, but Yu Xiaotian pulled him back and squatted down.

"Don't worry! Let's do two strikes at the same time today. I'll take people to the fence, and you and Blackhead will deal with the blacksmith. Remember! We're not here to kill people, especially when you're dealing with the blacksmith. Don't kill anyone! Frighten them, tie them up and take them away, if that doesn't work, let them go back to the boat! Remember Uncle Meng?" Yu Xiaotian explained to Madman Meng under his throat.

Crazy Meng scratched his head with a dry laugh and said, "Look at what the tiller said, I, Crazy Meng, is not someone who likes to kill people at every turn! I understand why, we want people to die! Don't worry! !"

Yu Xiaotian then simply assigned work to the rest of the people, and seeing that it was getting late, he nodded and said: "I remember everything clearly! Unless it is absolutely necessary, don't hurt people lightly! Unless someone wants to harm you, Otherwise, try to control as many people as possible and bring them onto the boat! Get the rope ready, let's do it!"

Crazy Meng didn't say a word, he ordered two young men and followed the black head towards the blacksmith's shop, and the remaining seven followed Yu Xiaotian, got up and trotted towards the fence under the cover of night.

(The second update is coming, brothers who have red tickets, let's join the show!)