Chapter 118: Three Pure Views

The people on the boat and the ferry all focused their attention here, and the girl really jumped down...

Such a sudden action shocked everyone. The girl jumped into the water and became panicked. She was about to open her mouth and shouted for help, but she drank a few sips of water. It seemed that she didn't have any water quality at all, so she just calmed down.

"What's the stupid thing about him? Come down and save people!"

Li Meng, who reacted, shouted at the people on the boat, and immediately five or six people jumped down, and some people stretched out with bamboo poles, waiting for people to catch them.

The reaction here was quite quick. The girl was quickly caught and threw it on the deck. However, the little hat she was wearing fell off when it came out of the water. Her black hair, like a waterfall, slid down, and was extremely conspicuous on the river surface. The girl's face was pale, but she still felt it.

Fortunately, the weather was cold and the clothes were thicker, so even if they were soaked, it would not be embarrassing. Even so, after the boatmen rescued the people, they still rushed to dodge and turn around.

Li Meng casually untied his robe and draped it on the girl, scratched his head and stared at the girl and said:

"At a young age, you don't have such ruthlessness, and you're not afraid of drowning."

The girl coughed dryly for a while and vomited some river water. She said with a little weak but firmness:

"I won't go back. If you send me back again, I will still jump."

This is a bit of a modern so-called non-mainstream bastard. Li Meng really doesn't know how to deal with it. Since the other party expressed his meaning so firmly, he opened his mouth to eat and could afford it himself. He asked with a wry smile:

"You really don't want to go back? What should your parents and family do? Wouldn't they be anxious?"

The girl didn't answer, but just shook her head firmly there. Li Meng nodded, stood up, and said aloud:

"Drive the boat and go home!!"

Everyone on each ship heard this sentence, whether it was a salt steward or a boatman, they all agreed. Yes, they left for too long and were going home.

Although there are not many people on the ferry side, the noise of someone jumping into the river is too big. Many people have watched it, let alone when they were fished out of the river, the long black hair. Although men have long hair these days, they have long hair tied up. If something is tied, the water will never be dispersed. This should be a girl.

Many people laughed and passed by, but there were also a few people who were very surprised. For example, a few minor officials who charge the docking fees at the ferry entrance. They are the hardest-working people. They have to get up early and go to bed late every day to guard the ferry entrance, otherwise they will not receive any money.

There were not many boats in the morning, and a few people and cats were sheltering from the wind in the house, waiting for their companions outside to buy food back. One person pushed the door open and said with a smile:

"Just now there was a lively place on the dock. A girl was put down in a small boat. It seemed that she was about to go ashore. Unexpectedly, the girl jumped off the boat. After all this, she had to catch the girl back with all her skills."

"Old Feng, you must be a feast for the eyes, it's good-looking!"

"What's so good-looking? It's far away and the clothes are thick. If it weren't for that hair, wouldn't you know it was a man or a woman."

Several minor officials laughed for a while and took the food one after another. Suddenly someone shouted, and everyone around him glared at him and complained:

"What are you shouting? This cake almost fell off."

"Do you remember the thing that someone from the city asked about more than a month ago?"

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Soon, the people at the ferry were surprised to see several gangs who were usually guarding the ferry, running towards Kaifeng City in desperate attempts, with excitement on their faces.

There are not only Taoist temples on Laoshan near Jimo County, but also bandits, or bandits raised by Taoist priests. The Ming Emperor admired many Taoist priests, and the status of Taoist temples naturally rose with the flow. The hosts of several Daguans all had a large number of fields and manors at the foot of the mountain and Jimo County.

When Kong Youde in Dengzhou was in trouble, these local tyrants, named Taoist priests, began to gather refugees and remnants, or encircle them on their own land to be serfs, or develop private armed forces.

Jimo County and Aoshanwei were both destructive and disgraceful. Who dared to care about them? These Taoists naturally started the work that local tyrants should do near this place, bullying men and women, occupying the land, and becoming more arrogant. After passing through the Kong Youde Rebellion in Dengzhou, they were originally outlaws and many people settled down. They all came to join these powerful people, making the power of these Taoists even greater and less powerful.

If there is no king's method, there is no salt method, then it will touch the taboo. What does greed mean? These Taoists are looking at the salt and are ready to cook salt on the sea by the sea.

When selling salt dealers selling private salt in Jimo County, they naturally accepted the salt with a smile on their faces. How could local powerful salt dealers like Taoist temples be offended?

So ten days later, the largest Sanqing Temple on Laoshan was blocked by someone. Although Laoshan is a blessing in the Taoist world, what does it mean on the mountain? It is usually a small temple to deal with it. The headquarters is located near the county town and the fertile land.

It is no different from the homes of those landlords and big houses. They are all high-walled courtyards and buildings.

"Sir, please make an idea. If you surround yourself with me, you will be starved to death."

"Statistics Master, I'll lead people out to do his job. At least we have been the general manager. These men are all Liao and Shandong soldiers who can fight. I'm afraid that those salt dogs outside will be defeated. In this Jimo, just let's go to the master."

An old Taoist priest standing among them had a pale face, which was quite inconsistent with the golden Taoist robe he was wearing. He said tremblingly:

"Immortal Heavenly Lord, I have always been quiet and ineffective, and benefiting the people. Why did I encounter such a vicious person? Is there any other kingly law?"

His skin was white and oily, and a few strands of long beards floated on his chest, which really made him feel a bit fairy-like. However, the words just now were to cooperate with the large mansion behind him, the dozen wives who were raised by the Taoist priest in the back house, and the serfs who were farming in nearby fields and could not even have enough food to eat.

Although the Taoist priest usually said something, even the magistrate of Jimo County had to think about it. It was so majestic, but today he was panicked. He listened to his subordinates going out to fight, and he still begged for mercy and argued endlessly. However, the boss who said he wanted to go out to fight was changed quickly. Looking at the meaning of everyone, he immediately responded to the people's wishes:

"The owner of this house has been in business for many years, with high walls and deep ditches. Why don't we just stick to it for a few days? We have food and wells. They can't stand it like this if they eat horses and eat horses. If they can't stand it, they can't stand it. Then they can't stand it and retreat, and the owner of the government will go to the government to sue them. This is not better."

These words were just as the old Taoist priest meant, and he nodded repeatedly and said:

"This method is good, this method is good. As long as you keep this house, Ma Zhuangshi, I will pay for it and send some people to the government to donate the title of 1,000 yuan."

The inside was just happy, and the thugs behind the high walls of the house did not dare to lift their heads, and they heard someone shouting outside:

"The bastard inside, please open the gate of the courtyard quickly. You are prohibited from selling private salt. The inspection office comes today to investigate and prevent anti-smuggling salt and confiscate property. Don't toast and not eat or drink, and you will use your sword."

There was a brave thug who stood up and wanted to shoot the person who called out with a bow and arrow. Poor Taoist priest was just a landlord in the local area. He had any decent weapons in his hand, at best, a hunting bow. The caller below was also alert, watching someone appear, turning his head and riding a horse and running behind him, but the hunting bow was not reachable.

More than a hundred steps away from this house, three hundred salted people were busy there nervously. Zhao Neng rode on his horse and stared at the house not far away, with no expression on his face. Li Meng was a few months away from Jiaozhou. Because Zhao Neng was the oldest among the leaders of the salted team and the most stable, he stayed in Jiaozhou to host the host.

Whether it is the inspection yamen or the Jiaozhou garrison camp, under the leadership of Li Meng, there is a complete set of rules. Compared with the various yamen and collectives of the Ming Dynasty who lack the person in charge, the team of Li Meng's men can operate relatively normally.

Although Li Meng left, the news did not spread in Shandong. The salt owls and salt vendors everywhere dared not make any changes under the deterrence of the salt soldiers.

But there are always some characters who don’t know how to be tall and strong, for example, they are planning to come back when Li Meng is about to come back, but news comes from Jimo County that someone secretly sells private salt there and commits crimes in Shandong, but they have nothing to do with Li Meng’s system and will not take the initiative to act on behalf of the sky. However, this is sold in Shandong. And it is near Jiaozhou, which is a taboo.

The few people selling private salt in Jimo were naturally offline by Li Meng's system. The Sanqing Temple Observer outside the city thought that he was doing something without anyone noticing. Who would have thought that someone would rush to Jiaozhou to report the news after he was on his front foot.

This matter was reported to the inspection office. Zhao Neng did not make any decisions by himself, but instead asked Master Ning and others to discuss. Master Ning was very stable in doing things, but only pointed out this point. Generally speaking, generals and officials who led the army, especially those who were scheming like Li Meng, definitely did not like others to move their troops without any movement, which is a big taboo.
Chapter completed!