Chapter 221 The Forbidden Sea in Name

His family still stayed in the mansion of Liu Shunhua, the governor of his mother, and left twenty people as guards. Jiang Feng and his men and monk Li set out on the road together.

Hangzhou to Liuheng Island is not a close place. It takes two or three days. Originally, the most convenient way to enter the sea by water, but because the sea is forbidden, you can only take land.

On land, you must pass by Taizhou. In the inn outside Taizhou City, Jiang Feng's subordinates and the guides sent by Monk Li were all preparing to settle for one night. At this time, they would naturally not be fully armed, and everyone was holding bulging bags on the horses.

He was not wearing any clothes, but ordinary clothes. They were all bought by Monk Li. They looked like a businessman who came to Liuheng Island to do business, but that's all the makeup. To put it bluntly, he changed his clothes, and Jiang Feng and his subordinates were quite surprised, thinking that this was not a business to kill.

The laws of the Ming Dynasty forbidden seas are all harsh laws. Why are these people so careless? The result is that they only understand in their hearts as soon as they start, and this is not a secret matter at all.

There are merchants and chariots and horses carrying goods and feet everywhere on the road, with the goal of six horizontal lines. Everyone looks ordinary but they seem nervous.

Although the inn we live in is outside the city, the inns and restaurants are almost connected in this location. Although the sky is completely dark now, the surroundings are still very noisy, with some drinking and laughing loudly, some talking about the good and bad business, and women's unrestrained laughter mixed in.

The smell of wine, the aroma of powder, and the vague smell of sea water in the air became a rather strange feeling. Jiang Feng felt that he had returned to modern times for a moment.

In fact, the lobby of the inn is used as a wine shop. The guests at the restaurant are all merchants coming and going. After a day of fatigue, they drink a few bowls of wine, eat some fish from the sea, and relax. In the corner where Jiangfeng is made, no one is approaching.

Whether it was the merchants or those who might be pirates, they all avoided Jiang Feng and his subordinates from afar. Everyone felt the danger in them. Jiang Feng was drinking the turbid wine in the bowl there. The taste of the wine was quite sweet, obviously it was rice wine that had been there in the south for a long time.

Although the sea fish and shrimps and crabs in front of me are quite crude in cooking, the seafood is fresh and boiled in white water is also very delicious. The iron dings under Jiang Feng have been tossing on the sea for several months every year, so I like this seafood very much and I am happy to eat there.

Jiang Feng's mind was not on this. Tonight, the men led the way sent him a message saying that they would hand over the lead position to another person in this inn and let him wait in the inn. This sudden proposal made Jiang Feng feel very bad.

Could it be that Li baldhead was making a fool? Jiang Feng sneered in his heart. If there were any tricks, he simply didn't have to go to Liuheng Island to buy a boat, and returned to Hangzhou City to slaughter his whole family.

His prediction was not wrong. Now who dares to offend a fierce god like Jiang Feng? Soon, an old man with a hunchback ignored the surprised eyes of the diners around him and walked over. Although the few Tiedians around him were still holding chopsticks and wine bowls in their hands, the other hand was placed on the table.

Jiang Feng squinted his eyes and looked at the hunchbacked old man with a messy white beard. The old man was just laughing there, and took a shrimp in his hand without hesitation and stuffed it into his mouth. Jiang Feng looked at it for a while, laughed haha, and said:

"The wrinkles on your face are still a little less. If you are interested, you may still understand it if you look closely."

The white-bearded old man opposite was stunned, and then he laughed loudly, rubbed his hands and replied:

"Master Jiang is indeed as bright as lightning, but the little boys on Shuangyu Island don't care about these things, as long as they don't reveal our signature bald head, they can get confused."

The hunchbacked white-bearded old man was the tall and mighty bald head. The guests at several tables around him were sitting on Tied Ding. Li Bald head gave himself a bowl of wine, took a sip of the shrimp meat in his mouth, sighed very comfortably, and said with emotion:

"The best flower devils in the city are drunk every day, but they have a little taste, and the rural stuff tastes good enough."

Jiang Feng was smiling at Li Bald Head who was disguised. Now he thought the thief's leader was quite interesting, but he was much cuter than the hypocrite like Li Houbai whom he beat outside the city a few days ago. After he finished sighing there, he then smiled and said:

"Mr. Jiang, what can the little guys under my command do? I can even walk on the Shuangyu place with my eyes closed, or it is easier for me to walk."

What Mr. Li said there was also excited. It would be better to say that he was talking to Jiang Feng, because he had already made up his mind to rely on Jiang Feng, or at least he would have to rely on Jiang Feng in the past few years. The private port of Qianhushou in Yantai Mountain is a priceless and precious resource.

"Mr. Jiang, you are really a hero in killing those Japanese ghosts outside the city. It makes me know that the reason why we were driven out of Shuangyu is because our family only traded with legitimate Japanese merchants and was unwilling to acquire those blood-stained stolen stolen goods, so they became popular and escaped."

Speaking of this, Monk Li took another sip of wine and said with some grumbling words:

"We dare not say that we are a good person, but he feels angry. The big families in Hangzhou don't have their own business at sea. Why do I have to be beheaded and exterminate the clan when I am caught? These things are going to be sway like a traitor."

Jiang Feng listened quietly there. The meaning of the monk Li in front of him was to express his loyalty. He understood this meaning, but it seemed that there should be some more words. What should I say? Sure enough, Li Baldou, opposite, lowered his voice and said:

"The Li Houbai whom I drew a few days ago is the one who claimed to be the strictest man in the sea ban. He is known as a young talent. However, he killed the Japanese pirates and the sea merchants, but he cut down the heads of dozens of fishermen. Their Li family has more than 20 ships on Shuangyu Island, and they earn more money every year."

Hearing this, Jiang Feng finally laughed out loud and said slowly on the other side of the table:

"Old Li, the weather in Dengzhou is cold, so it's not easy to go to our place. Have you suffered it?"

The title of "Old Li" immediately made Monk Li's spirit excited. Jiang Feng's words understood very well. He had accepted him and was waiting for his answer. Monk Li said excitedly:

"I, Old Li, are not afraid of the cold. When I think of me, my heart is very warm!"

Jiang Feng has never been a soft-hearted person. It is not a safe thing to keep a lieutenant in Hangzhou City who is hostile to his father-in-law and himself. However, he originally thought that the wealthy families on the beach would definitely not be tied up by the so-called forbidden sea. It must be that there are policies above and corresponding countermeasures below.

But as Monk Li said, it is not that a few wealthy families are doing this, but that all the families who can do this business are not doing it.

The imperial court's ban on the sea was harsh, but it was of no use. Instead, it spawned a large number of bandits and wealthy families linked to their interests. This was actually similar to the later Americans' 1930s and the Soviet Union's early 1970s, and the wine was not banned.

However, the mafia of the United States and the Soviet Union grew stronger because of this law and became a cancer of society. The ban on the sea during the Jiajing period was almost the same policy. It was at this time that the so-called pirates and pirates gained financial resources that were as rich as the country and a huge amount of force.

However, for Jiang Feng, he didn't even know that there were mafia in the Soviet Union in modern times. He now only learned that the sea ban law could cut off some people's heads, which is enough.

I took a comfortable rest at the inn outside Taizhou City for a night. Early the next morning, two Tiedians went to deliver a letter to Hangzhou Prefecture and the other went to Nanjing City to deliver a letter.

Two years ago, after Xu Tianbiao left the capital, he made a sloppy thousand households in the Jinyiwei yamen in Nanjing. His nephew was a 100 household, and Jiang Feng and the two of them had always had letters. Jiang Feng did not refuse any financial requests from Xu Tianbiao.

I believe I would not refuse if I gave them some credit this time. As for the evidence of engaging in maritime trade, this is simply not necessary to investigate. Everyone is doing this almost openly. As long as they catch a servant and torture them, they will have everything.

The court officials participated in the smuggling at sea, and everyone was tacitly informed. As long as they were not brought to the table, everything was the same. If someone was thrown to the table, it would be a serious crime of scouting the house and beheading the head.

Looking at the port in front of me, there were all kinds of sailboats and sampans. Jiang Feng could hardly believe his eyes. Is this the result of the Ming Dynasty's forbidden sea? In front of me, there were quite complete dock facilities and various laborers working hard there.

This place is thirty miles away from the city, and the nearest garrison is thirty-five miles away. These people calmly engage in beheading and extermination of clans. The court tortures and ruthless laws prohibited maritime trade and freight.

Monk Li next to him pretended to be hunched. Seeing Jiang Feng dazed, he thought he was shocked by the scene in front of him. He lowered his voice and said with a smile:

"Sir, you haven't seen Liuheng Island yet, it's a hundred times more lively than here!!"
Chapter completed!