Five hundred and fortieth chapters blocking the road
The construction of Guangzhou New Port did not affect the prosperity of the old port. Instead, more maritime merchants came here because of the news that Guangzhou was planning to build a new port, which seemed to be much more prosperous than before. After all, everyone knows that the money spent on building a new port is not a small amount. The Guangdong Pacifier Mansion was able to take out so much money like cutting off the flesh, and it has not yet collected a slight amount from ordinary people. It is obviously a great emphasis on maritime trade.
Although the money will eventually be paid from the maritime merchants, even if Guangzhou Port does not build a new port, as long as the maritime merchants enter and exit Guangzhou Port, they still have to pay a penny of the money they should pay, right?
Moreover, some keen sense of smell have already discovered that when they arrived in Guangzhou, the new comfort commander had more contact with the Maritime General Office. In the past, the things they had to eat and get the bribe were completely eliminated, but they were too fewer than the Maritime General Office before. Now even if they want to give money, not many people are willing to accept it.
Such a change undoubtedly makes the maritime merchants who come to Guangzhou Port more confident in the future.
Bribery may make profits for a while, but it is not a long-term solution. However, those maritime merchants have a scale in their hearts.
The lush old Guangzhou port and Guangzhou New Port, which are under construction, show the vigorous vitality of Guangzhou now. At the same time, it also makes many Guangdong people who have heard of Lianzhou and Wuping Manichaeism rebellion feel much more at ease. After all, everyone knows that the Guangdong Pacification Envoy can safely and steadily build the Guangzhou New Port at this time, and so many maritime merchants are competing for it. It is obvious that the Guangdong Pacification Envoy has the confidence, otherwise it would not be so calm, right?
There are more sea merchants coming and more sea boats docking, and the various coolies on the dock are becoming more and more prosperous. At this moment, countless coolies are moving the goods transported by sea merchants to the warehouses of the docks like workers.
Most of the many coolies who transported the country were from Guangzhou or the prefectures near Guangzhou to make a living. On weekdays, these people would eat and live on the docks. The more ships came, the more they earned, and the fewer ships they earned. Therefore, the life of these coolies could be imagined. There were strong men in ragged clothes or simply shirtless, shouting horns to transport goods one by one.
In the busy situation, the three figures were particularly conspicuous.
They were three beggars, a man who could not see clearly, squatted in the shade under the dock with two equally ragged and dirty children.
Beggars are not uncommon in all parts of the Song Dynasty, but it is rare to see beggars on the pier. After all, people who make a living on the port and dock are basically poor people who are suffering and poor. Sometimes they are not full of food, so where can they have surplus food for those beggars to fill their stomachs? The three beggars obviously have no intention of begging, but the three quiet people snuggled together, looking at the busyness of the coolies coming and going with dull eyes.
Before Jia Sidao's carriage arrived at the wharf, the Beiwei Army had already begun to clear the yard at the wharf in advance, and the coolies on the wharf avoided them.
"It is the support of the appeasement envoy."
"The sir is here."
"Why did the appeaser come to the dock?"
"Is there some big shot here?"
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The merchants on the dock were talking and looked around with their necks raised.
Although Jia Sidao has been to Guangzhou for several months, he has not appeared in front of others at all. Moreover, because the Manichaeism has caused trouble in Guangdong, Jia Sidao is also hiding lightly when he goes out several times. Therefore, for the people in Guangzhou, the pacification envoy is actually very mysterious. This should be the first time that Jia Sidao has been traveling seriously with a pacification envoy, which naturally surprised everyone.
After hearing the discussions of the people around him, the man holding two little beggars instantly became a little bit arrogant. He looked at the Beiwei Army, who had already finished clearing the field on the dock, moved carefully backwards.
Jia Sidao's ceremonial guard has appeared far away at the end of the road.
The man looked at the ceremonial guard getting closer and closer, and his eyes became more and more excited.
"Sir, please make the decision for the villain."
Just at the stall where Beiwei Army was not paying attention, the man hugged two dull children and suddenly crawled out of the gap in the crowd, laying in the middle of the avenue, just before the ceremonial guard.
The Beiwei Army, which maintained order, did not notice the three men hiding in the corner of the crowd. The man suddenly rushed out and stunned all the Beiwei Army. Then he realized that the "swish swish swish swish" sound was connected. More than ten crystal-clear waist knives instantly surrounded the three men, one big and two small men in the center.
We can't blame the Beiwei Army for making a big fuss. They really know what is going on in Guangdong now. The Manichaeites spread rumors around the city of Guangzhou. The Jinyiwei and Guangzhou Prefecture dispatched a large number of people to the police. Now Jia Sidao's ceremonial guards appeared at the dock, and suddenly rushed out a large and three small-looking beggar-like persons. These Beiwei Army were not nervous.
After all, there are many methods of Manichaeism, and no one knows whether it is true or false.
The people around who were watching the fun were watching the scene, and when they saw this scene, they all felt like they were injected with chicken blood. It was rare to comfort them, but such a thing happened to happen. This was the best topic of conversation after dinner. And after hearing what the beggar said, it was obvious that they were wronged.
"Sir, please make sure that you make decisions about dozens of lives for the villain's family. Please make decisions about the adults."
The man seemed to have never seen more than ten long swords around him, and kowtowed and cried in the middle of the avenue.
"Come on, kowtow together, beg yourselves to make the decision for our family."
He kowtowed himself, but he pressed the two little beggars who were originally holding in his arms to the ground, pressing their heads and kowtowed them on the ground.
The two little beggars with dull eyes were already afraid of seeing the more than ten bright long swords surrounding them. At this moment, the man forced them to kowtow on the ground and suddenly burst into tears in pain.
As if the man hadn't seen this scene, he kept shouting, "I begging adults to make decisions for students and the people." He never stopped and kept kowtowing, and he also kowtowed together as the two children. But in a while, there were already three pools of blood on the bluestone road, and the two children were completely lying on the ground without any sound.
The man's screams and blood were moved by the listeners.
The people around who were originally noisy and watching the excitement gradually became quiet when they saw this scene.
The Beiwei Army, who surrounded the three of them, also looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
If it was a Manichaeism assassin, such actions would be too realistic.
"Someone is here, someone is here. Brother, look at the children first, and comfort the adults will not ignore you."
"Yes, you can see the child first."
Chapter completed!