First, the fleet returned to Dengzhou to set off, and then the caravans heading to Bohai left. In a blink of an eye, there were only forty or fifty people left in the camp. In addition, the locals in Duli Town who came to help, the number of people was reduced by half.

"Mr., why are we missing so many people?" A man who was helping in Duli Town asked Ye An with a salivating face.

Ye An was one of the Ye clan members who stayed here, and one of the more than ten clan members who followed Ye Chang to Longyou. After Ye Ying and Ye Ting were sent out, he became one of the new person in charge. Hearing the inquiry of the workers, Ye An glared at him and said, "You are so lazy, you are the one who loves to be lazy every day. You are the least of them. Let's look at Zhan Da over there. People do things like doing things."

"The guy's family told him that a wife in a house and was saving money for a bride." The helper laughed and said, "We have more men and fewer women. If we don't want to marry a Hu girl, we have to save more bride money. If the husband tells us that a wife will also give us a wife, we will also sacrifice our strength."

Ye An was also helpless when he saw this guy. He was a little softer than Ye Ying and Ye Ting. He glared at him and left.

But in the afternoon of that day, Ye An found out that something was wrong.

The workers left straight away and never came back. Four or five others left like him.

The next day, half of the helpers did not come. On the third day, Yu Qiang did not show up alone. Even Zhan Da, who was very dedicated to Yu Huo, never came to the camp.

Ye An knew something was wrong, so he went to find Ye Chang to report. Ye Chang, Nan Ba ​​and others were surveying the surrounding terrain. When he heard this, he immediately frowned.

"It seems that some people don't want us to continue the construction." Nan Ba ​​grinned and licked the corner of his mouth.

Although he is straightforward, he is not stupid. What's more, Ye Chang forced him to read some military books, and discussed it with him whenever he had time, and occasionally gave him various wars in history to comment on him.

"Well, let's go to the town to inquire first. We can't retreat. Once we retreat, we will bully us." Ye Chang said.

From the seaside woodland where they live, less than ten miles to Duli Town, walking along the beach by the sea, the road is easy to walk, and we arrived at the town in half an hour.

"That boy?"

"That's right. That boy looks like an official..."

"Bah, have you ever seen an official like this? There are not a single officer or soldier around you, what kind of things are there? Besides, even if you are really an official, where is this? This is the Duli, the Tang Dynasty court, who can control us?"

Several people in the town stared at Ye Chang and his party from afar, whispering their opinions. Under their gaze, Ye Chang led eight people to slowly walk on the streets of Duli.

Rather than saying it is a street, it is just a short alley. Ye Chang even felt that this place called "Town" was not as prosperous as Wu Zepi.

It is no wonder that after Emperor Taizong successfully conquered Goguryeo, he moved more than 200,000 people from Goguryeo twice and returned to the Central Plains to resettle. Duli Town is close to Shandong, which is where the majority of people are moved away. Although the population of Liaodong has grown and gradually recovered after decades, Duli is not suitable for farming, so the population is still limited.

There are also benefits of small populations. Ye Chang smiled slightly when he squinted his eyes and looked at these buildings made of shacks and adobes.

The only thing that caught his attention was the big house in the north of the town. In a low building, this mansion was particularly eye-catching.

It is the house of the Gao family, the only wealthy family in Duli Town. Ye Chang has already inquired about it these days. The Gao family is said to be a relative of the former Goguryeo Kingdom, but they are too far apart, so they have been huddled in remote valleys. This is also their luck. After the Tang Dynasty's control over Liaodong gradually faded, they moved out and moved to Duli Town, which is gradually a wealthy family in Chengdu Town.

Most of the Han people in Duli Town were tenants of the Gao family, and the remaining people also had to rely on the Gao family. At this time, Ye Chang had already found out that the reason why the helpers left was that the Gao family was busy refining the land and recalling all the tenants, which led to dozens of odd workers on Ye Chang's construction site leaving.

The Gao family chose to "open up the land" at this time, but the timing was cleverly defended. Ye Chang's two ships and caravans left, taking more than a hundred people away. Now there are only fifty people who are still staying in Duli Town with Ye Chang.

Therefore, when Ye Chang came, he only brought eight people, and the rest began to set up defenses in the camp to avoid any accidents.

The Gao family is just a rich man. It would be nice to have a thug of 20 or 30 at home. If you have any trouble on weekdays, you can just ask the tenants at home to work hard. In Ye Chang's opinion, this is a group of native chickens and dogs. He brought Nan Jiyun and eight others, so there would be no safety problems.

"Mr. In front, please wait."

They walked around Duli Town and were about to turn around when someone shouted behind them. Ye Chang turned around and saw a fat man wearing silk coming over.

There were more than ten followers who came with him.

"I wonder what you have to give?" Ye Chang asked after stopping.

The fat man smiled and bowed: "The butler of Zhenggao Gong's house in Naiduli Town..."

He heard him say his title like a tongue twister, but he just stared at him without saying a word. The fat man was slightly shocked. When the young man asked and spoke on the street, he said that he was quite kind and not like an official. Now, he has some authority.

Could it be...he is really an official sent by the Tang Dynasty?

"A certain surname is Gai. At the order of the master of the family, I asked the husband to go and meet him."

Ye Chang smiled slightly: "I am the master of your position here, but is it appointed by the Tang Dynasty?"

"This...this..."

"It was appointed by the Tang Dynasty. This is a mere official, but what is the official? A certain person is a sixth rank official. He, a minor official, doesn't come to pay a visit to someone, but he still wants someone to meet him?"

The housekeeper's face suddenly sank: "Langjun, a sixth-rank official, is just a man who claims to be himself, and he has no court seal. Moreover, this place has been the old place of Goguryeo since ancient times. The official position of Langjun, the Tang Dynasty, is probably not in charge of this place."

"Just, the old place of Goguryeo? When the Han Dynasty built Xiangping County, where was Goguryeo?" Ye Chang immediately laughed and told me that since ancient times?

The housekeeper had limited knowledge and only knew about the Han Dynasty. As for whether he ruled Liaodong during the Han Dynasty, he was completely unaware of it. Seeing Ye Chang's appearance, he thought he could argue that this would not be a good deal - he was not a Silla after all. Therefore, he said seriously: "No matter what, this is the neighborhood of this place, and my husband came uninvited and attacked my forests. Please give my master an explanation."

"Is the forest yours owned?" Ye Chang pondered for a while: "Okay, I'll visit your master now.

Ye Chang didn't believe that the mountains and forests belonged to this Goguryeo family. This was just a lie to force him to submit. Even the Tang Dynasty could not completely control this place, let alone a mere tycoon. He followed Butler Gai and turned around, and a man fell behind him. Taking advantage of the opportunity that everyone was paying attention to Ye Chang, he ran away in a blink of an eye.

Not to mention noticing this person, even if he noticed it, Housekeeper Gai would not care. When he arrived at the Gao family, Ye Chang knew what the reason for this disbelief was. There were more than a hundred people standing in front of the Gao family, one by one looking at Ye Chang and his party hostilely.

They stopped Ye Chang, and Ye Chang couldn't help but sneer.

"What does this mean by raising the butler?"

"Oh, please wait, I'll report it now."

After saying that, Butler Gai went straight into the gate, Nan Jiyun leaned into Ye Chang's ears: "Do you want to do it?"

"No hurry, there are quite a few of them."

"The local chicken and tile dog are sold first."

Nan Jiyun was quite heroic. Ye Chang looked at the more than a hundred men, and among them, he even saw the person who went to his construction site to do odd jobs a few days ago. Although the man tried hard to look fierce, he looked at Ye Chang and couldn't help but avoid the past.

"Well, most of them are still Han people, only those who are dressed in bright clothes seem to be Goguryeo or other Hu people." Ye Chang thought to himself.

These Han people were fierce in the Central Plains, otherwise they would not have come to Liaodong to make a living. But in the eyes of Ye Chang, who had been on the battlefield, was just ordinary, and they were more murderous. They had at most one life in their hands, which was no better than those who killed dozens of people like Ye Chang and Nan Jiyun.

The owner of Gao did not ask Ye Chang to wait too long. After a while, he heard someone shouting inside: "Please come in and pay a visit to Mr. Ye of the Tang Dynasty."

With this shout, the people blocking the road began to spread apart in a sparse manner, leaving the road in the middle. Ye Chang smiled again: "Greetings, greetings...haha."

He stepped forward and the guards beside him followed him to the door, but after Ye Chang entered, someone stopped Nan Jiyun and others: "Only allow Ye Langjun to enter, the rest of the time will be idle, so wait outside."

"I am the one who is Ye Langjun, and I have always been with you. Please allow me to follow you for a convenience." Nan Jiyun stepped forward and said with a smile, and then stuffed a small string of money. The man took the money and smiled and nodded, "Okay, you are the only one...but your bow and arrow must be left outside."

Nan Jiyun handed the bow and arrow to his companion, followed him. Ye Chang and he came to the gate of the main hall. Just as they were about to enter, someone came forward to stop him: "Please take off the swords on both of you."

Ye Chang pulled out the sword and handed the sword to the other party, but the scabbard on his body was still there. Seeing that the sword had already been handed, the man didn't say much, so Ye Chang and Nan Jiyun entered the house.

There were torches in the room, and there were still strong men on both sides. There was a person sitting in the middle, and Fatty Gai was on the side. Seeing Ye Chang coming in, Fatty Gai said, "Come here to pay a visit to my master quickly."

Ye Chang walked forward slowly, looking at the room, there were strong men standing on both sides, and two strong men were sitting around the man sitting arrogantly. Ye Chang sneered: "Butler, you probably didn't explain clearly to the common man sitting here. Someone is a noble official of the Tang Dynasty, so it should be this common man who came to worship someone."

His eyes were sharp. As soon as he saw it, he knew that the butler Gai was pushed out and that the real idea was the Gao who was sitting here. This guy probably saw that he was building a dock and seemed to be living for a long time, so he put on this look.

If Ye Chang really goes to see him, it will prove that Ye Chang does not have much support from the Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, he can also push the Butler Gai, saying that the Butler Gai is ignorant and has not handled it well.

Seeing Ye Chang so arrogant, he couldn't help but feel angry. There were many people in Goguryeo who spoke Chinese, not to mention that he lived in Duli Town. Their family made their fortunes by being a man of the merchants who came to Liaodong to receive goods with Han people.

He coughed lightly: "After Gao Baosheng, a brother of Anxi Deputy Jiedu Gong, is Gao Gong, who are you? How dare you pretend to be an official in the Shangguo country?"

"Deputy Jiedushi Anxi?" Ye Chang showed a surprised expression when he heard this official title.

At this time, the deputy envoy of the Anxi Jiedushi was Gao Xianzhi. He was managing the Western Regions, making great achievements and making great reputations. He was also a famous general under his tent.

Gao Xianzhi was from Goguryeo, but she had already entered the Tang Dynasty. Gao Baosheng had probably heard of his name and knew that he was a powerful general in the Tang Dynasty, so he brought it over to serve as a banner.

"Since you are a relative of the Anxi Jiedu family, why are you so rude and so disrespectful to the imperial court's orders?" Ye Chang's tone slowed down.

"It's really a long way to stay overseas. If you don't care about the emperor's kindness, you can't tell whether your husband is true or not." Gao Baosheng heard Ye Chang's tone slow down, and he was sure in his heart: "Your husband is logging and building a camp in my forests, I don't know why?"

"The court has its own arrangements, which are beyond your knowledge." Ye Chang said: "Besides, all the land of the world is the king's land. If you say that there is your forest, it will be in vain."

Gao Baosheng laughed loudly, he stood up and stroked his hands: "The fields, soil, mountains and forests in Duli Town are all the wealth of my Gao family. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is too far away, so where can I care about this?"

Seeing that Ye Chang seemed to be a little afraid of Gao Xianzhi, he felt proud. Although he spoke politely, his attitude became more tough. After a pause, he said: "The officials of the Tang Dynasty occasionally come to Duli and go overseas. There are also a large number of soldiers guarding each other, and there are no one like a husband. The husband should tell the truth. Why did he come? If Gao can do something convenient, he will naturally help you, otherwise... don't blame Gao for not knowing the etiquette."

"How can you not know the etiquette?" Ye Chang looked at him with a smile.

"Your husband will know if you try it."

"Since that's the case..." Ye Chang pondered, and then said, "Since you want to know, I will tell you the truth. This old land in Liaodong was originally the territory of the Han people. I came here to regain the old land of the Han people. You are just a barbarian, a dog that has lost its family, a bird that has lost its nest, and a bird that has occupied the territory of the Han people. Do you dare to claim to be the master?"

Ye Chang suddenly turned his back and scolded him. Gao Baosheng was furious and sneered, "Okay, okay, don't even think about leaving today..."

Before he finished speaking, Nan Jiyun behind Ye Chang suddenly strides forward. The guards beside Gao Baosheng were ready and rushed up immediately. Nan Jiyun's sword was also untied, while Gao Baosheng's guards were holding weapons in their hands. They surrounded Nan Jiyun, and Nan Jiyun had to dodge, and they immediately forced them over.
Chapter completed!