Faced with the seafood fished by dozens of fishermen, Chen Xu was unwilling to come. Whether it was big fish, small fish, shrimp, crabs, turtles, shellfish, all of them were arranged to buy them for money, and the price was sufficient. Therefore, these fishermen who had to row carefully to sell fish in the opposite Juzhang and other counties could get a lot of money at their doorstep today, and they all cheered happily, thanking the nobles and thanking the Marquis for their thanks one after another.

Just when Chen Xu and others were playing picking shells on the beach, people living in several nearby fishing villages had already received publicity from several islanders who had returned. Many men, women, young and old had already brought their children to the bay to watch the fun.

The Qinghe Marquis was famous all over the world. Although they lived on the island, the news was not very closed. Almost everyone had heard of the Qinghe Marquis' reputation, so they learned that the Qinghe Marquis took a huge fleet to the island, and that the Qinghe Marquis was approachable and agreed to solve the household registration problem for all the residents on the island. Therefore, many people wanted to see if it was true.

Although you don’t have to pay grain taxes and perform labor service without a household registration, you may be arrested by the government as a slave at any time. Faced with the increasingly prosperous situation on the other side and getting closer to each other, household registration has become the biggest heart disease of the islanders. Without household registration, their descendants can only hide on this island and live a difficult life, and their future is confused and helpless.

As time went by and the spread of the news became wider, so in the evening, just as Chen Xu and the fishermen were busy buying seafood transactions, not only did the islanders who had been hiding in the surrounding reefs and forests and thorns for a long time also began to come out with the courage to join the fun that had never happened on the island before, but also some alchemists wearing Taoist robes and robes and tied with Taoist buns also rushed to pay their respects to Chen Xu one after another.

This is an era of freedom of thought and personality.

The reason why he started to be unfree is that the Qin Dynasty had unified China and implemented strict magical governance strategies, and a large number of topics that did not conform to the Legalist philosophy were blocked by the charge of lying to speak out.

This caused the disciples of the Hundred Schools to start to separate themselves. Some decided to change their ideas and follow the needs of the Qin Dynasty to develop in Xianyang, while others lived in seclusion in the countryside, either without caring about the world, or secretly did something that caused trouble for the Qin Dynasty.

Now there is a group of more depressed and unsuccessful groups, that is, the group of alchemists who were extremely dependent and favored by the First Emperor. After being driven out of the palace by the First Emperor a few years ago, most of them left Xianyang and came to the southeast coast, gathered near Langya and Zhoushan to continue pursuing their immortal path, trying to one day explore the great way to find the opportunity to become an immortal.

Today, the real immortal disciple Qinghe Hou arrived, and many alchemists who sincerely sought the Tao were still very excited. Almost all those who could come from this small island had come, and tomorrow that could not be caught would definitely come.

In the midst of the lively chaos, Chen Xu met these alchemists. After asking about the general news on the Zhoushan Islands, more and more people became more and more, and the sun was about to fall under the horizon.

"Everyone is here, don't leave in a hurry. This time, I will bring my family to have fun. I will prepare some seafood delicacies and have a drink together later!"

A circle of people sat around the grass by the beach and chatted. Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Xu decided to finish the supper first and then chat slowly, which was better than talking on the ground like this.

"It is better to obey your orders than respect. We have admired the Marquis' delicacies for a long time. Today, we are lucky enough to get what we want!" A group of alchemists were excited and their eyebrows were shaking, and they bowed repeatedly.

"Catch him, this person intends to poison the marquis~"

Just as Chen Xu got up, a loud roar suddenly sounded on the lively beach, followed by a terrifying shout and the sound of swords being unsheathed and rifles loading, and the entire beach was in an instant.

"Protect the Marquis~" the guard leader shouted, and more than a dozen personal guards who were standing or sitting around him in groups of three or three, instantly surrounded Chen Xu.

"What happened?"

Yu Wuya, who was sitting cross-legged on a reef, roared and jumped down the reef. The sword in the air was unsheathed, and when it landed, there was another pistol in his hand.

"Knock~" Shui Qingrou, who was playing with Chen Xi and Yu Ji on the beach next to her, drew out a short sword almost at the same time to protect the two of them and retreated to Chen Xu.

"Hula~" A group of people saw a flash of eyes, and a green figure came like the wind. When they saw it clearly, Xia Zijin also had a long sword in his hand, protecting Chen Xu, one on the left and one on the right.

"Bang~" A gunshot was heard in the chaos, and Commander Chen Xia pulled the trigger of the rifle into the sky.

"If you run around, you won't be killed!"

While Chen Xia shouted, more than 200 musketeers who were on the beach were guarding each other instantly surrounded the entire beach.

Looking at such a fast and terrifying defensive formation, the group of alchemists who were still chatting with Chen Xu just now felt that they could not hold back their urine.

The chat was relaxed and pleasant just now, but unexpectedly, in a flash, there was a solemn scene of a great enemy. Moreover, the gunshot shocked everyone, and the panicked beach quickly quieted down.

"Give me your life... I didn't fish it out on purpose and sell it to you..."

Amid the terrified begging for mercy, two guards soon dragged a black and thin fisherman in shorts out of the crowd and threw it on the beach not far from Chen Xu.

"Why arrest him? What happened?" Chen Xu frowned slightly.

The lively scene was originally harmonious and beautiful, but it was destroyed by this loud roar in an instant.

The black and thin fisherman in front of him was in his twenties, with short hair and tattoos, which was no different from other fishermen. At this time, he was lying on the ground with mud and sand all over his body and kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy.

"Return to the Marquis, this man mixed the two highly poisonous fish into a pile of yellow croaker to sell to us. If you accidentally cook it and eat it, you will inevitably be poisoned and die of poisoning!" A boatman who discovered this matter quickly answered.

"What is the fish? Take it to me and take it to see!" Chen Xu was puzzled.

At present, except for himself and a group of wives, concubines and servants, these fishermen and all the boatmen and sailors who stayed with the two large ships are fishermen who grew up on the beach. Even Yu Wuya and Xia Zijin have been in the East China Sea for three or four years, and they should be more clear about all kinds of toxic and non-toxic seafood in the sea.

What's more, if these people know their identities, it is impossible for them to blatantly use poisonous things for their own people to eat. On the basis of knowing that they can't get away with it and basically no possibility of poisoning, this fisherman will not be brainless to this extent.

At this time, the beach was under martial law. The guards and the musket team were all unscathed and loaded their rifles. Even the servants and the boatmen and crew also picked up wooden sticks, stone kitchen knives and glared at all the fishermen.

A group of thin black fishermen, old and young, were surrounded in the middle, trembling with fear like quails, trembling with their heads.

When the word "The Fish" was spoken, many people's faces began to distort.

"Mr. Marquis, it's time to get the fish!" A servant came over with a fish basket and picked out two sea fish with black spots and white belly with big belly from it. He threw them on the beach next to the fishermen.

"Pufferfish!" Chen Xu recognized these two weird ghost things at a glance.

"Poisonous Snake~" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

Yu Wuya's face twitched slightly and turned to look at Chen Xu and said, "My benefactor is so dangerous. This thing is indeed a highly poisonous thing and cannot be eaten!"

"I dare to poison the marquis and die!" A guard raised the steel knife in his hand and was about to slash it.

"Give me your life..."

“Let’s wait ~”

While several fishermen knelt down to help beg for mercy, Chen Xu also spoke, stopped the guards from doing things, and then separated the guards and walked towards the fishermen.

"Be careful~" the guard leader reminded anxiously.

"It's okay!" Chen Xu waved his hand and squatted down beside the fisherman, pinched the dorsal fin of a pufferfish with his hands and lifted it up to watch. He saw that the spots of black and white patterns were covered with small bulges, especially the belly that bulged like a balloon was the most eye-catching and familiar.

"Is there a lot of these fish near the island?" Chen Xu looked up at the fishermen and asked.

"Yes, this kind of fish likes to gather at the Qiantang River and the estuary of the river. There are many of them, especially in spring and summer, and there are many everywhere. Now there are a lot less after autumn, but we can still catch fish often..." An old fisherman answered nervously.

"You know this fish is poisonous, why do you still need to salvage it and sell it to us?" Chen Xu turned his head to look at the young fisherman kneeling on the ground and trembling all over his body.

"Return... Return to the Marquis, the villain heard that the Marquis was good at making various delicacies, and there were a lot of fish nearby, so he grabbed two of them when closing the net and brought them up. He wanted to ask if the Marquis could make them for food, but he was caught as soon as he took them out. Marquis spared his life, I absolutely didn't want to poison you..." The fisherman kowtowed and begged for mercy as he answered.

"Well, I believe you don't plan to harm me. Get up. This kind of poisonous worm is not uneasy. In fact, it is the best delicacy in the world after it is ready. Take these two fish to clean them. Don't kill them. Wait for me to do it yourself..." Chen Xu waved his hand and stood up, instructing a chef to clean the two pufferfish.

"Mr. Marquis, this fish is extremely poisonous and cannot be eaten!" Countless people around couldn't help but dissuade them together. After taking back the sword, Yu Wuya grabbed Chen Xu's arm nervously and said, "My benefactor, this fish is really not eaten. The people of Yingzhou use it to poison the enemy. If you take a bite, you will be finished..."

"Who said that this pufferfish is the best delicacy in the world. I will know if I prepare it later when you taste it!"

Yu Wuya couldn't help but slammed a huge swing, let go of Chen Xu's arm and walked out of the crowd for a few steps. At the same time, a sentence came from the wind, "My benefactor, don't call me for dinner tonight, I'll just go to a nearby fisherman's house to have some stuffed meal..."

Chen Xu:...

"Oh, so timid, how can you taste the most true and beautiful taste of the world? Well, I'll eat it alone later!" Chen Xu shook his head and ordered the guards and the members of the musket team to put away their weapons, and the terrifying atmosphere on the beach slowly eased.
Chapter completed!