Hainan Island is located in the tropics. Although due to the influence of the small glacier in the late Ming Dynasty, it will snow in Hainan Island in November, it will soon become warmer when spring enters in February, and various wild flowers bloom one after another, creating a vibrant scene.

On February 20th, two young scholars came to Haidian Island Pier. These two scholars were dressed in civilian clothes. They were both seventeen or eighteen years old. Although they were dressed in civilian clothes, their features were clear and handsome, making some of them on the road more handsome.

The young village girl kept looking back and never wanted to leave.

Seeing those young girls ogling him, a scholar laughed in a low voice: "Sister, have you seen that those girls are attracted by your handsomeness, and they are probably thinking of throwing themselves into your arms!"

Another scholar blushed and laughed and scolded: "Brother, you are not upright. My sister looks like this, but you are not as good-looking as my brother. I guess those girls are looking at you!"

Hearing what his sister said, the younger brother took out a folding fan like a bag, opened it and shook it gently. You must know that although the weather is getting warmer now, in spring, the temperature is not high enough to need a fan to cool down. But what the younger brother did

The young girls screamed strangely. If this were the future, many girls would probably rush to scan WeChat.

Seeing her brother's appearance, her sister fell down laughing: "Brother, what will happen if your father sees you like this?"

The younger brother winked at me and said, "What can I do? You must tell me with a straight face that I am insulting the gentlemen, and then ask me to copy the Analects of Confucius several times!"

After hearing this, my sister smiled and said, "You know my father quite well, but what will happen if Miss Chen sees you like this?"

When he heard about Miss Chen, his younger brother's face turned green. He said with a grimace: "Sister, the weather is so nice today. My younger brother will accompany you out to see Brother Zhao. Why don't you open any pot?"

The elder sister smiled slightly: "Brother, the eldest brother still has good taste. Miss Chen's appearance is probably not bad, don't worry!"

When the younger brother heard what his elder sister said, he smiled and said, "Sister, you are about to see Brother Zhao now, aren't you a little looking forward to it?"

The elder sister's face turned red when her younger brother said it, and the two started to fight on the dock.

These two siblings are Zhang Wenming's twin children. The elder sister is Zhao Heng's fiancée Zhang Side, and the younger brother is Zhang Hongsi, his brother-in-law.

The weather is very good today. Zhang Side invited his younger brother to go out to play. In the past, the siblings would sneak out and hang out. Zhang Hongsi didn't think much about it at first. But after playing for a while, Zhang Side said he wanted to go to Haikou. Zhang Hongsi was extremely smart.

, and immediately thought that his sister wanted to go to Haidian Island to visit her fiancé.

Haidian Island is not close to Qiongzhou Prefecture. The two siblings took the train all morning and arrived at the pier of Haidian Island near noon.

The current Haidian Island Pier has changed a lot, because the island has a population of tens of thousands, and the demand is naturally greater. There are hundreds of people traveling between the two sides of the strait every day. In addition to these, there are also salesmen who go to Haidian Island.

They sell goods, so there is a constant flow of people on the pier, and every boat is full.

As soon as the two siblings got off the boat and set foot on Haidian Island, Dun Ding from the Inspection Department was responsible for tolling. Of course, there is no standard for such charges. It all depends on what kind of goods you are carrying, and Dun Ding will estimate it.

Zhang Hongsi didn't bring anything with him. According to the rules, he should charge a toll of two cents per person. However, Zhang Hongsi flashed his scholar's teeth, and Dun Ding quickly and respectfully avoided him. He was a scholar at such a young age, and this group of Dun Ding can be messed with.

Sorry.

Zhang Hongsi originally thought that Haidian Island was just a village and that he would be able to see Zhao Heng when he went there. However, he realized after leaving the pier that he had thought wrong.

At this time, Haidian Island has changed. Baisha Village was originally more than 200 meters away from the pier. Now, in order to make room for the future steel plant, the entire village has been moved to the northwest of the island. Naturally, the Zhao family's yard has also been moved.

.The current site of Baisha Village is a large construction site, with more than 300 people busy leveling the land.

Seeing this scene, the brother and sister were stunned on the spot. Zhang Side, a girl, had no idea. Seeing this, she became a little panicked. She grabbed her brother's sleeve and asked, "Brother, what should we do now? Where should we go to find Zhao Lang?"

Zhang Hongsi smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, I have my brother for everything. I guarantee that my sister will be able to see her lover today!"

After Zhang Hongsi finished speaking, he came to the edge of the construction site, grabbed a worker who was working and asked: "Brother, was Baisha Village here before?"

The worker was from Shandong and could not understand Zhang Hongsi's dialect very well. Zhang Hongsi had no choice but to speak in Mandarin. Only then did the worker understand. He saw that although Zhang Hongsi was wearing commoner clothes, he did not behave like an ordinary person, so he respectfully

He bowed and said: "Little sir, Baisha Village used to be here, but they all moved away a few days ago. I heard from the steward that they were moving as a whole! I heard that they all went to the northwest of the island!"

After finishing speaking, the worker pointed to the north and said: "Mr., you can follow the road to the north. It's about six miles away. Houses are being built for villagers over there. It's easy to find!"

After receiving the news, Zhang Hongsi thanked the workers, and then walked along the main road with his sister as instructed.

Today's Haidian Island is very different from before. Due to the increase in population, the roads on the island have been widened, forming a three-vertical and two-horizontal pattern, dividing the 19 square kilometers of Haidian Island into nine areas.

Baisha Village was moved as a whole to the vicinity of Hengda Beautiful Sand in later generations. It is located in the northwest of Haidian Island and was originally a swamp wetland. Of course, there was no way to move Baisha Village here because the foundations in the south and east of Haidian Island were stable.

, was selected as the new site of the factory by Zhao Zhikuan. Because of its open location in the north, the Baisha Park area can control the entire Qiongzhou Strait, so Zhao Heng's new army camp is here. The villagers of Baisha Village can only go to the less important northwest, although

The foundation here is not very good, it is all soft sand. Fortunately, Baisha Village is not a high-end community, so we only need to build bungalows for them.

Zhao Zhikuan promised to build a complete house for each villager in Baisha Village, which even saved the demolition fee, and all the villagers happily moved to the northwest.

The two brothers Zhang Hongsi left the pier and went deep into Haidian Island. The further they walked, the fewer people there were. Although there are tens of thousands of people on Haidian Island now, most of them are working in various factories. There are usually no idlers hanging out.

So after walking for half an hour, the two of them found that there was no one around them, and only the two siblings were left walking on the deserted road.

Although Zhao Zhikuan cut down a large number of trees on the island, Haidian Island, which covers an area of ​​19 square kilometers, has a high forest coverage, and it cannot be cut down by hundreds of people in more than a month. Therefore, there are forests on both sides of the road.

Although the sun was shining brightly at noon, walking on the deserted road was still a bit intrusive.

Zhang Side was a little scared when she saw this. She pulled her brother's sleeve and said, "Brother, why is there no one here? If that doesn't work, let's go back!"

Zhang Hongsi was a little embarrassed by what his sister said. Although he was an adult according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, he was only a seventeen-year-old boy after all. After hearing what his sister said, he hesitated and said: "That's what my sister said. If it doesn't work, let's go back!"

Just when the two siblings turned around to go back, a group of pedestrians came out of the woods in front of them and walked in a neat line on the road. The leader saw Zhang Hongsi and the two and shouted: "Those two young people in front of us

, you stop!"

Zhang Side breathed a sigh of relief when he saw someone and said, "Brother, let's go ask where Zhao Heng's family is!"

Zhang Hongsi said vigilantly: "Sister, there is no village in front of this place and no store in the back. If such a group of people suddenly appear, I am afraid they are not bandits!"

Zhang Side was nervous when his brother told him, and he quickly asked: "What should I do? What should I do?" Zhang Side deeply regretted it now. He really shouldn't have gone out with his brother. What would he do if he encountered bandits!

Zhang Hongsi pulled his sister behind him and said, "Sister, please hide behind me first!" After saying that, he picked up a wooden stick from the ground to prevent these people from suddenly attacking.

As the people on the opposite side walked in, Zhang Hongsi discovered that these people were not like the bandits mentioned in the book. Although these people were all wearing gray short shirts, they were all very neat and tidy. They also held swords, guns and wooden sticks in their hands. This equipment

It is more sophisticated than the inspection department outside the city, but it is not comparable to ordinary bandits.

There were ten of these people, and the leader was of medium build, about thirty years old, with a scar running across his face. Zhang Hongsi saw this guy's face was so fierce, and he held the wooden stick in his hand tightly.

The leader came to Zhang Hongsi, saw the wooden stick in Zhang Hongsi's hand, and said with a smile: "Boy, what are you doing with this ear pick? Grandpa fought hard on the battlefield, how can he be afraid of your ear pick?"

Spoon?"

Zhang Hongsi put the wooden stick across his chest and asked warily: "Who are you? We are the family members of Zhang Juren in Fucheng. Those who come here to look for relatives, please don't mess around!"

After listening to Zhang Hongsi's words, the leader asked: "Here from Fucheng? Is there a way?"

Zhang Hongsi and his brother were out wandering around, so naturally they couldn't go to the village chief to issue a road note. However, Zhang Hongsi took the scholar's dental plaque with him, which was his identity document, and quickly took it out and handed it to the leader.

The leader didn't know how to read, but he was good at reading dental cards, so he asked with confidence: "Little scholar, if you don't enjoy the blessings in Fucheng, why are you here?"

Zhang Hongsi quickly replied: "We are here to find relatives, Zhao Heng is my brother-in-law!"

Zhao Heng? The leader had never heard of this name, but some of the people behind him had. They quickly whispered a few words in the leader's ear, and then the leader suddenly realized: "It turns out that he is a relative of Young Master Zhao. I heard that Young Master Zhao is related to Zhao Heng."

If you are getting married in the Zhang family, your surname is Zhang?"

When Zhang Hongsi heard what the leader said, he quickly replied: "Yes, I am Zhang Juren's son. My name is Zhang Hongsi! May I ask your eldest brother's name?"

The leader laughed: "I don't know if your surname is expensive or not. My surname is also Zhang, but I don't have the reputation of being a scholar. I am a military household in Haikou. I am sent by hundreds of households in my family to be a joint defense team. I am really free.

Come on!"

Zhang Hongsi didn't know what the joint defense team meant, but he was relieved to hear that these people were official officials, and he quickly said: "We are going to find Zhao Heng. Can you trouble Mr. Zhang to take us there?"
Chapter completed!