After hearing Chen Zuocai's words, the people of Zhucai smiled on their faces. No matter what, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion is indeed very credible. At least everyone has heard of Nan'an Marquis. Knowing that this is a good Marquis, there is no need to think about other things.

All the pearl collectors began to slap on their bodies, which was to promote blood circulation before going into the water. Although the weather was very hot, the deeper the depth of the dive, the colder the bottom of the sea. If you don’t make some preparations in advance, it will cause damage to your body and even cramps under the water. At that time, the trouble will be great.

Some people even apply medicinal oil on their bodies and then slapped them in motion. It seems that this effect will be better.

While everyone was preparing, the soldiers of the government began to chop off the heads of those who were sure they were pirates. Then some Min Zhuang pushed the cart and pushed away the corpses with their heads. More Min Zhuang were still identifying something in the pile of corpses. Because the weather was hot and the smell was stinking, people covered their mouths and noses with wet cloth strips.

A pearl-picking man had a straightforward personality and shouted to a Min Zhuang: "What other treasures can be hidden in these corpses? Even if there are, it's not worth looking for so many people, right?"

"What treasure is looking for?" Someone from the Dongfan Minsheng replied: "We are looking for whether there are our own people in the pile of corpses."

"Well, this is not worth it." Caizhuren said: "There are all buried in a big pit on the left and right. Many of the Xiang army were killed in Zhangzhou. Later, they were not buried with the dead people and pirates."

"That's because the officials over there are not particular. This is not the case here." A clerk walked out of the Minzhuang and said with a serious expression: "The bodies of soldiers who died in battle should be cleaned, changed clothes, placed coffins, and then buried in military court. The heroes must enter the ancestral hall, be worshipped for generations, and enjoy incense. They lost their lives for us and killed their heads. We even cut off their heads and buried them in the same place with the pirates. How can this be the right soldiers who died in battle? Even the Minzhuang boatmen recruited Minzhuang will lose their lives for us. If they don't treat their bodies well, they will also talk about being good to their families?"

"That's what you said."

First, the government troops and the civilians nodded and agreed with the officials' words. A group of pearl-picking men were stunned. Finally, a middle-aged man sighed: "If we die, we will only burn some money for burning money. Many of them will not be able to get it directly at the sea level. Compared with others, our lives are really cheap."

"It's really surprising that you do things for us, and we treat them together." The official said just now, and someone said on the side: "The Lord is here."

Everyone showed happy expressions on their faces, and the same was true for officials. The people of Zhucai looked at each other, and many of them were curious and admirable. However, when Rudong Fan heard that Nan'an Hou had come, the people of Zhucai did not have such a happy expression.

A pearl picker muttered: "We poor people are good to the poor. At most, we respect those scholars and scholars. Those officials say that Wenqu Star has descended to earth, so we may not seem very smart. If they are really smart, why can't they manage the place well? The noble family is just a king of Qi to protect the country and the people, and so is the Marquis of Nan'an. However, it is the first time that everyone is really happy to respect Nan'an.

Many pearl collectors have the same view as this person. This is true. No high-ranking official and nobleman from the Great Wei Dynasty have ever been able to receive such sincere love and welcome.

Even the King of Qi is the best in the royal family and is indeed very popular with the military and civilians. However, when people see the King of Qi coming, they bow at most, with a respectful look on their faces. It would be a shame to say how much they like this royal family and the dignified prince and governor.

The status of the two parties is too far apart, and Nan'an Hou obviously subverted the previous perceptions of people who were picking pearls.

Nan'an Hou rode a big green horse, with a gray-white round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, made of fine cotton, breathable and not too hot. Even so, when he rode a horse in the afternoon and jumped off the horse, Xu Zixian's face also had obvious large beads of sweat, and the robe on his body was wet.

After getting off the horse, he did not make any politeness and walked directly to the pile of corpses. While walking, he said to the humans: "The identification work requires additional staff. It is too hot and I feel tired and fainted. I can just bury them together. That would be too miserable."

Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter when they heard this.

People who pick pearls also laughed. Nan'an Hou was wearing ordinary robes, which was nothing strange. Many nobles would deliberately wear less expensive robes in order to narrow the distance with the people.

But their clothes would be cut more well, and they did not deliberately show off their every move, but their demeanor and their too fair faces would obviously reveal their noble identity, which would invisibly make people awe and stretch the distance. However, Nan'an Hou was not like this. His expression was as usual and his words were pleasant. Without the deliberate affinity of the nobles, they would invisibly make people feel closer.

But when Xu Zi first passed by the body of the already identified fallen soldiers, he saluted first, and then walked slowly and with a solemn look.

All of this is extremely touching. Nan'an Hou's respect for the fallen soldiers and Min Zhuang is from the bottom of his heart, and no one will doubt this.

Many people were filled with tears in their eyes, and they were so moved that they could not be more moved. Many men may not have shed tears since they grew up, but at this moment, they were all moved and red.

Eyes, just holding back and not asking myself to cry out loud.

During this period, everyone's nerves were undoubtedly too tight. Thinking about it, they were most ordinary farmers before, but now they are looking for their former partners in more than a thousand corpses to identify those ferocious corpses. The burned corpses are much more terrifying than those who are chopped to death by swords. When they saw the performance of Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian, everyone felt that what they had done before was quite worth it and there was nothing to complain about.

Xu Zi first walked to the stunned Zhucai Man, stopped for a while, and then said, "The treatment and other things are very clear to you, right?"

Everyone was stunned for a while, and a pearl picker stepped forward and said, "I have given a sum of money before, saying that if the salvage is good, I will give us another reward."

"I will give you a generous reward." Xu Zixian nodded and said, "As the Marquis of Nan'an, I just want to say one thing. I know that you are all good men who exchange your lives for money and hope that your family will live a better life. The only thing I have to say to you is to be more careful in everything. Don't exchange money for your life here. Come up at the time, and float slowly. Don't rush to come up in a flash. You all know that you will get sick, don't dive too deep, don't dive too many times, don't dive more than three times a day, so you can call you

We live longer. I know that you are the poorest people who have no land or even the house, otherwise they would not have such a life-threatening plan. I lack people here, so you can stay here for a few days. If you want to come and take your family to join us, you will be divided into farming and will live a good life. Those who are not used to farming, or they are craftsmen, workers, or shed sheep and ducks to fish. I lack people here, and I will not ask you to be hungry without a job. Here, it is much better than you to exchange money for your life."

None of the pearl pickers present wanted to tell them this.

They are indeed the lowest group of people. It is not that they are low-ranking households. There are some low-ranking households everywhere, and they are remnants of previous dynasties. They were former traitors or descendants of some evil people when they founded the country. They were judged as prostitutes and enjoying households. These people are real unfair people. They must take care of low-ranking careers for their lives and their descendants. This is a punishment for their ancestors.

The people who pick pearls are not cheap households, but they live in a very miserable life. They are the most poor people. From being penniless to having a poor family business, they all depend on the weather and luck.

Some people die on the first dive and get nothing but lose their lives. Many people become sick when they reach middle age, without any strength, and have difficulty breathing, and then die quickly.

If you have land to plant or be a fisherman, as long as you can support yourself and your wife and children, you will certainly be much better than being a pearl picker.

Soon, the responses of everyone came from the pearl pickers, and many of them agreed and agreed to take a look on the island.

These people at the bottom are not as stupid as they imagined. They have to take a look, study, and see what the situation on the island is. They are very poor, and the poorer they are, the harder they are to change, because every change may be to live a stable life for the family.

Rich people are easy to change. They will wonder why the poor are holding on to their shortcomings, but how can they understand and understand that every change of the poor means a change in the future of the family's life, and even the tragic result of the separation of their wives and children.

Xu Zixian obviously understood and understood it very well, and asked these people to walk around and see more, believing that they would make the right decision.

After Xu Zi left first, many pearl pickers began to move their hands and feet, preparing to get on the boat to the wreck, and then get off the boat to catch things.

While getting on board, a pearl picker suddenly said, "Now I understand why the people on Dongfan Island respect Nan'an Hou so much."

The other pearl pickers nodded, and their faces were moved.

When Xu Zixian heard the words, he knew that they were not perfunctory in social activities, but were very serious about them, and even willing to help them settle down their families. These poor people have never seen high-ranking officials treat them like this?

The Marquis of Nan'an was not only concerned, but in fact, this Marquis was quite clear about the process and harm of picking pearls. This is what really touched the people of picking pearls.

A large number of small boats took the pearl-picking people to the wreckage, and people began to jump down the sea with ropes tied around their waists. This was a group of extremely strong people, thin, but extremely firm in their will. They began to dive deep into the bottom of the water more than ten or twenty meters below. When they reached the bottom of the water, these people felt terrifying. The wreckage of the wreckage was everywhere. It could be seen that the sea battle was cruel and tragic. The big ship and the small boat were mixed together, and the human corpses were sandwiched in the gap, and the shape was terrifying.

There were sunken weapons, armor, and some messy affairs everywhere. As a result of the instructions in advance, the people who picked the pearl began to grop under the water.

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"The Nan'an Prefecture Army of the Dongfan defeated the thieves and beheaded more than 20,000 levels. The pirates dispersed and had fled back to Luzon from the sea of ​​the Dongfan?" A large number of pearl-picking people were recruited from the seaside and boarded the ship. The wind immediately spread throughout the Minqing area and then passed to Fuzhou.

Fuzhou Fucheng is dozens of miles from the mouth of the Minjiang River, and more than 100 miles from the Minqing seaside and islands where Nan'an Hou Mansion recruits pearl pickers, which is even further away.

It is less than seventy miles from the coast of Minqing to the Dongfan.

You can make a round trip within the sky, and it is the closest place to you.

By the time the news reached the city and reached the ears of King Zhao, most of the day had passed.

King Zhao was treating guests in the Yatang. Some civil officials who were willing to serve on Fujian Road were mostly sixth and seventh ranks. The career was not good, and they hoped to open a breakthrough here with King Zhao.

There are also some fourth- and fifth-rank Xiangjun higher vocational colleges, who are frequent visitors of the Zhao royal palace and come to report almost every day.

The way of controlling King Zhao was to be kind to the lower level. He had a lot of income and a lofty ambitions, so he treated the generals of the Xiang army quite well. Not only did he say anything about his usual rewards, he almost met every request.

The troops of several wing troops were in command. Whenever the military pay was insufficient and the army was about to mutiny, they would run to the Zhao Palace for help, and most of them would succeed.

This time, He Deqing, Liu Jie and other troops were in command. It was because the Xiang army had been repeatedly mobilized for a while. The farthest one was transferred from the mountains of Shaowu Army to Fuzhou or Zhangzhou. The Xiang army's military pay was actually not low, with two jin of money per month. If you get it in full, you will wait for a farmer with ten acres of land for about two years.

But it is quite obvious that the military pay of the wing army will be deducted a lot, inadequate amounts, fake money, poor money, food expenses, training funds will be embezzled, military weapons will be sold, and inferior products will be used as good ones. This is the norm, and even both governments know it well.

If you are stationed at your doorstep, the wing army can barely support you. If you mobilize the expedition and walk hundreds of miles, the food will be poor and the military pay will be insufficient. You will naturally complain and even have the risk of a mutiny.

Several generals of the Xiang army came to complain, hoping that the Grand Governor's Office could temporarily allocate a sum of money and issue it to the Xiang army soldiers to boost morale.

For this reason, King Zhao could only write a note. The son ordered Zhao Debang to try his best. He brought these civil and military officials to hold a banquet in the elegant hall, and everyone drank together and so on.

Suddenly, this surprising news came. King Zhao was shocked at first. The wine glass in his hand fell on the table and the wine spilled on the table. He was a little confused at the first moment, and then he stared at the eunuch who reported the news with an angry look.

The eunuch felt the anger of King Zhao, lowered his hands and lowered his head, and whispered: "I am Meng Lang."

"You are too Menglang." King Zhao scolded in great anger: "Unverified, there are rumors in the market that dare to get such a scene, it is simply a mess."

Everyone was quite uneasy. The civil servants present were fine, but the military generals were a little blind and confused.

They came to Zhao Wang Mansion just to seek more benefits. Of course, the excuse was that pirates invaded the territory, and the expenses were huge after the military was prosperous. Many people had already divided up some benefits in advance and moved their money to their homes. If they said that all the pirates ran away and the garrison could withdraw, then their excuse would be ridiculous.

King Zhao was particularly angry. Of course, he also used the excuse to allocate military supplies and made a profit in the warehouse of the Grand Governor's Mansion. Although the prince had many official villages, King Zhao also had many blood-sucking businesses, such as pawn shops and money shops. The money posted by the seals made money very quickly, but no one dared to owe the Zhao Prince's Mansion. In fact, there are quite a lot of industries in the Zhao Prince's Mansion, which are from many bankrupts. Their land and homes were deprived. Many people in Fujian know about it, but who can do anything to Zhao Prince?

When King Qi was alive, he looked down on King Zhao. This kind of economic means was the important reason. A prince who could force the people to lose all their money to repay their debts was too ugly to say it, and it was really looked down upon by people. Who could believe that such a prince would be the pillar of the country and the mainstay of the country?

Now more than 10,000 imperial guards on Fujian Road are dispatched, and more than 100,000 troops are mobilized for alert. The troops are stationed everywhere, and the generals are trembling, civil officials are timid and panic, and the whole area is panic. King Zhao and Lin Douyao also regard the danger of the Dongfan for no reason. They feel that it is good to be able to protect Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and even Zhangzhou may not be able to defend it.

As a result, such news suddenly came, which told King Zhao not to be angry and even to believe it?

But the more he was unwilling to believe it, the more he felt that more than 80% of this matter was true. If something happened to the Dongfan, how could the people from the Marquis of Nan'an go to the Minqing area to recruit pearl collectors? The reason for recruiting pearl collectors is very simple. Of course, it is to clean the battlefield with a shipwreck. The logic is clear and the chain is tight, so people cannot believe it.

King Zhao's heart seemed to sink to the bottom of the valley. The bright lights and the aroma of the wine and food in front of him came from a strange place, and he was closed in the closed space. Only the boundless darkness swallowed him, suffocating him and unable to extricate himself.

"Your Highness does not need to believe such false statements." He Deqing, commander of the army, said with a pale face: "It must be the pirates who sent people to release rumors, which will deceive our army, shake the morale of the army, neglect defense, and give them an opportunity to take advantage of it."
Chapter completed!