Chapter Fifty-One: The Past Is Like Smoke
In a cozy little kitchen.
Zhang Luo drank vegetable porridge.
Talking to Third Master and Xiaozhu about things in the county.
Zhang Xiaozhu said, holding his head and regretting.
Pulling Zhang Luo's hand.
Ask him to take her to the county with him next time.
Had dinner.
Zhang Luo tested Xiaozhu's homework over the past few days.
After gaining some skills and experience.
Zhang Luo asked Xiaozhu to go back to the wing to rest first.
Came to the temple.
Sit next to Mr. San.
"Third Master, do you know an old scribe named Liu in the county?"
Third Master frowned and asked:
"That Liu Dahu who is in his seventies in this county?"
"He came here to trouble you?"
Zhang Luo shook his head, and then the third master said with confidence:
"This Liu Dahu has deep roots in the county government tree."
"You must not have anything to do with him."
Third Master stood up with a cane and continued:
"This Liu Dahu is from Dongshan Village."
"We have an old feud with our Zhenhai Guards."
Zhang Luo asked:
"Even if he is from Dongshan Village."
"Is it just because of a few things that you have been having trouble with Zhenhaiwei?"
Zhang Luo already had a clear understanding with Kang Jiaoyu.
Liu Dahu stopped being in Dongshan Village decades ago.
He is the head of the county government office in charge of tax collection and banking.
Zhenhai Guard is a military guard post.
Since he is not under the control of the county, he should have very few interactions with Liu Dahu.
Third Master said:
"The rice fields in the back mountains have only been around for the past few years."
"Let's talk about the dispute between Zhenhaiwei and Liu Dahu."
"It has to be fifty years ago that I became the father of Baihu.
"I talked about it when Tai Lao Baihu was here."
The third master said while walking in the temple with a cane:
"I was still young at that time, and Liu Dahu had just become a scribe."
"He came to our guardhouse."
"I want Tailao Baihu to help me get some goods."
After hearing this, Luo understood something.
This is Liu Dahu who has just fledged.
I want to smuggle it through Zhenhaiwei.
Of course, it's not surprising to see this kind of thing in the Coast Guard.
It's pretty good if you just borrow it.
Usually it is the guardsmen who smuggle it in person.
"I don't want to offend the people in the county."
"Besides, the health office also helped the county commander at that time."
"It's nothing new."
Zhang Luo could not blame his seniors for their behavior.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were military posts like Zhenhaiwei.
It's already rare.
"It went very smoothly in the first few days."
"Later Liu Dahu wanted to take away more goods."
"It was already promised."
"But Tailao Baihu accidentally discovered what Liu Dahu wanted to smuggle."
"what?"
"armor."
Zhang Luo was immediately speechless.
In the feudal era.
Armor is a very important military material.
Which civilian in the county dares to go out wearing armor?
Guaranteed to be caught by the authorities immediately.
Flesh crimes are the most minor.
If it's just some money and goods.
That old man could still reluctantly agree.
Can help smuggle armor.
No one else needs armor on the southeastern coast.
There are only pirates and Japanese pirates.
"Zhenhaiwei has been fighting against Japanese pirates all year round."
"How can you, as a hundred households, help sell armor to Japanese pirates?"
"Later, Tailao Baihu detained the goods."
"I plan to go to the county government to report him."
"What happened behind the scenes?"
"Back there? Liu Dahu is very cunning."
"While the imperial censor was on patrol, he accused the Zhenhai Guards of smuggling armor."
"The old man was dismissed by the imperial censor."
"I took office in Baihu to help my father."
"We went to the county and went to every place we could to raise some money."
"This is how Tai Lao Bai Hu Guan was reinstated."
"Unfortunately……"
The third master suddenly stood there with his crutch and sighed.
"Too many households cannot bear the blow after this incident."
"He passed away in less than a year."
"A hundred households have experienced the pain of losing their father."
"My body is getting weaker and weaker."
"During a rescue operation in Fuzhou."
"Victimized by Japanese pirates."
"In the end, I didn't live past forty."
Zhang Luo pondered on the spot.
All the previous mysteries in the Weisuo family tree have been solved.
Liu Dahu is still safe and sound.
It is impossible for a scribe to do it on his own.
There must be a bigger figure behind him.
Able to smuggle armor.
He must be a senior official in the military system of a province.
The death of Tai Lao Bai Hu.
Could there be another reason?
No wonder Liu Dahu and his younger brothers.
They have been targeting Zhenhaiwei.
The two parties have really been grudges for a long time.
Third Master looked at Zhang Luo and said:
"This is all a trivial matter for the health department."
"It has nothing to do with you."
"The most important thing for you now is to study hard."
The Zhenhai guards must have known that things were not that simple.
But Zhenhai Guard is just a small coastal military guard.
I can't even speak in the county.
There is no way to delve deeper into this matter.
I saw the third master holding a cane with a serious look on his face.
Zhang Luo smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Third Master, I'm just a little curious."
After a few more words with Third Master.
Returned to the wing.
Zhang Luo is sitting on a wooden chair.
Thinking back on this trip to Jinjiang County.
through this trip.
Zhang Luo finally understood that he had been gaining experience in the health center.
The idea of accumulating knowledge and skyrocketing in the imperial examination is unrealistic.
This is not the Hongwu and Yongle years.
Nor was it before Tumu Fort.
The southeast is not stable.
The Jiajing Dynasty was full of anxiety and prosperity.
It's the night before darkness falls.
Fujian was an area hardest hit by Japanese pirates.
If you just study dead books, you will not know that you will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to get ahead.
Figured this out.
Zhang Luo set a preliminary goal for himself.
Just get more money.
You must have money to have a stable foundation for studying.
Almost all the sea salt from the tidal flats on the beach has been taken.
The fuel for burning refined salt is also nearly exhausted.
I want to continue refining refined salt.
I have to ask Third Master to get some land.
Although you can make a lot of money selling refined salt.
But once summer enters the southeastern region.
With frequent rainy seasons, it is difficult to dry salt on the beach.
We need some more stable ways to make money.
The sweet potatoes have been planted for more than a month.
There are still days left until harvest time.
Cauliflower is pretty quick.
It usually takes two months for cauliflower to mature.
Zhang Luo plans to wait until the first batch of cauliflower matures.
Promote throughout Zhenhaiwei.
The next morning.
Zhang Luo no longer needs to go to the temple for morning classes.
He brought a lot of farm tools with him early in the morning.
I came to the two acres of land that I had reclaimed.
During the few days Zhang Luo stayed in the county town.
Zhang Xiaozhu would come to work in the fields when she was free.
She had picked up all the pebbles on the side.
Green sweet potato leaves grow on the rice fields.
With the morning sun shining down.
It makes people feel good when they see it.
Today Zhang Luo is here to fertilize the sweet potatoes for the second time.
The ashes of plants burned with refined salt some time ago.
It was saved by Zhang Luo.
Mix it with conventional fertilizer.
Can be turned into better potash fertilizer.
Zhang Luo slowly applied the fertilizer.
After the work is done, the children's morning classes will be over.
"Senior brother, the third master has called you to eat."
Zhang Luo wiped the sweat on his forehead.
Replied:
"Okay, I'll be back soon."
This chapter has been completed!