Daming pirates

It was dark on the coast, and no light could be seen. After estimating the time, Yu Xiaotian roughly estimated that it was already around ten o'clock in the evening, which was already the second watch. At this time, ordinary people basically

There is no entertainment at all. Except for the dignitaries and wealthy people, the common people basically go to bed early. Those with wives hug their wives and do exercises on the bed, and those without wives rely on their ten-fingered sisters to comfort themselves. That's why we are here.

By that time, most people had basically fallen asleep.

Therefore, they stayed close to the shore, and since they did not light up lanterns, no one could find them docking in such darkness.

The shore is quiet. Looking eastward, you can see the lights of Dinghai City in the distance. But here is a bay sunken into the shore. Don't look at the coast here and Dinghai City.

The straight-line distance is only about five miles, but if you go around on land, it will be at least ten miles away. This is why Yu Xiaotian dared to take people ashore here.

Even if there is something going on here, after the warning, the officers and soldiers guarding Dinghai City dare to leave the city and come here to investigate. The distance of ten miles is enough for them to walk for a while. By the time the officers and soldiers arrive here, they will probably have boarded the ship.

Offshore.

Everyone became nervous at this time. This time they did not investigate here in advance and went to take action directly. They did not know the situation here at all. Including Yu Xiaotian, they felt that they were not very confident, so everyone

Keep your voice down as much as possible and don't dare to speak loudly.

Because they did not know the water depth on the coast, they did not dare to dock the boat directly on the shore. Instead, when they were still dozens of meters away from the shore, they dropped the stone anchor and put down the small sampan they carried on the boat.

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Heitou led the people down to the sampan and rowed all the way, exploring the depth of the water while rowing towards the shore. Finally, dragging the cable, they landed on the shore.

Under their guidance, the rest of the people weighed the anchor again, slowly followed the waterway they explored, and then carefully leaned on the shore.

Yu Xiaotian was very nervous during the process of docking. It was easy to get stranded when docking late at night in unfamiliar waters, even with a lantern and a torch, but they had to dock the boat in complete darkness.

This is undoubtedly a risk. If they are not careful, they may be stranded on the shore. Once they are unable to return to the sea after dawn, they will be like fish thrown ashore. It is obvious what their fate will be.

Fortunately, the water depth in this area of ​​the shore is still enough for their boat to sail close to the shore, and the people on the boat know the tide conditions in this area. Before dawn, the tide here is low. As long as the ship is docked on the shore, it will not be affected by the low tide.

Strand them here.

After a while of struggling, they finally got off the boat to the shore. Yu Xiaotian asked Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi to stay on the boat, and took along Mad Meng, Heitou, Liu Tong, Han Xian and seven or eight other brave young men on the boat.

After identifying the direction, he immediately headed towards the village not too far from the shore.

According to the location that Manager Li told Yu Xiaotian, the place they chose to dock was near Dongping Village. After landing, it was easy to find Dongping Village.

Dongping Village was originally a small village. The village used to have earthen walls built as fortifications to defend against pirates and Japanese pirates. However, over the years, the Japanese invasion has become less common. In addition, it is relatively close to Dinghai Qianhusuo City, so pirates generally do not

Dare to come here to make trouble, so a big family in the village built an ironmaking workshop outside the village. Unexpectedly, this blacksmithing workshop actually had a prosperous business, attracting many people from nearby to come here to buy ironware, so that later Dongping Village

A blacksmithing business circle gradually formed, with as many as seven or eight blacksmith shops, gradually becoming a large-scale business.

This time, the thugs arrested by Lianjiang County for robbing grain stores were sent here to build a road from Dinghai City to Lianjiang County. These refugees gathered here with their families.

This happened to be Yu Xiaotian's goal. He currently did not have the ability to go directly to the shore to recruit people, so he could only rely on forced kidnapping to meet his needs.

As for the refugees who were brought back to Treasure Island, they would have no choice but to be at his mercy. He believed that with good food and good food, these people would continue to work with him.

Yu Xiaotian led a dozen or so people towards Dongping Village, one foot at a time and one foot at a time. Not far away, he saw Dongping Village shrouded in night and a mess of huts erected outside the village.

A narrow road passed through the outside of Dongping Village and extended along the coast to the east and west sides. Yu Xiaotian raised his hand to stop the footsteps of the people behind him.

"You guys wait here! I'll take Heitou over first to find out what's going on!" Yu Xiaotian squatted down and the others quickly gathered around him. He lowered his voice and ordered everyone.

Crazy Meng nodded and said: "Helmsman, please be more careful!"

"Don't worry! You all should be careful, don't let the news leak out! I'll be back soon! If I don't come back before dawn, you can go back to the ship, return to the sea first, and come here to pick up Han Xian and me tomorrow night!

"Yu Xiaotian didn't dare to finish his words, leaving a way out for himself. If they can't get things done tonight, at least they have a backup plan, and they can leave tomorrow night.

After hearing this, Crazy Meng nodded and agreed. Yu Xiaotian said nothing more, took the black head and trotted towards the place where the refugees gathered outside Dongping Village.

The entire Dongping Village was completely dark and quiet inside and outside. Occasionally, the chirping of insects broke the tranquility, but it did not attract anyone's attention.

After Yu Xiaotian took his black head to the outside of the village, he saw through the moonlight that many shacks had been set up in a flat area outside the village. It seemed that refugees gathered here. Near the village, there were

In several courtyards, you can still see some chimneys that are not too high. From this, we can basically conclude that there are blacksmith shops.

In addition, they found a place with a lantern on the west side of the village, so Yu Xiaotian went to the black head and touched the area near the lighted lantern, squatted down and observed it carefully.

It turns out that there is a circle surrounded by a wooden fence. It looks a lot like a large livestock pen. There is a door. At the door, there are two people wearing soap green clothes looking at the door of the fence. From their clothes,

It can be seen that these two people should be yamen servants of the county government.

Inside the wooden fence, through the weak light from the lanterns hanging on the fence door, you can vaguely see that there are many people lying around in the huts without walls. After counting, there are about forty people.

They were probably those people who were arrested by the county government for stealing grain.

Outside the fence, there are some wooden shovels, rakes, bamboo baskets or rattan baskets, and a large stone roller piled up. It can be seen at a glance that these things are tools used for road construction. In this way, you can

It is concluded that this is the place where unruly people are temporarily detained.

The exact number of guards responsible for guarding these unruly people is unknown. We can only see two guards at the door with iron rulers and single swords around their waists. One guard is still leaning on the door rail and sleeping soundly. There is no sign of vigilance at all.

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Yu Xiaotian and Heitou took a closer look and found a relatively large and somewhat decent shack on the north side of the fence. It didn't look like a refugee living there, so Yu Xiaotian asked Heitou to stay and touched the shack by himself.

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It was pitch dark inside the shack and nothing could be seen clearly, but breathing and snoring could be heard from inside. Yu Xiaotian stretched his head at the window of the shack and looked inside.

After getting used to the dark environment for a while, Yu Xiaotian could probably see a few bamboo beds inside the shack, and could vaguely see people sleeping on three beds. In this way, he could basically determine that the person responsible for the care was here.

Diao Min's servants only had these five people, which was fewer than he expected.

After clarifying these situations, Yu Xiaotian turned back and took Black Head to the blacksmith shop outside the village and began to explore the situation here. After touching each house one by one, they finally locked their eyes on the easternmost one.

Blacksmith shop.

This blacksmith shop is very small. After Yu Xiaotian jumped over the wall and entered, he found that there were only three people in the small courtyard, which met their requirements. However, they were not sure about one thing, which was how skilled the blacksmiths here were. But now they asked

It can't be too high. If they can get a blacksmith, they are already content!

After a cup of tea, Yu Xiaotian and Heitou returned to where Crazy Meng and the others were hiding, and briefly explained the situation to Crazy Meng and the others.

After Madman Meng heard this, he stood up and wanted to take action, but Yu Xiaotian pulled him back and squatted down.

"Don't worry! Today we are going to attack both at the same time. I will take people to the fence, and you and Heitou will deal with the blacksmith. Remember! We are not here to kill people, especially your side. When dealing with the blacksmith, we must not

No killing is allowed! Just scare them, tie them up and take them away. If that doesn't work, let them go and return to the ship! Remember Uncle Meng?" Yu Xiaotian told Crazy Meng in a low voice.

Crazy Meng laughed dryly, scratched his head and said with a smile: "Look at what the helmsman said, I, Crazy Meng, am not someone who likes to kill people at every turn! I understand this, we want people to lose their lives! Don't worry.

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Yu Xiaotian then simply divided the work among the remaining people. Seeing that it was getting late, he nodded and said: "I remember everything clearly! Don't hurt others easily unless you have to! Unless someone wants to do you harm,

Otherwise, control as many people as possible and bring them to the boat! Prepare the ropes you brought, and let’s do it!”

Without saying a word, Madman Meng ordered two young men and followed Hei Tou towards the blacksmith shop. The remaining seven people followed Yu Xiaotian and got up and trotted towards the fence under the cover of night.

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