Chapter 657(1/2)
In the Tang Dynasty, "Songjiang" was either soaked in the river or in the sea.
Because there are two big rivers here, one is the Wusong River and the other is the Huangpu River, which divides the later "Great Shanghai" into three major pieces.
In the eyes of outsiders, the poor mountains and rivers here are so what is the future of development.
But Yang Fan knew that this place was located at the center of Huasha Coastline, facing the East China Sea in the east, the Yangtze River in the north, and the Hangzhou Bay in the south, and the geographical location was very advantageous.
In order to prevent pirates, the imperial court also set up a navy station here.
However, when Yang Fan and his party were patrolling along the way, they seemed very withered.
Apart from some dilapidated boats and sporadic huts, there was no sign of the navy's garrison or the navy's warships.
This scene made Yang Fan stunned!
If there are indeed pirates attacking, what will Huating County use to resist?
With the introduction of Wang Chengyue, the snake who went to the ground, Yang Fan quickly learned about this place.
There are mudflats nearby, with sparsely populated areas and less than one arable land. It is considered a completely desolate place.
Because of this, the entire "Greater Shanghai" in later generations occupied about 1/3 of Huating County.
Therefore, in such a large place, there are only a few dozen navy soldiers stationed here.
The total number of residents in Huating County is only more than 10,000, which belongs to a Xiaxia County for the Tang Dynasty.
Most people in the county make a living by fishing, but they dare not go out to the sea, so they are relatively poor.
After wandering around and listening to Wang Chengyue's explanation, Yang Fan also gained some understanding of the place.
But Yang Fan was very suspicious.
If Huating County is really so poor, why doesn’t this guy in front of him want to be transferred from here?
As he thought, Yang Fan and his party came to a place to moor the boat.
Wooden houses are continuous on the shore, and countless wood is piled up outside at will, looking like a shipyard.
Unfortunately, this shipyard looks very dilapidated.
If you look at the surrounding terrain, although Yang Fan doesn’t understand it very well, this is definitely a good place to build a ship.
Although the Tang Dynasty did not pay much attention to the navy, it also remitted a lot of money every year. Why is this official shipyard still so dilapidated?
In this case, once there are really pirates, they will be unable to resist.
Seeing Yang Fan looking at the shipyard around, Wang Chengyue wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hesitantly: "Grandmaster, this place was originally a shipyard of the navy, but it is located in remote place, sparsely populated, and there is no funding to repair it. Now it has completely fallen and has nothing to see, why don't you go back first?"
Falling on hold?
At this time, Yang Fan was attracted by a noisy sound!
His eyes also moved to the dock next to the shipyard, and the fishy smell of seafood also hit the spring breeze, and his face suddenly sank.
When he saw that it was not good, Wang Chengyue was about to stop him, but he saw Yang Fan riding his horse to the dock.
Seeing this, Wang Chengyue had to follow her short legs helplessly, but she didn't want Yang Fan to take a look at her.
When he arrived at the pier, Yang Fan's face became even more gloomy.
It turned out that the noise just now was a dispute between several fishermen and a group of powerful servants.
Several servants were carrying fishermen's catch from the fishing boat in a frame toward the shipyard.
From the begging of several fishermen, we can see that these traitors are simply taking over powerful robberies.
It really opened Yang Fan’s eyes!
This is simply a bright robbery in the blue sky and the sun. Is there no law?
Looking in the direction of the shipyard, Yang Fan then realized that the empty space of the shipyard was full of various dried seafood.
This is not a shipyard, it has obviously become a seafood processing factory.
Who is so bold to regard the imperial naval shipyard as a private place?
Even if it is broken, it is impossible to ruin it like this, right?
Besides, if these shipyards are repaired, they will definitely be a strategic location.
Seeing the robbed fishermen with a look of decay, the several servants were chattering endlessly, and even punching each other.
Yang Fan was furious!
He waved to Xi Junmai beside him.
Xi Junmai understood it, and went up to shout, "Stop, the sky is blue and sun is bright, you dare to rob, isn't there any king's law?"
This loud shout shocked the group of majestic servants, and they couldn't help but stop their movements.
Since the others had not been able to catch up, the group of servants felt relieved when they saw only Yang Fan and Xi Junmai.
The sergeant who took the lead said even more arrogantly: "You are foreigners, right? I advise you not to meddle in other people's business, otherwise, haha..."
"You talk about the king's law? Here I am the king's law. Do you know who I am?"
These words immediately made Yang Fan laugh, and he held back the anger in his heart and asked, "Listen to the ear!"
The head servant raised his head and said proudly with his nostrils facing the sky: "Listen, I call Wang Ju, I am from the Wang family in Jiangnan. Huating County Magistrate is my cousin... If you dare to meddle in other people's business, you will definitely let you taste the pain of prison."
Yang Fan couldn't help but feel happy and said with a smile: "I don't know if we have any prison disasters, but you will definitely have a prison disaster."
As he said that, Yang Fan ignored the group of clowns jumping off the building, turned to look at the trembling fisherman and asked softly: "Several fishermen, you can tell me if you have any grievances, I will make the decision for you."
Obviously, several ragged fishermen did not trust Yang Fan very much, but did not dare to say a word.
In their opinion, although the luxuriously dressed young man in front of him had some background, he would never offend the Wang family for a small person like them.
Once Yang Fan leaves, they will definitely be retaliated against.
Seeing this scene, Wang Ju was even more proud and laughed: "Boy, you know I'm so powerful. I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise..."
Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, Wang Ju was kicked away by Xi Junmai.
It is simply a matter of seeking death to dare to call yourself a man in front of Yang Fan.
Wang Jue was kicked several meters away by Xi Junmai. Not only did he fall off his front teeth, but he vomited several mouthfuls of blood before he slowly stood up with the help of several other servants.
The fisherman beside him was completely stunned and couldn't help but guess who this young man was, and he actually dared to hit the Wang family?
In their opinion, Xi Junmai and Yang Fan were in trouble and stepped back unknowingly.
Sure enough, after Wang Ju vomited a few more mouthfuls of blood, his pair of triangular eyes stared at Yang Fan and the others and said, "I dare to beat me. Now no matter who you are, you will have to die. Come on me, and I will be responsible if I beat you to death!"
After saying that, a group of servants surrounded Yang Fan and the others in the middle.
Xi Junmai didn't take this group of mobs seriously at all.
Just as I was about to take action, an anxious voice came from a distance.
"Stop, stop now"
Wang Ju turned his head and saw a ball of meat rolling towards him quickly.
However, he still recognized the identity of the person who was his cousin Wang Chengyue!
Thinking that the savior had arrived, Wang Ju quickly greeted him and cried and said, "Cousin, I was beaten by them. Hurry up and have someone arrest them. I want them to live a life worse than death."
Upon hearing this, Wang Chengyue's face turned pale, he quickly glanced at Yang Fan, and said anxiously: "Do you want to die? You dare to be rude to the Grand Governor. I want to peel you off."
Grand Governor?
When Wang Chengyue heard Wang Chengyue's words, Wang Yu was stunned.
How could he have thought that a great governor would come to such a place where birds do not shit, and would interfere with such a trivial matter.
But Wang Shu knew very well that he really hit the iron plate this time.
He ignored the pain on his body and came to Yang Fan tremblingly and quickly apologized: "The little one has no eyes and has hit the Grand Governor. Please give me a lot of them, so I spare the little one this time."
Several fishermen on the side couldn't help feeling relieved when they looked at Wang Ju, who was always arrogant and domineering.
Do you really think Huating County is the world of your Wang family?
It’s just bullying the common people like us. In front of this great governor, it’s just like a mouse seeing a cat!
Humph, this guy is waiting to be cleaned up.
However, the Grand Governor looked too young and was not as fierce as the rumored one. I wonder if he could calm these people down.
You know, Huating County is the world of the Wang family.
Although these fishermen are all little bullies, some bold people have seen hope.
With a plop, he knelt directly in front of Yang Fan and shouted: "Wang Huo has one hand to cover the sky and forcefully rob us of our fishing catch. Please ask the Grand Governor to make the decision for us!"
Please ask the Grand Governor to make the decision for us...
Someone took the lead, and the fishermen on the pier knelt down, and waves of shouts followed by waves.
Yang Fan helped an old man with a gray beard in front of him up and said firmly to everyone: "Please rest assured that if you have any grievances, just come and go. As long as you find out it is true, this governor will definitely make the decision for you. Everyone should get up!"
"Thank you Governor!"
Instead of responding, everyone kowtowed directly on the ground.
Seeing this, Yang Fan had to wave his hand to the guards who followed him and said, "Take all these people who are unscrupulous!"
"promise!"
Before these slaughtermen came to their senses, they were knocked to the ground by the guards.
At this time, Wang was panicked and shouted to Wang Chengyue: "Cousin, help me!"
To be continued...