Chapter 764: Hailing Port where major events are about to happen

The people of Hailing, Fuzhou knew that something big was going to happen more than a month ago, because over the past month, more and more big people have been shuttled between Dingzhou and Hailing Port, and the warning is getting tighter day by day. The entire wharf has been repaired, and the flags on the wharf have been replaced with brand new ones in one day. With more and more soldiers coming from Dingzhou, everyone’s guess is getting bigger and bigger. What are they going to do?

The Hailing people are not people who have never seen the world. The Qiyuan, the first giant ship on the mainland, was launched here. On that day, there were crowds of people. The launch ceremony was held by Li Dashui himself, and General Deng personally directed the Qiyuan's first voyage. Now the most powerful navy on the mainland also vowed to set off here. The scene and momentum made the Hailing people talk about it until now. Even with such a big action, there was no such tossing like this now.

The busyness of Hailing Port this month has had a great impact on the Hailing people. Originally, there were two docks in Hailing, one for military use and the other for civil use. Later, the military docks expanded and occupied civilian ports. The civilian docks were thus moved dozens of miles. However, because this is the Dingzhou Navy Base, the traffic on the docks is still very large. Many Hailing people rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to drink water. They rely on these sailors to do business in the year.

Although the military docks are run by the government, ordinary people are not prohibited from carrying loads and pulling carts to do business here. As long as you open a certificate in the Hailing Yamen, you can confirm that you are a native of Hailing or a retired soldier. Not far from the docks, there are all kinds of restaurants, restaurants, and department stores, and there are several brothels. Although Li Qing was strict in the military, he could not resist the business of flesh and blood. The main reason was that the navy spent most of the time wandering on the sea a year, and occasionally went to the land for a few days off. Those who had a family in Hailing could naturally go home and have a warm kang with their wives and children. However, a large number of bachelors must have a place to vent their fire. The energetic soldiers always make them prone to cause trouble.

The brothel here is doing this business. Xu Yunfeng originally didn't like it, but later Li Qing told him not to worry about it, and he had no choice but to follow Li Qing's will. Every few months, he sent doctors from the state to check on these prostitutes. Li Qing was afraid that these prostitutes would spread some bad diseases to the soldiers, which would be bad.

It can be said that these brothel women in Hailing are the happiest prostitutes in the world, because they can enjoy free regular inspections and medical treatment, and their asking price is much higher than elsewhere, because the Dingzhou army is so high that these sailors are never short of money.

Later, Xu Yunfeng became ruthless and simply asked these prostitutes to collect taxes, which could be regarded as opening a new tax source for Fuzhou.

Xu Yunfeng started, and the other states were not willing to let it go. This made many of the students under Dingzhou dissatisfied with their letters to Li Qing, but Li Qing looked at the morality and righteousness of these scholars, and laughed and threw them aside, neither saying yes nor saying no. Over time, these scholars understood what Li Qing meant. Although they were unwilling to do so, they could only say a few words. This matter became a customization under Dingzhou, which made people from other places in Dachu use it as a laughing stock in Dingzhou.

Now Hailing is almost closed to the port, with a large number of warships and more sailors than usual, but sailors are not allowed to leave the port, nor are ordinary people allowed to enter the port to do business again. Needless to say, there is no business at all, so these people started to quarrel and made the Hailing Mansion, which made the mansion master feel anxious and could only comfort him that this was just a temporary solution and would soon reopen.

This is because the political atmosphere under Dingzhou is relatively open-minded. Ordinary people can express their wishes through fellow villagers or clans. If you dare to make trouble, you will tie you up with a rope and take you to the station cage for a few days. Of course, the folk customs of the Dingzhou and Fuzhou are also really strong. These places are the place where Li Qing made his fortune. Almost every household has children serving in the army. Maybe an old man selling pears on the street, and his son is a senior officer. This is also a headache for the Hailing Mansion Master. He dare not stretch out his hands or talk nonsense. If he is not careful, he may break the world!

What's more, in the past month, there have been more than one senior Dingzhou official sitting in his government office. Compared with his prefecture, he is a big shot. Even though the Dingzhou Naval Base is a step ahead of his prefecture, he is not enough to see in front of these people.

Fortunately, as time approaches, more and more senior officials come to Dingzhou. By now, he has only the only errands left. He listens to the instructions in front of the big guys and is still a little younger.

First, Xu Yunfeng, the governor of Fuzhou, arrived. A day later, Ji Sichen, the vice president of the Supervision Office, arrived. Later, even General Yang Yidao arrived early. The army that followed Yang Yidao took over all the police protection work. In the entire Hailing, there were still many special agents of the Supervision Office who were secretly alerting.

Two days ago, Mariss Li finally arrived in Hailing with high-ranking officials such as Lu Yiming, Yan Nanfei, Luo Daoming, and Li Muzhi. This made him feel relieved. The arrival of his lord means that the matter will be over soon.

One day afterwards, the prefectures under Dingzhou came one after another. In addition to General Kushanfeng, General Tian Feng, and General Wang Qinian, the military leaders of Dingzhou also gathered here, and even General Lu Dalin stationed in Bingzhou rushed over.

The entire Hailing now knows that Li Qing has arrived at Hailing Port, because Li Qing's personal guard camp is completely different from other troops in terms of equipment and clothing. Seeing their large-scale appearance means that Li Qing has arrived.

November 8th is already a clear and cool season for the Central Plains, but it is already relatively cold for Fuzhou. When the cold wind blows in the morning, it feels a bit biting. This is also thanks to Fuzhou's temperature being relatively high, and Dingzhou is already quite cold at this time.

On the Hailing Pier, there were extremely guarded, countless soldiers wearing brand new armor, holding spears that had just left the warehouse, stood solemnly, and their faces under the helmet were frozen red. I don’t know when they started working. The sun rose and the sun shone on the armor. Under the illumination, there were water marks.

In Hailing City, there is also a three-step and a five-step whistle. All residents were told in advance that they should not go out today.

All Hailing people knew that something big was going to happen, because it was the first time to prevent residents from going out. Even when General Li came to see General Deng off on an expedition, this situation had occurred.

Well, I won't let go, but this doesn't prevent the residents from having other ways to see the poor. So many people came out on the roofs of every household in Hailing, sitting or standing on the roof of their own houses. As long as the location is good enough, you can clearly see the situation of the harbor.

The Hailing Prefecture Government Office, headed by Li Qing, all senior officials at all levels in Dingzhou were wearing brand new official uniforms, and everything was ready. When the hour arrived, they set out for the harbor.

The governments on all officials are very different from before. They are no longer the original official uniforms of various levels of the Great Chu, but a brand new system. Among the civil officials, the three pavilions were all wearing big red official robes, with an eagle spreading its wings in the middle of the robe. The ministers of each tribe were wearing red robes, and a crane was embroidered on their chests. Further down there were magistrates, wearing purple robes, and peacocks were embroidered on their bodies. Of course, there were exceptions, such as Li Muzhi, Li Sizhi, and Xu Yunfeng, although they were just magistrates, they also wore big red robes.

Like the general, there are armor all over his body, but there are stars in front of the chest of the armor. The general is inlaid with Venus. The general has two rows of stars, four or five above and five above, and there are nine in total. General Cavalry and General Xiaoguo are eight and seven respectively. Then, and so on. At the last level, General Xuanwei, there is only one Venus. The lieutenant is inlaid with silver stars. The highest level Zhenwu lieutenant embroidered six stars, two above and four below, and so on. At the last level, the Guide lieutenant, there is only one left.

At present, there are red robes in the Hailing Mansion, gathering stars, like the Hailing Mansion in a green robes. There is no place to stay in the lobby, so you can only stay in the yard, waiting for the instructions that the adults may arrive at any time.

Li Qing sat in the middle of the lobby with a smile, looking at the officials at all levels gathered in the hall and whispered to each other. He couldn't help but feel proud. These people were all their subordinates, and they could determine their life, death, honor and disgrace, wealth, poverty and humiliation. Thinking about the time when he was struggling to survive a few years ago, he couldn't help but suddenly realize that he was a different world.

Tiebao hurried into the lobby, glanced at the adults in the room, rushed straight to Li Qing, leaned over and whispered a few times in his ear. Li Qing's face changed, but it returned to normal in an instant. He nodded slightly, and Tiebao ran away again.

Seeing the iron leopard coming and leaving in a hurry, the people in the hall immediately knew that something should have happened. The lobby suddenly became quiet and turned their eyes to Li Qing in the lobby.

Li Qing's face remained unchanged and he said softly: "There is a small episode, and our departure time may be slightly delayed."

Lu Yiming said in surprise: "Lord, this time is accurate. If General Deng Peng appears in the harbor, we have not arrived yet..."

Li Qing waved his hand, "Our old friend has also sent someone to watch the ceremony. The Supervision Office is rushing there to invite them. It will take a certain amount of time. Don't worry, it won't take long. It won't be a mistake."

Everyone in the hall changed their faces immediately, some were surprised, some were annoyed, some were stomping their feet and cursing them in a low voice. In short, it was all in one go.

"Is it Yuan Fang?" Lu Yiming whispered.

"Not only Yuan Fang, but also Zhong Ziqi. These two old friends have sent people to watch the ceremony. We have to go and greet them."
Chapter completed!