Chapter 332 (1/2)

Yingzhou was located north of the Yangtze River, surrounded by countless nan region and northwest of it was the center of the Qing Kingdozhou, was not far fro of the Wei River and the Yangtze River Logically speaking,there The province should look lively and be full of happy citizens

Yet, the actual Yingzhou seeloomy, or that the houses were old It was that the people on the street all had on dreary expressions and seemed lifeless The street vendors were also spiritless Even the savoury crepes all looked cold and limp

The pier outside the city also wasn't very active The boats that went up and down the Qing River usually chose to anchor at a pier further down, rather than here There were only a few desolate boats, and this made the newer shi+p to be even zhou was this way, the heavens were the first to be blah a da countless people and destroying many homes Fortunately, after the disaster the weather quickly cooled and there weren't any outbreaks of disease But this kind of tragedy took the spirit out of Yingzhou

The officials were second to blazhou was once the Emperor's student, but he didn't have an ounce of the E All he kne to do was show off his power to the city, suck up to his superiors, and bully thethe river, he couldn't even maintain standard law and order He only kne to collect outrageous a rumour that this Zhizhou official had connections with the bandits across the river

The bandits were the third to blahout their history, they had the fearless tradition of raising their weapons and pitchforks against officials Now that they'd been stuck with such a horrible official, there were naturally going to be more bitter and poor coed significantly First, the Zhizhou of Yingzhou was invited by the Overwatch Council's Fourth Bureau's Zhuzhou City's Inspection Division to have tea Just as the people of Yingzhou were celebrating this, hoping that the Zhizhou was finally going to fall, the Zhizhou respectfully returned And, just as the people were disappointed that Yingzhou was going to continue to fall into ruins, he passed away!

People fro time, and confirmed that the Zhizhou did not die from some conspiracy plan He'd just died from illness

On the day the Zhizhou died, the cos of firecrackers Of course, no one said it was to celebrate the death of the God of plague But if someone didn't know of the real reason, they would have sizhou had chosen that day to get e was that the bandits in the mountain across the river seeest of the bandit camps had been wiped out in a day, and the bandits had fallen apart There was runan to try and take over their control

The Yingzhou people hadn't been happy in a long time, so they pretended to celebrate an early New Year

Because the Zhizhou had died, next year the court would send in another Zhizhou The bandits had fallen apart, but o on just as difficult as before and wouldn't be affected in that regard

In a rooether talking Even if they were just casually speaking, acting this relaxed in broad daylight was not, after all, the attitude hard laborers should have with their job The hateful expressions on their faces revealed some of their true intentions

The person that they were all circled around was a woular features She wouldn't be considered beautiful, but there was a toughness between her eyes The moment she opened her mouth, the men around her all obediently shut theirs She acted like she was in charge

”Check it carefully It's a tea collecting uards on their shi+p,” one of the hard laborers reminded

Sister Guan was one of the infazhou for long, but she had already gatheredto the gossip, she was being strongly supported

Sister Guan laughed coldly ”It's just a merchant, what's important about that? Besides, you've all done this before You don't need ht?”

They were talking calmly, but once the chest was an to burn hotly On the jianghu, a proper bandit looked at the io, and from there they could deterzhou wereat ho the shi+p sat in the water to deter

Yesterday, a large shi+p had suddenly stopped at the pier The shi+p looked to be almost brand new, and the color of the lichen on the shi+p informed those who spent their lives on the docks that this shi+p probably hasn't been in the water for that long As Yingzhou rarely saw shi+ps of that size any While everyone was diseetables, and water supplies, soated the shi+p and knew everything there was to know about it

What confused the bandits was that since they were tea o in the back? As for how the shi+p sat in the water, it was clearly different from usual shi+ps This question was finally answered when a female cook, as an undercover spy, went on board In a closely guarded roo at the condition of the boards and the light scratches on the metal key, the bandits were shocked to discover that the chest was actually full of silver

”No one would bring this nan just to collect tea”

Sister Guan also had some doubts, but since the zhou, he needed to bring in soive these sweat stained bandits so to do once spring arrived did require a lot of silver Otherwise she wouldn't be so busy, capturing shi+ps all over the place

One of the bandits also thought it was strange and said, ”The shi+p sits low in the water, but there's no cargo on board Maybe they have river stones in the bottom hold that aunt didn't notice”

Sister Guan shook her head ”It's not a seafaring boat, ould it need ballast to hold it down? I just find hi shi+p Why does he need so ely and said, ”We wouldn't dare withdraw the money if we stole banknotes” This coreeether, with their greed obvious in their voices

Sister Guan furrowed her brows, ”The question is, what s cash? Aren't they worried about safety issues?”

The bandits watched Sister Guan and observed that this chief was usually bold and ruthless in her actions, and precise in choosing her targets Taking advantage of the opportunity of there being no Zhizhou, she had taken the was that she was sometimes a little too careful If she was concerned about issue of safety, why ask theo ask the stupid tea merchant himself