Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

Zuo Ci looked at the expression on his senior brother's face and was speechless. He said, "I don't know how other people's luck is, but my senior brother's luck is just bad luck upon bad luck. He is extremely unlucky."

He went to the He family and stayed there for less than two days before he ran into his uncle and his wife forcing them to cheat on the head of the family and was about to leave.

He went to Qian's house and was entrusted to look after the fish pond. As a result, the lucky carp raised by the owner were eaten by the cat every day and he was driven out.

Finally, he heard that the Shen family had greatly increased in strength and it was time to recruit new followers. In the meeting hall, he heard about the various methods used by the Shen family against the Hai Gang. The senior brother couldn't stand it and tried to persuade them with a few words, but this happened to make Sixth Master Shen angry, so the two were coaxed out immediately.

They traveled in the south for more than a month, but encountered obstacles everywhere. Even so, the senior brother was unwilling to give up and said that their benefactor was right here.

Zuo Ci sighed in disappointment and looked towards the brightly lit blue brick garden, thinking with some self-mockery how unreliable his senior brother was. He already knew that when you observe the stars at night, the Big Dipper will point the way, and when the Kuiwei star enters the center palace, good luck will come.

I didn't see the benefactor, but my brother's bad luck never ends. It is said that the closer you are to the benefactor, the more unlucky you will be. Could it be that the benefactor is in this garden?

An absurd thought flashed through his mind, and then he shook his head, rubbed his shoulders, and followed his senior brother to the bridge tunnel where they usually lived.

Not long after they left, the mountain breeze blew, and in the shadows of the trees behind them, Wu Nu looked thoughtfully in the direction they left.

He whispered, "Mr. Qu's disciple, but he didn't come to pay a visit to the lady," so just ignore him.

In Wu Nu's mind, as long as it didn't pose a threat to Xie Xian, he didn't care.

In the garden, Xie Xian was discussing the affairs of the Mi Yu Guard with Xiang Jie.

"We have found a place to stay in the city, but we are not sure about the news of the sea gang."

Xiang Jie hesitated when he said this. He made a special trip to visit the Hai Gang this afternoon, but what he saw was different from other gangs. They had no fixed base, and although there were many people, they were all pale and thin.

What was outrageous was that the place they had agreed to meet was actually under a bridge. Whenever Xiang Jie thought of that scene, he felt a slight bitter taste in his mouth.

Under Xie Xian's puzzled gaze, Xiang Jie told her everything he had seen and heard in the Hai Gang.

"So, these people are just a group of refugees?" Xie Xian took a deep breath. Although she had no hope for the Daxia officialdom, Kuaiji County was in the south, an important economic center, and a cultural and entertainment center.

Large salt fields and mulberry fields should be able to feed tens of thousands of people.

But the current situation is that Emperor Qi only ordered a sea ban, and the nobles only sent a few troops to drive them away. As for whether driving them inland would cause an impact on the local people and how they would make a living, this was not their concern.

"Many people came to Kuaiji County, but more were driven to Nanyue, and some fled to the open sea." Okay, there are people who are worse off than them.

Xiang Jie curled his lips, "The people in this Sea Gang are even more destitute than those in the Beggar Gang." It was probably because even joining the Beggar Gang would be looked down upon.

"They have taken on some jobs at the dock, but their lives are not easy either." Today he saw from afar that the Shen family's steward was ordering the Hai Gang leader around, as if he was certain that they could not survive without the Shen family.

"But what I heard is that the Shen family's cooperation with the Hai Gang has strengthened their family strength." Xie Xian said uncertainly.

"What kind of cooperation? I think the Shen family has ulterior motives. They want to swallow up the Hai Gang, but the Hai Gang has too many members. They are afraid of backlash if they do too much."

At the beginning, the sea dwellers came to the city to beg for food, but they encountered many scammers, who didn't pay them for work and even kidnapped wives and daughters on the street to sell them. It was like they had entered a den of tigers and wolves.

After a few days of adaptation, the sea people quickly banded together and made a name for themselves, thus blocking those man-eating jackals.

Many people in the city were plotting against them, both openly and covertly. Their ancestors had been fishing on the seaside for generations and they were not used to life in the city. It took them more than a month to slowly gain a foothold.

They were carrying bags at Shenjia Wharf and earning some hard-earned money. They were able to endure hardships, but unknowingly they started a price war with the locals.

You get thirty cents for carrying a bag a day, but I only get twenty-five cents. By the time they realize this, the locals will no longer do it. There will still be a lot of work, but the wages will be only half of what they used to be.

Later, as more and more workers became porters for the Hai Gang, the Shen family began to show their fangs. There was endless work to do, but the money they earned was getting less and less. Many people fell ill, but they had no money to see a doctor.

As a result, because the Shen family's unloading was convenient, fast and cheap, merchant ships all came to their port to land. Their port became bigger and bigger, and they made a lot of money.

But sucking blood like this is not enough. The real purpose of the Shen family is to make the people of the Hai Gang serve as their slaves. After signing the contract, they don’t even have to pay any money and can have free labor.

But this has already touched the bottom line of the Hai Gang. Although they are down and out now, they are still good citizens after all. If they really become slaves, they will be at the mercy of others.

"This Shen family is such a piece of shit!" Xie Xian was speechless. The Shen family was full of tricks, making it hard to guard against them.

"If you have the ability to cheat people, why don't you do something else?" He had to catch someone who was already desperate and bully him.

Xiang Jie nodded in agreement, "It is said that, because of this, other noble families despise his behavior and are ashamed to associate with him."

Xie Xian licked her teeth. So that's it. This was the reason why Shen Liu was rejected for marriage!

In this era, people attach great importance to reputation. We may not know a person's inner qualities, but we can show them through his external behavior. This is what is called virtue.

If a person has good morals, even if his family is poor, there will be people willing to marry their daughter to him. However, if a person has corrupt morals, even if he is wealthy, he will be looked down upon.

Such values ​​are quite different from those of later generations. However, such right and wrong are of no use to such hypocrites. Does the Shen family not even want to pretend?

"Now the Shen family has contacted the Salt Gang and the Beggar Gang and is putting pressure on the Sea Gang. I don't know what the outcome will be." Xiang Jie added.

"What about the others? Just watching like that?" Xie Xian didn't believe it.

"The Salt Gang and the Beggar Gang are not good people." The Salt Gang is mostly composed of wealthy families and businessmen who have their own slaves working for them. The Beggar Gang, on the other hand, is quite proficient in the human business, and is involved in everything from harvesting and dissecting living people to buying and selling people.

"No wonder you want to get involved." Xie Xian understood. She stood up and opened the window. The moon was high in the sky. She missed her previous 996 office worker life. What she really missed was the powerful motherland that gave her an unparalleled sense of security.

In this chaotic era, she feels so insignificant that she can help very few people.

Xiang Jie behind him seemed to sense Xie Xian's loneliness and dejection, "I actually ran into the man who was fighting with the lady for the roast chicken in the Hai Gang."

Xie Xian was surprised and said: "Ji Yuanyi!"