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

It's not Hu Chong's fault. Ever since they were driven away from the seaside by officers and soldiers, the relatives have rarely seen each other. He loves his wife, and Zhao San is an honest man. Except for his unreliable cousin, he is very optimistic about this brother-in-law.

Just a few months ago, Zhao San's family and the entire village disappeared. There were rumors that they were captured by pirates and used as food, but he didn't believe it.

His brother-in-law is a man of great ability. As long as he is at sea, he is popular wherever he goes. Now his nephew has come to him.

"Where are your parents?" Hu Chong asked.

"I'm selling fish for my boss! My mother asked me to take care of my sister Taohua here, and I took my aunt to the boat."

Hearing that his eldest sister was there too, Hu Chong of course went to see her. He had thought that if Zhao San's family was not doing well, he could help them out, but now it seems that his eldest sister and her family have found new jobs.

Naturally, I had to go and take a look. One adult and two children walked out of the bridge hole. The eldest child was skipping and jumping with Taohua in front. As soon as Hu Chong appeared, the vague eyes on the street swept over him.

Hu Chong frowned. The people from the Beggar Gang were really lingering around. He looked at the two kids in front and felt a little sad. He decided to leave Taohua and the baby's mother to Zhao San's care for two days.

The bridge tunnel is not very safe. The Beggar Gang and the Salt Gang are using dirty tricks. He has important things to do tomorrow and has no time to take care of his family.

As the street became wider and wider, Hu Chong was a little surprised. He thought that what Da Wa meant by his parents helping to sell fish was a food stall in the country market, with a small boat and a few baskets of fish.

As the road became more familiar, Hu Chong's expression became more and more strange. He met several Hai Gang members and greeted them.

"Boss, are you here to inspect the place today?"

Hu Chong nodded with a slightly stiff expression. After he walked away, the people in the Hai Gang were still discussing: "Didn't you say you couldn't come yesterday?"

Seeing so many people being respectful to his uncle, Da Wa was surprised and said, "Uncle, you are amazing!"

"That's right," without waiting for Hu Chong to reply, Hu Taohua looked proud.

Wujiao Wharf is the largest wharf in Kuaiji County. Smaller ships are not qualified to dock here. From a distance, the piers on the shore are endless, the curved port, and the bluestone wharf extend into the water in a stepped manner. Laborers are like ants, shuttling back and forth on the wharf.

The air was filled with the stench brought by the ships. Large ships were parked on the pier, some with nets hanging and gangways set up for people to walk back and forth to unload cargo.

Hu Chong slowed down his pace. The territory taken over by the people from their sea gang was right here. The cargo in the river was unloaded here on the wooden floating bridge, and further ahead were the large ships coming from the sea.

All of those ships belong to powerful families, and even the Shen family dare not offend them easily.

The tall pier built with bluestone is mostly used by sea vessels and tower ships.

"Wow, that boat is so big!" Taohua seldom comes here on weekdays, but she didn't notice the solemn expression on Hu Chong's face.

The two kids were looking at the big ship excitedly, but they didn't notice that Hu Chong behind them was blocked by someone.

"Boss Hu, you're in a good mood today! Tomorrow is the deadline, and you still have the time to go out for a walk."

"Those are all the nobles' boats," the visitor looked up and down at Hu Chong's patched shirt and sneered, "If you disturb the nobles, my Shen family will not be able to say anything."

Seeing the people from the Hai Gang gathering nearby, the Shen family manager uttered a few harsh words and left quickly. Before leaving, his vicious eyes swept over Hu Xiaohua and Dawa.

"A bunch of peasants, overestimating their own abilities, huh!"

Hu Chong looked unhappy, and the gang members behind him spat at the Shen family's manager.

"This guy is a dog who relies on the power of others. He is like a tortoise carrying two drums on his back, one in front of people and one behind them." This guy withheld their wages and now he is showing off in front of the gang leader. Hey! If it weren't daytime, he would have been caught and beaten.

Hu Chong waved his hand and told them to go their separate ways. "I'm going to look for my husband at home." He didn't say much and chased the two little ones to the edge.

"Hey! Can sister-in-law find a job here?" someone wondered.

"The goods unloaded on the ship here are all precious goods. We dare not accept them easily."

"It's just a job for the women. Why should you worry about it? We should worry about when we can get our wages back. We probably won't be able to work at this dock for long."

"Hey, I heard that Shunzi and the others have agreed to sign a contract with the Shen family, saying that being a slave is better than starving to death. How about we go and take a look?"

The person next to him frowned and scolded in a low voice: "He sent his daughter to the steward as a concubine to get a good job. What do you have? If you are born like me, you will be exhausted to death. I guess you won't even have a place to bury your body."

"Well, then I won't go. I can't bear to leave my daughter." Several people were worried, not knowing where the future would lead them.

At this moment, Hu Chong was looking at the three-masted ship in front of him, his heart filled with shock.

At the bow, the foremast pierced straight into the sky like a sharp sword. The overall hull was slender, and the wood on the sides was painted with something unknown, turning it black. In the sunlight, it exuded a chilling feeling.

Having been around the seaside for many years, I can naturally see that this boat is a modified eight-slot boat, but it simply added a mast and a few small sails, and the whole boat exudes a unique temperament.

The big boy in front was already running towards the boat, but the gangway was too narrow and several soldiers were walking down at this time, and it seemed that the big boy was about to bump into them.

Hu Chong walked forward quickly, feeling anxious. This was a nobleman's ship, and the guards on it were so elite. If it were Da Wa... he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Immediately afterwards, the imagined conflict did not happen. Big Baby continued to run, and dived into the arms of the leading soldier. The soldier picked him up with one hand, smiled, took out a small dried fish from his arms, and stuffed it into Big Baby's mouth.

The eldest boy was not polite and started eating.

The two sides moved smoothly, as if they had practiced it thousands of times. "Hey, Big Boy, is this your sister?"

Yugi asked when he saw Taohua behind Daiwa.

"My cousin is here to see my mother." When the eldest boy got what he wanted to eat, he struggled to jump down, a typical example of burning the bridge after crossing it.

The soldier was already used to it, and he stuffed a small dried fish into Taohua's mouth as well. He patted Da Wa's butt and pointed back, "Your mother is helping to divide the fish. Take your sister around the boat, and don't run around."

"I got it, Uncle Ji," Da Wa ran away with Taohua without looking back. Hu Chong, who was standing below, stretched out Erkang's hand and was completely forgotten.

Finally, after several soldiers brought messages, Zhao San hurried down to talk to his brother-in-law.

"Long time no see, Brother Chong." Although Zhao San married the elder sister, because he was younger, according to age, he had to call Hu Chong "brother".