The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

On the way back, the barefoot team looked lifeless.

"Atai, I was lucky today and caught more fish, so I'll give you some." The middle-aged man grabbed his bamboo basket.

Wan Tai held his hand and said, "Uncle Hai, no need. The weather is good recently. I can go out to sea again tomorrow."

The middle-aged man ignored his objection and dumped his fish over to him. "You have so many people at home waiting for you to take care of them. How can this be enough? I am the only one in my family."

Wan Tai's eyes turned red, his lips trembled a few times, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Uncle Hai, I'm useless." He couldn't protect the fish, and he couldn't protect his family.

Uncle Hai patted his shoulder gently and said, "Atai, we are useless. I don't know how many more years we can fish, but——"

A smile appeared on his bark-like face. "Even if I die, I want to die in the sea. I can't die at the hands of those people."

When the day comes when he is too old to move, he will go to sea and never come back to live this miserable life.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Hai at the village entrance, Wan Tai returned home in silence.

"Dad." Wan Tai shouted after putting down the fish basket.

Aunt Xu saw the basket of fish her son brought back and asked, "Why are there so few fish today?" When she saw her son's face clearly, Aunt Xu was heartbroken and asked, "Grandpa, did those people bully you again?"

A Tai touched her cheek and said, "Mother, it's nothing. I just fell down while walking."

Aunt Xu turned away and wiped away her tears. "That's good. Be careful next time." She turned back again with a smile on her face. "Aji came back today and is talking to your father in the back room. He seems to want to talk to you about something. You should go quickly."

Wan Tai was overjoyed, but just as he was about to leave, he remembered the wound on his face and said, "Mother, I'll wash my face before I go over."

"Aji!" Wan Tai hugged his brother, who had grown up with him, tightly and said excitedly, "How come you have time to come back and see us today?"

Director Wan's eyes were complicated. "Atai, come with me."

"Where are we going?" Wan Tai was taken aback. Thinking of what happened after the Jiang family came, he was both excited and worried. He said awkwardly, "I only know how to fish. I don't know anything else."

Wan Ji remembered the princess's instructions and didn't tell her the truth. "Do you believe me? If you believe me, I will guarantee you a meal. Although it will be hard work, it is much better than working for the Jiang family."

Wan Tai hesitated, his eyes bitter. "Atai, if I were alone, I would go with you without saying anything. But I still have my father and mother. I am worried about them being alone at home. I am afraid that the Jiang family will come and cause trouble for our village."

Director Wan had already learned about the Jiang family's actions from his uncle. He naturally understood that the so-called document ceding the sea to the Jiang family was complete nonsense.

The reason they dared to do this was simply because they took advantage of the fishermen who were illiterate and dared not resist!

"Atai, I need to find a few trustworthy people to form a team that can go out to sea." Director Wan's words were vague.

Wan Tai realized something was wrong after a moment of thought, and asked in surprise, "Aji, are you—"

Wan Ji didn't answer directly. "I still need to find eight more people. I can help you solve your worries."

Wan Tai was very excited "Really?"

Before leaving, Director Wan handed all his belongings to A Tai and told her, "Don't tell anyone. This must be someone you trust."

In Shuisheng Lane, after listening to Director Wan's words, Lu Yun pondered, "Why does the Jiang family dare to be so arrogant?"

Isn't this just a disguised form of land grabbing and rent collection? If the Jiang family were to start this, the fishermen of South Vietnam would never have peace in the future.

Director Wan said, "My Lady, the Jiang family was originally a small merchant in Dali City. They made their fortune by reselling fish between the Qin Dynasty and Nanyue. The current head of the Jiang family is Jiang Er from the Finance and Taxation Department. He has an older sister who was sent to the second branch of the Gong family."

Lu Yun understood, it was nepotism.

Director Wan continued, "The Gong family is an old, aristocratic family in Nanyue, and Lord Gong of the Treasury is a member of the Gong family. However, in all my years at the Treasury, I have never heard of any document that could be used to demarcate the sea. Therefore, I am certain that these are the Jiang family behind this, bullying the fishermen because they are illiterate and dare not resist."

They exploit the loopholes in government policies. This kind of behavior should be detected and treated early, rather than waiting until it becomes part of the fishermen's flesh and blood before eradicating it. These people, accustomed to profiting from the pain of others, will not give up easily.

Lu Yun's eyes turned, and she remembered the people the old prince had given her.

On this day, as usual, Little Jiang Ye with triangular eyes brought a group of thugs and waited on the dock to collect the catch of the fishermen returning from the sea.

Seeing the first fishing boat appear on the sea, he sat up from his chair, straightened his new brocade clothes, had the baskets they had brought lined up, and waited leisurely for the fish to be caught.

Lu Jian on the shore waved to his brothers behind him and said, "Come on, follow me and take a look!"

The five thugs looked at the newcomers warily. "Who are you? This is the Jiang family's territory!"

Lu Jian's group consisted of seven or eight people, all dressed in casual clothes.

"What Jiang family? Which damn Jiang family? Why have I never heard that this sea can be enclosed and claimed as one's own?" Lu Jian spoke coldly. The princess said that she must get the document in this person's mouth to see what it is.

The man with triangular eyes said gloomily, "Who are you? How dare you insult my Jiang family? I tell you, I have someone behind me!"

Still having some brains, Lu Jian continued to taunt, "What evidence do you have to say this is your home? I also said this is my home and you are my grandson, hahahaha."

There was cheerful laughter all around.

The fishermen, who had been holding their breath for a long time, were happy to see the Jiang family suffer a setback. They all sat on their boats and refused to move forward. The boats crowded together and soon there were more than a dozen boats gathered.

"You're looking for death!" Triangle Eyes roared angrily, "Come on!"

"Alas, I'm afraid I was right. You don't have any of these so-called documents in your hands." Lu Jian raised his voice. "You are a complete liar. According to the laws of Nanyue, robbing others' property by force is punishable by thirty lashes!"

Triangle Eyes' forehead was sweating as he glared at the thugs fiercely, "What are you standing there for? Go beat these troublemakers to death with clubs!"

Lu Jian stared at the men and patted the long sword at his waist. "My sword is very sharp when it comes to wielding it!"

The thugs really didn't dare to move again, and even persuaded Triangle Eyes, "Master Jiang, you have the documents, what are you afraid of? Just show them and the matter will be over."

Lu Jian shook his legs and deliberately stretched out his voice, "Grandpa, I bet this grandson doesn't have it! He's just a liar, a pig with a green onion stuck in its nose, hahahaha."

Triangle Eyes panicked, "Who are you guys?"

Lu Jian boasted, "Are you, my grandson, worthy of knowing my grandfather's name? Come, kneel down and call me Grandpa so I can hear it."

The fishermen began to whisper, "Could it be that the document in his hand is really fake? Then haven't we been deceived by him?"

Wan Tai took the opportunity to shout, "This Jiang guy is a liar. He took advantage of us because we can't read. Not only did he cheat us of our fish, he even beat us up!"

The fishermen looked at the people on the shore with hatred in their eyes.

"Bring out the documents!"

"Take it out! Take it out!"