My lady, I'm going to rebel.

The sun sets and the moon rises, the stars change and the constellations move.

Half a month later, Mu Zheng and his party finally arrived in Donglai, and soon they took a ship to Xiang Island.

"Brother, the boatman just said that there are many horse farms on this island, and some even specialize in cheating people."

The so-called "cheating the new" means targeting strangers, which you can understand as the antonym of "taking advantage of the old".

Mu Zheng hummed, "It's okay, they can't trick us anyway."

Gong Wen's face was filled with admiration, and then he heard Mu Zheng say, "After all, we have less than 7000 coins left in our pockets."

faint.

Mu Zheng still overestimated the feasibility of this trip. He thought that with his advantage as a time traveler, it would be easy to make money in this ancient time.

But he never expected that along the way, except for the rich man Han Zi, all the people he met were poor peasants.

"So this time we are just exploring the island, getting to know the rules, routes, and customs. This will save us a lot of trouble when we start doing business in the future."

Gong Wen and others nodded.

Following the crowd, Mu Zheng and his companions arrived at an open space with a lot of people setting up stalls.

There was a noodle stall in front, and Mu Zheng called out, "Boss, give me four bowls of noodles!"

"Good Le!"

A shop assistant responded, then turned around and said, "You four guests are from outside the city, right?"

Mu Zheng nodded. "We came from the other side of the sea. We heard there were horses here, so we wanted to come and see them."

The shop guy gave me an I-know-what look: "Is there a horse farm you can contact? Which tribe is it from?"

tribe?

Such a large area is divided into tribes?

Seeing the expressions of Mu Zheng and others, the young man knew that they didn't understand the situation.

"You can't just wander around here. The island is small, and it's polarized. If you stand on the wrong side, you'll be in trouble." The shop assistant looked mysterious, and Gong Wen immediately asked, "Oh? Boss, tell us about it."

"This..." The young man grinned. Mu Zheng thought to himself, "What the hell?" and handed over two coins of cloth.

The young man curled his lips, looking like he thought it was too little. Mu Zheng smiled and said, "Boss, when you're out and about, it's all about convenience. We're still taking care of your business."

"Hey!" The shop boy put the spring cloth in his pocket, his face instantly brightening. "There are two tribes on this island, the Cloud Tribe and the Black Tribe. The Cloud Tribe are the officers and soldiers left behind by the First Emperor, while the Black Tribe are horse breeders. Over 200 years ago, they were officials and civilians. Although the previous dynasty is gone, the entanglement between the two forces continues."

At this point, Mu Zheng suddenly understood that there must be grievances between officials and the people. He looked around and asked, "Is this the Cloud Tribe or the Black Tribe?"

The shop assistant tutted his words and said, "It's the border, I guess. See that half-man-high stone wall in front? That's the dividing line. The other side is the Cloud Clan."

"Then what did you mean by not standing on the wrong side?" Gong Wen was more concerned about this.

"Did I say that?" the young man said in surprise. "Oh, sir, you must have misunderstood. You are outsiders, so why do you need to abide by this? Taking sides is the business of us islanders."

"You!" Gong Wen was furious. He hadn't expected to be taught a lesson by this young boss on his first day on the island. He had deliberately cast a hook, causing them to spend two cents to buy information.

Mu Zheng pressed him down and said, "Forget it, eat noodles!"

There's no need to argue with the locals. Besides, the two pieces of information just now are useful.

Just as everyone was eating, there was a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds at the dividing line. Soon, in front of everyone's eyes, a dozen cavalrymen in white clothes suddenly rushed into the city.

"A member of the Cloud Clan?"

The shop boy's face turned pale, and he quickly emptied the cloth in his pocket into a bucket filled with dirty water. He kept muttering, "Steal again, steal again! Do you really think we black people are easy to bully?"

Mu Zheng looked back and thought, hey, the young man was right, the black tribe was really easy to bully.

The cavalrymen continued to ride at full speed, crashing into stalls they saw and whipping anyone who blocked their way. For a moment, the whole street was in chaos.

Mu Zheng looked at the young man: "No one cares?"

"What do they care about?" The shop boy sneered. "There's so much friction along the border. If those officers and soldiers were to care about everything, they would have died long ago."

This statement seems to make sense, but also seems to be unreasonable.

As they were talking, the group of white-clad cavalrymen had already arrived in front of a shop and, without further explanation, smashed it up. "Old Chen, where's the compensation you promised? It's been a few days."

An old man trembled and shouted, "Li Ju, we have already paid 4000 coins in compensation. What else do you want?"

"Haha, 4000 coins are not enough. A bowl of noodles on this island costs 10 coins, and you have soiled my entire bag of flour." said the man named Li Ju.

Mu Zheng was speechless.

This guy was just looking for trouble. He didn't believe that the whole bag of dirty flour could make 400 bowls of noodles.

"Li Ju, do you really want to start a war between the two sides?" The old man also got angry.

"Hahaha! So what? You really think highly of yourself." After saying that, Li Ju waved his hand, and saw several people behind him quickly rushed into the old man's room, and then heard all kinds of shouting.

"You don't care?" Mu Zheng asked the shop boy. In his opinion, people in ancient times were very united.

"I'm just like you guys." The shop boy paused and added, "The people on the sidelines are just like you guys."

"What the hell?" Gong Wen didn't understand.

But Mu Zheng understood. The shop owner and the people along the entire border were all from outside the island. Regardless of their reasons for settling on Elephant Island, they were not protected by the indigenous people of Elephant Island.

This also explains why the officers and soldiers on the border did not come forward.

Soon, the group of Yun people rushed out of the old man's house. They stole some items, but what made Mu Zheng's pupils shrink was that they also carried a woman.

"Shu'er!"

The old man's face changed.

"father!"

The girl struggled and cried.

"Ha ha……"

Li Ju was laughing wildly, "You black people are all fucking cowards." As he said that, he squeezed the girl's breast hard with his big hand, causing her to scream.

hateful!

The people around were watching with indignation, but no one cared.

"Ha ha……."

Li Ju was still laughing: "You outsiders who are paying taxes to the black tribe, look, do they have anyone to protect you? Not only will I rob you of your property, I will also sleep with all your women!"

Depend on!

Mu Zheng's eyes were full of anger.

I don’t care if you steal things, but you can’t bully women!

"Little Mosquito, from now on we will only do business with the Black Tribe."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Zheng rushed over.

The remaining spectators were stunned. What was this person trying to do? Was he trying to be a hero by meddling in other people's business?

"Is he crazy?" the shop boy asked in surprise.

"You're crazy!" Gong Wen looked at the people behind him with disdain: "How could you bear to watch that little girl being humiliated?"

The shop assistant's face darkened. "What do you know? The people on the other side are from the Black Tribe. If he gets injured, it will definitely attract more cavalry. If you leave, what will we do? What if the two tribes start fighting?"

"That's right, this will only bring us trouble." Someone echoed.

"No, your friend is too impulsive. He is a troublemaker. Stop him quickly." Someone in the crowd shouted.

Gong Wen looked at the faces in front of him and suddenly realized how beautiful Xiejiabao was.

No wonder these people were bullied by the opposing cavalry, because they had already bullied themselves.

Amidst the crowd's complaints, Mu Zheng had already rushed ahead of Li Ju...

boom!

Just a bench!

Smash it hard at the opponent!