Although I happily decided to go ashore and have fun, for the sake of caution, I still waited for more than a dozen thugs from the Xue family parked at the civilian dock to arrive.
Ignore the envious looks from the officials around you.
In the feudal era, the hierarchy was very strict.
All the slightly larger docks along the canal are divided into official and civilian uses, showing the identity and status of the officials.
The sanitation of the docks in this era is really difficult to describe. Lian Er and Xue Pan both covered their noses and rushed through the dock area where sewage flowed, cursing and feeling depressed.
Jia Cong was leisurely watching Lifu on the pier without being affected.
Their clothes were shabby and their faces were sallow and thin, but the overseers were strong and fierce, with various beast tattoos embroidered on their exposed arms.
When we arrived in the town, we were greeted by a bustling bustle.
The Grand Canal was the economic lifeline of the Daqing Dynasty. The towns scattered along the canal were naturally bustling, with a wide range of places to eat, drink and have fun.
Of course, there is also a mixture of dragons and snakes here, and the influence of the government is said to be less than that of the Cao Gang who monopolize the Canal Lifu market and smuggling channels.
Jia Cong was keenly aware that ever since they got off the boat, the group had been under surveillance.
Thanks to his cultivation reaching a certain level, he not only possesses great strength, but also has sharp six senses, and can sense the good and evil in the eyes of others, as well as various emotions.
Inadvertently scanning the direction of the surveillance gaze, it was either a hawker setting up a stall on the roadside, a beggar hiding inconspicuously on the corner, or a clerk soliciting business in a shop, etc.
Tsk…
I just don’t know which force is so capable and has spread its tentacles to all aspects of society. It’s scary to think about it.
Fortunately, it was just a casual surveillance and no further actions were taken.
He didn't remind Lian Er and Xue Pan, so as not to really scare these two guys.
I randomly found a restaurant that I liked, and it was time for Xue Pan to start acting like a rich man. All in all, they served good food and wine, and I have a lot of money!
The meal lasted for an hour. Jia Cong's "amazing" appetite shocked Lian Er and Xue Pan who were sitting at the same table. Looking at the eighteen empty plates on the table, they almost lost their eyes.
The child stared out.
"What's so surprising? I've grown so tall and strong. If I don't take more supplements, I might not be able to bear it!"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I can't compare to you two. Both of you grew up taking supplements!"
"Boss, do you want to give you some tonic things like ginseng and deer antlers?"
Xue Pan's dog legs got stronger and he made a very polite statement: "The Xue family doesn't have anything else, there are so many of these things!"
"Well, it's best if they are old and good quality!"
Jia Cong was not polite, put down his chopsticks and said leisurely: "It must be at least ten years old. The older the better, give me one portion a month!"
Xue Pan nodded hurriedly, but he really didn't take these good things worth hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver into his heart.
Lian Er on the side was envious and jealous, and was truly speechless.
Damn it, I feel so happy to see this younger brother, Lao San, receiving it.
Eat well and drink well. Even the stupid Xue Pan knows not to drink too much. After eating, he will naturally return to the ship directly.
As for the idea of going to a restaurant for fun, neither Lian Er nor Xue Pan mentioned it.
Just kidding, one is worried about reputation, and the other is afraid of the boss's fist, it's as simple as that.
The road back was still very busy, with pedestrians and vehicles trying to get out of the way, but when passing by a certain street intersection, I happened to hear a commotion.
Xue Pan, who was almost 1.8 meters tall, stretched out his neck and grabbed him, and immediately whispered: "It's the doctor from the Ministry of Justice who is accompanying the ship. He seems to be in trouble!"
What else is there to say? With a glance, the thug from the wealthy family came online immediately.
"Go away, go away, get out of the way, you hear me?"
Several thugs from the Xue family, who were strong and muscular and round-waisted, rushed forward unceremoniously and used their hands to separate the "onlookers" blocking the road. Their voices were loud and their attitudes were bad. They had the standard image of a bully and a dog-legger.
The 'onlookers' who were forcibly pulled away wanted to curse, but when they saw the big, muscular and vicious man taking action, they all stopped snorting, and the timid ones began to sneak away quietly, for fear of causing trouble.
"Master Zhao, what's going on?"
Lian Er took the lead, followed closely by Jia Cong and Xue Pan, and walked in along the gap. Lian Er hurriedly rushed to the middle-aged man who was in trouble and said to him.
"Master Jia came just in time. Help me catch these unruly people. They dare to offend me. I must let them know how powerful they are!"
The doctor from the Criminal Department surnamed Zhao was not polite and directly called Lian Er and the Xue family's thugs for help to capture the group that had just been entangled with him.
Lian Er subconsciously looked at Jia Cong, and Xue Pan did the same thing.
The doctor named Zhao from the Criminal Department, who was originally very angry, narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this, and looked at Jia Cong with eyes full of curiosity and some profound meaning.
Jia Cong nodded slightly, but did not speak. The five or six guys who were entangled with Mr. Zhao were obviously not good birds at first glance. They were probably all gang members in the town, and there was nothing to be polite about.
Seven or eight Xue family thugs swarmed up, causing chaos, beatings and scoldings.
An embarrassing scene happened next. The Xue family's seven or eight thugs, who had an advantage in numbers, failed to take down the opponent, and they fought evenly.
Damn, these guys have all practiced!
Jia Cong saw the problem at a glance. He was just a rough master of that level. He glanced slightly sideways at Xue Pan, whose face turned red, and hummed slightly to express his dissatisfaction.
"They're all on a daily basis, let me serve them together!"
Xue Pan was anxious, angry and embarrassed, and angrily yelled at the remaining thugs guarding him: "Don't talk so loudly, you will become a soft-legged shrimp when you start, I can't afford to disgrace this person!"
Okay, what else is there to say?
More than a dozen Xue family thugs came together and took the gang members away in waves, regardless of injuries. Only some tools that fell from these guys made Jia Cong's expression change slightly.
"Let's go, take them all back to the boat and give me a good trial!"
Before the chaos around him subsided, Jia Cong immediately ordered: "Take all these things and go back first so as not to be blocked by the gang members behind you!"
Zhao Langzhong, who originally didn't want to make the matter a big deal, changed his face slightly when he heard this. He turned around and glanced at the street slowly returning to calm. After all, he didn't say anything and immediately returned to the official ship accompanied by Lian Er and Jia Cong.
"what happened?"
When boarding the boat, Lian Er felt something was wrong and subconsciously asked. Mr. Zhao next to him also pricked up his ears.
"Those tools can be used to cut through the bottom of a ship!"
Jia Cong answered softly, and everyone's expressions changed...