The bamboo raft passed Chen Diaowang Village and continued to walk about five miles. Shortly after passing a sharp turn called Ximeiding, it stopped on a flat river beach.

You can vaguely see the weeds and wild trees, and there is a winding path leading into the deep mountains.

The guide was Lao Gu, a traveling businessman who had traveled between Fucheng and Fenghuang Mountain for many years.

Lao Gu told them that this was the road to Hakka Shanjiaolia. Not far from Shanjiaolia, it was Feitianyan, where the porcelain clay mine was located.

"Then Shanjiaolia is the Hakka people's nest?" Zhao Hao asked while applying ointment to his body to prevent insects and avoid miasma with the help of Secretary Ma.

"No, their old camp is called Daliao, and they have to pass Feitianyan. There is a flat land in the mountains, which is the location of the Lin clan's ancestral hall." Lao Gu replied in a bad official speech: "It was because of the Daliao that they could not live in, so they built Shanjiaolia and a Beiliao. Three walled houses just surrounded Feitianyan in the middle."

"Okay, I'm looking very tightly." Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly, no wonder the lucky guys couldn't take it down.

"Let's go and have a look." Lin Run refused the prepared slide rod and walked into the forest.

Zhao Hao didn't want to leave if he could sit, but Brother Gao whispered to him that it would be best not to be raised high in such a place, otherwise he would be able to shoot an arrow.

Mr. Zhao immediately followed the good deeds and refused the sedan chair owner and said, "Is it true? If Lin Zhongcheng doesn't sit, of course we will walk too."

As he said that, he shook his steps and followed.

In the end, everyone walked into the mountain, and even the elderly Liu Zixing was supported by two servants without a slide rod. Obviously, he was afraid of death.

In fact, along the winding mountain road, along the clear stream, walking in the quiet forest. The sun is covered with thick shade, the trees are mottled, the birds are chirping, and the cool breeze is still very comfortable.

After walking for half an hour without realizing it, I heard the rumbling sound of water. Looking for the sound out of the mountains and forests, my eyes suddenly became clear. I saw a five or six-meter-high waterfall falling straight down from the north mountain. After the broken jade splashed with snow, it turned into a turbulent white river that lies in front of everyone.

There is a suspension bridge on the river, which is rising high at this time. Only two Hakka young men wearing thick blue cloth shirts, thick blue cloth big crotch pants, and straw sandals are sitting on the winch under the bridge bragging about Boyi.

The white-faced little man with his back facing the river was boasting that when he was hunting the day before yesterday, he saved the deeds of Xiaomei, the daughter of Dr. Sun Inimi Village, from under the fangs of a wild boar.

I heard that he carried Xiaomei, who had ankle injury, back to Jingmei Village, and was left to dinner by Dr. Sun. The little black-faced man facing him looked envious and wanted to replace him.

The little Hei was drooling, and suddenly stood up in amazement, pointing to the opposite side and stuttering and unable to speak.

"What, hell?" The bragging Xiaobai turned his eyes and was also startled.

I saw that there were at least a few hundred people on the other side, most of whom were fully armed officers and soldiers!

"Damn it! Call the police!" Xiaobai screamed.

"Oh." Xiao Hei quickly ran to the back of the tree and desperately knocked on a piece of copper tube tied to the branch.

The sound of clews suddenly resounded throughout the valley.

Seeing that they were quite vigilant, Lin Run quickly asked Lao Gu to come forward to report that the governor of Guangdong was coming, and asked their clan leader to come out to greet him quickly.

The two young men who looked at the bridge naturally knew Lao Gu and were confused when they heard this. In their eyes, the magistrate was all very powerful officials.

"Governor, how high is it than the magistrate?" Xiao Hei asked in a low voice.

"You don't know this?" Xiaobai was about to show his proficiency, but he thought about it but said in a disgusting way: "Okay, I don't know either..."

"The governor is the largest official in Guangdong!" Lao Gu obviously understood the thoughts of the two of them, put his hands together at his mouth, and used his best to suppress the sound of water. "Go and report to your family leader, and you can't afford to be late!"

"Oh..." Xiaobai thought about it and felt that this was an opportunity to show his face, so he asked Xiao Hei to stay here, turned around and ran into the valley.

~~

In the valley, an oval yellow building built of soil and sand is located on the sunny hillside.

The wall is more than three meters high, with a wall of nearly one meter thick, and no windows are left below two meters. Only a few small windows, about a foot square, were opened with granite stone strips around it, which were gun holes used for shooting outwards.

At the southeast end of the highest point of the walled house, there is also a watchtower. There are earth cannons on it, and it can also be used as a lookout building to control the surroundings of the walled house from a high place.

Hearing the alarm at the suspension bridge, Lin Yifu, the owner of Shanjiaodao, here, and the eldest son of the Lin clan leader, quickly made someone ring the alarm bell on the watchtower, notifying the women and the elderly who were farming on the terraces on the hillside outside to go back to the enclosure to take refuge.

During the migration process, in order to deal with the bandits along the way, the bandits in the mountains and the indigenous people who did not welcome them had to evolve into semi-militarized organizations. Hakka women are all big-footed women, the main force in housework and farm work. As for men, they only help with the help of farming, and the rest of their time is spent practicing hunting and raising their energy. They are responsible for protecting the entire family from being harmed by foreign enemies.

Moreover, there are extremely cruel rural fighting among different Hakka families. Frequent battles turn these Hakka people into well-trained warriors.

Hearing the alarm bell, the men who were practicing in the yard inside the enclosed house quickly carried their own earthen guns and bows and arrows, ran to the weapon rooms everywhere, and moved all kinds of self-made city guarding equipment to the area they were responsible for, without any command.

Lin Yifu's third brother Lin Yichen carried his beloved bird-beak gun and trotted to the watchtower.

Lin Yifu was watching the situation outside attentively. He heard the familiar footsteps and asked without looking back: "Have you sent someone to tell my dad?"

"I have already lit a wolf smoke. When my elder brother is in love, I will send someone to report it." Due to lack of nutrition, Hakka people are generally short, and Lin Yichen is no exception. But he is very strong, with big and bright eyes, and he exudes cleverness.

"Well." Lin Yifu was only in his early thirties, but the hard life in the mountains made him look like he was in his forties. The Hakka tribe lived in a walled house, ate and lived together, and had property public ownership. The life conditions of the head of the clan leader were not much different from those of ordinary tribes, and he had to worry more.

"Four or five hundred people, they all looked like elite officers and soldiers." He could see the waterfall outside the valley and the uninvited guests on the other side of the river from a high place. "It doesn't seem like they are here to attack us."

Four or five hundred officials who did not have any siege equipment or artillery wanted to attack the Hakka walled house where everyone was defending and was full of soldiers? That was really a blind eye.

"Ah?" Lin Yichen was stunned when he heard this, "Then what are they doing?"

"Wait, Yuan Fang is back." Lin Yifu's calm eyes fell on the mountain road leading to the valley. There, he watched Xiaobai in the bridge duo running wildly.

After a while, Lin Yuanfang was taken to the watchtower panting and reported the other party's words to his uncle.

Lin Yifu was also startled when he heard this. "What, Governor? If you are not staying in Guangzhou, what are you doing here?"

"I said I came to inspect..." Yuan Fang wiped his sweat and said with a clever voice: "Looking across the river, it seems like many big men. Those soldiers scattered around him, all of them looked like guards."

"I heard that the Fucheng was in chaos some time ago." Lin Yichen rolled his eyes and guessed: "I guess he was here to quell the chaos, right?"

"It's possible." Lin Yifu nodded and frowned, "But why do you come to our wilderness and mountains?"

"Look for the prefect!" Lin Yichen slapped his thigh and said, "I heard that the chaos was caused by the loss of the prefect. The governor came to find the prefect, and it must be like this!"

"Just look for it, how did you find us here?" Lin Yifu thought about it and felt that this was the most reliable. "Can you run to Phoenix Mountain and not escape back to the city?"

"Don't guess, two uncles, the governor is still waiting to reply." Lin Yuanfang said anxiously.

"I can't make the decision on this matter, so I have to invite my father over." Lin Yifu said to Lin Yichen: "You go to the big dormitory."

"Okay." Lin Yichen nodded, but did not move the trail: "But this time I will say less than an hour, so my elder brother will let others wait outside? This is too rude, and the governor cannot wait for so long."

"Then you can't put them in like this." Lin Yifu also felt something was wrong, but he was worried, "What if they had a bad intention?"

"Let them take less people, I will take them to the Daliao." Lin Yichen thought of a solution and said, "You ask someone to report to your father in front and let him prepare."

"Well." Lin Yifu heard this idea. The Daliao was twice as big as this Shanjiao Lao. The official army was originally fewer. If only one or two hundred people were brought, it would not be a threat at all. And it would not be polite.

The only problem is that the younger brother can be in danger. "What if they deal with you?"

"Hahaha, how is that possible?" Lin Yichen laughed and said, "The governor, the magistrate, came to find the bad luck of me, a boy from the mountain? Don't worry, I will act according to the opportunity."

After saying that, he quickly walked downstairs without waiting for his elder brother's approval.

"Oh, this third brother always makes his own decisions." Lin Yifu sighed helplessly and said to Lin Yuanfang: "You go to Daliao to report the message."

"Okay." Lin Yuanfang responded and went there quickly.

Lin Yifu asked the tribe members to guard the encirclement house and sent out ten young and powerful martial arts skills to follow Lin Yichen from afar, just in case.

~~

On this side, Zhao Hao and others had just waited for a cup of tea when they saw a young man coming to the other side. They introduced themselves that they were the third son of the head of the Lin clan, named Lin Yichen.

Lin Yichen first expressed a warm welcome to the governor, and then shouted: "The villain has ordered someone to report to his father, but he will go to the Daliao for less than an hour. He is afraid that he will neglect the governor. In order to save time, how about asking the distinguished guest to go to the Daliao directly?"

Seeing that the other party still did not put down the suspension bridge after saying that, Lin Run knew that they still had the conditions.

Sure enough, Lin Yichen said again that for safety reasons, their Hakka rules should not exceed 100 people enter the village at the same time, and guests should also be asked to abide by it.

"Bad, why haven't I heard of this rule?" Yue Yunpeng muttered in a low voice, but was covered by the sound of the waterfall.
Chapter completed!