He Lan and Wu Shi worked a ferry.  In the second month of Daoguang 16 (March of 1836), Xiamen native Ye Rong (at large) used an investment of 60 silver, and hired He Lan and Wu Shi to ferry him to Yakou Village and Monkey Shi to buy 5 kuai of opium, which they brought back, and he gave He Lan and Wu Shi each 400 wen.  Later that year in the sixth month, Ye Rong together with Ye Qin and Cai Shusi (both at large) each invested 600 silver, and they again hired He Lan and Wu Shi for transport. The two men went to Yakou to buy opium for their employers, but were captured by the Jinmen patrol boats nearby to Yakou. Ye Rong and the investors made it to shore, but the two ferry operators were captured.

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Source: Junji chu Hanwen lufu zouzhe (Grand Council Chinese-Language Palace Memorial Copies, often cited as LFZZ), Beijing: First Historical Archives, 03–4007–048, DG 18.10.29.