Daming Haikou

After another two days, Yu Xiaotian returned home with nothing and returned to their Treasure Island. It's not that they didn't encounter any passing merchant ships, but that these merchant ships were very careful and approached the Fuzhou area. After that, they began to sail close to the coast, and some ships formed a fleet of more than two or three ships to move together. As a result, Yu Xiaotian and his gang of little pirates could only sigh and sigh, and they were too anxious to speak.

After wandering around for two days, seeing that he had to go to Dalian Island to pick up the goods, Yu Xiaotian had no choice but to give up this hunting operation, and took people back to Treasure Island.

Through this hunting trip, Yu Xiaotian realized that being a pirate is actually not an easy task. Even though he tried his best to keep the ship clean, the conditions of this era are here. The living conditions on the ship are simple and long-term Time spent at sea is very hard.

Moreover, the performance of their ships is limited, even under light load conditions, the speed is not fast enough, it takes a lot of time to chase other people's ships, and the firepower configuration on the ship is very poor, relying on the only two guns, It can't even suppress the merchant ships of some rich people.

Moreover, their manpower is still too small, and they can only bring about twenty people with them each time they come out. When fighting with others, they always feel that they are not enough manpower. The two times of robbing the ship, he had to let him, the master, take the lead in killing them. front.

He is not a person who is afraid of death, but this kind of thing still makes him a little depressed. He is a dignified master, and now he goes out to do things, and he has to rush to the front every time. This is not a matter of face.

Moreover, he himself is tall and powerful, with obvious goals, and he can easily become the target of a group of people. If this continues, he may collapse if he is not careful. You must know that he is only in his twenties now. They don't want to die too early, the problem of manpower has become the most important problem restricting them, and Yu Xiaotian has been thinking about it along the way.

The person who met the big shark this time made them very shameless, and the meat that reached their mouths could only be taken away by others, but there was nothing they could do about it.

All the problems are concentrated on the problem of manpower, which makes Yu Xiaotian secretly anxious.

But it can't be said that they didn't gain anything from going out this time. At any rate, they brought a cannon from the Liu family's boat to enrich their force, and they also brought some spices and silver along the way, many of which were The Spanish silver dollars opened Yu Xiaotian's eyes, and he took a few of them to enjoy carefully.

To say that there are many good things in their hands now, Clark porcelain and silk from the Ming Dynasty, plus the Spanish silver dollars they got this time, would be worth a lot of money in later generations, but in this era, they can only stare blankly. , not much money can be exchanged, which makes Yu Xiaotian a little depressed.

On the way back, Yu Xiaotian led people to carefully inspect the cannon seized from the Liu family's ship. This cannon is still an old-fashioned cannon. The diameter of the gun bore is about two inches, and the thickness of the gun wall is more than one and a half inches. The two bowl-mouth guns they used before are much larger, so their range and power have been greatly improved.

Yu Xiaotian looked around the cannon for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what the cannon should be called, but after returning to Treasure Island, Ma Lian said the name of the cannon.

"This cannon is called Baizichuang! It's a bit bigger than Wankouchuang. It is said that it can hold hundreds of bullets. Once the cannon is fired, there will be no human or animal life within fifty steps! It's very powerful!

Back then, there was this thing on the warships of the government army. When we met the army before, we suffered from this kind of thing. A brother of mine was killed by this cannon. He was killed in the first blow. It was a strange death Terrible!

The boat of the Liu family you encountered this time was pretty lucky, it wasn't directly hit by them, otherwise, you might lose a few more brothers! " Ma Lian looked at the cannon unloaded from the ship, touched the cannon body and said with emotion.

It was only then that Yu Xiaotian found out that this cannon was originally called Baizichuang, but he had never heard of it before. It was probably a developed model of Wankouchuang. Compared with the famous Tiger Crouching Cannon, this thing was not well-known, but for them Speaking of them, it is considered a rare weapon, so this time they go out this time, the most rewarding thing is probably this cannon.

In addition, they also got a bucket and a half of gunpowder from the Liu family's boat, which was enough for them to use for a while!This is also a good harvest.

Although they already have some saltpeter and sulfur on hand, they lack high-quality charcoal and tools for crushing saltpeter and sulfur. Therefore, they can't produce gunpowder by themselves for the time being, and can only rely on their inventory for a while.

Hearing that Yu Xiaotian and the others met the shark Zhang Hu's boat, Ma Lian sighed and said: "This shark is not easy to meet, we can only avoid them if we can't afford to provoke them! Don't dare to come here easily, this time they didn't attack you, it's considered a way of saving face!

It's just that this shark has too much appetite!It costs 500 taels of silver to ask, how can we give them so much silver now! "

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "Leave them alone, I won't give them this money easily, the little money we have right now is not enough for us to use ourselves, how can we have spare money to honor them!"

"But didn't the third head of the family surnamed Wang say this time? We are limited to ten days to send them there? If we don't go, will they come to the door? If that's the case, we will run away again!" Ma Said with a worried face.

Yu Xiaotian stroked the beard growing on his chin, thought for a while and said: "Probably not, there are many islands in this area, and I didn't tell him where we stayed, even if they wanted to find us, they couldn't find us." Let’s search island by island! Let’s delay for a while, anyway, I won’t pay the money right now! Put the rest first, let’s go to Dalian Island to pick up the goods first, and by the way, give out the spices we got this time Let’s talk about it with some silver!”

After resting for a night, Yu Xiaotian once again led the boat towards Dalian Island. This time they encountered nothing on the road, but encountered two fishing boats. For such fishing boats, they also Not interested, he sailed directly to Dalian Island.

The person who received them was still Manager Li. As soon as he heard that Yu Xiaotian and the others were coming, Manager Li immediately greeted them on the pier, and with a smile on his face, he welcomed Yu Xiaotian to the warehouse on the island.

The banquet is a custom, there is nothing to say, Yu Xiaotian briefly talked about the things these days, and Li Guanshi laughed during the dinner: "This is their rule, it's not intentional to make things difficult for you! This tiger has a violent temper, I like to kill people, but it's still reasonable. Anyone who works on the sea here in Fuzhou must vote for him. As long as you vote for him, you can work in this area in the future!

If your money is tight, it's okay to procrastinate first, but it's better to send it to them after a while!Save time and run into them later, they will turn against you!Then it will be difficult to handle!

In case you can't make it all together, you can tell the shopkeeper later, it doesn't hurt to ask our shopkeeper to lend you some first!We can talk about everything! "

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "That's not necessary, so it's not like they deliberately made things difficult for us! Come here this time, but I don't know if your account has prepared all the goods for us. If you have all the goods, it's best to pretend immediately Ship, we should not stay here for long!"

Li Guanshi immediately nodded and said: "Please rest assured, shopkeeper Yu, our Li family is the most trustworthy in business, if we promise for ten days, there will be no problem!

The goods are all ready, and they are already stored in the warehouse, which means that you, the shopkeepers, have come to pick up the goods! "

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian was very satisfied, nodded and said: "Guan Li is really straightforward! From now on, it will be much more convenient for us to do things!"

During the dinner, Yu Xiaotian took out another list, but this time he didn't want to buy goods, but took out a list, which listed the names and addresses of the dead boatmen on Liu's boat. He took out another 200 taels of silver and handed it to Guanshi Li, saying, "This time I have something to trouble you again, Guanshi Li. Here are 200 taels of silver, which are pensions for some dead boatmen on Liu's boat. It's not easy for a boatman to earn money, and he won't get any pension from the Liu family after he dies!

After the last shipment, we agreed to take out some silver and send it to them, but it is inconvenient for us to go to the Funing area right now. Thinking that you still have business in Funing, I would like to ask your name to help distribute the silver to those The boatman's family, at least let them live!I also hope that Guanshi Li can help you a lot! "

Looking at this list and the 200 taels of silver, Guanshi Li was quite surprised. He couldn't believe that a person like Yu Xiaotian, who became a pirate, still wanted to pay compensation to those boatmen who had worked with him before. Well, no one would believe this kind of thing if it was told out. One must know that those who run the ship may die at any time. Originally, this is the shipowner's business, and it is not up to Yu Xiaotian to take care of it.

So he asked in surprise: "What's the trouble with shopkeeper Yu? Their boss will do these things themselves, how can I get you to pay the money?"

Yu Xiaotian said sternly: "Although Yu has known these people not long ago, Uncle Six is ​​an old acquaintance with them. The Liu family is stingy by nature, and now that there are no ships, they will definitely not give money to these boatmen. Yes! These people are the hope of the family. Now that they are gone, their families will not be able to survive. Although I, Yu, can't control them for life, I can't just sit idly by. Uncle Liu is a loyal person. We juniors , How can we not talk about it together, so we can only take out a little money, to make them feel better!

There is another Hu Cheng, who was also detained by me forcibly and joined the group. His family is also in Fu'an County, so I also want to ask your account to find a way to take his family out, so that he can stay at home and accept the Liu family. I'm angry, I have no strengths in Yu, but there is one thing, as long as anyone who follows me to do things with Yu, Yu can't treat him badly, and I hope that Li Guanshi will find a way to help Yu do this!Thank you very much! "

After Li Guanshi listened to Yu Xiaotian's words, he felt a lot of emotion again, and immediately put away the list and the 200 taels of silver, patted his chest and said: "I didn't expect the shopkeeper Yu to be such a loyal person, this matter will be handled next time." The next thing is, I think our shopkeeper will not object! Please rest assured shopkeeper Yu, this matter is on your shoulders, and the money will be delivered to their family members! Come! I will respect the shopkeeper again..."

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