However, the risk is still worth taking! When Lin Baiguang came to Nanri, he took the overseas route. [No pop-up novel website] It takes more than six days to travel one way. In ancient times, there were no telegraphs or telephones for instant communication. As soon as the fleet set off from the south, Mr. Zhu Cai could only wait, at least for more than fifteen days before he realized that something was wrong.
Even if the situation is not right, he doesn't know what the problem is: whether the ship is in danger and sank on the way, is robbed, or is lost... The uncertainties of navigation make it difficult for him to make up his mind to deal with himself for a while. Lin Baiguang estimated that he would be safe for at least fifteen days from the time the fleet set sail.
A lot can be done in fifteen days. Fifteen days were enough for Zhucai Lao to run out of food and be forced to attack.
Thinking of this, he began to write this letter.
The content of the letter is very simple. It is nothing more than informing the executive committee of the agreement reached and writing down the conditions and requirements of both parties. At the same time, he informed Lingao that Zhu Cai Lao would immediately use the loan to buy grain and ask for the grain to be sold as soon as the ship arrived.
The letter is written in a straightforward manner without any code words. In order to win the trust of Mr. Zhu Cai - he must have carefully inspected it before letting the envoy take it away. Therefore, Lin Baiguang did not engage in any secret writing or ciphering. He did not know how high the ancient people's secret writing skills were. As for the password, although the other party may not be able to crack it, they will naturally be suspicious if they see it.
He believed that Ran Yao and others had sufficient wisdom to understand the meaning conveyed in his letters. After writing, blow dry the ink and put it into an envelope without writing any title. Leave it to the little pirate outside. Ask him to hand it over to the envoy going to Lingao.
If Zhu Cailao wants to do research, let him do it, Lin Baiguang smiled secretly in his heart.
At noon, Shi Shisi brought someone to deliver food, and the food was still delicious as before. Lin Baiguang found it hard to believe that this was food for an army that was about to run out of food: there were still four dishes: scorched beef scalp, boiled duck tongue, agar-agar soup, and steamed abalone. Except for the slightly different seasonings of these dishes, they are still the same as in modern large restaurants.
"It would be too wasteful for me to have such a good banquet by myself. There are food and wine, why not drink with Brother Shi."
"Okay," Shi Shishi was not a coy person, not to mention that this kind of food was almost completely unavailable on Nanri Island recently. Although he, a middle-level leader, had plenty to eat, he was not so particular after all.
"I'm going to get some jars of good wine right now." Shi Shishi said and was about to go outside.
"Since we are drinking, it would be better if there are more people."
"Of course that's good, but -" He stared at the food and wine on the table with a hesitant look on his face.
Lin Baiguang smiled and said: "Nothing, Nanri Island is surrounded by sea, is it possible that we can't catch a few nets of fish and shrimps?" He took out a small piece of silver from his waist, there were always two taels, "Brother Shi, take it Go shopping and find a cook to cook it - I think the cook here is very skilled."
"Where do you need so many?" Shi Shishi refused to accept his money. "Just ask the boys to catch fish and shrimps. They are all from fishermen, so it's not a matter of catching them. As for the cook, five cents is enough." ——I can afford it! I can’t hire a cook for the bosses, but I can still hire someone from the small kitchen.”
Shi Shishi refused to take the money and went to mind his own business. Lin Baiguang took matters into his own hands, opened the table, and took out dry food suitable for drinking, such as dried meat and preserved fruits, from his luggage.
Come here for about half an hour. Shi Shisi came with his people and put seven or eight more dishes on the table, all of which were seafood. It's nothing more than razor clams, oysters, prawns, sea vegetables and the like, which are the most common foods on this island.
"There are only these seafood..." Shi Shishiyou wrote and rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "There is no place to look for a few eggs."
“It’s already very rich!”
"I've invited a few friends I've made in the past, and they also want to meet your brother!" Shi Shishi squinted his eyes and smiled, "Everyone wants to go to Lingao to eat Australian meat." He said. Laughing loudly.
Lin Baiguang smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? Let's wait for the matter here to be settled. Just come here, everything will be done by our brothers!"
While they were talking, four or five people came in one after another, all different in height, short, fat and thin. Shi Shishi introduced them one by one, including the "shopkeepers" of each unit, as well as the small bosses in the Zhucai Lao Zhongjun. Everyone saw the ceremony and took their seats.
Shi Shisi asked someone to bring in several jars of wine.
"This is the real Lanling wine I got from a ship a few years ago." Shi Shishi was so excited that he smashed the mud seal, lifted it up and poured wine for everyone one by one.
After some persuasion and three rounds of drinks, everyone started chatting and talking about some new things about the Australians who are in high positions. Sure enough, these people were extremely interested in the AV that Shi Shishi watched in Lingao.
Lin Baiguang learned from their mouths that Mr. Zhu Cai had long been interested in the Time Travel Group. When Goujiazhuang was wiped out, Zhu Cai Lao once had the idea of taking the entire army to Lingao. It was only because he was afraid of the "giant ships" and "speedboats" that crossed the group that he did not take action and sent Shi Shisi to "fish" instead. Later, Zhu Cai Lao got into a scuffle with Liu Xiang and didn't care about him.
It’s really dangerous! Lin Baiguang wanted the iron ships that were not his own to have sufficient deterrence. In addition, coupled with the chaos on the southeast coast, if Zhu Cailao had really mobilized the entire army to attack, the crossing group, which was not stable at the time, would not be wiped out, but the losses would be Tragedy is inevitable.
After drinking too much, I started talking nonsense.
"It's true that there are people in the court who are good at being officials." Shi Shishi said with a look of indignation on his face.
"Oh? Has anyone offended Brother Shi?"
"Humph, I was supposed to go to Lingao to buy food in the first place. I've already gone there twice, and I'm familiar with the road. I also know the rules there. I have to change the second-rate He Xin! It's not because he is The cousin of the little wife of the shopkeeper’s brother-in-law!”
Lin Baiguang was confused about this complicated relationship for a while, but he understood the meaning. The "good job" of going to Lingao to buy goods was snatched away by someone using his connections.
"Forget it, people have mountains, how can someone with such a hard-working background like us be comparable?"
"Mom! If I had known that, I wouldn't have said anything about what happened in Lingao! You might as well say it was hell on earth and you wouldn't have robbed me." Apparently, Shi Shishi was still thinking about all the "adventures" he had in Lingao.
From his mouth, Lin Baiguang knew that the ships going to Lingao were twelve large ships under the direct control of Zhucai Lao. The smallest one had five or six hundred materials, and the largest one had two thousand materials - these Zhucai always went to Lingao." "Eating big households".
"Brother Shi, don't worry about it. There will be many opportunities to go to Lingao in the future."
"He Xin, this little bastard, is just a relative. If he doesn't go to war, the good things are for him. These royal relatives who are sold by women are not good things!"
"Forget it, this is not the case in this world." A leader named Lin Dan drank a bowl. "We are here drinking and eating meat, while the kids below are drinking salt water with fish bones. Do you think they are happy?"
"We drink and eat meat here with swords and guns, just like you," Shi Shishi pointed at a fat man next to him, "Old Hu spent his own money to build the ship, and the whole family came to invest. They all have capital. What kind of money does He Xin have, a woman's thing?"
Everyone laughed wildly, and then someone laughed: "Maybe a person's 'capital' is that much longer than yours..."
Lin Baiguang's topic of "sex" always arouses heated discussions.
Shi Shishi was indignant and poured out the many grievances in his heart: "We work hard in the war, but they are the first to share the money..."
"Brother Shi, be careful what you say! Be careful what you say!" Lin Baiguang liked this reaction very much, but what happened to Xiao Shu yesterday made him alert - who knows if Shi Shishi is deliberately being pretentious? Even if not, there might be a few spies inside and outside the tent paying attention to his every move.
Shi Shishi continued to curse while drunk, but was stopped. The fat man surnamed Hu drank a bowl of wine and sighed: "Our gang is getting worse every year. Think about the two fleets in the north and south, Across Fujian and Guangdong, the scenery is so majestic! Now we are forced to live on this small island. We are still in a dilemma!"
"After all, it's Zheng Zhilong, the rebellious boy, who broke the rules! If I want to catch him, I have to cut him into pieces and feed him to the dogs!"
"Humph, do you think Li Kuiqi doesn't want to do it, and the big shopkeeper doesn't want to do it? But now he is a guerrilla, an official of the imperial court."
"What's the point of guerrillas? He's a big-time official. I've beaten all the generals to death. I'm afraid he'll rebel."
"He has many men and ships," Lin Dan said, "and he also has a lot of money." He said strangely, "I didn't understand that when Li Kuiqi had a falling out with him last year, didn't most of his men, horses and ships go to Li Kuiqi? Are you leaving? How come it has become so powerful in less than a year?"
"The imperial court supports him. I heard that Governor Xiong Wencan bought him cannons and built ships, which greatly increased his strength."
"Xiong Wenhuan, an old guy, wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife."
"Isn't Zheng Zhilong the same thing? He just wants to use the power of the government to kill everyone like us. From now on, he will do all the business on the sea." Lin Dan sighed, "The big shopkeeper is not his opponent. .”
Fatty Hu said: "Come on, let's have a drink. Anyway, I'm getting along for now. If I really die, I'll raise my sails and run away with the whole family. At worst, I'll go to Nanyang to find a way to survive."
Everyone was silent for a while, feeling that their future was in danger. At this time, someone whispered: "Have you heard? The fourth Black Flag guy is going to run away."
"Who can tell?" Everyone was surprised. The fourth child of Black Flag is not an ordinary shopkeeper, but the backbone of a large gang. If he wants to run away, isn't it a sign that the tree is about to collapse?
"It looks like everyone has gone back to the boat. No one is on shore."
"If it really doesn't work, I'll just run away. Have a good time!"
"Everyone, please go to Lingao when the time comes." Shi Shishi suddenly said this. Lin Baiguang was shocked. In his opinion, these words were too straightforward and had the connotation of tempting him to be deceived.
"Yes, after hearing you speak so well about Lingao, I also want to go." Someone responded.
"You have to be our introducer then." Fatty Hu said with a sincere face.
"I can't say it, I can't say it." Lin Baiguang responded carefully, "The situation of the big shopkeeper has not reached this point yet. Everyone can rest assured that as long as we deal with it in the past few months, maybe the situation will get better - the big shopkeeper Haven't we already sent a ship to Lingao to transport grain and gunpowder? If unfortunately everyone is displaced, there will always be something for everyone to eat when we come to Lingao." He smiled, "But for now, everyone has to work together to tide over the difficulties. Yes. The big tree is really going to fall, which is not a good thing for monkeys like us."
"Shopkeeper Lin is right," Lin Dan said, "It's better to be experienced than to be a stranger. Maybe in a few days, it will be time to change things."
"I'm afraid if we work together, those who usually eat the most fruit will want to fall off the tree."
Xu Cheng, who had been silent until now, spoke up. His face had turned red, and he seemed to have been holding it in for a long time. He was a small leader of the Chinese army. It turned out that he just kept his head down and drank without saying a word.
"You probably don't know," Xu Cheng said loudly, "the fourth wife's brother recently sent several boatloads of things out. I don't know where they were sent... and the brother of the second shopkeeper Wang is also missing... There are many fewer soft iron boxes that were originally stored in the old camp!"
Xu Cheng lowered his head and stammered: "I have seen through it all. Brotherly loyalty and moral justice are all bullshit. Money is the real thing. I have been following the big boss for more than ten years, and I can't even take the lead when it comes to playing with women." The team is all the remnants of the family - but their relatives, sects, and slaves have become leaders one by one, and women and goods are shipped home one by one!"
"You drank too much, stop drinking." Several people's expressions became unnatural, and they quickly supported him to stop him from talking nonsense. Shi Shishi hurriedly went outside the tent to take a look. He felt relieved when he saw that only a few of his close associates were standing guard outside.
"Look carefully, someone is here to send a message!" After saying that, he went back into the tent. Several people here had already stuffed Xu Chengyi's mouth with food.
"Well, Brother Xu made a mistake while drunk, made a mistake..."
"It's okay, it's okay, I didn't hear anything." Lin Baiguang smiled knowingly.
It seems that people here in Zhucai Lao have become greatly unstable. Vested interest groups are stealing crazily and are ready to leave this sinking ship at any time - this is also the inevitable result of this type of traditional family-style feudal enterprise group.
"Ahem, now, alas, it's true." Shi Shishi didn't know how to word it.
"It's okay, let's continue drinking. Just talk about romance, just talk about romance."
It has been twelve days since the fleet sent by Zhucai Lao to Lingao left Nanri Island.
these days. Zhu Cai Lao no longer summoned him. In his opinion, Lin Baiguang's usefulness as a messenger had ended. Now it's nothing more than collateral.
Under Shi Shishi's introduction, Lin Baiguang became familiar with many leaders in the fleet. In addition to drinking and gambling every day, he brought a lot of money with him to fund his activities. Lin Baiguang used the playing cards he brought to teach everyone how to bet on blackjack. This novel card game immediately became a popular gambling game because it was simple and exciting.
Because gambling was not convenient in Zhongjun Village, he would go to Shi Shishi's camp every day, drink, gamble and watch the young pirates boxing and wrestling. .
Xiaoshu was still sent to his tent to serve him every night. Naturally, Lin Baiguang would not be pretentious. He would change his tricks every night and make his screams spread for miles.
Gambling, playing with women and drinking together, everyone just thinks that Lin Baiguang is a sensual person, and will not associate his frequent drinking with the bosses with other things. This is also his way of protecting himself.
However, he strictly adheres to one point and never shows even the slightest solicitation intention in any place. However, many people ask him about Lingao's situation and strength. At this time, there was already a small group of people who had no hope for the future and took advantage of the night to drag the boats away.
It seems that when there is chaos, as long as I grasp the situation in time and pull away hundreds of ships, there will be no problem. Lin Baiguang calculated.
However, historically, Zheng Zhilong and the Ming army's fleet pursued them straight to Nanri Island, and defeated Zhu Cai Lao on Nanri Island. How to save his life in the melee is still a question - wouldn't it be unjust if he died in the chaos?
He thought about it every night, how could he cope when he was alone and defenseless? I think the only way is to get to Shi Shishi's boat before then. Shi Shishi, an old sea dog, always has the ability to escape.
But another threat began to slowly come to him. The fleet going to Lingao did not return on time as he expected. After waiting for a few days, Zhu Cailao became restless. But I don't know where the problem lies. He began to be suspicious of Lin Baiguang's purpose, but he heard that he drank and gambled all day long and played with women very vigorously at night. He didn't seem to have any ulterior motives.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on!"
Suddenly Lin Baiguang could no longer leave the Zhongjun Village. Although food and women continued to be provided, and Shi Shishi often visited him, he was effectively under house arrest. This is the first danger sign. Lin Baiguang knew that the matter would be resolved in the next few days.
Zhu Cai has been waiting for food and wages for a long time, and will definitely follow the historical practice and mobilize the entire army to attack Min'an - this is foreseeable.
What is unforeseeable is what attitude he will have towards the long absence of the grain-buying fleet. Will he just cut him off and go out to fight?
Lin Baiguang had no choice but to wait resignedly. He thinks: It’s not a big problem.
The evening of the thirteenth day. Zhu Cai Lao and the main leaders were discussing matters in the central military tent. At this time, they heard the sound of a clapper and couldn't help but be surprised.
"What happened?!" he asked sharply. It's not the sound of enemy cannons attacking, but the banging of the clapper means that something urgent has happened.
Not long after, someone came to report that another group of ships was dragging away.
"It's Black Flag's ship!"
The leaders suddenly became commotion. This Black Flag Lao Si is not a small group, but has six large ships. A medium-sized gangster with twenty small boats, he had been under the banner of Zhu Cai for more than ten years. He suddenly weighed anchor and left, obviously losing confidence in his future.
"Big shopkeeper! I'm going to chase him back right now!"
"Forget it! You can't stay when someone leaves." Elder Zhu Cai's face turned livid. "We are all brothers. If you try to stop him, you will inevitably have a sword fight. Let outsiders see the joke. Let him go, and we will keep him in the future. Room to meet."! ~!
