After the negotiation did not go well, He Fei and his party returned to Guangzhou. The biggest gain of the trip was that the Franji people said that there were many pirates lurking in Dongchudao Village in Guangzhou. After meeting Mr. Wang Hong, He Fei shed tears and elaborated on this. Mr. Wang Hong had already prepared for the details of this negotiation. This group of Franji people dared to attack even the officials of Guangdong. Now they had no choice but to attack the pirates first to alleviate the public dissatisfaction.
Wang Hong did not trust this group of pirates: "Now we still need to confirm whether the information given by the Franji people is true. How many pirates are lurking in Dongchudao Village? Only after we find out clearly can we send out troops to fight against the pirates."
Su Xiaolou nodded. Although Franji and the pirates may have had a falling out and wanted to use our hands to teach the pirates a lesson, we still have to find out the situation ourselves to avoid hurting innocent people.
Many of the pirates along the coast of Guangzhou are poor fishermen who live in poverty. They go to sea to become pirates when they can no longer survive. They usually pretend to be poor villagers, but after going to sea, they become pirates who commit crimes. This is why it has been difficult to combat pirates in Guangdong over the years. , which requires a smart and clever person to find out the information.
Speaking of cleverness, why bother looking at Su Xiaolou with Mr. Wang? Su Xiaolou is not only clever and clever, but also as slippery as a loach.
The two of them had a tacit understanding of sugar-coated bullets and praised Su Xiaolou: "This King Xing has really good vision. Su Xiaoqi is not only handsome, but also well-informed, smart and capable, quick and eager to learn, and has the talent to save the world and the people. For the suffering people of Guangzhou Prefecture, Su Xiaoyou is willing to serve as a scout?"
"I don't……"
"Su Xiaoqi not only has the talent to help the world and save the people, but also has a heart that worries about the world before and enjoys the world after. How could he see the people along the coast of Guangzhou in dire straits? He will definitely not refuse."
"you……"
"I will first thank the people of Guangzhou to Su Xiaoqi. After this incident is over, I will report Su Xiaolou's contribution to the court."
The two of them sang together without giving Su Xiaolou a chance to refuse. Su Xiaolou sighed and shook his head helplessly: "I can go, but if you are a man of true virtue, you have to go with me." Su Xiaolou is not stupid either. Going there is like a sheep entering a wolf's den, you have to pick a master just in case.
"No problem." Seeing that Su Xiaolou agreed, He Bi quickly sold Zhen Dexiu to Su Xiaolou.
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The next day, the sky turned white. Su Xiaolou and Zhen Dexiu rode towards Dongchudao Village. After passing a makeshift breakfast shop, they tied their horses to a tree on the side of the road and ordered a bowl of porridge and pancakes. The two of them sat on a small bench by the roadside and ate.
Su Xiaolou chatted with his boss: "Brother, how far is it from Dongchudao Village?"
"It's not far away. It's about five miles away!"
The little brother spoke with a strong Cantonese accent. Su Xiaolou had to go over it in Yingtian dialect in his mind before he could understand what the little brother was saying.
"Brother, have you been to Dongchudao Village?"
"Don't dare to go. There is an Ax Gang over there. It's very scary. I advise you not to go. You'd better take a detour!"
"Brother, have you heard of me? People give me the nickname 'Fire Cloud Evil God'. If you meet me, you will change my name to the Xiotou Gang."
Zhen Dexiu thought about all the killers and martial arts swordsmen he knew, but he had never heard of the Fire Cloud Evil God: "Su Xiaoqi, the title 'Fire Cloud Evil God' is not famous in the martial arts world!"
After a good meal, Su Xiaolou and Zhen Dexiu left and headed to Dongchudao Village. The entire Dongchudao Village was located near the sea, and there were scattered fishing boats floating on the seaside. As soon as they entered the village, they were greeted by a man. The man blocked the way. The man looked at the two of them: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"We run a restaurant in the county. I heard that the quality of your aquatic products here is very good, so we came to take a look."
The man was about thirty years old, with tanned skin and tendons all over his body. His small eyes looked at Su Xiaolou warily: "Which restaurant is he from?"
"Eat Sifang Restaurant."
"Why haven't you heard of this restaurant?"
Su Xiaolou was quite vigilant. Seeing the man blocking the road with no intention of getting out of the way, Su Xiaolou knew that this man would definitely not let them in if there was no profit, so he casually said: "We are coming from Nanjing." Yes, I want to open a branch in Guangzhou. I just bought the store in the past two days and it hasn’t opened yet. I definitely don’t know about it, but the financial backers behind us are the Shen family, the second richest man in Jiangnan. I can go and inquire about it. As long as there are good things. No matter how high the price is, I can afford it.”
The man hesitated and said, "Just wait a moment."
Su Xiaolou and the others left alone and left. After a while, two or three middle-aged men were called over. One of them stood up and said: "I am the head of Dongchudao Village, the quality of the seafood here is The best in this sea area, you won’t find anything better than ours anywhere else, what kind of aquatic products do you want?”
"Let's collect some sea cucumbers, lobsters and the like first! We only entertain distinguished guests at the Sifang Restaurant, so we don't want the ones that are not in good taste!"
"Then you come with me to the warehouse to inspect the goods!" The village chief led Su Xiaolou and two people to the warehouse where aquatic products are stored in the village. Before they even got close, a strong fishy smell wafted over, and Su's stomach was churning. Xiaolou held back his nausea and walked into the warehouse.
Several large boxes filled with water on the ground were filled with densely packed black sea cucumbers, with a shiny luster all over their bodies. Each one was very fat, the smallest one was about fifteen centimeters, and the larger ones could even reach over thirty-five centimeters. It was also the first time for Su Xiaolou to see such a big sea cucumber, but just by looking at the size, he knew it was a good sea cucumber. These sea cucumbers were all alive, and they were still in the pupae. Seeing this scene made Zhen Dexiu's scalp numb, and he went straight to Backing away, Su Xiaolou also didn't expect that Zhen Dexiu, an eight-foot tall man and a master of Jinyiwei, would be so timid.
There were several large sealed boxes in the innermost part, covered with straw. Su Xiaolou was stopped just as he was about to walk in: "There are no sea cucumbers inside, so don't go any further."
Those strong men were following the two of them like stinkers, monitoring their every move. The two of them couldn't go anywhere else. After Su Xiaolou and Zhen Dexiu looked at each other, both parties understood. Get rid of these stinky candies as soon as possible.
Zhen Dexiu covered his mouth and nose, pretended to feel uncomfortable and ran outside to vomit. Immediately, someone followed him out, really closely following him.
Su Xiaolou took out a small yellow croaker from his arms and threw it to the village chief proudly: "The quality of your sea cucumbers varies from good to bad. As I said just now, we only want the top quality. You pick out the best sea cucumbers and I will take them away first." Five pounds will be shown to our boss, and if our boss is satisfied, we will purchase from you in the future."
The village chief nodded repeatedly and asked the remaining two people to pick up sea cucumbers. He asked Su Xiaolou to go to a nearby farmer to rest for a while. Zhen Dexiu had not come back for so long. The village chief had begun to become suspicious and sent another Two strong men went to check. Su Xiaolou was being closely watched and could only rely on Zhen Dexiu to find out the news.
