"You are the jade banner pole!"
Seeing that his suspicion was confirmed, Zou Run was overjoyed and quickly helped Meng Kang up. He also called his followers to help him and helped all the beaten men to sit up.
Seeing that several of them were seriously injured, Zou Run immediately arranged for people to go outside to ask doctors to diagnose and treat their injuries.
It was so hot that not to mention the shipyard owner's jaw dropped when he saw it. Even the person involved, Meng Kang, was stunned for a long time. He racked his brains and couldn't think of any past friendship between him and the generous and enthusiastic official in front of him.
Zou Run doesn't care about that. In his eyes, Meng Kang and others are first-rate senior technical talents. In the future, all the ships needed to climb Yunshan will depend on these people. For now, not to mention killing one person, just injuring one. He could even shed tears from his heartache.
It is said that only people of the same kind can understand the same kind of people. The owner of Laizhou Shipyard watched from the sidelines for a long time, and murmured to the shipyard manager next to him for a long time. After some thinking and inference, he suddenly realized.
Good guy, I didn’t expect that this “distinguished customer” who appeared out of nowhere to buy a boat was fake, but he came to poach him for real! Otherwise, why would Meng Kang's nickname be revealed as soon as they met?
It turned out that the owner of the shipyard had recently heard that Meng Kang and his group of highly skilled shipbuilders could no longer stand his exploitation and oppression, and were preparing to build a ship privately and escape. This is why he indiscriminately beat up Meng Kang and his group on any excuse. After a meal, I even wanted to kill one or two to set an example, just to teach them a lesson.
After all, as a qualified capitalist, the reason why he hid Meng Kang and other fugitives at the risk of litigation was because he took a fancy to their superb and "free" shipbuilding skills.
But now the bamboo basket fetched water in vain, and instead asked a guy to appear out of nowhere to pick peaches. If my uncle could bear it, my sister-in-law couldn't bear it either. The owner of the shipyard was furious, and he didn't care about the whining junkyard below. Guest, he hurriedly asked the steward to go back to the shipyard to call for more people, bring the guy with him, and say anything to get this bad breath out.
If they disagree, they will pull out the troops to fight. This is very consistent with the custom of Shandong during the Northern Song Dynasty.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jingdong area has been famous for its "people are particularly violent and take robberies lightly", "known as violent Jie", "lots of thieves and lawsuits, difficult to deal with", coupled with the rapid development of industries such as iron ore and gold mining , various mine owners, mountain owners, factory owners and other interest groups frequently gathered people and armed men to fight, but "the government could not control it."
Meng Kang saw all this, and he said to Zou Run worriedly:
"I am grateful to the officer for saving me, but he is a ruthless man. Now he is ordering people to call for help. No matter how heroic the officer is, he is no match for the hundreds of people in his shipyard. The officer should hurry up while he can. Take people away, Meng Kang will definitely repay you for saving your life!"
The craftsmen around Meng Kang also gathered around to persuade him, and just told Zou Run to leave quickly.
Zou Run smiled slightly and said it was okay. In fact, he had already prepared a backup plan. The moment he took action, there were followers riding fast horses towards the seaside.
This place is not far from the place where the big ship was parked when we arrived. It only takes half an hour to drag, and the large team of people will arrive soon, so the most important thing right now is to treat the injuries of Meng Kang and others.
The doctor finally arrived belatedly. Seeing his unwillingness, neither party dared to offend him, but in the face of the knife-wielding minions' "good words", he was forced to pack up his bags and get up.
Even though he was here, he could only hold his nose and start the diagnosis. Fortunately, after an examination, everyone present was not in danger. The doctor hurriedly wrote out a few prescriptions, saying that he only diagnosed diseases and did not sell medicines. , and left in a hurry without even confiscating the consultation fee.
This result was consistent with Zou Run's own inference, so he did not force this person to stay. He just smiled at Meng Kang and said:
"Looking at things like this, the owner of the shipyard here must be used to being domineering. No wonder we all stayed in this hotel for a long time, and the hotel manager didn't come back to talk. I think the manager must have gone away with his staff."
Meng Kang smiled bitterly and was about to reply when he heard a commotion outside and saw a large group of people in the distance, armed with various nails, hammers, axes and chisels, rushing towards here under the light of twenty or thirty torches. come over.
He kept yelling and cursing in his mouth, and his voice was terrifying.
"Surround this restaurant quickly!"
"Stop teaching and leave!"
"My master has an order. If you catch that guy, you just need to use his hands and feet!"
Meng Kang's face changed greatly, and he tried to persuade him: "It's hard, officials, you can leave quickly! I'm still useful to that guy. I can only eat a meal, and there's no fear of my life. Officials, don't delay, I'll see you soon." sharp!"
It was only then that Zou Run revealed his intention.
"Zou Run, a certain family, was recommended by Yang Zhi envoy, so he came here to invite his subordinates to join him."
Nowadays, the name of Xiao Qin King Zou Run has spread all over Jingdong East Road, and the reputation of Dengyun Mountain near Laizhou and Dengzhou is even bigger. Meng Kang is also a person in the world, so he has naturally heard of his name. If it were normal times, he would definitely stand up and bow down, and leave with Zou Run without saying a word.
But now it was at a critical juncture. Meng Kang gritted his teeth, pulled out a sharp knife from his waist, and said to the fellow craftsmen around him:
"Brothers, have you heard this! The famous King Xiao Qin personally came to recruit us to join the gang. What a great deal of love! Just now he saved my life. What a great deal of loyalty! Now the guy from the shipyard is here to force me. , when I have a way out, I no longer need to tolerate it, I will just fight them to death!"
"But Master Zou is the savior of the people, so we must not fall into this situation lightly. There are so many of them right now, how about we resist for a while and help our benefactor escape first, and then send troops to rescue me after our benefactor returns to the mountain?" "
There were echoes of agreement all around.
"Brother Meng Kang is right! You must not teach Master Zou to be dragged down by us!"
"The guy at the shipyard treats us like pigs and dogs. He usually beats or scolds me. If the government hadn't gone too far with the investigation, I would have chopped off his head with one shot. I'll take the lead later!"
"It's just that I'm afraid of a bird! My benefactor will leave first, and we will fight to the death with him!"
It turns out that this group of people is not a coward, but they had no way out before, so they had to endure it hard. This time when they saw that King Xiao Qin, who was widely rumored in the world, actually came forward to invite them personally, they suddenly swept away the past decadence, and everyone took out the guys they carried with them.
They dared to kill even the imperial officials, so naturally they were not afraid of a small shipyard owner.
At this moment, it was naturally impossible for Zou Run to retreat first. He laughed loudly and shouted to the followers around him:
"Brothers, tell me loudly, is there anyone in Dengyun Mountain who abandons his comrades in the face of battle?"
"No! The two armies are facing each other, life or death! Those who abandon the army will be killed!"
Those who can be selected as the village master's personal followers are all carefully selected heroes from the thousands of people on Dengyun Mountain. They hold their weapons high, look at each other, laugh, and respond to their village master's inquiries happily.
So when everyone in the shipyard smashed the store door and rushed into the hall, what they saw was not only a ragtag group of people who were already waiting for death, but a small army with high fighting spirit and weapons facing each other.
