Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 411 When the Boat Starts to Leak

Still, it's a risk worth taking!When Lin Baiguang came to Nanri, he took an overseas route, which took more than six days for a one-way trip.In ancient times, there was no telegraph or telephone for instant communication. As soon as the fleet departed from Nanri, all the elders of Zhucai could only wait, at least fifteen days before realizing that the situation was not right.

Even if he finds that the situation is not right, he doesn't know exactly what went wrong: whether the ship sank in distress, was robbed, or got lost... Various uncertainties in 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.

Fifteen days, you can do a lot of things.Fifteen days is enough for Zhu Cailao 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 to inform the executive committee of the agreement reached, and to write down the conditions and requirements of both parties.At the same time, inform Lingao that Mr. Zhucai will immediately use the loan to buy grain, and ask for the grain to be sold as soon as the ship arrives.

The letter is straightforward, without any code words.In order to win the trust of Mr. Zhucai——he must have checked carefully before letting the envoy take him away.Therefore, Lin Baiguang did not engage in any secret writing or passwords. He did not know how high the level of secret writing was by the ancients.As for the password, although the other party may not be able to crack it, they will naturally be suspicious when they see it.

He believes that Ran Yao and others have sufficient wisdom to understand what he conveyed in the letter.After finishing writing, dry the ink, put it in the envelope, and do not write any inscriptions.Give it to the little pirate outside, and ask him to hand it over to the envoy going to Lingao.

If Zhu Cai always wants to study, let him do it, Lin Baiguang secretly smiled.

At noon, Shi Shishi brought someone to deliver the food, and the food was still delicious.It was hard for Lin Baiguang to believe that this was the food of an army that was about to run out of food: there were still four dishes: burnt beef scalp, boiled duck tongue, clear soup with jelly-dried vegetables, and steamed abalone.Except that the seasoning of these dishes is slightly different from the modern ones, even if they are served in modern large restaurants, they are not inferior.

"It's too wasteful for me to have such a good banquet. There are food and wine, why don't you drink together with brother Shi."

"Okay," said Shi Shishi, who was not a coy person, not to mention that this kind of food was almost completely unavailable on Nanri Island recently.Although he, the middle-level boss, had enough to eat, he was not so particular after all.

"I'm going to fetch some jars of good wine right now." Shi Shishi said and was about to go outside.

"Since drinking, it's better if there are more people."

"Of course it's good, but—" He stared at the food and drink on the table, showing hesitation.

Lin Baiguang smiled and said: "It's nothing, Nanri Island is surrounded by sea, so it's possible that you can't catch a few nets of fish and shrimp?" He took out a small piece of silver from his waist, there is always two taels, "Brother Shi, take it." Go shopping and find a cook to do it——I think the cook here is very skilled."

"Where do you need this much?" Shi Shishi refused to take his money, "Fish and shrimp, let the younger ones go catch them, they are all from fishermen, and it's not easy to catch. As for the cook, five yuan is enough ——I can afford it! Please don’t let the boss’s special cook work, but the boy’s room is fine.”

Shi Shishi refused to take the silver and went on his own.Lin Baiguang did it himself, gestured to open the table, and took out dried meat, preserved fruit and other dry food suitable for drinking from his luggage.

About half an hour later, Shi Shi Shi brought someone over and added seven or eight dishes on the table, all of which were seafood.It is nothing more than clams, oysters, prawns, sea vegetables and the like, which are the most common food on this island.

"Only these seafood..." Shi Shishi rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "If I want to find some eggs, I can't find anywhere."

"It's already very rich!"

"I have invited a few good friends, and they also want to meet you brother!" Shi Shishi squinted his eyes and smiled, "Everyone wants to go to Lingao to open this Australian foreign meat." Said Laughing.

Lin Baiguang smiled and said, "What's so difficult about it? Let's wait for the things here. Just come here, and everything will be managed by brothers!"

While talking, four or five people came in one after another, with different heights, short, fat, and thin.Shi Shishi introduced them one by one, they are all the "treasurers" of various units, and there are also small leaders in the Zhucai old Chinese army.Everyone saw the ceremony and took their seats.

Shi Shishi had someone carry in several jars of wine.

"I got this from a ship a few years ago, the real Lanling wine." Shi Shishi was so excited that he smashed the mud seal and poured wine for everyone one by one.

After some persuasion, after three rounds of drinking, everyone started chatting, only talking about the new things of the Australians in Lingao.Sure enough, these people were very interested in the AV that Shi Shishi watched in Lingao.

Lin Baiguang knew from their mouths that Mr. Zhu Cai had long been interested in the Time Travel Group.When Goujiazhuang was wiped out, Zhu Cailao once had the idea of ​​mobilizing the whole army to Lingao, but he did not do it because he was afraid of the "giant boat" and "speedboat" of the crossing group, and sent Shi Shishi to "fishing" instead.Later, Zhu Cailao fell into a melee with Liu Xiang, and he ignored him carelessly.

It's really dangerous!Lin Baiguang wondered if his own iron boats had enough deterrent power, coupled with the chaos in the southeast coast, if Mr. Zhucai really launched the whole army to attack at that time, although the crossing group with a weak foothold at that time would not be wiped out, it would still be a loss. Misery is inevitable.

If you drink too much, you start talking nonsense.

"It's true that there are people in the court who are easy to be officials." Shi Shishi showed an indignant expression on his face.

"Oh? Has anyone offended Brother Shi?"

"Hmph, I was supposed to go to Lingao to buy food at the beginning. I've been there twice, I know the way well, and you understand the rules there, so I have to change to He Xin, a bastard! Isn't it because he is a 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 what he meant. The "beautiful job" to buy goods in Lingao was snatched away by his relationship.

"Forget it, people have a backer, how can we compare with such a hard-working background?"

"Damn it! If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have said anything about being in Lingao! If I had just said that I would be a hell on earth, I wouldn't have robbed me." Apparently, Shi Shishi was still obsessed with all the "adventurous encounters" in Lingao.

From his mouth, Lin Baiguang knew that the boats going to Lingao were twelve large ships under the direct control of Zhucai Lao, the smallest one had five or six hundred pieces of material, and the largest one was two thousand pieces—these kinds of colors are always going to Lingao. Big eaters" ah.

"Brother Shi, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to go to Lingao in the future."

"He Xin, this little bastard, because he is a relative of some kind, he won't go to war, and he will get involved in the good things. This group of royal relatives who rely on women to sell sex are not good things!"

"Forget it, it's not like this in this world." A leader named Lin Dan drank a bowl, "We drink and eat meat here, and the younger ones are drinking salt water with fish bones, you treat them willing?"

"We drink and eat meat here, just like you," Shi Shishi pointed to a fat man next to him, "Old Hu built the boat with his own money, and his family invested in it, and they all have capital. What capital does He Xin have, relying on women's things?"

Everyone laughed wildly, and then someone laughed: "Maybe a person's 'capital' is a bit longer than yours..."

Lin Baiguang found that the topic of "sex" always aroused heated discussions.

Shi Shishi was indignant, and poured out all the grievances in his chest: "We worked hard in the war, and they were the first to share the money..."

"Brother Shi, be careful! Be careful!" Lin Baiguang liked this kind of reaction very much, but what happened to Xiaoshu yesterday made him alert—who knows if Shi Shishi is deliberately pretentious?Even if it wasn't, there might be a few spies inside and outside the tent who were always watching his every move.

Shi Shishi wanted to swear by drunkenness, but was persuaded by others. The fat man surnamed Hu drank a bowl of wine and sighed: "Our big gang is not as good as it is every year. Thinking about the two fleets of the North and the South, Across Fujian and Guangdong, the scenery and grandeur! Now you are being squeezed out and living on this small island, and you are still in a dilemma!"

"At the end of the day, it's Zheng Zhilong who broke the rules! If I want to catch him, I have to cut him into pieces and feed them to the dogs!"

"Hmph, do you think Li Kuiqi doesn't want it, the shopkeeper doesn't want it? But now he is a dignified guerrilla, an official of the imperial court."

"What's a guerrilla? An official with a big sesame seed. All the generals have been beaten to death. I'm afraid he will die."

"He has a lot of people and boats," Lin Dan said, "and a lot of money." He said strangely, "I never figured it out. When Li Kuiqi broke up with him last year, didn't most of his men, horses and boats go to Li Kuiqi?" Have you left? How did it become so powerful in less than a year?"

"The imperial court supports him. I heard that Governor Xiong Wencan bought him guns and built ships, and his strength has greatly increased."

"Xiong Wenhuan, an old man, thinks it's a trick to kill with a knife."

"Zheng Zhilong is not the same thing. He just wants to use the power of the government to kill all of us. From now on, he will do all the business at sea." Lin Dan sighed, "The boss is not his opponent .”

Fatty Hu said: "Come, come, have a drink. Anyway, it's okay right now. If it really doesn't work, I'll just raise the sail and take the whole family for a run. At worst, I'll go to Nanyang to find a way to survive."

Everyone was silent for a while, feeling that the future was worrisome.At this time, someone whispered: "Have you heard? Heiqi's fourth brother is about to run away."

"Who said that?" Everyone was surprised.Heiqi's fourth brother is not an ordinary shopkeeper, but the backbone of a big gang. If he wants to run away, isn't it a sign that the big tree is about to fall?

"Looks like everybody's gone back to the boat. No one's on shore."

"If it really doesn't work, I'll just run away. It's a good day!"

"Everyone, let's go to Lingao when the time comes." Shi Shishi suddenly said this.Lin Baiguang was shocked.In his opinion, these words were too blunt, almost meant to lure him into being fooled.

"That's right, I also want to go after hearing you speak so well about Lingao." Someone responded.

"At that time, you will have to be our introducer." Fatty Hu said sincerely.

"I can't say it, I can't say it." Lin Baiguang responded cautiously, "The situation of the big shopkeeper has not yet reached this point, everyone can rest assured that as long as we deal with it for a few months, the situation may get better—— Big shopkeeper Haven’t you already sent a boat to Lingao to transport grain and gunpowder? It’s really unfortunate that everyone will be displaced, and everyone will have a meal when they come to Lingao.” He smiled, “But for now, we should work together to tide over the difficulties Yes. The big tree is really going to fall, which is not always good for us monkeys."

"Business Manager Lin is right." Lin Dan said, "Isn't it better to be familiar with the raw. Maybe in a few days, it will be time for a change of luck."

"I'm afraid that if we work together, those who eat the most fruits will long ago want to go down the tree."

Xu Cheng, who had been silent for a long time, did. His face was flushed red, as if he had 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 wine without saying a word.

"You probably don't know," Xu Cheng pouted, "The brothers of the Fourth Wife have sent several boats of goods out recently, and I don't know where they sent them... and the brother of the second shopkeeper, Wang, is also missing... The soft iron boxes that used to be stored in the old camp are much less!"

Xu Cheng lowered his head and stammered: "I've seen it through, what kind of brotherly loyalty, what kind of worldly morality, it's all bullshit, the money is the real thing, I've been with the shopkeeper for more than ten years, and I can't play with women at the front row The team is full of what is left of others——but their relatives, clansmen, and servants have all become leaders, and the women's wealth is shipped home one by one!"

"You're drinking too much, stop drinking," the faces of several people became unnatural, and they quickly supported him to prevent him from talking nonsense.Shi Shishi hurried to look outside the tent, and felt relieved when he saw that only a few cronies he had brought were standing guard outside.

"Look carefully, someone is coming to make a message!" After speaking, he went back into the tent, where several people had already stuffed food into Xu Cheng's mouth.

"Well, brother Xu made a slip of the tongue after drinking, a slip of the tongue..."

"It's okay, it's okay, my little brother heard nothing." Lin Baiguang smiled knowingly.

It seems that the hearts of the old people in Zhucai are already very unstable. Vested interest groups are stealing wildly, ready to leave this sinking ship at any time—this is also the inevitable result of this kind of traditional family-style feudal enterprise group.

"Ahem, now, alas, it's true." Shi Shishi didn't know how to express it.

"It's okay, let's continue drinking. Just talk about Fengyue, only talk about Fengyue."

Twelve days have passed since the fleet of Zhucai veterans going to Lingao left Nanri Island.

these days.Elder Zhu Cai no longer summoned him, and in his opinion, Lin Baiguang's usefulness as an envoy had come to an end.Now it's just a collateral.

Under Shi Shishi's introduction, Lin Baiguang became acquainted with many leaders of the fleet, and every day besides drinking, he gambled - he brought a lot of money with him as activities funds.Lin Baiguang used the playing cards he brought to teach everyone to bet on blackjack. This novel card game immediately became a popular gambling game because of its simplicity and excitement.

Because it was not convenient to gamble in the Chinese army camp, he went to Shi Shishi's camp every day, drinking and gambling, and watching the little pirates wrestle. .

Xiaoshu was still sent to his tent every night to serve him.Naturally, Lin Baiguang would not be hypocritical, and would change his tricks every night, and his screams could be heard for miles.

Gambling, playing with women, and drinking together, everyone just thinks that Lin Baiguang is a sensual person, and they don't associate his frequent drinking with the bosses with other things.This is also his trick of self-covering.

However, he strictly adheres to one point, and never shows even the slightest intention of soliciting in any place, but many people ask him about Lingao's situation and strength.At this time, there have been small stocks that have no hope for the future and left the team with their boats at night.

It seems that when there is chaos, as long as I grasp the situation in time and pull away a hundred boats, there will be no problem.Lin Baiguang calculated.

However, in history, the fleet of Zheng Zhilong and the Ming Army went straight to Nanri Island and defeated Zhu Cailao on Nanri Island.How can I save my life in a melee is still a problem-wouldn't it be wronged if I die in the chaos?

He thinks about it every night, all alone, unarmed, how can he cope?I thought it would be okay to go to Shi Shishi's boat before that.Shi Shishi, an old sea dog, always has the ability to escape.

But another threat slowly began to 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 is.He began to suspect Lin Baiguang's reason for coming, but he heard that he drank and gambled all day long, and played with women very vigorously at night, so he didn't seem to have any evil intentions.

"Damn, what the hell is going on!"

Suddenly Lin Baiguang could no longer leave the Zhongjun stockade. Although food and women continued to be provided, and Shi Shishi often came to see him, he was put under house arrest.This is the first red flag.Lin Baiguang knew that the resolution of the matter was only a few days away.

Zhu Cai has been waiting for food and pay for a long time, and will definitely follow the historical practice, and the whole army will launch an attack on Min'an-this is foreseeable.

What is unforeseen is what attitude he will have towards the grain buying fleet not returning for a long time, and will he just chop him up and go off to fight?

Lin Baiguang had no choice but to wait resignedly.He thinks: the problem is not big.

No. 13 evening.Zhucai's elders and main leaders were discussing matters in the tent of the Chinese army, when they heard the sound of clappers, they couldn't help being startled.

"What happened?!" he asked sharply.It is not the sound of the enemy's trumpet, but the beating of the clapper means that there is an urgent accident.

Not many people will come to report: another ship has left the team.

"It's the boat of Black Flag's fourth brother!"

The leaders suddenly became agitated.This black flag's fourth brother is not a small company, but has six big ships.A middle-level bandit with twenty small boats, he has been under Zhucai's old banner for more than ten years, and he suddenly lifted the anchor and left, obviously losing confidence in his future.

"Boss! I'm going to chase him back!"

"Forget it! People go and stay." Zhu Cai's face was livid, "Brothers, if you go to stop him, you will inevitably meet with swordsmen. Let outsiders watch the joke. Let him go, and leave him in the future." Room to meet."

(End of this chapter)