Chapter 406: Sudden Bandits
Sheng Weiqiao thought at first that he said "I have encountered something that doesn't have a long eye", who on the boat did something he didn't like, who knew that after being pulled downstairs by him, he saw that the group on the boat were wearing leather armor, distributing harpoons, bows and arrows and other weapons, and then he came to his senses and said in a lost voice: "Met a pirate?!"
Li Shengxu, who was pulling everyone to ask why he suddenly wanted to be armed, turned pale with fright when he heard this: "What!?Sea bandits?!Didn't you say that since General Zhou swept the sea area, there have been no sea bandits?!"
His entourage on the left and right was also frightened, and said in a loud voice: "Then what are you still stunned about? Hurry up and turn around, and run away before they catch up!"
"The county lord and the marquis don't need to panic, it's just a few little rabbit cubs who don't have tricks!" The man who taught Li Shengxu to wash the water that day weighed the weight of the bow and arrow in his hand, and said with a relaxed smile, "It just so happens that we have been at sea these days, and the bones of the rest are about to rust, and the fun that is ready to be sent to the door, where can we let it go?"
Sheng Weiqiao knew the details of these people, so he was not worried about the safety of the people on the ship at the moment, and the reason why he was surprised was because they didn't have such a thing when they came to Chang'an before.
After all, at this time, on the sea, although there are no more pirates as Li Shengxu thinks, but generally speaking, pirates rob ships also by looking at people, ordinary businessmen can move, giants, such as the merchant ships of the three powerful families in Nanfeng County, can collect protection fees, but the real magnates, they dare not touch them...... It's only been a few days since Han Pan in the south was destroyed?
Of course, the main force that time was Tortoiseshell Island, but without the cooperation of the imperial court sailors, the Gongsun family alone would not be able to completely annihilate Han Pan.
And the Gongsun clan is still planning to go ashore!
It can be seen that after these bandits were swept away by General Zhou, their vitality did not recover after all, and they did not dare to show their wanton publicity.
At this time, Sheng Weiqiao and the few people on this sea boat, don't ask who is on the ship, as long as you look at the scale, you can know that it is either rich or expensive, and the pirates you meet at this moment are really the same as what Rong Sleeping Crane said, isn't it long-sighted?
She frowned, and subconsciously looked at Rong Sleeping Crane.
At this time, Rong Sleeping Crane and Gongsun Yingdun and two Sheng Weiqiao looked at the very thin man talking in a low voice not far away, his face was not very good-looking, but he was probably annoyed, but he didn't mean to worry.
Because of the low voice of the speaker, Sheng Weiqiao couldn't hear the specific content, and was hesitating whether to get closer, but Rong Sleeping Crane had already finished explaining, and saw Gongsun Yingdun nodding a little stupidly, and walked towards her.
"Auntie, little uncle asked me to look at you and Master Hou. Gongsun Yingdun walked up to Sheng Weiqiao and said listlessly, "Don't go out later, just stay here, the other party will have two boats, and it won't take long." β
Before Sheng Weiqiao could answer, Li Shengxu next to him jumped to his feet and said, "What!?Two ships?!We only have one, this ...... Why don't you run yet?!"
"Master Hou, you don't know, although the other party has two ships, they may not be as big as ours in total, and even if they have an advantage in numbers, they are estimated to be limited. Gongsun Yingdun soothed, "This is a trivial matter for us, and the reason why you two stay inside and don't go out is mainly to guard against stray arrows, otherwise it would be okay for you and your aunt to stand on the deck and watch the excitement." β
Li Shengxu looked at his calm appearance, but he couldn't calm down: "I know that my cousin is both civil and military, and the guards and guards he brought on the ship are probably also trained, but this is on the sea! No matter how ignorant I am, I also know that fighting at sea is different from that on land! The so-called son of a daughter can't sit down, and he can't just come with a pirate because of his face!"
For fear that his status in Rong Sleeping Crane's mind would be insufficient, he would not be able to convince this cousin, so he pointed to Sheng Weiqiao and said, "And if the boat capsizes after the fight, we will all be able to drain the water, but Kang Zhao she doesn't know anything, what will she do then?!"
ββ¦β¦ As far as your ability to swim in the water is concerned, you don't know if you can swim two miles without relying on the floating ring!" Sheng Weiqiao gave him an angry look, "Besides, the ships used by the pirates are all specially made, and they are specialized in speed, and often the ships can't run away when they find them! Otherwise, are you a fool when you are a fool of those merchant ships that have been plundered for many years? You know that if you encounter a pirate ship, you won't be able to run away? It's not that you can't run away!"
Seeing that Li Shengxu was stunned when he heard this, he showed a loveless look, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he changed his gentle tone and comforted, "Don't worry! These boatmen are all begging for a living at sea, and when they encounter this kind of thing, they naturally know how to deal with it, after all, everyone is in the same boat, and you are still worried about who will deliberately cheat you?!"
"Kang Zhao!" Li Shengxu nodded absentmindedly, and suddenly looked at her with strange eyes, and said pityingly, "You must want to open some ......"
Sheng Weiqiao was inexplicable: "Why do I want to open something?"
"It is said that pirates not only rob money, but also rob sex, although you have a bad temper, but you are also beautiful......" Li Shengxu didn't finish speaking, he was punched twice by Sheng Weiqiao on the faΓ§ade, hitting two black circles, and was immediately aggrieved, "I take care of you kindly, why do you beat people again?!"
"Phew!" Sheng Weiqiao's face flushed angrily, and he pointed at him and shouted, "If you haven't beaten you, you're afraid first! Look at your cowardly appearance of destroying your prestige with the will of others! If your father is still here, it would be strange if he didn't hang you up and fight!"
He sneered again, "And even if they really can't stop Mizhen, the pirates will come in and see you and me, maybe they will rob who's color! After all, in terms of beauty, I see that you are wearing women's clothes, and you may not be worse than me! Well, maybe everyone has their own eyes, and people think you are much better looking than me!"
Li Shengxu: ".............................."
"Two little ancestors, when is this, do you two still have the heart to say this?" Li Chen, the steward sent by the Eldest Princess's Mansion to Li Shengxu to accompany him, stomped his feet anxiously, "County Lord, now is not the time to fight with my family's marquis, you hurry up and order the ship to turn around......"
As soon as he said this, he suddenly heard the sound of ropes breaking through the air outside, followed by something falling heavily on the deck, and then the hull of the ship shook suddenly, shook for a while and then rebalanced, and the people who were still in the cabin subconsciously looked out, and saw that the ship had stopped.
Seeing this, Li Chen's face changed, and he hurriedly picked up his robe and ran out, and then heard him exclaim, "You guys...... You actually cut the sails yourself?!"
"Steward Li, go back to the cabin!" Seeing this, someone said while pushing him back to the cabin, "The next thing is our leader...... The small one is that the king of Mizhen County is here, and he has his own opinions! You see that the county lord of Kangzhao didn't say anything, so don't you be afraid?"
said that Gongsun Yingdun told a few, "Have you forgotten what the king of the county said?
Gongsun Yingdun then stepped forward to pull Li Chen in, and asked someone to close the hatch, and said angrily: "In terms of honorable status, the most noble person on this ship is obviously the king of Mizhen County! The king of the county is not afraid, what are you panicking about!?"
Glancing at the tea set next to him, he personally went over to make a pot of tea, turned over some easy-to-store pastries from the cabinet, placed them on the table, and beckoned them to use, "Just two ships, not much to divide, after the docking, it won't take long to solve it, you think it's boring, just drink tea and eat snacks!"
"Brother Ying Dun, aren't you afraid?" Li Shengxu had a good time with the people under Rong Sleeping Crane in the past two days, although it didn't reach the point of cutting off the head of a chicken on the spot and burning yellow paper to worship brothers, but they also called each other brothers...... Well, Li Shengxu feels that he is very bold in this way, especially a gentleman.
At this moment, seeing that Gongsun Yingdun was several years younger than himself, he looked like he was used to emergencies, and even regretted that he couldn't go out to fight side by side with Rong Sleeping Crane and the others, which was just surprise, "That's a sea bandit! We are now on the sea! If we are on land and there is an official town, we naturally have nothing to be afraid of! But on the sea, the sea is vast, who knows if the imperial court can hold them down? If they can't be suppressed, they won't show mercy! After all, the pirates are all outlaws! β
Gongsun Yingdun smiled when he heard this, and said: "Master Hou, it is true that the pirates are all outlaws, but who said that the outlaws will deliberately seek death? As far as the county king, you and the county lord are concerned, if something happens at sea, it will definitely be a major matter for the heavens to hear! At that time, the court sailors will go out to sweep away whatever they say! At that time, how sure do you think those bandits will be able to escape?"
Li Shengxu said: "How vast the sea area is......"
"The sea is vast, but people are not fish, so they can't live in the sea, right?" said Gongsun Yingdun, "even though there are many islands in the sea, not all of them are suitable for survival." What's more, the pirates are not all in a group, if there are only three or five people, even if they find an island where they can stay, they will be easily snatched away, and even they will be used as slaves, or even killed and thrown into the sea to feed the fish!"
"In addition, the island must not be too far offshore, because then it will be very difficult for them to replenish their supplies. β
"Do you think that people have to eat all year round, and if it is just a small island, even if you grow crops, how much land will you have to feed a group of people? Even if you find a big island, not to mention the hard work of turning the soil into cooked land, the seeds, the tools for ploughing, and the cattle in the middle...... There are also food, clothing, shelter and transportation in the process of ploughing, as well as medicine doctors...... These needs are inseparable from the shore!"
"So if the imperial court sailors move the real character, these pirates won't be able to resist at all...... In the end, it is just a little remnant of General Zhou's sweep of the Seven Seas back then, this kind of sporadic bandits who fight separately, where can they be the opponents of the imperial court's dignified division?!"
Li Shengxu's master and servant felt that it made sense when they heard it, and couldn't help nodding slightly, and said, "If they just ask for money, then it doesn't matter......
Sheng Weiqiao looked at Gongsun Yingdun very speechlessly: This guy is still a former young sea lord whose identity cannot be revealed, and at this moment, he seems to be a member of the imperial court?
Gongsun Yingdun noticed her gaze, but he was not weak at all: his little uncle is the king of the county, and at this time he personally went south to preside over the affairs of Zhao'an Tortoiseshell Island, according to the relationship between his little uncle and his father, when the time comes, his father will have to be an official, and he will definitely become a child of the official family when he turns back.
Besides, he had been living on Tortoiseshell Island before, and he thought that the Gongsun clan was so powerful, and it had been passed down for four generations, and the throne of the dynasty had only been passed down for a few generations?
But this time I went to Chang'an and really saw the prosperity and prosperity of the dynasty, Gongsun Yingdun's original arrogance suddenly disappeared completely, and I wish to complete the transformation from a bandit to an official as soon as possible!
"By the way, Brother Ying Dun, you don't look like an ordinary little guy with this knowledge!" After Li Shengxu settled down a little, he resumed the two days of jumping, and laughed and teased Gongsun Yingdun, "Why don't you follow Cousin Mizhen, I recommend you to join the army when you go back?" Maybe it's the next Ning Weihou!"
Gongsun Yingdun was about to answer, the hull of the ship suddenly shook, the sound of "whooshing" flying claws hooking the sea ship was endless, the anchored ship was dragged by the thief ships hanging up on both sides and swayed left and right, the tea bowls on the table were thrown to the ground and shattered, at the same time, the shouting and killing roared!
Li Shengxu's master and servant instantly turned pale, and subconsciously tightened his sleeves, although Sheng Weiqiao had experienced the scene of "encountering pirates" as early as three years ago when he was captured by Han Shaozhu, and knew that Rong Sleeping Crane and his party were very strong, and they were also a little distracted at this moment.
Therefore, when there is a sound of fighting outside the cabin, the cabin is quiet and weird.