43. The Viper (I)
"Lao Zhao, you did a good job, and if you have three or five more sunny days, you can call it a day, right?" Lin Xi patted his stomach, condescendingly, and looked at the gong under his feet: "In the future, if I encounter wind and waves here, there will be a place to dock." ”
"Lin Jiaotou is here, and he is a good wine and meat hospitality." Zhao Xi said with a smile.
Since they met, Zhao Xi has to return to Dinghai every few days, and every time he will take Hu Yichen and invite Lin Xi out of the barracks. He is a person with a heart, and he chooses when Lin Xi is not on duty, which is connected to five or six banquets, and Lin Xi is now called "Lao Zhao".
"My father is a shipbuilder, my mother is a fisherman, I was born in the sea and grew up in the sea, and now I am begging for a living in the sea." Lin Xi hiccuped, he had some good wine, and he had only a few glasses of yellow soup in his stomach, and now he was a little fluttering: "In the future, I must die in the sea, this is the true nature of a man in the sea!" ”
"Why did Sect Leader Lin say this!" Zhao Xi nodded his nose: "I, with old arms and legs, want to live for a few more decades, Lin Jiaotou is young and strong, let alone live past eighty!" ”
"If you can't get on a boat and can't go to sea, what kind of day is that!" Lin Xi didn't care about the dirty, and sat on a rock: "I always think, if one day I don't become the sailor of this thief and bird, I will get a big boat and float to the sunrise by boat, see where Penglai Xiandao is, and see if there is really a dragon in the East China Sea!" ”
Hearing him say drunken words, Zhao Xi shook his head, but Hu Yichen next to him smiled. Lin Xi was drunk, and when he saw Hu Yichen's smile, he asked, "Yichen, why are you laughing, do you think what I said is wrong?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, what Lin Jiaotou said reminds me of my cousin, who is now following the master of Steward Zhao, Hu You, he always says that the family has built ships for generations, but there has never been a shipowner, if he has money one day, he must buy a big ship to find an overseas fairyland!"
"It's a man, how old is he, let him come and drink with me!" Lin Xi hiccuped.
"It's fourteen this year, and as soon as our shipyard is built, he will come with my uncle." Hu Yichen looked at Zhao Xi: "Old housekeeper, isn't that the case?" ”
"That's natural, my master runs this shipyard, and he is counting on Hu Lao to take the helm, if he doesn't come, who will come?" Zhao Xidao.
The three of them chatted for a while, and Lin Xi glanced at the shipyard that was about to be completed: "The place here is very well chosen, the mountain can shelter the wind, and the bay can be a port, but it is a little biased, and more people should be left to take care of it." ”
Zhao Xi was about to answer, Lin Xi suddenly stood up, and pointed to the people who were working at the foot of the mountain: "That black and short man is cheating and lazy again, such a Lai Han, he must have a good life to rectify." ”
Zhao Xiren was dazzled, and followed Lin Xi's hope, but it was the Japanese people he met that day, he went to Shaoxing with a partner, and somehow ran back to Qingyuan Mansion alone, and happened to meet Zhao Xi, so he begged to help on the island, Zhao Xi saw that he was pitiful, and heard that he was good at maritime, so he allowed him, and never thought that this guy was a mouth that could only be said and could not be done, even if he spoke, he stammered, and the voice with a Japanese accent made people uncomfortable when he listened. Zhao Xi wanted to get rid of him several times, but he was changed by his crying with a handful of snot and tears, and in the end he could only let him.
"That Lai Han, it's not bad if you don't bring bad people." Zhao Xi shook his head: "He is treacherous and lazy, and he will be beaten when he returns, but he never repents." ”
"This guy can be beaten, he was beaten by Wu Laoqi two days ago and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he was alive again in two days." Hu Yichen echoed.
As they spoke, they went down the mountain, and when the lazy widow saw them coming down, he immediately snatched a board from the other's hand, made a very difficult appearance, and carried it away with a puff and puff. Seeing him pretending, Zhao Xi coughed, and was extremely angry in his heart: "I said that guy, in two days, our family will have a steward from Shaoxing Mansion, if you are still like this, you should leave the island earlier, lest I be scolded by the steward!" ”
Zhao Xi's words were originally false words and intimidation, in the Zhao family, except for a few masters, he is the oldest and highest-ranking housekeeper, even if Zhao Ziyue is such a confidant in front of a big man, he is respectful when he sees him. However, the widow looked quick when he heard this, and his face showed a little panic, Zhao Xi was a little happy in his heart, this widow was afraid that he would be scolded, so it can be seen that he still has a little conscience.
He didn't know that this widow changed color not because he was afraid of being scolded, but because he was afraid of someone from Shaoxing Mansion.
They were ready to avoid after killing Huo Zuoyu, but before leaving, they heard that the Huo family had 10,000 pieces of gold and silver, and they all regretted it. People are greedy together, and they act boldly and recklessly, and they inquired that there was only one son left in the Huo family, so they took advantage of the moonlit night to enter the Huo family again at night.
As a result, he fell into a trap, and nine were killed on the spot, only Ding Gong Ai saw the opportunity quickly, and rushed out desperately, not daring to rest that night, and escaped by the moonlight. He crossed the ocean from the Wa Kingdom to the Great Song Dynasty, and he was a person who could endure hardships, and after traveling day and night, he actually arrived in Dinghai before the sea fishing documents. At this time, he was penniless, and he happened to meet Zhao Xi, remembering that he was building a shipyard on an isolated island, so he begged to follow, first, to find a place to hide from the limelight, and second, to be able to mix and be warm. On this hanging island, although it is closed, it is also stable.
But listening to Zhao Xi's words, people are coming to Shaoxing Mansion, and the matter of Huojiazhuang is so shocking, how can anyone who comes not know the reason! Ding Gong Ai knew that several companions had fallen into the hands of the Huo family, and he didn't dare to guarantee that these companions would not tell him, so he was as manic as a snake crawling in his heart at this time, and he was only thinking about how to get out.
"Hugh is here to get an eyesore, hurry up and get to work!" Carpenter Fang kicked Ding Gong Ai from behind, Ding Gong Ai stumbled, and hurriedly nodded and bowed to him: "Yes, yes, Steward Fang kicked yes!" ”
"It's a cheap bone, I'd rather be beaten than get acquainted." Fang Youcai was also made lose his temper by his virtue, and after scolding, he said to Zhao Xi: "Old housekeeper, will someone really come in two days?" ”
"Well, I went to Dinghai today to receive the letter, and the shopkeeper Hu said that someone will come tomorrow and tomorrow." Zhao Xi said: "I think about it, this shipyard is about to be completed, and the house where I live has been built, and the Hu boatwright's family has to move in." ”
"Before I knew it, I did it for nearly three months!" Carpenter Fang nodded, looking around with some sense of accomplishment, when they first arrived, this was just a barren beach, but now not only have docks been built, but there are also seven or eight houses built on the rocks at the foot of the mountain. The houses were made of bricks, much stronger than wooden houses, and the roofs were pressed with stones so that the roof would not be lifted when the wind rose. Fang Youcai is a little nostalgic for the time here, Zhao Xi spends half of his time in Dinghai, he is the supervisor of this construction site, and he has dozens of people under his hands, but he is also majestic.
Away from this island, where will he go to find this majesty!