The ship to Liaoxi was delayed, and Li Xiao, who was waiting in boredom, noticed that not far away, there was a person who was obviously different from the people around him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This person was dressed in a Xuange burqa, wearing a square scarf on his head, and his white face was covered with three locks of hair, and he looked like a scholar.

When Li Xiao looked at this person, this person also found Li Xiao's inquiring gaze, and his face was suddenly quite unhappy, he snorted lightly, glanced at Li Xiao, and turned his face away.

Seeing that this person looked disdainful, Li Xiao also turned his face and didn't look at him again, and then chatted with Zu Wan'er without saying a word.

After about half an hour, the ship to Liaoxi finally arrived.

A crowd of refugees rushed forward in a hurry, wanting to board the ship as soon as possible so that they could escape the fallen land of Golden State.

Li Xiao pulled Zu Wan'er with one hand and the horse with the other, and walked towards the boarding gate with the flow of people.

Coincidentally, the person who looked like a scholar happened to be crowded in front of Li Xiao. When they finally reached the boarding gate, a merchant ship guard with crooked eyes stopped the scholar.

"**** mother, squeeze what! Anyone who gets on board will be 5 taels of silver per person! He scolded with crooked eyes, and stretched out a hand to the reader.

"Yes, yes, the villain will give the silver." With a humble smile on his face, the reader groped with one hand in his arms as he bent over.

His face changed suddenly.

"Hey, where's my silver, it's still there just now, why is it gone?" The reader's voice trembled, and one hand groped for himself like a madman, but he never found it.

"Did you find it?" Crooked eyes are visibly impatient.

"Boatman, the small silver must have been accidentally stolen, and please give me a large amount of grace, and when I return to Jinzhou, I will definitely make up for the 5 taels of boat fare I owe." The scholar looked bitter and pleaded in a low voice.

"! If you don't have money, you still want to take a boat, and you will die! Bah! He snapped in his crooked eyes and pushed him away.

The scholar was pushed by him and stumbled, and almost fell, and his face was ashen, and he was about to bow his head and leave, but was stopped by a large strong hand.

"Don't worry, I'll pay for you." Li Xiao whispered to the reader.

The scholar looked at Li Xiao, who he had never met, with a surprised look, and suddenly remembered that he had just looked down on Li Xiao, and he didn't feel a little fever on his face, and before he could speak, he saw that Li Xiao had turned to the crooked eyes and said, "The boatman, the two of us, even this horse, and the scholar just now, how much does the boat fare cost?" ”

Crooked eyes looked at Li Xiao with suspicious eyes, and thought to himself, this guy, who looks tattered, actually has spare money to pay for others' boat fares, but he didn't expect that he is a rich master, so he will have to knock him well.

"Hmph, listen up, the three of you each have a boat fare of 5 taels, a total of 15 taels, this horse occupies too much space, at least four people, but it takes 20 taels, and you have a lot of luggage and weapons, accounting for the weight, and you need to pay another 5 taels of luggage." After saying this, he looked at Li Xiao with a sneer.

"You boatman, you drive so much, my three people have a horse and some luggage, and they ask for 40 taels of silver for the boat fare, this is too greedy." Zu Wan'er listened to it on the sidelines, and couldn't help but ask.

"Yo ho! Dare to be too expensive. I drove this boat, and I had to pay if I wanted to take it. If it's too expensive, you don't have to sit, and no one forces you to take a boat. The crooked eyes were on fire, and the tone was obviously not good.

"Alright, boatman, I've paid for the fare."

Li Xiao grabbed Zu Wan'er, took out more than 3 taels of gold from his arms, and handed it to Crooked Eye.

Crooked eyes saw Huang Chengcheng's gold, but his eyes lit up, he checked it with his hand, it weighed 3 taels and halves, and bit it hard with his teeth, and his face immediately released light, good guy, this is really gold.

"Alright, get on board." Crooked eyes, he happily threw the gold into his pocket and waved his hand to Li Xiao and the others.

Li Xiao and the others got on the boat, leaned on the side of the ship on the deck, and found a clean place to sit down.

When the apologetic eyes of the reader came, he met Li Xiao's warm smile.

"Student Wu Liang, is a member of Liaodong, his home is in Xingshan Station outside Jinzhou City, thank you for your help today, and after returning to Jinzhou, the full amount of the ship will be returned." The scholar reported himself to his home with a grateful face.

"In Xia Li Xiao, it is also a blessing to meet Mr. Li can afford these fares, so he should make a friend, and Mr. Wu should not take it to heart. Li Xiao replied with a smile.

Wu Liang smiled awkwardly and hugged his fists in thanks. As the conversation between the two deepened, Li Xiao was surprised to find that Wu Liang, a student and a talent, had actually been a clerk beside Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, and his position was to collect clerks.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were divided into several levels, including the officials, the officials, the officials, and the officials, and the officials were the last of the officials. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of talented students were hopeless because of the imperial examination, and they took being a famous official as a way out. It's just that it is extremely difficult for officials to be promoted, usually they can only be promoted to officials after three years of accumulation, and then three years to be a warden, and another three years to be the best order of officials, and the officials are still small officials who do not enter the stream.

But despite this, these officials who followed the generals and other military leaders of the general army, even if they were the last ones, were still much stronger than ordinary literati, at least they had the opportunity to rise and the power of the fox and the tiger, and some had the opportunity to come into contact with officials such as money, food, entertainment, etc., and they could also take the opportunity to enrich their own pockets and make profits through corruption.

Wu Liang sighed: "On the day the city was broken, Huang Zongbing was martyred and loyal, and the other officials were held by the Tartar soldiers, and then sent to Shenyang together with the people of the Ming Kingdom who were selected as the coats. The reason why Wu escaped with his life was because he was sent to the countryside of Jinzhou some time ago to supervise the people's payment of grain and taxes, so fortunately he was not besieged in Lushun City. I never thought that the money on my body was stolen by thieves, but fortunately, Li Zhuangshi helped to let the students return to their hometowns by boat. ”

Wu Liang wanted to thank him again, but was stopped by Li Xiao. However, Wu Liang still left his home address in Jinzhou, and invited Li Xiao to be a guest at his home when he arrived, as a thank you for today's kindness.

While Li Xiao and the others were talking, they didn't notice that two pairs of vicious eyes were staring at them from the bow gunway.

"You mean, that man is three taels of gold when he makes a move, but he is a generous man?" The one who spoke was a strong man with a fierce face, a face full of meat, and a thin toothpick for his teeth.

This strong man, the owner of this merchant ship, was nicknamed to cross the sea, originally a local pirate, because he was cut in the leg in a fire caused by pirates scrambling for the sea, and could no longer continue to be a pirate, so he had to buy this merchant ship and become a maritime merchant. Although it claims to have washed its hands of gold, but because of its pirate nature, it secretly raised more than a dozen thugs and swordsmen, and still did some unsightly bad things behind the scenes, of course, the scale cannot be compared with the previous pirates, generally doing some murderous deeds such as intercepting small cargo ships and murdering rich ship passengers.

However, in this pirate-infested sea, it is not easy to make a fortune. Not long ago, a merchant ship across the sea was sacked by a group of powerful pirates, and he sacrificed all the gold and silver treasures he had stolen from the ship to save his life and ship.

"No, this guy looks dressed in tatters, but I didn't expect it to be just to hide people's eyes. The little one was thinking, this person must have made such a bold move, there must be a lot of gold and silver on his body, plus that majestic mount, isn't it worth our vote? It was the crooked eye that said this.

A greedy light flowed through the eyes of the sea, and he snorted coldly, throwing the toothpick in his hand on the deck.

"Hmph, we are so short of money now, and we are very short of money, how can we let go of such fat sheep! Just wait for late at night, when everyone in this group of refugees is tired, you wait to go up quietly, and you will bear that kid on the spot, and take this guy's goods and BMW, as for the little woman with fine skin and tender meat, you will spare her life, and let everyone take turns to go up and have a good time, and it will not be too late to slaughter again. A hideous smile appeared on the face of the sea.

"The owner of the ship is clever, and the small one will be arranged." There was a glint of greed in his crooked eyes, and he flattered him again and again.