Chapter 83: Proposal for Alliance
Nojiri squatted in the captives tremblingly, his heart full of despair.
After breaking the leg bone of his right leg after being trampled by a horse yesterday, Nojiri fainted directly on the battlefield and came to his senses after a few hours.
He injured his leg and couldn't run at all, not to mention that all the would-be robbers who could escape at this time had already fled, and he fled to another country alone with his injuries, without a boat, and it was not safe to go anywhere.
Therefore, Nojiri did not hesitate too much, limped to the beach, and surrendered to the new army, which was preparing breakfast.
According to Nojiri's thoughts, he is also a pirate captain who was born as a samurai, and once commanded a small early ship to set off from Fuso to Goryeo, Liaodong, Ryukyu, Jiangnan and Rizhao in this Qi Province, and can be regarded as an old sea seal, kendo and navigation have a good level, and should be regarded as a talent, so as not to be killed.
But as soon as the trial began, he found that the situation did not seem to be what he thought.
The guy who presided over the trial was simply killing people at will.......
He just started by singleing out a few blacksmiths and shipbuilders, and the rest began to find all sorts of reasons to start cutting people.
What looks too ugly will make you feel bad when you look at it, so kill.
It's not good to be good-looking, it's easy to seduce your own girl and kill.
The vicious-looking ones will definitely not work and kill with peace of mind.
...... who look honest, how can a pirate have an honest look? It must be disguised, killed.
The thin ones are killed, the fat ones are killed, and the injured are naturally killed.
Nojiri touched his stomach sadly, and then looked at his lame leg, he felt that he was going to be thrown into the sea soon to feed the fish and shrimp.
If I survive this time, I will be a good man and never be a pirate again...... ’
Nojiri desperately prayed for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, and it worked!
"San Lang, you can't kill it again!"
When it was about to be Nojiri's turn, Xie Bao couldn't help but say:
"What you're saying is to choose five kills and kill one, and then kill it! We still need labor to plough the land! ”
At the beginning, Xu Shiyang killed more than 50 people who were unconvinced and scolded, and later cut almost 6 or 70 people for various reasons.
These captives are a lot of wealth for the Xu family, and every strong man, for the family that is not threatened by bandits, is equivalent to cultivating at least 10 acres of barren land, if they receive 5 buckets of grain per acre, a Ding Zhuang can provide 5 stone of grain a year.
Therefore, labor is also a valuable asset for the current Xu family, and it cannot be killed indiscriminately like this.
Xu Shiyang sighed deeply, and said helplessly: "I'm also asking them to be honest, hundreds of nearly a thousand strong men, all pirates who are used to robbing and killing people, all of a sudden, enter our house all of a sudden, do you believe they will work hard?" ”
Xie Zhen and Jie Bao all understand this truth, and if they don't kill them, they won't be able to manage it.
However, population is indeed very valuable......
"Well, I don't think it's enough, I'll have to kill again."
Xu Shiyang made the final decision:
"Kill 20 more, you choose, I don't care which one to kill and which one to keep, but there must be enough!"
The Xie Zhen and Xie Bao brothers glanced at each other, and they all felt that this seemed to be okay.
At least they won't kill indiscriminately like Xu Shiyang, and they can leave those who look strong so that they can do more work.
"Yes, Saburo." The two bowed down together to receive the order: "Next, it's up to the two of us." ”
So, Nojiri escaped in this way.
The people Xie Zhen and Xie Bao chose to kill were all thin people who didn't seem to have much strength to do heavy work, they didn't know that Nojiri's leg was injured, they just thought that this guy was strong enough, and it was a pity to kill him.
'Woo...... Bodhisattva bless, I will be honest ...... in the future. ’
Nojiri desperately covered his mouth to keep himself from crying.
At this time, hundreds of corpses were piled up in the sea, and as the waves rose and fell slightly, even the sea water was dyed a thick red, and a little farther away, some triangular fins cruised back and forth, which were shark ...... attracted by the smell of blood.
He was really frightened.
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In the evening, Xu Shiliu returned to the camp.
He was drunk, and he still had the smell of rouge gouache on his body, obviously he didn't just eat and drink in the Zhang family.
Sure enough, the steward of the Zhang family, who sent him back, bowed his hand and said: "The two girls will then be sent to the prince's mansion." ”
Oh, I actually brought a woman.
"Fifth brother, you are still young, don't play too much."
"I know, don't worry, third brother, just one or two maids."
Xu Shiliu said nonchalantly:
"That's not important, what you asked me to talk to the Zhang family about is almost done."
"Tell me about it."
Xu Shiyang was a little anxious about this, if it weren't for the fact that he had to maintain the cold image he had just erected, he would have wanted to talk to the Zhang family by himself.
"The head of the Zhang family agreed to reduce the cost of mooring and diverting water for our family, and also agreed to train sailors on behalf of our family, and the training fee is easy to say."
For the Zhang family, who took control of the port of Rizhao, these were all businesses.
The Xu family's fleet is expanding several times in size, and even if the berthing fee is reduced, their income will not decrease - after all, Rizhao Port is only the closest to the Xu family, but it is not the best port in Qi Province.
"What else?"
"Watch and help each other, before I can speak, the Zhang family will propose it first!"
"Oh?"
A bonus.
Xu Shiyang has always wanted to ...... Jiangbei, at least Qi ......Province, and at this stage, all the Wubao forts in these prefectures and counties in the south and southwest of Qi Province are united-even if they face the future enemy together in the situation of the alliance.
With this big victory in rescuing other Wubao, Xu Shiyang was about to take this step, but he didn't expect this Zhang family to come up by himself.
Thinking about it carefully, it's right, the Zhang family only saw the brilliant victory of their own 100 soldiers against thousands of Japanese robbers, and felt that the Xu family's force was trustworthy, but they didn't know that the Tartar Mouke killed by Xu Shiyang still had a father who was a fierce an, and the next time the Tartar entered the customs, the Xu family (and these families allied with the Xu family) needed to face thousands of Tartar iron horses.
This result is simply too good, it was supposed that the Xu family was looking for someone else to form an alliance, but now that the Zhang family has taken the initiative to come together, many things will be much easier in the future.
"The Wang family, the Ding family, and the Bao family also agreed to form an alliance." Xu Shiliu continued: "It's just that they ask you to agree, these three families seem to be afraid of you, third brother." ”
"Of course I agree! Hurry up and send someone to deliver the letter, the soldiers in the family will not be used, but the uncle and father must come as soon as possible, and the final decision will be made by someone at the level of the head of their family to form an alliance! ”
"Okay, I'll ask Lord Sun Bao to go in person later, he has excellent riding skills and good horses, so he can be faster."
The five alliances can afford to mobilize tens of thousands of strong men to the limit, although the combat effectiveness is still insufficient, but the number is enough to bluff people.
Besides, there are people first, and then there is hope.
"One more thing." Xu Shiliu said: "The Zhang family said that they hope we can sell them some of the boats captured this time. ”