Chapter 199: The Return of Whaling

The fifth day of the seventh month of the first year of Qiande (963 AD)

In the afternoon, in the bay in the north of Qishan Island, a huge whale lies quietly in the shallow water, and hundreds of homeless people are trying to cut the fat on the whale's body and send it to the beach.

Many women are boiling whale fat, and the beach is filled with indescribable smells.

Cao Yongxian and his four friends stood on a high place, looking at the huge whale, and their hearts were full of awe. Four days ago, they followed Du Dalei out to sea, and after some searching, the two warships successfully caught a big whale.

The five scholars were amazed at the unpredictable strength of Qishan Island, they were able to shoot such a huge sea monster with a bed crossbow, and they could also drag the whale back, which was incredible!

Fang Hui sighed: "I only know now that there are so many strange people in the world!" It's just a small island, with a total of a few thousand people. But their strength is indeed too strong! I think if they continue to develop like this, it won't be a few years before the warships of Qishan Island will be able to control this sea. ”

"yes, you're right, there's so much new stuff here. They are definitely unique in terms of craftsmanship skills, and if there is enough population here, they will definitely become the overlords of the party! Li Heng said.

Jiao Wei nodded, "Several, I also found out on this trip to sea that the textbook in the school says that the earth is a ball. I didn't believe it before, but this time on the boat, I tried to observe, and the earth was indeed a sphere. Otherwise, why do we see the sails of the ship from afar, and then we can gradually see the whole ship. ”

Cao Yongxian looked at this lively scene and said convincingly: "When I didn't come to Qishan Island, I didn't understand my father's decision to let me come here. I thought that Qishan Island was a deserted island hanging out of the sea, and it must be a very desolate island, similar to the place where prisoners were exiled. But this time it was a real eye-opener, I used to think that I had read a few books, and it would be amazing. Compared to them, I consider myself a frog at the bottom of a well! ”

Wang Jiuqing echoed: "You're right, their brothers are indeed geniuses. Take the textbooks of the school as an example, I think I am a learned person who has read poetry and books. But compared to them, I feel really bad. We can't even compare to the children in the school now, Tian Renfeng's kid is indeed a genius in mathematics, and the gap between me and him is too big. ”

Cao Yongxian said firmly: "I definitely won't leave, I want to learn some skills from a few gentlemen." There's a lot of fun to do here, and I'm going to play football every day from now on. I don't know what you guys think? ”

The four scholars looked at each other and said in unison, "Don't go, let's stay." ”

The five of them burst into laughter in unison, causing everyone to look at them.

Li Heng said: "I want to write a letter and let people bring it back to Jinling. The main thing is to gather some classmates and friends and let them come here to study as well. In addition, there are too few people in our 'Kong Meng' football team, and they can't play official games, so they can only play five-a-side games on a small field, which is too unpleasant! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and decided to write back to find someone, and try to find as many scholars as possible.

Cao Yongxian said to everyone: "You wrote in the letter, as long as someone comes here to study, my Cao family will give each person a monthly subsidy of five yuan. Because many of my classmates come from poor backgrounds, they may not be able to afford to study. ”

Jiao Wei said happily: "Xiao Cao, you are really a person who does big things!" If such conditions are prescribed, I estimate that many scholars will rush to come here. We want to emphasize in the letter that there are a lot of novel knowledge here, coupled with a lot of student subsidies, the poor scholars of Jinling City will rush to come! ”

Fang Hui also said: "Xiao Cao, you are very shrewd!" Your Cao family provides student subsidies to these scholars, and some people will definitely be grateful to your Cao family. After a few years, these people have learned some real skills on Qishan Island, and if your Cao family recruits them, there will definitely be some people who will join the Cao family's shop. For a small amount of money, you can recruit a lot of useful talents. ”

Cao Yongxian smiled and said, "How is it?" I'm a little more cunning now, but compared to Hu Yidao's kid, my potential as a profiteer hasn't been fully developed! ”

Everyone laughed, Wang Jiuqing said: "A few days ago, Hu Yidao's kid was so embarrassed that he read a review book of more than 3,000 words in front of all the teachers and students in the school. Then he was fined to clean the latrine for a month, and now he hides when he sees people, and he doesn't leave the door of the school during the day. ”

Li Heng also said: "Now the whole island knows that there is a small profiteer in the school, whose name is 'Hu Yidao'. Many people of good deeds went to the children's dormitories at night to watch, saying that they wanted to see this wizard. Later, they were all driven away by Fu Hongyu. ”

Cao Yongxian said: "I heard that Hu Yidao has been under a lot of pressure recently, because many children laughed at him, and later he was picked up by Jiang Wuniang, and now he lives with Jiang Wuniang. ”

Jiao Wei said: "I heard that he was taken away by Mr. Zhao and said that he would teach him personally, is it true?" ”

Wang Jiuqing said with a smile: "It's true, I just heard a guard say that Mr. Zhao took Hu Yidao with him, let him participate in the training of the escort team every day, and personally taught him at night to learn some knowledge." This kid is also a blessing in disguise! ”

Fang Hui said: "I think Mr. Zhao cultivated him as a righteous son, just like Li Keyong, the king of Jin decades ago, who cultivated many righteous sons, and the outstanding righteous son is called the 'Thirteen Taibao' by everyone." ”

Cao Yongxian looked around mysteriously, and whispered to everyone: "Do you know that An Dalang is the descendant of Li Cunxiao." ”

"Really? How is this possible? ”

"How did An Dalang and Li Cunxiao get involved?"

"Wasn't Li Cunxiao destroyed?"

"Xiaocao, who are you listening to?"

Everyone started talking about it, Cao Yongxian looked like a stinky fart, and said with a smile: "Let me tell you, I listened to Cui Dao's story." He said that An Dalang is indeed a descendant of Li Cunxiao. Li Cunxiao, formerly known as An Jingsi, was a member of the Shatuo tribe of the Turkic tribe. When he was young, because of his infinite strength and superb martial arts, he was adopted as a righteous son by Li Keyong, the king of Jin, and was later killed because of an incident. An Dalang's grandfather was the illegitimate son of Li Cunxiao, and when Li Cunxiao had an accident, his friend took his grandfather away. Later, they went into seclusion, and An Dalang's grandfather restored the surname An and passed on the martial arts. An Dalang learned martial arts with his father since he was a child, and after Liu Chong became emperor, established the Han State, and went to the countryside to recruit soldiers, he joined the army. After experiencing countless battle formations, killing hundreds of enemies, the battle of Gaoping also made great contributions. But the commander of the army was jealous of his ability, not only did he not promote Yu An Dalang, but also suppressed him everywhere. In a fit of rage, he fled from the army, and because his parents were dead and he had no relatives at home, he heard that Jiangnan was rich and went south to Hangzhou. Later, because of Cui Daoshu's appreciation, he followed Cui Daoshu to Cui's house. ”

Several scholars were leisurely fascinated, and Jiao Wei said: "Back then, Li Cunxiao was called the world's first fierce general!" I really want to be born a few decades earlier and see the invincible Li Cunxiao in the world. ”

Fang Hui said: "Li Cunxiao can't be seen, but An Dalang has Li Cunxiao's blood. I heard Du Dalei say that An Dalang has superb martial arts and rich experience in battle formations. He went into battle to kill people at the age of fifteen, and after hundreds of battles and hundreds of killings, he himself couldn't tell how many people died under his hands. ”

Cao Yongxian nodded, "An Dalang is the continuation of Li Cunxiao's bloodline!" He is definitely a killing god, I heard Cui Dao say that in a battle against pirates, An Dalang killed more than 20 pirates alone, which was seen by everyone in the Cui family. ”

Everyone can't help but smack their tongues, An Dalang is too fierce!

At this time, Du Dalei staggered over, he had just led someone to dissect the whale on the beach, the clothes on his body were very dirty, his hands were full of blood, and the stench of whale internal organs was emitted all over his body.

Du Dalei shouted: "But Lao Tzu is tired, do you have water?" Lao Tzu's throat was smoking. ”

Cao Yongxian hurriedly took the kettle and motioned for Du Dalei to open his mouth.

Du Dalei opened his mouth wide, and Cao Yongxian slowly poured the boiled water in the pot into Du Dalei's mouth.

Du Dalei drank a pot of water and let out a sigh, "Ah~~~~!" It's so cool! ”

Wang Jiuqing leaned over and asked curiously: "Lao Du, I heard that An Dalang is the descendant of Li Cunxiao, is it true?" Tell us about it. ”

Du Dalei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Why should I tell you? There is no benefit, Lao Tzu is tired and has to go back to sleep. ”

Cao Yongxian saw that he wanted to blackmail him, so he smiled and said, "Lao Du, let's invite you to the restaurant for a drink, and then order some good dishes, and everyone will have a big meal." In the past few days on the boat, every meal is some salted fish and dried vegetables, and the beak is fading out of the bird! ”

Du Dalei saw that this kid was very good, so he said with satisfaction: "Xiao Cao, seeing that you are so sincere, I will go to the hotel and tell you again." Now let's go back to camp, I'm starving! ”

The six of them laughed and walked towards the camp, and after more than half an hour, everyone returned to the camp. They all went back to get clean clothes and went to the bathhouse to take a bath first. These days on the ship, there is no way to maintain personal hygiene, there is no water to wash your face, just wipe it with a wet towel.

After taking a shower, the six of them came to the hotel.

Cao Yongxian sent people to invite Zhao Zizhong, Wei Hongye, Na Zhe and Cui Daoshu, as well as Liang Daguan.

Everyone came one after another, Cao Yongxian ordered a table full of dishes, and brought a few jars of good wine, and everyone ate and drank.

Cao Yongxian poured Zhao Zizhong a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, I have an idea, please listen to it." ”