Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Water Bandits of Hong Ze
As the other party's ship got closer and closer, Huan Xituo's heart also sank to the bottom, he already knew that he was unfortunately hit by Si Mao, where the other party came to trade, it was clear that he was hiding malicious intent, because he didn't even see a familiar face among the people, which was completely different from the rules of trading with the Cao Gang in the past. The buying and selling of private goods is a business under the table, and it must be a familiar joint before the market will be opened, otherwise, the transaction cannot be negotiated.
Just when Huanxituo's brain was spinning rapidly, and there was nothing to be done, this group of people set up a boat gang with a long penny with a hook in their hands, and climbed onto the boat like a group of black pressed ants, everyone was carrying a harpoon or a short knife in their hands, and they looked vicious, but everyone was obviously premeditated and tacit understanding in advance, one did not shout, the other did not hurt people, and they held weapons in unison to coax the helpers on the boat to the bow of the boat.
"Brothers, I am Qiu Laogang's family, and the Hongze Fish Gang is a family that often comes and goes, and the three ancestors who grew up drinking a river water, can the boss with a head goose have a friendship?" Huanxituo hugged a peaceful situation with both hands, under his right hand, on his left hand, holding the sun and the moon, and his arms were like a universe. This is the rule on the rivers and lakes to show that you sincerely make friends.
Qiu Lao Pole refers to the honorific title of the other party's boss, and the Huxiang generation has the spring point name of calling people with respected status in the rivers and lakes Lao Rod. Xiangjia refers to acquaintances, old friends, and old friendships. The Hongze Fish Gang is the collective name of the gangs in the current Hongze territory. The three ancestors refer to the three ancestors of Cao Bang Weng, Qian, and Pan, and the three ancestors are the humble names of Cao Gang disciples of another Cao Gang disciple, also called Liang Haibei, in order to report their own family and show their identities, so as to avoid misunderstandings caused by unclear identities. The so-called head goose is the black language of Hongze Lake, which means the leading big brother. If it is a misunderstanding, the other party will naturally have to build a cavity and dish, but it is a pity that this pretty eye met the deaf, and the other party did not care about Huanxituo at all, but someone shouted angrily in the urn: "What is Qiu Laozhu, I don't know, don't move anyone who knows each other, we want money and don't die, don't force the brothers to tear their faces.."
As they spoke, the men on the other side began to rummage through the decks and cabins.
The boatload of Cao Ding had never suffered such a loss on the waterway, but first, because of the large number of people on the other side, and second, there was no order from Huanxituo and Simao, so he could only puff out his eyes and look at each other, and hold his hands on the side.
Huanxituo secretly complained in his heart, the other party's method of pretending to be stupid is indeed high, no matter if you set up friendship or report to the family, Lao Tzu doesn't bird you, so you don't even have a seam to talk to. But Huanxituo knew that if this trip was robbed, the Koukou Cao Gang would not have to mix up on the rivers and lakes in the future. He looked around, his own people were all concentrated and driven to the bow of the boat, the other party's people were concentrated in the stern and the middle of the hull, only a few people held weapons to form a human wall, to prevent his own people from coming forward to block, so he lowered his voice and said to Simao: "Prepare to start catching a few jobs, don't hurt people."
Simao is smart, of course he knows Huanxituo's idea, he wants to grab the hostages, and he doesn't hurt people to avoid intensifying the contradictions, and the other party will break up. After all, this is someone's territory, and they are outnumbered on their side.
At this moment, someone on the other side gave an order, and six or seven men forced the bow of the boat with a long-handled harpoon in their hands, and ordered in their mouths: "Go down to the boat, hurry up..."
Huanxituo was stunned for a moment, Simao secretly screamed in his heart, it turned out that the other party saw that the ship full of goods was laborious to move, and the small fishing boat was inconvenient to carry, so he simply started the idea of even the pot end, and drove the gangs off the small fishing boat they were on, and they could drive the boat away. It's just that in this way, the wishful thinking of Huanxituo made the gods miss in a blink of an eye. The gang members of the Cao Gang did not get an order at the moment, and they all watched this group of people, none of them moved their steps, and the other party pressed forward step by step, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze in an instant, and the hot scene became imminent.
Suddenly, Simao shouted loudly: "Slow down, brothers, I have something to say."
Everyone stopped moving, and looked at Simao who came out of the crowd in unison, and the people on the other side also forced to look at this calm young man.
"The Cao boat is not the private property of the Cao Gang, it is all the public property of the government, and the goods can be re-entered if they are gone, and if the ship is gone, we will not be able to explain to the government...."
Simao's words immediately woke everyone up, robbery is a crime, but robbing the boat of the government is like a rebellion, it is completely two natures, the former is sentenced to imprisonment and exile, and the latter is to cut off the head and exterminate the clan, and immediately suppressed a group of people on the other side.
After a moment of silence, a lean man came out of the crowd of the Fish Gang, and said with a gloomy face, "Are you scaring us?"
Simao shook his head lightly: "I didn't scare anyone, I just told the truth, as for whether I made sense or not, my friend knew it."
The lean man snorted: "You are quite kind, to tell you the truth, Lao Tzu has been against the government since he was born, and grabbing two boats is a fart." Speaking of which, the guy in his hand flashed and came over to the fourth. The Cao Gang helped Ding all feel tight, and Huanxituo had already quietly moved his steps and leaned towards Simao's side.
When the saber was rattling, Simao slowly threw out a sentence, and the audience immediately fell silent: "Within two days, I will send you a boatload of salt, on the condition that we and these two boats are released, and now the goods on this ship also belong to you."
Huanxituo glanced at Simao with surprised eyes, and Simao also signaled him with his eyes not to be impatient. The lean man miraculously stopped, and looked at Simao suspiciously: "Don't look at Lao Tzu who hasn't read a book, but Lao Tzu has listened to a lot of books and understands the art of war, what do you call ....... What a trick to slow down..."
"A delaying tactic." One of the lean man's men interjected.
", I'll use you to remind you." The lean man blushed and scolded, causing his men to laugh, and the atmosphere on the ship relaxed considerably.
"You're not even afraid of the government, but you're still afraid of Lao Tzu's delaying tactics? Besides, it's a boatload of salt from white flowers, tsk tsk..."Simao pinched his teeth and said, "It's so salty....."
Before Simao's words fell, an incredible scene appeared, Huanxituo was surprised to find that a group of people on the other side were swallowing saliva together, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, take a closer look, that's right, the other party is swallowing saliva, the first time he saw this kind of scene, Huanxituo's heart seemed to be blocked by something. I've heard of gluttonous eating and drinking, but I've never heard of gluttonous salt.