"Baku! Baku! Port! There is something on the sea on the port side! ”

With a series of rude shouts from the lookout Geert, the first mate Baku, who was observing the course on the deck of the "Horn of the Andaman", quickly adjusted the monocular in his hand and ran quickly to the bow of the ship. On the port side of the bow floor, the sailors on deck were the first to reach the port side, and the sea was full of boredom and anxiety, and anything new could pique the interest of the crew, even the perverted Cassie who couldn't tie his trousers.

Baku held a telescope and looked at the sea on the far port side, where it seemed that there were indeed two things next to each other. The craftsmanship of the glass lenses is not as delicate as that of later generations, and there are not many things that can be seen more than 200 meters through the images that are covered by burrs and scratches, but this does not prevent Baku from seeing the two large wooden barrels tied together.

"It's just two big barrels, nothing special." Baku crooked his mouth, put away his binoculars, and after a little deliberation, decided to find someone to wake up Gullit, the ocean is a world full of fog, and the fog is full of dangerous pirates, reefs, wind and waves, and other dangers, all of which can lead to fatal consequences. Although they were not necessarily much more noble than pirates, Baku, as a deputy in a private slave trap team with a legal slave trap license from the Dutch East India Company, was full of contempt for pirates, and of course wary of the dangers of pirates. There are not a few barrels floating there at sea for no reason, usually the work of pirates, and what is in the barrel is the concern of Baku.

"Mondrik! Wake up Gurlit! Cassie, and Monte, you get the stuff out of the sea! Baku gave the order, raised his head and waved his fist at the lookout on the mast, shouting: "Geert, keep your dog's eyes open, and if there is anything unusual in the sea around you, rip open your filthy throat and scream!" If you dare to be lazy, I'll gouge out your eyes! Don't think I can't see you sleeping on it! ”

It wasn't long before Gurlitt walked up to the deck with a flintlock pistol in his hand and a face full of fire, "Mr. Baku, I heard that you have fished two treasures from the sea, it is better to be true, otherwise I will beat Mr. Mondrik into a sieve and throw it into the sea to feed the sharks." ”

Baku was directing the crew to push the noose to pull the barrel from the sea onto the ship, and after hearing this, he was not angry at all, but happily presented the treasure to Gullit: "Gurlit! You should thank me for the fact that I fished two ducats (18th century Dutch gold coins) from the sea! ”

"And me, I found out first......" Before Geert on the mast could finish shouting, Gurlitt raised his hand and shot it, and whether he could shoot it accurately was not within his consideration. Geert shut his mouth in understanding. Gurlitt's interest was hooked instead, "Ho! Let's see what the Ducatel in the sea looks like. ”

The noose slowly pulled the two large wooden barrels onto the side of the ship, and Gurlitt had already seen half of Gao Sheng's head, and after half a second of froze, he quickly became happy again.

The barrel was smoothly placed on the side of the ship, Cassie, Monte and other crew members hurriedly grabbed the edge of the big barrel and pushed the barrel down together, the barrel floating on the sea seemed to be immersed in a lot of seawater, and all of them were dumped on the deck with a bang, and two small things, one large and one small, washed down the deck from the barrel along the seawater, naturally it was Zhu Junyi and Gao Sheng, two brothers who had been floating at sea for three days.

"Ho! Mr. Baku, your count is not very good, you have not caught two ducats, but four! You can't be in charge of the points in the future. Hahahaha...... "Effortlessly fished out two children in the sea, in Gurlit's eyes they were all glittering gold coins, and he was clearly in good spirits, and Baku and the crew laughed according to the captain's mood, laughing unscrupulously and with bad breath."

"Huh?" Gullit kicked the skinny Zhu Junyi and frowned, "Mr. Baku, you won't fish two dead people for me, will you?" ”

The laughter of the crowd stopped, and it was not a good sign that the dead were on board, and Baku swore that in the binoculars he saw two still moving hands, waving in the direction of the ship. If I'm really unlucky and I'm dead, will Gurlitt kick me into the sea to feed the fish? Baku nervously squatted down and turned Gao Sheng over and hit him three times in the mouth, Gao Sheng was slightly better than Zhu Junyi after all, but he passively drank a lot of seawater in the process of fishing for the barrel, and he held his breath for a while, but several mouths of Baku woke him up, and suddenly turned over and vomited a few mouthfuls of seawater at the deck.

"Mr. Gurlit, it looks like I've rescued at least two ducats." Baku smiled flatteringly, and Gullit seemed to be in a good mood, and the crowd burst into laughter again.

In the laughter of many big men, a faint and immature voice suddenly sounded in Gullit's ears, "Thank you!" Gullit looked down and saw that the small Zhu Junyi was lying on the deck, struggling to prop up his upper body with his right arm, his eyes were half-open, and he said in a weak tone: "We need some water and food, and if you can provide the necessary help, I will thank you very much!" (We needed some water and food, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could help with the necessary needs!) ）

Relations between the Netherlands and Britain have not been very good, and more than 60 years ago the navies of the two countries really fought a big battle, which ended in the victory of the Netherlands, and even the people of the two countries were somewhat hostile to each other, but after all, the British and Dutch were close to each other, and the people of both countries could understand each other's language. The pervert Cassie understood the water and food, but he didn't understand all of them, but he felt that this was a good opportunity to show off, so he still shouted at Zhu Junyi in Dutch: "Didn't you just drink it?" It caused a group of villains to laugh again.

Gurlitt seemed to be in a better and better mood, baring his big yellow mottled teeth, trying to put on a charitable smile, "Gentlemen, there is nothing to do here, go and do your work!" Turning to Baku, he gave the order, "Mr. Baku, please pick up our guests and go to my captain's quarters, and fetch some clean water and bread for these two gentlemen." ”

Baku seemed surprised, he hadn't figured out what was going on, but he didn't stop him from taking the order, and he took Cassie into the cabin one by one.

The surrounding crew stopped laughing and slowly dispersed, Gurlitt had never been a good man full of love in their eyes, and he was the most powerful villain if not a demon, but he pretended to be a gentleman with kind eyes. What does such an unusual move mean, at least now is not a good time to laugh and have fun.

Gurlitt was very shrewd, and the little Oriental boy who could speak English fluently could make him very kind, and in his eyes only more gold coins could do it. There are a lot of Chinese in Batavia, and they are very wealthy Chinese, the Dutch East India Company in Batavia follows the most just law for the management of the Orientals - gold coins, all Chinese have to pay 1.5 liels per month, almost one tenth of a ducat, and all Chinese who pay the poll tax will be protected by the East India Company's laws. Among all the Chinese, the Chinese merchant who focused on the trade of the Qing Dynasty was the richest, and a little Chinese boy who could speak English at sea, or the child of a Chinese merchant in distress at sea. Selling a small slave is the profit of two ducats, but if it is to save the shipwrecked child of a Chinese merchant at sea, it should not be too much to ask for a hundred ducats. This is what Gurlitt really is for.

God says that all gold coins are pure angels worthy of worship by anyone. This is Gurlit's philosophy.

Gullit's captain's cabin was only a dozen square meters, and the room was filled with the smell of wax oil and stinky feet, but at least, it was much better than blowing the wind on the sea.

Zhu Junyi and Gao Sheng stuffed dry, rough and unpalatable oatmeal bread into their mouths, as if they were chewing the imperial food in the palace, which opened the eyes of Cassie who was guarding the side.

"Eat less, be half-full, and drink more water." Zhu Junyi knows very well that after a long period of starvation, the stomach wall will become thinner, and the toughness will be weakened due to ischemia, which can easily cause acute gastric expansion. However, it soon became clear that there was no need to worry about this problem at all, because there was not much food left on the table.

After having enough water and food, Gullitt returned to the captain's room under the watchful eye of the crew. There was a gossipy monster living in everyone's heart, and Mondrick and the others leaned their ears on the heavy wooden door, and the crew huddled outside the captain's room, gossiping about something, "I seem to hear what they are talking about?" Mondrick pouted thoughtfully.

"What else?"

"Did the boy tell Gullit that there was a treasure and are now talking about it inside?" The crew used their imagination to the fullest.

"That boy may be a heretic devil, and Gurlitt must be negotiating with the devil!" One of the crew members said the words, and Monte automatically filled the rest of the delusions, "I see that they eat an amazing amount of food, and that's not human food at all!" ”

The crew was creepy, "Are they devils?" ”

"That little man must be an Oriental wizard!"

"Yes!" More crew members agreed.

As a result, Grand Master Harry Zhu, who wears a white witch robe, a pointed hat, and a magic wand in his hand, is freshly baked, and I have to say that this group of villains still has some little naivety.

The door opened suddenly, Master Zhu immediately flew in front of everyone, the villains were agitated, Zhu Junyi did fly out, was grabbed and thrown out by Gullit, of course he didn't wear a white witch robe, he didn't wear a pointed hat, not to mention the magic wand full of magic - or the tattered body soaked in the seawater, followed by Gao Sheng, who rolled out, but Gao Sheng was even more unbearable, because he was bigger, and Gurlitt didn't lose it.

Gullitt angrily came out of the cabin and yelled at everyone: "Damn a bunch of pigs! Get back to your posts! Whoever is stuck in the doorway again, I'll throw him into the sea to feed the sharks! Turning his head and calling out to Baku, "Mr. Baku! Throw these two goods into the warehouse below, and they're worth up to six ducats! After a pause, he smiled at Zhu Junyi again, "This English-speaking little wild monkey tricked me into wasting a good meal, plus two ducats!" That's it! Take them down. Furiously returned to the captain's quarters.

The crew looked at each other, bewildered, and there was no witchcraft, no miracles, nothing new to see, no more fun than to reconfirm that Gurlitt was still the villain, and they went off to work.

Baku pouted, called Cassie, and led the barrel brothers off the cabin one by one like chicks.

In the sweltering and crowded bilge, many captured Dayats and Balinese squatted densely inside, the air mixed with the smell of sweat, feet and feces and urine, and everyone hid in the darkness in the corner of the cabin, for fear that exposure to the light would bring greater misfortune to themselves.

The canopy on the top of the bilge was opened, and a faint light shone on the very center of the bilge, and two thin bodies were thrown from the top and fell heavily on the bilge, making two muffled grunts.

The piece of jade pendant that Zhu Junyi had carried around his neck since he was a child was thrown out in the process of falling, and it shook in front of Cassie's eyes, Cassie was stunned, and seemed to be still thinking about what he saw, although he didn't see it clearly, but it was certain that it must be a good thing. But now is obviously not a good opportunity to do it, the rules on the slave hunter ship have always been the advantage of the strong, he doesn't want to be cheap Baku.

The canopy was closed again, and the bilge was completely restored to darkness. Gao Sheng helped Zhu Junyi up, couldn't see the other party's expression, and asked puzzledly, "Brother Jun, what's going on?" I don't understand what you're talking about, why do you eat and drink with your front feet, and kick us into such a hellish place with your back feet? …… What does it smell like? ”

"What's going on? …… Their captain wanted to use you as a 'rabbit', but I didn't agree! Zhu Junyi rubbed his injured arm in the dark, depressed to the core, secretly hated why he was so careless, easily believing that these smiling foreigners were well-behaved businessmen, and easily explained their situation thoroughly, and ended up like this. In this era, what is believed in strength and what is measured is profit, how can there be so many kind foreign businessmen? As a time-traveler with hundreds of years of knowledge accumulation in later generations, he would make such a mistake. Ay! Or lack of social experience, it is inevitable to suffer losses and be deceived. But let him tell the truth, he really felt shameless, so he simply made up a little lie that was not nutritious.

In fact, Zhu Junyi can be regarded as cautious, Gurlitt slyly said, he just said that his two brothers were the little apprentices of a certain trading house, and they encountered a storm when they went to sea, and he didn't say too much, but what Gurlitt wanted was not such a result, of course the two little apprentices with no background would not have a rich return, since they had lost the value of use, then waste utilization to earn an extra ducat was one.

"Master Rabbit? What is Master Rabbit? Gao Sheng obviously couldn't understand some of the inexplicable words that appeared in Zhu Junyi's mouth.

Zhu Junyi was upset, "I just treat you as a woman and want to have sex with you!" ”

"Huh? I'm a man! …… These bird thieves! I'm really blind, why do you look so good-looking? ”

Zhu Junyi was completely speechless.

"Brother Jun, why do you know how to speak Yi? This is also a book? ”

"Hmm!"

"Books are really good things, you can understand so much after reading them!"

Zhu Junyi was speechless, he thought more, such as what this ship was for, how this group of guys who seemed to be car bandits and road rage planned to deal with themselves, and what way to save themselves.

There were a few strange sounds in the corner of the underground bilge, and the two brothers didn't see the environment of the bilge carefully before falling in, and they didn't know who was hiding around them, and then they suddenly heard the voice in the darkness where they couldn't see their fingers, and couldn't help but shudder, and Gao Sheng shouted loudly: "Who is where?" ”

This time, there was another sound of moving in all directions, as if the ascension had alarmed some animal. What animals will be in the dark? Both brothers raised their hearts to their throats, huddled back to back, trying to wait for their eyes to be vigilant.

At this moment, a timid girl's voice sounded in the corner, "Don't be afraid! We're not...... Harm...... Egg ......"

The girl's accent was very strange, but it was very good, and it calmed the nervousness of the two brothers at once, and Gao Sheng boldly asked, "Then, who are you?" ”

"My name is Nina, and I am the daughter of the leader of the Marinau Daya tribe, don't be afraid, here are my people who have been captured by those bastards, who have burned our tribe, slaughtered our warriors and elders, and I curse these hateful destroyers."

Zhu Junyi's emotions calmed down, but there were more and more questions, and he simply asked himself: "How can you speak Chinese?" ”

"A few years ago, our tribe often had Han merchants from the Celestial Empire to collect gold, and I learned from a Han merchant."

"Why did they burn down your homes and take you away?"

"I don't know, but their leader speaks the native language and says he's going to sell us."

Depend on! Zhu Junyi rolled his eyes, isn't this the bridge of catching piglets and slaves? I have learned this black account since middle school history, but it is all in the triangular trade of black Africa, the Americas and Europe, how did I cross the entire Indian Ocean in a few days at sea? This is not scientific! Zhu Junyi is as depressed as he wants, and a cold sweat breaks out in his head, if this is true, then there will be no five-year development plan in the future, and I and Gao Sheng don't necessarily know where they will die next, do you want me to run from the great socialist New China to the Americas in the 18th century to grow up and participate in the American Revolutionary War, and be a yellow-skinned and white-hearted "Emmarica"?

Gao Sheng noticed the change in Zhu Junyi's mood, and hurriedly asked with concern: "Brother Jun!" What happened to you? ”

"I'm complaining, don't let anyone in." Zhu Junyi's stomach was blazing, and he didn't want to speak at all, so he fled from death, why did he enter the wolf's den again? What about the good fortune? What about a world that you said would give me? At this moment, Zhu Junyi actually missed Cao Maniac very much.

O great Cao madman! I pray to you, I don't want the money you gave me, can we end this crazy experience? I'm not going to call you crazy behind my back anymore.

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