Early the next morning, Elda calculated the room money on the counter, and under the boss's face full of gratitude and relief, he and Li Tianhao and his party left the Black Haiyan Hotel.

Walking all the way to the docks, Elda followed at the end, carefully observing Müller, who was confident, hearty, and liked to pretend to be stupid but full of vicious and sarcastic words, and was replaced by a handsome young man who was silent and steady. After the tragic death of his old master, Müller lost his master Chahoru, who raised him, that is, his father, and it is only natural that his personality has changed. Looking at the current appearance of this partner who grew up with her, Elda couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Hey, you've changed a lot, I used to envy your open-mindedness, why have you become miserable now?" Elda couldn't help but speak her mind.

"Just as some things have changed, some people will change with them." There was not a hint of mood swings in Müller's voice. This made Elda feel uncomfortable.

Li Tianhao turned around and said, "Don't pay attention to him, Elda." This guy hasn't gotten out of guilt and self-blame yet, and now you know how hard I've worked with such a gloomy subordinate for half a year. ”

Alam interjected, "Isn't that still me, boss?" With me, there is vitality in the team. ”

Li Tianhao stopped when he heard this, turned around and pointed his finger at Alam's forehead and said, "You still say!" You troublemaker! How many fights we've had because of you. ”

Alam dodged left and right as he retorted, "Looks like you've caused more brawls, boss." ”

Li Tianhao couldn't help but speak, and said hatefully: "Why didn't you see that you were such a nasty little ghost half a year ago, you were still a shy and shy little boy at that time." ”

Alam was unmoved: "That's because of the consequences of being affected by someone's bad character in the past six months." ”

"You ・・・・・・" Li Tianhao was annoyed and angry, and made a gesture to hit Alam, but Alam jumped to the side.

Elda hurriedly came up and said, "Okay, don't make trouble, this little brother Alam is extremely athletic, and it seems that he has been taught by his master, I'm afraid he is a good sword maker, right?" ”

Alam was praised by Elda like this, and suddenly became shy. Elda laughed when she saw it, reached out and touched his head and said, "You have a good understanding, you can improve so far in half a year, but I am afraid that in a few years you will become a great swordsman." ”

Li Tianhao looked at Elda with reproachful eyes and said, "Elda, you can just praise him, he is still far behind." Although he has a lot of practical experience, there are still many things he needs to improve. If you tout it like this, he won't work hard in the future. ”

"Not really." Alam said unconvinced.

Elda looked at the pair of masters and apprentices who were too young, smiled and whispered to Alam: "The master is afraid that he will not be able to teach your apprentice well and lose him, you have to work hard, and you will definitely surpass your unashamed master in the future." ”

"Hey, Elda, it's bothering me to have subordinates like you who eat inside and out." Li Tianhao pretended to have an unhappy expression.

Elda smiled and nodded, "Yes, the subordinates must pay attention in the future and stop saying such things in front of their masters." ”

Talking and laughing, they have come to the dock. There are only two boats moored on the small pier. One is a small boat from Yaji that sells fish and meat, and the other is a large mixed wooden boat with sails and human oars, which is the Li family (in order to avoid the monsoon affecting the speed of the voyage, the ocean-going vessels of the Li family fleet are basically all mixed). As soon as several old crew members on the ship saw Li Tianhao's figure, they all rushed off the ship with joy and knelt on the ground.

"The subordinates welcome the master back!"

"Well, get up! Let's get things done! Although Li Tianhao usually likes to joke and play, once he starts to do things seriously, he has always been resolute and ruthless. This point was well known to the entire Li family business group, and everyone did not dare to slack off when they heard this, and immediately returned to their posts to work.

Li Tianhao and his entourage walked straight to the captain's room, and Elda's adjutant Xie Wuda hurriedly greeted him: "Congratulations to the master on his safe return!" ”

Li Tianhao glanced at the man and nodded. Shevuda, he had an impression of this person. One of Elda's henchmen, now forty-two, can definitely be ranked in the bottom ten of the backbone of the Li family's business group in terms of martial arts, and being too cautious is his shortcoming, but his excellent numerical ability and overall planning ability are recognized by various elders, not a captain, but a rare civilian personnel. Immediately, he asked, "Xie Wuda, don't be polite. Immediately report on the current condition of all cargo and belongings on this ship. ”

Xie Wuda was slightly stunned, and then replied: "At present, all the spices and sugar loaded on this ship have been sold, and 400 ivory pieces produced here have been bought. The ship also contained a box of syndicate gems and 100 pearls from the South Seas, which were intended to be used to bribe officials along the way. That's it. ”

"Very well, there is no need to buy any more gold dust, gather all the gold and silver coins on board, plus precious stones, ivory and pearls, and I will take them all. Shevuda, you go buy thirty pack horses and follow me. Elda immediately prepared water and food, and set sail with the sailors. ”

"All?" Xie Wuda was startled when he didn't know what to do.

Li Tianhao smiled and said, "That's right! You don't need money at sea anyway. In addition, there are many weapons on this ship, you have no cargo, the ship is fast, and you don't have to worry about pirates, so I will take them all with me. ”

Xie Wuda almost fainted when he heard this. The young master has always been a spendthrift of money and an uninhibited character, why did he suddenly become a miser?

Elda looked at his surprised subordinates, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be surprised, go handle it immediately." The reason for this will be explained to you in detail later. ”

Seeing Elda say the same, Shevuda nodded and hurried out of the captain's room.