Hearing this, the head of the Yue Dynasty looked at Li Tu for a while, turned around and went back. Not long after the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info, Yue Daitou turned back and took Li Tu and the others to the side of the boat.

When I got closer, I realized that the ship was big.

The ship was ten zhang long and more than a zhang wide, low in front and high in the back, and three stories high on the water. The large ship has a sharp bottom and a wide mouth, and it looks beautiful as the water waves. There were three masts standing on the ship, and there were no sails hanging at this time. The mast in the middle of the ship is five or six feet high, and the thickness of the mast is equivalent to that of a person hugging each other. The rest of the masts are shorter, but not smaller.

On the longest mast, there stood a lookout, constantly looking into the distance, warning at any time.

A pair of soft ladders were thrown down from the boat, and Li Tu and Li Tong held the watermelon and finally climbed up.

The deck is quite open, stretching from the bow to the stern building. The ship's side is equipped with guards to protect against wind and waves. On the deck of the boat folded and lay huge hard sails, and elsewhere there were some oars, ropes, barrels. On the deck near the stern, there are also two small sampans tied with ropes, presumably lifeboats and the like of later lifeboats.

There was a staircase on the stern of the ship, and on the tower there were armorers armed with bows and arrows, patrolling back and forth.

Hearing that someone was about to join the group, the shipwrights on the ship all gathered on the deck and surrounded Li Tu and the others. Some of the boatmen wore Ming-style headscarves with their hair and Ming-style short clothes. Some have shaved Japanese moon heads, and wear Japanese skirts and hakama bare. Some of them seemed to be in charge, and they wore deep clothes, shoes and hats.

I don't know why, they are all Ming people's clans, but they are all kinds of Oriental Chinese wear, mixed together.

There were more than 20 people around, and a middle-aged man was surrounded in the middle.

The middle-aged man was about forty years old, wearing a scarf and a half-worn cocoon silk trim. There was a black mole on his slightly chubby cheek, and he looked shrewd.

Seeing Li Tu and the others coming over, the middle-aged man looked the two up and down, and said loudly:

"I am the owner of this ship, Xiao Xiangui. Who are the two people? ”

Li Tu replied:

"The two of us are natives of Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou Prefecture. is called Li Tu, and his younger brother is called Li Tong. ”

"Since childhood, I have enjoyed the sea and admired the maritime merchants who have crossed the ocean. Today, when I saw Ming Gong's big ship, I wanted to do it. He also crossed the seas and oceans to roll over and earn some silver. ”

Hearing Li Tu say that he was going to join the gang, the crowd of onlookers began to talk about it, and they all stared at Li Tu and Li Tong, as if they wanted to see what was going on.

Xiao Xiangui looked at Li Tu and asked in a deep voice,

"Little brother, to tell you the truth, there are few people in this Zhangzhou Mansion, and the poor families rent a few acres of thin land, and they can't grow much things, and they have to starve to death every year when the green and yellow are not harvested, and there are people who want to go to sea. As soon as I recruited boatmen, they were all recruited. My boat is full of veterans of running the sea, and there is no shortage of people. What do you have to do to let me hire you? ”

Hearing Xiao Xiangui's questioning, Li Tu said indifferently:

"I'll have some martial arts in the next place."

Li Tukankan says:

"This ship sails to the open sea, and there is no reliance on the vast sea, if you encounter pirates and Hongyi, it will be a battle for your life, and there is a risk of swords."

In this era, no power has achieved absolute superiority in the seas of East Asia. The vast sea is still the Colosseum of Chinese and foreign forces. All kinds of pirate raids occur from time to time. Once you are encountered by pirates, you will either risk fighting to the death and bear the risk of swords and guns. Either surrender and become a prisoner of the pirates, and there is also a risk of being killed.

This layer of risk is even more severe and dangerous than hurricanes.

Xiao Xiangui replied,

"Those who work hard at sea naturally have this layer of risk, and no one wants to encounter it!"

Looking at Xiao Xiangui, Li Tu said again:

"Therefore, all ships must hire brave and powerful people to fight against pirates when necessary, so as to prevent this sword disaster."

Speaking of this, Li Tu looked around domineeringly at the onlookers of the boatmen,

"In the lower ancestor's martial arts, I want to earn this silver that licks blood from the knife edge!"

Li Tu said this, and the surrounding shipwrights and stewards were silent for a while. Everyone was secretly curious about how capable this young man was, and he dared to boast of such a sea mouth.

After a long time, I heard the voice of the ship's owner, Xiao Xiangui,

"Okay, I'll try you! See if you have what it takes to make the money! ”

"Chen Mazi! Here you go! ”

Before the owner could finish speaking, a chubby boatman jumped out of the crowd and jumped in front of Li Tu. The man was wearing shorts and his upper body was bare, quite strong, and his face was really pockmarked.

The owner took two steps back and moved out of the middle of the deck to make way of a ring.

Li Tong was scared and quickly avoided it.

That Chen Mazi came up, opened his teeth and claws, and circled around Li Tu.

Li Tu stood in the middle, motionless.

After a long time, Chen Mazi couldn't bear it anymore, yelled, and pounced on Li Tu's front.

But this Chen Mazi obviously only has brute strength, where is the opponent of Lian Jiazi. Although Li Tu, a traverser, does not know martial arts, Li Tu, a farmer, is a skilled martial artist. In the past month, Li Tu has practiced fists and feet every day, and he has long been familiar with this body, and he has completely absorbed the skills of farmer Li Tu.

With a glance of his eyes, Li Tu saw Chen Mazi's flaws, and kicked out with a sweeping leg.

With a "boom", Chen Mazi was kicked crooked by Li Tu and fell on the deck with his feet facing the sky. Li Tu was not polite, he went up and sat on Chen Mazi's chest, crackling and punching his head for a while.

That Chen Mazi was suddenly beaten all over his head, where did he still have the strength to fight back, he could only keep begging for mercy.

Seeing the other party begging for mercy, Li Tu let go of Chen Mazi and stood back in place.

Seeing this, Xiao Xiangui shouted loudly and shouted, "Sure enough, I have practiced." ”

Seeing Xiao Xiangui applauding, Li Tu patted the dust on his hands and asked indifferently,

"Dare to ask Ming Gong, how much silver can the thugs on this ship earn in a year?"

After a little hesitation, Xiao Xiangui replied:

"The wages of a shipwright at sea, who suffers from the turbulence day and night, and who have been adrift for many years and cannot be reunited with his relatives, are more expensive than ordinary work. But the difference is also limited. According to the rules of the sea, the reward for the new sailors is twenty taels a year. ”

In the vicinity of Zhangzhou Prefecture, the salary for a long term is about five taels of silver. The shipwright's salary is twenty taels, four times that of a long-term worker, and it is said that it is not low. It is the battalion soldiers recruited by the Ming Dynasty to kill the enemy and fight, and it is only one or five cents a month, and it is only eighteen taels a year.

But the debt of Li Tu's family is a full forty taels.

Li Tu said loudly:

"Twenty taels is not enough, I want forty taels."

When the head of the Yue Dynasty who took Li Tu on the ship just now heard this, he couldn't help but reprimand, "Wu Na man, why don't you know the severity so much, the shipwright's remuneration is twenty taels, and even if you defeat Wang Mazi, you are not worthy of forty taels!" ”

Smiling lightly, Xiao Xiangui said loudly,

"If you want forty taels, it depends on your ability! Xu San! Here you go! ”

"It's coming!"

Only a loud shout was heard, and a sturdy and tall man jumped into the battle.