In the back hall of Hangzhou Mansion, the prefect Li Qiankuan was sitting in the house drinking tea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Qiankuan is forty-six years old this year, a native of Jining, Shandong, a third-class jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and has survived for more than ten years to reach the position of the current Wupin prefect.

Being able to be the prefect of Hangzhou, one of the richest places in the world, Li Qiankuan was naturally satisfied, but he was pretentious and high, and he didn't want to scrape the land and get a reputation for greed, so he had to find other ways to earn some silver taels, after all, the cost in this wealthy place in Hangzhou was not small. So in the past few years, he has cooperated with the former pirate Fu Chun as Fu Chun's backer for going to sea to trade.

Some time ago, the "Fuchun" went to sea and returned to Hangzhou, bringing back bad news, the owner of the ship, Fu Chun, died, and even Qian Lun, the deputy of finance sent to the ship by Li Qiankuan, died in the naval battle. Although Fu Bin sent someone to send him more profits than before, it still made Li Qiankuan a little uneasy, because with the death of Qian Lun, he didn't know how much the "Fuchun" had earned this time, maybe Fu Bin was greedy for his own silver!

A servant hurried in and whispered something in his ear.

"Let him in!" Li Qiankuan said.

After a while, a person entered the lobby under the guidance of Li Qiankuan's subordinates.

If Ren Siqi was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this person, who was the original crew member of the "Fuchun", the archer Mao Liu. is Mao Liu, who promised to go to the "Flying Fish" with Ren Siqi but finally missed the appointment.

"The villain meets the prefect!" Mao Liuzhan fell to his knees tremblingly and kowtowed to Li Qiankuan.

"Get up!" Li Qiankuan held the tea cup, blowing the tea leaves floating in the bowl with his mouth, and said without raising his head.

"Master Xie Zhifu." Mao Liu stood up, his head bowed and his hands hung solemnly.

"Can you find out, how much silver did the 'Fuchun' earn from Luzon this time?" Li Qiankuan asked.

"Back to the prefect, I found Ren Xiucai, after the death of the deputy of money, he was in charge of the ship's accounts, although Ren Xiucai did not say it explicitly, but he also revealed that he made at least six times the profit this year. That is to say, the price of raw silk in Luzon is more than 400 taels of silver. Mao Liu thought about Ren Siqi's words when he talked to Ren Siqi, and said his speculation.

"Six times the profit! Wouldn't 600 quintals of raw silk be sold for more than 200,000 taels of silver? The hateful Fu Bin only sent me 100,000 taels of silver! Li Qiankuan gritted his teeth and said, the tea bowl in his hand slammed on the table, the tea bowl tilted, and the turbid tea leaves flowed down the table to the ground.

Mao Liu lowered his head and didn't dare to answer.

"Do you know where Fu Bin's family lives?" Li Qiankuan roared, walked up to Mao Liu, and asked.

"It seems to be in Xiangshan County, a fishing bay by the sea." Mao Liu replied.

"Alright, you go down! Go to the housekeeper and receive the money. Li Qiankuan stabilized his mood and commanded.

"Master Xie Zhifu." Mao Liu bowed again and again and retreated.

"Sir!" After a while, Li Qiankuan's butler hurriedly walked in.

"Don't you have a nephew coming to you? Is he from Daishan Island? Li Qiankuan asked.

"Yes, sir." The housekeeper was startled, and hurriedly distinguished: "My nephew has been a pirate for a few days, but there is no way, he won't wash his hands without hearing from me." ”

"I'm not going to pursue your nephew's crimes, since your nephew has been a pirate in Daishan, he must know the leader of the pirates, you let your nephew go back to Daishan Island and meet the leader of the pirates." Li Qiankuan said impatiently.

"Sir, you mean?" The butler reacted immediately.

Li Qiankuan nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "Fu Bin, Lao Tzu doesn't dare to be corrupt indiscriminately, if you dare to be greedy for Lao Tzu's silver, Lao Tzu will make your family ruined, and the money will be empty!" ”

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Changshapu, a fishing village located on the seaside of Xiangshan County, is a small fishing village with hundreds of people, where the hills are continuous, there are streams rushing down from the mountains into the sea, and dozens of houses are located on both sides of the stream.

There are several deserted islands outside the sea surface for five or six miles, blocking the continuous waves, making the sea outside the fishing bay exceptionally calm. Between the bay and the desert island, there is a large ship parked, which is the "Fuchun".

After returning to Hangzhou, after Fu Bin gave Li Changkuan two silver taels, he returned to his hometown with his henchmen on a boat.

Although the news of Fu Chun's death was known, Fu Bin's return still made the entire Changshapu excited. Most of Fu Bin's henchmen are from Changshapu, and they came back this time to bring back a large amount of silver, which made every family fall into a carnival. Of course, some people are happy and some are sad, and those family members who died in the battle are sad. For the villagers, Fu Bin was not stingy, and a large amount of pension silver was distributed. The fishermen also saw it and knew that going to sea was a life-saving job, and it was normal to die at sea. But if he can come back safely, the money he earns will be enough for the whole family to live for several years.

With the silver, the fishermen bought it on a large scale, and the wine, meat, cloth, and rice were brought back from outside. For several days, the fishing village was in a state of revelry.

At night, in the bamboo building of Fu Bin's house, Fu Bin drank upstairs with a white cloth on his head and several henchmen, and the white cloth on his head was for his dead uncle Fu Chun to wear filial piety.

Zhang Chi and Xue Yulai sat on both sides, and the three of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp and began to drink bitterly.

"Alas, it would be nice if Xiucai was here, he has countless stories in his belly." Zhang Chi put down his wine glass and sighed. The old brothers dispersed one by one, and his heart was very unhappy.

"Although we have made a lot of money this time, we can't sit back and eat, what can we do next time we go to sea? I wonder how many old brothers are willing to get on the ship? Xue Yulai also sighed.

"I'm afraid of a ball!" Fu Bin glared at the two of them, "In the seaside fishing village, there are fishermen who are willing to go to the sea, without them, we wouldn't be able to go to sea?" ”

Can that be the same, can a fisherman who can only row a small boat compare with an experienced sailor? Zhang Chi and Xue Yulai slandered in their hearts, but they knew where Fu Bin's reverse scales were, so they didn't dare to say more, so they could only drink silently.

Fu Bin has always regarded himself as the heir of the "Fuchun", and he did become the owner of the ship as he wished, but the prestige of Ren Siqi and Mao Eighteen has always been above him, and even Sima Nan was dissatisfied with him and launched a rebellion, which made Fu Bin's mood very gloomy. In Fu Bin's opinion, his ability is enough to be qualified for the position of the owner, since you are not convinced, then get out, the three-legged toad is hard to find, and the two-legged living person is that without you Lao Tzu can go to sea smoothly! "Fuchun" will become even stronger!

The three of them were drinking silently when suddenly there was a shout of killing outside.