Chapter 56: Renjiawan (1)
After another day, I finally arrived at the sea off Zhoushan, and I was getting closer and closer to Hangzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Several boxes of silver coins were sent from the "Fuchun", which was the three thousand taels of silver promised by Fu Chun as early as Luzon, and now Fu Bin took the position of the owner and did not want to break his promise.
Looking at the silver box, Ren Siqi was undecided, this silver can't be said to come from the wrong way, it can not be above board, but if you want to be self-reliant, you must have capital.
Although Ren Siqi now has ships and people under him, his career is still in its infancy. Unlike Fu Bin, who has completely received Fu Chun's inheritance, has a background and purchase channels, and has a shipping route in his hands, even if his strength is greatly reduced due to Sima Nan's departure, he has money in his hands, so he will naturally recruit enough people.
And Ren Siqi is now in the initial stage, there is a ship, there are only about 20 people, the capital is 3,000 taels of silver, there is no source of goods, the route has mastered the Luzon route, but this route needs to bypass the big man, and the sea conditions are extremely complicated and dangerous.
Ren Siqi sat in the cabin, thinking carefully. The most important thing at present is to recruit enough manpower, after all, for the Dutch ship "Exocet", twenty people are too few, at least forty or fifty people are needed, and it is inevitable to encounter battles when going to sea, and battles will inevitably require manpower, and only about 20 people cannot afford to lose at all.
Another problem is the supply of goods, there must be a stable supply channel, in order to purchase enough goods to go to sea trade. He and Fu Bin have parted ways, and the supply of the "Fuchun" can no longer be used, and without the background of the government, the "Flying Fish" does not dare to sail into Hangzhou Bay.
If he wasn't a fugitive, it would be nice if Xiucai's fame was still there, Ren Siqi said secretly.
By the way, it's better to try to clear the charge on your body first and restore the identity of Xiucai. Now that he has money and more than 20 brothers, he is afraid of what the hell will do, it is a big deal to wash Yinxian in blood and kill the person who framed him, Ren Siqi thought viciously.
After the "Flying Fish" passed Zhoushan, it turned to the waters of Ningbo and finally parted ways with the "Fuchun".
"Farewell, Brother Mao! Farewell, brothers! Ren Siqi looked at the sail shadow of the "Fuchun" in the distance, and said goodbye secretly in his heart.
"Where are we going, master?" After separating from Mao 18, Sima Nan changed his words and no longer called Ren Siqi a showman, Mao 18's parting words touched Sima Nan a lot, he is now cautious in his words and deeds, and he does not dare to let Ren Siqi have a bad opinion of him.
"Go to Renjiawan in the Ningbo Sea, do you know there?" Ren Siqi asked.
"Haven't been." Sima Nan said with some shame.
"Haha, that's where my hometown is, it's a very small fishing bay, but the water level is deep enough for the Exocet to anchor. Let's go there and rest first, and then we'll talk about the rest of the story. Approaching to return to his hometown, Ren Siqi's mood also became happy.
The "Flying Fish" was heading west on the south coast of Hangzhou Bay, but it didn't dare to get too close to the shore, because there were many Ming military guards on the shore, so there was no need to cause trouble.
The "Flying Fish" pulled up the sails, and the speed was extremely fast, even if the imperial navy found out, they couldn't catch up, not to mention that the tonnage of the Flying Fish was far from being comparable to the imperial navy, and the imperial navy didn't want to cause trouble even if they saw it.
All the way to the destination, Dinghai Renjia Bay! In the distance, the seaside is rugged and rocky, and dozens of small islands are scattered along the coast like a chain of pearls.
The "Exocet" lowered half of its sails, lowered its speed, and under Ren Siqi's guidance, bypassed one island after another, and gradually approached the coast.
Looking at the coast, a small bay appeared in the middle of the mountains, a silver river flows through the mountains into the sea, dozens of houses are built on both sides of the river, and three small islands surround the fishing bay on three sides, and the existence of the fishing bay cannot be found from the outside of the island chain.
"God, it's beautiful! Such a beautiful coast can only be seen in Europa. Olier, a Dutchman, was amazed by the beautiful coastline, lush mountains, and pearly island chains.
"Blessed with a unique and extremely secretive place, it is a great anchorage!" Sima Nan summarized the fishing bay from the perspective of the fire chief.
The villagers in the fishing bay had already discovered the arrival of the "Flying Fish", and a gong sounded, and hundreds of villagers poured out from everywhere, holding various weapons in their hands, and laid down an array facing the sea. Five or six fishing boats bravely sailed out of the bay and headed for the "Flying Fish".
"What are they?" Sima Nan was dumbfounded.
"Treat us like pirates." Ren Siqi said with a wry smile. There are many pirates near Zhoushan, and the fishing village has been attacked by pirates for hundreds of years, so the villagers are naturally very vigilant.
Under Ren Siqi's order, the "Flying Fish" lowered its sails and lowered its anchor.
"I don't know which island you are heroes, what are you doing in Renjiawan?" On the fishing boat, a fisherman dressed in short clothes clasped his fists and raised his head to shout to the "Flying Fish".
"But Brother Xingfan!" Ren Siqi stood on the deck and shouted to the fishing boats below.
"You are?" Ren Xingfan stood on the fishing boat, looked up at Ren Siqi on the deck, and felt a little familiar.
"I'm Ren Siqi, Brother Xingfan, I followed you into the sea to catch fish when I was a child." Ren Siqi shouted excitedly. Ren Xingfan is Ren Siqi's own brother, and his grandfather and Ren Siqi's grandfather are brothers. When he was young, when Ren Siqi's grandfather was still alive, Ren Siqi lived in a fishing village for a few years, and when he was older, his father, who was a scribe in Yinxian County, took Ren Siqi to the county seat and sent him to a private school to study. Since then, Ren Siqi has rarely returned to the fishing village.
"Are you Aqi, Brother Xiucai?" Ren Xingfan asked in surprise, he had been to Ren Siqi's home in Yin County when he went to Yin County to sell fish before, and he naturally recognized this cousin, but in the past, Ren Siqi's long shirt and folding fan were dressed as a merry and beautiful son, and now the short shirt is shirtless, and his white and tender face is rough and black by the sea breeze, where is the previous dashing showman!
"It's me! Brother Xingfan, I'm Xiucai. Ren Siqi was completely unaware of the change in his identity, just excited to see his relatives back home.
"You, didn't you escape from prison and escape, and now there is a notice posted at the door of the county government that wants you, why did you get on the boat?" Ren Xingfan asked in surprise.
Ren Siqi and his father can be said to be the most promising people who went out of Renjiawan, so when the news of Ren Siqi's murder and escape from prison came, all the villagers were shocked.
"It's hard to say, I'll get off the boat and go with you to the patriarch, and then explain all this clearly." Ren Siqi sighed, ordered Sima Nan to take everyone on the boat to standby, and took Anthony and Xiong Er to get off the "Flying Fish" and get on the boat.