This time, Song Liben went to Yinxian County to purchase a large number of New Year's goods, and Liu Defu also brought a lot of materials when he came. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info pork and mutton, grain, fruits and vegetables, oil and salt, all kinds of New Year's goods, Shafu Paisa Qianli sent a lot of sea fish, more than a dozen pheasants, an elk, and some dried mushrooms. Although it is an island far from the mainland, there is no shortage of all kinds of materials.

In the past few days a few years, Ren Siqi has become the busiest person, because he has to write couplets for everyone. Although there are still Song Liben and others on the island who are literate, how can their words be compared with Ren Siqi's talent.

New Year is a custom of the Chinese for thousands of years, and the Spring Festival Lian is an indispensable part of the New Year, no matter how poor the people of Daming are, they will cut a few pieces of red paper during the New Year, and the central people write a few Spring Festival Lian and paste them on their own doors.

"New Year's wine welcomes the new green; Plum blossoms send dark fragrance. Ren Siqi picked up the brush and wrote ten big characters of dragon flying and phoenix dancing on the cut red paper, and wrote dozens of pictures in a row, so tired that he shook his wrist.

"My lord, your pen is strong, tactful and mellow, it's really a rare good word!" Song Liben sighed on the side.

Ren Siqi carefully dried the handwriting, handed it to the crew who was waiting, and after watching him leave happily, he glared at Song Liben angrily.

"Old Song, you are also a literate person, how can you write like a dog crawling! It's time to practice when you're fine. ”

Song Liben smiled embarrassedly: "When my subordinates were young, their families were poor, and it was not easy to read a few words, where would I have the money to buy paper to practice calligraphy." ”

"Lord Shipper, can you write one for me too?" The Dutchman Oliel was looking hot on the side and also made a request.

"You Westerners don't have the Spring Festival, what do you want Spring Festival couplets for?" Ren Siqi asked angrily.

"Do as the locals do, my lord!" Olier Road

"Hey, you red-haired ghost has actually learned the idiom of Da Ming!" Ren Siqi was surprised.

"My lord, please don't call me a red-haired ghost, although our soldiers wear red uniforms, we are human beings, not ghosts!" Olier protested.

"Okay, Olier, sorry, just kidding." Seeing that Olier reacted strongly, Ren Siqi had no choice but to apologize.

"My lord, there is no need to apologize, can you be kind to those captives, they often don't have enough to eat!" Oliel took the opportunity to say.

It turns out that he is waiting for himself here! A dozen or so Dutchmen who had been captured in the naval battle had been imprisoned and doing dirty work, and Oliel had repeatedly pleaded for them to be better treated, but Ren Siqi had not been committal. It seems that the time has come to deal with these captives.

"Mr. Olier, let's go see them together!" Ren Siqi proposed.

There is a small courtyard behind the inspection department, which is used as a prison cell for the Dutch, and there are more than a dozen Dutch living in the two houses, and they can usually let out the wind in the courtyard, but they are not allowed to leave the courtyard. In fact, in terms of treatment, it is not too bad, and it is much better than the treatment of some prisoners. Of course, Ren Siqi will not support them in vain, and some heavy work will be assigned to them, just like the construction of reservoir dams some time ago.

There were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the Dutch, who took turns keeping an eye on the Dutch. Seeing Ren Siqi's arrival, the soldiers stepped forward one after another to salute.

"How? These Dutchmen are honest, right? Ren Siqi asked casually.

"To be honest, no one is lazy when they work. But they also have a lot of things, complaining all day long, the food is not palatable, they can't eat enough, and they have too little time to let off steam. The leader of the soldiers said to Ren Siqi.

"Oliel, you bastard, you still have a face!" As soon as Ren Siqi, Olier and the others approached the cell, an angry roar came from the window. Oliel's face flushed, and he didn't say a word.

Olier surrendered Ren Siqi, and in the eyes of these Dutchmen he was a traitor, but a traitor was nothing, the point was that this traitor led the Ming people to defeat the powerful Dutch fleet and capture them. Many times, traitors are more hated than enemies.

"Oliel, it seems that they don't like you very much, why do you always speak for them?" Ren Siqi teased.

"Lord Shipper, they are right, I did betray the Netherlands, although I always use our five-year agreement to deceive myself, but betrayal is betrayal, without my betrayal, this time the Dutch fleet would not have been wiped out in Japan." Oliel said gloomily.

Olier is right, if there is no Olier Monroe and others to take refuge, the strength of Ren Siqi's men will not rise so quickly, I am afraid that he will not be able to operate the Dutch ship "Exocet" freely, and Monroe has trained a large number of gunners and musketeers for Ren Siqi, and even trained a phalanx of spears.

"Oliel, you're not wrong!" Ren Siqi pondered the words and said, "God has given us life, and everyone has the right to live. You just made the right choice at the right time. ”

"Gentlemen inside, I am the inspector of the Daishan Inspection Division, the highest commander here, and I also led people to defeat your fleet and capture you!" Ren Siqi raised his voice and said to the cell.

"You all know Olier by my side, he used to be one of you, but now he has joined me and become an official of the Ming Dynasty. He is now the captain of a large ship, and his salary is five times that of the senior officer! ”

"Gentlemen, since you have chosen to surrender, you must be conscious of being a prisoner, don't complain anymore, and honestly wait here for the governor of your great army to redeem you!"

There was a moment of silence in the cell, and the one who scolded Oliel just now spoke: "Mr. Sir, when will the Governor redeem us?" ”

"I don't know, didn't you have a boat that escaped? Maybe it will bring the news of your capture back to the Dayuan, and then the governor of your Dacheng will negotiate with the local government of Daming, and the local government will report the news to the Ming court, and then the court will send someone to investigate your whereabouts, and the process may be very long. "Ren Siqi is a serious way.

"But, sir, can't you take the initiative to contact our Grand Governor? Let's talk about the ransom. In the cell, another Dutchman's voice rang out.

"No, no, no, I'm busy, I have to manage a big island, and I don't have time to spend time on something as trivial as a ransom. Gentlemen, you may be noble Dutch lords, but in my eyes you are just captives, and it is my greatest mercy to spare your lives! ”

"Sir, aren't we going to stay here for a long time?" The Dutch in the prison were in chaos, and many people shouted.

(To be continued.) )