A slight sea breeze dispelled the haze, and the fiery red sun rose in the east. The deck of the "Shark" was littered with sleeping people, and after the victory, many of them did not bother to go to the cabin to find a place to sleep, but lay on the deck to rest.

A sound of footsteps sounded beside him, Ren Siqi barely opened his eyes, and saw Cao Changjiang walking to his side.

"Why didn't you sleep?" Ren Siqi asked.

Cao Changjiang said with a haggard face: "I want to come to the water, but I can't sleep." ”

Ren Siqi sat up when he heard this, he knew that Cao Changjiang must have something to do when he came to find him at this time.

"I don't know what your plans are in the future?" Cao Changjiang was silent for a while and asked.

"Later?" Ren Siqi felt in a trance, yes, what should I do in the future? Continue to trade on the ship, or return to Ningbo? But can Ningbo still go back, he is now a murderer and escapee, maybe he can use the money earned this time to find a place to live incognito for the rest of his life, but is that what he wants?

"I am from Xin'an, Guangdong, and my family lives in a fishing village by the sea, and I have been fishing for generations. However, the exploitation of the officials is really powerful, and the fish tax must be paid when selling fish, and the sea tax must be paid to the inspection department when going to sea, and often the fish caught back from a trip to the sea are not enough for the tax, and I heard that the land in Luzon is fertile, and the tax rate charged by the Spaniards is also low, and the villagers in their hometown have made an appointment to go to Luzon. ”

Cao Changjiang did not wait for Ren Siqi to answer, but told his own experience. Ren Siqi sat on the side of the boat and listened silently.

"Most of the people in the village left, and I took my wife and children on the boat to Luzon. After arriving in Luzon, it is indeed as the legend goes, Luzon is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the local natives are lazy, although under the rule of foreign races, everyone is much happier than in Guangdong, where as long as you are willing to work hard and endure hardships, you can live a good life. ”

"But the good times didn't last long, maybe our Ming people were too hardworking, and the wealth accumulated was too much to cause the Spaniards to covet, a year ago, at the instigation of the Spaniards, the indigenous people of Luzon and the Japanese people had friction with our Ming people, and then the Spaniards suppressed our Ming people indiscriminately, more than 20,000 people, and very few of the more than 20,000 Ming people in Manila survived, and we escaped the massacre by hiding in the jungle, and my wife and children died."

Speaking of this, Cao Changjiang's eyes turned red, and he endured it so that he didn't cry.

"Thanks to your blessings, we have just taken the ship back to Daming, and under your leadership, we have just defeated the red-haired ghost (Dutch). But think about it, all of us came to Luzon when Daming couldn't survive, so what can we do when we return to Daming now? ”

Ren Siqi listened to Cao Changjiang's words, thought about his current situation, and resonated in his heart. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, everyone is like this, in this troubled world, it is not easy for everyone to live.

"Brother Cao, what do you mean?" Ren Siqi calmed down, he knew that Cao Changjiang would not look for him just to talk about his previous experience, he must have a plan.

"I think so, those of us who came back from Luzon will follow Xiucai in the future, didn't we rob this ship now, and in the future, we will rely on this ship, whether it is to go to sea to do business or be pirates, it is better than living that kind of life of being slaughtered by others." After Cao Changjiang finished speaking, he looked at Ren Siqi expectantly.

It turned out that he had taken a fancy to this ship, and Ren Siqi suddenly understood, although this ship was snatched from the Dutch by himself, he was a person from the Fuchun, so this ship should theoretically belong to the Fuchun. Cao Changjiang wants to take the Luzon Han people to take it for himself, will Mao 18, Fu Bin and others agree?

Also, as for Cao Changjiang's statement that they, the Luzon Han people, promoted themselves as leaders, Ren Siqi didn't dare to fully believe that Cao Changjiang's own prestige in the hearts of the Luzon Han people was very high, and he could be the leader himself. So Ren Siqi wondered if Cao Changjiang planned to let himself take them to rob the boat first, and then cross the river and tear down the bridge and kick himself away.

If you do that, you won't be a human being inside or out, and you won't get anything.

Ren Siqi's brain was running at high speed, thinking carefully.

Since crossing this world, since escaping from prison, Ren Siqi has often thought about how to clear his name and make a vigorous career, but as a fugitive who has lost his reputation, these can only be thought about. Now there is such an opportunity in front of Ren Siqi, master a big boat, and there are dozens of brothers under him, this will be the first strength he has, with this foundation, everything is possible!

Calm down, you must be calm, you can't let people be gunslingers!

"But I don't say this boat, or I will discuss it with the eighteenth brother and them, and this boat will be given to you?" Ren Siqi said tentatively.

"It's not us, Xiucai, it's you who led us to do it together!" Cao Changjiang Road.

"But I can't, you also know that I'm just a powerless talent, not the material to be the leader, and Brother Cao, you have a high prestige in the hearts of the Luzon Han people, everyone obeys you, and you are the leader of the people." Ren Siqi said perfunctorily, his eyes staring at Cao Changjiang's face, wanting to see the specific plan in Cao Changjiang's heart.

Listening to Ren Siqi's words, Cao Changjiang did not show an excited expression, but showed a gloomy look.

"I know Xiucai doesn't believe me, but I'm serious. I'm not their leader, these people who came back from Luzon are everywhere, some from Guangdong, some from Fujian, and some from Zhejiang, and they all come together to survive. But the situation of the big guys is similar, even if they return to Daming, they can't find a good way out, I just thought, or we can still get together to survive, whether it's business or pirates, we can always earn a way to live. ”

"I'm a big boss, uneducated and uninformed, and if you follow me, you won't have much future. But Xiucai, you are different, you are a scholar, you have seen a lot of brains, and it is under your leadership that we have defeated the red-haired ghost in the past two days. Led by you, everyone will definitely be able to live a good life! Cao Changjiang looked at Ren Siqi and said.

Looking at Cao Changjiang's serious face, Ren Siqi knew that he was serious, and his heart couldn't help but become hot.

"Have you consulted with the others?" Ren Siqi asked in a low voice.

"I told Yufei and Chen Sheng, they were very happy." Cao Changjiang said, "So you agreed!" Cao Changjiang showed a surprised face.

Ren Siqi nodded: "I agreed!" ”