Zhang Mu thought it would be a real widow, but looking at this posture, Zhang Mu was a little incomprehensible.

It's just that it's inconvenient to ask, so I lowered my head and followed him.

The bald man was obviously familiar with the roads here, and he took a machete and cut through the thorns all the way.

After a while, Zhang Mu and the others came to the other side of the road, and seeing the scene in front of them made Zhang Mu in a trance.

In the place near the island, there are a few thatched huts built here, and not far away is the big ship of the pirates, but it looks tattered and riddled with holes, and it feels like it may fall apart at any time.

Outside the hut, seven or eight bonfires were lit, and around the bonfires lay people on a beach.

The men were ragged and tattered, and some of them were naked, like strips of rags.

Most of the people slept soundly and shouted.

Zhang Mu took a cursory look, and there were about three hundred people.

The bald horse led them straight to one of the huts, which was a real thatched hut, ventilated on three sides, and a makeshift shed made of tree trunks and straw mats.

Inside the shed, there were several large black boxes piled up.

The bald man walked to the edge of the box and opened it directly.

The chests were full of white silver pieces after pieces.

These silver casts and cuts are very rough, some are big, some are small, and the shapes are different, there are garden cakes, there are silver ingots, if you don't know, you really think it's a pile of garbage.

The old housekeeper picked up a piece and weighed it, then handed it to Zhang Mu.

Zhang Mu felt that the purity of this silver was not very high, and he was afraid that it had only been refined a few times, and it was basically still in the silver embryo stage.

Zhang Mu handed it to the old housekeeper again, and the old housekeeper threw it into the box like scrap iron.

"This little brother looks at the eyes, who is it?" The bald man asked.

"Oh, they're our young cousins. It's too stuffy at home, clamoring to come out and see. The old butler laughed.

A hint of suspicion flashed in the eyes of the bald man, but then he smiled: "Young. It's not a small amount of courage. Your Wen family has a successor. ”

"There, there." Zhang Mu smiled modestly.

At this time, the bald man brought over a sack, and after untying it, more than a dozen knives were exposed in the sack.

The bald man picked up a handful and pulled it out directly, and in the miserable white moonlight, this sword shimmered with a terrifying luster, and the knife body had a thousand tempered ice release patterns.

The bald man plucked out a piece of hair, put it on and blew it, and the hair broke immediately.

"Good knives. Blowing hair and breaking hair is really unusual. Zhang Mu praised.

The bald man then took out a small box, and when he opened it, there were several fan bones inside, which were very delicate.

The old butler began to inspect the goods one by one, and after a while, he looked up and smiled: "Yes, this time the things are better than the last time." ”

Ma Bald said with a smile: "Now the country is not very peaceful, and the things that have been made." Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. But it doesn't matter, you're all here for the money. These things are just piggybacking things. ”

The old butler said, "Give me the bill." I'm right for a couple. No problem, I'll go back. We'll trade here tomorrow morning. ”

The bald man took out a thick account book from a box, filthy.

The old butler went to the edge of the campfire, and then the light of the fire, page by page.

Most of the day's work. That's just it.

After closing the account book, he said, "The number is correct. Then let's trade tomorrow. ”

"Well, you don't have to do that in the future. Waste of time. If you had sailed the ship earlier, you would have already started unloading. The bald man rubbed the mud on his chest and said with a little displeasure.

"Be careful to make the ship of ten thousand years. Our family is not afraid of you, but of others. Just like last time, a group of people rushed out of the boat for some reason, and if they hadn't run fast, they would have been robbed by pirates. Recently, I've heard that the south side is not very peaceful. I have to guard against it. The old butler laughed.

"Hey, good deal, non-fucking someone came out and mud. Either way, let's not be together. Look at other people's widows, no matter who it is, even if we meet and fight with blood, as long as we dare to bully others, good guys, all of them will come. I have to fight with you.

Our people, as we do it, start to have a bad market. I ran once before, and it was enough for the family's expenses. Now some people are lowering the price, and sometimes they lose money when they get a trip. Tell me, that's what these idiots think in their heads? ”

The bald man seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with his peers and couldn't help but nag.

"Why are you still losing money?" Zhang Mu asked curiously.

"Little doll, at first glance you are pampered. Where do you know the hardships of the sea? We also took the goods first from the Wakos, and then came here to trade with you. Be a middleman and make hard-earned money. The bald man said.

"Then why don't you trade directly with us?" Zhang Mu asked.

"They speak the language of birds, can you understand it? Besides, the Japanese are notorious, we ordinary people just want to make money, who wants to see the Japanese if they have nothing to do? Those guys, they go to Bagayalu or something at every turn, and they don't blink an eye when they kill people. Who isn't afraid? The bald man said.

"Then you're not afraid that the would-be robbers will eat you?" Zhang Mu asked.

"I'm afraid! Who isn't afraid? Those brutes, like wild beasts. But we also have to provide for our families, right? The bald man smiled bitterly.

"Then why don't you go back and farm honestly?" Zhang Mu said with a smile.

"Farming? Phew! Can you eat enough to farm? After a year of hard work, I look at God's face, and the owner is exploiting some. and all have to drink the northwest wind. It's hard outside, but you can always eat a full stomach, right?

Besides, in the early years, he followed Uncle Zhang to fight the world. Lao Zhu defeated Uncle Zhang, and we fled to the sea. We have made a home in Nanyang over the years, and when we go back, Lao Zhu won't cut off our heads? Anyway, no one cares about it now, and there is no need to kowtow to the official. Lao Tzu himself is the emperor, what do you want to do, what do you say I will do when I go back? The bald man pouted.

Only then did Zhang Mu understand that Ma Bald was just an intermediary, making a difference between the widows and smugglers.

It seems that today's smuggling has formed an industrial chain.

Because of the pressure of coastal defense, the Japanese did not dare to get too close, and the local smugglers were not willing to deal with the Japanese pirates.

After coming and going, it is not surprising that there are people like Ma Bald.

Zhang Mu was slightly disappointed in his heart, he thought he would be able to catch a few Japanese, but he didn't see the Japanese.

"The person who has been making trouble in Taizhou recently is a real widow?" Zhang Mu asked.

"Of course it is, the Japanese are now at war in the country, and it's very chaotic. I heard that their emperor was just an ornament. What's it called, what's the curtain? The bald man asked.

"Shogunate." A young man behind him replied.

"Yes, yes, the shogunate has it. Several shogunates are bloody, and sometimes you may not know which one you will meet. It's messy. The bald man laughed. (To be continued......)