Bai Yutang and Cicada Yi lived in a small courtyard, and they didn't invite any subordinates, and they were self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

While taking care of the vegetable leaves, Cicada Yi said to Bai Yutang: "Didn't you dare to be interested in being an official before, and you even bumped into the saint for the sake of your concubine!" The Holy One is also painstakingly arranging this now! Although you are not an official now, what are you doing as the director of the ICAC? That's for those who are in charge. If you make a mistake as an official, you will be demoted, and you say that you are not an official, what else can you degrade! ”

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned: "Hearing Mrs. say this, it seems that this is really the case!" Why didn't you think about coming over for your husband? ”

Cicada clothes: "That's not the authorities who are obsessed with bystanders!" ”

Bai Yutang: "That's what I said!" ”

Cicada Yi: "Xianggong, you're hungry!" I went to cook. ”

Bai Yutang rolled up his sleeves: "Madam, I'll help you light the fire." ”

"No, no!" Cicada Yi pushed him away: "Xianggong, go and plan your big things!" Let me do the little things. But there's something I want to discuss with you? ”

Bai Yutang: "Madam, please speak!" ”

"When I went out to buy vegetables today, I saw a recruitment notice posted at the door of Siqi Supermarket, which said that the queen was going to open several Siqi pharmacies in the capital, specifically for the poor people, so that they could treat diseases and buy medicines at a low price. So ......" Cicada Yi said to Bai Yutang next to him while stir-frying.

Bai Yutang took over her words: "So, does Madam want to go?" ”

"Hmm!" Cicada Yi nodded.

Bai Yutang: "This is a good thing! Isn't your dream to help more poor people? It's great to have the queen set up this stage for you, madam, you go, your husband won't stop you. ”

Cicada Yi: "But, you're so busy all day, why don't you take care of it!" ”

Bai Yutang: "It's simple, let's just hire someone to help us with laundry and cooking!" ”

"Okay!" Cicada Yi thought about it, although she grew so much on her own, it was still a little unaccustomed to rashly finding someone, but considering the actual situation, she still agreed, it's a big deal that she is better to others!

Since then, Bai Yutang and his family have started a new life in the capital. However, because of their work, Bai Yutang has to spend a lot of time patrolling around the country, and Cicada Yi often goes to the clinic, which can really be said to be less together and more separated.

……

Yang Sien's father is also a minor official in the capital, although his official position is not high, but because of his son's relationship, he is quite comfortable in the yamen. In addition to the fact that the money is a little less, the small life is still quite comfortable, so I found him a rich daughter-in-law, the daughter of a big businessman who started a family by running the river, named Zhou Xiangyu.

Zhou Xiangyu's father's name is Zhou Dechang, he was a boatman when he was a teenager, and by chance he discovered the business opportunity of shipping, so he smashed the pot and sold iron to engage in the transportation of the Yellow River section. He was lucky, coinciding with the era when the Song Dynasty was at its peak, and water transportation gradually rose, after more than 20 years of struggle, he finally had a rich family capital, and he was one of those who booked a house in the new city.

Now, Zhou Dechang is not young, his body is not strong, and the business affairs have been handed over to his son Zhou Yaozu. However, the social status of businessmen in this era is still very low, although Zhou Dechang is rich, he still hopes that his son can gain fame and glory to his ancestors. However, it backfired, and his son was not a material for studying, but quite accomplished in business. That's why he caught his daughter's attention and made sure to find her a reader. And Yang Sien's father happened to be working in the yamen, which managed river transportation, and the two hit it off, and Yang Sien picked up a cheap daughter-in-law.

After Yang Sien handed over the collected crop seeds to Xiang Zhongtian's Department of Agriculture, he was busy planting trees in the south. The time was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to cultivate a relationship with his daughter-in-law, so after the marriage was completed in a hurry, he took it to the south together.

However, Zhao Zhen took Zhang Rou to attend his wedding in person and became a witness, which is more reliable for Zhou Dechang than any heavy wedding.

How many people in the world can enjoy this honor! Who will dare to say that they are rich in the future?

Yang Sien led Zhou Xiangyu to stand at the bow of the boat, and when he saw Qi Zhonghao who was boxing on the deck, he couldn't help but mock: "Brother Zhonghao, you see that my brother and I have taken a daughter-in-law, do you have to hold on tightly!" Or, brother, I'll let you introduce one to you? ”

Qi Zhonghao: "Save it!" Brother, I am determined to be all over the world, how can I be trapped by the love of my children! Have you forgotten the 'national anthem' we heard on the dock the day we came back? That's the lyrics written by the saint. It can be seen that the saint's ambition is not small, and this is a great time for my martial artists to serve the country. ”

"Tsk, that's a nice thing to say! But does that have a copper plate to do with you? Yang Sien continued to sarcastically say: "The saint is ambitious, so what does it have to do with you!" It's hard to do it, you can still drive the boat to land! ”

"Whew!" Qi Zhonghao took a long breath before he said, "I said that your kid is not stimulated by marriage, why are you talking so much today!" ”

"Report Commander, an anomaly was found earlier!" The lookout post on the watchtower suddenly shouted downward.

Qi Zhonghao and Yang Sien also didn't care about pinching, and hurriedly ran to the top of the boat to check the situation.

"What's the situation?" Qi Zhonghao came up and asked.

The lookout handed him the clairvoyant and explained, "Fifteen ships appeared in front of me, and my subordinates observed them for a while, and felt a little strange, as if the big ship in front was being chased by the smaller ships behind. ”

"I'll go, we can't run into the pirates mentioned by the saint, right?" Yang Sien put down his clairvoyance and said to Qi Zhonghao.

Qi Zhonghao: "It's too far away, I can't see it clearly." Why don't we lean over and have a look? ”

Yang Sien: "You are the commander of the navy, you have the final say!" ”

"Hey, hey!" Qi Zhonghao laughed dryly: "I used to listen to Zhongxian's words before, but suddenly I am still a little unaccustomed to it!" ”

Then he turned his head and shouted to the soldier next to him: "Herald, herald, pass on the command, immediately accelerate and approach the target!" ”

"Yes, Lord Archon!" The herald saluted, ran to the place where the microphone was passed and shouted inside: "Your Excellency has an order, the target is in front of you, full speed ahead!" ”

Soon you will hear an echo from the microphone: "Understood! Attention all sailors, take your place and get ready to accelerate! ”

After a few moments, both Tiansheng 1 and 2 raised their auxiliary sails and slowly picked up speed, slowly running faster and faster......

And in the group of ships in front, the people on the first boat have already been messed up, don't look at their ships are bigger than others, but the difference in numbers is also obvious. When eating by the wind, the boat is too heavy to outrun other people's boats, and besides, people can also paddle with a blade to help a little.

"Brother Shen, you see those people are about to catch up with us, or let's throw away the spices! We'll be able to go a little faster. A strong, shirtless man with a tan all over his body shouted to a slightly older middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man who was called Brother Shen denied without hesitation: "Then how can it be done!" This is the hope of our whole village, if we throw it away, how will we explain it when we go back! ”

The strong man hurriedly said: "But those people's boats are faster than ours, and we can't run away!" And there are so many of them, we can't beat them, what can we do? ”

"Don't panic! Don't panic! Let me think, think! The middle-aged man walked around with his head buried in his head, anxiously thinking about a way out of the predicament.

And the strong man looked around frequently, checking the distance of those behind him from time to time. Fortunately, in these years, sailing on the sea is all moved by the wind, manpower paddle is only an auxiliary, it is not easy to catch up at sea, looking not far away, even if you can see the blade in someone's hand, it will take an hour to catch up.

But the problem now is that in this vast sea, even if it is given to you for a day, it is useless, and it is not like being on land, there is nowhere to hide.

At this time, the middle-aged man inadvertently glanced up at the front, and suddenly shouted, "Da Zhuang, come and take a look!" Are the two ships in front of you not our Great Song boats, what do you see on their flags? ”

The strong man blocked the sunlight with his hand, and looked at it carefully with empty eyes: "Brother Shen, I saw that the flag was embroidered with a big dragon!" ”

"Really!" The middle-aged man said happily: "Great! It must be a ship of the imperial court, and we are saved this time. Hurry up and adjust the sails, let's lean towards the imperial ship!" ”

"Good Lat! I'll go! ”

Soon, the people on this boat all discovered Qi Zhonghao's existence, and seeing that they were on such two big ships, they no longer worried about those strongmen following behind.

However, those pirates who followed behind were not scared away by Qi Zhonghao's big ship, but rushed forward even harder, which made Qi Zhonghao puzzled.

"S-Eun, I've seen those men with weapons, and they're certainly not good. But these people are too bold, seeing that we still don't run, it seems that our navy is going to open meat today! Qi Zhonghao said to Yang Sien with a smile in the direction of clairvoyance.

"Huh! Congratulations! Yang Sien pretended to arch his hand: "I guess they treat us as fat, and it's still a very fat kind!" There are fourteen boats, and it is estimated that there must be four or five hundred people, and there are so many people that people are afraid of something! ”

Qi Zhonghao: "You reminded me by saying that, they just rely on the crowd, we can't scare them away!" Herald, go and play the flag, let the big guys hide, and don't run out without my orders. ”

Yang Sien: "How to drop?" You really want to kill them all! You're too bloody! ”

Qi Zhonghao shook his head: "What are you saying!" The Holy One has said that I want to be a civilized person, and of course I have to listen to the Holy One's words. Have you forgotten what the Holy One asked us to do? Do you really want my soldiers to plant trees? ”

Yang Sien: "So...... Do you want to hit their attention? ”

Qi Zhonghao nodded, and then said to the guards: "Pass my order, let the Heavenly Saint No. 2 outflank it, cut off their back road, don't let one go!" ”

"Yes!"

The boss of this gang of pirates, nicknamed Jiaolong, is the number one pirate force in the southern seas. Of course, the maritime merchants at this time preferred to call them 'Sun En', because Sun En was the ancestor of the pirates of the Central Plains.

Jiaolong had six or seven hundred men, mainly composed of Song, Jiaozhi and Cham people, most of whom were criminals, who often lived in Qiongzhou, Changhua and Leizhou, and made a living by robbing passing merchant ships.

Jiaolong's number one junior brother, nicknamed Xiaoyu, also saw Qi Zhonghao and his party at this moment, so he shouted to his boss: "Big brother, you see that there are two more big ships coming!" ”

"Hahaha!" Jiaolong looked at it and laughed: "It's really good luck today!" God willing! ”

Xiaoyu: "Boss, those two big ships can be hung with flags, look like that, it's the people of the government, are we ......?"

Jiaolong: "What are you afraid of!" None of us have been bullied by the government, so how can the meat delivered to our mouths let them run away today. Don't worry, don't look at their big boats, but those landlubbers from the government are our dishes when they get to sea. The brothers will work harder later, as long as we rob those two big ships, we can go sideways on this territory. When the time comes, brother, I will let you eat meat in large pieces, drink wine in large pieces, and play with women happily! ”

"Rob! Rob! Grab ......"

The pirates also screamed wildly as if they had been beaten, brandishing their weapons, and there were some strange tones in them.

Jiaolong was very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates, and he was also very satisfied with his mobilization ability, so he waved his hand in high spirits and drove towards Qi Zhonghao and them without fear...... (To be continued.) )