"Come, drink!"

Kong Lin held a large cup made of coarse porcelain and took a sip of the ale with several attendants, and a bitter and sweet taste passed into his brain through the tongue coating.

"His grandmother's, these barbarian wines taste really strange, as if they have been spoiled with sugar cane, and there is a sweet smell with the smell of horse urine."

After being adrift at sea for more than half a year, mixing with sailors with bold surnames every day, Kong Lin also changed his polite appearance in the past, and his behavior became rude, at least he would not say such foul words before.

The translator on the side also smiled: "It's not, if you want to talk about wine, it's still our Daming wine that is delicious, not to mention those good wines, even the second pot head is much stronger than these rancid things." However, these Yi people still love to drink these wines, saying that they are not used to drinking our wine, it is too strong. ”

Kong Lin pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "It's still fierce, if they are given and burned knives, will they die on the spot." ”

Everyone laughed, and the laughter was very loud, which immediately aroused the unkind eyes of countless people in the tavern.

In the end, the translator was more vigilant, and whispered a few words to Kong Lin, Kong Lin looked up and looked around, and found a few pairs of ill-intentioned eyes, and he was alert in his heart, and he asked the translator to call the woman at the bar, ready to check out and leave.

"Guests from the East, thank you for your patronage, please pay a guilder!" A smiling red-haired woman quoted the price.

"How much is a guilder?"

Hearing the price quoted by the translator, Kong Lin turned his head and asked the translator, and the translator thought for a while and said, "It is estimated to be about five dollars of silver for us." ”

"Well, that's not too expensive." Kong Lin muttered to himself, took out a small ingot of silver from his money bag and handed it to the tall exotic woman.

"Thank you for your hospitality, the extra is your tip." As a businessman, Kong Lin quickly understood the meaning of tipping.

"Oh God, merchants from the East, you are so generous." Lilian, who took the silver, flipped it with her hand, and took the silver with a smile, she could see at a glance that there were at least one or two of the silver ingots, which was about three lotus guilders, and this tip was really a lot, and these merchants from the East were really rich!

"Let's go!"

Kong Lin stood up and was about to walk out, when suddenly a black shadow rushed over and knocked him to the ground, and Kong Lin, who was not tall, was knocked to the ground in one fell swoop.

But what was surprising was that the black shadow that rushed over fell to the ground in an exaggerated way, knocking over three or four chairs.

"Which reckless bastard did it?" Kong Lin, who was knocked to the ground, only felt that his body was as if he had been hit by a carriage, and his body was so sore that he could barely move, and finally slowly stood up with the support of his subordinates.

Shocked and angry, he was about to scold, when he saw several strong men come over and surround them.

One of them, a strong man in ragged clothes and a meaty face, picked up his companion, and then glared at Kong Lin and said.

"Mr. Chen, what are you talking about?" Kong Lin, who was still staring at Venus, asked the translator surnamed Chen next to him angrily.

He said," the interpreter surnamed Chen hesitated for a moment before he said, "He said that you had injured his companion just now, and that we should compensate him for his losses, at least 100 guilders." ”

"What? Let us lose money? Kong Lin was so angry that he jumped three feet high, pointed to the strong man who was lying on the ground and pretending to be dead just now, but now he was standing in place with a high spirit, and shouted: "Nima's, Lao Tzu didn't ask you to lose when he was hit, but you blamed Lao Tzu!" ”

“%￥#@！” Seeing that Kong Lin was not convinced, the strong man led by his face stiffened, stretched out his hand and pointed at Kong Lin and yelled a few times, and then took out a dagger from his waist and swiped it at Kong Lin a few times, the meaning is obvious, either pay the money or die!

"Damn, let's see if Lao Tzu is a bully."

At this time, Kong Lin is no longer the timid businessman three years ago, since Pang Gang married his sister and became the general of Dingguo, who in Qingzhou and even Shandong did not give him Kong Lin three points of thin noodles, even if it was in the fleet when he came, Mo Hui, Lin Feng and others would look at Pang Gang's face and treat him with three points, but he didn't expect to be slandered in this barbarian land.

Kong Lin, who was angry and rushed to his head, lifted his robe, and reached his waist with his right hand, but he grabbed it empty, and it turned out that when he came out, he put the handcuff in the room.

However, there are no handcuffs and no tightness, Kong Lin will not give in to a few barbarians, he scolded: "Okay, you barbarian, touch the porcelain and bang to Lao Tzu, Mr. Chen, you tell these barbarians, if you don't leave, we will call someone, Xiao Li, do you have a signal firecracker, if they are no longer interested, you quickly sneak outside and set off the fireworks, our people should come over soon!" ”

After entering the State Guest House, Lin Feng and Mo Hui distributed distress fireworks to the merchants because they were worried that they would be bullied in a foreign country, so that they could ask for help in case of emergency.

"Yes, young master, the villain brought a firecracker for help, go and put it right away!"

The attendant whose name was called answered and was about to run towards the door, but as soon as he came to move his footsteps, he saw a fist as big as a sand bowl flying towards him.

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, and the attendant fell to the ground obediently.

The strong man walked up to the attendant, stepped on his chest with one foot and sneered, "Hehe! Boy, if you want to run away in front of me Olida, you are underestimating the warriors of our Kingdom of the Netherlands. ”

Seeing this situation, Kong Lin and his party were shocked and angry, they didn't expect this group of people to be rampant so much, openly beating people and slandering people in the tavern!

At this time, the woman who was originally selling wine stood up and drank at the group of strong men: "Olida, what are you doing?" You dare to beat someone in my tavern, you don't take me seriously. ”

Olida said with red eyes: "Lillian, it's none of your business, if you don't want to get into trouble, get out of the way, otherwise I don't mind letting you taste the fist." ”

"You bastard!" Lilian was so angry that her pretty face changed color, she didn't expect that this Ollida had taken the wrong medicine today, and dared to talk to him like this, it seems that money can really make people lose their minds.

Seeing that things were no longer good, the pupils in Kong Lin's eyes couldn't help shrinking, and he was about to pick up a wine jug on the table and prepare to do a big job, when suddenly a voice sounded at the door.

"Olida, I didn't expect you to be so unsuccessful after not seeing you for a few months, and you actually blackmailed a merchant from the east to come, can't you have a little interest?"

As the voice came, a young man with blond hair stood at the door, looking at the strong man with a smile, and behind him stood more than a dozen men dressed as sailors, who turned out to be Lilian's boyfriend, the new first mate James of the Old Man and his companions.

Seeing her boyfriend coming, Lillian rushed over and threw herself into James's arms and hugged him hard.

Seeing Lilian's boyfriend arrive, Olida's face couldn't help but change slightly: "James, you and I have always been well water and not river water, today I just get some money to spend, you better be nosy." ”

"yes, what did you just say to Lillian, if I heard me correctly, you want her to taste your fists, right?" James sneered, gently pushed his girlfriend to the back, and slowly approached Olida.

Olida slowly took a few steps back, and said inwardly, "You also heard it, I just said, I didn't touch a finger of your girlfriend, do you really want to have a hard time with me for these Orientals?" ”

James smiled, "You're right, I"

"Bang"

A loud bang came from the door, and everyone turned their heads to see that the attendant who had just been knocked to the ground by Olida had slipped out at some point, and set off a firework on the street, and a dazzling fire shot straight into the sky, even in the daytime.

Seeing this, even the fool knew that it was those Eastern merchants calling for reinforcements.

"You bastards, you dare to shout!"

Olida's face changed suddenly, and he roared angrily and rushed towards Kong Lin, who was not to be outdone, grabbed a coarse porcelain wine glass that he had been staring at for a long time and smashed it.

As soon as Kong Lin moved, the three behind him took a look, and they got it! The young owners all moved, can they still be idle, didn't say anything, a few people immediately pounced, and for a while, several people were in a mess.

Seeing someone fighting in the tavern, the people who were drinking in the tavern did not panic, but were very experienced in ajar the tables and chairs around them, and then surrounded with great interest, and a group of people began to watch the battle with shouting.

"Bang" The coarse porcelain wine glass in Kong Lin's hand smashed into Olida's head, but such an attack can only tickle for the thick-skinned Olida, Olida yelled and pounced on Kong Lin, and the two soon scuffled together, and the sound of the fight in the tavern became a loud one.

After more than ten minutes of fighting, Kong Lin's disadvantage gradually manifested, compared to Olida, who often fights and has an advantage in both stature and strength, Kong Lin and they are at a disadvantage, after a while, Kong Lin and several of them were beaten one by one with a blue nose and swollen face, because Kong Lin was taken care of by several entourages during the fight, only Kong Lin was still standing after the fight.

Lily on the side was more reassuring, put her arm around James and pleaded, "James, can't you help these Orientals?" It looks like they're going to lose. ”

James thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, then I'll help these people, after all, they are your guests, but they are being blackmailed in your tavern, which is too much to say." ”

James stood up and was about to make a move, when suddenly someone slammed the door open, and six or seven people rushed in.

Everyone fixed their eyes on it, these people turned out to be all Oriental faces, they were wearing armor, and there were weapons hanging around their waists, and when these people rushed in, they saw several compatriots lying on the ground, and an officer led by them rushed over to Olida, who was punching and kicking several people on the ground, and punched a strong man in the chin.

With a "bang", the strong man immediately flew out three steps away, fell to the ground, and couldn't move for the whole time.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, James and his companions, who were originally watching the excitement on the side, looked at it, and their pupils all shrank slightly, and they knew the strong man lying on the ground. His name is Gulis, and he is very capable of fighting among Olida's group, and Gulis is one meter eight tall and has one hundred and sixty or seventy pounds.

After Gulis was punched away by the officer-looking man, the dozen or so soldiers behind him were not polite and immediately rushed towards Olida and his party.

Olida saw that everyone who was looking for a venue was here, what else was there to say, let's fight!

Another ping-pong fight began, but this fight was very different from Kong Lin and them just now, don't look at their size is a little smaller than Olida, these soldiers from the east are black and ruthless, and the beatings are all aimed at the vital point, less than a cup of tea, the group, including Olida, are all put on the ground.

At this time, the officer clapped his hands and said to Kong Lin: "Young Master Kong, I'm really sorry to frighten you, the brothers are late."

Kong Lin covered his swollen face and said with a wry smile: "Brothers, if you didn't come over, I would have to be beaten to death by these grandsons." ”

The officer said angrily: "Young Master Kong, do you want the brothers to abolish them?" ”

Kong Lin thought for a while, "It's better not to, this is someone else's territory, if we abolish them, it will inevitably bring trouble to Lord Lin and Deputy Commander Mo, it's better to settle things and calm people!" ”

"Are they so cheap?" The officer was a little unwilling, and the aggressive factor of soldiers could not be eliminated in their bodies.

Kong Lin touched the swollen bags on his face, and said with a cruel smile: "Of course not, we have to hand him over to the governor here, let the governor punish them, it is best to let the governor punish them to work on our ship, and then slowly settle accounts with them when we leave here." ”

"That's right, it's still Young Master Kong who has a way." The officer laughed.

At this moment, a crisp voice sounded on the side, "%¥#@......&"

Kong Lin looked at it, it turned out to be the girl who stood up and spoke for herself just now, although he couldn't understand her words, he still nodded to her with a smile, and then pulled the translator surnamed Chen over and asked him to translate the girl's words, and then said to her with a smile: "Thank you for what happened just now." ”

"No, I couldn't help just now." The girl continued, "Sir, let me introduce myself, my name is Lillian, and this is my boyfriend James. ”

Lilian pulled James over and introduced him to Kong Lin, because she had a faint feeling in her heart that if she could deal with this merchant from the East, her life might change drastically in the future.

"Hello!" However, James stretched out his hand to Kong Lin very heartily, "I'm sorry that you were busy and didn't strike immediately when you were first attacked, and your soldiers who just wanted to make a move were already here, but I admire your courage to fight." ”

When Kong Lin heard this, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and said in his heart that this guy is a bit interesting, and he is frank enough. Stretched out his hand and shook it with him and said: "It's nothing, we didn't know each other in the first place, it's already rare that you can help us speak, in order to show my gratitude to you, I want to invite you and your partners to have a drink together, would you like to appreciate your face?" ”

James smiled heartily, "Of course I would love it!" ”

Lilian is a very capable girl, and soon the messy table and chairs will be messed up, and the two sides began to sit down again, and the officer first led his non-commissioned officer Jing Olida and a few people to escort to the guest house, intending to be handed over to Governor Alexa by Lin Feng and others, and at this time, the interpreter surnamed Chen helped up several entourages who had just been beaten down, although they looked scary, but they were actually flesh wounds, and they would be fine in a few days.

"Mr. Kong, can you tell me about the Orient? I'm very curious about this! As soon as the two sides sat down, James couldn't wait to ask Kong Lin about the East.

Kong Lin smiled dumbly, he didn't expect this Yiren to be so curious about things in the East.

He briefly introduced the situation of Daming to him, but James was obviously very interested in the East, and he was still chattering about Daming.

"Oh, does your emperor really have so much power?"

"Why don't you have a senate to check the power of the emperor?"

Kong Lin couldn't answer all the questions he asked, and the translator surnamed Chen on the side was also a little annoyed, so he simply smiled and said: "Young Master Kong, since this guy is so interested in our Daming, why don't you hire him to go back to Daming with us." ”

"Eh" This sentence was originally a joke, but Kong Lin was stunned, and then a row of thighs, "Yes, if we hire this Yi man, there will be someone in Obaro to help us run errands!" ”

Just do it, Kong Lin immediately asked about James's intentions.

"What, you're going to hire me?" James' look of surprise leaped across his face.

"Yes, I plan to hire you to be my captain, going back and forth between my Ming and the Netherlands, what do you think?"

"And how much are you going to pay me?"

"One hundred taels of silver a month, how's that?" Kong Lin smiled and stretched out an index finger, like a cunning fox, but a few black scars on his face were ugly.

"A hundred taels of silver?" James gasped, that's more than 300 guilders, this salary is higher than the average captain!

(To be continued)