Chapter 123: Windfall
Yu Xiaotian thought that everything was finished, and was about to say goodbye again, but Manager Li said: "Don't worry, there are still a few people below, I want to ask the shopkeeper Yu to take them!" In addition, after going back, I was tired of the shopkeeper sending these meat tickets to the place where he had said that he had said before the land, and someone was waiting there, and the ransom money would be handed over to the shopkeeper. ”
Yu Xiaotian said in his heart, you have something to say in charge of Li, how can it be like squeezing toothpaste, squeezing out a little at a time, and this Steward Li didn't say who he took away this time, but just said that he should send the meat ticket to the designated place to trade, and it can be seen that the Li family has already helped him contact the ransom of the meat ticket transaction, so he had no choice but to nod and ask: "I don't know what these people do?" ”
Steward Li shook his head and said: "Shopkeeper Yu just takes people with him first, and when he goes back, Shopkeeper Yu will naturally know what he wants, and it is definitely what Shopkeeper Yu wants!" ”
Yu Xiaotian's heart moved, so he didn't ask much, nodded and agreed, and then said goodbye again, and was personally sent to the trestle by Steward Li, at this time Steward Li had already sent someone to send those women and several men to the ship first, handed them over to the Meng madman on the ship, and hid them in the cabin.
At this time, it is getting late, and the various warehouses on the island have been lit up, during the day, even here, the Li family will not send people to the ship so swaggeringly, once people know the way, it is inevitable that they will be said that their Li family buys and sells people, so this kind of thing can only be carried out at night, so it is also somewhat deaf to people's eyes.
Originally, Meng Madman thought that Yu Xiaotian was going to rest on the island for the night and leave tomorrow morning, but after seeing Yu Xiaotian return to the boat, he knew that Yu Xiaotian would not stay here for the night, and immediately beckoned everyone on the boat to prepare to lift anchor and start the boat.
When the boat arrived at a place where the lights of Dalian Island could not be seen, Yu Xiaotian walked into the cabin, and there were ten men in one of the cabins, which was also the thing that Yu Xiaotian was most concerned about, women were easy to say, but the Li family gave him a man, and if the identities of these men were not clarified, he would not be at ease.
"Who are you, and why were you sent to my ship?" Yu Xiaotian walked into the cabin, and after lighting the lantern, he glanced at the ten men crowded in the cabin, and asked them.
A young man who was only about seventeen or eighteen years old looked very nervous, pulling four teenagers younger than him, with a hint of horror in his eyes, and cautiously replied: "The little one is called Wu Yuan, and his father Wu Cheng!" Dare to ask, are you the good man who sent someone to send money to our family? ”
After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian was slightly stunned, the name Wu Cheng, he was both familiar and a little unfamiliar, and he didn't immediately remember who it was for a while.
However, Liu Laoliu, who came down with him, immediately reacted after hearing this, pointed to this descendant and asked, "You said that you are Wu Cheng's son?" People from Wujiazhuang in Fu'an County? ”
This descendant, who called himself Wu Cheng, hurriedly nodded and said: "The little one is from Wujiazhuang, and the father is Wu Cheng!" ”
After Yu Xiaotian thought for a while, suddenly the image of a middle-aged man with a white beard and a thin man jumped into his mind, and he immediately understood the identity of this descendant, and asked with a little surprise: "Are you Wu Cheng's son?" ”
Housheng nodded affirmatively again.
At this time, Yu Xiaotian and Liu Laoliu were too surprised, because they all knew Wu Cheng, who was a man who worked for the Liu family on this ship, but when they encountered pirates, they had been killed by pirates.
They never thought that Wu Cheng's son would actually be in the Li family, and was sent to his ship by the Li family.
So Liu Lao Liu hurriedly asked for Yu Xiaotian: "Then how did you come here?" What does these people have to do with you? ”
Wu Yuan, a descendant, asked tentatively: "Dare to ask if this is the sixth uncle?" ”
Liu Lao Liu hurriedly nodded and said, "Exactly!" I'm Liu Lao Liu! I used to work for the Liu family on this boat with your father! ”
When Wu Yuan heard this, he cried, knelt in front of Liu Lao Liu and kowtowed: "My nephew kowtowed to Uncle Six!" I've finally found you, Uncle Six! ……”
And the teenagers who followed Wu Yuan also knelt down and cried together, which made Liu Laoliu scramble, and quickly pulled them up one by one, and comforted them for a while, before gradually figuring out the identities and origins of several of them.
It turned out that Wu Yuan and the other five teenagers were actually the sons of the boatman who worked for the Liu family at the beginning, and after the accident of the Liu family's boat, they couldn't wait for their father to come home at home, so they found the Liu family to inquire about the news, but it was okay not to inquire, but when they inquired, they inquired about the trouble.
Things still have to start from the fact that the Jiang family was attacked by Yu Xiaotian and others, when Li Jizi accused Liu Laoliu and Yu Xiaotian, and slandered them as pirates, and seized the Liu family's ship, Jiang Baihu took Erya as an excuse, which is now Lan'er, and also tried to eat black and take away the Liu family's ship.
But he didn't expect Yu Xiaotian to lead people to attack first and kill Jiang Baihu and Li Jizi, but later the news spread in the Fu'an area and reached the ears of the Liu family.
Only then did the Liu family know that the shopkeeper of their family had died, and reported to the official to ask the government to help them punish Liu Laoliu and Yu Xiaotian and others, but because Li Jizi was dead, the Jiang family couldn't tell who had taken their boat, so they came to overturn the boatman with a rod, and regarded the other boatmen who worked for their Liu family as being with Liu Laoliu.
Not only did they not give their families a small settlement of wages, but also gave these boatmen's families a pension, but also sued them to the yamen, and the yamen was also indiscriminate, and in the case of not being able to find out the truth, they couldn't catch Liu Laoliu and the people of Xiaohuangdao, and they were angry at these boatmen's families, and some of the boatmen's brothers were even detained for the crime of being a thief and were arrested by the government, and most of the boatmen's families were also cornered by the government and the Liu family, and Wu Yuan's mother was forced to hang herself.
And Wu Yuan himself was also arrested by the government, and after being beaten and locked up for more than two months, he was let back because he couldn't ask anything, and his mother had already hanged herself at this time, leaving Wu Yuan alone in the family.
A few years ago, the Li family sent people to the Fu'an area, and according to the list and address given to them by Liu Laoliu, they found the homes of these boatmen one by one, handed them over the pensions, and informed them of the death of their men.
After several orphans and widows of the boatman's family got this pension, they also learned of the death of their housekeeper, and they were even more sad, Wu Yuan got the pension that Liu Lao Liu's trustee gave to their family, after thinking about it, he decided to defect to Liu Lao Liu, and later because he was older, and several other boatmen's women, so he also handed over his son to Wu Yuan, and asked him to take them to Liu Lao Liu, at least to find a way to live.
So Wu Yuan followed the people of the Li family to Lianjiang County with four other young men, and was transferred to Dalian Island, which is equivalent to Xiaotian's boat, and this time they were sent on the boat together and handed over to Yu Xiaotian and Liu Laoliu.
After learning of this situation, Yu Xiaotian and Liu Laoliu were embarrassed, and comforted Wu Yuan and other teenagers, reassuring them, no matter what, this incident is inseparable from them, and to some extent, it can be regarded as caused by them, so Yu Xiaotian promised that he would treat these teenagers well and let them stay on Treasure Island in the future.
It wasn't until he pacified Wu Yuan and a few other teenagers that Yu Xiaotian turned his attention to the remaining men, who were obviously not with Wu Yuan and them all the way, they had been squatting next to them and didn't speak, so Yu Xiaotian asked them about their identities and origins again.
It was only at this time that a middle-aged man knelt down and replied: "Little Guo Fu, I have seen a big boss!" Xiao and these people are all from Quanzhou, who used to work in a shipyard in Quanzhou, specializing in repairing ships and building ships.
Two months ago, after the young master of the owner was drunk, he broke into the small one's home, spoiled the little girl, and forced my poor daughter to jump into the well.
In a small rage, he took his son and the land, hid on the way home of the young master of the owner's family, and beat him up, but he didn't expect that the guy couldn't help beating, and was actually killed by us on the spot after a few strokes, after causing such trouble, if the little Zhilu said that if he continued to stay in Quanzhou, he would definitely be unable to save his life, and he had no choice but to escape from Quanzhou Mansion with his son and apprentice overnight! fled all the way to Fuzhou.
Later, the shopkeeper of the Li family took him in, and I was not arrested by the government, and the shopkeeper Li took pity on the little one, and told the small one that he could arrange a way out for us, and I was desperate, so I could only agree to it, and I hope that the big boss will take it in! In the future, the small ones are willing to work for the big masters! ”
After Yu Xiaotian heard it, he almost didn't have a joy on the spot, no wonder Steward Li mysteriously refused to tell him the identities of these people, it turned out that these people were all shipwrights, and when he was really sleeping, someone handed him a pillow!
The last time he came, he actually talked to the Li family, and wanted to find a shipwright who could repair ships, they were active at sea all year round, and they could not guarantee that the ship would not be damaged at all, and once the ship was damaged, it would be difficult for them to repair it themselves, even if they were reluctant to repair it, it was only a temporary response, and it could not ensure the safety of the ship.
Now the reason why the bird boat he captured Zhou Cheng has been lost on the island is because he has been busy building the village for the past two months, and the other reason is that he has no skills and labor to completely renovate the boat.
Yu Xiaotian even thought about it, and when he simply went back to build a house, he dismantled the bird boat and used the wood to build the house, so as to save himself from soaking in the sea, waiting for it to rot or be eaten by sea maggots.
Now the Li family actually got him so many boatmen, this time the boat is saved, as long as the ship is repaired, he has two ships that can be used to go to sea to do things, and his strength is equal to doubling at once, and it will be easier to act at sea in the future.
So he quickly nodded and agreed, and sat down very homely and chatted with the boatwright, after the conversation, he learned that the shipwright named Guo Fu also had two sons under his knees, and they all followed him to learn to repair ships and build ships since childhood, and now they are all teenagers here, and they can help his father work, and his wife died in childbirth when she gave birth to her youngest son, and his family is poor, so he has not continued the string.
And the other two who followed Guo Fu were also his apprentices, because the master's daughter committed suicide by humiliation, they were very angry when they were young and vigorous, and helped Guo Fu beat the young master of the owner recklessly, but they didn't think about it but killed the young master of the east family, causing a monstrous disaster, so they could only run away with their master, and now they have to follow.
This time Yu Xiaotian is equivalent to getting five subordinates who can repair ships and build ships, and they will no longer have to worry about repairing ships in the future, which is great news for Xiaotian, compared to the Li family giving them a few hundred taels of silver, it will be more affordable.
And the Li family actually did a favor this time, did not spend money to meet Yu Xiaotian's needs, and reached the reward they promised at the beginning, this transaction for both of them, is a great joy, cost-effective, it can be seen that the Li family in business, do have advantages, think about what people think, but also save them a lot of silver.
After returning to the island, Yu Xiaotian did not send these ten people to the isolation camp for solitary isolation, but only burned their clothes, asked people to boil water, washed them well, and let them take a few pairs of commonly used decoctions, beat the parasites that they might have in their stomachs, and then placed them in the village.
And Zhao Mazi and Li Gouzi, who stayed in the village, at this time have also taken advantage of Yu Xiaotian's time to go to sea, and began to build houses in the village with the rest of the people, and some of the houses that were burned down were soon built again.
And Yu Xiaotian did not delay, after returning to the island and pausing for a little to explain some things, he took people on the boat again and headed towards Nanri Island, if it was too late, they estimated that they would not be able to rush to Nanri Island to worship Zhang Hu before the festival, in that case, they might offend Zhang Hu, and it would also make Wang Hong more difficult.
Although Yu Xiaotian's temporary strength has increased a lot, compared to the shark Zhang Hu, his strength is still very small, and it is not enough to compete with Zhang Hu, so it is necessary to show favor for the time being, which can be regarded as a person who knows the times as a handsome!
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