This morning, as soon as the shopkeeper got up from his bed, he heard a noisy sound from outside the cabin, and he was still wondering what was going on. As a result, at this time, I saw that the cabin was opened, and one of his fellows ran in with a frightened face and reported: "Shopkeeper, the person sent out by the fleet to inquire about the news has returned, but it seems that the situation is not very good!" ”

Hearing the man's report, the shopkeeper suddenly jumped up from the bed, his fat body did not seem to have the slightest effect on his speed, and then I saw him rush out of the cabin like a gust of wind to the deck, holding the side of the boat to look at the beach, only to see that a group of people on the beach really came back, but many of these people were injured, even if they were bandaged with gauze, but they could still see blood stains from the wounds.

"What's going on, why are so many people hurt?" Seeing the wounded on the beach, the shopkeeper Tu couldn't help but scream, and his face also showed a little panic, first, he was worried about the safety of the fleet, and secondly, he was worried about whether this business could still be done?

"Brother Tu, your eyes are not very good, although there are many injured people on the beach, their harvest is not small, you look at the burden they are carrying, there must be a lot of good things on their backs." As soon as the shopkeeper Tu's words fell, he only heard the voice of a middle-aged man next to him speak. The shopkeeper didn't have to look back to know who the person who was talking, because the boat under their feet was covered by two merchants, and in addition to him, the other half was wrapped by the talking shopkeeper.

"Thank you for the reminder, but didn't these people go out to listen to the news, how could so many people be injured, and they gained a lot of things, could it be that they had a conflict with the Jurchens, and then robbed the Jurchens?" Shopkeeper Tu turned around at this time. looked at the shopkeeper with a smile and said.

I saw that this horse shopkeeper is worthy of the surname Ma, with a wide and long horse face, such a long face, naturally the facial features are more open, and it looks really similar to the horse, in fact, as long as you know this horse shopkeeper. Behind his back, he is called Ma Mian, yes, it is the horse face of the bull head and horse face, because he is the same as the butcher, he belongs to the kind of ruthless people in the business field, it is said that once he colluded with pirates to slaughter several small tribes living on the island for the spices rich in a small island in the South Seas, so that the island was filled with a smell of corpses for several months, and it is said that people who have entered the island say that it is like hell. This also made the horse shopkeeper get a mixed number of horse noodles.

"Haha, the hero sees the same thing, brother, I think so too, after all, except for the Jurchens here, there is really no one who can hurt these people who listen to the news like this." The shopkeeper also said with a smile at this time.

This horse shopkeeper and Tu shopkeeper have teamed up to do business several times before, and they also know each other well, so this time they combined to charter this ship, except for the crew on board, they are members of the fleet. The rest of the people and the goods belong to both of them. It is also worth mentioning that this time it is not known whether it was intentional or unintentional arrangements by the fleet. The merchants who came with the fleet were almost all like the butcher and the horse shopkeeper, and their reputation was not very good, and their business was not very glamorous.

Just as the shopkeeper was talking to the shopkeeper Tu, I saw that Steward Xu finally appeared on the deck, and then went ashore in a small boat, and those who returned immediately surrounded him. Then several chieftains also stepped forward, as if to report something to the treasurer. The number of people sent out to listen to the news does not seem to be much, usually a team of ten people, and the total number of people is only ten teams, a total of one hundred people. Although many of these 100 people were injured, at least they all came back alive.

After Steward Xu learned about the situation, he immediately asked the fleet to send a small boat to take these people who went out to inquire about the news back to the ship to rest, but at this time, the businessmen who came together with the shopkeeper Tu and the shopkeeper Ma also immediately took action and rushed to Steward Xu's ship one by one, firstly, to observe these returning people up close, and secondly, to know what these people had encountered and what news they had heard?

The two of them came quickly, and at this time the people on the beach had just begun to board the boat, which also allowed them to carefully observe the people who came back, and they soon found that although many of these people were injured, they were all very excited, and it seemed that the people who made them injured would definitely not end well.

In addition, they also found that these people consciously threw their burdens on the deck when they got on the ship, and then counted them by special people, until then they found that there was everything in the baggage on these people's bodies, but mainly fur and ginseng, and some of the fur was still stained with a lot of blood, so it can be seen that these things were definitely not bought by them with money.

Through the above, it also confirmed the previous guess of the shopkeeper, these people who inquired about the news are likely to have ransacked a small tribe of the Jurchens, and the reason why it is so sure is that it is a small tribe, naturally because there are not many people who inquire about the news, if it is too big for the Jurchen tribe, I am afraid they will not be able to come back today.

"Brother Tu, look at the things these people brought back, although the fur is dirty and a little rough, but it is all good fur, you can sell it at a good price if you take it back and deal with it, as for the ginseng, it is all wild ginseng that is more than ten years old, and there are more than a dozen ginseng that are more than 100 years old, there are so many valuable things in a small tribe, it seems that the oil and water of the Jurchens are also very rich!" At this time, the shopkeeper touched his chin and spoke again.

Compared with the shopkeeper who only noticed the harvest of these people, the shopkeeper Tu has been paying attention to these people who have come back, and his chubby face also showed a bit of a thoughtful look, and finally saw that his face suddenly changed, as if he had thought of something, but then he frowned more tightly, and it seemed that he still couldn't figure out something.

After a while, Steward Xu finally came back from the beach, and met with the shopkeeper Tu and others who came to inquire about the news on his boat, only to see that at this time, Steward Xu said with an angry face: "I think you all saw it just now, the people sent out to inquire about the news have encountered some trouble, originally their initial actions were quite smooth, and they probably figured out the distribution of the Jurchens in this area, but just when they were about to come back, they clashed with a small tribe among them, Fortunately, our people were armed with weapons, and we finally defeated the small tribe, and by the way, we also robbed some things, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, but it can also be seen from this that these Jurchens are really barbaric and cruel, and if you are not careful, it will lead to a fight, if you want to do business with them in the future, you should be careful. ”

"Steward Xu, I don't think the brothers are too seriously injured, it seems that the combat effectiveness of those Jurchens is not very good?" At this moment, I saw a young man among the businessmen open his mouth and said with a smile, this young man's surname is Lin, he is also a ruthless character in the shopping mall, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth by his own means at a young age, which makes his character a little perverse, and he never takes others in his eyes.

"Shopkeeper Lin must not think so, the small tribe that clashed with my subordinates is not numerous, and at the time of the conflict, nearly half of the men in their tribe went out hunting, and there were only a few dozen middle-aged men in the tribe, so the camp was taken by my men, but even so, many of my men were injured, so don't underestimate the Jurchens." At this time, Steward Xu said with a solemn face, but the merchants below heard that dozens of people on the other side only injured the people in the fleet and did not kill them, which made many of them even more ignorant of the Jurchens.

"But although many people were injured this time, it was also very worthwhile, and the loot they brought back was secondary, the key was to inquire about the distribution of the Jurchens in this area, and now they are all on this map, you can take a look!" At this time, I saw Steward Xu take out a map from his arms, and then open it in front of everyone.

Seeing that Steward Xu actually shared the information he had finally heard with them, the people present were all very excited like yesterday's shopkeeper, and they all rushed forward to watch, only to see that the map in Steward Xu's hand not only marked the terrain of this area in detail, but also the distribution and sphere of influence of some Jurchen tribes, and even marked the number of some tribes, such a detailed map was simply priceless for them, so someone began to copy it on the spot, I'm going to do some research when I get back.

For the actions of these merchants, Steward Xu did not stop them, but waited very patiently for these merchants to finish copying, then put away the map, and then chatted with them for a few words, and then turned around and entered the cabin, and at this time, the shopkeeper and these merchants also dispersed, they needed to go back to digest the news they had just gotten, and by the way, study the map of this area, and prepare for the next business.

However, these merchants didn't know that as soon as Steward Xu entered the cabin, the leader of those who came back before was already waiting for him in the room, and then he saw Steward Xu restrain the smile on his face and asked, "Where are the rest of the brothers, and when can they come back?" ”

"Steward Qiqi, the rest of the brothers are staying in the mountains and forests in the southwest, and they can come back tonight!" One of the leaders replied that there were not a hundred of them, but a full five hundred, but the remaining four hundred who had quietly left the fleet, and the merchants did not know about it.

"Very good, I will celebrate the brothers when they come back, and the people who died in the war will also be properly settled, Your Highness will definitely not treat you brothers badly!" Steward Xu spoke again. The people who attacked the Black Bear Department before were the five hundred people he sent out, and the Black Bear Tribe had been burned to ashes by them, so naturally there could be no loot, but as for the loot just now, they took it away in advance, in order to put on a show in front of the shopkeeper. (To be continued......)