Chapter 53: The Helm Handle
The area of the island is at least more than ten times that of the small Yellow Island, and it is only about a dozen nautical miles away from the small Yellow Island, which should be a very suitable island to live in, but because after the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the sea was rampant, and the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of banning the sea, so the residents of the original island have moved away, and it has become a desert island again.
From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the present, according to Liu Laoliu, there have been intermittent fishermen living on the island, but then they were either unable to live by pirates, or were forcibly moved to the mainland by the government, so for so many years, it has become a place where pirates often settle down.
More than ten years ago, Dahuang Island was also occupied by a group of pirates of a small scale, the island built a cottage, but also built a wharf water village, the number of pirates was the largest when there were nearly 1,000 people, but later this group of pirates in the attack on Zhejiang, was ambushed by the official army almost completely annihilated, the pirates on the island also declined, Fuzhou Navy sent troops here again to suppress once, the remnants of the pirates abandoned here, since then it has become a desert island again.
This time, after the people of Xiaohuangdao abandoned Xiaohuangdao, they happened to move to this Dahuangdao nearby as a temporary place to stay, which is also quite good.
When Xiaotian and others tried to go ashore to save Erya, Li Gouzi and others did not sit idle on Dahuang Island, they used the trees on the island, cut down some trees, collected some thatch, and built a few sheds on the slope of the hill near the bay for the people on the island to temporarily shelter from the wind and rain, in addition, they also found three small caves on the nearby mountains, which can also be used to hoard supplies, and also found a nearby waterhole, and found that the water in the waterhole was fresh water, which was completely available for their use.
So when Yu Xiaotian came back with the boat this time, the living conditions had already been issued here, at least there was no need for Yu Xiaotian to worry about these trivial matters.
Although Li Gouzi is a little timid, he also has his strengths, that is, he is more careful, and he is very diligent in doing things for people.
Yu Xiaotian settled down Erya, handed her over to a few women to take care of, followed Li Gouzi around the island, and was quite satisfied with the things that Li Gouzi took people to do, and his heart moved slightly, feeling that Li Gouzi might not be able to do anything else, but he was in charge of logistics and other things, which was a good candidate, and they said that Li Gouzi had read for a few days when he was a child, and he knew a few words, and he could write and calculate, so he secretly wrote it down.
After everyone settled down, there was a celebration banquet in the temporary station that night, after they came back and carefully counted, this time they brought back a total of more than 760 taels of silver from Jiang Baihu's house, more than 50 taels of gold, and a number of gold and silver jewelry used by women, in addition to the lampstand, copper basin, incense burner and other bronze utensils There are also some, originally everyone also brought out some silk and satin and good porcelain, but because they were in a hurry on the road, these things were relatively cumbersome, and they were discarded a lot.
In addition to these belongings, they also brought back two horses, a mule and two donkeys from Jiang Baihu's family, as well as five other women, one of whom was Jiang Baihu's concubine, and the other four were his family's maids, at least let the descendants of this group of bachelors on the island see the hope of marrying wives.
It's a pity that they started in the Jiang family too hastily, they were in a hurry to leave, and they didn't have the old ones and carefully searched, so after coming back, they thought about it carefully, and they could be sure that the Jiang family would not only have such a family collection of less than a thousand taels of silver, but now it is too late to regret it, otherwise, it is estimated that they can copy out more real money and bring it back.
But even so, if this was put in the past, these people on the island could not have imagined that they would one day get so much white silver, so after returning to the island, everyone, including the old fellow Mayan, looked at these things, and they were all very happy, smiling that they could not see their teeth and eyes, and they all wanted to sleep with these things in their arms.
Now that they had so much silver, they were no longer as stingy as before, and according to the orders of the horses, they took out all the wine and meat that had been hidden in the limited possession, and went to the seashore with the shabby little fishing boat to lay a net, and caught a few sea fish, and came to a feast on the seashore.
While everyone was eating and drinking, they boasted to the people who stayed behind that they had entered Jiang Baihu's house, and how they had overturned the family slaves of Jiang Baihu's family, and then how they searched for Jiang Fatzi, and how the last two girls and Yu Xiaotian killed Jiang Fatzi...... as if they had all become heroes, but no one said anything about them.
only listened to the few descendants who stayed on the island one by two with envy to death, and secretly regretted that they were not selected to follow Yu Xiaotian to the land, but now they can only stare dryly and listen to the boasting of others.
However, these people have not forgotten what they were able to do this time, and they did not forget to vividly describe the great power of Yu Xiaotian they saw.
In short, all the people who participated in this sneak attack on the Jiang family's compound praised Xiaotian's scheming and bravery, especially those who were born after all, regarded Xiaotian as their boss and kept standing up to toast Yu Xiaotian.
But after Yu Xiaotian started the banquet, he didn't show much joy, and from the time he got on the boat to this time, his face was never very good.
Ma Yan held a bowl of rice wine, and saluted Yu Xiaotian: "Brother Yu, today our big guy is done, not only saved Erya, but also killed the damn Jiang Baihu, and snatched back so much money, why are you always depressed?" Come on, come on, dry this glass of wine, I have a horse face in this life, and there are really not many people who admire it, but now I am convinced of you! If it weren't for you, this time it would be said that he rescued Erya and killed Jiang Baihu, and it is estimated that even if we go, we will all give it for nothing! ”
Yu Xiaotian took the wine from Ma Yan, smiled bitterly and looked at the people around him, and put down the wine bowl again, Ma Yan saw that Yu Xiaotian's face was not good, so he continued: "Brother Yu, what are you doing?" If you want to say that today is a happy thing, why are you so unhappy? Isn't there anything unpleasant? Speak up and let the big guys hear about it! ”
Without waiting for Yu Xiaotian to speak, Liu Lao Liu stood up first, clasped his hands into fists and said to everyone present: "Ma Yan, don't be in a hurry to ask Xiaotian why he is unhappy, I have something to say!" And all of you listened! Big guy, can you listen to my Liu Laoliu's words? ”
Everyone saw that Liu Lao Liu's face was full of spring breeze at this time, and they stood up to speak, so they all quieted down and set their eyes on Liu Lao Liu.
After Liu Lao Liu saw that everyone was quiet, he slowly moved into the circle, first looked at Yu Xiaotian, and then glanced at everyone, and then continued: "Fellow descendants! Speaking of which, Liu Lao Liu can be regarded as a person who eats for a few more years! Now that the matter has come to this, there are some things that have to be made clear!
This time, the big guy helped my surnamed Liu rescue my daughter, and I Liu Lao Liu thanked the big guy here, and I Liu Lao Liu is grateful to the big guy!
But the big guy doesn't know if he thought about it, we killed Jiang Baihu's house last night, killed Jiang Baihu, and robbed Jiang's family, who is this Jiang Baihu? He's an official! What we are doing is to kill officials and rebel, if we are caught by the government, we will kill the nine clans! ”
Speaking of this, Liu Laoliu paused, after everyone present listened, their expressions suddenly stiffened a little, at first they did this with their courage and enthusiasm, but the big guy did not carefully consider the consequences of this matter, and now after listening to Liu Laoliu's words, he thought of what they did, it was really a big thing to lose his head, and he couldn't help but think about it, and he was a little worried and afraid.
Liu Lao Liu looked at everyone's faces, so he continued: "So let's say it, now we are not as simple as when we were in Xiaohuangdao, just ordinary people!" To put it bluntly, now that we've done this, let's put it mildly, we'll become thieves! To put it nicely, let's go to the sea!
The reason why I Liu Lao Liu want to say this is to remind the big guy, since the matter has come to this, there is no way back if you want to regret it, and the big guy will have to live on this sea in the future!
But this is begging for a living at sea, and it's not just about talking! Even if the grass is a coward, at least we must first make trouble, and what should we do if we start today! Is it to find someone to take refuge in someone else? Let's just do it ourselves!
No matter what happens, we have to have the final say in the future, who will pick this beam, and who will we listen to in the future? Who's going to take us to do the work?
If even the big guy is confused about this matter, it's not that I Liu Lao Liu is laughing at everyone, don't look at the big guy so happy at this moment, it's just a blind fun! I'm afraid we won't be happy in a few days!
Therefore, I will take this opportunity today to talk about this matter! The big guys are also weighing in their hearts, who should be in charge of this family, who can afford it! ”
Speaking of this, Liu Laoliu stopped again and looked around at these people.
When everyone heard this, they all put away the smiles on their faces, because what Liu Lao Liu said was right, they were indeed a little too early to be happy now, and now that they have committed such a case, from now on, if they want to be whitewashed, I'm afraid it's too late.
What they should do in the future was indeed a matter for them to consider, so everyone immediately turned their heads to each other and discussed the way out.
After a while, Ma Yan shook his head on behalf of everyone and said, "In my opinion, now that we have a boat, why do we have to find someone to take refuge?" Is it possible for us to put this ship, this goods, and more than 30 of our heads into serving others, and others can't do it cheaper? Simply, let's also pull up the banner and pull it down ourselves! Who hasn't started this business from a young age? Why can't we do it ourselves? ”
After hearing this, everyone nodded yes, and for a while they all shouted to do it themselves, but after talking for a long time, everyone's words focused on who should be their helmsman, and in general, everyone's opinions were more inclined to the two old guys, Ma Yan and Liu Laoliu.
But the horse's face shook his head like a rattle: "Go, go!" Don't let me catch the ducks on the shelf, I can't do this helm handle! I can't afford this heart alone, and I want to live a few more days! I can't do this helmsman! ”
Liu Lao Liu also shook his head and smiled: "You save it!" Don't come and shoot your sixth uncle's ass! This helmsman is not something your sixth uncle can afford! But I have a candidate! It's just that I don't know if the big guy is willing to do it! ”
After finishing speaking, Liu Lao Liu slowly turned his gaze to Yu Xiaotian, who was sitting in the center, and everyone present also followed him and focused their eyes on Yu Xiaotian.
"I think that in fact, there is no need to discuss this matter too much, in my Liu Laoliu's eyes, now among us, I am afraid that only Brother Xiaotian can be this helmsman, I don't know if you have any opinions!" Liu Laoliu pointed his finger at Yu Xiaotian and said loudly.
(Tragedy!) Yesterday, I never thought that there would be chrysanthemums! I'm dizzy! What about red tickets? Where did all the red tickets in the brothers' hands go? Hurry up and smash it down! )