When Zhang Ergou heard this, he immediately gasped.

Although Zhang Ergou is poor and short-minded, he is well-informed when he is a broker, and he knows it clearly: this Li Shengjie is Li Zhi's beloved son, and he is the future heir of the Li family.

The more Zhang Ergou thought about it, the more complicated it became, his head was almost bursting, and he stammered and stood in place, unable to say half a sentence.

Li Zhi saw his helpless look, and knew that he couldn't open his mouth to ask himself again, so he smiled and said, "What? Do you still want the old man to hand over his beloved son to the widows? ”

"No...... No...... Don't dare, don't dare. Zhang Ergou replied while shaking his head like a rattle.

"That's it!" Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I won't make it difficult for you." You told those widows that it was my son who killed them, but it was impossible to give them over. When the old man returns to the Japanese country, he will prepare a heavy gift to make amends to you Lord Oda! After a while, and the old man is tired, you can get off the boat. ”

Zhang Ergou nodded, agreed repeatedly, and quickly translated Li Zhi's words to the widow.

Who knew that the more the Japanese listened, the more annoyed they became, and they bared their teeth and scolded Zhang Ergou.

Although Li Zhi also knew some Japanese dialect, these Japanese people spoke quickly and quickly, and their accents were heavy, so he couldn't listen to the truth, so he asked Zhang Ergou: "Ergou, why do these Japanese people still refuse to get off the boat?" What nonsense are you still talking about? ”

Zhang Ergou said: "The old shipowner, they said that the person who died was a close confidant of Lord Oda, if he couldn't get the owner, I am afraid he would not be able to explain." He also said that if I can't get people, then they don't need to raise me, a useless Han, and they will chop me with a knife! The old shipowner save me, save me! In the end, he was already crying.

When Li heard this, he felt a little sorry for Zhang Ergou, and he snorted and winked at the servant Lao Cai, and said to Zhang Ergou: "Ergouzi, when you were a child, your old husband hugged you, but I didn't expect to be so mixed up when you grew up." Okay, for the sake of your dead father, I'll save your life again. Say the following words to those widows as they are! ”

When Zhang Ergou heard this, he couldn't help crying with joy and agreed.

"You tell them—" but Li Zhi said viciously, "what is so strange that the one who died was only one of Oda's generals, and not his son?" Even the old man's son killed Oda's son, so it's also to blame that little Oda is not good at martial arts, and he can't complain about others. What's more, there are so many sons of Oda, there are no more than one, and one less is not less, and if they die, they will die! If you entangle it again, believe it or not, the old man sent a few hundred catties of gold to the Maori family, and asked him to recruit thousands of soldiers to copy Oda's back road! Acquaintances, let these widows get off the boat quickly! ”

Zhang Ergou listened to Li Zhi's murderous words, his eyes widened, as if he didn't understand Li Zhi's words, and stared at Li Zhi in a daze.

Li Zhi said impatiently: "What are you watching me do? Don't you know the old man? Don't listen to the old man's words, 1510 and the few widows you brought! ”

Zhang Ergou reacted from his ignorance at this time, and said tremblingly: "Old shipowner, are you joking with me?" If I say these few words, is there still a way to live? ”

Li Zhi showed a hint of murder in his eyes, pursed his lips disdainfully, and said, "Do you think that if you don't say it, you will have a way to live?" Less verbose, I told the Japanese people word for word. Otherwise, if the Japanese don't kill you, I'll throw you into the sea to feed the sharks!" ”

When Zhang Ergou heard this, his whole body trembled, and he finally made up his mind, and tremblingly translated Li Zhi's words into Japanese and told the leading Japanese general.

The general was obviously angered by Zhang Ergou's words, and saw that his face was blue and purple, and finally exhausted all his patience, gritted his teeth and whispered a whisper that he didn't know what to mean, and then his right hand secretly touched his waist, wanting to draw out his saber - this general was furious, and actually forgot his ancestral sword, which had just been given to Li Zhi as a gift - his right hand touched the void, and he had to pull out another short knife more than a foot long.

Zhang Ergou was taken aback, fearing that this general would be ruthless, so he hurriedly retreated several steps towards Li Zhi's side.

This general really wanted to kill Zhang Ergou to relieve his hatred, and when he saw him running so far that he couldn't do anything, he was even more angry, and even the mustache on his lips almost stood upright, and the muscles and skin on his face twitched strangely.

The general was so angry that he shouted, and all the nearly fifty men behind him drew their swords and were about to commit murder.

Li Zhi faced the long knife of the Japanese people, but his face was fearless, and he still sat motionless in the chair.

However, the old Cai Tou behind him didn't dare to slack off, and said with a long roar: "Brothers, come out!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly saw seventy or eighty sailors standing up behind him, all holding strong bows and crossbows, holding their breath and aiming at the group of Japanese people, the bows and crossbows had already been mounted with arrows, and the tips of the metal arrows reflected the cold light of the sun, as if they were about to be launched at any time to kill people.

The fierce Japanese were also shocked to see such a scene, and they took two steps back, and looked around to see how many sailors appeared on the side of the cabin, on the cable, and behind the mast, and they were also aiming at themselves with bows and crossbows—as long as the old shipowner Li Zhi gave an order, ten thousand arrows could be fired in unison, and they could shoot it like a group of hibernating hedgehogs.

This group of people and horses was made by Lao Cai Tou after seeing Li Zhi's eyes and quietly ordering someone to prepare. In the blink of an eye, there were more than a hundred sailors, relying on their familiarity with the terrain on the ship, and each of them surrounded the more than 40 provocative Japanese people on board.

Although the Japanese are cruel and fierce, they are not stupid, and they know that no matter how fast the Japanese knife in their hands is, it is no faster than an arrow, and no matter how long it is, it cannot compare with the range of a bow and crossbow.

When Li Zhi saw this situation, he was extremely proud in his heart, a smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and he said to Zhang Ergou: "Ergouzi, you tell them that the old man is still the same sentence." People cannot be handed over to them. Since the matter has happened, then wait for the old man to finish this transaction, and then go back to the Wa Kingdom to make amends to the Lord of Oda in person. ”

Although this Zhang Ergou temporarily worked for the Japanese people, he was still a big Han people in his heart, and he had relatives who could beat Li Zhi in the eight poles, and when he saw the old ship owner so majestic, his heart also followed the majesty, so he raised his head and said Li Zhi's words to the group of Japanese people.

Although the Japanese people look strong on weekdays, they also know how to judge the situation and know the current situation, not only will it be impossible to take people off the boat, but whether they can escape with their whole body is still between the two.

So they thought about it for a while, and finally returned the knife back to its sheath, like a deflated ball, bent down and said a few words of farewell to Li Zhi with his chest in his chest, and then hung his head like a plagued rooster, and lined up to get off the boat.

Li Zhi coldly watched this group of Japanese people get off the boat, and gently spit out a few words in his mouth, "bully the soft and fear the hard", and then stood up from the comfortable chair, and said loudly: "Little guys, you have done a good job today, give the old man a long face, and one person will reward you with two taels of silver, and after returning to the Japanese country, you will be given two days off, and you will have a good time!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a tsunami of cheers erupted from the deck.

Li Shengjie, who had been hiding for a long time, also got out of the cabin, jumped up to his father, and said with a smile: "Dad, they all said how majestic you were back then, I thought you were bragging. Look at it today, it really lives up to its reputation, and it scared away the Japanese people in just a few words, this ability, when will you teach me! ”

Li Zhi dotes on his only son the most on weekdays, listening to him praise in person, he couldn't say what he was using in his heart, "hahaha" looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and then said: "You kid has a lot to learn!" Don't cause trouble for me in the future, what skills can't you teach? ”

Qiu Yizhi and others also rushed forward and boasted humility with Li Zhi.

After saying a lot of words, Li Zhi suddenly remembered Zhang Ergou, turned his head and said to him: "Ergouzi, what are your plans in the future?" ”

There were too many things that happened today and too fast, so that Zhang Ergou couldn't react, and he hesitated for a long time before he said in a voice that couldn't be lower: "It's all up to the old shipowner." ”

Li Zhi heard it clearly, and replied: "Ergouzi, today is your kid's luck and picked up a life and came back, do you know it yourself?" ”

Zhang Ergou nodded and said, "There are numbers, there are numbers." I still have to rely on the old shipowner to accumulate power, otherwise I am afraid that I would have been cut into two pieces by the Japanese people a long time ago. ”

"Humph!" Li Zhi sneered, "What do you know? Do the widows dare to kill people on my ship? Tell you, you have committed a great sin by taking the Japanese people on the boat today. If it weren't for the fact that you were still a little measured in what you said just now, it seems that you are still on the old man's side, otherwise the old man would have ordered someone to kill you. Look at the guards around the old man, as long as the old man loosens his mouth and kills you, isn't it the same as crushing an ant? ”

Zhang Ergou raised his eyes to look at the bows and arrows on the deck that were being sorted out by the sailor guards while talking and laughing, and he was a little proud to see that these weapons scared away the Japanese people, but now he was so frightened that his knees were weak, kneeling on the deck, and kept kowtowing, making a "dong dong" sound.

Li Zhidao: "Okay, don't knock." The old man's boat was freshly built, and he was careful to break the wood on the boat. ”

When others heard Li Zhi say this, they immediately burst into laughter, but Zhang Ergou, who was involved, couldn't laugh at all, and quickly raised his head but didn't dare to stand up, so he knelt on the deck, like a huge toad.

But I heard Li Zhi continue: "Ergouzi, I don't blame you for this today. But whoever can get along in China, who is willing to work for the Japanese people? The old man is no worse than you, and I have more or less understood what those Japanese people told you, and I know that you have left a decent amount of time when you translated it to me. This is your filial piety, as long as there is this filial piety, I will not be difficult for you. ”

Qiu Yizhi listened to it on the sidelines, and he heard his father-in-law say more than once: "A loyal minister is a filial son, and a filial son is a loyal minister". Take Zhao Chengxiao, his right-hand man by his side, for example, after Emperor Zheng Rong heard that he was unwilling to take refuge in himself in order to take care of his old mother, he was exempted from the sin of going up the mountain on the spot, not only was he given the post of general, but even the word "Chengxiao" was given by him personally - the emperor gave him a name, what an honor!

Qiu Yi listened and thought about it, and sighed at the same time: It turns out that although the status of the supreme on land and the overlord of the sea is still different, there are commonalities in using people to govern the army.