Chapter 19 Zhao Mazi's trip to Guangzhou
This good news is not on the side, that is, Zhao Mazi, who was sent by him to follow Feng Tiancheng and Young Master Feng back to Guangzhou, finally came back after being missing for a few months, and when Yu Xiaotian returned to the dock with the boat, he learned the news as soon as possible, so he immediately rushed back to the village.
Before he returned to the chamber of the wolf's den, Zhao Mazi, accompanied by Li Gouzi and Meng Maniac, came out at a trot, and when he saw Yu Xiaotian Zhao Mazi's excited lips were trembling, he knelt down on one knee and said: "Zhao Mazi see the big boss!" ”
Yu Xiaotian saw that Zhao Mazi was all right, and his heart was also put down, and he came to Zhao Mazi in three steps and two steps, and dragged Zhao Mazi up from the ground with one hand.
"Uncle Zhao, please get up quickly, you are going to kill me! Hehe! It's good to be back! You don't know that we are all worried about you during this time, I have asked the Li family to help me go to Guangzhou to inquire about your news, and you will come back without saying this! Fast! Let's go in and talk!
Hurry up and settle some wine and food, let's pick up the wind and wash the dust for Uncle Zhao......" Yu Xiaotian couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and pulled Zhao Mazi into his residence.
The news of Zhao Mazi's return immediately spread, and soon those descendants from Xiaohuangdao all ran to Yu Xiaotian to visit Zhao Mazi one after another.
Zhao Mazi is so happy! He didn't expect that he had been out of the country for a few months, but after he came back, he had already been a matter of fact, Yu Xiaotian had worked for a few months, and he actually led his subordinates to overturn the Shark Gang, and he actually killed Zhang Hu and occupied Nanri Island.
If he hadn't come back this time and ran into a merchant ship from Fuzhou, he wouldn't have known that the sea wolf had changed so much, and he almost ran back to Treasure Island to find a ship.
After confirming that this matter was true, Zhao Mazi came directly to Nanri Island, and after arriving at Nanri Island, he confirmed that the news was not fake, especially after seeing Meng Luozi and Li Gouzi who stayed on the island, he was so happy that he almost wanted to faint, and it felt as unreal as a dream.
Looking at the Wolf's Den Village on Nanri Island, which was several times larger than their previous Treasure Island Village, Zhao Mazi couldn't close his mouth with joy after he went to the island, looking at everything fresh, before Yu Xiaotian came back, he pulled Li Gouzi and Meng Maniac, and let them take him around inside and outside the village.
After stabilizing his mind, Yu Xiaotian poured wine and cloth dishes for Zhao Mazi, and asked, "Uncle Zhao, why did you delay coming back for so long this trip!" But is it difficult for you on the Feng family's side? ”
Zhao Mazi thanked him and shook his head and said, "Feng Gongzi is a believer, and the Feng family will never make it difficult for me!" It's hard to put into words!
This time I accompanied Feng Tiancheng and Feng Gongzi back to Guangzhou, Feng Gongzi took me to meet his father, and Feng Gongzi was overjoyed to see Feng Gongzi.
I went this trip to find out that although the shopkeeper Feng has four sons, but what he values most is Feng Gongzi, Feng Gongzi is the second child of his family, the eldest eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles all day long, never asks about business, although the third child also follows his father in business, but his talent is not as good as Feng Ergongzi, the old four years are young and sick, and he is bedridden all day.
The shopkeeper Feng has almost already made up his mind, and in the future, let Feng Ergongzi inherit his mantle and take over the Feng family's business.
But he didn't think about it halfway but was robbed by Zhou Cheng, so the shopkeeper Feng sent people to Fuzhou several times to inquire about the news, wanting to redeem the second son of Feng, and later Zhou Cheng sent someone to send a letter to his family, asking for a ransom of 2,000 taels of silver, and the shopkeeper Feng agreed without saying a word.
Needless to say, Zhou Cheng was destroyed by us and invited Feng Gongzi to our Treasure Island, and the Feng family lost the news of Feng Ergongzi.
Originally, the shopkeeper Feng was already desperate, thinking that this son must be gone, but he didn't expect Feng Er Gongzi to suddenly go back.
After hearing that Feng Ergongzi was rescued by us from Zhou Cheng, Shopkeeper Feng took out two thousand taels of silver tickets to reward us.
But the big boss said that he couldn't ask for the Feng family's money, so Feng Ergongzi told the Feng shopkeeper the idea of the big boss.
Shopkeeper Feng hesitated at that time, but still agreed to Feng Ergongzi's request, and prepared to let the Feng family's iron work cast a few cannons as a thank you gift to us.
But when I was waiting for the goods in Guangzhou, things changed, Guangdong and Fujian this year, because the red-haired people kept harassing the coastal states and counties, and fought a few battles with the official army, the Guangdong and Fujian governments are preparing for war, preparing to start a war with the red-haired people, plus I heard that the east of the north of the Tatars made a fuss, the imperial court also asked the Guangdong government to cast cannons for the official army, and transport them to Liaodong to deal with the use of Jiannu.
Therefore, the private blacksmith shops in the Guangzhou area were also ordered to cast cannons for the government, and the government even sent people to watch directly at the blacksmith shops, and directly pulled away one when it was cast, but the Feng family was also among them, and there was no way to cast cannons for us anymore. ……”
Speaking of this, Zhao Mazi stopped, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of water, Yu Xiaotian couldn't help but be deflated when he heard this.
Although the cast cannon is not a high-tech thing for him, the so-called Hongyi cannon is just an iron pipe for a modern person like him, but the cannon wall is thicker, and it is not a big deal.
However, he only knows some things about cannon casting in theory, and he has no actual experience at all, and he still needs experienced people to actually operate it.
Nowadays, the craftsman who can cast cannons is not easy to find, he can only find a way to meet his needs by buying or grabbing, and finally caught the Feng family's road, but because of the Dutch affairs, the Feng family can't cast cannons for him, which is equivalent to working in vain.
Yu Xiaotian couldn't hide the disappointment on his face, and couldn't help but sigh on the side.
But after Zhao Mazi drank the water, he continued: "When Feng Ergongzi saw this situation, he also felt very sorry for the big boss, so he discussed with Feng Shopkeeper and secretly found a blacksmith who could cast cannons for us in the Guangdong area, and came back with me."
As soon as I heard it, this was a good thing, and the big boss said at the time that it would be better to send us a blacksmith who could cast cannons than to send us a cannon, so I waited for the news.
Shopkeeper Feng was quite hesitant about this matter, worried that if people knew about it, they would be troubled by the government to find their Feng family, so it dragged on for a few days.
Feng Er Gongzi discussed with Feng Shopkeeper many times, and later Feng Shopkeeper reluctantly agreed, but he was not allowed to look for candidates in the Feng family's blacksmith shop, so that Feng Er Gongzi could find a way to find such a blacksmith for us in other places.
In this way, I stayed in Guangzhou for an extra month, and then the hard work paid off, Feng Gongzi inquired in many places, and really found this blacksmith for us.
This blacksmith's surname is Lei, he is a person from Shaozhou Mansion, he has been a blacksmith for generations, and his generation is even more skilled, because there are many thieves in Shaozhou, his family is not stable, and he is often disturbed by thieves, so he went to Guangzhou a few years ago to make a living, and was included in their family's blacksmith shop by a businessman surnamed Meng.
But this Lei blacksmith is not a peaceful person, the Meng family treats him well, at first he did a good job, but later he liked gambling money, and as a result, the money that the Meng shopkeeper gave him was used by him to gamble, and he also fell into a lot of debt.
This guy not only gambled money, but also lustful, somehow hooked up with the maid of the shopkeeper Meng, did something unscrupulous, and asked the maid to steal the money of the shopkeeper Meng for him and pay off the gambling debts for him.
Later, the shopkeeper Meng found out about this, and drove the man surnamed Lei out of the house, the surname Lei owed a lot of gambling debts, and the creditor caught him and forced him to pay back the money, so this guy came up with a collusion with the gangsters and secretly sneaked into the house of the shopkeeper Meng, but the matter was revealed, and a gangster surnamed Lei stabbed the shopkeeper Meng to death.
The surname Lei saw that the matter was getting bigger, so he fled from Guangzhou overnight, and the government wanted this guy everywhere, and later this guy wanted to let the Feng family help him find a hiding place through a fellow villager who worked in the Feng family.
So Feng Gongzi found this surnamed Lei, and asked him to hide the surname Lei first, and asked me to bring the surname Lei back.
More than a month ago, Feng Gongzi sent me and the blacksmith surnamed Lei to a boat at his house, and asked me to bring the blacksmith surnamed Lei back, which was very smooth, but when the boat went to Quanzhou, it met the fleet of red-haired people and sealed us in Quanzhou Bay.
During this time, the red-haired people in the south of Quanzhou were really troublesome, many ships were blocked in Quanzhou Bay and could not get out, and even the warships of the government were said to have been destroyed by the red-haired people, so that they did not dare to go on the sea during this time.
As a result, we stayed in Quanzhou Bay for a long time, and the man surnamed Lei couldn't stay on the boat, so he had to go ashore to play, and as a result, he caused an accident in Quanzhou, gambling and cheating with others, and was beaten by someone, and one leg was also lame.
Later, I had no choice but to take twenty taels of silver to redeem this guy, and I finally came back a few days ago!
I first went to the side of Dalian Island, and heard about the mixed river dragon, it is said that the big river dragon has become a lot more deserted during this time, and the ship of the mixed river dragon has robbed several merchant ships to the big river dragon, which has made the surrounding people panic, and not many people dare to go to the big river island to do business anymore. ”
When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he was a little dissatisfied with Zhao Mazi's verbosity, so he interrupted Zhao Mazi's words and asked him, "So this Lei blacksmith also came back with you?" Where is he now? ”
Zhao Mazi shook his head and said, "This Lei blacksmith is still on Dalian Island for the time being!" After this guy was beaten up in Quanzhou, his leg injury did not heal, and he ate indiscriminately on the boat on the way, and as a result, he was a mess, and his life was almost lost!
After arriving at Dalian Island, this guy really couldn't get up, and I was afraid that if I let this guy come back with me, I would lose my life if I didn't get it, so I entrusted him to Steward Li to take care of him for the time being, and when he got better, I would take him back! ”
Yu Xiaotian breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, no matter what, Zhao Mazi's trip to Guangzhou was still worth it! Although he didn't get the cannon back, he did bring back a blacksmith who could cast cannons, which was much better than getting a few cannons back.
It's a pity that this Lei Blacksmith is a tainted person, not a good thing, but this is nothing to him, compared to Lei Blacksmith, he is a big thief, as long as he gets this guy back, he is not afraid that this guy is not honest, if he is lustful, give him a woman, good gambling is good to say, there are definitely a lot of gambling masters under his hands, let people bet a few with him, in short, as long as he casts a cannon for himself.
It is better to rely on yourself than to ask anyone, only by meeting your own needs can things be easier in the future, so he immediately nodded and said: "It really makes Uncle Zhao hard!" This trip to Guangzhou is really good, come on, I salute Uncle Zhao for a ......"
Zhao Mazi shook his head after drinking and said, "It's a pity! If I don't go to Guangzhou this time, I can catch up and see for myself how we overthrew the Shark Gang! Such a big thing actually made me wrong! What a pity! ”
"Uncle Zhao, don't feel sorry, now that we have come to this point, there will be many big scenes in the future, why don't you worry about not seeing the big scenes? You're back at the right time, and I can't find the right person to do it! Yu Xiaotian shook his head and smiled.
"Oh? I don't know what the big boss commands, just say it, I, Zhao Mazi, am now completely convinced of the big boss, as long as it is what you order, it can't be wrong! Zhao Mazi became excited when he heard this, and asked Xiaotian.
So Yu Xiaotian told Zhao Mazi about his idea of opening a shop on the land, and said after the most reluctance: "This matter is only the most suitable for you to do at the moment, you are good at doing such things, you are most familiar with receiving people and things outside, and your temper is also very suitable for this!" So we don't have a better candidate here other than you! ”
Zhao Mazi twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, and asked Xiaotian a little worriedly: "Can this be done?" We're thieves now! Doesn't the government care about us? ”
"Money can make a grinding ghost! As long as we don't swagger and do business, as for the government, as long as they use money to pave the road, they will definitely turn a blind eye!
Li Yi is not very interested in cooperating with us, so in this way, we will have to rely on ourselves in the future! It's not a long thing to always rely on others to ship, and we want people and ships, so why do we have to rely on hijacking ships to make a living? People can do business, but what can't we do?
In the future, we can't just stare at other people's ships, so we must also do this business, not only to do it, but also to make it bigger!
You are not here these days, I have thought about a lot of things, not only do we have to do business, but also do things that others can't do, if it weren't for the mixed Jianglong who came to find fault during this time, I estimate that this matter has already begun to be done, but now the most important thing for us is to clean up the mixed river dragon first, at least let him shrink back to Funing, and dare not come to us again in the future! Yu Xiaotian said while drinking with Zhao Mazi.
Liu Lao Liu sat on the side and nodded again and again: "The big boss is right, it's not a way to rob it, we want people to have boats, why can't we also do business?"
Who of us doesn't know the way, the raw silk and silk of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the porcelain and tea of Fujian, and the sugar of Guangxi are poured out, and it is ten times and twenty times the profit when it changes hands, and this business can be done! It's better than killing people and robbing ships every day!
Besides, if we want to do this, who can be better than us? Who dares to provoke us? Let's just not rob their boats, once this business is done, we will definitely make no less! ”
After hearing this, Zhao Mazi nodded and said: "Since the big boss has made up his mind about this matter, I, Zhao Mazi, have nothing to say, I just need to do it!" ……”
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