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At this moment, Saeki Xing was still trying to control the rudder.

The rudder was too tall for her height, and it was very difficult to control it accurately. But there was no way, there was no one else on board.

"Ah, Brother Ronin should be able to escape~ Ah-la-la~ Ronin's knife~ Very good~ Bald monk~ Can't run away~" Little Lori hummed, wonderfully in tune and rhymed.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed the side of the boat and shook the boat.

"Oops"

Shaken coldly, Saeki sat down on the deck.

The hand that grabbed the side of the ship was still straining, and then a head popped up.

Saeki Xing trembled and pulled out the short knife inserted in his lower back: "Meow"

It's not really a cat meow, of course, but it feels pretty much the same.

"Hey, it's me."

Seeing Nan Xiao climb onto the boat, Saeki Xing's horror instantly turned into joy. "Great," she pounced on and hugged Nan Xiao's neck, "Brother Ronin, you really escaped." ”

Hearing movement on the deck, Rin and Ivanka both burst out of the bilge. Seeing that it was Nan Xiao, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's you." Rin put the short knife away.

"Is it safe?" Ivanka lowered her bayonet.

Nan Xiao lay on the deck, looking at the stars in the sky. "Well, we're all safe." He held an octopus whisker in his mouth and smiled domineeringly.

"What's next?" Ivanka asked.

Next? Build your own fleet, of course! First go to Hangzhou to recruit sailors, and then prepare the ship well. Hangzhou silk fabrics are still very good, full of cantons of food and sold to Nagasaki, and then backhand full of cotton fabrics. If everyone is the same kind of goods, it will not lead to dumping and depreciation. After a few more trips like this, I quickly earned money to buy a new boat. Then buy more goods, make more money, buy more ships...... In the end, sign an exclusive contract with each port, assign a loyal brother to build a detachment fleet, let them run their own business, and just lie down and collect money every month, wahahaha, dominate the seven seas! I'm the man who was destined to be the King of the Pirates......

"Hey," Saeki Xing shook her hand twice in front of Nanxiao's eyes, "Brother Ronin, what are you thinking?" ”

"Ah, something else. Anyway, let's go to Hangzhou first and meet Admiral Li Huamei. ”

The boat floated on the sea for a few days, the wind was very strong, and it came all the way to Hangzhou.

It's a very wealthy city, and it's picturesque, at least where Nan Xiao has seen. Ivanka arranged for them to stay at the residence of the Li family's sailors. It was a nice dock, with five boats, each twice as big as Nanxiao's small galleys.

Regarding the ownership of the small galley, Ivanka generously offered to give it to Nan Xiao as a reward for saving his life. In addition, she also promised to introduce him to Admiral Li Huamei.

Nan Xiao was eager to meet this celebrity. I've imagined all kinds of things it would be like to meet. Well, should you step with your left foot or your right foot first? Should you look into Admiral Whamme's eyes, nose, or mouth? It's definitely not going to work below the neck, so don't think about it. Should it be humorous or serious?

A few days later, however, Ivanka sent news telling him to wait. She said that the Li family sailor seemed to be in a little trouble, and Admiral Li Huamei was dealing with it, and she didn't have time to see anyone for the time being.

Okay, it's okay anyway, Nan Xiao plans to go around Hangzhou City and take a look at the prosperity of the world.

It's impossible to run out of money. The first thing he did was to cash in the silver ticket and get fifty taels of silver.

Next to the money village is the pawnshop, Nan Xiao took out the copper compass and looked at it, struggled with his thoughts, and finally decided to forget it. I have already taken fifty taels of silver from others, at least return the compass to his wife.

With fifty taels of silver as the capital, he turned around and went to the casino.

There are a lot of small casinos near the pier where you can gamble on everything. In Nan Xiao's eyes, they are similar to ATMs. Of course, there must be a degree of withdrawal, and you can't catch a sheep. In order to control the amount of profits, he observed very carefully, and finally decided that winning about five taels would not draw the hatred of the casino owner.

Five taels of silver is almost a month's expense for ordinary people, but it is actually quite a lot. However, in the gambling stall, there was no splash of five taels of silver thrown in. Any inconspicuous gambling stall, each down in and out of a few times to dozens of times. Those who watch the field will never come up to find fault just because they won five taels.

The knife saws the big tree, low-key and easy to earn. Nan Xiao has been visiting the casino for a few days, and his net worth has doubled.

However, the casino is not stupid, and gradually noticed this guy who rarely loses money. Always don't lose money, casino to make wool?

Nan Xiao noticed this, so he decided to take a big one last.

That day, he swept through the seven or eight largest gambling stalls near the docks, and won nearly five hundred taels of silver in one go. The gambling stall owners were so heartbroken that they sent thugs to stop him. However, he has long since flashed. While the thugs were scrambling in the streets looking for someone, he had already returned to the sailor's station, ready to enjoy a self-pouring.

Pushing open the door, he found an uninvited guest at home.

Ivanka sat under the eaves and waited for him, looking sad. She was thinking about something, thinking so engrossedly, that she didn't even notice that Nan Xiao appeared in front of her bypassing the shadow wall.

Saeki Xing was playing in the yard, and when she saw Nan Xiao, she happily ran over: "Brother Ronin~~"

Nan Xiao skillfully performed the head touching.

"Woo......" Saeki's favorability has increased by 1 point.

"Why did she come to our house to get distracted?" Nan Xiao quietly pointed to Ivanka.

"Oh, it seems to be for Admiral Li Huamei."

"Okay, you go wake her up."

"Okay, Brother Ronin." Saeki skillfully ran up to Ivanka and shook her hand a few times in front of her eyes.

Ivanka woke up in shock, her eyes focused on her for a while, and finally settled on Nan Xiao. "Oh, thank God you're finally back. I've heard that you've been addicted to gambling lately."

"Wait, you finally came here, you shouldn't have come to accuse me of gambling, right?"

"It's Admiral Rumme," Ivanka frowned, "she's in trouble, a big one. ”

Nan Xiao remembered the five medium-sized sailboats moored at the dock. If Uncle Ben had five boats that big, most of them would have crossed the East China Sea by this time and made a lot of money happily. However, with only a small boat on hand, he had to go gambling.

The process of earning your first pot of gold is so painful. To be honest, he hated the foul smell in the small gambling stall, and he wanted to vomit when he smelled it.

If Li Huamei can join me and become the captain of the ship under my command......

He sat down across from Ivanka and smiled gently: "Tell me, what kind of difficulty?" ”

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