145. [Age of Exploration IV] Apricot Saeki
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Suddenly, the barrel was toppled over. A little Lori in a kimono jumped out, holding a short knife, and glared at Nan Xiao fiercely: "Don't come!" One more step and I'll ...... I'll just ......"
Her face was dark, and her hands were black, as if she had come out of a pile of coal. The kimono was also tattered and dirty. But the short knife is good. The blade is bright, and it is a sharp weapon at a glance.
Such a threat is not a threat at all. Nan Xiao stared at her, wanting to see what else she could say.
Little Lori "I'll be" for a while, and finally found that there was nothing to threaten Nan Xiao, so she desperately aimed the short knife at her throat and said, "If you come over again, I will kill myself!" ”
"Calm down," Nan Xiao said, "My name is Nan Xiao, and I am a merchant of the Ming Kingdom, not a Haikou. ”
"Ming merchants?" Little Lori looked at Nan Xiao suspiciously.
"It's true. I sailed from Quanzhou and planned to go to Hakata to trade. On the way, I met the pirates, the ship was gone, there was nothing. I floated in the sea for a long time before I finally saw the ship. I thought I was saved, but I didn't expect you to be robbed too. ”
“…… You'll speak our minds. ”
"As a businessman, if you can't even understand the words of your customers, what kind of business do you do?"
"That's right."
"So, what's your name?"
Little Lori suddenly became vigilant again, and asked, "Why are you asking about this?" ”
"Shouldn't we introduce each other when we meet for the first time? I've introduced myself, it's your turn. ”
"Hmm......" Lori hesitated.
It was probably the charm of the 20-point full grid that worked. Nan Xiao's smile carried a reassuring power. Little Lori hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to report the name: "That, my name is Saeki Xing, and I am the last bloodline of Saeki's family." ”
Apricot Saeki?
Nan Xiao felt very strange, he clearly remembered all the plots of Age of Exploration 4, but none of the little Lori named Saeki Xing appeared? Isn't the Age of Discovery in the real plane different from the game?
"Is the Saeki family a daimyō?" He decided to probe.
"It's not as powerful as the daimyo, but it's also a famous wealthy family in the Fengshou area of Kyushu, with a territory of 8,000 stones and a family of 150 soldiers. However, there was civil strife in the family. My uncle, Sokuro Takida, assassinated my parents and elder brother. If it weren't for a few retainers desperately trying to escape with me, I wouldn't have escaped his poisonous hands. ”
"So, did he catch you at sea?"
Saeki shook her head: "It's another group of pirates, it seems that they came to the island under the name of something." Their boats were very fast, and there were many people, surrounded us, and they jumped up in dense formation. The retainers who protected me died one by one. Rin took me to the bottom cabin and told me to hide behind the bucket. I hid and didn't dare to make a sound. I heard the pirates rushing in. Rin defeated them one by one. But there were too many of them, and Rin finally lost his strength, and was captured by them, woo......"
Nan Xiao thought about it, if he wanted to build his own fleet, he would naturally be the fastest to exterminate the pirates. There is a task in front of me, and I don't do it in vain. "Don't be afraid, I'll help you," he said, "Do you know the information about the pirates who came to the island?" Like where they are heading. ”
"You?" Saeki Xing stared at Nan Xiao in surprise, "You're ...... alone"
"I'm amazing."
“…… Are you sure? ”
"Really, I can guarantee it. No matter how many of those pirates come, they are no match for me. ”
That's really not blowing. If the pirates were all at the level of those one-meter-and-five-meter dwarfs on the deck, Nan Xiao felt that he could single-handedly pick up hundreds without any pressure.
At my level, if I were in the Three Kingdoms Peerless World, wouldn't I be the first to take the rank of general in the army of ten thousand armies, and I would be a thousand? A little cold man arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon, Shijiazhuang Zhao Zilong is me......
"Hey," Saeki Xing shook her hand twice in front of Nanxiao's eyes, "What are you thinking?" ”
"Ah, something else. Anyway, do you know where those pirates went? ”
"Hmm...... Probably the pirate island to the north. I hid in the cabin and listened to the pirates talking about going to the island to replenish fresh water before returning to Shikoku. ”
"Okay, let's go too."
"Huh! Are you sure? ”
"What I, Nan Xiao, have ever said, always count," Nan Xiao rubbed Saeki Xing's head, "After getting along for a long time in the future, you will know." ”
"Woo ......" little Lori showed a cat-like expression, which inexplicably made people feel a sense of satisfaction with petting cats.
Sure enough, Lori is still the highest in the East. The two little Loli in the uncharted sea don't have this soft and cute feeling, and they are all future women.
Throw the body into the sea, raise the sails, and follow the direction pointed out by Apricot Saeki,!
Although there were only two of them, they kept the small dhowing very well in good hands. Saeki Lori is unexpectedly capable, jumping around on two masts and taking good care of the sails. Nan Xiao was in charge of steering and firmly controlling the direction. It just so happened that the wind was also strong, blowing the sails bulging. The boat is literally like flying on the water.
It took about two days to get to Pirate Island. If you don't eat anything along the way, you eat shark meat raw. To be honest, it wasn't tasty. Sharks are known to pee through their pores, and there is a smell of urine in their flesh. But at this time, if you have something to eat, you will be fine, and you don't have the leisure to go fishing.
Saeki Lori is unexpectedly strong, and she doesn't have a bit of an aversion to shark meat, and she still tries to make it a little more delicious. Her short knife was sharp, and it cut the shark meat into strips, washed it in the sea, and hung it up to dry. After drying it like this, it tasted much better.
"I know a lot about how to make fish," Lori boasted, "sliced fish, salt-grilled, sauce-grilled, pickled...... According to my father, my family used to be a big fish house merchant in the Kyushu area, but then bought land and gradually became a wealthy family. Woo, my father and mother are ......," she said, and suddenly tears broke down in her eyes, looking pitiful.
At this time, saying anything was counterproductive, and Nan Xiao rubbed her head to show encouragement.
"Can the two of us really save Rin?" Apricot Saeki asked expectantly.
"Wrap it up on me." Nan Xiao is full of confidence.
On the evening of the third day, they saw Pirate Island in the distance.
This was supposed to be a nameless desert island in the East China Sea, but somehow it was taken advantage of by pirates and turned into a stronghold for them to gather. There is a trestle bridge on the shore and many sailing ships are moored. There are various buildings on the island, which are brightly lit and lively.
"Is this the day of the pirates' gathering?" Saeki said weakly, "They have a lot of ......."
At this moment, the sentry boat of the pirates, who had already spotted them, quickly approached.
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