Qiu Linhai, who is also from the Dahua Empire, like Long Xin'er, seems to be full of unspeakable secrets, and I can be 100% sure that he is definitely not just a simple businessman. Back then, Zheng He went to the West seven times, ostensibly to promote the national prestige of the Celestial Empire, and to carry out barter trade activities along the way, but according to the records of the wild history, the fundamental purpose of his seven trips to the West was actually to help Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who had become the emperor, to find the whereabouts of the disappeared Emperor Jianwen, so could Qiu Linhai also come with such an ulterior secret? But even if he really has any secret secrets, we have no way of knowing, and I don't really care.

After a while of staggered wine cups, everyone present was a little dizzy from drinking, especially Xiaoka, who was not strong enough to drink, and his blue face was flushed red, and the blue and red looked even more weird.

Arthur, who was quite satisfied, suddenly staggered to his feet, pointed to several guards behind Qiu Linhai and said, "Brother Qiu, I have heard that the oriental martial arts are supernatural before, and today I am happy with the big guy, can you let your subordinates show us a hand?" ”

"Although our oriental martial arts are broad and profound, they are not as bizarre as the outside world rumors, and I really dare not show ugliness in front of you."

"It doesn't matter. I've been in this Golden Isle for most of my life, and I've long forgotten what the outside world is like, and today I was impressed by the rum that Brother Han brought, and now it's Brother Qiu's turn to open my eyes. Arthur held the back of Qiu Linhai's chair with one hand, and the table with the other, and said to Qiu Linhai with a sip of wine.

Qiu Linhai looked at Arthur, whose face was flushed and his bald head was shiny, he didn't know if he was really drunk or pretending to be drunk, he smiled and said: "Since Lord Arthur proposed, if I shirk it again, it will seem that I am rude, so I will let my subordinates show their hands." ”

After saying that, he nodded to one of his subordinates behind him, and the guard replied, shaking his wrist slightly, and then suddenly with a sharp force, a slender iron needle flew out of his hand and shot straight at the opposite wall.

Qiu Linhai's guard hand, so that everyone present was dumbfounded, we didn't see clearly when he had an extra iron needle in his hand, and the speed of his shot, the strength is even more breathtaking, if you really fight with him, it is estimated that before you get close, you will be shot into a hedgehog by various hidden weapons.

But for me, the most shocking thing was not his skills, but the iron needle he threw out, because I had seen such an iron needle on Paradise Island before, and my first reaction at that time was what Long Xin'er had under his hands, but then Long Xin'er denied it, and now it seems that Long Xin'er lied.

"It's amazing!" After being stunned for a while, Arthur clapped his hands and exclaimed, "It's really an eye-opener for me, it's unbelievable that such a thin iron needle can shoot into the wall like a bullet." ”

"Lord Arthur smiled, these carving insect skills are really not enough to worry about, compared to the muskets and artillery of the West, it is still much worse."

For the next period of time, it was basically all kinds of small talk, and the conversation was just polite words on some scenes, and it took a lot of tongue between you and me, and the night outside was extremely heavy.

After leaving the Island Council, we rushed back to the docks.

From this moment on, we have officially established a trade relationship with the Golden Isles, and our merchant ships can dock in the Golden Isles and sell rum to all pirates. I originally thought that Arthur would also take a certain percentage of our sales profits, but what I didn't expect was that Arthur didn't have such a plan, and just asked us to give him a box or two for free every time we came in the future.

About this, I am very puzzled, even Sister Hua, who has a worried IQ, still knows that she wants a one-percent dividend, why doesn't Arthur care at all? Could it be because he is not short of money? But even if he doesn't lack money, no one will think that he has too much money, right? If according to the current state, as long as he proposes a profit cut, I will definitely agree 100% within a reasonable range, even if I don't agree, he has a way to get me to agree, but he didn't do it, then what is he trying to do? Or where is his little abacus?

Dressed in the thick of the night, we finally returned to the ship, halfway down the road had already been dizzy Xiaoka completely asleep as soon as he got on the boat, the old captain, the bearded man and the students had already fallen asleep, Uncle Wei and Lin Ruyi were waiting for us at the door of the cabin.

After I described the general situation of the whole banquet, Uncle Wei said: "Although most of the pirates of the Golden Islands seem to be brainless people with wine bags and rice bags, but they can organize so many pirates together, and keep the entire Golden Islands in a relatively stable state of operation, the big leaders of these pirates still have some ability, so we can't take them too lightly, and it is a good thing for us to establish trade with the pirates, but the risks have to be considered." ”

"Hmm," I nodded, "and it's because Arthur I don't think I'm really incomprehensible that I didn't mention to him that Brunn invited us to dinner tomorrow night, but I'm now looking forward to meeting that Bren." ”

"I also think it's necessary to go to the meeting, but I still have to be careful."

A lot had happened on this day, and the big guys were a little tired, so I told Bruni and the others to hurry up and rest, and they had a lot to do tomorrow, but I couldn't sleep with my own stomach, so I quietly walked to the deck alone to face the sea breeze.

It's been a while since I came out of Paradise Island, and I don't know what the situation on the island is now, and if the two grandsons of James and Sandro will come up with any new moths. Count Soros should also know the news of Mattheison's death, and I don't know how this supertycoon will react.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Ruyi suddenly stood beside me, also looking into the distance and asking me.

"Nothing." I smiled and shook my head, "It's just nonsense." ”

"I'm sorry about the fat girl." Lin Ruyi looked at me and said reproachfully.

"You don't have to say I'm sorry, even if you hadn't been kidnapped, that minion boss might have shot me. I should be the one who really wants to say sorry to her. ”

"Do you think we're going to live like this forever? What will our tomorrow look like? ”

"Well, who's to say? From the moment the shipwreck happened, many things were beyond our control, and until now, the previous doubts have not been clarified, and new questions are constantly superimposed, and we are just going with the flow. ”

"Then you say, can we go back to the world we once knew before?"

"Maybe, maybe not. But whether it will be or not, I hope you will always be by my side. I gently held Lin Ruyi in my arms, and she didn't resist.

The sea breeze surging in the night kept blowing our faces, and I don't know when, Lin Ruyi in my arms had fallen asleep. Come to think of it, she is just a girl in her twenties, whether it is Mulan or a sharpshooter, they are just labels, in addition to these, her weakness also needs someone to guard, and her emotions also need a place to be placed.

I lowered my head and kissed her lightly on the forehead, Lin Ruyi didn't react, I could feel her exhaustion. If I could, I would like this to be a lifetime.