Chapter 104: The Smuggling Ship of the Smuggling Ship
Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, the two special big sea boats, docked at the wharf, and Wu Mian and these people have also been to the sea many times, and have taken private boats and official ships many times, but after boarding the private ship of the two masters of Surabaya, they are still amazed by the facilities of this ship.
The two owners of the Surabaya are about 50 zhang long, divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, and the hull is large enough for horses to walk on it. Accompanied by Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, it took half an hour to go around the boat. Among the three layers of hull, the top layer is the cabin of Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, but to entertain Wu Mian, Gui or Not Return and others, Liu Xi let out his cabin and lived in Sun Xiaochuan.
If it weren't for the slight shaking of the hull, no one would have imagined that it would be at sea now. Because the two owners were ready to go to sea at any time on the ship, and the supplies such as water had already been prepared, after Sun Xiaochuan gave an order, the big sea ship opened and sailed towards the center of the endless sea. In addition to their large ship, there were seven or eight other ships of various sizes sailing at the same time, and these ships were far away around the big ships.
Wu Mian, Liu Xi and others sat on the top deck, where a pergola had been prepared, and a wine banquet and various seasonal fruits were placed in it. Ordinary crew members on this level are not allowed to come up. Serving everyone were a group of Kunlun slaves and Persian slaves under Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, and the female slave named Ah Yigula had risen since the assassination attempt. Now she and Sun Xiaochuan are inseparable, and the other female slaves who watched were envious.
"The boat is bigger, and the speed can't be increased. A normal clipper boat can get to the East in five days, but our ship takes seven days. After Liu Xi explained a few words, he looked at Ah Yigula, who was guarding against his former companion like a thief. After laughing helplessly, he continued to say to the return: "If you are too slow, you can also change to a clipper, but it will be a little bumpy." If a few of us were tired of seeing the beautiful scenery in the sea, we changed to a fast boat and continued sailing. ”
"With such a good big ship, a fool would want to change it for a clipper." After Xiao Rensan chuckled, he snatched the walnuts that Ah Yigula had peeled for Sun Xiaochuan. Stuffed it in his mouth, and then continued to giggle and say, "Whoever of you likes to change to a clipper will go, anyway, our ginseng is on this big ship." But let's talk about it in advance, you have to keep these Persian young ladies for ginseng. ”
"Ren Laosan, Lao Tzu suspects that you are the dragon species. Why else do you think about this all day long? After Bai Wuqiu took a sip, he looked at the smiling and said to him: "Anyway, where our old guy is, Lao Tzu will stay there." I don't know if he didn't take a good step and stumbled over his reincarnation, and Lao Tzu still didn't know if he was stupid. ”
"Just listen to the first half of your sentence, your father I thought you were a stupid boy." After smiling a little in confusion, he said to Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan: "Now I will invite the old man to be the emperor, and I will not go to the old man." It's happier to be here than to be an emperor, isn't it? ”
The last two words were said to Wu Mian, but the white-haired man just glanced at the old guy. Then he said slowly: "What else is the emperor?" Aren't you the emperor now? Tell your prince that it's time to take a bath......"
The Surabaya fleet sailed all the way to the location of the East Island, and it took three days without a hitch. The most alive in the past three days are the two monsters of Bai Wuqiu and Ren San. The two of them woke up and soaked in the sea, and did not return to the ship until it was time to eat. The villain also used the excuse of being afraid of drowning, and pulled the Persian slave girls around Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, and accompanied the two of them to go crazy at sea.
In the evening of the third day, when the sky was just beginning to darken slightly, I saw a sudden sound of drumming from a sea ship on the periphery. Then the outer ships began to beat drums, and just when a few people on the sea boat were surprised, they saw two clippers sail away from the channel and intercept a small black dot in the distance. The remaining sea ships were also divided into two teams, one of which approached Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan's big sea ships, and the other team also began to gather in front of the big sea ships.
At this time, Bai Wuqiu, who had the best eyes, pointed to the black dot in the distance and said, "Liu Xi, your courage is too small, are you still afraid of this boat with so many boats?" It's like there are thousands of troops over there, let your people put their courage in their stomachs, with Lao Tzu's father and his uncle here, who can touch a hair of you? ”
Without waiting for Liu Xi to speak, the housekeeper had already come over, and he did not shy away from Wu Mian and the others, and said directly to his two owners: "White Snake and Mangdang go to inquire, let us stop the boat and wait." If it's a pirate, they'll do it directly. The two shipowners reassured the two owners that even the pirates were no match for their two boats. ”
Hearing that the butler seemed to be able to hear the people on the two ships, Bai Wuqiu was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask a question. Seeing that his cheap son was thinking about it, he explained with a smile: "Silly boy, that's called drum language." But then again, the two of you are in charge, this is a bit too cautious, right? ”
"At the beginning, there were bandits pretending to be official ships rushing over to rob the desert ocean, and if it wasn't for early preparation, the Surabaya would have died out more than a hundred years ago." Liu Xi smiled slightly, and after making a look at Sun Xiaochuan. I saw that the second master of the Surabaya took Ah Yigula to the cabin on the lower floor, and he didn't know what to do.
After a while, the two clippers that rushed over had stopped near the opposite boat. Then there was a faint sound of drums, followed by the same drums on the other ships. At this time, it was just in time for Sun Xiaochuan to come up from the cabin below. After frowning, he turned his head to look at the sea in the distance, and then called the housekeeper and said, "Didn't you suspend shipping these days?" Why is our Surabaya cargo ship still here? ”
The housekeeper didn't expect that when he was hesitating how to answer, Liu Xi opened his mouth and said: "Go and ask the sea ship, whose name is it, and who is the owner?" What's loaded? Why did the six routes choose this one? ”
After the butler agreed, he hurried down to the underground cabin, and after a while, the sound of "boom, boom" drums also came from under the big ship. After the drumming stopped, the sea boats guarding in the distance also repeated the drum beat just now, passing on what Liu Xi had just asked.
A moment later, the distant sea ship replied to the drum. It is said that the cargo ship on the other side is under the name of a director named Kong Long on the Surabaya, and the current owner is Kong Long's distant nephew named Kong Xin. Although the ship was a cargo ship of the Surabaya, it was the private goods of the Kong family's uncle and nephew. They didn't know that the big ships of the two owners were going to pass by. There are also words in the drum language about Kong Xin begging for mercy.
"The smuggling ship of our smuggling ship is really tongue-in-cheek." Sun Xiaochuan smiled bitterly and said to Liu Xi: "This slap has hit me in the face, take this ship, return to the East and deal with the uncle and nephew of the Kong family together." Kong Long is the old man of the Surabaya, and when he heard that this person was digging his corner again, Sun Xiaochuan became a little entangled. Kong Long usually stammers him, but according to the rules of the Surabaya, he uses the business name to do private work for himself. If there is enough of a certain amount, it will be killed. No matter what, if you go back, there will be a way to save Kong Long's life.
Liu Xi glanced at Wu Mian and the return beside him, and saw that these two people were all dressed and watching the show, he shook his head and said, "I was seen by you and me, and it is unreasonable to deal with others like this." If someone goes out of their way, it will be difficult to deal with it. ”
Then Liu Xi said to the housekeeper: "Let the people on the opposite cargo ship get on the White Snake ship, the cargo ship will scuttle and leave no cargo, let Kong Xin come in a small boat, I will ask." You tell the owner of the ship to drop anchor and stop the ship. Let other ships get out of the way. ”
When Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan disagreed, they all took Liu Xi's words as the standard, and when the housekeeper went to order, Sun Xiaochuan had nothing to say, so he pulled Ah Yigula to sit on the deck, waiting for the owner of the ship named Kong Xin to come and reply.
At this time, he glanced at Wu Mian quietly. After the two of them looked at each other, a strange expression appeared on their faces.