On a large ship, in a retro dining room with a mosaic on the aft deck.

Qi Shan took the old Zhu family of five, as well as the shopkeeper Xia, and the seven people sat together, staggered and smiling.

Chuanjie and Chuanwu, two small ones, are trying hard to eat.

The chickens, ducks, and fish on the table let them catch them all with their hands.

While teaching them a lesson, Aunt Zhu held a bowl of millet porridge, drank it carefully, and looked at the surrounding environment.

Xian'er kept giving the text vegetables, making porridge, and taking cakes, and had to take care of herself to eat, so busy that she didn't even have the time to speak.

Qi Shan held a cigarette in his mouth and watched everyone eat with a smile.

After waiting for the shopkeeper next to Xia to finish, he wiped his mouth, then took the wine and poured a small glass.

He also poured a cup, raised it and said, "Shopkeeper Xia, I heard what my sister said, thanks to your care along the way, I would like to give you a cup." ”

Shopkeeper Xia hurriedly picked up the cup, didn't dare to say anything, and drank it all.

The person in front of him would never dare to be underestimated.

When I set off from Longkou Port before, I saw Qi Shan.

At that time, when I saw the stars holding the moon, more than a dozen heroes gathered around me, I knew that this person was by no means simple, but I didn't expect that when I saw it today, it was so not simple.

"This ......"

Shopkeeper Xia wanted to call it, but he didn't know what to call it.

Qi Shan smiled: "In private, you are an elder and an elder, just call me Qi Shan." ”

"Okay, then I'll hold a big one, Qi Shan."

"Hey, you have something to say."

Shopkeeper Xia patted Qi Shan's hand and was very emotional.

"This time it can really be regarded as a narrow escape, if it weren't for your boat passing by, I'm afraid this boatload of people would have been overturned into the sea. I didn't say it, borrow flowers to offer Buddha, toast you with a cup, and show a little gratitude.

Later, when I arrived in Yuanbao Town, even if I came to find me, there was absolutely nothing I could help with. ”

Look, businessmen are not, and when they pat their chests, they also talk about wealth.

Qi Shan didn't care, he responded and drank a glass of wine with him.

"Qi Shan, don't blame me for being so talkative, what the hell are you doing? How can you hold such a big boat? This is not an ordinary ship, when I went to Shanghai, I saw a cruise ship to and from the United States, and it was not so big and luxurious. ”

Shopkeeper Xia was half drunk or not, so he took the opportunity to inquire.

Qi Shan smiled slightly and said, "This, you still don't know, I'm afraid that after telling you, I'm too scared to deal with me anymore." ”

"No, that can't, I've been in business for so many years, and I've traveled everywhere, and I've seen everyone. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I didn't make much money, but I was very bold. Shopkeeper Xia laughed.

Chuan Jie also put down the chicken leg in his hand, opened his eyes wide, and said, "That's right, Brother Qi Shan, what are you doing?" Those bandits said that you are a famous bandit in the northern part of Lubei! ”

"Do you believe it?" Qi Shan asked with a smile.

"I don't believe it, I've seen bandits, they wear rags and rags, it's good to have a pair of shoes, and the most valuable thing on the whole body is a knife. If a gang of bandits can have a gun on them, it is a gang of bandits.

Brother Qi Shan's style is much stronger than this, look at the guards around you, all of them are carrying short guns.

I have been standing there for almost half an hour, and I haven't even moved, and I am more elite than the officers and soldiers.

If it's still a bandit, then a bandit is too powerful. Brother Qi Shan, are you going to be an official? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the dinner table raised their heads.

Qi Shan strangled the cigarette to death and said, "What you said is also right or wrong. I did work as a bandit in the Lubei area, and I also made a name for myself, but that was two years ago.

At that time, I gathered a group of brothers, occupied a hill, and robbed passing merchants to eat, and drank wine and ate meat every day, so that I could be happy.

However, as the days passed, the merchants who came and went became poorer and poorer, and they were busy for half a day every day, and they could not grab any good things. I asked someone to inquire about it, and only then did I know that the whole Shandong has been suffering disasters for many years, and the villagers are about to be unable to survive.

If the villagers don't have anything to eat, they naturally don't have money to buy things, and if they don't have money to buy things, then the merchants won't come, and if the merchants don't come, I'll be hungry.

I have calculated that the main reason is that the heavens are not beautiful, and in the drought for two or three years, I am afraid that I, a bandit, will starve to death.

If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful. It's not good to do business on the road, so let's look for an opportunity to go to the sea.

The sea extends in all directions, and the lines of merchant ships are endless. There are not only domestic merchant ships, but also foreign merchant ships, like the Japanese, the United States, France, England, these countries have them every year, and tens of thousands of ships run on the sea.

You said such a big piece of fat, can I let it go?

So he ran from the road to the sea and became a pirate.

After a year and a half, from small to big. Now you've seen the results. ”

Qi Shan stomped his foot, signaling that the boat under his feet was his own achievement.

Several people were shocked.

I didn't expect to ask a pirate and dare to pick up a foreigner's merchant ship, which is simply bold.

You must know that Lafayette only gave in to the Eight-Nation Alliance not long ago. It's a reparation, and it's a contract.

I thought that foreigners all had blue fangs, three heads and six arms.

I didn't expect to be beaten at sea.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak for a long time, Qi Shan smiled and didn't mind.

Chuanwu touched his nose and said loudly: "Brother Qi Shan, otherwise you can leave me behind, and I will fight foreigners with you." ”

Aunt Zhu hurriedly beat him and scolded: "What are you talking about, your father is still waiting outside the gate, if you don't bring the three of you with all beards and shadows, I won't be alive?" ”

Zhu Chuanwu smiled.

Zhu Chuanwen secretly looked at Qi Shan and whispered to Xian'er: "Good guy, you ran to be a pirate quietly, you were a bandit before, but now you dare to rob foreigners." Isn't your brother stupid? ”

"You're stupid."

Xian'er slapped him and said, "My brother is bold at best. But he is also really powerful, he went into the sea with his bare hands, but he has laid such a big family business in a year and a half, if his father knows about it, he may be so proud. ”

Zhu Chuanwen snorted and said in a low voice: "What about your father, your brother and your father have long broken off the father-son relationship, don't you know about this?"

Besides, your brother is a big fish and meat all day long, and Tanjiazhuang is about to run out of food. I didn't see him send some back. What else do you say about being proud, knowing it, I guess I can be angry. ”

Xian'er was not happy and shouted: "Brother, the text says that you are not filial. ”

Qi Shan raised his eyebrows: "Are you kid tight-skinned?" ”

Chuanwen hurriedly shrunk his neck.

Aunt Zhu slapped him and said, "Qi Shan, why are you still messing with your father?" How long has it been, what are you doing with your neck in your hand? Take the time to go back and admit your mistake to your father, after all, it is father and son, broken bones and tendons, what is there that can't get by?

To say, the harvest has not been good in the past two years, and no one has a hard time.

It is rumored that marrying Xian'er, although Lao Tan only needs a stone of millet, he can scrape our family clean.

After so many years of folks, I don't know what Lao Tan thinks.

He asked for this stone millet for you, and he was looking forward to when you would go back to marry a daughter-in-law, so that he could use a stone of millet to give you a dowry. ”

Qi Shan waved his hand and did not speak.

He took out the cigarette case from his arms, took out another one and lit the fire, and lightly spit out a puff of smoke rings.

Although Aunt Zhu's words were reasonable, they were of little use to Qi Shan.

Qi Shan is not his real son after all, he just entered with an identity, how could he have feelings.

However, listening to Mrs. Zhu, she didn't say that her superficial kung fu seems to be something she should do.

After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "What the eldest lady said is reasonable, I will send someone back later, throw some food and money at home." It can also be regarded as a sign of my insignificant filial piety. ”

Aunt Zhu nodded: "That's it, Auntie knows that you are still holding back in your heart, and she won't persuade you, you slowly think about when you figure it out, when to go back and admit your mistake to your father."

Father and son, how can there be an overnight feud. ”

Xia Changgui also said: "Big sister, what you say is reasonable. This person is alive, just a little thing. The word home has a far-reaching meaning. ”

At this time, Chuanwu and Chuanjie, reporting that they were full, ran to the deck to see the ship.

After a series of storms, this poor little sailing ship was also scarred.

Even if they had a meritorious role in carrying the five members of the old Zhu family, Qi Shan did not ignore it, but asked someone to throw a rope for him, told him to tie it to the bow of the boat, and dragged him to Dalian Port.

The speed of Qi Shan is very fast, this just a meal, has already run a small boat, more than a day away, at most an hour will arrive at Dalian Port.

At this time, the sky was already clear, and it was the time when the rain was sunny and the wind and waves were calm.

The people who were nested in the small boat were finally able to survive after receiving the dry food that had passed a few days in Qishan, and how much they padded their stomachs.

However, it was watered through by the rain, and now it can only hold on.

These Qi Shan don't care.

Chuanwen and Chuanwu wandered around the deck, often encountering soldiers in black uniforms and holding spears, looking at them with envy.

Chuanwu is even more so, from time to time he touches the small gun in his arms, wanting to see the big gun in the soldier's hand.

There are two huge cannons in front of the bow, a 400 mm caliber mortar, which is not unusual, it can only be regarded as a secondary weapon.

The main weapon, Qi Shan, is a big move to prepare, and when anyone doesn't open his eyes, he will bombard it with a cannon, and make sure that he will explode on the spot.

The important place was guarded, and the two of them did not trespass, and they circled around the deck, and their hearts were very excited, and for the first time they knew that they could enjoy the boat so much.

Thinking about the sins suffered in the small boat for the past month, the two of them were in a trance.

After turning around, everyone had finished eating.

The scraps, plates and bowls on the table have been removed and replaced by all kinds of fresh fruits and snacks.

The two of them lit up, touched their stomachs, and rushed to the table to grab the fruit.

Aunt Zhu hit them again and reprimanded them.

Qi Shan looked at it with a smile and said, "You have suffered this month, you can't eat or sleep well on the ship, and you are tired. Come to me to rest and relieve your fatigue. ”

Hearing this, everyone was a little moved.

Shopkeeper Xia said: "This is good, but I am almost at Dalian Port, and I can't sleep for long, so it is better to chat here." ”

"Is Shopkeeper Xia also going to Yuanbao Town?"

"That's right." Shopkeeper Xia nodded: "But I may have to go to Changchun first, my family has a business over there." ”

"Then don't worry, you can go to sleep in peace."

Qi Shan waved his hand: "If you get off the ship from Dalian Port and go to Changchun, you have to sit in a carriage for seven or eight days, and it will be windy and sunny."

I will call the boat to follow the direction of Zhoushan, directly into the Yalu River, and then into the Mudanjiang River, it will take less than a day to reach Hailin, and when I get to Hailin, it is only half a day's journey from Yuanbao Town.

When the time comes, whether it is to Changchun or to Yuanbao Town, it will be much closer, and the most important thing is to suffer less crimes. ”

Qi Shan said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, I, Qi Shan, am not afraid of heaven and earth in this life, but I'm afraid that my sister will be offended." So the biography, huh? ”

Chuanwen trembled, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, uncle, I will never let Xian'er be wronged, otherwise you will kill me." ”

Qi Shan shook his head: "That's it, no matter what, it's still a family, I can really beat you to death." At most, hang up and whip at most. ”

"Huh?"

Chuanwen shuddered, and everyone laughed.

They all saw that Qi Shan was joking, only Xian'er's eyes were red, and they knew that what his brother said was true.

led everyone out of the back restaurant, went around to the front deck, walked into the front of the cabin, and deliberately separated a large private room.

The inside is full of this era, it is a new building, pure wooden furniture, and the edges and corners are so comfortable to look at.

There are three rooms in the suite, one large and two small, just enough for everyone.

Each room is a kang, all the decoration is in accordance with the habits of modern Shandong people, and the details will definitely be taken care of.

Xia's shopkeeper has a single room, Aunt Zhu lives in a big room with her two younger sons, and it is rumored that two young couples live in another room.

After a brief introduction to the use of tap water and toilets, Qi Shan retreated.

I went back to my room next door, sat on the sofa, and carefully thought about the next plan.

Saying that he was a pirate was just a whim, but when he said it, Qi Shan was really a little interested.

In terms of strength, he is not lacking at all.

Whether it is the ship's ammunition or personnel equipment, it seems that this condition can be met.

And you can patrol the open sea as a frigate, and when you encounter a Japanese who is not pleasing to the eye, you can directly shoot it with a cannon, and who knows where you died in the vast sea?

And there is a pirate ship as an open secret, and the transportation route of its own grain seems to have been explained.

No matter how you think about it, it's a good idea.

Flicking his fingers on the table, Qi Shan decided to add this item to the list.

The speed of the big ship was very fast, and after more than an hour, it had arrived at Dalian Port, put the rope back, and gradually moved away in the thanks of the captain and all the passengers.