Chapter XVII
Seeing Pei Chu's figure disappear into the pile of rocks outside the clearing, Liu Sixi's side didn't know when the old man dressed as a Taoist walked to his side.
"As soon as you come, you will teach you how to play, Sixi, you will break the rules like this."
"Elder, we are no longer in the Empire. If the Volunteers want to take root in this land, they must rely on something tangible to retain people. Liu Sixi turned around and smiled at the Taoist, his expression still respectful.
"If you don't practice boxing, at his age, if you don't lay the foundation first, your future achievements will be limited." The Taoist shook his head, disagreeing with what Liu Sixi said.
"Elder, times are different. The entry first stands for three years, and a few people can do it in Jinshan Port. I don't teach anything real, they can't stay. ”
Liu Sixi saw that the Taoist disagreed with him, his tone was a little anxious, and he continued, "The summer workers on the federal side are all low-grade coolies. If we want to strengthen our teachers, we have to start with them, and when they are bullied, we will teach them how to beat people first. When there are more people waiting to learn, we will naturally be able to select our descendants. ”
The Taoist's gaze swept over Liu Sixi, and he sighed softly: "In the final analysis, you and your master are the same kind of people, and you are still the signboard of the Righteous and Brave Gate. Really do something for these laborers who have crossed the ocean to earn a living, but it sounds good. ”
"It is my life's wish to revive the teacher's door." Liu Sixi clenched his hands into fists, and his expression was extremely firm at this moment, "Whether it is in the empire or in this foreign land, I dare not forget it for a moment." ”
"That's it! Toss it up! The Taoist shook his head again, his expression seemed to be a little complicated, just looking into the distance, and a round of rising sun in the distance had jumped out of the sea at some point.
"By the way, there is one more thing that the disciple needs to report." Liu Sixi saw that the Taoist was relieved, and let out a slight sigh in his heart, and then said, "The disciple met a ghost ray last night. ”
"Oni?" When the Taoist heard these two words, his expression suddenly became solemn, "There is also this thing thousands of miles away in this foreign land?" ”
"The disciple can't be completely sure, but looking at the appearance of that ghost, the predecessor should be a Negro infected with the breath of filth." Liu Sixi said and told everything about the fight with that monster last night.
The Taoist pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "The Southern Ghost Snake caused chaos in the world in the last years of the previous dynasty, and after it was suppressed by the Divine Power Army of the Empire, 100,000 ghost dragons fell into the world, and they have not been eliminated for hundreds of years. However, the ghost rays can only come out by day and night, so as not to spread overseas. I don't have a perception of the qi on your body, maybe it just looks like a ghost, when the Nine-Nation Alliance besieged the empire, the door master once said after he came back that the Nine-Nation Alliance Army is not only sharp, but there are also some characters hidden in it. You don't have to meddle in this matter, let's wait and see what happens, and see what dragons and snakes are in this foreign land. ”
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In the early morning, on the wharf of Jinshan Port, thousands of sails came and went, and the black smoke of the steam engine ship billowed out.
Below the pile of miscellaneous goods outside the wharf warehouse, a group of summer laborers were gathering, staring at a large ship that had just arrived on the sea in the distance.
The ship was a large steam ship made of wood and iron, slightly different in style from the Miga Federation, with a dragon flag with gold trim on a black background hanging high on a large sail in the middle of the five thick masts.
"This is a ship from the Empire!"
Among the many laborers on the dock, some people recognized the symbol of the dragon flag and sighed.
"It's really from the Empire!"
"I also saw it when I was at the Suicheng Wharf, and at that time, the empire's sea ships were not so big."
Many of the laborers seemed to be talking about the familiar flag, and the chance to see a ship from their hometown after several years of exile still made these people quite friendly.
"It doesn't matter where he came from, Old Val said that we will unload this ship's goods, and we will just work later."
Fang Yunhu was lying on a dilapidated wooden board, chewing a piece of mint grass in his mouth, as if he was a little bored by the many laborers, and shouted at the top of his voice.
After waking up drunk last night, he first tossed around in the shantytown with many laborers, looking for the monster that suddenly appeared, and after a long time of fruitless searching, he was busy cooking good things for the dead Lao He family.
After lying down for less than an hour after a busy meal, he was called to the dock to unload the goods, Rao was in Fang Yunhu's good health, and he couldn't help but be a little sleepy at this time.
Seeing Fang Yunhu talking like this, the other laborers immediately did not continue to discuss, after all, Fang Yunhu was right, what about the ships from the empire, and the people who worked on the docks were still unable to fight, and everyone only occasionally felt a few words of timidity.
A small man wearing a crumpled old short coat with a dry chest slammed his mouth, and asked Fang Yunhu in a loud voice:
"Fang Tou, how long do you think we're going to wait? If we don't start work again, the hour will be delayed, and the black charcoal head of Keston will introduce Bliss's ship to unload for us. ”
"Chen Shan, what did you kid say!"
Fang Yunhu suddenly turned over and sat up from the broken wooden board where he was lying, his eyes staring directly at the little man who spoke, "You dare to believe Keston's big mouth, and unload the ship for Bliss, hehe, you kid can go if you want to go, and see if you can get paid in the end." Lao Tzu said first, if you can't get money then, don't come back and ask your brothers for help! ”
"That's right, that's it, Chen Shan, what do you think? Bliss was the leader of the Black Hand, and we didn't understand how many people were deceived into working as coolies for nothing. ”
"This kid lacks heart, doesn't think about his own people, and always thinks about people outside."
As soon as Fang Yunhu's voice fell, two or three old laborers in their forties around him cast disdainful glances at Chen Shan.
To say that most of the Xia workers from the empire were forced to be helpless and came here to earn food, but when there were many people, there were some people who were afraid of the heavy and lazy and wanted to find other ways.
Chen Shan is one of them, everyone works together on weekdays, and if it is a heavy object that requires two or three people to do it, it is indispensable to give him a few more strengths.
"Fangtou, Fangtou, I'm not just talking about it."
Seeing everyone's accusations, Chen Shan hurriedly licked his face and smiled at Fang Yunhu, "You are the backbone of everyone, and they will definitely listen to you." It's just that everyone has been waiting for a morning, and if they don't work anymore, they will run out of food today. ”
"Okay, what is the backbone of the backbone and not the backbone." Fang Yunhu snorted lightly, raised his head and slowly approached the big ship with the dragon flag with gold on a black background, and then spoke: "It's probably a while, and when the people on the boat are finished, we will start work." ”
"Okay!" Chen Shan nodded loudly, responded to the peace, and then shouted at the other laborers, "Don't worry, big guy, after the boat is docked, we will work." ”
"Who wants you to talk too much here?"
"Leather monkey, you better go and work for those gangster scum people honestly!"
Everyone looked at Chen Shanhu's fake tiger appearance, and suddenly laughed and scolded.
Chen Shan was not annoyed, he seemed to enjoy this feeling, and still grinned and saluted with other laborers, but the antics made the dull and anxious atmosphere of the dock a little funny.
Everyone laughed for a while, Chen Shan's eyes swept through the crowd, and suddenly saw a corner behind the crowd, and suddenly his eyes showed a little surprise, and he walked to Fang Yunhu's side in a few steps and asked, "Fang Tou, you see that Ah Chu has been comparing and drawing this morning, what are you doing?" ”
"Huh?" Fang Yunhu was reminded by Chen Shan like this, and his drowsy head seemed to remember that after the start of construction at the wharf together, Pei Chu had not been dangling in front of him. Following the direction pointed by Chen Shan, he turned his head and went over.