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"Then what are you going to do, and how should this gold be divided?" Cangyuan Ye asked step by step.
"The last time we robbed the Demon Palace, we suffered heavy losses because we fought separately, and we didn't get anything, so I thought it would be better for us to form a coalition and unify our command and action. As for the looted gold, it was divided according to the strength of each group, but this distribution had to be discussed with the other brothers. "The stone elephant simply made his own plan with him, anyway, sooner or later.
"Since we are going to form a coalition army, who will command it?" This is the key, Cangyuan Ye stared at the stone elephant closely.
The stone elephant stopped talking, and took a heavy breath, and his face gradually became gloomy, who of these two forces does not want to command, and he proposed to do this business together is not only to grab money but also to improve his prestige, once he succeeds, what he wants to do is not to respond to all calls! The atmosphere gradually became dull, deeper and deeper, and at this moment Qi Wannian spoke slowly and logically:
"Brother Cangyuan's strength is the strongest, so he should naturally be the commander of this, but without our guidance and assistance, this transaction would not have been possible, and we have made a lot of preparations before this."
"Then Brother Qi, what should you do?" Cangyuan Ye raised his head slightly and looked at Qi Wannian coldly.
"To the other brothers, the two of us are in command together, and between our two families, it is still Brother Cangyuan who is in charge, as long as our two families are sincere and united, and cooperate with each other, there is nothing that cannot be done." Qi Wannian smiled faintly, his arrangement seemed to be to earn face for the stone elephant in front of other brothers, but in fact, the purpose of improving his prestige was basically achieved by more than half. After all, their current strength is not enough to compete with Binu Island.
"Hmph. It's still Brother Qi sleek. Do as you wish. I see that the brothers are almost there, so let's get together tonight and discuss it again. Cang Yuanye sneered again.
"Okay, according to what Brother Cangyuan said, tonight in front of the Stone Elephant Hall, my Stone Elephant will set up a feast to entertain all the brothers who come from afar." Hearing that the other party agreed to his conditions, the stone elephant suddenly came to his senses.
"See you tonight, then." Cang Yuanye stood up as he spoke, and strode out of the hall, and the two people standing next to him followed closely behind him, and the three of them walked all the way without looking back. Walk to the beach. When the three of them flew up to the boat, and the two stout sailors rowed rhythmically hard, Cangyuan Ye stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the sea and said in a deep voice:
"Away from hatred, what do you think this stone elephant is for?"
"The drunkard doesn't mean to drink, and he is trying to win people's hearts under the guise of robbing money, and the ambition of this stone elephant seems to be not small." A rugged man in his thirties answered.
"What do you think, Danze?" Cangyuan Yetou didn't look back and continued to ask.
"I think the eldest brother is right, it's the first time that pirates have formed an alliance since ancient times, and this stone elephant can think of this trick, but it seems that his mind is not exactly like his rough appearance. I think we really underestimated him in the past, and we should be more vigilant in the future. Junwu young man in his twenties said.
"Hahaha. You two are right, this stone elephant is not careless in ambition and not weak in intelligence. It's not that the deity looks down on him, but that they look down on him at all. This person pretended to be an upright and bold appearance in front of him, but in fact, his very small-minded methods were even more insidious and vicious, and several people who worked for him ended up with a good end. Cang Yuanye laughed loudly.
"In that case, do you want to partner with him to make this vote?"
Dan Ze asked puzzled, and Li Hate stood behind Cang Yuanye without saying a word, looking much calmer than the young Dan Ze, Cang Yuanye sneered with disdain at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly:
"If we don't come, won't this scenery be occupied by his stone elephant alone! We're here to let his other brothers know that we're the real boss, and that the stone elephant is an idea at best. ”
After speaking, he finally turned his head to look at the two of them, and the majestic faces were low:
"We used to be too lonely, and in the eyes of the other brothers, we were too mysterious and unapproachable, and from now on we will be more bold. Pirate Alliance, this is something new. ”
"Yes, Lord." Lihe and Danze bowed their heads slightly, and promised.
At night, in the dam in front of the stone elephant hall, the lights are bright, and the stone elephant holds a feast to invite all the pirate leaders who come here. Forming a unified pirate coalition, and having the two most powerful organizations under unified command, this is the first time in his decades of pirate career.
Although there were several brothers who teamed up to do a single robbery before, they still commanded their own brothers, and they didn't listen to anyone's command, and they relied on their own experience to see the opportunity and shoot at the same time. Now that you want to unify your command, isn't that what you have to be controlled by others, how can these pirates who are accustomed to wild roads like to fight alone and act casually can accept it, especially several pirate gangs whose power is second only to the two major forces, and they don't sell it, they are all spilling blood and sweat, why obey others.
No matter how the stone elephant explained in the shouting, no one responded, and then Cang Yuanye stood up, laughed heartily, changed the cold and gloomy past, and said loudly at the hustle and bustle below:
"According to Brother Hu, there are 200,000 taels of gold in the gold mine vault robbed, this is a big deal, you say who has the ability to eat this business alone, in order to show the sincerity of my Binu Island, once the matter is done, I will only take 10,000 taels in the wilderness, and the rest will be divided by the brothers."
The noise stopped abruptly, and in the deathly silence, all the pirate leaders widened their eyes, as if they were looking at the immortals outside the sky looking at the fierce figure of the Cangyuan Field, when did this Cangyuan Field be so bold and generous, and occasionally robbed with Binu Island, they took the big head to drink some soup and soup by themselves.
The stone elephant saw it in its eyes and listened to it in its ears, and its teeth were clenched, but I didn't expect Cangyuan Ye to come to this hand to take the first step in his own action, Lao Tzu did the drama but came to grab the protagonist, Lao Tzu sang black face, but you are singing red face, should you be Lao Tzu to accompany you to play double reed! Immediately following the stone elephant of the Cangyuan Field, he also stood up, and said in the same loud voice:
"In order to show the sincerity of my stone elephant, this transaction was completed. I only took 10,000 taels of gold from Crab Island. My stone elephant says the same. ”
Wow. The deathly silence instantly turned into an exclamation, and the already wide eyes of the pirate leaders below suddenly turned into copper big eyes, and they were about to be deformed, has this day changed, the two major forces are so bold and generous at the same time, it is really the sun in the west! Cangyuan Ye and the stone elephant compared their strength to who was more bold and generous.
Okay, okay, enough exclamation followed by a joyful slap. More than a dozen of the weakest pirate leaders cheered first, so that they could at least share a few thousand taels of gold, just by virtue of their dozens or hundreds of brothers, this is not pie in the sky, as long as there is a lot of money to take, what is the big deal to listen to the call. Seeing that the situation had changed drastically, the other powerful pirate leaders not only beat drums in their hearts, but with these two major forces and other minions, even if they didn't have this robbery, they would still do it.
While the remaining pirate leaders hesitated, the wilderness added another fire. Again aloud:
"The formation of a pirate coalition this time is entirely voluntary, and you will not force it. If you want to join, you will eat meat together, and if you don't want to, please leave tomorrow by yourself. ”
The methods of the pirate boss in the wilderness are all displayed, the old man who is in charge of the fire is down, and the stone elephant is suppressed, and the carrot stick is used at the same time, and the ginger is still old and spicy. If you don't follow us, don't talk about it now, any big deal in the future may not have your share. The remaining pirate leaders immediately panicked, and who dared to blatantly offend these two major organizations, stood up and responded. And the pirate leaders, who were a little less powerful, saw that the overall situation had been decided, so they had to go along with it.
The matter was solved in this way, the stone elephant looked at the scenery and was almost occupied by the wilderness, and he only earned a shout, and he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and the two stood side by side, and the momentum was immediately divided into high and low, the overall situation was determined by himself, and he couldn't dismantle his own platform, and he swallowed the bitter fruit while thinking about how to snatch the scenery back next time.
The cherry blossom-filled 'Xiangxie' Avenue is still prosperous and orderly, and the luxurious and heavy hot mansion still stands in the center of the avenue, but now it is no longer a matter of people, only the pair of big stone lions in front of the door are staring angrily at the passers-by. The large plaque on the beam of the vermilion gate has long been removed and replaced with a horizontal plaque with three fiery red characters of 'Qinchafu'.
A month ago, the old slaves and young maids who were left in the palace boarded the big ship with soft clothes and went to the new hot mansion in the imperial capital to serve the new master 'hot 'the third phase of the fire' Xiangsi Feiyu, and now the mansion lives in the lord of the Qincha, Xiangsitai's confidant Iruka. Named the prefect of Haimi City and the commander of the army, he actually relied on the power of Xiangstei to dominate the military and government, and at the same time shouldered a top-secret task, which was to manage the twelve gold mines on Dit Island for Xiangstei.
In the former Burning Mansion and the current Chincha Mansion, not only the Grand Master of Chincha Iruka, but also the fifty hired monks brought by Iruka from the mainland, named the personal guards of Lord Chincha.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps coming from inside the gate, and Iruka hurried out of the door with his chest straight, followed by a large group of guards in purple samurai robes, naturally these guards were hired monks brought from the mainland. Following Iruka's hurried footsteps, he was followed by a commander in bright armor, who said anxiously as he walked:
"Lord Chincha, although these merchant ships are separated by two or three miles from each other, and they are more than ten miles long, they seem to be unrelated merchant ships sailing separately. However, at the same time, such a large number of merchant ships sailed on the trade routes at the same time, and it was the first time that the small town guarded Dieter Island for more than ten years had seen it. ”
"What do you want to say, is it a pirate ship in disguise! The pirates in this large area of the sea have long been wiped out, where can such a huge pirate gang come from. Iruka still didn't stop hurrying, and as she spoke, she strode over the threshold.
"That being said, these days are the days when the gold mines are out of the warehouse, and at this juncture, these ships are too evil to come. If these ships floating on the sea once they converge, it will be a huge military force, and we can't help but guard against it. Once something happens, my head will not be my own, and my eighty-year-old mother and six-year-old child will be raised by my head. The Overseer was in a hurry, almost pleading.
Iruka crossed the threshold and finally stopped his hurried steps, looked sideways at the overseer who was bent over and looked like a servant, and said angrily:
"What are you anxious about, are you a vegetarian when I am an adult! Besides, don't all the warriors on this Dit Island belong to you, and now that you have discovered the anomaly, how to strengthen your precautions, do you still need to ask me? ”
The lieutenant was so frightened that he couldn't raise his head when Iruka asked him, and Iruka took a breath and calmed down and asked again:
"I ask you where these merchant ships have been?"
"According to the report of the commander of the warship patrolling the sea, it has entered our waters, and it is estimated that it will be near Dit Island in five or six days."
"There is only one gold mine out of the warehouse this time, and it is the largest gold mine, and whoever comes here must be aiming at this gold mine. Immediately ordered all the warships to guard the port outside Haimi City, and the 3,000 soldiers in Haimi City were all deployed around the gold mine except for a small number of soldiers who were left to defend the city. Benchin personally took charge of the gold mines for a few days, until the escort ships arrived on Dieter Island and the gold was safely shipped to sea. ”
After Iruka finished speaking, he ignored the lieutenant, and stepped down the steps, stepping on a tall war horse that was already standing outside the door, and the fifty mercenary monks behind him followed one after another to step on the war horses outside the door, and in the sound of horses' hooves, dozens of war horses galloped towards the city gate.
Fifty miles to the southwest outside Haimi City, there is an endless mountain range, which extends straight to the coast, and there is a big mountain among the many mountains, and the sound of bombing all day long on the slope of the mountain, and the sound of hammers and hoes is continuous. This mountain is the largest state-run gold mine on Dieter Island, with hundreds of people mining it every day.
A long and curved valley under the mountain leads directly to the outside of the mountain, but outside the mountain is an official road paved with bluestone bricks leading directly to Haimi City, and the official road and the valley are just connected together.
The mine is divided into two parts, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and deep in the valley at the foot of the mountain, in an open area five or six miles away from the mine, there is a huge smelter, where the gold ore mined is transported daily by cart or mule. The market is even more steaming, and the boiling gold water flows into the mold from the furnace and cools into pieces of bright gold.
The deepest and most mysterious is the warehouse stacked with gold bricks, the square is close to the steep mountain wall outside a circle of tall and solid walls, inside the wall is a huge bluestone house, even the roof is a huge bluestone pavement, heavy iron door stacked hundreds of boxes of gold about to be out of the warehouse. There is a row of bungalows on each side of the bluestone house, which is the residence of the soldiers guarding the vault. The walls of the warehouse were guarded by hundreds of soldiers day and night, and no one could enter the warehouse except for the gold-carrying workers.
A group of horses galloped into the valley to the foot of the mine, and Iruka and his party dismounted. Boom, there was a huge blasting sound of dust on the mountain slopes, the rocks rolled down, and the mountain broke and the mine was opening again. Iruka couldn't help but glance up, the bare rocks shining in the sunlight, and the eyes were full of desolation.
Lowering his head and waving his hand, dozens of people strode towards the depths of the valley, and walked straight to the outside of the vault wall, Iruka has been to the gold mine I don't know how many times since he took office, and the soldiers guarding the vault saw that it was Qincha, and hurriedly opened the door. Walking into the wall, he looked coldly at the non-commissioned officer who greeted him and said loudly:
"From today onwards, Ben Chin will personally guard the vault, and the soldiers in the warehouse will patrol the mine and the smelting imitation every night, and report the situation as soon as they find it." (To be continued......)