"Oh? What do they say? ”

There were already a few timid attendants around whispering, "It can't be a pirate, right?" ”

"What if we encounter pirates?"

"Yes, in this vast sea, there is nowhere to run when fighting."

The old shipwright looked back at them and said lukewarmly, "When have you ever heard that pirates can flag people?" ”

The people were stunned for a moment: "Huh? ”

The old boatman shook his head, ignored them, and looked up at the young man again. The young man put his hand in his eyes again and looked at us for a long time, then looked down at us: "They are asking—who are we?" ”

“……”

The old shipwright frowned, but turned to look at Yao Lao and me, and said, "Two, they shouldn't be pirates. However, whether you want to deal with it or not, please decide between the two. ”

I then looked at Yao Lao, and he also looked at me.

The two of them looked at each other, but they were both a little hesitant, after all, he and I are not familiar with maritime affairs, and they are both a little overwhelmed when they suddenly encounter such a thing. In the end, it was Yao Lao who said: "Make it clear to them first, we are not pirates. See how they reacted. ”

The old boatman nodded, then turned around and ordered, and immediately a strong middle-aged man walked to the bow of the boat, waving two small red flags in his hands, and made a few strange movements in the air, repeating them several times, obviously spreading the words of the old man. Next, it's up to the other party to react.

Everyone looked up at the young man who had climbed the mast.

He looked at it for a while, but his face became a little solemn.

The old boatman asked, "What did they say?" ”

The young man said, "They want us to help." ”

“……”

"And," the young man frowned again and looked ahead for a moment, before he said to us, "I look at the ship, it looks like a merchant ship." ”

Although the ship was moving fast, the sea was like this, and it was almost half an hour before it slowly approached.

And I finally got to see the ship.

The ship was not very tall, but it was huge, with three sails on it, the bow and stern of which were relatively small, and the one in the middle was the most huge, almost as large as the whole hull, and it stood in front of us, casting a thick shadow on our ship, almost blocking out the sun.

The two ships were getting closer and closer, and we could even see on the deck of the ship, several boatmen waving and shouting at us.

It seems that it should be an ordinary merchant ship, and those people also look simple and honest, wearing the sturdy cloth clothes worn by ordinary shipwrights, and they do not have the fierce gods and evil spirits of the pirates as they imagined, but looking at their expressions, they seem to be frightened, and some people look at us cautiously, and do not dare to speak lightly.

That's when we realized that the side of the ship seemed to have some damage.

A large area of the fence had been broken, and the deck was mutilated, with sharp wooden teeth showing in some places, making it look particularly hideous. But fortunately, the damage was only a small part and did not affect the safety of the ship.

When we finally got closer, we all stopped the boat.

We heard some sailors climbing the fence and shouting at us, "Brother, do me a favor!" ”

The old boatman here also said, "What's the matter? ”

"Got the fire."

"Pirates?"

"Sort of."

“……”

What do you mean, right?

Yao Lao and I glanced at each other, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, but looking at them, they didn't seem to look like traitors, and when the old boatman came to ask, Yao Lao said: "Let them come over a few people first, and then talk about it after asking clearly." ”

The old boatman agreed, and in a short time he saw a dinghy laid down on the other side, and several men carefully got into the boat, and slowly rowed towards us, and at once a few young and strong ones went down to our side, lowered the rope ladder, and pulled their men up.

The first to climb up were a few young and strong boatmen, their hands and feet were also very dexterous, monkey-like crawled up, straight to us to say thanks, only the last person, looked fat and bulky, big belly crawled very slowly, and when he finally climbed up, there was no strength to climb over the fence, or their people and a few of our people pulled him over, the man stood still, and immediately the whole person fell limply on the deck, gasping for a ball.

The sailors sneered, "This is our big boss." ”

Although the people on our side were very nervous all the time, when they saw each other like this, they also relaxed, and several young people even laughed secretly.

But, as soon as I saw that person, I froze all over.

Han Zitong, who was standing beside me, immediately sensed my strangeness, turned his head to look at me, and was about to ask something, when I walked over slowly, until I walked to the person's side, and said tentatively: "Wang...... Boss? ”

The man was on all fours, panting for breath, when he suddenly heard my voice, as if startled, and hurriedly turned over and stood up, glared at it, and was immediately stunned.

"Ma'am?!"

The people around were all stunned, as if they couldn't react, Han Zitong walked up to me, looked at me, and looked at the person again: "Qingying, do you know?" ”

"......" I didn't know what to say, but I still breathed hard and nodded.

The middle-aged man in front of me, who was pot-bellied and dressed in silk and satin, should have been very noble, but at this moment he looked extraordinarily wolf, was none other than Boss Wang, the biggest financier when I opened an embroidery workshop in Jixiang Village!

Walking into the cabin, when the servant brought hot tea, Boss Wang was still a little unable to come back to his senses, and kept looking at me in a daze, if I was usually stared at by a person like this, I would also be uncomfortable, but at this moment on the sea, such a boundless ocean to meet, it can not be said that it is fate.

I pushed some hot tea towards him and said, "Boss Wang, please use tea." ”

"Hey."

He nodded, picked up the tea bowl, but couldn't help but look at me, and stopped talking.

After a pause, he finally put the bowl back on the table and said to me, "How did Madame end up here?" ”

I said, "I'm looking for my daughter." ”

"Li'er?"

"Yes."

Boss Wang looked at me with some surprise: "Little girl? How did she come to sea? ”

"It's hard to put into words." I frowned slightly, and I didn't intend to continue talking about me, but asked, "By the way, Boss Wang, what's going on with you?" ”

He glanced at us, sighed, and said, "We have a batch of goods to be sent from Fuzhou to the capital." ”

“……”

After he said this, there was a moment of silence in the cabin.

My eyebrows frowned slightly, but I didn't show a surprised expression, I just looked at him with a smile and said, "Boss Wang, now-but there is still a sea ban, right?" ”

Boss Wang glanced at me and seemed to smile: "Aren't you also at sea." ”

“……”

His rhetorical question made me stumble.

However, he immediately smiled and said, "That's it, it's not a big deal, and you can't hide it." That's right, it's a sea ban now, but Madame should also know that the sea ban is also an imperial order. ”

My heart skipped a beat, and I looked up at him.

"The emperor's order can be forbidden at sea, and the emperor's order can also let us go to sea."

“……”

I only felt that the fingertips on the table were suddenly cold, as if they were frozen by the sea breeze, and I looked at him in a daze, and only after a while did I speak, and my voice was slightly hoarse: "You are-imperial merchants?" ”

He smiled and nodded, "That's right." ”

I Huo got up from his chair, walked a few steps in the cabin, and looked back at him, his breath became urgent: "Imperial merchant? Are you, Yang Wanyun's person? ”

That Boss Wang's face also changed slightly.

However, he can be regarded as a veteran of the ups and downs in the mall for a long time, and he quickly calmed down and looked at me with a smile: "I have long seen that the origin of Madame is not simple. You can even call our big boss by his name, it seems that Mrs. and our big boss should also have some origins. ”

“……”

My heart was beating suddenly, and I was a little apprehensive for a while.

Although I have long seen Boss Wang's wealth, I really didn't think about him in that direction, but if I think about it carefully, Pei Yuanxiu controlled Yangzhou at the beginning, and in such a chaotic world, many embroidery workshops were closed, and he was closed, and he was still doing his business, and it seemed that he was not affected at all, in fact, it was naturally because he was an imperial businessman, and the embroidery he bought was paid to the capital, so he had that strength.

Unexpectedly, back and forth, I was actually doing business with people in the imperial city.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sneer in my heart, but when I raised my head to look at Boss Wang's inquiring gaze, I still tried to calm myself down and said, "It's not that it's not a relationship, it's just that I know some of Boss Yang's relatives." ”

"Relatives?"

Boss Wang frowned slightly, and when he was about to ask again, I had already interrupted his words and asked, "But, then again, Boss Wang, what's going on with you this time?" Did you encounter pirates? ”

Mentioning this matter, it made him throw Yang Wanyun away or something, his face became a little pale, and he subconsciously picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, the hot tea brought him a little warmth, and also a little bit of vitality, he looked up at me and said, "We did meet pirates, but it was not us that the pirates were targeting." ”

"What?"

Boss Wang said: "When we met them, they were already fighting. ”

"You say 'them,' 'they' are—"

"Pirates, and another group of ships."