Chapter 873: Blade Harbor
This is a hornet's nest, no one on either side will do anything, you and I will scold each other, and raise your fists and fight vigorously.
As of the time the news was issued, they had not yet decided the winner.
Tao Rin could only sigh on his feet: "Idiot! "As soon as there is such a trouble, the hearts of the Ball Flower Gang will only become more unstable.
No matter how things are resolved in the end, Tao Rin and Xu Zeshou's fame will inevitably drop significantly.
A discerning person can know what's going on as soon as he looks at the published list, and the two gang leaders look too ugly.
But now if you tear up the agreement and go back to your old job, the brothers may not be willing.
Again, it's too comfortable to sit and collect money. After tasting the sweetness, who is willing to give up such a big piece of cake and go back to work hard?
Now it's troublesome, Tao Rin pressed his forehead with a faint pain. It's still a trivial matter to eat a secret loss and get some blood, but I'm afraid that I will be manipulated to death in the future.
For Yuhengcheng's "conspiracy", he was already vigilant enough.
But there are thousands of precautions, and the person surnamed He can't be prevented from leaving a hand here to yin him.
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"Blade Harbor has arrived, it's time to disembark!"
There was no need for a second shout from the crew, and the musty guests who had already been trapped in the ship rushed ashore.
Dong Rui jumped on the trestle bridge, and took a deep breath regardless of the salty and fishy sea breeze: "My God, I finally went ashore!" These legs are almost like a loop! β
The two monkeys that came out looked at him together: What's wrong with looping legs?
Dong Rui thumped his waist: "It's not about you." β
After living in a boat for two months, I can't straighten my waist and legs, and if I don't pay attention when I get up, I will hit my head.
Aggrieved.
But when it's boring, there's nowhere to go, because there's so much space on the boat, and it's surrounded by vast seawater.
He was darker and thinner. As a frequent visitor on the wanted list of Lingxu City, he flew over the sky and the earth, but he had never been to the ocean before, and the ship began to toss when it went out to sea in Baisha Bay, so that his intestines were about to vomit.
After three or four days of going back and forth, Dong Rui felt that he had finally adapted to life on the ship, but he knew that the hurricane would come in a blink of an eye.
If it weren't for the cleverness of the ship's boss and his seizing the opportunity to hide on the island to avoid the wind, the people and monsters of this ship would be gone.
The sea is windy and rough, and even the prehistoric demon Zhu Damiang can't compete.
Fortunately, the ship finally arrived at its destination, Blade Harbor, and Dong Rui's heart fell back into his stomach.
In this life, never sail far again!
Two people appeared on the deck of the ship, and waved their hands to He Lingchuan and the others with a smile: "Brother He, there will be a period later!" β
This is a halfway boarding guest, going to Borozhou. One of them was obsessed with sea fishing, but the fish he caught turned out to be so poisonous that the fish soup he made almost turned into Meng Po soup.
At the critical moment, it was the medicine ape Lingguang who took action to save the lives of the two people.
After this incident, the two and He Lingchuan became friends, or drinking friends.
After all, sea voyages are boring, it is better to be drunk and dream to death. Drink and brag and the time passes.
Aunt Zhu occasionally joins the wine party, but usually does not say anything, only silently sipping wine.
He Lingchuan was bold and talked well, which made the two of them heartbroken.
However, the clutch of the sea of people is like a gathering and dispersing, and there will be a parting for thousands of miles. He Lingchuan and the others disembarked at Blade Harbor, and the two of them had to continue their journey at sea.
He Lingchuan smiled: "My business, please leave it to the two of you!" β
"Brother He's words, I must bring it!"
Goodbye to both sides.
Blade Harbor is special, the bay is shaped like a long knife, piercing into the sea. At a glance, everyone saw that the small boats in the bay and the big ships parked outside the bay were basically full, and the masts were lined up.
The pier is bustling with people.
The crowd passed through the fishing port area, where several fishing boats were unloading.
The dark-skinned coolies were bent over by the heavy load, and there were skuas probing their brains around every corner, trying to steal a little fish from the basket to eat, and the broken shells thrown by the fishermen could not frighten them.
The sparkling sea, the boats in the harbor, and the gulls and herons gliding on the trestle bridge make this picture look beautiful from a distance, but you can't get close.
Once you get closer, the terrible stench hits your face, leaving you with nowhere to hide.
The seafood that comes ashore here has accumulated over the years, and it is a fishy fish that the sea breeze cannot blow.
Dong Rui walked here, just frowning slightly. The smell he had smelled in the lab was strange, and that wasn't even the scariest of all.
Not to mention Aunt Zhu, she even thinks it tastes good.
He Lingchuan often throws incense dumplings and is no stranger to this fishy smell.
Only Ding Zuodong and his wife, Qiu Hu and a group of Rongshan people almost turned their backs, covering their mouths and noses for the first time, showing pain.
The group picked up their real power and fled the fishing dock as if flying.
Blade Harbor is a busy port with a mix of people of all colors. As soon as he stepped on land, a little ghost crashed into Ding Zuodong's arms. When Qiu Hu pulled him open, his hand almost touched Ding Zuodong's broken silver bag.
A few people leaned over and watched.
Qiu Hu didn't want to cause trouble, so he threw the little ghost aside, and when the guys saw that they knew each other, they walked back to the crowd and didn't show their heads again.
"Find an inn, I want to sleep in a bed that won't shake." Dong Rui sniffed his clothes, they smelled bad, and there was any smell.
At that moment, everyone found an inn with the brightest faΓ§ade and signboard behind the port, and chartered a courtyard.
There are a lot of business groups in and out of the blade port, often rent the courtyard of the inn, the single-door courtyard space is large, can sleep twenty or thirty people, and there is a special warehouse, which belongs to the mixed living of people and goods.
Everyone lived in the cramped cabin for two months, and He Lingchuan ordered the dissolution very intimately, and those who wanted to eat went to eat, those who wanted to sleep went to sleep, and those who wanted to play went to play, so they could relax and recuperate.
He took a shower by himself, changed into clean clothes, and dragged Qiu Hu to the port to hang out.
This bay is larger than the Baisha Bay from which they set out, and the climate is also warm, but the sanitation is far inferior, and there is a salty and wet tidal vapor wafting everywhere. He Lingchuan and the two avoided the shiny restaurants on the main street and walked all the way back.
The further back you go, the smaller and older the house gets. So much so that many families can only put tables and chairs at the door.
When He Lingchuan saw them, he remembered his residence in Panlong City, and he was also crowded like this.
They followed the oil fragrance from the old fire and found a small restaurant in the old street. The wooden sign here is half rotten, and the words on it are all pasted, and He Lingchuan can only barely recognize "Old Yao Xian...... file".
There are only four small tables in the store, and they are all full. The rest of the guests sit on the threshold, or simply eat with their bowls.
There is no seat, but Qiu Hu has a way.
He held a piece of broken silver in his hand and shook it to the side: "Which table of old brothers has finished eating, so it is convenient to make a seat?" β
The two diners immediately stood up to take the silver, chewing the rice in their mouths and holding the thick bowl in their hands: "You guys!" β
He Lingchuan looked at the surrounding guests, most of them were concentrating on dealing with fried rice, so he said to the shopkeeper in charge: "Two bowls of this." β
The black and fat proprietress smiled: "Our cold food here is also delicious, or not?" β
"Just come."
The proprietress turned around and brought a few side dishes, except for a plate of pickles, black vinegar stinging head and raw pickled drum shrimp.
The sting is cleanly handled, without sand, and crunchy when chewed; The pickled drum shrimp is not a good wine, but fortunately, the shrimp are fresh and sweet enough, and He Lingchuan can kill two plates casually.
Soon, two large bowls of fried rice were served.
This is really packed in a sea bowl, enough for He Lingchuan to bury his face in it.
Seeing that Qiu Hu was sitting still and not moving, he pointed into Qiu Hu's bowl: "Eat quickly." β
Qiu Hu grabbed the chopsticks at this time, and the wind swept away.
This taste, no wonder everyone orders fried rice. Stir-fried over old fire, dry, fragrant, salty and fresh, and mustard greens provide a little bitterness to finish, which is particularly comfortable to eat on a hot day.
He Lingchuan picked up a small piece of diced meat: "What is this?" "It should be seafood, and it is also the source of the umami of the whole bowl of rice.
"Salted fish."
He Lingchuan was stunned. Originally, the faded signboard in front of this small shop was called "Salted Fish Stall", and the store cut the marinated salted fish into cubes and fried it until fragrant, and then fried it with rice.
This salted fish is pickled and smelly, but it tastes fragrant and toothy.
But there are people everywhere in Blade Harbor who make salted fish rice, and Lao Yao's family can make it into a neighborhood canteen, and he has his own ability.
He Lingchuan asked for another fried and skinned fish, as well as a fried crab with ginger and shallots.
The store is busy, but the proprietress loves to talk to people. He Lingchuan then asked her: "Eldest sister, we have just arrived, is this blade port under the jurisdiction of Qingguo?" β
"Of course, Qingguo has a special city department here, and he is in charge of the ship and people, and he has to pay money to it when he enters and exits the ship, and if you commit a crime, he will arrest you and go to jail."
The guest on the side added: "Money is also charged for the entry of goods, and it depends on what kind of goods it is!" β
"I think I've heard that this port was originally owned by the people of Baili?"
"Then you've heard this for a long time." The proprietress took away the dishes from the next table, "It was like this decades ago, and then the Bailie people handed over the port to Qingguo. β
"The golden rooster that lays eggs, how can you give it to others?"
Daofeng Port is the largest deep-water port within two thousand miles east of Mu State, and there are countless cargo ships entering and leaving every day.
According to the expired agreement in He Lingchuan's hand, Qingguo leased the Blade Port to the Bailie people, and only paid 3,000 taels of silver per year.
Three thousand taels, which is a fraction of the income of Blade Harbor, right?
How can Bailie people be willing to give up such a good industry?
"Then who will?" The proprietress said quickly, "It seems that the Bailie people have damaged the prince of Qingguo and used this port to make amends." β
A diner on the side said: "I heard that Qingguo directly sent troops back then, and gave this place to-" stretched out his hand and drew a circle, which meant forcible occupation.
Anyway, Blade Harbor is now Qingguo's territory.
The proprietress looked at He Lingchuan and the two of them, with curiosity in her eyes: "Where did you two come from?" β
"West."
"Mu Guo? No, your clothes are not from Mu Guo. The proprietress rubbed her chin, "Bega? β
"Further west." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "I heard that there is freedom of trade here, and we want to find business opportunities nearby." I don't know what about the territory of the Bailians? β
The diner on the side said casually: "Then it is better to go to Qingguo." β