"Huh?" Shopkeeper Fu was pouring water into the sea on the side of the ship, although he was the leader of these white lotus men, but since he was a hired hand on the ship of this Rakshasa devil, there was not much difference, he also needed to pull the sail to fish and tidy up the deck. It's just that as the leader of these newly hired sailors, those Rakshasa Devil captains and other sailors are more polite to the shopkeeper.

At this time, hearing Fang Maozi's words, Shopkeeper Fu put down the bucket in his hand and said, "What is so strange that they want to avoid the pursuit of the Daming Water Master and hide in Tibet on this sea?" ”

"Shopkeeper, I naturally know that they have to avoid the Ming sailor first...... But even so, the course should be in the general direction. It's nothing more than going south first and then west...... But I've been paying attention to the sun these days, these Rakshasa devils, these days are clearly spinning in the same place......" Fang Tuomzi said.

"Spinning?" Shopkeeper Fu straightened up a little suspiciously. After thinking about it, he said with relief: "It's to give them the merchant ships of the Rakshasa Country...... Don't you see that they have gathered a lot of merchant ships these days? ”

What the shopkeeper said was that in the past few days, there have been many British merchant ships converging with this fleet. They were not the only European merchant ships that came to the Ming Dynasty through the Maritime Silk Road, and many other nobles and merchants organized ships to come. However, as Philip and Firut, who have been "recognized" by the Ming court, are undoubtedly the leaders of these strangers at sea.

The officials of the Ming court could not distinguish the difference between Britain and other European countries, and most of these merchant ships and the Ming Dynasty also acted under the name of Britain. Therefore, most of the merchant ships that have docked have been seized by the Ming court, and the remaining European merchant ships that cannot land have gathered with Philip and others, and their fleet has become larger and larger, and now there are more than 40 large and small merchant ships gathered together.

"I also know about this, but it's just the shopkeeper, which is too strange." Fang Maozi still said mysteriously: "It is precisely because there are more ships...... The more I felt that they didn't want to go back at all. ”

"How can anyone who should go home still hang around in front of other people's doors......"

"It's a bit similar to stepping on the plate before we run errands!"

A word woke up the person in the dream, and the shopkeeper Fu was startled, and then he felt that what Fang Maozi said was very reasonable. "No, they don't want to go back at all."

"I want to gather all the people and horses, and the Ming court will do his mother's vote first......"

"Isn't this Rakshasa devil crazy?" Fang Tum is already sweating on his forehead. "Shopkeeper, this is not good, the defense of Daming Port is called a strict one, if these rakshasas are dizzy, what is the difference between it and knocking stones with eggs?"

"Now we're grasshoppers on the same boat as them...... The shopkeeper, it's better to do it first......"

Before Fang Maozi finished speaking, he saw a color-eyed boatman walking behind the shopkeeper Fu, so he hurriedly closed his mouth. I only heard the se-eyed boatman say in a broken Chinese dialect: "Fu, Captain Philip, I want you, go over!" ”

“…… Okay, got it. Shopkeeper Fu gave Fang Maozi a vague look of ease, and then followed the boatman to the cabin.

The ships of the Britons are very different from the style of the treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty, their ships are simple in style, but the decoration of the captain's room is very luxurious. A variety of gold and silver products, as well as gold and porcelain ornaments, make an ordinary captain's room like an exhibition hall. After the shopkeeper Fu stepped in, he only felt that he was splendid, he was a person who had seen the world in the past, and he couldn't help but slander these red-haired devils and rich people in his heart, and then said: "Captain Philip, what are you looking for me for?" ”

Philip's Chinese is much better than Firut's, and now, Fengyang Mandarin has almost become a common language at sea, and Philip, who is bent on gambling on the sea, naturally has worked the official language of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that the shopkeeper Fu was coming, he spoke: "Dear Fu, we have one thing that we need your help with. ”

Shopkeeper Fu has become accustomed to the straightforwardness of these rakshasa ghosts when they speak, he flicked his coat and sat opposite Philip with a golden knife: "If the captain has anything to do, you will say, you are our employer, what you want us to do, we will naturally listen to you." ”

"No, no, no, dear Fu, what I need you to do is not those simple jobs." Philip shook his head, and his gray pupils became a little inexplicable. "I need to fight for me with your men......"

"Fighting?" Shopkeeper Fu's eyes narrowed slightly, and in an instant, he returned to the panic and panic that a fisherman should have, "This...... This is not going to work, Captain Philip, we are all good people who fish at sea......"

"How can we do this fighting, killing, and killing......"

"Dear Fu, I'm afraid this can't help you." Philip lit a pipe, then clapped his hands gently, and the door of the captain's room suddenly opened, and several fierce men with strong eyes came in from the outside in an instant, and surrounded the shopkeeper Fu in the middle. "I understand that the fishermen listen to you, and you are the leader of the fishermen."

"As long as you give them orders, they will listen to you...... Don't worry, dear Fu, I won't treat you badly. ”

He took out a money bag and poured the gold from it on the table. "As long as you get your brothers to listen well, these are all yours."

Looking at the yellow gold, Shopkeeper Fu deliberately swallowed a mouthful of saliva. In fact, these rakshasas did not have any good intentions to recruit sailors, and he and those incense brothers had expected it a long time ago. After all, sailors often need to take on not only the chores on board, but also the responsibility of jumping gangs, broadside battles, landing battles, and so on.

If it is a ship going to Fengmingzhou, the sailors often need to help mine gold, and occasionally hide some private ...... This is also the reason why once the sea ships going to Fengmingzhou recruit sailors, everyone rushes to be the first.

However, these Rakshasa devils still want to recruit sailors before leaving, and they must not have any good intentions: after all, they have all been banned by the imperial court, how can they go to Fengmingzhou to mine gold?

There is no need for manual mining, and there is actually no need for too many handymen at sea...... Then recruiting sailors to go on board is naturally to force people to work hard for them.

It's just that Shopkeeper Fu didn't expect this day to come so soon. Now, they have not left the territory of Daming......

"Don't you want to attack Daming's harbor?" Shopkeeper Fu asked tremblingly. "My brothers and I are good citizens and will never ......"

"Hmph, don't worry, it's not Da Ming." Philip looked like he was in his chest. "You'll find out soon."

(End of chapter)