On the deck of the Vostok.

The tables were lined up, the meat on the plates was thick, the wine glasses were fragrant, and the surviving sailors sat around the table, all smiles on their faces.

"The leader has arrived." Liu Shun sang a fat song on the deck, and Li Zhaoji walked out of the stern, followed by Liu Mingde and Chen Liuzi.

A battle during the day had ended, Li Zhaoji and others not only inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and successfully escaped, but also captured a ship and two barrels of gold and silver, and gained a lot.

The condition of the Indy and the London was even more serious than what Li Zhaoji had seen, especially the Indy, not only the rudder was damaged, but the stern was blown up, and the water continued to leak, and when the Vostok left, the two ships leaned together and depended on each other.

Now that everyone is safe, the sailors who have experienced too much suffering and life and death are extremely happy at this time.

"Thank you for the leader's life-saving grace, the leader's righteousness and benevolence, and the blessings will last forever in the future."

"The leader is our reborn parents, and there is no way to repay it."

Seeing Li Zhaoji appear, the sailors got up one after another, knelt or bowed, and thanked Li Zhaoji.

Li Zhaoji stood there, looking at the people in front of him, the bright moonlight and the brilliant brazier illuminated every face, many people's faces were excited for the rest of their lives, but many more were nervous. Li Zhaoji understands the thoughts of these people, although they are out of danger, but their future is worrying.

Most people don't know what Li Zhaoji is doing, and they think that they were forcibly dragged up to Liangshan and become a thief, but those who know the whole story are also thinking about the future, most of the sailors here are Nanyang, who were deceived or hired to board the ship in Pattani and Hoi An, and their wives and children are all in Nanyang, and they want to go back to Nanyang, but this ship is heading north.

"Chief, you are a kind-hearted person, a living bodhisattva, we people are grateful to you for your kindness, dare to ask the leader, where are we going, can you please send us a kind heart and send us home." There was a person who knelt in front of Li Zhaoji and kept kowtowing.

"You bastard, are you human! The leader saves you, it is the grace of recreation, even if you die, you can't repay it, and now that you are out of danger, you want to go home, what about your conscience? Chen Liuzi kicked the man over and was about to fight.

Li Zhaoji grabbed Chen Liuzi, smiled, and said loudly: "Brothers, everyone lives and dies together in adversity, and escaping from Yangyi together is fate, let's have a drink together, listen to me, how about it?" ”

Li Zhaoji raised his wine glass, and after drinking with everyone, he stood on the chair, he looked at the blank sailors in front of him, although they were timid, selfish and had their own thoughts, but they were the first people in this world who formed kindness, and many of them were likely to become his future career team and even cronies.

A trip to this world, although he encountered suffering and danger, the power of life and death made Li Zhaoji addicted. If he wants to make a career, he needs to gather a group of people.

After drinking a glass, Li Zhaoji's face became serious, and he said: "We are all brothers who rebel against Yangyi and live and die together in adversity, to be honest, I thought that my resistance would fail, and I was hung on the mast by them to feed the birds, or thrown into the sea to feed the sharks, but the result was that we defeated them, mastered the ship, and took back the control of our own destiny."

What makes us successful? Some say it's because of me! But I want to say that without the dedication and sacrifice of all of you, where would there be the freedom and security we have now, everyone is good, a real warrior, and my brother Li Zhaoji is worthy of entrusting his life. ”

Everyone was infected by Li Zhaoji's speech, they stood up, congratulated each other, reminisced about the scene of the daytime battle, and when they quieted down a little, Li Zhaoji said: "The big guy is fighting for himself, but also for me Li Zhaoji, in blood and fire, we have formed a kindness and become brothers who live and die together, and I know that each of you is from a bitter background, and now you have survived, you are very lucky, but how to live next, it is even more distressing, and I will never let my brother live hard." ”

As he spoke, Li Zhaoji dragged the plate containing the roast leg of mutton, picked up the leg of lamb inside and threw it to Chen Liuzi, then picked up a small bucket and poured the contents into the plate.

Under the reflection of the firelight, the thing reflected a dazzling light, and its crisp and pleasant collision sound can hit people's souls, because this is the Spanish double-column silver dollar, one of the most competitive currencies of this era, its appearance makes all people breathe heavily.

"We are brothers, brothers who live and die together, and when you leave this ship, I will give you five of these coins, but these are not for you." Li Zhaoji grabbed a handful of silver coins and held it high: "This is the greatest contribution and the bravest among our brothers."

Ladies and gentlemen, if you feel that you have contributed to everyone in this war, you can grab a handful of this plate and reward yourself, but you must tell what you have done in front of everyone and be recognized by your brothers! ”

As soon as these words came out, the sailors who were staring at the plate were instantly ignited, everyone pushed and pushed each other, cheered each other on, and Liu Shun was the first to stand up.

"Me!" Liu Shun yelled, his strong body leaned forward, and squeezed away the two people in front of him, he grabbed it fiercely, and said loudly: "I am Liu Shun, when I hit the London number, I was the second to jump up, I used an axe, and hacked three Yangyi to death!" ”

Li Zhaoji personally nodded in approval, and on the London, Liu Shun fought alongside him, and he could testify for him, and the rest of the people agreed.

"Brother Shun, I testify for you, if you hadn't cut off the foreigner's hand with an axe and snatched his spear, the foreigner would have stabbed me in the waist!" A tall sailor said loudly.

In the praise of everyone, Liu Shun stuffed a large handful of silver coins into his pocket, and Li Zhaoji bent down and grabbed two handfuls, stuffed them into his arms, he laughed and said: "Liu Shun has a lot of credit, if he takes less, how can others take it again?" ”

"That's right!" Everyone nodded.

Liu Mingde stood up and said: "Everyone, in this battle, our leader naturally has nothing to say, but under him, it is not my nephew Liu Shun who has the greatest credit, but Chen Liuzi's brother who has the greatest credit, without him blowing up the Indy, wouldn't we be one against two, if it weren't for his skill in handling the ship, how could we board the London!" ”

"Yes, Sixth Master, you have a lot of credit, you should take it first!" Liu Shun is a rectum, Li Zhaoji and Chen Liuzi are the most convincing to him, at first he also called Chen Liuzi the sixth brother, but now he has directly changed to the sixth master.

And Liu Shun directly took out all the silver coins in his arms and handed them to Chen Liuzi, but Li Zhaoji grabbed him and said: "I know the merits of the six brothers, and this plate of silver coins can't reward him." ”

In front of everyone, Li Zhaoji took off the key on his belt, this set of keys includes all the important cabins such as the captain's room, the powder magazine, and the vault, which were left by Johnson, Li Zhaoji handed it to Chen Liuzi and said: "Liuzi, this ship, you drove it very well, from today on, you are the captain of this ship, Dongfang, yours!" ”

"Brother Xie." Chen Liuzi held the key and said: "My life was saved by the eldest brother, and mine is the eldest brother's, whether it is to blow up the ship or drive the ship, all the credit is just to repay the favor, not to ask for rewards." If the eldest brother thinks of me, he must respond to the brother's matter. ”

"Okay, you say, I have nothing to ask for." Li Zhaoji said boldly.

Chen Liuzi was very excited, jumped on the chair, and said: "Brothers, I, Chen Liuzi, have the most righteous spirit in my life, but I am also a bastard. Being able to make friends with such people, my life is not in vain.

So, let all the brothers bear witness that I will be married to the leader as the Cam Ranh brothers. ”

"Good!" Chen Liuzi's pride and coolness made everyone high-five and praise.

Liu Mingde said: "I'm here to witness, but it's a pity that there is no statue of Guan Erye here." ”

"I, Li Zhaoji, can have such a brother as the sixth son, and it is also a blessing from the cultivation of three lives, where do I need so many false courtesies, who said that I should kneel down to Guan Erye to worship, let me ask Liu Guanzhang and the three of them to form a righteousness, who knelt back then?" Li Zhaoji's words made everyone laugh.

He pulled Chen Liuzi to kneel on the deck, asked Liu Shun to hand the two a bowl of wine, and said: "Today, all brothers testify, the two of us kowtow to God, and after drinking this bowl of wine, we are brothers in life and death." ”

"Good! The most important feeling is to tie the knot, no matter what etiquette he has. ”

Knock knock knock ....., the two of them kowtowed again and again, and after knocking the deck, a bowl of wine went down, said to each other big brother and virtuous brother, and then got up, and the two rough hands clenched together.

Li Zhaoji picked up the plate and said: "Brothers, you have seen the good of our brother, why don't you come to take your own good, your blood cannot be shed in vain, and I can't let Li Zhaoji treat my brother badly." ”

Immediately a man stepped forward, with a bandage on his head, and said, "Chief, I didn't kill Yangyi, but I destroyed two of their cannons and robbed them of five muskets, I wonder if I can get the reward!" ”

"That's natural, if you hadn't blocked their artillery, I don't know how many brothers would have died." Li Zhaoji grabbed two handfuls and stuffed them into his arms.

After this man, several more people came up to receive the reward, and their merits, each with their own merits, each grabbed a handful, but there was still half a silver coin in the plate, and the rest of the people did not dare to come forward, some people thought that their merits were not good, and some people felt that the gap with the people who received the reward was too great.

Li Zhaoji held the plate, walked to several people, each took a few silver coins and handed them to them, although these people did not make meritorious contributions, but all of them had good courage, some people boarded the ship with Li Zhaoji to be the first warrior, some people were good at archery, they could use firearms, after distributing these people, Li Zhaoji said: "Three points are destined, seven points depend on hard work, although a few of you have not established meritorious deeds, but they were injured in the battle, it is also rare, these silver coins, rewards, etc." ”

After all, there are a few people who can be rewarded, many people pee their pants in the battle, do not dare to board the enemy ship, naturally do not get rewards, these people see that others are richly rewarded, they have nothing, they regret it very much, seeing that there are still a lot of plates, their eyes are very hot.

"I, Li Zhaoji, have never been stingy with my own brothers, but I can only give the people who deserve the reward, but since the money is taken out of my pocket, there is no reason to stuff it back." Saying that, Li Zhaoji handed the money to Chen Liuzi and said, "Sixth brother, we fought against Yangyi this time, and four brothers died and two were disabled.

For each person who died in battle, ask for his name and hometown, and record it, and one person will be given a pension of fifty silver dollars, and if he is disabled, he will be given thirty silver coins for good treatment. ”

"It's big brother." Chen Liuzi said.