"This is Brother Li Zhaoji, who came here to buy some piglets." Zheng Tingqiu stepped forward and said with a smile, putting his hand on Lin Rong's shoulder, but he pushed it away.

Lin Rong's eyes immediately changed when he looked at Li Zhaoji again, he saw that Li Zhaoji was not like a mortal, but he didn't expect that he was a seafarer, and the seafarers who bought piglets were all unsightly, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

"But it's a bold guy, Leader Zheng, for your sake, the official will not pursue it. Come on, let's go! Lin Rong beckoned his people to leave.

Li Zhaoji stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Lord Lin, we haven't talked about business yet." ”

"You are presumptuous!" Lin Rong didn't think that a seafarer would dare to talk to him like this, and he also blocked his retreat, and immediately said angrily: "Do you know who this official is? ”

"Of course I know, you are the chief soldier of Lord Lin Cha, or the son of Lord General Soldier." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

"I know you dare to stop it!" Lin Rong restrained himself slightly, if he didn't know, it would be enough to do such an unruly thing, now that he knows, it is still like this, then he has no fear.

Li Zhaoji pulled out an object from his sleeve and said with a smile: "This is the post of my lord's house." ”

Seeing that small post, Lin Rong was even more restrained, and said in his heart that Li Zhaoji was running errands for others, and he dared to take out the post in front of him, so there must be a background. took a look at the exquisite post, and said, "It turns out that I am still a friend of Hai Zhongsuke's family, and I am fortunate to have it." ”

Zheng Tingqiu also suddenly realized at this time: "It turns out that my brother is doing things for Master Hai." ”

There are many people with the surname Hai in Guangdong, but there is only one Haizhong Jiegong, and that is the Hairui family in Qiongzhou. Hai Shuzu is a celebrity in Guangdong, with the name of Hai Rui's grandson on his head, and he is very comfortable in the circle of officials and doctors in Guangdong.

Speaking of which, Hai Shuzu doesn't even have a fame, but Hai Rui's grandson is more effective than a person's fame.

"Come, Brother Li, go to my place to eat and drink, since you are a member of the Hai family, that is your own family, and I have the final say on the piglets here." Lin Rong patted his chest and promised.

On the way here, Li Zhaoji had a basic understanding of the situation in the water prison on Lingding Island.

The four pirates all locked up the captured piglets here, and the chief soldier Lin Cha also arranged for Lin Rong to take people to take care of them here, saying that they were taking care of them, so as not to disturb the people on the official side, but in fact, they were sitting on the ground to collect money. Lin Cha agreed with the four surnames that in addition to a sum of filial piety, every time a piglet is sold, thirty percent of the shares will be harvested. But Zheng Tingqiu knew that this was aimed at himself, and in fact, the other three surnames only received one percent, and only his own side received three percent. But Zheng Tingqiu had nothing to say and didn't dare to debunk it.

In Zheng Tingqiu's mouth, Li Zhaoji also heard about Chen Ping, Chen Ping is also a subordinate of Lin Cha, who is quite righteous on weekdays, very good to his brothers, and has a lot of prestige in the army. Lin Cha intended to accept him as a righteous son, which is commonplace in the army, which general does not raise a few righteous sons, and even dozens and hundreds.

Chen Ping is a person who does not forget his ancestors, he doesn't want to agree, but he doesn't dare to refuse, in the ambiguous past, others call him Lin Ping, but he still calls himself Chen Ping.

This time, Chen Ping was also ordered to come to see the field, who knew that Chen Ping was a benevolent and righteous person, seeing that ordinary seafarers and hawkers were sold as piglets, and were also imprisoned in a water prison for abuse, he was moved by compassion, first wanted to be released, was found and recovered by Lin Rong, and then thought about complaining to the governor Shen Youlong, and was directly taken down by Lin Rong.

In the army, none of those who dare to betray the commander will end well. Chen Ping and the twelve brothers under his command were all condemned to death row because of his kindness.

When Zheng Tingqiu heard the news, Li Zhaoji's first thought was to buy Chen Pingren.

"Oh, so to speak, my brother is now a middleman for Hongmaoyi, and he wants two hundred piglets in one go, so bold Hongmao." When Lin Rong heard about such a big deal, he was even more envious.

"Ahem, Lord Lin, Brother Li won the price of forty taels from Hongmao. Chen Ping's group of people, if you kill them, you will end up with a puddle of meat, and a piece of dirty land, if you sell it to Brother Li. It's five hundred taels of silver. Zheng Tingqiu said directly, and gave himself a difference of fifteen taels.

Li Zhaoji didn't break it, and said with a smile: "Yes, twelve piglets, it's useless to kill, is it good to exchange money?" ”

Lin Rong's eyes lit up, as if he was tempted, but he quickly waved his hand: "That is a death row prisoner who betrayed the master, according to the general's order, he must be executed immediately." ”

"Haha, it's okay to sell it to Brother Li, it's a death anyway." Zheng Tingqiu said.

Lin Rong was surprised, he had never heard that buying piglets was to kill, he said: "That piglet is bought and killed, can you still eat meat like a real piglet?" ”

"I bought these piglets, but I used them to kill you." Li Zhaoji said with a smile on his face, and said to himself in his heart.

Why did he want two hundred strong men, and those who were unruly? When they arrived at the water prison, they were still unruly, all of them were men, bloody, and hated pirates, so they were pulled to Neilingding Island, and with a little training, they were soldiers who dared to kill and fight.

And why is this Chen Ping, it is that he likes his military background, this kind of person has experience to train soldiers, no matter how good.

Zheng Tingqiu said: "Lord Lin, Brother Li bought this piglet for Hongmao, which is the ....... used to kill. ”

In a few words, Zheng Tingqiu repeated the lie made up by Li Zhaoji, and Lin Rong was stunned when he listened.

When Lin Rong hesitated, Li Zhaoji said: "I heard that the adults and Chen Ping have a lot of dislikes, but they can't be angry, just kill one of them, why kill them all." But to put it mildly, it is important to kill him to export his evil spirit, or to get forty taels of silver to buy a few acres of paddy fields in Guangzhou? ”

These words made Lin Rong's heart move, to put it bluntly, he is here to collect money on behalf of Lin Cha, and that money has nothing to do with him, even if he uses some means, there are not many in his hands, but if he makes this money, a small five hundred taels of silver will be in hand, it will be a windfall.

"Left and right they are also dead, so that's it." Lin Rong took a sip of strong wine and gritted his teeth and said.

That night, the three of them ate and drank, and decided the life and death of Chen Ping's twelve, but they also talked about other things.

Zheng Tingqiu set the price at forty taels, and the three agreed that they would go to the other three surnames tomorrow to pick piglets, and pick those that were not tamed and could not be sold at a price. When the time comes, Lin Rong will help to lower the price, and it will be below forty taels, and Lin Rong will take the lion's share of the money earned.

It rained on the second day, and the fog was filled with fog on Wailingding Island, and the three of them went back and forth between the various water prisons to pick piglets, with Lin Rong there, and others didn't even dare to ask.

In the afternoon, the piglets had almost been selected, and Zheng Tingqiu arranged for his subordinates to transport the people to the Dongfang by small boat.

While transporting people and unloading goods, he was very busy, Li Zhaoji and Zheng Tingqiu inspected and handed over the goods on Wailingding Island, and the two sides agreed on a second batch of deals a few months later, Li Zhaoji returned to the Dongfang, and Zheng Tingqiu also gave him a small boat on the red side, which is common on the coast of China, loaded with fresh melons and vegetables and some pickles.

When they arrived on the Vostok, two hundred men filled the deck, and because of their long stay in the water prison, their feet were white, and they were all wounded by the disobedience to the guards, and many of them were weak, and everyone was like a wild man, with their hair and beard mixed together, and all of them were tied in a string.

Li Zhaoji was afraid that these people would have any infectious diseases, so he put on a mask and stood in front of Chen Ping.

Chen Ping squatted on the ground and asked coldly, "Who are you, where did you go if you bought us?" Nanyang, Dayuan or some kind of hell place. ”

"You know what this does?" Li Zhaoji asked lightly.

Chen Ping: "Knowing that you are ready to run, tell you, no matter where you take me, I will run, as long as I let go of my hands, I will kill." ”

Li Zhaoji pulled out the dagger when he heard this, Chen Ping closed his eyes and raised his neck: "That's right, that's it, kill me, kill me, and you will be safe." ”

There was a stab.

Li Zhaoji slashed down, but instead of wiping Chen Ping's neck, he cut the strip of rags that tied him, Chen Ping untied his hands and looked at them in disbelief.

"Didn't you say that if you let go of your hands, you will kill someone, why don't you kill me?" Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

Chen Ping didn't expect this to be the case at all, and the whole person was stunned. But seeing Li Zhaoji handing the dagger to the others, after the Wailingding Island was completely shrouded in a cloud of mist, the ropes on the hands and feet of all the piglets were cut.

One by one, the big buckets were carried up, Li Zhaoji grabbed a banana leaf and put it in Chen Ping's hand, and said, "It's ready." ”

Immediately, a big spoonful of hot multigrain rice was buckled on it, and then the multigrain rice was distributed like this, others held the multigrain rice and devoured it, but Chen Ping was thoughtful, Li Zhaoji pinched a ball and stuffed it into his mouth: "What, afraid of poisoning?" ”

"I don't understand, why are you like this." Chen Ping said.

"I'll tell you when I eat it." Lee Siu Kee said.

"You seem to be a fair and honest man, but why don't you dare to show your true face." Chen Ping asked.

Li Zhaoji pointed to his mask: "You said this? When I wear it, I can't smell the aroma of you or the stench of this multigrain rice. ”

Chen Ping knew that he deliberately said the opposite, hehe smiled, and felt more and more that Li Zhaoji was a wonderful person, so he grabbed the multigrain rice and ate it.

"Does this shopkeeper still have food?" Someone next to Chen Ping asked, licking the banana leaves, and he still felt unfinished.

Li Zhaoji shook his head: "No." ”

"Obviously there is still one, but you say it's gone." Someone pointed to the steaming barrel.

It was Chen Ping's subordinates who said this, and Chen Ping slapped him on the back of the head: "That's people's food, people give you up, you can eat, take the initiative to ask, and force it to give, that's ungrateful." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Many of you have not eaten for three or five days, and you have eaten too much in one go, so you have to die of it. Eat one spoonful now, and the rest will take two hours to eat. I'm also for your good, I spent fifty-five taels of silver for each of you, and if I die, I'll have to lose my money. ”