Although Chen Ping knew that what Li Zhaoji said was the truth, it did not prevent him from looking at the wooden barrel full of multigrain rice and swallowing frantically.

The Vostok sailed on the surface of the sea, and it was not until two hours later, when everyone had recovered some energy, that Lee allowed them to eat.

The rice bowl is a coconut shell, and it is still used to hold multigrain rice with banana leaves, but this time it is not just multigrain rice. A small half spoon of pickles was deducted on it, and the crisp dried radish was soaked in salted water, which was the first time Chen Ping had eaten salty salt in more than 20 days.

Hundreds of people could only be crowded into a small ship, and for ventilation, not to mention the artillery windows, even the open deck was opened. Because the wind speed is relatively small, the short journey lasted for two days, and in addition to eating on the road, Chen Ping did one thing to clean himself up.

Hair and beard had to be shaved off, some people resisted, hit the sailors, were hung on the mast and whipped twelve times, Chen Ping didn't want to shave, the body hair and skin of the parents, he knew this truth, but when he saw that the sailors on the ship were all short haired but a finger, and saw that most of them were from the Ming Kingdom, he was relieved, with him taking the lead, everyone cut off their hair and removed their beards.

Then, on a warm day, fetch water to cleanse your body.

There were a total of 200 piglets, seven of which were lost on the way, two were hanged for violent resistance, three were thrown into the sea because of infectious diseases detected on their bodies, and one fell into the sea, and the last one went crazy and scolded indiscriminately, and it was Chen Ping who broke his neck with his own hands.

Two days later, the 200 little piglets saw a familiar and strange pirate, familiar because the mountains and beaches here were familiar, and strange because the streets and houses in their memories were all gone.

Everyone was taken to a camp hidden behind the mangroves, where a number of tents and huts were set up, and each was given a pair of large trousers made of old canvas and a trumpet of the same quality, and straw sandals were to be made by themselves. As for their original clothes, they were burned as firewood on the ship, and with them were destroyed by lice and germs.

After another five days, Chen Ping was awakened by the sunlight through the grass shed, and when he opened his eyes to see the broken grass shed, he remembered the days when he lived in the guard house when he was a child, and it was also in such a grass hut that he ate the fine food saved by the whole family, and then boiled his body according to his father's requirements and practiced martial arts in the army.

"Alas, what if Daddy's spirit in heaven knew that I was now a slave?" Thinking of his father, who had passed away for many years and had not lived a good life with him, Chen Ping couldn't help but sigh.

"Big brother, this is today's meal, knowing that your head is hot and sweaty, I asked you for an extra bowl of hot soup." A brother put something in front of Chen Ping.

Hot soup with kelp, a salted fish, and rice mixed with multigrains and cassava are like this these days, although it is simple, but it is much better than ordinary people's food.

Chen Ping arrived at Neilingding Island, that is, a little feverish, most of the time lying on the straw mat, today is to feel that the body has regained strength, he ate something in three or two bites, drank the soup, suddenly felt that the whole body was hot, suddenly grabbed the wooden stick on the side, shouted, is as a spear dance.

The martial arts in the army are the most simple and rude, and they pay attention to killing with one move. Several of the spear's tricks were all practiced by him for twenty years, and he was extremely proficient in practicing them at this time. And the body is getting more and more recovered, and all the cells seem to be cheering, and after a while, it is getting better.

Click!

The eyebrow-long wooden stick was kicked off, turned into a double knife, and danced in Chen Ping's hand, the posture was very ordinary, but he was tall and strong, even if he played two wooden sticks, he also had a great sense of power, and the explosive muscles were like knots at the roots of a tree, which was very beautiful.

"Good martial arts!"

Haosheng woke up Chen Ping, he put down the wooden stick, and saw Li Zhaoji standing not far away, applauding eagerly.

Chen Ping practiced for a while, and now his body has fully recovered, and there are bursts of heat on his green skin's head, adding a bit of heroism. Although in the past few days, he has been worried about how Li Zhaoji will deal with him in the future, but he can survive because of the help of others, and the goods worth fifty-five taels are what he has seen with his own eyes, and he can't cheat, so in the face of Li Zhaoji, Chen Ping is very respectful.

"Shopkeeper Li, it's rude to you." Chen Ping said with his fists clenched.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Is Lord Chen in good health?" ”

"Where do fallen people dare to call themselves adults. Shopkeeper Li can just call me by name. Chen Ping said.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Brother Chen, please sit down, if there is nothing to do, you and I can talk?" ”

Chen Ping sat cross-legged on the sand and said, "It just so happens that I want to know how Shopkeeper Li arranges for us people." ”

"What do you brothers think?" Chen Ping and a group of more than a dozen people leaned over, and Li Zhaoji sat on a boulder and asked with a smile.

"Twelve of me were mortal. If there was no rescue from Shopkeeper Li, they would have met in Huangquan at this time. It stands to reason that in this life, you must listen to the benefactor's orders. But twelve of me were born in the guard, they are Ming military households, and my family is in the guard, so I don't do everything.

If we are left to the grass, we will be in trouble, but we can't. If I were asked to wait for the South Seas, I would be able to sell goods by boat or fish in the fields. We have nothing to say, only ask for two things, one is to bring a safe news to the family, and the other is to open a price or give a time limit for the shopkeeper, if my twelve brothers can earn back their net worth, dare to ask the shopkeeper to let my brother free. Chen Ping had already had a draft, and said with his fists clenched.

Li Zhaoji laughed, pointed to his face and said, "Brother Chen, I'm just like a pirate, like a human trafficker?" ”

"I, Chen Ping, am a rough man, but I also know that I can't afford to be early if I don't make a profit. The shopkeeper is not an extraordinary person, but he is not a bodhisattva, so let's talk about what the arrangement is. Chen Pingzheng said that in order to know his fate, he did not hesitate to offend Li Zhaoji.

Li Zhaoji laughed and said, "Okay, since you are well, then come with me, and I will tell you why you spent a lot of money to buy you." ”

All those who bought were gathered in a clearing, where there were several tree trunks, on which hung people, some dead, some moaning. These people are hanged here, either because of a fight or because of gambling, they are people who break the rules, and those who are hanged are those who have fled and are captured.

Exhaustion was written on everyone's face, and after coming here, everyone rested for two days, and after two days they began to work, cutting down trees, leveling the land, etc., and every day there was endless work, but the food was not bad, and even because of the daily physical labor, they got more meat, although it was all salted and reddened bacon.

But this also brings some problems, some people can't stand the manual labor, some people are uneasy about the unknown future, and there are fleeing. The two hundred people who were bought, after wear and tear, are only one hundred and seventy left.

Li Zhaoji climbed up to the highest tree house and shouted to the people below: "You are all my people who I exchanged for fifty-five taels of silver from the water prison. Everyone has also seen that those who disobey me will be punished, and those who dare to flee will be hanged.

These days, I'm just going to single out these half-hearted and ungrateful guys. Now that this test is over, you should know what you are going to do next. ”

Everyone listened quietly to what Li Zhaoji said, Li Zhaoji coughed lightly, and continued to speak: "What you have to do is to follow me for revenge!" ”

The crowd that was quiet just now fryed, and Li Zhaoji said: "I, Li Zhaoji, am originally from Shandong, and I have been begging for a living at sea since I was a child, and I have been to North Korea, Xian, Japan, and Malacca and Batavia in the south. This time, by God's grace, I had my own boat and a group of brothers who were of the same heart and mind as me.

For my own sake and for the sake of everyone, I set up a trading company and wanted to do something big. If you want to achieve great things, you can't have no money, you can't have no people, and you can't have no land. Now, I value the territory of the Pearl River Estuary, and since then, the four pirates surnamed who have been entrenched here are my enemies.

But they are also your enemies, and their hatred is as deep as the sea. Next, you will join me in taking revenge on the four pirates. Kill the four surnames! ”

Everyone was taken into slavery by the four surnames, resulting in the destruction of their families, as Li Zhaoji said, and the enmity with the four surnamed pirates is as deep as the sea. originally thought that they were going to be sold to Nanyang as a coolie as a slave, but they didn't think that they wanted to take revenge on the person they wanted to kill the most, which made them not excited, and immediately roared in unison to shake the whole island.

"Kill the four surnames, kill the four surnames!"

After everyone was quiet, Li Zhaoji continued: "The four surnamed pirates, hundreds of warships, thousands of men, we are only one-tenth of them, and we are definitely opponents, so from now on, everyone here must be trained."

Do not complain, do not escape, and do not fear. From this day forward, your eyes are fixed on me, and you must do what I do. Until we all become warriors with one to ten, until we kill all our enemies with our own hands. ”

Li Zhaoji's words provoked cheers from patches of cheers.

And the first order that Lee Zhaoji gave to everyone was that each person must weave ten pairs of straw sandals for backup, because in the next few days, what they had to do would be very shoe-intensive.

After the preaching, everyone dispersed to pull the grass and weave shoes, and Li Zhaoji walked in front of Chen Ping, Chen Ping did not wait for him to ask, knelt directly on the ground, tore off the canvas on his body, revealing his chest full of scars, and said: "It turns out that the shopkeeper Li asked us to kill pirates, and we are military households, and it is our duty to kill pirates to protect the territory and the people." In this matter, my brothers and I are all at the disposal of Shopkeeper Li. ”

"As you say, you don't listen to anything else?" Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

"We are military households, and the world is favored by the emperor. I just listened to what the shopkeeper said, it is to occupy the mountain as the king, circle the sea and dominate, and in the future, I will have to fight with the court. Ordinary people are just ordinary people, but if we and other military households, if we draw a sword to the court, there will be a rebellion over there, and the rebel family will die, and my brothers and others will not obey their fate. ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "You are a principled person, get up, now you only kill four surnames, and you are not an enemy of the imperial court." ”