Xie Mingzhou thought for a while, and felt that if he ran a boat on this sea, it would be really inconvenient to practice, and there were usually many people, and the boat was fierce when the wind and waves were strong.

So he said to Zhou Xing: "It's not that I don't want to run with you, it's just that there are two apprentices in Luoyang, I really can't rest assured, I want to find a job in Quanzhou, earn some money and then go back to Luoyang." ”

"Since that's the case, then I won't keep you, but from Quanzhou to Luoyang, there are two or three thousand miles to say the least, and there are mostly barren places on the road, so it's probably not easy for you to go back alone." Zhou Xing looked a little worried.

"I'm not afraid, I'm injured now, and if I'm still well, I'll be fine with one or twenty people. ”

Zhou Xing said: "If you want to make some entanglement, just move the goods on the pier, as long as you have great strength and are willing to work, the silver will not be less, and I will take you to talk to the steward when you get off the boat." ”

"Then I'll have to trouble you again. Xie Mingzhou hugged his fists and saluted, he was indeed only grateful to this man.

The boat slowly approached the shore, and at this time several people came up to the dock, boarded the boat with a gangplank, and began to load the cargo.

Such a big ship ran such a long way back by water, naturally it is impossible to be empty, and this ship also carried a lot of goods, all of which are northern specialties, such as ginseng, deer antler, and mink, which are all sold in Quanzhou.

There are also some other goods such as silk, which must be moved into the warehouse for storage first, and then pulled to the South Seas, and the ship's own account and the dock will be handed over.

Zhou Xing took Xie Mingzhou to the dock and walked to the back warehouse, and then the conch also followed and said, "I'll see where you live, I'm okay to come to you for a drink." ”

After a while, the three of them walked to the front of a row of rooms on the right side of the storeroom, and Zhou Xing knocked on one of the doors and shouted, "Steward Li, Steward Li!"

After a few calls and no one answered, a person came out of the warehouse and said to Zhou Xing: "Steward Li is in the warehouse, there is a ship to go to the country tomorrow, and he has brought someone to count the goods now." ”

The three of them went to the warehouse again, but someone at the door did not let them in, so they had to shout loudly outside, and after a while, a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, who also left a money rat tail, stood at the door and asked, "Who is calling? What is the matter?"

Zhou Xing hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand and replied: "Steward Li, I came back this time with a friend, I want to find something to do on the dock, can you help him arrange it?"

Steward Li glanced at Xie Mingzhou, and saw that he was dressed in tatters, and he didn't even shave his hair, so he couldn't help frowning and said, "Zhou Xing, why hasn't this person shaved his hair? ”

Zhou Xing hurriedly said: "He is a Taoist priest, he suffered at sea, and now he has no entanglement to go back, you are always accommodating, and when he earns enough money to go back, he will leave." ”

"Daoist, why don't I look like it? Isn't it Hanliu who came from the other side?" Steward Li glanced at Xie Mingzhou again.

"How can it be Hanliu? He was picked up by me from the surface of Weihai in Tianjin, and he can't even speak our Hokkien dialect, and he definitely didn't come from the other side, you can rest assured." Zhou Xing said with a smile.

Steward Li thought for a while before saying: "If it weren't for the fact that there are many ships going to sea these days, I really don't want to keep this person of unknown origin. ”

Zhou Xing was about to say something, but Steward Li raised his hand and said, "You don't need to say more, leaving him to work has already taken the risk, if he is asked to live on the dock, and something happens at that time, who can afford this responsibility?"

Xie Mingzhou pulled Zhou Xing, hugged his fists and said to Steward Li: "Then thank you Steward Li, I will definitely arrive on time tomorrow, I am going to find a place to stay now, so I will leave first." With that, he and the two of them went to the front dock.

Xiangluo said to Xie Mingzhou: "Brother Taoist, don't worry, just sleep with me, it's just that the house is in tatters, just don't laugh." ”

Xie Mingzhou thought for a while, and felt that he needed a place to stay, and now he was no longer a master who could open the valley, and he also had to eat, drink, and Lazar, and these were obviously not something that he could solve alone.

So he said to Xiangluo: "Then there is only trouble brother, don't worry, as long as the salary is paid, everyone can pay it, but I don't know how much time it takes to pay the salary on this dock?"

Zhou Xingdao: "Wages are settled every day, it depends on how much you do or how little you do, everyone is different, and you will know when you finish tomorrow." After drifting on the boat for a long time, I will go to the owner to get my salary, and then we will have a good meal together. ”

"Brother Xing, then let's go into the city now, right? They have already left, wait to buy some wine and meat and go to my house to eat." Conch said excitedly.

"What are you in a hurry? I didn't go, can they still get the money if they go?" Although Zhou Xing said this, he still shook off his footsteps and walked towards the city, he is the boss of the ship, if he doesn't arrive, the owner will not give money, and it is not good to make the brothers wait for a long time.

When the three of them came to the city, sure enough, a dozen or so people were waiting there, and when they saw them coming from afar, they all shouted happily: "Brother Xing is here, Brother Xing is here." ”

Zhou Xing walked to the door and said to them, "You wait here first, I'll go and talk to the owner first." Then he went and spoke to the porter, and went into the courtyard.

After a while, Zhou Xing walked out and said to everyone: "Everyone is in the courtyard, the tent is coming soon, don't spend all the money on drinking and running out, and leave some money for the family." Everyone smiled and entered the courtyard together.

When they received their wages, a dozen or so people dispersed, leaving only the three of them and the sea dog, who turned out to be from a fishing village.

This trip to the boat ran for a month, and the boat boss Zhou Xing got ten taels of silver, while the conch and the fur seal only had five taels of silver, but in this year, if you save a little money, five taels of silver is enough for the family to live.

Zhou Xing took three people, went to buy a lot of wine and food, and bought rice and grain sundries for the family, and the four of them carried them in small bags and went to a small fishing village by the sea.

Walking on the road, Xie Mingzhou suddenly thought of something, and he asked Zhou Xingdao: "On the dock just now, what kind of thing is that Hanliu you are talking about?"

Zhou Xing glanced around and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered: "Daoist, don't say this to others in the future, otherwise you will get into trouble!" As he spoke, he stood beside him and whispered to him that Han Liu.

It turned out that after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, his son Zheng Chenggong parted ways with him and pulled up a group of people to resist the Qing Dynasty in Fujian.

In this way, Zheng Chenggong was even more determined to oppose the Qing court, until the Qing army invaded Fujian, Zheng Chenggong was defeated by the Qing army, and then led people to capture Taiwan and Bay occupied by the Dutch.