Zheng Chenggong later felt that the situation was not enough to succeed, so he sent his subordinate military advisor Chen Jinnan, as well as five disciples of Mr. Hong Ying under the original Shi Kefa account, to Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi to unite the people in various places to resist the Qing Dynasty, in order to achieve its great event.

Xie Mingzhou understood, and didn't ask any more, the four of them arrived at Zhou Xing's house first, he still had his mother and two younger siblings at home, and his father had never returned when he went to sea a few years ago.

A few people set out the food and drink, and the conch and the sea dog sent things home first, and they were not far away, and they all came back in just a moment, and sat down at a table to drink and eat lively.

Zhou Xing's younger brother Zhou Guo also carried his bag on the dock, just because it was not easy to make a living on the sea, it all depended on God to eat, maybe he would never come back when he went out one day, so Zhou Xing's wife refused to let her youngest son go to sea, and only carried the bag on the dock, and the family's life in this village was quite passable.

When everyone started to eat, Xie Mingzhou found that Zhou Xing's mother and sister didn't see it, and couldn't help asking, "Why aren't the eldest mother and sister there?" Zhou Xing said: "Don't worry about them, eat in the stove." Xie Mingzhou didn't ask too much, he was no longer polite, and he didn't taboo it, so he threw off his arms and ate it.

When the wine was half-drunk, Xie Mingzhou felt that these people were still righteous, they had never known them in their lives, and they were people in distress, but they did not dislike it, and it was not easy to do this.

So he said to a few people: "Brothers, in fact, I was a monk Taoist, and I originally had some Taoism, but because I fell into the plot of a traitor and injured my viscera, I couldn't do it, but this boxing method has never been unfamiliar, why don't I pass on your boxing method, and I will also have more self-defense techniques in the future?"

Zhou Xing smiled and said: "Taoist, we understand your kindness, but we really can't practice your boxing skills, and besides, we don't have time to practice this all day long." ”

The conch also said: "Brother Daoist, you say that you are powerful, can you be more powerful than the monk of Shaolin in Putian? ”

He thought that Xie Mingzhou was going to preach here, so he made a joke.

Xie Mingzhou didn't seem to understand, but asked: "Xiangluo, you said that this monk of Southern Shaolin is powerful, what kind of realm can he reach?"

Xiangluo said: "I don't know what realm this is, but I only know that they are very powerful, who of us in Fujian doesn't know?"

Xie Mingzhou didn't know if this Shaolin monk only knew some boxing techniques or some spells, but he had to press his doubts.

At this time, Zhou Guo said beside him: "Brother Taoist, when you practice boxing in the future, take me with you, even if you can't practice anything, it's good to increase your strength." ”

Xie Mingzhou nodded in response, they don't have this fate, and they won't force it.

The group continued to drink and eat until it was dark, and then they parted and went home to rest.

Xie Mingzhou went to his house with Xiangluo, which was much more shabby than Zhou Xing's family, basically there was no household wealth, even the table and stool were made of the broken boat board, there were also old parents at home, and there was an elder brother who lived in another family.

Xie Mingzhou couldn't help it, but he couldn't think about it, so he had to work hard to nourish the Yuan Shen, and after the Shen Nian recovered, he would take some silver to compensate him.

Before dawn on the second day, Zhou Guo came to ask him to go to work together, Xie Mingzhou did not sleep at night, just meditated and kept transporting the qi trick, hoping to sense a little true qi, although there was still no progress, but he was not discouraged, and began to practice the heaven-given trick again, and then saw Zhou Guo coming, so he rushed to the dock with him.

At this time, the wharf gradually became lively, most of them were the coolies who were carrying, Zhou Guo took Xie Mingzhou to find Steward Li, and then went to find the foreman who went to work, so he arranged to move the goods to the warehouse.

Xie Mingzhou tried the bag, and didn't think it was heavy, but when he saw that everyone was only carrying one bag, he didn't want to be in the limelight, so he only carried one bag and lined up behind Zhou Guo to walk out of the dock.

When they came to the gangplank that was set up on the boat, they saw two men with some small pieces of wood, which were being handed out to everyone one after another.

Xie Mingzhou also received a piece, but he didn't know what it was for, so he asked Zhou Guo in front, and Zhou Guo said: "This is a voucher for receiving wages later, and you will receive a piece if you carry a bag." ”

Xie Mingzhou said: "Then I can get two pieces if I carry two packs?"

Zhou Guo said angrily: "Aren't you talking nonsense? If you can carry three packs, people can also give you three pieces, and one piece can be exchanged for two pennies!"

Xie Mingzhou suddenly realized, and when he went in to move the goods again, he asked the person who specialized in carrying the goods to carry an extra bag and put it on, although he felt that it was not heavy, but it was not stable, so he had to put it down, and he took a bag in one hand and walked out.

Seeing Zhou Guo on the side, he shouted admiration. I secretly thought about practicing boxing with Xie Mingzhou, and when I had such a good strength, wouldn't my daily salary be doubled?

When dozens of people were busy, they filled the big ship, and they were very tired, but they only sat on the stone steps and rested for a while, and then they all went to the tent to line up to receive the wages.

Xie Mingzhou counted his own wood chips, there were more than one hundred and twenty pieces, half more than others, but when it was counted as silver, it was only more than two hundred yuan, he used to have easy silver, hundreds of thousands of taels did not feel how much, but now he has earned more than two hundred yuan, and he feels very precious when he counts it.

Xie Mingzhou put the copper coin close to his body, and was about to call Zhou Guo to go back together, but he saw the foreman walking in front of him with two people, and he didn't know what to say, and then stretched out his hand as if asking for money.

Xie Mingzhou didn't understand what was going on, so he hurriedly called Zhou Guo over and asked, Zhou Guo said embarrassedly: "They are going to collect profits or money, saying that you earn a lot today, you have to charge 50 wen, and in the future, we will pay 10 wen every day." ”

Xie Mingzhou was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Why should I give them the money I have worked so hard for? You tell them that you don't have a penny, if you want it, just come to me and get it." ”

Zhou Guo cried and said with a sad face: "Brother Daoist, although you have great strength, but there are many powerful people, you may not be able to fight, and then you will pay if you suffer a loss, isn't it thankless?"

"Don't say that I don't give money, from today on, you don't have to give it anymore, a few land scoundrels, if you annoy me, you will be pinched to death and thrown into the sea!"

The foreman understood his words, stepped forward, pointed at Xie Mingzhou and scolded: "What a thief, isn't that the pirate ashore?

Today, don't say that you are alone, even if there are ten or eight, the master will also knock you all into the sea to feed the fish. After saying that, he waved his fist and was about to come up to make a move, and the two behind him also pounced and surrounded Xie Mingzhou in the middle.