Chapter 8: Sharks

Xiao Fei said even more seriously: "Although my father is very good at kung fu, who in this world can say that he is the best in the world." ”

Lu Yunli didn't expect such a smug girl to have such an artistic conception, and looked straight at Xiao Fei's serious face, and couldn't help but look stupid.

Xiao Fei saw that Lu Yunli was looking straight at him, his face couldn't help but blush, and he lowered his head. Lu Yunli came back to his senses and realized that he had been rude, and said repeatedly: "Offended Miss Xiaofei." ”

The two chatted, and before they knew it, it was late at night, and only Lu Yunli and Xiaofei were still talking freely in the whole fresh gathering, and the table was already full of wine and food.

While talking and laughing, at some point, a thin old woman stood on the edge of the wooden pillar that was crossed by Xiao Fei five steps away, and said to Xiao Fei with kindness: "The young master should go back, the master is already angry." There was love in his tone.

Xiao Fei agreed, turned his head and said to Lu Yunli: "I'm really happy to talk to you like this, but it's a pity that I should go, I'll see you in the future, and I'll see you next time." After speaking, he stepped to the mother-in-law's side, and the old woman whispered a word to Xiao Fei, Xiao Fei glanced back at Lu Yunli before going downstairs, and turned around and went downstairs with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and disappeared into the vast sea of people.

Although Lu Yunli cared about that smile, he didn't think much about it, and went downstairs back to the inn.

Early the next morning, Lu Yunli walked around Yancheng alone, although there were many novelties, but there were very few high-quality ones, and he couldn't enter the eyes of the King of Beiling at all, let alone the Son of Jincheng.

I really felt that there was nothing to see, so I went to the sea again. There are still so many people in the sea field, but the smell of fish can't stop the merchants who try it.

Walking a short distance inside, I saw a high platform in the sea field, as high as a three-story building, and a large group of people standing on the high platform looked down and exclaimed loudly from time to time. Lu Yunli also leaned up, followed the eyes of the crowd and looked down, there was a huge fish in a huge rectangular iron box, with a pointed head, death-like eyes, a bloody mouth, and when he opened his mouth, he saw that the teeth in his mouth were like sharp knives growing in and out, which made people shudder. From time to time, the big fish jumped up to the stands, as if to jump into the stands and eat up the spectators. From time to time, some people in the stands threw the bloody meat in their hands into the mouth of the big fish, and the big fish, no matter how big the meat was, jumped up and swallowed the meat in one gulp, and the scene was very spectacular, causing people to exclaim.

Lu Yunli took a fancy to this big fish at a glance and asked the spectator next to him: "May I ask this big brother, where is the boss of this fish?"

The spectator pointed with his hand to the sturdy man who was wearing only a vest on his upper body, bare chest, and a turban not far from the stage, and said, "That's the one who tied the turban." ”

Lu Yunli thanked him, walked down the stands, and walked straight to the front of the man, arched his hand, and said, "This big brother, but the owner of this big fish?"

The man looked at Lu Yunli, saluted back and said, "Exactly, what's the matter with this brother?"

Lu Yunli: "Little brother Lu Yunli, I don't know what this big brother is called?"

The man replied quickly: "What big brother is not big brother, my name is Feng Yuanxing." ”

Lu Yunli: "Brother Feng, I came out to find some novelty playthings on the orders of my lord, I see that your big fish is fierce and abnormal, I don't know if it is sold?"

Feng Yuanxing looked at the direction of the shark with his eyes and said, "It's exactly what it sells, but it's not enough to buy this shark alone, but also to buy this iron box before selling." ”

Lu Yunli: "This is natural, I don't know how much this shark costs?"

Feng Yuanxing: "Since you are sincere, two thousand taels of silver will belong to you." ”

Lu Yunli only gave him one thousand taels when he went out this time, which was not enough at all, so he said to Feng Yuanxing: "The palace is in Bingma County, one hundred miles to the north, two thousand taels is not a small amount, I won't bargain with you, but you have to send this shark to Bingma County safely." I'll give you eight hundred taels as a fixed amount of money, and I'll give you the rest when I arrive. ”

Feng Yuanxing readily agreed: "A word is a certainty, I don't know when I can leave?"

Lu Yunli: "Right now, I really don't know how Brother Feng should carry such a big object?"

Feng Yuanxing laughed "haha": "Brother, just take a look." With that, he put his hand in his mouth and whistled loudly, and a dozen men in shabby clothes walked briskly.

Feng Yuanxing gave a few words to these people, and the guys took the order to disperse the crowd in the stands. Twenty horses were tied to one end of the iron box, and the retaining wood under the iron box was removed, and the two guys drove the horses in front, Feng Yuanxing and the rest of the men pushed hard in the back, accompanied by the sound of "squeak, squeak", this iron box with a length of ten zhang and a width of five zhang and a height of three zhang was actually pushed by them. Underneath the iron box are iron wheels, twelve in all, which hold the iron box steadily.

The road from Yancheng to Bingma County was quite flat, and after slowly walking on the road for two days, Lu Yunli felt that this Feng Yuanxing was a hot-blooded man. During the small talk, he learned that he was a fisherman near the East China Sea, and he was often plundered by pirates, and he was miserable. The government was incompetent, so the fishermen had to organize their own civilian armed forces against the pirates. But who knew that the government was afraid that they would make a big fuss and not be controlled, so they took them in. In this way, the weapons and equipment have the support of the government, and they are much stronger, and pirates will rarely come to plunder. However, the government increased the number of people by dozens at once, and they were overwhelmed, and they only had porridge to eat and drink every month, and there was no silver to distribute. These people had no choice but to go to sea again to fish, and it happened that one day they caught this shark in the net and transported it to this Yancheng to sell.

The palace is in the southwest corner of Bingma County, and when he arrived at the palace, Lu Yunli asked the car to park at the wall of the east gate of the palace. After parking, Lu Yun left first to meet King Beiling. The King of Beiling was playing chess with his wife at this time, and the servant sent a message to the King of Beiling, "Lu Yunli is back." King Beiling put down the chess pieces, walked to the front hall, saw Lu Yunli, and didn't say anything else, and asked directly: "But what do you gain?"

Lu Yunli: "Back to the prince, I thought I had tasted all the fresh, it was very delicious, but to maintain such freshness, it can only be killed on the spot." If you use it cold, it will greatly reduce the umami taste. So how about the subordinates want to wait until the first five days of Jincheng's Son of Heaven to come back to Yancheng to get a batch of alive?"

King Beiling thought for a while: "But that's the case, then it's time to go there." ”

Lu Yunli: "I brought back a fierce big fish named Shark for the prince this time, just outside the mansion." ”

The king of Beiling was born in the inland, and he has not seen any fierce big fish, and he is a hereditary vassal king, and he is not allowed to leave without an edict, and he has rarely seen a big fish in the sea, so he is curious and said: "Go, I want to see what kind of fierce big fish it is." ”

Lu Yunli took the King of Beiling to the corner tower of the city wall on the east wall of the courtyard, went up to the corner tower, and looked down, a big fish was swimming in the giant iron box.

Although it was the first time for King Beiling to see such a big fish, he could still say very calmly: "Although this fish is big, it is not necessarily how fierce it is. ”

Lu Yunli shouted to Feng Yuanxing outside the wall, "Brother Feng, feed this shark." ”

Feng Yuanxing took out a fat pork in the bag, which was more than a dozen catties, and threw it into the iron box hard, the shark smelled blood, jumped out of the water, bit the pork in the air, and bit the pork frantically after falling into the water, only to see that the water splashed in the calm iron box, and the shark was churning in the water, and the big meat of more than ten catties was eaten in an instant, and as the meat was eaten, the water surface also returned to calm. The fish swam quietly in the water again.

King Beiling had never seen this kind of scene, and at this time he was not as calm as just now, clapping his hands and exclaiming.

Lu Yunli saw that King Beiling was happy, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so he continued: "Does the prince like this shark?"

King Beiling: "It's very much to my liking." ”

Lu Yunli: "This shark costs two thousand taels of silver, and I have already given eight hundred taels, and the rest of the princes will make up for it." ”

King Beiling is not a person who is very rich, thinking that the Son of Jincheng has lived inland for a long time, he may not see this scene, as long as the Son of Jincheng is happy, it is worth the money. So he agreed that Lu Yun would leave to get the silver.

Lu Yunli whispered in the ear of King Beiling: "It is not enough for the prince to take 1,200 taels. ”

The king of Beiling asked, "Why?"

Lu Yunli: "Although this shark is in our hands, none of us will raise it, leave this leader to help us raise this fish, so that when the Son of Heaven comes, he will see the fish as fierce as the fish that the prince saw just now." ”

King Beiling nodded: "You can do this, you can register in the treasury with as much silver as you want, you are very competent, it is very suitable for me." ”

Lu Yunli retreated from the city wall, went to the account room to get the silver, and saw Hua Feihua greeting him on the way. He went out of the east gate with 1,200 taels of silver, handed it to Feng Yuanxing, and said, "Brother Feng, I have been with you for the past two days, and I think you are very happy, and I admire you very much, junior brother." ”

Feng Yuanxing: "Thanks to Brother Lu's care, I have this business, and I can use it for a while when I go back." ”

Lu Yunli: "I wonder if Brother Feng has the heart to make more money?"

Feng Yuanxing: "Of course it's good to earn more, I don't know what kind of errand it is?"

Lu Yunli: "Then I'll be straightforward, I don't have anything here that I can feed this shark, I hope Brother Feng will help raise this shark here, and give you five taels of silver every day, and you will be in charge of food and housing, what do you think?"

Feng Yuanxing immediately began to do mental calculations, muttering in his mouth: "Twenty-five people, in addition to food, drink and accommodation, as well as this iron box and the meat money to feed this shark, it is about five hundred taels, and the remaining one thousand five hundred taels is given to everyone, and the rest is only one hundred taels for yourself." Although he muttered quietly, Lu Yunli could hear it clearly.

Feng Yuanxing was still calculating, and Lu Yunli interjected and asked, "Brother Feng doesn't know how long this shark can live?"

Feng Yuanxing's loud voice suddenly became very quiet, and he said to Lu Yunli: "It will take at least four or five months." It's hard to talk about this wild animal. ”

Lu Yunli was worried that this fish would die if he didn't live to the Son of Jincheng, and when he heard Feng Yuanxing say that he could live for so long, he was relieved, and said: "You raise this shark here for a month, and this month is guaranteed to be as fierce as it is today, so you can do it." ”

As soon as Feng Yuanxing heard that he could earn an extra one hundred and fifty hundred taels of silver in one month, he happily agreed.

Lu Yunli: "Then it's decided, thank you Brother Feng for staying, it's really helpful." ”

Feng Yuanxing thanked him repeatedly, and took the silver and distributed it to the other guys. After dividing the money, he said to these people, "You go back first, tell my mother, I will go home in a month, the people here have never seen sharks, they don't know how to feed them, I will teach them here, and I will go back a few days later." ”