Chapter 186: Leader Cai Qian
Cai Qian drank some more wine that day and was resting in a side room. He thought that in just a few days, he would be able to meet up with Lin Yasun, Lun Guili and others, and then he could invade Zhejiang in one fell swoop and collect the gold and silver treasures.
No matter what he said, he felt relieved and hurriedly called his subordinates: "Call Wu Ping over here. I want to have two more drinks with him!"
The subordinates followed the order and went forward. After a while, they brought Wu Ping over. They saw that he was still tall and simple, but he was unexpectedly friendly with Cai Qian. He smiled and said: "Chief Cai, what is going on today, making you so happy?"
Ah? I still need to find the villain to have a drink. Otherwise, the villain actually has two bottles of amber red on the boat, and the smell is very fragrant. How about I go get one bottle first and have a drink with the leader? "
"No need." Cai Qian waved his hand and said, "Why don't you come and try the wine I have here? I brew it myself in Tong'an County, and it may not be any worse than yours in Wenzhou." As he said this, he was also in the bowl opposite.
He poured down a bowl of rice wine and looked at Wu Ping.
"Since it's the leader's treat, it's better for me to be respectful than to obey." Wu Ping returned the gift, took the bowl of wine, and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking, he looked at Cai Qian and smiled unconsciously: "I don't know what the leader has today.
He Xishi actually took the initiative to invite this villain over, which is really... a bit unexpected."
"It's nothing, but Gang Leader Lin has already contacted me. Tomorrow, our two ships will meet in the north. At that time, the Marquis from Annan and his grandma Lun Guili will also be brought along.
The ship has come together. In two days, our ship will reach Wenzhou. Wu Ping, do you want to go back?"
"Yes, of course I do." Wu Ping said with a smile: "But from what the leader said, the leader doesn't want me to leave?"
"I enjoy talking to you, so you leaving makes me feel bored." Cai Qian replied, but suddenly, Cai Qian changed the topic and said to Wu Ping: "Actually, this season is not bad.
, Wenzhou's grouper is the most delicious. On May 5th, grouper is sold at the highest price. This June, it is cheaper. It would be good to go ashore to find some. It's a pity that ships like ours may not be able to sell it.
The ship has stopped in Wenzhou. Are your grain ships going to Ningbo or Shaoxing?"
"It's Ningbo." Wu Ping replied: "But chief, don't we all have an appointment in advance? The chief can surely let these grain ships pass, right?"
"I don't care about your food. In fact, it would be better if you could go back earlier. There are always hurricanes in this season, so there is a custom of burning camphor leaves in Wenzhou to ensure sufficient yang energy and to disperse the wind and rain. I have been there at this time
In Wenzhou, the streets are filled with the fragrance of camphor leaves. Wouldn't it be nice to live such a comfortable life?" Unexpectedly, Cai Qian still did not give Wu Ping a clear answer.
"Yes, yes, Chief Cai, but in my opinion, our master's ship of food is more important. If the food is gone, no matter how fragrant the air in this city is, what does it have to do with me? You said you don't care.
, what do you mean, the old man, Gang Leader Lin..." As Wu Ping spoke, he suddenly realized that Lin Yasun might not really be willing to send a few grain ships to the north, and hurriedly begged Cai Qian: "Chief Cai, is this what you mean?
It's... leader, wasn't it Gang Leader Lin who signed the peace treaty with our master back then?"
"It's true that it's Gang Leader Lin, but it's not just Gang Leader Lin who's coming this time, right?" Cai Qian said, "The Annan generals have more ships, people, and cannons than us.
When you think about it, if Nalun Guili is determined to rob something, even if we try to persuade him, he may not agree? And the Fengwei Gang, I also know that Zhuang Youmei, who is originally more powerful than
Gang Leader Lin is bigger because I brought these boats and hundreds of brothers followed Gang Leader Lin. Currently, we are the first in Shui'ao in Fujian Province. Just based on this, Zhuang Youmei is not willing to accept it.
?Didn’t it mean that if you have a friendship with our gang leader, these ships will be guaranteed?"
"But... this... Leader Cai, all of us who do business know that after making a contract, no matter how important it is to life or death, we cannot break the contract? You said that our families are all allies, so how about our ships?
They should be released unanimously, otherwise, if the reputation of being dishonest spreads, it will not be a good thing for the leader?" As a clerk of the Zheng family, Wu Ping naturally tried his best to protect the family's property.
"That's only what you think. In fact, we work in this business and live and die together. Brothers who go to sea together are still playing cards on the same table today. Tomorrow, the government will bombard them and half of their heads will be gone. I can see this
However, I heard from them that some people were killed while playing cards. We don’t even know what tomorrow will be like, so why don’t you worry about all the promises you made and those who broke them?
? It’s better to look at the gold and silver and just do the damn thing! Once you have the money, you can eat, drink and have fun. All you want is to be happy! You have stayed on my boat for a few days. My people are not short of money, nor are they
They are short of treasures, but look at them like this, how much spare money do they still have?" Cai Qian smiled helplessly, as if he himself was somewhat dissatisfied with this dangerous pirate life.
"But chief, even you here...are not well off, aren't you?" Wu Ping replied with a smile.
"I can't help it? You said that I was fishing well in Tong'an and had a leisurely life for thirty years. But in this filthy world, will it be my turn to have some leisure? That bullshit government, and the so-called fucking people on the shore.
Good citizen, who treats me as a human being? In that case, why not go to the sea and do a lot of fun! But in the first few years, I thought so. Later, there were more people under my command, and more and more people called me big brother, haha,
There must be almost three hundred people. I can't answer their calls of "big brother"? You said that if every time I have gold and silver, I enjoy it alone and they can't even drink soup, then they
Why are you following me? There is little business right now, so I can only share it equally with them. Hehe, in this case, I am a little greedy for these 10,000 shi of rice." Cai Qian said nonchalantly.
As Wu Ping listened, he also had an inexplicable idea. Perhaps the real leader of these pirates should be this little leader named Cai Qian...
"I know that what the leader said is just to scare the villain. I will see Gang Leader Lin tomorrow. I will beg the leader to say more nice things to Gang Leader Lin and let us live. If we want more,
Silver, how about... I go back and make arrangements with the master, maybe the master can agree? But these ten thousand shi of grain are really valuable. Our Zheng family has also lost a lot of money in the past few years... in the past few years.
We must not lose this food anymore." Wu Ping continued to plead.
Cai Qian calmly drank a bowl of wine and said with a smile: "I can help you convey what you said. But you should also think about it. If your ships are known to the gang leader, the gang leader may not be willing to help you. Say
Maybe, there will be other thoughts, can you afford this risk?"
"The villain dare not ask for too much. The leader is willing to help the villain. The villain is willing to work as a cow or a horse in the next life to repay the leader!" Wu Ping hurriedly bowed to Cai Qian.
"What the hell, those bullshit good people are rare, I can't use them. But..." As Cai Qian spoke, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said to Wu Ping: "Man, I have a few here.
Not bad, young and handsome, do you want to try it?"
"The leader is too polite. I don't usually dare to touch women," Wu Ping said.
"Not a woman." As soon as Cai Qian said this, Wu Ping became even more puzzled.
At this moment, suddenly a high-pitched and somewhat rough voice came from outside the cabin: "Cai Qian, what are you doing with this man? There's something going on outside! He keeps telling me how good this guy from the Zheng family is.
, have you fallen in love with her?" Before he finished speaking, a tall woman walked in from outside the cabin. When Wu Ping looked at the woman carefully, he saw that she was wearing a bright red dress, with strong limbs and bare feet.
, there is no taboo at all. The woman's hair is only tied up in a big bun and pulled behind her head, but her face is quite pretty, but besides being pretty, there is more of an evil spirit that is rare among women.
"Mom, I'm just drinking two drinks with him, what big thing can it get in the way? You said there's something going on outside, why are you so anxious? I'll go over after drinking this drink, I'm sure it won't be too late. Then, I'll accompany you again
How are you?" Wu Ping was shocked when he heard the word "Mom". This woman looked to be only in her thirties, but Cai Qian was already in her forties. They couldn't be considered mother and son.
Cai Qian saw Wu Ping's expression of surprise and smiled unconsciously: "Brother, you don't understand this, do you? It doesn't matter, you don't have this habit in Wenzhou. We in the coastal areas of Fujian always call our wives 'Mom', and she is
My family is like that. Her surname is Lu, so you can just call her Grandma Lu." In this way, Grandma Lu is actually Cai Qian's wife. From what Cai Qian said, she probably only has the surname Lu and does not have a formal name.
The word "grandma" is also a common address in the market.
"I've met Chief Lu." Wu Ping hurriedly bowed to Grandma Lu.
However, Grandma Lu dismissed him and said to Cai Qian: "Cai Qian, someone from Lin Yasun came just now and said that they had met up with the Marquis from Annan thirty miles south. You can go south tomorrow.
, it won’t be too late for our three gangs to join forces and head north again.”
"Is there any whereabouts of their Zheng family's grain ship?" Cai Qian hurriedly drank the last half of the wine in the bowl.
"As I said, we arrived in Wenzhou yesterday. They were afraid of you and walked a long way. You look at these small islands where birds don't lay eggs every day. How could you notice them?" Grandma Lu replied. Listening to her tone,
She has always been quite domineering. It seems that on this ship, her status is the same as Cai Qian. It seems that Cai Qian is qualified to call her "Mom".
"Okay, as expected!" Cai Qian said with a smile, looking at Wu Ping, and said: "It's getting late today, so you go back and rest. Tomorrow, when I ship your grain ship, I'll tell my leader
.When the time comes, I will not be able to control whether you live or die!" After saying that, he also put down the wine bowl and followed Grandma Lu out.
Chapter completed!