Huang Chen carried Zhao Hongyi on his back and walked through the dim cabin aisle. The closer he got to the hospital cabin, the stronger the smell of blood became. The cabins on the left and right sides were filled with moaning and screaming injured people. There were more than a hundred people on Hu Er's old ship, but there were only
A doctor and two apprentices who helped him fight dozens of wounded people in a battle. The three of them were too busy even with eight hands. They had to treat the seriously injured first, and those with less serious injuries could only be treated temporarily.
Lying outside, suffering from the pain, waiting for the doctor's call.
"Doctor, there is a seriously injured patient, please take a look..." Huang Chen carried Zhao Hongyi on his back and got into the medical cabin. As he was talking, he saw a doctor who was about forty years old with a mustache holding a sharp ax and chopping.
, the right arm of the wounded man on the bed, which was covered with firearm wounds, was immediately cut off, followed by a shrill howl, and blood gushed out from the broken wound. The doctor's apprentice next to him quickly stepped forward and wrapped the broken arm with an old cloth.
Tighten three times and two times tightly. The wounded person screamed and struggled desperately, and finally passed out from the pain.
"..." Even though Huang Chen had just returned from Shura's hellish battlefield, he was still frightened and his hands and feet were cold.
The doctor put down the bloody axe, wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel, and asked with a frighteningly calm expression: "What's the injury?"
The doctor stepped forward, opened Zhao Hongyi's clothes, took a look, nodded and said, "Okay, put him down and go out."
Huang Chen did not leave as he said, but covered his waist and said, "Doctor, I also suffered a little injury on my waist."
"You?" The doctor looked Huang Chen up and down, his face suddenly changed, and he yelled: "You bastard! There are seriously injured people everywhere here. Life and death only happen in a matter of days. How can I have time to show you those minor injuries? Hurry up.
Get out of here!”
Huang Chen was so angry at being scolded that he suppressed his anger. It was quite difficult to come in once. How could he return empty-handed? He forced a smile and said: "Doctor, please calm down, or you can give me some medicine and I will bandage the wound myself."
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"Get out!" the doctor shouted again.
Huang Chen was so filled with hatred that he had no choice but to leave. If he didn't leave, the people around him would tear him alive. The doctor had a very high status on the ship, probably ranked fourth or fifth. Especially in wartime, life and death depended on him.
Hands, angering him is equal to seeking death.
"Just a barefoot doctor, how awesome is he!" Huang Chen found an empty seat full of resentment and sat down. During the endless waiting, he leaned against the cabin board and almost fell asleep, until there was a burst of cheers.
It woke him up. He let out a sigh of relief. As expected, he thought that his side had won, and he no longer had to go out and fight for his life.
After a while, Wang Yong walked in with a group of injured people chatting and laughing. Huang Chen stood up and asked: "Brother Wang, do we win?"
Wang Yong nodded and said: "Well, we won! We once killed Taipan's old ship, but unfortunately we let him escape in the end."
Huang Chen also felt it was a pity, he didn't mind Taipan Lao dying at the hands of others.
Wang Yong said with a happy face: "The blood on my body is not in vain today. The second master has taken a fancy to me and asked me to follow him in the future."
"Congratulations to Brother Wang..." Huang Chen cupped his fists in congratulations while secretly worrying. The reason why he survived today was entirely due to Wang Yong's careful protection. He thought he had met a good partner and would fight side by side in the future.
He was worried about the danger and didn't want him to be favored by Mr. Hu. Fortunately, he and Hu Yin had a three-month period and wouldn't hang out at the bottom for too long.
Wang Yong smiled appreciatively, and then walked towards the medical cabin. He had a lot of injuries on his body, and since Hu Er and Laoxin were recruiting confidants, the journey was smooth and he entered the medical cabin smoothly. Huang Chen saw it and thought to himself: "You have an identity.
People are just different." He slowly looked away and saw Hu Yin coming from the other side.
"I can't see you anywhere, I thought you were dead... uh..." The death was unknown, Hu Yin quickly stopped. "So you are here. Are you injured somewhere on your body? Is the injury serious?"...
Huang Chen smiled and said: "It's a small injury, it doesn't matter."
Hu Yin nodded slightly and asked, "How many people have you killed?"
"Two people." Huang Chen thought for a while and replied. About two people died directly in his hands, and five or six indirectly.
"Only two people?" Hu Yin suddenly raised his voice, with a faint look of expectation on his face, as if to say, ask me quickly.
Huang Chen secretly felt funny. Hu Yin had always behaved young and mature in front of him, but now he looked a bit like a young man. He followed his wishes and asked: "How many people have you killed, the young master?"
Hu Yin was waiting for these words and stretched out five fingers.
"Five people?" A look of surprise appeared on Huang Chen's face. With Wang Yong's martial arts, he could only kill one or two more people than him. How did he do it? If he said that he relied on his own martial arts, Huang Chen definitely didn't
You will believe it. Seeing that his clothes are not stained with blood, the answer is already clear. He must have relied on firearms to kill enemies from a distance to achieve such amazing results.
Sure enough, Hu Yin answered truthfully. He hid in the dark and shot five people with a firecracker, that is, a matchlock gun.
Huang Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Hu Yin was only fifteen years old, and he killed five people without changing his expression. He was much better than him, a man who had lived for two generations. He was indeed a person with the genes of a great pirate.
On the deck, everyone dragged their tired bodies and carried their own casualties into the cabin. The enemy, regardless of life or death, threw them all into the sea to feed the fish. When the deck was cleared, several people holding buckets and brushes knelt on the ground.
, scrubbing the blood stains on it diligently.
Hu Er Lao held on to the railing of the general platform and looked up into the distance. The sea and sky were the same color, complementing each other, and it was extremely magnificent. However, such a gorgeous and strange scene mixed with the dinghy of the Taipan Lao who was escaping in embarrassment was like a pot of delicious thick soup mixed with a mouse excrement.
Hu Erlao skillfully took out the fire sickle and struck the flint, and a wisp of sparks burst out. The first time he failed, he tried again and again, and finally lit the silk floss, covered the tobacco pot, and smashed it on the ground to eat. The aroma of tobacco suddenly filled the air, and streaks of green
White smoke emerged. After taking a few mouthfuls, the wrinkles on Hu Er's face seemed to be a little deeper. There was no joy of victory, only endless fatigue.
A group of cronies and fishing boat owners stood behind, not even daring to take a breath.
"Second Master..." A young leader stepped onto the general stage. Affected by the atmosphere on the stage, his voice was very soft.
Hu Erlao tilted his head slightly and asked simply and clearly: "How much is it folded?"
The leader replied: "Including the injured brothers, we are less than eighty. We have lost sixty brothers in this battle."
"Sixty?" Even though Hu Erlao was mentally prepared, his eyelids still couldn't help but twitch. Counting the losses in the past few days, he had killed more than a hundred subordinates, and the wealth he had accumulated after a year of hard work was just right.
Wait for it to be of great use, and it will be gone if you don’t!
The owner of the fishing boat was frightened when he heard this, and he lowered his head and held his breath. After all, Hu Erlao was trying to help him regain the fishing boat, so he used a small number to defeat the enemy and went head-to-head with the boss. Now that Hu Erlao had suffered heavy losses and was injured, how could he escape?
He was already prepared for bleeding. When he found Mr. Hu was there, everyone around him turned their eyes to him. The owner of the fishing boat immediately said loudly: "Second Master and all the brothers were injured because they helped me. How can I be stingy?"
People will never sit idly by and watch! This is a good idea. Each of those who died in the battle will be given one tael of silver, and those who were injured will be given five denarii."
Hu Erlao said calmly: "Those who died in the battle will receive two taels each, and those who were injured will receive one tael each."
"..." The owner of the fishing boat turned green when he heard this. In this case, he would have to pay at least 150 taels of pension silver, and his fishing boat was only worth 3400 taels, which is almost half of the price of the boat.
"Are you having trouble?" Erlao Hu glanced sideways at the owner of the fishing boat and asked calmly.
The owner of the fishing boat gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said, "I'll do whatever the second master says!"
Hu Erlao hummed softly, without saying a word, and replied to his subordinates: "Fly the flag and return to the stronghold."...
When the Big Bird Boat successfully returned to the village, it was already dusk. Under the setting sun, Kou'ao was a dazzling golden place, just like an overseas paradise. Before disembarking, Boss Hu Er waved his hand and ordered a holiday for several days, which won bursts of cheers from his men.
Those who have wives think about family gatherings and enjoy family life, while those who don’t have wives think about drinking, eating meat, gambling and whoring. After the war, they must relax their tense spirits. Hu Erlao immediately said what to do.
It doesn't matter, when I go to his house later, he will hold a banquet to reward everyone, celebrate the victory, and distribute the money. The last sentence is the key point, so people cheer even louder.
I heard that Hu Erlao had won a big victory and grabbed a big boat. The men, women and children in the village rushed to Kou'ao to watch. Unfortunately, the lively atmosphere suddenly stopped as corpses were brought ashore.
The cry instantly flooded the harbor.
It was under this background that Huang Chen landed ashore. His chest felt tight and he felt unspeakable depression. It was not until he saw his grandmother, the mute girl, that he showed a smile. Zhang hugged him and expressed his love.
She couldn't help but cry with joy. Dozens of corpses had just been carried off the boat at one go. The scene was so horrifying that Zhang's heart was still in her throat, for fear of seeing her son among those corpses. She had just experienced the pain of losing her husband.
If her son leaves her again, she will never have the courage to continue living in this world.
Huang Chen smiled and comforted Mrs. Zhang: "Mom, don't cry. I'm not back in good health. I should be happy."
Mrs. Zhang wiped away her tears and asked eagerly: "Brother Jin, were you injured anywhere?"
There was a cut in the clothes around Huang Chen's waist, which was stained with blood. He couldn't hide it even if he wanted to, so he said truthfully: "My waist was scratched by a dagger. It doesn't matter."
Madam Zhang immediately became worried and carefully inspected his waist injury. She was relieved when she saw that the wound was not big and that medicine had been applied.
Huang Chen did not dare to mention that his enemy was the murderer of Huang's father, for fear that she would be sad when she found out, so he said something else: "Mom, the second master's only son Hu Yin is very fond of me and wants me to follow him.
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Zhang's worry persists, piracy is a life-threatening business after all, and no one who follows it can be safe.
On the other side, Zhao's wife held the baby in her arms and threw herself next to the unconscious Zhao Hongyi. Tears fell like rain. Huang Chen walked over and comforted her: "Although Uncle Zhao's injury is serious, he is not worried about his life. Take a rest for a day or two."
It will take a few months to fully recover.”
When Zhao's wife heard this, her tears subsided a little. She heard others say that it was Huang Chen who saved her husband, and she kept saying thank you.
The Zhao family is in the south of the village, and the Huang family is in the north of the village. They happened to be on the way. Huang Chen and another person carried a stretcher and sent Zhao Hongyi first, and then went north to return home with Zhang and the mute sister. On the way, Zhang couldn't help but ask about what happened.
, Huang Chen avoided the important and took the easy, and made a deadly battle between pirates as easy as an outing. Zhang knew it well and simply stopped asking.
The three of them returned home and sent Zhang to the house to rest. Huang Chen couldn't wait to fetch water. The blood on his body was almost unbearable. He felt like he had fallen into a cesspool.
The mute girl took a handkerchief and stood aside quietly waiting.
Huang Chen originally felt extremely depressed and anxious due to the cruel fighting at sea and the separation of life and death at the port. However, seeing the mute girl's clear, deer-like eyes, his impetuous heart gradually calmed down.
Seeing Huang Chen staring at her intently, the mute girl's face turned red.
Huang Chen rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands, and said: "Silly girl, your eyes can also calm the mind and calm the mind? It's simply more effective than the heart-nourishing and calming liquid. Haha..."
The mute girl's watery eyes showed confusion. What is the Nourishing Heart and Soothing Liquid?
Huang Chen smiled and said: "I mean, your eyes are very beautiful, more beautiful than everyone else."
This time the mute girl understood, her face, neck, and ears turned red as if they were cooked...
Huang Chen knew that she was shy, so he stopped teasing her, washed himself carefully, went back to the house, changed clothes, and went to Hu's house for the banquet.
In order to entertain his hard-working subordinates, Hu Erlao killed a big fat pig, plus dozens of chickens, ducks and geese. Of course, the most important thing was the fishery. He relied on mountains and rivers to feed himself. This has always been the case. Ten tables and a hundred chairs.
, the Hu family’s yard was packed to the brim.
Wang Yong thanked Huang Chen for saving his life, and specially called him to come to him, hoping to have a drink with him without stopping.
Taking advantage of the free time before the banquet, Mr. Hu had someone bring in an old wooden box filled with white money. Huang Chen could even clearly hear the sound of the person next to him swallowing his saliva. He called his name and immediately ran away.
It’s really funny to see someone stepping forward to collect money, fearing that someone else will take it away if he steps too late. In Huang Chen’s previous life, he had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, so he didn’t know how hard it was to make money. Moreover, the living environment of the ancients was far worse than that of modern people, and they were in trouble.
Being at the bottom of the pile, living on the sea all day long, licking blood from the tip of a knife, just to earn a little bit of silver, I naturally cherish it even more.
Everyone received different amounts of silver, ranging from five or six taels to three or four taels. Huang Chen was a newcomer, so he was not expected to get much, but he and Wang Yong participated in the ship seizure operation, so he received four taels and five taels.
In terms of money, if you put the income into an old man's life, it would be considered to be middle-class.
"Four taels and five taels of silver..." Huang Chen weighed his first salary after coming to ancient times in his hand. Ten cents was one tael, and ten taels was one tael. In his hand, he had 4.5 taels of silver. This amount of money is a lot.
, not much, not too much, it just depends on how he uses it.
"The chief is here..." Suddenly, someone next to him shouted loudly...