Today is definitely a stormy day for Huang Chen, with ups and downs. First of all, today is his "Anniversary of Death", and then he witnessed the tragic deaths of Yimu Lao and Hu Erlao at sea. He was lucky enough to escape the disaster of destroying his family, and set up an ambush to defeat Lin Qilao.
invasion, and finally obtained two large ships, and sworn sworn vows with Wang Fengwu and Hu Yin... Huang Chen lay on the bed and closed his eyes. Compared to his exhausted body, his spirit seemed particularly excited. What happened today was...
It flashed through his mind like a movie, making it difficult for him to fall asleep for a long time.
After tossing and turning for an unknown amount of time, Huang Chen was exhausted and fell asleep. However, within an hour he was woken up by someone. He opened his heavy eyelids and found that it was Chen Wu. He slowly sat up and asked: "
What time is it?"
"There's only one moment until the ugly moment strikes."
Huang Chen nodded, and he and Wang Fengwu made an appointment to take over duty at the appointed time. However, although the time was a bit urgent, he still carefully washed his hands, face, neck, hair, and mouth, all in a slow and unhurried manner. Chen Wu Station
The person next to him looked helpless. Huang Chen was good at everything, but he was too mysophobic. At his current speed, he would definitely not be able to get to Kou'ao on time. Wang Fengwu would definitely have to wait a while longer. There were thousands of people in the village, and he was probably the only one.
Dare to do this.
After washing up, Huang Chen took Chen Wu and left home for Kou'ao, arriving more than a moment late. Wang Fengwu was bold and informal, and did not pay attention to the time. He took Huang Chen to talk about some matters that needed attention, and then hurried back.
Home. Huang Chen stayed drowsily for an hour. There was a faint light between the sky and the earth. He concluded that no enemy would come and found a place to sleep until daybreak.
The situation was extremely urgent yesterday, and there was no time to prepare for the funerals of Mr. Yi and Mr. Hu. Early this morning, Hu Yin started to organize, and basically all the men, women, and children in the village were present, blocking the door of Yimu's hometown. Huang Chen secretly paid homage to the memorial tablets of the two.
Sighing, there is no difference between the two maritime tycoons and Huang's father who is an ordinary pirate. They both ended up with no bones left. Hu Er Lao was a little better. At least he had his son Hu Yin to wear sackcloth and mourn for him. Only an old man can be called a desolate person.
, all three of his sons died in front of him.
Wang Fengwu also felt deeply and sighed to Huang Chen: "I will be satisfied if I can end up like Brother Hu in the future."
Huang Chen is not surprised by Wang Fengwu's pessimism. Only people on the sea can understand the cruelty here. Hu Erlao's ending is pretty good.
After the worship, while the people had not dispersed, the three of them jointly announced their marriage to Jinlan and asked those present to be witnesses. The villagers were greatly surprised, but did not think much about it, nor did the crew, but the captains of the ship had to be more careful.
Thinking about it, everyone speculated about the intention behind this move and the variables caused by it.
The messenger brought a table, lit a handful of incense, and slaughtered a pig for sacrifice. The three of them knelt down on the ground one after another, and swore an oath: "Wang Fengwu, Huang Chen, and Hu Yin, today we become brothers of the opposite sex... We do not want to be of the same year and month."
Born on the same day, I only wish to die on the same day, same year, same month... Those who are treacherous will be killed by both heaven and man..." After saying their goodbyes, the three of them bowed to the incense table again, and then the three of them bowed to each other, with Wang Fengwu as the elder brother, Huang Chen as the second, and Hu as the second.
Yin is the younger brother, and under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes in the village, the three of them have officially become brothers of the opposite sex.
Before everyone could come forward to celebrate, Hu Yin immediately announced that the four ships under Yimu Lao would now belong to Wang Fengwu and Huang Chen. This news was groundbreaking and immediately caused an uproar. The faces of the four shipowners involved were astonished, and in their hearts
He regarded Hu Yin as a child of Huang's mouth, and was planning to oust him and take the ship as his own. Unexpectedly, Hu Yin actually gave the ship to Wang and Huang.
"Well, how can this be done?" The four ship owners looked at each other, opened their mouths, and hesitated several times. For a long time, no one dared to raise a voice of objection. If brothers divide their own ships, why should they object? If you don't say it's okay, for a while,
What's worse, the so-called emperor and courtiers, the four of them are old men. If Wang, Huang, and Hu think that they are disobedient, they will definitely purge them and replace them with their trusted followers. In order to maintain their current status, the four of them
I honestly came to Wang Fengwu and Huang Chen to bow down and show my loyalty...
One of the two people belonging to Huang Chen is named Hong Ju, nicknamed Uncle Ju. He is quite old, nearly fifty years old, and his hair, skin, and clothes all give people a dirty feeling. With Huang Chen's mysophobic personality,
I gave him a zero score in my heart. The other person is from Huang Chen's family, and his surname is Huang Mingfang. Although his name is a bit weak, he is tall and thick.
Both of them have good abilities. Huang Chen will not touch them for the time being and will wait and see for a while. If they can integrate into the team and play a role, they may continue to be the captain of the ship. If not...
Then Hu Yin signaled Huang Chen, and Wang Fengwu led his confidants to follow him. The two knew what they were doing, and each recruited seven or eight confidants, asking them to bring shovels, hoes and other excavation tools. The group left the north gate of the village and entered the mountains. Along the mountain road, they crossed
As Huang Chen walked away, Wang Fengwu became more and more confused, why did he seem to be going to the cemetery? What made the two of them speechless was that Hu Yin really took them to the cemetery.
"Yimou Lao's money is hidden in the tomb?" Huang Chen couldn't help but secretly praise Yimu Lao for choosing a place. Hu Yin didn't tell him, and he wouldn't have guessed it even if he broke his head.
Hu Yin led everyone through a cemetery, stopped in front of an inconspicuous grave, and pointed: "It's right here, dig."
After hearing this, all the men immediately waved their shovels and hoes, and worked hard for half an hour to dig out a wooden box. Soon the wooden boxes appeared one after another, four in total. Three of the boxes were neatly filled with white silver, and the other box was only filled with silver.
Less than half of it was filled, mainly gold and gems. Each of the three silver boxes contained about one thousand taels of silver, totaling three thousand taels. It is difficult to estimate the gold and gem box, but it should be no less than two thousand taels of silver.
Huang Chen couldn't help but shook his head secretly. He originally thought there should be at least ten thousand taels, but he didn't expect it was only five thousand taels. The three of them shared it equally, each of them only had more than a thousand taels, which could only be considered a small fortune at best.
Hu Yin was also disappointed and looked depressed.
Wang Fengwu was much calmer than the two of them. He turned to Huang Chen and said, "Second brother, you and I each take a silver box and leave the rest to the third brother."
Huang Chen nodded and said, "Okay, that's it."
The group of people moved the boxes and stepped into the village gate. They saw Wang Fengwu's number one general Liu Bin running towards him, reporting that an eight-oared boat had just broken into the entrance. The person on it claimed to be the old envoy of Wednesday and wanted to see the person in charge of the village. At this moment, the person in charge was
They were already at Hu Yin's house. Huang Chen and the other three exchanged glances with each other, and they all said in their hearts that Mr. Zhou Zhou was so fast! He immediately left everyone behind and went straight to Hu's house.
Zhou Lao's envoy is about forty years old. He is wearing blue silk clothes. His face does not have the weathered look of people on the sea. His face is fair, his hair is neat, and he has three locks of mustache. He is sitting in the living room drinking tea leisurely and facing Huang Chen and the other three people who came in.
Treat it as invisible and put on airs.
Hu Yin took the lead and said: "But you want to see the person in charge? Three of our brothers are here."
The man put down the tea bowl and hummed: "You guys are so arrogant, you actually kept me waiting for a long time."
Hu Yin did not explain. When Wang Fengwu and Huang Chen sat down one after another, he sat down and asked, "How do you call me?"
"Ye Fu."
Ye Fu is not an unknown person. Huang Chen and the others have all heard of this person. He is from Quanzhou. He has been studying for many years, but he failed in many trials. Seeing that there was no hope of fame, he worked as a financial officer on a transoceanic merchant ship and was in charge of goods. Later, Zhou Lao robbed a merchant ship, and he switched to Zhou Lao. Because he had some ink in his belly, he was no more trustworthy than those rough guys who only knew how to fight and kill.
Wang Fengwu asked: "What do you want from me?"
Ye Fu said calmly: "Are you Wang Fengwu, the head of the family? Our leader has heard of your name for a long time, and intends to join hands with you to help with great things. I wonder what the king's family wants?" He then added: "Lin The seventh elder has surrendered to our chief."
"Lin Qilao surrendered?" Although this matter was reasonable, Huang Chen and the others were still secretly surprised.
Wang Fengwu deliberately delayed time and said: "This matter is of great importance. I need to discuss it with the brothers and give a reply after some time."
"It should be discussed, but why do we need some time? One day is enough." Ye Fu said: "Our leader will hold a banquet in the village tomorrow. I hope the king will come by then, otherwise..."
"You dare to threaten me?" Wang Fengwu lowered his face and said coldly.
Ye Fu said with a smile: "Master Wang has made a mistake. This is not a threat, but he does not want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings, so as not to damage the harmony between the two families." Then he stood up and said: "Okay, I have said everything I need to say, how about it? The decision is up to you, Mr. Wang, to take your leave."