"Haha... My Taishi Ci is here." Huang Chen jumped up and couldn't help being happy when he heard Chen Si said that Ruan Jin had brought a boat to deliver the goods.
"Tai Shi Ci?" Wang Fengwu and Hu Yin couldn't help but look at each other. Luo Guanzhong wrote a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with a bald pen. It has been recited for hundreds of years and has far-reaching influence. People at that time talked about the characters of the Three Kingdoms, from high-ranking officials to traffickers and foot soldiers.
, from a seventy-year-old man to a three-foot-old boy, they all passed by and detailed their surnames. Taishi Ci was one of the most powerful generals in the Three Kingdoms. How could the two of them not know the details? Huang Chen compared Ruan Jin's surrender to Taishi Ci's return to Sun Ce.
Doesn't it mean that Huang Chen regards himself as the little overlord Sun Ce?
Wang Fengwu did not laugh at Huang Chen for not knowing his own abilities, but secretly admired his second brother's magnanimity.
Hu Yin's thoughts are more complicated. He will never forget the command given to him by a Taoist fortune teller when he was five years old, "He will be a noble person in the future." He believes that he will definitely become a master in the future, and he has been striving towards this goal.
In the village, and even in the entire Dachen Mountain, Hu Yin was confident that no one of his age could match him. But last year, Huang Chen suddenly rose up and overwhelmed him with everything, which made him a little shaken.
Is the Taoist a charlatan? But as soon as this thought arose, he suppressed it. Regardless of whether what he said was true or not, he wanted to become a master.
Huang Chen said to Wang Fengwu and Hu Yin: "Brother, third brother, I will go to Aoli to meet brother Ruan Jin. I will leave first and you can chat slowly." After that, Huang Chen led Chen Si and left in a hurry.
There were only two people left in the room. Hu Yin took a sip of wine and said casually, "So the second brother will have seven boats, as many as the eldest brother."
Wang Fengwu was highly skilled in martial arts, but that didn't mean he had no brains. Why couldn't he hear what Hu Yin was saying, and said with a smile: "The stronger the second brother is, the stronger the village will be. I hope his boats will be far more powerful than the others."
I'm good, that way we will have the capital to fight against Mr. Zhou. Mr. San, you are greedy."
"..." Hu Yin was indeed jealous as Wang Fengwu said. Only five months ago, Huang Chen only had an eight-foot bird boat and a four-foot-eight oar boat. Although he was only one of the elders in the village, Hu was the second elder.
After Wang Fengwu, he ranked fourth, but in the entire Dachen Mountain, it was insignificant and not worth mentioning. Afterwards, Huang Chen killed Lin Ba Lao, seized his ten-foot-long bird boat, and then divided it into two pairs of masts, one eight-foot long and one with cut tails.
The boat was a seven-foot bird boat, and a six-foot fishing boat was captured a few days ago. Now Ruan Jin has brought another boat to surrender. His strength has turned several somersaults in a row. Now Dachen Mountain can be compared with or above him among the great sea pirates.
Less than one pair of hands. But Hu Yin first drove one boat, and later took over Hu Er's inheritance. There were four boats in total, and there are still four boats today. It's really annoying to compare people to each other.
Wang Fengwu added: "Third brother, please be more at ease. I believe your future achievements will never be worse than those of the second brother."
"..."
When the setting sun completely sank and the sky and the earth turned into a lifeless silvery gray, Huang Chen passed through the dusk and arrived at Kou'ao. He saw forty or fifty people gathered on the shore in the distance. The leader was Ruan Jin. Behind them, an eight-foot long line floated on the water.
Huang Chen was no stranger to this ship. Not to mention meeting him every day, he would definitely meet him once every ten or eight days, because there was a talent on board that he was eager to get.
This boat has an owner. How did Ruan Jin bring it? Huang Chen was suspicious, so he walked a little faster, walked up to Ruan Jin and asked, "Brother Ruan Jin, this boat...?"
Ruan Jin cupped his fists and smiled bitterly: "Master Huang, I'm telling you the truth, I killed many people on the ship for many years, and now I'm desperate, so I came here to seek refuge."
"..." Huang Chen was stunned. The owner of the fishing boat is the largest, and the second is the long-term one. His power is far greater than that of the manager, that is, the deputy captain. To use a vivid metaphor, the owner of the boat is an emperor who rules from the top down.
, and Chang Nian is a powerful minister who upholds the government of a country. It doesn't matter whether the boat owner stays on the ship or not. Chang Nian is indispensable. Ruan Jin's behavior of killing Chang Nian is simply worse than killing the boat owner...
Ruan Jin continued: "If Mr. Huang feels that this matter is inappropriate, I will take people away immediately."
Huang Chen finally found Ruan Jin, but how could he let him go? Not to mention that he killed Chang Nian. Even if he killed the fisherman He Sheng, Huang Chen would try his best to protect him. He opened his mouth and said, "What are you talking about?
Brother Ruan trusted me, Huang Chenfang, to come here. How could I turn you away? I just killed Chang Nian. Just relax when you get here. Even if He Sheng leads people to chase you, I won't even think of hurting you." Huang
Chen's words were very heart-warming, and then he added without waiting for Ruan Jin to speak: "Brother Ruan and all the brothers must not have had dinner yet. We will discuss other matters later. Let's sacrifice the five internal organs temple of everyone first."
When Huang Chen talked about eating, Ruan Jin realized that he was very hungry. He could immediately consider such trivial things, but Ruan Jin asked himself if he could do it. In the past, he often felt that Huang Chen had some abilities, but more of them were
Luck, if he were a thief, he would never be worse than him, only better. Now it seems that he thinks of the other party too simply.
On the way, Ruan Jin said that there were only about twenty people willing to follow him, and the other half did not want to be thieves. Huang Chen didn't care. There may be a shortage of everything on the sea, but there is no shortage of people. With his current reputation, he can recruit casually at the market.
Just beckoning can replenish the manpower.
Filling the belly of No. 50 is not an easy task. In addition to Zhang Xingmu and Hu Tai's wife, Huang Chen also found two cooks and bought some fatty fish, chickens, ducks, wild vegetables, and wine from the neighbors.
A simple banquet. The fisherman is very poor on weekdays. He eats porridge and salted fish every meal, and there is almost a bird in his mouth. After the food is served, he wolfs it down.
Huang Chen had just had dinner at Wang Fengwu's house and had little appetite. He just had a drink with Ruan Jin and chatted. After the meal, Huang Chen arranged for everyone to stay and took Ruan Jin to chat until late at night.
It must be said that He Sheng reacted very quickly. He rushed to the village at noon the next day and wanted to arrest Ruan Jin and bring him to justice. Huang Chen naturally refused to agree, saying that Ruan Jin was already under his command and no one could touch him. As his brother
, Wang Fengwu and Hu Yin tried to be reasonable, but in fact they favored Huang Chen. When He Sheng saw their attitudes, he immediately realized that it was difficult to take Ruan Jin back, so he retreated and asked Ruan Jin to compensate and return the ship.
Huang Chen had no objection to compensation. Returning the ship? There was no reason to spit out the meat in his mouth. After some fussing, he took out two hundred taels of silver and sent He Sheng away. He Sheng was so angry that his nostrils almost smoked. An eight-foot-long ship was worth at least
For four hundred taels of silver, Huang Chen only gave half of the ship price, and it also included years of compensation. This Huang Liu was really deceiving others!
Wang Fengwu also thought that Huang Chen's behavior was a bit excessive. After repeated persuasion, Huang Chen reluctantly gave him an extra one hundred taels. He Sheng was still angry, but after all, he was concerned about Zhou Zhou's reputation and did not dare to fall out with Huang Chen, so he accepted the three hundred taels.
Yin Zi threw up his sleeves and walked away. Huang Chen and others returned to Zhou Lao, but there were no benefits, but they suffered a lot. This time they finally made some money by leveraging his reputation.
Wang Fengwu originally planned to rest for a day or two before going to sea. However, his condition suddenly deteriorated sharply. What was even more shocking was that he began to vomit blood frequently. At this moment, even an idiot knew that what he had was definitely not cold. Several doctors were unable to do anything about it.
Entering October, Wang Fengwu could not even get out of bed. He was ravaged by the disease and was no longer in shape. He no longer had the power to sweep across Dachen Mountain. Huang Chen was so anxious that he went to the market to ask for help from the vendors to see if they could.
You can invite famous doctors from Taizhou, and he will agree to any request of the other party, as long as they are willing to come. Huang Chen's price is high, but the famous doctors are still unwilling to come, and they have no shortage of patients. Sitting at home to diagnose Ansheng, there is no need to pay for a little
The money is in danger and goes to sea. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to regret it.
As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a big reward. At the end of October, two famous doctors from Taizhou were finally invited to Dachen Mountain. Huang Chen got the news and immediately asked them to treat Wang Fengwu. One of them didn't see anything special, but the other saw some clues.
, bluntly told Wang Fengwu that he was not ill, but poisoned.
"Poisoned..." Huang Chen and Hu Yin looked at each other speechlessly, with shock on their faces. There was no need to guess who had poisoned him. It must have been Zhou Zhou, who had invited Wang Fengwu over for drinking several times over the past few months, giving him countless opportunities to take action.
The famous doctor's next words scared Huang Chen and Hu Yin to death: "This man has been deeply poisoned and the medicine is useless. If you say he can survive for another month, you can prepare for his funeral."