Chapter 88 Go to Dalian Island again

Two days later, Yu Xiaotian returned home with nothing and returned to their Treasure Island. It was not that they did not meet the passing merchant ships, but these merchant ships were very careful. After approaching the Fuzhou area, they began to sail close to the coast, and some ships formed more than two or three fleets. , together, Yu Xiaotian and other small pirates could only sigh and couldn't talk in a hurry.

After wandering for two days, seeing that he was going to Dalian Island to pick up the goods, Yu Xiaotian had to give up this hunting and take people back to Treasure Island.

Through this hunting, Yu Xiaotian realized that it was not easy to be a pirate. Even if he tried his best to maintain the hygiene of the ship, the conditions of this era were here. The conditions for survival on the ship were simple, and it was very hard to stay at sea for a long time.

Moreover, their ship's performance is limited. Even under light load conditions, the speed is not fast enough. When chasing other people's ships, it takes a lot of time, and the firepower configuration on the ship is very poor. With only two bowls, they can't even suppress some rich merchant ships.

And their manpower is still a little too small. Every time they come out, they can only bring about 20 people. When they fight with people, they always feel that the manpower is not enough. Two times they hijack the ship, they have to let him, the big head, be the first to kill the front.

He is not afraid of death, but this kind of thing still makes him a little depressed. He is a big head. Now he has to rush to the front every time when he goes out to do things. This is not a matter of face.

And he himself is tall and has an obvious goal. It is easy to become the object of group attack. If it goes on, if he is not careful, he may break the sand. You know, he is only in his twenties. He doesn't want to die too early. The problem of manpower has become the most important problem that restricts them. Along the way Yu Xiaotian is thinking about this matter.

The people who met the big shark this time made them very faceless. The flesh of their mouths could only be taken away, but there was nothing they could do.

All the problems are focused on the problem of manpower, which makes Yu Xiaotian secretly worried.

However, it can't be said that they didn't get anything when they went out this time. At least they moved a cannon from Liu's boat to enrich their force, and also brought some spices and silver, which contained a lot of Spanish silver dollars, which opened Yu Xiaotian's eyes and took a few carefully to enjoy. After a while.

There are many good things in their hands now. Clark porcelain and silk in the Ming Dynasty, plus the Spanish silver dollars they got this time, are worth a lot of money if they are put in later generations, but in this era, they can only stare and can't exchange much money, which makes Yu Xiaotian a little depressed.

On the way back, Yu Xiaotian led people to carefully inspect the cannon captured from Liu's ship. This cannon is still an old-style gun. Compared with the mouth of the bowl, the barrel is less than one meter long, the diameter of the barrel is about two inches, and the wall of the gun is more than an inch and a half thick, which looks relatively strong and is firmly covered by iron hoop. Fixed on a gun rack without any pitching device, although it still looks very rough, the amount of charge is much larger than the two bowls they used before, so the range and power have increased a lot.

Yu Xiaotian looked around the cannon for a long time, but didn't see what the cannon should be called. Instead, after returning to Treasure Island, he said the name of the cannon with a horse's face.

"This gun is called Baizigun! It is a little bigger than the mouth of the bowl. It is said that it can hold hundreds of guns. Once the cannon is fired, there will be no life within 50 steps! Awesome!

At the beginning, this thing was on the warship of the officers and soldiers. When we met the officers and soldiers before, we suffered the loss of this kind of thing. One of my brothers was killed by this gun, and his head was bombarded and died extremely tragically!

The boat you met this time was quite lucky. You didn't hit it directly by them. Otherwise, you might lose a few brothers!" The horse looked at the cannon unloaded from the ship and said with emotion.

Only then did Yu Xiaotian know that this gun was originally called Baizi gun, but he had never heard of it before. It is estimated that it is a development model of bowl mouth gun. Compared with the famous tiger squat gun, this thing is not very famous, but for them, it is also a rare weapon, so this time they went out this time and gained the most I'm afraid the big one is this cannon.

In addition, they also got a bucket of gunpowder from Liu's boat, which was enough for them to use for a while! This is also a good harvest.

Although they already have some saltpeter and sulfur on hand, they lack high-quality charcoal. In addition, there are tools to crush saltpeter sulfur, so they can't produce their own gunpowder for the time being. They can only rely on their inventory for a period of time.

Hearing that Yu Xiaotian and others met the shark Zhanghu's boat, the horse's face sighed, "This shark is not easy to meet. We can't afford to provoke them, so we have to hide from them! Thinking about it, even Jianglong didn't dare to come over easily. This time, they didn't attack you, which was to give face!

It's just that this shark has a big appetite! It costs 500 taels of silver to open our mouth. How can we give so much silver to them now?"

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said, "Don't care about them first. I won't give them this money easily. At present, the money we have is not enough for ourselves. There is no spare money to honor them!"

"But didn't the third head surnamed Wang say this time? Is it limited to ten days for us to send it to them? If they don't go, will they come to the door? In that case, we will run away again!" The horse said with a worried face.

Yu Xiaotian touched the beard growing on his chin and said after thinking about it, "I don't think so. There are many islands in this area, and I didn't tell him where we settled. Even if they want to find us, they can't search for islands one by island! Let's put it off for a while. Anyway, I won't pay this money at the time! Let's put the rest first. At present, let's go to Dalian Island to pick up the goods, take out the spices we got this time, and then exchange some silver!"

After a short rest for a night, Yu Xiaotian once again took the boat to Dalian Island. This time, they didn't encounter anything, but met two fishing boats. They were not interested in such a fishing boat and sailed directly to Dalian Island.

It was the steward Li who received them. As soon as he heard that Yu Xiaotian and others were coming, he immediately greeted him on the dock, still smiling and greeted him to the warehouse on the island.

The banquet is a convention, and there is nothing to say. Yu Xiaotian briefly talked about these days, and Li Li smiled and said, "This is their rule, but I don't mean to embarrass you!" This tiger has a violent temperament and likes to kill people, but it is still reasonable. Anyone who works on the sea in Fuzhou must be effective. As long as he is given effective, he can work in this area in the future!

If you are short of money, it's okay to procrastinate first, but it's better to send it to them after a while! If you meet them again in the future, they will turn against you! It will be difficult to do it then!

In case you can't get together, you can talk to the shopkeeper later. It's okay to ask our shopkeeper to lend you some first! Everything is fine with us!"

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said, "It's not necessary. In this case, it's not that they deliberately make things difficult for us! I came here this time, but I don't know if your number has prepared the goods for us. If they are ready, it's better to ship immediately. We don't want to stay here for a long time!"

stewer Li immediately nodded and said, "Please rest assured, the shopkeeper. Our Li family is the most trustworthy in business. We have agreed for ten days, and there will be no problem!

The goods have been prepared and now exist in the warehouse, which is only equivalent to you coming to pick up the goods!"

Yu Xiaotian was very satisfied after hearing this and nodded, "Li steward is really refreshing! From now on, it will be much more convenient for us to do things!"

During the banquet, Yu Xiaotian took out another list, but this time he didn't want to buy goods, but took out a list, which listed the names of the dead boatman of the Liu family and their addresses. In addition, he took out 200 taels of silver and gave it to Li, saying, "This time there is something to trouble you. Here are 200 taels of silver, which is for some of the deceased boatman's family on the Liu family's boat. It's not easy for these boatman to make money, and they can't get any pension from the Liu family after death!

After the last shipment, we agreed to take out some silver and send it to them, but now it is inconvenient for us to go to the area around Funing. Thinking that you still have business in Funing, we want to ask your account to help distribute the silver to the families of those boatman, at least so that they can live! I hope Mr. Li can help me a lot!"

Looking at this list and the 200 taels of silver, Li was quite surprised. He couldn't believe that a person like Yu Xiaotian, who became a pirate, actually remembered to give money to those boatmen who had worked together before. I'm afraid no one would believe this kind of thing. You know, those who run a boat may die at sea at any time. Ben This is the matter of the shipowner, and it is not up to Yu Xiaotian to take care of it.

So he asked in surprise, "What's the pain of the shopkeeper? Their own owners do these things. How can you make this money come out?

Yu Xiaotian said righteously, "Although Yu and these people have not known each other for a long time, Uncle Liu and they are both old acquaintances. The Liu family is stingy in nature. Now there are no ships and goods, and they will definitely not take out money to give pensions to these boatmen! These people are all hope in the family. Now that they are gone, their families can't continue. Although I can't care about their lives, I can't sit idly by. Uncle Six is a righteous person. How can we juniors not talk together a little? Therefore, we can only take out a little money to make them better or less. !

In addition, there is another Hu Cheng, who was also forcibly detained by me and joined the gang. His family is also in Fu'an County, so I also want to ask your account to find a way to pick up his family out, so as not to stay at home to be angry with the Liu family. I have no other strengths, but there is one, as long as it is Yu, who followed me to work, can't be treated badly. I hope that stewer Li can find a way to help Yu do this! Yu is very grateful!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, steward Li sighed again. He put away the 200 taels of silver from this list and patted his chest and said, "I didn't expect the shopkeeper to be such a righteous person. Next, this matter will be followed. Presumably our shopkeeper will not object! Please rest assured that this matter will be wrapped up and the money will be sent to their families! Come on! One more toast to the shopkeeper..."

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