Great Song Pirate

Chapter 114 The Return of the Water Cat
Since Xu Yi started to build the water village, he has been very busy. He got up early every day and insisted on practicing martial arts with his legs, and then went to supervise the progress of the water village, and took time to check the production of the fat soap workshop. I rushed to see the construction work of Li Bo's fire yao workshop, and gave me some pointers.

Xu Yi was a little depressed. As long as he was on the island, Jin Huo would be completely on vacation. He would lead Xue Tu and a few cronies to drink and talk nonsense all day long, leaving Xu Yi busy all by himself. Isn't this just like a tired silly boy? ?Xu Yi instigated Yingchun to complain for him, but when Yingchun came back, the answer was that his father said that Xu Yi was young, so he should have more experience, not to mention that he is capable and works hard!Xu Yi has nothing to do with the black line on his forehead, anyway, he found these things for himself, and he can't blame others, he can only lament his own life, and then continue to work like a mule He went there, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to read the books he got back from Hangzhou, and they put them in the newly tidied study room all day long to pretend to be decorations!
Yingchun felt sorry for him. Seeing that his leg injury was not fully healed, she advised him to take a break and stop practicing martial arts, but Xu Yi refused to agree. Now that he has tasted the benefits of martial arts, if he didn't know some kung fu that day, I'm afraid he would support him. Before Yingchun came to save him, he was hacked into a cripple by those traitors. It can be seen how important martial arts is, so even if his leg injury has not fully recovered, he still insists on practicing martial arts every day. There was no other way, so he had to practice more upper body boxing first, and try to avoid kicking as much as possible.

Liu Laoliu was even more enthusiastic about his work. Every few days he would lead his small fleet to drag back one or two whales, ensuring that there would be no shortage of materials for the soap workshop, and he had also accumulated a large amount of whale skin, whale meat, Whale gallbladder and other by-products, Xu Yi saw that there were a lot of these things in storage, and calculated that there were still a few days before the Chinese New Year, and a round trip to Hangzhou was enough, so he decided not to let Xue Tu stay idle with Jin Huo, and wanted to catch up with him in time. Some of the goods were shipped a year ago, and I made a fortune, so I loaded two ships of these things, and some salable goods obtained from Jin Huo's looting of the official ship, and a few boxes of freshly baked soap and ambergris. They drove Xue Tu out of Dulong Island and sent him to Hangzhou to be handed over to the Li family.

Before Xue Tu left Dulong Island, Xu Yi made a special confession: "Brother Xue, this time I didn't mention the matter of the Escort for the time being, just said that the head of the family has not returned from the sea, and has not discussed this matter. Don't take money from the Li family for this soap, give it away for free. Give him a trial, try to sell this thing, once he knows the benefits of this thing, he will naturally ask us for this thing, and then we don’t have to worry about the price of this soap if we don’t want it, and make a fortune But it’s in the back! When I come back, I’ll buy more caustic soda, pure nitrate, pure sulfur and other things, I’ll be useful!” Xu Yi, a modern person, guides and cultivates the potential needs of users in advance, and then uses the map to benefit That's a familiar way of doing business.

Xue Tu is also an old man. He immediately understood Xu Yi's intentions. After nodding in agreement, he immediately dressed as a businessman and boarded the boat. He set sail and sailed out of Dulong Island to complete the task assigned by Xu Yi. Of course, he had to comfort Xu Yi. The two beauties who stayed in Hangzhou are gone, Xu Yi doesn't need to explain this, Xue Tu naturally knows how to do it!

This winter the sea is not too stormy. This is what the pirates who have sailed on the sea for many years said. After a long period of training, Yingchun's needlework skills have greatly improved. Xu Yi no longer has to worry about wearing crotch pants again. Standing in front of the fire yao workshop he designed and built, he nodded frequently and praised Li Bo for doing a good job. If it is used as a workshop, even if it is used for living, there is no problem, it is simply a small castle.

Xu Yi commanded to move the saltpeter, sulfur, and refined carbon stored in the warehouse below to the newly built warehouse of the fire yao workshop, and also transported a batch of wooden barrels that had already been made here, just waiting for him to find time The trial production of fire yao has started, but he can't spare himself to work on it now, and the water village below also needs him to greet him.

After finishing all this, he pulled Li Bo over and said quietly: "I said brother, you have done a lot of credit during this time, I got you a beautiful woman from the head of the family, and you treat her well, it's for you Reward it! Hehe!"

Li Bo was overjoyed when he heard that, anyway, he didn't plan to go back to the mainland. Of course, it would be best to have a home here. Knowing that Xu Yi has always regarded him highly, he thanked him: "Li Bo thanked the military advisor for his concern. As long as the military advisor is useful, Li Bo can benefit Where Bo is, Li Bo will not hesitate even if he is heartbroken!"

"Okay, okay, you and my brother don't need to do this, I'll hand over your woman to Yingchun to take care of you, you have a few days off, take a good rest!" Xu Yi smiled and said while pulling Li Bo.

"Li Bo didn't dare, because Li Bo's negligence injured the military commander twice, Li Bo felt bad, anyway, I'd better follow you on the island!" Li Bo shook his head immediately when he heard that Xu Yi was injured this time, he felt Still, he didn't take good care of him. It's already happened twice. If there is a third time, he doesn't need Yingchun to show him face. He himself feels ashamed to follow Xu Yi!
Xu Yi explained to him: "How can you blame me? I didn't let you follow me, so I can't blame you. It's not our men's style to take care of little things!"

Fat Guang now looks like a foreman. He spends all day at the soap workshop and doesn’t even go home. After a period of exploration, the quality of the soap he makes is getting better and better. After being praised by Xu Yi , Fat Guang was trembling with joy, more happy than rewarding him with a hundred taels of silver.

Suddenly there was a burst of long and short horn sounds on the Hukou Cliff, and the people on the island knew that some of their own people had returned, and rushed towards the pier one after another. Xu Yi couldn't be rude, and led Li Bo and others to come. The pier, when they arrived at the pier, Jin Huo, who was not doing his job properly, finally ran to the pier. He was in charge, and it was his duty to come out to greet the brothers who came back from afar, otherwise Xu Yi would really want to impeach his father-in-law grown up.

When the boat gradually sailed into the bay, everyone knew that it was Shuimao who led the boat back from Fusang, and there was another burst of joy on the pier.

"My subordinates have met the master, the military adviser, and Brother Xue!" Although the long-term voyage made Shuimao and others look a little embarrassed, they couldn't hide their joy of returning home. After such a long voyage, In their minds, this is home!

"Brother Shui Mao has worked hard! Let everyone go ashore to rest!" Jin Huo took Shui Mao's arm and said very happily. To be honest, Jin Huo is very good to his brothers.

Those who just got off the boat were a little frivolous on their feet. After being on the turbulent sea boat for a long time, after being down-to-earth, they were not used to it. Xu Yi stretched out his hand to support the water cat. The water cat was very grateful for Xu Yi's action and said Thank you very much.

After everyone on the boat got off, Xu Yi noticed that among the five boats that came back this time, only two were warships brought out by the water cat, and the other three boats were large cargo ships commonly used by the Japanese. Don’t ask, these are for sure It was Shuimao and the others who snatched it. Among the leading figures on the boat, Xu Yi saw that the former guide Lao Zhang was also among them, and even the Yamaguchi Shimoda who was captured at the beginning was also among them, but he did not see Fang Shu, whom he was very optimistic about. So he became a little worried, and asked Shuimao: "Why only half of the people came back? What about Fang Shu?"

The people walked towards the shore with the water cat, and the water cat said: "This time during the Chinese New Year, Fang Shu and his brothers will not come back. We occupy a large island in Fusang. If all the brothers come back, no one will come back." Guarding is not an option!"

Xu Yi and the others were overjoyed when they heard this. It seems that the water cat has really opened up a new base there according to Xu Yi's instructions. If this is the case, it will be a good thing for the future development of Dulong Island. The crowd surrounded the water cat and others and returned to the top However, as for the brothers below, there will naturally be someone who will take care of them and settle them down. It is inevitable to eat and drink again, so that these people who have been at sea for a long time can adjust their appetites.

At the banquet, Shui Mao described the situation of their trip to Jin Huo, Xu Yi and others in detail. After Shui Mao took five boats and more than 400 brothers out to sea, they went straight to Fusang waters and followed Xu Yi's instructions. Instead of rushing to rob the ship at sea, Xu Yi gave him a sea chart drawn from memory to find a place to stay in the scattered islands south of the country of Wa. They can’t even occupy the islands. Once there are large forces on it, conflicts will inevitably occur. After searching for a period of time, they finally chose a medium-sized island to land. There is still a mix of people of all colors here. The pirate forces, but the manpower is far less than the water cats and the others. After meeting each other, a group of them were killed by the water cats. The rest saw that the situation was wrong, and immediately surrendered to the water cats. The island they occupy is not big, only half the size of Dulong Island. There are also quite good freshwater springs on this island, and the island is also surrounded by strange rocks, which can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack. According to the image of this island The appearance of a crab gave this island the name Cancer Island. After setting up a stockade there and stabilizing the ground, I started to go to sea to do things. Although the time was not long, the harvest was even richer than the trip Xu Yi went to. Many, most of them are special products of the Wa Kingdom, and a lot of gold and silver property was obtained, and a few large cargo ships they liked were seized, and even led by Yamaguchi Shimoda, they went to the Wa Kingdom to plunder. He robbed a lot of women to the island and solved their problem of being a bunch of bachelors.

Shuimao calculated that the festival was not far away, and he already had a lot of hoarded goods, so he took half of the boat, filled it with goods and sailed all the way back to Dulong Island taking advantage of the north wind.

During the period, Water Cat greatly praised Lao Zhang and Shankou. Lao Zhang was familiar with the waterway between Dasong and Fusang. He is familiar with the terrain of Kyushu Island, and he has deep hatred for the Fujiwara family entrenched in Kyushu Island, so he spares no effort when working for Mizumao and the others. Anyway, most of them are robbing the ships of the Fujiwara family. Extremely ruthless, he led his former samurai warriors to slaughter each other when he met a little resistance, and he was familiar with the deployment of the Fujiwara family's troops. With his leadership, Mizumao and their fleet escaped several times The armed fleet of the Fujiwara family was able to preserve its strength, so Mizumoo was not stingy, and made Yamaguchi a small boss, accompanied him by his side, and chose a wife for him from among the robbed Fusang women. Cancer Island settled a home, and this guy worked even harder.

Xu Yi secretly smiled. The Japanese have always had such virtues. When you are better than him, even if you slap him in the face, they will treat you as an uncle, and they will only shout hi, and treat you respectfully and filially like a grandson. They are loyal and dare not have a little dissent, but once you are weaker than him, they will show a ferocious face, knock you to the ground, and step on you again. This may be the national character that the Japanese have cultivated since ancient times!Since this guy did a good job, he went along with the flow and praised Yamaguchi on the wine table. Shankou, who had been standing honestly behind the water cat, heard Xu Yi's praise of him, and was immediately grateful. The Chinese said: "Thank you, General, for your praise. It is General Sun who led the troops well, and he did not dare to take credit for the work!"

His words and actions made Jin Huo and the others laugh out loud. Jin Huo ordered to show this mountain pass a seat, and asked him to sit down and drink together. This guy was so grateful that he almost smashed his head, so he sat carefully. On the edge of the table, the hands that were nervously holding the chopsticks trembled a little.

Xu Yi even laughed secretly. He knew that Japan has always been strictly hierarchical. Although Yamaguchi is a retainer of the Qinghe family, he can only be regarded as a dog of the Qinghe family. I can't dream of it, and although Dulong Island is also divided into upper and lower levels, it is not as strict as the Japanese. Giving this mountain pass a seat to drink together is nothing, but this mountain pass was excited and rewarded him with hundreds of taels of silver Generally happy, honored like something, sitting there to try his luck, and secretly vowed to be loyal to his masters.

The crowd broke up after drinking in the middle of the night. After the water cat went to sea, he made up his mind not to drink. Now that he came back, he had no taboos, so he let go of the amount and had a good drink. As a result, he was drunk by everyone and fell down on the spot. After the broadcast, let alone walking, I couldn’t even climb up. Xu Yi and Li Bo carried me back to his home on the island, and handed it over to his wife. I guess he must suffer him. His wife's scolding, I finally waited until he came back, and wanted to be tender, but the water cat was still drinking like a dead pig, busy serving him, I guess it would have to stay alone in the empty room for another night.

(End of this chapter)