That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 699
After expelling the pirates, Xu Beiyou was regarded as a guest of honor by a group of sea guests. The head of the sea guests was an old man named Chen Baoan, who personally welcomed Xu Beiyou into the guest room on the ship. An old sea guest who has been wandering for most of his life, his face is very old due to years of being at sea. This time he returned to Wei State to bring the money he had accumulated over the years to return to his roots there. Unexpectedly, he almost Both people and wealth are empty, and they are buried in the sea.

In all fairness, Wei Wang Xiaojin's methods of governing the territory are very good. Since he came to power, the officials of Wei State have been governed by Qingming, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The domestic praises are overwhelming. Xiao Yu said that his brother might be better as the emperor. Praise falsehood.As for whether one can be an emperor, it depends on heaven and fate, that is another matter.

Sitting in the guest room, after Chen Baoan's narration, Xu Beiyou knew more about Zheng Kuiqi. Now this King Zheng is not only satisfied with plundering merchant ships, but directly sells the command flag at a clearly marked price. The price is 3000 taels of silver. As long as the command flag is hoisted, he will not be robbed by his pirates. In addition, Zheng's fleet also monopolizes the raw silk trade at sea. It is basically difficult for a fleet without the Zheng Jialing flag to safely transport the raw silk back to Wei. Even if it succeeds once or twice, it is absolutely difficult to maintain it for a long time. This almost stuck the necks of other raw silk trading sea merchants. As a result, many sea merchants who originally dealt in raw silk changed their careers, leaving only the Zheng family, who tried their best to suppress the price of silk when collecting silk, bullied silkworm farmers, raised prices when selling silk, and exploited major silk and satin merchants, thereby making a huge profit.

Chen Bao'an was not in the raw silk business, but he couldn't afford the 3000 two-year Lingqi, so he thought about crossing the sea by chance, but he still encountered Zheng's pirates, and the whole boat was about to die in the sea.

Xu Beiyou said softly: "This King Zheng understands the principle of inexhaustible fishing, but how is this different from the court's collection of taxes?"

Chen Baoan sighed helplessly, "That's the reason, Zheng Kuiqi is so reckless and reckless, it's just that the court didn't come out to take care of it."

Xu Beiyou didn't comment on this, and said instead: "I let go of those pirates this time, and they will definitely not let it go. Although I will escort you all the way to Wei, you'd better be careful."

Chen Bao'an nodded and said: "The benefactors are worried, as long as they can reach the state of Wei safely, Zheng Kuiqi and the others dare not cause any trouble at the feet of His Royal Highness King Wei, but benefactor, you should be more careful. I heard that Zheng Kuiqi has many masters under his command. Very powerful."

Xu Beiyou laughed it off.

The reason why he wanted to let these pirates go, apart from Sun Shiwu's words, was also because he wanted to use this as bait to catch big fish. It would be great if Zheng Kuiqi could take the initiative to send them to his door.

Chen Baoan was worried, but seeing that this benefactor was confident, he couldn't say anything more.

Although he is not a monk, but he has known some rumors about strange people and strangers after traveling all over the years. Chen Baoan thought to himself, is it possible that the benefactor sitting next to him is a handsome figure from that door?Otherwise, there is no such confidence. You must know that in the territory of Wei State, His Royal Highness Wei Wang has extremely strict control over the monks in the territory, killing and standing up at every turn. Ordinary casual cultivators dare not be presumptuous at all. The only exception is the Taoist sect with a big family and a big business. Every time a young handsome man from the Taoist sect came to Wei State to practice, the local officials not only treated each other with courtesy, but also opened the door of convenience. Only Taoist disciples dared not to take Zheng Kuiqi, the majestic dragon king, in their eyes.

As for the sword sect who used to cover the sky with one hand in Weiguo, he has already become an old calendar along with the word "Weiguo", especially after Shangguan Qinghong, the patriarch of the Shangguan family, died suddenly in Jiangnan for no reason. People took the initiative to mention Jianzong, as if the behemoth that had taken root in Weiguo for a thousand years had completely disappeared.

Speaking of Jianzong, Chen Baoan suddenly thought of a person. When he was doing business in Jiangdu last year, he heard that there was a new Mr. Xu in Jiangdu city. Chen Baoan didn't think that Mr. Xu, who had a big family and a great career, would appear on his small boat. Besides, he was still a member of Jianzong. For the people of Jianzong, the current state of Wei is almost equivalent to half a forbidden land. It is said that the son of a daughter can't sit still, so how could that Mr. Xu be in danger in person.

Chen Baoan never imagined that Mr. Xu really went the opposite way and went to Wei Guo alone.

Xu Beiyou chatted with Chen Baoan about his experiences at sea. After about two hours, he walked out of the cabin with his head down and came to the deck.

Sun Shiwu was still leaning on the fence to watch, as if there was something wonderful in this boring sea, and he couldn't get enough of it.

Xu Beiyou stood shoulder to shoulder with him, squinting his eyes suddenly.

At the end that ordinary people can't see, at the sea level, first there is a section of the mast slowly rising, then the sails, and then the entire hull.

The ship that Xu Beiyou was on was nothing compared to it.This majestic and majestic ship is six feet high, and the hull is covered with iron armor, which is almost comparable to the large ships in the court navy. There are also muzzles on the parapet, and the dark gun barrels flicker. The luster of people is daunting.

After the building boat, there are more than ten small boats accompanying them, surrounding it like stars holding the moon.

This battle reminded Xu Beiyou of the time he met Yu Kuang in Huzhou.

A large Zheng character flag fluttered in the wind, and a middle-aged man with a majestic figure was sitting under the big flag. At this time, Da Ma Jin Dao was sitting on the huge grand master's chair, which had a domineering meaning of looking down on the world. It is very easy to feel awe and admiration.

Standing beside the middle-aged man are two followers. One is so tall that he can no longer be described as "majestic". An ancient barren man, two feet tall, with infinite strength, known as the slave of Kunlun.The other is an old man in a brocade robe, with thin cheeks and a dark complexion, as if shrouded in a layer of gloomy blackness. He hid his hands in his sleeves, and said sullenly: "It is undoubtedly the sword control technique of Jianzong. These remnants of the Sword Sect actually killed our people!"

At this time, there was a corpse in front of the three of them. It was Ma Dong, the leader of the pirates who had just died under his sword. There were many pirates kneeling around the corpse, all trembling and not daring to make any movement.

The middle-aged man sitting on the chair glanced at Ma Dong's body, and said flatly: "Xu Beiyou, the young master of Jianzong, just climbed up the big tree of the imperial court, and now he is enjoying the spring breeze. It is not surprising that the people of Jianzong make a show , I heard that they recently purchased [-] bird guns, and it looks like they are going to compete with us at sea."

"It's just them?" The gloomy old man sneered, "It's already Daqi's world now, but it's not in the Dazheng period. I'm afraid these remnants of the Sword Sect have passed the year. They think that the current Sword Sect is still the same as the Sword Sect back then. "

Kunlun Slave, who looked like a gigantic monster, raised two huge fists and hit his chest hard three times with a thunderous voice, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The middle-aged man was expressionless, raised his hand and said, "Bury it."

Immediately, two burly pirates stepped forward, carried Ma Dong's body to the stern, and threw it directly into the sea.

The sharks following the fleet swarmed up, and the sea water suddenly turned bright red, and slowly spread to the surroundings with the waves.

(End of this chapter)