Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 499 Smuggler 2
Cao Sengnu nodded. Although there are many kinds of goods on his ship, there are basically none that people can use in daily life. Even if they are stolen by these people on the water, they can't use them for themselves. They can only take them out and resell them for money. Come and buy their daily necessities.And the origin of these goods is unknown, the quantity is large, and they are usually squeezed out and discriminated against by the government and the people. If they are sold out for resale, they will be eaten up by those black market merchants. An Taishun's [-]% to [-]% is probably still a lot. said.

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"It's these things! You ship these to the agreed place, and then give this to the receiver, and you will get paid!" The speaker handed over a wooden sign.

"How do I know who is the receiver?" The leader took the wooden sign and asked in a deep voice.

"The recipient also has a wooden sign! It was originally the same piece as the one in your hand, and it fits perfectly together!"

The dog stood next to the leader and looked around curiously. Although he was born and grew up on a ship, he had never seen such a ship—the deck under his feet was smooth and tight, and the narrow and sharp bow gave people a sense of It might feel like cutting through the water, and the ropes hanging from the mast are like a huge spider web. He can't imagine what the purpose of these ropes is. The cargo, the cargo has piled up a hill on the deck, but the cargo is coming out without slowing down, as if there is a magician casting a spell below the deck.

The leader picked up the wooden sign. Like most of the low-level people at that time, he could not read, but he could also see the exquisite patterns on the wooden sign. The master who carved it had a pair of skillful hands. It was not the first time that he Participated in similar activities, but this time he had a sense of foreboding.He hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "May I know who I'm working for?"

"Pfft!" The man smiled and shook his head: "Is this your first day doing this job? You actually asked such a question. The reason why you are needed is because you only work for money and don't care about anything else. Ask? If you are so curious, you can get out of the way first, don't block the way of others!"

The voice of the other party was loud enough to be heard by the people on the next few boats.The leader knew that the other party was right, and with the other party's bid, he would not have to worry about finding a hard-spoken desperado to work, so he nodded: "Okay, that's it!"

"That's all the goods! Ship them to the agreed place before dark today. You are an old man, so I won't talk about other nonsense. Work carefully!"

"Understood!" The leader responded and waved his hand, and the men stepped forward to move the designated goods to their own boats.Gouer also wanted to help, but was stopped by the leader: "Agou, you and Amao haven't grown up yet, so you don't need to move things. You both go to the boat to explore the wind and be smart, understand?"

"Understood!" The dog responded, and he called his companions back to his ship, let the cat climb up the mast, stood on the deck by himself, and looked around carefully.At this time, a companion accidentally dropped the cage on the deck while carrying the goods, and the overturned cage cracked a hole, exposing the red and yellow metal ingots inside.

"What is this?" The dog's attention was immediately attracted, and the leader next to him immediately gave him a shudder, and said in a low voice: "What are you looking at, I tell you to watch around closely, so as not to be attacked by others It’s not for you to watch things you shouldn’t see!”

it hurts!

The dog screamed and retracted its neck.Soon, the boat was full, and the waterline was only about a foot and a half from the side of the boat.Following the leader's whistle, the boat turned around and headed southwest.

"Hey, dog!" The cat slid down from the mast and leaned over to the dog: "Why did the boss beat you just now?"

"Mind your own business!" Gou'er was annoyed, and gave Mao'er a thud with his backhand, and gave the blow he had just received to A-Mao.

"Ouch!" The beaten cat screamed: "If you don't say it, you don't say it, why are you beating someone?"

"I asked you to watch on the mast to avoid being attacked by others. I didn't want you to see things you shouldn't see!" The dog told his companion exactly what the leader had just taught him. Although the cat was bitter, he One or two years younger than Gou'er, and weaker in strength, he couldn't beat Gou'er, so he had to stamp his feet: "Okay, forget about it, I'll catch up with you in two years' time, and then I'll settle the score with you!"

While the two were arguing, a sailor came over, pulled them apart, and said with a smile, "Forget it, you two can quarrel over anything serious. Let me tell you! That cage is filled with copper! "

"copper?"

"Yeah! I was standing next to it, and I could see it very clearly!" The sailor sat down cross-legged: "It's copper, to be precise, it's a copper bar!"

"Copper bars?" The dog and the cat exchanged glances, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes. The dog asked, "Is the copper you mentioned the copper of the copper coin?"

"That's right, it's just one. The copper coins we use on weekdays are made of copper!"

"But why is this copper bar red and yellow, and the copper coins in ordinary times are blue and black? Is it different?" Cat asked.

"That's because the copper bar is pure copper, and the copper coins used in daily life are made of copper mixed with other things, that's why it looks like that!" the sailor laughed.

"Isn't that one copper bar worth a penny?" asked the dog.

"One penny?" The sailor laughed, "At least three pennies. This copper bar is much more expensive than a copper coin of the same weight!"

"so much?"

"Hmm!" The sailor smiled: "I just did the math. Even if only half of the box we brought up was copper bars, it would be worth at least [-] to [-] guan. If it is used to make copper coins, it can be turned over again." double!"

The sailor's words brought the dog into a strange world. With the grain price at that time, Yiguan's money was enough for a family of three for several months. Baiguan was already the limit of his imagination, and Wanguan was beyond his comprehension. scope.After a while, he sighed: "It's really unimaginable that there are such rich people in this world!"

"Agou, don't think about such a mess!" Mao's reaction was more alert, he poked his companion's ribs: "There are so many on board, let's take whatever we want!"

puff!

The sailor on the side laughed: "Amao, don't you think that there are no manifests in those goods? When they received the goods, they only found out after checking them? Then the boss will carefully peel your skin!"

"He has so many, we can't even take one or two? How stingy!" Ah Mao complained.

"It's not a matter of being stingy or stingy. It's about our reputation. Otherwise, if people entrust us with so many goods, isn't it just a letter? If you take it, our letter will be destroyed, and no one will know if it spreads." You won’t entrust the goods to us, what will everyone eat in the future?”

"Then what if we swallowed all these goods?" Gou'er suddenly asked: "You said these goods are worth tens of thousands of pennies. In what life can we get so much? With these tens of thousands of pennies, we will never need them." If you can do this, what does it matter if your reputation is good or bad?"

"That's true!" The sailor looked at the dog in surprise, as if he knew each other for the first time in his life: "Agou, I really didn't realize that you have such a clear mind, it's amazing!"

"Hehe, that's what I said, if it's okay, I have to listen to the boss!" After being praised by others, the dog became more and more happy in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.

"That's right, I'll go and talk to the boss!" The sailor jumped up: "I think it can be done!"

The two teenagers looked forward to seeing the sailor walking towards the leader, but after a while they came back dejectedly, and the dog went up to meet him: "How is it? What did the boss say?"

"The boss gave me a mouthful, so I don't want to think about it!" Shui pointed to the red palm print on his right cheek: "I was hurt by you!"

"Huh?" the cat asked, "Could it be that you made a mistake, the ones in this box aren't copper bars?"

"That's right, it's a copper bar! It's also very valuable!" The sailor replied angrily, "But the copper bar, sir, can't be eaten or worn in our hands. We can only go to the shore and sell it to those masters who collect illegal goods." My family, for things of unknown origin like this, people will definitely bargain at the price, maybe they will sell us to the government after collecting money, and we will get nothing in the end!"

"Didn't you say that you can use this thing to make money?" Dog asked, "We can use these copper bars to make money and use them to buy what we want, isn't it?"

"What you said is light!" The sailor smiled wryly, "You think casting coins is so simple? Blowing on these copper bars will turn them into copper coins? It’s a serious crime, if the government catches you, not only will you lose your head, but everyone will be implicated.”

The sailor's words plunged the two teenagers into depression. They already felt the pain of being at the bottom of the society, but they were not yet numb from the pain. They suddenly saw the dawn of getting rid of their fate. It suddenly went out again, the pain and frustration are hard to describe in words.

The sailor also felt the frustration of the two of them. He touched the heads of the two teenagers and said, "Forget it, you two boys, stop thinking about it! This job can still make a lot of money, and the two of you should be able to change it." With decent clothes, at least this winter will feel better!"

A Gou pushed the adult's hand away angrily. Like most of his peers, he didn't like being treated like a child at this time, which made him feel more and more bad about his situation: "What about changing clothes? It’s not that you are looked down upon by others, you can only live on the water all day, and when you go ashore, you will be guarded like a thief!”

The sailor opened his mouth, and he didn't know how to answer the boy's questioning. Finally, he sighed: "What can we do? Our ancestors have been like this for generations, this is fate!"

"I don't believe in fate!" The dog jumped up and roared angrily, tears flowed from his eyes and slid down the corners of his mouth along his cheeks, salty and bitter, just like his mood at this time.

woo woo woo woo!

"Damn it, why did you meet the government's patrol boat? Hurry up, fill up the sails, and let the rest of you paddle!"

The sound of the conch brought the dog back to reality. He rushed to the mast and pulled up the rope vigorously. The sail on this ship was made of reed mats and was very heavy. He exhausted all his strength, but the reed sail could only go up. At one point, at this time two powerful hands stretched out from the side, and Lu Fan's rising speed suddenly increased.

With the reeds up, the boat picked up speed, aided by the current, the wind, and the neat stroke.The dog rushed to the side of the ship, but found that all the oars had been occupied. Just as he was doing nothing, the voice of the leader came: "Agou, you go to the mast and count how many oars there are on the official patrol boat!"

Agou responded, he quickly climbed up the mast, and looked at the patrol boat in the distance. His eyesight was very good, and he clearly saw the green flag flying on the mast of the chasing soldiers: "It's a fast-legged crab. Nine long oars! And their sails are hoisted, bigger than ours!"

"Damn it!" the leader cursed, he knew exactly what this meant, the opponent had more oars than himself, and the sails were bigger than himself, so the natural speed was faster, so no matter what, he couldn't get rid of the pursuit.

"Everyone work hard, work harder, as long as we enter the reeds, we can get rid of them!" The leader tried his best to motivate his subordinates.

The cruise ship approached quickly, like a huge wooden dragonfly soaring.Under the crazy beating of wooden oars, the surrounding water turned milky white.The scene of the incoming ship became clear, crowds gathered on the deck, their hands had metal reflections, Agou even found the trace of the archer, he hated the archer.

Standing on the prow of the rampaging warship was a stocky man, half-bald, with bushy gray eyebrows and strong arms.He was wearing an old gray burqa.Agou recognized the other party as Liu Ze, who was the cruelest captain of the Yangzhou government cruise ship. He often hanged the smugglers he caught on the mast to intimidate others.

"We can't escape!" Someone wailed: "There are too many goods on board!"

"Boss, let's surrender!" The sailor shouted just now: "Hand over all the copper ingots on the ship, maybe Liu Ze will spare our lives for the sake of so many copper ingots!"

The leader did not speak, his cheek muscles were tense, and his veins were exposed. He knew that what his subordinates said was right. If he handed over the copper ingot, maybe that Liu Ze would spare his life after being overjoyed—whip instead and then Exile, or become an official slave to build the city wall, if that is the case, I would rather die.

"Put down the oars, maybe I can give you a good time!" A rude voice came from the chasing boat: "Otherwise I will give the order to shoot arrows!"

"Paddle quickly!" the leader shouted, and he summoned the cat and the dog, took out the wooden sign from his bosom, and stuffed it into the dog's hand: "Now the lives of all people are in the hands of you two, and now you You two must remember every word I say!"

The cat and the dog nodded solemnly, and the leader showed a slight smile: "Did you see where I pointed? There is a rock. I will throw all the goods on the ship into the nearby water, and then you two Then you go to the agreed place, give this wooden sign to the connector, and then tell them everything that happened, and where the copper bar fell into the water, and let them salvage it themselves!"

(End of this chapter)