Haidonghang

Chapter 9 Occupation
Ever since Li Sui and the other three boarded the pirate ship of the Black Pearl Pirates, Chen Zuyi hadn't looked for them, but asked his subordinates to arrange them in a room in the cabin, and then sent someone to take care of them. Movement is also free.

Li Sui probably guessed the purpose of Chen Zuyi's invitation to the pirate base, but he didn't tell Jin Shihou.

The pirate ship sailed on the sea for about three days.

One day, when the three of Li Sui were chatting, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and then a pirate walked in and said respectfully: "Three honored guests have arrived. The head of my family invites the three of you to disembark."

The three of them packed their luggage and followed the pirate out of the room.

The ship was docked next to an island, and dozens of ships, large and small, were docked all around. It seemed that this was their base.

The sky seems to wash, and silver swallows soar.The island is lined with green trees and misty clouds.The entire island is inlaid on the blue silk like a green agate.On the coast, a few crabs swept past from time to time.

Under the leadership of the pirate just now, everyone passed through the jungle.Soon, the three came under a huge city wall.In front of the city gate stood two pirates standing guard.But from the appearance, this city is not inferior to Jinling Imperial Capital.

Unexpectedly, the human, material and financial resources of the Black Pearl Pirates have reached such a level, which made everyone sigh.

After the three of them walked into the city gate, they found that there were no markets or streets like ordinary cities.To the south of the city is a huge training ground and arsenal, where pirates are conducting military training at this time.In the northern half of the city, there are some tall houses and courtyards, which seem to be places for pirates to live.

Everyone came to the front of the largest mansion in the middle.There are two mighty and extraordinary stone lions squatting at the gate of the mansion. Above the gate is a black plaque with the three big characters "Chen Wangfu" stamped in gold-plated fonts. It seems that the fonts are from the hands of famous masters. .Four red lanterns hang on both sides of the plaque.If there is any difference between this mansion and those of the princes and nobles in the capital, it is that there are no guards guarding the gate of Chen Zuyi's mansion.That's right, who would dare to make a move on this devil king?
The three of them entered the mansion again under the leadership of the pirate just now.The entire mansion is built in the style of Jiangnan gardens.The courtyard is surrounded by luxuriant bamboo and rockery.In the corridor of Quyuan, the wind sends the fragrance of flowers.I didn't expect Chen Zuyi to have such leisure and elegance. It's more appropriate to say that this place is not so much a mansion as a manor.

After the leading pirate pushed open the door of one of the rooms, Li Sui and the others found that Chen Zuyi was already waiting for them in the room.

Seeing Li Sui and the other three coming, Chen Zuyi rushed forward to meet them. "The three are here, please take a seat." Then, they clapped their hands again, "Come here, let's serve tea."

As soon as he finished speaking, four servant girls came out with a cup of tea each.

Seeing this, everyone sat down on the mahogany chairs one after another.

"I have some things to deal with these days, so I can't entertain the three in person. If there is any negligence, please forgive me." Chen Zuyi said with a smile at the beginning.

"Head Chen, you're being polite." Jin Shihou knew the truth of not hitting a smiling person with his hand, and he immediately apologized with a smile.

"I don't know what is the reason why Captain Chen invited us here? Can we explain it now?" Jin An went straight to the point.

"That's it. I think the three of you are all capable people in the world, and my Black Pearl Pirates are currently employing people, so I want to invite you to join my Black Pearl Pirates. I don't know what you want? As long as you agree, I guarantee that you will be prosperous and rich in the future, and enjoy it endlessly." Only then did Chen Zuyi reveal his true intention.

"Sure enough, it was the weasel who gave the chicken New Year's greetings, and it has no good intentions." Seeing that it was as he expected, Li Sui said secretly in his heart.But he didn't show it, "Head Chen, this happened so suddenly, can you allow the three of us to go back and discuss it."

"This... This is natural. By the way, after talking for so long, why haven't you asked your surnames?" At this moment, Chen Zuyi suddenly changed the subject, and turned his attention to Li Sui and Jin Shihou.

"Thick when laying gold."

"Li Sui."

"Okay, everyone, go back and rest first. I have asked my servants to prepare a room for the three of you. Tonight I will hold a family banquet at the mansion to welcome the three of you. I hope the three of you will respect you." Chen Zuyi said with a smile .

"Thank you, Captain Chen, for your kindness." After the three of Li Sui thanked Chen Zuyi, they were led by the maid to the room Chen Zuyi had prepared for them.

"Second brother, what do you think should be done about this?" In the room, Jin Shihou asked Li Sui for advice.

"According to the current situation, I guess Chen Zuyi will definitely not let us go. We can only agree to his request for the time being. Then we can think of a way to escape." Li Sui analyzed.

"What? Agree to his request? I don't agree. It's too dangerous. What if he asks the master to do something like murder and steal goods?" Jin An always considers Jin Shihou's interests as the starting point.

"Listen to what I have to say. Since he wants something from us, of course we have to put forward some additional conditions." Li Sui continued.

"Additional conditions? What do you mean?" Jin An was puzzled.

"Come on, lean your heads here." Li Sui pretended to be mysterious.

Although Jin Shihou and Jin An didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Li Sui's gourd?But they obediently stretched their heads over, and just like that, the three of them conspired in the room for a long time about Chen Zuyi.

In the evening, a maid came to call the door, and the three of them followed her to the living room.

When the three of them arrived at the living room, they found that Chen Zuyi was already waiting for them there.Beside him, sat an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

"Everyone is here, please sit down." After seeing Li Sui and the other three coming, Chen Zuyi hurriedly got up and asked the three to sit down.

"Come on, let me introduce you. This is Xiaojie the dog." After the three sat down, Chen Zuyi pointed to the little boy beside him and introduced to Li Sui and the others.

"Xiaojie, why don't you stand up and salute the three uncles?" Chen Zuyi then said to the boy.

"What are they, why should I salute them?" The boy's tone was full of disdain.

After hearing his words, the three of Li Sui couldn't help but look at each other, they didn't expect such a young child to be so arrogant and unruly.I really can't imagine how this famous pirate leader educated his children?
After hearing his son's words, Chen Zuyi's expression suddenly changed. "It's fine if you're rude, but don't you see what the occasion is? Apologize to the three uncles."

"I want to apologize and say it yourself, you asked me to come and I'm already here, if it's okay, I'll go first." After finishing speaking, Chen Xiaojie got up and was about to leave.

"You..." Chen Zuyi couldn't help being furious, and raised his palm.

"You hit me, you'd better slap me to death so that I can go to see my mother." There was no fear in Chen Xiaojie's words.

Hearing Chen Xiaojie's words, something in Chen Zuyi's heart was touched immediately, and he slowly lowered his raised palm, "Come here, take the young master back to his room."

The gap between Chen Zuyi's father and son is not shallow, it seems that I have to make a good plan.Li Sui immediately saw Chen Zuyi's weakness.

"I'm really sorry, let the three forgive me. It's all my fault for pampering this rebellious son."

"It doesn't matter. The young master is still young, just educate him a lot." Jin Shihou said in relief.

"Hey, I hope so." There was a trace of helplessness in Chen Zuyi's tone.

"By the way, we decided to agree to what Captain Chen said this morning after we went back and discussed it."

"Is this true?" After hearing Li Sui's words, Chen Zuyi suddenly turned from worry to joy.

"However, we have three conditions, and I hope that Commander Chen can agree." Li Sui continued.

"As long as I can do it, don't say three, so what about three thousand?"

"First, only Jin An and I joined the Black Pearl Pirates, and my elder brother Jin Shihou was not involved. Captain Chen shouldn't make things difficult for him."

"Okay, I agree. Don't worry, you two. From now on, all members of my Black Pearl Pirates will treat Brother Jin as their guest of honor, and I will be responsible for all expenses incurred by Brother Jin in our group."

Seeing that Li Sui and Jin An agreed to join his pirate group so quickly, Chen Zuyi agreed to Li Sui's first request without thinking.Originally, he had his eyes on only Li Sui and Jin An.

Chen Zuyi believed that if he could possess Li Sui's resourcefulness and Jin An's martial arts.Then it will be of great benefit to the development of the Black Pearl Pirates.Originally, my plan was to bring Li Sui to the island and promise benefits.On their own territory, they cannot leave, and sooner or later they will surrender to themselves.Even if one day things develop to the worst point, I can solve the two of them on the spot.What you can't get yourself, you can't let it fall into the hands of others to deal with yourself.

As for Jin Shihou, it was originally dispensable.At least so far, Chen Zuyi has not found any merit in Jin Shihou.If he doesn't want to join, then he doesn't want to join. At that time, it will only be a matter of more people and more pairs of chopsticks. For the Black Pearl Pirates, which has a big family and a big business, it is nothing at all.

But he never expected that the most valuable of the three would be the most inconspicuous Jin Shihou.Not to mention that controlling Jin Shihou is the same as truly controlling Jin An, his strong family business alone, even the ten Black Pearl Pirates can't compare.

"What's the second one?" Chen Zuyi continued to ask.

"The second rule is that I am only responsible for making suggestions for you, and Jin An is only responsible for defense. We will not participate in the specific matter of killing people and stealing goods."

"Yes." There are so many people under his command that he can use, there is no need for two more people to charge forward, Chen Zuyi readily agreed.

"Third, we hope that the name of you will remain the same in the future, and we will still call you the leader."

The reason why Jin An made this request was because although he called Jin Shihou the master, he already recognized Jin Shihou as his elder brother in his heart.And the only big brother in his mind is Jin Shihou.Li Sui didn't care at first, but since Jin An raised it, if he didn't follow suit, wouldn't it appear that he was too ruthless?

"No problem." Chen Zuyi agreed straight away.Calling such a trivial matter, a hero like him would not care.

"Come on, let me offer a toast to the three of you. We will be a family from now on." Chen Zuyi raised his glass to Li Sui and the others.

Seeing this, the three of Li Sui also raised their wine glasses one after another.

In this way, Li Sui and Jin An became members of the Black Pearl Pirates, and Jin Shihou became the "guest" of the Black Pearl Pirates.

(End of this chapter)