The flow of young people's singing and drinking water

Chapter 169 Blame the old man
Yang Ming explained for Pearl: "This cuttlefish is a gift."

"Gift?" Everyone began to wonder.

"Squid is the prey of these big fish. I think these big fish happened to be entangled in your fishing net when they were hunting." Yang Ming looked at the fisherman with a smile.

This fisherman is an old man, with a white beard around his mouth, which proves his age.Hearing Yang Ming's words, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, but then he looked at Yang Ming and smiled faintly: "Young officer, you are just kidding. I was just lucky. I happened to catch these two fish."

"Sir, what you don't know is that these two fish seemed to be hunting this cuttlefish at that time, but they had a conflict and struggled with each other, and my fishing net happened to be around them. Their strength It was really big, and it broke several of my fishing nets before I caught him." The old man explained to Yang Ming in a crying tone.

"I want those two fishes." Yang Ming did not expose the old man's "lie".

"Okay." The old man quickly dragged the two fish to Yang Ming's side.Each of the two fish weighed more than a pound, and it was quite "difficult" for the old man to drag them.

"This person is not simple!" Xiao Se moved closer to Yang Ming's ear.

Yang Ming did not answer, but asked the old man with a smile: "How much do these two fish cost in total?" Yang Ming had already thought of how to cook the two fish. Although eating the six of them would cause a lot of waste, There is only so much essence in the fish, no matter how much else there is, it is just a foil.

The old man stretched out a finger: "One tael of gold, no bargaining!"

"One tael of gold!" Pearl was surprised: "Old man, you can't just charge all the money for catching these two fish and damaging several of your nets!"

The old man thought for a while and asked Yang Ming: "Sir, these two fish are considered new species. You can give them a name, as long as it satisfies me."

"The price cannot be lowered, but I can give you the cuttlefish as well, and you can choose some shrimps and crabs from my stall."

"Oh? Really." Yang Ming pointed to one of the fish and said: "The body shape is elongated and slightly flattened. It is covered with fine scales and has gray-white round spots on the green-brown fish body. The upper jaw of the mouth is like a sharp long The sword is very prominent. The first dorsal fin with black spots on the back exceeds the body height, and the middle part is about twice as high as the fish body. It is like a sail or a waving flag. Let’s call it a sailfish.”

"The other one is not much different from it, but it doesn't have a flag like it on its back. Let's call it a sword (sword) fish."

"Swordfish, swordfish," the old man murmured.

While he was thinking, Yang Ming took out the only two taels of gold he had and handed it to him.

The old man stood on tiptoe slightly and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Yang Ming.Yang Ming leaned close to his ear and whispered: "I know you went into the deep sea, so I'll pay you for the ocean voyage. Also, your strength is not weak. Come to me at night. I have something to say." I want to ask you."

While talking, Yang Ming patted the old man on the shoulder.

"After all, with the sword kisses on the heads of the two fishes, ordinary fishing boats simply cannot withstand his impact."

Hearing this, although the old man had an "innocent" smile on his face, his deep eyes were panicked.His legs took a step back unconsciously.

Because the weight of gold is greater than that of silver, and Xiao Se and others don't use gold very much, and they don't have much sense of the weight of gold, so they don't care at all that Yang Ming gives too much.

"Let's leave this fish here for now, and we'll pick it up later." Yang Ming said loudly.

"Okay." The old man answered all Yang Ming's questions.

"Very good, let's go check out other places." Yang Ming greeted everyone.

Xiao Se walked quickly to Yang Ming and scolded in a low voice: "The two fish you bought together weigh almost three loads. Do you think we can finish them?"

"You can sell it if you can't finish it." Yang Ming patted Xiao Xiao's shoulder: "Don't worry, the way I eat it will definitely sell well!"

"It's up to you." Xiao Se spread his hands helplessly, since it wasn't spending his money anyway, why should he care so much.

"Yang Ming." Mu Yumo narrowed his eyes, "You're quite generous. In your words, would it be more appropriate to call you 'big wronged' or 'big idiot'!" Yang Ming did not answer immediately; Pulling Mu Yumo up, he said in a low voice: "It is rare to find such delicacies in the deep sea. Besides, we can sell the ones that are inedible."

Mu Yumo grasped the key point of Yang Ming's words: "You mean, deep sea?"

"Yes, the deep sea refers to both the sea far away from the coast and the sea with very deep water." Yang Ming smiled and said: "Okay, that old man seems to have some knowledge. Don't we have plans to go to the ocean? That old man may have Ways to make it happen.”

"Have you really decided?" Mu Yumo looked up at Yang Ming.

"Let's see, maybe we don't have this opportunity." After saying that, Yang Ming kept up with everyone.

"I heard Lei Wujie say, are you planning to go to the distant sea?" Pearl looked at the big ship in the distance, remembering what Lei Wujie said when he came to find her, and quickly asked everyone, "If you want to go, that ship Maybe.”

"This is a cedar longship. It can meet your requirements. I don't know if it belongs to the government, but it will be anchored in the port here." Pearl said doubtfully.

"There is a big flag on that boat, with a phoenix bathed in flames printed on it!" Xiao Se said with joy, "This flag is called 'Phoenix Yu Fei', and it is the clan emblem of the Mu family in Qingzhou."

"I'm still begging for phoenix." Yang Ming curled his lips.

"Why did the Mu family's ship come here? This is not a big city or port." Tang Lian frowned slightly: "Is it possible that you are here for something?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Yang Ming pointed to the long ships in the distance and explained: "They are all docked at the port. They must be preparing to go to sea, either to purchase supplies or to find sailors."

Xiao Se nodded slightly: "The Mu family in Qingzhou is a commercial family. There are rare and exotic objects on the sea. They must be rushing to these rare objects. For merchants, those rare and exotic objects on the sea can be sold on the mainland. It’s a very high price, so it’s not surprising.”

"Where there are strange objects, there must be danger." Yang Ming smiled lightly: "I think they are not just looking for the sailors, but the thugs. With so many ships, it would be impossible to sail without a hundred men. , If it weren’t for something important and valuable, I probably wouldn’t have bought such a big ship at all.”

"Then why don't we just take their boat?" Lei Wujie suggested.

"Let's go tomorrow. Since we need to recruit thugs, they won't be able to recruit them in a short time. Let's go to the inn first and rest for the night." Yang Ming was still thinking about the two fish.

In his memory, he knew the purpose of the Mu family this time, since he was sure, why rush for a while.

"It's okay, I've been busy for a day and I'm all tired." Xiao Se said.

Unknowingly, it was already dusk. Everyone had just arrived in the city this morning and should really have a good night's rest.

"What should we do if they leave?" Lei Wujie whispered.

"Miss Pearl, I guess no ship would choose to go to sea at night." Yang Ming did not directly answer Lei Wujie's question, but turned around and asked Pearl.

Pearl shook her head: "No, it is difficult to identify the direction at night, and the visibility is also poor at night. Once the ship touches the reef, it is basically impossible to come back."

"Yes." Yang Ming patted Lei Wujie's shoulder: "Don't worry, even if a ship as big as this is just here to collect supplies, it can't be collected in a day or two."

"Let's go and bring the fish back. We can have a feast tonight." Yang Ming turned to look at Pearl: "Miss Pearl, you can come too, or you can bring some fish back."

"Is it okay?" Pearl asked uncertainly.

"Brother Luo said it, Miss Pearl, you don't have to go out." Lei Wujie said with a smile.

"Okay then, I'll just bring some fish back."

(End of this chapter)