Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 119 Dealing with Cowards
Liu Tao sighed, what a good employee this Ji Yanchen is, even if he threw away his own life, he was still thinking about his boss and the vast sea merchants, since he is so benevolent, as a boss, he can't watch him die ?

Once the pirate got off the shore, got on the boat and set off, and saw that he was useless in the distance, he would kill him without hesitation.At that time, I can only watch them leave with their own crew members. If they don't act decisively, the two crew members will not only die, but the future sea trade routes will suffer endless troubles because the pirates obtained the specimens of the guns and crossbows and copied them...

She inserted the dagger hard into the small gap under the wooden shield, allowing the front of the dagger to protrude two or three inches from the other side. She stood up and cried loudly, and then shouted, "Daddy, I'm here to see you." , you can't go with the pirate brother..."

She cried and blocked the handle of the dagger behind the wooden shield, and the protruding part of the blade entered into the sea sand like Li Geng, and just dragged the wooden shield backwards and walked towards Fan Hui.All the crew members, including Fan Hui who was called father, were stunned. How come that spineless Fan Hui is the father of the young boss... Isn't this too unreliable?
At this time, except for the pirates who escorted the two crew members, the other pirates had already boarded the ship, and the two crew members were left to board the ship last because they were the shields of the pirates.The two pirates who were at the end to escort the crew stopped boarding the ship and yelled at the approaching Liu Tao, "Don't come close, I'll kill your father if you get close!"

"Is it okay for me to replace my father? I am my father's filial daughter. I beg the two big pirates to forgive me?"

"Haha" one pirate laughed lewdly at Liu Tao's pretty face, and the other grinned and nodded in agreement.

Liu Tao glanced at Jin Yan and the others who were following closely behind, walked to the side of the tall crew member, and made a gesture to replace them.When Fan Hui looked blankly at the young master who called him 'Father', Liu Tao came between the two crew members.The pirate controlling Fan Hui gave up on Fan Hui in front of him, kicked him down again, and stretched out his hand to pull Liu Tao with a smile.

Taking advantage of this fleeting opportunity, Liu Tao took a step back suddenly and turned the bottom of the wooden shield into the upper part. The wooden shield brought a sharp dagger and smashed into the face of the pirate who was holding the short crew member with a steel knife.The pirate knew the power of the dagger when he saw it, and drew back the steel knife to block Liu Tao's wooden shield. Liu Tao yelled "Get down!"

Seeing that the three of them had fallen to the ground, Jin Yan and the others fired their guns and crossbows at the pirates. With the short sound of crossbow arrows piercing into the flesh, most of the pirates, including those on the sailboat, were hit by the crossbow arrows and most of them died. Those who were injured also lost the ability to resist.

A young blond-haired pirate was shot in the leg by an arrow and lost his ability to resist. Jin Li shouted at the crew: "Leave that blond-haired..."

Liu Tao pulled out the dagger from the wooden shield and cut the rope on Ji Yanchen's body. At this time, the second wave of guns and crossbows fired by the crew was coming to an end. All the pirates on the deck were hit by one or two crossbow arrows. Calamity was stopped and his life was spared.

Ji Yanchen rubbed his hands, and suddenly saw Fan Hui who had been untied by other crew members. He didn't care whether he was Liu Tao's father or not, and he kicked him to the ground, saying Cursing: "You bastard who is not human, you put on a piece of human skin for nothing..."

At the house, the three of them had already rescued the crew member named 'Lao Jin', and they hurriedly gathered around to see that Lao Jin was already dying.Ji Yanchen ran over and knelt in front of him and called out to him. Liu Tao looked at him and found that Lao Jin was just unconscious, and his heartbeat was still strong.He must have been wounded and lost blood, tortured by pirates for two days without eating, smoked and roasted by flames, all of which combined before he passed out.She asked Liu Mao to fetch water from the burning house to feed him, and then Lao Jin woke up leisurely.

After Jin Yan commanded the crew to put out the fire, which was not too big, he came back and talked with several crew members. Only after Ji Yanchen's explanation did he know the whole story of the accident.

It turned out that the task of the three of them was to guard Shark Island during the day and night, and they were divided into three shifts at night.Although there are several jars of old wine on the island, Fan Tong doesn't allow them to drink when it's not New Year's Eve.

But Fan Hui likes this one. He often uses the opportunity of cooking to steal a small porcelain bottle to pass the time when he is on duty at night.The place of night watch is outside the door of the house, and people can see the whole view of the port when they sit on chairs.

The night before yesterday, Fan Hui was supposed to be on the second shift after Ji Yanchen took over. The pirate's sailboat arrived at the pier of Shark Island in the middle of the night. Fan Hui outside the door had already fallen asleep after drinking. They came up and captured Fan Hui.If Fan Hui had yelled or knocked on the door panel, the two people in the room would have become vigilant when they heard the abnormal movement. With the gun and crossbow at hand, they could immediately pick up and fight back.

Who knew that after he was captured, he was greedy for life and afraid of death and dared not speak out. After the pirates pulled him away, he even explained the situation in the house to the pirates, which caused the pirates to enter the house and snatch the gun and crossbow first. He was also captured alive.Unwilling to be captured, Lao Jin and Ji Yanchen resisted desperately, and were forced to beat them severely by several pirates with knives and guns.

Liu Mao translated the words of the blond pirate. According to him, he was a member of a pirate gang called Xianglu Island, four or five hundred miles away from here to the north.This time I came to contact the pirates of Shark Island to plan the division of the territory together.It's a pity that they were all shot to death, leaving only this one alive.

Because of Ji Yanchen and the blond pirate's narration, these crew members all despised Fan Hui, and they also knew that Liu Tao called his father to confuse the pirates, and it had nothing to do with him.A few bad-tempered ones were ashamed of his behavior of betraying his teammates, so they went up and kicked him, until he wailed.

"Forget it, let him go first, since he betrayed the other two crew members, let them decide his fate, Dalei, and you lead the rest of the crew to search the cabin of the sailboat, see See if there are any hidden dangers!"

Liu Tao also agrees with this approach, such a coward and traitor cannot be kept, no matter how the crew treats him, he has no responsibility as the owner.The actual idea of ​​​​the two is to let the crew take his life.If you keep him, you will have nowhere to make arrangements in the future, and if you let him go, you are afraid that he will hold a grudge, and it will be too late for you to regret if you do something that endangers the Jin family. He has the bad habit of drinking and drinking too much. He is familiar with the structure of guns and crossbows.

After Jin Yan put down his words, he took Liu Tao to the east of the island to see the scenery. When they came back, Fan Hui and the blond pirate were no longer in sight. The sailboat was also searched, and several crew members were studying the sailboat. superiority.

They returned to Yazui Port with the captured sailboat. Looking at Yazui Port from a distance, you can see the blue smoke from the production glass. They didn't pay attention to it in the past. Now it seems that this is a big hidden danger. The pirates saw it. Sooner or later, the smog will be detrimental to Yazui Port.During the time they were away, no one came to disturb Yazui Port.They were about to enter the port when the sentry crew on the cliff top of the port reported, "A fast boat is coming from the south. I don't know what it is for?"

When Jin Yan and the others entered the port and climbed up the rocky cliff, Jin Yan looked through the binoculars and said, "That's Fan Tong's boat. He saw that Dalei's clipper boat didn't return to Liangshan Port yesterday, so he was worried." Come and see."

Sure enough, Da Lei took over the binoculars and said excitedly after looking at it: "Yes, it was Fan Tong standing on the bow of the ship. He probably saw our ship entering the port, because he had never seen this pirate ship before, and he was worried. I must be anxious..."

Those crew members still didn't understand the mysteries of the telescope, and they were very puzzled that they could see the distant scenery with a cylinder, and Jin Li didn't have time to explain it to them.When Fan Tong and the others entered the port, they saw that Fan Tong's crew members were kneeling and shooting, holding guns and crossbows, watching the shore vigilantly, and maintaining a state of being ready to fight the enemy at all times.

They carefully turned in from the entrance of the port, and they didn't feel relieved until they saw the golden calamity willow peach. Several people narrated the battle on Shark Island, and Fan Tong also felt contemptuous of Fan Hui's behavior.

Jin Yan asked: "Does he have a family? If he has a family, give his family a large funeral expenses, and say that he died in a conflict with pirates. Don't disclose the rest, so as not to cause complications."

"There is also a daughter in his family. As soon as he goes to sea, the daughter lives with her aunt."

"Oh, he is greedy for life and afraid of death, maybe because he is afraid that his daughter will lose her father, so give him more money!"

Liu Tao thought more carefully: "If your usual crew members sacrificed, how much money will you pay to his family?"

"The average crew does not exceed 100 taels."

"Then let's spend 100 taels with his family, and then give another [-] taels a year until his daughter gets married. In this case, the child will follow the aunt, and the aunt can take care of her wholeheartedly." In this craftsman, he can only earn half a month at most. In the era of taels of silver, it was not too little to give this money.

The two of them saw the injured Lao Jin, who fell into a deep sleep because he had bandaged the wound and ate something, and saw his resolute and haggard face. He had been tortured by the pirates for the past two days.

Ji Yanchen narrated: "We were betrayed by Fan Hui. The pirates entered the house quietly and took away the guns and crossbows first. When we resisted, I was knocked out first, and then I woke up and saw the tragic scene of Lao Jin being beaten. , he was injured in four places in the melee with the pirates. I woke up and watched Fan Hui teach the pirates how to use a gun and crossbow. The pirates took us as targets. One arrow on each shoulder. I saw that the pirate's crossbow was aimed at the root of my thigh. The arrow on the outside of my thigh was not seriously injured when I avoided it urgently. When the pirate was angry and wanted to shoot again, thanks to Dalei's The Clippers made it to Shark Island just in time...."

He caressed the wound on the outside of his thigh and continued: "At that time, Lao Jin had already passed out from the pain. A pebble was stuffed in my mouth by the pirate so that I could not make a sound, and my legs were tied again, but Fan Hui didn't Dare to make a sound. Da Lei observed our abnormality and saw the pirate ship, so he did not act rashly. The pirates are also afraid of the power of the guns and crossbows, and they are not very familiar with the two newly captured guns and crossbows, so they did not easily pursue them. ...."

(End of this chapter)