Chapter 207: Borrowing
After a long night, the dawn of dawn sprinkled on the sea and islands, and everything on Peach Blossom Island seemed extraordinarily peaceful and quiet. The noise of the island, which had been noisy all night, was quietest in the early morning, and even the rumbling waves at night turned into small and gentle waves, surging slowly and endlessly.
In the southwest corner of Peach Blossom Island, there is a wide stone staircase between the high cliff faces, which leads slowly down to the small beach below. On the cliffs on both sides, dozens of arrow towers are high below zero, controlling the small landing pier below within range. This is the only landing pier on the south side of Peach Blossom Island.
On the high ground behind the cliff, among the dense forests, there are rows of wooden and stone houses, which are the garrisons of more than 2,000 pirates guarding the docks. The duty of these 2,000 people is to guard this pier and prevent anyone who can wait to land on Peach Blossom Island.
In a simple pavilion built with a long thatched roof, one of the eight King Kongs under the Haidong Qing Seat, Chu Changgui, the leader of the pirates who is responsible for guarding the dock here, is snoring on all fours, and sleeping on the mat in the pavilion with his black hair tangled chest.
Although Hai Dongqing's Eight King Kongs are ranked low among the leaders of Peach Blossom Island, they are all powerful figures, and they are the most trusted group of people in Hai Dongqing. Therefore, several landing piers on the island were guarded by their troops, and the leader of the troops on the small stone pillar island in the east was also the commander of Kan Ping, one of the Eight King Kongs. In addition, the escort team around Hai Dongqing is also the commander of Donkey Kong Meng Xiang and Er King Kong Song Mill. The number of pirate bandits in the hands of the Eight Great King Kongs alone reached more than 18,000 people, and almost controlled more than sixty percent of the soldiers and horses in the cottage. This is also Hai Dongqing's means of controlling the cottage. You can give those leaders status and status, but they will never be given to you along with the soldiers and horses. Except for the soldiers and horses controlled by strength, everything is easy to say.
Last night was hot, Chu Changgui simply slept in the grass pavilion, the sea breeze was blowing, and he slept sweetly. Chu Changgui even had a sweet dream, dreaming that he was holding the island owner's concubine Lianxiang Hu Tianhudi. Since he went to the owner's residence again and saw this lotus fragrance, Chu Changgui's spring dream was indispensable to this delicate figure and bright eyes. Woman. It's just that all this can only be thought about in a dream, it is the woman of the island owner, even if the lotus fragrance takes the initiative to give her a hug, Chu Changgui will not dare to touch a finger.
Chu Changgui, who was woken up by the noise of the surrounding bandits getting up and the footsteps of and peeing in the woods, sat up suddenly, reached out through his pants and pressed down the tent erected by his lower body, and stood up with a curse.
"Damn, a bunch of dogs are noisy every morning, I don't know if it's good to sleep only in the morning? It's not a fucking human life. Staying on this broken island every day, sooner or later you will suffocate here. ”
Chu Changgui cursed and got up, put on a sweaty coat, and when the urge to urinate hit, he also hurried into the forest like other soldiers. After a happy catharsis, he returned to the barracks with satisfaction. However, at this time, he saw several people standing in the grass pavilion.
"Huh? Isn't this the eldest prince? Why did you come to me early in the morning? Chu Changgui asked in surprise.
"Hello uncle." Jiang Jinfu, who had not slept all night and his eyes were bloodshot, gave up his hand in a dumb voice, the Eight King Kongs are Hai Dongqing's subordinates, but they are the same generation as Hai Dongqing, so Jiang Jinfu Jiang Jingui and others have always been called uncles.
"Hello eldest son, haha. How? Is there something wrong with coming to me? Chu Changgui said with a smile.
Jiang Jinfu smiled: "Can't you come to see Uncle Gui if you're fine?" Uncle Gui guards the South Island dock every day, conscientious and hard-working, my father often says, Uncle Gui, you are the pillars of the cottage. Without you, we wouldn't be able to sleep soundly. If you want me to visit you often. ”
"Hahaha, we don't dare to be the owner of the island, the pillar of the cottage is the owner, and we all rely on the wisdom of the owner to live. The owner of the island gave us face to our brothers, and we were naturally happy, but we didn't dare to call it the pillars. Chu Changgui was comfortable in his heart, but he was humble in his mouth.
Jiang Jinfu said with a smile: "Uncle Gui is too modest, your contribution to the cottage is indispensable, which is visible to the blind." Hehe, gossip aside, I came to bother Uncle Gui early in the morning, and I did come for something. ”
"Oh? Sit down and say. I don't have any tea or snacks here, so let's just sit down on the mat and talk. Chu Changgui stretched out his hand.
Jiang Jinfu glanced at the dirty and outrageous straw mat, frowned, waved his hand and smiled: "You don't need to sit, just stand and leave." This one...... Here's the thing, yesterday before my father went to Coral Island, he told me one thing, and asked me to take people to renovate the south wall of the Justice Hall. Wouldn't it be a joke to say that hurricane season is coming, and our Juyi Hall is in disrepair, and if it is blown down by the wind this year. I drank some wine last night, overslept a little, and woke up early in the morning to remember it. Daddy estimated that he would come back in the afternoon, and I was afraid that he would scold me for not doing anything when he came back. So I want to call in more people to help with the work. You know, I don't like everyone on weekdays, and I want others to make a fool of me, so I think about it, and your uncle is the best for me on weekdays, so I came to ask your uncle to bring some people to help me. Uncle Gui is also very good at building houses on the island, and he is the best candidate. I wonder if your uncle is willing to help me with this? ”
Chu Changgui was stunned and thought, "Am I very good to you on weekdays?" How come I don't remember? I remember arguing with you a few times, and if it weren't for your father being the owner of the island, I'm afraid I'd have knocked out a few of your teeth. So many people can call, you came to call me? It's weird. ”
Jiang Jinfu saw that Chu Changgui frowned and was silent, and continued with a smile: "Uncle Gui helped me this time no matter what, I will be grateful." I have ordered someone to prepare good wine and good food, and after this matter is done, I will invite your uncle to drink wine and eat meat, and invite all the brothers to make a tooth sacrifice. In addition......"
Jiang Jinfu suddenly whispered into Chu Changgui's ear and whispered: "I heard that there is a shortage of women around your uncle, and I have a lady named Ah Xiu there, who is an official lady captured by the official ship they hijacked a few months ago. I gave her to your uncle and served your uncle's daily life, what do you think of your uncle? ”
"Ah Xiu?" Chu Changgui's mind came up with the image of a picturesque little beauty. A few months ago, a group of brothers ventured to find business in the sea near Taizhou in the south, and actually caught an official ship. An official took his family from Taizhou to Fuzhou by boat to take up his post, but was arrested. Naturally, the men on the boat were all slaughtered, and seven or eight female dependents were escorted back. The woman in her fifties committed suicide by throwing herself into the sea, and all that was left were young women in their twenties and thirties. The one named Ah Xiu was the official's daughter. On the way back, he was broken by the leader.
When he returned to the island, the eldest prince snatched Ah Xiu, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the brothers. But because he is the eldest son, there is nothing everyone can do. The boat came from the shore on the beach guarded by himself, and Chu Changgui saw the delicate official lady with his own eyes, and glanced at her round chest from the torn clothes. Hearing the news that Ah Xiu was occupied by the eldest prince, Chu Changgui was very angry. You must know that the women who were taken captive to the island were basically sent to the kilns on the island, which means that everyone had the opportunity to enjoy them. Except for some women from high-ranking large families, who did not move them in order to get the ransom, people like Ah Xiu will be the playthings of the bandits on the island. And this kind of high-quality goods can only be enjoyed by the leaders. However, the eldest prince forcibly occupied it, which made people angry. And now, the eldest prince actually wants to give her to himself? That's not worse than the island owner's concubine Lianxiang that I dreamed of every day.
"When...... Seriously? "Chu Changgui didn't want to miss this opportunity. The life on the island is too difficult, except for drinking and playing with women, there is nowhere to diverge the energy of the body, and it is really uncomfortable. There are also a few women around me who have been rewarded by the island owner, but those women are all ordinary and uninteresting. Chu Changgui killed one after drinking, jumped into the sea and died, and was rewarded by Chu Changgui to his brothers to kill one. Chu Changgui is not distressed at all, because they are all old pearl yellow goods, and after playing for a long time, he will lose his appetite when he sees it, and he will die when he dies. But this Ah Xiu, if he can get her, then he will have fun every night.
"Uncle, do I dare to lie to you? You just need to help me this time, next time there will be good goods, I also think of you. You know, my father has been dissatisfied with me recently, and if I don't do the things he explained this time, my father will be ......."
"I understand, I understand. Hahaha. "How can Chu Changgui not understand, a few days ago, the owner of the island specially greeted him, so that everyone was no longer allowed to call Jiang Jinfu the young island owner, Chu Changgui understood that it was a signal sent by the island owner, and the eldest prince could not be the successor. The eldest prince must have done something that made the island owner dissatisfied. Therefore, although Chu Changgui is not sympathetic to the eldest prince's situation, he also knows his current embarrassment.
"How many men do you want?" Chu Changgui asked.
"It's better to have one or two thousand people, it's easy to get things done, and it's easy to get things done. Daddy had to get it done before he came back. You know, I only have a few hundred people on hand, and I don't have enough to carry wood and stones. ”
"One or two thousand? I only have a total of 2,000 people here, all of them to help you, who will defend the docks here? It's not going to work. Chu Changgui shook his head and said.
"Uncle, where is the danger in broad daylight? Our Peach Blossom Island has been on the island for so many years, have there ever been people attacking the island? I know you're faithful, but nothing has happened. Leave some men on the tower, and you will know what is going on at once. Besides, nothing will happen at all. Jiang Jinfu said with a smile.
Chu Changgui thought about it and felt that it was too. There hasn't been anything major on the dock for so many years. The reason why the owner of the island attaches so much importance to these landing docks and strictly orders them to guard at all times is not because he secretly went to the island to kill the original owner when he seized the position of the island owner, so he was naturally worried that others would be like this, which was a bit extreme. In fact, in the past 20 years, no one has attacked the pier and attempted to land on the island.