Chapter 341 [Brave]
It is not difficult to find, because among the islands, compared with the number of people who need to take a boat, the capacity of the boat is always huge. Therefore, every port can see the people on the boat there.
These ships are often cargo ships, so there are no places reserved for passengers, so people who take the boat can often only stay on the deck. The good news is that the deck area is large and spacious, and the ship's sides and cargo piles are relatively windproof, so it won't be too uncomfortable.
Every ship is very keen on carrying passengers while pulling cargo, after all, the cargo hold capacity of the ship is fixed. In this case, every extra person is paid for. Anyway, the customers who can take the boat do not have high requirements, and the journey is often not long, so no one will refuse the extra income.
"Guest officer, do you want to take a boat? The price is negotiable!"
Seeing Fang Chang approaching, two or three people came to recruit him.
All the people who came came with their sleeves rolled up and their arms slightly open, exposing their arms and necks that were bronzed by the sun on the sea. They should be the temporary guest appearances of the sailors on the ship.
What they said really caught the needs of travelers between the islands. After all, for the poorer East China Sea Islands as a whole, most people care more about the ticket price than other things such as comfort. And those rich people often have their own boats, and no one would choose these ferries.
"Who is going east? The sooner you start, the better. I'm the only one." Fang Chang said.
Several people on the opposite side glanced at each other. Obviously, they knew their respective itineraries and departure times well, so only one sailor stayed behind, and the rest stepped back and dispersed to ask other people on the pier.
The remaining sailors were all smiles, and took Fang Chang onto the boat, not forgetting to charge a few coppers for the boat fare.
He took Fang Chang to the deck and said: "Guest officer, you can stay here, the cabin is locked and you cannot go down."
"Then what if it rains?" Fang Chang asked curiously.
"This...don't be afraid when it rains. There are enough coir raincoats on the boat, enough for each person."
"Also."
Fang Chang nodded and walked onto the deck.
At this time, there were already many passengers on board, and they all had different clothes and identities.
Although there are no rich and powerful families among them, the complexion of each other is very different. But now everyone is huddled up on the deck, looking for a place to sit, or chatting with each other, or busy with their own affairs.
As the departure time approached, the sailors on the shore returned to the ship one by one. After the captain counted the heads and confirmed that they were correct, he gave the order to set sail.
"Leave—ship——!"
Following a few shouts, the sailors on the ship untied the cables and pulled the ropes together to raise the sail.
The boat left this small port, slowly accelerated, and sailed across the water towards the direction of the sun. There was no shelter on the sea, and although the sun was bright, it didn't look very big, but the sparkling sea in front of it was covered with a layer of continuously flashing golden light, which was really beautiful.
It took about two hours to go, and it was a bit boring along the way.
People on the deck have long started chatting with each other, chatting about irrelevant things, some bragging about each other, and some talking about the parents around them. Anyway, they met by chance and didn't know each other, and they would never see each other again after getting off this ship, so the words were more open-minded.
Fang Chang noticed a long time ago that some people don't care about other people's chatting up.
There was a slight movement in his heart, knowing what was going on, Fang Chang smiled slightly, and quietly waited for the follow-up development of the matter.
One of the passengers seemed to be the leader of the group. He looked at the sky and estimated the distance, then suddenly put his finger in his mouth and whistled.
"Do it!"
The group of people suddenly shouted, and then pulled out various weapons from the luggage, such as short knives, daggers, and water-splitting thorns, all of which were light weapons that were more suitable for water, and then killed around.
The leader even shouted to the surroundings:
"I'm the third son of Fengyuan Island Hong, you're not going to die!"
Following this cry, many of the sailors who were about to resist became weak and wanted to surrender and beg for mercy. The surrounding passengers were even more unbearable. Many weak people had already wet the skirts of their lower bodies, dripping dripping. Only the ship owner was full of anger, but cursed a little weakly:
"Thief!!"
The resistance of the sailors was quickly dispelled, and even the captain was quickly pressed to the ground and **** with belts.
During this process, no one died, only a few sailors were injured, so Fang Chang, who was ready to go, never made a move.
Seeing that the situation was under control, the bandit leader was very interested. He walked up and down the deck, ready to speak.
Suddenly, he saw the long sword behind Fang Chang, and frowned.
The surrounding gangsters immediately surrounded him when they saw this, pointing their weapons at the threatening man in white. Fang Chang smiled, slowly took off the Lingquan sword behind his back with one hand, placed it on the ground in front of him, and took a step back. So the bandits breathed a sigh of relief, and lowered their weapons slightly.
"Haha, you must already know my name, Hong Lao San of Fengyuan Island."
"After planning for a long time, we finally got a single ship. Now, you and this ship are my... spoils, yes, spoils!"
"Don't worry, I'm not an unreasonable person. The young and beautiful ones will stay, and the rest will hand over all their money to spare your lives! If you don't obey, just cut them off and throw them into the water. If you are obedient, I will cut them off for you." The wood goes into the sea by itself and swims back to survive.”
"Ah, everyone has wood, and it's not so easy to sink. This is still a waterway, maybe we will encounter other ships? Don't say I'm not generous enough, I'm Hong Laosan, but I'm a well-known benevolent person among pirates. See I think of you more, hahahahaha..."
Except for the whine of the captain who was **** and gagged, the deck was very silent for a while, except for the arrogant voice of the bandit leader.
Finally someone couldn't hold back, but it was a young man, he stood up abruptly.
Without waiting for the young man to speak, the youngest Hong suddenly showed a cat and mouse expression. He looked at the young man and clapped his hands lightly:
"Okay! Kind! The situation is more interesting."
"I, Hong Laosan, like people like you. It's really sad not to meet two people every time. Come here, give him a weapon, and we will compete. If you win, I will give you the boat, and if you lose Honestly, we chopped it into pieces and threw it into the water."
As soon as the voice fell, a bandit next to him brought a big ring knife, put it in the bandit leader's hand, and took out a two-inch long knife, threw it to the young man, and laughed loudly together.
The bandit leader stretched his muscles and said with a sinister smile, "Come on, young man."
(end of this chapter)