The ship heading to western Liaoning has been delayed. Li Xiao, who was waiting in boredom, noticed that there was a person not far away, obviously different from the people around him.

This man was wearing a mysterious lace robe, a square scarf on his head, and three clear beards on his white face, which looked like a scholar.

When Li Xiao looked at this person, the man also noticed Li Xiao's inquiring gaze. He immediately felt quite unhappy on his face, snorted, glanced at Li Xiao, and then turned his face.

Seeing this man looking noble and disdainful, Li Xiao turned his face and never looked at him again. Then he chatted with Zu Wan'er in a word.

After about half an hour, the ship heading to western Liaoning finally arrived.

A group of refugees rushed forward in a noisy manner, hoping to board the boat as soon as possible so as to escape from the fallen land of Jinzhou quickly.

Li Xiao held Zu Wan'er with one hand and horse with the other, and walked towards the boarding port with the flow of people.

It was a coincidence that the scholar-like man happened to be huddled in front of Li Xiao. When he finally arrived at the boarding port, a rumbled merchant ship guard stopped the scholar.

"****, why are you squeezing? Everyone who boards the boat will be 5 taels of silver!" Crooked eyes cursed, reaching out to the scholar with one hand.

"Yes, yes, the villain will give you money." A humble smile appeared on the reader's face, and he bent down and groped in his arms with his hands.

His face suddenly changed.

"Hey, where is my silver? It's still here just now, why is it gone?" The scholar's voice trembled, and he groped on himself like a mad hand, but never found it.

"Have you found it?" Weiyan was obviously impatient.

"Boatman, the little silver must have been stolen by accident. I would like to ask you to give me a lot of grace. When I return to Jinzhou, I will definitely make up for the 5000 ship fee." The scholar looked bitter and begged in a low voice.

"Gogun! I don't have money and want to take a boat, so I'll die! Bah!" Weiyan spat and pushed him away.

The scholar was pushed by him and almost fell down. His face was gray and he was about to bow his head and leave, but was stopped by a strong big hand.

"Don't worry, I'll pay for you." Li Xiao said to the scholar in a low voice.

The scholar looked at Li Xiao who had never known each other with a surprised look. Suddenly, he remembered the way he looked down on Li Xiao just now. Unexpectedly, he felt a little fever on his face. Before he could speak, he saw Li Xiao turning around and saying to the crooked eyes: "Boatman, I, both of us, and the scholar just now, how much does the boat fee cost in total?"

Weiyan looked at Li Xiao with a surprised and suspicious look, thinking to himself, this guy looks like he is dressed in a bad dress and has spare money to pay for others' boat fees, but he didn't expect that he was a rich man, so he would have to make a good deal.

"Hmph, listen, each of you three people has a boat fee of 5 taels, a total of 15 taels. This horse occupies too much of a boat seat, and it needs to be at least four people, but it requires 20 taels. You have brought a lot of luggage weapons, which occupies a lot of weight, and you still need to pay an additional 5 taels of luggage." After Weiyan said, he looked at Li Xiao with a sneer.

"Your boatman is so busy. I have a little luggage for three of you, and I actually have 40 taels of silver for a boat fee. This is so greedy." Zu Wan'er was so angry when she heard it, and couldn't help but ask.

"Oh! I dare to think it's expensive. I drive this boat, so I pay the money if I want to sit. If you think it's expensive, you can't sit there, but no one forces you to take the boat." The wicked eyes were furious, and his tone was obviously unkind.

"Okay, boatman, I've paid the ship fee."

Li Xiao grabbed Zu Wan'er, took out more than 3 taels of gold from his arms, and handed it to Weiyan.

When he saw Huang Chengcheng's gold, his eyes lit up. He weighed it with his hand, and it weighed 3 halves. He bit it hard with his teeth, and his face immediately shone. What a guy, this is really golden.

"Okay, you guys get on the boat." Weiyan happily threw the gold into his pocket and waved to Li Xiao and others.

Li Xiao and others got on the boat and found a clean place to sit down on the deck of the boat.

When I looked apologetically, I met Li Xiao’s warm smile.

"Student Wu Liang is a student from Liaodong. His family is at Xingshan Post Station outside Jinzhou City. Thank you for your help today. After returning to Jinzhou, you will return the ship's capital in full." The scholar reported to his home with gratitude.

"It is also a blessing to meet Mr. Li Xiao. These are required for shipping and Mr. Li can afford it. Just be regarded as making friends. Mr. Wu should not take it to heart." Li Xiao replied with a smile.

Wu Liang smiled awkwardly and held his fists to thank him. As the two talked further, Li Xiao was surprised to find that a student scholar like Wu Liang had worked as an official next to Huang Long, the general of Dongjiang Town, and his position was a documentary.

The officials in the Ming Dynasty were divided into several classes: Cangdian, Cangdian, Cangdian, and Cangdian. Cangdian was the last of the officials. In the late Ming Dynasty, a large number of scholars had no hope of imperial examinations and took it as a famous official as a way out. However, it was extremely difficult for officials to be promoted. Usually, they could only be promoted to Cangdian after three years of the year, and then three years were the best officials, and the most in-class officials were still small officials.

But despite this, these officials who followed the general and other military officials, even the last ones, were much stronger than ordinary literati, at least they had the opportunity to rise and the power to pretend to be powerful. Some of them had the opportunity to come into contact with officials such as money, food, and socializing, and they could also take the opportunity to fill their own pockets and embezzle profits.

Wu Liang sighed: "On the day when the city was broken, General Huang died for his loyalty. Other officials were taken by the Tartars. Then, together with the Ming people who were elected as Baoyi, they were taken to Shenyang. The reason why Wu escaped was because he was sent to the countryside of Jinzhou a few days ago to supervise the people's food and tax payments. Fortunately, he was not surrounded by Lushun City. Wu secretly sneaked in the countryside for these days, but was lucky to be uncovered. After exploring the Tatar army, he sneaked here and prepared to return to Jinzhou by boat. He never thought that the money he had on his body was stolen by a thief. Fortunately, Li Zhuangshi helped him, so that the students could return home by boat."

Wu Liang wanted to thank him again, but was stopped by Li Xiao. However, Wu Liang still left his home address in Jinzhou and invited Li Xiao to visit his home when he was invited to thank him for his kindness today.

Li Xiao and others were talking and noticing that they were staring at them from the bow of the boat.

"You mean, that man takes three taels of gold at one move, but he is a generous person?" The person who spoke was a strong man with a fierce face, a fleshy face, and was picking his teeth with an iron toothpick.

This strong man was the owner of this merchant ship. He was nicknamed across the sea. He was originally a local pirate. He was cut off his leg during a fire in a pirate fight for the sea and could no longer be a pirate. Therefore, he had to buy this merchant ship and become a famous merchant. Although he claimed to have washed his hands with gold, he secretly raised more than a dozen thugs and swordsmen because of his pirate nature, and still did some shameful bad things behind his back. Of course, the scale cannot be compared with the previous pirates. He usually intercepted small cargo ships and murdered passengers of rich ships.

However, in this sea where pirates are rampant, it is not easy to get wealth safely. Not long ago, the merchant ship crossing the sea was looted by a group of pirates from a large force. He sacrificed all the gold, silver and treasures he stolen from the ship to save his life and the ship.

"No, this guy looks dressed in a mess, but he didn't expect it to be just to cover up his eyes. The young man was thinking that this man was so generous, he must have a lot of gold and silver on his body, and the majestic mount, isn't it worth our vote?" The one who said this was the crooked eye.

A trace of greed flowed across the sea's eyes, and he snorted coldly, throwing the toothpick in his hand on the deck.

"Hmph, we are so short of money now, and we are very tired. How can we let go of such a fat sheep? Just wait late at night, when all the refugees are tired, you can go up quietly and bear the kid on the spot, collect this guy's wealth and BMW. As for the tender little woman, let her live, let everyone take turns to go up and have fun, and it's not too late to slaughter it." A hideous smile appeared on his face across the sea.
Chapter completed!