A burst of loud noise penetrated Zha Xiaodao's ears. He rubbed his face impatiently, jumped off the rope bed, and pushed open the cabin door: "Is the surname Cai going to finish? If he makes people cry again, Ask the brothers to carve a wooden sign and hang it on which says Nezha Cai Mingfu, the eight-armed Nezha, and let¡¯s cry for his dead father too! Who can¡¯t cry?¡±
Tianbo¡¯s business is handed down from generation to generation. Cai Qian¡¯s father, Cai Mingfu, was also a sea lord in his early years. He has been helping the Portuguese in smuggling business. He is half bandit and half businessman. It is said that he died under the guns of the Japanese shogunate army, and there are even rumors that Cai Qian killed his father and seized power, and rumors are flying everywhere.
Li Cha has been running Nanyang for so long, so he has naturally heard the old news about the Cai family.
The reason why Zha Xiaodao became so angry was that last night there were many servants of the Cai family on the upper boat to burn paper money for Tian Baozai to cry for funerals, and the sound of boys and girls crying and sobbing was carried all the way to the Hongqi gang's boat through the sea water, making him sleepless all night. good.
Cai Qian turned his head with a smile that was not a smile: "Brother Zha, come to tease me early in the morning? Many of my subordinates are from the Danjia fishermen. Kindly help you pay the head fee."
"Capital fee?"
Zha Xiaodao rubbed his hair, followed his gaze, and there were about fifty or sixty strange men standing on the shore with bamboo hats on their heads. There are some local products such as spices and fruit wine at the feet, which should be gifts.
Xue Ba tossed an orange up and down, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and the red flag sailors behind him were standing or leaning on the deck, looking lazy, showing a faint sense of confrontation.
What's interesting is that on the building boat next to it, several domestic servants surnamed Yan were also chatting and laughing.
Cai Qian was negotiating with the other party, and there was another person standing with him, an old man with a blue turban and a white copper cigarette rod pinned to his waist. His clothes were not different from those of the strange men, and he should be a leader.
When the old man saw Zha Xiaodao, he stretched out his left and right hands, aligned his thumbs straight, bent his index finger, and stretched the other three fingers straight, with the fingertips sticking up to his chest, following the etiquette of members of the Hongqi gang, the so-called "three and a half incense sticks"
"An Qinghe peeled the clock and met Chief Cha. I once served as the helmsman under Chief Qian Tuo. I have a love affair with Hong Qi. I wonder if Chief Qian is here this time?"
Zha Xiaodao's complexion softened, and he returned the courtesy in the same way. There is no doubt about the old man's statement. In the past, in times of disaster, many fishermen¡¯s children along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian came to join the red flag with a stick of bamboo wormwood. If they didn¡¯t want to leave, or they were disabled and couldn¡¯t go to sea, most of them could get a settling fee. It is not uncommon for some people to simply act as the eyes and ears of the Red Flag pirates among the people, knowing the coded signals of the Red Flag Gang.
"According to the orders of the leader of the alliance and the leader of Tianbao, leader Qian is already the leader of the banner. He was ordered to be stationed in Macau. I'm afraid I won't be able to see him this time. What did you just say about the head fee?"
Peeling Bell was a bit embarrassed, but he hesitated, and still made it clear: "This is the rule of Borneo. It has been in place since the end of the Ming Dynasty. For the unity and survival of the Chinese on the island, we An Qinghe, Jiutou Hong, and Lao Ping , Xinshishiping A total of 16 companies have set headcount fees. Anyone who comes to Borneo to beg for a living, no matter where they come from, must choose a company to sign a contract and pay head fee. The minimum is more than ten taels, three to five Dendrobium, as much as twenty taels of money, eight dendrobium, the company will give him a contract and livelihood, and if he gets into trouble, the company will give him a head. If there is no money, there is still work to do, but it has to be deducted from the contract .¡±
Xue Ba couldn't hold back, and asked: "I don't know which contract Lin Ajin, the king of the treasure ship, signed, and which company he paid in full for the head fee of more than 10,000 sons of Lin's family?"
The skinning bell clasped his fists, but he was fearless: "Lin Ajin has three mines and a shipyard on the island, and he is the lord of Yang Shouchang, the young director of Anqinghe. Yes, of course there is no need to pay the head fee. The directors of the sixteen companies have discussed that the brothers in Hongqi are anti-Qing fighters, and Tianbo Division has also had a relationship with us for many years, so the head fee of the two companies can be halved "
Cai Qian had a half-smile on his face, he turned the ring, Lin Ajin's appearance flashed in his mind, he saw Zha Xiaodao staring at him, deliberately made a gesture of generosity: "Brother Zhong, The brothers in Hongqi just fought fiercely with the government a few months ago, and they must not have enough money now, and I, Tianbo Division, are willing to pay this head fee together."
Cai Qian emphasized the two words "one and one".
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Zha Xiaodao rolled his eyes, and said with a chuckle: "Boss Cai, you are being polite. My Red Flag Gang has not yet reached this point. Xue Ba, ask someone to bring the money."
Xue Ba is depressedWith a loud voice, more than ten sailors were greeted. Not long after, five large boxes of gold and silver treasures were brought onto the deck, mostly yellow and white, decorated with emeralds and pearls. Most of them are gold coins of various Western styles, almost overflowing, and the light is dazzling,
This is part of the treasures on Zheng Xiu's Shenlou ship. Zheng Xiu asked him to take it with him when he sent Cha Xiaodao to Borneo. The natives bought some industrial land.
Seeing that Zha Xiaodao really paid, Cai Qian couldn't help but shrink his pupils. I was a little confused about the plan to check the knife. He just wanted to make peace with Hongqi, he wanted to make peace with Hongqi, and first work together to take root in Borneo. So that these ignorant Chinese companies know that Hongqi and Tianbosi are not piglets that they can squeeze and squeeze.
Can check the knife, what does this mean?
Just when he was worried that the head of the Hongqi gang was an idiot with a brain full of muscles, Zha Xiaodao seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked Cai Qian: "I don't know how many people Boss Cai wants to go to the island, and which company he wants to join. "
Cai Qian was angry at first, and then his eyes lit up, he suppressed the smile in his heart, and followed the meaning of Cha Xiaodao's words: "This first group, there are about a thousand people, and if they add up, it should be more than 20,000. As for which company to join, I never thought about it, I, Tianbosi, and Hong Qi's brothers came to Borneo together, such a great fate, why not invest in a company together."
"That's exactly what I mean. When it comes to fate, since An Qinghe's brother Zhong also fought in our Red Flag Gang, this is also a great fate. In my opinion, our two families will rely on you, An Qinghe!"
Peeling Bell's expression changed.
Zha Xiaodao pinched his fingers and pretended to count: "Now there are only more than 400 people on our red flag ship, but the leader of the alliance will arrive in two days, so there are enough" He thought to himself that he might not scare you to death: "There are enough Forty thousand people!"
Zha Xiaodao pointed at the peeling clock: "Hongqi 40,000, Tianbosi 20,000, and from now on we will have a meal with An Qinghe's brothers. These five boxes of treasures are our wages."
As he spoke, he bared his white teeth, and said in a serious tone, "Brother Zhong, please pass it on to An Qinghe, Director Yang."
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