Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 788 White Lotus Pure Land

These Britons took out a large amount of gold coins as soon as they met, which greatly exceeded the shopkeeper's expectations. He was still hesitating whether to drop the wine bowl in his hand.

After all, if they really take the risk of violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty, killing people and stealing wealth, and they have to go to great lengths to clean up the traces, their broken ships are not worth so much gold.

However, these red-haired ghosts spend a lot of money, and they might have other inventory hidden in their pockets... The shopkeeper was still entangled in his heart. When he heard Felute using blunt Chinese to "make another deal with them," he casually said He replied: "What kind of business is it? First show the plate to the men."

"How can I do business with you red-haired ghosts if I don't read the terms first?"

Felute was stunned for a long time before he finally understood the slanderous words spoken by the shopkeeper. After calming down, he bowed and performed the courtesy of a noble gentleman: "Yes, sir. We hope that you can help us buy it." Enough supplies and hire sailors for us..."

Hearing what he said, the shopkeeper couldn't help but feel a little interested. He straightened his body and said, "You want us to transport supplies to you guys?"

"Yes, sir." Felute said patiently.

The shopkeeper casually placed the wine bowl in his hand on the table and began to think to himself. After a while, he asked Felut: "How far is your companion's fleet from Hangzhou Port?"

"I can't tell you this...but we can guarantee that I will give you a generous reward." Felute tried his best to look sincere and blinked. "You know, we all came back from Fengmingzhou... Our cabins are filled with gold!"

The shopkeeper's eyes narrowed slightly, and the hand still on the wine bowl was loosened. "You still want us to help you hire sailors?"

"Yes. After all, we lost a lot of precious companions in the process of mining gold mines... We need to replenish the number of sailors before we can return to our country safely..."

"You red-haired Rakshasa people have long been the street rats that everyone yells at in Hangzhou... Who would be willing to be hired by you as a sailor?" A man next to the shopkeeper curled his lips and said disdainfully.

"I believe that you gentlemen can solve this problem for us for the sake of gold." Felute's face was a little ugly, but he still tried hard to maintain a gentleman's behavior and said. "I mean...it's up to you gentlemen to replace our 'hired' sailors..."

"You want us to lie..." The shopkeeper understood what he meant from Felt's accent.

Whether they were deceived or kidnapped, these evil-minded Rakshasa people had no good intentions. No wonder they were willing to pay huge sums of money to hire them.

"...You go out first and wait. The brothers and I need to discuss it first." The shopkeeper thought for a while, sent Felut and others out, and then went down to the cellar to discuss it with a group of brothers. stand up.

"Shopkeeper, this Rakshasa devil has no good intentions. If we really get on their pirate ship, we might be eaten up by them at sea." Some members objected. "Where has pie ever fallen from the sky? Our life is already hard enough, so why bother wading through this muddy water again."

However, Fang Zuozi, who brought Felut, objected: "It is precisely because our lives are so hard that we should go up this road." "You can find wealth through danger. Don’t you understand? We dare to use our swords to seize the world, but why are we afraid of these red-haired devils? We will not lose the prestige of our Ming Cult!"

"What we did in the past was a rebel business, but now we are just looking for gold and silver. Why are we afraid? Geng Datou, is it possible that you are used to being a lowly household in the Ming Dynasty, so you are planning to make a living fishing in this land for generations? Already?"

"You..." The man known as Geng Datou looked angry and reached out to touch the knife in the cellar.

"Okay! We are all brothers who burn incense together, why do you still want to get angry in front of me?" The shopkeeper shouted lowly, and Geng Datou and Fang Zuozi quickly lowered their heads, not daring to continue arguing.

The shopkeeper tapped his fingers on the table, raised his head again, looked at the dark cellar and the disheveled brothers around him, and suddenly said with a feeling of bliss: "Tell me, is it possible for us to seize a Rakshasa ship?" Ship... also go overseas to occupy the island and become the king and achieve a great career?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone else in the cellar was stunned. This idea is indeed a path they have never imagined.

"... Shopkeeper, you mean... we also go to sea to expand territory?" Geng Datou was stunned.

"Stupid! You are talking about expanding the territory! Do you want to help the Ming Dynasty conquer the world?" Fang Zuozi slapped Geng Datou on the head. "We are here to...establish the White Lotus Pure Land, the Buddhist kingdom on earth!"

Everyone's eyes were brightened. The White Lotus Pure Land and the Buddhist Kingdom on Earth were one of the ultimate pursuits of the White Lotus Sect's followers since its establishment. Monk Peng, Han Shantong and others have been unable to realize their long-cherished wish throughout their lives... Can a group of incense devotees like them, who have become poor and settled, really be able to establish a Buddhist kingdom on earth?

"Shopkeeper, isn't this overseas... a barren land? It's either a savage or a wild beast. Let's go overseas to build a foundation. This..." someone said hesitantly.

"Stupid! I ask you to pay more attention to inquire about some information. Who in the Ming Dynasty doesn't know that there are many happy lands overseas? The wilderness? The wilderness can transport gold to the Ming Dynasty's treasury ship by ship? The wilderness Can the land produce something as good as corn, and can one acre of land produce hundreds of tons of grain?"

As a port city, Hangzhou City has many merchants coming and going, and goods from both the north and the south are available, but they have also seen corn, a new thing. Nowadays, many landowners in Hangzhou have planted this rare crop from Fengmingzhou, so they also know a lot about corn.

"The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are fierce, but the barbarians outside are very weak... If we can get sea ships, we won't have to worry about finding a place for us to take root. You must have heard that those merchants each brought their servants with them. , you can occupy islands in Nanyang and set up seaports, and make a lot of money..."

Having lived in the port for a long time, the longing for the sea has unknowingly penetrated into the heart of the White Lotus Headmaster. Thinking about what he had just thought, he felt that there was much to be done. "Even if we want the glory of the Ming Dynasty, we can run a good business first and then fight back along the sea route... It's better than being a lowly household here!"

With these words, the ambitions hidden in the hearts of many White Lotus Xiang people present were all ignited.

(End of this chapter)