Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 224: At : PM, it is better to lose several pieces than to lose one move (for leader Markovnikov)

The fleets of Wadiye and Pu Yama arrived near the Xiapu Wharf around noon.

Continuing forward from here, you will enter Hangzhou Bay, head south along the familiar route, and turn towards Quanzhou.

When the fleet passed by the Xiapu Wharf, dinner was served on the ship.

The meals for "Young Master Li" and his "little maid" were delivered to their cabin by Zou Wen.

When Zou Wen walked into the cabin, "Second Young Master Li" was lying on the couch and snoring, while the long-legged maid with a pair of charming dimples was sitting cross-legged on the floor.

"Ah, have you eaten yet?"

Hearing the noise, "Second Master Li" climbed up, and when he saw the food box opened by the "little maid", he immediately got angry.

"You guys want to take one tenth of the profit from my goods. You made so much money from me, and you give me a lunch like this? Even a dog wouldn't eat this!"

Leng Yuchan, who was arranging the food, suddenly froze. Yang Yuan had said so, so should I eat it or not?
"Second Young Master Li" glared at Zou Wen and said, "No wine or meat? Prepare a pot of good wine and at least four dishes for this young master."

Manager Zou said with a fake smile: "Second Master Li, the food on the ship is naturally a bit simple, please bear with me."

"I'm not responsible for anything! Manager Zou, what you did is not fair. How did I treat you when you were in the tea house?

Now you are using such poor food to entertain me, are you feeding the pigs?"

Leng Yuchan put down her chopsticks. She couldn't eat this meal anymore!

"Second Young Master Li" pushed Zou Wen away angrily and said, "I don't want to eat this. Old Pu is betting on hemp. I'll go find him to see if he still wants to do our business in the future."

"Hey, Second Young Master..." Manager Zou was unable to stop him, and "Second Young Master Li" had already rushed out of the cabin arrogantly.

Manager Zou stamped his feet and hurriedly chased after him.

Leng Yuchan shook her head disapprovingly.

They were already on the ship and the foreign merchants had already believed their identities, so why bother putting on a show?
Can't we just be patient for half a day, and when the Jin people's smuggling ship arrives to pick us up, we can catch them all in one fell swoop?
Leng Yuchan sighed, stood up and sat on the couch.

She couldn't pick up her chopsticks first, otherwise if Zou Wen came back with Yang Yuan and saw her, a maid, picking up her chopsticks first, he would definitely become suspicious.

Leng Yuchan sat down on the couch, stretched out her long legs, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Yuan really doesn't know how to be gentle with women. She only said that she didn't want to share the bed with Yang Yuan, which meant lying on him, not that she couldn't even sit next to him.

As a result, Yang Yuan didn't even ask to give way to her and just took up the entire bed without any hesitation.

After boarding the ship, Yang Yuan acted excited as if he rarely went on a long journey. He took her around the entire ship, and after coming back, he fell asleep immediately.

Both of them got up very early today. Although they only slept for less than an hour, Yang Yuan still managed to make up for the sleep. However, she could only sit on the floor with her legs numb.

Leng Yuchan was rubbing her thigh gently when "Second Young Master Li" came back cursing.

"Alright, alright, you bastards, I'll put up with it for now. Next time you want to take my Li family's tea, just wait and see how I'll treat you. Ugh!"

Yang Yuan slammed the cabin door shut and walked into the inner cabin.

Leng Yuchan looked at him helplessly and said with a wry smile: "That's about it, my deputy emperor, I think the food is okay."

"You didn't eat?"

Yang Yuan changed his angry expression, quickly came over and took a look at the food.

Leng Yuchan rolled her eyes at him and said, "You, the young master, haven't even started eating yet. I'm just a little maid..."

At this point, Leng Yuchan suddenly realized what was happening and her expression changed: "What do you mean? Do you suspect the food is poisonous?"

Yang Yuan shook his head and said slowly, "I just went out to check on the pretext of the noise. Our escorts and their boatmen and sailors all eat from the same big pot.

In this case, the Arabs will not be able to give them drugs, let alone the two of us, which will be of little use.

Besides, they are not sure whether our people will come to us at any time, so there is no reason for them to drug us..."

As Yang Yuan spoke, he picked up the food and sniffed it.

Leng Yuchan frowned and said, "The question is, why are you worried that they will poison us?
Although Wadiye is leaving, Pu Yama is still here. Do they dare to rob us?"

Yang Yuan said: "I never suspected that they poisoned me. I just took advantage of the situation just to have a reason to find Pu Yama and Wadiye to see what those two old guys were doing. I am just cautious out of habit. But..."

Leng Yuchan raised her eyebrows: "Hmm? Did you find anything?"

Yang Yuan frowned and replied softly, "Those two old guys are drinking wine, and the table is full of wine and meat.

Since I, the second young master, have lost my temper, shouldn't they take the opportunity to invite me to join them?
But they didn't, even their smiles to me and the reasons they gave were unabashedly fake!"

Leng Yuchan finally realized something was wrong and frowned, "This doesn't make sense!"

Yang Yuan said: "It is indeed unreasonable. A successful businessman will not easily offend a potential important customer.

What’s more, not only am I their employer now, they also want to do my tea business in the future…”

"Then..." Leng Yuchan was secretly shocked: "Unless they just want a one-time deal, there will be no future."

The cabin suddenly fell silent.

The porthole was half open, the sound of waves could be heard from outside the window, and the sea breeze lifted the cloth curtain on the porthole, making a rustling sound.

Yang Yuan stood up, walked to the porthole, pushed it open, and looked out.

Leng Yuchan looked at Yang Yuan's back, with a strange look in her eyes.

If it weren't for Yang Yuan, she wouldn't have noticed the abnormality of the Arabs.

Yang Yuan taught her a lesson, and probably... also indirectly saved her life.

Yang Yuan looked at the sea. He could no longer see the land, but the water here was not the deep blue of the sea, but a little yellow.

This should be because the river water and the sea water meet.

In other words, the ship had just entered the sea and sailed out of the harbor. Yang Yuan returned to Leng Yuchan, picked up the chopsticks, and began to put the food into the bowl.

"Although I don't think the food is poisonous, for safety's sake, let's go hungry for a meal."

While Yang Yuan was putting food into his bowl, he said to Leng Yuchan, "Wait a minute, let's go out for a walk and find a chance to notify our people to prepare for the situation. Things may not go according to our plan."

Leng Yuchan asked nervously: "What should we do?"

"First, tell all the brothers to be on guard. We may have turned from fishermen into fish."

"it is good!"

"If the Arabs start to attack before we get to the rescue ships from the Jin people, setting fire is still the first priority. Tell the first group to set the fire."

"This is for..."

“We have just left the bay and there are many merchant ships on the sea. Perhaps one of them will see the fire and come to rescue people.

Merchant ships at sea are all armed with escorts. When they come, we will have help."

"it is good!"

"However, except for the first group, all other groups' plans will be cancelled. If the Arabs take the initiative to attack us, we will immediately concentrate all our efforts and besiege the top cabin at all costs. We will capture the leader first!"

"Understood!"

Yang Yuan picked up the full bowl of food, walked to the porthole, looked around, and when he saw no one was paying attention, he threw the bowl of food into the water.

Leng Yuchan watched and became more and more impressed with Yang Yuan.

It's really amazing that he could notice something was wrong and come up with such a response in such a short period of time.

I...I am indeed not as good as him!
Leng Yuchan flexed and stretched her thighs, and suddenly said, "Just now, if I could have rested on the couch for a while, it would be easier to exert my full strength when I start fighting later."

Yang Yuan came back with an empty bowl and said to her, "There's nothing I can do. You can't share the bed with me."

Leng Yuchan raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why?"

Yang Yuan said, "Because the cabin door is not locked, if someone comes in and sees you and I sharing the bed and I didn't touch you, my status as the second young master Li will be ruined."

Yang Yuan put down the bowl, moved towards the front cabin, quietly opened the cabin door a crack, and peeked out to see what was going on.

Leng Yuchan looked at him with a red face. So... that's how it was...

Leng Yuchan suddenly realized.

If she sat on the floor to rest, anyone who saw her would think that she didn't want to be taken advantage of by Young Master Li.

She was Madam Li's personal maid, and the Second Young Master Li did not dare to force her, so the two of them had to remain awkward like this.

But if she and Yang Yuan shared the same couch, it would be tantamount to tacit consent for a woman. And if "Second Young Master Li" was just snoring...

"Everything that Deputy Yang does has a profound meaning. I am too shallow to guess it."

Leng Yuchan thought with admiration: "At the dock, Deputy Secretary Yang had breakfast but asked me to pay. There must be a deep meaning behind it, right?"

However, she did not ask Yang Yuan for the answer again, because she did not want Yang Yuan to think she was stupid...

……

At lunch time, in the house of the Arab merchant Abu, the sound of music and singing could be faintly heard from behind the high walls.

Today is the day that Wadiye and Pu Yama are leaving. Abu went to the dock to see them off early in the morning, and when he came back he started preparing this lunch.

One body of water cannot support a group of giant sharks.

When Wadiye and Puma were there, Abu was never able to make further progress.

But now that they are gone, Abu is one of the candidates to succeed Wadiye and Pu Yama as the ruler of Lin'an Fanfang.

He was eager to convene this banquet and invited all the merchants he thought could be persuaded and conquered.

He wanted to strike first and force Pu Yama to choose him as his future partner.

Outside the high wall, a group of people slowly approached.

Judging from their clothes, there are people from Japan, Korea, and the dark-skinned people of Kunlun.

Among the Japanese team, there was one person who was particularly eye-catching.

Compared with other short Japanese people, his height is considered above average among the Song people.

His tall stature made him stand out from the crowd.

He was wearing a full set of ninja uniform, a mask, and a headband on his forehead with a striking red maple leaf embroidered on it, which was the symbol of a "jonin".

Among the Japanese in Banfang, he is the second best fighter after Hojo Daisho, Chiya Mikami.

Abu couldn't wait to conquer the many merchants and establish himself as the number one figure in Lin'an Fanfang.

Abu was not the only one who wanted to strike first. The Japanese, Koreans and Kunlun people in the Fanfang slums also took action.

As long as the foreign quarters are sealed off and the chief turns a deaf ear to the situation, no one will care even if there is chaos inside the foreign quarters.

As long as the dust settles, they will still be law-abiding expatriates in Lin'an Fanfang who pay taxes according to regulations.

Lao Ji and Lao Gou followed them quietly. They were a little worried about this group of rabble and only followed them to plunder their territory.

In front of us, the team stopped under the magnificent and tall door lintel of Abu’s house.

Suzuki Taro suppressed his excitement and bowed deeply to the samurai led by Mikami Chiya: "Then, please!"

(End of this chapter)