Chapter 80 Why does Shopkeeper Shen seem a little afraid of me?
It turned out that Su Lianyi and Qiyue had sold all the goods, and when they came back they happened to see that person from a distance.
Su Lianyi had been doing business since childhood and happened to have the ability to remember people at a glance, so she recognized the man immediately.
She quickly shouted Zhao Tong, and the man turned his head, saw her, and ran away.
There was no need to doubt it now, there was definitely something wrong with him.
Zhao Tong led a group of guards in pursuit, while another group took a shortcut to intercept him in front... But the man was obviously very experienced. He suddenly bent his body without any warning, stopped moving forward, and flew out and landed on a boat on the shore.
The water birds usually hovered above the boat for a bit, then flew past again.
"Borrow an arrow for use."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone carrying a bow and arrow beside him, and Shen Ning reached out and said, "Borrow an arrow."
The man who was watching the fun with a bow and arrow on his back screamed and wanted to resist, but Qiyue grabbed his wrist and he couldn't move, and then Chen Ning snatched the bow away.
Seeing the man on the water flying up again and about to disappear among a large number of large and small boats, Shen Ning suddenly shot an arrow.
With a whoosh... the long arrow pierced straight into the back, flew into the air and the man fell into the water with a splash.
Su Lianyi was startled: "Ningning."
But Shen Ning's face still had a sense of hostility that had not yet dissipated.
If Xiao Nanchen hadn't rescued her last night, she would have been in a situation where she would not even be able to die.
She didn't know who was behind this, but she was definitely not going to let it go if someone harmed her and let her escape.
If you can't find the mastermind, at least shoot one to death first!
The man fell into the water like a kite with a broken string, and Chen Ning returned the bow and arrow to the man next to him.
The man whose bow and arrows were stolen shouted, "How dare you..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw the silver that Qiyue handed over and immediately changed his tone: "...Why are you so particular?"
At this time, the officials also arrived.
Because Shen Ning and his group had already reported the case to the authorities early in the morning, the officers did not find the person who was shot by the arrow in the water. When they were about to ask again, they saw a man come forward and whisper something to the officers.
The officer's expression changed slightly, and then he bowed to Chen Ning, his attitude becoming much more respectful, and then turned and left.
Shen Ning turned around and saw Mr. Xu San, who was escorted by a group of guards, slowly approaching him in a wheelchair.
Xu Zhiyi smiled at her in a very easygoing manner: "Manager Chen is also going back to Pingning, right? We are going the same way, why don't we go together? It would be good to have someone to talk to."
Shen Ning didn't think that someone like Third Master Xu would show her kindness for no reason. She didn't want to go, but she also didn't want to offend him, so she was very respectful: "I have so many followers around me, I really don't dare to disturb Third Master. Thank you for your kindness."
Being rejected by her, Xu Zhiyi didn't get angry. Instead, he said "oh" and tilted his head as if he was a little curious: "Am I a scourge? Why does Shopkeeper Shen seem a little...afraid of me?"
Although he was smiling and his peach blossom eyes were raised, he looked playful and romantic, but Shen Ning would not take it lightly. She immediately said, "Third Master, you are too serious. I am a humble woman and my followers don't know the rules. I am afraid of offending you."
"I see..."
Xu Zhiyi nodded: "Forget it, Manager Shen, please do as you please."
Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief, saluted respectfully to Mr. Xu San, then turned around and left with the group around him.
She didn't even turn her head, so naturally she didn't see the inquiry and thoughtfulness in Xu Zhiyi's eyes.
"Tell me, are there really people who are born with knowledge?"
The attendant behind him bowed and said in an extremely respectful tone: "I don't know."
Xu Zhiyi frowned in disdain: "Change to someone smarter..."
The follower behind him responded with an aggrieved look on his face.
Shen Ning and his group pulled a boatload of purchased goods downstream and soon left Haishi.
The goods were sold out, and the recipe was successfully converted into 20,000 taels of silver. Adding to the profits from business during this period, Shen Ning already had more than 30,000 taels of silver in her hands, and this was even when she was working hard to make money.
A life with money is full of happiness.
Er Yue caught a lot of fish again. Su Lianyi and the others looked at Shen Ning eagerly. Shen Ning rolled up her sleeves and said, "Let's not eat grilled fish today. Let's eat fish hot pot."
She bought a lot of dried seafood and spices that were not available in Daxuan Dynasty, such as chili peppers and peppercorns, in Haishi, which she could use now.
After Eryue cleaned the fat fish very neatly, Shen Ning started filleting the fish herself.
Su Lianyi was originally trying to persuade her to let Eryue do it, worried that Shen Ning would cut her hand. But when she saw the knife turning like a flower in Shen Ning's hand and quickly slicing a large plate of white fish fillets, Su Lianyi immediately shut up.
Okay, she won’t worry about it and will just focus on eating.
Chen Ning quickly made the hot pot base from chili peppers, peppercorns and other seasonings into a bright red color. However, perhaps due to the backlash from eating fish, before Er Yue could even get into the hot pot, he suddenly flew down from the mast, where he was looking out.
The young man in red was as light as a seabird. After landing lightly, he flashed in front of Shen Ning with a serious expression: "Miss, there are Japanese pirates."
Japanese pirates?
Shen Ning stood up and walked towards the bow. Not long after, he saw several ships appearing on the sea level in the distance.
There were quite a few of them, and they were moving very fast. After a moment, it became clear that those ships were typical Japanese-style ships, which were obviously different from the ships of the Daxuan Dynasty.
The characteristics of the Wowei ship are good speed and stability, but the hull is not as strong as the Daxuan ship.
The wawei ship is the symbol of the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese-style ships are fast. If the Fu ships want to turn around and escape, their speed will definitely not be as fast as the Japanese-style ships and they will still be caught up.
Besides, Shen Ning didn't really want to escape...
She brought lots of Thunderbolts, lots of them, just in case.
At the beginning, Shen Ning had told Yuan Yue that these thunder bombs would only be taken out when necessary, because although they were powerful, they were likely to cause trouble.
Now she is not in desperate situation, at least she still has time to escape.
Besides, there were several fishing boats in the distance ahead, and some smaller boats not far behind them... Their boats were big, so it was not impossible for them to escape if they really wanted to.
She could think of everything clearly, but she just didn't want to escape.
The sound of the sea water covered up the sounds from the distant Japanese ships, but without listening, one could imagine how those Japanese pirates were whimpering and making strange and disgusting noises, cheering that they were about to plunder Daxuan's supplies again.
Unlike the pirates who mainly robbed, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil... After killing and robbing, they would drink to celebrate, singing their ghostly songs and dancing perverted dances to celebrate.
Just like the beasts that invaded the country in Chen Ning's previous life...
She knew she could escape, but she didn't want to.
At this time, the fishing boats in front had already fled in panic.
Fishing boats have little combat effectiveness and are doomed to die if they encounter Japanese pirates, let alone such a large-scale pirate fleet.
They were obviously targeting the merchant ships participating in the sea market.
"Ningning, let's turn around." Su Lianyi's face was full of anxiety. "Let's go to Haishi. That's closer to the Xinzhou navy. The Japanese pirates won't dare to get close."
However, Shen Ning shook her head: “We won’t run away.”
Su Lianyi exclaimed, "Why?"
"When facing the Japanese pirates, don't run away."
Shen Ning said to Er Yue: "Go and ask someone to prepare it."
Er Yue immediately bowed and said, "Yes."
Chen Ning smiled at Su Lianyi: "Let's send those Japanese pirates back home..."
Su Lianyi was stunned for a moment, but soon remembered the things Shen Ning had prepared. She did not dissuade him anymore, but was a little puzzled.
"We are not the imperial navy, we just need to protect ourselves. Why are you doing this?"
Japanese pirates often harassed the Daxuan waters, and the Daxuan Dynasty's attitude towards the Japanese pirates was just one word: fight.
Just start working on it as soon as you see it. If you win, keep working on it next time. If you lose, keep working on it next time. It's always just a matter of working on it.
But that was the imperial army, and they were just businessmen, so why should they seek trouble for themselves?
Shen Ning couldn't explain the hatred she felt deep down for that race. She had been unable to resist before, but now that she had the ability, she didn't want to escape at all.
Even though they are not the same group of people, they are all of the same race in her eyes.
She smiled at Su Lianyi and said, "They burned, killed, looted, and committed countless evil deeds. Let's just consider it as... a good deed."
Su Lianyi laughed: "You haven't accumulated enough virtue yet. The refugee village outside the city is almost becoming Shenjia Village."
At this time, the Japanese pirate fleet was approaching, and there was a small fishing boat in front that had not had time to escape and was floating there as if it had given up.
Shen Ning asked the guards to tow the fishing boat over: "Let them hide behind our boat."
The small boat can't accommodate five people, but they are not allowed to get on board. They don't worry about any potential danger. How many lives are at stake?
The guards responded and went over. On the sea, the pirates' cheers and cries were carried to their ears by the sea breeze...
The Japanese pirates were very excited.
I don’t know if the Fuchuan in front was stupid, foolish, or just arrogant, but it didn’t escape.
But this is also good, as it saves them from chasing and surrounding them. After all, the Fu ships cannot match the speed of the Japanese ships, so it is useless to escape.
The Japanese pirates thought that the Fu ship must have weapons on board to dare to confront them head-on, but so what?
The cannons in this world look intimidating, but they are difficult to pull out and fire, and they shoot out huge iron balls that smash into ships and break them. If they hit the water... they just make a few splashes, and their accuracy is pretty average.
Whether you can hit the target depends entirely on luck.
Their fleet is so large, and they came here with the intention of burning, killing, looting, and making a fortune.
"Go ahead, surround them, kill the men, and take the women back..."
The Japanese pirates approached, howling and brandishing long swords and other weapons. The cannons on the ship were pointed directly at the Fu ship where Shen Ning was, and they shouted in the broken Daxuan official language: "Surrender your weapons, and you will not be killed if you surrender..."
At this time, a Japanese pirate suddenly said: "They don't have artillery?"
"What?"
"It's a trebuchet."
There was a row of catapults on the deck of the big Xuanfu ship.
The next moment, earth-shaking laughter erupted from the Wowei ship.
"Hahaha, trebuchet, stupid Daxuan people!"
"Wow, haha, I'm dying of laughter..."
It's ridiculous that they want to use catapults to deal with such a large fleet!
However, just as the pirates were laughing, there was a loud bang, and their laughter stopped abruptly. They turned their heads and stared at the burning ship in amazement...
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