A natural bay in the east of Liaoning.
What was once a small, secluded fishing village here has by now been transformed into a large, busy wharf.
A dozen or so ships of various sizes are docked here.
At this moment, Fish Egg is directing people to deliver goods to the boats.
“Be careful, you guys, this is all snow salt to be transported to Donggiao County!”
“If you get the salt wet, you can’t afford to pay for it!”
Fish Egg yelled loudly, and the others listened honestly.
Only Hai, who was on one side, sighed slightly and said that
“Fish Egg, they are all our own people, everyone will surely put their hearts into it, you should not be so harsh.”
Hearing this, Fish Egg returned with some disbelief, and
“Brother Hai, what one of our own!”
“These people are all recruited later, just work for us properly.”
“Hmph, now they are fed every day and paid for their work.”
“Is there such a good thing in the Great Qin?”
Hai said, somewhat deafened.
“Fishball, don’t forget, these ships, and the goods, are all owned by Gongzi Long!”
Hearing Zhao Lang’s name, a hint of scruple clearly flashed in Fish Egg’s eyes, but he quickly said.
“So what if it’s his? It’s still us who toil here, and we are the ones who venture out to sea every day.”
“Without us people, what use would he have for these boats?”
“What about now? Let’s just say that last month, we had thousands of taels of gold just from selling snow salt!”
“But how much did we only take together? Hmph, next time, when people come over there, I’ll tell them that I’ll be in charge of the fleet from now on!”
Looking at Fish Egg, who had a few grimaces appearing on his face, Hai couldn’t help but shake his head.
In the beginning, Fish Egg could betray him for money, now Fish Egg could naturally betray Zhao Lang as well.
“Is that really what you think?”
Hai said with a frown.
“Gongzi Lang is not that easy to deal with.”
Fish Egg looked at the fleet of ships and sturdy men before him, spat and said that
“Brother Hai! Don’t worry about all this, just be a good captain for me! If I had listened to you, I’m afraid the whole village wouldn’t even have enough to eat now!”
“Besides, who else has so many ships in the whole of Liaodong now? With so many sailors?”
The more Fish Egg spoke, the more excited he became.
“Even the Great Qin is unstable now, we have so many people, so why can’t we do something great!”
As soon as Fish Egg’s words left his mouth, a round of applause came from not far away.
“Well said!”
Hearing the sound, both Fish Egg and Hai couldn’t help but look over, and when they saw the person coming.
The two of them almost paled in unison.
“Gong… Gongzi Long?!”
Zhao Lang said, smiling.
“It’s been a long time, Hai, fish eggs.”
Hai was about to say hello, but Fish Egg, who was on the side, took a deep breath, stopped Hai, and said
“Gongzi Lang, I have something that I need to talk to you about!”
“I think the current distribution method can no longer be used in the future!”
Zhao Lang said, with a raised eyebrow as he heard
“Oh? How do you want to distribute it?”
Fish Egg said with a brave face.
“I want thirty percent of all the goods that pass through the port in the future!”
Zhao Lang winked and said that
“I invested the money to build the docks, buy the ships and provide the goods.”
“And now you want thirty percent?”
Fish Egg said at this point, with a touch of ruthlessness
“That’s right, if that wasn’t the case I would want fifty percent!”
“Because you’ve overlooked the most important thing of all, and that’s people!”
“Without us people, it’s useless even if your marina is big and you have more boats!”
Listening to Fish Egg’s words, Zhao Lang almost applauded again.
Don’t say it, this kid had really caught some of the points.
If he hadn’t slightly heard some of the other party’s previous words, Zhao Lang would have thought that the other party was for ordinary fishermen.
“Fishball, come closer.”
Zhao Long was ready to give the other party a few slaps.
If the other party woke up, then it would be fine.
Fish Egg himself would not have had such a heart to stand in such a position.
It was himself who pushed him up.
Therefore, Zhao Lang would not just shoot the other party to death.
However, the next scene caused his gaze to slightly chill.
Fish Egg directly shouted at this time that
“Someone!”
In the next instant, the sturdy sailors all gathered around, and Fishball said with a stern look.
“Zhao Long! Do you still think I’m the little fisherman I was?”
Zhao Long looked at Hai, who was at his side, and said.
“How long has he been suffering from this symptom? Don’t you care?”
Hai said with a bit of helplessness.
“Gongzi Lang, you were the one who told the villagers to follow him in the first place.”
Zhao Lang clacked his lips and said that
“All right.”
He made his own sins, he will solve them himself.
Having said that, he walked over towards the fish eggs.
Fish Egg was aware of Zhao Lang’s skills and hurriedly shouted that
“Someone! Stop him!”
Hearing the order, except for a few youths from the original fishing village who stood out, a hint of mockery appeared on the faces of all the others.
Then they moved out of the way.
But it was these few youths who were also stopped by Hai.
Zhao Lang arrived in front of the fish eggs almost unhindered, and
“You still don’t do anything!”
“You guys…”
Snap!
Zhao Lang slapped him across the face, and Fish Egg fell straight to the ground, covering his face and looking around with an incredulous look on his face.
“How could this happen…”
He couldn’t figure out how the sailors, who had always obeyed him, could turn against him so quickly.
By this time, Zhao Lang had taken out his dagger and seemed ready to strike at any moment.
Fish Egg could not hold back any longer and cried out that
“Gongzi Long! Duke Long!”
“I was wrong! I won’t dare again!”
Zhao Long didn’t say anything but just smiled and looked at Hai, and Fish Egg quickly shouted that
“Brother Hai! Help me! Brother Hai!”
Looking at Fish Egg, who was on the ground like a puddle of mud, and the dagger in Zhao Lang’s hand that was getting closer and closer to each other, Hai let out a faint sigh and said that
“Gongzi Long, I’ll do as you say.”
Zhao Lang put his weapon away almost instantly and smiled, saying
“I told you that you were a soft-hearted one.”
Without even looking at Fish Egg again, he walked over to Hai’s side and
“Well, it’s been a long time, let’s start with a couple of drinks.”
He had started out with the target, Hai, and had thought it would take some more time.
Didn’t expect the fish eggs to give him the chance straight away this time.
Hai had no choice but to agree, and the two soon left with their men.
Leaving Fish Egg lying in place alone in extreme confusion.
“The sailors here, most of them are your men, right?”
Hai looked at the sailors around him and said with a bit of emotion.
He had just seen Zhao Lang walk in without a single person briefing him and knew something was wrong.
The more he got to know Zhao Lang now, the more he felt that the other party was terrifying.
At the beginning, one who was going to fight with himself for the sake of the salt farm.
Turning his head, the power had grown to this point.
Zhao Lang smiled back at this time and
“Not most of it.”
Hai was then slightly relieved, but immediately afterwards, he heard Zhao Lang say that
“All of them.”
Hai was instantly stunned.
