Chapter 923: Treasure Chapter 923: Treasure Editor: Atlas Studios Qi Haoran asked Assistant Commander Wang to send the veterans to the fishing village to organize the young and strong n in the fishing village for training.
He even organized a literature and arts team to go to the village.
There were mainly two performance thods—storytelling and singing.
As everyone had to work during the day, the art team’s performances were held at night, enriching the lives of the coastal fishern.
In less than two days, Little Bear and the others could already sing at the top of their lungs, “Are you not battle-drest?
Let’s share the kilt and the rest.
We shall go up the line.
Let’s make our armor shine!
We’ll march your hand in mine….” Even though Tiger Head couldn’t sing the tune properly and shouted the words directly, he still sounded very imposing nonetheless.
anwhile, Little An would bring over a chair and stand on it to tell them the story of Huo Qubing expelling the Tartars.
This was a story that they had heard from Tao Sheng, who had heard it from the storytellers of the literature and arts team.
As for the teachers that Qi Haoran hired for the villagers, they would go to the fishing village every few days to teach them ‘The Analects’.
So of the teachers he hired were not even tongsheng, for Qi Haoran did not even require the teachers to be knowledgeable.
As long as they could read ‘The Analects’ and translate it for the fishern into words they could understand, it was fine.
At this mont, Steward Fang, who Fan Zijin had sent out, had also established a relationship with those pirates at sea.
This was all thanks to those pirates who had surrendered.
Fan Zijin hired two people to lead the way and take the lead.
With them around, Steward Fang quoted a low price for the treasures.
The other party did not suspect much, but bargained by a lot.
After discussing for a few days, the two parties finally settled on the first deal.
It was also at this mont that a pirate finally couldn’t help but sneak up the coast at night.
He sneaked all the way to the nearest fishing village.
Alas, before he entered the village, the dogs in the village started barking wildly.
The patrolling villagers, who were already sleepy and dozing off, imdiately woke up.
When they secretly ca over to take a look and saw the saber lights flashing from ti to ti in the night, they knew that pirates had entered the village.
The few of them did not dare to make a fuss and split into two teams.
One team stayed here to guard while the other returned to the village to wake the villagers up.
anwhile, the pirates fed the prepared drugged bones to the dogs.
As they fed, they blad each other.
“What’s wrong with you guys?
You actually missed one.” Seeing that there were no lights in the village, they heaved a sigh of relief.
“Fortunately, we didn’t wake the villagers up.” “How would I know that they’ll put three dogs at the village entrance, and furthermore, separately?” The young and strong people in the village brought their weapons over, while their family mbers began to pack up and leave.
When the village chief saw that the pirates were about to enter the village, he quickly called for soone to beat the gong.
The sound of a gong suddenly rang out, startling the pirates.
Then there was a fire at the end of the village.
They knew that they had been discovered.
The pirates cursed softly, raised their swords, and ran into the village.
“Don’t waste ti killing people.
Hurry up and snatch the grains and run.” The villagers rembered the words of the veterans: If the pirates did not kill anyone, they should not rush forward.
Instead, they beat gongs and drums and shouted, causing the pirates to panic.
anwhile, the old, weak, won, and children retreated outside the village.
As they were sneaking around, the pirates were anxious to begin with.
Coupled with the fact that they had been discovered, they beca even more flustered.
Hearing the villagers who were hiding in the dark beat gongs and drums, shouting to charge and kill, this made them panic even more.
As a result, they only looted half of the village before hurriedly retreating.
They did not bring much out at all.
“Shall we go to the next village?” The leader hesitated for a mont and said, “No, they just used smoke signals to report.
The nearby villages must have packed up and hidden their things when they saw the signal.
Let’s go back first and co again next ti.
This bit of grain is enough to last us for two to three days.” However, as soon as they ran to the seaside, they were stopped by the navy and all of them were caught.
Even if they were Han Chinese, Qi Haoran didn’t show any rcy to those who dared to pluck the whiskers at the tiger’s mouth.
Those pirates who had blood on their hands were executed on the beach, while the others were exiled or conscripted into the army according to the law.
Thinking that the navy was short of people now, Qi Haoran directly conscripted so of them into the army.
In any case, since Guangdong was already a desolate land, there was no difference if they went to Guangxi or Lingnan.
In that case, these people might as well be kept here to contribute to Great Qi’s coastal defense, to mitigate their sins.
Thus, the pirates, who originally disdained doing business with Steward Fang, all sent word to him, expressing their willingness to exchange their treasures for grains.
Hence, Steward Fang quickly got soone to bring back two boxes of jewelry.
Fan Zijin got soone to carry the things to the inner estate and asked Little Madam Xia and Mu Yangling to choose what they liked.
After which, he would transport the rest back to the capital to sell.
Little Bear and the others also ran over to take a look.
Astonished to see two boxes of Eastern Pearls in the case, Tiger Head picked out the box and exclaid, “Wow!” Drooling, he said, “Are these pearls?
They’re stunning.
Big Brother, can we raise such beautiful pearls too?” Little Bear was full of confidence.
“Definitely.” Little Bear, however, preferred shiny things.
He took out a crystal horse from the box and was unwilling to put it down.
anwhile, Little Lion took out everything in the box and compared them.
In the end, he chose a dagger encrusted with gems.
As the style of this dagger was not like what they usually used, it was obvious that it was imported.
When Little Bear saw this, he was tempted.
Little Lion said, “Brother, there are so many shiny things inside.” Little Bear could only continue hugging his crystal horse.
Tiger Head, on the other hand, refused to let go of the box of pearls.
After looking around, Little An found the other box of pearls.
He poured out the pearls for his mother and said, “Mother, choose these.” Then, he took the box and picked up the big and beautiful gems in the case.
He filled up a box and closed it, then looked up obediently and said to Steward Fang, who was waiting at the side, “I want this.” Steward Fang gaped at the priceless gems in his young master’s hand, speechless.
As expected of the Duke’s son, such a shrewd boy… The three brothers were also stunned by Little An’s wit.
Turning to look at the case, they wanted to choose again.
Seeing this, Mu Yangling hurriedly said, “Alright, everyone can choose one item each.
Since you’ve already chosen, you can’t choose anymore.
Steward Fang, quickly bring the things away.” “Your Highness, you haven’t chosen anything yet.” Seeing the three brothers’ eyes light up and eager to rush forward, Mu Yangling hurriedly said, “I already have a lot of jewelry.
I’ll choose sothing next ti.
Steward Fang also saw the gazes of the three young Princes and hurriedly asked soone to carry the things away.
It was only after he left that he realized that these things belonged to his masters to begin with.
It was fine even if the young masters picked sothing out.
Steward Fang wiped the sweat off his forehead.
Fortunately, it hadn’t occurred to any of them earlier on.
Otherwise, he would be dead for sure.
In the house, Little Madam Xia was smiling at Mu Yangling in embarrassnt.
“This child is too smart.” Mu Yangling said with amusent, “Isn’t it good to be smart?
You’ll be crying instead if your boy is dumb.” Looking at the four children holding the treasures, she said, “As usual, these things have to be registered.
No one is allowed to take them out.
If I find out that you’re exchanging them for money, I’ll beat you up.” The four children nodded repeatedly in agreent.
Although they could not be exchanged for money, their assets had increased, right?
Especially Little An.
This kid had almost chosen all the most precious gems.
Seeing the three brothers gather around, he readily gave one to each of them.
Anyway, he had an entire box of such gems.
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