Daming pirates

"Okay! Got it! You go down and have a rest first. I'll order someone to prepare clean clothes for Mr. Lin, and also arrange a temporary residence for Mr. Lin. Today I want to have a candlelight talk with Mr. Lin!"

By the way, I'll arrange for some late-night snacks to be brought over, and a bottle of wine to be brought over. After I came back just now, I just talked and didn't eat dinner. I guess Mr. Lin is also starving! Haha!" Yu Xiaotian felt a little hungry now.

Lulu, then I remembered that Liu Wang came to ask for instructions during dinner, but he kicked him out, and now I felt that I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore.

Liu Wang bared his teeth and said with a smile: "I obey, my Majesty! The supper has been prepared a long time ago! But if the master doesn't call, we don't dare to deliver it! But will the master really not sleep tonight? Otherwise, I'll go

later……"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and waved his hands: "Go, go! Tell Lan'er that you don't have to wait for me and let them rest early!"

Liu Wang then took the order and went out. After a while, someone brought a tray. On the tray were two plates of vegetables and two bowls of white porridge, as well as a pot of water and wine and two large cakes.

The dishes are very simple, a plate of crispy and delicious pickled sea cabbage, a plate of braised whale meat and white radish, which are rich in nutrients, but not luxurious at all.

Yu Xiaotian handed the chopsticks to Lin Yiyang with his own hands and said with a smile: "Come on, you are so neglectful! I don't care about ostentation here, just eat well. This whale meat is extremely difficult for you to taste on land. You might as well try it today

try!"

Lin Yiyang took the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Master Yu is so polite. After entering here, Lin has already seen that Master Yu is a simple person!"

Although this meal is simple, it is quite good! I am not afraid of being laughed at. When I am at home, it is difficult to eat even this kind of meal several times throughout the year, let alone this kind of whale meat! It is better on land.

I heard from a classmate that this kind of whale meat is called dragon meat on land. It has the power to strengthen yang and nourish the kidneys. It is quite rare. Rich people would not dare to just buy it and enjoy it every day, let alone a poor scholar like me.

!

I'm really hungry right now, so I won't be polite! Invite you, Mr. Yu!"

This guy was really rude. Before he finished speaking, he grabbed a piece of flatbread. He quickly reached into the bowl of whale meat stewed white radish with his chopsticks, picked out a large piece of whale meat and put it on the flatbread.

Then he ate happily.

After talking to Lin Yiyang for such a long time, Yu Xiaotian was in a much better mood. When he saw Lin Yiyang starting to drive unceremoniously, he did not dare to neglect. Lima also picked up the big cake and started chewing it.

Not long after, the two of them swept away the food on the table with their chopsticks flying. However, the two of them were just rushing to eat the pot of wine, but no one moved.

Lin Yiyang looked at the empty dishes, put down his chopsticks with unfinished thoughts, burped in an unseemly manner, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Mr. Yu is laughing, although the shopkeeper treats us well, but the food is not very greasy.

, I tasted such delicious food today, I really can’t help it, I made a fool of myself! I made a fool of myself! Haha!”

Yu Xiaotian also put down his chopsticks, shook his head and said with a smile: "This meal is not bad, haha! It can be seen that although Mr. Lin is a scholar, he is not as rotten as a scholar! On the contrary, he is more like a fellow-minded person like us

, his surname is straightforward! It is also a pleasure to meet Mr. Lin!

By the way, after all that is said and done, I haven’t asked yet, since Mr. Lin is a scholar, why didn’t he continue his studies and get a reputation? Instead, he condescended to come here and apply for a job as a small accountant?

I can guess that Mr. Lin must have something to hide, and since we have met each other, could it be convenient for me to tell Yu?"

When Yu Xiaotian asked Lin Yiyang about this, the expression on Lin Yiyang's face gradually cooled down. He reached out and picked up the wine bottle on the table, poured a full glass for himself, and poured a full glass for Yu Xiaotian.

He drank a glass, raised the glass and gave a toast to Yu Xiaotian, then raised his neck and drank it in one gulp.

"It's a long story. I think we scholars have been studying hard for more than ten years since we were young. In fact, isn't it just to be nominated for the gold medal and serve the imperial court?

It can be said that I come from a scholarly family. Most of my ancestors are scholars. Unfortunately, my ancestors are not very lucky. Few people are successful. Most of them rely on scholars to make progress. My father is also a scholar.

But even when I was old, I failed to win the exam, which made me quite depressed.

Originally, my family was not too poor. We had dozens of acres of farmland. Although we were not rich, we were still able to live a decent life. Our whole family relied on these dozens of acres of farmland to make a living.

However, the year before last, my father suddenly became seriously ill and unfortunately passed away, leaving behind my mother, me and my three brothers. Before my father died, the family did not have much savings. In order to pay for my father's medical treatment, the family's savings were all used up and some debts were borrowed.

Originally, as long as I and my brother work hard for one or two years, this debt can be paid off, but I didn't expect that someone would take a fancy to the dozens of acres of thin farmland in my family. This person's surname is Zhu, and he is a relative of the emperor. He lives in Xinghua Prefecture.

The area is quite arrogant.

Unfortunately, our family's field happens to be adjacent to it. Over the years, many of the surrounding fields have been taken over by him, leaving only our family and several nearby families who still have their own fields.

A few years ago, he proposed to buy our family's fields. However, our family relied entirely on these fields to make a living, so we couldn't sell them easily. So my father flatly refused, thinking that the matter would be over.

However, after my father's death, this royal relative once again proposed to buy our family's land. How could my brother and I agree? We still flatly rejected his request.

But what I didn't expect was that they sent domestic slaves to my door to force me to do it. They also bought the poor money from my creditor at a high price, and asked experts to alter the IOU, so that the IOU that was originally only a few taels of silver doubled to hundreds of taels.

Come to collect debts with this fake IOU.

How could my brother and I accept this fake IOU? Of course we couldn't pay back the money, and we had no money to pay back, so he filed a complaint and sued us two brothers to the county government.

How could the county magistrate help us, so he used this false IOU to transfer my family's land to him to pay off the debt? How could we bear this tone, so we went to Xinghua Prefecture to file a complaint.

But he sent someone to intercept our brothers on the way. In order to protect me, my brother was beaten by his slaves on the spot, breaking his muscles and bones. He died soon after being carried home. I was also injured on the spot. My mother was anxious and angry.

He fell ill immediately and soon followed his father to the west.

After I recovered from my injury, I went to Xinghua Prefecture again to file a complaint. However, because he had a false IOU in his hand, and someone else made perjury for him, and because he was a relative of the emperor, Xinghua Prefecture refused to file the case at all.

They couldn't win, even if their brother was beaten to death by them, they refused to admit it.

So I went to the Fujian Prosecution and Justice Department in Fuzhou to file a lawsuit, but the result was of course predictable. I had no evidence and they had perjury in their hands. Naturally, I still couldn't win the lawsuit. On the contrary, the other party sued me.

It was framed and framed, and it was an insult to politeness. On the contrary, the government removed my merit and I will never be allowed to take the exam again. When I returned home, even my house was burned down.

I ended up in a situation where my family was ruined and I couldn't return to my home, so I had to go to the homes of relatives and friends. However, my relatives and friends saw that I had offended people they couldn't offend, so they didn't dare to take me in. So I wandered around, and on the way I heard a lot of stories about

Regarding the matter of being the head of the family, we happened to be distantly related to the Lin family here in Fuzhou, so I was desperate and went to join them.

The Lin family also knew about our family's affairs, so they didn't dare to keep me in Fuzhou. They asked me to come here to avoid the eyes and ears of that family. I was also quite curious about Nanyue Island and Guibu, so I happily agreed.

, I came here by boat, and Master Yu also knew what happened later, and now I can sit here and talk with Master Yu at night by candlelight!"

"Pa!" After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he became very angry. He had heard too many things like this over the years, but whenever he heard such things, he was still so angry that he burst out on the spot.

He slapped his palm on the table. Originally, this

It was already late at night, and the sound of Yu Xiaotian's slap was so loud that the dishes and wine glasses on the table jumped up, the wine bottle was knocked over on the table, and a wine glass was knocked down.

It fell to the ground and was shattered on the spot.

The sudden sound startled Lin Yiyang, and also startled the guards outside the door. Liu Wang rushed in with one of his guards drawing a sword, and shouted: "What's wrong, Master?"

Yu Xiaotian waved his hand and said: "It's okay, clear the table and bring a bottle of wine!"

Liu Wang saw Yu Xiaotian's face full of anger. Lin Yiyang sat aside blankly, a little confused as to what was going on. But seeing that Yu Xiaotian didn't seem to be in danger, he waved to his guards to clear away the dishes and turned around to leave the house.

, and soon a bottle of wine was brought, along with a small plate of fried peanuts.

Peanuts are a rare thing nowadays. They were also introduced to the Ming Dynasty from the Americas along with potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, etc. However, sweet potatoes are not as widely grown in the Ming Dynasty, and many people have not seen them yet.

Yu Xiaotian took a deep breath and said to Lin Yiyang: "It's annoying! It's really annoying! I often hear about this kind of thing. Many people's experiences are similar to yours. They were forced by some powerful people to lose their families and have no other way out. Some

People are even forced to commit suicide!

Such evil people really deserve to be killed! If they don’t kill them, the people will not be angry! The government is afraid of their power, and instead of making decisions for the people, they help the people do evil. Such officials also deserve to be killed!

I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, for reminding you of these things again. Come on, come on, have a drink! You probably haven't seen these peanuts before, try them! After deep-fried, they are crispy and very delicious! At present, this island has only just

I planted some, mostly for seed saving, and I don’t dare to eat more!

If Mr. Lin is really angry, Yu is willing to help you vent your anger. At worst, if I have a chance, I will send someone to your house to beat you up! I will vent your anger for you!"

Lin Yiyang smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Thank you so much for Master Yu's kindness. I appreciate it! But there is no need to retaliate against him. After all, he is no better than others. He is a relative of the emperor. Once he touches them, Master Yu will definitely cause big trouble."

It’s troublesome! Moreover, my home is deep in Xinghua Prefecture, far away from the seaside, and it is inconvenient for the head of the family to do anything! Let’s let this matter go! This is why Lin came here!”

(Today, special thanks go to brothers Tieshou Youqing and gzg1972 for their rewards! Thank you very much!)