Soon, Hei Niu and the others fished out the dark wood. Compared to the last piece of dark wood, this one was much thicker.
"Hahaha, this one is thicker than Black Teng's, and we are even more unlucky than them. This time it's Black Teng and the others who envy us, hahaha. Of course, others will envy us even more."
Hei Niu's eyes were full of golden light, and he excitedly patted the fallen wood that he had picked up, and his laughter almost flowed out.
"Hei Niu, you are too proud too soon." A Japanese pirate on the same boat shook his head regretfully after inspecting it.
"Damn it, you fake scholar, what do you mean by that? You don't have eyes. You're so thick and long, you can't see them?!"
After Hei Niu heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He stared at him with bull's eyes and started yelling angrily.
"What do you know? To tell whether a piece of heavy wood is valuable or not is not just about its thickness..."
The Japanese pirate nicknamed Fake Scholar shook his head and said.
"If you don't look at the thickness and length, then what are you looking at?" Hei Niu interrupted the fake scholar's words with a glare.
"It depends on the material. The one Black Teng and the others salvaged is ebony, but ours is just willow wood, and there is no thought of sinking it at the bottom of the water. It is estimated that it will not be more than ten years, and this one is not worth dozens of taels of silver."
The fake scholar sighed and said with regret.
"Damn it, fake scholar, don't pretend to understand. Don't think that if they call you scholar, you are really a scholar. If it weren't for your surname, we wouldn't call you scholar. You just don't want us to read a few more books."
It's just a book, not even a boy has passed the exam..." Hei Niu said unwillingly when he heard the fake scholar said that the dead wood they fished out was worthless.
"Can't you tell the difference between ebony and willow?!" The fake scholar was exposed and counterattacked with a dark face.
Heiniu lowered his head and looked again, then his face dropped, and he cursed, "Damn, it's really Liumu!"
"Hahaha......"
The other Japanese pirates on the boat couldn't help laughing when they saw Hei Niu's mournful appearance.
Hei Niu and the others were delayed for at least ten minutes in retrieving the dead willow wood. Because of their delay, the boats behind them were also delayed.
The Japanese pirate fleet had just turned around the mouth of the river. Due to the delay of Hei Niu and others, the Japanese pirate fleet was blocked here, like dumplings, densely packed in the river that had just turned.
Soon, other Japanese pirate ships turning around one after another also heard the news that Hei Niu and his pilot boat had picked up another deadwood. Fortunately, it was just a deadwood and not worth much money. Otherwise, they would be envious and jealous again.
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"Haha, these idiots, do they really think Wu Chenmu is so easy to meet? If it is really so easy to meet, it won't be so valuable." After Chen Dong heard the news, he shook his head and started laughing and scolding.
"These idiots!" Maye also laughed and scolded, "Hearing the noise outside, I thought we were lucky enough to encounter another piece of ebony wood, which could promote auspiciousness and boost morale. No.
It’s really boring to think that it’s just a piece of dead willow wood, one that’s very young.”
"Haha, actually Liu Chenmu is not too bad. Although it is worth a little less money, it is a rare wood after all. It can also be promoted as an auspicious sign." Chen Dong smiled and said it was better than nothing.
"Something's wrong, the new pilot boat also encountered a dead wood?! Why did I feel something was wrong, so I salvaged a dead wood? Why did I encounter another dead wood?! Usually we don't necessarily encounter it in ten days and a half.
I came across one deadwood tree, and two in one day?!" Xu Hai touched his chin, squinted his eyes, and said with suspicion.
"Haha, if we encounter another piece of ebony wood, something is indeed wrong, but this time we encountered just a not-so-valuable ebony wood. It was just a coincidence." Chen Dong said disapprovingly.
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"No, I still feel something is wrong. Even Chen Mu has encountered too many things. There must be monsters anyway..." Xu Hai shook his head, feeling that something was a little abnormal, so he stood up and faced
He shouted outside the cabin, "Here comes someone! Someone comes here!"
"Leader." Several Japanese pirates who were waiting outside the cabin responded and came in.
"Quickly pass the order and all ships will be on heightened alert. In addition, two more groups of personnel will be sent to investigate both sides of the strait until the fleet reaches the seaport." Xu Hai gave the order with a serious face.
"Brother Xu, there's no need. The surrounding Mingren cities have been scared to death by us for a long time. How can they have the guts to harass our fleet? On the contrary, they are probably praying to gods and Buddhas, praying that we will not attack and rob them along the way.
Plunder them." Maye felt that Xu Hai was making a fuss and said disapprovingly.
Although Chen Dong didn't speak, the expression on his face was a little surprised, and he felt that Xu Hai didn't need to be like this.
"You can never be too careful." Xu Hai explained to the two of them.
"Well, that makes sense." Chen Dong and Maye were convinced by Xu Hai's words. Yes, you can't be too careful.
The Japanese pirates took the order and went down to convey Xu Hai's order.
As soon as the Japanese pirates left Xu Hai's flagship cabin and before they could convey Xu Hai's order, they heard a panicked sound coming from outside.
"What's wrong, damn it!" Xu Hai heard the panicked voice outside, and his heart skipped a beat. Realizing that something was wrong, he rushed out of the cabin, grabbed a Japanese pirate and gritted his teeth and asked, "What's wrong? Are you making such a fuss?
What?!"
Chen Dong and Maye immediately realized that something was going on outside, and rushed out of the cabin after Xu Hai.
"Behind, behind!" The Japanese pirate, who was grabbed by Xu Hai, pointed to the back and shouted loudly in panic.
"What happened next?" Xu Hai, Chen Dong and Maye turned their heads in the direction pointed by the Japanese pirates almost at the same time.
Then, their expressions changed drastically.
At the intersection of the river at the back, dozens of rafts appeared at some point, and the rafts were piled with hay, firewood, sulfur and other items.
There was also a smell of grease in the distance. Needless to say, the hay and firewood on the raft must have been poured with kerosene.
There were three Zhejiang soldiers on each raft. One Zhejiang soldier was holding a long pole and poking at the bottom of the river to push the raft. The other two were rowing, driving the raft quickly towards the Japanese pirate fleet.
Behind these rafts filled with dry firewood and straw, there are about a dozen larger rafts. These rafts have no dry firewood and straw on them, so they look like matching rafts.
"Hahaha, little pirates, grandpas are here to give you gifts. This is a great gift that our adults have carefully prepared for you. Please accept it."
"Hahaha, little Japanese pirates, hurry up and accept the gifts. Don't let your grandfathers down."
The Ming army on the raft filled with dry firewood and straw laughed and shouted as they quickly approached the Japanese pirate fleet.
"Damn it! They are going to attack with fire! Shoot arrows, shoot arrows, don't let them get close to the fleet! The fleet rushes forward and throws them away!" Xu Hai reacted immediately, and the hairs all over his body stood up.
His face instantly turned pale and he shouted in a panic.