Chapter 667: Xiang Haitu Strong (1)(1/2)
"My father and Meng Hongtong's father Meng Kuang came from the same village. He had five wardrobes, but he went to a ancestral hall to worship his ancestors."
Meng Cong took a sip of tea and slowly talked about the past.
"At that time, the real Japanese were more and more cruel than now. Meng Kuang's fleet was not big. He had read books for a few days and was stronger than others. After becoming the leader, he led everyone to follow the Japanese pirates behind him.
Pick up a bargain.
"The Japanese ship was broken, and one ship was large, only a hundred people were there. A dozen people dared to cross the ocean and could not bring much food and water, so when they got ashore, they killed all the people so they could feel at ease.
The belly is worth something.
"Sometimes people kill and find valuable things, but they can't take them away because there is no place on the boat.
"That's cheaper people like Meng Kuang and my father. They also have a nickname called picking snails.
"My father picked up his adoptive father at that time. At that time, his adoptive father was not seriously injured, but he drifted far away along the river and soaked in the water for a long time, and several wounds were ulcerated.
"The eyes of picking up snails are terrible. The clothes of the adoptive father are not something that ordinary people can afford. They all think they are picking up meat tickets from a rich and noble family. They think that they can make a lot of meat when they find this family.
The money comes, so when healing his adoptive father, he is at least dedicated.
"As a result, the adoptive father bit his teeth tightly, and refused to say anything about his family, but instead suffered punishment for this matter.
"My father saved the man. When my father was not old, he could carry the beating. He was a hero, so he saved his foster father. He told Meng Kuang that his foster father knew how to read, could write, and he was so strict with his mouth.
, you can join the group to settle the accounts.
"Meng Kuang knew how to read and knew the benefits of writing and calculating.
"It was only many years later that I realized that my adoptive father was carrying it at that time, just because he was afraid that this group of people would come to him and be slandered by someone who was interested in his family to possess bandits or even Japanese. That would not only bring disaster to the whole family, but even the whole family would even be the whole family.
They will face a catastrophe.”
Meng Cong sighed, looked at Shen Ruixiao's face, and said, "This is also the reason why I dare not go to find your mother. I have only seen her twice before she got married. After that, I dare not send anyone to watch her.
He was worried that the wind would cause her trouble when walking. He didn't want to..."
Angry ejaculation rose on his face, but it seemed that due to Shen Rui's face, it was hard to say that Shen Yuan was not.
Finally, he couldn't help but curse, "The fourth house of the Shen family is really a bunch of ungrateful wolves."
He took a deep breath and turned back to talk about the old things.
Grandpa Sun, or the second Grandpa, had no choice but to board the pirate ship.
At that time, the second great-grandfather could not go back even if he wanted to go home. At that time, the Japanese pirates suffered from Songjiang and everyone hated him to the core.
The second great-grandson survived the Japanese pirates and was rescued by bandits. He said that he was innocent and no one would believe him. He was afraid that he would be tired of taking care of the whole clan when he went back.
As Meng Cong said, the second master did not even dare to inquire about family affairs before he gained a foothold, for fear of showing a little bit.
The second great-grandfather was born into the Shen family of scholars. Although he had no fame and fortune, he was also well-read in poetry and books. He had a lot of industries in his family. Under the influence of his eyes and ears, he was not unfamiliar with business matters.
This group of snail pickers was not doing the murder and setting fire at this time, they just made money.
The second master followed them and was only responsible for reselling and not getting involved in blood, so he had no psychological obstacles to overcome.
The second master is knowledgeable and has a talent for management. Over the past few years, he has accumulated a lot of wealth for Meng Kuang and his gang.
Wandering on the sea, he became brothers of different surnames with Meng Cong's father Meng Yuan, and he also married the daughter of a fisherman and the girls who helped him as his wife. However, if he was not sure if his body was damaged, his first wife and Xu Xian were unable to import him.
The second great-grandfather has always loved Meng Cong very much and became Meng Cong's adoptive father and enlightenment master.
Meng Kuang was a very ambitious person. He used the wealth earned by the second master to expand his fleet and expand his power little by little.
After fighting with another gang once, the officers and soldiers were hunted down, Meng Kuang took the fleet and completely got out of the sea and began to do the business of robbing passing ships.
How could the second grandfather be willing to follow the thief really? At that time, he expressed his unwillingness to do business that harms the will of nature.
He said that he would repay Meng Yuan's life-saving grace, but for Meng Kuang's "take in", the money he earned for the fleet over the years was enough to repay the ransom as a "meat ticket".
Meng Yuan and the second master have always been in a relationship, and even recognized this brother of life and death who was knocking on the ground, so he secretly let him ashore and gave him a lot of gold and silver.
And the second master has been in charge for many years, and he has not had a confidant. He left all the players he had to use to Meng Yuan.
The second grandfather went ashore and changed his appearance to Songjiang. After inquiring about family affairs, he found out that the third brother broke up with his family. The ashes of his mother and elder brother had already been raised, and he went to Beijing with only his body.
He didn't even bother to take revenge on Shaw Brothers, so he immediately chased after him.
The third master was indeed caught in a cold and was driven off the boat by the boatman, but the second master was not a boatman on the boat, but caught up from behind.
The second and third masters recognized each other and were very happy to treat him, and personally sent him to Beijing for the exam.
The third prince really lived up to his expectations and was awarded the Jinshi and was awarded an official. However, it was not easy to stay away from his clan members and stay in the officialdom of the capital. He was embarrassed many times and was once attacked by his opponents and squeezed out of the capital.
The second master wanted to help his brother, so he had to spend money to create a connection.
But money is not so easy to make. In the capital, there is no backer and the business cannot be done for a long time. The second master's business and business have been closed several times.
At this time, Meng Kuang had recruited new forces to join the gang, and the gang had already taken the prototype of the Nine-Headed Dragon.
Meng Yuan was also excluded by the newcomer. He came to the second master and hoped to get his help. He promised that although he would rob, he would never hurt the lives of the merchant ship. Moreover, if it was a charity businessman, he would just let him go and only rob those who were rich and unkind.
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The second master was furious in the capital, and he had no good impression of those rich and bullying good merchants. In order to stabilize his third brother, he really needed a lot of wealth. He immediately said goodbye to his younger brother for a while and returned to the sea.
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He spread all his breath on the sea, and it was his most familiar reselling business. The goods robbed by Meng Yuan could always sell much higher than others in his hands.
At that time, there were also many maritime merchants running routes in Japan. Later, the second master discussed with Meng Yuanyi and simply sold the robbed goods to Japan.
The business is getting easier and easier, so I started the reselling business of these two countries. I also set up many industries on both sides, making a lot of money.
The second master also specially trained many confidants and secretly took a portion of his income to the ashore. After several twists and turns, he quietly sent it to his third brother's side.
He used money to open the way, and then placed people in the capital to help his solid third brother inquire about some rumors, and finally helped the third master step by step to the position of Xiao Jiuqing and Da Jiuqing.
Besides, when they make money like this at sea, of course, will attract others to covet it. Because Meng Yuan was not very convinced by Meng Kuang, Meng Kuang not only watched the wall, but even fanned the flames behind his back.
No one can compare to Meng Yuan and the second master when it comes to business, but in terms of force, they are not the strongest.
During a robbery conflict, Meng Yuan's fleet was suddenly attacked by other gangs. The two sides fought hard. Meng Yuan was seriously injured and when the fleet was about to be destroyed, Meng Kuang rushed over, killed all the gangs and saved them. Meng Yuan responded to his brothers, not only sold the brothers' goodness, but also greatly damaged Meng Yuan's strength.
Meng Yuan knew in his heart that before his death, he entrusted his two children who lost their mother in the early years to his sworn brothers, the second grandfather, leaving a lasting wish that they would be ordinary people and no longer eat the bowl of blood licking the knife.
He also told the Second Grandpa not to offend Meng Kuang for now, and to endure the momentary anger and wait for a comeback.
Therefore, when the Nine-Headed Dragon was finally established, the second master finally bowed his head and became one of the leaders.
The second master showed his tame and used his skills to do a great job of the Nine-Headed Dragon.
The wealth was touching, and the second master also used this to gain the trust of the leaders, secretly accumulating strength, thinking about the day when he would take revenge on Meng Kuang.
Unexpectedly, Meng Kuang died of malaria after suffering from malaria.
When he was dying, he changed his cold and hot air, but he vomited without entering the water and rice, twitched all over his body, talking nonsense, and grabbed his hands empty, as if he was so angry that he had suffered all the torture.
When the second great-grandfather saw this scene, he felt that the laws of heaven were clear and he was unhappy with retribution. The resentment in his heart had been resolved, and he had no intention of paying the debts and sons.
He was extremely tired of life at sea, and knew that when Meng Kuang died, all the leaders of the lower houses would be ready to move, so he began to think about retreating.
Especially since Meng Min is growing up every year, women are no longer as good as men, so they always have to find their husband’s house earlier, so the second grandfather wants to take them away.
Both of them have settled their household registration early in the morning. For safety reasons, they are not placed in the same place. No one will think of going to the same place when they get ashore.
The second master calculated everything but did not count it. Meng Cong didn't want to go ashore.
"I followed my father on the boat. I was very familiar with that one. Later, my father disappeared. My adoptive father mainly managed business affairs. The man who managed the fleet was my father's old brothers, so I followed them. When we are together, we have all the skills to do math."
Meng Cong smiled bitterly and said, "When Meng Kuang died, our fleet had money and someone to take care of it. I just thought it was a great opportunity for me, and I also discussed it with several uncles in private. At this time, his adoptive father How can I be content if I want me to leave the fleet and go ashore?"
"I was so angry when my adoptive father was also angry, but at that time I was a young man and refused to listen. In the end, he had no choice but to hand over the fleet and business to me, and he kept all his staff and only brought them with me. My sister and Sanliang's confidant went to the shore."
"I am going for the big leader, and I don't want Meng Hongtong to marry Tu Qingping, the Yasha!
"Tu Qingping is a living yaksha who can cross the old brothers to grab the fleet in her hands after her father's death. She is cruel and terrible. At that time, no one dared to mess with the sea.
"With her help, everyone can only put away their thoughts in shame."
Now when it comes to Aunt Tu, Meng Cong still grits his teeth.
Meng Hongtong and Aunt Tu joined forces, and the big leader of the Jiutou Jiao fell into their hands without any suspense. It was not that he had the intention of setting up a new branch, but he was shocked by their fierce means.
Meng Hongtong is far more flexible than his father. He has enclosed a piece of land in Japan. While doing maritime trades at home, he collects tolls from passing merchant ships. In this way, the wealth of Jiutou Jiao is gathering more and more, and his power is getting bigger and bigger.
In the end, it dominated the East China Sea.
On the other hand, Meng Hongtong was also quietly weakening the strength of other leaders, especially those who had tried to compete for the leading position, such as Meng Cong.
Meng Cong was once forced to almost turn the nine-headed dragon. If it were like that, he would face the joint force of eight leaders.
It was the second great master who planned for him in Jiangnan, gathering many extremely popular goods such as tea, silk, cotton cloth, food, medicinal materials, spices, etc., which allowed Meng Cong to control the source of this bulk goods and help him stabilize it.
The position among the nine-headed dragon.
Meng Cong is worthy of his name and is extremely smart. With the strong support of the second master, he quickly got rid of the predicament, developed and strengthened the fleet, and also surrounded several islands in Japan as his destination.
After a few years, he felt safe and calculated that it was time for his sister to get married, so he rushed back and brought a lot of gold, silver and soft materials, overseas specialties, and prepared to send the girl a lot of marriage.
But he was scolded by the second master very much.
The second grandfather told Meng Cong one by one the old things that happened, warning Meng Cong that not appearing in Meng Min's life was the greatest protection for her.
To be continued...