Chapter 929： inquire

Qi Haoran took the little lion and asked him to write down a few questions, and whispered: "Tell you brother Xiao An and the big brother quietly, and let them ask Andre."

Qi Haoran knew that if he stayed there, even if the children asked questions, Andre would be a little wary, but it would be different if he was alone with the children. His children were too young, and Andre would not alert.

As Qi Haoran thought, after he left, Andrei put his mind down and did his best to answer the children's strange questions, and sometimes even joked a few times.

For example, Hutou will ask, "What do you have for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and do you also drink tea?"

And the little lion will ask, "How old are the children of your country starting to read..."

And Xiao An said that he was still most interested in sea trade. He asked: "If I drive a boat to your country, will I also pay taxes? Can't children be exempted from tax?"

Little Bear widened his eyes and listened, this was the question that his father explained.

Andre laughed and said: "Little Master, the tariff is calculated on the basis of the goods, not the age of the owner."

Xiao An felt a little regretful and asked, "Then how much do I have to hand in ten pieces of silk and satin?"

Andre smiled and said, "Four horses."

The little bear rolled his eyes and asked, "Is that the amount of precious stones or the amount of spices?"

"It must be a gem." The little lion shouted, "The gem is better."

"Then let's buy all the spices when we go." Hutou suggested, "Let Lichun make us a few more purses, and we will all pack the spices and bring them out. There shouldn't be any taxes on the things we bring, right?"

Andrea, who was somewhat wary, laughed after hearing this kind of children's words, and said, "Several young masters are wrong, the tariffs on spices are heavier than gems, but this young master is right, he brought it with him in the It is true that there is no need to pay taxes on the things on your body, but the things we carry on our body are also limited, and if the other party believes that you intend to avoid taxes, I am afraid that you will have to go to the prison, and we don’t care about it.”

Every time they go to sea, they bring a whole ship of goods. Are they afraid of paying the customs duties on the extra items they bring?

That is to say, the boatman will bring some things on the boat, so that he can make more money back and forth, but the cost of the boatman is also very large. said.

Andre was pulled by a few children, and he asked a question with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west. Some were childish words, some were related to the maritime trade economy, and sometimes they also asked about politics.

Of course, it is impossible for several children to ask clearly, they will only ask, "How many concubines does your emperor have? How many princes? Are they as big as us? Is the princess beautiful? There is also a prince who is as capable as my father. Does your chancellor have a beard?  …”

When the children were finally satisfied, Andre's mouth was dry, and they were already far away. There were only a few fishing boats floating on the sea. There was a slightly sharp sound in the distance. The bow looked into the distance and exclaimed, "Look, it's a fish, a fish that can spray water!"

The group of fish let out another crisp cry, which was different from the sharp one before, and it sounded a lot better. The four children were lying on the bow of the boat screaming, and they didn't dare to blink.

Andre laughed: "That's a whale, it seems that we are lucky."

The whales were not coming towards them, they were far away, and several children watched them disappear into the sky.

Hutou exclaimed: "My mother said about this kind of fish and said that it is very precious, and we have to protect them."

Andre smiled and said, "Whales are very powerful and do not need human protection. Moreover, as far as I know, many countries near the sea like to catch whales."

The four children gave an "ah" and asked, "Is the whale delicious? Why do you want to catch it?"

Andre was about to answer when one of the two identical children suddenly shouted and shouted excitedly: "Pirate, it's a pirate, we have met a pirate!"

Andre stunned and turned around to look at the sea. Because of the violent movement, he accidentally twisted his neck.

The three children who had not paid attention to the sea at first heard the shout of the tiger head and immediately ran to the bow of the boat, and when they saw a flag with a skeleton erected in the distance, they immediately shouted excitedly, "It's really a pirate!"

"Pirates with warships!"

"Go forward, go forward, we have to defeat the pirates--" Little Bear shouted excitedly, wishing to immediately go to the pirate ship.

The soldiers on the ship also discovered the pirate ship, and immediately became alert and prepared their weapons one after another. Some people even wanted to come up and carry a few young masters back to the cabin to prevent them from being accidentally injured here.

But the tiger head and the little lion are not willing to go back, and they also help the weak Xiao An to fight back the soldiers who came to hug him, while the little bear expresses his unwillingness to leave and no one dares to come forward and force him to hug him. , This master's strength is very strong, if he can't control his strength with a slap, they can slap the boat down.

Several soldiers were looking at them anxiously. Qi Haoran strode out and suppressed the four boys with one look. However, he did not ask to send them back to the cabin. It is still far away from the pirate ship. What are you afraid of?

Now their eyes can see the pirate ship, and it will take a long time to get to it, or it will take a long time to catch up.

Qi Haoran didn't plan to make the four boys into cowards, it's still okay to see the pirate ship, anyway, he didn't intend to run up and be beaten.

Qi Haoran ordered the Colonel, "Go ahead for a while, let them see the pirate ship clearly, and we will set sail back."

The captain, who was full of black lines, turned the rudder with the crew and walked forward for about a quarter of an hour before he could see the situation over there.

Someone shouted: "The pirate ship seems to be robbing merchant ships."

"No wonder they put up the skull and crossbones flag, which they usually keep, so as to confuse merchant ships."

"Then do we want to go and save us?"

"You're stupid, we only have so many people, how can we save them? The prince and the young masters are still on the boat. Don't save people, but take us on board instead."

"These pirates are too rampant. They dare to loot here so close to the port. Didn't the lord suppress many pirates before, is it possible that they are not afraid of encountering our warships?"

"Actually, it's not too close. We have been sailing for almost two hours since we came out of the port..."

The soldiers on the boat were whispering, and the four children listened to it. They jumped up and stalked Qi Haoran to suppress the bandits. Xiaoxiong also took the initiative to ask: "Father, let the son go and arrest them, okay?"

Qi Haoran was about to teach him a lesson when he heard a veteran shouting, "Why is that merchant ship so familiar? Isn't it the Zhou family's mark on the ship?"

"Hey, it's really the mark of General Zhou's family." Zhou Zhou had just been promoted to General from the Colonel due to his meritorious service in suppressing bandits.

Qi Haoran and the four children tensed up at once, and stared at the merchant ship with wide eyes.

Zhou's merchant ships are Zijin's fleet = their fleet.

Their merchant ship was hijacked!

Hutou was the first to react and shouted, "That's our family's!"