Five preparations

  "Zhang Shun, go find some rags."

  "Qiao'er, you're in charge of turning those tattered rags into ropes. Remember to make them a bit thicker, and then soak them in water after they're done."

  "Li Qiang, take a look and see if there's a stick or something, preferably made of iron."

  "Old Zhao, think of a way to get on board and try to see what's happening on the deck!"

  Li Guotai's three elite personal guards sprang into action, and soon the cabin was in an uproar. Zhang Shun, in particular, couldn't find any rags, so he immediately started pulling out a few guys who had been eyeing him from the start, drawing a chorus of curses.

  Li Mocai didn't care about these things, as long as they didn't provoke foreigners to come and inspect, let them do whatever.

  "Big brother, wake up."

  Long Guo Zhang was having a nap, and after being pushed awake, he hadn't even figured out what was going on when he heard someone next to him say: "These damn bastards, what are they doing? Still not letting people sleep soundly in the middle of the night!"

  "Fine, I'd rather just have it out with them once and for all."

  "Old Three, why don't you go first."

  "Hehe..."

  "They're going to fight!"

  "Acting? Acting what?" Long Guozhang listened to the curses from beside him and the occasional soft cries in the darkness, while turning his head to look at the person who spoke, a ray of light flashed before his eyes, and in the darkness, an ordinary face appeared.

  Chen Ping, over thirty years old, thin and weak, didn't look like a soldier, but rather like a school teacher. Although there were only two longevity characters on his cuff, as soon as he appeared, Long Guozhang and others stopped talking and stared at him, because everyone knew that if it weren't for his name, this Beiyang naval officer would probably be indispensable!

  "Don't you understand? They want to escape!"

  "Escaping?" Chen Ping's words were like a thunderclap, causing Long Guozhang, who had just come to his senses, to sit up abruptly, and several people around him also rushed over.

  "This is impossible, what did they use to open the hatch?"

  "Right, even if they have foreign guns, it's useless; those iron rails can only be blown up with cannons."

  "Girl, shall we stop them? Don't implicate everyone."

  "They're going where?" In the midst of all the chatter, Chen Ping pointed to a small air vent on the ceiling.

  "Air vent? So small? Can't get through!" Long Guozhang shook his head, from the moment he was caught on board, he had not stopped thinking about how to escape, and the size of the air vent was something he had personally climbed up to try, it was impossible to pass through.

  "Don't forget, they have two kids there!" Chen Ping's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness as he thought of Li Mo's sudden outburst not long ago, his orders were decisive and ruthless, and the scene where he exchanged words in a foreign language with Long Guozhang: "You're underestimating that young master Li."

  As Chen Ping spoke, the crowd also nodded in agreement. Thinking about it, an eleven or twelve-year-old child dared to order his subordinates to kill with their own hands, and could bear to satisfy their desires, proposing a fair distribution of food, probably not many people can do it.

  "Just wait and see, they'll be coming for us soon!" Chen Ping said, leaning his head back, pulling out a silk thread from the corner of his clothes and putting it in his mouth, looking very relaxed.

  "Looking for us?" Long Guozhang looked puzzled at the darkness and asked in confusion.

  "Haha, Brother Long, how could you forget? On this ship, besides us, who else can sail it?" With a few forceful bites on the fishing line, Chen Ping smiled slightly and closed his eyes.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, Li Mo soon brought Zhao Long before Long Guo Zhang and Chen Ping.

  "In short, we're in charge of hijacking the boat, you're in charge of sailing it!" No pleasantries, no small talk; even Zhao Long hadn't expected Young Master to lay his cards on the table so directly. Surprised, he also secretly admired Li Mo's decisiveness.

  Actually, Li Mo didn't not want to figure out the purpose of Long Guozhang and others falling into this situation, he just didn't have time to dawdle around here. Faced with such a frank Li Dashi, it was actually Long Guozhang and Chen Ping who were stunned, but they quickly reacted.

  "Alright." Since others had already spoken up, Long Guozhang naturally wouldn't fall behind. He turned his head and immediately said: "Lao Liu, go take a look."

  Long Guo Zhang had just finished speaking when he saw several big men beside him quickly set up a ladder under the air window. Before long, one of them climbed up to the air window and sniffed heavily.

  "What's going on?" Seeing the guy called Old Six sniffing vigorously at the air vent, Li Mo felt puzzled, but soon understood as Old Six quickly jumped down.

  "Winds at force five, southeast. Speed ten knots, waves are relatively big!"

  Oh my god!

  Li Mo's eyes sparkled with stars, who said the Qing dynasty had no one? It's just that no one knows how to use it! However, he also knew that Long Guozhang was using his method to tell himself again that they were not freeloaders.

  "Get moving."

  Soon, Xiao Qiao came to the air window with the rope that had been prepared. At this time, Zhang Shun and Fu Bo also gathered around, and all the people in the cabin understood and leaned towards the air window.

  "Tie the rope to the iron bar, then stir it with force." Li Mo instructed Zhang Shun on how to use a wet rope to cut off the iron wire. After scanning the crowd around him, he suddenly frowned and shouted: "Zhao Long, Li Qiang, watch out for anyone who dares to shout, kill them without mercy!"

  "Can a rope break an iron bar?" Long Guozhang and Chen Ping were wondering, when they heard Li Mo's order, they were also startled, but quickly reacted. Nowadays, there are many mouths under the eaves, if someone shouts to alert the foreigners, everyone will be in danger.

  People's hearts are separated by a thin layer of skin, and at this moment, no one dares to guarantee what will happen. The saying "In times of chaos, severe punishment is necessary" is the best solution right now. Looking at the slender but ruthless young master in front of him, who is decisive and merciless, the surroundings immediately fell silent. Chen Ping and Long Guozhang hastily exchanged a glance, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

  After the rope with water on it passed through the iron bar, Li Mo climbed onto the shoulder of the ladder, tied a knot in the rope, and then inserted the wooden stick into the knot and stirred.

  As the two strands of rope twisted tighter and tighter, Li Mo handed over the task of twisting the rope to Zhang Shun. Although he also wanted to show off his skills with the hemp rope cutting iron rod, who made him only twelve years old, not strong enough.

  "It's okay, just wait until the young master gets on deck and shows off his skills, let them know my prowess." Li Mo comforted himself while secretly gloating.

  After a while, with several "bang" sounds, the iron bar was finally broken off. Looking at the empty window frame, everyone couldn't believe that this seemingly unbreakable iron bar, thicker than fingers, would be twisted and broken by a few rotten clothes woven into hemp rope.

  This is too amazing!

  Before everyone could react, Li Mo drew a few strokes and saw that Xiao Qiao had already taken out a foreign pistol from his bosom and handed it to the young master.

  "Wow... Six-shooter, what a great thing!" Seeing the handgun, not to mention others, even Long Guozhang and Chen Ping's eyes widened, who would have thought that this young master had such a powerful killer hidden?

  After skillfully loading six bullets, he hid the remaining four in his sleeve. Li Mo wanted to keep the gun, but under the gaze of Li Fu and Zhao Long, he chose to hand it over to Xiao Qiao.

  "Be careful." Walking to Qiao Xi's side, Li Mo suddenly hugged the little girl tightly and whispered in her ear: "Don't take risks, I still want to wait for you to grow up and marry me!" After finishing speaking, he patted her shoulder, taking advantage of others not noticing, and wiped his face again before saying: "Let's go."

  The warmth beside her ear almost made Xiaojing forget where she was, and for a moment, she even forgot to be nervous. Her pretty face turned bright red: "What time is it already, Young Master still..."

  "Ah, although I've put on makeup, it's still quite smooth."

  Ignoring the small, delicate face that was already flushed with embarrassment, Li Mo looked at the air window and began to prepare. On the other side, Long Guo Zhang and Zhao Long were already covered in black lines all over their foreheads, only old steward Li Fu had a worried expression on his face.

  Long Guozhang walked over and patted Li Mo's shoulder. "Little brother, be careful, good luck!"

  "Good luck?" Li Mo climbed up the ladder, towards the skylight, and laughed: "Hehe, young master, I've calculated your fate, great wealth and honor, long life to a hundred years!"

  "Has Young Master had his fortune told? Hmm? Fu Bo, when did Young Master have his fortune told? How come I didn't know?"

  The poor little girl was just taken advantage of, and her blushes hadn't faded yet when she became infatuated again.

  People who believe in fate? I don't believe it! My life is up to me, not others!