Chapter 1112: People died?
Ye Yaodong also imagined that the conflict hadn't fully escalated yet. After it fermented for a while, he couldn't imagine how many people would die on this stretch of sea by then.
"Go, let's all go back. Call everyone else back, don't linger here."
"You're going back too?"
"Yeah, it's too chaotic. Let's all go back first. Staying here all the time, no one can guarantee whether they will fight to the death later. It's already like this just after starting today, and the quantity isn't particularly large today, not worth it."
"Right, let's all go back first. Those who need to see a doctor go see a doctor first, don't delay." Azheng's father also said.
"You guys go first, I'll go gather my boats."
After Ye Yaodong greeted them, he watched their boats start and leave, and he also drove toward his father's direction.
In this short while, Ye Fu had already gathered all the small wooden boats together, and the goods on the small boats had all been moved over. It was a good thing these small boats specifically avoided the large boats. If large boats came to snatch, they would also give way.
They really didn't dare to throw an egg against a rock. After all, their small wooden boats would capsize if they were crashed a few times. Plus, these weren't their goods, so why would they fight to the death to snatch them? They were just workers, so of course, their own safety came first.
Therefore, the series of conflicts in the morning really had nothing to do with their small boats. When they found where there was fighting, they desperately avoided it to the side.
Seeing large boats approaching, they also tried their best to row to the side, staying far away from whichever side's boat it was.
"How is it, Dongzi? Are those two boats okay?"
"They were the ones who fired. Hearing Xiao Xiao's brother and a boatman were injured by bamboo poles. Now they have to go back immediately. Both of their boats are preparing to go back together. I think we should go back too. It's too chaotic here. It almost couldn't be contained just after starting. It will be even more chaotic after a long time. Once eyes turn red, guns will probably be aimed directly at people. Just now they could still restrain themselves and shoot into the sky. Once people really die, it probably won't be controllable."
Ye Fu was also full of worry, his brows furrowed so tightly they could crush a fly.
"How could it be like this..."
"Where there are benefits, there will be conflicts. Not to mention the locals are also dissatisfied with us. It would have been fine if they hadn't discovered this location. After discovering it, they definitely could think of how much we made last year. They're probably all pissed off."
"It's just not good to be on someone else's turf. With so many boats, we can't kill all the locals. The people in our village might be of one mind with us, but the people in that town aren't of one mind with us..."
Ye Yaodong shook his head. "How could we kill everyone? You guys wait here for a moment, I'll go ask my eldest brother, second brother, and others if they want to go back. If they want to go back, they can go back with us. If they don't want to, we won't worry about them, we'll just leave directly."
"Then we have to call your eldest and second brother back. We're all leaving, how can we leave them here?"
He nodded and went to drive the boat again.
Thanks to the size of his boat, no fishing boat dared to provoke them. Seeing him pass by, many fishing boats took the initiative to avoid him.
Anyway, the people from their village were all on this stretch of sea and weren't far away. He drove from near to far, told the boats from their village that they were going back, and those willing to follow could follow behind. If they didn't want to follow, he wouldn't worry about them, and they would just leave directly.
As for the group Chen Jiannian brought from town, he wouldn't worry about them.
Originally, some fishing boats were still hesitant, but seeing many fishing boats following behind the Dongsheng, those who were hesitant immediately followed.
These hesitant ones hadn't come last year and hadn't seen the world, so they were attracted by today's small profits, only thinking about taking the opportunity to make more money, otherwise this trip would be in vain.
The boats that followed immediately and prepared to go back together were all experienced from last year. They felt that it had already become like this in just half a day, and the quantity wasn't very large, so it wasn't worth the loss. It was better to go back first and discuss countermeasures, so they hit it off immediately without Ye Yaodong having to waste his breath, and they followed with one word.
After wandering around on the sea surface and calling all the fishing boats from their village, he didn't care if they followed or not and directly turned back to find his father.
Other boats on the sea surface also noticed them. After all, a large boat followed by a group of motorized boats, gathering together, anyone who saw it would have to avoid it.
Then, watching them all leave together, the remaining boats on the sea surface also breathed a sigh of relief. After losing a group of competitors, those who stayed could benefit.
Ye Yaodong took his own boats and left with a flourish, and all the boats behind followed on their own.
In the cockpit, he even self-deprecatingly thought that if they went back at this time, they could still catch lunch...
It's just that the auntie who cooked only cooked for the two people left at home. Since they went back temporarily, those two aunties had to rush to cook again. They didn't dare to say much to their faces, but behind their backs, they muttered in the local dialect and cursed a few times.
And the locals on the shore were also puzzled to see their large group of fishing boats docking at this time. And besides this group of people, no local boats returned.
Basically, those at the acquisition points on the shore or those who stayed at the pier for a long time knew that the local fishing boats had been following them for the past two days and had figured out the fishing location, and today they also followed to fish.
Even if they didn't see them when they set off at night, they would hear people they knew discussing it at the pier.
After Ye Yaodong and their large and small group of boats docked, he had someone run back first to find A-Guang, and let A-Guang contact the factory to send a car over to collect.
Because they saw a large quantity floating up yesterday and everyone went out today, thinking that today's harvest would be even larger, it wasn't suitable to sell to the acquisition points at the pier, so A-Guang didn't go out to sea today.
He let his father drive the Fengshou, and let his stepbrother watch the new boat with the boatmen, while he stayed on the shore to prepare to contact the factory to collect the goods.
After A-Guang got the news, he immediately went to contact the factory to send a car over to collect the goods, then hurriedly ran over to ask for the reason. Ye Yaodong simply told him about it.
Seeing the locals around also pricking up their ears, he also raised his volume a bit.
Say it in advance, the two sides that are left fighting to the death have nothing to do with them. Everyone can witness that their group came back early.
"So serious, they even used guns?"
"Yeah, it just started this morning. There hasn't been a big mess yet, and the bullets were just for deterrence, not aimed at people. But after a long time, once eyes turn red, it's hard to say. Hearing Xiao Xiao's brother and a boatman on his boat were injured, and boatmen on other boats also had some abrasions, so they all came back early."
"Then since our large group came back, that good place will be cheap for those two groups."
"Too tricky. Too many monks and too little porridge. Can't make much money, and have to risk fighting. Not worth it, so we just came back half a day early to discuss and see. Yesterday we were still optimistically thinking about coexisting, but damn it, we're willing, but others aren't."
"This is really f*cked up. It just started, and in two days, won't brains be beaten out?"
"It's all the trouble caused by having too many people..."
Everyone waited at the pier, waiting for the factory's car to come over. The factory's price would be a bit higher than the pier. After all, the goods at the pier also had to be sold to the factory, and they also had to make a profit in the middle. And their goods were equivalent to being sold directly to the factory, without middlemen making the price difference, just needing to pay an agency fee.
It was mainly because that new factory was also opened last year. Those who collected goods at the pier also sent them to cooperative factories. Their new factory couldn't collect many sources of goods, so they were able to connect with Dongzi and A-Guang last year.
After waiting for a while, after the car came over, everyone sold their goods one after another. Although there were many boats today, there were also many goods, and they snatched to fish, so the harvest was still not bad, stronger than yesterday.
It's just that everyone was still cursing there, cursing the locals, and also cursing the people in town for being dishonest, causing everyone to miss the opportunity to get rich. Otherwise, starting from today, everyone could have a good income, but now there were many problems.
Everyone was under the scorching sun, cursing and getting angry. And since they came back temporarily, there was no food to eat.
"Motherf***er, what to do now? We can't give the place to them. It was clearly occupied by us first, but now we have to come back and give it to them."
"Son of a b*tch, fight if we have to fight, who's afraid of them?"
"You guys didn't come last year, you don't know. The quantity today is considered small. It's not worth breaking your head for that little quantity."
"Yeah, and I didn't know the temporary conflict today would be so big. There was fighting everywhere on the sea surface. Everyone was unprepared and a bit confused for a while, so we came back to discuss first."
"Then how to discuss now?"
"Yeah, the treasure land with a large quantity is just that one place. Today, the jellyfish popping up were like mushrooms after rain, but they fought like that. If we wait until tomorrow, or the day after, won't the sea be like bubbles in boiling water?"
"Exactly. Besides there, where can we find such a good place? Where else will have a larger quantity than there, and be concentrated?"
Ye Yaopeng sighed. "Sigh, when we came for the first year, it was relatively late, we only came in August. There were really a lot on the sea surface, but they were also scattered. We could fish a lot by rowing everywhere to look. It's not time yet this year, the quantity on the sea surface is still quite sparse, how can it compare to the sea trench."
"Dongzi, what do you say?"
Ye Yaodong self-deprecatingly said, "What else can I say? Look at you guys. We were caught off guard in the morning, so I wanted to say stop for a while, come back to discuss, and by the way, those who are injured can come back for bandaging, and everyone can exchange ideas."
"If you guys are reluctant to leave there, then continue to go there tomorrow. Fight if you have to fight, who's afraid of whom? I'm not afraid. My boat is big, whoever sees me has to give way by three points. If they really want to snatch with me, they can't snatch it from me."
"I don't care about those small boats even more. Safety first, harvest second. Take the initiative to avoid large boats, the loss will definitely be smaller. Can't make big money, but can make small money. It mainly depends on you guys."
"Calling everyone back is also to let you guys discuss and see for yourselves. If you're not afraid, then rush over. If you have scruples, then look around scattered on the sea surface first. When the quantity at that location is larger, then everyone will be too busy snatching to even fight, let alone delay things."
Someone immediately spoke out in opposition.
"How can that be? It was clearly us who occupied the place first, but now we have to go find other locations and take the initiative to give up the place to them. How can that be?"
"Exactly, it should be others who give way, how can it be us."
"Right, who's afraid of whom? If human brains are beaten into pig brains, that's what they asked for. It was clearly us who discovered the place first."
"Fine, then if everyone isn't afraid of damage, then continue to rush over to fish tomorrow. We came here to make money anyway."
"Go early tomorrow, we'll go over and wait before dawn, and beat those despicable and shameless locals to death."
Ye Fu frowned. "I don't know if the remaining two sides will still fight after we leave first?"
"How can they not fight? They were fighting when we left. They had already fought for half the morning and were already angry. The locals hate us to death, and we also wish we could blow the locals to death with one gun."
"We'll know in a while..."
"Go over early tomorrow and f*ck them..."
"Those few gunshots today almost scared them to death, they definitely don't have guns..."
Ye Yaodong looked at everyone cursing and red-faced, wishing they could immediately roll up their sleeves and drive the boat over to beat those locals to death, and he also frowned.
And Pei Fu stood on the side and listened for a while, then walked over and said, "I think I'll still drive the Fengshou out to trawl. With so many boats, it's already not worth it to stay here to fish for jellyfish. It's better to go out to trawl for a few days and come back, and then see the situation."
"That's good. Tomorrow, let my father also drive the Dongsheng, and you two go out to sea to trawl together."
"Then let's go at night. Staying here is just a waste of time. Our large boats participating in the dispute of small boats won't get big benefits. We came out to make money, but now this money is not easy to make, so let's go make other money first. When we come back in two days to take a look, if the harvest in the peak season is okay, then we can stay for a while."
"Then now that we're outsiders, we don't have any familiar fresh-collecting boats to contact. When the time comes, we'll just have to dock at the nearest sea area after the hold is full."
"Hmm, I know this."
After discussing, there were no objections, and Pei Fu also breathed a long sigh of relief.
Ye Yaodong also went to call his father over and told his father about it, letting his father go out to sea to trawl with the Fengshou at night.
"Then you're staying here? Can your boat take ten small boats?"
"Everyone's boats are about the same, all ten-plus meters, and there's not much difference. Ours is a bit newer and sturdier, while others' boats are all broken and rotten. As for the small boats, just try to avoid large boats when the time comes, just like today. It's just that the speed of pulling them over is a bit slow, but that doesn't matter. Anyway, generally speaking, we have many people, and we all have guns in our hands."
Ye Fu's brows were locked, full of worry. "Otherwise, you drive the Dongsheng to trawl, and by the way, look for new, better fishing locations, and see if there are any other sea trenches like this? Leave this place to me?"
Ye Yaodong heard his father say this, and he was also a bit hesitant. Since they discovered that point the year before last, they hadn't run to other sea areas, and they didn't know the situation in other sea areas.
In this day and age, not to mention large boats like the Dongsheng that could go to the far sea, even trawlers were not considered many. Basically, they only fished in sea areas they were familiar with. For the sake of safety, they wouldn't run around everywhere.
In the vast sea, everyone would have a sense of awe.
"I'd better stay here and watch first. There are too many boats here, and many people, I'm not at ease. You and Uncle Pei go out to trawl and fish, and by the way, look for it along the way, it's the same, there's not much difference, it doesn't have to be me."
"I can watch here too..."
"We still don't know how it will be fought here. Take a look at the situation when they come back in the evening."
"Then let's talk about it in the evening."
"Fine."
When the cook called for dinner, everyone stopped discussing and went to deal with eating a little first, and the others also dispersed temporarily and went back to their own places to get something to eat.
They weren't as lucky as Ye Yaodong's group, having a cook specifically to cook for them; they all had to manage it themselves.
By the time everyone was full, it was already 3 o'clock. Those who were bored went to sit in the shade at the pier, and by the way, waited for the people from both sides to come back, so they could eat the first bite of the melon.
And Ye Yaodong also took advantage of his free time to go to Hearing Xiao Xiao's side to see the injured people. There was nothing serious, and they also sat down to chat.
"Sigh, I also think it's not worth breaking your head for that little quantity, but there's no better point, and we can't just give it up, otherwise it would look like we're cowards." Hearing Xiao Xiao sighed.
"That's how it is. If we give it up, it shouldn't be us giving it up. But no one will give it up. Even if we fight to the death, we won't retreat. We came here to make money, if we give it up, what are we making?"
"Pfft, then fight. If you die, you can't blame anyone. When both sides have dead people, then it will be even. It's a good thing that when we set off, my father borrowed a few earth guns from familiar friends."
Ye Yaodong wasn't as optimistic as he thought. If both sides had dead people, they would mostly be detained, ransomed with money, and after being emptied of money, they would have to get out. How could it be even?
After chatting casually for a few words, he returned to the entrance of his rental house to cool off, and by the way, listened to others' discussions.
Just as the sun was completely setting, he heard someone running back and shouting, "Someone died, someone was beaten to death and carried to the shore, it's crazy outside the pier."
Everyone stood up. The surprise was only for a second, and then their faces showed unprecedented excitement...
"Really? Who died?"
"How many died?"
"Did human brains really get beaten into pig brains?"
"Don't know how many died, anyway, just saw a pile of fishing boats docking one after another, goods didn't even have time to sell, they were crying and shouting there, and there were many old people carrying jellyfish and running, and there were also many people on the shore. There will definitely be more people here in a while."
"Go out and see..."
Ye Yaodong just walked close to want to hear clearly, but saw that their large group of people had already run out, so he had to follow hurriedly.
And the locals around also heard the news, and all ran toward the pier.
By the time they ran there panting, the pier was already full of people, three layers inside and three layers outside. The sound of crying and shouting was endless, and there were also various shouting sounds from the locals to incite the atmosphere.
"Those outsiders are too bad... A life for a life... A life for a life..."
"Can't let them run, everyone catch them..."
"Ah, my son, you died so miserably... You thousand-knife outsiders, should go to the eighteenth level of hell..."
"Beat those outsiders to death, let them get out, a life for a life..."
"Catch them all, don't let any run... Too bad, came here to earn everyone's money, and want everyone's life..."
"Nonsense, it was clearly you locals who were unreasonable. The quantity floating on the sea was enough to fish, but you deliberately wanted to snatch..."
"We also died three people, one fell into the sea and couldn't be fished, you also have to give us justice, pay money, blood debt paid in blood... You guys aren't good things either..."
"Thought you were locals, so we're afraid of you? See the blood hole in the chest, it was poked by your bamboo poles, blood debt paid in blood..."
"They have guns, they are still holding guns... Killed someone, killed someone, outsiders are using guns to kill people..."
"Hurry up and call the police, beat them to death..."
"Have guns... have guns..."
They had just approached the edge of the crowd when they saw the crowd inside become agitated again. People kept retreating, and they were stepped on several times, pushed and shoved in a large area, with bursts of cursing.
The crowd also cleared the middle position. The ordinary people were all afraid and stayed far away, for fear that they would fight if they didn't agree, and bullets didn't have eyes.
And after the ordinary masses exited the periphery, only the victims' families were left standing in the middle, the fishermen who went out to sea this time stood behind the families, and opposite them were the outsiders holding guns.
Everyone looked at each other with fierce and vicious expressions.
Ye Yaodong also squeezed into the crowd and took a look. Six people were lying on the ground, four at the feet of the locals, some shot in the center of the eyebrows, some shot in the chest, and some with blood holes in their bodies and stomachs.
There were also two at the feet of the outsiders. The two dead ones had blood holes in their chests soaked in a large area, looking like they were pierced by sharp bamboo poles.
"You want to find us for justice, we also want to find you for justice. We just wanted to fish peacefully, it was you who started it first."
"Nonsense, it was clearly you outsiders who ran over to snatch resources, and also used guns to hit people, blood debt paid in blood, don't think about walking out of this town..."
"Everyone don't be afraid, they don't dare to fire at all, go together, beat them to death to pay for our locals' lives..."
"Damn it... dog-born outsiders, too arrogant, dare to kill people when coming to our place, everyone help to take them down..."
"I'll pull a few to be cushions even if I die, see who dares..."
"Beat the outsiders to death..."
"Beat the outsiders to death..."
Ye Yaodong listened to the locals around shouting there, the more they shouted, the more agitated their emotions became, and the crowd gradually began to gather toward the middle. The expressions of the dozens of people holding guns in the middle also became fierce.
He secretly called it bad in his heart, hurriedly pulled the villager who was squeezing beside him, and told him to run and call the police. In such a chaotic scene, if no one stopped it, brains would be beaten out.
"No one is allowed to come over, dare to come over and beat you to death!"
"Bang bang..."
Two gunshots rang out, and the agitated crowd instantly felt like a basin of cold water had been poured from their heads. The indignant emotions instantly cooled down, and the scene was silent.
"Don't think only you have guns, we have them too..."
After someone shouted outside the crowd, another pile of people squeezed in, and they were holding guns and shouting.
"Everyone don't be afraid, it's not only them who have guns, we have them too, beat these outsiders to death, drive them out, blood debt paid in blood!"
"Blood debt paid in blood..."
"Blood debt paid in blood..."
With reliance, more agitated shouts erupted from the crowd.
Both sides holding guns were pointing at each other, and the masses behind were also getting closer and closer to the middle, and the slogans in their mouths were shouted even louder.
Ye Yaodong's heart was cold. This time it was really going to be a fight to the death, a blood fight.
Several villagers beside him were full of worry, some were still pulling him, asking him what to do.
"Who are you asking me? You guys hurry up and go back to pack things first, move things to the boat, hide the valuable things, I'll go to the boat and lock it up in a while."
"Good, good, good..."
"Hurry up, see others and drag them back to pack things first, so it's easy to run later."
Ye Yaodong saw that the two sides were still in a standoff there, cursing each other, and felt that it wouldn't last two minutes before they started fighting.
He kept looking for familiar faces in the crowd on the periphery, calling people back to pack things and run, and by the way, pricked up his ears, listening to the situation in the center of the field.
He was mainly looking for his father. When he ran out earlier, he didn't see his father. He didn't see him sitting there cooling off all afternoon. He didn't know where he died, and now he didn't know if his father was outside.
"Brothers, pull a few to be cushions even if we die, beat them to death!"
"Right, pull a few to be cushions even if we die, our people can't die in vain..."
"Let them pay blood debt in blood..."
"Bang bang..."
"Bang bang~"
After the chaotic gunshots rang out, the originally agitated crowd immediately screamed and ran everywhere, for fear of being hit by bullets.
"Beat them to death, pull a few to be cushions even if we die..."
"Don't let them run, blood debt paid in blood... Everyone don't be afraid, they have guns, we have them too..."
The chaotic crowd all ran outward, everyone squeezed each other, some middle-aged and elderly were squeezed and fell, and there were not a few naughty children, who could only be trampled by others. It was really because the movement just now had attracted more than half of the crowd in town, and during that standoff period, the crowd gathered more and more.
Ye Yaodong also found his father in the chaos, saw his father running outward, looking around while running, and even lost one of his shoes. He hurriedly ran up and pulled his father.
"What are you still looking at? Hurry up and run..."
"I'm looking for you guys..."
"You'd better take care of yourself first, can you be more nimble than young people?"
"Scared to death, hurry up and run, hurry up and run..."
After the father and son ran away from the danger zone, they could still hear the gunshots from far away. Neither of them dared to look back, and at this time, they hurriedly went to the rental house.
On the way, they also met villagers who were running to the rental house. He also hurriedly shouted at them to pack things quickly, and after the pier stopped for a while, hurry up and run to the boat, so as not to be implicated.
Everyone nodded in a panic, and then ran toward the road ahead.
Ye Fu also had time to speak after being far away from the danger zone. "Your eldest brother, second brother..."
"They aren't stupid, how could they not know to run back? You looking there is not as good as going back to look."
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