Li De's current predicament is actually a problem that most pirate gangs will have at their level.

The pirate gang numbered thousands, and while their strength increased dramatically, they actually had to face great pressure.

Thousands of subordinates, plus the families around these subordinates, at least more than 2,000 people need to be supported and lived, which is a big problem for a gang that depends on the sky to eat.

Unless the gang has a stable base, a stable source of income, in this way, a virtuous circle can be formed.

For example, Li De and them, one of his wisest decisions at the beginning was to build the nest in Tanmen, and most of the sons and daughters under him were villagers in this village, and most of them had a few acres of fertile land in their hands. Therefore, in the early stage of their development, they never had to worry too much, because the bad year or bad luck made everyone not open for several months, and there would be problems of running out of food and losing their source of livelihood.

And the rapid development in the past two years, Li De and his family are also due to the frequent development of Nanyang trade, and Li Tianyang has taken care of their Qixintang business in Tanmen, such as buying grain for Li De and them, helping them to sell some thieves, etc., so that they have the strength to develop and grow so far.

However, as the team swelled more and more, the little Tan Men could no longer support Li De's ambitions. Qiongzhou is a rarely developed territory, but after all, Tanmen is only a small village, and the population pressure of five or six thousand people has already made Tanmen's small land a little overwhelmed, and the land that should be developed is almost developed, and then it is necessary to support Li De and their more than 3,000 heroes, and almost the same number of family members, where can this small place bear.

Don't think too simply about the feeding relationship of the ancient villages, the productivity is low, and the grain production is low, these two shortcomings are enough to explain why there were few large cities in the whole world at that time.

Therefore, Li De and the others are actually barely struggling now, if they still want to strengthen their strength, there are only a few paths they can take in the end.

In fact, when Yuan Laoba went to Xu Haibin to raise food, he had already exposed the shortcomings of their logistics supply and daily production of these large pirate gangs.

Even a pirate gang like Yuan Laoba, who has been operating for more than ten years, suddenly expanded its strength, and he couldn't bear it anymore and had to go outside to borrow food.

It is also the good luck of the Ming Dynasty, if Li Tianyang did not come to this era, did not gain a foothold, development, and expansion on Dayuan Island, under the butterfly effect, let Yuan Laoba expand his strength in advance, trigger his ambition and greed, and finally be defeated by Li Tianyang.

According to the normal development, a year later, Yuan Laoba had to cause internal daily demand problems due to the expansion of the team, and finally took risks to attack Fujian.

Li De is facing such a dilemma, his ambition is not small, especially when he came out this time, after seeing his son's development, he was even more motivated.

"Father, I wonder if you have ever heard of the deeds of Xu Hai and Wang Zhi, the two seniors?" Li Tianyang suddenly changed the topic and talked about Xu Hai and Wang Zhi, the two former generation of pirate giants.

"Of course, no matter how lonely you and I are, the heroic deeds of these two predecessors have still been heard. To be honest, your Lao Tzu's goal is to go for the status and scale of these two. "It seems that as long as they are pirates and ambitious, these two seniors are their common goal.

"Then have you ever researched why these two families can support such a large group of pirates?" Li Tianyang carefully guided Li De, hoping that Li De would figure out something from the conversation between the two of them.

To tell the truth, the conversation between their father and son, as Li Tianyang grows older and the development of his career, many words can't be said too thoroughly, and he has to take into account his old man's face. Even if the two of them are really in private, the self-esteem cultivated in a high position for many years, as well as the so-called three outlines and five constants in this era, make Li De easily reluctant to accept Li Tianyang's son's suggestion.

"People have great skills, dare to take people to run ashore to fight the autumn wind, of course it is a mixture, if you have the strength of Lao Tzu, I will also let you see the heroic posture of your Lao Tzu and my great shore!!" The heroes of the two predecessors are actually in fact, for the pirate industry, it has always been a hot topic that they like to talk about after dinner, how can Li De not understand it.

"......" Li Tianyang didn't expect that his father would still look at the problem so simply when he reached his current position, and everyone said: "If you have time, my father should talk to Mr. more and listen to the deeds of these two seniors in his mouth!" ”

In fact, it is no wonder that Li De's view is so simple and one-sided, a lot of the news in this era is either exaggerated, or things are wrong, and there are few rules and facts. Especially in the industry of pirates, intellectuals who can read and write can be said to be rare, and basically among rough men who can't read big characters, what they talk about will definitely not be a profound remark.

"From the child's point of view, the way your father provides for them is the inevitable result of them facing the same unaffordable strength as their father. It was precisely because of their actions that they finally led to the destruction of the two of them. ”

"How?" Hearing that his son had different opinions about these two seniors, Li De's curiosity was suddenly outlined, and he couldn't help asking.

"It is an indisputable fact that we are pirates, no matter how strong our strength is, we are definitely not the opponents of the government. If it weren't for the fact that they led people to wreak havoc on the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River too much, causing the wrath of the heavens and the resentment of the people, maybe until now, there would still be their inheritance! Although what Li Tianyang said was simple, it also made some sense to Li De's ears, but Li Tianyang couldn't say too much, because there were still many things outside that he needed to deal with, and it was already Li Tianyang's efforts to communicate with Li De in private.

What's the thing that makes the father and son not even have time to say a few words in private, you ask?

The war is over, does Commander Cao on the side of the Navy need to give them an explanation? There are still four or five thousand pirate families on Hulu Island, do you need him to arrange it? The most important thing is that there is still a large amount of wealth left by Yuan Laoba on the island, if Li Tianyang does not prepare in advance and think of a distribution plan, how can he give an explanation to his father and sailor, as well as his brothers!

Although his father Li De is easy to talk to, the father and son are originally a family, and how the distribution of family property is in their own family, but the two of them now have more than 2,000 people under their hands to eat with them, and they can't let one of them suffer because they are father and son! Otherwise, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the people below?

Nowadays, the team is not easy to lead, and if you want to capture people's hearts, you have to pay enough price.

"Of course, this is just the son's superficial opinion, a lot of things, the son listened to the gentleman to tell me in detail, if the father still wants to expand his strength, he can get some experience from the lessons of Xu Hai Wang Zhi's two predecessors." Li Tianyang's words are already explicit, and he is afraid that his face is not good: "There is also a son's Qixintang property in Tanmen, and I have also repaired a book to bring to Uncle Guan, and I have taken care of my father in the past two years, and the development over there is also good." If my father needs something in Tanmen, as long as I have it in Qixintang, my father can talk to Uncle Guan in detail. ”

In fact, the implication of these words is that Li Tianyang sent this Tanmen Qixintang to Li De's hands. In the past two years, in addition to paying salaries to their families for the players on the Bengang side and settling the poor families among the team members, in fact, most of the things and silver produced by Tanmen Qixintang have fallen into Li De's hands to supplement his strong needs after the expansion of his strength. With these words, Li De can also justifiably pinch Tanmen Qixintang in his hands, which can be regarded as Li Tianyang's help for Li De's development, and it can also be regarded as the price paid by Li Tianyang for Li De and them to come to help this time.

Today's three watches!

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