After all, it took several days for Li De and Gan Xingzhi to reach a preliminary agreement with Li Tianyang, the agreement involved food, materials and other aspects, and Li Tianyang took out everything in the team for Li De and them to choose.

Even the cement formula and production process, which have always been regarded as black technology by Li Tianyang, were asked by Li De and them. It's just that when giving Li De them, Li Tianyang has been reminding them to pay attention to the sense of confidentiality, and this cement formula is only the first generation of Bengang R&D Center, and the latest generation of formula must not have been known to Li De, but the formula has finally been lost.

In the next few days, Li De and the others finally took a break and rested together for a few days in Bengang, and each spent a rare time with their families.

It's just that they have been out for a long time, and Li De and the others are still a little worried about the things in the nest, and this time they were moved by Li Tianyang to go south to Luzon, so they naturally wanted to go back early to prepare and take someone to Haosheng to investigate.

Before leaving, Li De, who had been filial all his life, wanted to take Mrs. Wu back to live with him, but thinking about the instability of the nest now, and the long time of running and hard work in the future, he finally dispelled this idea.

and his wife, Li Tianyang's mother Sanniang, and now with his adopted daughter and young son, Li Tianyang's younger brother Li Tianfang, who is just over a year old, is also not suitable for traveling far and has also been left behind.

In the end, Li De called Li Tianyang aside, and repeatedly told Li Tianyang to take care of his grandmother and mother, as well as his younger brothers and sisters.

In this father-son meeting, Li Tianyang's gains are not small, and he can take over the territory of Qiongzhou Sea from Li De and them without much effort, which makes the territory of Li Tianyang's team expand by almost 1/3 at once.

But their efforts are not small, just in terms of food, Li Tianyang's team will provide 20,000 stone of grain to Li De this year to meet their daily expenses, and in the next two years, they will also provide 10,000 stone of food for the wild shark every year. At the same time, there are a lot of materials such as various fabrics, plus several product formulas and production processes in the R&D center, which almost hollowed out Li Tianyang's family foundation.

But in Li Tianyang's view, this is all worth it, without the mad shark, which is in front of them, they are in the South China Sea to implement the rules they have formulated, which can be regarded as a preliminary achievement of his original intention of being a pirate.

After five years of grinding, Li Tianyang relied on his own strength to return the South China Sea to peace, no longer the chaos and bloodshed when he saw it, and after a period of precipitation and adaptation, there were naturally more maritime merchants who dared to go to sea, and the real money and silver brought to the Ming Dynasty, new knowledge and weapons were finally much better than today's self-contained.

As a top priority, Li Tianyang and the others naturally wanted to prepare to expand the scale of the team and prepare for the Qiongzhou sea area that was about to be delivered to them.

However, the recruitment of Hongtang's manpower is really slow, and there are very few people in the indigenous tribes who are willing to accept Li Tianyang's recruitment, and the homeless people are even more discolored.

In addition, the development of Jilong Port and several natural villages still needs a large number of people to make up for it, which makes Li Tian's progress in raising them even more slow, almost two months have passed, except for the small pirate gang that has been repeatedly banned and incorporated by them, the entire Hongtang really did not recruit many novices.

Just when Li Tianyang was anxious here, Li De, who had been back for a long time, finally had a reply, but the first thing he did when he replied to the letter was to pour a basin of cold water on Li Tianyang.

Li Tianyang's second uncle Wu Juren was lively, that is, Wu Jie's father, and was unwilling to follow Li De and them south, which made Li Tianyang disappointed and extremely surprised.

Thinking about the years of living in Tanmen, Li Tianyang's impression of this second uncle is that he is a person who is unsmiling, resolute and loyal to Li De. Every time I thought about it, it was such a person, and when Li De and Gan Xingzhi both agreed, they wanted to stay in the waters of Qiongzhou to develop alone, which made Li De and Gan Xingzhi a little looser.

For this reason, Li Tianyang hurriedly rushed back to the old nest of Li De and them outside Qiongzhou, preparing to do Wu Juren's work.

After some conversation, Li Tianyang finally figured out Wu Juren's thoughts: no more than outsiders like Li De and Gan Xingzhi, although they have lived in Tanmen for decades, in fact, their family and relatives are not much in Tanmen, and it is naturally much more convenient to move to other places; But Wu Juren and they can't, as the largest clan in Tanmen, the Qianxu people of the Wu clan in Tanmen can't migrate if they want to, not to mention that although Wu Yongkang, the patriarch of the Wu clan, is now dying, he is still in charge, and it is impossible to agree to the situation that the clansmen are scattered in his own hands.

A long time ago, Li Tianyang knew that the status of the family in the minds of ordinary people was more dominant and restrictive than that of the emperor who was high. Now Wu Juren is reluctant to leave, so he naturally wants to stay in the nearby waters of Qiongzhou, so that he can go back to the village from time to time to take care of his relatives.

Even if Li Tianyang said it, Wu Juren, the second uncle who was originally better than Gan Xingzhi in Li Tianyang's opinion, was stunned and did not let go, so that Li Tianyang finally rushed to despair.

It wasn't until after staying in Li De's lair for more than ten days that Li Tianyang, who didn't know how to turn the corner, suddenly walked to Wu Juren's house and chatted with Wu Jurenxiang all night. Early the next morning, the two of them suddenly found Li De and Gan Xingzhi and announced an important matter to them.

"What? You're going to join them? Li De and Gan Xingzhi were shocked, and looked at their brothers in disbelief.

"That's right, eldest brother, I'm not as good as you, I still have many relatives here in Tanmen Village, and it's impossible to leave, so after discussing with my nephew, I decided to help him take care of the territory in Qiongzhou. Anyway, these territories are also laid down by our brothers, and they are familiar with the way, and they can also facilitate the handover of the heavenly nephew, right? Wu Juren faced his eldest brother with a straight face, and he was not ashamed of working under his nephew.

"This is embarrassing for you, but since you have made up your mind, then I can't force it as a big brother, I have to worry about this bastard thing in my family!" Li De thought for a moment, but finally smiled and agreed to Wu Juren's request.

So far, Li Tianyang has been a blessing in disguise, and he has been joined by Wu Juren and more than 300 of his henchmen, which can be regarded as setting up the leadership team of the Qiongzhou sea area in advance.

(End of chapter)