In a dimly lit room, except for a lone lamp, all that remained was a burning fire pit, and around the fire pit, several old and middle-aged indigenous men were around.

Today's indigenous warriors, with the expansion of Bengang's status and influence, the surrounding tribes are also gradually influenced by Bengang. Whether it is life or daily wear, they have also begun to learn the life of Bengang, such as using cotton and linen clothes, starting to grow crops, wearing jeweled gold and silver jewelry, etc., and more importantly, they have begun to work hard to learn Chinese for daily communication.

Now a few natives sitting in front of the fire pit are already very much in line with the dress of the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty in terms of dress, and even one or two natives are wearing silk clothes very luxuriously, which looks extraordinary.

"Hey, *** a group of cowards, who said good things at the beginning, and now they don't admit it one by one!" I didn't know what to say, and suddenly one of the strong men snorted angrily.

"Without this opportunity, there will always be a next chance, why are you in a hurry! I believe that it won't be long before their group of short-sighted guys will understand that if the people of Bengang continue to develop like this, the final victims will still be theirs, and when the time comes, they will not be able to waver. "The head of the fire pit, looking at the momentum and the current state, it is obvious that the old man in the head of this team said calmly.

"I'm just uncomfortable, I had a good start, but I think it's about to be done, but just with the little things that Bengang did, the little gifts I gave, these guys have turned against each other, you say it's not angry!!" The strong man continued to be angry.

"The reason why we were able to succeed in the first place was not because the people of Bengang fought with outsiders and lost a lot of warriors from our tribe, so we had a chance. But the aftermath of Bengang is also handled very kindly, whether it is to comfort the families of the soldiers who died in the war, or the subsidies to these tribes, there is no stinginess, even if it is the families of the soldiers who died in the war in our tribe, there are not a few people who have complaints about others? Another old man suddenly interjected and carefully analyzed the situation at the time: "Since all aspects of Bengang are in place, and the strength of their tribe is there, it is normal for many tribes who have benefited to finally regret and overturn the agreement with us!" ”

"Lao Wu is right, some time ago, Bengang organized a team with strong combat effectiveness and began to clean up the surrounding cannibal tribes, saying that it was for the sake of the surrounding security, but why not show their strength to our tribes, let us have some scruples!" The old man sitting at the top said quietly, his tone full of envy and sadness.

The atmosphere fell silent all of a sudden, and after a long time, the old man spoke slowly and said: "Okay, don't be discouraged, at least this incident shows that these clan patriarchs don't have other ideas about Bengang, it's just that the time is not right now, but it doesn't mean that we won't have a chance in the future." ”

"Although this time, these patriarchs have rebelled, but you don't want to turn your face with them because of this, everyone still has to maintain a good relationship with them, and it is a safe thing to take it slowly."

"Yes!" The group below looked up in response.

At the same time, the inland of the Ming Dynasty on the other side of the sea, in the Xu family of Songjiang County.

Xu Haibin just received the news from Yuegang, and he was furious at home since early in the morning, and several maids in the family were all picked out by him for a little mistake and punished him severely, which scared the people below.

"The bastard who has not succeeded enough and has more than enough failures, wasted a lot of money on my family's affairs for them, and did not think that their great reputation turned out to be a paper tiger. Carefully looking at the letter in his hand, Xu Haibin thought to himself: "It's okay for them to lose, but now they are making our Jirentang suffer, and the Yuegang side now has prepared ocean-going goods and dare not go to sea, for fear of being robbed by the increasingly powerful Hongtang!" ”

It has been more than three months since Yuan Laoba and his group were exterminated by Hong Tang, and it is only now that Xu Haibin has received the news. Although it is also true that the transmission of information in ancient times was not fast, coupled with the fact that Hongtang defeated Yuan Laoba at sea, Li Tianyang did not deliberately spread it, and it is also true that outsiders, especially those in the inland businesses like Jirentang, have delayed the information, but it also shows from the side that this Jirentang does not pay attention to external information!

Of course, there are also some objective factors, such as at the beginning of the war between Yuan Laoba and them, in order to avoid risks, Jirentang's fleet went to sea en masse early. In addition, the Spring Festival is coming soon, and various businesses also have to deal with the peak shopping period during the Spring Festival, as well as the vacation problems of the guys below.

Now in front of Xu Haibin, there are no more than two roads, one is to give up the South Sea trade from now on, and instead enter Jiaozhou Bay through the East China Sea, and enter the Japanese country through North Korea for maritime trade; The other is to visit Hongtang, give in to them, and accept all the conditions of Hongtang.

As for issuing a chase and kill order to the surrounding area like before, it is simply the birthday boy hanging himself - it is a long life! With the strength and prestige of today's Hongtang, what other pirates have the strength and courage to provoke other people's tiger whiskers!

Unless it is the Ming Water Division, although the Penghu Water Division is in decline, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the other water division stations also have some strength, if you can really say that the bureaucrats in the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty want to kill Hongtang and others, it is no problem at all!

It's just that now it is not as good as when Xu Haibin and his grandfather Xu Jie were still alive, although they still have some face in the official face, but it is impossible to say that the military department will send troops, with their family's ability.

I also blamed Xu Haibin for the villain's dirty mind at the beginning, and thought that the future would be the world of Yuan Laoba and his gang, and it was much more cost-effective to spend some money in advance to get along with Yuan Laoba and his gang than to go to the other people after they had soared.

"Hey, I regret not being at the beginning, why didn't you be more careful and cautious!!" With a long sigh, Xu Haibin finally lowered his arrogant head helplessly, and prepared to repair a letter to Yuegang, so that Yuegang could prepare a generous gift, and find someone to take the line of Hongtang and visit the door!

(End of chapter)