Li Tianyang is now difficult to ride a tiger, if he helps Cao Yongyi this time, he will inevitably be pulled to the same warship by him, and he will be regarded as Lu Gui's lackey by outsiders. But if he doesn't follow, he can stammer with Cao Yongyi in the past, coupled with Jinyiwei's investigation this time, I am afraid that many well-informed people have already attributed him to Lu Guimen. In the future, I am afraid that those Confucian disciples in the officialdom will not be too kind to them in Qixintang.

Of course, after all, they have inherited the love of others, and since they have suppressed Jinyiwei's investigation of their Qixintang, then on the surface, their Qixintang is still a legal number, and there is no need to worry about the business name in Lehui County and Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Holding on to a smiling face, Li Tianyang swallowed bitterly in his heart: "At this time, it is wrapped in the little brother, I don't know if the adults need silver taels this time?" “

"This ...... This one...... If it is convenient for the virtuous brother, how about lending the elder brother 10,000 taels of silver? Cao Yongyi hesitated, and the number he said scared Li Tianyang on the spot, and he was speechless for a long time.

With the strength of Qixintang now, it is not impossible to say that it is impossible to gather these ten thousand taels of silver. However, Li Tianyang is worried that if they reveal their wealth now, they will be targeted by Lu Gui, then I am afraid it will be a very troublesome thing in the future. Moreover, based on Li Tianyang's understanding of Cao Yongyi, I am afraid that this figure will be counted on Li Tianyang's unjust head with all the money he paid up and down some time ago.

"If it is, if it is inconvenient for the virtuous brother, five thousand, first lend five thousand taels of silver to the elder brother, and I will find a way for the rest of the silver brother!" Seeing that Li Tianyang's embarrassment appeared, Cao Yongyi was afraid that he also knew that this time he was really a strong man, so he took the initiative to reduce the price and make a discount.

Li Tianyang estimated that even if it was these five thousand taels of silver, there was a lot of water in it, and with Cao Yongyi's ability as a Qingshui Yamen, if he hadn't climbed Li Tianyang's Qixin Hall, he would be worth only a few thousand taels of silver now. No matter how greedy Lu Gui is, he should also know a lot about his own people's money-making methods, it is impossible for Cao Yongyi to give up all his former net worth, and he still has to give Cao Yongyi a little way to live.

However, Li Tianyang still responded in one bite, which made Cao Yongyi overjoyed, and finally was happily sent back to Penghu by Li Tianyang.

Cao Yongyi is now sitting firmly in the position of Penghu garrison, and can be said to be the highest governor in the sea area of Penghu within a radius of several hundred miles. Spending these five thousand taels of silver, he can help Cao Yongyi at a critical moment, let him accept this feeling, if there is anything in Qixintang in the future, ask Cao Yongyi for help, he can't shirk it!

At the same time, in the vast East China Sea, above the Ryukyu Sea, five warships are sailing on this complex sea area.

Suddenly, as they sailed from an isolated island, several black dots came out from behind the island with full sails, and drove straight in their direction.

"Enemy attack!!" The moment the black shadow emerged, the lookout on the top of the mast had already issued an alarm.

At first glance, the ship on the opposite side is the three-masted ship that the pirates loved, and the modified hull is several times faster than ordinary sea ships. Therefore, it is very easy for the lookout to distinguish between a normal sea ship and a pirate ship. Coupled with the harassing attacks that their fleet has been receiving over the years, it would not be a mistake to raise the alarm whenever a ship appeared around them.

Sure enough, when these dark shadows approached, the battle readiness and sailor attire on the deck of the opponent observed through the telescope made them sure that the other party had bad intentions.

"Turn the rudder left!" On the flagship of the fleet, a familiar face appeared, officially Wu Shu, who went to Keelung Port some time ago to find Li Tianyang to ask for help.

After returning from Jilong Harbor that day, Wu Shu began to temporarily increase the fleet of ships that went out to patrol from two warships to five warships. As a result, there were immediately fewer pirate ships that came to harass and attack them, and although there were more Ryukyu pirates than Penghu pirates, and there may be more pirates who have the strength to assemble more than five warships, it is not very many.

It's just that although there is less harassment, the actual patrol range of their fleet is also much less, and many peripheral areas and remote areas have been abandoned by them. If you don't give up, you can't do it, the formation of a team of five warships makes all the warships in the entire Huludao only a team of four ships, and they want to patrol and control the huge sea area of Yuan Laoba at the same time, but it is a little difficult for them.

Now seeing that the opposite side is menacing, and there is one more ship than Wu Shu and their fleet in terms of the number of ships, Wu Shu firmly implements Li Tianyang's strategy, focusing on defense and fortification, and does not fight for gains and losses overnight, and plans to bypass them and leave at this time.

Wu Shu and they wanted to calm things down, but the other side didn't think so, seeing Wu Shu and they turned around to leave, these people didn't want to let them go, and they bit Wu Shu's ass and wanted to pursue.

"Battalion commander, let's just do it with them!" The team members have been so angry again, they used to be in the waters of Penghu, but they chased these pirates to fight, which is like now, they turned around and were chased away. At this time, they all asked Wu Shu for battle, but they were all rejected by him.

"Don't fight, retreat!!" Wu Shu also held back a breath of anger in his heart, he was originally high-spirited, he wanted to show his skills in Huludao, but he wanted to be seen as a joke, and was walked by groups of slippery pirates as dogs, making a mess.

Saying that Wu Shu didn't want to give these people a good look in his heart must be false, but the area they are patrolling now is the farthest place they can guarantee with their strength now. He didn't know if if a few more thief ships would emerge from other places on the other side if the fight really started, and then it would kill their fleet. As these **** paid more and more attention to the movements of the pirates in the nearby waters, the more he felt that there was always an unclear connection between these pirates.

Therefore, he would rather be safe than have any stains on his resume and disappoint Li Tianyang.

The two fleets chased and fled, and ran straight for more than two hours, before the pursuers behind stopped because they were too deep. Seeing the sailors on the opposite deck mocking their side with all kinds of insults and shouts of ugly words, Wu Shu put on an expressionless face and signaled the fleet to sail.

(End of chapter)