What Li Tianyang gave to Xi Qianhu and the commander this time was an out-and-out gift, so big that it was even heavier than the silver taels that Li Tianyang had given them filial piety and command in the past two years. Therefore, for this great gift, Xi Qianhu resolutely refused Li Tianyang's plan to invite him to Bengang for a reunion, apologized to Li Tianyang with an apologetic face, and finally hurriedly marched to the Penghu Sailor camp with the trophies handed over to them by Li Tianyang.

Looking at the back of the team of sailors who looked in a hurry, Li Tianyang grinned at the corners of his mouth, and his cunning eyes were a little more complacent.

If this thing is really successful, then it can be expected that the relationship between Li Tianyang and the Penghu Sailor will become more harmonious, and at the same time, the fear from the upper echelons of the Sailor will be resolved after Li Tianyang's strength is exposed!

When Li Tianyang came back from cleaning up the battle, he almost missed the time for dinner, if it weren't for his father Li De, who had come all the way over, insisted on waiting for his son to come back and eat together, maybe Li Tianyang and them would only have to eat some leftovers.

Of course, leftovers are an exaggeration, with the strength and ability of Bengang now, there will be no shortage of food again, and even the camp now has surplus food used to make wine and make high-purity alcohol for disinfection.

"You stinky boy, come here and let Lao Tzu take a look, I haven't seen you in the past two years, but you have changed a little!" Although he is eighteen years old and has created a huge foundation alone, in Li De's eyes, Li Tianyang is still his proudest son.

This time it was considered to be a pick-up for Li De and them, and because of the relationship between Li De and Li Tianyang, Yumo arranged a family banquet very considerately, except for the old man who came from Tanmen, no other outsiders were present.

said that it was an old man, but in fact, it was not Li De and Zhang Chong who were a group of young men who grew up, or subordinates like He Yong and Wu Daofu who had worked under Li De for a while, so Li De and their meals were very relaxed and comfortable.

"Stinky boy, this time you beat away Yuan Laoba, a tyrant in the South China Sea, what are you going to do next?" After the meal, Li De rarely put away the smile that had not stopped, and asked Li Tianyang about his next plans.

"What else can I do, of course, to take advantage of his illness and kill him, we must get rid of Yuan Laoba, a big trouble, at least we can't sit back and watch him rise again!" Li Tianyang's face was calm, but in the words that came out of his mouth, it was murderous!

"You've just gone through a big battle, aren't you ready to trim up and digest the spoils of this time?" Zhang Chong, who was sitting on the side, interjected a sentence and came in, and at the same time looked at Li Tianyang with a joke in his eyes, it seems that Li Tianyang's little action today still did not hide from Mr. Zhang Chong.

"Hey, hey, sir, you have a look at my stupid port today, how many days do you think it will take for my stupid port to digest these gains of the Yuan thief now?" Li Tianyang didn't seem to notice the meaning in Zhang Chong's eyes and words, but asked Zhang Chong a question with a smile.

"......" Zhang Chong was dumbfounded, although he only walked around Bengang a little today, but he knew very well that Li Tianyang and they were really powerful now, with so many demographic dividends and so many land resources here, Li Tianyang and them wanted to expand and digest Yuan Laoba and their warships, and they didn't dare to say that it was effortless, but it could also be said that they could be captured.

In the past few years, Li De and the others have not stopped their pace of moving forward, and with the assistance of Zhang Chong, they have been expanding the team in an orderly manner. It's just that now, the speed at which their power expands is limited, and it is the population and land issues that limit them.

Needless to say, the development speed of Tanmen in the Ming Dynasty is also a big miracle, although there is no Li Tianyang in the village to help them in the past few years, but the foundation laid before has also made Tanmen's population growth rate many times faster than other places. So far this year, people from all over the world, or follow the caravan to find work, or because of the disaster in their hometown, they have to come out to escape, anyway, for various reasons, the population of Tanmen has now reached as many as six or seven thousand, which is already a remote southern county of Qiongzhou, is a prosperous village.

However, as soon as the population increases, the supporting grain land is exponentially pressed into this well-developed village, so that the land has been excavated to other villages, but it is still not enough to support such a large population base.

After all, the land in the village used to have its own ownership, and most of it was in the hands of wealthy landlords, and the land reclaimed in the later period was not highly productive, and because of the proximity to the sea, many places were not suitable for growing grain, so the grain production has not been able to rise.

And as Li De and his crazy shark gang, which is backed by Tanmen's development, under this population base, if they want to recruit people to join their team, how much can they recruit? Even if they have been deliberately absorbing the pirates in the surrounding seas and taking in refugees from all walks of life at the same time, if there is no land to support, how can Li De and them afford to raise too many subordinates!!

Some people may say that it is too incompetent to be a pirate and have to provide land for his subordinates?

Pirates are actually the masters of relying on the sky for food, and there are many doorways in them. Li De and they can rob the sea near Qiongzhou unscrupulously, but who can guarantee that in the fleet they robbed, there is no strong backer, if they really provoke the Ming Dynasty, don't look at the current Penghu sailors are weak, but as long as the state apparatus exerts a little force, it is still easy to exterminate pirates like Li De and them.

And, grab too much, grab hard, people don't run this route when the time comes, change the route to run, bypass the Qiongzhou waters, when the time comes, everyone will be scattered, the greater the strength development, the greater the loss in the end.

Therefore, on the premise of taking into account the affordability of the maritime merchants and the surrounding villages, although Li De and his family have been developing in recent years, the speed of development has gradually slowed down. Up to now, their team is only more than 3,000 sailors, and the scale of less than 40 warships, but it is enough to dominate the water surface of Qiongzhou and call for wind and rain.

(End of chapter)