Shen Yourong brought Cao Yongyi, a subordinate who was obviously inextricably linked to Hong Tang, to Dayuan Island this time, in order to recruit this group of gangs that dominated the South China Sea.

Shen Yourong also has his own difficulties, although he now joins the army in accordance with the Fujian water standard, most of the water division soldiers under his command are no longer useful. The people in the army are greedy for ink, and eating empty salaries and reselling military funds have already tossed the only remaining team of the naval division.

More than 10 years ago, the naval division could still send out twenty or thirty warships to the east to suppress the Japanese, but now, three years ago, in the big war on Dongsha Island off the coast of Fujian, he Shen Yourong could not put together a team that could go to sea to fight. In the end, he relied on the Shi Daoyou who was subdued by him, and went to the island to persuade the Japanese to abandon their weapons, so that they could keep the peace of life in Fujian.

Sixty-nine people were captured, and it seemed that he had achieved much merit on the surface, but if he thought about it carefully, the entire Daming Water Division couldn't even help such a small group of would-be robbers, and among them, he joined the army as a water standard, and he felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Thanks to the old general's wrong love, the grass people are really flattered!" If it weren't for Li Tianyang's crossing from the later generations, he probably knew the direction of history, and he would be overjoyed when he heard the old general's words of recruiting at this time.

Throughout the ages, how many reckless heroes have gathered in the mountains and forests, and the best future they seek is just a book of recruitment. Far away such as Shuibo Liangshan, let's not talk about it, just talk about the Wang Zhi pirate who was only a few decades ago, as the idol of many contemporary pirates, the power of the people is not strong, and the entire coastal area of the Ming Dynasty is full of bandits, and the people are miserable.

In the end, he took the government that he really couldn't do, and lured this bandit leader who had been a plague along the coast for more than ten years to the inland with just a letter of Zhao'an, and finally became a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty. Said that he Wang Zhi was a fool and didn't know the evil intentions hidden by the Ming Dynasty government? If this were the case, they would not have developed into a great force that stirred up the heavens and the earth.

But people just can't look at the promises made by the government, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, who wants to really leave their hometown, sit in the land outside the land and sit on the earth overlord and the like, or the flower world in the interior of the Ming Dynasty is more eye-catching.

It's just that Li Tianyang is worried, if he accepts Zhao'an on this, when the Jurchen goes south and suffers from the common people, how will he deal with it? Counting on the half-official position given by the Ming Dynasty, and then creating an iron-blooded strong army, that is just a situation that occurs in Yi 0 prostitution. Li Tianyang created a group of thousands of soldiers in Hongtang, with a monthly expenditure of no less than 20,000 taels, and when the time came, he accepted Zhao'an and became a military attaché, where did he come up with such a huge amount of silver?

Such a variety of things, so that Li Tianyang hesitated and scruples, but he did not dare to categorically refuse the olive branch extended by the old general, although the Ming Dynasty sailors were corrupt and depressed for a long time, but they really wanted to fight their stupid harbor and chicken coop harbor ideas, and it was not something that Li Tianyang and their team could withstand at this time.

Therefore, in the past few years, Li Tianyang has deliberately not set up a ruling body in Bengang and Jilonggang, and only has jurisdiction over various places with neighborhood committees and public security bureaus, and he does not even dare to go beyond the rules by naming them, for fear that it will arouse the nervousness of the Ming Dynasty government.

"It's just that the lessons from the past are not far away, and the grass people also have self-knowledge, which is not as good as the previous dynasty Wang Zhijukou, if the general really wants to recruit us, please also ask the general to come up with a charter and the official documents of the government!" A positive refusal would definitely not succeed, so Li Tianyang also took a roundabout strategy, and was sure that Shen Yourong's recruitment of them was only temporary, and he did not ask for the consent of the governor of Fujian: "And the matter is serious, and the grass people also need to discuss with their subordinates, and I am afraid it will take some time to give the general an accurate answer." ”

"Okay, I'll give you time to appease and convince my subordinates, and I'll go back and get a clear charter for you!" Seeing Li Tianyang's moved appearance, General Shen was complacent in his heart, and he responded to Li Tianyang's request with high spirits.

In this regard, after a conversation, it seems that the future of the people in Qixintang, Hongtang, and even the entire Bengang and Jilong Gang has been decided. It's just that the world is unpredictable, and no one knows where this thing will end up.

Not to mention that after the conversation, General Shen didn't stay in the chicken coop port much, and immediately hurried back to Penghu with Cao Yongyi, preparing to return to Fujian to discuss the matter of recruiting security with the governor.

After Li Tianyang sent Shen Yourong away excitedly on the surface, when he turned around, his face was already frosty, gloomy and terrifying.

Recruit a team member to invite Wu Jie, Gan Dabiao and others, and ask Shen Yourong to tell the truth about today's visit, so that they can also come up with an idea. It's just that there are other middle-level and high-level subordinates such as Lu Qi missing, it's not that Li Tianyang doesn't trust them, it's just that as first-class pirates and bandits, the temptation of recruiting an is really great for them, but it is not as calm as the young people who have been imperceptibly taught by Li Tianyang for a long time.

Listening to Li Tianyang's detailed explanation, Gan Dabiao smiled on the side: "That relationship is good, from now on, the brothers can also wear an official uniform and go out to show off their might!" ”

However, Wu Jie, since he sat in the position of special operations captain, has thought a lot about what he says and does, but he is much calmer than Gan Dabiao's honest and joking temperament: "In my observation, the Ming army in this coastal area has been rotten, and there is no one who dares to fight and is good at fighting. ”

Hearing Wu Jie's words, although Li Tianyang still secretly sighed that Wu Jie has arrived now, considering things from the perspective of military strength, he nodded in agreement and said: "Indeed, there are many alarmists in General Shen's words, even after we are recruited, the highest official position we have obtained is no more than a thousand households, which is inferior to Cao Yongyi among all the officials in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be so free today!" ”

"What do you mean, it seems that you don't want to be recruited?" Gan Dabiao heard this, and couldn't help frowning and asked.

"Officialdom is rampant with corruption, military attachés are inherently inferior to civil officials, if I want to recruit peace, it must be against my will, it is not as free as we are now!" Li Tianyang did not hide his intentions in front of several henchmen.

"But if this government investigates?" Gan Dabiao is a little timid, and what he is most worried about is naturally the reaction of the government.

"So what, if the Ming Dynasty has more water divisions like the Penghu water division, with the strength of the warriors in our hands, there will be more than 10,000 water divisions, and they may not be able to help us!!" Wu Jie can see this, with the long contact with the Penghu Naval Division, the sense of oppression and awe brought by the imperial court military has also disappeared with the understanding of the depth of the Penghu Naval Division's combat power.

"Whether it succeeds or not, in fact, it depends on the future changes, and I recruited you today to plan our future affairs!" Li Tianyang is not as optimistic as Wu Jie, but he will not fall into his own momentum.

"Brother Jie, I want you to go back to Tanmen again, inform you of my father's generation, say that our identities are exposed, let them quickly think of a way out, it's time to make a decision!"

"By the way, I think I can't help you if you relocate my grandmother and mother and let them live in Tanmen. As for the excuse, you just say that Yumo is happy! The rare family affection made Li Tianyang unable to give up, so he took advantage of the convenience of Wu Jie's return to use public weapons for private use, and wanted to take his relatives over: "Of course, the relatives and family members of several of you must also persuade one or two to take them over, don't let them take risks under the nose of the government again!" ”

"Yes, good!" Wu Jie nodded in response.

"As for Da Biao, this time it will be a hard trip, you will go to the account room in a while, withdraw 5,000 taels of silver, and rush to the Yuegang tax supervisor as soon as possible, ask to see the tax supervisor Lu Guilu, and ask him to make trouble this time. If General Shen can't get the official documents, we can also use this to mediate with him, buy time, and occupy the righteousness. Li Tianyang gritted his teeth painfully and said, the thousands of taels of silver that he had saved with great difficulty were going to be delivered to Lu Gui, a big corrupt official, this time, Li Tianyang really felt unwilling: "At the same time, when you go to Yuegang, you also inform Brother Yan'er, ask him to count the inventory, and be ready to retreat at any time." ”

"Okay, I'll leave it to me!" Gan Dabiao saw that Li Tianyang had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more, and when he got his orders, he naturally responded casually.

Lu Gui, a eunuch official, as the relationship between Li Tianyang and Cao Yongyi deepened, he also made Qixintang connect with him through Cao Yongyi's matchmaking a few months ago. It's just that Li Tianyang has a bad reputation as a tax supervisor, and he is a eunuch and is greedy, so he really doesn't want to bother this adult unless he has to.

Hundreds of words more, begging for a ticket!!

(End of chapter)