Chapter 874: Ten Villages
Li Dan has reached the point of dying. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
At the last moment, this sea tycoon still thinks about the sea.
His house originally had a window to see the sea, but Li Dan couldn't stand up for a long time, and at this time, Li Guozhu ordered someone to tear down one wall of the room, and the entire situation in Hirado Port was completely visible.
The port was still so busy, full of docked ships, sailors and maritime merchants who came ashore through the trestle, coolies carrying goods, general interpreters, brokers and Li Dan's subordinates were dealing with the demands of these people, and although the port was extremely busy, it was still in good order and not in any order.
This is the result of Li Dan's 20 years of business, even if death is coming, seeing the situation in front of him, this dying old man still feels extremely gratified.
The blue sky in the distance is almost connected with the blue sea.
A pod of dolphins followed a merchant ship with white sails to the surface of the near harbor, where seagulls hovered high above the sails.
Li Dan's subordinates had already met, and everyone was waiting outside for news.
The family members were also pushed outside, and the women were upsetting with their weeping.
Li Guozhu sat cross-legged beside Li Dan alone, his face was very ugly, although he had been in power for many years, and he had discussed with Li Dan how to move next, but at this moment, when this old man really wanted to leave, his only feeling was still hesitant and helpless.
"The general trend of the world...... Li Dan looked at the sea view for a while, and finally turned around and said softly: "The future will be turbulent, the Ming Dynasty will change drastically, and the country may be destroyed within twenty or thirty years. It's a pity, it's a pity I can't see it......"
"If I don't die...... Li Dan's eyes lit up, but he soon fell into disgrace.
No matter what, this powerful man on the sea still doesn't dare to have such confidence, on the battlefield where Qin lost his deer, there will be a chance for a strong man like him to fight.
"Father, let's rest......" Li Guozhu was speechless, when has this been, and he still thinks about this?
As for Li Dan's statement that the Ming Dynasty is about to die, Li Guozhu agrees very much.
On the way to Datong, I saw that the government was becoming more and more greedy, and the people were becoming more and more poor, and it was even difficult to survive, especially in Henan and other hinterlands, which were on the verge of outbreak.
The Ming Dynasty's war against the Dongyu was repeatedly defeated, and then the financial difficulties came up, but the rulers were busy with infighting, and all kinds of signs were all signs of the country's demise.
"Hey...... Rest, I'm going to rest all the time. Li Dan laughed at himself, but the expression on his face became more and more ugly, and a wisp of death floated on his cheeks.
"The eldest prince......" A close attendant leader trotted over, knelt down and hugged his fists and said, "Someone from Yusheng is coming." ”
"Who is it?" Li Guozhu Huo Ran got up.
Li Dan also looked awe-inspiring and looked at the attendant.
"It's Jiang Kui Jiang Ye, and a young descendant, with a raw face, said that they just came from Datong as their deputy military officer, and they are Chang Ye's deputy. This surnamed Zhang, called Zhang Xuwen, is the brother of Lord Heyusheng Zhang. ”
"This person, the amount is enough." Li Dan's expression was relieved, and he said with a smile: "Chang Wei is inconvenient to come out at this moment, he wants to guard the old camp, and he will do it as soon as the news arrives, damn it, and Yusheng's gang of descendants, how did Zhang Han train it?" ”
Taiwan and Datong are thousands of miles apart, of course, the things in front of them are the people in Taiwan who act on their own, Li Dan's feelings are also derived from this, his Pingdo and Taiwan travel is actually very convenient, but put a Yan Siqi can not control it, and the people of Yusheng are united in Taiwan, only for the benefit of this group, compared with the two, Li Dan will naturally have this feeling.
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"I've seen Li Ye and the eldest son in the next Zhang Xuwen."
When Zhang Xuwen, who was wearing a blue shirt, came over, Li Dan had already stopped breathing, and only Li Guozhu knelt beside the old man's body in a daze.
Zhang Xuwen and Jiang Kui were both stunned, Li Guozhu looked ugly, but he still said very calmly: "We already know the intention of the two, the ancestor has already explained, Yan Siqi's matter, please rest assured." ”
"Li Ye is really a god." After Jiang Kui listened to Li Guozhu's words, he immediately bowed and saluted, his expression was very respectful, and he was also a little sad, in the past year or so, he saw Li Dan many times, and he had some sincere admiration and condolences for this old man.
Zhang Xuwen also bowed and kowtowed, he didn't know much about Li Dan, and he didn't have some emotional fluctuations as Jiang Kui, at this time he was just comforted in his heart, no matter what, this trip to Pinghu looked like it would be very smooth, and the Li family's father and son were worthy of being the big men who controlled the party, and they had already calculated that they and others would have this trip.
However, Zhang Xuwen considered another point, if they didn't come today, how would the Li family and his son respond?
I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, wetting my back.
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"The sea is forbidden?" Yan Siqi's expression became very ugly.
Chen Xinji was quite shocked and a little panicked, he muttered: "We have seven ships replenishing over there, and it has just been a few days, how can it be so coincidental." ”
"No one wants to deal with us, does they?"
"It shouldn't be ......" Chen Xinji thought about it carefully and said: "Our ship will come back every few days, Hirado has recently gathered a lot of people, Li Ye is summoning his subordinates separately to say goodbye, it seems that the days are not long, but he has not passed away, as long as he is there, the forces of all parties will honestly dare not move." This time the sea ban is probably because of the Penghu incident. ”
"This new governor is good enough." Yan Siqi said dissatisfiedly: "How many things have to delay us this time!" ”
Yan Siqi has a total of thirteen large boats, dozens of small boats, but it is not very useful, the small boats can be brought back and forth from Taiwan to Penghu and Zhongzuo at most, and the main use is to catch and sell fish, some of which can run the Japanese route, and the risk is relatively large. The big ships were both merchant ships and war ships, and each ship had dozens of sturdy sailors, who could steer ships, load and unload cargo, and of course, kill people and overhaul goods.
Seven ships were detained at once, the number of warships was reduced, and there was a serious shortage of manpower.
"Pass the order." Yan Siqi said to Chen Xinji: "I have to patrol more and be vigilant, and the people who patrol the night will double for me." ”
"Yes, please rest assured, Brother Yan," Chen Xinji still felt disapproving, but he didn't have to object to this matter, and said with a smile at the moment: "I'll personally lead people to inspect tonight, you have a good rest, as soon as the news of Hirado comes over, we're going to have a big job." ”
Yan Siqi has already discussed with Chen Xinji that the people he killed are Li Dan's henchmen who stayed here, and after the killing, he announced his independence, and then looked at Li Guozhu's movements, at least he had to fight for a situation of division and courtesy, and with his current strength, he would definitely be able to fight for this position.
Usually Yan Siqi would be very happy when he mentioned these words, but today he was inexplicably in a bad mood, so he just nodded very coldly.
After Chen Xinji went out, he sighed with emotion: "Brother Yan is not from a family like Wang and Xie, he has no calm breath when he encounters trouble, and he can't hold his breath." During the battle of Huangshui, Xie An and Xie Gong's composure and chic were as usual, which was really fascinating. Okay, I'll just be Xie An today, calm down, naturally safe and sound. ”
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In the evening, the mile-long village comes alive with fishermen and farmers gathering to discuss this year's sugar cane growth...... There's no one who doesn't like sugar, not even this barefoot rough pirate.
In addition to everyone loves to eat sweets, the profit of squeezing sugar is also very high, every year Taiwan produces local products, sugar and deer skin are the largest, and then venison jerky, deer bones and other local products, of course, the most profitable is to buy raw silk from the mainland and resell it to Japan, a load of raw silk to Taiwan is one hundred to one hundred and forty taels, and to Japan is two hundred and eighty taels, and the more the merrier, every year a Japanese market alone needs at least 10,000 quintals of raw silk. The Dutch want, the Japanese also want it, the Dutch also collect Chinese raw silk and then resell it to Japan, so they must get Penghu or must have a foothold in Taiwan, transshipment goods from these two places to Japan, the place is near, the risk is small, the transfer trade immediately doubled, Japan's Tokugawa shogunate is already carrying out a policy of locking the country, they only accept Chinese ships and Dutch ships to enter, the Japanese have silver, everyone has doubled.
Many people are discussing this year's market, how much sugar can be sold for, how much is raw silk, lead, zinc, ivory, spices bought from the Dutch at a third of the price, as well as woolen clothes from Europe, all kinds of delicate gadgets and machines, the Japanese love these things the most, and the people of Shizhai are also very clear, and they are very good at using these things to make enough profits.
The people who walk around the camp on this beach, unless they are pure farmers who are unwilling to take risks and are honest and honest to cultivate the land, as long as they dare to go to the sea, even the owners of those small boats, as long as they help to load and unload the goods, or take the Dutch to the beach around Zhangzhou to steal raw silk, and walk a few times, the family can be well-off and get rid of poverty. So even if you suffer here, as long as the money you earn can build a big house in your hometown and buy land, the hard work is still worth it.
This spirit of Fujian people is similar after hundreds of years, the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have not broken down to the South Seas, and later there are these people all over the world.
After arriving at the tic-tac-toe camp, people realized that the situation was a little tense.
The door was full of people with bows and arrows, knives and guns, all of whom were usually guards in the stockade, and sailors and pirates on board, and the common people were also very afraid of them, and these people shouted and scolded everyone to hurry up, and everyone did not dare to say anything, and quickly went to their own residence, and after dinner, it was dark, and people did not dare to gossip, so they quickly washed up and went to sleep.
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I was drunk yesterday and didn't update it, but today I'll have two more chapters and make up for it.