(The fourth more is delivered!) ）

At noon, various merchants on Shamen Island brought a large amount of wine and meat to the island town to meet Song Wen and other officials, and to express condolences to the labor army. Song Wen was very polite to these people, and invited the more prestigious people among the merchants to sit together at the luncheon.

During the banquet, Li Jing took advantage of the situation to propose to Song Wen and Feng Zhang that part of the reason why Salmon Island was raided by pirates this time was that it was not on guard. Now Da Xie Yan has promised to hand over the three outer islands of Shamen Island to the Shamen Town Soldiers to garrison, but the four piers of Shamen Island have not yet been recovered. For the sake of the safety of the island, and also to better protect the merchants, Li Jing proposed to take back the four docks and take them over by Shamen Town. After the town of Salmon takes over the four piers, a sentry fort will be built on the pier to guard Salmon Island.

The four wharves on Salmon Island are jointly controlled by the merchants on the island, such as the Shikou Wharf, which is controlled by the merchants of the Wang family, and the Phoenix Mountain Wharf is also controlled by some leaders of Tianjie. Li Jing made this request in public, and Song Wen immediately agreed in public. Although Feng Zhang had the intention of setting up obstacles for Li Jing, he was at a disadvantage everywhere on today's occasion, and after rolling his eyes at this time, he actually nodded and agreed.

Seeing this, the leaders of the merchants at the table couldn't help but change color one by one. Salmon Island has always been a free trade place, and although the island is full of shops and warehouses, it is actually a smuggling hub, where countless transactions are made. All along, the officers and men on Salmon Island did not care about them at all, and they could not control them. But now, Li Jing has proposed to take over the four docks, which is touching their fundamental interests.

It's just that although the heads of these merchants are basically representatives of the major wealthy families, their own identity is just a businessman. Song Wen was unable to make decisions for Li Jing before, and dealt with Wang Jin's collusion with pirates to attack Shamen Town fairly. I already feel a little sorry for Li Jing. At this time, he wholeheartedly supported Li Jing. is also to give him some compensation, on the other hand, the unpaid is not because Song Wen has long coveted the smuggling business on Salmon Island, and he has the intention to intervene but cannot enter. Now it is just the intention of using Li Jing to muddy the waters, those merchants are usually very arrogant, but under the official authority of Song Wen's first-state governor, they have to grit their teeth and admit it.

After lunch, Song Wen and his entourage were no longer delayed. The first to return to Dengzhou.

Song Wen left, but Feng Zhang and Wang Jin still did not leave, but stayed.

Feng Zhang's Da Xie Yan 500 soldiers and horses and Wang Jin's Dengzhou Navy Division 500 people gathered outside the fort city, with a total of 1,000 soldiers and horses.

"What do they want to do?" When Lin Wei got the news, his brows furrowed. When the pirates attacked last night, they didn't show up when they should have appeared, and today Sansa came late, and now it's time for them to leave, but they refuse to leave, but stay on the island. What is the intention?

"A thousand." Li Jing recited it again, and he was very annoyed in his heart. He understood that Feng Zhang and Wang Jin were putting pressure on him. The purpose must be the matter of Feng Ming, who he seized and his subordinates. As for Wang Jin, he estimated that he should have opened the gift he sent at this time, and found that the Wang family's shops and underground workshops on the island had been uprooted by Li Jing. "They're trying to intimidate us."

"Really?" Zhang Hong said with some concern: "Song Tingshi and they just left with their troops, but they didn't leave for a long time, is it possible, they want to attack us?" Zhang Hong sat under Li Jing's hand, still holding the account book that he was never familiar with, and there was a bag of chips hanging around his waist.

"They won't, and they won't dare." Li Jing shook his head, in the current situation, Song Wei's side did not dare to attack Wang Jingwu's faction, and then Wang Jinwu's side did not dare to make a move. Last time, Wang Jin colluded with pirates to deal with Li Jing, and he was already taking a risk. But the last time the incident had been defeated, and even the one-eyed Jiao died in the hands of Li Jing. As long as Li Jing and Song Wen did not make Wang Jin's collusion with pirates public, Wang Jin would never dare to openly attack Li Jing in a short period of time. If he dared to openly attack Li Jing, this matter would be equivalent to Wang Wuwu and his faction openly declaring war on Song Wei's side.

"General, Wang Jin has dealt with us once, we have to be careful. Feng Zhang and Wang Jin have only 1,000 official officials under them, and with our current situation, if the two sides start a war, we have no chance of winning. Zhang Hong said in a heavy tone.

Li Jing sighed: "Don't worry, they are just bluffing now, coercing and intimidating us. And this intimidation also has the meaning of tempting us. If we give in now, then they will think that we are afraid of them, that we don't have hole cards, and then there will definitely be something like yesterday. Therefore, we must not show the slightest fear now, but have to be tougher, so that they will not be able to figure out the details of us and dare not mess around in a short time. ”

"You should have seen Song Wen's attitude today, don't expect him to come out to help us deal with Wang Jin and Feng Zhang. We are now in a time of weakness, and we need time to recover and strengthen, and when we have passed this time, we can take the initiative to return a tooth for a tooth and blood to them at the first time. But now, they can only temporarily fake the tiger and put an empty plan for them. ”

"I hope so!" All the generals thought so in their hearts. But other than that, they don't know what to do. Originally, he was full of expectations for Song Wen, thinking that everything would be solved by handing over the evidence to him. But as a result, everything can only be dealt with by themselves. Not to mention that Song Wen didn't help them deal with Wang Jin, that is, he couldn't even make the slightest disclosure of Wang Jin's collusion with pirates, so as not to make Wang Jin jump off the wall in a hurry.

On that day, the town of Shamen was on full alert, and all the soldiers and their families were temporarily concentrated in the city. The soldiers are all in full force, ready to deal with any contingency that may arise.

The silent confrontation between Shamen Town and Wang Jin and Feng Zhang lasted until nearly dusk.

Then Feng Zhang asked Li Jing to talk between the two armies under the city, Li Jing took Liu Shouqian, Zhang Chengzong, and two teams of family members to go, Feng Zhang did not come alone, and also brought hundreds of guards.

Feng Zhang got straight to the point after seeing Li Jing: "I will immediately withdraw the soldiers above the three islands attached to Shamen Town, and you can take over the defense tomorrow." But you must immediately hand over Feng Ming and those who are being held by you to me and take them away. ”

"I'll leave it to you, when will the 30,000 yuan be delivered. Take people away whenever you want. See money to give. No money to talk about. Li Jing didn't give an inch. Fighting with a fox like Feng Zhang, you must not weaken your momentum and let the other party see the reality.

Stand still, wait and see what happens, don't know the dynamics, and never make a move. This has always been Feng Zhang's unchanging style of acting, and Li Jing has already heard all this, so so. At this time, he didn't give an inch, and looked at each other with Feng Zhang.

"Are you really going to do this against me? Don't forget, you are my subordinate, and Shamen Town belongs to Da Xie Yan! Feng Zhang raised his eyebrows and said in a stern tone.

Li Jing smiled faintly and replied-for-tat: "Shamen Town is indeed subordinate to Da Xie Yan, but Da Xie Qi is also under the jurisdiction of Ziqing Town, and his subordinates and Feng soldiers and horses are all subordinates of Song Jieshuai, aren't they?" ”

"Aren't you afraid that pirates will suddenly attack again in the middle of the night?"

"Hahaha, the pirates attacked yesterday. But where do you see those pirates now? Li Jing snorted coldly, "Seal the soldiers and horses." If you're staying today just to say these things to me, that's okay. If you're brave enough, you might as well bring troops to attack me now, and I'll see who falls first. With that, Li Jing turned around and left.

As soon as he returned to the city tower, Feng Zhang had already sent someone to meet him again. The messenger brought Feng Zhang's handwritten letter and told him that tomorrow at noon, the Phoenix Mountain Pier would be exchanged. After reading this handwritten letter, Li Jing knew that Feng Zhang had admitted defeat this round. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, nodded at the envoy, and didn't forget to explain at the end, "By the way, remember to tell the envoy of Feng Bing and Ma, in addition to bringing 30,000 yuan to pick up your family, Feng Liugongzi and others." And the 10,000 pieces of compensation he promised me today for the dead and wounded in Shamen Town, and the 300 sets of ordnance he promised me. If you don't bring anything tomorrow, don't blame me for not giving it to others. ”

After the envoy returned, Feng Zhang quickly returned with his men and horses, but Wang Jin still hadn't left yet.

At the foot of Phoenix Mountain, Wang Jin's 500 men and horses were temporarily stationed here, and in a temporary military tent, Wang Jin led his troops to withdraw without saying a word when he heard Feng Zhang, and scolded angrily.

The anger in his eyes grew even greater as he scanned the three open wooden boxes in front of him.

There were three things in the three wooden boxes, all of which were 'gifts' from Li Jing. In the first wooden box is a human head, in the second wooden box is still a human head, and in the third wooden box is a dozen letters and an account book.

Wang Jin is no stranger to the things in these three wooden boxes, and the head in the first box is his head Wang Fu, who is the head of his family. The other head is also very familiar, the one who covered one eye with an eyepatch, and only one one-eyed human head is left is the pirate one-eyed Jiao, the one-eyed Jiao Zheng Balang who should have been sold to Song Wen.

He had already read the dozen letters and the ledger, all of which were the letters he wrote to Zheng Balang, as well as the account book in which Zheng Balang recorded the transactions between them. However, these letters and ledgers are transcripts, not originals.

Accompanying the letter was a letter from Li Jing, in which Li Jing arrogantly told him not to meddle in the affairs of Shamen Town, and in retaliation for his unfriendly action, he had confiscated all the property of the Wang family on the island. In addition, if he wanted to get back the original letters and account books from Li Jing, he also needed to compensate Shamen Town with 50,000 yuan as a compensation for the soldiers killed in the battle in Shamen Town.

Wang Jin has been in a frenzy since he opened these 'gifts'. Li Jing actually blackmailed him, and after the Wang family's arsenal on Shamen Island was copied, Li Jing actually dared to blackmail him for 50,000 yuan. "I'm going to kill Li Jing and set foot in Shamen Town!"

"Old five breathe anger! Feng Zhang's old fox has already withdrawn, he is probably waiting for us to fight with Li Jing, and then watch a good show! In the current situation, we already have the handle in Li Jing's hands, and if we really fight, Song Wenke will take the initiative, and maybe we will have to implicate the head of the family at that time. Everything is focused on the overall situation, stop for the time being, let Li Jing be arrogant for a while, and then come back to clean him up. Governor Shi Wang Jingwen said with a dark face.

Wang Jingwen is the eldest in the Wang family, and he is the eldest son of the long house, but he is a concubine. Now the position of the head of the Wang family is held by Wang Jingwen, the eldest son of the second eldest son, and Wang Wujing is the general of the Ziqing Festival. Wang Jin is only a three-room family, and he ranks fifth in the family. Therefore, Wang Jingwen's attitude towards Wang Jin is completely the attitude of the eldest brother towards his brother, as soon as he speaks, he has a bit of a lesson, but Wang Jin does not dare to have the slightest emotion.

"But this Li family child is too arrogant, and besides, he is now holding our handle and not killing him, this matter will be spread out, which will be very unfavorable to my Wang family." Wang Jin sighed.

Wang Jingwen shook his head and said: "You still know that this matter is very unfavorable to my Wang family, what do you think, you actually instructed pirates to attack Shazhen." The instigator was instructed, but he also found such a useless pirate, thousands of people attacked a small island, and they were actually killed cleanly. You have been leading the army for many years, and the face of the Wang family has been lost by you this time. ”

"I have to kill Li Jing!" Wang Jin was furious, "Li Jing may be able to kill the one-eyed Jiao, but that one-eyed Jiao is just a pirate who is not in the climate, and he was exterminated by me in the first battle, and it was just a dog I raised." With the 500 soldiers and horses in my hands now, with just one surprise attack tonight, I can slaughter Shamen Town! ”

"You're fooling around!" Wang Jingwen was furious, "After yesterday's battle, now the entire Dengzhou City is watching Shamen Island, what if you really kill Li Jing at this time, at that time, Song Wen led the troops to surround and kill you, and even the head of the family did not dare to come forward to save you." If you really do this, then our entire Wang family will be destroyed in your hands. We have worked hard for several generations, and it is not easy to have such a powerful position, as long as we endure it for a few more years, in the future, this festival of Ziqing Pinglu will definitely be the thing in our royal family. If you're doing this now, aren't you going to force our Wang family to raise troops immediately? At that time, can you guarantee that the imperial court will not send troops to attack us? ”

Wang Jin looked at Wang Jingwen, and then at the heads of the two wooden boxes on the table, trying to find the answer, but in vain. For a moment, although he was wearing armor and a sword, he looked extremely depressed. "How do I do that?" He asked.

"Take a step back for the time being, didn't Li Jing ask for money, give it to him." Wang Wuwen said with a gloomy face, "It's only 50,000 yuan, if you can temporarily appease this unruly fierce horse, it will be worth it." What we have to do now is to wait and see, I have found some evidence to prove that Feng Yanqing and Feng Liang were killed by Li Jing in the first place. As long as we hand over this evidence to Feng Zhang, do you think Feng Zhang can sit still anymore? He smiled darkly, "Old Five, sometimes you don't need to do it yourself to kill people, you have to understand." (To be continued.) )