After the two returned to Jiaozhou, they experienced several sleepless nights before they could be regarded as the initial structure of the real government structure. But they looked at the structure and found another problem, and that was the lack of manpower! There were too few literate people in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Pei resolutely refused to appoint traditional literati who had not been tested. This is to make the choice even lower. But fortunately, there is still some time to develop the manpower.

Liu Pei began to draw men and horses and began to prepare for the conquest of the Ryukyus. As the information came back in batches, Liu Pei and Fang Degang became more and more confident in the conquest of the Ryukyus. At present, on the island of Ryukyu, the native army is completely gone. They were disbanded by Satsuma. Satsuma was left with only a team of more than 1,000 people, and most of them were ashigaru.

The two agreed that a team of 500 people could sweep the Ryukyus. But in order to ensure the success of the follow-up plan. Still, they made a detailed plan. The teams attacking the Ryukyus will be divided into three batches. 1,000 people were approved for the first time. He was responsible for the clean and neat annihilation of the Japanese army in the Ryukyus. The second batch is 2,000 people. They were responsible for cooperating with the navy's crusade force in annihilating Satsuma. And the third group is all the slaves under Liu Pei. These people will cooperate with a small number of craftsmen to complete the initial construction and development of the Ryukyus.

The entire course of the war against the Ryukyus, which was planned to begin after the New Year, was expected to end at the end of May and early June at the latest. At that time, it was just time to return to the army to deal with the locust plague in Shandong.

In the whole plan, Liu Pei and Fang Degang had a disagreement on how to treat the Ryukyu natives. Fang Degang hopes that excellent local people can be included in the government. On the one hand, it is insufficient to supplement manpower. On the other hand, Fang Degang firmly believed that these people had been influenced by the way of Confucius and Mencius, and they knew people and wanted to report them. Liu Pei helped them drive away the Japanese people, and they would be grateful to Liu Pei.

And Liu Pei believes that they must not be given any rights. They were only eligible to enter the government after living under Liu Pei's rule for a period of time. Because Liu Pei is used to seeing deceitful things in modern society. He thought that if he was too polite to the locals, he would make them feel that there was a chance that they would succeed in their rebellion. However, in the end, it ended with Liu Pei's victory.

Just when Liu Pei was busy deploying soldiers and accumulating grain and grass, Liu Dahai came back in a hurry. As soon as he saw Liu Pei, he said loudly: "Dongjia, it's not good!" Something is wrong! ”

Liu Pei stopped his pen in surprise and looked at Liu Dahai. Liu Dahai ran with a sweaty face, his face was pale, and he looked very frightened, so he said: "What's the big deal that scares you like this?" ”

Liu Dahai took a few breaths and said loudly: "Boss, now Li Dan is starting to deal with us!" ”

This sentence shocked Liu Pei's heart! He stood up and said, "Li Dan sent someone to attack you?" ”

When Liu Dahai heard this, he said: "That's not true." ”

Liu Pei breathed a sigh of relief. If Li Dan really started attacking him, then the plan to attack the Ryukyus would be completely ruined. So Liu Pei sat down again and said, "Slowly, what's going on?" ”

Liu Dahai explained to Liu Pei at this time. It turned out that Liu Dahai went to the south to load the goods this time. The attitude of the merchants, who had been very enthusiastic about him, suddenly changed! Not only did they talk to him one by one, but all the goods sold to Liu Dahai had increased in price. The lowest direct doubled, and the high direct doubled several times! This made Liu Dahai feel very angry!

At the beginning, Liu Dahai, who was angry, found a lot of businessmen, feeling that he was not afraid of finding a seller if he was rich. But he later found out that not a single person in the entire South gave him the original price. And other maritime merchants are buying at normal prices.

Liu Dahai's mood at this time also changed from anger to panic. This is clearly what it looks like to be targeted. And the person who can arrange for all the merchants to target him is only one person in the entire sea, and that is Li Dan!

If Li Dan is indeed targeting him, it is no longer a question of whether he can buy the goods. It's a question of whether you can survive. So Liu Dahai was so frightened that he didn't even dare to buy the goods, and ran back to Shandong directly from the south.

When Liu Pei heard this, he clasped his hands together and rubbed them vigorously. He wondered what was wrong? Normally, Li Dan should not target him. The problem between them is the big bucktooth thing. Moreover, Liu Pei sent Liu Dahai to give a gift to make amends, and Li Dan has already accepted Liu Dahai's gift, which is a clear sign of reconciliation.

Liu Pei felt that even if he was a little vicious against the big buckteeth, it did not exceed the rules among pirates. What's going on? So he immediately sent someone to call Fang Degang and a few people over for a meeting to discuss this matter.

This matter is too serious! If Li Dan really targets Liu Pei, then all of Liu Pei's plans will go bankrupt. He had to fight a behemoth with little power of his own. Liu Pei's win rate is very low.

When everyone arrived, Liu Pei asked Liu Dahai to narrate the whole situation. For a moment, everyone fell silent. Whoever faces this king of the sea has only a lot of pressure.

Qi Qitao said: "Did Li Dan deal with us because we killed the big buckteeth? ”

Everyone looked at Liu Dahai. At present, only Liu Dahai is proficient in maritime affairs. Liu Dahai said: "I don't know about this matter! Normally, Li Dan's acceptance of our gift is a sign of reconciliation. But it is true that Li Dan is the only one who can make all the businessmen unite to raise the price against us. I don't know the exact reason for this. ”

Qi Qitao asked Wu Yizhou and said, "Have you robbed and killed people at sea recently?" Have you ever killed someone with a deep background? ”

Wu Yizhou shook his head and said, "No! Our family's rules don't hurt people if they don't hurt people. And now that the name of the Skull Gang has been played, they generally take the initiative to stop the ship and pay the money when they see our flag, and they haven't even fought for a while now! And some time ago we encountered a sea ship with fresh water leaking, or fresh water that we replenished! ”

Liu Hui asked Liu Dahai again: "During this time, you went to trade in the Japanese country, did you offend people?" ”

Liu Dahai shook his head and said, "Impossible! The few times I went to the Japanese kingdom, it was very peaceful, and there was no quarrel. Moreover, the goods we brought back from Japan were all copper and sulfur, so we did not conflict with anyone else at all. ”

In this way, everyone considered and discussed again and again and did not come to a real conclusion. At this moment, a pro-soldier sent a stack of documents for Liu Pei to sign. Liu Pei signed his name, habitually wrote the date, and then suddenly stopped his pen and said, "There are less than two months left for the New Year, right?" ”

Everyone didn't know what Liu Pei meant, and after glancing at each other blankly, Fang Degang said, "That's right." What did the lord find? ”

Liu Pei signed the document and handed it to his soldiers, and after sending him out, he said, "I know what's going on." ”

Everyone hurriedly asked. Liu Pei said: "It is Li Dan who has abdicated, and the new boss is targeting us." ”

Everyone was in an uproar and asked Liu Pei why. In fact, Liu Pei is also guessing. But he thinks his guess makes sense. In Liu Pei's memory, around May next year, Li Dan will die. Normally, when the boss of a pirate group dies, the group will often go through a bloody battle and fighting to decide a new boss.

But this has not been the case in history. Zheng Zhilong took over the entire pirate group very smoothly. This shows that Li Dan has made arrangements to give way in advance. And then the New Year, all the pirates gathered to give Li Dan a good time to pay New Year's greetings, and announced that the new captain was the best time.

Liu Fei thought about the wording and said: "According to our intelligence in our country, Li Dan is already old and has long thought of abdicating. And there was no suitable candidate among his children to take his place. Therefore, in order to preserve their children after death, Liu Pei will definitely choose a suitable successor in advance. In this way, the new boss is desperate to protect Li Dan's children for the sake of loyalty and righteousness. And the new boss must always stand up! If you choose insiders, you will be hurt and angry, and outsiders will not be able to choose. Only our Skull Gang is a newcomer, not too big or too small! ”