Li An personally grinded a lot of soy milk, in addition to tasting it for himself, he originally planned to send some to the officials of Xi Tianzhu so that they could also taste the taste of soy milk, but he didn't expect that there were already local Datang businessmen who started to do soy milk business, which shows that Datang businessmen have a very keen sense of smell and know that grinding soy milk can make money by selling it.

And since these Western Tianzhu officials praised their soybean milk for grinding, much better than the soybean milk ground by the local Datang merchants, Li An should naturally give some to them, anyway, they have been grinding so much, they can't drink it at all.

The subordinates saw Li An's eyes, and hurriedly went to prepare the soybean milk that had been ground so that it could be sent to the officials of Xi Tianzhu.

"Since it's Li Shilang's kindness, then we'll accept it."

The port chief was not polite, and accepted it directly, anyway, the soy milk is not expensive, paused, and asked: "Li Shilang is really leisurely, he actually grinded the soy milk on the beach all morning, so enviable!" ”

Li An smiled and replied, "I don't have anything to do lately, it's really boring, no, I am grinding soy milk here to pass the time." ”

"Oh, this ......"

All the officials in Xi Tianzhu were dumbfounded, they didn't expect Li An to be so direct, this answer was greatly unexpected to them.

"What's the matter, are you all busy?"

Li An asked with a frown.

"I'm not busy, I'm not busy, we're also very idle, no, I'm going to see Li Shilang grinding soy milk."

The harbor master spoke.

Li An smiled and said, "Haha! It's good not to be busy, it's good not to be busy, come, you guys also come and try it and experience the feeling of grinding soy milk. ”

"This ...... Well, let's give it a try. ”

The port chief agreed, and sat down to grind soy milk himself.

"Oh, this isn't difficult! Just turn the grinding disc gently, it's very simple! ”

"I'll give it a try, too."

"Get out of the way, it's my turn!"

Several officials of Xitianzhu began to rush to grind soy milk, as if they were suddenly addicted.

Li An sat next to him, looking at these West Tianzhu officials who grinded soy milk, they have been smiling recently, these guys learn quite quickly, and they are very suitable for the dry grinding of soy milk.

"I heard that there is a pirate lair hundreds of miles to the northwest, I wonder if it's true?"

Li An opened his mouth to ask these West Tianzhu officials.

"Pirate's lair, it seems that there is such a thing, there is such a thing."

A West Tianzhu official responded.

Ang Lee then asked, "How long have these pirates existed?" ”

"Well, it's been over a year!"

Another official replied.

"I heard that the pirate's lair is the territory of Xi Tianzhu, so you won't take care of it?"

Ang Lee continued to ask.

"This ...... Don't hide it from Li Shilang, these pirates are powerful and difficult to deal with, besides, there are bandits and bandits in all countries who do not obey discipline, and it is not surprising that pirates occupy ports and stand on their own. ”

The harbor master spoke.

Li An nodded and said, "What you said seems to be very reasonable, pirates are outlaws, I'm afraid you can't beat them!" ”

"Yes, yes, pirates are really hard to deal with, and we can't do it! Moreover, a place hundreds of miles away is not our defense area, we are only responsible for the defense of the port, and we will not take care of other places. ”

A West Tianzhu official opened his mouth to complain.

Li An nodded and said: "This official understands, the seaport a few hundred miles northwest is not your jurisdiction, but it is also your territory in Western Tianzhu, so your king just asks?" ”

"This ...... We don't know too much about the affairs of the imperial court. ”

The harbor master spoke, pushing the matter to a clear.

Li An agreed: "That's right, you only need to take care of your own one-third of an acre, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the imperial court, then the official led this team into Hong Kong, you should report to the imperial court!" ”

The port chief hurriedly said: "Yes, it is the honor of our Xi Tianzhu that the Tang fleet came to visit, and we reported it to the imperial court as soon as possible, I believe that our great king now knows about this matter." ”

"What do you think your king will do to us?"

Ang Lee continued to ask.

"Of course, it's a warm welcome, and if the king sends his henchmen, it is estimated that he will be able to arrive early tomorrow morning."

The harbor chief replied.

Li An said with a regretful face: "It's a pity that this official can't stay here for a long time, otherwise, I really want to go to your capital, drink tea with your king, chat or something." ”

"As long as Li Shilang is willing, there will be opportunities in the future, haha!"

The official of Xi Tianzhu said with a smile.

After chatting casually, the officials of Xitianzhu left, and by the way, they took away the soy milk that Li An had ground by himself.

Through this chat, as well as Tang Jun's performance after entering the port, the hearts of the officials in Xitianzhu finally relaxed a lot.

They originally thought that the Tang army had bad intentions for the port, but the Tang army stayed on the beach honestly and did not go beyond it, which made them feel a lot more relieved.

In the most prosperous restaurant in the port, that is, the restaurant opened by the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, a large group of people gathered together and complained with righteous indignation, these people, some were soldiers under Li An, and some were businessmen from all over the world, and the topics they talked about always revolved around pirates and the Western Tianzhu court, and finally the Tang court was involved.

The people who controlled the topic were the soldiers under Ang Lee's command who pretended to be merchants, and they were always controlling the topic, so that the entire restaurant had to talk about pirates.

Because there are many real victims, including the Tang businessman who opened this restaurant, who has been robbed by this pirate, it is not very difficult to control the topic of the entire restaurant.

"These pirates have been operating there for more than a year, and at least a third of the merchant ships that come and go will be robbed, but fortunately they don't hurt people's lives, otherwise I wouldn't have come back."

A merchant who had been robbed by pirates said with trepidation.

"Whoever said that pirates don't hurt people's lives, my brother should complain, and he was brutally killed by pirates, and my five-year-old niece was also ruined by the pirate leader, and her body was thrown into the sea, and she couldn't find it back, woo."

The Tang Dynasty soldiers, pretending to be merchants, said in order to increase everyone's hatred of pirates.

"No, it won't! When did that group of pirates become so murderous, the last time I was robbed, that is, when I was robbed, not a single one lost their lives! ”

A real victim businessman spoke.

"That's your luck, I don't have such good luck, half a month ago, I and my father, and my eldest brother were robbed by pirates there, just because my father scolded the pirates, my father and my eldest brother, they were all killed by pirates, the body is still in the sea, I jumped ship to escape, and all the fellows on the ship were poisoned by pirates."

A businessman in disguise spoke.

"Oh, how can these pirates be so cruel, even if they loot property, they still hurt people's lives, they really deserve to be killed."

The restaurateur also came over to join in the fun.

Three months ago, he personally took people to the port of the big food country to buy goods, which was several times cheaper than buying from the merchants here, but he didn't expect that he was robbed by the pirates when he returned, and all the ingredients he bought were robbed by the pirates, and the losses were quite heavy. Meals are a little more expensive.

"I heard that the store was also robbed by pirates, so it must be a lot of fun!"

A businessman asked.

Of course, the store will not hold back such a grievance, I don't know how many times I have told others, and some people who are close to me have their ears grinding out calluses, so the frequent customers know that the owner of this restaurant has been robbed by pirates.

Seeing the customer ask himself this, the store immediately showed an aggrieved expression, and hurriedly said, "Isn't it?" Three months ago, I rented a big boat and went to the big food country to buy ingredients, several ingredients there are several times cheaper than the local ones, originally to save some expenses, who expected that when I came back, I was caught up by the pirates there, full of good ingredients! I robbed it all, oh, my mother, this shipload of goods, but my profit for a whole year! It's gone all of a sudden, and now it's distressing to think about it! ”

"Don't be sad about the store, your luck is not bad, at least your life is saved, as long as people are fine, the money can be earned back."

A guest spoke up to comfort him.

The shopkeeper frowned, and said with palpitations: "Those pirates are all fierce and vicious, I was also frightened at the time, my legs were weak, and I bowed, and I was pretentious, so I sent these turtle grandsons to kneel down and call their father, if there was a little bit of hardness at that time, it is estimated that they would have been poisoned by these turtle grandsons, and I would not be able to see you." ”

After saying that, he didn't feel ashamed of his legs at all, because he thought that if he had been a little harder and a little heroic, he would definitely have died, after all, many 'businessmen' here said that their relatives had been killed.

"Shop you! The last time I was robbed by pirates, I was also polite, without a trace of resistance, and I escaped the catastrophe! ”

"Hey, me too, I was terrified at the time, I could still think of resisting, and I handed over the goods smoothly, and the pirates didn't embarrass me too much."

Several merchants suddenly recalled their own experience, and everyone who returned safely was polite to the pirates, while those who had just said that their relatives had been killed were all disrespectful to the pirates.

People who can do business, that are not low IQ, everyone has summed it up, whether pirates kill or not, is closely related to the attitude of the person who is robbed, if they honestly hand over the money, they will not kill, and if they dare to resist, or speak disrespectfully, they will be killed.

Although these merchants who said that their relatives were killed by pirates were all asked by Ang Lee to disguise themselves, the local merchants were convinced of this and did not realize that these merchants were pretending.

And this is also the reason why Li An dared to send someone to impersonate, he had long expected that these robbed merchants were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they definitely did not have the courage to resist the pirates, so it was enough to discredit the pirates by only letting the soldiers play the tougher merchants.

"These pirates are outlaws, and if they are overtaken, their possessions will not be saved, so why fight them? Look, everything that is softer is fine, and those who are tough with pirates are all hurt. ”

A businessman said timidly.

"That's the same reason, but we are all merchants, and the place where the pirates haunt is the area we have to pass through, even if we swallow our anger, we can be robbed a few times, we make money every year, but all the profits are robbed by these pirates, this businessman is not interesting."

A 'businessman' who had just said that his father and mother had been killed by pirates complained.

"That's right! This is intercepted every three or five times, who can stand it, these pirates are between Xitianzhu and the Great Food Country, and they are really blocking our financial route. ”

A real businessman, opened his mouth to complain.

"As far as I know, the seaport where the pirates are entrenched was originally the port of Xitianzhu, and there were soldiers and horses stationed in Xitianzhu the year before last? Later, it was taken away by a group of pirates, and the Western Tianzhu court never sent soldiers and horses to recapture it, which caused this group of pirates to become more and more arrogant and domineering, and unscrupulously plundered past merchant ships. ”

"Yes, that's it, it was the court's connivance with pirates that led to the lawlessness of these pirates, and it was the fault of the court."

Several fake businessmen said loudly.

"Who's to say it isn't? But the imperial court is unwilling to retake the port, so what can we do? ”

"We have also reported to the local court, but these officials are all perfunctory, and they don't want to ask about pirates at all."

"What's more, I heard that pirates send people every month to give gifts to these officials, and these officials take benefits, so they naturally don't care about the pirates."

Several businessmen said helplessly.

"Hmph, are we just going to let the pirates oppress and let the local court collude with the pirates, when will such a day be the end!"

"Yes, the days of being oppressed are too sad, what's the point of living so aggrieved, we should unite as one and overcome the difficulties in front of us together."

Several fake businessmen said angrily.

"We are all merchants, and we are powerless, even if we are united, we are afraid that we are not the opponents of pirates, and we do not have the strength to be enemies of the imperial court."

The owner of the restaurant shook his head, his expression very helpless.

The fake merchant and his companion glanced at each other and said: "You don't have to worry, we merchants naturally don't have the strength to be enemies of pirates and the government, however, we can jointly petition and let the passing Datang soldiers and horses help us, as long as the Datang soldiers and horses are dispatched, just pirates don't have to worry." ”

"That's right, you may not know that when the Tang soldiers and horses passed through Malacca, they wiped out tens of thousands of pirates in one go, and the pirates they fought were terrified."