So, in the name of Nantian Yizhai, the sisters naturally started various businesses with the Pride---- including exchanging glassware, sugar, calico and sweet potato spirits with the Australians with various local products on Sulawesi, and of course, arms were also indispensable, especially the Federation Type 1 single-shot handcuff and the 57-style hand @ grenade @ bullet.

Of course, they also have to be translators, and they are very good translators, and the appearance of the sisters has greatly facilitated the Pride to do all kinds of business with the Sulu envoys and the local villagers.

And the sisters like to contact with the Australians, obviously the crew on the Pride also like to communicate with the sisters, for the crew, the main reason is that the sisters are much more bold and generous than ordinary Han girls, sometimes they can talk like buddies---- in fact, it is no wonder, as long as you understand the life legend of the two girls, it is not surprising that the girls have such a bold character.

Therefore, there are obviously many fewer obstacles to the communication between the two sides, and many crew members even feel that these two girls are no different from acquaintances in the old world.

However, there is one thing that everyone does not pick out in their eyes: everyone can vaguely feel which sister seems to have some kind of affection for Brother Zhu, this feeling is obvious, even this group of straight male single dogs with big nerves can see it.

However, Brother Zhu obviously can't have any response to this, and he doesn't dare to respond to it, at least in public, as for being behind people...... Well, it seems that the two of them don't have much of a chance to be behind, because the Pride has a busy journey, usually coming and going in a hurry, and everyone goes their separate ways after doing business, and it seems that there is really no opportunity for the two to be alone during this time.

Of course, the partners on the Pride would never mention it in front of Brother Zhu, and after returning to the Red Pier, everyone never mentioned it.

So at least until now, Cao Limei shouldn't know, and no matter how dull the crew on the Pride is, they also understand that this kind of thing must not chew their tongues, let alone take the initiative to let Cao Limei know.

"Huang Xianggu has seen Captain Li!"

As soon as Huang Xianggu went on the deck, she squatted for a blessing.

"Uh...... Aunt Xiang, where is your sister? ”

Li Sanduo found that Huang Xianggu's attitude today was obviously different, her face was anxious, and her etiquette was much more formal, so Li Sanduo heard this and hurriedly hugged his fists in return, and before he could respond, the other party said again:

"Goodbye for a long time, I asked abruptly in the next Tang Dynasty, I don't know if Brother Zhu is there?"

"Oh, Brother Northland has something to do, not on the ship, uh...... Sister, if you have anything, you can tell me, I Li San will do my best, and I will never sit idly by! ”

Li Sanduo found that when this Huang Xianggu heard that Zhu Beiguo was not there, his face was anxious, and he suddenly felt that the owner of the village must have something urgent to ask for, and looked at the girl's hairpin messy, not pretending, and a worried look on her face, and she actually felt pity for the jade in her heart, so she responded and quickly raised her hand to invite her, and motioned her to go into the cab to talk.

After sitting down for a moment, Huang Xianggu drank a large cup of tomato drink, exhaled a breath, and left her seat to squat again, her tone was full of anxiety and crying, and said to Li Sanduo:

"I hope that Brother Li will save me Nantian Yi Village, now the water village is surrounded by the sailors of the Xialai Betag Kingdom, surrounded by water and land, shelling day and night, ships are not allowed to go to sea, people are not allowed to go out, the people of the water village have broken through several times, and in desperation, I have to leave my sister Xi'er to sit in the town, and a certain hangs behind the cliff in the middle of the night, sneaks into the forest and comes here to ask for help, so far for five days, I finally have to meet Brother Li, and I hope to ......"

Li Sanduo couldn't help but become anxious when he heard this, he stood up abruptly and asked in surprise:

"Five days?!"

The girl looked up at Li Sanduo and nodded speechlessly, with tears in her eyes.

At this time, Li Sanduo couldn't sit still, he looked at Han Qisheng beside him, and the latter immediately said to Li Sanduo:

"Brother Li, let's go quickly, it's been five days, and I don't know what the situation is in Shuizhai......"

At this time, Huang Xianggu said that the water village is built around the mountain and according to the water, and the situation is dangerous and easy to defend, if the village is based on the enemy, it is still easy to break, but the country of Tag came suddenly, and there is a shortage of food and arrows in the water village, and I am afraid that it will be broken if it is delayed for a long time......

Li Sanduo didn't say much after hearing it, and in today's situation, every minute of delay will make Shuizhai more dangerous.

I saw him and Han Qisheng rushing out of the cockpit and shouting to the deck:

"Urgent gathering!"

"Decks are ready!"

"Engine room fire!"

"Anchor!"

……

The Pride set sail quickly, heading west along the coastline, and finally reached the sea near the water village two hours later.

On the way, Huang Xianggu carefully told the whole process of how Nantian Yizhai provoked the Tag Kingdom.

It turned out that the root of Nantian Yizhai's coveting was the Australian goods on the Shuizhai trading ship.

From the second half of last year to the present, the trading ships of Shuizhai have carried calico, glassware, glass mirrors and other goods to the port of the Tag Kingdom several times to trade.

The exquisite goods are really popular in the market, but also let the nobles of the Tag Kingdom covet the Australian goods on the ship, at the beginning, the tax collectors in the port of the kingdom are forced to use heavy taxes and even seize and grab, so that the water village has to pay more price, but after all, these goods are very popular, the profits of the water village are still very considerable, and later, the nobles who are difficult to fill the desire thought of a way to completely occupy this business.

On a certain trading day, the king sent his prince to the trading ship of Shuizhai and directly asked Huang Xianggu to agree to the prince's personal shareholding in Shuizhai Trade, and the conditions for the shareholding were very arbitrary: 10,000 taels of silver, accounting for 30% of the shares, and adding 30% of the dry shares.

In other words, the Tag Kingdom only needs to take out 10,000 taels of silver, which will account for 30% of the trade dividends, and another 30% of the dry shares, which means that 30% of the profits will be siphoned out of thin air.

In a word, the Tag Kingdom spent a little money, and it was going to siphon out sixty percent of the profits of the Shuizhai trade, and the only benefit of the Shuizhai agreeing to this condition was that the government and the tax collector would not trouble you again in the future.

The problem is that Huang Xianggu doesn't eat this, she refuses the prince's request on the spot, and then sails away.

However, she never entered the ports of the Tag kingdom to trade, but turned to the ports of Borneo, which was further away.

Obviously, the Tag Kingdom was not willing to accept this kind of chicken-and-egg ending, a few days later, the kingdom's two giant row-row boats caught up with the sailing Nantian Yizhai trading ship, and asked the other party to stop the ship for inspection, Huang Xianggu and her sailors of course refused to give in, and the two sides soon fought on the sea.

Due to the several trades of Menado, Huang Xianggu obtained thirty Federation Type 1 single-shot handcuffs and 200 57-type hand @grenade @ bombs, while the giant rowing boats of the Tag Kingdom fought hand-to-hand combat very lightly, as a result, the sailors of the kingdom suffered a big loss, and the two giant rowing boats were suddenly saturated by a hundred 57-type hand @grenade @ bombs at the moment when they approached and connected from both sides, and the sailors on the rowing boats were killed and wounded. Immediately followed by a volley of gun shooting---- thirty Federation Type 1 handcuffs were divided into three teams, Huang Xianggu used a three-stage attack to completely defeat the gang attack of more than 200 soldiers on the row boat, and in the end, one of the row boats was lit by torches and sank, and the other row boat was also forced to flee away and fled back to the port in embarrassment.

Although this battle was a complete victory, Huang Xianggu knew that she had completely offended the Tag Kingdom, which was a powerful force in the north of Sulawesi, and her small Nantian Yizhai was only 4,000 people at best, including the old and the young, and the widows, so once the Water Village went to war with the Tag Kingdom, it would definitely not be an opponent. Therefore, preparing for war or migrating is the only choice faced by Shuizhai---- but I didn't expect it all to come so quickly.

In short, Nantian Yizhai is now facing a sudden existential crisis.