"It's worse than that."

"How do you need my help?" Xu Shiyang asked.

If it was possible, of course he would have to help Li Feihu's small group, after all, the other party gave him 100,000 yuan of wealth every year, which was an important source of wealth.

In addition, Li Feilong also had a part of the order he received to kill himself - the court officials and soldiers may not dare to come to Jiangbei, but the pirates have no such concerns, if they land behind the pirates when they are in a decisive battle with the Tartars, it will be a big problem.

Even if you expect Li Feihu and Li Feihuang to contain Li Feilong for a while, you have to find a way to help them.

"Now our biggest problem is that there is no way to unite the other three who are willing to wait for the minister to recruit peace."

李飞虎 says:

"After the big shopkeeper recruits them, they can buy silk, tea and rhubarb and other goods from Jiangnan from Zhengda Guangming, and resell them to merchants from Pars and Tianzhu to make a profit."

"And a few of us still have to go through the secret channel, the price is much higher, and it is difficult to compete with the big shopkeeper. Now we have to lose a lot of capital every day, and we are holding on to our past savings. ”

Well, it is understandable that it is a very simple but very practical trick to crush competitors and occupy the sales market by controlling the source of goods and sales channels.

But what can Xu Shiyang help with these things?

Qi Province now does not have goods with a high rate of return, and it is also very unqualified as a dumping market, as for the channel......

Well, maybe Li Feihu just wants to get some support on the channel, right?

Really.

Li Feihu said with some embarrassment: "I'm wondering...... can Brother Xu let go of the canal?" ”

All this was caused by Xu Shiyang cutting off the canal.

Now Li Feihu regrets his death - he actually used his own money to support the Xu family to cut off the canal, thus forcing himself to ......a dead end.

Li Feihu's hope is that the Xu family will temporarily open the canal, and Li Feilong's status with Qin Xianggong will definitely be suddenly reduced.

"I'm sure Qin Xianggong doesn't really want to recruit An!"

Li Feihu said seriously:

"It's just that the situation is in crisis now, he can't recruit an big treasurer, once the situation stabilizes, Qin Xianggong will definitely still look at us maritime merchants unpleasantly!"

"I agree with Brother Li's speculation."

Xu Shiyang replied without hesitation:

"But I'm not going to let go of the canal!"

Li Feihu thought well.

For the old man Qin in Jiangnan, who temporarily controlled the court, the biggest problem now was actually how to complete the New Year's coins and maintain the power of his faction by exaggerating the pressure of the Tartars.

Once both the royal family and the imperial court confirm that the threat of the Tartars is not as terrible as they preached before, the ruling foundation of the Lord and the faction will completely collapse, and the compromises they have made in the past ten years will completely nail the Lord and the faction to the pillar of shame in history.

In addition, even if Da Zhou has not killed civil officials, now that the Lord and the faction have stepped down, I am afraid that there will be a big problem with the public opinion of the people, and without official protection, it is difficult to say whether Qin Xianggong can survive or not!

Therefore, the Lord and the faction actually have no way out at all now, they must complete the New Year's coin, let the Tartars maintain the pressure on the Great Zhou court, and prove to the world that their compromise is correct!

This is also a kind of self-respect.

In addition to this, whether it is Fang La or the Li Pirate Group, it is acceptable for the Lord and the faction to have a small trouble.

It's okay to keep it, but it's okay not to keep it.

If the New Year's Coin can be completed through other means, such as the canal, which has always been controlled by the Lord and the faction, then the status of the Li Pirate Group in the hearts of the Lord and the faction will inevitably decline.

After all, it is indeed very risky to ship the New Year's coin, and it is the Li family that earns the benefits of transportation, and the profits and trade of the Caoyun New Year's coin have always been divided between the Lord and the faction family.

However, it is also for this reason that Xu Shiyang is even more unlikely to let go of the canal.

Once you take the initiative to let go, even if it is only for a short time, even if it is just to paralyze the Lord and the faction, this will become a compromise.

The Jiangnan main battle faction would therefore doubt Xu Shiyang's firmness, and he would not be able to account for the more than 800,000 Qi provincial soldiers and civilians who had worked hard to prepare for the Tartar invasion.

Xu Shiyang told Li Feihu his reasons without reservation, and once again emphasized his determination:

Absolutely no compromise with the Jurchen Tartars! Not at all!

Hearing this, it seems that Li Feihu is not particularly disappointed.

Also, it is impossible to expect the Xu family to let go of the canal.

He certainly didn't have much faith in the proposal himself.

This is just a kind of stone-throwing question, and after Xu Shiyang vetoes his plan, he must come up with an alternative that can appease him.

After all, the two sides are allies.

"Brother Li, can you figure out the itinerary of Li Feilong's fleet for the Tartar New Year's coins?" Xu Shiyang asked.

Maybe the income from robbing the New Year's coins was too rich, Li Feihu asked him for an idea, and Xu Shiyang's first reaction was to intercept the New Year's coins.

Even if you can only rob a part of it, it's good, Tartar takes one less money, Xu Shiyang takes one more, and once you come and go, the strength of the two sides will be closer by two points, why not do it.

"Yes, but I don't think your idea is viable."

Li Feihu said disappointedly:

"The big shopkeeper is not stupid, he will definitely use the closest military ships to transport this New Year's coin, the number of troops and ships, unless we go all out, we know that their timetable can't be stopped, and we just ask for hardship."

On the way, it is good to say that the Qingzhou army is strong, and there is no problem in stopping the New Year's coin team.

But at sea, Li Feihu still felt that his brother was unshakable.

"Just Li Feibao and the big cabinets and small cabinets that support him, there are 800 ships and 40,000 soldiers! The big shopkeeper himself still has 500 ships, and Li Feifeng, who has always supported the big shopkeeper, has 300 ships. ”

Li Feihu introduced:

"Can the three of us put together 400 boats? The other three big cabinets will certainly not support us. ”

Li Feihuang also said: "In this situation, it's very good that the big shopkeeper and Li Feibao haven't come to fight us yet, how can we take the initiative to cause trouble?" ”

"General Xu, do you think this will work?"

Li Feihu thought that Xu Shiyang also had an idea that he couldn't accept, so that he could kick the ball to himself again, so he stopped beating around the bush and directly said his true purpose:

"Can you say that you are a good man and find a way to recruit us first?"

"As long as I can recruit An, I and the big shopkeeper are both officers and soldiers, and Li Feibao has no reason to beat me."

And it can also take a piece of the Jiangnan market openly, which is used to unite other pirates.

"I'll do it."

Xu Shiyang promised:

"I happen to have some capital here, I think if I put it forward, Xianggong Wen should consider your request for Zhao'an."

The political influence of sending the princess back to Jiangnan, as well as her marriage with the Wen family, were enough to closely link the Xu family and the Wen family, and of course Wen Xianggong would carefully consider Xu Shiyang's request.

If it is proposed, it is naturally not impossible to complete the recruitment of the Li family.

But......

"But, I'd love to know the timing and course of the fleet."

Xu Shiyang grinned.