Li Tianyang, who had been delayed for more than a month, did not immediately return to Jilong Harbor or Bengang, but followed Wu Shu and their fleet back to Bengang and came to the Penghu Sailor camp.

This time, I came to the Penghu Naval Division's station, first, to give Cao Yongyi the promised silver, and secondly, to prepare to buy a batch of materials urgently needed by Hongtang from Cao Yongyi.

Cao Yongyi is a timid and fearful person, who regards wealth as his life, and is definitely a corrupt official who was suppressed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in later generations, but in this era, everyone is as black as a crow in the world, and no one's hands are clean, plus there is a court eunuch who is not easy to mess with behind him as a backer, although he was suppressed in Penghu, but he will not find trouble with him in this regard!

Li Tianyang has been in contact with Cao Yongyi for a long time, and he can be regarded as having figured out this guy's character, in order to raise money to beat his boss, he transferred himself out of the wilderness of Penghu and returned to the world of flowers in the Ming Dynasty.

No, just a few days after taking up the post of Penghu garrison, Cao Yongyi entrusted his henchmen to Li Tianyang a secret letter, in which it was revealed that there were still many well-preserved firearms in the Penghu Sailor warehouse, and asked Li Tianyang if he needed it!

After this crisis, Li Tianyang thought of collecting some taboo materials for their team through Cao Yongyi's official relationship, such as military books, strong crossbows, and military bows and arrows, etc., and more importantly, Li Tianyang also hoped that Cao Yongyi could help them match with the Portuguese living in Macau, and see if they could customize a few more Shenwei General Cannons!

Don't look at Li Tianyang's team, which is developing rapidly now, and they have a little face in the rivers and lakes, but in fact, whether it is their connections or relationships, they can't do it at all, let alone have a relationship with these foreign devils!

Now Li Tianyang and the big generals they bought are actually mostly bought at high prices through other people's second-hand dealers, and they don't get it from the Portuguese and Dutch at all, because they don't care about you at all!

When he arrived at the gate of the Navy Division's garrison and garrison mansion, there was no need to be informed, there was already a personal soldier of Cao Yongyi standing at the door waiting for Li Tianyang's arrival.

Li Tianyang's intention was not unexpected by Cao Yongyi, with the grim situation that Hongtang is facing now, Cao Yongyi believes that Li Tianyang and them will inevitably come to him.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Li Tianyang had a huge appetite and hit the idea directly on the Portuguese.

Cao Yongyi is also deeply self-aware, although he is now in charge of a military and naval division, but in fact, with his status and face, he really can't eat in front of the Portuguese, unless it is the backer behind him.

However, Li Tianyang is not disappointed, although Cao Yongyi can't pull the strings, but buying military supplies from him is also a good choice, plus now Qixintang actually doesn't have much money on his books, even if he really wants to buy a general's cannon, he will have to wait for a while.

"You can rest assured about this, although our face will not work, but as long as you are in need, we will do our best, and we will do it for you!" Cao Yongyi, who opened a box of silver ingots covered with white flowers and flowers at the corners of his mouth, patted his chest and assured Li Tianyang, and at the same time secretly thought in his heart that he should send something up to Lu Gui, a dead eunuch, and let him come forward to introduce the Portuguese or the Dutch to Li Tianyang and them!

Although he was greedy for money, Cao Yongyi still had a bit of the unique righteousness of the Chinese people after all, and he just sent more than 20 warships out to wander around, and he received so much silver from others without doing anything, and he still felt a little sorry for Li Tianyang in his heart. No, without Li Tianyang opening his mouth, he had already prepared a gift for Li Tianyang, which could be regarded as making up for the debt to Li Tianyang.

The gift is not expensive, but it is something that Li Tianyang and they can't buy on the market, just a box of books, which already makes Li Tianyang feel that it is worth back the value of this ten thousand taels of silver.

"Ji Xiao Xin", "Actual Records of Military Training", "Preparation of Sea Charts", "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other books, which is not a Ming Dynasty official collection, people of insight collection of precious books, these books are Li Tianyang has long heard of its name, but it is a good thing that can not be bought at a great price.

Nearly half of them are books on the art of war related to the reorganization of the army and the deployment of the troops, and they are also tools used by Cao Yongyi, a military attache of the Ming Dynasty, to serve as a façade.

As for Li Tianyang, a pirate leader and the owner of the business, what he used to collect these forbidden items such as military books, it was not in the scope of Cao Yongyi's consideration at all. In his opinion, as long as there is no water in his brain, how can Li Tianyang, a petty thief, dare to commit the heinous crime of raising troops.

It's just that Li Tianyang hasn't been happy for long, and Cao Yongyi said a few words of gossip that were supposed to show off that he was well-informed and added to the conversation, but it suddenly made Li Tianyang's face tense again.

In mid-March, 200,000 Ming officers and soldiers, led by Yang Hao, the commander of Liaodong Jingluo, and the four-way general, led the crusade against the Jurchen Nurhachi army, finally under the leadership of Yang Hao, the incompetent commander, in just over a month, drew a perfect end.

This battle has achieved Nurhachi's prestige, and also achieved the courage of "the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they are invincible". It was also because of this battle that the Jurchen and Jurchen barbarians saw through the true face of weakness and corruption behind the powerful and rich paper mask of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that even if there is an official arrival, it has been almost two months before the news reaches Cao Yongyi's ears, and the distant and slow way of disseminating information is really the biggest drawback of this era.

When Li Tianyang's eyes were gloomy, and he was asking Cao Yongyi in detail about all kinds of news about this battle, our Ming Dynasty Cao Yongyi was still in the mood to laugh with Li Tianyang in a joking tone: "Hey, Liaodong is 108,000 miles away from us, even if they fight the grass valley, it is impossible to hit us, little brother, you can deep enough!" ”

As a serious military attache of the Ming Dynasty, in the face of such a big war with a loss of nearly 200,000 troops at once, Cao Yongyi didn't care at all, and only thought about how much benefit he could get from this acre of land, although it was just a microcosm, but it was not difficult to see that the Ming Dynasty was in a state of hard return.

In the end, with this news that shocked the world, Li Tianyang didn't even have the mood to continue to be false and tactful with Cao Yongyi, and directly found an excuse and left the garrison with a box of books.

And in the distant Ali Mountains, with less than 200 remnants of the defeated army, he will return to the Raike tribe. Barton and the others knelt in front of the patriarch with a disgraced face, waiting for his fall.

"You have also told me about the experience of this battle, although the fault of the defeat is not yours, but the loss of so many soldiers, you can't help but give some color to this group of foreigners!!" The patriarch of the Fili Barbarian sat on the black bear skin, his chin propped up in his left hand, and looked at them without anger.

"Patriarch, the last time I transferred troops to attack Bengang, I have already lost most of the tribal warriors, although Patton is a branch of my clan, but after all, it was twenty or thirty years ago. For the sake of his clan, when the enemy and the enemy are unknown, do you really want to let the children of our clan go to death? Suddenly, a gray-haired old man stood up from below, who was the oldest elder of the Ryker clan, and only he had the qualifications and guts to question the patriarch's decision.

"Did my warriors die in vain?" The Phili Barbarian Patriarch glared at him and looked straight at the old man below.

"The Ali Mountains are long and continuous, and there are many tribes as powerful as my tribe, and there are not a few who are even more powerful than my tribe. Even if you want to start a war, you must find out who the opponent is and what the opponent's strength is, otherwise there will inevitably be a danger of defeat again. No matter how strong our tribe is, we can't withstand such losses again and again! The elder didn't give an inch, his eyes looked directly at the patriarch, and finally pushed back the patriarch's forced gaze.

"Alas, well, in that case, Barry, you guys will go and find out the truth of the other party for me, and understand the truth of their team, which can be regarded as making up for the guilt of losing this battle!" In the end, the patriarch of Fei Li Man still took a step back, and for this elder who was dedicated to the sake of the clan, Fei Li Man was not willing to disobey the hard work of others: "As for Patton boy, since I promised to avenge your grandfather and them, I will definitely do it, but the situation is unclear, and I can't take the lives of my sons and daughters to do child's play, so you can stay in our clan, and there will always be a chance to avenge you in the future." "I don't know why, Fei Liman has a realization in his heart, sooner or later, their Leke tribe will inevitably have a life-and-death battle with this group of foreigners of unknown origin, so at this time, he said that he did not mean perfunctory at all.

"Yes!" Barton, who had already been homeless, looked at the three younger brothers who knelt on the ground with him, although he was not angry, but he also knew the efforts and arrangements made by this uncle for their revenge, so he agreed with gratitude at this time.

"Good!" Looking at this outstanding boy who had lost his loved ones, Fei Liman couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart, and from the mouth of Barry, the commander, there was indispensable appreciation for Barton, the kid. Although this war ended in defeat, it was worth it to regain the heart of this rebellious young man.

Even now, the Philimbarian patriarch had already begun to think about which daughter he should marry to Barton, so that they would stay with the Ryker tribe forever.

(End of chapter)