Of course, Li Tianyang was more surprised in his heart, and he didn't expect that the largest maritime chamber in the Far East would show favor to him now, but this did not prevent him from receiving such a huge batch of materials in a down-to-earth manner, because their team was really in urgent need of these materials.

It is only the energy shown by this batch of materials that also confirms Li Dan's strength and foundation in the Wa Kingdom from the side, and perhaps even the rumors that Li Dan supports the Tokugawa shogunate behind him are somewhat credible.

"So, is there anything that this Lord Li Dahai needs our help with?" Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, while Li Tianyang accepted the materials, he also wanted to know what Li Dan's calculations were!

"Back to the young master, Lord Li Hai met with his subordinates this time, except for a few casual chats, he didn't have any other requirements, just let me tell the young master, I hope that the two sides can coexist peacefully in the future, and have more exchanges and cooperation." He Yong was actually forced at the beginning, although he has traveled south and north for so many years, but among the people he has met and contacted, he is not at the same level as this Li Dan.

Up to now, a huge power boss with tens of thousands of subordinates has actually talked to He Yong kindly, saying that he was flattered and said that he was underestimated. Then he naturally reacted, isn't it because he is a person from Qixintang that people treat him like this, so afterwards, He Yong also had a kind of courage and honor!

However, this is also Li Tianyang's own loneliness and self-esteem, with Li Tianyang and his father Li De completed the handover, after most of the territory of the wild shark and a small number of people were annexed into his Hongtang, the entire begging business in the South China Sea, who is not shocked!

Compared with the strong rise of defeating Yuan Laoba's gang before, now in just over a year, Hong Tang has once again expanded their sphere of influence by a large circle, but this aggressive momentum has made those pirates who thought they had nothing to do with themselves to be jealous.

For pirates, generally speaking, the territory does not need to be too big, and they can't take care of it if it's too big; Don't have too many subordinates, if you have too much, the pressure is also very high, not every time you go to sea, you have to pay for it yourself as the boss. It is for this reason that there have never been many pirates who have the courage and courage to become bigger and stronger, and there are only a few who have gone down in history throughout the ages; It is also for this reason that the pirate circle has always been chaotic, full of killing and betrayal!

However, when Li Tianyang and their Hongtang rose, they first swept away the pirates in the Penghu area, either annexed and absorbed the pirates in its area, or were driven away from the Penghu area. Subsequently, he strongly seized the territory of Yuan Laoba, the former Dahai Kou, and strangled Yuan Laoba's entire force to seventy-seven eighty-eight. I thought that after they swallowed such a large piece of territory, they should stop for a while, after all, they can't even take care of their own territory now, and they have given up a lot of their original territory, although they are all barren corners and places with little oil and water, but it also proves from the side that their gang's strength is now disproportionate to the territory.

But who would have thought that in silence, they brought a shocking news to the pirates, and bloodlessly drove the Shark gang out of their original territory, together with the original Shark Three Masters and some of their subordinates, and captured the entire Qionghai Sea. Since Yuan Laoba was defeated most of his strength, the Shark pirate gang has taken its place as the largest pirate team in the South China Sea.

Although Hong Tang rose strongly and pulled Yuan Laoba and them down, in fact, in the pirate circle, Hong Tang has never been recognized by their circle, and Hong Tang has always behaved, and he is not like a pirate at all, because except for the first few attacks on merchant ships, Hong Tang has never attacked and plundered the past maritime merchants, unless these maritime merchants do not abide by the rules they have formulated.

With the annexation of Qionghai's territory by Hongtang, most of the pirates in the pirate circle began to endanger themselves, for fear that this Hongtang's appetite would be a little bigger, and even their own territory would be encroached upon. In particular, the pirate gangs in the eastern part of the Ryukyus are adjacent to the Hongtang territory, and they are located in the prosperous routes between Quanzhou and the Wa Kingdom and the Nanyang and Wa Kingdoms.

In this way, in the midst of a sound of worry, the pirate circle in the Ryukyu area began to stir, and finally spread the originally infamous Hongtang to the pirate circle inside and outside the Ming Dynasty. Now, they Hongtang has become a thriving gang in the pirate circle, and their reputation has reached the ears of Li Dan, the existence of a hegemon!

It's just that these are all other pirate gangs spreading wildly among each other's circles, and Hong Tang himself doesn't interact with other pirates, so naturally it is unknown, when he received the kindness from Li Dan, he thought that someone else had an attempt!

Hearing what to say, Li Tianyang's eyes flashed with surprise, but he didn't care, as soon as he came up, he gave such a big gift, but he was disrespectful, as for if he really wanted to have an attempt, he Li Tianyang is not a soft persimmon that is easy to handle, and whether he does it depends on what impact he has on them Hongtang: "Then after going to Nagasaki next time, let's also think about what gift we should give as a return gift!" ”

Subsequently, Li Tianyang talked with He Yong for a long time, and after asking him about the other gains of this trip to Dongwu, he sent He Yong back and gave him and his crew a big vacation. This holiday is also the meaning of it, He Yong and Sun Juyong led the fleet to the south and east, and they have not had a good rest for nearly two years, and have earned huge benefits for Qixintang. Although He Yong, Sun Juyong and the sailors under their command have gained a lot of money, but the sea is often a few months, during which there are many dangers, and if you are not careful, it will be the terrible price of a shipwreck, and the burden in their hearts is not light!

This time, in addition to the 500,000 catties of pig iron, the other aspects are not too much! Although Li Dan provided this batch of pig iron to show goodwill to Li Tianyang and them, it was also for He Yong and them to spend money to buy it, no matter how rich Li Dan was, it was impossible for him to send such a previous thing to Li Tianyang for no reason.

There are also urgently needed materials such as male yellow and Japanese knives, which are also not a small amount, and the gold and silver that He Yong and they brought back on this account are only 10,000 taels of gold.

After the fleet returned, after the goods brought back by He Yong and the others were returned to the warehouse, Li Tianyang put this matter aside, because he still had opinions and things to do.

The things that can make Li Tianyang take it to heart will definitely not be a trivial matter, but if you really want to say it, it is not a big deal.

In fact, the matter is just the firearms that Li Tianyang purchased from the foreigners this time, and he has not yet decided which part of Hongtang to be configured in. If you want to talk about the elite, it must belong to the 700 special operations battalion in Wu Jie's hands, but the most important task of the special operations battalion now is to ensure the security around the Jilongshan mine, and it is impossible to go to sea to fight in the short term. Moreover, in the special operations battalion, if you catch any of them, although they can't be said to be marksmen, their attainments in archery are not small, so the arquebus that is most useful to them in firearms is not as fast and effective as a bow and arrow. As for those powerful but more bulky artillery, for the special operations battalion display, it is even more chicken than chicken ribs.

Therefore, in the end, Li Tianyang could only turn the distribution objects to Wu Daofu, Wu Department and Wu Juren, their Hongtang three departments. But which one should be assigned to it made Li Tianyang really nerve-wracking.

The easiest way is to divide these firearms evenly among the three parts, which can also reflect his vision of treating them equally, but in this way, it will not be able to give full play to the true power of these firearms. Li Tianyang has been in contact with firearms for a long time, and of course he knows that only by using these firearms intensively can he give full play to the power of these firearms.

In the past, Li Tianyang and their Hongtang were half-monks after all, and they didn't know very well how to configure firearms, so Li Tianyang set a fair principle, but all the firearms obtained by the pirates belonged to the spoils of which sea ship, which made the firearms between Hongtang warships very different. If you are lucky, a warship can have more than a dozen guns, and there are also thirty or forty firearms such as arquebuses and three-eyed guns; Luckily, a warship could only have one cannon equipped by Li Tianyang, and there were only a handful of arquebuses and the like, which made the strength gap between Hongtang's warships a huge gap.

However, firearms, especially artillery, can only maximize their power by their numbers if they are not accurate enough. However, Li Tianyang's stipulation made the artillery on the Hongtang warship virtually reduce its combat power by three or four points, plus the warships often fought separately from each other, and the opponents aimed at the distant battle were different, and sometimes several rounds of artillery bombardment came down, and even the people were not hurt at all!

After Li Tianyang learned a lesson, although this regulation was abolished, the firearms that had been equipped in all warships could not all be handed over just because of Li Tianyang's words, and then Li Tianyang should redistribute them! Until now, there are still many warships in the Hongtang warships with less than five guns, and most of them are hundreds of pounds of Franc machine guns, and the power is also poor.

This time, Li Tianyang learned the lessons of the previous and must concentrate and equip these 30-odd firearms on a batch of warships and turn them into a mobile battery. From the three foreign ships of the 'Maria', Li Tianyang and the others recovered more than 50 guns, which means that basically there are about 20 guns on one sea ship, and the power of their guns is not small.

Speaking of which, Wu Daofu's whale department is the largest, the largest number of warships, and its station is adjacent to the Ryukyu area, where the pirates are most prosperous, and the defense tasks it is sensitive to are also the heaviest.

However, Li Tianyang is worried about one thing, that is, Wu Juren's leopard department has other ideas. The shark department on Wu's side is not a big problem, after all, it is a descendant from Tan Sect, and Li Tianyang doesn't have to worry that he will have other ideas. But Wu Juren is different, after all, he is Li Tianyang's elder, and the strength of his subordinates is the least among Li Tianyang's three departments, so Li Tianyang is inevitably worried that Wu Juren will have other ideas.

These days, after Wu Juren was subsumed into Li Tianyang's Hongtang, he didn't do anything, and he didn't give Li Tianyang any problems and troubles. However, from the three masters of Tangtang, who once commanded thousands of children, to now there are only a few hundred people, and the loss in Wu Juren's heart is also quite big. So from time to time, Wu Juren would always send messages to Li Tianyang, asking him to step up his efforts to help recruit and endure and expand the strength in his hands.

Li Tianyang is also in a dilemma, Bengang and Jilong Port have been developing, and the lack of labor in the early stage has finally made great progress due to the hard work of Qi San's recruitment in the past half a year. However, the ratio between the strong labor force and the total number of the team has always been very low, and it will only meet the labor requirements of the two sites, and this is still with the help of Li Tianyang's strong support for the mutual aid society and the contribution of a lot of livestock.

Regarding Wu Juren's requirements, Li Tianyang can be said to have more than enough heart but not enough strength, so it is inevitable that Wu Juren will have a lot of complaints because of this, although it cannot reach the point of resentment, but it also makes Li Tianyang have some scruples when he does things.

Of course, Wu Juren also got a little news about the firearms purchased this time, plus these firearms are all brand-new weapons purchased by Li Tianyang from foreigners, compared to the second-hand weapons that most of everyone once looted from others, of course, everyone will be more at ease and comfortable when using them. If Li Tianyang really equipped all these firearms to the whale department, then no one would know what else Wu Juren would think.

But if in order to take care of Wu Juren's thoughts, this batch of firearms was assigned to the Leopard Department, in that case, Li Tianyang would be very unwilling. The sea area of Qiongzhou was begged back by Li Tianyang from Li De, not because he wanted to turn the direction of development to the South Seas. Finally sent Li De to Nanyang, using the distance to pull away, no, it should temporarily alleviate the contradictions between the two teams, but it does not mean that these contradictions will be resolved, so it is impossible for Li Tianyang to once again put the team's territory next to Li De and their mad sharks.

And Li Tianyang has no plans for the time being, he wants to develop the plan of the Nanyang network, he has just discovered the golden vein in Dayuan, and Dayuan is not completely in his hands, at this time Li Tianyang will never want to develop in other directions, including those unfounded pirates in the Ryukyu Sea, if he really knows Li Tianyang's thoughts, maybe he will celebrate it in a big way!

In the end, Li Tianyang still made up his mind and gave this leather weapon to Wu Daofu's whale department, so that they could equip it and guard their most central eastern stronghold, Jilong Harbor. As for Wu Juren's side, Li Tianyang could only turn his gaze to the distant interior of the Ming Dynasty, hoping that Qi San's side would not let him down!!

(End of chapter)