Li Tianyang was not ready to go south, but the news from the town of Apa in Luzon made Li Tianyang have to put this matter in the most urgent ranks.

The reason is very simple, Li Tianyang's father Li De, who has entered the age of fifty, suddenly came the news that he fell ill only two or three months after returning to Apa Town.

This is a situation that Li Tianyang did not expect, he immediately guessed the matter to the worst side, thinking that his younger brother and his mother Zhu Juan were unwilling to Li Tianyang to take over the mad shark, and made a last fight behind his back.

But in his heart, Li Tianyang couldn't believe that his younger brother would really be able to do this and kill his own father with his own hands, if this spread, even if his younger brother confirmed the position of the leader of the Shark Gang, he was afraid that he would be overthrown immediately.

The crime of devouring relatives is the biggest original sin that cannot be tolerated by the law in Chinese culture for thousands of years, but whoever has come to this point, even if it is the largest person in the world like Tang Taizong, has become a stain that can never be erased in his glorious history, and it will be passed on forever.

When the news of his father's serious illness came, Li Tianyang could only disrupt the original plan, and after everything in Keelung Town was handed over to Chen Yumo and other deputies, he took five "Yang Fan-style" sea ships south.

The reason why he acted in such a hurry was that Li Tianyang both hoped and feared that what he feared most in his heart would come true, so that he might have a chance to save his father's life, to make up for the family rift that they were likely to fall apart because of this, and at least to cover up the biggest crisis.

And this trip to Nanyang, Li Tianyang also brought nearly 1,000 soldiers, including the three companies of the special operations battalion, just in case, when it was really time to use the sword, Li Tianyang also had the power of self-protection, as well as the strength to kill with one blow.

The first time he came to Nanyang, Li Tianyang didn't have the heart to take a look at the customs of Nanyang, the only thing that made him a little impression was that the route could meet once every day or two.

Looking at the leopard in the tube, you can see that Hongmen is now the only supremacy in the South China Sea, but it can't make Li Tianyang too happy, because all his thoughts are in the distant town of Appa at this time.

It took only half a month for five "Yang Fan" warships to arrive in the waters of the Luzon Islands, and soon approached the relatively small pier in the town of Apa Town.

Greeting Li Tianyang on the dock was Li Tianyang's third uncle Gan Xingzhi and military advisor Zhang Chong, both of whom were middle-aged, compared to Zhang Chong, who was a military advisor, had gradually retreated to the second line over the years, and basically went out to experience wind and rain.

When Li Tianyang stepped off the deck for the first time, he saw the faint sadness in the eyes of the two elders Gan Xingzhi and Zhang Chong, as well as the look of relief after seeing Li Tianyang.

Of course, among them are also the younger brother Li Tiansheng, who occupies a major suspicion in Li Tianyang's heart, and the sister of the two of them, Li Yuzhu.

A few people briefly reminisced in the dock, and then Li Tianyang received the meaningful eyes from the third uncle and the military advisor Zhang Chong, and then under the guidance of his younger brother Li Tiansheng, he went to his manor.

Along the way, Li Tianyang quietly observed the expression of his younger brother, except for the disgust that occasionally showed his disgust for Li Tianyang's arrival, when Li Tianyang asked about his father's condition, Li Tiansheng told the doctor's condition in 1510, and at the same time there was a strong sadness on his face, as well as the intention of caring for the old man's body.

Li Tianyang couldn't believe that his younger brother's city government would be so deep, so deep that his experienced eyes couldn't detect the slightest hint of hypocrisy.

His own manor gave Li Tian the first feeling, one word: big!

How big is it?

Tanmen Village, where Li Tian once grew up, lived with thousands of people when he was young, but the total area of all the residential land in such a village is comparable to the area of Li De's manor now.

Li De used to be in Tanmen Village, although he had 100 acres of thin fields, but compared to a big landlord like Wu Yongkang, he was really pediatric.

As he grew older, Li De was deeply buried in the center of the Chinese nation and his attachment to the land broke out all of a sudden after he came to the Luzon Islands.

At the time of Tanmen, in order to cover up the secrets of their Shark Gang's Tibetan bandits and people, Li De and his people had a lot of money and silver in hand, but they could not spend it wantonly to expand the land of their family.

In the Li family manor, there are nearly 100 people working hard in the manor for Li De and the others.

Among the estates, the most planted are cash crops such as sugarcane and cotton, and there are also many land planted with corn, sweet potatoes and other food crops introduced by Hongmen.

The Li Mansion in Apa Town is no longer the three-entry blue brick house of the Li family in Tanmen, but a continuous building complex. Under the influence of Hongmen, Li De also used cement extravagantly to build houses, and it was difficult to build two- or three-story buildings with logs, but it was difficult to prune them with cement and green bricks as raw materials, and the building was quite strong enough to be used as an ordinary fortress.

The living room of the Li family is very large, and it is almost comparable to the small conference room of more than a dozen people in Hongmen; And the subordinates who served the Li family still made up for the same lessons, Li Tianyang just swept it roughly, and there were more than ten local Luzon natives and servants dressed in the Ming Dynasty in and out.

The house was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine, and in the remote kitchen, you could still see people making a fire and boiling medicine, and the hot and smoky smell drifted away.

The second aunt Zhu Juan was in charge of the situation at home, and when she saw Li Tianyang coming from a distant compound, she was just polite and indifferent, neither close nor too hostile, which made Li Tianyang a little surprised, and more, Zhu Juan's face was concerned about Li De's condition.

At the beginning, Zhu Juan, when facing Li Tianyang, although she was an elder, she had never treated Li Tianyang as indifferently as now, but welcomed Li Tianyang very warmly.

But if Zhu Juan really did something that was not good for Li De's health, Li Tianyang believed that this aunt would not be so scheming, and she would not even have the least kind expression.

Moreover, if there was really a ghost in her heart, Zhu Juan would not have made it clear that she was estranged from Li Tianyang like she is now, and it was completely like giving Li Tianyang a chance to react in advance.

The expressions and attitudes of Zhu Juan's mother and son made Li Tianyang wonder if the guess in his heart was really unfounded.

(End of chapter)