"It's just Hahn, I'm afraid it's hard to keep this matter a secret. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 "We are too conspicuous in the East, after all, to be noticed wherever we go. The Spaniards and the Portuguese are afraid that it will not be long before they know that we are negotiating with the Ming Kingdom. Fortunately, it is difficult for them to know the specific content at once, and it is rarely the case until we publish it. Well, Hahn, you must keep the negotiations a secret. In addition, the news that we started negotiations alone is enough to bring about a lot of changes, such as Liu Xiang and their ......"

Speaking of this, Hans Putmans unconsciously lowered his voice, as if he was worried that Liu Xiang was hearing it next to him.

"Uncle, we must expel Liu Xiang. General Zheng will never tolerate our continued dealings with Liu Xiang. Jaén Putmans said.

"Of course I know this, but Liu Xiang is not an honest and obedient person, let him know this, he may turn against us and attack us. Although we are not afraid of him, a conflict with him will also bring us unnecessary losses. If losses are unavoidable, then at least we should be prepared in advance to minimize them. Hans Püttmans said.

"Uncle, why don't we trick Liu Xiang into the castle and then cut off his head and give it to Zheng Zhilong?" Jayn Püttmans asked.

"There's no need for that." Hans Putmans shook his head, "If we do this, it will not increase our benefits, and those under Liu Xiang may attack us because of this, although our castle is very strong, and they don't have any decent siege weapons, it is impossible to take the castle at all, but as long as we start fighting, there will definitely be losses." Even if it's the loss of gunpowder, it's money. Why should we spend our money to do what should be done by Zheng Zhilong? Liu Xiang's people are now all dependent on us for supplies, and as long as we stop supplying them, they will naturally have to leave. This is the cheapest way to do this. So, it was enough to prepare the castle defenders for battle. ”

……

"Boss, something is wrong." Liu Xiang was sitting in a makeshift wooden house, and a pirate entered the house and said to Liu Xiang.

"Han San, what did you find?" Liu Xiang raised her head and asked.

"Recently the nephew of the Dutchman went to sea with a group of people." Han San replied, "Boss, you know, my eyes are sharp, and I recognize several things in those people from afar. ”

"Han Laosan, you can see clearly!" Liu Xiang sat up straight suddenly, staring at Han San with blazing eyes.

"Boss, you can't be wrong. You still can't believe the look in my eyes? Han San replied.

"Han Laosan, it's not that I can't trust you, it's just that this matter is very important. I have to ask clearly. Liu Xiang said, "Who do you recognize?" ”

"Ai Tongshi, Yan Tongshi, and Bo Tongshi who counts food for us every day." Han San replied.

"Good, good!" Liu Xiang gritted her teeth, and such a voice leaked out from between her teeth. Then he said to Han San: "Han Laosan, this matter is very important, unless I ask you to say it, you don't tell anyone about it, understand?" ”

"Boss, I understand, I listen to the boss." Han San replied.

"Alright, you can sit in my room for a while. I'll go find a few more people. Liu Xiang said.

After a while, several people entered Liu Xiang's house one after another.

"Boss Liu, you called all the brothers, is there anything wrong?" A big man with a slightly chubby body and purple skin asked.

"Brother Guozhu, don't worry, listen to Han Laosan talk about things first-Han Laosan, you and Li Dangjia talk about today's events." Liu Xiang said.

This Li Guozhu is the son of Zheng Zhilong's original boss Li Dan. Li Dan was originally the overlord on the route from Quanzhou to Japan, and Zheng Zhilong was an important subordinate of Li Dan. It is said that at that time, Li Dan entrusted Zheng Zhilong with the establishment of a stronghold in Taiwan, and put a large amount of money in Zheng Zhilong, and then Li Dan suddenly fell ill and died violently, and Zheng Zhilong swallowed up the money that originally belonged to Li Dan. Of course, this kind of thing is completely a rumor, and Zheng Zhilong will never admit that there is such a thing. But this rumor still made Li Guozhu and Zheng Zhilong suspicious, and later, because of the fact that he could not accept Zhao'an, after Zheng Zhilong and the old brothers of Eighteen Zhi parted ways, Li Guozhu naturally would not stand on Zheng Zhilong's side. Now there are not many of the Eighteen Zhi brothers who were against Zheng Zhilong at the beginning, including Li Guozhu, who is now following Liu Xiang.

Han San told Li Guozhu what he saw, and Li Guozhu said: "This Dutchman suddenly pulled so many things out, but what are you going to do?" If you contact someone who opposes Zheng Zhilong, there is no reason not to call us people. Besides, after the defeat of Luowan, Zheng Zhilong's people are afraid that they will be staring at this Dayuangang to death, at this time, such a boat goes out, are they not afraid of death? These Dutchmen aren't negotiating peace with Zheng Zhilong, right? ”

"Brother Kokusuke, you're right. A certain family thinks the same way. What do you think we should do? Liu Xiang asked.

"Brother Liu, this matter is not easy to handle. If the Dutch really make peace with Zheng Zhilong, then Zheng Zhilong may ask the Dutch to hand us over, and even if they don't hand it over, they will definitely have to cut off contact with us. Li Guozhu frowned and said, "The Dutch don't really have to do anything, as long as we cut off our food, we ourselves have to leave the Dayuan." Our ship was originally less than Zheng Zhilong, and some of them hadn't had time to be repaired, and when they went to sea, if they met Zheng Zhilong, most of them would not be his opponents......"

"Not just in case, but for sure." Liu Xiang said coldly, "Since they have colluded with Zheng Zhilong, I am afraid that they have already passed the news to Zheng Zhilong before we go to sea." ”

"Then Boss Liu, what do you say we should do now?" Li Guozhu was a little panicked.

"Grandma, if he's unkind, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unjust!" Liu Xiang said viciously, "Brother Guozhu, I think we just don't do anything, we don't stop, gather the brothers, find a night, and attack the city of Geranza while the Dutch are sleeping!" What do you think? ”

Li Guozhu seemed to be taken aback by Liu Xiang's words, and hurriedly said: "Liu Da is in charge, this matter has not been completely determined, so it's not good to do this, right?" What if you get it wrong? Again...... Besides, if we take Geranza, the Dutch will be separated from us, and then we will have no place to stay......"

Listening to Li Guozhu's words, Liu Xiang couldn't help but show a color of contempt, he couldn't help but think that the person in front of him had a much better background than himself, and was much better than Zheng Zhilong, but now he was far inferior to Zheng Zhilong or even far inferior to himself, which was not for nothing. It's come to this kind of time, he still has all kinds of worries and hesitation, such a person is actually the son of Li Dan, the boss of the mighty ocean. If it weren't for the fact that he had a good father, this man would be the most likely to be the bow of a ship now, right?

"Brother Guozhu is afraid of making a mistake, but it is easy to verify. When the Dutch bring food tomorrow, you can see if there is any thin communication in the handover with us. Liu Xiang sneered and said, "As for the accommodation, if we grab the Relanza, we will be able to get food, money and artillery, and with these three things, we may have a place to stay." Otherwise, just blasted out by the Dutch empty-handed, will we have a place for us? A manly husband is going to die, afraid of him with a hammer! ”

"The big boss is right!" Others have responded.

Li Guozhu looked at Liu Xiang, then at the others, and then said: "The big boss is reasonable, wait for us to see the situation tomorrow, and then ...... Again...... It's never too late to do it. He seemed to want to say something "long-term", but looking at everyone, he finally said "it's never too late to do it".

"We still have to see what happens tomorrow, but we can't wait until tomorrow to prepare. You have to get ready today. But don't show your tracks, let the Dutch see that the problem is coming. Liu Xiang finally commanded.

"It's all at the behest of the big boss." Everybody says the same.

……

Back in his cabin, Li Guozhu immediately put away his hesitant and hesitant look, and said to the attendant who was following him: "Uncle Wang, you go and find the bows of several of our boats, I have something to say to them." ”

"Okay, young master." Uncle Wang agreed and hurried away.

This Uncle Wang was still a servant who followed Li Dan back then, so he was still used to calling Li Guozhu "the eldest young master". Looking at Uncle Wang's distant figure, Li Guozhu couldn't help but sigh again.

In a short time, several bows were concentrated in Li Guozhu's hut. Uncle Wang went outside the door to help them control the wind.

"Uncles, there is something I want to tell you." Li Guozhu said to them very calmly.

"Young owner, if there is anything, you can tell it, and the brothers will listen to you." One of the big guys said, and everyone else responded.

"The Dutch are making peace with Zheng Zhilong, and we are afraid that the Dutch will be sold to Zheng Zhilong." Li Guozhu continued to say this in a very calm tone.

"Ahh The rest of the room was taken aback, and almost immediately became a mess.

"Don't panic, listen to me." Li Guozhu suddenly raised his voice. The few people around them fell silent. Li Guozhu told them what Han San saw and what Liu Xiang and the others were going to do.

"Uncles, it's not that I'm going to say something discouraged. If the Dutch are going to sell us, how can they be defenseless against us? If they are defenseless against us, how can they throw us out of the city and forbid us to enter it? Everyone has seen the city of Geranza, although it is not big, but it is quite strong, and there are many cannons on it. With our little people, where can we get such a castle? In this battle, I'm afraid I'm going to hit a bag full of heads again. ”

"Young owner, what do you say we should do?" Someone else asked.

"Uncles, you are all old people who followed my father back then, for so many years, how many people have abandoned me, only a few of you have been following me Li Guozhu for my father's sake. If it weren't for your uncles, I'm afraid that I, Li Guozhu, would have died long ago and had no place to be buried. It's a pity that I, Li Guozhu, am incompetent, not to mention leading everyone to create a good future, and even the family business left by my father can't be saved, and now I have brought you to this desperate situation. This is all my Li Guozhu's incompetence, which has dragged everyone down. ”

"Don't say that, the old owner, the old boss was so kind to us back then, and a few of us died ten times and a hundred times were not enough to pay it back. It's just that the Shaodong family is too honest, and those people are too bad! An old ship's bow said.

"I still don't know it, and I don't have the ability to want to be the boss, but now that I think about it, many things may not have been used as guns by others. Zheng Zhilong is certainly not a thing, but Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang are good people? Which time he went into battle, he didn't change the way to let our people gnaw the bones, and then his people ate the meat. Every time, whether we win or lose, we always suffer a greater loss than him. So far, we've only got a few of us left. So, uncles, this time Liu Xiang wants to do something with the Dutch, and we can't take the lead anymore. Even if you go into battle, everyone makes a posture, shouts a few times, and fires two shots, even if they are worthy of Liu Xiang, it is the most important thing to take care of themselves. Li Guozhu sighed and said.

Everyone else also sighed and said, "The owner is right, we all know it." ”

"On top of that, I'd like to talk to a few uncles about what we're going to do in the future. We are such a small number of people, and now it is impossible to pull it out and do it alone, but there will definitely be no good fruit to eat with Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang has no way out, and it won't be long before he will go down to find Li Kuiqi. We can't follow him all the way to the dark. ”

"What do you think we should do?"

Li Guozhu stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and saw that Uncle Wang was holding the wind there, so he asked, "Uncle Wang, is there no situation?" ”

"Young Master, no one." Uncle Wang replied.

Li Guozhu nodded, retreated back into the room, closed the door, and said to those people in a low voice: "Now, I have thought about it for many days, and I am afraid that we have only one last way to live." ”

"Young owner, please speak." Everyone stared at Li Guozhu intently.

"Liu Xiang sneaked up on the city of Relan, I'm sure he will definitely fail." Li Guozhu said, "After the defeat, he had no choice but to flee to sea immediately." At that time, he will definitely be pursued by Zheng Zhilong. Liu Xiang's boat and ours are not in good condition, and most of them can't run away. At that time, maybe Liu Xiang will leave us behind as a substitute for the dead ghost to drag Zheng Zhilong. I mean, when that happens, we'll surrender to Zheng Zhilong together. ”