Liu Xu couldn't help but be very happy when he thought of being able to learn the qi conduction technique passed down by Lu Dongbin, and he was also interested in helping Haichao make soju.

At that moment, Liu Xu asked Ji Xiaoqian to arrange a room for him, and asked Ji Xiaoqian to prepare the guy who made soju according to his requirements. When the guys who needed them were ready to work, Liu Xu drove everyone out. Liu Xu's soju production, to put it bluntly, is steamed in a pot, it is too easy to be learned by others, it is better to guard against it!

It took Liu Xu a whole morning to work in the house before he could put the pot ready. In the afternoon, Liu Xu asked Ji Xiaoqian to make a few jars of self-brewed wine on the island and steam a few jars of soju. Liu Xu tasted it, the taste can only be said to be good, I haven't made soju by myself for a long time, and my craftsmanship has regressed a little. Of course, Liu Xu also complained in his heart, the self-brewed wine on the island is really not good, and there is no good soju steamed.

However, Ji Xiaoqian gave Liu Xu's steamed soju to the men on the island to taste, and everyone shouted that they were happy. It seems that this wine is still very marketable here!

Liu Xu was originally a little dissatisfied with the soju he made, but after thinking about it, he sold it to those Jurchen barbarians anyway, and they drank this soju strong enough, and it was about the same.

Liu Xu asked Ji Xiaoqian to collect low-alcohol liquor on the island, regardless of whether it was self-brewed or bought, and moved them all here, while he was busy steaming them into soju. In the afternoon, Liu Xu was tired and had back pain, but he finally distilled more than 20 jars of soju.

When Liu Xu stopped in the evening, he called Ji Xiaoqian to bring someone to carry the soju.

Ji Xiaoqian saw that Liu Xu had made more than 20 jars of soju in one afternoon, and couldn't help but smile with joy, and said in a playful voice: "I didn't expect that although you are flamboyant and always love to deceive people, you are very happy to do things." ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "When did I deceive someone?" Speaking of deceiving people, you and the big boss deceived me on the way to Dengzhou! ”

"You still say! Didn't you say this morning that making this soju is very time-consuming and laborious, you can only make ten altars a day, but now you have made more than 20 altars in one afternoon, what is not a big liar? As for my sister and I pretending to be weak women on the way here, hehe, we are afraid that the government will pay attention to us, and we are afraid of bad people like you! ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but be ashamed: "How did I become a bad person?" If I were a bad person, would I still come forward to save you two weak women when I saw you two weak women being bullied? You two are hard-hearted, you are obviously full of kung fu, but you watched me and Lu Xiaozi being beaten, and did not come forward to help, and you were embarrassed to say that I was a bad person. Besides, I'm not trying to learn your qi conduction technique, why work hard in the afternoon, I'm so tired that I'm about to vomit blood! Don't forget to teach me how to conduct qi! ”

"Well, I, Ji Xiaoqian, will do what I say, as long as you are not a spy of the government, I will keep my promise."

Liu Xu secretly thought in his heart: You are a woman, not a gentleman, so the ghost believes in your promise! Master Kong is right, only women and villains are difficult to raise. Isn't it just you two women who turned around and didn't admit it yesterday? I'm making sake today to show my sincerity, and tomorrow if you don't hurry up and implement the things that teach me the art of channeling qi, I'll strike.

Liu Xu rubbed his tired waist, followed Ji Xiaoqian back, and went to her place to eat.

After dinner, Liu Xu chatted with Ji Xiaoqian.

Ji Xiaoqian has a lively and cheerful personality, and she has lived on the island for a long time, and she is used to being free, so she doesn't have so much evasion with Liu Xu.

Ji Xiaoqian has also read books and likes poetry very much. When chatting with Liu Xu, Liu Xu could see that he still admired him. I have to say that in the Great Song Dynasty, a literati, especially a literati who can make good poems, is still very popular.

Liu Xu asked about the Haichao Gang, and Ji Xiaoqian explained again.

It turned out that the former big boss of the Haichao Gang was called Jiang Haichao. This Jiang Haichao was a general in Wu Yueguo. In the second year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Kingdom, Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, was ordered to enter Bianliang, and was detained by Zhao Er, the current official, and had to sacrifice his own territory to the Great Song Dynasty. Jiang Haichao was unwilling to serve the Great Song Dynasty, so he angrily led his subordinates to escape into the sea, and after several twists and turns, he finally found the land of Khitan Liaodong and the Huangcheng Island and Qin Island in Dengzhou of the Great Song Dynasty as a place to settle. Jiang Haichao and his subordinates established the Haichao Gang to sell goods between Liaodong and Dengzhou to make profits. Although the Haichao Gang is at sea, it still uses the military to rule the gang and rarely harass the people. Because they can bring precious things from Liaodong, and the price is cheap, they have been liked by merchants of the Great Song Dynasty for more than ten years.

Now the girl Jiang Yuhan, the big boss of the Haichao Gang, is the daughter of the former big boss Jiang Haichao. Jiang Haichao had no children under his knees, so after Jiang Haichao's death, his subordinates elected Jiang Yuhan as the big boss. And Ji Xiaoqian is the daughter of a general surnamed Ji under Jiang Haichao, and after the death of the general surnamed Ji, Jiang Haichao accepted Ji Xiaoqian as his goddaughter. After Jiang Yuhan became the big boss, he appointed Ji Xiaoqian to be the head of the Haichao Gang, in charge of the gang's internal law and discipline and the investigation of illegal matters.

Jiang Yuhan and Ji Xiaoqian are both young girls, and there are many gangs in the gang who are not satisfied, and Jiang Yuhan is very strict with the gangs, although the Haichao Gang is considered pirates by the Song Dynasty, but the Haichao Gang never does anything to plunder, so many gangs are dissatisfied with Jiang Yuhan's appointment as the big boss. And Ji Xiaoqian is in charge of the punishment of the Haichao Gang, but if she makes a mistake, she will never tolerate it, and she will be punished heavily, so it has also caused dissatisfaction among many gangs.

Fortunately, Jiang Haichao's original old general, who is also the veteran of the gang now, supports the two. In addition, the two of them studied under Xie Yunliu, and their martial arts were strong, and everyone was afraid of them and did not dare to do anything wrong.

Jiang Yuhan has been working hard for the livelihood of the Haichao Gang since he took over as the head of the Haichao Gang last year. But just in time for the sea to be quiet, pirates were rampant, and it couldn't help but be more difficult. Last year, Da Liao defeated Goryeo, and Goryeo declared himself a vassal to Da Liao and broke off diplomatic relations with Da Song. The officials of the Great Song Dynasty were greatly annoyed, so they expanded the ban on the port of Dengju, which was only aimed at the Wa Kingdom, to Goryeo. As a result, some maritime merchants who relied on trade with the Great Song Dynasty to make a living were cut off from their financial routes. These maritime merchants colluded with the pirates of the Japanese Kingdom who occupied Liangtong Island, and from time to time they went ashore to attack the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, it was not once or twice that pirates went ashore to attack the towns of the Great Song Dynasty and rob the people of the Great Song Dynasty. It's just that they used to go ashore to raid small towns and other places, and they didn't shake the entire Great Song Dynasty like they attacked Dengzhou City.

Because of this, Jiang Yuhan and Ji Xiaoqian were anxious about the batch of soju, which was all the savings on the island, if it could not be transported back smoothly and transported to Liaodong in exchange for goods, I am afraid that the Haichao Gang would be even more difficult to control.

Liu Xu heard Ji Xiaoqian talk about the difficulties, but he was also silent, it is really a difficult scripture for every family to read. I thought that Miss Jiang was very majestic as a big boss, but I didn't expect this big boss to be so difficult.

Liu Xu was chatting with Ji Xiaoqian, and there was a "hula" sound at the door, Liu Xu looked up, but Jiang Yuhan came in with a tired face.

Jiang Yuhan and Liu Xu met and sat down. Ji Xiaoqian knew that she must have not eaten, so she ran to serve her food.

Liu Xu looked at Jiang Yuhan with some distraction, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw her tired look. A young girl, but she has to work hard for the livelihood of the gang, and many of the gangs in the gang are still unconvinced, saying that it is not bitter must be false!

Jiang Yuhan raised his head and saw Liu Xu looking at him fixedly, he couldn't help blushing a little, and said angrily: "Why do you keep looking at me?" ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly: "Miss Jiang, don't work too hard!" Liu Xu felt that it was really awkward to call a young girl the master, so he took it upon himself to change the name of her to Miss Jiang.

Jiang Yuhan didn't object to this title, but she blushed even more and said angrily: "I want you to take care of it!" But Miss Jiang's heart was still warm. It is undeniable that the literati temperament exuded by Liu Xu still has a strange feeling for Jiang Yuhan, who just deals with rough men on the island every day.

Ji Xiaoqian served the meal, and Miss Jiang picked it up and ate it by herself.

Ji Xiaoqian and Liu Xu sat down next to them.

Jiang Yuhan took a few bites, suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, the people sent by the gang to investigate the matter of the government sending troops to arrest us yesterday have returned." ”

Ji Xiaoqian couldn't help but lean forward and asked, "What did they say?" Liu Xu couldn't help but be a little nervous, and prayed secretly: But don't have anything to do with me.

Jiang Yuhan glanced at Liu Xu and said, "Liu Gongzi doesn't need to be nervous, it has nothing to do with you." According to them, it turned out that the patrol and interview sent by the Jingdong Road Shuai Si yesterday to investigate the pirate attack on Dengzhou City arrived in Dengzhou. The Dengzhou government is just doing it to show that they are trying to catch the pirates! ”

Ji Xiaoqian's expression was relieved, it seemed that she didn't want the officers and soldiers to come to Shamen Island yesterday to arrest the Haichao Gang had something to do with Liu Xu. Liu Xu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that his life had been saved.

After Jiang Yuhan finished eating, Ji Xiaoqian couldn't help but tell her about Liu Xu's desire to make wine for them in exchange for learning qi conduction.

Jiang Yuhan couldn't help but ask strangely, "Aren't you a scholar?" How did you think of learning kung fu? ”

Liu Xu had to tell Jiang Yuhan again what he had fooled Ji Xiaoqian.

After listening to this, Jiang Yuhan pondered for a moment, and said aloud: "Since you want to learn, I will lead you to meet the master tomorrow." If the master is right, I will teach you this qi channeling technique. It's true that we can't pay you for your soju now, but our Haichao Gang has always been a fair deal and never owes anyone anything. I see that you are not a villain, and since you are willing to learn this channeling technique, tomorrow I will try to ask the master to allow me to pass on this channeling technique to you! Then you'll be paid for making sake! ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that she intended to teach her qi conduction technique, and said with a smile: "Miss Jiang, don't say that, I helped you make wine, I didn't think of asking for money, I was just joking with you yesterday." Besides, if Miss Jiang teaches me kung fu, I still have to call you a master, and this soju can be regarded as my apprenticeship! ”