Due to the shortage of ammunition, Lu Yan had to order the fleet that went out to rob should minimize the use of ammunition, or mainly fire shotguns.

As a result, their incomes inevitably diminished, and several Western ships escaped from him.

Lu Yan didn't have any good ways to deal with this, and he could only do this before he got gunpowder and refined iron, tin, and lead.

About half a month later, a small boat came to Dayuan Bay under the escort of the "Triumph".

The current Dayuanwan is no longer as quiet as when Lu Yan first arrived, but a busy scene everywhere.

A large number of white slaves and Japanese slaves were being driven by soldiers to build improvised forts, which were nearing completion.

There are also some headhunters on the shore who are building new docks, and because of the increasing number of looted ships, the speed of construction of the docks has not kept up with the needs of ships.

A middle-aged man of about forty years old stood on the bow of the small boat, looking at several huge ships moored in Dayuan Bay with a look of surprise.

He can also be regarded as a well-informed person, and he has also seen a lot of sailors and Western ships in the Ming Dynasty.

But it is rare to see such a large ship, and he also heard Li Kuiqi say that two of them are equipped with nearly 100 heavy guns, and their power is extremely amazing.

Originally, he scoffed at Li Kuiqi's words and didn't want to come to meet Lu Yan.

But after hearing that Lu Yan was a garrison from Liaodong, this completely aroused his interest, so he had this line.

Li Kuiqi stood beside him a little proudly, since following Lu Yan, he felt that he was much more majestic than before.

The armed fleet, which used to look at the robbery, dared to rob now, and it couldn't beat it by itself, so that those giant ships could play.

As long as a burst of artillery bombardment passes, no matter how strong the fleet is, it will have to surrender obediently.

This third steward of the Lin family had always thought highly of himself before, and he didn't take them as little pirates seriously, but now he must have been very surprised.

"These are the ships of your chief."

Steward Lin asked, pointing to the giant ships.

"That's right, these are our family's ships."

Li Kuiqi quietly corrected.

Steward Lin snorted coldly, he was not properly guarded, but he went to be a pirate, and he didn't know what that person thought in his head.

But these giant ships are really powerful, I'm afraid those red-haired people can't match.

"Where did you get such a boat? But it was purchased from the red-haired people. ”

Steward Lin asked quietly.

If they can buy these boats, then it will be much safer to go to sea.

"I don't know."

Li Kuiqi shook his head and said.

For this question, Lu Yan has always been secretive, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to ask.

A while ago, there was also a pirate who ate a whip because of inquiring.

Steward Lin snorted coldly, he still thought that Lu Yan was a broom.

In addition to buying these Western warships from the red-haired people, what other ways will there be, he has never heard of the boatmen who can build Western warships.

However, it is not easy to fill these ships with cannons, those Hongyi cannons are notoriously expensive, but those cannons do not know how much silver they cost.

Lin Jiaguan roughly calculated the number, and soon came up with a number that made him staggered.

Soon the boat was docked, and he had been to Dayuan Bay once before.

But Dayuanwan has never been so busy before, and it is full of busy people.

Among them, he saw not only the Ming and the headhunters, but also the Japanese and the red-haired people.

"Those Japanese and red-haired people are also your lord's subordinates?"

Steward Lin said.

"No, all the Japanese are slaves here. Some of the red-haired people are my family's subordinates, and the rest are all slaves. ”

Li Kuiqi said with a slight sense of pride.

"It seems that the foundation of your family is not small."

Steward Lin chuckled.

"That's dang, there are hundreds of slaves in my family alone, and more than 2,000 headhunters and laborers. There are thousands of soldiers who can recruit good fighters, and they are definitely the largest force in the vicinity. ”

Speaking of this, Li Kuiqi became even more proud.

With Lu Yan's current strength, although the number is not as good as that of the pirate king Wang Zhi during the Jiajing period, his combat power is definitely surpassed.

At that time, Wang Zhi's men did not have such Western gunboats, and there were no such elite cavalry.

Li Kuiqi's performance made Steward Lin feel unhappy, what do you have to do, these are not your subordinates.

It's just that he didn't bother to bother with this pirate leader, so he asked Li Kuiqi to take him to see Lu Yan.

But then one of the horsemen who had come to wait for him said, "Please wait a moment, this gentleman, and soon someone will come to meet you." ”

Steward Lin nodded, is this called hospitality?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he carefully looked at the busy crowd around him, and even found a few people to talk to, hoping to get to the bottom of the place.

But those people were extremely wary of him, and he didn't know what to ask, which made him feel extremely disappointed.

It didn't take long for a group of black-armored cavalry to slowly approach this side from afar.

Seeing this, Steward Lin couldn't help but change his expression slightly.

Could it be that this is the elite of Liaodong under him?

Thinking of this, he carefully looked at the cavalry.

He found that the cavalrymen were brightly armoured and fierce, and the ranks were orderly as they marched.

And they have a strong murderous aura on their bodies, and these murderous aura can only be possessed by the true elite of a hundred battles.

In his opinion, I am afraid that even those generals and generals are inferior.

Although the personal soldiers of those commanders and generals were selected by thousands of people, they have not been in battle for a long time, and they may be much worse than these veterans who survived on the battlefield.

As soon as he thought of this, he put away his contempt for Lu Yan.

No matter who you are, as long as you have this kind of elite in your hands, you must pay attention to it.

Behind the black-armored cavalry was a carriage.

But Steward Lin's eyes quickly swept over the carriage and looked at the back of the carriage.

Because behind the carriage were two neat columns of Mongol cavalry.

Although Steward Lin had not been to Jiubian, he knew from their hairstyles that they were definitely Mongols.

It's just that how did the Mongolian cavalry get here?

Once these Mongol cavalry came ashore, how much impact would it have on Fujian officialdom? And how are the already rotten officials and troops in Fujian their opponents?

As soon as he thought of this, Steward Lin was full of worries.

At this time, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a middle-aged scribe in a green robe stepped down from the carriage.

He bowed slightly to Steward Lin, and then said, "This must be Steward Lin, in Xia Jia Wenhe, my family sent me to greet Steward Lin." ”

That's right, he is Lu Yan's most admired strategist, Jia Xu, the poisoner of the Three Kingdoms.

He is not only wise in the world, but also knows how to protect himself, has affection for his family, and never drags down his family no matter what he does, which he appreciates very much.

Recently, Lu Yan has encountered a lot of problems, and he feels that he needs a strategist to come to the staff officer, so he specially exchanged it.

Seeing this, Steward Lin was slightly surprised.

This person looks personable, and he should be a well-read, but he didn't expect him to be a thief.

However, the Lin family has always regarded itself as a scholarly family and attaches great importance to scholars, and Steward Lin will inevitably suffer from this problem.

So Steward Lin also returned the salute very respectfully.

"Lin An has seen Mr. Jia."

"My family is waiting for Steward Hou Lin, and Steward Lin please follow me to the car."

Jia Xu smiled slightly.

"Mr. Jia, please."

After some humbleness, the two men got into the carriage and drove forward under the escort of the cavalry.

In the carriage, both of them smiled and groaned, and at the same time tested each other's details.

Steward Lin was very interested in many facts about Lu Yan, such as how many cavalry he had, and how his kind of Western giant ship came from.

Jia Xu was ordered by Lu Yan, and also inquired about the strength of the Lin family and the bottom line of Steward Lin's trip.

Both parties are sincere on the surface, as if they are old friends who haven't seen each other for many years, but the words are full of wit, and if you are not careful, you will fall into each other's ways.

No matter how Jia Xu said, he has also seen countless heroes and heroes, and he is still the top group of people in that era of heroes, and it is certainly not a problem to deal with such a small housekeeper Lin.

It didn't take long for Steward Lin's bottom to be almost probed by him.

But Steward Lin was in a cold sweat, and the scholar in front of him was too powerful.

On the surface, it makes people feel like a spring breeze, but some of their own details are unconsciously exposed, which is too powerful.

So he hurriedly mustered up one hundred and twenty spirits, and at the same time carefully dealt with the smiling scribe.

It didn't take long for the cavalry to come to a tall wooden house.

The wooden house is very shabby, not even painted, and it looks like it should have just been built.

A young man in a moon-white cloth robe was standing peacefully by the window, looking at the scenery in the distance.

For this kind of original wooden house, Lu Yan actually likes it very much, and now almost all the wooden houses in this neighborhood are like this.

However, in order to avoid the rotting of the wood, it is still necessary to paint.

But now they don't even have paint, so they can only do it first.

Hearing the footsteps of the comer, Lu Yan turned around and looked over.

I saw that Jia Xu and Steward Lin were coming together, Jia Xu's face showed a knowing smile, but Steward Lin showed a trace of exhaustion, and even the smile was a little reluctant.

"This must be Steward Lin."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"Lin Fu Lin An has seen adults."

Steward Lin owed slightly, looking a little arrogant.

Although he is just a housekeeper, he has actually read a lot of books, so he also considers himself a scholar, and he has an inexplicable sense of superiority over a martial artist like Lu Yan, not to mention that Lu Yan is just a pirate now.

Lu Yan was a little displeased, but he remained silent on the surface.

A trace of displeasure flashed on Jia Xu's face, but soon this displeasure disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

He quickly beckoned Steward Lin to sit down, and then asked people to serve tea.

So then the two sides began to talk about the usual things, as if the two sides met here just to talk about the common things, without the slightest intention of getting down to business.

Steward Lin is not in a hurry, this time it is Lu Yan and they have a request for him.

Jia Xu is not in a hurry, the little housekeepers can't clean it up, so he will become a poisoner in vain.

Lu Yan also knew that there were some things that could not be rushed, and if he was in a hurry, he would put himself at a disadvantage, so everything was handed over to Jia Xu to deal with.

So then Jia Xu completely controlled the situation in the entire living room, but at this time his words changed.

began to quote from the side, and talked about it, only to see him quoting scriptures, and every sentence was not far from ancient allusions.

A passage may even come from seven or eight different sage classics, which sounds extremely troublesome, not to mention whether you know these allusions, even if you know it, you can't be familiar with it, and you will be surrounded by Jia Xu.

Lu Yan finally knows what is called level, this is called level.

He never slaps his face, but when you talk to him, you will feel like a primary school student and a doctoral supervisor are talking, which makes you feel ashamed and ashamed.

So Lu Yan closed his mouth and began to taste the fragrant tea on the table.

He believed that Jia Xu would definitely handle all this.

Steward Lin felt a little pressured, at first he could understand what Jia Xu was talking about, but he was soon completely dizzy.

It was often Jia Xu who said a few words, and then looked at him with a sincere face.

But Steward Lin kept thinking hard about what Jia Xu just said and which sage classic it came from.

It didn't take long for Steward Lin to feel dizzy and a little inadequate in his brain.

It is often after Jia Xu finishes speaking, and Steward Lin can only pick up after thinking for a long time.

Slowly, Steward Lin finally understood what Jia Xu meant.

However, he was not willing to admit defeat.