Song Liben was originally a scholar, and he failed to pass the Xiucai examination several times, and later gave up the heart of the imperial examination. In order to make a living, he worked as a man and a bookkeeper, and later after the store was not well run and closed down, he pulled up his hair in a bun, put on Taoist clothes, and pretended to be a Taoist priest to tell fortunes and watch feng shui for people everywhere.www.biquge.info In his early years, he studied the I Ching and read a few fortune-telling books, but he was able to fool fools and fools, and his income was quite considerable.

Over the years, he has relied on fortune-telling to travel all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his knowledge is quite extraordinary. In his fortune-telling career, he has seen the miserable situation of the people everywhere, and it can be said that the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty has been eroded, and only the land south of the Yangtze River is still peaceful.

The war in the north was endless, and Song Liben naturally returned to the wealthy Jiangnan, but when he went to sea by boat, he was robbed of the ship by pirates on Daishan Island, and in order to survive, Song Liben agreed to join the gang. Then relying on his three-inch incorruptible tongue and extraordinary insight, he successfully fooled the big boss Zhou Min, and even promoted him to the position of the second boss and treated him as a military advisor.

Some time ago, after the Daishan pirates looted Changshapu, they robbed more than 200,000 silver, and the entire Daishan group of thieves was in a carnival, only Song Liben realized the danger, of course, he only set his sights on the officers and soldiers.

In order to cope with the coming officers and soldiers, Song Liben had to encourage Zhou Min to expand his forces, but Zhou Min was a person with no ambitions at all and did not care about Song Liben's words.

Now that the defector finally came, looking at Zhou Min's appearance, he didn't want to accept the other party's joining, which made Song Liben a little anxious.

"Big brother, do you not want this person to join the gang?" When everyone dispersed, Song Liben, the second master, quietly asked Zhou Mindao.

"Well, it means so." Knowing that Song Liben saw through his thoughts, Zhou Min told the truth happily, Song Liben was picked up by him, and he had already regarded Song Liben as his confidant.

"This new Mao Eighteen is the old acquaintance of the three masters, if he is allowed to join the gang, the strength of the three masters will be greatly increased......" Zhou Min said, although the latter words were not said, Song Liben naturally knew what he meant, that is, he was afraid that the power of the three masters would be too strong and threaten his status.

On Daishan Island, although Song Liben is the second leader, he actually does not have many subordinates, he is only responsible for the logistics of the entire pirate. Of course, Feng Li's direct subordinates only have about 30 people, accounting for only 30% of the number of pirates on the entire island, while the big boss Zhou Min has an overwhelming advantage in troops. But if Mao Eighteen joined, Mao Eighteen brought more than 20 people, plus Feng Li's thirty or so people, the number of pirates in the hands of the two of them reached as many as 60 people, and the strength of the two sides was similar, if Feng Li had a different heart, Zhou Min could not guarantee that he could suppress him!

What a scheming! Song Liben secretly said in his heart, but if he was always suspicious like this, the Daishan pirates would never be able to develop and grow. Song Liben is also a scholar, naturally has his own ambitions, he is unwilling to be a thief forever, and always wants to be whitewashed one day.

But for a thief for one day and for a thief for life, it is not so easy to wash his name, unless he wants to be like Zheng Zhilong, the power is so great that the court has to recruit peace. This is also the reason why Song Liben desperately encouraged Zhou Min to recruit people and develop his power. But Zhou Min's performance disappointed Song Liben, this is a person with no ambitions, following him, I am afraid it will be difficult to realize his wishes!

"Big brother. Are you a little worried? The third master has been with you for more than ten years, and he has always been loyal to you, how can he oppose you? Cheer up, Song Liben persuaded.

"The third child may not betray me, but I'm afraid that Mao Eighteen will bewitch the third child, after all, they are old acquaintances, and we don't know what kind of person Mao Eighteen is." Zhou Min said.

"Okay, why don't we go and inquire about Mao Eighteen's details, and if there is no problem, we will leave him behind." Song Liben said tentatively.

"Okay. Send someone to inquire about this man. Zhou Min thought about it for a while and agreed.

The next day, Song Liben sent his subordinates to Mao Shiba's hometown by boat to inquire about the news. He himself was not at ease, and came to visit Mao 18 in person.

Alone came to the camp of the third master, Feng Li, and before he entered, he heard bursts of applause from inside.

When I heard the sound and walked in, I saw a circle of people in the middle of the camp. Naked and topless, dancing a narrow knife in the circle, I saw that the knife was shining and imposing, Mao Eighteen tended to retreat, and his body was as strong as a dragon, and the pirates who watched around were so frightened that they couldn't help but retreat.

"Hey!" Mao Eighteen shouted, put away the knife, and stood upright.

"Good!" The onlookers let out bursts of cheers, and such martial arts were second to none among the entire Daishan bandits.

"Brother Mao is really good at martial arts!" Song Liben clapped and walked towards the circle, and the surrounding pirates spread out on both sides, making way for him.

"When I got up in the morning, I was itchy all over, so I practiced and made the second master smile." Mao Eighteen said humbly.

Seeing that Mao 18 no longer practiced swordsmanship, the onlookers dispersed.

"What ambition does Brother Mao have in his heart?" After chatting for a while, Song Liben suddenly asked.

"Ugh!" Mao Shibai was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand the meaning of Song Liben's question, he was a straightforward person, and he didn't think much about it.

"I am a fisherman, I have been living in this sea all my life, and my greatest wish is to sail on this sea with a huge ship." Mao Eighteen Hao said.

"Do you want to be like Lin Feng, or like Zheng Zhilong?" Song Liben continued to ask.

Mao Shibai thought carefully: "Although Zheng Zhilong's strength is great, his bones are too soft. If I want to do it, I will be Lin Feng, rampant in the four seas, although I will die, I will not regret it! ”

After that, he sighed and laughed at himself: "But I can only think about it, Lin Feng had hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, and he was rampant among the Luzon officers; Zheng Zhilong is a thousand sailing ships, dominating the southeast coast and controlling the Japanese route. And now I'm just a lost dog, how dare I compare with the heroes of my predecessors? The words were full of silence.

Listening to Mao Shiba's words, thinking about his wandering for half his life, he had great ambitions but could only nest on this small island as a thief, Song Liben actually had a sense of sympathy.

"Brother Mao, don't be presumptuous, I don't look at the face of a blessed person, he will have a day when he will soar!"

"Hahaha!" Mao Shibai laughed loudly: "If there is that day, I will not forget the second master!" ”

This Mao Eighteen's spirit is much better than Zhou Min, and he is also an ambitious person, if only Mao Eighteen was a big boss, the power of Daishan Island would definitely be able to develop and grow, Song Liben thought in his heart.