Dalian Island is not far from the northwest of Haitan Island, not far from its southwest is Xiaolian Island, it is said that because the waterway here is surging, the waves are like practice, and the name is Dalian Island.

Dalian Island is less than 20 miles away from the land, and it is just located in the south of the Minjiang River estuary, and it is also relatively close to Fuzhou, although the imperial court was nominally limited to the opening of the port of Yuegang in Haicheng, Zhangzhou Prefecture, after the opening of the sea in Longqing, all those who go to sea must report to the government from Yuegang to apply for a shipping list before they can release the ship to sea.

But in essence, since the ban on the sea in the Ming Dynasty, the sea ban on the coast of Fujian has existed in name only, and there are ships that release ships to go to sea to do business, but they are not so upright and bright.

As the capital of Fujian, Fuzhou has a relatively developed natural economy, and businessmen are gathered here, so there are many merchant ships in Fuzhou that go south from the mouth of the Minjiang River, and businessmen choose Dalian Island here as their cargo transit place in order to avoid people's eyes.

Therefore, although Dalian Island is not a port opened by the government, it is a place where maritime merchants in the Fuzhou area secretly transited their goods, and the Fuzhou government also turned a blind eye to this and let it go.

As a result, over the years, after the Japanese were suppressed, the area around Dalian Island became more and more lively, there were many ships coming and going, and there were pirates who came to disturb here at first, and later the pirates also found that this place was a good place to ship, so they gradually formed a tacit understanding that they would no longer come here to disturb, but also regarded this place as a place to ship.

The Li family also set up a warehouse on the wharf here, specializing in dumping all kinds of maritime trade goods, after Yu Xiaotian's ship arrived here, it stopped on the sea far away, put down a small sampan from the ship, and let Zhao Mazi row ashore first to contact.

After waiting for about two hours, Zhao Mazi rowed the small sampan again, took a person out of the direction of the dock, and slowly returned to the boat.

The person who came was a man in his thirties, wearing a well-fitting brown coat, and at first glance he knew that Lu Dao was a shrewd person, with a harmless smile on his face, and after getting on the boat, he bowed to everyone on the boat again and again, and said in his mouth: "You have worked hard, you have worked hard!" ”

Zhao Mazi walked up to Yu Xiaotian with him, and said with a smile: "This is our shopkeeper Yu, this time our shopkeeper personally brought the little ones over!"

Shopkeeper's! This is Manager Li of Shopkeeper Li in the warehouse of Dalian Island, Shopkeeper Li has sent someone to pass the word, and Manager Li has come to see you! ”

Here, it is inconvenient for Zhao Mazi to call Yu Xiaotian the helmsman or the big boss, so he is commensurate with the shopkeeper.

Yu Xiaotian also put on a smiling face, hugged his fists and said: "There is Lao Li in charge!" In the presumptuous coming down, let Steward Li bother! Let's sit in the cabin! Come and watch the tea! ”

This Steward Li smiled and didn't dare to take it seriously, and after looking at Yu Xiaotian, he said: "In the first few days of our shopkeeper, I specially sent someone to inform Xiaoxiao, and ordered me to entertain you well!" Today, the shopkeeper is here in person, and it is a blessing for Xiao Ke to meet the shopkeeper!

I won't drink the tea, let's get down to business! There are not too many people on the island at once, so you can only ask the shopkeeper and a few others to go ashore to serve tea, and you will bear with me! Immediately arrange for someone to prepare two tables of wine and food to be sent to the ship, this place is deserted, and I hope you will not dislike it!

As for this ship, there are no vacancies on the dock at this time, and the cargo will not be unloaded until tomorrow, so you will wait on the ship for another night! I don't know what the shopkeeper thinks? ”

After this Steward Li said that, he looked at Yu Xiaotian with a smile on his face, and everyone on the boat was suddenly a little nervous, because this is not their territory after all, Dalian Island is mixed, there are people on the official face, and there are people from other roads, and the people of the three sects and nine streams gathered, and Steward Li invited Yu Xiaotian and a few other people to land, and the two sides have not yet established a stable relationship, just by Zhao Mazi alone, in case ......

So everyone turned their attention to Yu Xiaotian, which was equivalent to Xiaotian's idea.

Yu Xiaotian's heart was also slightly tight, what everyone thought of, he naturally wanted to get it, now he is already an official wanted person, the head of this group, if the Li family only agrees on the surface, but secretly has other ideas, then it will be very dangerous for him to go ashore.

But after thinking about it, Yu Xiaotian immediately made up his mind, today's life is actually a big gamble for him, if he doesn't have this bit of courage, he will inevitably be looked down upon by the Li family, and it will definitely have an adverse impact on the future cooperation between the two sides, so he can only gamble again, otherwise he will not be Yu Xiaotian.

"Ha Lu Ha! Well said, well said! In this way, I will trouble Steward Li, everything will be arranged by Steward Li, everyone is waiting for me here, today I will go to the shore with Steward Li, you guys don't want to be greedy!

There's a Lao Li in charge, so let's say, please! Yu Xiaotian stretched out his hand, made a gesture of invitation, and wanted to get off the boat with Steward Li and go ashore on a sampan.

Liu Lao Liu immediately said: "In this case, I will also accompany the big shopkeeper to go ashore!" Crazy Meng, I'll leave it to you here! The big shopkeeper is not here, you are optimistic about these guys, don't let them mess around! ”

Meng Madman nodded immediately, although he had a bad temper, but he was also a person who had passed through the scene, and after the matter, he also knew the depth of the road, after Yu Xiaotian and Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi went ashore, he was the only old guy left on the boat, and he had to stay in charge, so he was not polite, and quickly nodded and agreed.

Originally, Han Xian and Heitou also wanted to follow, but they were dismissed by Yu Xiaotian, and let them stay on the boat on the grounds that the sampan was too small to sit on so many of them.

Steward Li looked at Yu Xiaotian, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Yu is really a master of art and bold!" Admire under it! Don't worry, the most important thing for our Li family to do business is a letter! The safety of the shopkeeper to the island is all on the body, less than half a hair of the shopkeeper, and you cut off the head below! Please! ”……

Although Dalian Island is nominally only a spontaneously formed smuggling base, but after all these years of operation, it has been very prosperous, there are dozens of warehouses on the island, and there is no shortage of wine shops and brothels, it seems quite prosperous, and all kinds of people on the street also come and go, cars and horses pass through, it is very lively.

On the small wharf, there are more than a dozen large and small cargo ships docked, and many people are unloading goods back and forth on the trestle, which is even more busy.

After Yu Xiaotian followed Steward Li ashore, he was invited to a warehouse near the wharf, where there were more than a dozen people in and out, basically young people in their twenties and thirties, some were taking inventory of the goods, and some were carrying and sorting out the goods, very busy.

Seeing Yu Xiaotian and them enter the warehouse, no one looked up at them carefully, these people were still busy with their own things, as if they didn't see them at all.

So Yu Xiaotian, Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi were taken by Steward Li to a small courtyard behind the warehouse.

Don't look at this is just a warehouse, but the small courtyard behind has a hole, the house is built very exquisitely, the interior is also very simple and clean, although it is not called the carved beams and paintings are very luxurious, at least it does not look too simple, but there is a sense of elegance.

With the order of the shopkeeper Li, it didn't take long for someone to set up a sumptuous banquet in the hall in the center, and as the shopkeeper Li clapped his hands, soon four young women dressed in fancy clothes followed the guy in, and as soon as they entered the door, they waved at everyone.

Steward Li smiled, and after a few words of greeting, he stretched out his hand to invite Yu Xiaotian and others to take a seat, and at the same time waved his hand, letting several young women sit next to Yu Xiaotian and others, and specially served Yu Xiaotian and a few of them, such a pomp and circumstance seemed to be extremely grand.

Although Zhao Mazi and Liu Laoliu have seen a lot, they have not experienced such a scene a few times, and Liu Laoliu, who looks quite shrewd on weekdays, actually looks cramped at this time.

On the contrary, Yu Xiaotian was not too surprised by such pomp, KTV and high-end clubs in later generations, there were more such situations, and it was common to spend money to invite a few young ladies to accompany him, although he did not have much experience, but he had also seen many times, so for such an arrangement of the shopkeeper Li, he seemed to be calm and polite, and sat directly in the position of the guest of honor.

A young girl with a small grade and a delicate face sat on his left hand, and filled the wine glass in front of him a little shyly.

Steward Li immediately picked up the wine glass, raised it and smiled at Xiaotian: "I salute the shopkeeper for a glass first, and you have come from afar to the shopkeeper, which can be regarded as washing the dust for you!" This place is deserted, the wine and food are not exquisite, if you have the opportunity another day, in the shopkeeper to the shore, our shopkeeper will definitely treat you well! Cheers to it! ”

Yu Xiaotian picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Steward Li is too polite!" We are all vulgar people, and such kindness has made me wait for my inexhaustible feelings, I am really embarrassed to disturb Steward Li today, and I am even more sorry to let Steward Li spend so much money! I'll do this wine first, please! ”

Under the gaze of everyone, Yu Xiaotian raised his hand and drank the glass of wine in one fell swoop, revealing the bottom of the wine glass.

A look of admiration flashed in Steward Li's eyes, so Ha Luha laughed and shouted, and immediately raised his neck to drink the wine in his hand and showed the wine glass.

Zhao Mazi and Liu Lao Liu have not experienced this kind of scene much, when they were pirates before, they were not the leaders, so there were few opportunities to go ashore, and they couldn't sit on such a table, so they were accompanied by beautiful women, and this kind of thing made them a little restrained and a little helpless, and they could only drink along.

Steward Li knew very well what to say, and he didn't ask too much about Yu Xiaotian and them, but he just talked about Fengyue first, and told Yu Xiaotian that these girls were bought by their Li family on land, and after they were specially adjusted, they were sent here to accompany the guests, so that they don't have to be restrained, and they can drink happily with confidence.

Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi were a little surprised by Xiaotian's calmness, with Yu Xiaotian's background, it stands to reason that they would not experience such a scene, but they didn't expect that after Yu Xiaotian went ashore, he didn't have stage fright at all for such a scene, and he didn't feel nervous at all when he talked and laughed, so they were a little strange, and felt that Yu Xiaotian's background was probably not as simple as they thought, but this was not the time to ask, so they could only temporarily stuff it in their hearts.

Because Steward Li is a person who knows the depth of the Tao very well, after the two sides talked about it, the atmosphere became harmonious, and gradually Steward Li led the conversation to their business this time.

"Today in the shopkeeper to come, but I don't know what goods have been brought, and what is the quantity, here our shopkeeper has been instructed, as long as it is the goods you sent, I want to wait for the order to be fully received, the price must be fair, must not let the shopkeeper suffer, this please in the shopkeeper although rest assured!" After a few glasses of wine, Steward Li opened his mouth and asked Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian smiled: "This is natural! Since we came, we can trust the shopkeeper Li, and as for the price, it is easy to say, just follow the rules! Doing business is about both parties must be beneficial, so that the business can be done for a long time! We can't take advantage of all of this!

As for the goods we brought this time, there are a lot, here Yu pulled a list, please Li Steward look at one or two, tomorrow you can check this list to place the goods, then naturally at a glance! ”

Saying that, Yu Xiaotian took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to the Steward Li, which densely listed the names and quantities of the various goods they brought this time, which was very detailed.