Li Yi took the list, unfolded it, and suddenly showed a look of surprise in his eyes, because this time Yu Xiaotian accepted the lesson, and did not dare to use a bald pen to write the list, but found a charcoal, sharpened it into a pencil pattern, wrapped it with strips of cloth, and used it as a pencil, neatly making a list.

With this kind of hard pen that he is used to, his font looks much more beautiful, the handwriting is hard and chic, the force penetrates the back of the paper, and the whole list also looks clean and refreshing, just because of the different writing habits, the format he uses is very different from the top-to-bottom writing format of this era, but it looks much better than the previous list.

This can't help but make Li Yi, who has already seen too much Xiaotian's "calligraphy", feel a little surprised, and can't understand why Yu Xiaotian has only worked for a few days, and the font has grown so big.

However, this list was still written by Yu Xiaotian in Chinese Simplified, and in Li Yi's eyes, there were still typos, which made Li Yi believe that this list was still written by Yu Xiaotian, otherwise, he thought that Yu Xiaotian must have found someone to ghostwrite!

Li Yi patiently read the list from beginning to end, then put it on the table in front of him, and said with an embarrassed face: "It stands to reason that according to the shopkeeper's requirements, I, Li, should be responsive!" But Li has seen this list! Most of these things are easy to say, cowhide, wood, iron, tools, food, and even knives and guns are easy to do, and Li will soon be able to prepare them for you!

But this bird gun and the furlong machine fire gun ...... In addition, this cannon is not something that can be obtained casually, even if Li has a heart, it is not easy to get it!

In addition, saltpeter is currently very strict at the imperial court, and sulfur is also very difficult to handle! This ......"

Speaking of this, Li Yi shook his head, his face showing embarrassment.

Yu Xiaotian looked at Li Yi's expression and said with a slight smile: "Shopkeeper Li has difficulties, and he naturally understands this!" After all, firearms are the most important weapons of the country, and it is normal for the imperial court to strictly supervise them!

But Shopkeeper Li, it's not that I'm deliberately embarrassed by you, but that we have limited manpower at the moment, and if we want to act at sea next, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve a big deal with our manpower just now! Since we want to do business for a longer time in the future, then without these things, I am afraid that we will also have a foothold!

So no matter what, this matter still has to be bothered by Shopkeeper Li! If these guns are really not easy to do, at least saltpeter and sulfur will help us solve some problems!

Since we want to deal with each other for a long time, it is better to say something openly!

Moreover, Yu heard that there is a war in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places at present, and there are floods in Zhejiang during this time, and there are many refugees who have fled to Fujian. It's better to recruit some craftsmen, especially blacksmiths and the like, so that we can do a lot easier! ”

Hearing Yu Xiaotian mention the recruitment of manpower, Shopkeeper Li immediately shook his head and said: "Yu Dangjia, what you said, Li also understands!" Since he has said this, then Li will not shirk, this bird gun and cannon, Li is really embarrassed now, it is really not easy to do!

At present, although some businessmen on land are secretly recruiting blacksmiths to cast cannons, but Fujian is not as good as Guangdong, Guangdong has the most refined iron materials, and the cannons cast are of the best quality, but it is difficult for ordinary people to buy, so they can only spend a lot of money to entrust people to Guangzhou to procure, which takes a long time! If you have to be at home, it's not that you can't, but it takes a long time to prepare!

As for saltpeter sulfur, Li can find a way to get some for Yu Dangjia in the near future, and at the latest ten days, Yu Dangjia can come here to pick up the goods! As for the other things, they are easy to do, and within three days, they can be handed over to Yu Dang's family to take away!

But if you want to recruit people on land, please forgive me for not being able to help! You must know that this kind of thing can only be done in secret, the Li family is a businessman, once it involves recruiting people for you and being discovered, the Li family will probably be beheaded by the government! Please forgive Li for not daring to accept this kind of thing! ”

After listening to the words of the shopkeeper Li, Yu Xiaotian was a little disappointed, but he was a little helpless, after all, the Li family is a businessman, and it is okay to secretly trade with these pirates as the owner of the nest, and now according to what Liu Lao Liu said, many big businessmen on the shore are actually more or less in secret with the pirates at sea, and the Li family is no exception, it is okay to help them buy some goods.

But if the Li family wants to help them recruit subordinates on the shore, once this kind of thing is known, then the government will not sit idly by, and it will definitely be unfavorable to the Li family, so it is normal for Li Yi to categorically refuse his request.

Yu Xiaotian was about to thank Li Yi, and when he put down this matter, Li Yi suddenly said: "But it depends on the face of Li's father-in-law, Li can give Yu the family an idea in this matter, I don't know if Yu is willing to listen to it!" ”

Yu Xiaotian was overjoyed after hearing this, and quickly nodded and said, "Shopkeeper Li, please say something!" Yu is naturally willing to listen! ”

After Li Yi drank a glass of wine, he took a handkerchief and dipped his hands, and said: "Don't hide it from the master, from this list, Li can see that the master is a person with great ambitions.

Li has also seen a few friends at sea, but you are the only one like Yu Dangjia! Therefore, from this point alone, it can be seen that Yu Dangjia is not the kind of person who only knows how to accumulate money!

Don't look at you as a master at the moment, your strength is very weak, but this is also a point that Li values as a master!

But Li wants to advise Yu to be in charge, this matter can't be rushed, although you want to recruit more people, but just recruit homeless people on land, this is not enough!

At present, the rest of the people know one thing, Fuzhou Prefecture has a lot of refugees and displaced people, but the government has not provided relief at present, and the displaced people are not allowed to enter the city in the near future, in order to prevent chaos in the city.

So some of the displaced people who have just entered the country are mostly circulating in the countryside, this kind of recruitment of people, Li can't interfere, but you can't do it!

Although you killed Jiang Baihu in Fu'an County, this matter did not alarm you too much, the government here in Fuzhou is not wanted by you, you can send someone ashore and find a way to recruit some homeless people to join the gang, Li can secretly send someone to help you in this matter, but you must not let people know that the Li family is meddling in this matter!

In addition, there are also some homeless people in the Lianjiang area, who were arrested by the government and expelled from the county because they robbed the counters of grain merchants in the city.

This matter is related to the safety of the Li family, and I hope that the owner will forgive me! As for what to do, please think about it yourself and decide, Li can only help here! ”

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he immediately felt good, although Li Yi refused to intervene directly, but he showed him a way out, and said that he could help secretly, so this matter would be much easier.

So Yu Xiaotian quickly got up and thanked Li Yi, and after the two sides drank again, Yu Xiaotian returned the voucher of five hundred taels of silver to Li Yi again, as the payment for the things they needed this time, Li Yi was not polite, saying that the favor belongs to the favor, and the business belongs to the business, so he accepted the silver, so far Yu Xiaotian no longer stayed here, and said goodbye to Li Yi.

Li Yi didn't want to keep him, and secretly told him that Xiu'er had been properly arranged to stay on Dalian Island temporarily, and Yu Xiaotian could come here at any time to take her away.

Yu Xiaotian was really embarrassed by this, nodded and agreed, and Li Yiwei handed over some of the goods that Xiaotian needed at the moment, or the goods that other merchants on Dalian Island could raise, directly to Yu Xiaotian, loaded the cargo ship on the dock, and agreed to pick up the goods on Dalian Island ten days after Xiaotian.

After sending Yu Xiaotian away, Li Yi returned to the hall, and the Li steward also walked in and asked Li Yi: "Shopkeeper, after seeing this Yu Dangjia today, I don't know what the shopkeeper thinks of this person?" ”

Li Yi sat on a big chair, picked up the list that Yu Xiaotian had listed for him again, raised his hand and said, "Not bad!" You're good at reading people! Look at him very accurately! After seeing this person today, it can be seen that this surname is not a general person, this person is tall and has long arms and is powerful, but it is secondary, during the drinking with him today, Yu deliberately talked to him about various things, it can be seen that this person is well-informed, and he is brave and knowledgeable, and he is quite far-sighted!

He said in a word, Jiannu is already a strong enemy of our Ming Dynasty, and now the imperial court is no longer able to contain Jiannu, and the northwest of Guannei will be chaotic!

I was very surprised! Although Zhao Mazi didn't say the origin of this person, and it is inconvenient for us to inquire more, I can still see that this person is probably not from the land, because he knows very little about many small things on the land, and even in his conversation, it is very different from ordinary people!

This makes me even more curious, how could he know about the fact that Lu Dao is far away in the northwest, you must know that Lu Dao is currently suffering from drought in the northwest this year, and there are beginning to be rebellion among the displaced people, but there are very few people in Fujian who know this kind of thing, and even the people in the government do not pay attention to it, but he just said in the banquet that this rebellion of the displaced people in the northwest will sooner or later be a problem for the henchmen of the current imperial court.

If it weren't for the fact that I saw a person from Shaanxi a few days ago, I wouldn't have known that the disaster in Shaanxi was so serious, but this Yu Xiaotian could actually know this point, which is too surprising!

Today, just by the list he has given us, we can see that this man wants to be big at sea, not just satisfied with temporary needs!

The materials he listed on this list were all things that could enhance his strength, and the amount of food was much more than I had expected according to their numbers! It can be seen that this person is not stingy with yellow and white things, but he knows reserves!

In addition, he asked us to help him recruit manpower, which shows that this person will not be satisfied with the current situation at all, and wants to sit on the sea in the future!

So, it's good luck that we can meet such a person! In the future, you will pay more attention to their movements, as for their goods, you can add 10% of the price to collect, if they have any needs, they will try to meet them as much as possible! I want to see if this person surnamed Yu can make a career! ”

The steward Li hurriedly nodded and said, "Please rest assured!" I'll be watching it in the next! Why, then, did the shopkeeper refuse the muskets they asked for today? Don't we have a few cannons right now? Why won't you give them to them? ”

Li Yi looked at Steward Li and said with a smile: "There are some things that let them do it slowly and better, if you give them all those good things at once, one is to make them feel that it is too easy to do things!" The second is that they will realize that our road is too wide! Step by step, it's better! Saltpeter and sulfur can be done for them, but I'm curious, if they want these things, will they mix gunpowder? This surname Yu really interests me! ”……