Chapter 41: Cai Lian
"Brother Tianbao, some people worship the kiln. Said that he wanted to visit the leader of the Five Banners Alliance,"
A red flag man came down to report the news.
Li Yan took back the Huanlong and let Xue Ba, who was covering his head and being knocked to tears by the back of the Huanlong sword, asked, "Who is here?" β
The person who reported the news had a cautious face: "Big boss, Cai Lian." β
With the death of the Ten Ladies and the infighting between the Three Banners, although it was not explicitly stated, the current Five Banners Alliance is indeed not the largest pirate force in the South Seas.
Instead, it was Cai Lian, who secretly manipulated the Thirteen Tooth Shops in Guangdong, who was rich enough to rival the country, and was nicknamed "Big Boss".
His arrival is obviously a major event for Lantau Island that should be treated with caution.
"Meet the leader of the Five Banners? If you don't lose money, you are in business, and you can see the problem to the point. β
Li Yan stretched his waist and spoke for a long time: "What about Xiu'er?" β
"In the attic of the tenth lady."
"Got it. Tell Mr. Cai to wait a moment, and Xiu'er and I will arrive later. β
In fact, everyone knows that the current Red Flag Gang is Tianbaozai's final say, but the leader of the Red Flag Gang has always held the title of the leader of the Five Flags Alliance, but this title is not on Li Yan's head.
The reason why the Five Flags Gang can form an alliance is because their ancestors are all descendants of the Zheng generals of Baodao, and Zheng Yigui, the leader of the Red Flag Gang, is a collateral descendant of the surname of Baodao Country, and because of this, he has the ability and name to form the Five Flags Alliance.
But Tianbaozai is an outsider, he is the leader of the alliance, and the other people of the Five Banners are absolutely unconvinced, even those coastal people who miss the Zheng clan of the treasure island and the members of the peripheral Five Banners Alliance will not recognize Tianbaozai.
Therefore, the leader of the Five Flags Alliance, should, and must be served by Zheng Xiuer, pulling out this Tiger Banner, so that Li Yan can use the deep-rooted influence of the Five Flags Alliance in the coast, otherwise, the Red Flag Gang will not have the possibility of becoming bigger.
Of course, there are a few more flags, and a few fewer are better to do things......
Cai Lian's visit to the leader of the Five Banners Alliance is not only a temptation, but also a reminder, and the kung fu of a sentence has already seen the city.
"Squeak~"
Xiu'er buried her head in the bedding of the tenth lady before her death, and the door opened, and the sun shone on her neck.
"Xiu'er~"
Li Yan walked in.
Xiao Xiu'er's eyes were red, and she didn't seem to have a good rest these days, her hair was unkempt, and she shouted hoarsely in her voice: "Brother Tianbao." β
Li Yan saw at a glance that her arm was pressed with a corner of parchment-like things, and seeing Xiao Xiu'er's nervous expression, Li Yan pretended not to see it.
"It's been this hour, why don't you wash your face and comb your hair?"
The girl bowed her head and did not speak.
Li Yan touched her head: "I asked my mother-in-law to come in and help you comb your hair." β
Xiu'er raised her face against Li Yan's hand: "Brother Tianbao, I want you to help me comb it." β
Li Yan was stunned for a while: "Then, don't be ugly." β
"Hmm~"
β¦β¦
"Is that okay?"
"Ugly."
β¦β¦
"So?"
"It hurts~"
β¦β¦
"Eh, that's going to be fine."
Li Yan looked at Xiu'er in the bronze mirror and felt very satisfied.
"Brother Tianbao."
Xiao Xiu'er raised her head, and her breath blew on Li Yan's chin.
"I don't like that woman."
"Which? Oh. β
Li Yan reacted.
"Then I won't play with her, okay?"
"Okay, Tempo Gola Hook."
β¦β¦
"Ahh
Between the mountains and fields, birds and beasts chirped, Danniang sneezed, and a deer was licking her palm with a wet tongue.
β¦β¦
"Guangzhou Cai Lian, I've seen Miss Zheng."
The person in front of him was wearing a white robe, with a sassy and elegant demeanor, and bowed to Xiu'er to the end.
This is Cai Lian, who seems to have neither the merchant's philistine nor the ferocity of pirates, rich and rivaling the country, but he is not rich at all, like a gentleman who has attained Taoism.
Li Yan stood on the side expressionlessly, he originally thought that Zheng Xiu'er would be at a loss and ask for help from himself, but he didn't expect that Xiao Xiu'er behaved decently, not only did she return the salute appropriately, but a few ignorant words of "Uncle Cai" made Cai Lian laugh. immediately led to the death of his mother, saying that everything was decided by Li Yan.
In addition to holding Li Yan's palm all the time during the process, she refused to let go, Li Yan tried a few times, and was pinched by Xiao Xiu'er's palm, her performance was perfect.
"Red Flag Tianbaozai, I've heard of it for a long time. Breaking the tiger gate in two days, turning over and buckling three flags, he is really a young hero, Cai admires. β
Li Yan looked around, this Cai Lian turned out to be a person, and said with a smile: "Mr. Cai, what about me, I'm used to seeing knives and gunpowder, chatting with people, and seeing blood in a word, don't blame me for being reckless, you obviously know the deeds of my detaining the Three Banners Gang Leader, how dare you come alone?" You know, the three of them, don't have much oil and water, your boss Cai is rich and rivals the country, and the bosses of the thirteen banks in Guangdong all have a net worth of tens of millions of taels of silver, but in fact, it's all your money, I calculate, if I tie you up, ......"
"Yo~" Li Yan slapped his thigh, "I made a fortune." β
Cai Lian lowered his head when he heard this, and looked thoughtful: "This is Cai's recklessness." β
He changed his words: "But I'm used to seeing gold and silver, chatting with people, you can see wealth in one sentence, if Brother Tianbao wants to make a fortune, why kidnap and extort, you only need a word, I promise that there will be a shipload of silver tomorrow, sent to Lantau Island." β
"Oh. I would like to hear about it. β
Li Yan's heart turned to electricity, and Lin Yuanfu's three words flashed in his heart.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Cai Lian opened his mouth, he mentioned something else.
"Brother Tianbao, do you know that when you and I are talking freely today, the coast of Annan is under fire?"
"Oh?"
"Zhang He has committed a big taboo against the British, this time, the demon thief is not dead but also crippled."
β¦β¦
Annam, Nha Gang.
Hundreds of large wooden warships are on display, and the sturdy men in white clothes and trousers on board shout loudly, and rolling black clouds cover the harbor. On the other side, the silver-white hull of the Vasco battleship has a strong sense of oppression, and the crossbow and cannon muzzle are pointed directly at the island.
On the hillside, the nominal holder of Nguyen's Tay Son regime, now King Annam, Nguyen Thanh Nam, was pale, and his wine-colored body was shivering in the cold sea breeze. A handsome, dark-faced young man with eyebrows flying into his sideburns stood beside him and said softly, "Your Highness, it's time to give an order." β
He couldn't speak for a long time, and the young man didn't care, he waved his hand, and the standard-bearer waved the big flag, firing the first shot of this naval battle.
Billowing black fog and artillery fire boiled off the coast.
"The Ten Ladies Are Dead......"
In the midst of the gold flow and artillery fire of correcting errors, the young man with long eyebrows pinched a poster, and his tone was irrepressible excitement.
"I said, I'm still young, and I can survive you."
As soon as he threw the letter paper, his feet were covered with incense burners, and the cyan incense sticks burned wildly. The white smoke writhed incessantly, turning into a scene of fighting and burning sea, the three-masted galleons on a rampage, the bows and arrows and bullets coming and going, and the faces of the soldiers fighting each other, it was the same as the scene at sea at this moment.
Long Mei reached into the smoke and crushed a Vasco battleship.
Burned to the boiling sea, an East India Company warship sunk into the sea like a child's crushed toy out of thin air.
"Hmph~"
The corners of the long eyebrows glanced at the corners of the mouth.
βfireοΌβ
Soldiers on the East India Company's silver-white warships tugged at the rudder of the ship, their long guns pointing in unison towards the hillside.
The face of the young man with long eyebrows with strange magical powers sank, and the cannonballs rained all over the world, completely enveloping the hillside he was on. A sea of rose-red fire swept everything away.