"You don't understand this, do you? Although Second Uncle Xu and our master are brothers who fell to the ground headlong. However, that was the time when they had just fled back from Luzon. At that time, the Westerners wantonly slaughtered us Han people in Luzon, and our master and Xu Erye cooperated against the Westerners and completely got rid of their control. That's why they joined forces.

Later, our master chose to settle in the East, and Xu Erye chose to return to China. Although we have opened and closed at that time and no longer prohibit the sea, there are still many restrictions on the goods by sea. As a result, there were many black merchant ships that secretly went out to sea.

At this time, the military strength in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty was also much worse than before, and there was nothing to be done about these black ships. Coupled with the harassment of Westerners, the strength of the Ming Dynasty at sea has plummeted. Second Master Xu gradually became the boss of my southeast sea in the Ming Dynasty.

However, since our eldest lady returned to China with a gunboat, Second Master Xu's limelight in the southeast sea has been taken away by the eldest lady. Although the eldest lady later invented this what kind of flag business. Xu Erye also benefited a lot. But you have to think about it! If our eldest lady returns to the East and gives up all the southeast waters of the Ming Dynasty, then Xu Erye will earn more money in a year. If nothing else, just selling Lingqi, I estimate that I will make at least one or two million more!

With such a big benefit in front of you, do you think Xu Erye can not be moved? ”

"But, if that's the case, aren't our Li family and Second Master Xu going to fight?" The young man asked.

"This is the cleverness of Second Master Xu. When do you think he turned his face with our eldest lady? The time the two met was not all harmonious. Xu Erye secretly used methods, that is just a guess for all of us, who has any real evidence? ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man's tone suddenly became serious. "Akiko, you remembered it for me. No matter what the occasion, you can't speak ill of Second Master Xu. Otherwise, if the eldest lady hears it, she will definitely not spare you. ”

Akiko apparently didn't understand the middle-aged man's advice, "Why? Could it be that the eldest lady still hasn't realized that Second Master Xu has ulterior motives for our Li family? ”

The middle-aged man snorted. "You underestimate the eldest lady too much. Who is the eldest lady of our family? Since she took over our Li family's domestic business from her master, our Li family's influence in China has been growing day by day. Five years ago, almost no one in Daming knew about our Li family, including those who went abroad all year round.

But now, look at it. As long as the person who gets a boat in the southeast half of the wall, whether it is in Songjiang Mansion or Quanzhou Mansion, if he doesn't sell the face of our Li family, his ship won't even be able to leave the harbor. The eldest lady is a thousand times smarter than you and me. She won't be able to see Second Master Xu's small movements? However, she did not say so, nor did she take action against the Xu family. There must be a deep meaning in her.

Anyway, if you remember me, you'll be right. ”

After that, the room fell silent again, and the two stopped talking.

Yu Ren leaned against the wall and sorted out the words of the two in his mind. He finally figured it out. It turned out that this Li Yu family was not a big official, nor was he a huge rich, but a giant pirate at sea. No wonder the pirate Zhong Qi, who met after going to sea in Fuzhou, was frightened when he saw Li Yu's small flag on the ship.

Listening to the tone of these two people, Li Yu seems to be the real ruler of their Li family now. This Li family should be the overlord of the sea in this area. That time in Lianjiang, Fujian, those arrogant siege pirates were also her subordinates. No wonder she could take him with her, like that who came and went freely among pirates and knew everything well!

However, Yu Ren didn't understand why they, the pirates, dared to be so arrogant, not only settling on land, but even building their own bases in big cities like Hangzhou.

Also, listening to the conversation between these two people, the Li family's pirate group has obviously become semi-public. Why does the imperial court still care, is it really powerless as they say? Yu Ren easily solved a problem and found out Li Yu's identity, but it brought more problems.

Yu Ren squatted under the eaves for a while, hoping to hear some more useful information. However, the sound of even breathing gradually came from the room, and Yu Ren knew that the two were asleep, so he had to quietly return to Liu Qiang's residence.

Yu Ren estimated that his trip took at least an hour, and how to explain it to Liu Qiang was a difficult problem. Although he has always been good at opening his eyes and talking nonsense, but this is the first time he has come to Wentao Courtyard, and he doesn't know the situation at all, so it is not easy to find a suitable reason without being suspicious by Liu Qiang.

Along the way, Yu Ren was thinking about how to explain to Liu Qiang about his sudden escape. Unexpectedly, when he returned to Liu Qiang's home, Liu Qiang hadn't come back yet. Only the boy who cleaned up the house for him sat on a chair and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Yu Ren's spirit suddenly relaxed; At the same time, a sense of drowsiness hit my heart. He didn't wake up the boy in the chair, but ran straight to the backyard and pushed open a door. Seeing that a bed had been made inside, he knew that it was prepared for him, so Yu Ren slept regardless of the fall of 3721.

This night's uproar was first a wine fight with the Wu brothers, and then a conspiracy by Liu Qisan. This is just another time as an undercover agent. Yu Ren is really tired. This night, he slept very soundly.

When Yu Ren woke up, it was already three strokes in the sun. Come to the front room. At a glance, I saw Liu Qiang sitting on the chair, staring at his copper bell-sized eyes, staring straight at the ground.

Yu Ren approached curiously, and saw that there were no ants on the ground for him to study, and he was even more puzzled.

"What are you doing here?"

Liu Qiang was suddenly awakened by Yu Ren's words. He suddenly raised his huge head and asked Yu Ren. "What time is it?"

Yu Ren looked outside and saw that the sun was close to midday, so he said, "It should be almost noon!" ”

Liu Qiang slapped his thigh, "It's broken, it's broken." That's a big deal. ”

Yu Ren was inexplicably surprised by what he said. "What's broken, what's broken?"

Liu Qiang didn't seem to hear Yu Ren's words, and he got up from his chair anxiously. He kept pacing back and forth in the room, and kept saying, "What's the way, what's the way?" ”

Yu Ren looked at Liu Qiang's tower-like body, turning around in this small living room. At first, Yu Ren was still standing and watching, but after a while, he felt tired and squatted down.

When he felt his legs squatting, he was still pacing back and forth like a robot with his tower-like bow.

Yu Ren sat down. But Liu Qiang never seemed to stop. When Yu Ren counted to the eighty-third lap, he finally couldn't help it.

I said. Even if you become a Buddha, you have enough of it! Ninety-nine is true, your old man has turned eighty-three times! ”

Liu Qiang finally stopped his burly body, and he seemed to have just seen Yu Ren's appearance. "Ahh You're up! ”

Yu Ren was really speechless, he had been in front of this guy for almost half an hour, and he asked himself what time it was just now, but he seemed to have just discovered him at this moment.

"What the hell is going on?" Originally, Yu Ren didn't want to ask. But since he overheard the conversation between the two soldiers, more precisely, pirate minions last night, and knew that Li Yu and them were actually a group of sea giants, he planned to play dumb. Because, although he does not reject pirates, he knows that this kind of thing has always been absolutely private. If they knew about it and discovered their secret, they might not be able to kill them. So, in this matter, he is very careful.

Of course, Liu Qiang was able to bring him to Wentao Courtyard to see. At least he and Mr. Qu don't treat him as outsiders anymore. However, even so, Yu Ren could only wait for them to take the initiative to reveal their identities to him. He believed that Liu Qiang would identify himself with him, and since he was willing to bring himself here, it meant that he did not regard himself as an outsider.

Sure enough, Liu Qiang sighed, took the initiative to reveal his identity as a pirate to Yu Ren, and then briefly told him about the situation of the Li family, and then slowly told Yu Ren about the original situation.

It turned out that last night, after Liu Qiang went out, he also found those people carrying the wounded. Liu Qiang was learning about the situation with those people, so he was called by Li Yu.

When Liu Qiang arrived at the council hall, it was already full of people. The big and small leaders in Wentao Courtyard, as well as the leaders of Daqu Mountain, who the eldest lady just brought from the front line, are no less than thirty people in total.