Back in Songjiang, Zhao Rui wanted to still live in her family's shop, but Yu Ren insisted on letting her live in the Shen Mansion. The Shen family has experienced a lot of things this year, first the young lady ran away, then the old man was seriously ill, then the business was robbed, and finally it was to the point where the officers and soldiers surrounded the house.

Fortunately, Yu Rendu resolved these problems one by one, which also allowed him to establish an irreplaceable position in the Shen family.

At this time, seeing Yu Ren returning home, the whole house was happy. Originally, Cao An also felt that the Shen family's business fluctuated a lot this year, and bought the Xu family's weaving house, and the rice shop followed Yu Ren's wishes, just bought a large amount of rice, and there were still tens of thousands of taels of silver owed outside. In addition, Yu Ren has not come back, and it seems that he may not come back even if it is the New Year, so he plans to spend this year simply.

But at this time, Yu Ren suddenly came back, and Shen Minghang's illness was much better than before, and everyone said that they should have a good New Year. Cao An had no choice but to hurry to prepare all kinds of New Year's goods.

In fact, everyone insisted on making this New Year's more lively, mainly because they were worried that Shen Minghang would be sad when he thought of his daughter; Again, they saw that Yu Ren brought Zhao Rui back. Although the two did not live in the same room, when Yu Ren introduced it to everyone, he only said that Zhao Rui was his friend. But these subordinates all agreed that this gentle and beautiful woman must be their young lady.

The new lady is here, and the New Year naturally can't be too deserted.

In this way, Cao An was busy again. Yu Ren was planning to give out red envelopes for the New Year with Cai's tent at home. Although there is not enough silver this year, there are many things, and the people have also suffered a lot, and Yu Ren plans to give each of them more silver.

But there was not enough money on hand. This made Yu Ren worry again. Fortunately, the next day, I actually received 20,000 taels of silver from Xu Xinsu. Xu Xinsu is a smart person, and he also knows that Yu Ren spent a lot of snow money for him this time, and he also pasted a lot of the Shen family's silver. He also heard from his daughter that in order to prevent the officers and soldiers from besieging the island for too long and the island was short of food, he asked the shopkeeper to borrow money from the money shop and buy a large amount of new rice.

Xu Xinsu thought that Yu Ren might be short of money for the New Year, so he hurriedly asked someone to send 20,000 taels of silver first. He also deliberately asked someone to bring a message, if the silver was not enough to spend, let him bring a letter to the island.

Yu Ren was very happy to receive this batch of silver. It's a send-off! If it weren't for this silver, he really didn't know how he would have spent this year! Of course, he can also open his mouth to Zhao Rui and borrow some from their money shop first. But in the end, there was no way, and Yu Ren didn't want to open this mouth. Well, now all the problems are solved.

After spending the New Year at the Shen family, Yu Ren wanted to wait for the Lantern Festival to return to Nansha. But it was only the tenth day of the first month, Xu Xinsu sent someone to send a letter to ask him to go back to the island, listening to Xu Xinsu's tone, things seemed to be quite urgent. Yu Ren didn't know what was going on, so he packed up his things overnight and hurriedly explained the affairs at home. Then he said hello to Zhao Rui and hurried to Nansha Island.

As soon as he landed on the island, Yu Ren heard that Liu Qiang and Liu Long were born into a conflict, and they almost fought. When Yu Ren heard this, he was a little big, and he really wanted to find Liu Qiang and scold him. Before leaving, he also deliberately confessed, asking him to restrain his subordinates and avoid Liu Long's limelight as much as possible. Instead, he took the lead in causing trouble.

Yu Ren knows that on Nansha Island, there are actually two forces, the old and the new. The old side is mainly Xu Xinsu's original old department, and the new forces are the people of the Li family that he brought. Although these people from the Li family have long been publicly announced by Yu Ren to officially join the Xu family and become a member of the Xu family. However, these people still regard Yu Ren as the boss in private, and they don't buy much from the leaders of the Xu family.

It's okay for Xu Xinsu and Xu Hai, but for Liu Long, they don't have a cold at all.

Yu Ren did not go to Xu Xinsu first, but went to Liu Qiang and Qu Jing first. Only then did I know that because of the Chinese New Year, Qu Jing had nothing to do on the island for the time being, so he went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and he has not come back yet.

"What the hell is going on?" As soon as Yu Ren saw Liu Qiang, he asked with a split head.

Of course, Liu Qiang knew what Yu Ren was asking, and when he calmed down, he remembered Yu Ren's advice before leaving, and knew that he couldn't avoid a scolding. I had to tell the story honestly.

It turned out that the cause of the matter was actually very simple, just because of the New Year, Xu Xinsu wanted to make everyone's life more lively, especially the old people of the Li family brought by Yu Ren were celebrating the New Year with him for the first time. So Xu Xinsu did a lot of small activities during this period. For example, horse racing, archery, jousting, wrestling, etc. They were also deliberately divided into several groups. There are also a lot of small prizes.

But I didn't expect that it was these small competitions that caused a conflict between the dozen or so people led by Liu Qiang and the more than ten people led by Liu Long. At first, it was just a verbal altercation, but then it turned into a public group fight. Fortunately, Xu Xinsu happened to be present at the time and stopped them in time, which did not allow the situation to expand. Otherwise, there is a real chance that it will turn into a big scuffle of hundreds of people.

Yu Ren understood the situation, and he had a bottom in his heart, he first called Liu Qiang and a few troublesome brothers in, gave them a lecture, and then punished them for not going out for a while, so they could only read and read at home. You are also not allowed to participate in outside activities.

After speaking, Yu Ren hurried to Xu Xinsu again. Xu Xinsu heard that he was back, and he was already waiting for him at home. As soon as they met, Yu Ren hurriedly apologized to Xu Xinsu on behalf of Liu Qiang.

Xu Xinsu hurriedly stopped Yu Ren, "These are just trivial things, my brothers are all bloody men, and it's not a big deal to fight once in a while." Don't blame them too much.

I have called you this time, not primarily for this purpose, but for something more important to consult with you. ”

After speaking, Xu Xinsu took Yu Ren and went out, and asked his family to bring two horses.

"I'll take you to see something." After speaking, Xu Xinsu turned over and got on the horse.

Yu Ren didn't know what kind of medicine Xu Xinsu was selling in the gourd, so he could only ride on the horse and follow behind.

The two walked all the way to the sea.

Soon came to the largest pier on Nansha Island. Yu Ren saw a big ship parked on the dock from a distance, this is a kind of big ship that he has never seen since he came to Daming, there are three floors up and down, and the hull is more than 40 meters long. Bigger than any ship he'd ever seen.

Yu Ren was very surprised, "This, where did this ship come from?" ”

Xu Xinsu said proudly, "This is what my father-in-law helped me buy from the sailor camp of the Beijing Division." What do you think? Big enough! This is the largest size of the lucky ship, and one ship can carry three or four hundred people! For this boat, I spent more than 10,000 taels of silver! Grandpa Sun also promised me to help me get eight more No. 2 boats. It's only one level smaller than this ship. The rest of the ships will be there in a short time.

With these nine ships, will we be able to sail across the East China Sea? ”

Yu Ren didn't speak, he didn't dare to say this. Because of Li Ying's big defeat not long ago, Yu Ren knew that the strength of the Western fleet was already very strong at this time. According to Liu Qiang and Qu Jing, their big warship is only much bigger than this lucky ship.

"If it's just to fight pirates at home, it's definitely not a problem."

Xu Xinsu naturally understood Yu Ren's words. "I heard that the imperial court has issued an order to recruit the naval troops under Fujian, Zhejiang, and Lord Xiong to go north to Leiden in case of Jurchens.

We have just been recruited by the imperial court, so we shouldn't have to go. In this way, he can take the opportunity to take people south, get back the island that Ying's niece had lost before, and regain the maritime business of Zhejiang and Fujian. What does Yu Xian's nephew think of this trick? ”

"I'm just afraid that these islands will be garrisoned. When the time comes, we can't fight, and we can't. Yu Ren said.

"You can rest assured of this. I've already heard what Grandpa Sun said. The emperor and the cabinet thought that the Li family and our forces had been completely wiped out under this blow, so they were very relieved. Due to the withdrawal of all the sailors to the north, the imperial court on those islands that were far away from the land all withdrew their garrisons, because there were no more warships and supply ships. The non-commissioned officers sent to the island were not provided with supplies and security.

As long as we send people and boats, we can pick up the cheap ones that are ready-made. Which islands do you think we should send people to occupy? ”

Yu Ren was a little surprised, "Is this news from the big boss accurate?" ”

"It's true. I have sent for an inquiry. Since these officers and men will be transferred north after the year, the garrisons on the islands have already withdrawn to the land before the year. ”

Yu Ren was taken aback. "So fast?"