We've been hanging out on islands all this time, even though they're pretty good. But one of the biggest problems has always been that these islands are too small. Once the officers and men encircle and suppress us, it will be very difficult for us to have room for maneuver, and the islands are often unable to cultivate land, and we rely entirely on grain purchases, and it is often difficult to accommodate more than 10,000 people. Whether it is Nansha Island or Daqushan, there has always been this bottleneck problem.

It has always been an important factor in our development. And if we build our base camp on Chicken Coop Island. Then all these problems will be solved.

I believe that it will be the place where our Xu family will prosper. We have a lot of silver in hand. When we get there, we can not only continue to do our business, but also use it as a base to recruit more hungry people from Shandong to open up the land and farm. When the time comes, we will have more people, and our strength will be stronger. It would be impossible for the imperial court to bully us so casually.

We want to make it our base camp, where we will build a new world free of hunger, oppression, and war. Turn Chicken Coop Island into the richest and most powerful place in the world. ”

Everyone listened to Yu Ren's words quietly, and no one objected.

At noon that day, Yu Ren asked Li Ying to take Xu Keming, Xu Qian, Liu Long, and most of the Xu family, and take the baggage and go directly to the south. The target is precisely the chicken coop. That is, Taiwan.

Yu Ren himself took Qu Jing, Liu Qiang and more than 1,000 others to Daqu Mountain, although in terms of grand strategy, they had already decided to abandon Nansha and Daqu Mountain, and wanted to move their base camp to Taiwan. However, after all, Qu Jing and they had been operating in Daqushan for a year or two, and their goods and families were still on the island.

And this time they went north, they originally intended to come to fight for Yu Ren's seat, so naturally they would not bring a lot of things, let alone their families. They don't want the island, they don't want the property, but they can't want the family. It is precisely for this reason that Yu Ren personally led everyone to Daqu Mountain, trying to find a way to recapture the families of these brothers.

As early as after the word came out that the officers and soldiers might have captured Daqu Mountain, the more than 1,000 brothers brought by Qu Jing were already like arrows, and if it weren't for Yu Ren's usual control, these people would have fled back long ago.

However, Yu Ren also knew very well that it would be impossible for these people to abandon their families and go south to Taiwan with him. So, Yu Ren made a risky decision. He asked Li Ying to lead the brigade and baggage to the south first and take root in Taiwan, while he and Qu Jing and them could see if they could find an opportunity to rescue the brothers and their families who had been captured by Xu Hai on Daqu Mountain.

Although he was ready to take the risk, Yu Ren was not ready to die. Therefore, he chose Chen Qian Mountain, which is dozens of miles away from Daqu Mountain, as his first goal. Because he knew that if Xu Hai wanted to occupy Daqu Mountain, it would definitely take a while to stabilize the situation. And Chen Qian Mountain is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Xu Hai wants to capture Chen Qian Mountain in the case of taking care of both sides, and it is definitely not something that can be done in a day or two.

Yu Ren saw this very clearly. Therefore, he believes that Chen Qianshan should still be in their hands at present.

As Yu Ren expected, when the brothers who stayed behind on Daqu Mountain saw Yu Ren and their fleet, they were first startled, thinking that Xu Hai had sent them to attack their officers and soldiers. Later, it was confirmed that it was Yu Ren and Qu Jing them, and these people were overjoyed.

Daqushan had been captured by Xu Hai a few days earlier. And the news soon spread to this small island dozens of miles away.

The person in charge of guarding Chen Qianshan was Huang Dahai, a subordinate who followed Li Ying in his early years, and he was also one of Qu Jing's cronies. Since this island is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Qu Jing used this place as their logistics base, mainly storing silver taels and some treasures.

Huang Dahai greeted Yu Ren, Qu Jing and others to the island, feeling like a ship adrift at sea finally found a harbor.

"Mr. Qu, you're finally here. In the past few days, I have not been able to eat well and sleep well, and I am always worried about when the second master will suddenly send someone to attack the island. Now that you're here, we've finally turned over. Let my brother rest here first, and then I will lead the way, and we will definitely be able to take Daqu Mountain back. ”

Qu Jing glanced at Yu Ren, "Has the second master already taken down Daqu Mountain?" When was it? ”

"It was about three days ago. I didn't know yet. Later, several brothers escaped from there and fled to me, and I learned that the big boss had been assassinated by the government, and the second boss had defected to the government. "Huang Dahai Road.

"Then, didn't the second boss send someone to attack you?" Yu Ren asked. Although he also knew that Chen Qianshan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, he didn't believe that Xu Hai would give up attacking their logistics warehouse because of this.

"Yes! On the day that Xu Er's family captured Daqu Mountain, he also sent a fleet of more than 500 people to attack us. These officers and soldiers are very cunning. They pretended to be our Xu family's fleet, and the ship also carried the flag of our Xu family.

Fortunately, I had heard about the assassination of the big boss by officers and soldiers before this, so I kept an eye on it. These people are playing the banner of being the second master. I don't know them, and it's an extraordinary time like this. I said that I only recognized the warrants of Mr. Qu and Yu Xianggong, and did not recognize any others. The men turned their faces and hit us with cannons.

Where are the more than a dozen of their ships that are the opponents of our cannons. In a few clicks, we sank four or five boats. As soon as they saw that the situation was not good, they all fled. I haven't been here since. Huang Dahai said while inviting Yu Ren and Qu Jing into the house.

"Dahai, you're doing the right thing. In such an extraordinary period, don't say that there is no warrant from us, and even if there is a warrant from us, they cannot be released to the island. You know, if we do send someone, we will send one of our cronies, and we will never hand over such an important task to a stranger. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren patted Huang Dahai's shoulder heavily. "Dahai! You know, you're our big warehouse here! Thousands of our brothers depend on you for food! What you are guarding is not just an island, it is the blood and sweat of more than 5,000 brothers in the Daqushan area for more than a year! ”

Huang Dahai was praised by Yu Ren, and an excited expression appeared on his face. "Yu Xianggong, when will we send troops to recapture Daqu Mountain?"

Hearing this, Yu Ren glanced at Qu Jing and did not make a sound.

"We don't plan to retake Daqu Mountain. The big boss has been assassinated by the dog official surnamed Xiong. At this time, our Xu family has elected Keming Gongzi as the big boss, with Yu Xianggong as the military advisor and temporarily taking care of everything. The officers and men took advantage of the new death of the big boss to launch a large-scale attack on several islands of our Xu family. When we came, Nansha had already been occupied by officers and soldiers.

However, it was not captured by them, but we gave it up on our own initiative. The Strategist has found a better base for us. We will rebuild a safer and more secure home there. ”

"Where?" A leader who followed behind Huang Dahai asked.

"Chicken Coop Island!" Qu Jing said.

As soon as they heard about Chicken Coop Island, they didn't need Qu Jing to explain more, and these people understood. Because when they went south to the South Seas to depreciate goods, they all rested there.

"Then, don't we want Daqu Mountain?" Huang Dahai asked.

"Don't."

"So, what about here?"

"Here, we'll give up soon. The current situation is that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and if we send people to defend these two islands far away from the chicken coop, it will no longer mean anything to us, but will attract an all-out attack by officers and soldiers. When the time comes, our brotherhood will lose a lot. Moreover, it will cause officers and men to target us as the focus of their attacks.

It's not a good deal. Yu Ren said.

"Then, Daqu Mountain will not be attacked. Mr. Qu, what about your new lady? I heard that your wife is already pregnant. Aren't we going to save her? Huang Dahai asked Qu Jing.

Qu Jing gritted his teeth and showed a pained expression, but he finally shook his head. "No, I won't. At this time, the strength of the second leader is strong, and I can't let my brothers die in vain for my own affairs. ”

"But ......," Huang Dahai wanted to say more. But Qu Jing had already interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "There is no need to discuss this matter, you quickly arrange for the brothers to move the things on the island to the ship, and take everything you can with you. If you really can't take it away, find a place to bury it for me. ”