Liu Yifeng did not agree, but he did not refuse either. He used procrastination on the grounds that he needed to consult with his partners. The main reason for dragging is that he doesn't want to share with others the real way to dig for gold in California. But the reality is that he can't safely dig for gold now, and Zhang Gang's huge power makes him feel very annoyed.

It was Li Hongji and Zheng Zhilong who followed him to the 3 gatherings, and the two of them had no opinion when they saw that Liu Yifeng chose to delay, this kind of thing really needs to be discussed, although they don't know when they will default to Liu Yifeng as the main one. Even if there is no Zheng Zhilong, who does not owe Liu Yifeng favors, he doesn't realize that he is used to listening to Liu Yifeng's orders.

"Big Boss, I think I can work with them." After returning to their camp, Li Hongji thought that Liu Yifeng wanted to discuss as usual, and took the initiative to speak: "That Zhang Xianzhong is obviously not something we can deal with anymore, even if we have firearms, it's useless." ”

"Well, I agree, you can cooperate with the three of them, there is a lot of power. I think the strength of the two of them is quite good, especially the one surnamed Zhang, although they all look dirty and their clothes are a little shabby, but everyone has a murderous aura, and they are all retired veterans. ”

Liu Yifeng rolled his eyes with his back to the two.

I'm not going to ask the two of you for your opinion, I don't want to unite with them, you two and one person, I have to find a reliable reason if I don't unite now......

Feng Shuo didn't think about it so much, and when he saw that Li Hongji and Zheng Zhilong agreed, he didn't express his opinion and vote. Jin Chengyou and Ao Bai didn't speak, and the two of them must have followed Liu Yifeng closely.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yifeng nodded and shook his head, and said: "The alliance must be united, after all, it is too dangerous outside now, and we can't stay in Jinshan City all the time." But how to unite, who is in charge, and how much right to speak, this needs to be considered in the long run. ”

"Let me give you my opinion: let's delay it for a while and not say anything to them. We have shown some strength today, and the two families are definitely unwilling to give up on us. If we don't take a stand, they will inevitably come to woo us, and we will take the opportunity to increase our share in the alliance. ”

Liu Yifeng's words reminded Feng Shuo of the days when he pit the heads of the four commercial houses in Jinzhou Port, and showed a knowing smile.

Li Hongji and Zheng Zhilong felt that Liu Yifeng was so insidious, but what he said was reasonable, so they agreed.

In this way, Liu Yifeng bought a few days for himself, and he had to find a way to make the other party retreat in these few days.

On the first day, there was nothing but when they were training routinely, Zhang Changgong and Sun Li both came to watch, and their expressions were a little shocked, and they both guessed whether Liu Yifeng and his subordinates were retired soldiers.

The next day, Sun Li invited Liu Yifeng to eat in the city, but Liu Yifeng politely refused.

On the third day, Zhang Changgong said that he caught a fish in the sea and sent it over. This is not easy to refuse, so I can only accept it, but after the fish is accepted, Zhang Changgong does not leave, and roasts it directly in front of the bonfire, and it is a dry roast, which makes Liu Yifeng extremely embarrassed, and hints several times that the other party can go Zhang Changgong did not understand.

"Come, try your Brother Zhang's grilled fish, my grilled fish, they all say it's delicious."

Liu Yifeng looked at the grilled fish with a charred appearance, and estimated that the innermost part of the fish might even be raw. As a cook, he can tell if a person can do it by looking at how he cooks things.

He embarrassedly accepted the grilled fish, picked a piece of fish meat that was not too burnt and put it in his mouth, and then praised Zhang Changgong for two sentences and put down the fish, choosing a direct showdown:

"Brother Zhang, do you have anything to say to me?"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Brother Zheng."

Nonsense, anyone with eyes can see that you have something to say.

"Brother Zheng, that's the case, in fact, I don't really want to unite with that kid Sun Li, I haven't met you at that time, but now that I have met you, I want to unite with you."

Liu Yifeng didn't speak, looking at Zhang Changgong with a smile, waiting for him to explain.

Zhang Changgong didn't let him wait longer: "That's the case, I actually came to Jinshan City last year, but I don't have these brothers of mine, I'm alone." I came with a trading house and became their dart master. Do you know what happened? ”

"What?"

Zhang Changgong didn't say anything, he looked left and right, and the two of them were surrounded by Feng Shuo, Ao Bai and two Koreans. It was obvious that Zhang Changgong meant to clear the field, but Liu Yifeng shook his head and said, "Brother Feng is my partner, and I will definitely tell him what I know." ”

When Ao Bai heard this, he took the initiative to leave with two Koreans.

"Boss Zhang, you can tell what happened."

Zhang Changgong first bowed to Feng Shuo, apologized to the dog-eyed person just now, and then motioned for the two to get closer and said, "They found a gold mine!" ”

"What!?"

"Be quiet, Brother Feng!"

Feng Shuo's face was full of shock and joy.

"Really, the dog's head is so big that there are several pieces of gold!"

Hearing this, Liu Yifeng and Feng Shuo both realized that something was wrong. If a gold mine is really discovered, why should the person tell himself?

Zhang Changgong probably also knew this, and continued to explain: "But then Zhang Bandit came, and the people from the trading house hid the gold in the rocks. We fought to the death with Zhang Bandit, but there were too many Zhang Bandits, and in the end we had to give up Minfu and choose to break through. ”

"Only I succeeded in breaking through, and after Zhang Bandit's people left, I touched it back, and everyone was killed, and the corpses were displayed in a mess in the mining area, but Zhang Bandit's people didn't find the gold mine."

Speaking of this, he raised his head, his eyes full of fanaticism: "I returned to Jinshan City and gathered a group of good men to prepare to go there to continue digging for gold. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the mining area was too close to Zhang Bandit, if it weren't for Zhang Bandit's being too rampant recently, I would never have told this secret. ”

"Brother Zheng, let me tell you the truth, I looked down on you at first, your people have basically never seen blood, and they are different from the group of bandits in the hands of Zhang Bandit. Before Zhang bandits joined the gang, they always asked them to kill a person who refused to join the gang, or someone who was seriously injured in the battle. There is a difference between those who have seen blood and those who have not. ”

Feng Shuo was a little unconvinced when he heard this, and asked, "Then why are you pulling us in?" ”

"Because you have firecrackers!"

This reason persuaded Liu Yifeng and Feng Shuo.

Those who have seen blood and those who have not seen blood fight in close combat, and it is true that the former has a great advantage, but it is difficult to say in the face of firecrackers.

Liu Yifeng looked at Zhang Changgong silently, and he found that Zhang Changzong's eyes were full of desire.

"Brother Zheng, come on, let's come to Dongshan Prefecture to tie our heads to the waistband of our trousers, isn't it just to seek a fortune, now the opportunity has come!"

"How do we know you're telling the truth?"

Liu Yifeng's question calmed down Feng Shuo, who was excited by Zhang Changgong's words, Zhang Changgong was also stunned, gritted his teeth and was silent for a long time, and walked out of Liu Yifeng's camp.

Feng Shuo was a little stunned, he didn't know what was going on, Liu Yifeng probably guessed it, he estimated that Zhang Changgong should have a piece of gold in his hand when he came back.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Changgong came back with 5 people carrying a package, and this time all the important people in Liu Yifeng's team were also present.

Zhang Changgong opened the package, and it was indeed 3 pieces of rough gold ore with irregular shapes the size of a dog's head.

Feng Shuo, Li Hongji, and Zheng Zhilong were all dazzled by the bright gold, and smiles appeared on their faces.

But Liu Yifeng's smile was full of bitterness and helplessness.

California and the neighboring state of Nevada have historically been marked by people picking up dogheads, and there is a clear history of early colonists exchanging large pieces of rough gold from the Indians.

The gold mining incident at the beginning of Jinshan City was fake, but there was real gold around Jinshan City.

This has always been Liu Yifeng's confidence in leading the team, but he never thought that others would be one step ahead of him.

He can only comfort himself: there are so many lucky people in the world, and he is not the hero after all.