Shen Youlong nodded slightly: "It seems that the old man wants to show his sincerity first." ”

"What is Dong Weng going to do?" Zhao Wenji asked.

Shen Youlong said with a smile: "Chen Ping has been in the standard camp since he joined the standard camp, he has done things steadily, is loyal, and has repeatedly made military exploits, and he is a rising star in the army in Guangdong, which is indispensable. However, Na Lincha, who has loose military discipline, as a military family, does not want to repay the service, engages in smuggling trade, and has a close relationship with the four surnamed pirates, which is really hateful.

If the armament is rectified, it is not enough to suppress the people's hearts unless it is sacrificed to Lincha. ”

Zhao Wenji nodded: "Then Chen Zizhuang is quite jealous of Li Zhaoji, so it is better to let him come forward, promote Chen Ping, and take charge of the sailor group training." ”

"Just what I want!" Shen Youlong high-fived and praised.

Hong kong island.

The rising sun shone into the room through the window, illuminating Zheng Tingqiu's white buttocks, and the light wind blowing in made him shrink and wrap himself in the quilt.

But the brazier in the room had been extinguished, and a thin quilt could not stop the cold air of late autumn, he shouted twice, but there was no response outside, he scolded, got dressed, and came to the outer hall, where a young man sat at the table eating porridge, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zheng is early, your subordinates will bring you food." ”

"How dare you eat before I eat." Zheng Tingqiu threw the knife on the table and said viciously.

The man spread his hands: "I'm different from you, you're busy, and I'm bored, and when it's time to eat, it's my daily event." ”

"Bastard, a bastard like your father."

The young man smiled coldly and did not respond, as if he had not heard the insulting words.

After a while, another man of a slightly older grade came in and sat at the table, talking to the younger man while eating, without paying attention to Zheng Tingqiu.

One of these two people is surnamed Shi, the other is surnamed Ma, one is the son of Shibi, and the other is Ma Xuansheng's younger brother, all of whom are hostages that the two put here in Zheng Tingqiu.

The infighting between the four pirates was a disaster for the pirates and the Pearl River Estuary, without order, both merchants and pirates would suffer, and in the case that no one could annex anyone, the four pirates with too many casualties could only restore peace.

And the appearance of an intermediary made the families put away their swords and spears and sit down at the negotiating table, this person was Lin Cha, who had been in contact with the four surnamed pirates.

Ma Xuansheng handed over Zheng Tingqiu's former subordinate martial arts conference, and his head became the end of this infighting. The so-called cooperation between Ishibi and others with the Oriental Trading Company has been proven to be false news. Lin Cha demarcated the sphere of influence for all parties, and Hong Kong Island was shared by each family, each occupied a piece, and each family called off the army and truce.

And in order to keep the peace and well, each person sent three people close enough to the rest of the leaders as hostages.

Shibi's son and Ma Xuansheng's younger brother came to Zheng Tingqiu's side because of this, as for Xu Guixiang, he also sent someone at first, but Zheng Tingqiu really had nothing to do with him, and the two sides sent back each other's hostages, and they were safe.

"Leader Zheng, I heard that Mr. Lin sent a message that he wanted to make an appointment with the leaders of each family to meet again to discuss dealing with the Oriental Trading Company, why didn't you tell us about such a big thing." Ma Xuansheng's younger brother asked.

"You're hostages, what do you know all this for?" Zheng Tingqiu said angrily that he couldn't bully these two hostages, he couldn't beat them, and he couldn't leave them, so he could only let them be arrogant in front of him, which was really uncomfortable.

Ma Xuansheng's younger brother smiled and said, "I still know well, after all, I'm about to go back." That lady of yours is about to give birth. When the time comes, if you want to bring them back, you will have to consult with my eldest brother. ”

Zheng Tingqiu did not have brothers and nephews by his side, because he gave Shi Bi and Ma Xuansheng hostages to conceive his child's woman, and one of them was already in the month. When the time comes, if Zheng Tingqiu wants to have a child, he will have to change a hostage, and Ma Xuansheng will naturally make the same request.

"Wait, let's see if we can give birth to a handle." Zheng Tingqiu said coldly.

Throwing down these words, Zheng Tingqiu got up, called his subordinates, and went to the street for a stroll. The smuggling market on Hong Kong Island was overturned at the mouth of the Pearl River, and now it has been somewhat restored, and a third of this market belongs to Cheng Tingqiu, because he is the only leader of the pirates with a large fleet.

Fishermen selling fresh fish, oysters and vegetables crowded the market, and Zheng Tingqiu walked the streets, as a defender of order, he had the right to charge everyone here, which was one of the sources of income, and he naturally hoped that the more people there were, the better.

"Sir, do you want oysters, fresh." A young fisherman stopped Zheng Tingqiu and asked with a smile.

"Get out of the way!" Zheng Tingqiu's men raised their hands and were about to fight, but the fisherman smiled at Zheng Tingqiu with a mouthful of white teeth.

Zheng Tingqiu was no stranger to this person, and he recognized this as Tang Mu at a glance.

Li Zhaoji was the initiator of the original chaos, but the young man in front of him was the sharpest knife in Li Zhaoji's hand, and he appeared again and sneaked here, obviously with other plans.

Zheng Tingqiu lowered his head, looked at the oysters, and said, "This oyster is good, bring them all back." ”

The subordinates took Tang Mu and a porter wearing a hat and followed Zheng Tingqiu's men, Zheng Tingqiu walked around again before returning to his residence. I heard Tang Mu quarreling with his subordinates from a distance, and the reason for the quarrel was very simple, Zheng Tingqiu's subordinates refused to give money.

"The little fisherman, dare to go against Lao Tzu and take him to the back room. It's okay left and right, I'm going to clean him up. Zheng Tingqiu said.

Tang Mu followed behind Zheng Tingqiu, but the porter insisted on carrying the burden, and Zheng Tingqiu thought that there must be something important inside, so he let him carry it.

After entering the back hall, Zheng Tingqiu instructed his subordinates to watch the door and asked Tang Mu: "Boy, do you still dare to come here, aren't you afraid of death?" I might as well tell you that at the mouth of the Pearl River, if you catch an official gentry and a businessman, you may still be alive, but if you catch the Oriental Trading Company, even if it is a sailor oarsman, you will be skinned and executed. ”

Tang Mu smiled and asked, "Then have you caught it?" ”

Zheng Tingqiu was speechless for a while, the people of the Oriental Trading Company were all gunboats and big ships, and the four surnamed pirates were not without ideas, but they were beaten to the ground, and Ma Xuansheng also sent people to Macao, wanting to kill a few people to relieve their hatred, but found that the branch of the Oriental Trading Company in Macao was a small fortress, and it was not easy to enter.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?" Zheng Tingqiu asked.

Zheng Tingqiu's relationship with the Oriental Trading Company is complicated, he was once ambushed by Tang Mu and captured, but he was sent back to regain power. In the civil strife among the four surnames, the other three families all thought that Zheng Tingqiu was Li Zhaoji's person, and if it weren't for Shi Bi who was also suspected of cooperating with the Oriental Trading Company, maybe the three partnerships would have destroyed Zheng Tingqiu.

But the problem is that during the internal strife that lasted for more than half a year, the Oriental Trading Company never intervened except for trade.

But Zheng Tingqiu was already confused about his relationship with the Oriental Trading Company and Li Zhaoji, and he had envy, hatred, and fear of the Oriental Trading Company.

Tang Mu smiled and said, "I'm here to give it away?" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the hat of the porter next to him with a flat pole, and Zheng Tingqiu saw a woman's face under the hat and exclaimed: "Miao Niang." ”

Tang Mu picked up the lids of two baskets, one was filled with oysters, and the other was filled with meat, and the child was sleeping.

"Kid!" Zheng Tingqiu reached out to pick up the child, directly ripped off the child's pants, and when he saw the little Niu Niu, he shouted excitedly: "I have a son, I have a son!" ”

Miao Niang hugged Zheng Tingqiu, crying in her mouth, but kept giving Tang Mu a look, she was afraid that Tang Mu would tell the secret that was enough to kill her.

At the beginning, Zheng Tingqiu felt that the situation was tense and personally escorted his family members out of Hong Kong Island, but he was involved in conspiracy and betrayal, the fleet was ambushed, Zheng Tingqiu thought he would die, and begged Li Zhaoji to release the pregnant Miao Niang.

But Li Zhaoji released Zheng Tingqiu to disturb the situation at the mouth of the Pearl River, and originally wanted to put Miao Niang back, but Zheng Tingqiu felt that he was going back alone, even if he made a comeback and regained power, he would have to face the attacks of the other three families, and the future was uncertain, so he insisted on leaving Miao Niang, thinking that even if he died, he would save his blood and blood.

Miao Niang was thus placed in Macau, where she gave birth to a son.

But a secret is that the son born by Miao Niang may not be Zheng Tingqiu's, but may also be from the Martial Arts Conference. And the possibility of a martial arts conference is even greater.

Wu Hui didn't say anything about his affair with Miao Niang until he died, and Ma Xuansheng thought that Miao Niang had died a long time ago, so as long as Miao Niang didn't show up, no one would mention this secret.

Tang Mu knew this secret to persuade Miao Niang to come.

"It's just one, Zheng Xiaoqiu, Miao Niang gave birth to two sons for you, and the other one is Zheng Daqiu, who is still in Macau." Tang Mu said.

Zheng Tingqiu, who was holding the child, kissed endlessly, and shouted after listening: "Really, Miao Niang, I am really a blessed person." There is nothing more perfect in this world. ”

Miao Niang nodded, except that these two children may not be Zheng Tingqiu's, everything else is true.

Zheng Tingqiu was so excited that in this year, he retained his authority, and his status among the four surnamed pirates also went from being at the bottom of the four pirates, to the extent that he was second only to Shibi, but the only regret was that he had no son, and those women, whether they were prostitutes, women or robbed women, only one woman gave birth to a child, or a daughter.

"How are you going to place them, as long as I go back safely, the big ball can be sent to you." Tang Mu said.

Zheng Tingqiu's face was suddenly solemn, he opened the door, and said to his subordinates guarding outside: "Today's incident, don't mention it to anyone, if others know, I will chop you up and feed it to the dogs." ”

As he spoke, he took out the money bag from his arms and threw it to his subordinates: "Lao Tzu has a son, or two, this is a red envelope for you." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper." The subordinate was overjoyed, patted his chest and promised: "The little one will never tell anyone." ”

Saying that, he turned around and left, but was directly stabbed in the back by Zheng Tingqiu, and at the moment of death, he was unexpected.

"Miao Niang and her son, no one else can know." Zheng Tingqiu hugged the child and said seriously.

If someone else found out, his son would definitely be taken hostage to Shibi and them.

Tang Mu smiled and clapped his palms: "I think so too, I came to tell you that the end of the four surnamed pirates has come, and soon, the trading company, the regimental training and the Guangdong soldiers and horses will exterminate you." ”

Similar rumors were already spreading, but Tang Mu said it, Zheng Tingqiu had to believe it, he suddenly thought of the news he heard from Ma Xuansheng's younger brother today, Lin Cha wanted to see the four surnamed pirates, and suddenly woke up, was that Lin Cha's Hongmen banquet.

"Yes, I can die, but my children should live, they have not done evil." Zheng Tingqiu said.

Tang Mu casually found a place to sit down, and said with a smile: "Why can you die, isn't it good to live."

Don't want to see your son grow up? ”

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