By this time he had returned to his chair, and he turned back and said in a loud voice, "Now that the bandits on land are gone, all that remains is to exterminate us pirates!" As long as we are finished, the world will be peaceful! In addition, today's imperial court already knows that there are great profits on the sea, will they let go of these white flowers and silver? You people all know how to stare at the silver, so don't the emperors and ministers know? We're in the way!"

When Liu Guangting said this, the people below had already changed color, and they looked around in horror, wanting to get some support from their companions! But all they saw was a face of greater horror!

At this time, Liu Guangting sat heavily on the chair, attracting everyone's attention, and then he said earnestly: "Everyone has been at sea for so many years, and you have also seen the methods of those high-ranking families! What would they do if someone got in their way?"

Someone below whispered, "Two years ago, I was entrusted to keep an eye on my family's sea boat! After robbing the boat twice and killing all the people, the family never went to sea again!"

Another man said, "A few years ago, I was also asked to do something, and I went ashore and killed a few people!"

Two or three more people told me what they had done. Hearing what they said, Liu Guangting patted the handrail and said, "Okay, okay, don't be entrusted by others one by one, just just say that you are driven by others, what's the use of saying it so nicely?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating low laugh. This is indeed like Liu Guangting said, no matter how much his behavior beautifies the words, he still can't change the essence of being driven by others!

However, Liu Guangting didn't laugh at them, but said directly: "These things you have done are ways for big families to remove stumbling blocks, simple and practical! Now that we've become a stumbling block to the court, what do you think the court will do to us?"

At this time, Li Feiyu snorted loudly and said, "Extermination!"

Liu Guangting slapped his face and said, "Yes, this is the easiest way for the imperial court! Just kill them all!"

Then one of the pirates whispered, "But no dynasty has ever heard of a pirate that can wipe out all pirates!"

His words were echoed by everyone, so Liu Guangting understood that he still couldn't completely convince them. However, he still sneered and said, "That was before, and now it is different, and I can tell you clearly, if we don't be honest, we will be dead!"

The pirate who spoke said loudly, "No, the big dragon! You're going too far, aren't you? In the past, when the imperial court exterminated pirates, we could take refuge under those big households, but this time we still peeled off our skin and painted gourds, so we can't do it! It's a big deal to hide for a few more years, and when the limelight passes, this sea is still our world!"

His words won the approval of many pirates, but there were also some pirates who did not want to take refuge in the big households! Because they still don't know what benefits the official army can give, they can only be regarded as temporarily neutral.

Then Liu Guangting got up and said, "I know what you think, and I know that this method worked before, but now it doesn't work, why? Because now Tianjin has opened the sea! The ports that open the sea are all in Wu Ningbo's fiefdom!"

After speaking, he gave a general account of the situation of Tianjin's opening to the sea. The news has just spread, and it has not yet reached the pirates, and they are completely unaware! But even if you know, these pirates who lack political sensitivity don't think it's useful at all!

So when a pirate asked this question, Liu Guangting pointed at him again and said, "Pig head!"

After he finished scolding, he said loudly, "Why was it difficult to open the sea before? It is because those gentry and big families in the south oppose the opening of the sea, so that they can monopolize the benefits of opening the sea! We have no choice but to cling to them! But now it's different, the north has opened the sea, and those northerners who couldn't meddle in the sea trade before now have a chance! As soon as they intervened, the advantage of the large southern gentry was negated! If the southern gentry can support those of us who eat sea rice, will those northerners also support a group of people who eat sea rice? When the time comes, they'll come and attack us with the officers, and you guess the southern taxis

Will the gentry stand up for us?"

Now all those pirate leaders are all as pale as the earth! Because they also understand that if there is really anything, those big families will definitely turn their faces and deny people, and they will definitely throw them out to take the blame! If they have no one to shelter, then there is really no place to die!

At this time, the oldest pirate leader stepped forward and said, "Dragon, we couldn't think of these things just now, how do you know these things? Is the source reliable?"

When the pirate leaders heard this, they immediately came to their senses, and they also wanted to know the truth of the matter. After all, no one knows about the affairs of the imperial court, and it will be unlucky to be thrown into the hands of the officials and soldiers by Liu Guangting in a daze!

However, Liu Guangting not only did not get angry when he heard this question, but pointed at the old pirate and said, "They all say that people are old and good, and horses are old and slippery, and they are talking about you!"

The old pirate was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "This is also for the sake of his own net worth and life, so I have to ask a few more questions! Don't worry about the small ones!"

Liu Guangting waved his hand and said, "What does Lao Tzu have to do with you? You're right! Lao Tzu can also tell you clearly, I have a cousin who works on an errand in Shuntian Mansion, so he is very well-informed! And you can verify for yourself what I'm talking about!"

At this time, Li Feiyu interjected and said, "Longtou, all of us are registered in the government, how can we get ashore?"

Liu Guangting pursed his lips and said, "This time I have negotiated with Wu Ningbo, don't talk about going ashore, you can all go to the capital to play a trick in a grand manner!" As long as you don't make any mistakes, no one will care about you!"

The topic came back to here, and finally someone said, "Dragonhead, what benefits can we get by talking to Wu Ningbo about Zhao'an? Forget it, don't talk about the benefits, just talk about it, what results can we get?"

Liu Guangting said, "I tell you clearly, Wu Ningbo has never meant to recruit us for peace! When he first sent someone to tell me, he just warned me not to make trouble in the Ming Dynasty! Compensation is to be able to make it easier in other ways! As for talking to Wu Ningbo here, it was Lao Tzu who said that he could represent seventy percent of the men on the sea! As for Zhao'an, they didn't mention it at all!"