Because it is located at the southernmost tip of the six islands, merchant ships from the South Sea or the ocean will rest on the island first. As a result, it has created the wealth and prosperity of the island.

Only with money can troops be gathered, and there are famous Badu soldiers on the island, which is the combined name of the island itself and the soldiers and horses scattered on the nearby islands. The eight capitals are Qiantang Capital, Dong'an Capital, Qingping Capital, Shijing Capital, Zuojiang Capital, Zhenfu Capital, Wu'an Capital and Baocheng Capital. The supreme commander of the Badu soldiers is called the commander.

When Ji Yu was the owner of the island, he divided the eight capitals into three. He was in charge of the strongest four capitals, and handed over the other four to two assistants, Shi Zhao and Pan Yu.

With the disappearance of Ji Li, the two assistants had different hearts, and first in the name of the assistants, Ji Cong, the son of Ji Li, was promoted as the owner of the island. Immediately afterwards, under the banner of the island owner, he removed the position of the commander of the four capitals under the island owner, and then divided the four capitals. The current situation has been formed, and now the two people on the island each occupy four capitals, forming a balance of power.

Tian Xiaotong is not completely sure of this operation. In order to achieve the effect of surprise, he first rented a merchant ship to cover people's eyes, and then asked Ji Yu and Ji Mengwan to pretend to be captains and maids, while he and his subordinates pretended to be merchants and pretended to go to the island to rest temporarily.

After some bumps, the island is finally in sight. The endless stream of boats, the hurried pedestrians on the shore, and the people of Qiantang and Dong'an, who were ordered to guard the main island of the island, were carefully checking and patrolling.

Behind everything in order, there is a disorderly bloodshed and killing.

Tian Xiaotong's merchant ship docked, and this time, Niu Shao, the subordinate who was in charge of dealing with the investigation, got off the ship to deal with the visitors.

After a while, Niu Shao led the leader with the word "Tang" embroidered on his chest and got on the boat. And introduced to Tian Xiaotong: "This is Lieutenant Li Kecun, who is in charge of checking our ships. ”

Tian Xiaotong looked at Li Kecun and several of his subordinates coldly, stepped forward and said respectfully: "The little woman is polite, Li Duwei, please check it out, my subordinates and I will fully cooperate." ”

Li Kecun didn't expect that the person in charge of the ocean business was actually a young woman in front of him, so he couldn't help but look up and down. Said curiously: "The girl is so bold, she dares to do this shipping business." Do you know that the sea is unforgiving, and there are no bones left. ”

Tian Xiaotong replied with a smile: "People die for money, and birds die for food." My father is old, my brother is still young, and as an adult in the family, I can't help but shoulder this burden. ”

"Old rules, please bring the ocean citation. Although Li Kecun was moved by Tian Xiaotong's courage, he couldn't do anything unofficially.

The ocean quotation is the sea route guide issued by the ship department set up by the imperial court in Quanzhou. Only those who hold ocean-going citations can go to sea to do business. The six islands control the maritime trade, and they only recognize the ocean literature. This not only did not oppose the imperial court, but also cracked down on the smuggling trade. It can be said that under the legal framework, a lot of money is earned.

Tian Xiaotong motioned to Niu Shao to take out the ocean citation, and Li Kecun took the quotation and checked it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he returned it to Niu Shao.

Li Kecun had a good impression of Tian Xiaotong, so he said very politely: "Before you get off the ship, please allow me to go into the cabin to check it, this is the usual practice, please cooperate." ”

"No problem, please. Tian Xiaotong asked his subordinates to get out of the way and let Li Kecun and his subordinates enter the warehouse for inspection.

After Li Kecun and his subordinates entered the warehouse, Tian Xiaotong motioned for Niu Shao to follow, in case of inquiry.

Li Kecun went into the cabin to inspect the goods, as well as the workers on the ship, and when he saw Ji Jiao, he felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"This old gentleman, we seem to have met somewhere. Li Kecun said tentatively.

Ji Yu lowered his voice and said, "I have been a shipwright at sea for many years, so I must be fortunate to see Captain Du a few times." ”

"Really?" Li Kecun obviously didn't believe Ji Li's statement, looked up and down, and felt that the person in front of him didn't look like a boatman.

At this time, Niu Shao came forward and said, "I won't tell you, in fact, his old man is the old servant of the young lady, and he is not worried that the young lady will go to sea alone, so he insists on coming with him." Considering that he is also old, I just want him to follow comfortably. Who thinks that his old man can't be idle for a moment, and he has to do some work to be comfortable. ”

Niu Shao's words were reasonable and reasonable, so that Li Kecun had to believe it.

"I see, let's go. After speaking, Li Kecun returned to the deck with his men.

Ji Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes were full of anger, as the owner of the island, he was actually afraid of the little captain, it was really a great shame.

On the deck, Li Kecun boasted: "The girl really has some means, even the old family servants are so loyal." ”

Tian Xiaotong didn't know the thrilling scene that had just happened in the cabin, and said politely: "When you go out, you can't go out without a few loyal people." Captain Li, how did you find out?"

Li Kecun replied: "No problem, you can get off the boat and rest." But remember to send someone to guard it so that you don't get caught in the thief. In addition, there is everything near the pier, and you must not go up the mountain, this is the rule. ”

Tian Xiaotong thanked: "Thank you Captain Li for reminding me, the little woman wrote it down." With a gesture of her hand, Mu Xiaoxue came to everyone with a plate of silver ingots covered with a cloth in her hand.

"This is a little bit of my heart, please Li Duwei smile. Tian Xiaotong said, uncovered the cloth, and the silver of the white flowers was only dazzling under the sunlight.

Who couldn't get along with the silver, Li Kecun hurriedly ordered his subordinates to take the silver, and went with a thousand thanks.

"Miss, the purpose of our trip is to take down the island, these small fish and shrimp will be the subordinates of the owner of Ji Island sooner or later, why send silver, isn't it a waste. Mu Xiaoxue looked at Li Kecun and the others' villains, and was very unhappy.

Tian Xiaotong said coldly: "As the saying goes, 'I'd rather offend a gentleman than a villain.'" Why bother with the villain? When we disembark, we need to be careful not to let people see the flaws. All actions will be carried out in the evening. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand. ”

So everyone got off the boat in batches, Tian Xiaotong took Mu Xiaoxue and Ji Mengwan as the first batch, Rui Hansheng and some of his subordinates as the second batch, Ling Xuanshuang and Ji Yu as the third batch, and Zhu Shao and others got off the boat last.

Everyone acted separately and scattered in the large and small inns on the island, and the main personnel gathered in Tian Xiaotong's room.

After dinner, the main personnel cautiously avoided patrols and cautiously came to Tian Xiaotong's room.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tian Xiaotong said: "I have been observing for a long time, and I found that the island seems to have changed a lot. Compared to the information given to us by the secret agent, there is a big discrepancy. Looks like we're going to have to put a break and revisit and make plans. ”

Tian Xiaotong's words, Ji Jiao deeply agreed: "I found that the two capitals that used to patrol the island are now only on duty for half a day. After the afternoon unitary hour, it was replaced by Shi Zhao's Zuojiang Capital and Pan Yu's Zhenfudu, I don't know why there was such a change. ”

"This kind of change of guard is too manpower and financial resources. Ji Li had a guess, "I think it must be something that happened to the island to do such a ridiculous thing." ”

Rui Hansheng said: "It's not just that, I was ordered to go up the mountain in disguise to investigate, and found that there were heavy guards, and non-residents or soldiers of the island were not allowed to go up the mountain." Residents and soldiers of the island who want to go up the mountain also have to check the guidance they bring with them. ”

Mu Xiaoxue gasped, "It's so difficult to go up the mountain, let alone Zhaochen Palace, which is close to the top of the mountain." ”

Zhaochen Palace is the residence of the owner of the island. And Shi Zhao and Pan Yu's residences are next to Zhaochen Palace.

Tian Xiaotong thought for a while and ordered: "Now our soldiers are divided into several ways and act together." I went with Niu Shao to find a way to contact Li Kecun to see if I could start with him and understand the reason for the change of defense. ”

"Rui Hansheng has nothing to do with Shudao, you continue to pretend to be a passer-by to see if you have a chance to sneak into Zhaochen Palace. Tian Xiaotong looked at Rui Hansheng and explained: "If you find that you can't fish in troubled waters, don't force it." ”

Rui Hansheng nodded and responded, "Please rest assured, Miss, my subordinates will work hard and try to blend in as much as possible." ”

Mu Xiaoxue said: "It's better for your subordinates to go with Rui Hansheng, your subordinates rarely deal with Huandao, I believe they won't be recognized." When two people go, they can take care of each other. ”

"Okay, then you can go with Rui Hansheng. ”

As soon as Tian Xiaotong's words were finished, he didn't want Ji Mengwan to object: "They can't go!"

Tian Xiaotong looked at Ji Mengwan and said, "Why can't they go?"

Ji Mengwan was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "They are too beautiful, and Ji Cong ...... He...... He's very. I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will be self-defeating. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, especially Tian Xiaotong felt very embarrassed, because she had completely forgotten about this stubble.