Eight hundred and seventieth chapters ten villages
Li Dan is already dying.
At the last moment, this great man at sea was still thinking about the sea.
There were windows in his house that could see the sea, but Li Dan could not stand up long ago. At this time, Li Guo assisted the man to demolish the room, and the entire situation of Hirado Port was all in sight.
The port is still so busy, with docking ships everywhere. The sailors and maritime merchants mixed up to the shore through the pier. The coolies who carried the goods, the translators, the brokers and Li Dan's subordinates were dealing with the requests of these people. Although the port was extremely busy, it was still in order and was not messy at all.
This is the result that Li Dan had only had for twenty years of business. Even if death is approaching, the old man who is dying still feels extremely relieved when he sees the situation in front of him.
The sky in the distance is blue, and it is almost connected with the blue sea.
A group of dolphins arrived at the sea near the harbor with white sails, and seagulls hovered high above the sail roof.
Li Dan's subordinates had already met, and everyone was waiting for the news.
The family members were also driven outside, and the women were crying and making people upset.
Li Guozhu was kneeling cross-legged beside Li Dan, his face looked very ugly. Although he had been in power for many years and had discussed with Li Dan how to move the next step, at this moment, when the old man really wanted to leave, his only feeling was still hesitation and helplessness.
"The world is the general trend..." Li Dan looked at the sea view for a while, and finally turned around and said softly: "The future is turbulent, and the Ming Dynasty will surely change drastically. It may be that the country will be destroyed within 20 or 30 years. At that time, heroes will emerge. Who can compete for success? Unfortunately, I can't see it..."
"If I don't die..." Li Dan's eyes shone out, but soon he became depressed again.
No matter what, the powerful sea still dare not have such confidence. On the battlefield of Qin Shiqilu, there will be a chance for such powerful sea to come on the field to fight.
"Father, let's have a rest..." Lee Kwok-joo was speechless. When was it time? He still wanted to think about these things?
As for Li Dan's statement that the Ming Dynasty was about to be destroyed, Li Guozhu agreed very much.
As we head to Datong, we saw that the government became more and more greedy, the people became more and more difficult to survive, especially in the hearts of Henan and other places, which have already reached the verge of an outbreak.
The Ming Dynasty's war against the Eastern Barbarians was repeatedly defeated, and then financial difficulties came, but the inner pockets came, but the governors were busy with internal fighting. All signs were signs of destruction of the country.
"Hey... rest, I'm going to rest forever soon." Li Dan laughed at himself, but the expression on his face became even more ugly, and a wisp of death floated on his cheeks.
"Big Young Master..." A close servant leader trotted over, knelt down and clasped his fists and said, "Someone is coming over with Yusheng."
"Who is it?" Li Guozhu suddenly stood up.
Li Dan also looked stern and looked at the close servant.
"It's Jiang Kui, and a young man with a young man with a face. He said he was the deputy officer of the military affairs who had just come from Datong. He was the deputy officer of Chang. The surname is Zhang, named Zhang Xuwen, and he is a clan brother of Lord Yusheng Zhang."
"This person is enough." Li Dan's expression relaxed and said with a smile: "Chang Wei is inconvenient to come out at this moment. He wants to guard the old camp. He will take action as soon as the news arrives. Damn, how did Zhang Han train this group of young people from Yusheng?"
Taiwan and Datong are thousands of miles apart. Of course, the things in front of them are the people in Taiwan who do it themselves. Li Dan's feelings are also revealed. His travels between Hirado and Taiwan are actually very convenient, but Yan Siqi can't control it. However, people with Yusheng are united in Taiwan and are just for the benefit of this group. Compared with the two, Li Dan will naturally feel this feeling.
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"In the next Zhang Xuwen has met Mr. Li and the eldest son."
When Zhang Xuwen, who was wearing a blue shirt, came over, Li Dan had already stopped breathing, and only one of Li Guozhu knelt beside the old man's body.
Zhang Xuwen and Jiang Kui were both stunned. Li Guozhu looked ugly, but he said calmly: "We already know the purpose of your two. My father has already explained something. Please rest assured about Yan Siqi."
"Mr. Li is really a god." After hearing Li Guozhu's words, Jiang Kui immediately bowed and bowed. He looked very respectful and a little sad. Over the past year, he had seen Li Dan many times and had a bit of sincere admiration and condolences for the old man.
Zhang Xuwen also bowed and bowed. He didn't know Li Dan and didn't have any emotional fluctuations as much as Jiang Kui. At this time, he just felt a little comforted. No matter what, this trip to Hirado seemed to be very smooth. The Li family and his son were worthy of being a great hero who controlled one side. He had already decided that he and others would have this journey.
However, Zhang Xuwen was considering another point. If they didn’t come today, how would the Li family and his son respond?
I couldn't help but feel a cold sweat wet my back.
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"The sea is banned?" Yan Siqi's expression became very ugly.
Chen Zhongji was quite shocked and a little panicked. He murmured: "We have seven ships replenishing the goods there. It's just a few days passed, so why is it such a coincidence?"
"No one wants to deal with us, right?"
"It shouldn't be..." Chen Zhongji thought about it carefully and said, "Our ship will come back every few days. Hirado has recently summoned many people. Mr. Li summoned his subordinates to say goodbye. It seems that the days are not long, but he has not passed away. As long as he is there, all forces will have to be honest and dare not move. This time, the sea ban is probably due to Penghu's affairs."
"This new governor is so disappointed." Yan Siqi said dissatisfied: "How much will it delay us this time!"
Yan Siqi had a total of thirteen large ships and dozens of small ships, but they were not very useful. At most, small ships could be brought back from Taiwan to Penghu and Zhongzuo. The main purpose was to catch fish and sell fish. Some of them could travel to Japan routes, and the risks were also relatively high. Large ships were both merchant ships and warships. Each ship had dozens of strong sailors, who could drive ships and load and unload cargo, and of course they could kill and rob.
Seven ships were detained at once, the number of warships decreased, and the manpower was seriously insufficient. If it were normal, it would be fine. It happened to be this time, so it would be very inconvenient!
"Send the order." Yan Siqi said to Chen Zhongji: "We need to be more patrol-in-law, and we will double the patrol-in-night patrolers."
"Yes, please don't worry, Brother Yan," Chen Zhongji still felt dissatisfied, but he didn't have to object to this matter. He immediately smiled and said, "I will take someone to patrol tonight. You have a good rest. As soon as the news of Hirado comes, we will have a big fight."
Yan Siqi had already discussed with Chen Zhongji that the people who had tried to kill were all Li Dan's confidants who stayed here. After killing someone, he declared his independence. Then, depending on Li Guozhu's movement, he would at least compete for a situation of competing. With his current strength, he would definitely win this position.
Yan Siqi would be very happy when he mentioned these words, but today he was inexplicably in a bad mood and just nodded coldly.
Chen Zhongji sighed after leaving: "Brother Yan is not a king. He is born in a noble family like Xie, and he is not calm when encountering problems and cannot calm down. During the Battle of Feishui, Xie An and Xie Gong were calm and composed, which is really fascinating. Well, I will be Xie An today, and calm down and will naturally be safe and sound."
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In the evening, the village that stretched for miles became lively, and fishermen and farming gathered together. People were discussing the growth of sugarcane this year... No one didn't like to eat candy, even the barefoot pirates were the same.
In addition to everyone who likes to eat sweets, the benefits of squeezing sugar are also very high. Every year, the local products produced in Taiwan are the largest, and then the jerky venison, deer bones and other local products. Of course, the most profitable thing is to buy raw silk from the mainland to resold them to Japan. A tumble of raw silk is 1 to 140 taels to Taiwan, and 280 taels to transport it to Japan. The more it is better. The more it is the best. Every year, it takes at least 10,000 tons of raw silk in a Japanese market. The Dutch people want it, and the Japanese people also want it. The Dutch people also collect raw silk from the Chinese and then resold it to Japan, so they must get Penghu or gain a foothold in Taiwan. Transfer goods from these two places to Japan, the place is close and the risk is small, so the trade will be doubled immediately. The Tokugawa shogunate of Japan is already implementing a policy of locking the country. They only accept the entry of Chinese ships and Dutch ships. The Japanese have silver, and everyone has made a lot of money.
Many people are discussing this year's market, how much can white sugar be sold for and how much does raw silk cost? The price of lead, zinc, ivory, spices purchased by one-third from the Dutch people, as well as wool clothes from Europe, various exquisite gadgets and machines. The Japanese love these things the most, and people are also very clear about and are good at using these things to make enough profits.
Those who walk on this beach to the camp will be able to survive and be honest and honest, as long as they dare to go into the sea, even if the owners of those small boats help load and unload, or take the Dutch to the seaside in Zhangzhou to secretly buy raw silk. After walking a few times, their families will be well-off and get rid of poverty. So even if they suffer from hardships here, they can only get a big house in their hometown and buy land. This is still worth it.
The spirit of Fujian people is similar after hundreds of years. The Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties did not stop going to Southeast Asia, and later these people were seen everywhere in the world.
After arriving at the tic-tip camp, people realized that the situation was a little nervous.
The door was full of people with bows, arrows, swords and guns. They were usually guards in the village, and they were sailors and pirates on board. Ordinary people were also afraid of them. These people scolded and told everyone to leave quickly. They didn't dare to say anything. They quickly walked to their residence. After dinner, it turned dark. People did not dare to gossip and talk, so they quickly washed up and went to bed.
I got drunk yesterday and didn’t update it. Today I updated two chapters and added them.
Chapter completed!