"Say, I'll tell you, I'll tell you whatever you ask!"
Although Mr. Dong bullies and dominates the market, such people generally bully the weak and fear the strong, and are timid.
Tang Ping picked up a land deed in his hand, which was stamped with a tiger head seal. The location of the land deed was in Ha Tinh Province.
He had seen such a tiger head seal once in East Vietnam. It was from the Great Wei Kingdom established by Zhen Xiong in Nanyang. They called themselves Tigers of the East China Sea.
And this Ha Tinh province is in the later generation of Vietnam.
In other words, this land deed was issued by Zhen Xiong and their newly established country in Nanyang.
"Just tell me, where did this land deed come from?"
Mr. Dong looked up, and then quickly said: "This is Duke Zhen... No, it is the current Crown Prince of Wei. Because I helped him buy the treasure, I gave him the reward. I am not talented, in this area He still has some abilities, whatever the heroes want to buy, he can do it."
Even so, he was secretly cruel in his heart, and once he got away, he would find Master Balabu directly.
When the time comes, as long as he tells the adults that the food and grass supplies he bought for him have been snatched away by Captain Jack, Master Balabu will naturally kill them.
Srivijaya was the most powerful dynasty in Southeast Asia, and now they had formed an alliance with the Wei Dynasty who had an invincible fleet. No one in the entire Southeast Asia was their opponent.
If Captain Jack dares to touch the tiger's beard, he will not be able to leave.
"Oh, so you are also very familiar with the Crown Prince of Wei?"
"Of course they are familiar with each other. The prince had already made friends with the villain before he was established as the crown prince. If the hero wants to get acquainted with the prince, the villain can also introduce him to him."
"There is no need for an introduction. However, Mr. Dong is also very familiar with the Wei Kingdom in Nanyang. However, we have never heard of this Wei Kingdom in the past. Can you introduce it to me?"
When the Zhen family father and son went to Nanyang to found the country, even the Tang Secret Intelligence Department had no time to arrange it.
Regarding the situation in Nanyang, Tang Ping now had a dark eye. He finally met someone who might understand, so he naturally had to inquire about it.
Of course, you can’t just believe everything that Mr. Dong said.
"Oh, little man Dong Li, I used to follow Master Balabu just by relying on my strength. Master always called me Dali, and heroes can also call me Dali."
He felt relieved when he heard that Tang Ping wanted to ask him for news.
"The Great Wei State was founded by Zhen Xiong, the original general of Dongyue. I heard that he was a great contributor to Dongyue in opening up territory for Dongyue! The late Emperor of Dongyue also respected him quite a bit. , later the late Emperor of East Vietnam passed away, and he became the founding father of East Vietnam."
"Tell me the important point!" Tang Ping frowned. He knew all these things, and that was not the reason why he was caught late at night: "I'm asking you about the current state of Wei."
"Yes, yes, the Great Wei Kingdom was founded by General Zhen Xiong. I heard that all their courtiers were brought from East Vietnam, and their warships are really powerful, that's it... that's..."
After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his voice and said: "Actually, the land he occupied at the beginning came to Sri Lanka for help, and our warships even fought with them once. At that time, there was no winner or lose, so in the end everyone If you don’t fight, you can’t make a deal, and you become an ally.”
Although he said that there was no difference between victory and defeat, Tang Ping knew that Dongyue's shipbuilding technology was provided by himself. At least it was hundreds of years ahead of this era. Under the same conditions, Sri Lanka's warship was definitely no match.
However, Srivijaya was originally a local snake in Nanyang, and the original army of East Vietnam was unable to cope with it. After the battle in Baozicheng, a considerable number of elites were lost, and those brought to Nanyang by Zhen Xiong were even worse. .
I am afraid that Zhen Xiong also felt that his army was not strong enough, so he chose to join forces with Srivijaya.
But this is really not good news for Tang Ping.
After all, what he is bringing now is the navy. Even if he has recruited former pirates such as Qian Laosan and Luo Siye, the number is small and the land combat capabilities are average.
If this Zhen Xiong's navy was defeated by him, and he went inland, and Srivijaya was blocking him, he might have returned in vain on his trip to the South Seas.
Now there are only three roads in front of Tang Ping.
First, he had to deal with Zhen Xiong's navy. He would lose a lot of capital in Nanyang in the future. Maybe Srivijaya would deal with him.
Second, I will go back now and wait for the Tang Dynasty to clear the south, then directly march to Southeast Asia from land, cooperate with the Taihao Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, and cover it for Zhen Xiong.
Third, if he can unite with Srivijaya, as long as Srivijaya can be on his side, then it will not be difficult to catch Zhen Xiong after he destroys his navy.
Tang Ping was not willing to make the first choice. His feud with Wang Qingluan could not be left to others to handle, otherwise why would he bother to go there? I am so much younger than Zhen Xiong, so I can beat the old man to death first!
The second one waited too long. It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years, but Tang Ping was not a gentleman. If Zhen Xiong didn't catch him, he was afraid that the boy who said "Erhu" would laugh at him.
So the only option he could choose was the third way.
"I heard that Brother Dali works for Lord Balabu?" Tang Ping signaled, and someone went up to cut the tie that tied Dong Li and gave him a chair.
Dong Li's face was filled with joy, and he glanced around the Tamsui Port grain merchants with some pride, and then sat on them calmly.
"Exactly, I'm not bragging. I've helped Lord Balabu through thick and thin for so many years, and he's quite respected by you. Otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted me with such an important matter as purchasing supplies of food and fodder for the caravan."
Although this is a bit exaggerated, it is not too false. In this era, everyone knows that troops and horses should go ahead with food and grass before they move. Since Balabu can leave the food and grass to him, he must have at least some trust.
"In this case, Brother Dali, can you recommend Lord Balabu? I would like to have an interview with him."
Dong Li was stunned for a moment, then showed a hint of embarrassment, and said with some embarrassment: "That... hero, just... Master Balabu... he is quite busy."
Now that he is in Tang Ping's hands, I dare not make it too clear, but the implication is that Master Balabu is too high-ranking, and you young pirates want to invite him over, but I'm afraid it will be difficult.
But he couldn't explain clearly that he had managed to find a chair to sit on. If he spoke too clearly and angered the one-eyed man in front of him, he was afraid that he would not get any good results from himself.
"Haha, I understand what Brother Dali said, but do you know who owns that fleet north of Tamsui Port?"
Dong Li was shocked that he was caught. He was dizzy for a moment and actually forgot about this incident.
The fleet to the north is said to be all warships, with dozens of ships in size. Even Srivijaya had to pay attention to them.
"So that fleet belongs to you, heroes?" Dong Li asked with some disbelief.
"Of course it belongs to us, otherwise where do you think we come from?"
Dong Li believed most of this. After all, when he was kidnapped today, he saw a lot of people. So many people couldn't be accommodated in a few small boats, so it was really possible that it was that fleet.
If the other party has such a huge fleet, it would have the capital to talk directly with Lord Balabu.
"In that case, the villain will go back immediately to report to Lord Balabu and invite him to come and meet the hero."
"That's not necessary. Brother Dali and I hit it off immediately. I also want to ask Brother Dali to stay with me in Tamsui for a few more days. Why don't you write a letter to show that we are here with friendship. I think Lord Balabu will Those who are willing to meet us.”
Tang Ping himself also knew that his huge fleet must not be ignored even in Nanyang. Most of Sri Lankan merchants in Nanyang were engaged in maritime trade and would not rashly offend a "pirate group" of his size.
Hearing that Tang Ping was unwilling to let him go, Dong Li had no choice but to take the pen and paper from Lao Cui and asked, "How should I introduce the hero?"
"Let's just say that Captain Jack's Straw Hat Pirates came to visit us with sixty battleships. We came with friendship and cooperation."
Dong Li, who was caught by Tang Ping, had no choice but to write as Tang Ping said. After he finished writing, he showed Tang Ping to check to make sure there were no problems. Then he called in one of his deputies and explained it carefully. Then let him leave.
After the letter was sent away, Tang Ping said: "Okay, I'm going to bother Brother Dali today, but Brother Dali has also seen it. I have so many brothers to eat, so you have these things..."
As he spoke, he looked at the gold and silver in the account that had been moved from Dong Li's ship: "There is a rule in our industry that we don't leave empty-handed, so if we return empty-handed, it's a bad omen, so please forgive me, Brother Dali."
"I'm sorry!" Dong Li cursed secretly in his heart. After saying so much, didn't he just want to steal his own things?
But he could only say with a smile on his face: "I, Dong Li, am very lucky to meet a great hero like Captain Jack today. I am worried that I don't have any meeting gifts to give to the captain, so I will give these to you."
As he spoke, he looked at the small box at Tang Ping's hand, rubbed his hands and said, "But those things are private property saved by this villain over the years. I don't know, Captain..."
Tang Ping chuckled: "It's easy to say, easy to say. When I came to Tamsui, I was quite taken care of by the grain merchants. I think you have a lot of IOUs here for them to owe you money?"
"There are indeed some." Dong Li didn't know why Tang Ping said this, so he could only answer truthfully.
"We are all friends. Let me help them pay back the money!" Tang Ping said, picking out the IOUs and placing them in front of Dong Li: "Look at how much money there is in total. Take away the money." That’s it.”
Tang Ping was still pointing to the money stolen from Dong Li's boat.
Dong Li was so angry that he robbed his own money, and then used the money to repay his debt...
If I hadn't been caught by him now, I would have yelled loudly, but there was nothing I could do. Who said the situation was stronger than the person?
Dong Li had no choice but to agree.
Good or bad can recover some losses, right?
After counting, it was found that these IOUs added up to a box of gold, which gave Dong Li some comfort.
"So, Brother Dali and their accounts are settled, right?"
"Cleared, cleared!" Dong Li returned the IOU to Tang Ping.
It was not easy to recover the money, but now it has been written off in this way, which seems pretty good!
Unfortunately, he was happy too early.
Just when he had just closed his box of gold, he heard Tang Ping ask: "Third and Fourth, what is your line of work?"
As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the box of gold. This time, Fourth Master Luo understood. He and Qian Laosan smiled, and then walked towards Dong Li.
He kicked him to the ground, and then poured the gold in the box back into the big box where it started.
"You...you guys!" Only then did Dong Li realize that he had been tricked!
