While the two sides were in a stalemate, a group of people came from the direction of the village.
Before the leader could get closer, he heard a hearty laugh and shouted, "Young Master, I've been waiting for you, Lao Yan."
As the voice fell, a short middle-aged man came closer.
"Master Yan." Li Guozhu handed over his hand to the visitor.
"What are we brothers doing with these false etiquettes? Call me Brother Yan." Yan Siqi took Li Guozhu's arm affectionately, turned to Zheng Tie and others, and said, "These are the people from the Tiger Flag of Datong Prefecture, right?"
Zheng Tie clasped his fists and said, "Zheng Tie, the tiger character flag, has met the master of Yan Da."
"It doesn't matter whether you are a big boss or not. As long as Han people come to my Dajuan Island, they are brothers. From now on, I can just call you Laoyan." Yan Siqi said boldly.
Li Guozhu broke away from Yan Siqi's hand and blamed him: "Master Yan, as soon as I got off the boat with the tiger-character flag, your people came and threatened me. Is it that people from the Li family shouldn't come to Bengang?" "
Yan Siqi paused for a moment, and then said, "Where is the eldest young master? No matter who messes with the eldest young master, I will take care of him, brother."
Li Guozhu glanced at the crowd.
At this time, someone walked out of the crowd and said, "Master, my subordinates stopped the people brought by Young Master Li just now, but they did not stop the Young Master Li. It was just that the others looked at him strangely, and he didn't look like he was running into the sea." He was a man, so my subordinates stopped him and wanted to interrogate him, but he didn’t expect to make the eldest son unhappy and asked the eldest master to punish him.”
"So that's what happened." Yan Siqi nodded slightly, turned to look at Li Guozhu and said, "It seems it's all a misunderstanding, but since I've offended Mr. Li, I have to punish him. Mr. Li, you have to decide how to punish me."
Li Guozhu's expression changed several times after hearing this.
He could tell that Yan Siqi had no intention of punishing his subordinates, otherwise he wouldn't have misunderstood. If he insisted on punishing this person, he would definitely make Yan Siqi unhappy, but if he didn't punish him, he would be the one who suffered the loss. The face of the Li family.
Just when he didn't know what to do, he caught sight of Zheng Tie standing aside from the corner of his eye. His eyes lit up and he said, "Shopkeeper Zheng, this person stopped you here, what do you think you should do with him?"
Yan Siqi looked at Zheng Tie.
Zheng Tie said with a smile, "If you ask me, don't punish this brother. Presumably this brother is doing it for the safety of the village. He has done nothing wrong himself, and the misunderstanding has been solved. Let's just let this matter go and don't hold anyone responsible." ”
"Well, since Shopkeeper Zheng has said so, let's follow what Shopkeeper Zheng wants." Li Guoshu agreed.
In this way, he gave Zheng Tie face, and his Li family did not lose face.
Yan Siqi scolded his subordinate, "Shopkeeper Zheng begs for mercy for you. I will spare you this time. Next time, be careful as I peel off your skin."
"I would like to thank you, Master, for your forgiveness." The man saluted Yan Siqi.
Yan Siqi said, "Thank you for what I did. You should thank shopkeeper Zheng and Mr. Li. If you follow me, you will be indispensable for thirty sticks."
"I'd like to thank the eldest young master, and I'd like to thank shopkeeper Zheng."
Yan Siqi's subordinates saluted Li Guozhu and Zheng Tie respectively.
"Okay, go back," Yan Siqi said.
The man took the Han men with weapons around him and left from the shore, returning to the village.
Yan Siqi turned to look at Zheng Tie and said with a smile, "My subordinates have been dealing with wild people in the mountains for a long time, so it is inevitable that they act a little rough. Please don't blame Shopkeeper Zheng."
"Haha, Mr. Yan is so polite. I, the Tiger Flag, often deal with the Tatars on the grassland. Many of them are rough people and have long been accustomed to it." Zheng Tie replied with a smile.
The embarrassment on Yan Siqi's face flashed away, and then he smiled and said, "Haha, that's good, that's good."
As for whether it is good or not, only he knows in his heart
Li Guoshu on the side said, "Master Yan, should we go back to the village first? Many of the people brought by Shopkeeper Zheng are taking a boat for the first time and are still not used to it. It is better to go back to the village to arrange for them to rest."
"Look at me, I'm so busy talking that I almost forgot about the real thing." Yan Siqi slapped his forehead and said immediately, "Shopkeeper Zheng, let's go back to the village first. Since I received the news from Master Li, I have asked people to prepare for the trip. A place where hundreds of people live.”
"Lao Yan is now in charge." Zheng Chao thanked him with his hands.
Yan Siqi smiled and said, "From now on, we are all brothers, there is no need to be so arrogant."
The group of people left the shore and came to the stockade a few miles away.
The stockade is not particularly big, but there are ten stockades connected together, and each stockade is not far from each other.
Yan Siqi said to Zheng Tie, "Shopkeeper Zheng, there are too many of you here. We can't accommodate them in separate villages and they need to live separately. But don't worry, I have told you in each village that I will take good care of these brothers in Tiger Flag." "
When he heard that he and his group were to be separated, Zheng Tie hesitated, thinking that Yan Siqi was worried that there were too many of them.
This time when he came to Da Yuan Island, more than 300 people came with him, which was considered a considerable force.
Yan Siqi added, "Don't get me wrong, Shopkeeper Zheng. There are only about 300 people in each village here. I really can't spare so many houses, so I have to clear out a few rooms in each village, so that I can barely leave enough rooms."
"Just follow the arrangements of Master Yan." Zheng Tie bowed his hand.
Originally, he did not plan to live here in Yan Siqi for a long time. As soon as their own stockade in Huzi Banner is built, he will move to live in his own stockade. By then, Tianjin Wei's shipyard will almost have built their own ship. With your own ship, you can transport some people to Dayuan Island for reclamation.
With boats and people, they would be able to gain a foothold on Taiyuan Island.
This time, many of the people who came to the Tiger Flag on Dayuan Island took a boat for the first time. As soon as they arrived at the village, they arranged to rest without even eating.
Zheng Tie and others who were in good health went to each village to take care of those who were unwell.
Under night, Yan Siqi's wooden house was brightly lit.
"Master, this time Mr. Li placed the people from the Tiger Flag here. I'm afraid it's because of bad intentions."
The speaker was a middle-aged man with a mustache, a small face, and a pockmarked face.
Yan Siqi picked up the wine bowl, took a sip, and said, "Li Dan has been wary of me for a long time. This time, he brought that tiger flag to the island just to restrain me."
"Then what should we do? Should we take advantage of the fact that these Tiger Flag people are not yet secure and deal with them in advance?" The middle-aged man with a pockmarked face made a beheading gesture.
Yan Siqi shook his head slightly and said, "You can't mess around. As long as Li Dan is still here, we can't move the people in the Tiger Flag. Otherwise, if we anger Li Dan, we will no longer have a foothold on Dayuan Island."
"Then let these Tiger Flag people establish a stronghold on the island and seize our territory." The middle-aged man with a pockmarked face frowned.
Yan Siqi was silent for a while and then said, "These people in the Tiger Flag are from the north and may not be able to adapt to life on Dayuan Island. Let's wait and see. When they can't stay any longer, they will leave."
"What if they don't leave?" the pockmarked middle-aged man asked.
