"Master Li, this is the old Liaodong ginseng given to Mr. Li by my family leader." Zheng Tie's guard caught up from behind and handed the wooden box in his hand to Li Guoshu.
Li Guozhu was reluctant to accept it, but when he thought about the physical condition of his old father at home, he finally took it and said, "Please thank Commander Zheng for me."
The guard handed the wooden box to Li Guozhu and turned back.
"Let me see, I don't believe they would be so kind as to give Mr. Li Liaodong old ginseng, don't just get a few radishes to fool us." Mo Lingde, who was standing next to him, reached for the wooden box in Li Guo's assistant.
Li Guozhu took advantage of the situation and gave it to him.
Although he didn't look at the contents of the wooden box, he believed that the other party couldn't lie to them, because there was no need for it, and at worst, it would be over if they didn't give it.
What's more, he had been to Datong and saw with his own eyes the scene of the Tiger Flag in Datong.
As a large and powerful business in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, getting some old ginseng from Liaodong is not a big deal. Unlike people like them, who want to get old ginseng from Liaodong, it is not only troublesome, but also difficult to buy high quality. Excellent old ginseng.
"It's really a generous move. These two old ginseng are quite old at first glance." Moringde opened the wooden box and saw the contents inside, and licked his lips with the tip of his tongue.
Li Guozhu, who was standing aside, smelled the smell coming from the wooden box and turned his head to look over.
In the wooden box, he saw two old ginseng roots in good condition. They were much better than the old ginseng he bought before.
In the past few years when Li Dan was in poor health, he took various supplements. Naturally, he had bought old ginseng from Liaodong more than once through connections in the Ming Dynasty.
"Put it away, let's go!" Li Guoshu said to Mo Lingde.
Moringde closed the wooden box and held it in his arms.
He couldn't bear to let others take such a valuable thing, so he felt at ease only if it was in his own hands.
After leaving the city gate, Li Guozhu and others took back their weapons, and a tiger-character flag soldier took them back to the dock of Bengang.
The boat that brought them had been waiting at the dock.
When the people guarding the boat saw Li Guozhu and others, they were surprised at first. They didn't expect them to come back so quickly. However, he didn't say anything. He just put the plank on the dock and let them get on the boat.
"Go back to the big ship." Li Guoshu said.
The people in the small boat began to paddle towards the big ship.
The big ship was not far from the dock. Soon, the small boat arrived in front of the big ship, and a group of people got on the big ship.
Li Guozhu stood on the side of the ship, looking in the direction of Bengang, and said: "I didn't expect that Bengang changed so much in the hands of the people with the Tiger Flag, far more than the Ten Villages of the Yan Da family. No wonder the Yan Da family was defeated by them. inside."
"Hmph, they are just a bunch of unfed wolf cubs. If Mr. Li hadn't been kind enough to allow them to come to Bengang, they wouldn't be where they are today." Moringde snorted coldly.
He believed that the Tiger Flag owed a favor to the Li family and should not refuse Li Dan's request to let the red-haired barbarians come to Bengang, so he was very dissatisfied with Zheng Tie and others.
Li Guoshu pursed his lips and said, "I don't know if it's right for my father to help the Dutch East India Company, but offend the Tiger Flag."
I vaguely felt that it was not a good thing to offend Huziqi, and Huziqi and them were both Han people, but now they were helping outsiders to oppress the Han people, which always made me feel a little awkward.
"What does it mean to offend? Bengang originally belonged to Mr. Li. Who would have thought that Tiger Flag was so ambitious that he killed Master Yan and annexed ten villages, and the whole family monopolized Bengang that should have belonged to Mr. Li." Mo Lingde said.
Li Guoshu sighed and said: "More than half of Master Yan's death was caused by himself. He was jealous of the tiger flag in Bengang, so he took the initiative to take action. Unexpectedly, he was dealt with by the other party. However, if my father was in Bengang, Hong Kong, I'm afraid it will be the same as Mr. Yan. Looking at the Tiger Flag in so many sugar cane fields in Bengang, to be honest, I am jealous just looking at it."
"It's hard to say who will own these sugar cane fields in the future!" Morinde sneered and said, "When the Dutch East India Company's fleet comes, and see what kind of resistance the tiger flag will show, these sugar cane fields will be destroyed in the future. It’s a pity that the people of the Dutch East India Company were all benefited.”
The Red-haired Barbarians were defeated by the Ming army in Penghu. It was only the defeat of the Red-haired Barbarians in Penghu, which damaged the strength of the Dutch East India Company somewhat, but not greatly.
The main force of the Dutch East India Company was concentrated in Batavia, and only a small part of the Red Barbarians came to Penghu.
Li Guozhu shook his head slightly and said: "My father agreed to let the Dutch East India Company's fleet come to Bengang to suppress the Tiger Flag, not to let the red-haired barbarians completely occupy Da Yuan Island. In any case, Da Yuan Yuandao is also Han family land and must not fall into the hands of barbarians."
"Master Li's kindness, but it's a pity that those people in the Tiger Flag don't know shit. When the Dutch East India Company's fleet comes, they will regret it." Moringde said with a sneer.
At this moment, the ship had left Bengang, and the dock of Bengang gradually disappeared from sight.
Li Guoshu withdrew his gaze towards the dock and said to Mo Lingde beside him: "We cannot underestimate the power of the Tiger Flag in Bengang. They also have their own fleet, even the Galen ships of the Dutch East India Company. I built two of my own.”
"The Galen ship of the Tiger Flag can only be compared with the merchant ships of the Red Mao Yi. It's not like we have never seen warships like the Dutch East India Company. They are the real weapons at sea. It's a pity that we couldn't get two of them. , otherwise it won’t be the first round with the Tiger Character Flag.” Moringde curled his lips.
The look in his eyes showed disdain for the Galen ship owned by Tiger Flag.
They fought against the Dutch East India Company and defeated the Dutch East India Company, otherwise Hirado would not have fallen into their hands.
Therefore, I look down on the rising power on the sea like Tiger Flag from the bottom of my heart.
After all, whether it is ships or sailors, the ships and people of the Tiger Flag on Taiyuan Island are far inferior to their veteran maritime capabilities.
Li Guozhu said: "We cannot underestimate the power of the Tiger Flag on Taiyuan Island. Now they can build commercial Galen ships. In a few years, they may be able to build larger warships."
As someone who lives on the sea, he is very aware of the benefits of big ships.
Even though his father and his men defeated the Dutch East India Company's fleet at sea, they lost far more ships and sailors than the Dutch East India Company.
If it weren't for the fact that the Dutch East India Company's home fleet wanted to come to Hirado and had to spend a year at sea, it would be hard to say who would win in the end.
"The people of the Tiger Flag were able to build the Galen Ship because of Master Li. If Master Li hadn't helped them get the shipbuilders, how could they have built the Galen Ship?" Moringde said sarcastically.
