Daming pirates

Although this trip to Dalian Island did not fully achieve their goal and get everything they wanted, Xiaotian was still quite satisfied with the results of this trip. He also knew that nothing in this world is so cheap.

It made his wish come true, but the performance of Li Yi, the shopkeeper of the Li family, gave him a preliminary understanding and confidence in this Li Yi.

Li Yi is not as simple as he appears on the surface. This is what Yu Xiaotian felt after a banquet. Although he didn't know how big Li Yi's business was, he didn't believe everything Li Yi said.

Saltpeter and sulfur are two things that ordinary people cannot easily obtain. Although Li Yi resisted, he still promised to get them some saltpeter and sulfur. This can be seen from this. This person's path is actually very broad, but now both parties have just started.

When it comes to dealing with people, Li Yi just has a secret hand.

As for the muskets, matchlock guns and iron cannons originally produced by the Portuguese, Spanish or Dutch, he actually had no hope at the moment that the Li family would be able to get them for him right away.

He still understands that the meal must be eaten bite by bite. It is actually normal for both parties to keep a hand. After all, he himself is also saving a hand for Li Yi.

The last time they robbed the Fuzhou Zhao family's boat at sea, they actually got a few stones of sulfur and saltpeter on the boat. In addition, from the carpenter who brought it back, he also learned that the Zhao family's boat was actually made from Japan.

They traded with the Japanese from the Ryukyu area, selling porcelain, silk, paper, tea and other items to Japanese merchants. Then they took raw silk, copper, sulfur and other items from the Japanese merchants and returned to Fujian.

You can also earn a lot of money by buying and selling.

So Yu Xiaotian and the others robbed the Zhao family's ship last time. The biggest gain was not the silver, but the sulfur and some saltpeter on the ship, as well as some copper blocks. This was very important to them, and they never resold it.

It was given to the Li family, but kept on Treasure Island.

He already had sulfur and saltpeter on hand, but adding these two items to the list was actually a test for the Li family. Although Li Yi resisted at first, he later agreed and raised some sulfur and saltpeter for them.

This shows that the Li family actually has quite a wide range of secret methods, otherwise they would not have promised to supply them with goods within ten days.

Therefore, both Yu Xiaotian and Li Yi were generous on the surface, but secretly they both kept their own hands.

However, through this trip to Dalian Island, Yu Xiaotian also gained a lot of useful information from the exchanges with Manager Li and Li Yi, especially about the situation of their colleagues in Funing Prefecture and the coastal areas of Fuzhou. Li Yi and Li Yi

The stewards did not hide anything, they all told Xiaotian a lot about their situation, which gave Yu Xiaotian some understanding of the various forces on the sea in this regard.

Because the Li family is also engaged in maritime business, they have to deal with people from all walks of life, so they are more familiar with the situation at sea than Liu Laoliu.

Through what they said, Yu Xiaotian knew that there were currently only twenty or thirty groups of pirates operating along the coasts of Fuzhou and Funing Prefectures, and there were a few groups like them, maybe

They are all about thirty or forty people, and their boats range from one to two. The slightly larger gangs have about a hundred people, and the number of boats is about three to five. The largest group is from Funing Prefecture.

The Hunjiang Dragon Chen Jiu they knew before had more than 300 men and seven or eight ships. The other group was Zhang Hu, nicknamed Shark, who was active along the coast of Fuzhou and had nearly 400 men.

, there are more than ten ships.

The two groups, Hunjianglong Chen Jiu and Shark Zhang Hu, are incompatible with each other. The two groups use Huangqi Bay as the boundary, and each controls a sea area, which becomes their exclusive ten-mile area. In the past two years, the two groups have interacted with each other.

There were frequent conflicts between them.

Now, the Treasure Island where Yu Xiaotian and the others are located is actually within Zhang Hu's sphere of influence. Many times they will be restricted by Zhang Hu. When encountering Zhang Hu and his ship, Li Yi specially gave them special instructions.

, be sure to avoid one or two, and don't conflict with them, otherwise it will be difficult for them to survive in this area with their current strength.

In this way, Yu Xiaotian and others basically understood their current situation, and Yu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel a little upset. He originally thought that becoming a pirate on the sea would be a fantastic business, but he didn't expect that there were actually powerful forces on the sea.

It was also so complicated and not as free as he originally thought.

This forces them to be more careful in the future, otherwise, it may be difficult for them to survive in this area.

But Yu Xiaotian is not the kind of person who retreats when faced with difficulties. Now that he is leading this group of people, there must be no turning back. Although they have not alarmed the whole of Fujian yet, they are involved in a major case and want to go back again.

He will definitely not be able to find a place to be a good citizen honestly, so now he can only bite the bullet and lead these men down this road to expand their strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, small people like them will

Shrimp, if you are not careful, may be swallowed by a big fish.

It seems that the four words "jianghu sinister" are really not covered. Now he finally knows that no matter what he does, the big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats the shrimp, and their current standard is just a little one in the sea.

Little shrimp!

After returning to Treasure Island, bags of food were unloaded on the island. After adding the food that Li Yi gave to Zhao Mazi before, their food ration problem was finally solved. In a short period of time, even if they were allowed to eat whatever they wanted,

It's enough for them to eat for two to three months without any problem.

Although this business is risky, the group of people still felt very satisfied when they were carrying big bowls filled with white rice. They finally no longer had to eat those unpalatable rice noodles mixed with potato shreds and a little pickle every day.

Instead of brown rice, you can eat white rice with open belly. This alone makes many people feel that even if they take some risks, it is worth it.

For these people who are afraid of poverty, their desires are very easy to satisfy. Although Yu Xiaotian did not give them much money, they do not have much opinion on this, because even now Yu Xiaotian makes money every day.

People gave them some money, but they had no place to spend it on this small island of gold and silver. What's more, Yu Xiaotian didn't hide it from them, and made the amount of property they had recently obtained public to the public, and also told them

The surrounding environment was also informed to everyone.

Yu Xiaotian told this group of people that he was not stingy about dividing the money. With the money they had already obtained, the most important thing now was to develop their strength as quickly as possible. Otherwise, no matter how much everyone shared,

They couldn't keep the money, sooner or later they would have to take advantage of others. After Yu Xiaotian's words, everyone had nothing to say.

But after returning to Treasure Island, Yu Xiaotian still gave everyone a red envelope, which contained various amounts of broken silver, which was considered as salary for these people.

From the very beginning, Yu Xiaotian had already made up his mind to implement a salary system and corporate management among his subordinates in the future. This would lay the foundation for his future expansion of power.

In his opinion, piracy and running a company are almost the same nature. Both require a complete organizational structure and the development of corresponding systems to ensure that the organization can operate according to the system without too much trouble. Here

In one aspect, its importance is even more important than the development of weapons. Only by doing this well first can we speed up development step by step in the future. Otherwise, it may lead to internal chaos in the future.

Regarding the salary system proposed by Yu Xiaotian, Liu Laoliu, Ma Lian and others found it very new. In their view, they were just a bunch of pirates. Everyone had food to eat, wine to drink, and money to spend.

, as long as there are women, everyone can play with them. People in their profession have been doing this for many years, but Yu Xiaotian actually proposed to pay everyone. This is really new.

Therefore, everyone including Ma Lian and Liu Laoliu disagreed with this at first, thinking that it was too troublesome and it would be more convenient not to do it. However, Yu Xiaotian still insisted on his opinion and dedicated time to

He explained the benefits of doing this to Ma Lian and others in detail. Ma Lian and the others could not understand the organizational structure, but they could understand that Yu Xiaotian did this for their future benefit, and after thinking about it, they felt it made sense.

Yu Xiaotian told them that from now on they can't always have only twenty or thirty people. It's easy to handle now, and everyone can spend money if they have money, but what if there are more people in the future? We can't continue to do this, so instead of dividing the scores equally

Giving money to everyone is not as good as paying salaries, and Yu Xiaotian made it clear that this salary is only the most basic. On top of the basic salary, it will also be based on what they get from hunting, personal division of labor and effort, and the size of their merits.

If additional rewards are given, the amount of the rewards should far exceed the basic salary, so as to ensure that everyone can obtain a reasonable income.

After everyone listened, they felt that what Yu Xiaotian said was quite right. In their line of work, it is impossible for everyone to rush to the front. Some people want to stay behind to look after the house, some want to steer the ship, and some want to copy the guy and risk their lives.

If everyone gets the same money, the soldiers who are responsible for fighting will definitely be unhappy, so Yu Xiaotian's idea of ​​a basic salary plus rewards is a good idea, so Ma Lian and the others agreed.

After getting the red envelope, this group of people became happy. After all, they did this and finally got money. Although the money they got was not much, it was the first time they got money, so everyone was quite happy.

, carefully put them away one by one.

But Yu Xiaotian did not collect all the remaining money, but took out three hundred taels of silver and gave it to Liu Laoliu, because Yu Xiaotian had promised that after the goods on the Liu family's ship were sold, he would

Part of it was given to the families of the boatmen who died on the Liu family's boat. Although the situation has changed now, Yu Xiaotian has not forgotten this matter and still followed his original promise and allocated the money separately.

, as a compensation for those people.

Everyone had nothing to say about this, but felt that Yu Xiaotian was true to his word and worthy of their trust.

Liu Laoliu thanked Yu Xiaotian, and after thinking for a while, he collected the money. Now it was no longer convenient for them to go to land to give money to these people, so they could only think of other ways. In short, they had the money.

It should be given to the families of those boatmen.

(Special thanks to my friend Taste of Reading for giving me a big red envelope of wealth in the Year of the Snake! Thank you Hanfeng!)