The blue sky is like washing, and there is no edge at first sight. The sun is gradually setting towards the horizontal plane, and the water sky reflected in the distance is red.

"No big problem." An old man laughed hoarsely, with only half of his teeth left in his mouth. "There is no strong wind for at least half a month. If you are lucky, you may have to wait until July before there will be storms."

Later generations can use scientific means to judge the time and ways of a typhoon. In this era, they can only rely on experienced elderly people, who use clouds, rain, sunsets as means, plus a little luck, and perhaps even divination, etc. to make judgments.

Qian Hong, who was passing by, narrowed his pupils. He walked straight to the hill not far outside the pier. Looking around the islands of all sizes near the main island, hundreds of ships of all sizes gathered.

After a moment of silence, Qian Hong walked around the dock to the west side of the main island. After a while, he saw Tan Wei, who was leading his men to repair the ship.

After greeting people around him, Qian Hong shouted at Tan Wei: "Old Tan, do you have any wine on hand?"

Although he was demoted to repair the ship, Tan Wei had a deep experience among Japanese pirates and hid a lot of good things.

He laughed and scolded at his subordinates who were joking at him, and Tan Wei jumped out of the boat and pulled Qian Hong to the beach, "What are you calling me?"

"Old Tan." Qian Hong swallowed, "Where is the wolf's den, you can be careful..."

"It's neither big nor young, I've learned bad things with that young man!" Tan Wei snorted, "Didn't you agree not to come to me if you're fine?"

Tan Wei made a big mistake and was not killed by Xu Hai. He was barely considered Xu Hai's confidant, while Qian Rui was Xu Hai's most trusted planner. It was very taboo to have contacts between the two.

"It's about to start the fight." Qian Hong whispered.

"Have you sent the secret message?" Tan Wei rubbed his hands nervously, "Where is it?"

"I don't know anything." Qian Hong shook his head, "but all the main players are out, and there are not many people left behind. My father suggested that you keep the general manager."

Tan Wei was silent for a while and frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

"Break the back of Xu Hai." Qian Hong looked at the Japanese pirates shaking across the street, and smiled and said in a low voice: "Can you hold more than 200 people under his command?"

"Don't worry, I can hold it." Tan Wei turned his head and glanced at the Japanese pirates coming and said loudly: "Go, bring the jar of good wine."

Qian Hong made a gesture to thank him, "My father told me to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger, but we don't interfere in this matter, just follow the trend."

Tan Wei frowned and walked back and forth a few steps, and asked tentatively: "Five Peaks?"

"I said so, Zhejiang Zhi Governor Hu Ruzhen tried to recruit Wang Zhi and jointly wipe out Xu Hai." Qian Hong hesitated and said, "My father had contact with Wufeng... But I told you that we will not interfere in this matter."

Tan Wei immediately understood that the implication of his nephew's words was that even if Wang Zhi took action to strangle Xu Hai, with the wealthy Rui, we will have no worries about our lives.

But Tan Wei was still full of doubts. Will Wang Zhi really take action?

Could it be that Wang Zhi could not see that this was the government's plan to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger? Isn't Wang Zhi afraid that the government will turn against him after strangled Xu Hai?

Tan Wei wanted to ask a few more questions, but his subordinates came over with the wine jar. Qian Hong called out a few times and walked away with the wine jar.

Looking at Qian Hong's leaving figure from afar, Tan Wei cursed and kicked the pile of wood away with his feet, "Brothers, it's time to turn over!"

"Boss Tan, can you follow me and grab one this time?"

"It was a pity last time. I couldn't steal a wife back..."

Tan Wei ignored his subordinates, turned over and climbed onto the deck, turned to look at Qian Hong who was carrying the wine jar on his shoulders.

More than a month ago, when Qian Hong suddenly appeared and accurately spit out the name "Tan Wei", if Qian Hong had not practiced some skills over the years, he would have been killed by Tan Wei.

Even if Qian Hong explained his identity clearly, talked about his uncle, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun, and his mother, Tan Wei, couldn't believe it.

Until Qian Hong, who had never read much since childhood, had a painful memory, and a vague thought of "If life was just like the first time I met, why would the autumn wind be sad and paint a fan?"

Tan Wei's mouth was crooked. Xu Hai was really able to steal people. It was an insider arranged by Brother Yuan to steal his wife, and the military advisor was Yuan Ge'er's father. Even his old subordinate was brought in the past.

Cut off Xu Hai's back... Qian Hong's words kept replaying in Tan Wei's mind. He held the hilt of the knife in his hand hard, thinking about what would happen in his mind.

But one thing is certain. Tan Wei looked back at his subordinates who had brought two more jars of wine. Whatever he wanted to do, these more than 200 Japanese pirates must be the key.

Halfway through the mountain, Qian Hong climbed up with a hard time holding the wine jar and staggered. He walked into the room before letting go. Before he could stand up, someone on the opposite side laughed and scolded, "You're going to knock on Lao Tan's bamboo robbery so soon?"

Qian Hong looked at Xu Hai with a chuckling, "General, I just told Lao Tan... I said a few good things to him in front of the general today. Lao Tan must not even push me the fortress jar wine!"

Xu Hai laughed loudly, pointed at Qian Hong and said, "I think it's your alcohol addiction that you have had. I've knocked on three jars of wine in Lao Tan this month!"

"Well, it's Shaoxing rice wine." Xu Hai lifted the cover of the jar and sniffed it, "No, Old Tan went to war with a waste, but he was really good at snatching things."

"You have to use your specialties when using people." Qian Rui, holding the teacup, said slowly: "The Five Tiger Generals under Liu Bei's command in the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Zilong is not as brave as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but most of them stay by Liu Bei's side and cannot stand alone... Therefore, it is a big mistake for the general to use Lao Tan to charge and rush into battle. This person can only guard the family and protect the hospital."

"What the sir said is." Xu Hai nodded, "Old Tan is a good teacher in the house. He has done a good job in repairing the ship in the past few months. Let him stay behind to guard the house."

"General..." Qian Hong asked tentatively: "Old Tan is not useful, why don't I go with the general?"

"Forget it, you father and son depend on each other for your own life." Xu Hai shook his head, "You have more than ten people under your command now, so protect your father. This time you stay as Lao Tan's deputy... The people in the nearby islands are brought over, be careful!"

Qian Hong was excited and nodded repeatedly to say yes.

Qian Rui frowned and drove his son out, and asked in a low voice: "Are you afraid that the Five Peaks will attack?"

"That's not the case. Last year's armistice, Wang Wufeng was quite trustworthy."

Qian Rui felt relieved, "Yes, the general tree has attracted a lot in the past two years..."

"yes!"

A few years ago, Xu Hai defeated Yu Dayou in one fell swoop, swept Jiaxing and Huzhou, and then gathered more than 10,000 Japanese pirates to occupy Jinshan. They were regarded as a great enemy by the Southeast. The reason is that on the one hand, Xu Hai's military talent, and on the other hand, Xu Hai gathered a large number of Japanese pirates.

But so many Japanese pirates were not willing to join Xu Hai's command. Xu Hai mostly forced annexation by force. For example, Ye Ma, who had drowned, is an example. Xu Hai invaded the southeast coast on a large scale. It is hard to say whether Japanese pirates would light a fire in the backyard.

Last year, Xu Hai attacked Jiaxing and Huzhou, and there were several islands left behind in his nest. Japanese pirates killed people and set fire to the fire, robbed them and fled. It is said that Xu Hai, a pregnant concubine, gave birth to premature birth and died two days after the baby was born.

It was precisely because of this that Qian Rui suggested that Lao Tan stay behind. After all, Lao Tan is Xu Hai's old subordinate and has always been "loyal". At least half of the good things he stolen were presented to Xu Hai, and it was also appreciated by Wang Cuiqiao.
Chapter completed!