The sky is getting darker and night falls.

The lights on Wuhu Fort were lit, smoke curling in cooking, and the voices of people were scattered, which was no different from usual. Several butter candles were lit in the hall of the town generals, and the entire hall was illuminated like daytime. There was a banquet in the bright hall. After Wuhu Island was fully controlled, Li Guan personally sent someone to invite all the merchants on the island to come to the banquet. The small merchants attended the open-air banquet outside, while the shopkeepers of the large caravan with identity backgrounds entered the hall to attend the banquet.

The banquet was very rich, and there were many excellent chefs in the logistics of the army. They not only could stew big pot dishes, but also made many delicious banquet dishes. However, the delicious food was full of food, but no merchant could eat it at this time. They all sat there silently, motionless. If the soldiers who had not been too "enthusiastic" in their attitude, they would not want to come to attend the banquet.

When Li Guan and the generals came in, the merchants quickly stood up, but they didn't know what attitude to greet them. After a long time, these people didn't say a word. Li Guan smiled slightly, pressed their hands at them, and signaled everyone to sit down.

Reconnaissance Captain Li Wei rushed in, strode to Li Guan's seat, and said loudly without any concealment: "Our army has completely controlled the Wuhu Islands, and all the five major islands are controlled by soldiers. The soldiers on the island have surrendered, and the people and merchants have obeyed." He had just returned from the interrogation room, and Da Lengtian rolled up his sleeves high, pressed his hand on the horizontal knife, and his face was full of ferocious appearance, which made the merchants frightened.

"Is there any news about the fleet?"

"I have sent my brothers to drive a speedboat north. It will probably not take long to get news. General. As you tell me, our ships have been hidden. Everything on the surface of the five islands is as usual. Our crossbowmen have been ambushed at each dock, and the guns and crossbow chariots are in place."

Li Yan poured him a glass of wine, and the fishy red wine was poured into the crystal clear luminous cup collected by the former Wuhu Castle Lord. Meilun was beautiful. Since the distilled white wine of Wuliangye, Shamen Town has brewed the distilled white wine, the generals on the island have all liked this kind of spirit wine. However, Li Yan likes the fermented wine of the Tang Dynasty, which is not high in the degree, but tastes very good. Especially during the war, he has to stay sober and cannot drink strong wine. Drinking some wine appropriately is a good choice.

After the wine was served, a team of soldiers from the logistics department served a famous dish from the sea, dried thorns.

This is a famous dish left by the Sui Dynasty. It is said that it was invented on a sea boat. The fish is made into thorns and peeled bones. Take the essence, cut it into wisps, dry it for three or four days and make it extremely dry. It is filled with a fresh white porcelain bottle without water, sealed with mud, and it is the same as fresh fish after fifty or sixty days. When you want to eat it, take out the dried thorns and wrap it in a cloth, fill it with water in the jar, and drain it for three minutes. Drain it with cloth, place it in a plate. Cut the fragrant and soft leaves on it and mix it well and eat it. It tastes delicious like a fish caught.

This dish is famous all over the world. In the past, I was afraid that at any banquet, the host would be praised by the guests. However, today, even though such delicious food is placed in front of him, it cannot attract anyone's attention. Those merchants have no appetite, and the military generals of Shamen Town have no appetite.

Lin Wu and Wang Chong and other officers in Shamen Town were drinking honey water in small sips. Li Guan had already ordered that all officers and soldiers were not allowed to drink alcohol and must be vigilant enough. Honey water replaced fine wine. They drank glass after glass, and their eyebrows were nervous. The representatives of the merchants were even more straightforward, all sitting seriously and no one even took a sip of the wine.

Li Guan didn't seem to see everyone's reaction, and was happily tasting this famous dish from the Tang Dynasty. He had eaten this dish no less than ten times, but he still didn't get tired of it. Every time he had a banquet, he would definitely designate the chef from the logistics department to serve this dish.

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit depressing. Among the representatives of the merchants, a young owner who was not yet adult could not stand the tense atmosphere and started crying softly. Li Yan asked someone to send a big cup of Wuliangye to the white and gentle boy who had just grown a little fluff on his face. After drinking it in one breath, he simply got drunk and sent someone to send him back.

"Tears," he said to the merchants in the hall with a smile, "as people often say, it is a woman's weapon. Crying is just a sign of women. Men shed blood, sweat, and not tears. The sword belongs to men, right?"

"The man must be a bit manly. He can't stand this kind of little guy who looks like a child. He invites him to have a drink, but he doesn't want to cut his throat, crying, and shaking, which makes people feel annoying and corrupt." Wang Chong said loudly in a harsh voice. There was no news from Zhendonghai for a long time, which made him a little worried. If Zhendonghai was defeated by Feng Ming and the others, it would be a big trouble. "Isn't it just that you just want to pay some military expenses? You are not going to steal your wife and children, why are you sting your wife and children? You don't want to give it, but you still want to keep it for Feng Zhang? General, if you want me to see, just send someone to copy all the island warehouses to count the balls. It's really a group of thieves. If you toast, you don't drink and punish the wine."

Li Guan was only drinking the wonderful wine, and seemed to have never heard Wang Chong's words full of intimidation. The effect of these words was huge. The merchants who had been reluctant to express their opinions just now and were reluctant to pay the military expenses were immediately scared. They had already known the identity of the group of soldiers who suddenly captured Wuhu Island. They were both under the command of Da Xie Fort and the only Shamen Town Army that Da Xie Fort did not obey Feng Zhang's command.

I heard that Wu Xiaowei and Feng Liulang and others led the fleet away in advance to attack Li Guan, but they didn't expect that the old nests were now being brought to life. Some of the meanings revealed in their words were as if the Shamen Town Army had set up some traps in the north waiting for Wu Xiaowei and the others.

It was really unimaginable that Xie Fort actually fought with him. This was a mess. The merchants were well-informed and knew that Li Guan was behind him. Feng Zhang's backer was Wang Jinwu, the general of Qingzhou, but Li Guan was also quite famous, and he was the backer of the Jiedushi and the Cui family. The final result was still unclear. But they knew that if Li Guanzhen wanted to attack them, it would be impossible to rob their goods. What else did they dare to raise troops to start a war?

Immediately, a few tactful old men immediately spoke up and said that they were willing to take out a batch of money, grain and military service.

"One percent, we only need 10 percent of the goods to be worth a lot of money and food." Lin Wu said lightly, "Actually, you don't have to hurt you. If the general had not tried his best to control the soldiers under his subordinates, how could you not suffer any loss in the battle? If our soldiers had not vigorously maintained order and put some rogue gangsters who wanted to take the opportunity to rob and make trouble on the ground, maybe your goods would have been gone long ago."

Although a group of merchants were already convinced, they still performed their true nature as merchants and began to bargain. Li Guan ignored this and allowed them to discuss with several officials who followed the army.

"Come on, if we were not restraining our subordinates, let alone your goods, even your wife and daughter would have been raped by those soldiers who were excited and excited. After the battle, even the army that abides by discipline would be on the verge of explosion at any time. Now you are just paying some money and food to comfort the soldiers, and there are many excuses and reasons, and they are really the true nature of a profiteer." Wang Chong listened impatiently as these people bargained more and more unreasonable. The officers of the Shamen Town Army were no match for them at all. If they could continue to say it, it would probably be said to be half a deal in the end.

A burst of rapid footsteps came, and Li Wei returned, "General, great victory!"

"But frontline news, tell me quickly." Li Yan stood up suddenly, saying that he was not nervous, that was just a manifestation of his intentional expression in front of everyone. In fact, this battle is of great importance, and he bet on all his wealth, and he cares more about the result than anyone else.

"Good news, great news. Tieshan urgently reported that our army's successful Tieshan Port lured the Da Xie Fort fleet into a vacancies, and used more than a dozen ships to lure Feng Ming and the pirates into the shortlist. The first time the Divine Fire was used, it was amazingly powerful. It once sank eleven warships, including Feng Ming's ship, and one of them was a fighting ship. Then the enemy fleet fled in panic. Another ambush of our army was divided into two fleets to encircle left and right, blocking them at the port exit, sinking many of their warships. In the end, only eleven warships left at the Da Xie Fort fled. At present, the fleeing ships are coming towards us."

Li Chan was overjoyed, "Let's go to the pier."

Looking at the figures of Li Guan and other generals leaving, the merchants were frightened. They were all shocked by the news. When Feng Ming and Wu Qian set out, there were fifty warships, especially one of them, one tower ship, two fighting ships, ten sea falcons, and eight ships. Such a luxurious fleet was ambushed by Li Guan and only eleven ships were left behind. Even the tower ship and the fighting ship were gone?

"Zhang Dianshi, I decided to take out 10% of all the goods on our island to work hard."

"So, so do I, and I am willing to take out 10% of the troops."

"I'll have someone go and prepare immediately."

The merchants who were still bargaining just now changed their voices, scrambling several officials one by one, shouting loudly about the Lai Army who volunteered to take out 10% of the goods. A merchant's escort head had sneaked into the hall for some reason and shouted loudly: "Feng Liulang is back, fifty ships, five thousand men are going to sea, only eight ships are back, less than one thousand people. The Lord, Feng Liulang and his people are not aware of the matter on the island. They were captured as soon as they got off the boat, all of them were captured, and the only eight remaining ships were taken. I heard that Wu Qian's captain died in the Liaohai Sea, and only a few officers came back with Feng Liulang, but now they have all become prisoners and are being taken back to the castle."

This news shocked all the merchants in the hall. They might have had some doubts about Wang Chong's words just now, but now, they finally believed that Li Guan not only captured Wuhu Island, but also wiped out the entire squadron sent by Feng Zhang.

This, Daxie Village is really about to change.
Chapter completed!