Li Xiu stood at the bow of the boat and looked ahead anxiously. After a few days of sailing, their ship finally came to the sea not far from Liuqiu. He had asked the manager on the boat just now, and promised him that he could arrive at Liuqiu this afternoon.

However, Li Xiu was very nervous now. On the one hand, he was excited when he was about to find Qi Niang, and at the same time he was a little annoyed. On the other hand, he was a little worried because he was really afraid that he would be idle when he arrived on the island. Then he was told that Qi Niang had gone to America with Li Chengdao. At that time, he really didn't know what to do?

The closer he got to Liuqiu, the more uneasy Li Xiu was in his heart. In the end, he could only divert his attention by considering other things. For example, the Liuqiu Island he was about to arrive was actually the Taiwan Island in later generations. However, during the Tang Dynasty, Taiwan Island and Ryukyu were collectively called Liuqiu, among which Taiwan Island was called Liuqiu Island to show the difference between Liuqiu.

Liuqiu Dadao was discovered by the Eastern Wu as early as the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Sun Quan sent more than 10,000 people to Liuqiu Dadao, which was called Yizhou at that time. However, because the population of Eastern Wu was not large at that time, he did not immigrate on Liuqiu Dadao. Until the Eastern Wu was destroyed, some people ran to Liuqiu Dadao to settle down because of escaping the war.

However, although there were Han people in Taiwan long ago, the number of Han people on the island has always been very small, and there are often violent fluctuations. This is mainly related to the war in the Central Plains. Whenever the war in the Central Plains is in chaos, people in the coastal areas will flee to Taiwan to take refuge. When the war is pacified, they will naturally move back. After all, few people are willing to stay away from their hometowns.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that during the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, many people in the southeast coastal areas fled to Liuqiu Island with their families. At that time, the bearded guest was still the overlord of the sea, and he also fell in love with the position of Liuqiu Island, so he gathered the fugitive people on the island and let them live in their strongholds, which could also ensure their safety. At the same time, he could also recruit people from refugees and find opportunities to pursue his own hegemony.

Unfortunately, when Qiuyan met Li Shimin, he thought he had no chance to settle the Central Plains, so he had to withdraw in the end and settled on Zhuzi Island with his family. In fact, Qiuyan also considered settling in the beginning, but he was worried that it would cause conflicts between him and Li Shimin in the future, so he gave up this idea.

Although the bearded guest did not settle on Liuqiu Dada Island, most of the people loyal to the bearded guest followed him to Zhuzi Island, his stronghold here was not removed, and the fleets that usually do business often replenish supplies on the island. Therefore, the bearded guest's influence on the island is still very strong. Even if he went to America and took away a group of people from the stronghold on Liuqiu Dada Island, Zhang Shiyi could still control Liuqiu Dada Island again with the remaining part of his manpower.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but exclaim. Liuqiu Da Island was in the hands of Zhang Shiyi, which could also ensure the safety of Li Chengdao and Qi Niang. Of course, Li Xiu also knew that Zhang Shiyitun was only in charge of the Han stronghold on the island. Most of the areas of Liuqiu Da Island were still occupied by the natives on the island. These natives were still in an uncivilized state. They even heard that they still retained the custom of cannibalism and often had conflicts with the Han people on the island. This is also one of the reasons why many Han people were unwilling to settle here.

Thinking about the situation of Liuqiu Island in his mind, Li Xiu slowly calmed down. By the afternoon, there was indeed a vast land on the bow of the ship. If he hadn't known in advance that Liuqiu Island was ahead, he would have thought that there was a continent in front. After all, Liuqiu Island was larger than the prefectures of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing Liuqiu Island ahead, Li Xiu felt very calm. During the Tang Dynasty, Liuqiu Island was just an island hanging overseas and dispensable for the Tang Dynasty. Even the Tang Dynasty did not look down on it at all, and did not set up a prefecture on the island, which also gave Qiuyanke and Zhang Shiyi the opportunity to develop on the island.

However, in later generations, this huge island was a heart-wrenching problem for the Chinese. Li Xiu's generation was educated as a treasure island since childhood, and the news media has always promoted cross-strait friendship, which made Li Xiu have always had a good impression of Taiwan since childhood.

But when Li Xiu grew up, he found that he had a good impression of Taiwan Island. However, the so-called Taiwanese people on the island had no good impression of mainlanders. Not only did they insult and mock mainlanders in their daily lives, they also had strong hostility towards mainlanders. Instead, they had an extremely good impression of Japan that invaded them. People on the island even prefer to be Japanese rather than Chinese.

What is even more annoying is that when Taiwan’s economy was not good in later generations, the mainland even gave them blood transfusions. The most representative tourism industry was supported by mainland customers. However, these Taiwanese people not only did not appreciate it, but instead insulted mainland tourists. One driver even immobilized himself and let dozens of mainland tourists be buried with him.

What is even more heartbreaking is that after this incident, many people on the island actually cheered the drivers and even clamored to kill all mainlanders. Since then, mainlanders' attitude towards Taiwan has begun to change, and some extreme people even shouted the slogan "Stay the island but not the people". However, such slogans were not criticized, but instead attracted many people to respond. This shows that ordinary mainlanders hate Taiwanese people.

"It's a pity that I couldn't see the day when the mainland recaptured Taiwan!" Li Xiu looked at the Taiwan Island in front of him and whispered to himself. He also hated Taiwanese people very much. Moreover, before he traveled through time, the direction of China's internal trend had changed, and even the country's attitude towards Taiwan began to become tough. At that time, many people thought that they would not delay the Taiwan issue anymore. Unfortunately, Li Xiu had traveled through time before that day, and he didn't know what was going on?

The manager on Li Xiu's ship was Zhang Shiyi's confidant, and it was not the first time he came to Liuqiu Island. Therefore, under his command, Li Xiu and his ships soon arrived at a port on the island. However, compared to the ports in Yangzhou or Suzhou that Li Xiu had seen, the port on Liuqiu Island seemed a bit too shabby. Not only was it simple, but there were not many ships in the port. After all, except for Zhang Shiyi's fleet, other maritime merchants would rather go to large ports such as Quanzhou, which were safer and easier to get rid of cargo.

After the ship was docked at the port, Li Xiu immediately got off the boat. Zhang Shiyi, who had already received the news, was also waiting on the dock. When he saw Li Xiu, he immediately came up and said something that made Li Xiu almost faint: "Brother Li, you are late, Chengdao and Qi Niang have left here!"
Chapter completed!