Chapter 151: Safe Return
"I don't know about Dad's situation," Xu Keming said.
When Xu Qian heard this, her face appeared uneasy again. Yu Ren, who was standing beside her, quickly persuaded, "This is not a place for conversation, let's go back first and talk!"
So the brother and sister went down the springboard side by side. Then, Xu Hai's boat arrived. Before Xu Hai could finish the springboard, he shouted on it. "Keming, what's the situation with the second brother? Why haven't you come back together?"
Yu Ren noticed that this time, it was not only a few of them, but also many people on the island. Most of them were from home with Xu Xinsu and the others to go out to sea. Seeing that only Xu Keming came back with two or three boats, many people showed disappointment on their faces.
Some people heard the conversation between Xu Keming and others and showed a look of panic, and some even began to sob in a low voice.
Yu Ren glanced at the crowd around him and quickly stopped him. "Of course, there will be no trouble for the boss. Just relying on the life-and-death relationship between the boss and Li Dazhu, no matter how big the matter is, it can be exposed.
If the Li Dada family really makes things difficult for our Xu family, how could Brother Keming get out so easily? Don’t worry, you will know the situation after a while.”
Yu Ren's words seemed to remind Xu Qian and Xu Hai that both of them stopped talking. However, Xu Keming obviously did not understand Yu Ren's intentions. He wanted to say something else, "No..."
Yu Ren had already stopped him. "Let's talk about it when you get home!"
When several people returned home, many people who had originally come to the dock to pick up people also followed. They gathered outside the house and wanted to inquire about the fleet.
In the past, their Xu family fleet went to sea, and they almost went to the East and South China Sea to the same place. However, this time, everyone came back in several batches. This situation never happened. They also had a premonition that this time, they were afraid something would happen.
Inside the room, Xu Qian held her brother's hand, "How is Daddy?"
Xu Keming shook his head.
Xu Qian's face changed drastically. "You, you mean..."
When Xu Keming saw his sister's expression, he quickly explained, "No, no. I don't know how my father is doing.
At that time, shortly after Brother Yu and Uncle San left, Uncle Li came to the port to arrest people. Daddy said that Brother Yu had just accompanied Uncle San to escort a few ships of goods and left first. Uncle Li didn't believe it, so he sent someone to search on the boat. Of course, no one was found. Daddy and Uncle Li seemed to have argued a few times.
So Uncle Li shook his sleeves and left. Seeing Uncle Li leaving, Dad quickly summoned me and asked me to take a few boats back to China first.
I said that the goods on the ship had not been cleared yet, otherwise I would wait. My father scolded me and said that I was just staring at the little profits in front of me. I didn't dare to say anything anymore, so I came back with three boats. As for what happened later, I don't know."
After Xu Keming said that, Xu Qian looked disappointed on her face. After saying so much, they were most concerned about Xu Xinsu's safety issues in the end.
"However, shortly after our ship left the port, we saw many ships with the Li family flag coming from Hirado Castle, and each ship was carrying cannons. I wanted to go back and notify my father. But when I left the port, my father told me not to turn back no matter what happened, but just drive the boat forward.
So, I had to send a small boat back to report to my father. I didn’t know what happened later.”
When Xu Hai heard this, he slapped his chair. "The Li family has indeed attacked us. It seems that Boss Li doesn't plan to care about his old love anymore.
Xiaoqian, what should we do now?"
"Now we don't have to do anything. Although the Li and Xu family are in a bad relationship, Li Uncle was thousands of miles away. Even if Sister Ying received the order from Li Uncle, she would never attack our Xu family. So, there will be no trouble on the island now.
Now I can only wait for news from my father and others. What I worry most is that if the fierce battle between Li and Xu families is caused too much, and I wonder if it will cause the government to covet. If the government uses this to send troops to attack us, we will have no place to stand.
Therefore, now we can only wait. Wait for news from Daddy and the others."
"Since that's the case, why not send more people to Songjiang area to inquire about the news about the officers and soldiers? If something happens, we will be happy to see the wind." Yu Ren interrupted.
"This is a good idea. I'll send someone to do it now." Xu Hai said and left.
In this way, everyone waited for three days with a heart hanging, and finally saw Xu Xinsu's fleet. This time, it was no longer a few ships, but all the ships were back.
Looking from afar, the ships seemed to be intact and there was no sign of fighting. Everyone felt relieved.
When they got home, everyone asked about the incident. Xu Xinsu then briefly told everyone about their situation at that time.
"When I saw my elder brother go away in anger, I knew that he would summon a fleet to deal with us. So I immediately called Keming over and asked him to take a few boats away first. Then I immediately summoned all my subordinates and asked them to put down all their work immediately and return to the ship immediately.
Although many of the goods have not been dealt with yet, I know that if we don’t leave the port quickly at this time, as long as we are blocked in the port by our elder brother’s fleet, there will be no way out.
Fortunately, I saw the opportunity in time. As soon as our forty-five ships left the port, my brother's fleet moved. Most of their ships were larger than ours and had more cannons. However, their ships were not as many as ours.
At that time, I asked our ship to line up outside the port and wait for a long battle. At first, the Li family's big ship was a little restless. Jiang Fuxiang was very arrogant on the ship and said that this time we would have to make no return.
Later, when my elder brother's ship arrived, Jiang Fuxiang stopped jumping.
Our ship and the Li family's ship were confronted for a whole day, and neither side fired. The next day, the Li family's ship suddenly withdrew.
But I didn't dare to go back to the port, so I brought everyone back."
"So it was not shot!" Yu Ren was relieved when he heard this.
After so many days of worry, he finally felt relieved again. Seeing that Xu Xinsu was fine, Yu Ren let go of his heart half. However, because of his relationship, the Xu and Li family officially broke up. Although the conflict actually existed, even without him, the Xu and Li family would turn against each other sooner or later. This is the truth that one mountain cannot withstand two tigers. But Yu Ren didn't think so. He always felt that he had caused this conflict, so he was even more eager to go to Zhejiang to find Li Ying.
Li Ying needs to mediate the conflict between the Xu and Li families.
Yu Ren told Xu Xinsu his thoughts. After hearing this, Xu Xinsu did not say anything, but summoned Xu Hai, Liu Long, Xu Keming, Xu Qian and others.
"Nephew Yu Ren said he wanted to go to Zhejiang and ask Nie Ying to mediate the conflict between our two families. What do you think?"
Liu Long stood up first, "What's the solution! We went to sea this time because our Li family was stumbled, so many of our goods didn't have time to sell, and the goods we wanted to buy were not even a few ships. The losses were so great, wouldn't we just let it go?
In my opinion, it would be better to send some ships, bring heavy artillery, and detain all the merchant ships in Suchang area. Let them also know that our Xu family is not a vegetarian."
Xu Hai shook his head. "This won't work. Although we went to sea this time, we did suffer a lot of losses. But if we retaliate against the Li family like this, it would be equivalent to declaring war on the Li family. With the strength of our Xu family, we are no match for the Li family at all. Not to mention the strength of Ying's niece, even if it is just the power of the Li family in Hirado, it is far above us.
Although our number of ships is not much smaller than theirs, it is relatively small. Especially if there are no large ships. If we really want to fight, we are not a single one."
"I think you are afraid of death. Before you fight, you will gain the ambition of others and destroy your own might. What's wrong with the big ship? Can the big ship win? It's just that it's a mule or a horse that will take a walk. I don't believe how good the Li family is." Liu Long said, and stood up from the chair excitedly. "If the boss agrees, I'm willing to take ten boats to attack Hirado. I promise to burn all the ships parked in the harbor of the Li family.
Chapter completed!