"Because the imperial court sent troops to encircle Xu Xinsu at this time. You think that if you can recruit him and help him solve this crisis, it would be no problem to make him contribute 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver every year. If you are always determined, you can even send him to patrol the sea and help you collect taxes from other maritime merchants.

Since no one else has the ability to go overseas to collect taxes, you can levy commercial taxes on the entire southeast coast. Think about it, the income this year is only 100,000 taels."

When Sun Sheng heard that he could get so much money out of thin air, he was so happy that he felt so happy. He was a person who never concealed his emotions. After hearing Yu Ren's idea, Eunuch Sun couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, I'll go find Xiong Wencan now, so that he won't attack Xu. What's the matter?" Sun Sheng suddenly forgot Xu Xinsu's name when he spoke this.

"Xu Xinsu!" Yu Ren reminded.

"Yes, Xu Xinsu. I'll go now." As he said that, Eunuch Sun was about to get up and go out.

Yu Ren really didn't expect that Eunuch Sun had such strong execution ability, so he quickly stopped it. "Mr. Sun, don't worry. Remember, in front of Mr. Xiong, you must not raise taxes. Otherwise, this matter will be ruined."

"Why?" Sun Sheng was puzzled.

"You think! These senior officials in the court have disagreed with you and the mining tax masters. If you say it at this time and have to go to sea to collect taxes, then this Mr. Xiong will definitely find various excuses to reject your request."

Although Sun Sheng was straightforward, he was not stupid. After hearing Yu Ren's words, he knew that he was too anxious. "What should I say?"

"I heard that Lord Xiong's attack on Xu Xinsu recently did not go smoothly. The island occupied by Xu Xinsu was very solid. In the previous attack, the imperial army suffered a lot of losses, but failed to capture the island.

You can say that you happened to have a friend going out to sea to do business and stay on the island. He was entrusted by Xu Xinsu to find you and asked you to be an intermediary. I hope the court can accept Xu Xinsu's invitation.

In front of Lord Xiong, you just need to say this. With Lord Xiong's intelligence, he will naturally consider the interests between strong attack and recruitment."

Sun Sheng nodded. "Okay, just do what you said. But if Xiong Wencan agrees, how can I contact you again? Since you said that Xu Xinsu is very beneficial and the army of the court has not taken advantage of him, are you sure that he can accept the amnesty?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure about this, but since there are such great benefits in front of me, I think, at least I can try it. Success or failure depends on the 50%!" Yu Ren said the truth this time. When he discussed this matter with Xu Qian last night, Xu Qian also thought that his father might not necessarily accept this revenge. Most of the brothers of the Xu family were used to living unrestrainedly at sea. Now they suddenly wanted to accept the various rulings of the court, and they might not necessarily be willing.

"Do I need to ask Xiong Wencan for any further conditions?" Sun Sheng asked. He did not understand politics, nor did he understand military affairs, but he knew how to do business and knew whether the court's success in recruiting Xu Xinsu was the key to the conditions for recruiting.

"The most important thing is trust. Although Xu Xinsu was listed as a pirate by the court in the past, he actually did not do anything that was unfavorable to the people and officials. Instead, he often helped the poor people near Susong when the years were not good. These people have never been restricted at sea for a long time. If they want them to accept the recruitment, the most important thing is this restriction issue. If there are too many constraints, they will definitely not accept it."

Sun Sheng nodded repeatedly. "What you said makes sense."

After leaving Sun's mansion, Yu Ren was waiting for a reply in Suzhou City.

This Eunuch Sun is worthy of being the one around the emperor. His work efficiency is fast. Before dark, he will get things done. The manager of the Sun family recruited Yu Ren. Eunuch Sun personally set up a seat to entertain Yu Ren, and specially invited several singing girls from the brothel to cheer him up.

This Eunuch Sun didn't look like a eunuch at all. When he saw him hugging him, he was so arrogant that he broke into the flowers. Yu Ren was really unaccustomed to this kind of scene, so he could only barely deal with it for a few times, so he lied that he was unwell and went back to the inn first.

On Nansha Island, Liu Qiang assembled four or five hundred brothers, which was also all the elite left by their Li family army. At this time, the people living on Nansha Island followed Yu Ren to Nansha Island from Chen Qianshan. They were grateful to Yu Ren for taking them out of the gulf and having this relatively safe place in front of them.

The four or five hundred people who were on standby in front of him participated in the retreat of Daqu Mountain. At that time, Yu Ren was alone in order to protect their safety evacuation and took more than 100 people to cut off the rear. This time, he heard that Yu Ren was surrounded by officers and soldiers in Songjiang City. Although they all knew that this trip was extremely difficult and there was a lot of danger, no one retreated.

"Brothers, what did we say at Chen Qianshan? We once swear to heaven that we will always regard Mr. Yu as our boss, and we will follow him to the end regardless of the fire. Now, our boss is surrounded by officers and soldiers in Songjiang City. Can we just sit still and watch?"

Liu Qiang stood on a burly slope in front of everyone, talking to his brothers in front of him. Qu Jing stood beside him, frowned, as if he was thinking.

The brothers in the audience heard Liu Qiang's words and shouted in unison, "No."

At this time, Xu Hai rushed over. He heard that Liu Qiang and the others were going to take people out of the island to attack the city, so he rushed over to dissuade him.

"Brothers, brothers, listen to my advice. You can't be so impulsive! This time, the officers and soldiers dispatched 20,000 naval troops, all gathered around Nansha Island. Nansha Island was also surrounded by warships of officers and soldiers. As long as you leave the island, you will definitely be discovered by the officers and soldiers. At that time, you will inevitably be surrounded by officers and soldiers at sea. With your four or five hundred people and more than ten warships, it is impossible for you to defeat the navy of the court.

Besides, even if you have survived the naval encirclement of the officers and soldiers, how can you capture Songjiang City? Songjiang City is still a hundred miles away from the coast. When you arrive at Songjiang City, the officers and soldiers will probably have already mobilized their troops and waited for you there.

At that time, there will be only one result, that is, the entire army will be destroyed. This is simply a waste of death! So, I advise brothers to calm down and this trip must not be done!"

After Xu Hai finished speaking, Liu Qiang shouted to the brothers below, "Brothers, have you heard it? Our trip is a life-and-death death. But in order to save our boss, I, Liu Qiang, have no choice. If any brother is afraid of unwilling to go, you can retreat aside, and I, Liu Qiang, will not blame you."

"To save the boss, die without regrets, die without regrets." The brothers shouted, and none of them stepped back.

When everyone stopped shouting, Qu Jing, who had not spoken suddenly, said, "In fact, it may not be as Xu Sanye said. We still have a chance. It should be noted that because the officers and soldiers have an absolute advantage, they would never have thought that we dare to attack Songjiang City.

In this way, we can first send dozens of people to pretend to be merchants and enter the city as internal supporters. In this way, we can enter the city without any effort. We do not intend to stick to the situation. We just need to rescue the boss and evacuate from Songjiang City, so we naturally don’t have to worry about the officers and soldiers surround us in the city.

So, I think this battle is risky, but it may not be impossible.”

Xu Hai is still talking about it, and Liu Qiang has already said to everyone first, "Okay, Mr. Qu's words, you all hear it! Just follow the tasks assigned to us by Mr. Qu, and take action on their own!"

Everyone was about to leave, but suddenly they heard a shout from a distance. "Slow down!"

Everyone looked up and saw that it was Yu Ren, the leader they were preparing to rescue.

This accident surprised everyone and was delighted.

"Boss, is it really you?" Liu Qiang rushed up in disbelief.

"Not me, who else will I have? Is it possible that you can't even recognize me if you haven't seen each other for a few days?"

"No, didn't they say you were surrounded by officers and soldiers and couldn't get out of the house?" Liu Qiang said hurriedly.

"It's true that being surrounded by officers and soldiers at home. If you can't get out, it's not certain. Although I don't have the skill of flying eaves and walls like brother Shi Bin, it's not difficult to get out of the encirclement of these officers and soldiers alone. Don't forget the saying: Money can make the devil push the mill. These officers and soldiers have no discipline. When they see the money, there is no one they dare not let go."

Everyone hugged Yu Ren into the house.

"That's great. Since the boss is back, we can let go and fight a good battle with these officers and soldiers." Liu Qiang shouted.
Chapter completed!