Fortunately, no accident happened this time. Xiong Wencan and his fewer than a hundred people finally escaped from Nansha Island and fled into Suzhou City.

As soon as Lord Xiong entered the city, he wanted to ask someone to kill Xu Xinsu. Huang Yuanji was shocked and hurriedly stopped him.

"Sir, must not!"

Xiong Wencan was puzzled, "Why? Xu Xinsu's subordinates killed so many of us brothers, shouldn't they be killed?"

Huang Yuanji shook his head. "Although Xu Xinsu should be killed, he cannot be killed. Have you not noticed that the two ships we brought back were also intentionally left behind. Obviously, this person should have received Xu Xinsu's instructions, telling him not to do things too well.

What does this mean?"

"What does it mean?" Xiong Wencan was still shocked at this time and could not think about it at all. He only thought that it was Xu Xinsu's subordinates who threatened his life, so the first thing he thought of was to kill Xu Xinsu.

"It means that Xu Xinsu still wants to talk to us! If we think so, our brothers should have been captured and not killed. But if you kill Xu Xinsu now, then we captured brothers will not be spared.

What's more, after this battle, we are no match for these pirates. If we report to the court truthfully, what would you think there would be?"

Xiong Wencan was not confused yet, and he was still very clear about the consequences. The court entrusted him with important tasks and asked him to govern Su Song. The most important task was to jointly clear the southeast sea with Nanjuyi in Fujian and Zhou Yuanji in Zhejiang. However, at present, Fujian has completed the tasks one after another, but he has not completed them. If the results of this battle were reported, I am afraid that he would not escape the results of the removal of office and investigation.

"What should we do now?" Xiong Wencan asked.

"Now, you can only let your elders condescend and surrender your honor, go to see Xu Xinsu in person, and negotiate with him as soon as possible to make up for our mistakes in defeat. As for the future, we can't take care of it for the time being."

Xiong Wencan thought about it and finally had to accept Huang Yuanji's suggestion. But halfway through, Xiong Wencan suddenly regretted it again. He really felt that this was too embarrassing.

"If you don't go, just lose your official position! I am so bad that I am also a two-ranking Jinshi and a disciple of the emperor. I asked me to plead with a pirate. Instead of doing this, it's better to die."

After hearing this, Huang Yuanji knew that Xiong Wencan could not give up his face in the end, so he had to come up with another idea.

"How about that. I'll go home right now and ask Neizi to contact me immediately. I heard Neizi talk about it a few days ago, saying that a minor official named Wang Wenyan sent his wife to my house. It seemed that he was talking about Xu Xinsu and the others' comfort. I think this Wang Wenyan must have something to do with Xu Xinsu.

Let me try to see if I can follow this path, let Wang Wenyan talk to Xu Xinsu and settle the recruitment matter as soon as possible. If this matter can be done, then your face and official position will be preserved, and the problems of the court will be solved. Wouldn't everyone be happy!"

When Xiong Wencan heard this, he slapped his thighs excitedly, "You have such a good way, why didn't you say it earlier? I'll leave this to you. I'll get you five hundred taels of silver for you to handle."

Huang Yuanji agreed and hurried away.

That night, Wang Wenyan found the courtyard where Xu Xinsu was under house arrest.

Xu Xinsu heard Yu Ren talk about Wang Wenyan, and when he heard that he had reported to his house, he hurriedly let him in.

"How did Mr. Wang come in?"

Wang Wenyan was not polite, so he said straight to the point, "Director Xu doesn't know yet! I was entrusted by the governor and came to talk to you about the reunion."

"Oh! Since Lord Xiong is willing to attract peace, why should I put me under house arrest?"

Wang Wenyan said, "To be honest, since you were under house arrest a few days ago, Lord Xiong took the navy to attack Nansha Island. However, in that battle, I heard that Lord Xiong was defeated and had to come back with him.

So Master Xiong remembered the reunion.”

Although Xu Xinsu was locked up here, his heart was actually on the island. Although he had made careful arrangements for the general attack on the officers and soldiers, he was still hanging before the result. At this time, when Wang Wenyan heard the conviction, he was completely relieved.

Although he defeated the officers and soldiers, Xu Xinsu's head had not yet become hot. He made more unreasonable requests, but just repeated the previous conditions. "My request was told to Lord Xiong last time. As long as we can recruit according to our requirements, we are willing to accept it. As for what official position I have been granted, I don't care."

Wang Wenyan was overjoyed when he heard this. "The Master Xu is indeed speaking quickly. Okay, I'll go find Lord Xiong and settle the matter of this trick."

That night, Xiong Wencan set up a seat at his mansion, specially invited Xu Xinsu. He was accompanied by Sun Sheng-Sun Eunuch, Wang Wenyan and his adviser Huang Yuanji.

After the family informed that Xu Xinsu had arrived, Xiong Wencan hurriedly welcomed her. Seeing Xu Xinsu, Xiong Wencan was particularly enthusiastic. He and Xu Xinsu walked into the mansion together.

Xu Xinsu entered the room and saw that only Wang Wenyan knew the people sitting on the table, so she wanted to sit with him. Xiong Wencan refused to let him sit with him and a fat man.

Xu Xinsu couldn't resist and sat down. Only then did Xiong Wencan introduce it to everyone. Only then did Xu Xinsu realize that the person sitting next to him was Sun Sheng.

Sun Sheng smiled all over his face and was also very enthusiastic about Xu Xinsu. You must know that this is his future God of Wealth. Seeing Xu Xinsu, Sun Sheng felt like he saw boxes of gold and silver, and he could no longer hide the joy in his heart.

At this dinner, everyone had a happy meal and only talked about some irrelevant things. As for the important matter of recruiting peace, no one mentioned it.

After dinner, Xiong Wencan asked the court to take out the official declaration of the imperial court. He gave Xu Xinsu the position of guerrilla general, and still commanded his old subordinates and stationed on Nansha Island to defend the people along Susong from being invaded by pirates and Japanese pirates. Xu Xinsu quickly knelt down and met.

Xiong Wencan put the proclamation in his hands and then helped him up. "Xinsu! From now on, we will be colleagues. In the future, you and I must work together to work for the court and solve the problems of the emperor! If you have any difficulties, please tell me, don't be polite."

Xu Xinsu held the notice in his hand and urged Xiong Wencan, "Thank you for your concern. For the time being, it's all right. But this sea boat is really small. In theory, this sea boat can also be purchased from the public. But I can't buy the ordinary warships like the official ship.

Without big ships, it would be impossible to go out to sea to suppress bandits. This has always been a big problem I worry about."

Xiong Wencan knew that Xu Xinsu suddenly mentioned the warship, and he knew it in his heart. He had fought with the generals on the sea these days and had already seen that the size, strength and power of the warships were the key to the victory or defeat of the sea. In this regard, the blessing ships of the Ming Dynasty did very well.

This time, although Xiong Wencan was sincerely pleased, he also saw the terror of the group of mobs under Xu Xinsu. In his heart, he had to beware of them. It was naturally impossible to ask him to give them a warship. But in this way, he could not offend Xu Xinsu.

So Xiong Wencan pretended to be intimate and patted Xu Xinsu on the shoulder. "Xinsu! Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! The warship will definitely be sent to you sooner or later. But the court does not have a ready-made big lucky ship. When there is a ship, I will definitely transfer a few more for you!"

How could Xu Xinsu not know this result? But the reason why he had to raise the warship without any hesitation at this time was just for the subsequent result. So Xu Xinsu said in a dilemma, "In this way, during this period, we can't go out for the imperial court to suppress the enemy. With the few broken ships we have in existence, it is really good to be able to defend the coastal defense of Songjiang Prefecture for dozens of miles."

When Xiong Wencan heard that Xu Xinsu stopped asking him for a boat, he felt relieved. He quickly said, "I am very relieved that Xinsu can do this. Brothers have just experienced a fight, so it should be the main focus of cultivating and resting."

Xu Xinsu heard Xiong Wencan's words as he was right, so he agreed without hesitation. He also knew that the battle situation in Liaodong is getting tighter and tighter, and these elite navy troops in the southeast will sooner or later be transferred to the north. What he was most worried about was that the court would also transfer them to the north to fight against the Jurchens. Now Xiong Wencan personally agreed not to transfer them to the north, and the last bit of heart disease in Xu Xinsu's heart was solved.
Chapter completed!