Chapter 254 Journey to the South
We have been mingling on islands, although these islands are also very good. But there has always been one of the biggest problems, that is, these islands are too small. Once the officers and soldiers encircle us, it is difficult for us to have room for maneuver. Moreover, the islands are often unable to farm, and the grain depends entirely on purchasing, and the number of people they can accommodate is often difficult to reach more than 10,000. Whether it is Nansha Island or Daqu Mountain, this bottleneck problem has always existed.
It has always been an important factor restricting our development. If we build our base on Jilong Island, all these problems will be solved.
I believe that this place will be the place where our Xu family will flourish. We have a lot of money in our hands. When we get there, we can not only continue to do our business, but also use it as a base to recruit more hungry people from Shandong to open up land and farm. At that time, with more people, our strength will be stronger. It would be impossible for the court to bully us casually.
We will build there into our base camp, and build a new world without hunger, oppression, and war. Turn Jilong Island into the richest and most powerful place in the world."
Everyone listened quietly to Yu Ren's words, and no one objected again.
At noon that day, Yu Ren asked Li Ying to take Xu Keming, Xu Qian, Liu Long, and most of the Xu family to take the baggage and go straight south. The target was the chicken cage, which is Taiwan.
Yu Ren himself led more than a thousand people including Qu Jing, Liu Qiang and others to Daqu Mountain. Although from a grand strategy, they had decided to give up Nansha and Daqu Mountain and move their base camp to Taiwan. However, after all, Qu Jing and his team operated in Daqu Mountain for one or two years, and their wealth and family were still on the island.
This time they went north, they wanted to fight for a seat for Yu Ren, so they naturally would not bring a lot of things, let alone bring their families. They could not take their islands, and they could not take their property, but their families could not take their families. It was precisely for this reason that Yu Ren personally led everyone to Daqushan to find a way to regain the families of these brothers.
After the news that the officers and soldiers might have captured Daqu Mountain, the more than a thousand brothers Qu Jing brought were all very heartbroken. If Yu Ren had not been able to control his subordinates, these people would have escaped long ago.
However, Yu Ren also knew very well that it would be impossible to let these people give up their families and go south with him to Taiwan. So Yu Ren made an adventurous decision. He asked Li Ying to lead the brigade and supplies to go south first to take root in Taiwan, while he and Qu Jing and others were able to see if they could find opportunities to rescue the brothers and their families who had been captured by Xu Hai on Daqu Mountain.
Although he was preparing to take risks, Yu Ren was not ready to die. Therefore, he chose Chen Qianshan, dozens of miles away from Daqu Mountain, as his first goal. Because he knew that if Xu Hai wanted to occupy Daqu Mountain, it would take a while to stabilize the situation. Chen Qianshan is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xu Hai was not able to capture Chen Qianshan in one or two days without taking into account both sides.
Yu Ren saw this very clearly. Therefore, he believed that Chen Qianshan should still be under their control at the moment.
The facts were indeed as Yu Ren expected. When the brothers left behind on Daqu Mountain saw Yu Ren and their fleet, they were first shocked and thought that it was Xu Hai who sent them to attack their officers and soldiers. Later, it was confirmed that it was Yu Ren and Qu Jing and the others, and these people were very happy again.
Daqu Mountain was captured by Xu Hai a few days ago. The news soon spread to this small island dozens of miles away.
The person in charge of guarding Chen Qianshan was Huang Dahai, a subordinate who followed Li Ying in his early years, and was also one of Qu Jing's confidants. Since this island is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Qu Jing used it as their logistics base, mainly storing silver and some treasures.
Huang Dahai welcomed Yu Ren, Qu Jing and others to the island, and his heart felt like a ship drifting on the sea finally found the harbor.
"Mr. Qu, you are finally here. I have been unable to eat well and sleep well these days. I am always worried that when the second head of the army will suddenly send someone to attack the island. Now that you are here, we have finally turned over. Let my brothers take a break here first, and then I will lead the way. We will definitely be able to take Daqu Mountain back."
Qu Jing glanced at Yu Ren, "Has the second in command taken down Daqu Mountain? When did it happen?"
"It happened about three days ago. I didn't know it at first. Later, a few brothers escaped from there and fled to me. I realized that the boss had been assassinated by the government, and the second boss had defected to the government." Huang Dahai said.
"Then, did the second leader not send anyone to attack you?" Yu Ren asked. Although he also knew that Chen Qianshan was easy to defend but difficult to attack, he would not believe that Xu Hai would give up attacking their logistics warehouse because of this.
"Yes! On the day when Xu Erzhun captured Daqu Mountain, he also sent a fleet of more than 500 people to attack us. These officers and soldiers were very cunning. They pretended to be our Xu family fleet, and the flag of our Xu family was also hung on the ship.
Fortunately, I heard about the assassination of the boss by the officers and soldiers before this, so I was more careful. These people beat the second boss's banner. Because I didn't know them, I was in such an extraordinary period. I said that I only recognized Mr. Qu and Mr. Yu's warrants, and no one else recognized. These people turned their faces and hit us with cannons.
Their more than ten boats were not the opponents of our cannons. In a few strokes, four or five boats were sunk by us. When the people saw that the situation was not good, they all fled one after another. They never came again." Huang Dahai said while asking Yu Ren and Qu Jing and others to enter the house.
"Dahai, you did it right. In such an extraordinary period, not to mention that we have our warrants, even if we have our warrants, we cannot send them to the island. You must know that if we really send someone, we will send a confidant around us, and we will never hand over such an important task to a stranger."
After saying that, Yu Ren patted Huang Dahai's shoulder heavily. "Dahai! You know, your place is our big warehouse! Our thousands of brothers rely on you for dinner! You are not just guarding an island, it is the blood and sweat of more than 5,000 brothers running around in Daqushan for more than a year!"
Huang Dahai received Yu Ren's praise and showed an excited expression on his face. "Good Lord Yu, when will we send troops to retake Daqu Mountain?"
After hearing this, Yu Ren looked at Qu Jing without saying a word.
"We do not plan to retake Daqu Mountain again. The boss has been assassinated by the dog official surnamed Xiong. At this time, our Xu family has elected Mr. Keming as the boss, and will be appointed as the military advisor of the boss, and will temporarily take charge of everything. The officers and soldiers take advantage of the boss's new death to attack several islands in our Xu family. When we came, Nansha had been occupied by the officers and soldiers.
However, this was not what they captured, but what we voluntarily gave up. The military advisors have found a better base for us. We will rebuild a safer and more reliable home there."
"Where?" asked a leader who followed Huang Dahai.
"Jilong Island!" Qu Jing said.
When they heard about Jilong Island, they didn't need Qu Jing to explain more, and these people understood. Because they had all rested there when they went south to Southeast Asia to degrade their goods.
"Then, do we want Daqushan either?" Huang Dahai asked.
"No."
"Then, what about here?"
"We will give up soon. The current situation is that the enemy is strong and we are weak. If we send people to defend this or two islands far away from the chicken coop, it will no longer mean anything to us, but will attract all-out attacks from officers and soldiers. At that time, our brothers will suffer heavy losses. And it will also cause officers and soldiers to take us as the focus of attacks.
This is a very unprofitable thing." Yu Ren said.
"Then, Daqu Mountain will not be attacked. What should Mr. Qu do with your new wife? I heard that your wife is already pregnant with Liujia. Wouldn't we go to save her?" Huang Dahai asked Qu Jing.
Qu Jing gritted his teeth and showed a painful expression, but he finally shook his head. "I won't go. At this time, the second head of the family is strong. I can't let my brothers die in vain for my own affairs."
"But..." Huang Dahai wanted to say something else. But Qu Jing had already shaken his hand and interrupted him. "No need to discuss this matter anymore. You can quickly arrange for your brothers to move the island's things to the boat. Try to take away whatever you can. If you really can't take it away, find a place to bury it for me."
Chapter completed!