I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

It's still the same fire, the same circle just now, but there is one more person among the people warming up on the three floors inside and three outside.

Shang Kexi asked first: "Li Gang, you...didn't you settle down with Kong Youde? Why do you appear here again? Did Huang Taiji ask you to send those things on your ship?"

Lao Lu silently slammed the knife in his hand on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Gangzi, we have a life-long friendship. You have saved me four times, and I have saved you three times. But if you come to persuade me to surrender, then Please stop talking and take the things away. I know that everyone has his own ambitions. I don’t blame you if you become a traitor, but from now on, you and I are no longer brothers. I will cut off my clothes with you today. Break the righteousness!”

Li Gang said quickly: "Brother Lu, wait a minute, my brother is not here for Huang Taiji today, and I am not a traitor."

Lao Lu was stunned, and even Shang Kexi and others were a little confused: "You...you didn't surrender to the Manchus?"

"When I was 12 years old, I saw the golden dog desecrating my mother with my own eyes, and my father's body was lying nearby. At that time, I hid in the straw pile in our house and watched my mother die without daring to say anything, because I You know, if I rushed out at that time, it would just be another life in vain. When I went out to collect my mother's body afterwards, her intestines had been pulled out. I cleaned them with water and stuffed them back. .My father, my brother, and my second uncle all died that day. Will I surrender to the Golden Dog?"

After hearing the words, everyone felt sad for a moment, and they all felt the same way.

You must know that the fundamental reason why Mao Wenlong was able to achieve such rapid success was that the ethnic conflicts in Liaodong were so acute that they were almost out of control. In fact, most of those who took refuge in Mao Wenlong in the early days were similar to Li Gang. They were all monstrous. He has great hatred and deep hatred, and puts life and death at risk, so the hatred of those who sit here again, including Shang Kexi, does not necessarily mean that they are weaker.

These things are difficult for newcomers who joined the gang during the Huang Taiji era, such as Xiao Liu, because objectively speaking, Huang Taiji was indeed a very outstanding and outstanding politician. Under his rule, the nation of Liaodong The conflict has been greatly weakened, and many Han people have even thought of being loyal to him. This is why he can attack the Ming Dynasty without any scruples. To be honest, even if Mao Wenlong is still alive, it is impossible It played such a big role during the Nurhaci era.

Of course, for some people, hatred is hatred. It does not mean that if the Manchus change their masters and treat the Han people a little better, the past can be wiped out. This is the case for Lao Lu and Li Gang.

"Brother Li, since you didn't surrender to the golden dog, how did you live these days? Where did these things come from?"

"This is a meeting gift from my lord to the brothers. The lord himself will arrive ten days later. For fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings, he asked me to come and say hello to all the brothers for him."

Everyone was shocked and asked him who the so-called lord was.

"Dongnan Zheng family, brothers, have you ever heard of it?"

Shang Ke was pleased to hear this and frowned: "But Zheng Zhilong, the number one Japanese pirate who is said to be as rich as the enemy?"

"Yes, it is this person, but it is his fourth brother, Zheng Zhipeng, who I took refuge with. Although the Zheng family has the reputation of being a Japanese pirate, they have never robbed the people. On the contrary, currently, I have many families in the southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates have been almost wiped out by his family, only Liu Xiang is still there, and I believe they will be wiped out within a few years. Now the Zheng family is fighting a decisive battle with the Dutch who invaded the boy."

When Lao Lu heard this, he said happily: "It's good if you didn't become a traitor, then you are still brothers. You have found a good home now, and it doesn't matter. If you follow such a rich man, at least your brothers will not be short-lived." After so many years of fighting for food and drink, it’s time to live a peaceful life in two days.”

"Ansheng? I, Li Gang, have never thought of living an Ansheng life. My lord has ambitions to conquer the world. To be honest, he brought me to visit you brothers this time just to confront the Manchus. , I want to ask my brothers for help. I dare not say anything else. The Zheng family has plenty of money and food. I have been facing the Tatars in this life. These two ships are a meeting gift. The bulk of them are on my lord's own ship. The courage and strength will be known to the brothers when the time comes."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. You must know that they were going crazy because of poverty. If you give them this money, it will be a timely rain.

Shang Ke was happy to hear the words but narrowed his eyes and immediately tasted some of the flavor. "Brother Li, this so-called lord of your family is not trying to recruit us."

Li Gang didn't deny it, but he didn't admit it either. He just said: "It's still too early to say whether to include or not to include. I don't dare to speculate on what the lord is thinking, but at least the money and food are all in vain." It's all true, especially what I brought on this trip. It's a meeting gift. It should be enough for you to accept it for a while. Just treat my lord and make friends with the brothers and let me be the introduction. .”

After a pause, he said: "Ten thousand steps back, it's better to accept money from my family than from the Tatars."

Shang Kexi knew that he was in the wrong after hearing this, so he had nothing to say, and the heroes around him were all beaming with joy. He knew that with his current prestige, if he dared not let everyone accept money, then There must be a mutiny.

Although he felt that this Zheng Zhipeng was probably coming with bad intentions, at least it was definitely not a good thing for him, he had no choice but to pretend to be ecstatic and arranged for Xiao Liu to prepare a big and warm house for Li Gang. .

Lao Lu and others clamored to hold a banquet to entertain Li Gang, and everyone agreed. Although Li Gang smiled and shied away, saying that their life was not easy and they should not spend money, how could Shang Kexi really just go down the slope and become a donkey immediately? The orderer got ready, and Li Gang said smoothly: "I really have dozens of jars of Shaoxing Huadiao wine on my clothes. It's Jiangnan flavor. I don't know if you are used to it. By the way, there are also more than a dozen bottles of brandy." A kind of foreign wine, it is not as soft as Shaoxing wine, but it goes to the other extreme. Drinking it is like drinking fire. I can invite you to try it later."

Shang Ke was so happy that he couldn't help but think to himself, why did he pretend to be so pretentious after bringing his own drinks? But he could only smile and said: "Is it stronger than burning knives? You have to try it. I usually like strong drinks the most. By the way, when will your lord arrive?"

"tomorrow."

"Okay, then today we brothers will start drinking among ourselves, and tomorrow we will slaughter the livestock and then put on a feast to welcome Brother Zheng."