Friday only knows to keep kowtowing: "Thank you for your grace, thank you for your grace. From now on, Friday's life will be considered your king's!"
"What do I want with your life? Hahaha, just take care of your little brat."
Wu Wu cried with joy, and turned to look at Li Tinglan, who was met with the same surprise and inexplicable look in her eyes. Li Tinglan was too frightened earlier, and her body was weak. She knelt for a long time and almost fell. Wu Wu was quick-witted, and he supported mother and son together, and simply picked them up. Their sons, father and son, kowtowed to the King of Qin again: "Xiaobao, please thank the King and thank you Madam."
The smile on Hua Rong's face, especially the posture of holding the child like this on Friday, is so familiar and loving, no less than any kind father. I think he spent half his life as a thief and finally had a son. How could he not treat it as such? sweetheart
When Aunt Xiao saw things develop like this, she couldn't believe her eyes and said angrily: "Miss, what are you doing? Are you worthy of my lord?"
"Step back, how can you be allowed to make noise here?"
Aunt Xiao did not dare not to retreat.
There were only a few people left in the room. Uncle Yang was speechless now that the matter was over. King Qin looked at Hua Rong and asked her to step forward. Hua Rong then smiled slightly and said in a very sincere tone: "Miss Li, I am in Jin The country has met your father. He has now expanded his power, but was driven into the desert by the fourth prince. Now that the Jin Kingdom has established its capital in Yanjing, I think it is really impossible for him to restore the Liao Kingdom. And the king The cooperation with him basically ends here. Now, if you want to go back, the king will of course let you go; however, if you are willing to stay with Friday, we are more than welcome... "
Li Tinglan completely lost her idea and looked nervously at Friday and then at Hua Rong.
Seeing that she was undecided on Friday, knowing that she was cowardly, he hurriedly said: "Miss Li, you must never go back. Once you go back, you will die. Your father will not let you go..."
"But...but Aunt Xiao and the others..."
"Miss Li, you can't leave your son and go back. Please stay. Although Friday is a rough man and knows that he is not worthy of the young lady's body, I swear that I will treat you mother and son kindly in this life, and I will never have second thoughts. , I won’t let you mother and son suffer at all…”
Hua Rong knew that she was afraid of Aunt Xiao, so she smiled and said: "Miss Li, with all due respect, your father has no friendship with you at all, he just treats you as a chess piece. You decide for yourself whether to return to him or stay." Is it better to be around Friday?”
"Madam... I don't want to go back... After I go back, my father will beat me to death and my children... and force me to marry someone else to help him restore Daliao..."
"Okay, in that case, I might as well make an idea for you. You can stay on the island and be a couple with Brother Wuwu in an upright manner. As for Aunt Xiao, it's up to them whether they stay or leave. However, As long as you stay on the island, you and your children are our Changlin Island people, and we will never let you be bullied by anyone, not even Yelu Dayong! He is now deep in the desert, and he is powerless and cannot come back to interfere. You guys."
Li Tinglan was surprised and happy. She had long been afraid of her ghost-like father and was tired of her tragic fate as a chess piece. After hearing this, how could she still want to leave? He said hurriedly: "Tinglan will follow Madam's arrangements in everything, thank you Madam."
King Qin then smiled and said: "From today on, you can live with Friday. It's not easy for you to come all the way to Changlin Island. The house you live in now remains the same. All supplies are as usual."
Wu Wu hurriedly said: "I don't dare, the villain will never dare."
"Brother Wu Wu, you can feel wronged, but how can you wrong Miss Li and her son?"
"Haha, Friday, don't refuse. This is the place where you will spend your bridal chamber, and of course I won't want it. Moreover, our island will also be expanded. That place will be given to you."
Both of them were delighted and thanked them again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Madam."
Hua Rong helped Li Tinglan up personally, and then she and Friday said goodbye and went out together.
Everyone was happy, except Uncle Yang who sighed: "Oh, I always thought that child belonged to the king, and I loved him as if he were my own grandson, but unexpectedly it was someone else's child... Sigh..."
King Qin smiled and whispered: "I will give birth to a son as soon as possible tomorrow for you to hold..."
"That's pretty much it!"
Only then did he become interested, and suddenly he was even more eager than King Qin: "Your Majesty, since we have to take care of things, I will wait and see for a good time. The sooner the better, it's really time for a happy event on our island..."
"Hahaha, it's all thanks to Uncle San."
"By the way, Your Majesty, we have received news that Ma Su will be back soon."
"Okay, okay, I'm waiting for him to come back."
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evening.
The sea breeze beats the waves.
Not far away, there was a huge battleship parked.
Lu Wenlong exclaimed: "Oh my God, is there such a big ship in this world?"
"Brother, this is called the Invincible Battleship. It is our largest ship. There is no such big ship in the world..."
…
The two children exclaimed, but Hua Rong looked at the huge ship seriously. It was not the first time she saw this huge ship, but it was the first time she seriously considered its possible power.
Because of the 250,000 tribute silver, Zhao Deji set up many checkpoints on the road, and received reports at sea that he had sent people to make a move. How would Zhao Deji destroy this pirate
Suppress bandits? Recover tribute silver
She was thinking about every possible move he would make. She was not afraid that he would come, but she was afraid that he would not come!
There were footsteps behind me. It was King Qin striding towards me. He shouted from afar: "Girl, girl..."
She raised her head from her deep thoughts, faced him, and said with a smile, "Has everything been settled?"
"That's almost it. Girl, I got news today that the Bird Emperor's navy has been in the shallow sea a hundred miles away."
"Oh? Zhao Deji is really coming after him?"
"The scale is not large, and there is no movement yet. As long as they dare to cross Wang Erqi's island, they will die."
Hua Rong said sternly: "The imperial navy is no longer the same as before. After Yang Mo and others in Dongting were wiped out, the imperial court captured many large ships. Han Zhongliang and others back then were also good at water warfare!"
King Qin disagreed: "Han Zhongliang has long been squeezed out by Qin Hui and handed over military power."
… …
This is true. Since the peace talks between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the famous generals of Yue Pengju's contemporaries have been basically squeezed out, and they rarely made any achievements in the court.
Hua Rong thought for a moment: "Who is the main leader this time?"
"He was a water official by the river in the past."
The naval officer was already old and commanded dozens of veterans, so what was there to fear? I'm afraid Zhao Deji will never do it so easily. He should know the power of King Qin.
King Qin was about to say something when he saw a young pirate running over: "Your Majesty, Ma Su is back..."
King Qin and Hua Rong looked at each other and were overjoyed.
The little tiger clapped his hands: "Uncle Ma Su taught me how to read..."
"Come on, boys, go see Uncle Ma quickly. He will teach you how to read in the future."
Everyone hurried back. In the meeting hall, Ma Su and Xixia's deputies had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Ma Su, they didn't dare to recognize him. He was wearing one of those tall foreigners' hats and was dressed very strangely. He I was particularly happy to see Hua Rong. I never imagined that after going through so many twists and turns, I would see Hua Rong again on the island. Even Liu Wu and others who were close friends with him were safe and sound.
"See you, Your Majesty. See you, Madam."
"Please get up quickly."
Liu Wu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. The two hugged each other and laughed.
"Ma Su, how was your harvest during this trip?"
Ma Su had already taken out the accounts and orders for this trip: "Your Majesty, we have gained a huge amount from this trip. It is far more than what we earned when we were pirates."
"Hahaha, that's great, that's great. You don't have to be a robber anymore."
He took the account and glanced at it briefly before handing it to Hua Rong, but Hua Rong looked at it very carefully. Once the sea trade channel was opened, that was the real way to make money, and it could also avoid the heavy encirclement and suppression by the imperial court.
"Come here, call everyone together immediately for discussion."
"yes."
This was the first large-scale discussion on the island. King Qin, Sanshu Yang, Ma Su, Liu Wu, Liu Zhiyong, brothers Friday and Zhou Qi, Lin Silang and other former veterans gathered together.
They all looked curiously at Hua Rong, who was sitting next to King Qin. They felt very strange that a woman had suddenly joined this pirate group.
King Qin said loudly: "This is Madam. She will be involved in handling the affairs on the island from now on. Everyone sees her as if they saw me..."
Hua Rong smiled slightly: "Brothers, please give me your support."
King Qin introduced the matter so carefully, how dare everyone disobey? Especially Liu Wu, Ma Su and others who knew the situation immediately took the lead in paying homage: "I have met Madam! My subordinates are willing to obey Madam's orders."
When the others saw that Ma Su and others were taking the lead, they immediately saluted. Sanshu Yang had already seen the clues. Without Yelu Dayong, with the addition of this woman, King Qin had intensified his thoughts on competing for the world. He was really surprised and happy. , I thought that the king would be willing to be a pirate for the rest of his life.
Ma Su whispered in his ear: "Third uncle, Madam used to fight with Yue Xianggong in the north and south. She will also become a good helper to the king in the future. Don't worry."
"Well, as long as she is willing to follow the king wholeheartedly, what should I worry about?" What's more, he has always been bored. Even though he had Li Tinglan's son before, he was still in his infancy and had no fun; secondly, because of that The child is not quite like King Qin. No matter how much he likes it, there is a limit. Now, the child is Friday, but there are two clever children, Xiao Hutou and Lu Wenlong, to accompany him. It is only for a day or two. When he got down, he had already taken out more than half of his treasures and kept trying to please his two children. However, he felt that he could still enjoy a few days of peace and happiness in his old age, so his life was not wasted.
At this time, everyone had begun to report on the situation on the island. King Qin had been away for a long time. Fortunately, Uncle Yang was in charge, and Friday and others were loyally cooperating. Although there was no big development, it was in good order inside and out. King Qin immediately made drastic arrangements for external affairs and reassigned tasks to everyone. Hua Rong just listened attentively, paying great attention to the areas under each person's jurisdiction and the tasks they received.
Of course, they also brought back a lot of news, especially reports on the military strength of the Song Army along the coast. One of the more important news was that the Jin Army secretly threatened the Song State and asked them to compensate for the missing 250,000 silver. Zhao Deji was very angry about this, However, he was asked to refuse to officially start a war with the Kingdom of Jin, and he didn't dare to fight to the death, so he was currently having a headache.