Chapter 799 The acting island owner of Eye Island!
Normally, it would have been unpleasant for Hutong to be interrupted like this by the strange eyes.
But now, Huantong wants to pull Yan Yi to her side and let him speak for her.
Hutong patted Wei Wei's shoulder: "You are indeed a member of the clan, but you are more reliable than outsiders. I am very happy that you can tell me the truth. I really didn't expect that Tanmo would be so bold. He
It would be very risky for him to frame me."
Yan Yi said: "The matter has come to this, sir, we still have to think about how to deal with the difficulties before us."
"I think, since you can't give me enough gold coins, you might as well... give up the Golden Shining!"
Huntong immediately changed his color and flatly refused: "No! I bought the Golden Shining with great difficulty and at a huge cost. Why do you give up so easily?"
"Don't be frightened by Tan Mo's methods. He is just scaring me."
Yan Yi hurriedly advised: "Sir, Tanmo has already taken action against you. He is going to escort you away. Do you still want to resist?"
Hutong shook his head: "Of course I won't resist. If I resist, wouldn't I be playing into Tan Mo's hands? And he will just sit back and watch me being accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason."
"I'll be a prisoner for a while!"
"Eat some hardship and survive until the empire investigates again."
"Tanmo made a huge mistake, that is, when he was charged with Luo Zhi, he chose the crime of collaboration with the enemy and treason for me! This kind of crime is very serious. According to the procedures of the empire, it requires multiple investigations to be approved."
"I don't believe that Tanmo can cover the sky with one hand and bribe all the investigators who follow!"
Eyes said: "Sir, why are you doing this?"
"As a prisoner, even if Tanmo won't get rid of you, he will definitely make things difficult for you and torture you."
Huntong sneered: "What does it mean if I suffer a little? I am innocent! No matter how much Tanmo embarrasses me, I will repay you twice as much sooner or later!"
His eyes were not convinced, and Hutong was still hesitant. But such persuasion made him make up his mind.
Yanyi said again: "Sir, actually we can change our thinking. Since you don't want to sell the Golden Shining, why not sign a contract with Tanmo. Agree on the income of Double Eye Island for the next few years, divide a part of it, and hand it over at a fixed time every year.
Tanmo."
"In this way, you are using future money to deal with current difficulties."
"Not only will you not be captured or tortured, but you will also be the master of the island, right?"
Huntong glared: "You still want me to compromise?"
"Are the future benefits of Double Eye Island so easy to come by?"
"What about future development? I am short of money now, and will I be short of money even more in the future?"
"Besides, am I working so hard to build this business just to make profits for Tanmo?"
Yan Yi knew Huantong's temperament very well, so such persuasion made Huantong even more angry.
Huntong said sternly: "Besides, I'm not alone. I also have a family! Tanmo has connections, don't I have them? Don't the Duomu family have them?"
Yanyi agreed: "Yes, we are also members of a family. The family will not ignore us. As a member of the family, Lord, I will do my best. You can just tell me. Now, I will go and give
Family delivery?"
But Huantong stretched out his hand to stop: "Wait a minute, don't be too anxious."
He has concerns.
If he could ask his family for help, he would have done it long ago, so why bother and suffer again.
In fact, the relationship between Hutong and the Domu family is not so harmonious.
Otherwise, he would not have brought his men and horses to the vast sea and fought for his own territory from the fish-men tribe.
If he could ask his family for help at any time, he would not be self-reliant, nor would he tend to cooperate with the strange eyes when dealing with the fish-men tribe.
In fact, ever since he established a foothold on Duanhuang Island, the Duomu family has taken the initiative to express their intention to come to reinforce Hutong several times.
But every time, he was rejected by Huantong.
the reason is simple.
This kind of family support and reinforcement comes at a price.
Every time Hutong agrees and benefits, there will be more Duomu tribesmen in his territory. These tribesmen obey his orders, but more often they obey the family faction behind them.
Over time, it became impossible to tell whether the territory of Double Eye Island belonged to Hutong personally or to the Duomu family.
This time, it's the same.
Why didn't Huntong ask the family for help? Obviously he didn't salvage any trophies, and he was very short of money.
Once he tells the truth to his family and the reinforcements sent by the family are too large, Huantong will pay the corresponding price and lose many rights.
But after surviving this difficult period, Huantong's future is bright. After all, his former heinous enemy, the blue-green coral murloc tribe, suffered heavy losses and has completely migrated away.
Yan Yi directly said that he was going to send a message to his family. This sentence was like a needle piercing the most sensitive part of Huntong's heart.
He naturally thought of a question: "During the time when I was escorted off the island, Double Eye Island was quite dangerous!"
"There are no unique talents among my men, and Double Eye Island is almost a no-man's land."
"Once the news spreads that I am being escorted, the family will definitely take action!"
"By then, my property, the foundation I have worked so hard for, will fall into the hands of others."
"This is how to do?"
The situation was urgent, and Hutong suddenly realized that even if he was not afraid of Tanmo's fallout, he was still worried about his own property. By then, the empire's investigation had cleared him, and he returned to Eye Island to find that his home had been stolen!
"I must find someone to hold the position of island leader on my behalf."
"First of all, this person must be talented and able to stand alone and stabilize this place."
"Secondly, this person must be one of our own, enough for me to trust."
"Finally, this person must have something to hold on to. In short, he must be able to control him. You must know that a noble status will quickly breed ambition in people's hearts."
After thinking for a while, Huntong's eyes couldn't help but fixate on Yan Wei's body.
Isn't the person in front of me the most ideal holder of Huntong?
First of all, the talent of the eyes is absolutely enough. He is the empire's secret spy organization, the person in charge of the area of Double Eye Island. Even if his personal strength is not enough, he still has a group of empire's secret spy subordinates at his disposal.
Secondly, Yan Yi is a member of his dim-eyed tribe, and has been cooperating with him. Although there are some pitfalls, he is also pursuing his own interests. It's just that the development of things is beyond his control.
Finally, this guy Yan Yi is weak! He is only a bronze-level guy. Even if he develops alien intentions in the future, Huantong, as a gold-level guy, can't he still be able to deal with him?
Thinking of this, Huantong made a decision.
He held Yan Wei's hand instead: "Yan Wei, my tribe, I want to give you an important task."
"Sir, just give me your orders!" Yan Yan said.
Huntong: "I want to hand over the position of island master to you."
"Ah?!" His eyes were shocked.
He was about to speak when he was interrupted by Hutong waving his hand: "Time is urgent. That bitch in Tanmo only has 5 minutes left for us. It's almost over."
"I'll make a long story short. Before I leave, you will temporarily act as the island owner."
"Don't shirk the blame. You have worked with me for such a long time, and you know that my men don't have much talent. What's more, the melee when the fishmen attacked the island also lost a lot of manpower."
"You are the most suitable!"
"While you are acting as the island owner, stabilize the situation on the island. If those businessmen want to cause trouble, just blame it on me. Anyway, I have already been escorted. Let them fish me out so that I can pay compensation.
Their loss."
"Be careful so that the family can reach out. Double Eye Island is my territory! These tribesmen are here, it's hard to deal with them."
After Hutong said this, he patted Yan Yi on the shoulder and said: "When I come back, I will hand over the position of deputy island master to you!"
"The Imperial Secret Service is not that easy to mess with."
"Two Eyes Island is your home. If you have children in the future, I can even apply for a knighthood from the empire on your behalf, and divide a part of the territory to serve as your knight territory!"
"Sir!!" Yan Wei was so excited that his whole body trembled slightly, as if he was completely moved by the bright future given by Huantong.
Yan Yi could not wait to pat his chest and promise: "I will do my best to hold on to this place."
"Even if I die and get assassinated, I will die on the job!"
Huntong suddenly frowned: "No, you can't die easily. You are the acting island owner. Let's do this, I will hand over the Golden Shining to you."
"I will give you certain authority so that you can control the Golden Shining."
"In normal times, you hide in the Golden Shining, settle in the sky of Double Eye Island, and strictly manage the people entering and exiting the Golden Shining. This will protect your life safety to a great extent!"
Eyes were pleasantly surprised and praised Huantong's arrangement for how wise it was.
Half an hour later.
Double Eye Island Pier.
Eyes say goodbye to Tanmo.
Tan Mo stared deeply and said, "Congratulations. Things have developed to this point. You are the biggest profiteer."
Eyes smiled bitterly: "Master Tanmo, we cooperate to achieve win-win results."
"I'm just a tool, a puppet set up by the forces of the chamber of commerce and the great nobles behind me."
Tan Mo snorted coldly: "You know this, you are self-aware."
He was still a little unhappy. After all, this time, he was treated as a gun user.
The next moment, Yan Yi took out a piece of information and handed it to Tanmo: "Sir, please include a few nice words for me in your investigation report."
"This information is related to the whereabouts of the undersea trophies from the battle on Eye Island."
"Sir, if you go to the Ice Sculpture Island and get these trophies, you will be the biggest winner."
"Oh? You are interested." Tan Mo's cold face melted away.
Yanyi bowed deeply: "Then I wish your lord a smooth sailing on this trip."