"Not only that, the number of people surrounding us is close to a thousand and a half, and they also have powerful bows and even fire blunderbuss in their hands.
Moreover, we cannot shoot randomly for fear of making things worse.
They were very fierce. Fortunately, we installed the barbed wire in advance and they rushed over.
We hit them with fire guns, and they were so frightened that they retreated. However, they remained in a stalemate," Yan Beitian said.
Yeah, it's really troublesome.
"Don't worry, don't shoot, I'll be here right away," Tang Wen said.
Following Yan Beitian's guidance, dozens of people quietly arrived at the camp.
Sure enough, Yan Beitian chose a huge piece of flat land backed by mountains. The flat land area is estimated to be thousands of acres.
They moved very quickly, choosing a piece of land in the center, pouring cement, and erected a multi-layer barbed wire defense fence outside.
"Trouble, we are surrounded, how can we get in?" Luo Yiwu frowned.
"Put on your official clothes immediately," Tang Wen said.
Luo Yiwu nodded, and dozens of people quickly changed into soldier uniforms, put on bulletproof helmets, and approached with shields.
"Who is in front of you, and why are you blocking my way?" Dozens of people walked over generously, and Tang Wen shouted from afar.
"You guys are not allowed to move forward, otherwise, we will shoot arrows." A tall, thin, middle-aged man shouted loudly.
"First Earl of Linghai, Mr. Tang, deputy envoy of Jiangzhou regiment, led troops to patrol Tianshi Island. You blocked Mr. Tang's way and want to rebel?" Luo Yiwu shouted loudly with a majestic look on his face.
"Power!" Immediately, dozens of personal guards brought by Tang Wen shouted in unison, pointing blazing guns at them.
"Don't shoot, don't shoot." The tall and thin man shouted quickly and ran over, holding his fist and saying, "Report to Mr. Tang, Ding Yuandong, a common man.
On this day, Shidao is where my Yunhaimen is stationed, and I am the chief protector of the Yunhaimen.
A group of bandits came to the island two days ago and were surrounded by us."
"Have you asked me about your station?" Tang Wen asked with a straight face.
"Ask your lord, why do you ask your lord? We have been on this island for decades?" A strong man next to Ding Yuandong asked in confusion.
"Who are you? Please tell me your name quickly." Tang Wen said in a tone of official authority.
"Li Liancheng, a common man, is an elder of Yunhaimen." said the strong man.
"Yes, Master Tang, we don't understand what you mean?" Ding Yuandong asked.
"What do you mean, this Tianshi Island belongs to me, what do you think this means?" Tang Wen asked.
"Yours, how is it possible? It's not that..." Li Liancheng was stunned and blurted out. However, Ding Yuandong stared at him mid-sentence and quickly shut up.
"What about this and that? Do you suspect that I am talking nonsense? Butler Luo, show them the land deed." Tang Wen said, and Luo Yiwu came forward and showed the land deed.
"Look carefully, there is the official seal of Jiangzhou Prefecture here." Tang Wen hummed.
"Isn't this island home to Gui Wusong?" Ding Yuandong asked.
"Haha, Gui Wusong was sold to me." Tang Wen smiled lightly.
"Look clearly, this is the contract signed by my master and Gui Wusong." Luo Yiwu turned out another one.
When Ding Yuandong and Ding Yuandong looked at each other, their faces suddenly became gloomy.
"Do you know? The people surrounded by you are my subordinates.
Also, Qiao Xiao and Tian Hao are my personal bodyguards, please release them immediately.
Otherwise, I will hold you accountable.
Get out of the way and tell all your people to go back." Tang Wen said with a domineering look.
However, the people from Yunhaimen did not move out of the way.
"Bold, you really want to rebel, don't you?" Tang Wen stretched out his hand and pointed fiercely.
Ding Yuandong and Ding Yuandong were suddenly stunned and shrank their necks. They muttered together for a while, and then said, "Let's go back first."
Down below, a group of people began to withdraw, and Tang Wen and Yan Beitian met up.
"Sir, this mountain is full of limestone mines. It stretches all the way over and is more than ten miles long. Because you told me to use local materials, we are going to build the workshop here." Yan Beitian pointed to the mountains behind and said.
"Has the base for installing the fan been filled?" Tang Wen asked.
"It's already been laid on the left and right sides," Yan Beitian said.
"Okay, let's install the fan first and tell them to prepare everything before we go over." Tang Wen said.
Downstairs, it was busy. Another day passed and the installation of two fans was completed.
Tang Wen took a short rest, took the elixir, and began to move out the mechanical equipment of the cement plant and put it away according to the drawings.
Since there were only two days left, it was too late to build the factory building. We had to unload the equipment first and then build the factory building later.
Here, Tang Wen moved out trucks, cranes, mobile houses, etc.
In addition, plumbers and electricians started wiring, installing water pipes, and workers dug sewers, etc.
At night, the generator sounded and the lights turned on.
The weather was not bad, so naturally, we worked three shifts all night and worked overtime.
Zhan Dongwen personally directed the work, and the prefabricated house was the first to be built the next morning.
After setting up the sofa, chairs, bed, etc., Tang Wen could finally take a rest.
However, Qiao Xiao and Tian Hao did not come back.
At this time, Mo Dachang also arrived with more than a hundred personal guards.
At this moment, the total number of people in the Tang family reached more than 800, and there were 500 personal guards, almost half of them.
"You said that Yunhaimen has not let people go and ignored us so far. What do they want to do?" After breakfast, Tang Wen called for an impromptu meeting.
"Wait until we come to negotiate terms." Luo Yiwu said.
"Well, it's definitely impossible to ask them to move away. If we force them, they will probably fight us tooth and nail." Dongfang Ming said.
"First, let's find out the situation on the island clearly. For example, how many people are there in Yunhaimen, how strong are they, and whether there are other people living on the island besides them, etc." Tang Wen said.
"Are we going to ignore Qiao Xiao and the others?" Gu Hanyan was anxious.
"Don't panic, we have already revealed our identities, and even if they don't dare to do anything cruel to Qiao Xiao or the other two, I might as well clean up Yunhaimen in the name of pirates." Tang Wen sneered.
"They also have experts." Yan Beitian shook his head and said.
"How powerful?" Li Liao asked unconvinced.
"It's about the same as me, and I suspect they have more powerful people.
That's why I quickly retreated back then.
I have to keep our people safe first and wait for you to call for help." Yan Beitian said.
"More powerful than you?" Luo Yiwu was stunned and his face looked a little ugly.
"The most powerful ones are only one or two small steps above. They shouldn't have any strong people in the third level." Tang Wen said.
"That should be the case. If there were strong people in the third level, Yunhaimen would have become famous long ago, and there would be no need to hide in this inhospitable place to survive.
Don't they like to develop on land? That's absolutely impossible.
What's great about this place is that it's troublesome to have food, clothing, and accommodation, all of which have to be transported back by boat.
Moreover, there shouldn't be many people on this island, so there won't be much trouble." Dongfang Ming said.
Although Tianshi Island is said to be rich in limestone reserves, it does not account for half of the island as Gui Wusong said.
It would be huge if it could account for one-fourth or five-fifths of it, so most of the island is still trees.
The island is nearly a hundred miles long and wide from east to west, making it larger than Koh Samui.
There is a huge crack on the west side of the island, with more than a dozen cracks in length.
It is also seven or eight miles wide, and there is a large river several miles wide flowing through the crack.
The Yunhaimen station is built on both sides of the river, stretching for three or four miles.
The building is hidden among tall trees, appearing and disappearing, and reflected by the river, it begins to look like a fairyland.
If Tang Wen saw it, he wouldn't doubt why Yunhaimen chose to build a building and station here.