Li Jun is a representative figure of the new generation. He is less than thirty years old, but he is already a strong man in the early stage of the second grade.
This Li family is actually a martial arts family who moved overseas to avoid revenge.
However, what the Li family didn't know was that Wang Haiting and others had already controlled the drone to fly quietly to the conference room and parked it outside the window, staring at it.
"This bastard Tang Wen is such a bully. Dad, if he dares to take action, we will kill them all." When Li Jun heard this, he was furious on the spot.
"Kill, kill, kill, how many can you kill?" Li Hao hummed.
"What they have is just a few hundred guns and guns. What kind of soldiers the deputy regimental envoy can lead are all recruited from the common people. They are not very good." Li Jun retorted unconvinced.
"What a pig-headed person you are? You can kill hundreds of people, how can you kill thousands more?" Li Hao couldn't help but curse.
"Thousands, where did the thousands of troops come from?" Aunt Li Yumei of the Li family loved her nephew very much and couldn't help but ask.
"He is a first-class earl or a deputy envoy of regiment training. If he is destroyed.
We are just openly opposing the imperial court. Do you understand that this is rebellion?
At that time, when the imperial army arrives, the Li family will be completely destroyed." Uncle Li Kaiqiu said.
"It's a joke. The imperial court is currently at war with the Kingdom of the Sun. I heard that they have already attacked the coastal cities. How can they have time to take care of us if they can't take care of themselves?" Li Youmei sneered.
"Unless the Great Chu Kingdom is finished, once they recover, they will definitely settle the score later.
There is no way they can just sit back and watch a first-class earl being killed by us, along with hundreds of bodyguards.
By then, with all the people in the house, how can there be any eggs?" Li Kaiqiu said with a melancholy look on his face.
"This is indeed a problem, unless we finish the killing and move overseas to a place that does not belong to Dachu." Grandpa Li Kun spoke.
“Isn’t this world the same everywhere?
At that time, we will have to find a place and move. How will we move with such a big family?
Moreover, the family fortune we have built with two hundred years of hard work on Heiyan Island will be destroyed again." Li Kaiqiu said.
"There is another big problem." Li Hao said. Seeing everyone looking at him, he touched his beard and said, "Don't forget, who are our enemies in Da Chu?
Even if that person dies, he still has descendants.
Once Tang Wen is killed, the matter will definitely be reported to the court, and then things will become big.
If our hiding place is known to our enemies, it will be troublesome."
"This...this..." Li Jun's face changed drastically, and he immediately said, "We and the Lin family will each have half of the four million taels of silver, which is only two million taels. Give it to him."
"We can afford two million taels, but what should we do next? Tang Wen has raised the money to one million taels a year. Even if he and the Lin family each have half, they still have to pay 500,000 taels." Li Kaiqiu said.
"This is basically robbing money! You must not give it! Once you give it, it's over. From now on, our Li family will become slaves of the Tang family, making money for him every day." Li Youmei scolded.
"This broken island is only worth a million taels of silver if sold to others. He dares to claim that he charges a million taels a year. This is indeed robbery!" Li Hao said.
"How about we pay to buy the island?" Li Kaiqiu said.
"It might have been okay in the past, but now, it probably won't be possible." Li Kun snorted.
"Why can't it be done? We can discuss it with him." Li Kaiqiu said.
"What a waste of discussion! He must have been eyeing the iron ore on the island. Otherwise, do you think he is a fool who spent three million taels to build a ruined island?" Li Kun cursed.
"This person must be looking at the iron mines." Li Shaotang nodded.
"But Black Rock Island is four to five hundred miles away from the land. What's the use of the iron ore? The mining is not enough for freight and labor costs. This is obviously a loss-making business. Could Tang Wen be so stupid?" Li Hao said.
"That's true, I just can't figure it out. Could it be that this person is just interested in Heiyan Island and not for the iron ore?" Li Kaiqiu touched his chin with a confused look on his face.
"Could they be targeting us?" Li Youmei suddenly asked in shock.
"We are being targeted. Could it be that Tang Wen was sent by his enemies?" Li Kaiqiu was also stunned and turned pale with fright.
"It's 80% possible! That guy is basically an enemy.
Drive us away first, then we will have no home.
If the enemy takes the opportunity to strike cruelly, our Li family will be doomed," Li Youmei said.
"That's right, if we resist, then we will be charged with rebellion and the imperial court will use its power to destroy us." Li Hao nodded.
For a moment, the Li family fell into silence.
"Is there anywhere else we can go?" At this moment, the Lin family is also having a meeting, and the conversation is about the same content. The head of the Lin family, Lin Jingru, is still a beautiful woman. She is still in her thirties and has not yet gotten married.
"The farther island is hundreds of miles away from us, which is too far. Moreover, it is too difficult to start everything from scratch." His younger brother Lin Liangfei shook his head with an ugly look on his face.
"It's absolutely impossible for us to give up our two-hundred-year-old family business!" Grand-uncle Lin Qian said with a gloomy look.
"But the land belongs to other people, so what can we do? Would it be useful to kill them all?" Grandpa Lin Yujing said.
"I think we have to discuss it with the Li family. I believe they are also discussing countermeasures now. Now is not the time to fight, we need to be consistent with the outside world," Lin Liangfei said.
"That's all, Liangfei, please tell the Li family to meet somewhere." Lin Jingru nodded.
"I'll do it right away." Lin Liangfei nodded and hurried away.
well……
At Black Rock Temple, two groups of people came in a hurry.
Master Kongming, the presiding abbot, saw this and quickly welcomed the two people into the temple.
Because these two people are the benefactors of Black Rock Temple, and the temple was built with donations from the Li family and the Lin family.
The two families fight endlessly, but when they want to discuss important matters, they always choose Heiyan Temple.
Therefore, Heiyan Temple also built a special conference room to facilitate the two families to discuss important matters.
"Master Lin, you must also know about Tang Wen's incident. Both our families have been forced to a desperate end." Li Shaotang said after taking a sip of tea.
"Although our two families have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, this time things are too big.
Our opponent is too strong in this matter.
We have to put aside our past grudges and deal with it together!" Lin Jingru, the head of the Lin family, nodded.
"According to what he said, we first have to pay a head tax of two million taels each.
From now on, each will have to pay a rent of 500,000 taels each year. This is just rent.
The government still has to collect the head tax, which adds up to a lot of money." Li Hao said.
"If we can calculate it according to the previous amount, we can barely cope with it. But to raise so much for him is simply extortion. Where is the rent?" Lin Jingru said with a cold face.
"I think he just wants to drive our two families away. He is eyeing the iron ore on Heiyan Island." Lin Liangfei said angrily.
"Iron ore, I don't think so.
We all know that Heiyan Island is too far away from the mainland, nearly 500 miles away from Jiangzhou, and the mining costs and labor are not enough.
It’s all about losing money, he wouldn’t be that stupid.” Li Hao shook his head.
"Then why did he come here? Black Rock Island is not a paradise for cultivation. How much is it worth just to cultivate the land?
If the Tang family moved here, is it necessary?
He is a first-class earl and the deputy envoy of the Linghai regiment. Does he lack space? That is obviously impossible." Li Liangfei asked rhetorically.
"That's not necessarily true. The war in the Kingdom of the Sun has already reached the coastal cities of Linghai.
It is said that basically all the coastal islands were conquered by them.
Da Chu is at war with Da Qin in the west, while Da Yan, Da Qi and other countries in the north are watching with eager eyes. Under the encirclement of several countries, the country is expected to be destroyed.
Once the country is subjugated, these overseas islands will become a refuge from chaos.
The Tang family may move here with the whole family, so they have to drive us away," Lin Jingru said.
"I think it makes sense. You see, he even moved dozens of cannons, and it seems that they will be stationed there for a long time." Li Youmei said.
"If this is the purpose of the Tang family, we have to move. Otherwise, he will raise the rent at any time until we can no longer afford it," Li Shaotang said.
"Black Rock Island has a radius of about one hundred miles. How many people can the Tang family have on such a big island?
They can't live here all the time, so why are they driving us away?
I think he just wants to enslave us." Li Hao said.
"Slavery, do you want to turn us into slaves of the Tang family?" Li Youmei was stunned and said.
"I think it's possible. When the Tang family moves here and cultivates the land, they will also need manpower.
If you open an iron-making workshop, you will also need manpower.
By then, we will become slaves of the Tang family." Lin Qian touched his chin and said.
"He's got a bad idea! Once Da Chu is destroyed, his lordship regiment training will be nothing. Let's take action and destroy them." Li Jun sneered.
"That's a good thing. If Da Chu is destroyed, it will be destroyed. This island has really become our family's. However, I'm afraid Da Chu can't be destroyed." Lin Jingru snorted.
"The Chu Kingdom has been in existence for nearly a thousand years, and it is not easy to destroy it.
Of course, it would be better to die.
But we still have to be prepared to die." Li Kun said.
"If we force a confrontation, for example, kill them. At that time, Chu will not be subjugated. If the imperial army comes, both of our families will be subjugated." Li Youmei said.
"Although our two families are strong, it is impossible to fight against Da Chu. Not to mention the imperial army, even the Six Gates can destroy us." Lin Jingru nodded.
"Killing people will definitely not work, so we can only demonstrate!" Li Kun said.
"Demonstration! It must be carried out.
At least we should make Tang Wen fearful of us, and we should let the Tang family see that if you push too hard, the worst is possible.
When the time comes, we will be destroyed, and so will your Tang family." Lin Jingru hummed.
"That's it. Let's discuss it first. If Tang Wen insists on refusing, we will demonstrate! I want to see what Tang Wen has?" Li Youmei said.
"Haha, what can he have? He is just an earl, and Tang Wen looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. Even with a few guards, his skills are not much higher.
He just moved out of the imperial court to suppress us.
In terms of his own strength, what ability does he have?" Li Jun said with contempt.
"Of course, the Tang family itself has nothing to fear.
There is no need for us to be panic-stricken. With the strength of our two families, we have to be wary even if the Ten Sea Saint Sects come from afar.
Because we are landlords." Li Shaotang said.
"At that time, senior Li and my great-uncle will join forces to demonstrate." Lin Jingru said.
"Okay!" Li Kun touched his beard and nodded.
"I'm afraid the two seniors will scare him to death if they take action." Li Jun laughed.
"It's normal to scare him to death. Who asked him to come over and mess with us?" Lin Liangfei said with contempt.