I am a pirate in Ming Dynasty

In the end, Liu Tiezhu and others were organized into a new group, led by Qin Shang's personal guard Qin Fen. There were seven people in total, Qin Shang, Liu Tiezhu, Ma Dawei, Xu Qingfeng, Liu Qiushui, Wang Xinyu, and Wang Xinhan. It can be said that seven people will be on the run. Everyone is gathered.

Compared to other groups, the newly formed sixteenth group is the group with the smallest number of people.

"Why did you include the younger sisters? How good would it be to let them embroider with their mother?" Liu Tiezhu disliked several girls in the group.

Liu Qiushui had a carefree mind, but her brother's words still irritated her, and she immediately turned her head to look at Qin Shang pitifully.

Qin Shang knew that the culture of favoring sons over daughters was very strong in this era, but he did not expect that even the children would be infected.

Qin Shang would not encourage this trend and said directly: "Brother Tiezhu, Sister Qiu Shui, they are all members of our group. If you don't want to stay, I can ask the eldest brother to take you back."

Liu Tiezhu muttered, but did not dare to reply.

Qin Shang arranged this series of troublesome things, and the children were led by the guards. The daily schedule was carried out strictly according to the schedule.

This is similar to the practice of schools in later generations. One thing that is better than later generations is that these children compete in a small group and do not have to compete with tens of millions of students.

He can control the physical fitness, but as for learning, it is not the time to bring out his knowledge now. Moreover, he has taught more than two hundred people, regardless of whether the other party will believe him, just teach them. Writing is also very tiring.

The matter of finding a school teacher had already been arranged by Qin Li, and Qin Shang had already made it clear what he wanted from a teacher. He only needed a scholar with a meritorious title or below, and the focus was on good character.

The fundamental reason for teaching these guys is to let more people survive. As for the navigation plan, it's just because I don't want to waste so much manpower.

Navigation is just a goal. Even if it is not completed, there will be no loss to Qin Shang, but what if it is achieved?

Bad taste is the basic law of Qin Shang's actions, or should it be said on a whim? Qin Shang discovered this himself a long time later.

When everyone gets into the action they should take, Qin Shang is liberated. His daily work schedule is much busier than others.

He compiled the knowledge he had learned in his previous life, the scenery he had seen, and wrote down all the knowledge that could broaden one's horizons. These were the most precious treasures.

It's a pity that he doesn't remember many physical and chemical formulas. He can still roughly remember most of the principle things, so he can only write them down for the time being and then verify them later.

Brother Qin Li's busy work is not easy either. All the hundred thousand taels of silver stored in the Qin family's house were spent like water. He didn't use it to buy people, but all used it to buy food. All the food available in the market was spent. He was sold short.

This also caused the price of food to soar to an appalling price, and at the same time, a large number of land deeds circulating on the market were wiped out with food.

These days, food circulates the market better than silver.

In order to make more money, businessmen raised the price of food crazily, and the price of farmland was constantly suppressed. This made people with land reluctant to sell their land, because even if they sold the land, they might not get much food.

But Qin Li's approach was to buy fields with grain, so that he didn't have to exchange the fields for silver, and then use the scarce silver to buy grain. He could easily acquire a large amount of fertile land without these processes.

"Master," Qin Liu hurriedly walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand.

Qin Ligang straightened out all the fields purchased by his family. In such a short period of time, the fields he bought for one hundred thousand taels amounted to more than a thousand acres. One acre of land was not worth as much as a bucket of grain.

Seeing the steward's behavior, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "What's wrong? But we've run out of food?"

"No, young master, when the person in charge of purchasing the land below got up in the middle of the night, he found a letter placed under the bedside." Qin Liu did not dare to be careless at all and handed the envelope into Qin Li's hand.

Was someone putting a letter on the bedside? Qin Li found it interesting and opened the envelope. The content on it was not only a threat but also a threat.

Qin Li walked in the study for a while with his hands behind his back, and then said to Qin Liu: "Let the people below come back. Some people are already dissatisfied with us touching their interests."

"Yes, what do we need to do next?" Qin Liu then asked.

"Nothing is needed anymore. Let everyone return it. If the acquisition continues, those people will probably take action." Qin Li clenched his fists helplessly. Facing these famous gentry, he is really a businessman. Not enough to see.

"By the way, do you know anything about the gentleman my brother is looking for?" Qin Li asked suddenly.

Qin Liu opened his mouth and said in embarrassment: "I found a dozen boys, most of them had no food to eat. I can talk to these people, but there is an old scholar who insists on asking us to come when I ask him to come." Fifty shi of grain, without which he would not teach us."

"Haha, it's interesting. This old gentleman opened his mouth like a lion. It doesn't look like a scholar." Qin Li thought for a moment and said, "Besides fifty dan of grain, what else did he explain?"

Qin Liu continued: "Master, the old scholar said that as long as he is given these fifty shi of food, he can sell his life to the Qin family for the rest of his life."

"Well, give it to him," Qin Li said without hesitation.

"Ah?" Qin Liu was startled. Fifty stones of grain could now be worth 500 acres of land, and the Qin family didn't have much grain. When the young master left two days ago, he used his children to coerce Cai. They took away twenty stones of food, which was enough to feed more than two hundred children for more than ten days.

"Since he is opening his mouth like a lion, he must be asking for something. These literati value their reputations more than anything else. Since he is opening his mouth like this, he will definitely not make a mistake. Just give it to him."

Qin Li seemed to be making a decision on an insignificant matter, and continued: "You make an agreement with that old scholar and let him collect the food by himself. I can give him fifty stones. It doesn't matter whether he can survive among the refugees." It’s our Qin family’s business, as long as the food is in his hands, his life will be our Qin family’s.”

"Understood." Qin Liu naturally knew the steps and turned around to prepare.

Qin Li packed up and was about to go out. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, the crazy Taoist priest came over with a mean smile on his face.

"Master Qin, do you want to go out? I have nothing to do and I want to go out with you."

Qin Li was a little surprised, so he nodded and said, "Since you are free, let's go out for a walk together."

The number of people on both sides of the city's roads has obviously become smaller, the people with grass signs all look listless, and more people have disappeared from the city.

Starved to death? Or become a slave to a wealthy family?

Qin Li sighed regretfully, feeling somewhat relieved when he thought of the living plan his brother had thought of.

The Qin family has done enough in this disaster. It is unrealistic to save everyone. If they really do that, the next person to come to the Qin family will be the Jin Yiwei.

Businessmen have always been small figures at the bottom of society. The people Qin Li has always used in his layout are the Qin family's secret agents. These people buy land and people in secret, and no one can find out about the Qin family.

Qin Li's heart was full of anxiety. The Qin family had been in ruins at the hands of officials one after another in his hands. Without strength, the Qin family is ultimately unsafe.

The two of them didn't talk much along the way. When they got out of the city, the crazy Taoist priest asked: "Who is Mr. Qin going to discuss business with, and why do you come so far all the way?"

"With pirates." Qin Li replied softly.

"Why did Master Qin go out alone to discuss business with the thief?" asked the crazy Taoist priest.

"This..." Cold sweat broke out on Qin Li's head instantly. He thought it was time to discuss business as usual, and he didn't even notice the other party's identity.

"Has the real person noticed it a long time ago and just went out with me?" Qin Li suddenly reacted.

"Yes," the mad Taoist priest nodded in response, "Actually, I'm very confused about one thing. The Qin family obviously has a very good assistant. With their financial resources, it's easy to consume the goods worth one hundred thousand silver. Why do they have to take such a risk?"

Qin Li was suddenly confused: "The Qin family will help?"

The crazy Taoist held his forehead and sighed: "You are still the head of the Qin family, but you can't even manage your own social relations well. I'm really worried about your grandfather."

Qin Li knew that he must have missed something, so he raised his hands and asked, "Please let me know."

Seeing this complicated etiquette, the crazy Taoist priest went crazy: "Can you please make it simple? I am not an expert. You don't need to treat me like this. I just want to know what to teach you."

But Qin Li was unmoved and still looked like he was seeking knowledge.

The mad Taoist priest was tortured and had no choice but to say: "Have you forgotten who your brother Qin Shang once saved?"

"Gao family?" Qin Li suddenly remembered that Gao Rongxuan gave him a jade pendant with the word "高" engraved on it before escorting him away from home.

"Yes, the Gao family is a well-known wealthy businessman. Doing business with pirates is like seeking skin from a tiger. The Qin family does not have such a strong family foundation. If they are swallowed up by pirates, who do you think will be at the helm of the Qin family in the future?"

"Yes, Qin Li didn't think carefully. Since the real person said so, Qin Li should give up this time and go back to the city."

"That's right. Young Master, how can you not make plans when doing things? You should be more careful when it comes to your wealth and life."

"Thank you, Master, for the tip."

"Ah, I can't stand it anymore. How many times have I told you not to be polite when talking to me? It's annoying me to death."

The crazy Taoist priest jumped away as soon as he went crazy, leaving Qin Li with a bitter smile.

However, the mad Taoist priest reminded me that pirate business is not something ordinary people can do.

"I can't keep my family members after all!" Qin Li thought that the guy he contacted for help might have rebelled.

"How many taels of silver is the kickback? I, Qin Li, consider myself to be generous to my servants. Why are you always dissatisfied?"