Zhou Sheng explained the recent situation to Hou Yao.

Hou Yao fell into deep thought. It is actually very easy to simply handle this matter. It is no problem to reject them all or choose a few to cooperate.

But now the island happens to be short of people, so he originally planned to merge with other pirate gangs.

But now that I think about it, the pirates are used to wandering around on their own, so it may be difficult for them to adapt to the army's battle formation training.

Maritime combat requires personal bravery, weapon use and ship control skills, with very little training on military formations and the like.

The regular navy basically doesn't know how to train military formations, and pirates even less.

Therefore, the navy will basically not lose to the army in terms of personal bravery, and may even be slightly stronger.

But once they really form a formation to fight, even the most elite navy is basically no match for an ordinary army.

If you want to train a strong army to defend the island and recruit all the pirates, it is obviously not a good choice.

It just so happened that the arrival of these businessmen gave an opportunity to solve this problem. How could we not take advantage of it?

Zhou Sheng saw that Hou Yao had not spoken for a long time, and the businessmen outside who were seeking to see him were impatiently waiting, so he asked:

"Cousin, those people outside have been here for a long time. Do you think you should go and meet them?"

Hou Yao shook his head:

"No, I'm going to take part in the Autumn Siege soon. It's easy to pass the exam. I'm afraid I'll be criticized by others if I go to deal with businessmen.

It's best for you to come forward in this matter. I'll tell you a charter. You can take note of it and let your younger siblings help you solve the follow-up matters."

Zhou Sheng got paper and pen, and then clearly recorded all the regulations mentioned by Hou Yao.

The more I remembered it, the more surprised I became. By the time I finished writing it, I was so surprised that I couldn’t open my mouth from ear to ear. No, it wasn’t just surprise, it was actually frightened.

No wonder Hou Yao refused to say it himself. If he became an official in the future and was investigated, he would be easily exposed.

"Cousin, are these the regulations? Then I will go talk to those people now..."

Hou Yao waved his hand and said:

"Don't worry, I have another thing to ask you. Do you know that my uncle went to my house and gave me two thousand taels of silver notes?"

Zhou Sheng saw that Hou Yao really asked about this matter, so he explained:

"We had never thought that the shop would be so profitable. My father was uneasy, so we opened a shop. Even the building was built with money from my cousin.

The 10% share was indeed too much, so my father took half of the share and gave it to my aunt.

This won't cause any trouble for my cousin, right?"

Hou Yao laughed loudly when he heard this and said:

"It's good that you think so. It's a good thing to know how to advance and retreat. Those who know how to measure will have good luck.

Okay, you are free to do what you want. If there is something urgent in the future, just discuss it with Xiu'er.

I don’t know how long it will take me to go to Qiuwei, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back.”

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Zhou Sheng stood up in a hurry and said:

"Cousin, if you are not busy, can you go home?"

Hou Yao looked strange and said:

"Your family? What? My uncle has something to do with me?"

Zhou Sheng said with a strange expression:

"No..., it's not my father, it's... it's my brother. Ever since he came back from participating in a poetry meeting with you, his behavior has become weird.

Before, we just locked ourselves in the room and meditated on something, so we didn’t pay much attention.

But for some reason recently, his behavior has become more and more weird, and his dressing...

Alas, it’s hard to explain, cousin, see if you can help persuade him.”

Hou Yao secretly laughed in his heart, could it be that silly cousin who took his words seriously?

"Okay, I'll go see him."

"Thank you, cousin, please..."

…

When Hou Yao came to visit, Zhou Ming and his cousin Zhao didn't dare to neglect them. They rummaged through the boxes and brought out all the best things in the house to entertain him.

"Uncle, cousin, you don't need to be busy. I'm just here to see my cousin. Where is he? I just have to take a look."

Zhou Ming looked embarrassed and waited for a while before replying:

"He...he is in the study."

Hou Yao asked Yu Xiuer to chat with her cousin in the living room while he went to the study to find Zhou De.

In the inner courtyard of the study, one can hear Zhou De's irritating laughter from far away.

After a while hahaha...,

Hehehehe for a while...,

I don’t know what kind of shameful deeds Zhou De was doing inside.

Just hearing this laughter makes one's scalp numb,

I shook the goosebumps on my body and thought to myself: Bear with the evil you have done...

Then he knocked on the door hard:

"Cousin, are you there?"

An angry scream came from the room:

"Oh, my cousin is here. The Lun family is trying to find you."

After saying that, the door opened and Zhou De walked out.

I saw him wearing a floral women's dress, with rouge on his face, which was as red as a monkey's butt, and holding a scented towel in his hand.

If you go out like this, you will definitely be beaten to death.

Hou Yao was also dumbfounded:

"You..., you are..."

Zhou De took the scented towel and covered his nose:

"Cousin, isn't this the secret of poetry you taught the Lun family?"

Hou Yao said dumbfounded:

"There's no secret, I'm just telling you nonsense."

Zhou De looked surprised at first, but he realized it within two seconds, and then said sarcastically:

"Cousin, are you afraid that the Lun family will steal your title of 'Little Poetry Bone'? Hum, don't worry,

The Lun family doesn't care about the 'little poet', their target is the 'Poetry Immortal'."

Hou Yao was really surprised this time. He couldn't even write an ordinary poem. He didn't know where he got the confidence to compete with Li Shixian.

"Cousin, do you think my cousin cares about a name?

Anyway, whether you believe it or not, I just made a joke to you last time.

Don't take it too seriously, lest you worry uncle and the others."

Zhou De suddenly realized:

"Did your father and brother ask you to come?"

Hou Yao nodded:

"Yes, as entrusted by Brother Ling, they are worried about you..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou De suddenly felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on:

"I knew..., I knew..., they are the stumbling blocks on my road to immortality.

You just can’t see me well, you can’t see me well..., hum, the Lun family will not give up easily,

Cousin, you will support the Lun family, right?"

After saying that, he rushed up and took Hou Yao's hand and started acting coquettishly.

Hou Yao was so disgusted that he almost vomited out his overnight meal, and he looked confused.

Resisting the urge to punch him down, she broke free from his hand and ran away:

"Cousin, if you have something to say, don't do anything. Your cousin-in-law is still waiting for me outside. Don't cause any misunderstanding."

Zhou De sighed lightly, then nodded and said:

"I understand, cousin, please read the new poems written by the Lun family first."
To be continued...