The people in Keelung Port received news that Li was coming a few days ago, so when the fleet entered the port, Lu Qing had already brought a group of people to greet the dock. However, as long as the people on the ship were careful, they could find a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the people behind Lu Qing were clearly divided into two factions. Among them, the people on the left were dressed casually, most of them dressed in short clothes, and even some were exposed with their chests. Most of the people on the right were wearing tight official uniforms. Although they were sweating profusely, their words and deeds were extremely graceful. You could tell at a glance that they were from a big family.

When Li saw the officials behind Lu Qing, he was a little confused at first and couldn't figure out where these people came from. After a while, he suddenly remembered that when the aristocratic families suppressed industry and commerce, many officials from aristocratic families also participated. Later, Li Shimin was furious and arrested a group of the most powerful positions, and then wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. However, Li was persuaded to stop them and took them all over to Liuqiu Island to help Lu Qing develop Liuqiu. I guess these people should be the officials of those aristocratic families.

"Subordinate Lu Qing, please see your highness!" As soon as Li Xi and the others got ashore, Lu Qing immediately stepped forward to salute, and the two gangs behind him also followed him to see each other. However, although the civil servants on the right were skillful, they were mostly a little unkind when looking at Li. As for the men dressed in short clothes, they were a little messy, and some people even boldly looked up and down at Li Xi and others.

Li had long been used to this kind of eye-catching life, so he smiled naturally: "Don't be too polite for everyone. I have worked very hard with my brothers on a boat. Let's find a place to have a tea before talking!" Seeing Li 1 so casual and friendly, Lu Qing also breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that the two gangs behind him would make Li 1 and Li Ke unhappy, but now it seems that he was too careless. Lu Qing thought to himself, and there was no idle in his mouth and hurriedly asked Li Xi, Li Ke and others to get on the carriage, and then the group rushed to Keelung City not far away.

The so-called Keelung City is actually Lu Qing’s pirate nest.

Speaking of which, Lu Qing is really a talent. Keelung Port is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the terrain is very dangerous. Keelung Port is also divided into inner port and outer port. The inner port generally looks long, but on this long west coast, there is suddenly a small port that is recessed, which is called Niuchou Port.

At the junction of Niuchou Port and the inner port, there happened to be a sharp corner protruding, blocking the exit of Niuchou Port. Lu Qing's pirate nest was built on the sharp corner behind this sharp corner, which closed the entire Niuchou Port. Some important ships were anchored in Niuchou Port. In this way, not only can the safety of the ships be guaranteed to the greatest extent, but people on the land can also get support from the sea at any time. If ordinary people want to attack Lu Qing, it is definitely not easy.

In short, Lu Qing returned to the middle age and was already in his middle age. The construction of Keelung Port is in full swing. Niu Chou Port, as the core area of ​​the entire port, is naturally the first batch of renovated areas. For example, the wharf where Li 1 was landed has been used in concrete. The dock leading to Keelung City has also been built with a straight cement avenue, and the carriage does not feel bumpy at all when walking on it.

As the carriage progressed, Li 1, Li Ke, Li Yun and Li Zhen took the same carriage together. They were all the first time they came to Liuqiu, so they naturally felt very novel. Therefore, they opened the windows of the carriage, and looked at the situation on both sides of the road while blowing the sea breeze.

At the beginning, not many buildings on both sides were military barracks, because the ones parked in Niuchou Port were warships or other important ships, which could be regarded as military bases in Keelung Port, so it is not allowed to enter here, let alone people live there.

It was not until after several heavily guarded checkpoints that Li Xi and his other carriages left Niuchong Port and began to enter the city of Keelung City. The civil buildings on both sides gradually increased. At first, there were small scattered factories, taverns, and some houses slowly appeared. Until they passed a demolished wall, they suddenly became lively in front of them.

I saw countless shops on both sides of the newly built cement avenue, and crowds of different clothes were crowded around the streets. From time to time, people entered the shop next to them to buy a few things. Carts that were pulling people or goods were also penetrated through the crowd. However, compared with carts in the north, the one that Liu Qiu used the most here was a ox cart. Although the speed was a little slower, the load was far greater than that of carts.

Just as Li 1 was also dazzled by the prosperity of Keelung, Li Zhen suddenly pointed at a distance and slapped Li 1 with excitement and said, "Sixth Brother! Look, look! There are so many Kunlun slaves over there!" Li 1 looked along Li Zhen's fingers, but found that not far ahead of them, there was a burly man holding a long rope with a string of Kunlun slaves tied to the long rope. Needless to ask, he knew that this must be a slave trader. In fact, the so-called Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty only accounted for a small part of African blacks, most of them were natives from Southeast Asia. These natives were cowardly, very easy to train, and were very obedient to use, so they were very popular among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty. For example, the slaves in front of Li 1 were obviously led by a slave trader in front, but none of them dared to escape.

"Eighth brother, what's the best thing about Kunlun slaves? Look at how many monsters there are!" Before Li Xi could speak, Li Yun, who had always been taciturn, seemed to be infected by Li Zhen's excitement, and pointed out of another window and shouted loudly.

As a result, when Li Zhen heard that there was a monster, he immediately threw it down and ignored it. He came to Li Yun and looked out, looking out, and even screamed in excitement. When Li Xi came over to look, he found that it was a group of local people in strange clothes, with a group of tropical animals swaying across the market. I don’t know where they came to Liuqiu by boat? Li 1 secretly recognized the elephants, lizards, brand-name fish and other animals, and there were many people who could not be named, and they looked strange and shaped like anything. Could it be that Li Yun called them monsters?

Although Keelung City is very prosperous and full of exotic style, Li Xi and his brothers are feasting their eyes. However, Li An also saw some problems on the streets, such as Keelung City just opened to the public, and its popularity was not particularly high. At the same time, the buildings on both sides of the street were also very casual, and some shops even accounted for a part of the road. In addition, some places were under intense construction, and the streets were dusty. Even because of the lack of management on the streets, many people might take action because of disagreement. Not only was there no one to care about them, but many people were watching and applauding.

All these phenomena show that Keelung Port is still in the early stage of dirty and messy.

Li 1 has a lot of people coming this time, so Lu Qing prepared dozens of carriages, and with the guards brought by Li Xi and others, thousands of people passed by the street, and immediately scared the pedestrians to dodge. At the same time, the discussion sounded, and they were discussing which big man came to Keelung?

The carriage advanced along the avenue in the middle of Keelung City and soon arrived at the city center. This was originally the council hall when Lu Qing and his men were pirates, but it has now been expanded into Keelung's administrative center, where officials from various yamen work. At the same time, a huge mansion was set up directly behind the council hall to serve as the residence of Li Xi and his men.

After arriving here, Lu Qing sent someone to arrange some unrelated people, and Li Xi placed Wu Meiniang and Cui Louxue in the inner house. However, it is worth mentioning that although Wu Meiniang didn't like Cui Mengxue very much, there were only two female relatives on the boat at that time, so they would inevitably meet each other. Wu Meiniang didn't know what she was worried about, and she got along very well with Cui Mengxue on the surface.

Cui Mengxue has a simple personality. Although she knows that Wu Meiniang is a woman around Li, in the Tang Dynasty, in the Tang Dynasty, it is normal to have a beautiful girl or two when she goes out. For example, Li Ke and Li Yun have women around her, and even Li Zhen, a guy who is less than thirteen years old, is no exception.

It is precisely because of this that Meng Xue was not hostile to Wu Meiniang. In addition, Wu Meiniang is a master who is in control of people's hearts, so she coaxed Meng Xue to the heart in a few days, even more close to her own sisters. When arranging the yard just now, Meng Xue asked to live with Wu Meiniang in the neighboring yard so that they could make it easier for them to interact. This made Li Yimu very worried, for fear that Wu Meiniang, the little fox in human skin, would kidnap Meng Xue out and sell it.

After arranging the residence, Li 1an went out to meet Lu Qing and the others again, but this time he met only Lu Qing and the men dressed in short clothes. As for the officials, they all left because of busy business.

Li 1an didn't mind this. He just needed the officials of the aristocratic families to help him with his affairs, and did not need their loyalty. As for what they wanted to do, it was even more a joke. Liu Qiu was his territory and was lonely overseas. To be honest, their lives were all in Li Xi's hands. No one dared to have any other thoughts with their courage.

After Lu Qing's introduction, Li 1jiu finally figured out the origins of the remaining men in short clothes. It turned out that they were all surrendered recently. They used to be the leaders of all forces on the island, and now they are all under Li 1an's subordinates. Today they came to see Li Xi, the King of Qi.

Li 1an did not just appease these people, but instead showed them his power first, warning them to obey the laws of the Tang Dynasty and never use the previous rules on the island. Otherwise, if they committed a crime, don’t blame him, the King of Qi, for turning against others!

Although some of the surrendered people only want to protect themselves, most of them are rebellious pirates who don’t even blink when they kill people. If Lu Qing’s power is not stronger than them, he may not surrender. Therefore, Li Xi would give them a warning first.

However, after listening to Li 1's secret warning, although most people looked submissive, there were also a few people with dissatisfaction flashing on their faces. Seeing these people, Li Xi suddenly smiled coldly and ordered: "Come on! Push these people out and kill them" (To be continued)
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