Taihu Lake has 36,000 hectares, and the vastness of the sky is soaked in the shadows.

There are many small islands in the lake, scattered among mist and rain. The island is densely forested and has reed marshes taller than people.

It's simply an excellent nest for bandits.

‘Be careful to hide the location of the nest, and it is safe to survive in Taihu Lake.’

This is the experience Yu Liu, the "Taihu Magic Turtle" who has been living on Taihu for half his life, learned from his predecessors.

For twenty years, he has always kept this iron rule in mind and is willing to spend more time than others to hide his whereabouts.

Therefore, the peers who went into the water with him basically fed the turtle in Taihu Lake, but Yu Liuye not only survived, but also made bigger and bigger business.

It is precisely because he is cautious and low-key that he is attracted by the big boss on the shore and provides him with weapons and protection. He does not have to worry about being wiped out by the government and the army.

Correspondingly, he must obey the orders of the boss and do some shameful things for the other party.

It generally includes robbery, robbery, extortion, etc. This is the business scope of Taihu water bandits, and it is naturally familiar with it.

However, Yu Liu knew the pros and cons, and knew that the big boss was not ordinary people.

Therefore, whenever there is such a thing, he will personally plan the action plan, be careful to restrain his subordinates, never cause trouble, expose his identity and his nest, so as not to be found in the house to seek revenge.

For example, a few days ago, he received a secret order from the boss, asking him to intercept the grain ship sent by Wu Ji from Yixing.

Master Yu Liu was unwilling to provoke Wu Ji, who was rich and powerful, but he had to listen to the orders of the boss. He could only order his subordinates to use black cloth to cover their faces, not to call each other's names, and not to kill people at will.

After the hijacking was successful, he ordered Wu Ji's servants and sailors to be driven into the cabin and locked them up, and asked his subordinates to drive five grain ships back to their nests.

Then the subordinates were arranged to take strict supervision day and night, and the people of Wu Ji were not allowed to show their heads from beginning to end, so as not to expose their direction.

~~

Following the wild pier into the deep forest, there are several simple bamboo houses, which are the nests of Yu Liuye and his water bandits.

The nest is very simple because they will only get together when they commit crimes and will immediately part after they succeed.

Once you transform, you will become an honest Taihu fisherman. If your official army searches all over Taihu Lake, I can still fish under your nose.

When the official army advances and suppresses the bandits become civilians, and when the official army retreats, the civilians become civilians become civilians. This is the fundamental secret for Mr. Yu Liu to persist in this industry for more than 20 years.

At this time, in the bamboo house in the center, a copper kettle sat on the charcoal brazier, and the kettle was gurgling with water.

Next to the brazier was a low-coated table, with two fat chickens, two salted ducks, a pack of mutton, and a few pig's trotters that were gnawed to the point of bones.

Master Yu Liu rolled up his trouser legs and sat on a piece of tiger skin. He held three fingers and pinched the shallow wine bowl, and touched the four bosses under him.

"Dry!"

The five people drank the rice wine in the bowl in one go. A big fat black man wiped his mouth with his sleeves and sighed: "This is the day, I've been playing the ball all day long at home."

"Hehe, the boss has become more cautious in the past two years. This is the third deal this year, right?" A scar-faced strong man muttered while chewing the chicken bones.

The other two nodded, obviously not satisfied with the harvest in the first half of the year.

"What do you know? Don't look at the wind direction this year?" Yu Liuye picked his teeth and said slowly: "Those high-ranking and wealthy families were fighting hard. On the first day of the first lunar month, the Huzhou fired, and then the entire Taihu Lake was in chaos. I don't know what medicine they took, and they had to fight to the death."

"If we don't restrain ourselves at this time, if we don't do it well, we will be a gunman for others. We don't know how to die." Master Yu Liu smiled gloatingly:

"The gang of 'Huanjianglong' in the south, and the gang of 'Flying on the water' in the west hit the gun and all fed the turtle."

"Then this time, the boss will not worry?" asked the older leader.

"First, I rejected the boss several times, but I won't agree anymore." Yu Liuye said: "Second, I have touched it. Wu Ji is a Hui merchant, and her nest is in Yangzhou. I don't have that much power in Suzhou."

"Besides, whenever we hear the ransom we want, we will know what's going on." Master Yu Liu picked up the wine bowl and asked his subordinates to fill up. "Even the ship cargo is not worth ten thousand taels, but we want one hundred thousand taels. Is this a serious kidnapping?"

"Improper." The four leaders shook their heads together.

"Can they give it?"

"Can't give it." The four leaders continued to shake their heads. "One hundred thousand taels of silver, it's going to take several ships."

"Unless you tied up Madam Ye, you won't be given any more if you kill them."

"So." Master Yu Liu was very proud of his wisdom and gently touched the wine bowl with his subordinates. "I will know at once that we are doing things for others. There are injustice and debt. As long as we don't hurt their people, we won't care too much about us."

"You can't be hurt, but the food cannot be returned." The four leaders shouted: "When you take action on these five ships of grain, plus the three thousand taels of silver rewarded by the boss, it's enough for us to have a while."

"That's natural." Master Yu Liu smiled faintly. "The rules still need to be told, and you can't just leave it alone if you take action."

In fact, the real reason why he was willing to take risks was that the boss gave him five thousand taels of silver.

He took out two thousand taels to share with the water bandits below, and the other one thousand taels and the five of them were divided.

What's more than two thousand taels? Where is it? You heard it wrong.

~~

Just as Master Yu Liu was secretly proud, he heard a burst of rapid footsteps ringing.

The five people quickly grabbed the weapons at hand, but saw that the subordinates who were sent out to inspect were behind the scenes.

"Your mother is dead? I'm so scared to death." The scar-faced man threw the axe in his hand.

"Big, the boss." His subordinate ignored him and reported to Master Yu Liu: "Wu Ji paid the ransom!"

"Oh?" Master Yu Liu was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that it was the third day. The period for paying the ransom has arrived.

Because he had no hope, he forgot everything himself.

"How much did you pay?" several leaders asked impatiently.

"There are so many boxes, so I can't count them." The subordinate blushed excitedly. "Master, go and pull it! So much money is piled on the island, and I'm worried that people will die!"

"Do you see clearly that it's money?"

"Yes, they are all!" his subordinate replied in a trembling voice: "I dug it open and saw that it was all white silver."

"Hiss..." Master Yu Liu was in surprise and almost sucked a duck bone into his throat.

"Hiss..." The four leaders also sucked in air and couldn't wait to stand up and said, "Boss, they really gave it to you!"

"Get money, the boss!"

"I'll gather my brothers!"

"Don't be anxious!" Master Yu Liu sat firmly and shouted in a low voice: "Beware of fraud!"

"If you lose your life, it will be useless." Master Yu Liu, who has always been steady, asked his subordinate in a deep voice: "Is anyone staring at you?"

"Don't worry, there is absolutely nothing," the subordinate shook his head and said, "Before he came back, he went around several circles according to the instructions of the boss, and those who followed him would definitely find out."
Chapter completed!