W-w-w-where have we ended up?

Shen Miaomiao ignored her, and after finishing her meal, she noticed that there were more and more people outside.

Houses, estates, shops, and fields are increasing in number.

Some women cried and sobbed, "Husband, didn't you say you were going to marry me? Why do you have so many other women outside?"

Some women are very resolute. "You must return my things to me, right now."

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow. "The Jiang Family is really powerful. No wonder they have so much wealth on their island!"

The Old Scholar Tree said, "It took us two whole days to move all the valuables from their island to our Black Wind Stronghold."

Zhou Wanwan asked, "Have all the people on the island been evacuated?"

"The relocation is complete, and work assignments have already begun. Only useful people remain on the island, so they are all quite useful."

Now that our Black Wind Stronghold has absorbed such a group of people, our strength has greatly increased!

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "That's good, but I wonder when they'll find out."

Soon, all the data was compiled.

The Jiang Lineage clan chief said:

"Our Jiang Family cannot come up with such a large sum of money at the moment."

Don't worry, we'll have it ready soon.

Five days later, right here, we will return all your belongings to you.

Chu Yanran said, "Clan Chief Jiang, you'd better keep your word!"

The Jiang Lineage clan chief laughed heartily, "Of course! Don't worry, the Jiang Lineage always keeps its word."

The Jiang Lineage patriarch led a group of the Jiang Family back to the Jiang Family estate.

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch, his face stern, asked, "What exactly is going on? Why have all the things you've done outside been recorded?"

Jiang Ce looked at him and said:

"Dad, I have a feeling something's not right about this."

"Ever since our Jiang Family was robbed last time, things have become increasingly strange."

The Jiang Lineage clan chief said, "I also feel something is wrong. It seems we need to retreat back to the island."

Jiang Ce said with some regret, "Are we really going to retreat to the island? What will we do to make money in the future?"

The Jiang Lineage patriarch laughed and said:

"We've made enough money over the years, it's time to enjoy ourselves."

I plan to sell all these shops, estates, and fields in the next few days, and then go back to the island to fully enjoy life.

Besides, we're pirates! On the sea, we're the rulers.

We've built six large ships in the past few years. With these ships, we can roam the seas without fear.

Jiang Ce smiled and said:

"Father, you're truly amazing. You even thought of using our island as a fallback plan."

Today, our islands are managed so well, and that is our greatest source of confidence.

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch nodded and said:

"Besides, once the storm passes, we can always come back!"

Women's money is still quite easy to earn, not just in Great Qi.

Next time we can go to Great Xia, or even Northern Yan and Southern Chu; there's bound to be a place that suits us better.

"That's true."

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch quickly began making arrangements, looking at the prefect and the three county magistrates, and said:

"Then these matters are entrusted to you."

Since these industries happen to be within your jurisdiction, you should sell them off cheaply.

The Old Scholar Tree looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Wanwan, shall we take all these things back?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Let's buy it. Since they want to sell it cheaply, we should naturally buy it."

After the prefect and the three county magistrates returned, they ordered all the items to be packed up and sold cheaply.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the land deeds and house deeds and said, "So many shops together are worth 100,000 taels, but all these estates together are only worth a little over 50,000 taels. This is practically a fire sale!"

The Jiang Family family just wants to get rid of these things as soon as possible.

That evening, the Jiang Family planned to set off.

The Jiang Lineage clan chief sneered, "Let's go! There's nothing here worth staying for."

Soon a large ship was seen docked at the shore, and the Jiang Family boarded the ship one after another.

Once on board, the Jiang Lineage clan chief finally breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Now that these things are finally done, it's the women's turn to suffer."

A woman with so many children, without a house or shop, I want to see how they manage.

I gave them a chance, but they didn't appreciate it.

The Jiang Family nodded in agreement, and the boat sped off.

They sat on the deck, chatting and laughing. The deck was very spacious and had several tables set up on it.

The Jiang Lineage clan chief said, "On the way back, I ordered a lot of takeout. Let's drink until we drop tonight!"

"Yes, we won't stop until we're drunk."

They began to eat and drink heartily. The Jiang Lineage clan chief remarked, "I don't know who invented this takeout service. It's all seafood, but it tastes so much better than what our cooks make."

Jiang Ce said while eating, "That's right. When we go back to the island, won't we be able to get takeout like this?"

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch laughed heartily:

"What's so difficult about that? Just invite their cooks over!"

What we have now is money; we can use that to bring all these food delivery workers under our control.

"And women, any women you like, just tie them up. Isn't that a piece of cake?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

A peach tree was steering the boat, saying as it went, "Oh dear! These people really know how to have fun! Too bad they're about to be in trouble!"

"Trying to hold food delivery workers hostage is just overestimating themselves."

After the Jiang Lineage family members had eaten and drunk their fill, they all fell asleep contentedly.

When the Jiang Lineage clan chief woke up again, he opened his eyes and found that they were lying on a door panel.

Dozens of door panels were nailed together and floated on the sea.

He screamed, "Wake up! Where are we?!"

The Jiang Lineage clan chief could hardly believe his eyes.

Jiang Ce opened his eyes and asked, "Where's our ship? How did it turn into planks?"

"I remember we were eating and drinking on the ship, weren't we? Who threw us overboard?"

"Waaaaah... Where am I?"

"I'm so scared, I want to go home."

The Jiang Lineage clan chief frowned and said, "We should be very close to our island now. Let's row back as fast as we can. I want to know who abandoned us halfway?"

They rowed with all their might, and the big trees propelled the boat to the harbor.

The peach tree stretched and jumped off the boat, saying, "Sailing is so tiring, it consumes so much spiritual energy."

"But we still had a pretty good harvest on this trip."

All of the Jiang Lineage's last gold and silver treasures are here. Let's take them back to Wanwan!

Zhou Wanwan hadn't expected that the Jiang Lineage family still had several large ships in their possession.

She was quite pleased to hear this. "Why is the Jiang Lineage running away? The faster they run, the greater their losses will be."

Shen Tao looked at Zhou Wanwan and asked, "So what should we do with these women now?"

Zhou Wanwan said calmly, "Let's verify this and see if these women are indeed innocent, then we'll return some of the property to them."

This needs to be verified; many women would try to pass themselves off as such.

Some numbers simply don't match.

These parts that need to be verified will be handled by the tree.

Zhou Wanwan couldn't possibly return everything to them.

After all, she wasn't a philanthropist; she bought all these estates and shops, albeit at relatively low prices.

The trees were quickly identified.

Shen Tao gathered all the female victims together and said, "The Jiang Family has run away; the place is now deserted."

Chu Yanran's eyes reddened with anger:

"I'm going to kill them. I knew those people could run faster than rabbits."

So that was their plan. What do we do now? Does that mean we'll end up with nothing?

Shen Tao shook his head and said, "It can't be said that way. We can refund 20% of your losses. If you can accept that, then accept it."

Chu Yanran looked at Shen Tao and said, "What if we can't accept it?"