Li Luo left the living room and asked Shi Yan's father and daughter to talk to Ji Jiuniang's mother and son together.

After a full hour, Shi Yan and the others came out of the living room.

"Brother Li, I'm a rough person, I won't say anything polite. In order to thank you for saving Jiuniang's mother and son, and for being treated with delicious food and drink for so long, I will send you a batch of people, which can be regarded as a repayment. Shi Yan said.

Manpower? Li Luo's heart moved.

"Why did Brother Aquaman say this? It was an agreement between you and me to rescue Jiuniang's mother and son, and it was a deal at that time, so there was no need to thank me. ”

"This is Brother Li keeping his promise. Actually, I didn't expect you to really kill Han Gong. I didn't expect you to really bring their mother and son back. I can't thank you enough. ”

"That's... Brother Aquaman is already short of manpower, why do you want to give it to me? ”

"Because, I'm scared. I really don't want to be a pirate anymore. My wife and son died in the firefight, and many of my good brothers also died. Now, I only have the three relatives of Jiuniang Coral, and I don't want to see them follow in their footsteps. ”

"It's better if you don't be a pirate. It's too risky to do this. So where does Brother Aquaman plan to go? ”

"After so many years of trading without capital, I also have some savings, and I am over forty years old, so I can wash my hands without drying. I plan to be a rich man under your rule here. ”

"Haha, Brother Haiwang really trusts Li. Aren't you afraid that I will arrest you and take credit? ”

"Hehe, although my Shi Yan is not what it used to be, my heart is not blind, but brighter. I don't know what kind of person Brother Li is, but he is certainly not a despicable villain. I can trust you. That's why I want to entrust my subordinates to you. ”

"Oh, how many more people are there in Brother Aquaman? What kind of people? ”

"There are two hundred young sailors. They are all experienced veterans, and they are also men who have experienced life and death. If you have a sailor, you will definitely use it. I can't keep them, and I can't afford them. Just give it to you. ”

"To be honest, Li does not lack old sailors. But your people are pirates, and they are used to being lazy, and it is easy to lead my sailors astray. I asked for it, didn't I take a batch of black sheep? ”

"Brother Li is too worried. As the owner of the ship, I have strict management, and my subordinates are not at all loose, and they are by no means worse than those in the army. It is precisely because of this that Han Gong won over disgruntled people against me back then. However, the brothers who are still following me are all able to restrain themselves. Otherwise, they would have turned against me a long time ago. ”

"Then thank you, Brother Aquaman. However, I still need to see if I accept your people, and I can't promise you yet. ”

"Good. I'll take them ashore in a few days and let you see it. ”

After chatting for a while, Shi Yan took Ji Jiuniang's mother and son to say goodbye and leave. Li Luo personally arranged for their acquaintance Han Shao to help the Shi family buy a small courtyard nearby for them to live in. Then send a text to the village to settle down for Shi Yan.

After sending Shi Yan and the others away, Li Luo asked Cui Xiuning, "Do you think what this person said is reliable?" ”

Cui Xiuning nodded: "It's quite reliable." He really wanted to wash his hands of gold. In his heart, most of them are the youngest sons born to Ji Jiuniang, and he doesn't dare to do business without capital anymore. ”

Li Luo said: "I really want his subordinates, we are short of veteran hands now." However, I am afraid of disobedience. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "It can only be used in a dispersed manner." Haidong Zheng He's fleet was divided into a batch, Jianghua Haiyong's fleet was divided into a batch, and the left battalion of the naval army was divided into a batch. That's pretty much it. ”

Li Luo said with a smile: "Shi Yan, this is us, if we want to doze off, he will send a pillow." With these two hundred old sailors, our sea power will be expanded. ”

The expansion of the Navy is much more troublesome than that of the Army. Not only seafaring warships were needed, but also experienced seafarers. Without these, no amount of sailors is meaningful.

In this era, the best quality seafarers are not sailors of various countries, but pirates. Nowadays, sailors of various countries only patrol near the coast, and they do not penetrate more than 100 miles into the sea, and rarely sail far. But pirates are different, in order to escape pursuit, they often go in and out of the deep sea, often sailing thousands or even thousands of miles.

This is also why the navies of Spain and Britain in later generations were based on recruited pirates.

…………

The next day, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning presided over the first member meeting after returning to Jianghua. More than 80 members in Jianghua participated.

Li Luo once again emphasized the purpose and charter of Luoning Society, and asked the heads of member organizations at all levels to report in turn.

When it was the turn of a member named Li Xiu to report, Li Luo paid special attention.

Li Xiu is a student of Li Luo, and he is also a house slave bought in Jianghua Mountain City eight months ago. This person was very interested in politics, and after graduation, he was appointed as the director of the Luoning Society, responsible for receiving probationary members recommended by the member organization.

Li Luo listened to Li Xiu's report, and in the past month or so, Xiang Yong and Hai Yong have recommended a total of 17 reserve members. After investigation, the preparatory qualifications were not false, and the special report was approved by the owner.

The seventeen reserve members were waiting outside the council chamber.

At present, the member organizations at all levels have not absorbed the power of the new members. Li Luo and Cui Xiuning have an attitude of rather than chaos, and each member of the club must personally approve before they can absorb it.

"Let them in." Li Luo said, dividing the personnel materials into two parts, and giving the other one to Cui Xiuning to read.

Seventeen reserve members came in, and after saluting Li Luo, they stood nervously in the middle of the hall one by one.

"Who is Wang He?" Li Luo asked while reading a document. The materials say that Wang He is a native of Hebei, the first batch of township braves, and now he is the chief.

"Qiyu Principal, I'm Wang He!" A burly young man took a step forward and said.

"Tell me about the purpose of the Luoning Society, and then why you want to join the Society." Li Luodao.

"No!"

Wang He said loudly: "For all members to rely on, do something, be useful, support each other, and perform their duties." For the overall interests of all the members, for the happiness of the family and country, the glory of our family! ”

“…… Members are to the owner, like soldiers are to generals, and subjects are to the monarch's father. The vocation of obedience must be observed......"

"The reason why I asked to join the company is because I recognize the purpose of our company, and I am willing to work for this and serve the owner......"

Li Luo nodded, "Okay." Then Wang He's entry document approved a "may".

Next, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning asked questions one by one, and the other sixteen people should have been prepared and almost all of them could answer the questions.

It turned out to be all passed.

In fact, this link is not an assessment, it is a formality. But the point is to make the new members understand who their leaders are. This link is just to strengthen Li Luo's authority.

After the club meeting, Li Luo arranged a banquet as usual and invited the members to eat in a harmonious atmosphere. This has become an unwritten rule.

Three days later, King Shi Hai came down to see Li Luo with more than two hundred pirate subordinates.

Shi Wanghai really didn't lie, although his two hundred subordinates were pirates, they could line up in an orderly manner, and they didn't see the appearance of being careless and presumptuous.

They wore a variety of clothes, and their figures were uneven, but they were all full of energy and strong physique.

With just one glance, Li Luo felt good.

He also saw a high-nosed, dark-eyed man in the crowd. Seeing this color-eyed person, Li Luo suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at Cui Xiuning, and found that she was also looking at this color-eyed pirate.

"This pirate... What are your thoughts? Li Luo asked in a low voice.

Cui Xiuning said with a smile: "I think he can pretend to be a big foreign businessman who went to Ninghai Prefecture to buy slaves." ”

Li Luo nodded: "You and I want to go together." What about the others, do you think you can accept it? ”

Cui Xiuning whispered: "I think it's okay, it's more regular than I expected." ”

Li Luo walked over to Shi Haiwang, "Brother Haiwang, you subordinates, I accept it." ”

King Shi Hai breathed a sigh of relief, and finally found a serious job for his brothers. He arched his hand and said, "Then please leave it to Brother Li, from today on, they are your subordinates." When Shi Haiwang said this, his voice was a little louder.

Li Luo said: "Brother Haiwang, don't worry, I will definitely treat everyone equally." As long as they are faithful and diligent, they can be promoted to officials in the future. ”

"Thank you." King Shi Hai thanked him, walked to the front of the pirate team, and said loudly: "Over the years, Shi Mou has been sorry for everyone, he didn't let the big job live, and he took the lives of too many good brothers, Shi is really ashamed of all the brothers!" ”

"How many of us pirates have a good death? Where can you be a pirate for the rest of your life? Even if you die, you can't be buried in the soil, you can only be buried in the belly of the fish, no one remembers you, and there are no people who burn paper sacrifices. ”

"Now, Shi has been promised by General Li and is willing to accept you, and I can be regarded as finding a way out for everyone. From now on, our gang will be officially disbanded, and everyone will follow General Li, if you are unlucky, you will always have a military salary to eat, and if you are lucky, it is not that there is no chance of promotion! ”

When the pirates heard this, they knelt down one after another, and many of them shed tears.

Shi Yan smiled with tears in his eyes: "Everyone, get up quickly, I am not the owner of the ship now, I am already a citizen under General Li." Now that I have a new home, I won't go to sea in the future. Everyone still has to go to sea, follow General Li, and do it well! ”

This scene, even the personal guards behind Li Luo were touched.

Li Luo stepped forward and said, "Since the stone ship owner has entrusted it to this official, even if the official will not take special care of him, at least he will treat everyone equally!" This daily military salary, food treatment, rewards for going to sea, and rewards for meritorious service are all the same! ”

The pirates arched their hands unevenly: "Thank you, General Li..."

"But there is only one, on this officer's ship, the military discipline is strict, and there is no room for black sheep. If anyone violates military discipline regulations, this officer will not open the net! Li Luo gave another warning.

After some rubbing, Li Luo did not immediately assign the two hundred pirates to the ship, but assigned them to the Xiangyong Middle School, trained for ten days and a half, and then integrated into the Luoning camp first.

Why do you have to go through some brainwashing before you can officially join the Luo Ning camp.

ps: On Monday, our recommended ticket monthly ticket ranking was surpassed a lot, everyone gave the ticket a top, woo~

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