"Brother Zhu Mingjian...... As the saying goes, thieves don't go empty, so why not officials? In fact, as long as the silver is enough, even if there are indeed forbidden things in the boat, there will be no official income. ”

Xue Laixiang responded honestly, but when he said the words "thieves don't go empty", his face was a little sneering, and he suddenly thought in his heart that he had sailed for many years, and what he did on weekdays, why didn't he have an inexplicable relationship with these thieves......

So he couldn't help peeking over, but fortunately, at this time, this big brother Zhu didn't seem to notice this sentence, but looked at the shadow of the ship in the distance and said indifferently:

"Well, my Australian Commonwealth is talking about harmony and free trade, but is it tolerable to impose such a heavy penalty and confiscate? What's more, that Suhabi has pirates first, and is your brother Xue's enemy, how can we let him act arbitrarily, and let my brothers seek justice with you! ”

When Zhu Beiguo said this, he suddenly showed a cruel smile.

So Xue Laixiang responded with some concern:

"What Brother Zhu said is very true, it's just that now the rest of the body is alone, the row of pulp ships has strong firepower, and there are dozens of soldiers, all of them are strong people, and now it seems that there must be more than one on the other side, beware of sneak attacks!"

"Brother Xue is very worried, and it will be ...... for us to strengthen our lookout."

"Brother Zhu! Listening to the sound of the drum, the pulp boat has accelerated forward, if there is no way to win, it is better to avoid it, this can be endured for a while......"

Xue Lai met Zhu Beiguo and still responded calmly, and couldn't help but be a little anxious.

"How long will it take to get here?"

"If it's fast, it's less than a moment to ......"

Xue Laixiang hadn't finished speaking, but was interrupted by Li Sanduo's command from the cockpit below:

"Lookout! Raise the warning flag! All guns are ready to fire at any time! ”

"Yes! Raise the warning flag! ”

Moments later, Liu Yishuang tied a series of red and black pennants to the cable from the lookout, then pulled the pulley to let the flags slowly rise to the top of the mast.

Moments later, three red and one black pennants fluttered in the wind on top of the Pride's mast.

At this moment, the oarboat in the distance soon saw the flag, so one of the soldiers who was located at the lookout at the bow of the oarrow boat descended to the deck in three steps and two steps, ran a few steps over, whispered a few words to the Lord Governor, who was sitting in the middle chair in front of the helm platform, and from time to time pointed to the strange ship in the mist in the distance.

After listening to the report of his own soldiers, the Governor immediately showed surprise, and he quickly picked up his monoculars to observe the ships in the distance---- and sure enough, the strange ship that was lying in his own channel neither tried to escape, nor did it approach slowly, but stopped in the distance, and the stern of the ship was still rising.

Well, all this is normal, isn't it the usual merchant ships? When these profiteers encounter the official ship that is being inspected, they naturally have to run if they can't run, and if they feel that they can't run away, then they will obediently stop the ship, either hide the contraband or prepare a fine, things should be like this, right? As for Qingyan, who doesn't cook on the ship...... But......

Under the guidance of his own soldiers, the Governor finally saw in the telescope that a warning flag was actually hung on the mast of that strange ship!

This...... Is this a warning flag for official ships?! The Governor was puzzled for a moment, and he glanced at the soldiers beside him.

Are the people on board crazy? Seeing the Governor's demeanor, the soldiers nodded, obviously the soldiers thought the same way.

This must be the wrong flag! I must have made a mistake in the busyness of the guy on that merchant ship, which shows that the other party has been frightened by the official authority of my Great Sulu Kingdom, well, the more I think about it, the more right it is.

But even so, after a while, you have to be heavily punished after getting on the boat to set an example!

In short, the Governor still felt that his face had been challenged, and he was very angry in his heart.

The practice of hanging two red and two black pennants on the mast was passed down by Hongmaoyi.

In the past, there was no such flag, and when did this flag start, the Governor did not know, probably for a long time, anyway, it has gradually become a passing flag in the South China Seas.

The Governor only knew that the ship flying this flag conveyed a very strict meaning to the surrounding ships, which meant:

"Don't keep coming closer! Otherwise you will be treated as an enemy! At one's own risk! ”

The Governor was also a well-informed man, and while he was patrolling around the island of Jolo with a rowboat, he once encountered a Mahuni galleon passing through Zamboanga.

Known as treasure ships, the galleons of the Khmauri often travel between Manila in the north and the port of Cebu in the south, and they are known to carry all kinds of treasures, but these treasure ships are difficult to rob---- tall and sturdy hulls, carrying hundreds of musketeers, archers, and dozens or even hundreds of bronze cannons on two or three decks, so that anyone who covets these ships must weigh their own strength in advance.

Therefore, for this kind of two red and two black pennants, the Governor has seen it, and whenever his own fleet of oars meets these galleons, the other party will always hang out such a flag in time within the visual range of the telescope.

As a result, the surrounding boats either made friendly gestures and were allowed to pass by, or they dodged a detour in time.

Otherwise, once the ship comes within range of other people's cannons, it will be subjected to heavy shelling, and it will really be at your own risk.

However, the ship in front of me, with a slender hull, no bronze cannon on the deck, and only about the same height as its own row-row boat, looks like a weak merchant ship, is it arrogant or ignorant to hang such a flag!?

No, it's going to make people laugh out of their teeth!

Where did you put my Great Sulu official ship?!

No, after boarding this ship for a while, you must let the people on board know what the price is to defy the prestige of the Great Sulu Kingdom!

At this moment, the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it, he was really a little angry, and he suddenly stood up from his chair, and shouted with some anger to his subordinates, get ready for the guys, and jump directly to the boat without saying anything for a while!

Finally, he asked the trumpeter on the lookout to blow the horn to summon his companions, and when he heard the sound of the horn in the fog, the captain sat back in his chair with a grunt.

He knew that the other two rowboats would surround the arrogant alien ship from the flanks, huh! Wait, when you react, it's too late to run!

Thinking of this, the Governor finally showed a smug smile on his face......

Hearing the sound of bullhorns in the distance, Xue Laixiang, who was standing beside Zhu Beiguo, couldn't calm down anymore, he grabbed Zhu Beiguo's arm and shouted eagerly:

"Brother Zhu! Three! There are three official ships! If you don't leave at this time, you will definitely fall into a siege! ”

At this time, Xue Laixiang spoke with a trilling voice because of anxiety, and urgently shouted to Brother Zhu, who had a calm face.

"Brother Xue, don't be impatient, don't talk about the three rowing boats, with them? Even if there are three more ships, I am not afraid! ”

Before Zhu Beiguo's voice fell, Liu Yishuang's report came from the observatory:

"Four o'clock on the starboard side! Discover the Shadow of the Ship! Fifteen hundred meters away! ”

"The shadow of the ship was found right in front of the bow! Fifteen hundred meters away! ”

At this time, Li Sanduo shouted into the microphone in the cockpit:

"Steady! Steady! Don't fire! Engines are ready to start! Listen to me! Prepare to concentrate your fire on the rowboat closest to us! ”

Accompanied by Li Sanduo's order, Hu Xiaolin and Song Chenge, who were not far from Xue Laixiang, were in groups of twos and twos, and they all pulled the bolt violently, and the click of the metal impact frightened the nervous Xue Laixiang to turn around, only to see the slender muzzle of the cannon slightly adjusted the direction and aimed at the oarrow boat in the mist in the distance.

By this time, the sun had risen, the fog was no longer thick, and the people on both ships could clearly see the hazy figures on each other's decks with the naked eye.

Xue Laixiang saw the nearest row boat, the red and green painted bull horn tiger head on the bow of the official boat, and the red and colored eyes stared ahead, teeth and claws, shining in the sun.