Fujian Cheng announced the political envoy of the south of Zhangzhou Mansion, close to the place of Chaozhou Mansion in Guangdong, there is a big island called Dongshan, this island is more than 100 miles long, more than 80 miles wide, like a butterfly, it is a large island with several in the southeast coast.

As the day approached noon, a huge fleet suddenly appeared on the sea for dozens of miles north of Dongshan, and the number of ships in this fleet was not much, only a dozen in total, but each ship was extremely large, as high as a city tower, and looked like a castle on the water.

Fishermen and maritime merchants who have been adrift at sea all year round know that these are lucky ships, famous sea giants on the southeast coast.

There are two kinds of Fu ship, one is called the Great Fortune Boat, which is about 15 zhang long, about 3 zhang wide, with three masts of vertical sails, which can carry more than 100 people, and there is another kind called Fu Boat, which is about 12 zhang long, about 2 zhang 5 zhang wide, and has two masts of vertical sails, which can carry more than 60 people.

The origin of the Fuchuan can be roughly traced back to the Song Dynasty, but its prosperity was in the Ming Dynasty.

In the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, there were nearly 4,000 large and small warships, including no less than 400 lucky ships, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the famous Three Treasures eunuch Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, and he had brought more than 200 large and small lucky ships, that scene, the sails on the sea were like a jungle covering the sky and the sun, it was really spectacular.

It's a pity that more than 100 years later, in the Jiajing Dynasty, the Ming Naval Division not only did not develop, but gradually declined, the warships of the Naval Division were less than thirty percent, and the large ships like the Fu Ship were less than one percent, like the original famous Fujian Naval Division, there was only one big fortune ship and several lucky ships left, and there was no longer the majesty of the past.

The fleet composed of more than ten Fu ships is obviously not the sailor fleet under the Fujian Metropolitan Division, because there are three or four Daifuku ships in this fleet, and the sailor fleet under the Fujian Metropolitan Division does not have so many Daifuku ships at all!

So, who exactly does this fleet belong to?

On the Dafu boat at the front of the fleet, Chen Wenjie was standing proudly behind a middle-aged man with a fluttering beard, constantly scanning his fleet.

That's right, this is the maritime merchant fleet under the Longxi Chen clan, or the pirate fleet!

Although these lucky ships are not their Chen family, their Chen family can command these maritime merchants who have lucky ships and let them do things for themselves.

It is said that the fleet of the Daming Navy Division does not have so many lucky ships, why does a pirate fleet under a maritime tycoon have so many huge ships?

This, in fact, is also the fault of the sea ban.

Since the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor of the Yongle Dynasty, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had only one move to deal with the threat from the sea, there were many pirates, and the pirates were fierce, and the sea was a little calmer and the trade was not compatible, and they never thought of taking the initiative to develop sailors, clearing pirates and pirates, and grasping the initiative at sea.

That is to say, the Ming court only forbade the common people to pass through the Japanese, and never cared about the development of the sailors, while the coastal maritime merchants smuggled through various means, did their own business, earned huge profits, and continued to grow and develop, which caused the situation that pirates and pirates were banned more and more, and the Ming sailors were becoming more and more weak.

During the Jiajing period, this situation was particularly serious, under the protection of the maritime giants, the trade between the maritime merchants and the Japanese became more and more frequent, and the maritime merchants in various places frantically built huge sailing ships for the ocean in order to make huge profits, and their scale became larger and larger, so that the southeast sea area almost became the sea area of pirates and pirates.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Jie, a descendant of the Xie family of Yuyao, described the contradiction between the sea ban and the continuous development of industry and commerce in the southeast in the "Qiantai Wa Compilation".

"The board is not allowed to go to the sea, and the giant ship comes from the river; Not an inch of goods are allowed to enter, and the children's jade silk is always full of loads. ”

This is the result of the Jiajing Dynasty's sea ban, not only did the sea ban not ban maritime trade, but made the maritime merchants attached to the four powerful families make a lot of money, and the smuggling fleet has developed to the extent of covering the sky and the sun, and the maritime merchants who were originally secretly engaged in overseas trade have gradually transformed into "pirates" who confront the official army, and the Longxi Chen family and other maritime giants are the leaders and umbrellas of these pirates.

Chen Wenjie looked at the huge fortune boat around him, and he was proud in his heart, the Hui'an Yang family was a fart in front of his Longxi Chen family, at this time, he couldn't help but hum secretly in his heart: "Boy, you don't know how powerful our Longxi Chen family is, this time I have to kill you!" ”

His hatred for Yang Cong has reached an irrepressible level, especially after hearing that Yang Cong and Zhang Zhen are married, he is even more jealous, under his strong plea, the old lady in charge of the Longxi Chen family, that is, his grandfather, finally agreed, sent someone to assassinate and kill Yang Cong, the "scourge", and at the same time, through Yang Yun secretly controlled the assets of the Yang family in Hui'an!

However, they did not intend to let their maritime merchants, or pirates, take action, but planned to ask authentic Japanese pirates to help.

This time, he came to contact the Wakos.

As for where to find the widows, he Longxi Chen family naturally knows.

The southwest corner of this Dongshan Island, the mountains are numerous, the people are inaccessible, but there is a horse stream, the estuary is very wide, and it is facing Zhao'an Bay, it is a good place to moor the ship, therefore, the maritime giants jointly built a simple port here, in order to trade with the Japanese and even the European continent, here, there are real Japanese invaders!

At this time, the fleet was already close to Dongshan Island, and there were gradually more huge ships like Fu Chuan on the sea, but most of these sea ships were in groups of three or five, and the overall scale and hull size could not be compared with Longxi Chen's fleet, and they also knew the flag of Longxi Chen, so where Longxi Chen's fleet passed, other sea ships took the initiative to give way and did not dare to be in front of them.

It didn't take long for the fleet to turn into the entrance of Zhao'an Bay, and not far ahead was the mouth of Zoumaxi.

Chen Wenjie raised his eyes and saw a strange scene.

I saw a big river rushing out of the reckless mountains, as if splitting the mountains from it, it was called a spectacular!

Although the name of this Zouma Creek is a stream, the estuary is extremely wide, and there is a large tidal flat on the south side, which is suitable for building a small port, and there are already several wharves sticking out of the sea.

When he arrived here, the middle-aged man's face standing in front of Chen Wenjie suddenly became extremely serious, and he solemnly confessed: "Wenjie, wait a minute, don't look around, don't talk nonsense, this is no better than Longxi, there are as many outlaws as a cow's hair, and if you are not careful, you will get into trouble." ”

When Chen Wenjie heard this, he couldn't help but say with a little arrogance: "Uncle, who else dares to provoke our Longxi Chen family in this southeast sea?" ”

Chen Jiudao shook his head slightly and said: "Our Chen family still has a bit of weight in this Fuguang sea area, but in the Zhezhi sea area, the East Ocean and the South Sea, our Chen family is nothing, most of the people who do business here are maritime merchants from the East and the South Sea, although they are extremely humble to us on the surface, they are not afraid of our Chen family in their bones, so you must pay attention and don't cause trouble." ”

Chen Wenjie nodded as if he didn't understand, but there was still an arrogant look on his face, as for whether he listened to it or not, he didn't know.

At this time, Longxi Chen's fleet had already docked one after another, and other Fu ships had already begun to set up suspension ladders to unload their cargo, but no one was unloading on the Fu boat that Chen Jiudao and Chen Wenjie were sitting on, because he was not here to deliver goods, but to find someone.

Chen Jiudao took Chen Wenjie and a group of entourage guards off the boat, and skillfully walked to a stone-walled courtyard next to the dock, and there, there was already a man dressed in Dongying armor and a group of subordinates in Dongying costumes at the gate of the courtyard.

When Chen Jiudao saw the man, he hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "General Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

Checkmate?

Could this guy be Dongying's general, but why is his surname Ye?

When Chen Wenjie heard this, he couldn't help but look at this "General Ye" curiously, this person doesn't look like a Dongying person, except for the Dongying armor on his body, his appearance and hairstyle are no different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he has never been to Dongying, the real Dongying people have still seen it, and this General Ye and his subordinates are not like Dongying people at all.