"Big boss, what do you say the officers and soldiers are doing? These dozens of sailor warships go out to sea every day to practice, and they look strange and scary, and it is difficult for the brothers to go out and grab the ships. Nest in this island every day, and sooner or later the nest will get sick. ”

Wu Erhu complained at the top of his throat.

"Third child, you are just too anxious, don't you know what kind of virtue the officers and soldiers are? That's what they're doing, showing it to the above. The so-called three fires for new officials to take office will be burned out in a short time. ”

Liu Youliang persuaded in a good voice: "Let's endure it again, the hero won't suffer the loss in front of him." ”

"Hey, what a fucking bad luck! Ran into such a god. ”

Wu Erbeard raised his hand and said indignantly.

"Big boss, third brother, I think it's a good thing for officers and soldiers to practice like this."

Zheng Bao, who only had one eye, raised the corner of his mouth and said: "In the past, maritime merchants knew that the vicinity of our Xiaoyue Island was not very peaceful, and most of them would take the initiative to go around. It caused our brothers to have to go a long way to the sea to intercept a ship, and we also had a conflict with a few people who had heads and faces on the road because of this. Now that Denglai Town has reinstated the sailor, and with such a fanfare exercise, the maritime merchants of the Shandong generation will definitely think that the government is interested in rectifying coastal defense, and they will rest assured that they will leave from the vicinity of our Xiaoyue Island. ”

It turns out that the person sitting around this place is a famous pirate leader near Satsuki Island.

The big boss is named Liu Youliang, and he was a fisherman on the coast of eastern Zhejiang before he became a Haikou.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, Liu Youliang also supported the family by relying on diligence and a fishing boat.

But there are unforeseen circumstances. During a fishing trip in the open sea, Liu Youliang met a Japanese robber.

Strictly speaking, only a very small number of these Japanese are really Japanese people, and the rest are armed seamen of the Ming Dynasty.

The collusion between the Ming maritime merchants and the Japanese is a well-known thing, and Liu Youliang certainly knows it.

From the moment he was targeted, Liu Youliang knew that he couldn't run.

The Zhu Yin boat was much faster than Liu Youliang's fishing boat, and it was impossible to escape on the wide sea.

Liu Youliang then gave up resistance and took the initiative to wait for the Japanese to take him captive on the ship.

Generally speaking, this combination of maritime and Japanese cooperation is very popular with experienced fishermen, and they will choose to turn them into their own seafarers.

Liu Youliang really guessed correctly.

The Wako were not interested in his fishing boat, but wanted him to join him.

Liu Youliang struggled a little.

Although fishermen and pirates rely on the sea for food, their nature is completely different.

The fishermen relied on their own sweat, but the pirates relied on the blood of the shipowner.

Liu Youliang is an honest and responsible person, and joining the Japanese means that he has to give up his conscience, give up his wife, and give up his two-year-old child.

And all this is what he cherishes, and it is what drives him to live.

But he also knew that if he refused to join the gang, the wouldn't let him live.

Executing a man at sea is as simple as tying his hands and feet and throwing him into the sea.

In the end, Liu Youliang chose to live in the choice between life and death.

After joining the gang of would-be pirates, Liu Youliang soon became involved in a ship hijacking.

To test his loyalty, the Wako leader ordered him to cut off the head of one of the seamen in the intercepted ship.

Because the knife was very blunt, Liu Youliang cut the head more than a dozen times, and then he vomited immediately and couldn't eat for two days in a row.

But since then, Liu Youliang has also accepted the vote and become an official member of this gang of widows.

Once the evil thoughts in the hearts of people are aroused, they will be out of control.

Liu Youliang has changed from a simple and kind fisherman at the beginning to a fierce and brutal sea bandit.

Over time, people's desires will swell.

Liu Youliang gradually became dissatisfied with only giving others a hand, and he wanted to pull up a flag and do it alone.

With ambition, Liu Youliang secretly colluded with some people who had the same idea to discuss the escape.

There were four or five common ships in this gang, all of which were docked in a private harbor, and they would only enter the harbor when they were replenished with fresh water and food.

Liu Youliang took advantage of this opportunity to get the people in charge of the private port drunk, so he took advantage of the night to sail a ship out of the private port with dozens of pirates.

They knew that they would definitely send someone to chase them after they found out that someone had stolen the ship and escaped, so they sailed desperately despite the darkness of the night.

After sailing for seven or eight days, Liu Youliang and others dared to temporarily relax and take a breath.

And that's when they found Satsukishima.

This island is located more than 100 miles off the coast of Dengzhou, and its location is extremely hidden, and Liu Youliang and others only discovered it by chance.

They believed that the Wako would not discover the island.

To be a pirate is a ship, a port. Now that they have all of them, they naturally have the basic conditions to become pirates.

As for the specific details of the plundering of merchant ships, Liu Youliang and others were naturally familiar with the road.

In addition, Denglai's location is unique, and there are countless merchant ships coming and going, which is simply an endless number of fat sheep. They did one vote after another, and made a lot of money, leaving a resounding reputation in the waters near Denglai, which terrified the maritime merchants.

Liu Youliang also formed a team that he supported him, including Wu Erhu and Zheng Bao.

Liu Youliang is also very righteous, he did not treat the old brothers who supported him badly, and all those who followed him in the original incident have accumulated a lot of wealth.

This gang of pirates has indeed caught up with the good times.

Their rise to fame was in the last years of Chongzhen.

In the last years of Chongzhen, the world was in turmoil. There are tigers on the outside, and there are rogue bandits on the inside.

The imperial court is already in a hurry, and it is too late to deal with these two problems, where is there time to clean up a little shrimp like Liu Youliang.

If it were in the peaceful years, the imperial court would have sent sailors to encircle and suppress Liu Youliang, where would they be allowed to become bigger.

Over the years, Liu Youliang and others have been living smoothly, and they have not met opponents within a hundred miles.

This was their first crisis.

But listening to Zheng Bao's meaning, if it is handled well, it seems that it can be a blessing in disguise.

"Second child, what you said does have some truth. The officers and soldiers have never known where our nest is, and even if they have the intention to exterminate it, they have nowhere to exert their strength. ”

Liu Youliang paused for a moment, and then continued: "But the brothers are really depressed these days. Otherwise, when the officers and soldiers have finished their training, let's go to eastern Zhejiang and grab some women to come back for the brothers to enjoy. ”

Naturally, there will be no stable life as a pirate, and the women who come to the raid are very festive and will generally resist desperately.

Therefore, the pirates will kill them immediately after committing adultery, and if they want to vent their animal desires, they will grab a batch.

The last batch of women who were snatched have all been killed. Because of the formation of the Denglai Naval Division, the pirates of Satsuki Island have not tasted women for a long time. That's why Liu Youliang said this, in order to stabilize people's hearts.

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