The ancestors of Chinese civilization were very smart.

For example, there is no endless road in the sky, there is a virtue in heaven for a good life, and Saiong knows whether he is blessed if he loses his horse, such as another village, and so on, all of which illustrate one thing, that is, things will always take a turn for the better.

In the simplest two words, it is a crisis, and danger is accompanied by opportunity.

The day after Zheng Zhilong's fleet buried the 1,420 soldiers who died under the dragon's absorption at sea, it puffed up its sails and headed north as soon as it was dark.

You have to get some supplies quickly, or you will die at sea and you will be miserable.

When the time comes, if you can't memorize it, you will come up with a lot of legends about ghost ships or treasure maps, especially the Western barbarians like this tune.

The voyage to the north was not too long, and it was not even used up for two hours, and the lookout at the top of the mast hurriedly waved a flag to signal the ship to stop.

Zhu Zhuohong and Zhu Cunji, who were playing in the cabin, didn't notice Zheng Zhilong, who rushed in, but Zhu Yujian, who was reading "Zizhi Tongjian", noticed it.

Zhu Yujian, who was quite curious, asked: "General Zheng came over at this time, isn't it that we are about to land?" But according to the schedule, we still have at least two days to get close to Java, right? ”

Zheng Zhilong said happily: "Your Highness is right, if it is calculated according to the normal schedule, we will indeed need two or three days to get to the Java area."

But just now, the lookout noticed that there was a faint shadow of an island on the west side of us. ”

Zhu Yujian was overjoyed, and even Zhu Zhuohong and Zhu Cunji, who were playing against each other, stopped.

Big guys are not stupid, as long as there is an island, regardless of the size, at least the problem of food and water can be solved - no matter how small the island, it doesn't matter if there is anyone, there is always fresh water from the rain, right? There should always be plants and animals, right?

Even if there is no food, even if there is water, even if you save your life, who cares if there is food, anyway, there are so many fish in the sea, can't you just get them to eat?

Zhu Yujian, who was overjoyed, said: "Then let's lean towards that island now?" ”

Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Highness, now we are indeed leaning towards the island, but the island is not on my Ming chart, there are no people on it, and it is not clear whether there is any danger, so we need to send someone up to investigate first."

For the sake of the safety of the three highnesses, our ship has changed from the head ship to the tail ship, and the second and third ships will go over to inquire first, and when their news is confirmed, we will dock again. ”

Zhu Zhuohong and Zhu Cunji simply threw away the chess pieces in their hands, and followed Zheng Zhilong and Zhu Yujian to the deck.

Yesterday was not a good day, a lucky ship was lost, and 1,420 men died in the soldiers and sailors, and it was pure to say that I was not distressed.

Even if you don't think about the feelings you have gotten along with all the way from Shaanxi to Songjiang and then to the sea, after all, this thing is a little far away from the royal family, and the more than 1,000 people alone are enough for the three of them to feel distressed.

It's easy to say that the death pension or something, after all, it is not uncommon for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be poor and become a dog, and there have been several in the two hundred and seventy years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but the vassal king who has no money has really never heard of it.

The point is still on the 1,120 soldiers out of the 1,420 people, and these people are the real key.

The three of them could not imagine how much territory 1,120 trained soldiers could conquer for themselves.

Your Majesty said that what caste or something is playing in India, it seems that there are elephants, anyway, they are not much stronger than weak chickens, as long as they don't kill their cattle, they can obediently be cows and horses, but the habit of picking feces with the left hand and grabbing rice with the right hand is very bad.

Forget it, now that there is an island, let's see what the situation of this island is, and as for those who pick and play with elephants, throw it aside first.

After more than an hour, the faint island began to unveil little by little.

But this fucking meow is not the same as the imaginary island, bastard!

No matter how good an island is, shouldn't there be a beach, and then there will be a natural harbor or something?

What the hell is this craggy cliff? What's that oversized, uglier-than-monkey thing?

Zheng Zhilong simply put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and ordered: "Go around and see if there are suitable places to stop in other places!" ”

The order was conveyed layer by layer, and the fleet of nine lucky ships began to slowly turn around and turn along the coastline.

It's just that the more they turn, the more frightened Zhu Yujian and Zheng Zhilong and others become.

Is this a fucking island? Are you sure this isn't somewhere in the Ming Dynasty? Is there such a big island in the world?

A series of questions began to come to my mind - the island was too big, a little outrageous.

At full speed, even the four islands of Japan together won't take long to turn around, but the damn sun is about to set, and it hasn't turned back to the location of the cliff just now!

Although the three vassal kings of Zhu Yujian were under the banner of going to sea to build a country, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Yujian himself, the so-called founding of the country itself was to abuse vegetables.

Now that this island looks like a fucking desert island, isn't it time to make a fortune yourself?

Anyway, they all went to sea to build a country, where is it not built?

The more he turned around, the more firm the idea in Zhu Yujian's heart became, not to mention that this place was founded by himself, even if the population of any Ming political envoy was pulled over, it was estimated that he would not be able to fill it - it was almost dark and he hadn't turned back yet, and the ghost knows how big this broken place is.

Zheng Zhilong was about to send someone to the island to check on the situation, but Zhu Yujian stopped Zheng Zhilong.

Zhu Yujian said: "How long will the supplies and fresh water on our ship be enough?" ”

Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, the current reserves are still enough for three days." ”

Zhu Yujian hummed and said, "Then don't be in a hurry to send someone up, wait for tomorrow to turn around, and find out how big this island is." ”

Zheng Zhilong's current identity is the commander of the South China Sea Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, and it is naturally Zheng Zhilong's decision to march and fight at sea, but the rest of the matter still needs to listen to the opinions of these vassal kings.

Now that the supplies and fresh water are still enough, he is not in a hurry to go to the shore to find a water source for a while, so Zheng Zhilong did not object.

Until the next day, the fleet, which had sailed along the coastline for another day from morning to night, did not find the cliff that had been discovered first.

Zhu Yujian was also ruthless, and simply gritted his teeth and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Turn around for another day, if you still don't finish it tomorrow, send someone ashore to investigate early the day after tomorrow." ”

Zheng Zhilong also thinks it's okay, anyway, there are enough things to eat and drink, and it doesn't matter if it's late.

In the evening of the third day, strange thoughts began to arise in the hearts of the people.

It's not an island, or it can't be called an island, it should be called a continent.

It's so fucking big, it took two whole days and half an afternoon to finish the island, how big it is, no one can say now.

In the evening, Zheng Zhilong took advantage of the patrol fleet to come to the second lucky ship where Zheng Zhihu was, and called Zheng Zhifeng and other brothers together.

After everyone had gathered, Zheng Zhilong ordered his soldiers to check the surrounding situation, and after confirming that there was no one around, Zheng Zhilong spoke: "Calling a few of you here today is really something about our lives." ”

Zheng Zhihu said: "Big brother, you can just give me orders, and you can do whatever you say." ”

Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Zhihu and said, "What nonsense, I made my own decision and called you here to do it!?" ”

Zheng Zhifeng opened his mouth and said: "Big brother, what are you thinking, I can probably guess, I just said that this matter is no fun, don't think about it." ”

Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, and Zheng Zhiguan all looked at Zheng Zhifeng with a confused face, and said curiously: "What's the matter?" ”

Even Zheng Zhilong asked, "Why?" ”

Zheng Zhifeng saw that his brothers were asking a few questions, so he simply picked out the words and said: "Da Ming just wants to kill the Tang King and them, and then establish himself as the king on the island, the little brother is not wrong, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said: "Yes, such a big island is isolated overseas, and our fleet is nearly 10,000 people, which is a good time to stand on its own, and it will save you from the bird's spirit of the imperial court."

At this time, people unknowingly killed a few of them, and the fleet was under the control of our brothers. Don't you listen to what God has given and don't take it, but suffer the blame? ”

Zheng Zhihu was relatively simple-minded, and immediately got up and said, "Then I'll go to the sea and feed the fish to a few of them now!" ”

Zheng Zhifeng shouted: "Second brother, wait first!" ”

After Zheng Zhihu sat down, Zheng Zhifeng continued: "Then big brother, think about it, with our ten thousand people, we can build a country, but what about our brothers' relatives in Daming?" ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't think about his family, but when his head was hot, who could take care of it so much?

There is a way to hate a little non-gentleman, no poison and no husband, the wife can remarry, the son can be reborn, as for the father?

When he drove himself out of the house, there was no father-son relationship, and now who cares about his old age?

As soon as Zheng Zhifeng saw Zheng Zhilong's face, he knew what Zheng Zhilong was thinking, and then continued: "Besides, even if there is no shortage of food or drink on this island, there is only one thing missing, and there is no place to replenish it, even if there are no ships going back and forth, or if there is, it is very rare." ”

Zheng Zhilong was also curious, and immediately asked, "What's missing?" ”

Zheng Zhifeng said: "There is a lack of women!" Since ancient times, there will be no women on the ship, or very few of them, these tens of thousands of men have no women, and they will not give birth to chaos, who believes it?

Where are our brothers going to get so many women then? If one of them is not good, it will be a big mess, can these individual hands under our brothers be able to suppress it?

Besides, even if you can find a woman, you won't be in trouble, so what does it mean to be the king of people? It's better to be steady, fight for a sea feud, and then find a way to get a fief in the future is the best policy. ”

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was still hesitating, Zheng Zhifeng added another fire and said: "If the eldest brother must establish himself as the king, he must be prepared for the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army."

Not to mention that Li Qizi and those people are now desperately following the court, even if there are a few of our brothers who are willing to follow the opposition?

Moreover, in addition to us, there is another East China Sea Fleet in the imperial court, and I heard that the North Sea Fleet is already engaged in it, so when the time comes, will we resist the past?

If you can't resist it, then His Majesty the Emperor's temperament ......"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but shudder, and the fire in his heart was immediately extinguished.

Since ancient times, the emperors of the Central Plains have been more ruthless with their rebellious subordinates than with foreign enemies.

The so-called cutting and exterminating the grass and eradicating the roots are basically used to describe this situation.

And today's emperor has taken this point to the extreme - the statue of Fan Wencheng kneeling in front of the Martyrs' Shrine and the Martyrs' Shrine has long been spread all over the world.

Everyone in the world knows that Fan Wencheng's kneeling statue is Fan Wencheng himself.

Zheng Zhilong doesn't know whether the current emperor is eloquent or not, but if it is said that he will be repaid, there will definitely be no wrongdoing.

If he dared to raise the flag and establish himself as the king today, then the dog emperor would definitely dare to search the world to find himself out and chop it up and feed it to the dog.

I heard that there was already a county order in Shaanxi that was originally going to be chopped up and fed to dogs, but it was only when there were not so many dogs that could not be found for a while, so they were killed with artillery.

I can't even find the bones and slag.

Zheng Zhilong felt that what Zheng Zhifeng said was reasonable, and he really couldn't stand up as a king, so it was better to complete his errand well.

In the future, there will be opportunities to fight, and if you get military merits, you will not be afraid that you will not be able to be crowned.

Zheng Zhilong simply dispersed the brothers who had gathered together again, and went to inspect the situation of the fleet separately.

At this time, in Zhu Yujian's cabin, Zhang Jianying, the commander of Zhu Yujian's guards, was also discussing with Zhu Yujian.

After listening to Zhang Jianying's report, before Zhu Yujian could speak, Zhu Zhuohong's face changed first: "Damn, there is no village in front of the village, there is no shop in the back, and the sailor is all from his Zheng family, but what should I do?" ”

Zhu Yujian shouted: "Shut up! What are you panicking about? ”

After drinking Zhu Zhuohong, Zhu Yujian said, "Isn't Li Hongji on our ship?" Later, you can contact him and tell him to arrange for the soldiers to eat in batches, and if Zheng Zhilong has any changes, he will simply strike first. ”

After Zhang Jianying responded, Zhu Yujian continued: "Today, this matter is swallowed in the stomach of this king, and no one is allowed to make a noise." If Zheng Zhilong hadn't moved, nothing would have happened, so as not to have a dislike in the future, understand? ”

Zhu Zhuohong, Zhu Cunji and Zhang Jianying are all bowing down.

Zhu Yujian was right, Zhang Jianying's judgment was only based on Zheng Zhilong's face and sudden patrol behavior, and he judged that there might be abnormal movements.

However, this is only a possibility, not a certainty that something will go wrong.

If you say it, Zhu Yujian's side does not have the ability to counteract at all.

But if it doesn't, it's a lot of fun.

Sailing on the sea, a boatload of people gave birth to two thoughts, beware of each other and look at each other unpleasantly, this sea does not need to sail, first fight and kill one party.

Zhu Yujian took off a piece of jade pendant from his body and threw it to Zhang Jianying: "I've rewarded you, I'm so attentive." ”