Chapter XXV. An invitation to the vast sea
There is a saying that people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away! It's also a reason to get it in this army.
Shen Baihu, a No. 2 Dafu boat, three masts, dozens of meters, equipped with cannons, with two sentinel boats, this is the regular army, but under the command of this Pang Baihu, Mao Jue even wondered if this was a thousand households, whether it was an army.
Not only Pang Baihu, Zhao Baihu, Jin Baihu two patrol the southwest of Liaodong Bay Baihu is also similar, not to mention the weapons, even the military uniforms are not even, the tattered people wear what kind of clothes, and then look at the boat, it turns out that the huge kelp Mao Jue went to sea that day The sentinel boat is the best, there are a lot of boats, but all of them are tattered small sentinel boats, the only two Cangshan boats of more than 30 meters are older than Mao Wenlong, and it is said that they have participated in the Wanli Korean War.
There are also artillery guns on the ship, but the rust inside is even blocking the cannon hole, let alone firing such a cannon, and even the shells can't be stuffed into it.
No wonder three hundred households want to inspect a place, looking at this scene, Mao Jue couldn't help but shake his head, most of the huge Liaodong was occupied by Jiannu, Zhangzi Island, Daludao and Lushunkou were the most dangerous areas, not to mention three hundred households, ten such hundred households, Mao Jue felt uneasy.
But the only thing that makes Mao Jue's heart excited here is people!
The three hundred households are completely like a big fishing village, behind the southeast hill of Phi Island, the military households planted a few pieces of land, relying on this seaside, the fishing nets dried the boss a piece, not every man can reach the top of the regular Ding quota, a large number of young people who have nothing to do in the hundred households, and the three hundred households of idle men and the old and weak women and children together should have a scale of thousands of people, and the top of a thousand households.
These people can't fight, but production is still more than enough.
A group of children screamed excitedly, hugging the patrol fleet and leaving, those soldiers did not look like fighting at all, exactly the same as when they went out to sea to fish and said goodbye to the children, carrying fishing nets and getting on the boat, this scene even invited Mao Jue to come over to inspect the huge sea seemed to be a little embarrassed, and laughed ugly with the back of his head.
"Master Qian, countrymen, you are used to being casual and don't understand the rules, don't forget to go to your heart."
Looking at him with slanted eyes, Mao Jue snorted directly.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go to sea quickly!"
Standing on the old toothless antique-level Cangshan boat, watching a group of guys who looked like fishermen more than like Ming Jun sailing out to sea, as well as the actual head of the Pang family's hundred households, and the command of the general flag and the huge sea there, to be honest, Mao Jue had a lot of question marks in his heart.
Like Shen Baihu, Li Baihu and the three of them, they are like snakes and scorpions to avoid themselves and the boat, this guy took the initiative to invite himself over, and he still showed this scene, what do you mean? Crying poor? I want to get him more military pay.
"What the fuck is the West Battalion?"
followed behind Mao Jue's buttocks, biting a salted fish in his mouth, revealing a fish tail, Wen Meng's guy also hummed.
"This poor one is not much better than Lao Tzu's war barracks!"
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Saying that they are fishermen really didn't slander these three hundred households, and the patrol fleet drove less than ten kilometers away from Phi Dao, and these guys dispersed, doing something that made Mao Jue stunned.
Fishing!
But when the eleven or twelve sentinel ships were evenly distributed on the sea, and the soldiers who were on the register were skillfully patrolling the current, rowing the boats, lowering the nets, closing them, and raising the nets, as well as fishing, the fleet put on hold here.
Shen Baihu's subordinates also fished, but it was just to replenish food during the cruise, mainly to patrol the East China Sea and eradicate possible Japanese robbers, but they didn't look like soldiers fighting at all, and after waiting for half an hour, they didn't see any signs of continuing to move forward, Mao Jue simply took a sampan angrily and found the door.
When I found the huge sea, this cargo was standing on a sentry boat, and several soldiers with good water characteristics were emerging from the water, listening to Mao Jue's arrival, this guy greeted him with a smile on his face, and held a string of sea cucumbers that had just been fished out of the sea to Mao Jue with both hands.
"Master Qian, our hundreds of households are poor, there is nothing to entertain, just this sea cucumber is one of the eight treasures, you can get into it, be careful, and please accept it with a smile!"
Not to mention, this string of sea cucumbers is really full of appearance, each one has a size of four or five inches, a large meat foot, and more importantly, a fresh and natural, if it was in the era when Mao Jue came, one or two hundred yuan a head, and these twenty or more would cost four or five thousand yuan.
However, Mao Jue wants to keep his name and live like a person on this Phi Island, these thirteen thousand households are very important to him, what he wants is more than a little bit of good luck, he needs strength too much to deal with Yuan Chonghuan, to deal with Jiannu, it is very likely that he will deal with more in the future, don't look at the fresh sea cucumber pushed aside, Mao Jue asked in a fierce voice.
"Militaristic events! The Jiannu on the other side of the sea is eyeing the tiger, but Pang Zongqi is fishing here leisurely, are you worthy of this military position? ”
was stunned by Mao Jue's roar, but this guy immediately made a bitter face and spread his hands sadly.
"Master Qian, you have also seen that our hundreds of households are too poor, we can't afford to prepare those corn rations, and if we don't get some seafood, the big guys will be hungry, and the emperor and his old man won't send hungry soldiers!" Master Qian, please be more tolerant and tolerant, let's get some things here, and we will leave later, you see, okay? ”
Mao Jue couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, thinking about it carefully, when he set off, there were indeed not so many military supplies, and when he arrived on the sea for more than ten days, thinking about eating boiled fish in white water, his face was also a little stiff.
However, it is not safe to live in the first place, there is no time to pick, and he has to find a way to twist this thirteen thousand households into a rope that can strangle Yuan Chonghuan's neck as soon as possible, Mao Jue can only snort with an ugly face.
"Hurry up, Lao Tzu's patience is limited!"
"Little obedience!"
Immediately with a smiling face, watching Mao Jue turn around and sit on the sampan, the huge sea also stuffed the sea cucumber into Wen Meng's hand, this guy didn't have any worries about whether he should accept it, and unceremoniously picked it up, and the corners of Mao Jue's mouth couldn't help twitching.
However, this huge sea is the first officer of thousands of households to fall to him, and it is really difficult to say anything, and Mao Jue can only turn a blind eye.
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Not to mention, the small stove of the huge sea is not bad, the newly salvaged sea cucumber has been stewed in the old soy sauce soup, the taste is really scary, full of taste, just this fish, Wen Meng and the five pro-soldiers who came with him each ate a mouth full of oil, but the corners of Mao Jue's mouth kept twitching.
This morning, the fish that caught the sky are counted, and in this evening, the huge sea guy even played a hand shrunk for him, the two hundred people, a dozen or so sentinel boats, with the catch of the fish, turned back to Phi Dao, the feelings of them are specially out to fish, the rest is two Cangshan boats, less than a hundred people.
This is the most dangerous and important sea area for patrolling, with such a group of guys who can't shoot cannons, Mao Jue's heart is like fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down.
"Haha, Master Qian, Hongfu, I actually caught a big guy today, and the small one should be brought quickly and make up for Master Qian!"
Just thinking about it, the big sea guy was mentioning this big king again, and walked into the cabin with a smile, seeing his relaxed appearance and gloomy face, Mao Jue asked angrily.
"Pang Zongqi, you are going to take this person to patrol the East China Sea?"
"How to fight if you encounter Jiannu's fleet?"
"Fleet?"
was stunned again, but Da Dahai couldn't help laughing, and bent down at Mao Jue with a fist.
"My Master Qian, you can rest assured! Jiannu has no fleet! The small patrol of this sea has been more than three years, when something goes wrong, you will put a hundred hearts, these two days, the small one must have an explanation for you! ”
"Who is that, don't hurry up and stew it for Master Qian!"
Carrying the unlucky turtle, the huge sea went to Zhang Luo again, but looking at the busy kitchen heat, Mao Jue still had an ugly face, Shen Baihu and the three soldiers were very good-looking, but he was a matter of heart, he originally expected to win over and cultivate the three hundred households of Pang Zongqi, but today, it seems that these three hundred households are really useless.
We still have to find a way to expand the number of people.
In this kind of thinking, Mao Jue didn't have the energy to be as "Lixian Corporal" as Shen Baihu when he was on the ship, mingling with the soldiers, in addition to looking at the sea, going back was planning how to gather manpower and how to make money, along the way, it was really as the huge sea said, the wind and waves were calm, not to mention Jiannu, and he didn't even encounter a whale.
And in the past few days, I have been moving along the seaside, almost not too far, I can encounter a desert island, basically I can spend the night on land, and the bumps on the boat are much easier than when Shen Baihu was on the boat.
On the third day, almost more than 100 kilometers away from Phi Island, two Cangshan boats dropped anchor at Xiaoludao.
Not to mention, this small island is only about one square kilometer, but it is a small sparrow, the center of the island is a small hill forest, and there is a large area of good flat beach at the north end, even if the tide is high, there can be a lot of tidal flats.
Although it is a desert island, because the patrol ship can pass through, the Ming army also built a thatched house on it, and the scenery here is good, which makes Mao Jue a little happy.
Dinner is still fish, but the sea fish grilled with salt is more than boiled fish, after dinner, lying on the thatched bed, while looking at the ceiling, Mao Jue is still planning to go back how to spread his career, about eight or nine o'clock in the middle of the night, he is just a little sleepy, not waiting to fall asleep, cold, the door was gently pushed open, Wen Meng like a thief, carefully groped into the dark.
"I said Lao Wen, I don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing?"
yawned, Mao Jue muttered impatiently, but for the first time, this guy's face became extremely grim, and he made a silent cleanup on Mao Jue.
"Mr. Qian, hurry up and follow me!"
Slipping out from the back of the thatched house, climbing up the hill and looking down, on the southwest sea of Xiaoludao, I don't know when there were two sea boats smaller than the Cangshan boat, and on the beach, two groups of people with torches, are gathering together and don't know what to mutter, wearing the military uniform of the Ming Army, the leader is a huge sea.
"Who are these people?"
Squinting his eyes, Mao Jue looked down in surprise, and next to him, Wen Meng almost squeezed a sentence out of his teeth.
"Tartar!"