He Bin is also known as He Tingbin, one of the eighteen pirates under Zheng Zhilong, in the early years, he followed Zheng Zhilong in Dongfan and also thieves, and his subordinates also gathered thousands of people, after the Dutch occupied Dongfan, a group of brothers gradually dispersed, Zheng Zhilong and others began to develop in the north of Dongfan, while He Bin and others continued to stay near Chiban to make a living.

Later, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao and other brothers descended to Ming, and there were huge differences within Eighteen Zhi, Yang Tiansheng, Chen Xinji, He Bin, Guo Huaiyi and others tended to descend with Zheng Zhilong, but Li Kuiqi, Liu Xiang, Yang Liu, Yang Qi and others wanted to stay and continue to be pirates, and in the end, the Eighteen Zhi brothers broke up completely!

Li Kuiqi, Liu Xiang and others were ruthless and abnormal, and set up an ambush halfway when Yang Tiansheng, Chen Xinji, He Bin, and Guo Huaiyi went to Fujian to defect to Zheng Zhilong, attacked and killed Yang Tiansheng and Chen Xinji, He Bin and Guo Huaiyi escaped with their lives, and returned to Chichi with hundreds of subordinates in embarrassment.

He Bin is not comfortable now, although he can make a lot of money for the Dutch, but the Dutch are too cruel to the people of Dongfan, not to mention arbitrary bullying, and the slightest resistance will be slaughtered in pieces! He felt that he was completely aiding and abusing, and that he was suffering from a daily torment of conscience, so he contracted an alcoholism.

That night, he was alone in the room to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, and suddenly the voice of his confidant Xiao Fan sounded in the door: "Big brother, Shandong maritime merchant Xu Qi asks to see." ”

He had heard this Xu Qi mentioned by his subordinates, he did a lot of business and was bold, as if he wanted to supply the Dutch, anyway, he was acting as an agent for the Dutch, and getting kickbacks was the most important thing, and the more bold the person, the more he liked it, so he asked Xu Qi to inform him that he had time to talk about it in the past two days.

People came to beg him, He Bin naturally didn't need to be too polite, he didn't get up to greet him, but sat there and said lightly: "Let him come in." ”

Soon, a rather capable middle-aged man walked in with a spring breeze on his face, and eagerly arched his hand: "Lord He, look up for a long time, look up for a long time." ”

He Bin didn't see anything outside, and directly raised his hand and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, why don't you sit down and have a drink." ”

That Xu Qi didn't even see outside, he sat directly opposite him, and said with a smile: "Then Xu is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

Such a straightforward person is rare, He Bin glanced at him in surprise, took out a wine glass, poured a full glass for him personally, and then raised the wine glass and said, "Okay, refreshing, come and have a drink." ”

Na Xu Qi was not polite, he directly picked up the wine glass, touched him, and finished the wine in the cup with a sip.

He Bin raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and laughed: "Okay, I haven't seen such a refreshing person as Shopkeeper Xu for a long time. ”

Unexpectedly, Xu Qi was not very excited, but continued to smile: "There is indeed a favor that needs the help of Lord He, but ......"

Oh, this is fresh, asking for help and selling with others, He Bin asked with interest: "But what, Xu Zhang's story?" ”

That Xu Qi suddenly looked around cautiously and asked in a low voice, "Is this room safe for Lord He?" ”

He Bin was stunned by his expression, and asked inexplicably: "What's not safe, this is my place to rest, can there be any problems?" ”

When Xu Qiyan heard this, he didn't speak, but mysteriously took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to him solemnly.

He Bin was still a little hesitant to take it, but as soon as he saw the words on the envelope, he immediately snatched the letter excitedly, and couldn't wait to open the letter to look at it, the letter was very simple, just one sentence: "Old Sixteen, I heard that you are not very happy in Dongfan, come and serve the court with us, and you will be a high-ranking official and a brilliant Tengda." ”

He Bin stared at the mark at the end of the letter, and asked in a trembling voice: "Big brother, is he okay, who wrote this letter?" ”

That Xu Qi arched his hand and said: "The prince is full of holy relatives, naturally it can't be better, this letter was written by Zheng Zhihu, the commander of the Nanyang Navy." ”

When He Bin heard this, he immediately asked eagerly: "It turned out that it was written by the second brother, were you sent by the imperial court?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Qi slowly took out a waist card from his arms and handed it to him.

He Bin took it in his hand and looked at it, his face changed greatly, and he was so frightened that he almost threw out the waist card.

Why was he so afraid? Because the waist card is engraved: Xu Tianqi of the 14th Thousand Households of Jinyiwei!

The people who didn't commit any crimes were terrified when they saw Jinyiwei, let alone a person like him who had been a pirate and was working for the barbarians.

Xu Tianqi retrieved his waist card, and said with a smile: "Lord He doesn't need to panic, our Jinyiwei is not a demon who kills people without blinking, if you want to be afraid, I have to be afraid of Lord He for three points, Lord He has taken the boat of the Zheng family, and the brilliant Tengda is just around the corner!" “

He Bin was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Big brother has so much energy now?" “

Xu Tianqi shook his head and said, "The prince doesn't have such great energy?" “

He Bin was confused by him, could it be that there is still someone in the Zheng family who is better than the prince, is it the second brother? The Admiral doesn't seem to be as old as the prince!

When Xu Tianqi saw him like this, he knew that he couldn't figure it out, so he hurriedly explained: "It's the prince of Zhennan, he is considered a royal brother by the emperor, he is deeply favored by the emperor, and now he is living in the Forbidden City to accompany the emperor!" “

The prince of Zhennan? When He Bin heard this, he was secretly surprised, the eldest brother's eldest son seems to be only ten years old, is there any mistake, He Bin asked in disbelief: "Are you talking about Xiao Zheng Sen, he seems to be only ten years old, how can the emperor value him so much?" “

Xu Tianqi guessed: "This, maybe it's because he is close to the emperor's age, don't talk about this, talk about business, talk about business." “

He Bin's jaw was about to drop when he heard this, which means that the emperor is only in his teens, but he also knows the taboo, and he is talking about the emperor behind his back to kill his head, so he hurriedly said: "Well, let's get down to business, let's get down to business, by the way, what did the second brother ask you to come to me for?" “

Xu Tianqi said solemnly: "The emperor wants to take back Dongfan, but the Dutch power at sea is too strong, so he needs Lord He's help to lure the Dutch fleet to Luzon." “

He Bin was overjoyed and said: "Really, that's really good, this Dutch is so cruel that they just waste the people of Dongfan like cattle, I can't wait to kill them all." However, their sailors are indeed terrifying, and they must be led away to take Dongfan, say, what do you want me to do? “

Xu Tianqi asked, "Do you know when the cargo ship they sent to Batavia will set sail?" “

He Bin nodded and said, "Of course I know, every time my people help them load and unload the goods." “

Xu Tianqi was overjoyed and said: "That's good, every time they want to set sail, you can send someone to tell me the specific departure time." “

After all, He Bin was a pirate, and he knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and he couldn't help but worry: "Are you trying to pretend to be Spaniards to rob their cargo ships?" Be careful, their cargo ships are armed merchant ships, and there are quite a few guns on them. “

Xu Tianqi smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, we have more artillery than them." “

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In a box at the Dongsheng Restaurant in Batavia, a large group of people were eating and drinking there, the combination of these people was strange, there were rich and powerful Ming merchants, there were low-voiced Han translators, and a few ruffians who did not look like ruffians, hooligans did not look like rogue locals, but they were all desperately complimenting a rather rich local.

This man was a big man in Batavia, he was a famous local pirate, a well-known local wealthy merchant, and a general of the Dutch East India Company!

This guy's name is Putu, he is notoriously bad, ordinary people can't invite him if they want to, Xiao Jiucheng also took a lot of effort to find out about this guy's hobby, this guy loves to drink, but you dare to invite him to drink ordinary water wine, if he doesn't shoot you, you will be polite, he only drinks old and good wine, and it must be white wine, what wine, fruit wine, medicinal wine, don't drink.

Aged good wine is so easy to find, this guy rarely drinks a few meals a month, so he is very hungry for wine, as long as there is good wine, you invite him to come, if you don't invite him, he will come by himself.

This can make Xiao Jiucheng difficult, where can he find old and good wine!

Coincidentally, this matter also reached Zhu Cijiong's ears, if you want to say that the old wine is good, who has more than him, he can't drink a child, he hasn't drunk a few sips of tribute wine in the past five or six years, and it is all stored in the wine cellar of the palace, since it can come in handy, he will naturally not be stingy, he directly sent someone to send a thousand catties to Xiao Jiucheng!

Xiao Jiucheng tried to beg someone to send a small bottle to Putu, but this is terrible, Putu is simply sticky to Xiao Jiucheng, and he runs to find Xiao Jiucheng whenever he is free, and he doesn't leave without drinking a meal every day!

Within a few days, he and Xiao Jiucheng were brothers, and Xiao Jiucheng was also relieved that he could finally implement the plan he had planned a long time ago.

On this day, Xiao Jiucheng set up a banquet to invite Putu again, Putu naturally ran over, and after pouring him almost a pound of liquor, Xiao Jiucheng pretended to be embarrassed in half-baked local dialect: "Brother Putu, can you do me a favor?" ”

Putu was already drunk at this time, and when he heard this, he patted his chest and said, "Brother, what are you talking about, what are you not helping, what are you talking about." ”

Xiao Jiucheng pretended to be annoyed and said: "Alas, I am also a first-time businessman, I don't understand a lot of things, I actually recruited hundreds of coolies to load and unload goods at a time, and now I find out that there is no need for so many people at all, and now that people have brought them over, it is not good for them to be idle every day, you see, there are not a lot of merchant ships on the Dutch side, or you can find them some work to do." ”

Putu thought it was a big deal, and this little thing was just a matter of his words, so he immediately patted his chest and promised: "No problem, let them help the Dutch load and unload the goods tomorrow." ”

So the next day hundreds of coolies went to the Dutch cargo ship to do the work of loading and unloading, they were diligent and strong, and even the Dutch gave a thumbs up and praised the people Putu was looking for, and these people gradually became the special coolies of the Dutch cargo ship.

Gradually, they found out the structure of the Dutch cargo ships, how many people a cargo ship had, how many muskets it had, and how many guns it had, all of which they wrote down, and most importantly, when the ships set sail and where they would go.

Unbeknownst to the Dutch, their cargo ship has been targeted by three powerful pirates, and a looting campaign is about to begin!