It was not yet dawn, but the rain was pouring down.

The sea breeze stirred the waves, rattling and rattling. The night did not dare to sail, so the fleet dropped anchor early and spent the night at sea.

It was a fleet of thirteen ships, led by three large treasure ships, followed by three merchant ships, three shippers, and then four speedboats.

In the stern cabin of the flagship Sunset, fleet commander Li Shimin was looking at the charts.

The destination of the fleet was Sangkabura, also known as the City of the Lions, and the Han merchants who came and went liked to call it Dazhan Haikou, or simply Linyipu (Hoi An).

"Fan Fanzhi has five thousand guards, and Lin Yipu is not easy to fight." Captain Whitebeard reminded Li Shimin again.

But Li Shimin just tapped lightly on the map with the iron hook of his left hand, and when he raised his head, he was even more fierce with a black blindfold in one eye.

"What about five thousand? We have been in and out of Linyipu more than once, and we know the reality of the city inside and out. Li Shimin sneered a few times, "This Fan Fanzhi, on the one hand, sent people to pay tribute to Luoyang's ministers, but on the other hand, he deliberately caused friction on the northern border, secretly built a city, and finally led the fire of Ninan County, now Ninan Taishou and our Sunset King joined forces to attack, the Sunset Army fought through the Guluo River, and the Sunset King and the soldiers of Sunset County fought through Mujia Pass from the west, crossed Changshan, and now Linyi lost the city and lost the land, but it was embarrassing, Fan Fanzhi sent people to Luoyang to ask for peace, and on the other hand, he drew many troops from all over Linyi to the north, Including many guards in Linyi Pucheng. ”

Li Shimin has been staring at Lin Yipu for not a day or two.

Although he was appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Nantang County in Sunset County, he did not do much business, but borrowed a capital from Luo Yi, and then used the money he looted during the Lingnan Rebellion to order a few ships from the shipyard and buy several other sea ships for refit.

So the sun never sets, the pirates continue to crisscross the seas.

He was not a pirate, but a merchant and a thief, trading with Linyi and Funan in the south of Quang Nam, and often raiding the coast and even plundering merchant ships.

Both businessmen and thieves, there are no taboos, and Li Shimin's fleet is developing rapidly.

He established several strongholds on the coastal islands of Linyi and Funan, including docks, water villages, and even castles, and he also subdued many pirates and bandits from Linyi and Funan, and developed them into his subordinates.

On the other hand, he also set up his own shops and warehouses in the port cities along the coast of Linyi and Funan.

Li Shimin had a treasure ship ordered by the Great Qin Royal Shipyard at a higher price, and then added weapons privately, and there were not only outlaw thieves on his ship, but also elite guards directly pulled out to him by Luo Yi, the king of sunset, and they were well-equipped, with strong armor and sharp weapons, and even some fierce equipment such as trumpet god captains and ballistas.

Coupled with the advantages of navigation technology, they are almost invincible in Linyi and Funan, and even further south in the Kunlun Sea, although in the South China Sea, the most powerful force belongs to the royal South China Sea Fleet. But Li Shimin's cleverness lies in the fact that he did all this not secretly, and he used Luo Yi, the king of the sunset, to pass these things with the South China Sea Fleet, the South China Sea City Shipper, etc.

Even Li Shimin's fleet that never sets on the sun is already a supernumerary fleet under the Royal Fleet of the South China Sea.

It is precisely by relying on this black and white identity that his operations in Linyi and Funan are smooth, he is not only a distributor of the South China Sea caravan, but also acts as an intelligence officer, providing intelligence, etc.

Although doing business with Funan and Lin Yiguo is quite profitable, for Li Shimin, the speed is still a little slow. Formal channels are difficult to satisfy his ambitions.

He thinks that the most profitable thing is to rob.

But just grabbing the sea, in fact, it is still a small fight. After all, although he had thirteen ships, he didn't dare to rob the ships of the merchants of the Central Plains, and some of the ships of Funan Linyi and other countries would also have strong armed guards, and they could not be robbed every time.

What Li Shimin wanted to grab most was to go ashore to grab it.

But Li Shimin has a big appetite, and he is not satisfied with sneaking ashore to make a small fight, and he usually lets the subdued Linyi or Funan or Zhenla Guo's men do it.

Li Shimin will do it if he wants to, and he is aiming at the national capital of Linyi.

"When the Southern Dynasty Liu Song, Lin Yi repeatedly entered the Kou, Emperor Wen was furious, so he sent a large army to conquest, at that time Lin Yi was afraid, wanted to lose 10,000 jin of gold, 100,000 jin of silver, 300,000 jin of copper, and also omitted the people of Nan County, but Liu Song Jiaozhou assassin Shi sent a fierce general Xiao Jingxian to lead the army to attack, first conquer its northern boundary area of Licheng, and then take advantage of the victory of Ke Linyi, at that time won its treasures innumerable, and sold its gold people, get hundreds of thousands of catties of gold! Liu Fang, the general of the Sui Dynasty, also led his army to attack Linyi, broke its capital, and returned by taking its temple owner, Jinren. ”

Although a group of pirate leaders followed Li Shimin to loot everywhere, they usually robbed more than they robbed, and they couldn't believe it when they heard hundreds of thousands of catties of gold.

"Hundreds of thousands of catties of gold? One catty is sixteen taels, one hundred thousand catties is one million and six hundred thousand taels, and one tael of gold is more than eight yuan, so isn't it tens of millions of yuan? ”

"How?" Li Shimin smiled.

"Lingnan is already producing gold and silver, and the land of Linyi is more prolific in gold and silver, and Linyi has the benefits of sea trade, and trades in gold and silver, so there is more gold and silver in the country, and the people of Linyi worship Buddha, like to build temples and set up golden Buddhas, and even the ancestral tablets like to be cast in gold. Before Liu Song fought, they were willing to send 10,000 catties of gold, 100,000 catties of silver, and 300,000 catties of copper. After the defeat, the country was destroyed, and it was not unusual for Liu Songjun to plunder hundreds of thousands of catties of gold. ”

A group of people swallowed saliva there.

"Hundreds of thousands of catties, as long as there are 10,000 catties, even if it's 10,000 taels, the deal is worth it."

Li Shimin laughed and said, "So, what's the point of robbing those small fishing villages, grabbing salted fish?" If you want to rob it, you can grab Lin Yipu and Lion City, as long as you succeed, not to mention hundreds of thousands of catties of gold, there will always be 10,000 catties of gold, right?"

A group of pirates began to fantasize there.

"With so much gold, what are you going to do?"

"What's wrong with it, buy wine and meat, buy land, and marry a few beautiful women, it's best to go to the South China Sea, Jiaozhi or even Guangling, Luoyang, and Chang'an to buy his big house, and then buy Kunlun Nu Silla Maiden Persian Ji, Qinghai's BMW Western Regions camel Kumo Xi people's car, Khitan people's saddle ·······"

"Come on, if you have money, I'll go to Jiaozhi to buy him ten acres and hundreds of hectares of land, and become a big landlord for his mother, and then I won't have to worry about it for generations."

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