After the pirates on the island gathered, Zhang Dascara told him about his preparation to accept Zhao'an. Now most of the islands are old departments brought by Zhang Dascara from Guangdong, and of course I want to go home to see it.

But some people are afraid that Zhu Hongsan will unload the mill and kill the donkey, and lure his group of people to Dongguan for a roll and a braised bun. Zhang Da Scara sighed and said: "Brothers and I have been here for almost ten years, how beautiful we were when Liu Xiang was there, but now Lao Zhang is leading his brothers to mix like this, I'm really sorry brothers." Everyone is forty or fifty years old, do you want your children to still be in this hellish place like you? ”

Zhang Dascarla's words really spoke to the hearts of all the pirates, after all, everyone wants to live a stable life.

Zhang Da Scara continued: "This time I only took Liang'er and Qian'er to Dongguan, and I must ask for a background for the brothers." ”

The pirates couldn't say anything when they saw that Zhang Dascara was so resolute. The next step is to prepare to go to Yong'an Prefecture with Zhang Quan.

Originally, Zhang Da Scara wanted to bring his biggest boat, but he didn't expect Zhang Quan to look down on this small boat with only 100 ingredients, and said: "Father-in-law, don't bring this boat." It just so happened that the sailor in Yong'an Prefecture was going back to Dongguan to pull supplies, so let's take a tailwind boat. ”

Zhang Da Scara listened to Zhang Quan's words, took his son and daughter on a small boat, and came to Yong'an Prefecture.

When he left, he didn't put a hood on Zhang Quan, after all, he was already his own person. Zhang Quan saw that this small island was in Fangcheng Bay, not far from Yong'an Prefecture, only a half-day voyage.

Back in Yong'an Prefecture, Zhang Quan took Zhang Da Scara to meet Fu Wenlong, Fu Wenlong also comforted Zhang Da Scar, heard that he was going to Dongguan to meet the King of Chu, so he arranged for them to return to Dongguan with the collected coal.

Zhang Dascarla and his entourage arrived in Dongguan on the first day of December, Zhang Dascara and Liu Xiang are fellow villagers, both of whom are from Xin'an, Guangdong, and are naturally familiar with Dongguan. When the ship docked at the wharf of Dongguan Development Zone, Zhang Dascara was completely stunned, he didn't expect that he had only been away for ten years, and Dongguan had become like this.

There are now more than 40 large sea ships berthed at Dongguan Wharf, and there are twice as many sea ships waiting to dock in the open sea. The docks were crowded with laborers loading their ships with goods. Dongguan City has now more than doubled in size, and the city walls have been completely demolished. Five miles away from the wharf, black smoke is billowing from the steelmaking furnaces of the steel mill.

Zhang Da Scara had never seen a blast furnace, and asked, "Son-in-law, what is that tower?" ”

"Father-in-law, that is the steelmaking furnace of the King of Chu, and one furnace can produce a hundred stones of steel."

Zhang Da Scar was taken aback, but he knew that the price of steel in this troubled era was as heavy as silver, isn't this just money, 10,000 taels of silver in one furnace? It's too fast.

Zhang Quan looked at these old hats, and thought to himself that he would take them to see the big ship first and stop them.

Zhang Quan said: "Father-in-law, let's be close to the shipyard, I'll take you to see the big sea ship first." ”

Zhang Dascara nodded again and again.

Zhang Quan came to the shipyard with a few turtles, but before he entered the door, Zhang Dascara saw the huge figure of the big ship. In the Ming Dynasty, the eight-hundred-ton sea ship was really the same as the castle.

Zhang Da Scara was dumbfounded, he used to think that Zhang Quan, this kid, was bragging, but he didn't expect that there was really such a big sea ship.

Coming near, the sea ship is even greater. The sea-going ship was built exactly after the Spanish galleon, with a towering side like a city wall.

Now the ship is hoisting the cannons, and the ship is eight months complete and will be launched in a month. Work began on the construction of two more identical ships.

Zhang Dascara came to a sea ship that was laying the keel, looked at it and said, "The keel is actually pig iron?" Can't this ship sink in the sea? ”

Zhang Quan said: "No, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has already built three sea ships with four hundred materials, and they are not in the port now. When I have the opportunity to take my father-in-law to take a look, the keel laid with pig iron has excellent wind and wave resistance. At the same time, it can also save a lot of space for artillery. Did my father-in-law see that there were fifty guns on this ship. ”

Zhang Dachara was speechless now, knowing that he only had ten artillery pieces on the whole island, and this ship had five times more artillery than him.

This is a person who jumped out of the big boat, came to Zhang Quan and said, "Zhang Quan, didn't you go to Yong'an Prefecture?" How did you get back? ”

Zhang Quan saw that it was Yan Qingshan, and hurriedly said, "Uncle Yan, look at who this is?" ”

Yan Qingshan looked at Zhang Da Scarla, looking familiar, but he couldn't name it. Yan Qingshan was the son of the dragon king Yan Siqi back then, how could he remember a shipowner under Liu Xianglao.

But Zhang Da Scara recognized Yan Qingshan, stepped forward and said: "Liu Xiang's left striker Zhang Da Scarla has seen the young ship owner. ”

This is Yan Qingshan remembered and said, "It's you, where did you go after Liu Xiang was merged by Zheng Zhi Longhuo?" ”

Zhang Da Scara sighed and told Yan Qingshan in detail what had happened. From being exiled to Nanyang that year, until he met Zhang Quan and was ready to be recruited.

Hearing that there were more than 1,000 pirates under Zhang Dascar's men, Yan Qingshan was overjoyed and said: "It's just right, my subordinates are really short of sailors, you have also seen that there is no shortage of ships, but this big ship requires 400 people to drive, brother, it is just right for you to come back, and in a few years, we will go to Zheng Zhilong to find bad luck." ”

Zhang Da Scara said: "I just don't know if the King of Chu can treat me." ”

Yan Qingshan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, although my uncle is a villain, he is not a hypocrite, and this matter is on Lao Yan." Go, I'll take you to see the King of Chu. ”

Yan Qingshan took Zhang Dascara and his family to the Chu Wang's Mansion, and the guards guarding the gate knew that this was the cheap father-in-law of the King of Chu, so they let them in without asking anything.

Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu, was now writing his memoirs in his office when he saw Yan Qingshan leading a bunch of people in. Seeing Zhang Quan, Zhu Hongsan was afraid that something had happened in Yong'an Prefecture, so he hurriedly asked, "Zhang Quan, why did you come back, did something happen?" ”

Zhang Quan stepped forward to report the situation in detail, and Zhu Hongsan was relieved. Hearing that more than 1,000 pirates had returned, Zhu Hong was overjoyed, and now the ship is there, but there is a lack of a large number of sailors, so Yan Qingshan's number one task is to recruit pirates everywhere.

Zhu Hongsan thought to himself that Zhang Quan, this guy can fool better than himself, this time he can get back so many sailors, this is an outlaw who has been adrift at sea for many years, and he can get on the ship without much training.

Zhu Hong was overjoyed and said, "Brother Zhang, this king is now short of skilled sailors, it's great that you can come and help this king." I now appoint you as the garrison of the naval division of the Vietnamese garrison in Tun, and I will give you four hundred ships and ten ships. When you go back, you must recruit more pirates, it will be of great use in the future. ”

Hearing King Chu say this, Zhang Dascar's heart fell, and he was also afraid that the government would turn its face ruthlessly. After all, in the past, the government did not do much of this kind of thing of unloading the mill and killing donkeys.

Zhu Hongsan then said to Yan Qingshan: "Father-in-law, if you hand over the three test ships to Zhang Shoubei, the big ships in the shipyard will be launched at the end of this month, and now all the sailors will go to the ship for internship, and strive to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible." ”

Yan Qingshan nodded, seeing that Zhu Hongsan didn't have any orders, and pulled out of the Chu Palace.

Yan Qingshan said: "Lao Zhang, how is it?" This time, don't worry. ”

Zhang Dascara nodded vigorously and said, "Young ship owner, don't worry, my old Zhang will sell his life to the King of Chu." ”

Yan Qingshan laughed and said, "When you also equip that kind of big ship, you will be able to cross the South Seas, and you can't die if you want to." ”

The next thing is simple, Zhang Dascara stayed in Dongguan for five days, and also met his in-laws at Zhang Quan's house. The two said goodbye to each other, and then held a make-up wedding for Zhang Quan and Zhang Qian in the past few days.

Five days later, Zhang Dascara received the appointment document from the Changshi Department, appointing Zhang Dascara at the same time, appointing Zhang Liang as one hundred households, and at the same time giving Zhang Dascara a quota of five hundred households, which can be appointed by himself. There is also 5,000 acres of land allocated to Zhang Dascara and a group of pirates in Dongguan, which is a heavy gift, you must know that Dongguan is now worth more than 200,000 taels of silver.

I didn't expect the King of Chu to be so generous, Zhang Dascara was moved to cry bitterly, and vowed to die for the King of Chu to the end.

Zhu Hongsan's generosity is also the meaning of a thousand gold in it, after all, this is the first time that such a large number of pirates have come to invest, so it is understandable that the reward is heavier.

Five days later, Zhang Dascara left Dongguan with ten sea boats, but left the girl Zhang Qian in Dongguan, after all, she is now someone's daughter-in-law.