For example, Liang Wengeng, who once crossed to Yueben, is currently leading an inconspicuous smuggling merchant fleet carrying a total of about 20,000 catties of opium. In order to facilitate smuggling activities on a larger scale in the future.

And because he is Mo Guanrang's cousin, he can be regarded as a split from the Black Flag Gang, and his relationship with Mo Guanrang is quite good, so he was sent to Lantau Island to carry out a mission a month ago.

Mo Guanfu believes that with the ability of his own people, as long as they work hard enough, they will not be able to achieve the glory and wealth of the past, so Mo Guanfu and the others, who have extinguished their crooked thoughts, have gradually accepted their fate and began to do things seriously.

And now, he was ordered by Liang Pengfei to come to negotiate business with Mo Guanrang, Liang Pengfei needs Hong Kong Island, the current hometown of the Black Flag Gang, and can even exchange money or materials for Hong Kong Island.

And Liang Pengfei rushed to Lantau Island to meet his lover, and this is naturally for this reason.

At this time, Pan Bingjie and Maria had already seen Liang Pengfei greet the guests, so they left here in another way, but Shi Xianggu stayed, after all, she is the master of the Purple Flag Gang now, and the battle to attack Lantau Island is based on the Purple Flag Gang fleet led by Shi Xianggu as the main force, otherwise, with the current strength of the Black Flag Gang, it is really not enough for the Green Flag Gang to gnaw.

"Miss Shi can have a husband like Liang Shao, it's really a match made in heaven, a peerless match." After Mo Guanrang gave a salute to Shi Xianggu, who came to meet him, he slapped a small ass by the way, which made Liang Pengfei have a little more affection for this Mo gang leader.

A few people sat in the grass pavilion on the flat land on the hillside, and after the fragrant tea was served, Liang Pengfei took a sip, felt the lingering fragrance in his mouth, and said with a smile to the Mo Guanrang: "Gang Master Mo, Liang is here today, one is to see his wife, and the other is to take a good look at what the old nest of the Red Flag Gang looks like. Of course, there is another important matter, Liang asked Brother Mo to discuss with you, I don't know how you think about it? ”

"Thanks to Young Master Liang for looking up to Mo's broken nest, it's just that Mo can't figure it out, compared to Hong Kong Island, this Lantau is more suitable to be our pirate base, why did you abandon Lantau Island and choose Hong Kong Island?" Mo Guanrang smiled, and did not reply to Liang Pengfei directly, but asked rhetorically.

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For this reason, Liang Pengfei secretly instructed Shi Xianggu to help the Black Flag Gang seize Lantau Island for two reasons: First, Lantau Island, the old nest of the Red Flag Gang, is indeed an excellent pirate base. The location is not only closer to the mainland, but also closer to Taiwan, in addition, Lantau Island is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, it can be said that the last time he was able to easily raid Lantau Island, the root of it was because Zheng Lianchang was too greedy, in order to swallow the Guangdong sailors, he actually poured out of the nest.

What's more, for more than a hundred years, Lantau Island has not had any naval divisions from the court to attack it, which makes the Red Flag Gang seem too careless, otherwise, only one small fleet needs to be left, or batteries are set up in a few key places, then Liang Pengfei can only retreat.

Second, since the Shi family came forward to help seize it, then in other words, the Shi family also has half of the right to use this Lantau Island, although Lantau Island is a very good pirate base, but for the sake of the bay between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, Liang Pengfei would rather abandon Lantau Island and take Hong Kong Island.

Because, Lantau Island lacks a good harbor, which is why although Zheng Lianchang is the head of the Seven Banners, although his strength is the strongest among the Seven Banners, his strength has been difficult to expand too much, and the lack of a good harbor is one of the reasons.

The bay between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula is Victoria Bay, one of the three best harbors in the world, and now, it doesn't even have a name, but Liang Pengfei has already given it a new name: Kowloon Bay. Others don't know the value of Kowloon Bay, but Liang Pengfei knows it very well.

Liang Pengfei needs a strong fleet, so he must need a natural harbor, and Kowloon Bay, one of the three famous natural harbors in later generations, naturally fell into Liang Pengfei's sight.

It is important to know that the seabed of the Kowloon Bay (Victoria Bay) port area is mostly rocky and star-bottomed, with little sediment and no siltation in the channel. The port area has vast waters and can berth 50 giant ships at the same time. The port area has a large water depth, with an average water depth of more than 12 meters, and 10,000-ton ocean-going giant ships can enter and leave the port in all weather, and there are 72 berths for ocean-going ships, of which 43 can be berthed for giant ships up to 183 meters long.

There are three bays and two typhoon shelters in the harbor to shelter from the wind and waves. In addition, as the Kowloon Peninsula protrudes southwards into the sea, the wind and waves are reduced, and the port area is relatively calm.

Kowloon Bay has been a major waterway since ancient times, and was garrisoned by the Central Plains Army in ancient times. However, according to the history books, the Song Dynasty had troops left behind to protect the salt merchants and the maritime trafficking of salt at that time.

And now, due to various reasons such as the relocation of the border and the closure of the sea, due to the isolation of the country in the Qing Dynasty, and the rampant piracy in this area, even the sailors have hardly set foot in this area, not to mention the garrison.

At present, there are only a few scattered villages of fishermen's families, the number of which is only a few thousand, and most of them are Tanka families.

Liang Pengfei wants to confront the West, then most of this confrontation will inevitably take place at sea, naturally, having a huge fleet is a foundation, then Kowloon Bay, a natural harbor that can berth even 10,000 tons and has many safe havens, is of course the best fleet base.

Although the central Luzon Islands are extremely rich in timber resources and convenient for shipbuilding, they are always disturbed by heavy storms throughout the year, and shipbuilding work often has to be interrupted due to weather reasons.

In addition, the power of the Western colonizers in this area is still there, and their eyes are not in vain, if there is a fleet here that endangers the security of the colonies of European countries, then it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of these people, and they may even join forces to deal with it.

In addition, Annan also has several natural harbors, but there is a problem that although Liang Pengfei secretly controls the lord of Annan, but after all, this is still a foreign land, and if you want to be completely sinicized, you still need to go for a while, and who knows if there will be any opposition forces inside, and it has always been prudent to act safely, and Liang Pengfei, who is the first to be cautious, does not want to show his hole cards under anyone's nose and let people snoop on.

Although the terrain of King Crab Island is quite good, the problem is that the territory is too small, and it may be able to be a pirate base, but if you want to become a huge fleet base, it is simply a fool's dream. Therefore, Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, he is naturally determined to win.

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Liang Pengfei glanced at Mo Guanfu, saw his gaze towards him, and after a little calculation in his heart, he said to Mo Guan: "Mo Gang Master, you are right, if it is just for a pirate nest that can be attacked and defended, the area around Lantau Island is indeed better than Hong Kong Island, but the person who Liang is plotting is not just a pirate's nest, but for a foundation." ”

"Young Master Liang, can't you do it? If you talk about the territory, Liang Shao, my cousin also told me all about your deeds in Annan, and I am afraid that the area around Annan should not be bad, right? There are also a lot of good harbors there, and there are also Nanyang, with those sites as the foundation, can't you make a career? Mo Guanrang couldn't help laughing and shook his head slightly: "The reason why Mo came here today is to hope that you can be honest with Mo." ”

"It seems that Mo Guanfu has told you everything, yes, those places are really good, but they all have their own shortcomings, and although Hong Kong Island is only separated from the mainland by a line, but, decades ago, the relocation and forbidden sea has made this area almost redland, barren and populated, besides, this area is almost all based on my colleagues, and the sailors of the court dare to patrol here, even if they come, I am afraid that there will be no return.

There is a saying that sometimes things under the nose are invisible. That's why I chose there, I need good ports there, and I need to build a lot of shipyards there, because I need an unprecedented fleet, not only to use them against the crippled sailors of the Manchus, but also to use them to defend the interests of our Han people in the South Seas. ”

Hearing Liang Pengfei's words, Mo Guanrang was silent for a long time, and the tea in his hand was already cold for a long time, but his hand was still holding the lid and gently rubbing it on the edge of the cup. "Mo hasn't read any books, I don't understand these big truths you said. However, I can't get used to this court, and I can't get used to those Xiyi, but that Qinggou has occupied my Han country for almost two hundred years, and I don't know how many people want to overthrow it, but none of them can do it. ”

"And you, now that you are a second-class member of the court, holding military power, why do you want to rebel? Do you think you can make it? Mo Guan's words plunged the originally quiet grass pavilion into a dead silence.

For the first time, Liang Pengfei looked squarely at this black and strong man who seemed to be an honest fisherman.

"If Sun Shijie asks me like this, it's normal, but this guy can actually ask such in-depth questions, I'm afraid I really underestimated this old guy who made Zheng Lianchang run around." Liang Pengfei thought secretly in his heart.

(To be continued)