When the wolf saw these red-clothed general cannons at first glance, he was surprised, and his footsteps stopped suddenly, Xu Hai on the side saw it in his eyes, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, today these huge cannons were specially moved out of the warehouse, and a large number of iron gunners and musketeers, many of them were drawn from the sailors on the ship, and the defense of the castle was at least three times stronger than usual, that is, to show off his strength in front of the wolf, in order to increase the bargaining chips for negotiations, including the previous island and his party, but also to let the wolf see the prosperity of the trade of Shuangyu Island and the prosperity of maritime commerce. Change the impression in his mind that Shuangyu Island is nothing more than a pirate den and bandit cave.

But look at it, the last shock to the wolf, or these red-clothed cannons, these are Wang Zhi's housekeeping weapons, placed on the castle tower, enough to hit the ships four or five miles away at sea, the Ming army's sailor warship, only need to take a shot, it must be a ship wreck, originally Wang Zhi secretly hired a Franco machine craftsman to build ten giant cannons a few years ago, and he was reluctant to move out, because he was afraid that the Shimazu family would die after seeing it, and he had to ask for this thing, but today in order to negotiate, he can't take care of a lot, I took out the treasure at the bottom of the box.

Xu Hai laughed and said, "Brother Lang is interested in this giant cannon?" ”

Sky Wolf realized that he was a little out of shape, and also smiled slightly: "I have never seen such a huge heavy cannon in Xia, Ship Master Wang is really powerful, but I don't know if these giant cannons can be moved, or can they be installed on the warship?" ”

Xu Hai shook his head: "This cannon is called the red-clothed general, a cannon weighs more than 1,200 catties, and there are wheels under the cannon." It can be maneuvered and hauled on land, but if it is to defend this castle, the muzzle of the gun is now facing the sea. It is used to bombard enemy troops who land from the sea, but if the enemy troops come ashore, they can move their cannons to the other side and use them to defend the mountain castle, and when attacking the warships, they use solid iron bullets, which can sink a wooden three-masted warship with 150 men with one cannon, and in land battles, they can fire flowering shells. This ammunition is filled with sharp pieces of iron and nails, which will scatter and splash when exploded, greatly killing and injuring the opposing infantry. ”

The Sky Wolf had not heard of such flowering shells in the Ming army before. I only knew the solid bullet, and I couldn't help but gasp, it seems that the weapons of this wolf are indeed advanced, no wonder they can occupy an absolute advantage in the war. It doesn't seem to be entirely dependent on the bravery of those Japanese ronin.

However, the wolf immediately realized that he could not show envy or admiration in front of the wolf. Once overwhelmed by the Japanese in momentum, the negotiations will fall into passivity. He smiled slightly: "Brother Xu's firearms are indeed advanced, I think those who operate the artillery are yellow-haired, blue-eyed, tall and tall Western Franc machine people, and the musketeers are mostly wearing hats and short Japanese Japanese widows, but I don't know that the defense of this castle is all handed over to these outsiders, what if they have different intentions?" ”

Xu Hai choked suddenly. He had also mentioned this issue to Wang Zhi several times, but it was only because the use of artillery was extremely dangerous and complicated. The explosion rate is also extremely high, this kind of general cannon, if the person stands behind the cannon when firing, it will give a huge recoil directly to death, so the gunners are all high-paid hired Francophone people, and the Japanese iron gunners have already practiced their skills in the civil war in Japan, the iron cannon firearm needs to load the projectile from the muzzle, and then use the iron rod to heat the breech, and then fire after the rifle is burned by the lead of the breech, the speed and accuracy are very poor, and it is rare for novices to shoot one or two rounds per minute, but these Japanese iron gunners can do six shots in one minute, Therefore, Wang Zhi also paid a lot of money to buy more than 2,000 Oriental iron gunners to take care of his home and hospital.

It's just that these are outsiders after all, and working for Wang Zhi is completely for the sake of money, if someone bids higher, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no backlash, Xu Hai has persuaded Wang Zhi several times for this, but Wang Zhi is very confident, no one in this world can offer a higher price than himself, so he also pulled these people out today, but the wolf saw the problem at a glance under the strict military appearance of these people, which made Xu Hai feel so annoyed.

Xu Hai was groaning, thinking of what to deal with, but Mao Haifeng on the side rushed to shout: "Brother Tianwolf, these people were all dug up by my father-in-law, and their wives and families have also been taken to the island, and they have served my father-in-law for many years, so they will not have any dissenting intentions." ”

Sky Wolf smiled: "In the next moment, just say it casually, Brother Mao, please don't go to your heart." ”

Mao Haifeng seemed to be very unhappy with the wolf's words, and coldly "snorted", and was about to sneer at each other, Xu Hai hurriedly came out to play a round: "I don't think it's too early, Ship Master Wang should be in a hurry, let's go to the Sea God Temple first." ”

Sky Wolf nodded, and followed Xu Hai all the way forward, the interior of this city is quite wide, with a radius of about two miles, except for a huge castle tower, it is a row of low bungalows, Sky Wolf noticed that these houses have no windows, the iron door is closed, and there are big locks on it, and there are more than ten Oriental swordsmen with knives guarding outside the door, he immediately realized that these must be ammunition depots for guns, if it is a granary, it needs to be breathable and cool, it is impossible to even have windows.

After a few quick glances, the wolf knew the structure of this city, this is not a place suitable for a large number of people to live, it is purely a military fortress, it seems that Wang Zhi's important items, hidden treasures and himself are in this city, if you attack head-on, unless tens of thousands of troops, it is difficult to break through the fortress defended by two thousand gunmen and swordsmen, if it is changed to a long-term siege, this is an island, and the supply of the army on the island is very difficult, no wonder Wang Zhi has such confidence, dare to argue with the imperial court, even if the naval battle is lost, retreat to the lonely city, It is also enough to stick to self-sufficiency.

Sky Wolf began to secretly admire Hu Zongxian and Xu Wenchang in his heart, they had never been to the island, but with limited intelligence, they could also judge that Wang Zhi's lair was very strong and extremely difficult to attack, so he designed to lure the main force of the Japanese Invaders ashore to eliminate them, or to pretend to recruit the leaders of the Japanese Invaders, and then exterminate them, in short, to avoid fighting at sea, especially on Shuangyu Island.

Thinking about it, the wolf followed Xu Hai and the others to the downstairs of the castle tower, which was a pagoda-shaped building, seven stories high, with gold foil on the walls, and it was shining golden from a distance, showing Wang Zhi's power and wealth as the king of pirates. On the ground floor is a large hall, and hundreds of men are armed in a square made of white marble under the twenty steps. The swordsmen and swordsmen of leather armor and iron helmets stood with their swords in their hands, while sixty halberd soldiers raised their halberds and set up a halberd array, and the murderous aura of Sen Han overflowed through the cold halberd body and the cold eyes of these people.

Sky Wolf understood that this was a dismount that Wang Zhi gave himself, and he also wanted to see his boldness, so he sneered. didn't say anything to Xu Haiduo, and walked straight forward to the first halberd gate. The two halberders wearing ghost masks and shoulder-length red hair had no intention of withdrawing, and the red light flashed in the eyes of the wolf, and a burst of red gas rose around him. Gently drank "open". A wave of pale red qi erupted outward, and the two halberders also used their strength to resist, but how could it compare to the outbreak of the wolf strength of the fifty percent, and as soon as the body was lucky, it was pushed back two steps by a strong force, and the halberd door was naturally withdrawn.

Sky Wolf smiled slightly, he used fifty percent of his strength just now. Judging from the momentum of these people, this strength is just right. It can not only push away these soldiers, but also not directly shock them down and make them ugly, just like that, the wolf went all the way, the whole person seemed to be wrapped in a ball of red light, and where it passed, the halberders were shocked to retreat one after another, and in the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that those halberders withdrew the halberd gate by themselves, and in this way, after walking through more than fifty parts, the formation composed of thirty halberd gates no longer exists.

Wang Zhi sat on a golden dragon chair carved with dragons and phoenixes, changed into a yellow robe, wore a high hat, and coldly watched the wolf approach him step by step, in this hall that can accommodate more than two hundred people, Wang Zhi sat alone in the middle of the big chair, and on both sides of the chair stood six or seven master guards wearing masks, and the wolf could feel the strong aura of these people from a distance, and they were all first-class players.

On the dozens of seats on both sides, there are the big and small leaders of Wang Zhi's gang, and Nobuyuki Kamizumi, who is dressed in red armor, is also among them. The first chair on the left is conspicuously empty, that is Xu Hai's position, on the first seat on the right, Yan Shifan's face is gloomy, a pair of eyes are shining, I don't know what he is thinking, and in the center of the entire hall, there is a shabby and shabby little Maza, which seems to be the seat left for the wolf.

The wolf strode up to the main hall, Xu Hai and Mao Haifeng stepped forward to salute Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi nodded expressionlessly, and the two returned to their positions, Xu Hai sat back on the empty chair on the left, and Mao Haifeng stood beside Wang Zhi, standing with his arms crossed.

The heavenly wolf has been standing in the hall, that is, he does not speak, nor does he take a seat, his eyes are as cold as electricity, staring at Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi smiled slightly, and said: "The one who stood in the hall, but this time he was ordered by Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, to come to discuss the opening of the ban on trade. ”

The Heavenly Wolf nodded, and said with a straight face: "Jinyi Wei Heavenly Wolf, according to my emperor's secret order, I came here to negotiate with the owner of the Wang Ship to suppress the bandits and recruit peace." ”

As soon as these words came out, the leaders of the Japanese bandits on the side all shouted, and some of them shouted directly: "What, didn't you come to talk about the ban on trade?" ”

"Ship Master Wang, what's going on, the brothers came when they heard that the ban could be lifted."

"Ship Master Wang, the court seems to be insincere, don't talk about it, keep fighting!"

"That's it, this Jinyi Wei looked around all the way over, I think he is investigating the truth of our Shuangyu Island in the name of peace talks, don't let him go!" A smug smile flashed across Yan Shifan's face, squinting slightly at the one-eyed eye without saying a word.

Wang Zhi's face also sank, and only after the discussion around him quieted down, he slowly opened his mouth: "Heavenly wolf, the old man once sent Xu Xingshou ashore twice, and he also met Governor Hu, but at that time, he said that he would first open the ban on trade, and then talk about other things, but you didn't mention this most important trade, only what did you say?" ”

Heavenly Wolf knew a lot about the situation of the Wako Group from Xu Hai's mouth before, these middle-level gang leaders and small boat owners did not know Wang Zhi's true plan, and they did not have any ideological preparation for Zhao'an, Wang Zhi's intention was originally to use the benefits of the ban on trade to lure these people to support him, and then slowly take the road of Zhao'an in the future, you must know that most of these people are ruthless pirates and have no interest in Zhao'an, which is also an important bargaining chip that Yan Shifan can use to sabotage the peace negotiation, and the instinctive reaction of these people just now also confirmed this.

The wolf smiled slightly, and replied without humility or arrogance: "The sea ban on Japan is my Ming Dynasty's national policy, how can it be changed day and night?" Over the years, the Japanese gangs have robbed merchant ships, attacked coastal towns, and killed our generals. Plundering my people, if this account is not resolved, how can we talk about banning trade? ”

As soon as these words came out. Those big and small leaders all glared at the wolf one by one, and many of them had already put their hands on the handle of the knife, looking at Wang Zhi, just waiting for him to give an order, they were going to rush up and divide the wolf into pieces.

Wang Zhi's brows were tightly locked, and a pair of eagle eyes were like lightning. Staring at the face of the Sky Wolf: "Sky Wolf, you mean that we are bandits who have plagued the country for many years. Now the court has to settle old accounts with us first, right? Can I interpret this as if you want to declare war on our group? ”

The sky wolf laughed, this time he used a little internal force, which shocked the hearts of everyone in the hall. The wind is like a storm in my ears. Many people hurriedly began to meditate and resist, except for a few people, no one else had seen the kung fu of the wolf, and now they all knew the profound skills of the wolf, and the few fierce people who shouted and shouted the most fiercely just now are also a lot more settled now, and they dare not speak out casually.

The wolf smiled and faced Wang Zhi without flinching: "Ship Master Wang, if you want to declare war." Just start fighting, why use my wolf to take this trip as the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard? I repeat. Today, I am here not only on behalf of Governor Hu, but also on behalf of the emperor, and I have been ordered by the emperor to follow the emperor's secret decree, and this policy of first recruiting and suppressing bandits, and then opening the sea ban is also the emperor's intention, and there is no room for negotiation. ”

Yan Shifan suddenly laughed dryly, and his hoarse voice like a broken gong seemed to have a burst of magic, which attracted everyone's attention at once: "Heavenly wolf, why haven't I heard of the emperor's will?" ”

The wolf's face did not change, nor did he look at Yan Shifan, and said directly: "Could it be that Yan Shilang came to Shuangyu Island to follow the emperor's secret order?" In that case, why not show it off? "Although Yan Shifan is known as the elder of the small pavilion, he has not entered the cabinet, and the current official is the squire of the Ministry of Works, which is not known to those ordinary pirate leaders except for Wang Zhi and Xu Hai and several other high-level pirate leaders.

The wolf said, took out a gold medal from his arms, this is this time Hu Zongxian specially gave Emperor Jiajing to his own moderation in the southeast, act cheaply, see the card like seeing the king of this token to the wolf, in case of emergency, now it really comes in handy, the wolf held the gold medal high, and said in a deep voice: "This is the emperor's royal gold medal, see the card as if you see the king, Wang Zhi everyone, don't kneel quickly?" ”

As soon as this card came out, Yan Shifan's face changed, he didn't expect Hu Zongxian to give this brand to the wolf this time, and Wang Zhi's mouth muscles also jumped, but he still didn't have a trace of getting up and worshipping the gold medal, and said coldly: "The old man has already abandoned the Ming into the sea and dominated the sea, and now the old man has set himself up as the king of Hui, Mr. Wufeng, not subject to the control of any emperor, the wolf, your brand can only let the people of Daming kneel in the territory of Daming, and the heroes here have nothing to do with Daming, Naturally, there is no need to worship Emperor Daming. ”

The Heavenly Wolf smiled slightly, did not answer Wang Zhi's words, but turned to Yan Shifan: "Yan Shilang, no matter whether you have a secret decree here, seeing the cards like a face monarch, do you also want to say that you also rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and entered the sea, and are not subject to the control of the Ming Emperor?" ”

Yan Shifan gritted his teeth, stood up, flicked his placket, and knelt down respectfully to the gold medal: "Minister Yan Shifan has seen the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" After kowtowing, Yan Shifan sat back in his seat angrily, making a fuss about himself, so faceless, and not as arrogant as just now.

After the wolf finished cleaning up Yan Shifan, he turned to Wang Zhi, and said: "Ship Master Wang, this Hui King of yours is self-proclaimed, not to mention this for the time being, but since you named a Hui character, it means that you have not forgotten the Nanzhili Huizhou where you were born, if you really have no attachment to the Ming Dynasty and no longer regard yourself as the people of the Ming Dynasty, why bother to name and bring a Hui character?" ”

Wang's straight eyebrows jumped, and he didn't answer. The wolf continued to look around the hall and said loudly: "Most of you are my Chinese clan, for various reasons, you went to the sea to be a coward, but in any case, your roots are in China, in the Ming Dynasty, the place where your ancestors are buried, your clan ancestral hall, your relatives and family are still in the Ming Dynasty, and now the reason why you say that it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than angry words, or you are afraid that the Ming Dynasty will liquidate your guilt, your veins are the blood of China, not to learn from the Japanese to shave the head of the month and become an Oriental." , big guy, tell me, do you want to be the people of the Ming Dynasty? Or do you just want to be a lonely ghost drifting on the sea for the rest of your life? ”

Xu Hai was the first to follow and said: "I, Xu Hai, am willing to be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Many leaders were already moved by the words of the wolf, and when they saw Xu Hai taking the lead in responding, they all said that they were willing to be subjects of the Ming Dynasty, but some people also said in disbelief that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had made a decree to say that the people who went to the sea to destroy the people, even if they wanted to continue to be a subject of the Ming Dynasty, would the emperor let him go?

Wang Zhi said coldly: "Heavenly wolf, you are very good at talking, but what the brothers said is also reasonable, even if we want to go back and be the people of the Ming Dynasty, then we have to abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and all of us who go to the sea will be exterminated, if this is the price for us to go back to be the people of the Ming Dynasty, then the brothers will definitely not agree." (To be continued......)