In the South China Sea, where the hot wind still blows in February, the pirates on the large 2,000-gauge treasure ship are dressed in short cloth shirts, and they diligently scrub the deck to make the whole ship look spotless. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Hu Fakui likes to be clean, because there is a lack of fresh water at sea, so it is difficult for sailors to clean, but Hu Fakui still asks sailors to at least wipe their faces and bodies, refuse anyone to have a smell on their bodies, passing by a small island with fresh water, he will also let people get off the boat to get water or clean.

"So I still think that those large warships whose reservoirs can hold dozens of tons or hundreds of tons of fresh water are more suitable for me to command." Sometimes Hu Fakui thinks to himself.

At this time, Hu Fakui's deputy, Yu Ying, who was also a pirate captain, shouted: "Boss, I see a ship ahead, do you want to stop it?" ”

Hu Fakui said casually: "Do you still need to ask, catch up." ”

After Yang Zhen became the big boss of Hong Kong Water Village, Hu Fakui has always been the leader of the pirates, and Zhu Liang, the second boss, is more of a planner and a logistical manager. The rapid growth of Hong Kong pirates is a great contribution to Hu Fakui. It was he who led the Hong Kong pirates to invade other pirates in the South China Sea many times, divide and besiege them, and co-opt the rest of the pirate forces. In recent months, Mr. Hu has also recruited a group of Vietnamese pirates, many of whom had lost their livelihoods due to the Xishan uprising, and who had followed the Hong Kong pirates to eat. Even last month, Hu Fakui defeated a group of Luzon pirates who were mixed up with Chinese and foreign countries, and forcibly coerced the Filipinos into following them.

Speaking of which, Hu Fakui is more keen on dealing with pirates, and the great reputation of the Hong Kong pirates is almost won by him alone. He also recruited a considerable number of people. Today, there are thousands of pirates in Hong Kong, and about eighty percent of them were brought in by Hu Fakui. In contrast, Yang Zhen was more keen on intercepting passing merchant ships. Make a windfall. However, Yang Zhen also set a rule for the Hong Kong pirates: "Seeking wealth does not kill you", if the merchant ship does not resist and cooperate, then it will never hurt the crew. "Leave a line in everything", each ship draws one to twenty percent of the profits, so that the merchant ships will not lose their money and lose their way to live. "Sell and sell exclusive food", those in the South China Sea who have been drawn by the Hong Kong pirates do not have to be robbed by other pirates. If someone robs a merchant ship again, the Hong Kong pirates will definitely not spare it and destroy it.

That's the rule. Many merchant ships breathed a sigh of relief, and after being pumped by the Hong Kong pirates, they would ask for a receipt to prove that they had paid protection fees for this business. Many boat owners consider this to be an additional tax. Although the value of the goods is really a lot. But the sea trade itself was hugely profitable, and the merchants still made some money, and there was less invasion from other pirates, and it even became safer.

Yu Ying said to Hu Fakui at this time: "Boss, that boat seems to be playing with a red-haired Dutch flag, are we still chasing it?" ”

Hu Fakui frowned, when Yang Zhen set the rules before, he said that he would try to target the Chinese ships. And the ships of the Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, and English tried to spare. This is Yang Zhen's consideration for the defense of maritime trade. The Western countries were far more attentive than the Qing Dynasty, and if their merchant ships were repeatedly pirated, then they would definitely send regular fleets to suppress the bandits.

The pirate Zhang Baozai, who also made a name for himself in Hong Kong, turned from prosperity to decline when he robbed too many ships, and was finally defeated by the combined fleets of Portugal and Qing off the coast of Hong Kong.

At this time, the Hong Kong pirates already had tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of large and small ships, and the core was still the ten treasure ships, but their naval combat power was still relatively limited, Guy did not have artillery or the like, and light weapons were also relatively limited, most of the pirates were using arquebuses, bird guns, and wielding broadswords and spears.

Yang Zhen was worried that the Portuguese and English warships would come and do bad things, so he generally asked not to rob them.

Just bullying Chinese compatriots like this, but hiding from foreigners, Hu Fakui was very disliked, thinking that Yang Zhen lacked courage and must be compared.

"In the final analysis, Yang Zhen no longer sees himself as a Tang man, but really becomes a pirate, thinking about Zheng Chenggong, attacking the Manchus from the sea and seizing China. If we inform the Datang Navy of the situation, take one or two frigates, and come with the Migratory Bird Fleet, it only takes one or two battles to defeat those foreign warships, these Europeans will be afraid of us at sea, why should we tremble? Hu Fakui always couldn't help but think so.

He didn't feel that this anger could be calmed down, so he said to Ying: "No matter what red and yellow hair he has, as long as it is at sea, we will rob it!" Greet the brothers and prepare the guys, we don't have any artillery, when the time comes, jump to the gang after the gangside, Lao Tzu is the first to rush over, wait for everyone to see I cut the head of the red-haired devil, and make a ball kick for everyone. ”

Yu Ying also applauded: "The boss is a hero!" ”

On the contrary, the sailing ship of their group of pirates was much larger than that sailing ship flying the Dutch flag, but the ship was a large ship with a tonnage of only about 200 tons, while the tonnage of the Hu Fakui ship was more than 1,000 tons, which was comparable to the third-class battleships of many countries.

Yu Ying held the scabbard and observed with a telescope: "Good luck, there seems to be no cannon on the red-haired boat, hey, it's really strange, there are no red-haired devils among the sailors, they are all Qing people." ”

The pirate ship sailed forward, because of the large windy area, the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty was slightly better than that of the Qing Dynasty shipbuilding, and it actually ran faster than this Guangzhou ship. (Although the Qing Dynasty had a much shorter period of sea ban than the Ming Dynasty, there were a lot of restrictions on shipbuilding, including the tonnage of ships, etc., which made the Qing Dynasty's shipbuilding technology more backward than that of the Ming Dynasty.)

The sailors of the Canton ship were terrified, and they made a mess on the deck, trying to get the ship to go quickly, but to no avail. There was a white-bearded young man on the boat, sweating profusely on his forehead, he clenched his fists and said, "It's a pirate!" Damn it. ”

The captain pulled the young man and said: "Young Master Li, this flag is the 'incense thief' who has been rampant in the South China Sea recently, and the big leader says that it is called Yang Zhen, which is quite mysterious, and almost no one has seen him." The incense thieves have wiped out all the big and small water bandits and pirates in Guangdong, and their power is not small, and everyone is afraid. However, this incense thief is also quite reasonable, as long as he doesn't deal with them, he usually won't die, just give some money. ”

The young man surnamed Li said: "But our ship is to transport my fellow countrymen in Jiaying, so how can there be any money?" ”

The owner of the ship persuaded: "Young Master Li, don't be surprised, I heard that this incense thief also likes to plunder people, if there are people who go abroad, they will take them away, saying that they are transshipped to some overseas country." If they knew that this was a ship to send people out to sea, most of them would not ask for money, and they would be fine if they took people away, and the young master could return to Dongwanlu, and he would be safe and sound. ”

The young man was furious and said: "How can this be, my brother-in-law instructed me to send my fellow villagers in Jiaying to Dongwanlu to help the company open mines and cultivate crops. Besides, this pirate is ferocious, if he is committed to the thief, his ancestors will be humiliated, and they are all sons of the same country, how can he sit idly by? It's better to fight hard and win than to be that thief! ”

The owner of the ship stomped his feet angrily and said, "Young Master Li, don't be stubborn, this pirate is not to be a thief, but to send it to a foreign land for cultivation, so as not to fight with his life!" ”

The young man wrapped his braid around his neck, pulled out a single knife, and said: "I have made up my mind, the owner of the ship, you and the people on the ship can surrender, but my Lanfang people, in the past, in Borneo, the pirates had to retreat and beg for mercy when they saw us, how can we see the pirate's knees, I would rather be a dead ghost with a severed head than a kneel and beg for mercy!" ”

Hearing a loud crash, the two thousand pirate ships crashed into the ship, and the wolf-like pirate sailors screamed and jumped from ship to ship. Some sailors swung with knives in their mouths and ropes in their hands, while others pirates laid out the planks and rushed straight over the side of the ship. However, Hu Fakui, who is strong in martial arts, jumped over with a spear in his hand and jumped over like a pole vault.

"Surrender and don't kill, stubborn resistance will die!" Hu Fakui didn't stab people with the tip of a spear, but just swung a big gun like a whirlwind, and swept down the two people in front of him.

The young man surnamed Li also knew some martial arts, and when he saw that Hu Fakui was the most violent, and was obviously the principal of the pirates, he made up his mind to capture this person in exchange for the safety of the whole ship. I saw that the figure of the young man surnamed Li was like a rainbow knife and like electricity, and he slashed straight towards Hu Fakui.

Hu Fakui praised: "Good knife technique!" ”

I saw the big gun in his hand like a poisonous dragon out of the hole, in the palm of his hand as if alive, a shot stabbed out of the tip of the spear and trembled, if there were seven or eight changes, the young man surnamed Li knew very well, and he didn't dare to take it hard, he was a short body, and the knife turned sharply, and he went down three ways towards Hu Fakui.

Hu Fakui did not leave behind after the crossing, at this time to meet such a good hand, but also the heart of the itch, this early Ming Dynasty will step on the seven stars behind the door, the footwork is amazing, just a moment to let go of the blade, back to the gun is a sweep, to be pumped on the head of the young man surnamed Li. The young man surnamed Li had to raise his sword to block the grid, but who knew that Hu Fakui was born with divine power, and this time it was not only a strong sink, but he actually beat the young man surnamed Li a head shorter.

The young man surnamed Li held the knife for a while, and before he could react, he saw Hu Fakui slash at the back end of the spear with a fierce palm, and the spear took the single knife blocked by the young man surnamed Li as the axis, and hit the young man surnamed Li in the chest and abdomen.

After two pains, Hu Fakui had already grasped the barrel of the gun near the tip of the gun, like a stick, and slammed the empty door of the young man surnamed Li.

As soon as he landed, two or three pirates rushed up and put knives around his neck, unable to struggle.

Hu Fakui laughed and shouted again: "I say it again, don't think that Lao Tzu has a good temper, and if you resist again, you really want to see blood!" (To be continued.) )