It was a matter of survival, and Fan Jinyan could only leave his pregnant wife to meet the two admirals who had just rushed back, not knowing what kind of surprise they would bring him.

Suddenly, Fan Jinyan felt that his child born after October would be his lucky star, and he would make his future journey smooth sailing.

When he saw the two again, Li Shuisheng didn't change much, he was still the same. Yang Zi has changed a lot, his dark and shiny face is like half of the one he has just returned from Africa, and his eyes have become sharp, quite like a general.

After not seeing each other for two months, the two were also very happy to see Fan Jinyan, and immediately knelt down on one knee and gave Fan Jinyan a military salute, "I have seen my lord." ”

"Hurry up." Fan Jinyan hurriedly bent down and pulled up the two of them, and said happily: "Great, it's too good for you to come back, tell the official quickly, can it be effective in the past two months?" ”

"Master Xie." After Yang Zi got up, he was about to explain to Fan Jinyan when he was interrupted.

"Sit down." After Fan Jinyan pulled the two of them to sit down, he shouted at his soldiers: "Serve tea, and order the kitchen to prepare a few good dishes." ”

After Fan Jinyan sat down, Yang Zi spoke again: "According to the meaning of the lordship, Bei Zhi and Li Xiedu went all the way south to subdue more than a dozen groups of pirates in the Nansha area, and more than 100 ships were captured by warships alone. Then we entered the waters of the South Seas to connect with other pirates, and those who could be pulled over were brought over, and those who could not were annihilated in one fell swoop with our allies. Now, all the pirates in the entire South Seas have reached an agreement with us, and we can only come forward and sign the agreement. ”

"Okay." After listening, Fan Jinyan couldn't help but pat his thigh and praised it. Then he asked, "How many warships do we have now, and how many warships do our allies have?" Is there a partnership between them? Is there a threat? ”

Yang Zi understood Fan Jinyan's temper, and he had already prepared his words, "Lord Hui, our army now has more than 200 large and small warships, with a crew of more than 20,000 people, and a total of seven allies, with hundreds of more than 100 ships and dozens of few, with a total of about 300 warships. In the future, they will turn their faces, and they will be annihilated with confidence. ”

Fan Jinyan nodded, but he was really shocked, he originally thought that there were only about 200 pirates in the South Seas, but he didn't expect that there were more than 500, could it be that all the countries in the South Seas were pirates?

In the end, after listening to Li Shuisheng, who is most familiar with Nanyang, he realized that there were not so many pirates in Nanyang originally, but with various countries due to war, famine and other reasons, the number of pirates has increased several times in recent years. Among them, the Ming pirates and Japanese pirates accounted for more than half, and then there were the local pirates of the South Sea countries and a small number of well-prepared Western pirates with few men and ships, claiming to be from the Netherlands, Franc or something.

This time, it was this group of Western pirates who asked Fan Jinyan to sign the agreement, and it was obvious that they would not choose to support Fan Jinyan until they got a written document from him.

In this regard, Fan Jinyan can only scoff at it. In the West, agreements are still binding, but in the East, this era will be the one who has the most powerful fists, and who can call the shots.

However, in order to deal with the impending war, Fan Jinyan had no reason to refuse the help of tens of thousands of troops.

Next, Fan Jinyan also revealed his upcoming war to the two, asking them to be ready to fight at any time. As for the pirates who were loyal to He Yi, Li Shuisheng had already thrown them all into the vast sea to feed the sharks.

Fan Jinyan went to sea with the two of them to sign an agreement with the pirates that day, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye to his wife, he didn't want to bury the lives of the soldiers and everything he had because of a momentary negligence. He believed that Liang Xiangru would understand.

The pirates were not stationed too far, in the middle of the Spratly Islands, only two days away from Yazhou.

Two days later, when Fan Jinyan looked at the dense sea ships in the distance, he was excited, this feeling cannot be felt from TV and movies, only when he is truly immersed in the scene, can he experience that huge feeling.

The warships of the Yazhou Navy and the pirates were clearly distinguished, each standing on one side, and there was only a small island within a radius of several miles in the middle. Because it is shaped like a leaf, the pirates call it Leaf Island.

After Fan Jinyan took a small boat to the island, the small island was already full of people waiting. Yang Zi followed Fan Jinyan all the way, and the moment he stepped on the island, he opened his throat and shouted, "I haven't seen an adult yet." ”

Most of the generals who belonged to the Yazhou Navy were surprised that their boss was such a young man, but they still knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully. Obviously, Yang Zi and Li Shuisheng's prestige in their minds is not small.

Unlike them, the other half of the pirates didn't move, but instead looked like they were watching monkeys play.

When they were looking at Fan Jinyan, Fan Jinyan was also looking at them. Although ostensibly called allies, the group was clearly divided into three factions.

The people with their weird hairstyles are clearly Japanese, and their attire and short stature are also reflected. Another group of high-nosed and blue-eyed Westerners stood with a group of black dwarf Nanyangs, and the last group looked like pirates of the Ming Dynasty.

Fan Jinyan was not polite, walked to the side of the makeshift table, and sat down. Yang Zi and Li Shuisheng also cooperated and stood behind him and did the work of guards.

"Baga, Yang Jun, Li Jun, what do you mean? Looking for a kid to fool us? "It was a dwarf Japanese who spoke, and it was obvious that Yang Zi was lying to them.

Fan Jinyan raised his hand to interrupt Yang Zi, who wanted to fight back, and said with a cold smile: "What? I think this official is too young, how old do you think people are qualified to sit here and talk to you? ”

"Oh, young man, we're going to negotiate with your officer, so get him out!" This time, it was a bearded Westerner who spoke native English.

English? Briton? This guy is not Dutch?

Fan Jinyan was stunned, interrupted the translator who was about to speak, and replied in fluent American English: "Are you English?" I'm the official you want to meet, and I think we can be friends. Are there any Dutch in this? ”

"Oh my God, it's amazing that Your Excellency actually knows the language of our country? But I'm Welsh, my name is Harry, and I think we can be friends. But, sir, please don't mention the filthy Dutchman, I would love to burn those scraps. "The guy named Harry obviously didn't expect the young man to speak English, and although some of the tones were not very standard, they were much stronger than his own translators.

Fan Jinyan knew that the British were not dealing with the Dutch at this time, so he deliberately asked just now, "I'm sorry my friend, in fact, I also hate those miscellaneous things very much, maybe we can cooperate and drive those miscellaneous pieces out of the East." ”