Chen Xinji stood at the bow of the ship, his face gloomy, and looked thoughtfully at the six-pounder Franc cannon in the bow of the ship, which had not yet dissipated the smoke of gunpowder—this was a warning to the sand boat in front.

He is a native of Haicheng, Fujian, and is Chinese New Year's Eve two years old today. The family was poor, so he went to the sea to earn a living at a young age, and followed a distant relative to the Japanese sea trade. Four years ago, he contracted typhoid fever and stayed in Nagasaki to recuperate, never thinking that the disease would save him from his death—his distant relatives were shipwrecked when they encountered a red-haired ghost on their way home.

When I got better, I happened to see my own ship and cargo in Nagasaki, and there were still blood stains on the raw silk bag!

Since then, he has been murderous - that relative is really good to him, in just a few years, not only let him marry a daughter-in-law, but also built a big house in Haicheng's hometown, and he can't be without a conscience.

There are many Fujianese in Nagasaki, and during his recuperation, he got acquainted with Yan Siqi, a native of Haicheng, and a group of hepatobiliary brothers, mainly from Fujian, who took care of him and was able to recover in such a short time.

They are all good men in the rivers and lakes, they are like-minded, twenty-eight people naturally burned yellow paper and became brothers with different surnames, Yan Siqi was elected as the eldest brother by everyone, and the youngest is also from Fujian, surnamed Zheng Zhilong.

Yan Siqi traveled back and forth to the Wa Kingdom and joined the Chechi Dan Sect, that is, the Catholic Church of the Wa Kingdom, because he hated the Tokugawa Shogunate's wanton massacre of the Chechi Dan cultists, and decided to rebel against the Shogunate with arms.

Who knew that the matter was not secret, and was detected by the shogunate, and Dasuo Nagasaki searched for the brothers, so Yan Siqi had to take everyone to flee in a hurry in thirteen boats, and sailed to the outer island of Chau Tsaiwei on the west coast of Kyushu, and actually happened to meet the red-haired ghost who killed Chen Xinji's relatives - they were unfamiliar with the sea conditions and ran aground.

Yan Siqi and the brothers had long known about Chen Xinji's public case, how could they let go of such a good opportunity for revenge, so after a hard battle, the red-haired ghosts returned to the underworld, and there was an extra Spanish galleon in the Yan family's fleet.

After returning from the Wa Kingdom, Yan Siqi took his brothers to gain a foothold on Dayuan Island, continued to do the business with capital and the business without capital, and at the same time collected the landless poor people along the coast of Fujian to reclaim Dayuan Island, and settled thousands of people in the north of Dayuan Island in just two years, and finally made Dayuan Island, which is full of bloody flesh and slash-and-burn cultivation, have a ray of civilization.

In Chen Xinji's eyes, Yan Siqi is an extremely righteous and daring eldest brother. It was he who did it himself, whether it was buying and selling at sea without capital, or helping the poor to cultivate, he was the first in everything; And he has always been a bowl of water to all the brothers, and he is called a bright man and a person, so most of the brothers, including Chen Xinji, are dead set on him.

It is also that everyone is convinced, so the cottage on Dayuan Island has been prosperous in those years, and the number of ships of all kinds has soon increased to more than 300, and the red-haired ghosts of Manila and Batavia in the South Seas have fought a few battles, from the sea from Dayuan to the Wa Kingdom, except for the merchant ships of the Macao Francois people, there are almost no other red-haired ghost ships.

It's a pity that God is jealous of talents, Brother Yan Siqi went to Zhuluo Mountain to hunt three years ago, and when he went, he was fine, but when he came back, he was terminally ill, Chen Xinji was very suspicious that Zheng Zhilong, who went with Brother Yan Siqi at that time, secretly did something - this kid doesn't look old, but he can slip like a loach, and he is a monkey when he gets his hair, and the ghost idea pops out as soon as his eyes roll, and he usually likes to hook up with the little pirates near the big man, not only Chen Xinji doesn't like him anymore, Even Yang Tiansheng and Li Dan among the old brothers were also wary of this young man who was only twenty-one years old.

Brother Yan Siqi died soon after he came back, it doesn't matter if he leaves, the cottage of the big man will be dispersed immediately, and without the respected Boss Yan, none of the old brothers will obey anyone. After a period of chaos, several old brothers left Dayuan Island with their own teams, including Yang Tiansheng and Li Dan.

As a result, Zheng Zhilong, who had been on the side of the cat, jumped out when the hearts of the cottage people were floating, shouting something "The cottage is not only the brother of the big people, but also the co-owner of the people looking for a life on the sea in Fujian and Guangdong", and vividly pulled the pirates of Fujian and Guangdong into the struggle for the throne of the alliance leader, plus the few old brothers from Nagasaki who he usually enveloped, suddenly made the Yan family led by Chen Xinji seem weak, and finally had to pinch his nose and recognize Zheng Zhilong, the "co-master".

However, Chen Xinji couldn't get used to Zheng Zhilong even more, so he simply took a few of his boats and hid away to the five islands near Nagasaki. First, he can be out of sight and out of mind with Zheng Zhilong, and second, his brother Li Guozhu, who was pulled out to work alone, is also nearby, and they also have a care for each other - Li Dan died three years ago, and his sons Li Guozhu and Chen Xinji are very good.

Chen Xinji was thinking about what was on his mind, when a young man in his twenties ran over with a clairvoyant mirror and reported to him, "Brother Aji, I used the clairvoyant mirror just now, and that lucky boat didn't hang our swordfish flag...... The side of the ship was pressed low, obviously full of cargo, and it ran like a turtle crawling, this is a big fish! ”

This young man is Chen Xinji's cousin, named He Jianxin, who is tall and talented, so Chen Xinji took him out to the sea, and now he is Chen Xinji's right and left hand. The young man is serious and dares to fight, but he doesn't like to think about things very much, so he scolded him a lot for this.

For example, now, Chen Xinji's order is to catch the sand boat in front of him no matter what, but this kid saw a big fish next to him, so he ran to reconnoiter regardless of it, and he didn't want to think about what the brothers on the boat would think of blatantly disobeying his order.

"The sand boat in front of me doesn't show any oil and water except for its strange appearance," He Jianxin saw that Chen Xinji pursed his lips and didn't speak, and became even more anxious, "Let's let the big fish not catch it, why do we keep following it?" ”

Chen Xinji raised his eyes and locked his gaze on the sand boat with "wings".

Yesterday, he took the fleet around the five islands, and found this strange-looking sand boat from the clairvoyant mirror, and followed him with curiosity, but he didn't expect the sand boat to run really fast. Although Chen Xinji, who had run the old sea, immediately understood that the speed of the sand boat was due to the two wing-like spinnakers, he was still very curious, who was so smart and made such a useful thing.

But at night, Chen Xinji found that the Spanish galleon, which was the fastest Spanish galleon in the East China Sea, was not much faster than the sand boat, and if he wanted to catch up, he didn't know how much time it would take, but he was actually ready to give up.

"Brother Aji......" He Jianxin, who had no eyesight to see, spoke again.

"Shut up!" Chen Xinji snorted violently, glanced at him coldly and said, "This is my aunt's order!" ”

As soon as He Jianxin heard the words of his aunt, he immediately wilted and retreated in a gloomy manner.

"Tom!" Not far away, the six-pounder gun rang out again.

The corners of Chen Xinji's mouth rose slightly, and he secretly said in his heart: Auntie, since you are so curious, I will satisfy your curiosity!

PS: Whether Zheng Zhilong has a black hand against Yan Siqi or not, history is inconclusive, so the crab can only be treated as "unwarranted". However, Yan Siqi did die strangely, if he didn't die, there should be no Dutch colonization of Taiwan, of course, there will be no Zheng Chenggong's battle to restore Taiwan, and the history of the late Ming Dynasty should probably be rewritten.