Hong Jiyuan is the general manager of Penghu Water Village and the highest governor here.

He both likes and hates this position, and in short, the feelings are very complicated.

Although this position is not high, whether it is in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou or Fuzhou, he is a well-known figure.

Those who plan to do some overseas smuggling business basically have to get through his joint.

Although the annual standard of silver is not much, it is absolutely indispensable.

As for those maritime merchants whose backgrounds are not particularly strong, they have to send a large amount of filial piety, and the filial piety he receives every year alone is enough to make many mainland officials dumbfounded.

In addition, he occasionally went to sea to extort some smugglers, and he was able to save tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, which was absolutely unimaginable in the mainland.

What annoyed him was that Peng Hu was too boring.

The scenery here is indeed beautiful, but it is annoying to see too many beautiful scenery.

And there are no ** brothels here, restaurant theaters, even if you have money, you can't spend it.

On this day, he was irritable and entangled a group of his subordinates in the military fort to gamble money, and suddenly there was a commotion outside.

Then one of his sentinels rushed in in a hurry.

"My lord, I'm not good, there's a bunch of pirates out there."

"What do you say? A bunch of pirates are coming? Take me to see, I'm worried that I have nothing to do, and I just happened to clean up this group of pirates to earn some military exploits. ”

Hearing his words, Hong Jiyuan not only was not afraid, but laughed loudly.

The sentry rolled his eyes, and when you saw the pirates, you couldn't laugh.

"My lord, their ships are tall and big, many of them are more than 3,000 materials, and all of them are Hongyi warships, so you can't be careless."

The sentry officer hurriedly said.

"What do you say? More than 3000 materials? ”

Hearing this, Hong Jiyuan couldn't help but be shocked.

Their biggest lucky ship is only about 2,000 materials, which is not that the Ming Dynasty can't build a bigger lucky ship, but it's unnecessary.

Until now, they have not been able to make bigger ships when they encounter enemies from the sea, and it would be a waste to build such a large ship.

"Among them, there are several large ships of 4,000 materials and 5,000 materials, and they are all gunboats of Fanren."

The sentinel said with a grim face.

This sentry's eyes were really poisonous, and he could see the tonnage of Lu Yan's warships at a glance.

4000 and 5000 gunboats? How is this possible? He had never seen such a large Fanren battleship, could it be that he was wrong?

However, he soon dismissed this idea, and the sentinel should not lie to him, after all, there is no benefit in lying to him, and it will be exposed immediately.

"And there's an eight-masted treasure ship."

"The eight-masted treasure ship?"

Hearing this, Hong Jiyuan was even more surprised.

The treasure ship was a ship that the Three Treasure Eunuchs took in the South Seas, didn't it mean that it had been destroyed a long time ago? How did it pop up again.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Hong Jiyuan said.

With that, he went out with a group of horses.

Not far from the pier on Penghu Island, he found that the sentry officer was not wrong.

One after another, the giant ships of the West were parked in Penghu Bend, and their portholes were all opened, revealing the muzzles of black holes.

All of this tells people that these are all real killers.

The two Western giants had docked at the pier, and some soldiers walked from the ships to the pier.

Then the armoured procession began, and some began to control the other ships on the dock.

But to Hong Jiyuan's surprise, the armor these people wore turned out to be mandarin duck battle jackets.

What's going on? Aren't they pirates?

How can you put on a mandarin duck jacket?

He looked at the flags of those people, and it was indeed a good Mazu flag, but there was usually a Lu flag hanging on the ship.

"What the hell is going on? Why do they wear mandarin duck battle jackets? Do they want to pretend to be officers and soldiers? ”

Hong Jiyuan asked.

But it doesn't look like it, these people don't make noise when they board the docks, and the law is strict, they don't look like pirates, but like real elite soldiers.

"I don't know."

The sentinel also said with a puzzled expression.

Why is this the case, are they officers and soldiers, all this is just a misunderstanding?

But soon Hong Jiyuan felt that this should not be a misunderstanding.

Because the Ming army would not have so many Western warships, and it would not hang the Mazu flag.

"Why don't we send someone to ask?"

The sentinel said.

Hong Jiyuan thought about it, and finally nodded.

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As soon as the soldiers took possession of the wharf, they shouted at the ships: "All the merchants hand over a hundred percent of the goods and half of the grain, and then leave here at once, or they will be sunk immediately." ”

These sea ships are an unstable factor here, and Lu Yan is not worried that they have been docked at the dock.

If they get excited and set fire to his ship, he won't be able to cry anymore.

Hearing this, the originally restless sailors on the ships were in a commotion.

And only one percent of the goods and half of the grain, and such a good thing?

"What the hell is going on? Did we run into a bandit? ”

Some sailors whispered in private.

"I heard from the shopkeeper Zhang that there has been a powerful pirate in Taiwan recently, and they only robbed one percent, but if they resisted, they would rob half of the goods, could it be this pirate?"

One of the maritime businessmen was clearly well-informed, and Lu Yan had been in Taiwan for more than two months.

Inevitably, news of them came out.

"Quickly take out 10% of the goods and half of the grain and hand them over, and we will leave this place of right and wrong quickly."

The maritime merchant hurriedly said.

Even if it is just to hand them over a hundred percent of the goods, they will still make a lot of money on this trip.

And how much is half of the grain worth? That's not at all.

After receiving the order of this maritime merchant, his sailors hurriedly contacted Lu Yan's men.

After checking the goods, they began to lift the goods downward.

Some of the ship's maritime merchants had already fled to the island, and some sailors did not dare to make up their own minds, so they had to send someone to contact the island to contact the maritime merchants.

"That's great, just take 10% of the goods?"

The Portuguese captain was simply so happy, he was ready to break the bank.

I didn't expect the other party to only take such a little goods.

Compared to the black-hearted English pirates, these pirates were as merciful as angels.

"What are we going to do? Do you want to obey their orders? ”

The flaxen-haired Portuguese said.

"Of course, let's get in touch with them and get out of here, I feel like there's going to be a war here soon."

The Portuguese captain made the same judgment.

So he sent a sailor to contact the sailors.

There were many maritime merchants who thought the same way as them, and they all thought it would be better for the pirates to leave as soon as possible before they could repent.

Anyway, they don't want much, and they can't lose anything.

When the maritime merchants who had fled to the island heard the news, some of them hurriedly returned to the dock, and then organized the unloading of their cargo to prepare to leave here.

Others plan to wait and see if the pirates intend to keep their promises.

While handing over the goods to the maritime merchants, those sailors explained to those maritime merchants Lu Yan's rules, that is, it was best not to resist, and if they resisted, the losses would only be greater.

At the same time, it was explained to them that these merchants were very welcome in Dayuanwan, and they were welcome to transport all kinds of saltpeter, gunpowder, fine iron, lead and other materials to Dayuanwan.

At that time, Lu Yan will buy it at three times the market price.

Although those merchants wrote down these words, they did not take them to heart, and their plan for now was to leave these places of right and wrong as soon as possible.

When a maritime merchant finished the delivery, he sailed out of the dock.

Those maritime merchants were excited, it seems that these pirates are still quite well-behaved.

So they urged the sailors to deliver their goods so that they could get out of here as soon as possible.

As for whether to smuggle saltpeter and other materials to Dayuan Bay, of course, we will consider it after it is safe.

All of a sudden, if it weren't for the increasing number of soldiers who landed on the shore, the wharf would have turned into a vegetable market, and the sound of goods being counted everywhere would have been filled.

But soon the Portuguese captain received news that made him extremely angry.

"What do you say? Not only did we have to pay twenty percent of the goods, but all the gunpowder and shells had to be left behind. ”

Portugal said with anger on his face, and a mouthful of spit almost squirted in the face of the sailor opposite.

"That's right, they say that the Taiwan Strait is the strait of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming people only need to pay a small toll when they pass, and we are all foreigners, and we must pay twice as much as the Ming people."

The sailor said without a trace, wiping the spit that had been sprayed on his face.

"I want to protest, it's not fair, it's naked discrimination."

The Portuguese captain said angrily.

So I have to say that Westerners just love to get on their noses and faces, give a little sunshine and shine, and give some color to open a dye shop.

If he had been confronted with murderous English pirates, who had made such a condition, the Portuguese captain would have wept bitterly and thanked him for the extrajudicial favor.

But after discovering that this group of Ming Dynasty pirates was very disciplined, they felt that they should be able to fight for greater benefits for themselves.

So he immediately sent a sailor to protest.

But it wasn't long before the sailor returned, and two reddened slap prints were drawn from his face.

"Captain, they said that if we didn't pay the tolls, they would sink our ships and castrate us and sell us into slavery."

The sailor said with a grimace.

“……”

"Okay then, we'll hand it over right away."

The Portuguese captain pondered for a while and immediately made a wise decision.

Anyway, it was just that the sailor had two ear braces, and he didn't lose a piece of flesh from him.

"Also, the pirate leader said he wanted to see you, and he had something to discuss with you."

The sailor continued.

"The pirate leader wants to see me?"

Hearing this, the Portuguese captain couldn't help but be stunned.

The pirate leader pondered for a moment, then immediately agreed.

It doesn't look like this group of pirates is asking for his life, otherwise it wouldn't be so bothering.

So he got out of the dock and boarded one of Lu Yan's ships, which was carrying him to the "King of the Seas".

Lu Yan always thought that the "Sea Sovereign" was not good, so he changed it to "Sea King".

Anyway, this ship has used this name at one time in history.

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After boarding the "Sea King", he found that Lu Yan was meeting guests, so he could only wait for Feng outside.

Of course, the guest Lu Yan met with was the envoy sent by Hong Jiyong.

At the beginning, looking at Lu Yan in the uniform of the garrison, the Ming army couldn't help but be overjoyed, could it be that there was really any misunderstanding in this.

So he hurriedly bowed down and said, "I don't know who this adult is, why did the adult come here." ”

"I am the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, Lord Mao Wenlong, who is guarding Lu Yan, because the imperial court has been in arrears, I can't bear to see my subordinates unable to eat, so I took them to gather on the sea."

Lu Yan said with a look of remembrance.

Hearing this, this Hong Jiyong's personal soldier couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise.

Liaodong Frontier Army? How is this possible? How could the Liaodong Frontier Army come here?

In fact, Lu Yan said this completely what Jia Xu meant.

Because if his identity is just an ordinary pirate, those officials and soldiers will definitely not take it seriously.

When fighting with them, those officers and soldiers will definitely resist desperately, and even if they are defeated, they will not necessarily surrender.

But if they were the Liaodong Frontier Army, it would be different.

Due to the long years of war with the Mongols, the most elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all on the nine sides.

This is almost universally known.

If these Ming troops knew that it was the elite of Liaodong who fought against them, they would definitely be timid before the war.

It's like even if hundreds of thousands of Jin soldiers were beaten by the Mongols back then, and then the country was destroyed.

But those Jurchens still ignored this fact and desperately preached that the Jurchens were not satisfied with ten thousand and were invincible.

What Lu Yan wants is this deterrent.

So he talked about the glorious history of that year, of course, some things are inevitably exaggerated.

But these are all based on facts, after all, the Ming Dynasty has already told the world about these things, and many people know about it.

After learning that the army that conquered Zhenjiang Fort, defeated the Jurchens, and captured Amin alive, this personal soldier was almost frightened.

The Liaodong border army is brutal enough, but it was still beaten by the Jurchens.

But the Jurchens were finally defeated by the army in front of them, and captured a prince alive, which shows how murderous this army was.

"My lord, do you have any proof of your identity?"

The pro-soldier asked.

"This is my confession."

Lu Yan took out a document and said, this time he came prepared.

Jia Xu watched all this quietly from the sidelines.

The soldier took the confession and took a cursory look at it, and found that it was indeed true.

These people in front of him turned out to be really the border army of Liaodong, and they looked like the elite among them.

"I came this time because my brother couldn't get by, so I had to come to grab some supplies."

Lu Yan pretended to be sad and said, "If you don't agree, I will have to meet you in battle." ”

"My lord, why bother, after all, we are all in the same robe, can you bear to let us be a killer? And our Penghu has always been extremely poor, even if we rob it, we can't grab many things. ”

The soldier couldn't help but be anxious.

In fact, what he wants to say most is that those Zhangzhou and Quanzhou are the real anointed places, and if you want to grab them, you should go there.

Lu Yan smiled secretly in his heart, you Penghu choke the Taiwan Strait, if you don't solve it, how can I go to Daming to rob with confidence.

"Actually, I don't want to meet with the head of the Hong generals on this trip, I have 50 pirate heads here, as long as the Hong generals are willing to support us with some supplies, and promise to open up our ship nets in the future, the heads of these pirates will be regarded as the steps we give to the general Hong general."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"This?"

Hearing this, the pro-soldier couldn't help but hesitate.

Of course, it would be best if he could not meet each other, but all this needs to be decided by Hong Jiyuan, and he can't be the master of a small soldier.

"I will tell my family the truth about all this, but it is up to my family to decide how to decide."

The soldier said.

"Okay then, you can bring him this confession as well. Now that I've decided to be a pirate, this document doesn't mean anything to me. ”

Lu Yan sighed and said.

After saying that, he asked the soldier to leave.

After he left, Lu Yan asked, "I don't know if that General Hong will agree to our request." ”

"As long as he knows how to judge the situation, he will."

Jia Xu said with a smile.

Due to the long-term withholding of the army's salary, the army was almost rarely full.

In addition, Penghu Water Village needs to be stationed not only on Penghu Island.

Therefore, the Ming army on the island of Penghu was only 300 people at most.

Both in terms of the quantity and quality of the army, they have an absolute upper hand.

Unless Hong Ji has a bad brain and wants to fight them to the death, he will definitely accept this plan that is beneficial to both of them.

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