[I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 】

"Chaozhou sea merchant Xu Long?" Wang Zhaoyang asked, and seeing Deng Haonan nodded, Wang Zhaoyang continued: "There are three major merchant gangs along the coast of Daming, and our Twenty-Eight Brothers Alliance is the largest merchant gang, followed by the Chao Gang, and the third is the Lu Gang. ”

Then Wang Zhaoyang introduced the things of the Chao Gang to Deng Haonan one by one.

It turned out that Chen Yaoming's uncle Xu Long turned out to be one of the seven leaders of the Chao Gang, and he also used the identity of a maritime merchant as a cover, and in fact he was also a pirate. It seems that Chen Yaoming did not know that his uncle was also a pirate, otherwise he would not have had to run from Guangdong to Fujian to be a pirate.

As the second largest merchant gang, the Chao Gang has Su Li as the leading brother, followed by Wu Liuqi, Huang Hairu, Zhu Ayao, Zhang Li, Yang Guang, and Xu Long. All along, they controlled Guangdong and half of the South China Sea, trading mainly with Siam, Vietnam, and occasionally the Philippines. However, the Chao Gang has always liked to eat black and eat black, and they have robbed the seafood of the Brotherhood Alliance, and the relationship between the two sides has always been very tense.

"The headmaster has to be careful when he makes a deal with them!"

Wang Zhaoyang's reminder is not unreasonable, pirates have always liked black to eat black, this Chao gang dares to fight the idea of the brother alliance, obviously there is no fear, only with strong strength as the backing, can only have this courage.

Originally, the major forces of the Light Brothers Alliance were enough for Deng Haonan to have a headache, and at this time, he learned that there were also powerful forces such as the Chao Gang and the Lu Gang. Originally, he thought that if he gained a foothold in the Brotherhood Alliance, he would be able to go sideways in the future, but now it seems that the Brotherhood Alliance is not the only one, and there are forces that do not buy his account.

From Wang Zhaoyang's intelligence, it was learned that the strength of this Chao Gang was no less than that of the Brotherly Alliance. Seven pirates, with more than 80,000 people, more than 1,000 merchant ships of all kinds, nearly 300 large war ships, and more than 1,000 small war ships, are very powerful, second only to the Brotherhood Alliance.

In addition, there is the Lu Gang in Shandong, although the strength is not as good as the Brotherhood Alliance and the Chao Gang, but the Lu Gang has the support of the Ming government behind it, so the Brotherhood Alliance and the Chao Gang do not dare to rob the Lu Gang's seafood.

Although the number of the Lu Gang is small, it is strong in combat. After the Battle of Luliang Bay that year, hundreds of warships of the Ming Dynasty were stranded in the harbor of Dengzhouwei, and tens of thousands of sailors were dismissed due to the empty salary of their superiors. Later, the war in the north of the imperial court became tense, and the northern coast was once again closed to the sea to prevent the supply of supplies to Nurhachi. As a result, the residents of the north who lived by the sea had to gather, and later the Lu Gang. Many of the people in the Lu Gang were former officers and soldiers of the navy, so what they said to the court officials later became Wei Zhongxian's eagle dogs, and they were able to run rampant.

Deng Haonan was talking about the Chao Gang and the Lu Gang, and now that the brotherly alliance is constantly fighting, it must be inferior to them in strength, and they will have to pay more attention to their actions in the future.

Thinking that his base was in the Ryukyus, Deng Haonan suddenly asked, "Does the Lu Gang have any power in the Ryukyus?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang said: "The Lu Gang is doing business in the north, so Ryukyu is naturally covered. However, there are few people in the Ryukyus, and the trade volume is not large, and the trade focus of the Lu Gang is on Korea and the Jianzhou Jurchens! ”

Jianzhou Jurchen? Deng Haonan was shocked and asked, "The Jianzhou Nuzhen is really a sworn enemy of the imperial court, don't they know?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Of course they know!" It's just that the court fights the court, what does it have to do with the Lu gang pirates? If you have milk, you are a mother, as long as you give silver! Besides, the Lu Gang provided supplies to Nurhachi, obviously with the tacit approval of the ministers of the DPRK and China, otherwise how dare the Lu Gang? ”

Deng Haonan was stunned again and asked, "Could it be that there are Jurchens in the court?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang said: "Principal, you don't know! This court and Jianzhou Nuzhen are mortal enemies, why has Nurhachi been able to survive? With the strength of the imperial court, no matter how powerful he is, he can be destroyed ten times! But if Nurhachi is destroyed, why should the generals at the border ask the imperial court for military salaries, subsidies, and rewards? How can the ministers of the DPRK and China eat kickbacks and filial piety? ”

Deng Haonan was surprised, and he already roughly understood what Wang Zhaoyang meant, which was nothing more than the meaning of rabbit dead dog cooking.

Wang Zhaoyang sighed: "Nurhachi is their cash cow, and if they destroy Nurhachi, they will not only lose their financial resources, but also have less bargaining chips to control the emperor!" The Ming Dynasty started from Emperor Taizu, the emperors of all dynasties, the birds were all hidden, the rabbits were dead and the dogs were cooked, but there was no shortage of things, do you say that those ministers and generals can not leave a hand in themselves? ”

Deng Haonan knew that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were like birds, and sighed: "The country is governed like this by them, and those civil and military generals should die!" ”

Seeing Deng Haonan's indignant appearance, Wang Zhaoyang seemed to be able to feel a trace of Deng Haonan's thoughts, and asked tentatively: "When the student sees that the principal is like a celestial man, you must be the one who turns the tide?" ”

"Turning the tide?"

Deng Haonan smiled helplessly, he wanted to do that, but unfortunately he didn't have that ability yet.

"If you are not in your position and do not seek your own government, no one knows what will happen in the future? Let's let those damned people live a few more days! At the moment, our fate is still in the hands of others! ”

Although he didn't hear Deng Haonan say it directly, Wang Zhaoyang had already understood Deng Haonan's words, and immediately said respectfully: "The principal is far-sighted, and in the future, the students will never give up!" ”

Deng Haonan laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Wang Zhaoyang on the shoulder, and the two looked at each other and laughed, all without saying a word.

※※※

In the afternoon, Deng Haonan was taking a nap, and suddenly the guards reported that Huang Dahai had something to see.

Yellow sea?

Deng Haonan thought about it in his mind, and suddenly remembered that Wanshu had told him that he also had a good friend who grew up with him since he was a child, and that was Huang Dahai. So I hurriedly invited him in.

While thinking, Huang Dahai had already stepped into the office.

Deng Haonan took a closer look, and saw that Huang Dahai was very burly, wearing a gray cloth robe, a black cloak, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth, and a square face with Chinese characters.

This is the Yellow Sea?

Deng Haonan secretly said in his heart: This gap is also a little bigger! The same piece of play is big, and the body is as strong as a cow, but he is thin and deadly!

"Brother Haonan!" In a daze, Huang Dahai had already approached and gave Deng Haonan a bear hug, which almost made Deng Haonan not catch his breath.

Finally breaking free, Deng Haonan said: "The sea! What are you doing here? ”

Huang Dahai looked at Deng Haonan and said with a smile: "I'll come to see you!" I haven't seen you for a few years, but you kid is impressive! ”

Deng Haonan motioned for Huang Dahai to sit down and speak, ordered his subordinates to serve tea, and then asked, "What's the fuss!" Makes you laugh! It's that you are enviable, working under Zheng Yiguan, I heard that you are still one of the eighteen generals! ”

Huang Dahai said with a smile: "Between our brothers, there is no need to be as literary as me!" To tell you the truth, brother, I was miserable by you! I'm here to talk to you this time! ”