The sailor fast ship sailed smoothly on the river, Liu Zhang now finally knows why Gan Ning has so many warships, since Gan Ning put into service, Liu Zhang's allocation of money and food for the navy is really less, basically the original foundation of the Jinfan thief, barely formed a 2,000 sailor army, there are no building ships, no fighting ships, only more than 30 fast ships.

And now it's more than twice as much, it should be the man in Tsing Yi who brought it out from Yunmengze.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the mountain thieves and water thieves increased greatly, first there was Gan Ning, and then there was Zhou Tai Jiang Qin, down the Yangtze River, from Dongting Lake to Poyang Lake, nearly a thousand water thieves of all sizes, and at this time the water surface of Dongting Lake was much broader than modern times, and the water lines were also more complex, and the eight hundred miles of Dongting became a paradise for water thieves.

I only heard Gan Ning continue: "This person's father was a pirate when he was alive, and he followed his father to the sea since he was a child, but in the process of going to sea, his father was killed in an accident, and most of the troops left him.

Just when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the world was in turmoil, at the age of ten, he took a few people who were willing to continue to follow him back to the inland, and made a living in Yunmengze, and soon gained a foothold in a large number of water thieves. ”

A ten-year-old child can gain a foothold in Dongting Lake, where water thieves gallop, and become the largest one, which is really extraordinary, but since this person has followed his ancestors to sea since he was a child, he must be much stronger than the water thieves who mix in the inland rivers, and his will is also stronger.

"Call him here, I have something to ask him." Liu Zhang glanced at the man in Tsing Yi and turned his gaze back to the front.

"Yes, but ......" Gan Ning said with some embarrassment: "Lord, this person only said that he would help us get out of the Jingzhou Waterway, and did not officially serve the lord, I hope that the lord will be able to keep a few points when he speaks to this person." ”

Gan Ning knew that his lord was not slow to treat anyone, especially his subordinates, but he also did not pretend at any time, that pirate was a fierce person who had been fighting on the water since he was a child, and he didn't agree with him, he drew his sword, and if the relationship between the two sides was stiff, Gan Ning didn't know how to end it.

"You call him first." Liu Zhang said without expression.

With a wave of Gan Ning's hand, a soldier raised the green flag, and the two parallel boats slowly approached, and the man in green clothes jumped over from the boat, although he kept looking ahead, he also saw Liu Zhang and Gan Ning's expressions, knowing that they were talking about him, and it was not difficult to guess Liu Zhang's identity.

"Yun Mengze water thief Wei Wen, see Uncle Liu Huang of Yizhou Mu." The man in Tsing Yi walked up to Liu Zhang and bowed his hand, his voice was sonorous and powerful, but there was no humility, it was just a kind of etiquette.

Liu Zhang felt that the water vapor brought out by Wei Wen's body was even stronger than Gan Ning's, and it was mixed with a hint of coldness, if ordinary people were within two steps of him, they would also be intimidated by this kind of pressing momentum.

"Wei Wen?" Liu Zhang's eyes were full of surprise, Gan Ning and Wei Wen could see that this surprise was not because of Wei Wen's fame, not to mention that Gan Ning had already made it clear just now, Liu Zhang had already been mentally prepared. Not because of the momentum that Wei Wen inadvertently exuded, but because he seemed to have known each other a long time ago.

Wei Wen raised his head in a little surprise, and Gan Ning was puzzled: "Isn't the lord also hearing of Leader Wei?" The leader of Wei is a descendant of Wei Qing, the general of the anti-Hungarian army, after the famous general, only because of the disaster of witchcraft, the ancestor Shangwei did not doubt move to Jiangdong Yuedi, and lived by sea trading for generations, and rarely interacted with the people of the Central Plains. ”

Liu Zhang found that he was a little out of shape, although he didn't know much about the Three Kingdoms, but Wei Wen's name he had heard, even if the history books only recorded one thing about him, it was enough to make the world unforgettable, Wei Wen led a hundred thousand to develop Yizhou, more than 1,100 years before Zheng He went to the West, more than 1,200 years earlier than Columbus discovered the New World, if Xu Fu's eastward crossing to Japan is a wild history, Wei Wen can be said to be the earliest pioneer of the long sea voyage who led a large fleet in the official history.

"It turned out to be a descendant of General Weida, no wonder the heroic spirit is compelling, this official is here to thank the leader for helping General Gan Ning." Liu Zhang stood with his hands in his hands, looked into the distance, his tone was flat, hiding some embarrassment, and continued: "The leader of Wei crisscrosses the thousands of miles of waterways in Yunmengze, and stands out among hundreds of water thieves, which can be described as a rare water hero, this official intends to ask you to be the deputy governor of my Yizhou Water Army, are you willing?" ”

As soon as Liu Zhang's voice fell, before Wei Wen could answer, Gan Ning was anxious first, and bowed loudly: "Lord, if Leader Wei is willing to join our army, I, Gan Ning, am willing to give up the post of governor of the navy." ”

Although the Jinfan thief is fierce, it is only to block the water and rob the road, the thief does not go empty, and escapes the encirclement and suppression for thousands of miles, although Gan Ning is arrogant on weekdays, he still knows his ability, and it is okay to charge on the water with a fleet, and it is impossible to command a huge fleet, but if the Sichuan army really defeats Liu Biao and occupies Jingzhou, it is impossible not to establish a huge naval army.

And although Wei Wen is the same as Gan Ning, and even the number of water thieves under his command is less than that of the Jinfan thief, Wei Wen is not just proficient in water patterns robbing merchant ships, in fact, this kind of trick Wei Wen has stopped doing three years ago, but began to extract the dividends of other Yunmengze water thieves, relying on the hundreds of water thieves under his command, suppressing the hundreds of water thieves in the entire Yunmengze to be obedient, it is by no means as simple as charging into battle.

Whether it is fame and prestige, or the ability to fight water and lead troops, Gan Ning thinks that he is inferior to Wei Wen, no matter how much he wants to make meritorious contributions to the general, with Gan Ning's heroism, he will not hesitate to take the position of a governor.

"General Gan traveled thousands of miles, and rushed to Baling, if it weren't for General Gan, I'm afraid that this official would have fallen into the hands of Jiangdong Xiaoxiao now, and although the leader of Wei has the grace of helping, he has no real merits, and he has the same people, and the deputy governor is already the largest position that this official can allow, I don't know what the leader of Wei wants."

Liu Zhang finished speaking slowly, his face was calm, it was not that he didn't want to recruit Wei Wen, it could be seen from Wei Wen's temperament and Gan Ning's attitude that Wei Wen did have outstanding talents, but this was the most critical place.

A person who has gone to sea since he was a child and experienced life and death, and then fell into a group of thieves in the sinister Yunmengze, all the way to the peak, and even his blood is boiling to kill, if he shows his yield at the beginning, he will inevitably be arrogant, and even bully, such a person, even if he has talent, Liu Zhang also feels that he is a chicken talent.