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Just when Yin Zhendong was a cadre of the Protectorate officials because of Zhuge Fengye's attitude, Liu Xiang and his brother Liu Ling were walking into a small wine shop in Xibo Nigang. The curtain of the wine shop is not big, there are two floors above and below, and when Liu Xiang and the others walked in, the lower floor was already full of Long Xiangjun who were ready to board the ship the next day.

Seeing the two loyal military captains walk in, these Long Xiang Jun who were eating and drinking subconsciously stood up and saluted, Liu Xiang and Liu Ling just waved their hands, and went straight to the second floor.

After going up to the second floor, Liu Xiang and the two found a box facing the street and sat in, because the room was still stuffy with the day's savings, so the little servant who was waiting for the two of them opened the window affectionately, and it happened that a faint sea breeze blew, bringing a unique smell of the sea to the house, which instantly made people feel a lot cooler.

"Cut a chicken, two catties of mutton, and serve two vegetarian dishes casually." Liu Ling ordered the food and drinks. "Wine, let's have two cups first, don't go to sugarcane roast and cassava roast, these are too strong, you can make your own mixed fruit wine, tomorrow my brother will sail, it's not good to be drunk."

"Okay!" The little girl wrote down the names of the dishes and smiled at Liu Ling. "Lord Liu will serve you food in a moment."

"It looks like Big Brother is a regular here." Liu Xiang and the others said after retreating. "It's not the little brother, I'm going to say something about the eldest brother, it's better to stay and ask for a sister-in-law with this money, so that it can be passed on to our Liu family in the future."

"Second child, you and I are both men on the boat, walking at the feet of the Dragon King, I don't know when something happens to me, why delay others." Liu Ling waved his hand. "As for inheriting the lineage of our old Liu family, isn't there still you and your younger siblings, no matter if the Dragon Lord doesn't take away your brother and me, you just need to have a few more sons, and then you can give me one succession."

Liu Xiang's expression darkened, and he said in a solemn tone: "Big brother, I know that you are wronged, otherwise, you can simply apply for decommissioning, go back to your hometown in Zhejiang, be a landlord, or sail for the owner, in short, you will not be angry with this bird." ”

Grievance? Of course.

As the old department of Fang Xipeng in the former Zhoushan Detachment, even ship commanders like Liu Xiang who have entered the Sailor Academy for further study are restricted from use, not to mention those old guys who can only operate hard sailing ships.

So over the years, the housing department has basically been cleared out of the sailors, and only a very small part has entered the Yangtze River fleet, so compared to others, Liu Ling, who can stay at sea, is lucky.

But what is the state of the fleet in Xiboni?

It can be said that except for the two soft-sail notification ships, which still have some combat power, the rest only have the ability to fight in the coastal sea, and they cannot deal with the Tessie plywood ships that often come and go in this sea area.

But how could Liu Ling become the commander of the soft sailing ship?

Not to mention anything else, just because he had not entered the Sailor Academy denied his command qualifications.

You can't be the captain of a soft-sail clipper, and you don't have to be useless to steer an old-fashioned junk.

However, with the expansion of the strength of the Zheng army's naval division and its continuous cruise, the pirates in South China and the lines of Bac Ha, Quang Nam, Champang, Cam Ranh, Chenla, Siam, and Ngai were either forced to surrender or swept away, and the pirates in the direction of Dongning and Luzon on the eastern front were even strangled by the Zheng army and the Spaniards, so that a large number of pirates disappeared in Southeast Asia, and a small group of pirates could only flee to Sumatra, the Strait of Malacca, Java and the Spice Islands.

The Ming Zheng ocean-going trading ships flying the blue, red and blue flags that appeared on the ocean could not be snatched, and the Taixi soft sailing ships, which were sometimes armed merchant ships and sometimes turned into pirates, could not be beaten.

"Back to Zhejiang?" Liu Ling sighed, at this time, the little guy began to come over to serve the food, Liu Ling kept silent, and only waited for the other party to close the door again, then shook his head. "I can't go back, my father's burial place is now the feudal kingdom of King Damingzong, if I really go back, won't it affect you."

Seeing Liu Xiang open his mouth to argue, Liu Ling stopped: "Don't say that you go back with me, the eldest brother is a waste, you have a rugged future but at least you still have a future, you can go further than the eldest brother, and the eldest brother can't drag you down." Besides, your eldest brother and I are old fur dogs, and it's not practical to get off the boat. ”

Liu Xiang's face turned red, but Liu Ling's words had already been said to this, so he could only move forward in a roundabout way: "Since the eldest brother doesn't want to go back to his hometown, it's better to go to Guangzhou to become a naturalist, and the younger brother should be close to him." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about," Liu Ling laughed. "The rules of this domain must be changed in three years, you let the eldest brother naturalize Guangzhou, and when you are transferred to the north, how can you get close. What's more, even if you are naturalized in Guangzhou, with your eldest brother and me's unstable temper, you still have to walk the ocean as a captain, and it will not be time to see each other at that time. ”

Liu Xiang still wanted to persuade again, so he said: "Now there is a shortage of ocean-going captains, in the name of the eldest brother Zhongwu Lieutenant, which shipowner does not rush to ask for it, the salary is high, and there is no need to suffer from this nest." ”

"Big brother doesn't want to sail for the owner." Liu Ling replied categorically. "It's not your eldest brother that I'm losing my temper, I've thought about it."

Liu Ling raised three fingers: "First, I am now an official, once I am in charge of the ship for the shipowner, I will be the people, from the official to the people, can your eldest brother lose this face?" ”

This is not wrong, the Chinese have always been official-oriented, even if they cut their posts for the people, they must put on a stinky shelf, how can Liu Ling put a good official and not be a ship's bow.

"Second, although your eldest brother and I usually only transport goods to Batavia, Malacca, and Nai, most of them are not dangerous, and they can transport goods for the shipowner, and the risk of sailing is greater."

Liu Ling explained: "Although there are no large number of pirates on the current routes, what should I do if I encounter a Taixi ship that is also a merchant and a court? ”

This is not false, after all, an armed ship that doubles as a merchant ship, there are cannons that can bombard, and if you can't bombard, you can also risk relying on hand-to-hand combat, and how many sailors can come forward to fight in an ordinary merchant ship, and how many cannons can resist, plus the shipowner must transport more goods in order to make huge profits, and when the time comes, you can't beat people and can't run people, isn't it a dead end.

Liu Xiang thought about it, and couldn't help but admit that Liu Ling was reasonable, so he asked, "What about the third reason." ”

Liu Ling touched his head: "The third reason hasn't been thought of yet, I'll talk about it when I think about it." ”

Liu Xiang almost vomited blood, but the first two reasons were enough, so he no longer persuaded him, but just poured wine for his brother-in-law: "Since the eldest brother has made up his mind, I won't persuade the younger brother, but I beg the elder brother to take care of himself." ”

"It's just that Shangguan doesn't see him." Liu Ling took the wine and touched a glass with Liu Xiang, and drank it all. "I think it's a good thing, so I don't have to get involved in their rotten things, and I won't be able to distinguish it lightly in the future."

Liu Ling put down the cup, picked up a chopstick, put the dish in his mouth, chewed a few bites, and swallowed it.

"Your brother and I don't have any livestock and no money to spare, even if they want to splash dirty water, there is nowhere to splash it."

This is the wisdom of the Chinese peasant, what Liu Xiang can think of, Liu Ling has long thought of.

"It's just that you kid has to work hard, and by the way, save my son's belongings"

On February 20 of the first year of Taishun, the Xibo mud transport fleet of the Western Fleet of Zheng Jun's naval division escorted 200 troops and some officials from the Xibo Nidu Protectorate garrison from Borneo and arrived at Xuyamen Island in two days and one night.

"Today, the official speaks for the king." Stepping on the beach by the sea, Zhuge Maple Leaf, who had the highest status, announced loudly the results of the discussion with the Metropolitan Protectorate during the voyage. "The land under your feet, from now on is the land of this domain, that is, the land, the land of the inch, not to be discarded, where there is a finger to invade even if it is far away, it will be punished!"

"Wan Sheng!" and "Hooray! The cheers then spread from the mouths of hundreds of men, vibrating the birds that crackled and fluttered their wings, and filled the uninhabited seaside swamp with new hope. Of course, these soldiers who were far away from their home country did not know the meaning of what they were doing, but the glory of opening up the territory still made them forget their nostalgia and loneliness for a while.

"Hurry up and take off your baggage." After cheering, Du Hu Yin Zhendong ordered. "There must be rain at night, pay attention to the cement and don't get wet."

Under his reprimand, the small boats continued to unload the construction materials carried on the large ships, and the head of the Metropolitan Guardian Workshop, accompanied by several guards, went to check the place where the erection was planned. Looking at this busy Qiqi, Yin Zhendong, who had a sense of accomplishment, said to Zhuge Maple Ye, who looked a little unsightly: "Lord Zhuge here, this place is hasty, please go on the boat to rest." ”

Zhuge Maple Ye understood the landlord's thoughts, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, the next thing, the official will not overstep his responsibilities."

When Zhuge returned to the boat, Liu Xiang, who had a stern face, was already waiting there: "My lord, I have arranged for [Yanziji] and [Xiyun 17] to cruise to the strait in the north, but when I just came over, Xiaguan noticed that there seemed to be several big islands in the south, the distance was not far, and I could get there in half a day by making a small row, and Xiaguan was going to take [Xiyun 11] over to deter it, I don't know what the adults thought." ”

Zhuge Fengye frowned: "Liu Zhongwu, what you want now is to cover the 6 Shangjianqi, if the [Baisha Island] is sent to Zhensu Island at this moment, will it let people take advantage of the situation, otherwise, don't we have to stay for seven days, and wait for the last day, let's pull the whole team over to deter, I think the effect will be better." ”

Liu Xiang thought for a while and agreed: "The adults are thoughtful, so good. ”

"This official is also a voyeur." Zhuge Maple Ye said with a smile. "The king is waiting for our good news in Wuchang, so we can only do it well, and we can't mess it up."

"My lord, that's right, it's just that it's easy to start, but it's hard to do it well."

"This requires the Western Fleet and the Western Bo Nidu Protectorate to cooperate sincerely." Zhuge Maple Ye looked at no one on the side, so he revealed. "There are rumors in the domain that the king intends to set up another capital in the Xuanya Gate."

Liu Xiang's eyes flashed: "This is really good news"

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