Looking at Guo Jingxian, Yue Yang said in a deep voice: "Do you know what the responsibilities of our Weihai Guardian Water Division are?" Do you know what the consequences of your silence are? Do you know what will happen to Shandong's new policy once all our businessmen are too scared to go to sea? ”

Yue Yang's three in a row made Guo Jingxian stunned, and he stood aside with his head hanging and couldn't speak for a while. And Mao Xiang and Chen Zhenhui were also standing aside and were so frightened that they didn't dare to say anything, seeing Yue Yang, who rarely trained people, making a rare public frenzy today, they were a little at a loss for a while.

The same is true for Guo Jingxian, since Yue Yang invited him to serve as a guerrilla general of the water division, Yue Yang has always spoken to him kindly, and it is the first time to train people in public like today.

After being stunned for a while, Guo Jingxian said expectantly: "Master Hou, the humiliation is because I am worried...... I am worried that the Weihai Weishui Division has just been built, and if we really want to stand up for those maritime merchants, we will have to fight with the Zheng family in an all-round way, and that result is not something we can afford. ”

"Hmm!" Yue Yang nodded, Guo Jingxian's worry does have a certain reason, although a few days ago they severely damaged dozens of warships led by Zheng Zhibao, but this does not mean that the Zheng family's fleet is vulnerable, you must know that there are many ants and can bite elephants to death, if the Zheng family really comes out, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop it with the dozens of warships of the Weihai Weishui Division today.

However, Yue Yang didn't intend to end today's topic like this, he said with a calm face: "Your worries are also reasonable, but I'm afraid you haven't figured out one thing, at that time, a real water master who can fight is not by practice but by fighting, and our current scale of water division is not as good as the Zheng family, but this is not the point." The point is that while you taught the sailors how to operate a ship and how to operate a gun, there is one thing you didn't teach them. ”

Guo Jingxian asked in a daze: "Master Hou, I don't understand what else I haven't taught?" ”

Yue Yang glanced at him deeply and said word by word: "The spirit of the water master...... The spirit of fighting when you encounter the enemy! ”

"The spirit of fighting when you meet the enemy?" Guo Jingxian was stunned, then looked at Yue Yang with some confusion and pondered again.

Yue Yan should continue: "What is a water master? What is the purpose of our formation of the Mariner? Don't talk to me about those clichés, in fact, to put it bluntly, we set up a sailor to fight, and others bully us. The sailor will beat him, we will bully others, and the sailor will beat him. The Zheng family's fleet ran to our Shandong territory to burn and kill, and plundered, our sailors didn't think about how to fight back, but only thought about preserving their strength, what was the use of such sailors? I know that you feel sorry for our sailor who has just been built with great difficulty, but this is not a reason for you to avoid the war, everyone has hit the door and you are still hesitating to fight back, this is a coward's doing! Do you know why I fell in love with you at first sight and appointed you as the guerrilla general of the Navy Division, because I valued your courage to pull Zheng Zhilong off the horse. But do you still have the courage to do that? ”

At this time, Guo Jingxian had been told by Yue Yang that his whole body was sweating, and his forehead was also covered with beads of sweat, and his mind recalled the situation when he first established the Weihai Weishui Division.

Yes, he swore in front of the Hou Ye that he would find Zheng Zhilong and his Zheng family fleet to overturn all, but it was less than two years since he became a guerrilla general of this naval division, and with the expansion of his strength, his courage became smaller and smaller, and now even the courage to fight with the Zheng family fleet has almost disappeared.

Come to think of it. Guo Jingxian finally lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, the last general is wrong. ”

Seeing that Guo Jingxian finally lowered his head, Yue Yang smiled: "Do you know it's wrong? ”

"Yes, the Admiral is really wrong!"

"It's good to know it's wrong!" Yue Yang waved his hand disappreciatively: "Okay." Raise your head, our Weihai Weishui Division's men would rather shed blood than tears, so it doesn't matter if you lose face, you can get it back! ”

At this time, where did Guo Jingxian dare to object. Hurriedly nodded and said, "Don't worry, Lord Hou, the last general will send out all the fleets to escort our caravan." ”

"Escort? No...... Don't bother. Surprisingly, Yue Yang objected.

"What...... Don't you escort the caravan? Hearing this, it was not only Guo Jingxian. Even Mao Xiang and Chen Zhenhui on the side were stunned, what's wrong with Master Hou? Didn't you just say that you would fight when you meet the enemy, but now you don't let the escort go, what's going on?

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, a hint of cunning flashed in Yue Yang's eyes and asked, "General Guo, Ben Hou heard that if any merchant ship in Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang wants to go to sea, it must buy a flag issued by the Zheng family with a lot of money and hang it on the mast, isn't that so?" ”

"Exactly!" Guo Jingxian hurriedly replied: "This is the rule of the Zheng family for more than ten years, if you do not hang the flag issued by the Zheng family, if you are encountered by the Zheng family's fleet at sea, your property will be hijacked, and you will be slaughtered. ”

"Hey...... So domineering and majestic! Yue Yang laughed hesitantly, and suddenly asked, "General Guo, what do you say will happen if we detain those merchant ships flying the Zheng family's flag?" ”

"What...... Let's rob too? Everyone was stunned, what was going on? Could it be that the Hou Ye also wants to change careers and start the pirate business?

Yue Yang narrowed his eyes, and his face showed a hint of hideousness, "Come and don't be rude, since the Zheng family's ship is specifically attacking our flashing ship, then we can also attack their ship." Ben Hou wants to take a look, who is afraid of whom if you fight hard? ”

"Yes...... But ......" Mao Xiang on the side only felt that his brain was a little insufficient, "You are the marquis of the emperor's entitlement, if you are involved in a book by the ministers and officials of the court, it will be troublesome?" ”

"Trouble?" Yue Yang snorted lightly: "Ben Hou asked you, Zheng Zhilong has been doing this business-free business for so many years, are there still fewer people who participate in him?" Did the court punish them? ”

"This ......"

The three of them looked at each other with a look at each other, and no one could speak......

The weather in the South China Sea in June is always good, and most of the time is suitable for going to sea, whether it is fishing or transportation, so it is common to see all kinds of sea vessels passing by on various routes.

Some people may ask, where is the sea so big from the same place, why follow a certain route. In fact, the person who asks this question is a layman at first glance, the sea is indeed boundless, but there are many reefs and coral reefs on the sea, if the ship is indiscriminate, it is very likely to hit these reefs, and the ship will be damaged or the ship will be destroyed, so all the ships are either sailing along the coastline or following the safe route explored by the previous ships when they go to sea, and it is very dangerous to leave the safe route without authorization.

On the blue sea, a fleet of three 500-riku ships and four 300-riku ships sailed from Nagasaki to Fujian, loaded with Japanese lacquerware, raw silk and other specialties.

This fleet belongs to a businessman named Zhang Dongsheng in Fujian, who has been sailing at sea for more than a week, and seeing that they will be able to return to Fujian in a few days, Zhang Dongsheng felt a wave of excitement in his heart when he returned to Fujian and made several times the profit of this batch of goods.

"The owner...... After we go back this time, we will be able to add another big ship of 500 materials. ”

Just when Zhang Dongsheng was thinking about his thoughts, the captain's slightly hoarse voice sounded next to him, this captain was an old man who had been with Zhang Dongsheng for more than ten years, and he was also Zhang Dongsheng's confidant.

Seeing the captain, Zhang Dongsheng smiled and said: "Old Bi, you don't know, my lifelong wish is to form a big fleet, and after earning enough silver, I will buy a garden in Yangzhou for the elderly." As the so-called waist wraps 100,000 cranes to ride down Yangzhou, it is not in vain to come to this time. ”

Lao Bi is nearly ten years older than Zhang Dongsheng, and he is nearly fifty years old this year, but his body is still quite tough, he smiled after hearing this: "You will definitely be able to do it, and the villain will be able to follow the light, and when the loess is buried in the neck, you can also follow the owner to Yangzhou to enjoy a few days of happiness." ”

"Haha...... There must be this day! Zhang Dongsheng laughed.

While the two were talking and laughing, they suddenly heard the sailor in charge of the lookout in the rear roaring: "Dongjia, Boss Bi, there is a ship coming in front." ”

"Oh...... Who will be here this time? Zhang Dongsheng didn't care, there were a lot of ships passing by on this route, but he didn't know which fleet came. He turned his head to Boss Bi and laughed: "Old Bi, can you guess which fleet came over this time?" Li Jia...... The Zhao family is still a flower family, I guessed correctly, I will invite you to drink when you go ashore. ”

Boss Bi shook his head and smiled: "The owner is laughing again, how can this kind of thing be guessed, maybe it is...... Hey...... What is that? Not good...... I'm afraid there is something wrong with the ship in front! ”

"What, how is this possible? This generation is the territory of the Zheng family, who dares to come here to spread wild! ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Dongsheng's heart jumped violently, and there were two things that merchant ships were most afraid of when they sailed on the vast sea, the first was the storm, and the second was piracy. If you are lucky enough to run into a storm, you will be able to escape, but if you encounter pirates, you will have no money or money, and you may even have to take your life.

Slowly the distance between the two sides narrowed, looking at the fleet coming quickly from the front, Zhang Dongsheng and Boss Bi's hearts were as cold as falling into an ice cellar, and the fleet coming from front was really too unexpected for them. (To be continued......)