The high seas, nominally a shared sea area, is actually a three-regardless zone, here, tens of thousands of miles of vast sea area, there is no imperial power, no government, some are just pirates, caravans and mercenary groups, because of some sensitive reasons, the army can not easily set foot here, so this has become a sea area dominated by pirates when the armies of various countries do not appear.

The Dragon Banner Pirate Regiment, a more powerful pirate regiment above the Snake Banner Pirate Regiment, only the Snake Flag Pirate Regiment with a gold-class capital battleship can be qualified to compete for the qualification to fly the Dragon Flag.

Why compete?

Because the number of Dragon Banner pirates is fixed!

Why is it fixed?

Because there are only so many small islands on the high seas that can be used as nests, and there is no territory even on the high seas, what qualifications do you have to hang the dragon flag?

Therefore, if you want to upgrade, you have to kill the existing Dragon Banner Pirate Group, rob their territory, and hold it in order to be recognized by your peers and become a member of the Dragon Flag Pirate Group.

Unlike the Snake Banner Pirate Regiment divided into nine levels, the Dragon Flag Pirate Regiment on the far sea is only divided into four levels, the lower, the middle, the upper and the giant, the lower Dragon Banner Pirate Regiment has a total of 108, the median is 36, the upper is 12, and the giant is only 4, and the number will be reduced by 3 times every time it is promoted by one level.

On the other hand, mercenary mercenary groups naturally have only four ranks, and similarly, the army is composed of small fleets, medium fleets, large fleets, and side naval fleets.

Even the most powerful Great Qin Empire only has the establishment of the navy fleet in the east, south, west, and north defense aspects, as well as the imperial guard fleet, the imperial honor fleet, and the fleet directly under the imperial captain, and the establishment of the naval fleet in the seven aspects, which shows how strong the pirates are on the high seas!

On the border of the Empire, there are three median-level Dragon Banner Pirate Regiments, namely the Carp Dragon Pirate Regiment, the Electric Eel Pirate Regiment, and the Giant Claw Pirate Regiment.

In the saying on the earth, the underworld is mixed to a sufficient level, then it is also very status, if you take a group of washing, scissors, blows, and ponies all day long, collect protection money from door to door on the street, and rush at every turn, it will be a drop in price.

Therefore, once the Dragon Banner Pirate Group reaches the upper level, as long as the past caravan is sensible and obediently pays the protection fee, they are generally directly released, and even some are proficient in studying the pirate group, not only have their own caravan, but also have their own mercenary group and their own industry, relying on the heritage and signboard of the pirate group, multi-way development, on their own large enough island, established a complete social system, the number of people on the island is often more than 100,000, like a small kingdom.

Based on this situation, the Ocean Chamber of Commerce has obediently called for protection fees all the way, and even has always paid more, serving several pirate groups on the route, and at the same time, they are also funding the Lilong pirate group, which not only ensures their own smooth shipping routes, but also has the possibility of sharing a bowl of soup for the huge interests on the high seas.

The pursuit of profit, especially by the ocean-going chamber of commerce, makes it even more impossible and unreasonable for them to give up their interests on the high seas.

And Tang Ling's first stop was on Warship Island, east of the empire, only this safe passage could lead to the open sea, and in addition, there were either dense reefs, or there were fierce sea monsters frequently infested, almost nine deaths, or even ten deaths!

On December 10th, Tang Ling and the expeditionary fleet arrived at the periphery of Warship Island, because the Xinghaishi power system needs to release pressure regularly, so the continuous sailing time of the battleship is limited, 48 hours a day, two days and 24 hours, the time that can sail is only no more than 14 hours, and at night, most of the time it is not moving, so the voyage of more than 3,000 kilometers took five days.

Knowing of Tang Ling's arrival, Zhang Weilong immediately brought his generals to greet him collectively, and it was reasonable that Tang Ling's arrival was enough for him to go out to greet him personally, so none of his generals would be dissatisfied because he wanted to pick up a little fart.

Everything is because of strength, as long as there is strength, what about seven-year-old children? They own the most developed private island in the empire today, they have invented flying machines and airships, and they have the terrifying record of killing the ship-swallowing python twice, all of which are their own strength, so who dares to underestimate him? Who is qualified to dare to be an elder in front of him?

"Virtuous nephew, you didn't even say a word to me, although we have never met, but my brothers and I have long admired you!"

"Uncle Zhang is polite, you are the general of the empire guarding the eastern seas, Ling Er doesn't dare to make a mistake in front of you!" "Uncle Zhang", not "General Zhang", Tang Ling's details in the title made Zhang Weilong very happy, which means that the other party at least did not treat himself as a stranger.

"Uncle Long!"

"Ouch, my little Wan'er is so beautiful!"

"Where's that..."

Simple, calm, resolute face with a kind and unpretentious smile, upright posture gives people enough sense of security, strong arms show the strength of the owner. In Tang Ling's eyes, Zhang Weilong is an existence that conforms to the image of the "general" in his mind, he doesn't need to be murderous, nor does he need to be sharp, introverted, and plain, to be true.

The Zhang family has been loyal and good for generations, and there are many generals, but in this generation, it has shown signs of withering and declining, but even so, the two brothers Zhang Weilong and Zhang Lang are still supporting the Zhang family, in the next generation, Zhang Weilong's two sons, the eldest son has reached the age of 18, and now he is not only a soldier who has reached the third level in strength, but also a qualified assault ship captain, commanding a gold-class main assault ship, charging for his father.

The second son, 14 years old, is good at speed, and at the same time his brain is also very flexible, and he is currently the youngest staff general (equivalent to a staff officer) in the warship island fleet.

This is the Zhang family, even though it has begun to decline, but every kind of bad breed is still rushing when it should be rushed, and it is on the top when it should be, and what is flowing on the body is the hot blood of war!

Tang Ling was silently observing the other party here, but those generals and Zhang Weilong himself were also observing Tang Ling's subordinates, they knew that most of Tang Ling's subordinates were born pirates, but when they saw it today, why did the other party look more like soldiers than them?

From the very beginning, after getting off the battleship, the three hundred elites who accompanied them stood straight one by one, with their heads held high, their eyes unturned, neat queues, strong discipline, coupled with their restrained fighting spirit, as professional soldiers, these generals can feel it, although they have not seen them do it, but just looking at the military appearance of this order, they can be called elites, you know, they were all pirates not long ago!

It took a period of time to be able to train a group of lawless pirates to this point, and Treasure Boat Island really lived up to its reputation, Tang Ling, and it really lived up to its reputation!

There is no vanity under the fame, look at the appearance of others, some generals have begun to secretly compare them with their own elite soldiers, the result... Don't mention it!