Chapter 375: Showing off his might
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Ying Yu didn't mean to bargain with Liu Mazi, it was worth it to complete this large-scale task with 100,000 taels of silver. He pointed out that Liu Mazi would not encounter any risks, because he wanted Liu Mazi to understand that he was not wronged, and he readily agreed to spend so much money because he wanted to make Liu Mazi a friend.
Ying Yu had the idea of hiring Liu Mazi, who had worked as a pipe band in the Nanyang Naval Division, and more than 200 of his men were from the regular navy, and many of them had participated in the Battle of Mawei. If Liu Mazi can be subdued, the navy talent reserve can be carried out, and there will be no shortage of people after buying warships in the future.
Ying Yu has always regarded Chen Hao as his fierce rival, and Chen Hao's snatching of warships to develop in Cam Ranh Bay stimulated him a lot, so he had the idea of developing the navy. As the value of the game currency continues to depreciate against real currency, when the time is right, he also wants to invest a large amount of money to build a fleet.
Now Ying Yu has not found an opportunity to subdue Liu Mazi, but he believes that as long as he maintains a good relationship, he will have a chance, so he is willing to meet it. The two staggered, and after a while, Liu Mazi was a little drunk, he picked up his wine glass and said: "Brother Eagle Feather, let's go one, and your ship will be ...... in Nanyang in the future."
Before Liu Mazi finished speaking, the bearded man who had come with the eagle feather ran in in a panic and said: "The boss is not good, there are several large warships on the sea, and there is a battleship among them......"
Liu Mazi's face sank and said: "Third brother, what are you flustered about, how many warships are coming, you can explain it clearly first." ”
"Five warships, one battleship and one cruiser, and three more destroyers." The bearded man said with a sad face: "Boss, it doesn't matter how many warships come!" Even if there is only one battleship, we can't beat it! ”
Liu Mazi's face was very ugly, and he paced back and forth a few steps. He said to himself: "I have never dared to provoke the Britons and the French, why would they send a fleet to encircle me?" Third, are you sure those five warships are heading towards us? ”
The bearded man nodded and said, "Just now, the brothers bumped into it twenty nautical miles away when they were patrolling, and we are the only one near Pure Water Island, so they must have come here." ”
Ying Yu next to him couldn't help but move in his heart, he stood up and said, "Boss Liu." I don't know if you've heard of Chen Baxian? ”
Liu Mazi suddenly realized: "Are you talking about the Chen Baxian who robbed the foreigner warship some time ago?" Yes, I admired him a lot after hearing about this at the time, but I didn't interfere with the river water with his well water, why did he come to attack my water purification island? ”
Eagle Feather shook his head and said, "I don't know! However, Chen Baxian has always been very ambitious, and it is normal for him to have the intention of annexing Pure Water Island, Boss Liu, you have to be careful. ”
Ying Yu didn't expect that Chen Hao had already sent someone to Lingnan to hire people, so he never suspected that it was the people from Cam Ranh Bay who kidnapped Li Ergou to find out the information. After knowing that it was the warship from Cam Ranh Bay that was heading for Pure Water Island, he thought that Chen Hao had the same purpose as him, and he also wanted to win over Liu Mazi on Pure Water Island.
Ying Yu said that Chen Hao was extremely ambitious and wanted to sow discord. Let Liu Mazi preemptively guard against Chen Hao, and prevent Chen Hao from rushing to subdue Liu Mazi before him. It's a pity that his words didn't have an effect, Liu Mazi just said nonchalantly: "Is a man still called a man if he has no ambition?" I have always admired people who dare to go against foreign devils, and I didn't want to watch my boss and foreign devils go along with my brothers when I brought my brothers to Purify Water Island, I feel that Chen Baxian and I should be all the way. ”
"Third brother, let all the brothers gather immediately, and we will go to the dock to meet Boss Chen Baxian. Everyone is Chinese, and I think he has no ill will towards us. Let's ask him about his purpose first. ”
Ying Yu secretly complained in his heart, but he couldn't find a way to pour dirty water on Chen Hao for a while. If you say it, it may cause Liu Mazi to be disgusted. Just as he was hesitating whether to go to the dock, Liu Mazi turned back to him after gathering his manpower and said, "Brother Eagle Feather, you and Chen Baxian are both strangers, it should be easier to communicate, why don't you go with me!" ”
Ying Yu couldn't refuse, because he had just said bad things about Chen Hao. At this juncture, he used the festival with Chen Hao to blame Liu Mazi, and he would despise him. So he smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I have met Chen Baxian a few times, and I was a classmate with him when I was in Kaiping Wubei Academy, but I didn't have a deep relationship. ”
Liu Mazi was overjoyed and said: "That dare is good, if Chen Ba wants to attack my Pure Water Island first, I hope that the Eagle Feather brothers will maneuver around it." ”
Chen Hao set off before Eagle Feather. He arrived late because he made a ticket on the way and plundered a Spanish merchant ship. The merchant ship contained tens of thousands of silver dollars worth of cargo, and he robbed the ship along with it, adding 20 points to the Spanish government's disgust with him.
When the five warships approached Pure Water Island, due to receiving Liu Mazi's order, the ships of Pure Water Island did not go to sea. Liu Mazi is very self-aware, his pirate fleet nominally has eighteen ships, but only the two offshore gunboats that he got when he left the naval division have some combat effectiveness, and the other ships have problems dealing with ordinary merchant ships.
Since he is not an opponent at all, he simply doesn't go to sea at all, so he lowers his posture and asks the other party's purpose clearly. Liu Mazi was very apprehensive in his heart, he was thinking about whether to accept it if Chen Baxian really wanted to annex him. There is no danger to defend on Pure Water Island, and it is not a long-term place after all, so Liu Mazi doesn't mind finding a way out for his brothers. But he didn't know what Chen Hao was like, and if he was forced to take refuge, it would be difficult to accept it in his heart.
Chen Hao saw that the pirate ship did not move, and his face showed an appreciative look, this Liu Mazi really knew the current affairs. He came on a battleship to show off his might, if Liu Mazi was not interested, he would definitely threaten, now Liu Mazi lowered his posture, and it was better if everyone didn't tear their faces, so that there would be a chance to hire Liu Mazi in the future.
Chen Hao came to Pure Water Island this time to ask Liu Mazi to come forward to rob the slave ship, but he also had the intention of wooing Liu Mazi. An NPC like Liu Mazi, who is the boss himself, can't be done overnight if he wants to win over, so he has to wait for the task opportunity after slowly getting in touch. If he directly threatens Liu Mazi to take refuge, Liu Mazi will either fight to the end, or his loyalty will be almost zero after pretending to take refuge, neither of which is what he wants.
After the battleship Qin Shi Huang anchored on Pure Water Island, Liu Mazi hugged his fists and said, "Is it Chen Ba who is the first master of Chen Da to come?" ”
Chen Hao instructed the other NPCs to be on guard on the warship, and then he took Cuiyun Niang and Lin Hei'er to the dock, and laughed: "Liu Da Boss is too polite, everyone is begging for a living at sea, I am many years younger than Liu Da Boss, if the big boss can afford to call me a brother." ”
Liu Mazi said with a smile: "After I heard that my brother robbed a foreigner warship in Yingkou, I felt that Brother Chen and I were all the way, and I felt like relatives after meeting." You strangers are very bold, I admire his courage when Brother Eagle Feather dared to go to the island with ten people, and Brother Chen's family dared to go to the island with two girls, and he was even more bold!"
Chen Hao is quite courageous, because he is not afraid of Liu Mazi attacking him at all, he is a player who can be resurrected after death. If Liu Mazi dares to have bad intentions, the five warships on the dock are not decorations, and only idiots would have such an idea. Liu Mazi can become a pirate leader, obviously he can't be an idiot, so his safety can definitely be guaranteed.
After listening to Liu Mazi's words, Chen Hao thought of the eagle feather behind Liu Mazi, and he said in surprise: "Brother Eagle Feather, where don't you meet in life!" When I was the general office of the Baoding Military Academy, you were still studying at the military academy, and you never imagined that I would leave the military academy and come to this vast sea, and you and I would meet again on the sea. ”
Liu Mazi couldn't help but glance at the eagle feather next to him, and felt that this stranger was not honest, and what he said was very heavy. Liu Mazi has been away from the mainland for many years, and he does not know the relationship between Kaiping Military Academy and Baoding Military Academy, but he knows that both are military schools. Ying Yu said that he was a classmate with Chen Baxian, but now Chen Baxian said to his face that he was the head office of the military academy, and Ying Yu was just a student under him. The so-called Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher, in order to elevate his identity, Ying Yu actually lied and said that he was a classmate of the General Office of the Military Academy, this character seems to be very problematic!
Ying Yu found Liu Mazi's suspicious look, his heart seemed to be 100,000 grass and mud horses rolling by, and he secretly regretted that he said that he knew Chen Ba first. He only told Liu Mazi and Chen Hao that they were classmates in the Kaiping Military Academy, and did not mention the Baoding Military Academy, because he didn't want Liu Mazi to know that they were teachers and students. People in this era pay attention to respecting teachers, and talk about the experience of Baoding Military Academy, if he conflicts with Chen Hao, Liu Mazi may not have a good impression of him.
But after a lot of calculations, I didn't expect the damn Chen Ba to mention the matter of Baoding Military Academy after meeting first, aren't you lucky to be the principal for two years? Need to show superiority in front of me?
Although he was very unhappy in his heart, Ying Yu still pretended to be enthusiastic and said, "Yes! The world is unpredictable, when we were in the Kaiping Military Academy, we were still classmates, and when we arrived at the Baoding Military Academy, you served as the general office. Ha ha! I didn't expect you to be even more amazing after leaving the military academy, you have become a hegemon on the sea, and you can establish a country after annexing more islands in the future!"
Ying Yu was greeting Chen Hao on the surface, but in fact he was explaining to Liu Mazi the relationship between Baoding Military Academy and Kaiping Military Academy, and he didn't want Liu Mazi to think that he was not sincere. Pointing out that Chen Hao is a hegemon and wants to annex more islands is a euphemism to remind Liu Mazi who is his enemy.
Liu Mazi showed a sudden look, but he also believed that Ying Yu didn't tell a lie, but he felt that Ying Yu was not hearty enough. Chen Baxian was not only his classmate but also his teacher, but he deliberately only mentioned part of it, which was very dishonest. As for Eagle Feather's hint that Chen Baxian wants to annex more islands, this has little impact on Liu Mazi, he Liu Mazi and his subordinates are pirates for a while, and he is not very interested in occupying the mountain as the king, if Chen Baxian is worthy of refuge, it is okay to be annexed by him. (To be continued......)