Could it have something to do with the Five Elements Banner Alliance? They control the vast sea area, including the coastal sea, and the strength of the former East China Sea border army is not as strong as the pirates, and they will be beaten as soon as they go to sea, and if they lose too much, they will lose their morale, so they simply retreat on land and let the pirates grow stronger? ”

"I don't rule it out."

"But how did the merchant ships get in?"

"Maybe you paid a toll to a pirate?" A reasonable inference is given.

"Tut-tut-tut......" Qi Ke shook his head speechlessly, "So compared to this, I have always thought that the pirates are more threatening, but in fact, no, is the pirate a greater threat?" The pirates control the coastal waters all the year round, which is the real way to shake the country's foundation, and the main responsibility of the border army in the East China Sea should be to exterminate the coastal pirates, defend the coastline, and protect the maritime trade. ”

"You're just a deputy village chief, just know these guesses, don't tell the public."

"You know, I'm just figuring it out myself." Qi Ke naturally didn't break his mouth, and his eyes fell on the map of Hekou Bay, "If you really take us to Hekou Bay to go ashore, how far are we from here now?" How far is it back to the village from there after going ashore? ”

Zhaolin immediately gave a new road map, drew a line on the sea and a line on the land, and Qi Ke carefully studied it on the land route.

Hekouwan belongs to the neighboring town of the neighboring town, called Liangshui Town, and after the river and wharf of the Senhesuo are repaired, the boat can enter the Jiuzhi River and arrive at Liangshui Town from the Qianhesuo River.

But now this shortest waterway is not passable, if Qi Ke goes ashore from Liangshui Town, there is no convenient waterway and can only take the land route, and he has to walk for several days to come back.

"It's really troublesome to have inconvenient transportation." Qi Ke put the tablet on his lap aside, hugged the king a little irritably, sucked the wolf and relaxed, and the king twisted his head and licked her face.

"And we're going to have to walk back on this trip."

"That is, there must be an army accompanying the return by the side when the time comes." Qi Ke subconsciously touched her buttocks, she felt a little sore in her butt now, and it was terrible to come back by land, whether it was riding a horse or a carriage.

Zhaolin patted Qi Ke's shoulder sympathetically, "No way, grit your teeth and endure it." ”

"Nope! There's another way! Qi Ke refused to accept her fate, and it really gave her a new idea, and she sat up straight suddenly.

"Huh?"

"How can we forget about the shipbuilders? Four of the eight small boats have been repaired, and four of them have remained untouched, so let them send soldiers to the sea to pick us up in small boats, and then take us back by the way? The soldiers got on the boat and decided which dock they were going to anchor the ship to, and we went ashore anyway. ”

"Well, that's a way to do that."

"Right, we have just fallen into a misunderstanding, forgetting that once the army learns that there is a newly acquired trophy ship at sea, it will definitely try to control the ship in their own hands as soon as possible, how can we let us sail the ship to the designated place on our own, we are really not afraid that the pirates on the ship will resist and snatch back the ship and leave in style? There are only three of us, a wolf and an eagle, guarding a boatload of captives, and whether we can safely spend the night is a big question mark. ”

"It's a good idea, but there's a reality you shouldn't forget."

"What?"

"The Bai family army wants to pray that we can spend the night safely, and we have to pray that the soldiers sent by the Bai family army to meet us are all waterproof and not seasick, otherwise the journey of going to sea in a small boat alone will make them vomit all in the dark."