The waves of the sea are rolling, and the dry and cold northwest wind blowing from the land makes the winter sea become violent, and the blue water of the past has become dark at this time, and the endless waves, with unfathomable power, are wantonly throwing everything on the sea and pressing it......

In the midst of the rough waves, a fleet of twelve warships was on the sea, lined up in two rows, against the wind, stubbornly zigzag-shaped, heading towards the land, and on November 9, the fleet completed its last patrol of the winter and was on its way back to the camp.

In this fleet, the giant ship that took the lead was the flagship black dragon ship of the Southeast Naval Division of the Han Empire, with a height of nearly three floors, a hull more than 20 zhang long, and a sharp and hideous dragon head clad iron ramming angle at the bow position, all of which made this black giant ship sailing on the sea full of awe-inspiring and inviolable majesty.

In the southeast sea of the Han Empire, as soon as this giant ship appears, those pirates, large and small, will flee from the wind for hundreds of miles, and will never dare to twist the tiger's whiskers, because everyone knows who the owner of this black dragon ship is, as long as this giant ship appears, then the figure who makes countless pirates in the southeast of the Han Empire tremble must be on this giant ship, that person, in the mouths of all pirates in this endless sea area, has a nickname - Black Dragon King!

The Black Dragon King is Zheng Huai'an!

At this moment, Zheng Huai'an was standing at the bow of the Black Dragon Ship, with his hands behind his back, looking at the vast sea in front of him and the outline of the coastline that had appeared, a blood-red cloak flying fiercely behind him.

Zheng Huai'an has gray temples, his figure is not tall and burly, but a little bit of the kind of obesity of a middle-aged man after he gets fat, if it weren't for the kind of non-angry and self-righteous momentum on his body and the pair of sharp eyes like an eagle and a falcon, at first glance, such a person is more like the shopkeeper of a restaurant and an inn, rather than a high-ranking admiral of the southeast sailor of the Han Empire.

The giant ship rode the wind and waves, and there were some bumps, and Zheng Huai'an, who was standing at the bow of the ship, was motionless as if it had taken root under his feet.

Looking at the gradually clear bay on the sea level in the distance, Zheng Huai'an, who had a worried face, sighed quietly.

"My lord, it's been more than two months, isn't there any news from the military department......" A naval division officer in his forties with a heroic face had quietly come behind Zheng Huai'an, and when he heard Zheng Huai'an's helpless sigh, the naval division officer asked.

"This time it's the same as last time," Zheng Huaian didn't turn his head, and said calmly, with a hint ......of helplessness in his tone.

Hearing Zheng Huai'an's answer, the young sailor officer's face immediately showed indignation, " When will those lords of the military department understand that this vast sea is not the outer land of the Han Empire, there are thousands of islands in this sea, spices, pearls, gold and silver, all kinds of wealth and treasures are inexhaustible, and there are hundreds of overseas countries, countless, large and small, if I don't make a strategy for the South China Sea Thousand Islands early and strengthen the strength of my southeast naval division, the future of this sea will be changed from good to harm to my Han Empire, a few months ago the country of Che Ni was destroyed, I heard that those Haiyi who destroyed the country of Che Ni are unprecedented races, red hair and green eyes, like black robes, bloodthirsty and greedy, these Haiyi fleets heard that they were brought to the country by the stormI didn't expect that within a few days, more than 20,000 people in the royal capital of the entire Che Ni country were killed by those Haiyi, and they were burned after being robbed, according to eyewitnesses, the ships that Haiyi rode on used a spinnaker, the hull style system had never been seen, and it was very flexible and not small in scale at sea, there were dozens of ships, and it was by no means an ordinary pirate and a small country of Haiyi could make it, I was afraid of ......"

The young sailor officer wanted to speak and stopped, but even if he didn't say the following words, Zheng Huaian could understand that it was not necessarily a good thing for a wolf to leave after eating enough meat, because in the future, this wolf might recruit a group of wolves.

"The affairs of the Imperial Capital City are not up to me!" Zheng Huai'an turned his head, looked at the young sailor officer, and said simply, "This time when you go back, you will pass on the news, all the maritime merchants, as long as they can provide the news and whereabouts of those red-haired Haiyi, I will have a heavy reward, all the sailors, if there are those who capture those red-haired Haiyi ships, the officers and soldiers will all be promoted to the third rank, and the reward will be 10,000 taels ......of silver, and all pirates, no matter who it is, as long as they send the ships of the Hongmao Haiyi, I will give him the island where the king of Che Mu is located."

"Yes!"

Zheng Huai'an looked at the gloomy sky north of the direction of the fleet, and sighed secretly in his heart, the imperial court does not pay attention to the sailors, which makes the coastal bandits flooded, the South China Sea Thousand Islands guard the southeast coastal gateway of the Han Empire, not only a strategic location, but also rich resources, countless treasures, but these, are not in the eyes of those lords in the imperial court, for those people in the imperial court, the sailors, only need to guard the coast of the Han Empire, don't let the pirates make waves, in the past ten years, the pirates on the southeast coast of the empire have been more and more, several pirates have joined forces vertically and horizontally, and there has been some climate faintly, but on the other hand, the Southeast Naval Division has not added a new ship for ten years......

The fall of the country is a loud wake-up call, this sea is boundless, it is too big, no one knows what is on the other side of the sea, unknown, often accompanied by awe......

......

Two hours later, before dark, the fleet finally returned to the bustling Haizhou port, Zheng Huai'an had just come down from the ship, an attendant came to him quickly, whispered a few words in his ear, Zheng Huai'an was slightly stunned, and then ordered, "Then take them to the side hall of the Admiral's Mansion, I will meet them there!"

Two quarters of an hour later, the dusty Zheng Huai'an met with two guests who claimed to be from Huizhou in the side hall of the Admiral's Mansion.

The two guests, one in his fifties and the other in his thirties, looked like a capable character in the rivers and lakes, especially the one in his fifties, just from a distance, Zheng Huaian felt that that person's cultivation had advanced to the realm of a great martial artist.

"Huizhou Guangsheng Dart Bureau dart head Zhou Yuanlong and dart master Chen Zhiwu have seen Lord Admiral!"

These two people entered the side hall, and the dart head named Zhou Yuanlong stared at Zheng Huai'an carefully for a few moments, and after confirming Zheng Huai'an's identity, they gave Zheng Huai'an a salute together.

"Huizhou is not close to Haizhou, I don't know what happened to Zhou Darttou who came all the way to Haizhou to see me?" After letting the two sit down, Zheng Huaian asked calmly.

"That's the case, more than a month ago, we received a dart from the Guangsheng Dart Bureau, and the employer entrusted us to be sure to deliver a piece of something to the Admiral in person before the 15th of this month!" Zhou Dart said, he had already taken out something from his arms and put it on the table next to him, and a saloon beside Zheng Huai'an walked over, took the thing, and put it in front of Zheng Huai'an.

Zheng Huai'an glanced at the thing, it was a brass metal cylinder, the whole cylinder was sealed with a layer of wax, and there were a few flower stamps on the wax, this kind of thing is more common in the army, and when transmitting urgent and important military information, such means are often used, of course, in the people, if you want to deliver some important letters, there will be people who do this, the metal cylinder can ensure that the letters to be delivered will not be damaged in the transmission process, and the layer of wax and the flower stamp on the wax that seals the cylinder can ensure that the letters in the cylinder will not be opened at will on the road, because once opened, the flower stamp will be broken, which can be seen at a glance。

The wax and stamps on the outside of this metal cylinder are very complete, so no one should have opened them on the way.

Zheng Huai'an didn't open the cylinder immediately, but asked, "I don't know who asked you to send this thing to me!"

"The person who supported the dart did not leave his name, he only said that he was an old friend of Lord Admiral, as long as Lord Admiral read the letter inside, who is he in the way of nature!"

"Oh!" Zheng Huaian was even more curious, he thought about it, he didn't seem to have any relatives and friends in Huizhou, "I don't know what that person looks like?"

"That person has a dark face, is in his twenties, has two beards, an ordinary face, and has a little bit of the tone of the imperial capital!"

"Oh, that person can let Zhou Darthead personally send this thing, how much dart silver did he make?"

"According to the rules of the industry, we generally do not disclose the price of the employer's dart, but since it is the Admiral who asked, then I will tell the truth, that person gave us 20,000 taels of silver for the Guangsheng Dart Bureau, indicating that I want to personally send this thing, there can be no mistakes on the road, this price escorts such a thing, our Dart Bureau will naturally not refuse!"

Hearing that a person sent a letter to himself for 20,000 taels of silver, Zheng Huaian's two eyebrows suddenly raised slightly.

"Okay, I know, there are two laborers, the two of them have worked hard all the way, please go down and have a good rest!"

"The dart has been delivered, then we will leave!" Zhou Dart simply stood up and arched his hand at Zheng Huai'an.

Zheng Huai'an glanced at the attendant beside him, and the attendant then politely sent the dart head and the dart master of the Guangsheng Dart Bureau out.

After looking at the metal cylinder for a moment, Zheng Huai'an groaned for a while, and asked someone to send a pair of deerskin gloves, and after putting on the deerskin gloves, he broke the sealing wax and flower poke on the outside of the cylinder, and carefully opened the cylinder.

Inside the cylinder was a piece of letterhead......

The letterhead had no head or tail, and there was only a series of dates and events on it—

——On November 16, the 13th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, Gong Zicheng, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire, died of illness in Kuizhou, and His Majesty gave him the nickname "Wuxin......

Just seeing the first line of this letter, Zheng Huai'an's eyes burst into a ball of essence, because seven days later, it will be November 16th, but there is still ...... behind it

——On November 18, the 13th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, the earthquake in Suyang County, Xuzhou, the north city tower of Suyang City collapsed in the earthquake, 100,000 people were affected in Suyang County, more than 3,000 houses were destroyed, and the imperial court allocated 100,000 taels of silver for disaster relief.

——On the evening of November 26, the 13th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, there was a comet passing through the sky in Qinshui County, Haizhou, and the fragments of the comet fell in the southeast of Qinshui County, and landed as a pit, with a sound boom of ten miles, causing a mountain fire, and the mountain fire was extinguished by snow three days later.

——On December 4, the 13th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, a coup d'état occurred in Yushan State, a southern subject state of the Han Empire, the king of Yushan was killed, and the prince of Yushan fled to Annan County, and asked Annan County to send troops to Yushan State to quell the rebellion......

——On December 9, the 13th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, the White Lotus Sect was in Liangzhou......

Looking at the letterhead talking about what would happen in the future of the Han Empire, Zheng Huaian was stunned at first, and then felt a little ridiculous, with a strange face, because he really couldn't figure out why someone would be willing to take out 20,000 taels of silver to make such a joke on himself......

——In February of the 14th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, the "empty salary case" of the southeast sailors of the Han Empire broke out, and the prime minister Lin Qingtian ordered a thorough investigation and raised a big prison, Zheng Huai'an, the commander of the southeast navy, was found to be greedy for military salaries and accepted bribes from the shipyard, his son-in-law and son colluded with pirates, Zheng Huai'an's family was confiscated, and the family of 47 people was put into prison, and the rest of the more than 30 sailors were involved in the leading officers.

——In March of the 14th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, due to a fire in the cell, Zheng Huai'an's family and more than 30 generals of the Southeast Water Division were burned to death in Qingjiang Prison, and none of them were lucky......

——In April of the 14th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, Zeng Jiuming, the former deputy governor of the Southeast Water Division, was appointed by Lin Qingtian as the new commander of the Southeast Water Division, and Li Zhaofeng, the former commander of the Southeast Water Division, was promoted to the county guard of Xuanping County, Haizhou......

Seeing the end, unconsciously, Zheng Huai'an's hands trembled slightly.

A gust of wind blew in the side hall, and Zheng Huaian felt a chill on his back, and he had a cold sweat.

At the end of the letterhead, there was only one sentence.

- Don't ask me who I am, please call me Red Scarf!

At this moment, the voice of a personal attendant sounded in Zheng Huai'an's ears.

"My lord, it is the general sentence that Lord Li asks to see ...... outside the side hall."

Zheng Huai'an calmed down for a moment, took the letterhead in his hand into his arms, then took off the deerskin gloves, put them in the drawer under the table, took a deep breath, and then ordered the attendant, "Let Master Li come in......

A few seconds later, a dignified-looking man walked in with a few scrolls, and when he saw Zheng Huai'an, he laughed, "I heard that the adults are here, so I came over, and these official documents still need to be signed by the adults with a seal ......."

Zheng Huaian also smiled, with a relaxed look, "Zhaofeng, you don't want me to rest, as soon as I come back, you brought such a bunch of official documents, you put it first, I'll read it slowly!"

"As a naval admiral, my lord naturally has a lot of opportunities!" The man smiled and put a bunch of curls in front of Zheng Huai'an, and then asked seemingly casually, "By the way, I just heard that there are two dart masters who want to see your lord, I don't know if there is a place for me to serve......"

Zheng Huai'an's eyes flashed, he waved his hand casually, and said lightly, "It's nothing, it's just that a friend I knew back then encountered a little difficulty in his practice, and it was inconvenient for him to come, so the dart bureau brought me a letter to ask for advice, and made an appointment to meet......"