The captain of the reconnaissance ship is a young man in his thirties, named Feng Weiting, who serves as a squad leader in the garrison.

Feng Weiting followed Chen Shilai into the big tent and saluted Ye Yunyang: "Meet the Inspector and the Lord General, I am fortunate to not be dishonored, I met their owner Xu Hailong on Lieyang Island, and conveyed the meaning of the two of you, and he asked the humble to bring back a letter." ”

He handed the letter to Chen Shilai, and then Chen Shilai handed it over to Ye Yunyang.

Ye Yunyang was not in a hurry to open the letter, but asked, "Is this trip going well?"

Feng Weiting nodded: "It's very smooth, after I went to the waters of Lieyang Island, because I was under the banner of Liu Yu, they were polite to me." ”

"How did Xu Hailong react when he heard the news that Liu Yu was dead?" he asked again.

He was taken aback and asked me three times in quick succession before he believed I was not joking. Feng Weiting described the situation in detail at that time, saying: "He and a group of subordinates were very surprised, they had cooperated well with Liu Yu for more than ten years, and Liu Yu died suddenly, which made them feel bottomless." When I said what you meant, most of the pirates slapped the table and said that this was a trap, and that the Han Empire would never let them go, and they advised the sea dragon not to be fooled. ”

Chen Shilai interrupted him and corrected, "The inspector asked Xu Hailong, how did he react?"

Feng Weiting confessed first, and said: "Xu Hailong is also skeptical, but he did not directly refuse the suggestion of the inspector, but said that if the Han really intends to forgive them for their mistakes, he should show more sincerity, and then he wrote a handwritten letter for me to bring back." ”

Ye Yunyang nodded slightly and opened the envelope.

The content of the letter is roughly divided into three parts: one is to state their position, saying that they were also forced to become pirates for their livelihood, and exaggerated how hard life on the island was;

Second, he thanked the Inspector and the new general for their kindness, and if the Han could really ignore their past suspicions and set aside a piece of the territory to reward them, they would be willing to abandon the island and become obedient citizens of the Han for generations.

Thirdly, and most importantly, he hoped that the patrol would make the adults show more sincerity, because everyone suspected that this was a conspiracy, and it was necessary to ask Ye Yunyang to personally land on the island and give a solemn promise in his official capacity, so as to dispel the concerns in the hearts of the clansmen.

According to what Ye Yunyang asked Feng Weiting to bring, it was to let Xu Hailong and other pirate leaders come to the camp to discuss matters, Ye Yunyang was the master, and the pirates were guests.

In this way, the guest of honor is different, and the nature is very different.

As the saying goes, the guest is as the host goes, and the host always has the upper hand.

After reading the letter, he handed it to Dai Jingwei casually.

As soon as Dai Jingwei glanced at it, he said: "This is absolutely not good, Lieyang Island is a tiger's den in Longtan, and the patrol makes it impossible for adults to be suspected, and those pirates can't be trusted at all." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled and said: "What do people say about us, you don't believe me, I don't believe you, one party has to take the initiative to show sincerity, otherwise it will definitely be frozen here." Don't worry, I have a nephew from the Golden Body Realm with me, and safety is not a problem. ”

Dai Jingwei was still a little worried, and turned his head to ask Feng Weiting: "What is the strength of the pirates of Lieyang Island?"

Feng Weiting replied: "The island master Xu Hailong is the highest-ranking martial artist, and it is said that he has the strength of the Tongyuan Realm, and most of the other leaders are in the Gathering God Realm and the Enlightenment Realm. ”

"Hear it, the highest level is the Tongyuan Realm, and Zheng Zhiyuan alone is enough to deter the bandits. Ye Yunyang said confidently, and without waiting for Dai Jingwei to give his opinion, he began to order: "General Dai listens to the order, this official orders you to stay in the camp, seize the time to solve the vacancy of middle-level officers, and send a large sea ship to me, plus a number of capable sailors, and send Ben to Lieyang Island." ”

Finally, he added: "Feng Weiting's reconnaissance ship accompanied him to lead the way. ”

Ye Yunyang's order was unquestionable, Dai Jingwei could only obey his orders, Feng Weiting hugged his fists and said: "Obey your orders." ”

The next day, a large sea vessel, escorted by two reconnaissance ships, sailed out of the harbor in the wind and waves, heading for the northeastern sea.

Dai Jingwei stood on the shore and watched the big boat leave.

Seeing his heavy expression, a partial general behind him couldn't help but ask: "General, aren't you worried that Lord Ye will go to Lieyang Island, he is accompanied by a master of the Golden Body Realm." ”

Dai Jingwei shook his head: "I always feel that things are not so simple, based on the previous information, it can be proved that Xu Hailong is a ruthless character, Lord Ye sent someone to contact him for the first time, and he was not allowed to give him too many benefits at all, he was so interested, it was not normal." ”

On the big boat, Ye Yunyang stood at the bow of the boat, Chen Shilai took out a cup of fragrant tea from the cabin, handed it to him and said, "Son, please use tea." ”

He took a sip and praised, "Good tea." ”

Chen Shilai asked cautiously, "Childe, are we going to meet the pirates like this?"

"What's wrong?" Ye Yunyang asked rhetorically.

"Since it's the first time we're meeting, it's always bad to be empty-handed?" Chen Shilai whispered.

He was stunned for a moment, then his old face turned red, and then he said in a scoundrel tone: "I am an official and he is a thief, and I have never heard of an official giving gifts to a thief." I represent the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and deigning to go to the pirate's lair is already a very face-saving act, do you need to give gifts?"

The implication is that even if it is sent, is he Xu Hailong embarrassed to accept it?

Chen Shilai pursed his lips and muttered: "As the old saying goes, it's not strange that many people are courteous, isn't your main purpose this time to show sincerity, and giving some gifts will definitely play a good role." ”

Ye Yunyang's eyes glared: "What you said is easy, the emperor didn't give us anything, we came to the garrison camp empty-handed, what kind of gifts? Could it be that you take your own money out first, don't look at the joke, what if the emperor doesn't reimburse us at that time?"

Chen Shilai shrugged, he knew Ye Yunyang too well, although he was not the kind of iron rooster character who was a dime a dime, he would never use his own money to do things for others.

It took a day and a half to get from the port to Lieyang Island, and after the fleet entered the deep sea, Ye Yunyang returned to the cabin to cultivate.

With some effort, the gods of the Third Sea of Consciousness became three-dimensional, and then materialized.

The third god, Kuafu, in ancient legends, was a warrior of infinite strength, and his weapon was a peachwood staff that could be long or short, thick or thin.

The peachwood staff was conjured up by him, about two zhang long, thick in front and irregular in the back, with short branches and thorns distributed on it, and a few green leaves at the top.

Under the control of his mind, the peach wood cane dance whirred in the wind.

At this time, Chen Shilai said outside: "Childe, the fleet has entered the waters of Lieyang Island, and a pirate ship is approaching us. ”

Ye Yunyang put away the peachwood staff, turned around and said, "Let Feng Weiting's reconnaissance ship meet it and explain our purpose to the other party." ”

"Yes. "Chen Shilai carried out the order.

A few minutes later, Ye Yunyang came to the highest deck, the reconnaissance ship had sailed out hundreds of meters, and Feng Weiting personally stood at the bow of the ship, waving flags at the pirate ship.

There were a total of twelve pirate ships on the opposite side, three large ships, no less long than the ship at Ye Yunyang's feet, six medium-sized sea ships, with a length of thirteen or fourteen zhang, and three small ships, which were smaller than the reconnaissance ships, only three or four zhang long, although they only had one main sail, they were extremely flexible on the sea, and their speed was even faster than that of the two large ships.

Ye Yunyang held the binoculars in his hand and said while observing: "More than half of the pirate's fleet are new ships that are less than a year old, and it is not difficult to judge according to the style that they should have been built according to uniform specifications. ”

If it was to be modified with a captured merchant ship, it would not be possible to achieve such a uniform style of pirate ship.

This shows a problem, Lieyang Island has a good shipbuilding capacity.

Moreover, these new boats are made of jet-black hardwood, which will not decay after being soaked in water for a long time.

It seems that it is great that Lieyang Island not only has skilled shipbuilders, but also wood for shipbuilding.

With excitement on his face, Tan said, "Your choice is the right one. ”

He pointed to the telescope and said with a smile: "I hope that this meeting can meet our wishes, and when we see Xu Hailong in a while, we might as well offer him generous conditions, I don't believe that he and his subordinates are not impressed." ”

This time, he is determined to win.

Soon, Feng Weiting connected with the other party, and after the two sides shouted, he began to signal the flagship.

Chen Shilai's use of the evil flag phrase in the past few days quickly made a judgment, saying: "We have been allowed to land on the island, but we have to remove the long-range weapons on the side of the ship, and the other party says that those who have no malicious intent are guests, and those who have malicious intent are enemies." ”

Ye Yunyang frowned and said, "Send a signal to Feng Weiting, we are guests, we have come from afar, and guests and hosts need to stand on a fair point of view, which is the way to be hospitable." There is no problem with us removing our weapons, they also have to remove them, otherwise there is no negotiation. ”

Chen Shilai nodded, picked up two flags and signaled the reconnaissance ship.

The pirates did not agree at first, but Ye Yunyang insisted that the final result of the negotiations was that neither side would withdraw their weapons, and the Han fleet must sail according to their arrangement, accompanied by the pirate ships, to the port.

The area of Lieyang Island is beyond Ye Yunyang's imagination, it is more than ten miles long from north to south, dozens of miles wide from east to west, the island is dominated by mountainous terrain, full of towering trees, the plain area accounts for about one-third, there are two natural harbors, there are three landing points in the east, south and west.

The two pirate ships were parallel to Ye Yunyang's flagship, the other followed behind, and the two reconnaissance ships were also surrounded by pirate ships and sailed to the landing site to the west.

The landing site is a natural harbor with a water depth of tens of meters, and even the largest ships can easily sail into the harbor.

At the port, there stood a large group of people, their clothes were very different from the big man, the first one was a big man, in his fifties, with a long beard on his square face, and a pair of eyes shining with a sharp light.

Chen Shilai said: "Childe, that person is the island owner Xu Hailong, nicknamed Deep Sea Jiaolong, who is the pirate leader with the highest status in the North Sea region. ”

Ye Yunyang nodded and said, "Coming to the port to greet us in person shows that he attaches great importance to our arrival, and the next negotiations should be very smooth." ”

Because the distance was too far, the two didn't notice that Xu Hailong's eyes had a hint of strangeness, and there was an obvious banter element in it.