"It turns out that it has a relationship with Eighteen Zhi." Zhu Honghuan nodded and muttered.

"At that time, Zheng Zhilong built the Eighteen Zhi Maritime Business Group, crisscrossing the four seas, but in the end he turned against many brothers in life and death for the Ming Dynasty, cut off the Yi Kou, suppressed the thieves, and guarded the coast for the Ming court to prevent pirates and the Dutch to protect the stability of my Ming sea area." Xiao Wu sighed,

"It's a pity that the Qing army went south, and the Hongguang regime fell apart in just one year, Zheng Zhilong knew that the general trend had gone and had to surrender to the Qing, and we didn't want to be humiliated by shaving my hair and being easy to obey, so I ran away angrily." Li Tianyou looked at Zhu Honghuan and Xiao Wu and said.

"After the Black Flag Gang ran away from Penghu, all the tribes supported my father to revitalize the Black Flag Gang, after decades of maritime career, now it has more than 100 large and small islands, with a population of thousands, and the Franco, Dutch, and English people have wars, Xiyi is afraid of seeing the black flag, and avoiding the boat, it is actually the first big gang in the Luzon sea." Li Tianyou came to Zhu Honghuan one by one.

To say that this Black Flag Gang is also a rare big gang in Nanyang, its gang leader was a member of the Eighteen Zhi formed by Zheng Zhilong back then, with more than 10,000 mercenaries and 1,000 warships.

He once assisted the Ming army in exterminating the last sea thief Liu Xiang with Zheng Zhilong and others in the waters of Guangdong, and then the Qing army went south to Zheng Zhilong and stayed in Penghu to serve Zheng Chenggong after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and then fled to Nanyang.

He became a representative of the Dutch compradors, wandered the islands of the South Seas, plundered merchant ships from various countries, and also fought with the armed fleets of the Francos and the English people, and then betrayed the Dutch and ran rampant off the coast of Luzon.

It is the largest pirate force in the South Seas, especially off Luzon.

At that time, the national surname wanted to take Luzon as the foundation of the anti-Qing cause, and the Luzon Franc machine was greatly frightened and wantonly slaughtered the Luzon Chinese, and the Black Flag Gang was also hostile to the Franc man.

Invaded Luzon, the soldiers pointed directly at Manila, and later died of illness due to the surname of the country, and the righteous act of seizing Luzon failed.

Unexpectedly, this wait is more than 20 years.

"General, please get up." Zhu Honghuan didn't care about his prestige, and hurriedly stepped forward,

"At that time, there were tens of thousands of heroic mercenaries in the South Seas, but they all served the Ming Dynasty, drove the Japanese and chased the people, and protected the sea frontier for the Ming Dynasty. Now that Shenzhou is in the hands of the Jianzhou Tartars, Xiao Wang is in a predicament on a remote island, but many maritime heroes such as the Black Flag Gang are still willing to shed their blood for the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, which is rare and valuable. Zhu Honghuan picked up Li Tianyou and said softly.

"Lord Jianguo, we are Fujian people, into the South Seas to plunder is just for a living, my father often looked at the northern coast when he was there, and when he was dying, his fingers were still pointing to the north, we are the Tang people of the South Seas, and the homeland is no longer like duckweed on the sea, walking with the waves, every time I think of it, I can't help but cry, and I am heartbroken." Li Tianyou really shed tears as he spoke.

"Although we are thieves at sea, we also have a brave and loyal heart, and we are willing to be the pawns of King Ming." Li Tianyou shouted.

"Serve the King of Wishing." The pirate leaders present did not know whether they were moved by Li Tianyou's generous statement or attracted by the high-ranking officials, and they echoed one after another.

"Lord Jianguo, many maritime heroes in the South Seas are willing to work hard for my Ming Dynasty to seize Luzon, and His Royal Highness should reward the meritorious ministers." Xiao Wu arched his hand towards Zhu Honghuan and said with a pleasant face.

"I am willing to go to the soup for my Ming Dynasty and never give up." More than twenty pirate leaders in the hall shouted when they heard Xiao Wu's words.

Looking at the green glowing eyes of the more than twenty pirate leaders present,

Zhu Honghuan immediately understood, this was clearly forcing him to divide the officials.

He thought for a while, paused and said: "Li Aiqing is worthy of being loyal and good, since the land of Shenzhou sank, he still did not forget his homeland and insisted on the feat of resisting the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Your Highness." Li Tianyou was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him.

"The ministers will give their orders, and the ministers should do their best, and after they die, they have repaid the king's kindness."

What Li Tianyou thought was not what the pirates present wanted.

I have been living happily in Nanyang for a long time, how can I be at the mercy of a small court trapped in a lonely city.

The reason why the pirate leaders present came here was just to get a reward, so they all looked at Xiao Wu.

"His Royal Highness King Lu." Seeing this, Xiao Wu coughed and reminded.

Zhu Honghuan immediately understood what Xiao Wu meant, looking at Xiao Wu's cold eyes, Zhu Honghuan pretended to be calm and said,

"General Xiao, the heroes on the sea were all brought by General Xiao, this is the time for the Ming Court to employ people, I don't know if the general has anyone available to recommend him, Xiao Wang will definitely be reused." Zhu Honghuan said softly.

"Hehe, Your Highness Shengming." Xiao Wu laughed and arched his hand towards Zhu Honghuan.

He Bin on the side took out the edict and handed it directly to Zhu Honghuan.

Looking at the long edict handed over by He Bin, Zhu Honghuan's face was blue and white, and his hands couldn't help but be clenched.

"Your Royal Highness, since the Battle of Penghu, the establishment of the Ming Court in Nanyang Luzon is a meritorious service, and His Royal Highness should reward the loyal and meritorious heroes to repay the great favor." He Bin shouted.

has said this, Zhu Honghuan is also difficult to ride a tiger.

The vassals of the vassals, the vassals of the officials,

The generals of the Ming army who were present blew their beards and stared at each other.

The generals present fought desperately with the Francophiles, and Li Daoan and Liu Quan were crowned marquises.

It's good now, a group of sea thieves, they haven't done anything, this title is the same as no money, one for each person.

It really made the Ming generals present indignant.

But it was not them who were most unhappy, but Zhu Honghuan.

Zhu Honghuan, who was coerced by Xiao Wu, had no choice but to reward the many pirates present.

In just a quarter of an hour, twenty people were knighted.

The biggest one is Xiao Wu's Qin Guogong, when Zhu Honghuan read the long edict at this time, Zhu Honghuan was stunned for a while, and then gritted his teeth and read it.

When Zhu Honghuan read out Xiao Wu's knighthood, He Bin on the side breathed a sigh of relief.

He kept staring at Zhu Honghuan, for fear that this kid would do something out of the ordinary.

But now it seems that His Royal Highness is quite knowledgeable, and Xiao Wu on the side is also kind and pleasant, nodding constantly.

Soon, Zhu Honghuan completed the sealing of the twenty-two pirate leaders present with a total of more than 30 official positions.

For example, the town generals, generals, generals, commanders and other positions were all casually scattered like money, which shocked the Ming generals present.

And more than 20 pirate leaders smiled one by one,

The lobby was boiling for a while,

How could these predatory pirates, who lick blood on their knives all day long, think that one day they would be able to seal an uncle or something,

In ecstasy, the crowd shouted long live, and the hands of the musicians danced......

The generals of the Ming army who were present couldn't laugh or cry.