I have to say that these would-be robbers really know how to choose a place.

There are more than 60 islands on Penghu Island, and the letter only marked Penghu Island, but did not say which island to go to.

Obviously, after arriving, he was led by someone.

In this way, the navy will not be able to find anyone if it wants to raid.

I don't know which island it is, if you raid rashly, it is estimated that it has already been discovered by the other party before it gets close.

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

On the night after the 10th day.

A full moon hangs on the sea, and the sea breeze blows on the sea, raising the waves.

"Whoa, whoa!"

The sound of oars lapping against the sea sounded.

A very ordinary sea boat, under the vigorous rocking oars of the boatmen, quickly approached the waters of Penghu Island.

A middle-aged scholar, standing on the deck with a folding fan in his hand, looked at the faintly visible island in the distance, and smiled.

"Your Highness, we've arrived at the place!"

A short man in short clothes walked behind the middle-aged scholar and whispered.

The middle-aged scholar glanced back at him, "What do you call me!" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, then reached out and patted his mouth.

"No, it's Mr. Wang!"

The middle-aged scholar nodded with satisfaction.

"Remember, we are the people of the Han King, and I am Wang Jie, the advisor of the Han King."

The man smiled, then looked at the island in the distance and said, "Sir, do you think they will believe us!" ”

The middle-aged scholar smiled slightly, and the folding fan in his hand shook lightly and said confidently.

"Although these pirates have a reputation for being pirates, in fact, most of them are lackeys raised by maritime merchant families on the mainland, and those real pirates are just some thugs under them."

"They went to the sea to become Japanese pirates, just to smuggle goods in the name of Japanese pirates."

"But this kind of thing is not allowed by the imperial court. Once the imperial court sends troops to seal the sea, they will definitely die! ”

"In order not to fail, they need a backer, a backer who can allow them to trade at sea in the open."

"And our Royal Highness the King of Han is the best backer."

This middle-aged scholar was made up by Zhu Zhangui.

And the short and stout man beside him is Li Hu, the chief officer of the Ming Navy.

Originally, after getting the news that these would-be robbers were holding a meeting in the Penghu Islands, Zhu Zhangui wanted to come to a big encirclement and directly capture the thief and capture the king first.

But the next day news came from his father-in-law's side, and they had captured the envoy sent to the south by the king of Han.

What made Zhu Zhangui even more unexpected was that this party was actually convened by King Han.

The purpose was to unite all the Japanese and defeat Zhu Zhangui's navy in one fell swoop.

Of course, it would be better if Zhu Zhangui could be killed.

After interrogation, the messenger confessed everything.

However, the envoy did not know exactly where to meet these widows.

Out of distrust of the imperial court, the gang agreed to meet with them, but demanded that they meet at the same place.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhu Zhangui gave up the encirclement and suppression plan and chose to lure the snake out of the hole.

Originally, the generals did not agree to Zhu Zhangui going in person.

is the so-called son of a daughter, and he can't sit down.

If Zhu Zhangui went, they couldn't afford any danger.

Once Zhu Zhangui has an accident, the best choice for all the generals of the Shenji Battalion and the Navy is to die by self-defeat, so as not to affect their families.

But he could send others, but Zhu Zhangui was worried that they would not be able to complete the task satisfactorily.

Zhu Zhangui did not bring strategists with him on this trip, and he was surrounded by big bosses who were fighting and cutting people.

Of course, apart from Yu Qian, there was no one around him who could handle it.

Sending the generals over, Zhu Zhangui was afraid that they would show their feet.

After thinking about it, for the sake of the whole plan, Zhu Zhangui decided to go in person.

But in order to ensure safety, the navy has been prepared dozens of miles overseas.

As soon as Zhu Zhangui's side sends a signal, they will immediately attack.

Li Hu, the chief officer of the navy, was even more worried about bringing hundreds of good hands to protect him.

With Li Hu and these hundreds of guards, even if there is a conflict with the Japanese bandits, they can protect Zhu Zhangui and his safety before the navy arrives.

"Sir, a ship is coming!"

Just as Zhu Zhangui and Li Hu were enjoying the sea view, the lookout post issued a warning that a ship was approaching.

"Inform me, remember my explanation, whether you can wipe out this gang of pirates in one fell swoop, it depends on whether they can take the bait tonight."

"Yes!"

Li Hu replied and ordered the guards around him to remind him again.

"Hey, what's the harvest today? How many fish you caught! ”

Soon, a small boat approached, and a man dressed as a fisherman on board shouted to the big boat while sorting out the fish.

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly at Li Hu.

Li Hu took a step forward and replied according to the code agreed by the two parties.

"Alas, when the net broke a hole, I caught two sea crabs and ran away!"

"Haha..."

The fisherman laughed, then asked.

"Is the crab running male or female, and it has a few claws!"

Li Hu laughed four times as requested, and it was a very embarrassing laugh.

"The half-male who ran was not a female, and the claws were torn off three when I grabbed them, and two more were broken in the sea, and there were a few left, and it was too dark to see clearly!"

The fishermen, who were packing up the seafood, threw the fish in their hands aside and arched their hands at the big boat.

"Dare to ask what Mr. is called, I will report to the above."

Li Hu returned the salute and replied loudly.

"My husband's surname is Wang, and he is the second young master's treasurer."

"It turned out to be the king's shopkeeper, disrespectful and disrespectful."

The fisherman saluted the middle-aged scholar who stood on the deck without even looking at him.

"Please wait a while, and I'll go back and report to my family."

"It's too cold, go and come back quickly, don't let my husband freeze."

Soon, the boat disappeared into the darkness.

"Who came up with this docking code, what the hell!"

Watching the boat disappear, Li Hu shook his head speechlessly.

Zhu Zhangui chuckled.

"The code thing, the east and the west are the most normal, is it still a code if it's too serious."

About the time of three incense sticks passed, and a bright light slowly appeared in the darkness in the distance.

"It's coming!"

Zhu Zhangui reminded, and Li Hu and the others grabbed the handle of the knife on their waist and the handle of the gun in their arms, and made preparations.

A large ship with a torch planted in it slowly approached.

Zhu Zhangui vaguely saw that the boats were full of men with swords and bows.

"Dare to ask, but Mr. Wang is in person!"

A rich fat man, standing on the deck of the bow of the ship, greeted Zhu Zhangui.

"It's here, I haven't asked Mr. Daming yet!"

Zhu Zhangui suppressed his throat and bowed back.

"Sir, just call me the Sea Urchin King!"

The corners of Zhu Zhangui's mouth twitched.

This is clearly the nickname of the other party.

The two boats approached quickly, and a plank was placed on top of them.

The fat man smiled apologetically.

"Just in case, please ask Mr. to be wronged, and I will take you ashore!"

Zhu Zhangui and Li Hu glanced at each other, and they were not afraid of any tricks played by the other party, and took a few people to board each other's boat.

"Take care of Mr. Wang's men!"

After Zhu Zhangui and Li Hu got on the boat, the fat man gave an order to his subordinates, smiled and invited Zhu Zhangui to board a small boat before heading towards the island.

Be cautious enough.

Seeing the other party's arrangement, Zhu Zhangui raised his eyebrows.

The boat moved slowly, and there was no conversation among the people on board.

Entering the island area, the small boat changed to a large boat, and after traveling for half an hour, it approached an island.

Changed to a small boat again, and Zhu Zhangui and his entourage officially landed.

The place where you come ashore is a sandy beach.

There were a lot of people standing faintly on the beach, each with weapons in hand, wary of the surroundings and others.

Obviously they are not in this group.

"Sir, please!"

After landing on the shore, the fat man smiled and stretched out his hand to lead it, and felt the darkness towards the cliff of the island.

"I hope sir, don't blame it, the Ming Navy is wandering around, if we walk with fire, it will be easy to expose our position."

Zhu Zhangui helped Li Hu to walk forward, and replied with a smile: "It's okay, it's better to be careful!" ”

The group walked to the edge of a cliff.

The fat man asked Zhu Zhangui and the others to wait, he stepped forward and groped on the cliff wall and lifted a curtain.

"Sir, please, the heads of the family are already waiting inside."

Zhu Zhangui glanced at the cave with faint firelight, patted Li Hu's shoulder, and strode in.

The cave is not deep, and after walking forward for dozens of meters, a huge karst cave appeared in front of Zhu Zhangui's eyes.

The cave is about the size of a basketball court, with a pile of east and west piles, and there are about 20 people sitting or standing.

In the middle of the cave, there is a table of eight immortals.

There were three men sitting at the table, and the three of them were chatting without a word, drinking tea and eating snacks.

When they noticed that someone had come in, everyone in the cave looked at it.

The fat man stepped forward and smiled at the trio.

"Let me introduce you to the three masters, this Mr. Wang is the shopkeeper of the second young master who invited us over."

Then he turned his head to introduce Zhu Zhangui.

"These three are the three masters of the sea, they are sea crabs, sea oysters, and conch!"

Zhu Zhangui was speechless!

"I've seen three sea brothers!"

When the three of them heard this, the corners of their mouths also pulled fiercely.

The tall sea crab smiled hehe.

"Our status is special, and we can only be commensurate with this kind of mixed name, and I hope Mr. will not blame me!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled and waved his hand.

"It's okay, it's okay, I can understand it below!"

Several people greeted each other politely, and the fat man invited Zhu Zhangui to take a seat.

"Originally, there was a sea hedgehog coming, but a few days ago, this guy was unlucky and was exterminated by the sailors of the imperial court, so only the four of us came today."

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly.

"I have also learned about this, and I deeply regret the murder of the sea hedgehog brothers."

The scene fell silent.

Several people are not familiar with each other, and four are thieves and one is an official, so they really don't know what to talk about.

After a while, the oyster was the first to speak.

"Mr. Wang, I was invited here today for the promise of the second son, I don't know what we need to pay if we want to get that promise, to be precise, what do you need us to do."

Zhu Zhangui glanced at the others, and saw that the others had no intention of chatting, so he said bluntly.

"My son-in-law hopes that you can help him inflict heavy damage on the water master, and if you can kill the son of the eldest son, it will be even better."

The corners of the four mouths twitched.

Defeat the Ming Navy, they also want to, but the question is if the Ming Navy can be easily defeated, can they be forced to stay on the island every day and dare not go out.

"Walking on the Stars"

To meet with others, you have to hide and go out to sea in the middle of the night at the risk of hitting the rocks.

The Sea Urchin King sighed, stretched out his hand to change a cup of hot tea for Zhu Zhangui, and said helplessly.

"Mr. Wang is telling the truth, the strength of the official family's sailors is too strong, not to mention that we are two families, even if we are united, it is not enough for each other to eat."

"That is, we have survived by familiarizing ourselves with the terrain, and if we didn't have the protection of those reefs and islands, we would have only escaped overseas."

The Conch on the side also nodded.

"This is still the previous imperial court sailors, not to mention now, I heard that they are all equipped with artillery, and when they start firing, it is like God is angry."

"The sea hedgehog that was exterminated was directly bombarded by the other party's artillery fire and fell apart on the spot."

"You want us to defeat this sailor, and to be honest, you really think a little too highly of us."

To be honest, if these people were not cornered by the Ming Navy, they really didn't want to have contact with the people in the imperial court.

Cooperating with the people of the imperial court is simply seeking the skin of a tiger.

The people in the court were notoriously untrustworthy.

The front foot cooperates with you, and the back foot does more than what you betrayed.

If it weren't for the fact that the conditions proposed by the second son were too tempting, and they were forced by the navy to almost sail away, they would not have participated in today's meeting.

Looking at the four people with helpless faces, Zhu Zhangui was happy in his heart.

Before he came, he thought about whether today's meeting would be the same as the scene of a mountain withering, these guys were arrogant and domineering as soon as they came up, and then they had a verbal argument with themselves.

Before Zhu Zhangui came, he had already thought of various countermeasures.

Unexpectedly, after this meeting, the verbal quarrel did not happen, but turned into a grievance meeting.

"The difficulties of several masters, my son-in-law also knows, to say a disrespectful word, with your strength, if you choose to attack, it will undoubtedly be a sheep's mouth."

The four sighed helplessly.

This is the situation that the Japanese are facing now.

I can't fight, and I don't know where to run.

Even as soon as they ran here, there was a possibility that they would be blocked by the Ming Navy and then completely cool.

"We know the discomfort of a few masters, so we are trying to figure out how to find an opportunity to defeat the sailor in one fell swoop!"

Several people looked up at Zhu Zhangui expectantly.

If they can defeat the Marine, they will be able to return to their old happy days.

As for what to do with the establishment of a sailor in the imperial court.

Hehe, the battleship of the real sailor is a dumpling.

Ships are built with real money.

As far as they knew, in order to build this water division army, His Royal Highness the Taisun threw tens of millions of taels of silver into it, plus the previous four or five years of collection, to make up this army.

If you want to build another one, it is impossible without an investment of four or five years and one or two million taels of silver.

And more importantly, the wood used for shipbuilding is not ordinary wood.

The timber is processed for several years before it is made into the planks.

Last year, in order to build warships, the sailors bought almost all the timber accumulated along the coast for several years.

Once the Daming Water Master has an accident and wants to recover to the peak again, it will be impossible to recover to the peak without six or seven years.

Zhu Zhangui looked at the four of them.

"It's His Royal Highness the birthday of the Taisun in a month."

"According to the news we inquired about here, in order to win the hearts of the generals of the sailors, His Royal Highness will hold a banquet at the Quanzhou wharf that day, and will also set up a flowing water seat to admire the sailors!"

"Today's Daming Sailor can be said to be the strongest maritime force in the world."

"Great strength will inevitably give rise to arrogance, and with the pride of the sailor, I think that you will not dare to come forward, so it is bound to dock the ship to the dock, and then go ashore to participate in the banquet."

The eyes of the four narrowed slowly.

They already understood what each other meant.

Taking advantage of the fact that the navy was docked at the dock and most of the soldiers went to attend the banquet of His Royal Highness Taisun, they took the opportunity to sneak attack and defeat the Daming Naval Division in one fell swoop.

Looking at the four of them, Zhu Zhangui slowly got up and faced a few people.

"What's more, the sailor also has our guys on his side, and he will apply to stay on the ship that night to defend."

"When the time comes, he will send someone to destroy the ship's artillery and answer you."

"The sailors have no artillery, and the time it takes for the ships to move is enough for you to take them."

"At the same time, when chaos arises, we will send someone to do it."

With a smile on his face, Zhu Zhangui looked at the four people who were already excited, stretched out his fist and squeezed it slightly.

"The two of us will attack together, even if we can't annihilate the water master, we can still make them hit hard!"

"Once the water master is defeated, our side will also exert force in the court, if the grandson does not die, this incident happens, the emperor will recall him under the wrath."

Zhu Zhangui looked at the four of them and tempted: "When the time comes, there will be no grandson, and the sailor will be hit hard again, so won't this sea area return to your hands." ”

"In the same way, we will also suggest to the emperor that the forbidden sea be proposed again, as long as you lurk for a period of time at that time, and the court's attention is attracted by other things, you can continue to live happily."

"If our second son succeeds in ascending to the throne in the future, he will not forget your help. Our second son is also thinking about waiting for him to take the throne in the future, recruiting you and turning you into a new Daming water master. ”

"When the time comes, as long as you are dedicated to the second son, the second son can turn a blind eye to other things."

The temptation of Zhu Zhangui's words made the hearts of the four of them pound.

The four of them are actually the spokespersons of those maritime merchants on the shore, nominally the leader of a party, but in fact they are just the dogs of those people on the shore.

Who wants to be a dog for others.

Besides, even if it is a dog, isn't it better to be a dog to someone with more power?

If it is really as the other party said, they will be recruited in the future and become generals of the imperial court.

Then who will do the Japanese bandits.

When you become an official and make a fortune, isn't it fragrant to glorify your ancestors?

The four of them glanced at each other and made quick eye contact.

After a while, he nodded slightly and smiled at Zhu Zhangui.

"We've done it!"

Zhu Zhangui stretched out his hand with a smile.

A few people didn't hold it, but continued: "But before we start, we hope that the second son can write a letter of guarantee, so that we can have a bottom in our hearts." ”

Zhu Zhangui naturally understood the meaning of several people.

It's nothing more than wanting a handle in your hands.

If the second uncle repents in the future, they can shake it out and bring down the second uncle's reputation.

Didn't the emperor pay the most attention to fame.

Collaborate with the Japanese to assassinate his nephew.

If this matter spreads, the emperor's reputation will be stinky in the future history books.

"Don't worry!"

Zhu Zhangui looked at the four of them with a smile.

"Before the matter begins, my son-in-law will personally write a letter, which will be stamped with his royal seal and private seal, and will also send a young son over to you as a hostage."

The four of them were completely relieved when they heard this.

The Sea Urchin King assured with a smile.

"Please also ask Mr. to go back and tell the second son, the little son is here, we will definitely take care of him as a relative, and we will not let him suffer the slightest grievance!"

"When the future is completed, I will personally send someone to send the little boy back to Beijing."

Zhu Zhangui smiled and stretched out his hand.

The four of them also laughed and put their hands down, officially forming an alliance.

ps: I fell asleep last night, and the other one only wrote a hundred words, I looked at whether I could touch the fish and take it out at work at noon, if not, it would be updated before 9 o'clock this evening.