Seeing Li Huamei's boat approaching, Yi Yun was overjoyed, and hurriedly beckoned: "Admiral Li is here, please come over quickly!"

The two Daifuku ships took over the strings, Li Huamei jumped over with several pirate leaders who were close to her, and Yang Xien, Shiraki Yukihisa, Yi'an Dukov, James and others all came over.

Li Huamei was wearing a Western-style chest armor, a bright red cloak on the outside, and a Western-style feather hat on her head, which looked quite tasteful, and when she saw Yi Yun, she immediately asked, "What, you are going on an expedition?"

"Hmm!" Yi Yun nodded and said, "The emperor has decided to go to the imperial palace to go to the expedition, and I plan to follow to see the excitement." Looking at Admiral Li's dress, do you want to go with you too?"

Li Huamei's expression tightened, and she shook her head and said, "I'm not going, but I want to persuade you not to go." You men and ships...... If you can't beat the Dutch, don't go to death. The Beiyang Naval Division should be asked to give up their twenty Daifuku ships, replace all the artillery on the ship with second-order professional artillery, and replace the soldiers and tail guards on the ship with a large number of guns, so as to engage the Dutch head-on. ”

Yi Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I also know that you said this, but the emperor is ...... Ahem...... And there is a group of arrogant Donglin Party members around her, I can't talk to them, I can't persuade her, don't persuade her, don't persuade her, she won't accept the lesson if she doesn't hit her head and break the bloodstream. ”

"So?" Li Huamei fell into deep thought, and sighed: "I know that the emperor of the Dameng Kingdom and the hundred officials are very contemptuous of Westerners, and this is troublesome......" She seemed to think for a long time before finally lowering her voice and said: "King Jiashan, don't follow to see the excitement, follow me." ”

"What are you going to do?"

Li Huamei sighed: "If you also follow the emperor's fleet to Penghu, maybe you will be wiped out by the Dutch, it is better not to follow her, let's find a way from other directions." ”

Yi Yun smiled bitterly: "What else can be done?"

"At least...... Your ship and mine will not be counted by the Dutch as hostile targets, your ship has twenty-six guns, mine eighteen, and together we have forty-four guns, which is about the same combat strength as a Dutch galleon. We can show up at a critical time through covert actions, which is better than following them. Li Huamei said seriously: "If the emperor wins, it will naturally be none of our business; if the battle is in a stalemate, our two ships suddenly appear, maybe we can change the balance of victory; if the emperor loses, we can also meet and save people from a distance...... In short, it is better than acting with her. ”

Yi Yun thought about it carefully, and Li Huamei did make sense: "Okay, the two of us act together, and don't go with the outrageous emperor." ”

The two of them leaned the ship on the dock, put on a posture of not wanting to move, and watched the emperor's fleet set off coldly, only to see the heads of people on the dock moving, the first to move was the Beiyang Fleet, and ten of the twenty Dafu ships were divided, out of the port, and swam on the sea. After confirming that it was safe, the signal was sent back, and then the huge Royal No. 1 dragon boat slowly moved...... Leaving the Wusong Wharf, this huge giant ship moved slightly, and the sea sand flew up in an uproar, startling a large number of sand gulls.

Then the other ten lucky ships also moved, following the dragon boat and slowly leaving the port, the first ten and the last ten warships, guarding the dragon boat in the middle, just like a large number of frigates in later generations protecting the battleships in the middle, quite a beautiful mixed fleet.

"Dragon Boat...... Eighty cannons, all manned by professional artillerymen, and hundreds of guns and guards on it, were more powerful than the Dutch galleons of the Dutch. Eyun whispered, "Maybe she can really beat the Dutch......"...,

Li Huamei sighed deeply: "Maybe, I wish her a victory, but we also have to prepare for the worst." ”

"Well, the Emperor's fleet is gone, now you can tell me, what about the two of us' ships?" Yi Yun asked.

Li Huamei took out a coastal defense map from her arms, put it in front of Yi Yun, and said seriously: "The emperor's fleet target is the Penghu Islands, so the first thing she needs to do is to drive south along the coastline......

Li Huamei's fingers slid down the edge of the continent, from Ningbo, Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Fuzhou...... It was pulled until Quanzhou, and then he stopped and said: "Da Meng has established a city in Quanzhou, which is a port slightly smaller than Ningbo, although later because of the sea ban policy, this port was closed, but I estimate that the emperor's fleet will reopen this port this time, settle here, and attack the Penghu Islands based here...... Therefore, we can go to Quanzhou first and inquire about the information first. Disguise yourself and wait there for the arrival of the Emperor's fleet, and we can wait for the opportunity. ”

"Well, that makes sense!" Yi Yun smiled: "Then let's go, go to Quanzhou first!"

He turned to Chen Yuanyuan next to him and smiled: "Do you have a rudder in Quanzhou?"

Chen Yuanyuan nodded.

"Okay, you go with us, let's go to Quanzhou, first find your rudder to understand the situation, and then study how to deal with the Dutch. ”

Yi Yun gave the order to set sail, Luo Legmao hurriedly beckoned the soldiers, started the ship, and the Hyperion spread its tawny sails and slowly sailed out of the harbor, and Li Huamei's warship slowly followed. Using his "Far Look" skill, Iyun spotted that a few miles to the south, the Emperor's fleet was slowly moving south along the coastline.

"Let's get ahead of them first, just go around in a big circle!" Li Huamei said with a smile: "Sail to the southeast, full speed ahead!"

Her lucky boat also raised its sails on the ground, and strangely enough, she used not a Chinese hard sail, but a Western soft sail...... The last time Iyun was with her to deal with the Japanese Invaders, she still used a hard sail, but now she has changed to a soft sail.

"What's wrong? Why did your sail change like this?"

Li Huamei laughed: "James and Yiandukov recently taught sailors to use Western-style soft sails, which are more advantageous than hard sails when sailing in the open ocean, so I switched to soft sails...... It also made some preparations for the future capture of Western galleons. ”

"Yo, that's a good technique, you'll have to teach my sailors back. Ewan laughed.

"No problem, it's a trivial matter. ”

The two Fu boats spread their sails together, and drove in the southeast direction at full speed, and after sailing for a while, they were already very far away from the coastline, and then they began to turn around and head south at full speed, because Zhu Qingqing's fleet deliberately slowed down. With full speed, they could soon go around in a big circle and overtake Zhu Qingqing in front of Qingqing.

From Wusong Wharf to the southeast, and then to the south, soon, the Zhoushan Islands, that is, the nest of the Japanese invaders, appeared in front of them. Yi Yun knew that the water strength of the Japanese was very strong, and now was not the time to fight a naval battle with the Japanese Invaders...... I had to quickly turn around, stick to the coast of Ningbo, and then continue south.

Along the way, there are often merchant ships passing by, seeing the flag of "Scarlet Tiger", and the merchant ships encountered on the road have lowered their flags to show respect, which shows that Li Huamei is very famous in this sea area.

After Ningbo, the sea is still very lively, and there are constantly merchant ships shuttling.

Yi Yun had only been to Ningbo before, and he didn't know much about the sea area to the south, so he couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Ningbo is the only official trade port open in Dameng Country, why is it that after Ningbo, the sea here is still very lively?"

"Smuggling boats!" Li Huamei said with a smile: "How can you live without smuggling? These smuggling ships are actually pirates, and they can become enemies at any time, and they are looking at my banner and face, but they don't want to make it difficult, if they don't have me together...... You'll have to be careful with them. ”...,

Yi Yun nodded, staring at these pirate ships carefully, and it didn't take long to find that these pirate ships were all flying with the same flag, and the flag was painted with a dragon, with teeth and claws, and it seemed that they could fly.

"These pirate ships seem to be the same group, all under the same flag......" Iyun asked.

"No, they're not a gang, just a few scattered pirates. Li Huamei said seriously: "Their flag was bought by an extremely powerful pirate, buy a flag like this to hang on your ship, and in the southwest sea of the Great Meng Country, you can run rampant." ”

"Wow, who's so awesome?" asked Iwan.

Li Huamei spread her hands and said, "Zheng Zhilong! He is the most powerful pirate in the southwest sea of the Great Meng Kingdom, and his power is extremely great, and he is not easy to provoke. ”

"Huh, I seem to have heard this name somewhere......" Yi Yun picked his head: "No, why is it so familiar...... he thought about it carefully for a long time, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and a name like thunder sounded in his mind......

He couldn't help but ask Li Huamei, "Does this Zheng Zhilong have a son, and what is his son's name?"

Li Huamei said with a smile: "He has a son, he is twenty-one years old this year, his real name is Zheng Sen, the word is clear, at the beginning of this year, I don't know why, he suddenly changed his name, and now he is called Zheng Chenggong!"

"I'll wipe it!" Yi Yun was taken aback, almost choking on saliva, Zheng Chenggong......?

"Lord Wang, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with the name Zheng Chenggong?" Li Huamei said curiously: "Although this Zheng Chenggong is about the same age as Lord Wang, he is still far from you, he has not done anything, he is also low-key, and now I haven't seen him do anything decent in the pirate gang, is it worth making such a fuss?"

Yi Yun quickly straightened his appearance and snorted: "It's nothing, I think his name is very good, cough cough, that's it." That's right...... How about we go and ask Zheng Chenggong to deal with the Dutch?"

Li Huamei glanced at Yi Yun, shook her head and said: "Don't be whimsical, Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong has a very good relationship with the Dutch, before he made a fortune, he also worked as an interpreter on the Dutch ship, and it is almost impossible for you to let him deal with the Dutch." ”

Yiyun: "......"——

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