Except for the sailors, everyone else on the ship lay around leisurely, enjoying the warmth of November. To say that this month, if you are in the north and west of Daming, it may have been closed by heavy snow. However, in the South China Sea, especially in places like the South Seas, the climate is at the right time.

You may not know about the Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, it was called the East and West Oceans at that time, and it was not called Nanyang until the Republic of China period. For everyone's habit, let's call it Nanyang!

There are only a few islands in the South Seas, but the name is different from now: Borneo, also known as Kalichsandan, originally had many small countries, but in recent years they have been wiped out and occupied by the neighboring Jajapahit Empire on the island of Java, and only the Bo Ni Kingdom (also known as Bo Lin Bang / country) is struggling to support it.

To the south of Borneo is the island of Java, the stronghold of the Majapahit Empire. Not far southwest of Borneo is the island of Sumatra, where there are the kingdoms of Srivijaya and Karo;

To the north of Sumatra and to the west of Borneo is the Malay Peninsula with the Kingdom of Temasek, the Kingdom of Phong Xiang and the Kingdom of Ghulen.

The strait sandwiched between Sumatra Island and the Malay Peninsula is the Strait of Malacca, of course, the small islands will not be described one by one, otherwise it will take tens of thousands of words to stop!

Chen Zuyi listened to the captain surnamed Liu describe the geographical environment and customs of the South Seas, he could not imagine that there would be so many countries in the South Seas, nor could he imagine the ships passing like ants in the Strait of Malacca.

"We were already in Malacca, but we were overshadowed by a few Arab pirates over there, and we lost most of our ships."

"What's the name of our gang?" Chen Zuyi doesn't care how brilliant they are, it has nothing to do with him.

"We are one of the four major gangs under the command of the famous South China Sea Dragon King Feng Ye, the Black Shark Gang! Back then, there were hundreds of large ships with more than 2,000 materials! ”

"And now?" The words were like a needle, piercing the swelling that Captain Liu had just done. Chen Zuyi watched coldly, it seems that the strength of this pirate is really poor, should he change it? But who is it going to now? Wang Zhi and Xu Hai are still hundreds of years away from being born, and now they are not even cells. Alas! My life is really hard, and I have to fight for myself!

"Now? Hey~, there are only six big ships of more than 2,000 materials left! The Dragon King is also dead, and only the Black Shark is still there among the four King Kongs under him! Captain Liu looked lonely. In fact, no matter how majestic he used to be, he didn't have anything to do, just pretending to be nostalgic!

"Well, Brother Liu, don't be discouraged, you have to believe in Lord Black Shark! Believe that we can grow stronger! Chen Zuyi was fooling again, and he made Team Liu so enthusiastic that he couldn't wait to jump into the sea and swim to Malacca to revive the glory of the Black Shark Gang! Fortunately, Chen Zuyi pulled it, otherwise he would have died in vain today!

Black Shark now has six warships, and with the addition of the newly acquired one, there are seven, and the number of warbands totaling more than 800 people. Divided according to brigades, squadrons, squads. At present, there are seven brigades, one brigade has more than 100 people, one brigade has two squadrons, and one squadron has two squadrons. The frame is simple and crude. As the basic combat unit, the squad ranges from 20 to 30 people per team. The brigade is numbered according to the heavenly stem, that is: A, B, C, D, pente, hexagen, xin, non dec. The squadrons and squads below are numbered.

For example, Captain Liu's squad belongs to the first squad of the second squadron of the B team, and the B 21 team is also referred to as the B 21 team.

Originally, there were ten Tianzhi brigades that were fully organized, but now there are seven left, and each brigade originally had ten squadrons, but now there are two more after the reorganization. The squad hasn't changed. Now they are in a bad situation. This Black Shark Gang can be said to have shrunk by four-fifths! It can be seen how miserable they are hacked!

Chen Zuyi was lucky, he temporarily pulled out a group of people, and the Black Shark boss gave him a team leader, saving trouble and brainlessness, this is very pirate!

When there was nothing to talk about, Chen Zuyi left and continued to find other team leaders to get close to the situation and find out the situation. He was a future pirate king, and he couldn't bask in the sun like these idle guys, he had to do everything he could.

In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon, and dinner was eaten. The men were tired from the day and were about to go back to their assigned room to sleep. Chen Zuyi can't just let them sleep, there is still a link that must be done before going to bed.

Do you think that when he was messing around in the city back then, so many younger brothers were willing to do things for him, but they were really just beaten by him? Wrong! Because he has a magic weapon, inherited from that great leader, the transformation of thoughts!

Light a huge candle, go to the big room, first chat with everyone, and then start to remember the bittersweet and sweet, and then imagine the future. Inspired a group of young people who had admired him to the point of screaming. His stupid cousin looked at him with admiration on his face, of course, at present, he had only made a phased ideological progress, and as time went on, he wanted to transform them into fanatical believers who worshiped him. Only then will his piracy career take its stride!

Originally, their ship was about to arrive in the Bomud Kingdom, and now it was carried away by the Black Shark Gang fleet. The course was changed to due south, towards Malacca. A day later, seven large ships finally arrived at their old nest, Lombok, a large island in the northern part of the Natuna Islands. The Natuna archipelago is made up of more than 200 islands and is rich in freshwater resources. It is more suitable for human habitation.

It is close to the Strait of Malacca and is also in the center of three large landmasses: Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra. As long as there is some strength of pirates, they will occupy an island here as a foothold. Today there are at least two dozen pirate bands settled here, the largest of which are Arabs; There are also a few native Malay forces, and the other is pirates from Java; Finally, there are the pirates from the former Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, who are the weakest in power.

Now none of them would have thought that in a few years, Zheng He would lead the Ming fleet to arrive here and take the entire Natuna Islands into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As for countries such as the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Spain, they still play with mud at home during the Hongwu year. It will be more than 100 years before it will appear in Southeast Asia.

This time, the women who were snatched were all distributed to the pirates with meritorious achievements, and Chen Zuyi and their newcomers had no spoils to distribute. You won't go hungry here, because the rice is harvested three times a year, and you can scatter it on the ground, and you will eat a lot of rice every few months. And the ballast group of people and stones were escorted to the valley behind the stockade, where there were large areas of flat land planted with patches of rice. Let them take care of the rice.

Chen Zuyi knows about this group of islands, and he also knows the development trend of the next 600 years. I know that this is definitely not a place to stay for long, because in 11 years there will be a bloody battle here. From the newly established empire of the Ming Dynasty, he is still in his youth, and his fangs are still so sharp! When it sees its prey, it will not hesitate to come forward and tear it apart, and then swallow it.

Returning to Lombok the next day, Chen Zuyi was an eye-opener. The Black Shark Gang's water village is full of warships, he grew up on the seashore since he was a child, and he has never seen a few warships, especially this kind of wooden. Fortunately, there is an expert by his side, that is Songhai, he followed Lan Yu to fight the Northern Yuan, conquered the Southern Barbarians, and also paid the pirates of the water, so he knows these ships. Fortunately, their direct team had to wait for the second master to arrange, and there was nothing to do for the time being, so they pointed to the sea ships one by one to introduce him.

The sea ships used by the Black Shark Gang are mainly based on two kinds of materials, 1,000 materials and 2,000 materials, and the ship types are all built in the style of fortune boats, with a pointed bottom and a wide face, and a thousand materials to fight the ship ten zhang long, one zhang wide and eight, and one zhang deep, with two oars on both sides, a total of four oars. The displacement is equivalent to our current 330-ton sea vessel, which can fit about 200 tons of cargo or 2,000 people when fully loaded, and people will definitely not be able to fit it, and there is not enough space on board. Therefore, the Black Shark Gang is equipped with ten artillery guns, about 15 sailors, about 200 soldiers, and more than 3 or 400 people.

The 2,000-material war ship is 15 zhang long, 3 zhang 6 zhang wide, and the draft is 1 zhang 8 zhang. The displacement is about 660 tons to 700 tons, and there are four oars on both sides, a total of eight oars. It is equipped with 16 artillery pieces, 250 sailors, and the number of non-commissioned officers is generally about 200, and the number can reach 5 or 600.

In addition to two kinds of large warships, there are many Mengchong warships, five zhang long, one zhang wide, eight feet of draft, pointed and pointed bottom, with three guns on each side, two ends clad iron, and with thick ramming angles, there are sixteen oars, one main sail, two auxiliary sails, all the sails are spread out and all the oars move in unison, just like a big fish flying against the water. Therefore, pirates are accustomed to calling them Exocet ships. With a full load of 50 tons, 80 sailors and 100 to 200 soldiers, the Flying Fish is the favorite ship of the Black Shark Gang. One is fast, and the other is sturdy.

In addition, it is a very small Zhangyu clipper, with eight slurries, and there is no special sailor to operate. It can carry twelve or thirteen people, and when released from the big ship, eight people paddle like arrows from the string, and the rest can attack or be on guard.

Song Hai spoke for half an hour in one breath, and explained all the ship types here clearly, and the rest of the people in the direct team stood behind them and listened in fascination. Until the second boss ordered someone to speak.

The second boss has set aside a large open space for the direct team in the wall, and the house needs to be built by themselves, which is the rule on the island, each team has its own territory, and everything has to be used by themselves. This Lombok Island is full of bamboo and trees, and there are abundant materials to build a house, and it is estimated that it can be built in two or three days. Before it was built, they lived on the intercepted ships.

That night, the Black Shark helped the Lombok Shuizhai Wharf, smuggling boat, and Chen Zuyi sat in the cabin room.

After thinking about it, Chen Zuyi felt that the little person in his hands was really thin, but before he could gain a firm foothold for the time being, he still had to strengthen the existing strength. Of course, he also needs to train well. But how do you train? He didn't have a clue, after all, he wasn't a special soldier crossing, nor was he a military fan. It's a bit embarrassing!

Chen Zuyi suddenly remembered Songhai, as if he had heard Songhai himself say that he had fought in the Ming army, but he didn't know what he had done.

Ignoring the fact that it was getting late, Chen Zuyi got up to look for Songhai, but he did not rest in the cabin, according to others, he went to the deck.

Chen Zuyi came to the deck, the moon was very big tonight, and he could barely see things clearly on the deck. Finally, a vague figure was seen in the stern of the boat, standing there alone.

"Lao Sang, is that you?"

"Yes, boss, you can't sleep?"

"I have something in my heart and want to talk to you."

Chen Zuyi walked to the position side by side with Songhai, watched the waves on the sea hit the side of the ship, and brewed a speech.

"During the day, you said that you fought with the Ming army, but I don't know which battle?"

"Well, a lot, in the twenty-third year of Hongwu, I once accompanied General Lanyu of Liangguo to crusade against the two Xuanfu Divisions of Nanban Shi Nan and Zhongjian. In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, he also followed the Duke of Liang to pursue the fugitive Kou Qi's grandson, and then captured the land of Xifanhandong! ”

After Song Hai finished speaking, he reacted and looked at Chen Zuyi strangely, "Boss Chen asked what these old things are doing?" ”

"So your position in the army shouldn't be low?"

"I am the commander of the Liangguo Gong's guards, and I am six products and one hundred households."

"Then why are you ......?"

"Hey~, why? Do you know about the Blue Jade case two years ago? Songhai's laughter was like a night owl screaming in the dark night.

"The Blue Jade Case...... I haven't heard of it......" Chen Zuyi shook his head blankly, how could he know so many historical things as a gangster.

"Liangguo Gong Lanyu is too rigid for his own use, and as a result, he ended up with the three clans, and the most terrible thing is that he was implicated too much, as many as 15,000 people were killed!"

Chen Zuyi gasped, "It's ruthless!" So you're now a wanted criminal in the imperial court? ”

"Not bad! Before the accident of Liang Guogong, he began to dismiss me and other people close to him, but unfortunately he still did not escape the clutches of Jinyiwei, my family members were all arrested, and I was the only one who escaped alone. I hid in Tibet for nearly two years before I found my way to the sea! I hate it! ”

Chen Zuyi was speechless, originally just wanted to ask him if he could train soldiers, but it led to such a story. This made him not know how to speak for a while.

The two stood wordlessly at the bow of the boat, and after a long time, Songhai finally calmed down.

"What do you do with these old things, but the boss hasn't said anything on his mind?"

"Hehe~" Chen Zuyi laughed dryly, "It's not a thing, I just want to ask if you can train soldiers and horses?" You know what our team can't do right now, and you have to think of ways to increase their chances of survival. ”

"Yes! It's not that I'm bragging about it, it's okay to have a knife, a gun, a bow and a horse! ”

"That's good!" Chen Zuyi was overjoyed, "When our station is built, you will be the head of the sect!" How is it? ”

"I, Songhai, will live up to the boss!" Songhai said seriously.

Chen Zuyi hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "Lao Sang, can't you be the boss?" ”

"Don't! I'm still used to following orders! Like I can't save this boat today! Songhai hurriedly pushed back, although he couldn't see his face clearly, Chen Zuyi could feel that he was telling the truth.

"Alright! In the future, we will share the blessings and difficulties! We will be brothers for life! ”

"Good! Share the blessings and share the difficulties! Songhai's eyes glittered in the moonlight, "Boss, do you know why I'm convinced of you?" ”

"I... Have the air of a king? ”

"The anger of the king? What's that? "Songhai no longer sells lawsuits," you are very much like Liang Guogong when he was young, but unfortunately later he became bigger and bigger, and his personality became more and more ...... Alas...... Don't say it! ”

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