Chapter 198: Pirates in the Great Meiji World

"Master Hou, the scout ship flag language ahead, there is a messenger coming..."

Huang Chunyao was a little tanned, but he was very excited after getting on Chen Cao's treasure ship, first made a big salute to Chen Cao, and then said excitedly: "The student lives up to the trust of Hou Ye, and has successfully said that Zheng Zhilong has been moved, he is now on the way north, at most, Hou Ye will be able to meet his fleet in one day." ”

Chen Cao laughed twice, and then patted Huang Chunyao's shoulder: "You are a scholar, you can not only 'take your life', but also 'take people'..."

Huang Chunyao smiled awkwardly, and then said: "As soon as the student went to Jilong Port, he was warmly received by Zheng Zhilong, and it can be heard that Zheng Zhilong is still in awe of the imperial court, as long as he can be allowed to take the official position of the imperial court, he must be able to be used by the imperial court." ”

Chen Cao then laughed twice, and then handed a yellow envelope to Huang Chunyao, the scholar immediately smiled when he saw it, and then arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "Congratulations to Hou Ye, congratulations to Hou Ye, he is not high or low as a Songjiang guerrilla general, just with his identity, at that time, under the control of Hou Ye, there will be no more giant thieves on the southeast coast." ”

With the help of the Hakka clan and Wei Zhongxian's reluctance, coupled with the fact that Chen Cao's identity can be directly presented to Yingtai, how can a guerrilla general not be sealed?

Chen Cao also set off with his ship after receiving this will, in fact, twelve days later than Huang Chunyao, but during these twelve days, Huang Chunyao went to the chicken coop and went to the Dutch-occupied city of Geranza to negotiate with each other, and the main job was to negotiate the protection money they gave to Zheng Zhilong.

So much so that Chen Cao, who was halfway through, met Huang Chunyao, who came in a hurry.

"Do you think Zheng Zhilong will be scared when he sees Ben Hou's giant ship..."

Huang Chunyao was stunned, and then said embarrassedly: "Presumably, Zheng Zhilong has also seen the world. ”

What does this mean?

Chen Cao waved his hand: "Since you have seen the world, then give him a few cannons, and pass the order, once Zheng Zhilong's fleet enters the range of the Shenwu cannon, immediately open the cannons, and sink a few of his ships first." ”

Huang Chunyao was shocked, and when he was about to refute, Chen Cao patted him on the shoulder again: "Don't worry, this kind of person needs to let him see the power of our Daming Water Master." ”

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Zheng Zhilong, also known as Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Zhilong was only twenty-two years old at this time, and he was one year younger than Chen Cao.

"When I was fifteen years old, I went to take the Xiucai exam, but I couldn't get in..."

On the Anping boat, Zheng Zhilong was reciting the past to his third brother Zheng Zhibao, and his third brother was seven years older than him, and he was also accompanying this little brother to go north to see Chen Cao at this moment.

Zheng Zhihu refused at first, he thought that now that their affairs on the southeast coast and the South Seas had just improved, if they surrendered to the imperial court, the deadly sea ban would be a difficulty.

"No matter what those things are done, it's still the same sentence, if Chen Cao can't give good conditions, let's go back the same way, now the imperial court sailor is rotten, how can he be our opponent, the eldest brother is not worried about us, so I brought three hundred boats together, and then Chen Cao dares to do nonsense, I can't say that Lao Tzu will start first."

"Third brother," Zheng Zhilong couldn't hold his grumpy brother a little: "Now that the imperial court is interested, then we should also go down the vine, if we get an official body, wouldn't it be more convenient to be at sea in the future?" The money given out can also save more than half, and the Franc machine people in the Hao realm are not good goods, and their ships are expensive..."

After the last sneak attack, Zheng Zhilong, who had taken over the family business of his big brother Yan Siqi, learned from the pain and made a deal with the Portuguese in Haojing to build three three-masted soft-sailed warships to be used as the main warships against the Dutch in the future.

"As long as the Nanyang sea route can be completely opened, money is not a problem, and the Dutch are not good at stubble, they have suffered a loss this time, and they will definitely retaliate, but I heard that the people over there in the old port said that they are now engaged in something with the Mauryan Dynasty, although I don't understand, but what is certain is that in recent years, they are not capable of large-scale conflicts with us."

Zheng Zhilong's analysis makes a lot of sense, the Dutch are now at war with the rebellious Mauryan Empire in India, and India's gold is their favorite, which can be exchanged for a lot of goods from the Ming Kingdom, and then sold back to Europe, and can make a lot of money.

"Newspaper... The Ming warship was found in front, it was very large..."

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao stood on the deck of the Anpan ship, and the treasure ship was directly in front of them.

"At least three miles away." Zheng Zhilong put away the Qianli tube, then turned his head and ordered: "Qiyu, all ships are at anchor, wait on the spot, the ship will speed up, and follow me to meet the Marquis of Dingwu." ”

Zheng Zhibao was watching with a thousand miles of cylinder, and saw a puff of white smoke coming out of the front of the treasure ship: "No, an official..."

As soon as they finished speaking, a black dot flew towards the right side of their ship, and flew straight into a two-masted hard-sailed warship.

'Boom...'

The loud explosion blasted the ship through a gap, shattering the planks and one of the masts.

"What's going on..."

The speed of the sound was naturally not as fast as it could see, and when Zheng Zhilong and his group reacted, there were more than a dozen loud noises from the treasure ship, followed by a deafening explosion.

"Beat the flag..."

"Good guys..."

Chen Cao put away the Qianli tube, and then shouted: "Okay, cease fire, let the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division be on standby... Tell Zheng Zhilong to get his ship closer, drop anchor, and get ready to meet this great pirate..."

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Huang Chunyao was embarrassed to stand behind Chen Cao, and when he met Zheng Zhibao's murderous eyes, he really wanted to find a place to get into the gap in the deck.

Then the construction of this treasure ship was made in strict accordance with the requirements of the eunuch Zheng He back then, and the joints of the wooden planks were sealed with solidified pine oil, not only did there be no gaps, but also did not leak into the cabin.

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Huang Chunyao, and then at Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting precariously, and the atmosphere on the deck was a little tense for a while.

"Ahem..."

Zhao Xin coughed, Zheng Zhilong came back to his senses, got up and saluted Chen Cao: "Zheng Zhilong, grass people, Fujian, meet the Marquis of Dingwu." ”

Zheng Zhilong's beard is still very small, after all, he is only a twenty-two-year-old young man, but Zheng Zhibao standing behind him is five big and three thick, no wonder he can also be named a Zhenjiang general.

"Zheng Yiguan is polite..."Chen Cao directly called Zheng Zhilong's nickname in order to shorten the distance between the two sides, and Zheng Zhilong was a little flattered for this.

"Annoyed that the Marquis of Ding Wu came in person, the grass people are really embarrassed." Zheng Zhilong bowed again.

Chen Cao personally poured a cup of tea for Zheng Zhilong, and then said: "Zheng Yiguan, please take a seat, Ben Hou is almost the same age as you, and it can be regarded as having a common topic, not only that, regardless of the age level, Ben Hou has the same purpose as you Zheng Yiguan in terms of making money." ”

"What?" Zheng Zhilong was shocked in his heart, Chen Cao's words were very clear, his goal was to dominate Nanyang, but he said that he had the same purpose as me, so he...

"The grass people are frightened, and please ask Dingwu Hou for guidance..."

Chen Cao laughed, and then looked at the expressionless leopard general Zheng Zhibao behind him: "It seems that Mr. Leopard has some mustard for Ben Hou, it is better to say it directly, Ben Hou will not care about you." ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly got up and saluted: "Please Dingwu Hou Haihan, the grass people took the liberty to bring hundreds of boats to offend the official driving of Dingwu Hou, please forgive Dingwu Hou." ”

Chen Cao waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then took the official document from Zhao Xin's hand, and said seriously: "Zheng Zhilong, what Ben Hou is holding in his hand is the Songjiang guerrilla general officer who His Majesty personally wrote for you at the moment, if you think about turning from a pirate to an official family, then you will take the official document, if you are unwilling, Ben Hou will not be reluctant." ”

Chen Cao spoke with a smile all the time, it was the kind of harmless expression of humans and animals, Zheng Zhilong was also smiling when he heard this, and when he was about to speak, he heard Chen Cao speak again.

"It just so happened that Ben Hou took the main force of the Cao Jiang Sailor to the south, and I heard that pirates have been rampant on Dongfan Island recently, extorting and plundering passing merchant ships along the way, and even the industries under Ben Hou's name have been extorted several times, so it is better to take advantage of this to attack Jilong Harbor and exterminate all the pirates in Dongfan Land."

What does this mean?

The threat of the Red Dew...

Zheng Zhibao took the anger in his heart, and kept giving Zheng Zhilong a look, but Zheng Zhilong didn't pay attention to it at all, obviously he felt that his third brother didn't think it was serious about the fact that others had just fired dozens of bullets to sink his five warships, and when they boarded the ship just now, those sailors with strange muskets on their backs looked like they had rushed to the Hongmen banquet on their trip.

"Zheng Yiguan, I fuck the river water division Now this treasure ship is made one to one according to the treasure ship of Zheng He eunuch, and it has been improved on this basis, and the cannon in the middle is improved from the cannon factory of Benhou on the basis of the Hongyi cannon, and one cannon can hit five miles and fire various types of cannonballs;

Not counting these, there are 25 large war ships with 800 to 3,000 materials behind this treasure ship, although the number is not much, but I believe that judging from the power of the guns on the warship, I believe that the extermination of pirates should be smooth sailing. ”

The words were full of threats, even a fool could hear that Chen Cao's words were completely refracting Zheng Zhilong, although Zheng Zhilong was young, he had rich experience, seeing this situation, he didn't dare to slack off, so he got up and knelt respectfully in front of Chen Cao, and bowed down and said: "Zheng Zhilong, a grass citizen, is willing to listen to the dispatch of the imperial court." ”

Chen Cao glanced at Zheng Zhilong, who was kneeling in front of him, and then said: "Holy decree, enshrine Zheng Zhilong in Fujian as the guerrilla general of Songjiang Prefecture in Zhejiang, and order all his fleets to go north and be included in the Caojiang Water Division, which is temporarily commanded by the Caojiang Water Division, Qin this..."

"The last general Zheng Zhilong received the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

Above the official face of the Ming Dynasty, the civil officials generally call their official positions for military positions, and the military generals are called military generals, and after the garrison, they can be called 'so-and-so generals', and now Zheng Zhilong is also a serious general of the Ming Dynasty.