"Let's find your boss to come out, she will naturally know what we are here to do when she comes out. Iron Hammer said with a big grin, I have played this time, thinking that this restaurant is the property of Han Xiao's friend after all, it is not good to do too much. Besides, bullying a junior, or a female streamer, Iron Hammer also feels very boring.

As a result, after Iron Hammer finished saying a very casual sentence, the already calm face of the red-clothed monk on the opposite side instantly showed a little anger: "Why do seniors play tricks on me like this!"

"What, what do you mean?" Seeing that the other party suddenly became angry, Iron Hammer couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and he didn't know which sentence he said wrong or if there was something wrong with the other party's brain.

Han Xiao suddenly realized that things didn't seem to be as simple as they thought before, and immediately walked out to look at the red-clothed monk and said, "We are Chen Jiao's friends, very good friends, and we came here this time to catch up with her." I was joking here on a whim before, don't you mind, I just want to know where Chen Jiao is now, is it inconvenient for her to come out of the retreat refining device?"

I have to say that many times things still have to look at the face, although Han Xiao is not handsome, but at least he is heroic, coupled with his fair skin that has not been tanned for more than ten years, at first glance he really gives people the feeling of a little brother next door.

The red-clothed friar's anger weakened a little, after all, the other party had already reported her identity, it was always better to veto it immediately if it was true or not, and after a long silence, she asked, "Are you foreign?"

"Of course, if we had known about this, we wouldn't have been bored enough to make such jokes. Han Xiao continued to say with a smile.

The red-clothed friar settled down, and finally said, "Well, if you are really friends with the shopkeeper, then it is better to rush over and help her now." ”

"Help?" Han Xiao was naturally most concerned about this word, and asked, "What danger did she encounter?"

The red-clothed friar shook her head and said, "It's not that the shopkeeper is in danger, it's that what she has to do is dangerous, but she has to do it." With the red-clothed friar's explanation, Han Xiao and the others knew where Chen Jiao and Bai Yi had gone.

It turns out that although their pirates are not as prosperous as those harbors in the Black Cliff Sea, they are at least an island where black merchant ships often pass through, and where there are merchant ships, there are naturally interests, and if you want to fight for the interests here, in addition to fighting with other pirates, the most important thing is, of course, to fight with the Imperial Navy. Although this sea area is an open sea, as the pirate power of the Huating Empire becomes more and more rampant, the pirates are also getting more and more crowded, so now the Imperial Navy will often send warships to the open sea, and then only attack with the idea of eliminating the viable force of pirates.

Almost once or twice a year, Han Xiao knew about these things when he was in the Scythe Pirates. In order to fight this naval purge once or twice a year, many pirate forces need to join forces against the Imperial Navy, which is why there are so many pirate alliances on many islands, not that they like to huddle, but that they can't win at all if they don't huddle.

Chen Jiao: After all, the size of their island can be regarded as a port, and in such a situation, of course, it is also within the scope of the Imperial Navy's conquest. Because the Imperial Navy had too many places to conquer, although there were a large number of warships when they went out, there were not many left. In such a situation, they also know what their strategic goals are. It is nothing more than to attract pirates and then destroy the living force of the pirates in the sea - warships. For pirates, in fact, human life is not valuable, these years are in chaos, and it is the invasion of the Huating Empire by Western powers, there are not many other things, and there are many monks who have made up their minds to fight to the end between pirates and Western powers.

But no matter how many monks there are, if the ship is gone, it can only be trapped on a small island, and the warship is not something that can be built by cutting down a few big trees, and even if there are refiners, it may not be successful, after all, building a warship in the case of abundant resources, it takes a lot of continuous investment to succeed, not to mention that many pirate forces don't even have basic materials.

The navy is faced with the problem of insufficient troops, and the pirates are faced with the dilemma of not having enough warships, precisely because both sides are in a very awkward situation, and the naval battle has to be fought, and the final situation is that almost every year there is a big war between the navy and the pirates, which has almost become customary.

And Chen Jiao now needs to replace their island to fight, and has already gone to sea with the warship. Coincidentally, Chen Jiao has only been out to sea for three days, if Han Xiao and them can speed up a little when they are on the road, they may be able to meet Chen Jiao here.

"It's so strange, why do you want to fight like this?" Listening to the red-clothed monk's explanation, Han Xiao and King Zhuge of course just nodded their heads normally, but Yan Tong, who was listening with relish, said with a puzzled expression.

King Zhuge smiled and asked, "What is the fight, what is the problem?"

Yan Tong shook his head and said, "It's really strange, first of all, those Imperial Navy's practices are very stupid. They knew that an expedition to the open sea was a very dangerous thing, and if it had a clear goal, it would be fine, but they almost did it aimlessly, and then when they got to the open sea, they needed to disperse their huge fleets to attack more small islands. The end result was that the ships of the Imperial Navy suffered heavy losses, and it was estimated that at least two or three percent of them would have to be defeated. Is this their plan, what is the living force to fight pirates, and isn't it a consumption of their ships and troops like this?"

"And those pirates are really stupid, knowing that their ships are not as good as the Imperial Navy, so they don't go out to fight. Isn't it stupid to force yourself into battle when you know it won't work? In my opinion, just stay on the island, what can those imperial navies do with pirates? They rely on the strength of their ships and artillery, if they really go ashore, their advantage in warships will disappear, but the disadvantage in numbers will appear, why do they have to fight them at sea?" Yan Tong said with puzzled eyes.

Han Xiao and the others listened quietly, and King Zhuge was very happy when he listened, and nodded with satisfaction, as if he was very happy to see Yan Tong have this insight. You must know that before going to sea this time, Yan Tong's life was more exposed to his own penance, at most he chatted with his neighbors. Almost none of the things she had mastered had to do with navigation and warships. Almost everything she said just now was slowly learned and understood when she was chatting with Han Xiao along the way. It's not that King Zhuge can't hear the problem in Yan Tong's words, but in his opinion, it is a good phenomenon that Yan Tong at this age can see the problem.

And in fact, it was not Yan Tong herself who had such doubts, in fact, Su Yue, who was listening on the side, was also a little puzzled, and even the red-clothed monk subconsciously nodded a few times when Yan Tong raised questions, and it seemed that she didn't understand why the navy had to encircle and suppress them once a year. Obviously, the effect is not too obvious, but it is still a pleasure to go out. Before that, the red-clothed friar only thought that the Imperial Navy was going to use the annual expedition to show these nobles of the former Huating Empire who had fled to the open sea that their naval fleet was the truly powerful fleet.

But if it's that simple, it's a joke.

Su Yue and Su Chen didn't understand the reason, and it was impossible for the hammer to understand, King Zhuge cleared his throat, patted Yan Tong's head and said, "Little Tong, things are not as simple as you think. You said that the Imperial Navy is coming, so what can the pirates on the island do not go to war. Yes, they are certainly safe if they do not fight, but they are also extremely dangerous. ”

Seeing that Yan Tong was about to speak, King Zhuge directly waved his hand and continued: "The pirates are operating their forces on the island, and what they are trying to do is just for the spirit stones. If you can control an island with a harbor nature, the pirate group will not go out to rob merchant ships. First of all, it is extremely difficult to find merchant ships in the vast sea area without news and prediction, and if you often rob in one place, those merchant ships are robbed ruthlessly, and next time you will either change lanes, or you would rather spend a lot of money to hire a powerful escort fleet. Therefore, the more powerful the pirate group, the more they need to protect their territory. The importance of the site is that it can help them directly collect the benefits of filial piety from passing merchant ships, so that they can obtain stable resources at a low price, which is the real way of development. ”

King Zhuge was born as a pirate in the past, and he was also the captain of a large pirate group, and these things of the pirates of the Way of Nature. Yan Tong listened with relish, and took the initiative to say without waiting for King Zhuge to finish speaking: "That is to say, if these pirates are guarding the island and never fighting, those imperial navies will simply be consumed here, and the result is that the black merchant ships that originally wanted to take this route will not dare to come, so they will not have any spirit stones to earn, and after a long time, before the naval monks attack, the pirates on the island will kill each other first, right, uncle?"

With Yan Tong's words, even Han Xiao couldn't help but clap his hands, I have to say that this little girl does have a good brain, although her talent in cultivation is not superb, but at least she is quite a genius in this kind of thing.

King Zhuge smiled even more proudly, always with an expression as if he was watching his own child become a talent.

Yan Tong naturally knew that he was right, and after rubbing in King Zhuge for a long time, he raised his head and asked: "Then why do those imperial navies have to go on the expedition, even if they really want to go on the expedition, wouldn't it be better to concentrate their forces and storm one or two larger islands, the chances of victory are greater, and the consumption is smaller." ”

This time, King Zhuge didn't speak, and when Han Xiao saw this, he took over the topic and explained: "Because it is the empire that wants to send these naval officers to death." ”

"Let them die?" Yan Tong looked at Han Xiao with a puzzled expression, obviously not understanding the meaning of this sentence.

"There are not too many complicated reasons, that is, the Western giants have entered the Huating Empire, they know where their strengths and weaknesses lie, relying on their superbly powerful Transformation God Realm powerhouses can only have a deterrent effect, but it is still even more difficult to really control the hearts of the Huating Empire. So before absolute control, the best way is to send those who are most likely to disobey to die. Han Xiao said very calmly, without the slightest fluctuation of emotions.

"Of course, if you simply pull people out and cut them down, of course, this is to force people to rebel, and the best way is to go on a campaign. Whom? Of course, it's against those who have rebelled. Let them keep fighting with each other, and in the end, no matter which side dies, the bigwigs of the Western forces are always happy. If there are too many pirates, scatter the navy, and if the navy dies too much, let them concentrate on killing a few times. Winning and losing, entangled and entangled, pulling and pulling a dozen to fight for more than ten years, the Imperial Navy and pirates do not know how many people have died in these ten years of attrition, but this purpose is exactly what the Western giants want, of course, it is the best result. Han Xiao finished his explanation.

And after listening to Han Xiao's words, there were already many sounds of gnashing teeth around him, and his words were not only heard by Yan Tong after all, but also by many monks on the surrounding islands. Hearing Han Xiao's words, these people even hated Han Xiao together, as if this matter was led by Han Xiao.

Yan Tong's pretty face turned red, his two fists clenched tightly, and he said indignantly: "It's too much, it's too much, those Western monks really deserve to die." ”

"Of course they deserve to die, but to die and to die are two different things. Han Xiao still said lightly. By his side, Su Yue and the others didn't say much.

On the contrary, at this time, the red-clothed monk became extremely angry, she suddenly slapped the table, looked at Han Xiao and said, "As a Huating person, aren't you not angry at all when you talk about these things?"

Han Xiao looked at the female monk rather helplessly, opened his mouth to explain something, but in the end he held back his words, and just said lightly: "It's much better to do more than to say more, and being angry alone can't solve any problems." ”

Seeing that the red-clothed female cultivator was still extremely angry, Han Xi said lightly: "If it weren't for the arrogance of those bigwigs in the Huating Empire as Chinese New Year's Eve, and the intrigues and battles between the wealthy families, even if the Westerners had the help of the real dragon, how could Huating have lost so completely." Now that they have been beaten out, they know that they are aggrieved, and when they sat firmly in the imperial capital, they didn't see how much they cherished the glory of Huating. ”

Han Xiao has always disliked to say much about the restoration of the Huating Empire, as he said, he will kill more than anyone else when he sees a Western monk, and in addition, there is no need to talk about hatred often.

"Let's go, go and get our first mate back. Han Xiao beckoned and led everyone out of Fugui Building.