Chen Xiao is now past the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and according to the longevity of his ancestors, he has at most thirty years to live. According to the information of the Grandmaster Hall, Li Mu has served the shark pearl until now, and it will only be a year to be full. And according to the judgment given by Heishi, Li Mu is at least over twenty years old.

From sixteen to seventeen is one year, but Li Mu went directly from sixteen to twenty and passed four years directly. In other words, Li Mu, who took the shark bead, one year is equal to four years.

Converted to Chen Xiao, the lifespan of up to 30 years will be condensed by the shark beads to only 7 or 8 years of life. Chen Xiao, who may have died at the age of eighty, took the shark bead and only had seven or eight years left to live at most.

Where is this still an elixir, this is clearly a talisman.

"It seems that the Nanyang people really gave me a big gift. Chen Xiaopi said with a smile, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes, "It seems that the Nanyang people are not convinced." ”

Heishi and Gonggong Cao heard this, and stood quietly beside them, not daring to say more. Chen Xiao's performance like this was obviously angry.

Nanyang is an island country in the waters near the south of Dazhen, and it is a country composed of 17 large islands as the main body and other small islands in the sea area. The island is hot all year round, and the wood grows very quickly, so there is a lot of wood to produce. However, there are very few gold, silver, copper, iron and other minerals on the island, and most of the Nanyang ships are made of wooden planks, and they travel to and from various islands in the country, only thinking that they are the masters of the sea.

At first, the Nanyang people were still peaceful, and it was not until later that Da Zhen had contacts with Nanyang, that Nanyang knew that after the sea, there was such a prosperous dynasty. They sent envoys to Da Zhen to exchange information with the island country as a specialty.

This was forty or fifty years ago, and the relationship between the two sides was still very harmonious.

Although iron is a controlled commodity, it is ostensibly operated by the government. However, in the course of its dealings with Dazhen, Nanyang still obtained a lot of copper and iron minerals. This makes the ships built in the South Seas stronger and more resistant to wind and waves. This makes the shipbuilding industry more progressive.

There is a saying that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and vice versa, tools can also make things happen. The ships built in the South Seas also began to be exported to Da Yi in reverse. More and more people from the coastal areas of Dazhen began to come to the sea to earn a living.

Just like the promising profession of bandits on land, the rise of maritime affairs has also created another promising profession - pirates.

The pirates were small in size at first, mostly Nanyangs, with a few big people. Later, even the Yundian people, the grassland people, and the night white people had them. In short, the size of the pirates quickly grew. They don't care if you are a big sheep or a Nanyang, as long as it is a fat sheep, they will take a bite. After the expansion of the pirate power, the pirates wanted to occupy more islands to live. As a result, several islands under the Da Yi and Nanyang belongings have been damaged. Naturally, the land of Dayun is not only the land, but also several islands in the sea area. As for Nanyang, it's even more.

The pirates took over the island and made a fortune on it. Not only that, but he also committed all kinds of evil deeds. If the inhabitants of the island refuse to join them, they will be beheaded, and if they will join them, they will be asked to kill those who refuse to surrender. The rest of the women were kept in pirate traps and subjected to adultery. As for the children, they are left to be strong and trained to become future pirates.

When the pirates were at their strongest, they divided the sea area between Da Zhen and the South Seas into four parts, which were led by four groups of pirate forces, and the pirates called the lords of their four forces the Four Emperors. They almost blocked the route between Dayun and the South Seas, and passing merchant ships had to pay a lot of money to pass through. Even Da Zhen and Nanyang have no way to take them, and their power is so great that it can be said to be extremely prosperous.

It's a pity that the heavens rotate, the moon has profits and losses, and Taiji Pi comes. There is a legendary man named Wang Luffy in the fishing village of Dazhen, who went to sea with a caravan when he was young, encountered wind and waves, and was forced to become a pirate. By chance, he grew from a small pirate to growing step by step, and even defeated the Four Emperors and became the unique pirate king Luffy.

The "profit" of the Four Emperors was replaced by the "loss" of Wang Luffy. And Wang Luffy completed the process from "loss" to "profit".

After Wang Luffy became the pirate king, he was ambitious. He was no longer satisfied with looting merchant ships or collecting protection money. After all, he is a great man, and the roots of the land flow in his veins. After ascending to the extreme of pirates, he was determined to attack the mainland, occupy several coastal cities in Dazhen, and establish himself as king.

It's a pity that he underestimated the pirates and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the big formed army. After being caught off guard at the beginning, he was beaten back by the reacting Dayun Ground Army. The pirate with great ideals died on land, and the rest of the pirates suffered most of the casualties in this battle. Although he robbed a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from Da Zhen and gained a lot, since Wang Luffy, there has never been another pirate king, and even the level of the four pirate emperors has never appeared again.

Even so, with the stolen resources, the pirates did not have the size to get together, but they still lived a very nourishing life.

On the other hand, Nanyang people, because no matter how fast the timber grows, it grows faster than the speed of cutting, timber resources began to be tight, and for several years in a row, there was a deficit in the transaction between Nanyang and Dazhen.

Nanyang people have a hard time. Using their economy to fight against Da Zhen can be described as a mantis arm as a car. In the case of the declining rivers, the Nanyangs relied on the fast boat. began to do piracy, and even went to Lizhou, Shengzhou and other coastal towns several times to rob businesses and harass the people.

The Da Zhen Ground Army was mainly deployed in Sangtian County of Lizhou and Wanghai County of Shengzhou. But it can't stop the Nanyang people from learning the tactics of piracy, being flexible and maneuvering, and coming and going freely. The ground detachment army wanted to take the initiative to attack, but it was controlled by others everywhere and fell into passivity everywhere.

It wasn't until five years ago that Chen Xiao listened to the recommendation of General Bai Fan of the Privy Council and promoted Liu Ruomu, who was originally from the Chongbo Battalion of the Ground Army, to the post of Lieutenant of Pinghai, that Nanyang was completely beaten back. Speaking of Liu Ruomu, he can be regarded as a geek who makes good use of strategy. The first thing he did when he took office was to invite the Son of Heaven to recruit pirates from the Sea. It is said that as soon as this piece was presented, it was thrown out by Chen Xiao.

Those pirates were pure outlaws. Compared to the Nanyang people, they do more brutal things, even more brutal than the northern steppe people. When Wang Luffy attacked the coastal city of Dazhen, the soldiers and civilians of Dazhen suffered countless casualties. This outlaw, in order to prevent someone from reporting the news, tried to delay the reaction time of the troops leaving the ground as much as possible, and even launched a massacre order. At that time, the 20,000 soldiers and civilians in Binzhou City, Sangtian County, all died at the hands of pirates. This hatred has been remembered by all the people in their hearts, and they still dare not forget it.

Therefore, when Chen Xiao heard that Liu Ruomu wanted to recruit pirates, he was furious. In the end, it was under the persuasion of Pang Gong, the right minister, that he decided to give it a try.

After that, the government hall drafted a will, which was confirmed by Chen Xiao and transmitted to the southern coastal counties.

"All pirates, as long as they can bring the heads of the Nansears to Da Zhen, can exchange them for silver taels according to their numbers. If you achieve a certain level of merit, you will be recognized by the Imperial Court and become a pirate with official raiding qualifications. Even if it is a robbery of Da Zhen's merchant ships, it is considered a legal act, and the Da Zhen government will not investigate it!"

As soon as this order came out, all the subjects of Dayun cursed Chen Xiao. It's just that this enterprising and reform-minded emperor is still dizzy after all. When the pirates heard about this order, they couldn't figure out what the purpose of the great man was.

At first, of course, some people didn't believe it, but they couldn't stop Liu Ruomu from sending someone to pretend to be a pirate. If no one believes them, then use your own people to lure them in. Pirates are profitable, and a head of twenty taels of silver, the silver taels given by Da Zhen are definitely a lot. After a few times, some pirates took the heads of the Nansears to receive their rewards.

According to Liu Ruomu's strategy, the pirates saw that they could really get real money and silver, and established a reputation, and when other pirates saw such a good thing, how could they allow others to eat alone, and they would also take advantage. Da Zhen threw a lot of silver down, and the influence of this matter is getting bigger and bigger.

In this way, the Nanyangs who were ready to come to Dayun to plunder were regarded by the pirates as silver taels that walked around, and for a while, at sea, the heads of the Nanyangs also became the general equivalent.

In such an environment, the number of nuisances caused by Nanyang people has been greatly reduced. Of course, there are pirates who kill the great man, or other people's heads to impersonate. Once discovered, the pirates were killed on the spot.

As for how to identify, Nanyang people have darker skin, which is the biggest feature. They want to impersonate, that is, they give a makeover with paint.

But the final decision is all up to Da Zhen. In other words, if you say you are, then you are. If it is really filled with the head of the great man, then the pirate will die blindly. However, most of the pirates who were killed on the spot and did not have time to shout were wronged. However, they were pirates, and there was no one to avenge them. The people of the Great Gang wished that they would die, and the pirates of their kind wished that there would be a few fewer of them fighting for the silver taels.

After that, the nuisance of the Nanyang people to the coast of Da Zhen began to decrease significantly, with the cooperation of the Da Zhen detachment army and pirates. The Nanyangs also thought about fighting back, but their counterattack was so weak.

Finally, with the newly developed Jiaolong warship of the Ground Army, he went to the South Seas to show his might. After defeating the navy that the Nanyangs were proud of, they finally brought the Nanyangs to their knees. The two countries signed an agreement to bind their populations and reduce conflict. Nanyang bowed down to the great lord and paid tribute every year.

After pacifying the Nanyang, Liu Ruomu turned around and invited a few pirates who contributed the most to the killing of the Nanyang people, in order to grant the name of the king Wuhai, lure them ashore, and kill them all, and at the same time sent the return army to clean up the pirates on various islands, which can be said to be a complete thing of cunning rabbit death and lackey cooking. The pirates who were lucky enough to survive were all terrified.

At this point, calm has finally returned to the coast of Dayi.

It's just that what Chen Xiao didn't expect was that the Nanyang people were so tenacious, they were still not convinced, and they still wanted to turn over.