Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Just when Yin Zhendong and other officials of the Protectorate were suspicious because of Zhuge Fengye's attitude, Liu Xiang and his elder brother Liu Ling were walking into a small restaurant in Xibo Nigang. [ ~] The curtain of the restaurant is not big, there are two floors above and below. When Liu Xiang and the others walked in, the lower floor was already full of dragon soldiers who were going to board the ship the next day.

Seeing the two Zhongwu school lieutenants walking in, these Longxiang soldiers who were eating and drinking subconsciously stood up and saluted. Liu Xiang and Liu Ling just waved their hands and went straight to the second floor. The playfulness just now resumed.

After going up to the second floor, Liu Xiang and the two found a box facing the street and sat in. Since the room was still sweltering with the heat accumulated during the day, the waiter kindly opened the window for the two of them. The sea breeze blew through, bringing a fishy and damp smell unique to the sea to the room, which instantly made people feel much cooler.

"Chop a chicken, two catties of mutton, and just serve two vegetarian dishes." Liu Ling ordered the wine and dishes. "Wine, let's have two cups first. Don't serve sugar cane burnt and cassava burnt. These are too strong. You can use mixed fruit wine made by your family. My brother will go on a boat tomorrow. It won't look good to be drunk."

"Okay!" The servant wrote down the names of the food and drink, and smiled at Liu Ling. "Master Liu will serve you food in a moment later."

"It seems that elder brother is a regular visitor here." Liu Xiang said after waiting for the young man to retreat. "It's not the little brother, I want to say something about the big brother. It's better to keep the money to beg for a room of sister-in-law, so that we can carry on the family line of our Liu family in the future."

"Second brother, you and I are both men on a boat, walking at the feet of the Dragon Lord, and we don't know when something will happen, so why bother him." Liu Ling waved his hand. "As for carrying on the family line of our old Liu family, don't we still have you and your younger siblings? No matter if the Dragon Lord confiscated your elder brother and me, you only need to have a few more children, and then I will adopt one of them to me."

Liu Xiang's expression darkened, and he said in a serious tone: "Brother, I know you have been wronged, or you can simply apply for discharge and go back to your hometown in Zhejiang, whether you are a landowner or a boat owner, you will not be so angry. .”

Wronged?Of course. ( ·~ )

As the old unit of Fang Xipeng in the Zhoushan Squadron in the past, even Liu Xiang, who had entered the Naval Academy for advanced studies, was restricted from use, not to mention those old guys who could only operate hard sailing ships.

So over the years, Fangbu has basically been cleared out of the navy, and only a very small part entered the Yangtze River Fleet. Therefore, compared to others, Liu Ling who was able to stay at sea is considered lucky.

But what is the state of Xiboni's fleet?

It can be said that except for the two soft-sail notification ships that still have some combat power, the rest are only capable of offshore combat, and they cannot deal with the Thai and Western plywood ships that often come and go in this sea area.

But how could Liu Ling become the ship commander of the soft sailing ship?

Among other things, just because he didn't go to the Naval Academy denied his command qualifications.

Speaking of which, you can't be the captain of a soft-sail clipper, and it's not necessarily useless to manipulate an old-fashioned junk boat.

However, with the expansion of Zheng Jun's naval forces and continuous cruising, the pirates in southern China and the lines of Beihe, Guangnan, Champa, Cam Ranh, Chenla, Siam, and Nai were either forced to surrender or were wiped out. The pirates in the direction of Dongning and Luzon were even strangled by Zheng Jun and the Spaniards, so that the large pirates disappeared in Southeast Asia, and the small pirates could only flee to Sumatra, the Strait of Malacca, Java and the Spice Islands.

The Ming Zheng ocean-going trade ships flying the blue, red and blue tricolor flags that appear on the ocean cannot be snatched, and sometimes they are armed merchant ships and sometimes turn into pirates. Therefore, Liu Ling, who remained in the colonial fleet, could only change from a sea warrior to an idle ship boss.

"Back to Zhejiang?" Liu Ling sighed. At this time, the servant started to serve food, so Liu Ling kept silent, and only waited for the other party to close the door again, then shook her head and said. "I can't go back. The burial place where my parents are buried is now the kingdom of Emperor Ming Zong. If I really go back, it won't hurt you. [~]"

Seeing that Liu Xiang opened his mouth to argue, Liu Ling stopped him and said, "Don't say you go back with me, elder brother is useless, your future is bumpy but at least you have a bright future, you can go further than elder brother, elder brother can't drag you down. Besides, your eldest brother and I are old sea dogs, so it’s not safe to get off the boat.”

Liu Xiang's face turned red, but Liu Ling's words had already reached this point, so he could only move forward in a roundabout way: "Since the elder brother doesn't want to go back to his hometown, why not go to Guangzhou for naturalization, and the younger brother can be close."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liu Ling laughed loudly. "It's a rule in my domain that you must change jobs in three years. You let your elder brother be naturalized in Guangzhou, and then you are transferred to the north. How can you get close to him? Besides, even if you are naturalized in Guangzhou, you still have to do it with your elder brother and my fickle temper." Let someone be the captain of a ship and go to the ocean, and there will be no time to meet you at that time."

Liu Xiang wanted to persuade him again, so he said: "Nowadays there is a shortage of ocean-going captains. With the name of the eldest brother, Lieutenant Zhongwu, any shipowner who doesn't rush to take it will have a high salary, and don't have to suffer from such uselessness."

"Brother doesn't want to sail for the owner." Liu Ling replied decisively. "It's not that your elder brother lost his temper. I thought about it."

Liu Ling raised three fingers: "First, I am an official now. Once I am in charge of the ship owner, I will be a citizen. From an official to a civilian, can your eldest brother lose face?"

This is not wrong, the Chinese people have always been officials, even if they are demoted to the people, they still have to put on a stinky frame, how could Liu Ling not be a good official and become the bow of the ship? .

"Secondly, although your brother and I usually only ship goods to places like Batavia, Malacca, and Tani, most of them are not dangerous. If we can transport goods for the ship owner, the risk of sailing is greater."

Liu Ling explained: "Although there are no large numbers of pirates on the current routes, what should I do if I encounter a Taixi ship that is also a businessman or a pirate?"

This is true. After all, it is an armed ship that doubles as a merchant ship. It has cannons to bombard it. With a cannon that can resist, and the owner of the ship must transport more cargo for the sake of huge profits, it will be a dead end if you can't beat them or run away from them.

After thinking about it, Liu Xiang had to admit that what Liu Ling said made sense, so he asked, "What about the third reason?"

Liu Ling touched her head: "I haven't thought about the third reason yet, I'll talk about it when I think about it."

Liu Xiang almost vomited blood, but the first two reasons were enough, so he stopped trying to persuade him, and just poured wine for his direct brother: "Since the elder brother has made up his mind, I will not persuade the younger brother, but I hope the elder brother can take care of himself."

"It's nothing more than that the Shangguan didn't see me." Liu Ling took the wine and clinked a glass with Liu Xiang, and drank it down in one gulp. "I think it's a good thing, so as not to get involved in their filthy affairs, it will be difficult to distinguish in the future."

Liu Ling put down the cup, picked up a chopsticks dish, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it down.

"Your brother and I don't have livestock, and I have no money left. Even if they want to throw dirty water, there is no place to throw it."

This is the wisdom of Chinese peasants. Liu Xiang can think of it, and Liu Ling has already thought of it.

"It's just that you have worked hard when you were young, and by the way, save my son's share of the family

On February 200th of the first year of Taishun, the Xibo mud transport fleet of the Western Fleet of the Zheng Jun Navy escorted [-] people and some officials from the garrison of the Xibo Nidu Protectorate. It took two days and one night to arrive at Lingyamen Island from Borneo.

"Today, I will speak on behalf of the king." Stepping on the beach by the sea, Zhuge Fengye, the highest-status, announced loudly according to the result of the discussion with the Protectorate during the voyage. "The ground under your feet will be the territory of your vassal from now on, that is, the territory, and you should not abandon it lightly. Anyone who invades even if it is far away will be punished!"

The cheers of "Wan Sheng!" and "Long live!" then spread from hundreds of Han people, shaking the birds with crackling and dancing wings, and filling the deserted seaside swamp with new hope.Of course, these soldiers who were far away from their motherland did not know the meaning of what they did, but the glory of pioneering territory still made them temporarily forget their nostalgia and loneliness.

"Hurry up and unload the baggage." After cheering, the guard Yin Zhendong ordered. "There must be rain at night, so be careful not to get the cement wet."

Under his scolding, the small boats going back and forth continued to unload the materials for building the village on the big boat, and the head of the Duhufu Workshop, accompanied by several guards, went to check the place where the village was planned to be built.

.Looking at all this busy work, Yin Zhendong, who felt a sense of accomplishment, said to Zhuge Fengye, who looked a bit obtrusive: "Master Zhuge, this place is careless, please get on the boat and rest."

Zhuge Fengye understood the landlord's thoughts, so he said with a smile: "That's fine, I won't do anything for the next thing.

When Zhuge returned to the boat, Liu Xiang with a serious face was already waiting there: "My lord, I have arranged for [Yanji] and [Xiyun NO.17] to cruise the strait to the north, but when they came , Xiaguan noticed that there seemed to be a few big islands in the south, the distance is not far, and it can be reached within half a day after a short trip, Xiaguan is going to take [Western Games NO.

Zhuge Fengye frowned: "Liu Zhongwu, the most important thing now is to protect the land and build a stronghold. If the [Baisha Island] is sent to suppress the natives of the island at this moment, will people take advantage of it? Otherwise, we Don't we have to stay for another seven days, and on the last day, let's pull the whole team over to intimidate it, and it will be more effective."

Liu Xiang thought for a while, and agreed: "Your Excellency is thoughtful, so very good."

"I'm also a peeping officer." Zhuge Fengye said with a smile. "Your Majesty is waiting for our good news in Wuchang, so we can only do well, not spoil it."

"Your Excellency, you are right. It is only easy to start, and it is difficult to do well."

"This requires the sincere cooperation between the Western Fleet and the Xibo Nidu Protectorate." Zhuge Fengye revealed after seeing that no one was around. "There are rumors in the clan that the king intends to set up another Protectorate at Ling Yamen."

A light flashed in Liu Xiang's eyes: "This is really good news.