Horse on the World

Chapter 366 Hostage
Yuan Gang sat there blankly, his face a little pale, and the ominous premonition in his heart was verified at this time. These plague gods are going to be here, and they will take root in their own homes. He ran to provoke him.

"General Zheng, you are officers and soldiers, you are the navy of the imperial court. Great Chu has rich land and excellent ports. Why did you come to the depths of the Black Water Ocean to occupy our home?" Yuan Gang said dryly.

Zheng Zhiyuan pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, "Your home? The shore of the land, is it the land of the king? Isn't this the place of Dachu? Yuan Gang, have you been a pirate for a long time, and even you are the son of Dachu?" The people also forgot!"

Yuan Gang smiled wryly, "Are we still citizens of Great Chu? General Zheng, you are Fuzhou Navy, but you have circumvented half of Great Chu and penetrated deep into the Black Water Ocean. The meaning is self-evident. Although Yuan Gang is a pirate, you also I am not a person who is blind and uninformed. In the past few years, I have also robbed some smuggled merchant ships, and I also know some big things from those merchants. We are just some small thieves who just want to live a simple life. Get involved in your major affairs. Please be merciful to the general and let us go!"

Zheng Zhiyuan stared at Yuan Gang intently, but the other party's reaction was beyond his expectation, "What do you know? Don't talk about it."

Yuan Gang took a deep breath and said loudly: "General, your general intends to fight for the world, isn't it? You go deep into the Black Water Ocean and want to build a base here to deal with Dengzhou, Linzhou and Bo Is the navy of the state right? We are just pirates, and we don’t want to get involved in such a military matter. Such things are not done by small thieves like us. Once these things fail, it will be a crime that will harm the whole family. Pirates, even if they miss, they will not let their wives and children lose their heads."

Zheng Zhiyuan sneered, "Yuan Gang, your thinking is too simple. Let me tell you the truth, since you decided to rob my fleet, you have been involved and can't get out. You want to be a simple pirate? It's really a joke, when we go deep into the Blackwater Ocean, the entire Blackwater Ocean will become a battlefield, whether you or other pirates, you can only choose one side to stand in line, if you don't stand in line, you will kill yourself. If you join the team, you will die in the future, Yuan Gang, I am giving you a chance to join the team now, of course, you have no choice."

Yuan Gang closed his mouth tightly, lowered his head, and said nothing.

"You think it's easy to be a pirate, don't you? You are old, let your son continue to be a pirate, continue to carry his head on the sea doing these murders and robbing business? Yuan Gang, you don't have this opportunity, and neither do other pirates. Lianshan Island will become the first base of our Fuzhou Navy on the Blackwater Ocean, and then more and more bases will be established on the Blackwater Ocean. As the first pirate to join us, I I think your future will be very bright, and take this opportunity to erase your previous criminal record and become an official naval officer in Dachu, so that your wife and children can have a proper and clean identity. Are you still not satisfied?" Zheng Zhiyuan said sharply.

Yuan Gang knew very well in his heart that what Zheng Zhiyuan said was right, there was no second way in front of him, if he refused, then he would be greeted with merciless killing, and once he died, other people on Lianshan Island would be killed. people have no chance of surviving.He lamented dejectedly: "The matter has come to this, what can I say, I am a pirate who kills like hemp and has a lot of blood and debts on his hands, but General Zheng will not deceive me about my future. It is good enough to keep my wife and children alive." , You are right, I really have no choice."

Zheng Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Who said pirates have no future? Yuan Gang, do you know that I, the general of Fuzhou, has passed the mountain and the wind has surpassed the general?"

Yuan Gang shook his head, "I don't know."

"General Guo is the commander of Yishan Division, one of the three main divisions in Fuzhou. He was also a bandit back then, and he even robbed our commander and killed many soldiers of our commander. But you Looking at him now, he is a man of high position and authority, and he is a man of great promise, Yuan Gang, in my Dingzhou, promotion and fortune are never based on background, as long as you have talent, you will have your day."

Hearing Zheng Zhiyuan's words, Yuan Gang's spirit improved a bit, "General Guo followed your commander before he made his fortune, right? How different is it from me?"

Zheng Zhiyuan said mysteriously: "Why, do you think my status as the commander-in-chief ends here? Yuan Gang, didn't you just talk about what my commander-in-chief planned? Once the commander-in-chief succeeds, no, my commander-in-chief It will definitely be successful, at that time, you were the meritorious service of the dragon, this credit is not small, at least it can let you shade your descendants for several generations."

Yuan Gang smiled wryly, "If it fails, then the nine clans will all be wiped out."

"Damn!" Zheng Zhiyuan spat hard, "Yuan Gang, I haven't seen my marshal, I haven't seen the weather in our Dingfu two states, I decided to forgive the bullshit you said just now, okay, don't waste your time Yes, tell me your decision."

"General Zheng, do I need to tell you this? Haven't you already made the decision for me? Do I have a second choice?" Yuan Gang said.

"Of course, if you decide on your own initiative, it is different in nature from what I forced you to do. Yuan Gang, this is an opportunity I gave you. Don't you just let it go?" Zheng Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"I am willing to join the Fuzhou Navy, General Zheng, tell me, what do you want me to do?" Yuan Gang said helplessly.

"Of course, the first step is to appease people's hearts and persuade your subordinates to join my Fuzhou navy. Well, those who don't want to join our navy are fine, so they can settle down on this island, but they must not leave the island. Anyway, we are about to There is a lot of construction on the island, and they do some things." Zheng Zhiyuan said.

"Don't worry, General Zheng, I will persuade them all to join the Fuzhou Navy." Yuan Gang stood up, "Shall I go now?"

Zheng Zhiyuan said: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, since Yuan Gang you have decided to join us, you are on your own, don't worry about your subordinates, I still have something to discuss with you. By the way, Yuan Gang, I am just a little boy Little general, I can’t make you an official wish, but I have decided to send people back to Dingzhou immediately, and I think they will bring your letter of appointment with them when they come back.”

"Thank you, General." Yuan Gang clasped his fists to express his gratitude. When he thought that he would become a court navy officer immediately, he just felt extremely awkward, "I don't know what the general wants to discuss with me?"

Zheng Zhiyuan took out a sea chart, laid it flat on the table, and said: "If you don't look at this sea chart, we have traveled all the way, and the waterway will only end at Lianshan Island. You are familiar with this area, so you should be able to mark our way forward. A column, right?"

Yuan Gang nodded, "Well, I am very familiar with the waterway four to five hundred miles from Lianshan Island."

Zheng Zhiyuan was overjoyed, and handed over the pen and ink, "Then I'll be fine!"

Yuan Gang picked up the pen and drew it on the sea chart intentionally. Taking advantage of this vacancy, Zheng Zhiyuan sent his own soldiers to recruit Song Fafa.

The two of them waited for Yuan to finish the drawing, checked it carefully, and both of them were happy. Zheng Zhiyuan rolled up the drawing and said, "Let me introduce, we will be colleagues from now on. , is the commander of the Chuchen in my advance team, and found out that this is Yuan Gang, um, from now on, he will be the commander of the Black Eagle, Yuan Gang, your ship will be called the Black Eagle from now on.”

"Thank you, General, for your name," Yuan Gang said.

"I'm going to send Lieutenant Song Fafa back to Fuzhou to report to our commander, and send back this chart that has been detected, and we want to build a base on Lianshan Island, and we need the master's luggage. Although Lianshan Island does not lack wood Generous, but there are still some things that need to be brought in from the outside. If you invent this way, you can bring it to us when you come back, and of course, your letter of appointment." Zheng Zhiyuan patted Yuan Gang on the shoulder.

"Thank you General!"

"Oh, by the way, Yuan Gang, Lianshan Island will soon become a military base, but you still have a lot of women, children, old and weak here, it's not right for this person to stay here, let Invention bring them all back to Dingzhou Go, once it’s safe there, they don’t have to live in fear anymore, and second, after they go, because they are members of the military, when they go to Dingzhou, they will demarcate a place and distribute land to them, so they don’t have to worry about their livelihood. Besides, I Seeing that you have a lot of children here, like your son Jiang Yuanliang, it’s time to get started, and in Lianshan Island, there is not even a husband, so after a long time, it will delay the children’s future.” Zheng Zhiyuan casually said to Yuan Gang who was about to leave.

Yuan Gang's heart sank, and he was silent for a moment, but he still nodded and said: "I understand, General, I will let these people pack up their things immediately, and go to Dingzhou with Captain Song."

Zheng Zhiyuan was very satisfied with Yuan Gang's wisdom and knowledge, "The commander will thank you."

Looking at Yuan Gang's leaving back, Song Fen asked hesitantly, "General, is this person trustworthy?"

"Whether it's credible or not, you'll know when you use it." Zheng Zhiyuan said: "We are newcomers to the Black Water Ocean, and they are local snakes. If we kill them, what will we do if we encounter pirates in the future? Kill them all." I found out that there are [-] pirates on the Blackwater Ocean. Among these people, there are many brave and good fighters in their lives. If we can bring one, our enemy will be one less, and our combat power will be stronger. His subordinates are all in Dingzhou, can they still turn the world upside down?"

"The general has far-sightedness, and the general admires it." Song Faming said.

Zheng Zhiyuan laughed, "My brother, do you need to flatter me?" Song Facing also laughed.

In Yuan Gang's house, Yuan Feng sat at the table silently with his head bowed, while his wife hugged his son and wept.

"Don't cry!" Yuan Gang said distractedly: "It's not bad if you can save one life. Although you are not familiar with the place this time, you have the intention of taking you as hostages and coercing us, but Maybe it's still an opportunity. I heard that the people there live a good life. At least you don't have to worry about it anymore. Ryoko can go to school. Follow me on the island. Is it possible that I really told that General Zheng that I will do it in the future? Pirates? Anyway, I am also an officer of the imperial court now, and if there is such a day, you and Liangzi can also enjoy happiness with me."

"Aren't I worried about you?" the woman cried.

"There is nothing to worry about!" Yuan Gang waved his hand and said, "Isn't it more risky to be a pirate in the past, but now I have a backer anyway. I think this Fuzhou navy is extremely well-equipped. Compared with the ones I have seen before The three southern navy are much stronger, you go to Dingzhou and take good care of your son."

(End of this chapter)