Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 433 Pirate Kingdom
Finally, with the efforts of Zheng Yisao, the pirates formed the largest maritime alliance at that time, the "Red Flag Gang", but her husband Zheng Yi was killed in a typhoon at the age of 42.

After Zheng Yi's death, Mrs. Zheng Yi became the leader of the Red Flag Gang.Although everyone in the Hongqi Gang has always respected her, letting a woman be the leader still attracted criticism from many people, but Zheng Yisao was not afraid at all, and suppressed all dissatisfied people with thunderous wrists.

Zheng Yisao, who had gained the position of chief executive, immediately promulgated a series of strict rules, such as those who disobeyed the orders of the superiors, who would not be pardoned immediately.For example, those who hide trophies without mercy will not be pardoned immediately; for example, those who kill ordinary people indiscriminately will not be pardoned immediately.

These rules allowed Zheng Yisao to quickly establish her prestige, and truly commanded tens of thousands of Chinese pirates.

Zheng Yisao's deeds were also witnessed by a wealthy British businessman who was once kidnapped by the Red Flag Gang as a meat ticket, and thus witnessed the daily life of the Red Flag Gang.After he was redeemed, he wrote a unique memoir, announcing the maritime kingdom established by Mrs. Zheng to the world.

According to the wealthy businessman's description, it is almost unbelievable that Zheng Yisao's pirate rules were strictly enforced among tens of thousands of people.The wealthy businessman also asserted in the book that such strict rules gave birth to a great female One Piece in the East!

His assertion is indeed true. The Red Flag Gang reached its peak after Mrs. Zheng Yisao became the leader.

Under the management of Zheng Yisao, the Red Flag Gang has five to six hundred warships, and thirty to forty thousand pirates. They use Hong Kong's Lantau Island as their main base and sweep the entire coast of China.

Moreover, Zheng Yisao is also very open-minded, she learned from the advanced science and technology of the West very early on, and the weapons she used were also foreign goods obtained by doing everything possible.If she finds that her opponent has more advanced artillery, she will try her best to equip her own fleet with it.

What is admirable is that the Red Flag Gang led by Zheng Yisao is not a group of scum who do all kinds of evil, on the contrary, they are a righteous organization.

The Red Flag Gang is well-equipped far more than the Daqingshui Division, so not only have they repeatedly defeated the officers and troops, but they even almost wiped out the entire Portuguese navy that wanted to invade Chinese territory!

At that time, after Portugal occupied Macau, Zheng Yisao stayed behind: Although she was a pirate, her heart belonged to China, so she led the Red Flag Gang to dispatch and besieged Macau almost out of food.You must know that the coalition forces of several countries were stationed in Macau at that time, so you can imagine how difficult it is.

In 1809, a British warship broke into Chinese waters to show off its power without authorization. It was Zheng Yisao who led the Hongqi Gang to attack the British ships in the inland river of Guangzhou, captured a British warship, and beheaded dozens of British soldiers, which shocked the British army.

Of course, one person’s help is indispensable, that is, Zhang Baozai, the adopted son of Zheng Yi and his wife. This man was originally a genius, but he was infected by Zheng Yi and his wife later, and used all his ingenuity and wisdom to establish the Red Flag Gang. .

It can be said that it is precisely because of the ingenuity of Zhang Baozai and Zheng Yisao that this pirate kingdom has been pushed to the top!

Such a tyrannical Red Flag Gang was suspected by the Qing government. In order to suppress the bandits, the Qing government did not hesitate to join forces with the British invaders and tried to eliminate the Red Flag Gang with the help of foreign powers.

In the autumn of 1809, the Qing government, Portugal, and the United Kingdom formed a joint fleet with the intention of raiding the base of the Red Banner Gang.Zheng Yisao, who received this information, personally sat in the base to hold back the main force of the enemy, and sent another group of Red Flag elites to attack Guangzhou City at night using the method of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", killing the Humen General Soldier and forcing the United Fleet to retreat.On the way to retreat, they were ambushed by the Red Flag Gang on all sides. After fighting for nine days and nine nights, the Red Flag Gang killed only 40 people, while the United Fleet fled in embarrassment with only a few ships left.

The defeat on the battlefield made the Qing government more and more afraid of the Red Flag Gang, and successively sent large troops to conquer.

But at this moment, something happened, that is, a leader of a family in the Red Flag Gang fell in love with Zheng Yisao, but Zheng Yisao was unintentional. Government Opportunities...

The Qing government first recruited the two great aristocratic families with a gentle policy, which greatly weakened the strength of the Hongqi Gang, and finally forced Zheng Yisao to accept the recruitment.

After accepting the recruitment, Mrs. Zheng was given a marriage by the emperor to Zhang Baozai, and she lived a stable life.

But just 30 years after Zhao'an, the Opium War broke out. Zheng Yisao responded positively and played a vital role in Lin Zexu's defeat of the British army.

But after her death, her body disappeared. There were rumors that members of the Red Flag Gang secretly buried her.

Of course, this is not what excites me the most. What excites me the most is another piece of news that has been handed down—that is, the most precious treasure of the Hongqi Gang, the Nine Dragons Jade Bi, has become a funeral object for Mrs. Zheng Yisao.

If this news is true, then our troubles in Fengshou Village will be worth it. This Nine Dragons Jade Bi is a proper national treasure!

The village head looked at me in surprise, and his smile became softer: "I didn't expect that there are people who know so much about the deeds of our ancestors."

I scratched my head in embarrassment. I found most of these deeds from books at home. Many of them were unofficial histories. I didn’t take them seriously before. I didn’t expect such a heroine to exist.

"Are you descendants of the Red Flag Gang?" Lao Yan stubbed out a cigarette, frowning tightly.

The village head nodded: "Yes, a thief is a thief, how can there be the courage of the ancestors."

According to him, what they should do as tomb guards is to guard the ancient tomb from generation to generation. Some small things were brought out of the tomb, so Fengshou Village gradually became richer.

Not only that, but when they found out that on the Dragon King Festival, they could not only catch more fish, but also take out more treasures, their greedy hearts could not be suppressed.They hold the Dragon King Festival frequently, and then go to sea frequently, sell the things they bring back from the black market each time, and then bring them back as property.

In fact, the reason why Fengshou Village hides from the world is not to protect the ancient tomb, but to better take this tomb as its own.

"The villagers at that time seemed to have forgotten that this was the tomb of their ancestors. They only had pearls and ancient jade that could be turned into money..." The village chief's eyes slowly turned red: "But I There is nothing I can do except to protect this group of people, because if I don't protect them, this tomb will not be preserved, no, people like you will come here sooner or later."

The village head wiped away the overflowing tears, and said that he originally wanted to just hang around like this, because decades have passed, and the ancestors have never blamed them, but no one thought that last month's Dragon King Festival, there would be a sudden vision...

(End of this chapter)