330, Southwest Pirates [2/2]

Seeing Li Huamei's ship approaching, Yi Yun was delighted and quickly called out: "Admiral Li is here? Come here quickly!"

Two big lucky ships picked up the strings, and Li Huamei took her close pirate leaders and jumped over. Yang Xien, Bai Mu Xujiu, Yi An Dukov, James and others all came over.---net

Li Huamei was wearing a Western-style breastplate, with a bright red cloak on her outside and a Western-style feather cap on her head, which looked quite delicious. As soon as she saw Yi Yun, she immediately asked, "Why, are you going to go to war?"

"Yeah!" Yi Yun nodded and said, "The emperor has decided to go to the imperial guards in person. I plan to go with him to watch the fun. Seeing Admiral Li's dress, do you want to go together?"

Li Huamei looked tight and shook her head, "I'm not going, but I want to advise you not to go. Your manpower and ships... cannot defeat the Dutch, so don't go to die. The Beiyang Navy should be asked to give up their twenty great lucky ships, replace all the artillery on the ship with second-level professional artillery, and replace the soldiers and guards on the ship with gunsmen in large quantities to fight head-on with the Dutch."

Yi Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I know that you said this, but the emperor...hehe...and there are also a group of arrogant Donglin Party members around her. I can't talk to them. If I can't persuade her, don't persuade her. She won't be able to persuade her. She won't be able to get a lesson if she doesn't hit her head and she will not be able to get a lesson."

"How is that?" Li Huamei fell into deep thought and sighed: "I knew that from the emperor to the officials of the Great Mansion, everyone despises Westerners very much. Now it's troublesome..." She seemed to think for a long time before finally lowering her voice: "King Jiashan, don't follow me to watch the fun, follow me."

"Follow you? What are you going to do?" Yiyun Daqi.

Li Huamei sighed: "If you follow the emperor's fleet to Penghu, you might be caught by the Dutch in one go. It's better not to follow her. Let's find a way from another direction."

Yi Yun smiled bitterly: "What else can I do?"

"At least... your ship and my ship will not be counted as hostile targets by the Dutch. Your ship has twenty-six guns and mine has eighteen. We have forty-four guns together, which is similar to the combat power of a Dutch sailing ship. We can appear at critical moments through hidden actions, which is better than following them." Li Huamei said seriously: "If the emperor wins, there will naturally be no business for us; if the battle falls into a stalemate, our two ships suddenly appear, and maybe we can change the balance of victory; if the emperor loses, we can also help and save people from a distance... In short, it is better than acting with her."

Yi Yun thought about it carefully and Li Huamei did make sense: "Okay, let's act together and not go with the outrageous emperor."

The two of them leaned on the dock and made a gesture of not wanting to move. They watched the emperor's fleet set off coldly. The heads of the dock were moved. The first one was the Beiyang Fleet. Ten of the twenty big blessed ships were separated, leaving the port, and gushing up the sea surface. After confirming safety, the signal was sent back. Next, the huge Royal No. 1 dragon boat slowly moved... After leaving Wusong Wharf, the huge giant ship moved gently, and the sea sand flew up, startling a large number of sand seagulls.

Next, the other ten lucky ships moved and slowly left the port after the dragon boat. The first ten and the back ten warships guarded the dragon boat in the middle, just like a large number of frigates in later generations protecting the battleships in the middle, a pretty mixed fleet.

"The dragon boat...the eighty cannons are all controlled by professional artillery soldiers, and there are hundreds of gunmen and imperial guards on it. This big ship is even more powerful than the Dutch sailing ship of the Dutch." Yi Yun whispered: "Maybe she can really beat the Dutch..."

Li Huamei sighed deeply: "Maybe, I wish her a victory, but we must also make the worst plan."

"Well, the emperor's fleet has left. Now let's talk about what to do with our two ships?" Yi Yun asked.

Li Huamei took out a coastal defense map from her arms and placed it in front of Yi Yun, and said seriously: "The emperor's fleet target is the Penghu Islands, so the first thing she has to do is to drive south along the coastline..."

Li Huamei's fingers slid down the edge of the mainland, from Ningbo, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou... to Quanzhou, then stopped and said, "Da Mengguo established a Maritime Warehouse in Quanzhou, which is a port smaller than Ningbo. Although the port was closed due to the sea ban policy, I guess the emperor's fleet will reopen this port and settle here, using this place as a base to attack the Penghu Islands... So, we can take the lead in Quanzhou, first inquire about the information, make a disguise, and then wait for the emperor's fleet to arrive there, and we can wait for the opportunity to move."

"Well, it makes sense!" Yi Yun smiled and said, "Then let's go, go to Quanzhou first!"

He turned around and smiled at Chen Yuanyuan next to him, "Do you have a branch in Quanzhou?"

Chen Yuanyuan nodded.

"Okay, you can go together. Let's go to Quanzhou and first find your branch to understand the situation, and then study how to deal with the Dutch."

Yi Yun ordered the sailing, Luo Lemao quickly greeted the soldiers and started the ship. The Huberian opened its yellow-brown sail and slowly sailed out of the harbor. Li Huamei's warship also followed him slowly. Using the "Far-Looking" skill, Yi Yun found that a few miles south, the emperor's fleet was slowly moving south along the coastline.

"Let's grab them first and go around in a big circle!" Li Huamei smiled and said, "Let's head to the southeast and move forward at full speed!"

Her lucky boat also raised the sails. Strangely, she used not Chinese hard sails, but Western soft sails... When Yi Yun last time she dealt with Japanese pirates with her, she still used hard sails, but now she has changed to soft sails.

"What's wrong? Why did your sail become like this?" Yi Yun Daqi.

Li Huamei laughed and said, "James and Iandukov recently taught sailors to use Western soft sails. This kind of sail is better than hard sails when sailing in the ocean, so I changed it to soft sails... and also make some preparations for the future capture of Western sailboats."

"Oh, this is a good technique. You have to teach my sailors back." Yi Yun smiled.

"No problem, a small matter."

The two lucky ships were sailing together, and drove to the southeast at full speed. After driving for a while, they were already very far away from the coastline, so they began to turn and go south at full speed. Because Zhu Qingqing Qingqing's fleet was deliberately slow to drive. They used full speed and could quickly turn around a large circle to go ahead of Zhu Qingqing Qingqing.

From Wusong Wharf to the southeast and then turn south, soon the Zhoushan Islands appeared ahead, which is the nest of the Japanese pirates. Yi Yun knew that the Japanese pirates had very strong water strength, and now was not the time to fight a naval battle with the Japanese pirates... he had to turn quickly, stick to the coast of Ningbo, and continue to go south.

Along the way, merchant ships often pass by nearby places and see the flags of "Fei Xiang Tiger". Merchant ships encountered on the road lowered their flags to show respect. It can be seen that Li Huamei is very famous in this sea area.

After passing Ningbo, the sea was still very lively and merchant ships kept shuttled through.

Yi Yun had only been to Ningbo at the farthest time before, and he didn't know much about the sea area south. He couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Ningbo is the only open official trading port in Da Mengguo. Why is the sea here still very lively after passing Ningbo?"

"Smuggling ships!" Li Huamei smiled and said, "How can you live without smuggling? These smuggling ships are actually pirates and can become enemies at any time. They are for my sake, but they come to make things difficult for them. If I don't have them together... you have to be careful."

Yi Yun nodded and stared at these pirate ships with wide eyes. Not long after, he found that the same flags were hung on these pirate ships, with a dragon painted on them, and his teeth and claws seemed to fly.

"These pirate ships seem to be from the same group, all with the same flag..." Yi Yun asked.

"No, they are not a group of people, they are just scattered pirates." Li Huamei said seriously: "Their flag was bought from a pirate with extremely powerful force. Buy such a flag to hang it on his own ship, and it can run rampant in the southwest waters of Damengguo."

"Wow? Who is so awesome?" Yi Yun couldn't help asking.

Li Huamei spread her hands and said, "Zheng Zhilong! He is the most powerful pirate on the southwest sea of ​​Da Mengguo. He is extremely powerful and should not be provoked easily."

"Huh? I seem to have heard this name somewhere..." Yi Yun stumbled on his head: "No, why is it so familiar..." He thought about it carefully for a long time, and suddenly, a lightning flashed in his mind, and a name that was as thunderous as sounded in his mind...

He couldn't help but ask Li Huamei: "Does this Zheng Zhilong have a son? What's his son's name?"

Li Huamei smiled and said, "He has a son, who is twenty-one years old this year. His real name is Zheng Sen, whose courtesy name is Mingyan. At the beginning of this year, for some reason, he suddenly changed his name and is now Zheng Chenggong!"

"Damn it!" Yi Yun was shocked and almost choked by saliva. Zheng Chenggong? Ni sister, there is Zheng Chenggong in this world? This is from Superman...

"Prince, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with Zheng Chenggong's name wrong?" Li Huamei said curiously: "Although Zheng Chenggong is about the same age as Prince, you are still far from you. He has no achievements and is low-key. Now he has not seen him do anything decent in the pirate gang. Is it worth making such a fuss?"

Yi Yun quickly corrected his appearance and hummed, "It's nothing, I think his name sounds pretty good, ahem, that's it. By the way... let's go and invite Zheng Chenggong to deal with the Dutch, how about it?"

Li Huamei glanced at Yi Yun and shook her head and said, "Prince, don't be whimsical. Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong has a very good relationship with the Dutch. Before he became rich, he was an interpreter on the Dutch ship. It is almost impossible for you to let him deal with the Dutch."
Chapter completed!