363. The Grand Fleet of Pirates [1/2]
Zheng Zhifeng is just a small episode, and it’s time to talk about the main thing. 1(1)
Yi Yun smiled at Zheng Zhilong and said, "Now our court has shown the greatest sincerity. Should you express some of it?"
Zheng Zhilong nodded: "I understand, is it to deal with the Dutch? Actually, I have been considering this issue for a long time. I used to be a translator in the Dutch fleet, so I know the viciousness of the Dutch more than you. They claim to be civilized people, but in fact they are more savage than anyone else. Whenever they go to a new place, the local indigenous people welcome their arrival with smiles, but they use muskets to deal with the indigenous people and seize property from their hands. These guys occupy colonies in all parts of the world, bully the local people, and enslave them... Moreover, they only allow themselves to trade, not others to trade. This time they went to Penghu to build a castle in order to seize the right to trade in the Far East. As long as they stationed safely, they will take advantage of me, the largest local maritime merchant and pirate."
"Since you know this, what else should I think? Don't wait for me to come to you, I should have raised my sleeves long ago!" Yi Yun wanted to complain. Obviously, people were just waiting for the court to get rid of it, so they could jump out and take the opportunity to make conditions... So, human things are really complicated. Everyone is planning for their own interests. No matter how much high-sounding words they say are useless, and what they did in the end was real.
Zheng Zhilong stood up from the chair, waved to the pirates in the hall, and shouted: "Everyone is ready to fight. I am going to issue a convening order for the four seas to ask Fengyun Shibazhi to gather at Quanzhou Port... to do a big deal."
"Fengyun Eighteen Zhi?" Yi Yun Daqi: "Shrimp Mi Dong?"
Li Huamei next to him whispered: "The so-called "Eighteen Pirates" refer to the eighteen pirates! When Zheng Zhilong made his fortune, eighteen pirates became sworn brothers, with a total of 18 pirates, led by Zheng Zhilong."
"Yo. Although I don't understand very much, it sounds amazing!"
Li Huamei whispered: "The eighteen storms are: Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhifeng, Shi Xuan, Yang Tiansheng, Yang Liu, Yang Qi, Zhong Bin, Li Guozhu, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, Hong Xu, Gan Hui, He Bin, Guo Huaiyi, and Chen Zhongji, all of whom are famous heroes on the Southeast Sea."
"Well, you remember so many names!" Yi Yunhan said, "I would definitely not remember it. By the way... how powerful does these eighteen zhi have together?"
"Well... outsiders don't know it. Maybe Zheng Zhilong himself doesn't know it, because these 18 Zhis rarely get together. {http:
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At this time, the pirates in the lobby were already boiling and started running out. It seemed that they were going out to mobilize the ship first. Zheng Zhilong also smiled and said, "Prince. Let's go to Quanzhou together..."
"Finish! If I don't go with you, you will run to Quanzhou with a bunch of pirates, which will scare the officials in Quanzhou."
"Ha, the prince really likes to joke!"
While chatting about useful and useless nonsense, the two walked slowly towards the dock. The Macau Pier was originally relatively calm. Only many ships were parked. But now the Macau Pier seemed to be alive, and countless ships were mobilizing on the dock. Large boats, small boats, medium boats, huge boats, Chinese-style Western boats, and ships were anchoring everywhere. Because these piles of ships squeezed out of the dock stacks, Yi Yun couldn't see how many it was. He could only see sails rising from the front, back, left and right.
Some maritime merchants who were not sure what was going on were frightened by the sudden surge. Someone ran desperately on the dock and shouted: "Oh my God... all the pirates have anchored. What are they doing?"
"Can't it be that the pirates suddenly want to fight Macau Port?"
"Are you stupid? Why do they have to board the boat if they want to attack Macau Port? They can attack directly from land, they are all on the shore..."
"Who are you going to deal with?"
"You must... look... these ships are all Zheng Zhilong's flag. Is this a pirate gathering order on the Southeast Sea?"
Yi Yun followed Zheng Zhilong to walk by the dock for a while, and saw countless pirate ships leaving the port one after another, gathering on the sea several nautical miles away from the port. The more ships gathered, and countless counting it. Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Do you want to come to my flagship?"
"As soon! Go and have a look!"
Yi Yun also wanted to see what kind of ship Zheng Zhilong had. As a result, he came to the ground, Yi Yun was shocked. It turned out that this guy's flagship was a huge Dutch sailing ship! The black muzzles of fifty cannons stretched arrogantly, with low bows, high tail building, white soft sails...
"Gallin Sailing?" Yi Yun couldn't help but scream.
"Yes, I have been a translator under the Dutch for a long time, so there is no reason not to get something for myself." Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "I spent a lot of money to buy this boat from a Dutch pirate and renovate it to what it is now."
"The Dutch are willing to sell you something so powerful?" Yi Yun felt a little confused.
"Well... he refused!" Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Later I cut off his head with a knife, and he agreed."
"Damn it, you just say it was stolen!" Yi Yun knelt.
The group, including Xiong Wencan, all boarded Zheng Zhilong's flagship. The huge Dutch sailing ship gave people a very solid feeling. Although Yi Yun also grabbed a flying Henan Man, the ship was broken when it was stolen. It didn't feel very domineering when it stood on it. It still makes people feel more comfortable now.
Zheng Zhilong took out a huge conch, which looked a bit like the conch that Wang Zhi used when summoned the big turtle Xuanwu, but it was a little different. It looked simpler and not as gorgeous as the conch that summoned Xuanwu.
"That's the sound of the tide of thousands of miles!" Li Huamei knew that Yi Yun needed to explain. Before Yi Yun could ask, she introduced first: "When the conch is blown, the members of Shibazhi can hear the conch call, and they will bring the fleet back to gather..."
"Yeah, although I don't understand it very much, I look even more powerful." Yi Yun khan.
Zheng Zhilong put the conch to his mouth and whimpered, a low sound rushed out of the conch, and then there was a feeling of pressing down. The sound of the snail seemed to sink, pressing on the sea level, and then spread to all directions as the sea sand fluctuated.
After blowing the snails, Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Prince, let's go, go to Quanzhou Port first to station... Quanzhou Port should be in a very dangerous situation now and may be bombarded by the Dutch at any time. Let's arrive earlier and let the people of Quanzhou feel at ease."
"Okay! Let's go!"
Under the guidance of Zheng Zhilong's ship, the pirate fleet began to surge and sailed north together. Yi Yun and Li Huamei's warships were followed pitifully, with messy sail shadows in front of them, covering the sky and covering the sun.
"I'll just go, how many boats are there?" Yi Yun couldn't help but sweat a little.
"There should be nearly a thousand ships!" Li Huamei said with a heavy face: "There are about 700 light sampans and small boats that can only take two or three people, 200 medium-sized ships that can carry two or three guns, and 100 large gunboats..."
"Disap, so much?" Yi Yun sighed a little: "No wonder this guy spoke so hard and asked the court for the conditions he asked for. It turned out that this guy really has strength."
"Well, he is indeed very capable!" Li Huamei sighed, "Don't forget that Fengyun Shibazhi has not arrived yet. Only Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhifeng, and four leaders of the Zheng family, and fourteen leaders have not arrived... When they arrive, at least more than three thousand ships will be more than the size of the fleet... I don't think there is any need to fight anymore, and the Dutch are so scared that they jumped into the sea and pulled them down."
Yi Yun also felt a little worried. This is really a super big guy. Is it really okay to give such a big guy a private license? With the size of his fleet, I am afraid that he can conquer Central and South Asia.
The huge pirate fleet set sail, and such a large-scale fleet mobilization would definitely not be hidden from anyone. First of all, the shock of Macau, and the Portuguese in Macau were panicked. Although they knew that Zheng Zhilong would not take their swords, it would be unreasonable if such a large fleet gathered. From Zheng Zhilong's fleet gathered to the fleet leaving the port, all the Portuguese soldiers were mobilized, guarding various fortifications at the dock, and setting up muskets and cannons just in case.
The soldiers watched the pirates sailing out to sea nervously. Although all the Portuguese soldiers were extremely powerful gunmen, there were too many pirates. Just a few hundred gunmen could not withstand the pirate landing battle of this scale.
It was not until this huge fleet headed north that all the Portuguese breathed a sigh of relief. The merchants from all over the world on the dock jumped out and spoke loudly: "You said, what are Zheng Zhilong doing?"
"Going north...then you have to say...hey...Dutch!"
"So, the Dutch are going to suffer?"
"Tsk...Well, from the scale of the fleet, the Dutch will finish playing this time! Although the Dutch are powerful in naval battles, there are so many ships and even the artillery hands are weak. It is almost impossible to prevent jumping to the gang."
"What should the Dutch do?"
"Just run away! Macau has caused a sensation. The Dutch people also have spies here. I believe the news will be sent back soon. They cannot sit there and wait for death. They will definitely find a way."
"The Dutch may not necessarily escape. They finally built a castle on Penghu and gave up the castle and ran away. They would also be a little unwilling to accept it..."
Chapter completed!