The sails are like a forest!

Zhu Guoqiang didn't know what the ports of Ningbo, Guangzhou and other places looked like in this era, but when the ship entered the sandbank, the sight of the forest of sails made him couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

Everywhere you look are sea-going ships, not the kind of three-masted or four-masted ocean-going ships that can enter the river or the sea, but tall sea-going ships. Even the smallest sea-going ship is more than thirty meters long, and even

There are large ships that are more than fifty meters long, and even have double-layer gun windows!

"It's actually a double-glazed gun window!"

"Your Majesty, look, the ship with the double gun windows is Li Ying's ship. That ship is a big bird ship that specializes in sailing on the black water ocean."

Following the direction of Wan Shouqi's finger, a five-masted ship came into Zhu Guoqiang's eyes. Although it was called a "bird ship", the whole ship did not look like a bird, but more like a huge strange fish.

The front part of the bow is shaped like the giant mouth of a strange fish, with teeth on the side of the tongue and huge eyes. The mast and sails are shaped like the fins of the strange fish, while the tall and rearward protruding poop is like the tail of the strange fish. The whole ship is brightly colored.

, luxuriously decorated. The tooth-like things on both sides of the bow may be iron nails to prevent pirates from boarding the ship from the bow.

After approaching the big ship and feeling its height, Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but think.

"Is this a Chinese-style sailing warship?"

With this doubt in mind, Zhu Guoqiang climbed aboard the ship. After boarding the ship, he looked at the gun emplacements on the deck. He was shocked to find that the guns on the emplacements were actually "Folangji" guns.

After a moment of slight surprise, the girl's crisp voice reached my ears.

"Hey, are you the prince my father mentioned?"

When the voice came, I saw a little girl of thirteen or fourteen coming over. She looked extremely beautiful and had a sweet smile. She looked a bit like Sasaki Nozomi, but she had been on the water for many years, so her skin color was slightly darker and jet-black.

His eyes were darting around without any hesitation.

"Look, you don't have any horns on your head. Why do Uncle Yun and the others say you are the son of a dragon and the phoenix? Did you hide the horns..."

The little girl had the idea of ​​​​reaching out to find out what was going on, but just when she was about to do it, she was interrupted.

"Emi, please stop being rude!"

I saw a middle-aged man in his forties leading several people to bow to him.

"Li Ying, a commoner, meets the Crown Prince! The little girl from the Fan Gang doesn't understand the etiquette of the Celestial Empire, which makes the Crown Prince laugh."

"Captain Li, you are so polite. Please excuse me quickly! Your love is so innocent and sincere!"

Zhu Guoqiang said politely, and at the same time smiled at the little girl. This little girl was quite interesting. Then, under the guidance of Li Ying, he walked to the roof of the stern cabin, where tables and chairs had been set up. After a simple courtesy, Li Ying

It was quite straightforward, and he directly singled out his request.

"Your Majesty, you are the son of a dragon and a phoenix. We will never have any doubts about what you say. As long as the common people have one question in their minds, how can the Crown Prince guarantee that he will find an official position for us in the future!"

Faced with Li Ying's question, when Zhu Guoqiang raised his eyes, he saw a sharp light flashing across his eyes. Such a "Pirate King" who has been selling the sea for decades is indeed not simple. Such a look is what Liu Liangzuo did.

I have seen it on generals who have been torn to pieces for decades on the battlefield.

Seeing that the prince did not speak, Li Ying continued.

"I'm not afraid of the Prince's joke if I tell you. The reason why Cao Min cares about this matter is all because of an old incident decades ago. Outside, Cao Min and 28 people including Brother Yan, Zheng Yiguan and others sworn sworn brothers and wanted to live in peace.

It was a big deal, but because he was greedy for sex and talked nonsense when drunk, he confided secrets to the woman next to him. Unexpectedly, the woman was afraid that her family would be implicated, so she rushed to report the matter to the official, and the matter was leaked.

Brother Yan and his brothers fled Hirado overnight. But in the eyes of the brothers, those who did the bad things back then were the common people, so it was inevitable for an official to have complaints against the common people. Now, one official is traveling across the Fujian Sea as a guerrilla general, and the subordinates are thieves.

And since he is an official, he must be incompatible. I don't want to be like Liu Xiang and others who were driven to death in the name of the government, so I want to find a future for my brothers' wealth. I don't know that the prince,

How to make us believe that the prince will definitely live up to us and find a new life for us."

I see!

Zheng Yiguan was the famous "Fujian King" Zheng Zhilong. Li Ying wanted to join the government. To put it bluntly, he wanted to take refuge in the government to avoid being "annihilated" by Zheng Yiguan in the future.

Picking up the tea cup, Zhu Guoqiang took a sip of tea and then said.

"If I said that I could protect you as a guerrilla and as a general soldier in the future, you would not believe me..."

Looking up and looking around Li Ying and others, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"You must be thinking in your heart, I am just a member of the clan, so what can I do even if I am the crown prince? The affairs of the government are the affairs of the government, and the government and the clan are definitely not on the same page, so my guarantee must not count, right!"

Looking at the shipowners in front of me who have experienced many adventures on the sea, all of them are well-informed owners. It may not be that easy to convince them with just a few words. They are doing business and stealing on the sea.

Without any substantial benefits, they will never sacrifice their lives for themselves easily.

What’s more important is to make them believe in themselves!

But how can we make them believe in us?

I'm afraid it's difficult to convince them with just verbal promises. These "ship owners" are not ordinary mountain kings. If you want to convince them, you have to come up with something substantial?

Putting down his tea cup, Zhu Guoqiang turned his attention to the tall girl at the bow of the boat and thought about it thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, you are welcome!"

When Li Ying responded with a smile, he suddenly heard the prince ask:

"I wonder if Captain Li's daughter is betrothed to someone else?"

As soon as these words came out, the boat suddenly fell silent, and everyone had puzzled expressions on their faces. Even Li Ying opened his mouth in surprise. Only Yun San looked at him ecstatically, with excitement in his eyes.

The light is like a dazzling mountain of gold and silver.

In fact, the dozen or so people here have gone through many ups and downs over the years. They are both businessmen and thieves, and they have always wanted to say that they have the same origin. After all, as the saying goes, "if wealth does not return to its hometown, it is like walking at night in brocade clothes." Naturally, they hope that one day they can return home in an honorable and honorable manner.

.If they can change their background with money, even if it costs hundreds of thousands of taels, they will never frown.

But over the years, there have been more than three or five "pirates" who have been recruited and then beheaded. How many of them can be recruited and put into important positions by the government like Zheng Zhilong?

Everyone is willing to recruit people, but they all have different ideas about recruiting people. But the first one must be that they can save their lives after recruiting people.

"My dearest son, although my daughter is already in her prime, she has never been promised a wife."

A strange expression flashed in Li Ying's eyes, and he vaguely guessed the prince's purpose.

"Then I wonder if the captain is willing to betroth your daughter to me as his second concubine!"

ah!

Li Ying was moved instantly, her daughter became the prince's second concubine!

This is a lifetime of blessings!

"As for your background, you should first join the palace and become the general of the palace! I can't be the master of the palace, but I can still be the master of the palace!"

"Oh, the prince is benevolent and righteous!"

Li Ying, who was quite excited, looked at each other and quickly stood up.

"From now on, everyone under the Peacock Flag will only obey the Crown Prince. If you violate this oath, Mazu will not be protected!"

As a modern person who grew up in the new century, Zhu Guoqiang certainly didn't care much about words such as oaths. However, when they swore an oath, it naturally showed that from then on, the "Peacock Flag" became his subordinates. Compared with

Oath, the closer relationship is probably the relatives!

In-laws!

Throughout the ages, countless emperors have married a certain minister's daughter as their queen.

The same is true for Zhu Guoqiang now, but she is just a secondary concubine, but for people like Li Ying, it is already a great favor.

They couldn't even think about getting married to the feudal lord, it was even more unthinkable than recruiting someone to marry him.

With this relationship, Li Ying's "Peacock Flag" naturally became Zhu Guoqiang's Peacock Flag.

Zhu Guoqiang certainly has his own plans for this maritime power that has tens of thousands of men and more than 200 large and small ships. This plan is not just about the Northern Expedition, it will also be the basis for him to build a navy in the future.
Chapter completed!