Speaking of Wang Zhi's incident, Yan Siqi sighed: "I also wanted to serve the court, but I was only worried that I would end up like Wang Zhi when I was recruited by the court! Poor leader Wang, who was originally free and regarded the sea as his family, but insisted on being restrained by the court! If he did not accept the recruitment, could the Ming Dynasty's navy be captured? The Ming Dynasty once had a powerful navy, which was burned by Liu Daxia. Wang Zhi back then, now, as long as we don't go back, what can the Ming Dynasty do to me?"

Gao Shixin thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle Yan, you have escaped overseas because you offended the gentry?"

"That's true!" Yan Siqi nodded, "I was born in Zhangzhou. The local gentry instigated evil servants to oppress the people. I really couldn't bear it anymore. I saw the injustice on the road and drew my sword to help him and killed the evil servant. As a result, the head of the family went to report to the official and wanted to arrest me and asked me to pay the evil servant's life. I could only escape their vicious hands when I went out of exile!"

"Official officials are the chief guard!" Gao Shixin sneered, "Although those gentry are not officials, they passed the exam and were a member of the civil servant group in the future! Naturally, officials have to protect their interests! There is another saying, "To be an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth, why do those people get fame and fortune? It's not for the people of the world, but for the sake of selfish interests, to make money, and to oppress the people! The world is as black as crows, how can there be white crows? Even if there are a few honest officials, they are still for the literature.

The gentry group of officials and gentry did not tolerate it, and tried every means to squeeze it out. In fact, even if the officials are greedy, it is nothing. They are afraid of those stupid officials who only know how to be greedy for money but do not know how to do serious business. Take Zhang Juzheng as an example. Isn’t Zhang Juzheng not greedy? But he did do good things for the world. And how many officials in the court are doing real things? They only know how to fight the party all day long, exclude opponents, and ignore national interests! If officials can do serious business, there will be no disaster for Jiannu!”

Yan Siqi laughed: "My dear nephew said it well!"

Gao Shixin said again: "Uncle Yan, in fact, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the civil servants and gentry were not the same. Emperor Taizu was also from a commoner. The emperor was also for the sake of the people of the world. The bad things lie in the court officials. If the emperor intends to invite Uncle Yan, can Uncle Yan accept the emperor's revenge?"

"Son of Heaven?" Yan Siqi shook his head, "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has so many things in charge, how could he recruit me as a small pirate leader? Even if he wanted to recruit me, it was the emperor's elder brother who was the emperor and his subordinates to recruit me. I am afraid that those people will deceive me and cut me off my husband and send me the head to the capital to report merit! I will never accept the court's amnesty, and I don't want to end up with Wang Zhi."

"It's really hateful that Chinese civil servants in the court deceive their superiors and conceal their subordinates! I really want to kill all the worms that only know how to be greedy for money but do not know how to do some serious things!" Gao Shixin said angrily.

"Well said! If you want to eliminate corrupt officials, I can also help you!" Yan Siqi stroked his beard and smiled.

Gao Shixin took out the drawings of Western warships, bastions and other drawings to Yan Siqi: "Uncle Yan, these are given to you by the younger generation, I hope they will be helpful to you in the future."

Yan Siqi opened the first drawing and saw that it read: Clippers' pattern.

"Sliding ship?" Yan Siqi shook his head, "Why have I never heard of such a ship? I have traveled around the world, whether it is Korean ships, Japanese ships, Nanyang native ships, Thais, big cannibal ships, or Lumi ships. However, looking at the appearance of this ship, it looks a bit like the big cannibal and Lumi people's galloping speedboats. We also have galloping speedboats, called Centipede Clippers, the captain, and they are narrow and are flying on the water. However, it is not easy to use when it is on the sea with high winds and strong waves, because the hull is short and the boat will enter the water."

The Lumi Kingdom, also known as Ottoman Türkiye, also have large-scale food ships, are all galloping and fast ships. However, the Lumi warships mainly operate in the calm inland seas such as the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

The Age of Discovery was actually because Ottoman Turkey cut off the traffic between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, which forced Western colonists to detour the Cape of Good Hope to trade in the East. Columbus believed that since the earth was round, he could go west and go east, and perhaps even closer. So Columbus discovered the new continent of the Americas, and since then the West began the colonial era.

Before the arrival of the Age of Discovery, the trade between the West and the East was the Silk Road by land; the sea route was through the Mediterranean, and arrived at the Great Food Empire, that is, after the Arab Empire, it passed by land, reached the Red Sea, then turned to the ships of the Red Sea, entered the Indian Ocean, crossed the Strait of Malacca, and arrived at the end of Guangzhou or Quanzhou.

Due to the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the traffic between land and sea between Eurasia was cut off, forcing Westerners to find new routes, which led to the era of great navigation.

Gao Shixin pointed to the drawing and said, "Uncle Yan, this flying scissor is not a Thai-shelf ship, nor a Lumi ship, a big-food ship. This is a new ship type that one of my good brothers himself. Although the ship type is also a Thai-shelf ship, it is slenderer than the Thai-shelf ship and has a higher bow. It adopts a Thai-shelf soft sail, an all-round sail, and can run 120 miles in one hour."

The speed of the flying scissors can reach 17 knots, which is 17 nautical miles per hour, which is about 30 kilometers, which is only 120 miles in one hour! What an amazing speed! Yan Siqi praised: "If you get this boat, you can reach it in an instant from Fujian to Japan or to Manila! How fast!"

"The eight hundred miles on the land are expedited, and countless Yimas are running to death, but they are not that fast." Gao Shixin said with a smile.

"This ship can only serve as a cargo ship. If it is not suitable for naval combat, the hull is too narrow to accommodate larger artillery." Yan Siqi said regretfully.

"But you can act as a privateer. You only need to bring more than ten short cannons to come and go freely. Fight when you meet a merchant ship; run when you meet a warship. It can be said that those who can beat me cannot run away from me, and those who can beat me cannot beat me."

"Hahaha!" Yan Siqi laughed, "No, not bad! I'll let the Kinmen shipyard build such a ship."

Gao Shixin also knew that Yan Siqi could not accept the invitation through chatting with Yan Siqi, so he said, "Uncle Yan, I have only one thing to ask for, and I hope Uncle Yan will allow it!"

"What's the matter?" Yan Siqi asked.

"I want to go back to the capital. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is already terminally ill, and it will be almost time to go! There must be major changes in the court. I am only worried that Jiannu will take this opportunity to seize Liaodong! So I want to go back to the capital to serve the court." Gao Shixin stood up and bowed respectfully.

"Serve the court?" Yan Siqi laughed, "Actually, I have seen that you are not an ordinary person! But I didn't expect you to be a real person in the court! I have never made things difficult for you, just hope you can help me build artillery! But now you are leaving, my brothers alliance is not a place where you can come whenever you want, and you can go whenever you want!"

"Uncle Yan, I'd better call you Uncle. You'd better let us brothers go back, otherwise if you really start fighting, Uncle Yan, you are no match for me."

"Isn't your opponent?" Yan Siqi laughed, "I, Yan, have never been afraid of anyone since I was a child! There are not many people who are my opponents when fighting! Boy, if you are not honest, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Chapter completed!