The rock-covered island, named Changxing Island by Ning Zefeng, is under construction. More than 10,000 people are building docks, building houses, hamlets, and digging caves here.

The materials are all ready-made. Stone materials are used on the spot. After a little polishing, they are built according to local conditions. The outermost stone houses are connected one by one, and the natural walls of the island are purchased. The roofs are built with battlements, and the powerful crossbows and crossbow machines brought from Qi are placed on it.

The large number of stones made the height of this stone island seem to have dropped a lot. On the island, the Qi army was still digging tunnels and starting to build military caves and warehouses on the island. Of course, such a project could not be completed in a short period of time.

The army is a violent organ with strong organizational discipline. When they are sabotaging, they are unparalleled, but when they are organized to build, the sound is unparalleled. At least in Changxing Island, this is the case now. Compared with the stone islands before, Changxing Island has completely changed its appearance.

Fan Xin was in charge of the entire Changxing Island. He divided the troops into several groups, some attacked from all directions, some built Changxing Island, and the other rested. In the past few months, the attacking fleet has gained a lot. As Ning Zefeng estimated earlier, the current Ming navy really didn't care about them.

Zhou Baozhen's third fleet was ordered to pursue Ning Zeyuan, but so far, they had not yet understood the movements of the enemy. The waterways from the Ming Dynasty to Manila were not something that Zhou Baozhen's twenty main warships could protect. Even if Zhou Baozhen worked hard, the robbery incident still occurred in two or three places. Whenever the incident occurred, the Ming fleet arrived and saw only one place, and nothing would be left for them.

On a roof, Ning Zefeng squinted his eyes and looked at a familiar figure not far away, carrying a stone with his bare arms towards the construction site, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Are you still angry? It seems that Yi Shengfa really annoyed you this time." Ning Zefeng said.

Fan Xin said angrily: "More than a dozen auxiliary warships, two main warships, and nearly four hundred navy and marines were gone because of his negligence in underestimating the enemy. Do you think he should punish him severely? This is now. If we were still in Daqi, such a thing would have happened, he should have cut off his head."

"It's not that easy to change your role." Ning Zefeng sighed: "Now we are pirates, and pirates must consciously put themselves as the weak. No matter who they meet, they must base themselves on a spelling word. Yi Shengfa is a general after all, so don't humiliate too much, just be fine, right?"

"Since the commander gave this order, then do it." Fan Xin frowned into the character "Chuan", "Commander, I am now worried that our soldiers have fallen into the hands of the other party. It would be fine if they were from the navy and Marine Corps. If it were those captains, the captains were captured by the opponent, our current place might be exposed. Once our location and specific location were exposed, the Ming army might carry out large-scale encirclement and suppression."

"So we must complete the construction of Changxing Island as soon as possible." Ning Zefeng said: "The boat can leave. If the Mingren Navy really comes, it will be simple. If there are fewer boats, we can deal with them by ourselves. If there are more boats, we will run away. They want to conquer this island. We have tens of thousands of marines stationed here to see how much they are willing to pay to conquer it."

Speaking of this, he sneered, "If we don't completely eliminate our warships, will they have the chance to conquer Changxing Island? At that time, you were away and I was hiding aside. Maybe you could find an opportunity to hurt them severely."

"The commander is right!" Fan Xin smiled, "It's a good thing to say that Changxing Island is inexhaustible. We are now using the scraps of the corners of the house to build houses to make large quantities of stone bombs. Whether it is the Thunderbolt Fire or the trencher, there are endless useful guys. We have now built a large number of large trenchers with a range of thousands of meters. Although these big guys are huge and inconvenient to move, they are really useful on the island. Moreover, when we choose the location of these giant trenchers, we have put a lot of effort into it. Even the artillery of Mingren with extremely long range is difficult to hit them."

"That kind of artillery?" Ning Zefeng sighed: "It is indeed a terrifying thing that the information obtained from the ghosts was that their Taiping giant cannon could hit four or five miles away."

"In my opinion, the most threatening thing is their string cannons." Fan Xin said: "No matter how powerful the giant cannon on the head is, there are only one. Only one can only fire one at a time, but there are too many cannons on the side. The commander will really have no chance of winning when fighting such a warship."

"So we can only be pirates!" Ning Zefeng exhaled a breath of turbid air and smiled: "They hit them, we hit us. The best situation is that we will never meet them."

"It's possible for a moment, how can you hide for the rest of your life?" Fan Xin said with a wry smile.

"You don't have to hide for a lifetime, at most a year, everything will be clear." Ning Zefeng whispered.

"What does this mean?" Fan Xin asked in surprise: "Is there something new happening?"

"The ghost has come, and I have sent me the latest information and new tasks." Ning Zefeng said. "Qin Li has made progress. Within a year, the Tiger Dynasty in the extreme west will organize a large-scale fleet to march eastward. At that time, it is the moment of a decisive battle. If we can hold on until that time, we can become a force in the decisive battle. If we still fail in this situation, we will have nothing to say."

Fan Xin nodded silently.

"We have worked hard to plan for things, and success is in heaven." Ning Zefeng patted Fan Xin's shoulder, "This time you made a great contribution and seized the arms transport ship sent by the Ming people to Manila. The artillery and ammunition in it are something that Daqi has always dreamed of. You must know that since the first time this weapon appeared in Panlong Village, Daqi gathered countless strange people and strange people to study this kind of thing, but it has not made much progress. The things made by Daqi's craftsmen cannot even kill a chicken. This time, with the physical objects, it will be much easier."

"It's a pity that these artillery are all land war artillery, not guns used on warships, otherwise I really want to load them on warships immediately." Fan Xin said with some disappointment: "The Ming people who are responsible for escorting this batch of goods don't know how to make this thing at all. What a pity, why didn't they send a few such craftsmen on the ship?"

"Don't be greedy, this is already very good." Ning Zefeng smiled and said, "Send these things back to Daqi and let the skilled craftsmen in Daqi think about them. I hope they can figure out the tricks. If they can imitate them, it will be an unexpected surprise for us."

"I'm not very optimistic!" Fan Xin said: "Commander, you dare to see how the cannons are made so smooth? The escort official said that he only knew what kind of machine the cannon was dug out directly. I couldn't imagine it. I still remember that after our Daqi seized Mingren's thunder fire and crossbow machine, he knew how to imitate it, but the things he made were not good. I was very worried that the same was true for this cannon."

"This is not a problem we can solve." Ning Zefeng sighed. "Now I understand that to create these things, it is formed from a complete set of technologies from top to the next. Without any link, it is impossible to succeed. But now we have physical objects, no matter what, it is a big step forward."

The two were silent for a moment, and Fan Xin asked: "You just said that Daqi gave us a new task, what is it?"

"I'm going to go to the Liaodong Peninsula." Ning Zefeng said: "After you send this batch of wood this time, the next time may be a few months."

"Liaodong Peninsula?"

Ning Zefeng nodded: "Transport a group of female savages to land in Chu."

Fan Xin was stunned for a while and suddenly laughed: "Let me go and ignore me?"

"Yes, these people are consumables." Ning Zefeng said: "You should also think of what will happen if five thousand barbaric female Naoto climbs to Chu?"

"They will eventually be killed by Mingren." Fan Xin curled his lips.

"If you kill it, kill it, but before you kill it, I hope they can cause enough damage to the Ming people." Ning Zefeng smiled, "Their tribe needs a lot of food and cloth to save lives, so they have to exchange for their lives."

"I'm afraid the danger is not small when I go here." Fan Xin said: "Didn't I say that Zhou Baozhen's third fleet is chasing us? I'll take a few more attacks during this period and try to attract their attention to cover your actions."

"You have to be careful. Although Zhou Baojian's fleet does not have steam artillery warships, this guy is also a veteran at sea. Once he is entangled, it will be difficult to get out."

"I understand." Fan Xin said. "He is an old man, I am a newcomer, and I am about to step on their shoulders and climb up."

Ning Zefeng laughed: "I like your spirit the most. Be bold and careful. I'll leave now. In the next few months, you will be careful to deal with it yourself."

Fan Xin watched the fleet carrying Ning Zefeng gradually disappear above the sea level, and then turned around and looked at the busy Changxing Island. He hoped that in a year, he would never stay on this island with nothing, but would be able to return to Daqi openly. Of course, if he wanted to do all this, he would need to defeat the Ming army's navy.

"We will win." He waved his fist hard, strode down the roof and headed towards the construction site.

What he didn't know was that at this time, a large fleet of as many as hundreds of main warships were gathering, and various combat materials were being moved to the warships incessantly.

Three days later, the first fleet, led by Zhou Yangfan, sailed out of Manning Harbor.

Within the following days, three other fleets also set out one after another.
Chapter completed!