Chapter 255 Raising the Red Flag
After reading the book for half an hour, Zhu Wo closed the excerpt.
"It's time to go on a patrol..."
The days on this sea are too boring. It is obviously difficult to make everyone do their own things according to the regulations.
Even though the gunman above was trained by foreigners, what about the sailors on the deck?
It only took a few days to sail, and some people could no longer mention the gods.
Zhu Wo didn't want to see the sailors on his boat shaking the dice one day.
Of course, this is also related to the situation where everything has been smooth sailing over the past few days. It’s so smooth, and there are no accidents.
Zhu Wo got up and took off the leather goods hanging on the wall. There were double-tube pistols and telescopes on it, then tidy up the lanterns, opened the cabin door and prepared to go to the cockpit first.
However, as soon as he walked out of the captain's cabin, he saw his deputy running over with a nervous look on his face.
This is an old sailor who has been working hard in the waves for more than ten years. Although this is his first time to go to Southeast Asia, Zhu Wo knew that this person is a treasure in his elder brother. He had encountered several times when he encountered a storm on the sea.
It seems that since I met this person, Zhu Wo has never seen his deputy so panicked. In other words, the only thing that can make this deputy who has seen many storms is so panicked...
A trace of ominous premonition arose in Zhu Wo's heart.
"What happened..."
"We are in trouble. We found foreign bandits right ahead..."
Zhu Wo's face darkened. This was something that no one at the sea would want to touch. Moreover, why didn't he hear the sound of the alarm bell ringing?
"That boy Cai Qian felt uncomfortable..."
"This is leaving the post without permission!" Zhu Wo wished he could throw Cai Qian out as a luoxiang at this moment. Fortunately, the lookout soldier on another ship found the traces of foreign bandits and immediately warned him, otherwise...
"Is there a way to avoid it..."
You can't vomit in the sea. It's better not to fight or not. No one can guarantee the outcome, right?
"I'm afraid not!" the deputy replied.
The distance is too close.
Cai Qian was already running back from the stern with his belt, and looked at the bird boats of different sizes on the sea in the distance, sweating profusely. He was just lazy, why was he so unlucky?
Now he really has a hard time thinking about it.
Looking at Zhu Wo with a cold face on the bow of the ship and without even looking at him, Cai Qian was desperate about his future.
But at this time, he didn't bother to pray for Zhu Wo's forgiveness, and grabbed the rope and crawled into the mast like a monkey.
This is very dangerous, but Cai Qian doesn't care about the danger now.
On a big bird boat, the boss of the Black Flag Gang, Guo Po, was surrounded by a group of subordinates, looking at two big red ships not far away.
All the eyes are revealed are the desire of red fruits.
It is only the 44th year of Qianlong's reign, not the Jiaqing Dynasty twenty years later. Although the Nanyang bandits had already made a name for themselves, their power was far from growing to its peak.
Not to mention anything else, it depends on Guo Po’s leadership. In history, the Black Flag Gang had more than 100 warships and tens of thousands of people under his jurisdiction. Now, Guo Po’s leadership team, let alone tens of thousands of people, has less than a thousand people under his command.
More than a dozen bird boats of all sizes are already the capital of Guo Po.
With this little capital, they could not get two big-sized single ships equipped with dozens of artillery guns.
The main force of this joint battle is the Hongqi Gang next to it.
Zheng Yi's capital is much thicker than Guo Po's? This time he brought a total of 2,000 people.
And this is just a part of the Red Flag Gang.
Because it's the deep sea now? Many small boats in the Hongqi Gang cannot come here. If it is in the Lingdingyang, Zheng Yi brought all the people up? Then there are at least three or four thousand people.
The Hongqi Gang's strength is much stronger than the other foreign bandits. Otherwise, how could Zheng Yi be determined to merge with other foreign bandits? He is the boss himself?
At this time, Zheng Yi was also looking at the red boat opposite.
It's 500,000 yuan, which is much more than the one-man ship worth tens of thousands of yuan under his feet.
But Zheng Yi was not afraid at all.
So what can I do if the ship is large?
Is his cannon powerful?
This is a foreign artillery he brought from his cousin Zheng Qi who was mingling in the Xishan Army in Annan.
All made in Portugal.
All of them were seized by his cousin who fought against Ruan Zhujun on the battlefield.
It was also his greatest confidence to come to pick up two large 500,000 tiger beards this time.
Although the Yunxiao Gang's nest is in Fujian? Is there no family between Fujian and Guangdong? In addition, Zhu Wo also has a business in Guangzhou. How has the Yunxiao Gang grown up in the past two years and how much money has it made, all this is in Zheng Yi's eyes.
So from Yunxiao's fight against Shunde, he started to buy a total of 500,000 yuan? He set his sights on it.
Zheng Yi, who has a full understanding of the economic strength of the Yunxiao Gang, has sufficient reason to believe it? As long as he can eat these two large 500,000 yuan in one bite, he will definitely make a fortune.
At that time, take the goods to Jiangping - a border town located between Fangcheng, Qingqinzhou and Wanning Prefecture, Annan. Because it is at the junction of the two countries, it is innately anarchic state. Jiangping, which is next to the mountains and seas, gathers a large number of merchants, fishermen and fugitives from Lingnan and Annan? Everyone there may be criminals.
During the arrest process, the navy of China and Vietnamese countries were worried about crossing the border? They turned a blind eye, making Jiangping more and more a paradise for lawless people.
Then you will make a fortune?
The Xishan Army was very generous in taking action.
Ruan Yue, Ruan Hui, and Ruan Lun are fighting against the Ruan Zhu army in Guangnan. Although the latter lost the Fuchun old base, Ruan Phu Ying reoccupied the Jiading area (Saigon). And Du Qingren, who supported Ruan Phu Ying, fought very well? In addition, Li Wenyun, Ruan Wenhong, Song Fukukuang, Song Fuliang and other supporters of Ruan Zhu also raised troops to respond. Now the entire Jiading area - Jiading City and its large areas of land under its jurisdiction, such as Fan'an Town, Bianhe Town, Dingxiang Town, Yongqing Town and Hexian Town - have been recovered by Ruan Zhu? The Xishan Army has repeatedly fought south to attack and were repelled.
Originally, they were chasing the victory, but in the blink of an eye it turned into a stalemate battle.
It's simply shocking.
The Xishan Army was unwilling to be attacked from both sides and wanted to make good friends with Zheng Zheng's army in the north. Not only did they donate large areas of the essence of the Southern Dynasty such as Fuchun to Zheng's master in the north, but they also needed to provide a large amount of money, food and materials every year.
Therefore, the country's lack of Xishan regime collected all the materials sent by the pirates and bandits regardless of the reason. In return, what they could give was larger warships and more cannons.
Of course, there is also an official body.
From the first moment of forming the navy, the navy of the Xishan Army was full of the shadows of Chinese pirates and bandits, such as Zheng Yi's cousin Zheng Qi, who is now the governor of the Xishan Army's navy.
Before him, Chen Tianbao and Mo Guanfu were the generals and the marquis.
Chinese pirates have become marquis in the Xishan Army.
When the news came out, I didn’t know how many people died. Zheng Qi went to Annan because of this, and Zheng Yi always stayed in the Lingdingyang estuary of the Pearl River.
The Zheng family has left a way out for themselves. Zheng Yi relied on his cousin Zheng Qi's weight in the Xishan Army, and his strength has expanded rapidly in recent years. He has not only added a group of "professional" warships, but also has many excellent cannons, including the Portuguese foreign cannons that he now relies on.
The French entered Annan very early, and the foreign monk Baiduolu was quite powerful.
Previously, not only did Ng Phuc Ying help Ng Phuc Ying obtain a large number of weapons from the Portuguese, but also organized three Portuguese warships to assist Ng Phuc Ying.
This is also the reason why Zheng Qi was able to get the Portuguese artillery.
"Rise the red flag!"
Chapter completed!