Yuan Jin was angry and helpless when he saw Hu Dabao looking like a scoundrel. He had good intentions and wanted the son of his former colleague to return to the army, but he didn't expect that Hu Dabao was so incompetent.

Seeing that the two sides had finally reached an agreement on the issue of muskets, he was also worried that Hu Dabao would make any rude demands again, so he immediately said to Hu Dabao:

"Hu Dabao! Mr. Yang has agreed to give you the musket you want! Now you can talk about your uncle and nephew's team cooperating with us!"

"There is no problem here now! But I can only talk to you about our cooperation! If you want to bring my uncle's team, then this is not the asking price! After all, we have to live a life, and we have brothers to support.

Isn’t it?!”

After hearing what Yuan Jin said, Hu Dabao casually put forward a new condition: "You want me to find my uncle?! Yes! But you also have to be sincere! My uncle is not as easy to get rid of as I am!"

"You——! Okay! You can tell us all now! What should we do so that you can use it to persuade Hu Changhai to do this favor?!"

Now Yuan Jin was furious when he saw Hu Dabao's rogue behavior.

However, he himself also understood the character of Hu Changhai, and knew that that person was indeed, as Hu Dabao said, a scheming old man who could not afford to be too early.

At this time, he didn't say anything when he saw Yang Zhen, and simply stood up to negotiate with Hu Dabao for Yang Zhen.

"Nothing else! As for my uncle, he just likes silver, money and food! If we work together to destroy the Tatar farm fortress, or even occupy Xiongyue City, then I'm afraid we will get fifty-fifty of the proceeds!

"If you agree to this condition, I guess my uncle won't raise any objections! This can be taken care of by me. After all, I won't get your muskets and projectiles in vain! I still want this favor.

Pay it back!"

"Twenty-eight points!"

"No! It must be 50-50!"

"Thirty-seven points! No more!"

"Then it's four or six points! No more! If it's any less, it's not worth my trip to Changxing Island!"

Yuan Jin and Hu Dabao exchanged words with each other, going back and forth, constantly haggling, and Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen, Zhang Guogan, and Jin Shijun were dumbfounded.

Where have they ever seen such a scene?

Could it be that the navy of the Ming Dynasty all produced people like market traders?!

Yuan Jin and Hu Dabao finally bargained to 64 points and could not go any further, so they turned to look at Yang Zhen, waiting for Yang Zhen's decision.

At this time, Yang Zhen finally discovered, a little sadly, that he did not have the mysterious "powerful spirit" possessed by other time travellers.

He has no ability at all to conquer the ancients and use them for his own use with just a few words or a few words of wisdom.

Nowadays, even though he has a great reputation, in the end, he can only rely on various exchanges of interests to win over people, drive people, and make people be used by him.

This made him feel helpless and powerless, but he had to face reality and accept it.

"Okay! Let's join hands. If it happens, then it will be 40-60 points! We will get 60%, and you will get 40%! - I hope your performance is worthy of your asking price!"

Yang Zhen really wanted to win over this group of people for his own use. Deep down in his heart, he even hoped to include this group of people into his new Zhengdong advance camp.

This is also the real reason why he has been patient, compromised, and agreed to the other party's various requests.

But he also knew that this was his first meeting with Hu Dabao, and that he had not yet met Hu Dabao's legendary uncle, the pirate leader Hu Changhai, and it was indeed impossible to win their trust immediately.

Yang Zhen reluctantly agreed to the conditions proposed by Hu Dabao, and at the same time shifted the topic to the next plan. At this time, he heard Hu Dabao say:

"This - Mr. Yang! Don't worry! Everyone is out to fool around. If we are not worth the price, then you will give it to us for free and we can't take it!

"Besides, you are new here and unfamiliar with the place. Do you know the size of the Tatar city on the shore, how many troops are stationed there, and where the villages are?!

"With us leading the way, you won't be blinded, and at least you can avoid the trouble of going ashore for reconnaissance! I think this alone is worth 20% of the seizure!"

When Hu Dabao said this, he looked at Yang Zhen who smiled wryly and nodded in approval, paused briefly, and then said: "Not far to the north of Tu'er Island, there is a Xiangshui River. When the tide rises at night, you can take a boat along it.

The Xiangshui River flows upstream and reaches the outside of Xiongyue City!

"Although Xiongyue City is not big, it is the only Mancheng within a hundred miles between Gaizhou and Fuzhou! The bannermen stationed in the city are Manchu Tatars with white flags! However, there are not many bannermen, and now there are probably

There is only one Niulu!

"More than ten miles south of Xiongyue City, there is Shipeng Mountain. At the foot of Shipeng Mountain, there is a large military camp of Tianzhu Bing. It is also called Xu Guanbao, but it is the place where the Manchu Tatars pointed out to Tianzhu Bing Xu Erxian's tribe to settle the family members of the old tribe!

"Originally, the village was filled with old, weak, women and children, but a few days ago, a group of Ertazi who considered thieves as their fathers came back from the north. I wonder if Xu Erxian is there now!

"In addition, along Xiongyue City to the north, until near Gaizhou, there are farmhouses full of Tatars with white flags, noble bannermen and armor! The size of the village and the population are almost all here!"

After Hu Dabao said these words, he nodded his head with his index finger somewhat proudly, which meant that he knew the distribution of the Tatar garrison and farms in this area on the shore.

After hearing what Hu Dabao said, Yang Zhen felt a stone fall in his heart. With this pirate group who was familiar with the enemy and the terrain as a guide, he would indeed have a better chance of winning than trying to get lucky by himself.

Yang Zhen thought about this, first looked at Yuan Jin, and then at Zhang Chen. When he saw these two mature and prudent figures, they nodded to him in unison and made up his mind.

"That's good! - In that case, it's better for us to choose a different day. Let's have a good discussion today on how to go ashore and cooperate in the future!"

Since Yang Zhen decided to cooperate with Hu Dabao and his group, he had no reservations. He immediately arranged for Jin Shijun and Ma Keqing to go back and report the news, and ordered Lu Pinqi and Li Lu to take their men to the big ship, take the small boat, and dock.

Land and choose a place to set up camp on Rabbit Island.

He himself discussed the next cooperation matters with Yuan Jin, Zhang Chen, and Hu Dabao, and quickly finalized two items that needed to be done immediately.

First, Hu Dabao is asked to accompany Yuan Jin by boat as soon as possible to the south, along the coast to Changxing Island, to meet Hu Changhai, the leader of this group of pirates, and to confirm Hu Changhai's willingness to cooperate as soon as possible.

Second, Hu Dabao was asked to select a few confidant guides to accompany Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen and others to lead the team and look for opportunities to go ashore in the direction of Xiongyue City to survey the terrain in order to determine the future battlefield and tactics.

Although Yang Zhen visited this area more than once in later generations, he always passed by in a casual way.

Especially now, it is a time and space more than three hundred years ago, in which the changes in the topography of towns, villages, rivers, roads, hills, mountains and forests are absolutely insignificant.

He had an impression of the general topography, but he needed to see the specific areas where ambushes could be set up, where they could hide, and where they were suitable for night travel or daytime travel.

Hu Dabao was very shrewd when bargaining, but when the bargaining was over, he immediately became aggressive when it came to joining forces to attack the towns and villages where the Tatars were entrenched.

After several people reached an agreement on such issues, at noon that day, Hu Dabao took two boats and accompanied Yuan Jin and his personal guards to the south.

The distance from Tu Island to Changxing Island outside Fuzhou Bay is slightly farther than the distance from Juehua Island to the mouth of Xiaoling River, but it is not much further.

In addition, Hu Dabao, Yuan Jin and their men were very familiar with the sea conditions in Gaizhou Bay and Fuzhou Bay. Therefore, they set off by boat at noon that day and set sail south. In the early morning of the next day, the sun
Chapter completed!