Chapter 412 Careful sailing for ten thousand years
What Chen Yue said was really a bit regretful.
The low smiles of the people around him also made him a little embarrassed, but when he thought of the identities of these people, he felt relieved.
Aren't they just officers and soldiers? He brags in front of these officers and soldiers how powerful he and his brothers are, even daring to fight the imperial navy. Isn't that just making him feel uncomfortable?
"I have fought against the navy several times, but I was always chased away by the navy!" He explained nonchalantly, and he didn't know whether he was explaining it to Jiang Yanran in front of him, or to those who were laughing around him.
People listen
"I think that's probably the case!" Jiang Yanran didn't laugh, but nodded, with a look on her face that I knew: "In doing this worthless business at sea, you have to do a lot of such outrageous things...
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"Absolutely not!" Chen Yue's face turned stern: "Miss Jiang, you can ask me. Although I, Chen Yue, am not a good person, I have never done anything that harms the natural world and harms innocent people, especially the ships of our Ming Dynasty.
, if it weren’t for the fact that we couldn’t survive, my brothers and I would not take action. We mainly rely on those barbarian ships to survive..."
He sighed: "However, these people now have more and more gunboats, and business is getting harder and harder. Even the Japanese boats now have firearms coming out of nowhere, so..."
He looked at Jiang Yanran with a sincere face: "Miss Jiang, you don't tell lies in front of real people. Now Sihai has just started its business on the sea. Although my brothers and I have selfish motives, we can definitely help Sihai."
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Jiang Yanran pondered for a long time: "So, you must have found out the details of our world?"
"I don't dare to ask for an investigation, but it's a matter of life and fortune, so I have to find out clearly before doing anything!" Chen Yue said calmly.
"Then you should know that I am not the one who calls the shots in the world!" Jiang Yanran said: "So, I can't promise you anything, what you want, I can only consider your matter based on what you do!"
"Please tell me, Miss Jiang!" Chen Yue's face perked up. Jiang Yanran meant to inquire about his "cooperation". This was definitely a good start.
"Let's do this!" Jiang Yanran said: "Didn't you say how powerful you are at sea? Take your people and ships to Pi Island in Dongjiang Town, and I will ask you to bring this letter from me. As for whether you have
I’ll ask my brother to decide whether it’s useful and can be cleared up!”
"What I can do is to ensure that you or your messenger will not be killed as pirates before meeting my brother!" Jiang Yanran smiled slightly: "Take my letter to Pi Island, and then bring it back.
A personal letter from my brother!"
"Thank you Miss Jiang for the introduction!" Chen Yue stood up: "No matter whether this matter succeeds or not, Chen Yue feels Miss Jiang's affection. How could Sihai eventually become no friends with me, Chen Yue? As long as Sihai does not target me, Chen Yue, I, Chen Yue, will
Yue will never take the initiative to deal with Sihai!"
Jiang Yanran laughed: "Okay, remember what you said, just wait a moment, I will write you a letter!"
Half an hour later, this pale man walked out of the door with Jiang Yanran's handwritten letter, and disappeared into the crowd in front of the door. Jiang Yanran sat down, and the guards around him immediately
Come over.
"Miss, this man is a pirate. Can he be trusted?"
"I just don't know if it's reliable or not, so I asked you to go directly to my brother!" Jiang Yanran held her cheek: "Of course we can't let us do such a troublesome thing. I didn't hear that they have better ships and better people.
Really? If I am stupid enough to be used by him, I won’t have anywhere to cry!"
"How about you go to the government to find out the details of this person? He has a name, so it shouldn't be difficult to find out!"
"No need!" Jiang Yanran shook her head: "Since he plans to take refuge with us, he won't make up some easily exposed lies to deceive us. Anyway, I don't have any say in this matter. When the time comes, I can handle it how my brother says.
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After Chen Yue went out, he walked around the dirty streets of Hao Jing'ao for a while, and then walked towards the shack far away from the street. After burning a stick of incense, he walked out of the shack with a few people.
, and headed directly towards the dock.
On the dock, a merchant ship had already finished unloading its cargo. After a few of them boarded the ship, it slowly left the dock and headed towards the sea in the distance.
No one knew that this merchant ship, which had been doing business honestly in Hao Jing Ao, actually belonged to Chen Yue, but it had never participated in his moneyless transactions at sea.
"Brother, how was the conversation?"
When the boat arrived in the middle of the sea, a few people finally gathered around Chen Yue. These people had different faces, but they had one thing in common. They all had the surname Chen.
Yes, Chen Yue’s former village was called Chenjiacun. Even if they became pirates, their power would never accept outsiders. Later, after being wanted by the government, the entire Chenjiacun simply disappeared and no one knew about it.
Where they went, no one knows where the men, women, old and children who left Chenjiacun are now.
"This matter is too big, and Miss Jiang can't make the decision!" Chen Yue said in a deep voice: "However, the things we asked about are probably true. What they talked about when they didn't know who I was.
Many of the things are consistent with what we asked about!"
"Really?" Everyone was delighted: "This is a good thing. We can't trust the local government, and we don't dare to trust them. But if they really come from Beijing, then our hope is over!"
"Don't be too happy!" Chen Yue interrupted his subordinates: "Miss Jiang only promised to introduce us to Mr. Jiang. She didn't agree to anything else, and she didn't even ask us too much.
I don’t think she has much interest in us!"
"Brother, are you kidding?" The crowd was in an uproar: "They want to do business on the Guangdong sea. With our brothers, it will be even more powerful. Not to mention the ships and manpower, who dares to take care of the official business and have our brothers to look after it?"
Do you want to initiate this deal?"
"What if they don't plan to do a big business on the sea?" Chen Yue asked back: "They blackmailed such a ship from the Folangji people just to disgust those Folangji people here. They
Are officials still short of money?"
"The more money, the better!" Someone said unconvinced: "We can help them make a lot of money just to get a good background, but they still resist us. Is this looking down on us?"
"I'm not saying that I look down upon this!" Chen Yue was also a little distressed: "But anyway, looking at Miss Jiang's attitude, I'm not very optimistic about this matter. By the way, he gave me a letter asking me to go to Dongjiang Town.
The island is looking for Mr. Jiang, brothers, make up your mind, should we not go to this Pi Island!?"
"Pi Island, this is a bit far..."
Several people hesitated, and that was the place of the imperial court. They were now landing on the ground in Guangdong. They were all sneaky, for fear of being discovered and arrested. They were going to Pi Island. If the other party turned against them, then they
It's like coming to your doorstep to kill someone!
"Brother, you decide. If you don't do it for yourself, don't you do it for the folks on the island?"
After a moment of silence, these people expressed their opinions one after another: "If the eldest brother says to go, we will risk our lives to accompany the eldest brother. If the eldest brother says so, let it go. We brothers will not complain, and the opportunity will not be just once. Maybe we will do it again in the future."
There are better opportunities!”
"Yes, we are not doing it all for ourselves, but also for our relatives!" Chen Yue smiled on her pale face: "There may be opportunities in the future, but my body may not be able to survive the next opportunity.
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He looked at everyone: "When we return to the island, you all will go down. I will take San'er and the others to change the boat. If I don't come back, you will nominate someone to take charge..."
"Brother!" Everyone was anxious.
"That's it!" Chen Yue smiled faintly: "Think about everyone, if it weren't for you, I would have died long ago. If I could find a way out for everyone, I wouldn't be afraid of death!"
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"The ship is coming, the ship is coming!"
The soldiers on the dock shouted happily, and the sailboat in the distance showed its figure. This was the Luochuan's third trip back from North Korea, and every time the ship arrived at the port, it brought tens of thousands of kilograms of food.
The soldiers didn't care where the food came from. They just knew that every time Marshal Jiang's ship came back, it was enough that everyone could eat it for a while, although they still couldn't eat it freely.
, but the days now are much better than those of the past few months when I was hungry and full.
At least now it is absolutely guaranteed to be dry and dilute every day.
Mei Xiaofei hurriedly walked off the boat and walked towards the house on the other side of the pier. There, there were many familiar faces crowding around and looking at it, none other than Jiang Wan.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
“It’s not hard work!”
Mei Xiaofei completed the greeting meticulously, then raised his head and smiled: "This time we only have one hundred and twenty stones, and we have brought them all back. Over there in the small mountain village, the Koreans probably still have food, but let's go up
That's all you can get in exchange for the porcelain and silk you pulled over!"
"The North Koreans are a little too evil!" Jiang Wan nodded: "However, if you take such a big risk to raise food for us, if you can't make some money, it would be too disappointing, and you can't be righteous.
Eat!”
"So, is the Luochuan going to return to Haojing'ao?" Mei Xiaofei said.
"Can you do it?" Jiang Wan looked at the captain who had become a monk on the way: "Tang Ruowang is not on the ship. The only people who really know how to ship are the sailors, good and bad. It's not a big deal to run around in Korea, but it's a bit far to go back to Haojing'ao!
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"I have been studying very hard!" Mei Xiaofei blushed: "If I am alone, I will definitely not be able to do it, but there are other brothers!"
"I'm afraid it won't work!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Let's wait until Tang Ruowang comes back. Let's take some rest and practice how to use this boat. Anyway, with this food, we can support it for a while now!"
"Yes!" Mei Xiaofei returned unhappily: "What if Mr. Tang won't come?"
"That is unless he is dead!" Jiang Wan laughed: "Don't worry, as long as he is alive, he will crawl back, not to mention that I have sent him Yao Chunyong and a group of guards, and he has my prescription in hand.
As long as they don’t encounter a large group of Tatars, even if the North Koreans find out their identities, they won’t do anything to them!”
Jiang Wan smiled and pointed to the ship in the distance, "Let everyone on the ship rest... Huh?"
Mei Xiaofei turned his head and followed Jiang Wan's line of sight, his eyes also blank: "There is a boat on the sea!"
At the same time, on the ship on the sea that was slowly sailing into the sea, Chen Yue was also looking at the dock and the ships on the dock in the distance.
He has been circling this horizon for more than a day. Except for Phi Island in the distance, he has found people stationed on several nearby islands. If the boat gets closer, the people on the islands will wave and shout at them.
Some even lit fires and emitted thick smoke to indicate the direction for them to stop.
However, Chen Yue didn't dare to lean in easily.
This miserable place is full of officers and soldiers, and he, Chen Yue, is not a good and law-abiding citizen. If he really docks, then the fate of his ship and his people will not be up to him.
He is cautiously determined to whom he will entrust his destiny.
He knew that he might not be so lucky to see Mr. Jiang's flag, or meet Mr. Jiang's troops as soon as he docked. However, the most important thing for pirates is patience. He came here and didn't care at all.
Spend a few more days observing.
Those who are patient will always wait for surprises.
His surprise finally appeared today. The Franconian sailing ship in the distance was no longer familiar to him. As soon as he found the sailing ship, he followed it from a distance, although he didn't know it.
Who owns the Folangji sailboat and what is it doing here? However, he is very sure that the only person here who has anything to do with the Folangji people is Mr. Jiang, who has been to Haojing Ao.
As far as he knew, the Folang gunboat that Sihai Trading Company blackmailed from the Folangji people had never returned since it left Haojing'ao!
"Could it be a passing ship?" Mei Xiaofei looked at the ships in the distance and asked suspiciously.
"Passing by?" Jiang Wan shook his head: "How blind a captain would be to pass by here. This is not a route for merchant ships. The weather at sea has been good recently. This ship cannot be passing by!"
Jiang Wan looked into the distance: "And the imperial court's supplies will never be reopened without my news!"
"Sir, they don't seem to have moved. The size of the ship has not changed!" Mei Xiaofei nodded. Your judgment is always correct. If he says no, then it is definitely not the case.
"Would you like to take the Luochuan up there to have a look?" He asked for instructions: "This ship is too suspicious!"
"No need!" Jiang Wan looked at the shadow of the boat in the distance, waited for a while, and then said slowly: "They seem to have sent a boat over. Wait for them to dock and bring the people over!"