(April Xin in the sixth year of Tianqi) Liu Zhi, the governor of Zhejiang Province, asked for a question: "The pirates Lin Qilao and others gathered with the red barbarians and falsely claimed the title of king. Yang sailed across the sea, and the goods were killed and merchants were killed. The governor of the governor of Zhejiang Province gave the order. The general will lead the officers and soldiers Jia Yong to attack and suppress the enemy, killing the leader of the canal, and rescuing all the captives to survive. It is appropriate to reward the soldiers who were killed and injured in the battle based on their merits, and to beg for preferential treatment.
——"Records of Xizong"
In the vast East China Sea, a gull soaring in the sky suddenly changed its flight trajectory, drawing a thrilling and beautiful arc from top to bottom, and flew past the sea. Suddenly, a human fleet entered its field of vision, It was a behemoth consisting of more than twenty warships. It was able to dominate the sea area and no one dared to provoke it. However, the scarred hull, the sails riddled with holes, and the depressed crew were all clear. It showed that they had just suffered a huge defeat.
The gull took one last look at the ruined fleet, flapped its wings, and soared into the clouds.
Eight-oared boats are scattered around the fleet, patrolling and sentrying. Inside are various models of lucky boats. The complete range of styles can be summarized as most ships along the Ming Dynasty. Many lucky boats guard the central few giant ships like stars holding the moon. One of them The ship is particularly majestic and magnificent. The hull is an unusually long twelve feet, with three huge masts towering into the sky, three canopies to cover the sun, a triple poop, and a high bow, all of which are unattainable. It is breathtaking. Twenty people are even more densely packed on both sides of the ship's side. The remaining copper cannons look like a sea fortress that will never fall.
A slightly broken white flag flutters at the top of the mainmast of the big ship, which is nearly nine feet tall. The words "Three Pans King" can be faintly seen. This big ship is Lin Qilao's ship. This is so special. The scenery seems to have announced that his second large-scale attack on the coast of Zhejiang ended in failure. Lin Qilao passed last year's fiasco calmly, but what about this time? No one knows...
In the large ship's helm building, there were more than a dozen people gathered in a not very spacious room. Lin Qilao was sitting high in the main seat. Although he was not handsome in appearance, he was dressed in a dazzling red python robe, which made him look like a "three-pan" man. His younger brother Lin Yu, Lin Ba Lao, is on the left, Li Junji, a scholar with a Confucian robe, is on his right, followed by Lin Qilao's right-hand man Gun Jianglong, Chen Jiaojing, and the remaining dozen or so people. They are all ship owners, so they cannot get in here without a certain status.
Affected by the great defeat, the atmosphere in the room was solemn and substantive, with a feeling of suffocation. Everyone looked at Lin Qilao, Lin Balao, and Li Junji secretly from time to time. The three of them did not speak. None of them dared to speak rashly. Even Chen Jiaojing, who has always been unruly and rebellious, is no exception. No one dares to touch Lin Qilao directly, and Li Junji is not an easy person to get along with, so Lin Yu and Lin Balao become the only hope. The latter Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he coughed twice and opened his mouth to say: "Victory and defeat are common affairs for military officers. What's more, we have been fighting with the Ming Dog officers and soldiers for a long time and killed many enemies. Even though we are defeated, even if we are defeated, it will still be an honor." ..." Lin Balao had limited ink in his belly, so he could only rack his brains to recall the storyteller's tone when he told "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which was quite nondescript.
Li Junji's cool voice then sounded: "What the Eighth Master said is absolutely true. There is no need to belittle yourselves. We defeated the officers and soldiers of Taizhou Prefecture, and the Japanese generals in Songhai fled in panic. The sea outside Taiwan is almost within our reach. If it weren't for Ningbo, Wenzhou The officers and soldiers suddenly came to the rescue, attacking from both sides, and we will surely sweep all the counties in the Taizhou capital. Now our first priority is to rest peacefully and wait for the coming year..."
"Bang!"
The tea bowl in Lin Qilao's hand fell heavily on the table, and it fell into pieces in an instant, with tea overflowing.
Li Junji's face slowly turned red, and the pale pink scar from his forehead to the side of his nose suddenly became vivid, like an ugly centipede lying on his face.
"..." Everyone present was stunned. Lin Qilao always treated Li Junji with great respect and never said a harsh word. If anyone dared to be disrespectful to Li Junji, even his brother Lin Yu and Lin Ba Lao would severely reprimand him.
. Now Lin Qilao directly interrupted Li Junji's words in a rough way, and his dissatisfaction was fully exposed. This was the first time that everyone had seen this situation. Nine out of ten people were gloating about the misfortune. Li Junji had the reputation of being a scholar and had never looked down on them.
He was a hero of the sea, and he was very noble. In addition, Lin Qilao obeyed his advice and responded to his requests. Everyone was jealous and happy to see him embarrassed...
Lin Qilao broke the tea bowl, and the anger in his heart not only did not subside, but became even more intense. He pointed at Li Junji and said: "Mr. Li, don't mention that I saved your life in the first place. You can only speak with your conscience. In the past few years, I, Lin Xin, have treated you very well."
How are you?"
Li Junji replied expressionlessly: "The big leader treats me well."
Lin Qilao laughed angrily and said: "Not only is it not bad, I, Lin Xin, have never had such respect for my ancestors of the Lin family! But how did you repay me? Last year you instigated me to attack the coast of Zhejiang, and I agreed, but ended up with a disastrous defeat.
You excused our failure by saying that our equipment was not sophisticated, and asked me to buy Western firearms from Taiwan Hong Mao Fan. I bought it, but it still ended in a disastrous failure this year. Now you said next year, next year... hahahaha! Do you want to?
Will I be willing to let all my subordinates die?"
Li Junji said calmly: "The big leader made a strong statement."
What Lin Qilao can't stand the most is Li Junji's calmness. This is definitely not what one of his own people should be like. Lin Qilao said coldly: "Don't think that I don't know your details. After all, you got it at the age of twenty.
How many talented people are there in Taizhou Prefecture? How many people are there in Huangyan County? I have already sent people to investigate you clearly. A local tycoon named Jiang covets the beauty of your fiancée and has repeatedly forced you to do so.
Seeing that he couldn't succeed, he became so angry that he hired someone to kill someone. Your life is really tough. You were slashed in the face with a knife and thrown into the sea. You survived and were rescued by me..."
"..." Li Junji's face showed no expression, but his fists shrunk in his sleeves were tightly clenched together, showing his inner uneasiness.
Everyone present suddenly realized that no wonder Li Junji was so enthusiastic about attacking Taizhou Prefecture. That was the hatred of seizing his wife! It was simply worse than the hatred of killing his mother. When he thought of his charming and beautiful fiancée being poked and poked by other people's words all day long
, allowed to be played with in all kinds of ways... Even if it has nothing to do with them, everyone still feels depressed. It is really impossible to imagine Li Junji's psychological feelings.
Lin Qilao continued: "You have a life-and-death feud with Mr. Jiang and the hatred for taking away your wife. If you tell the truth, I might not be able to avenge your shame if I have the chance. However, you were blinded by hatred and drove Erlang
They died in vain! Tell me, are you worthy of me? Are you worthy of your dead brothers? I'll stuff your mother! You immature white-eyed wolf!" At the end of the sentence, Lin Qilao suddenly broke out and cursed.
"..." Li Junji clenched his fist hard, and his nails dug into his flesh. He realized that he was wrong! He regretted it too much! It had nothing to do with Lin Qilao's accusations. He made the mistake of positioning himself as a counselor from the beginning, which resulted in no one of his own.
Strength. Is Lin Qilao worthy of criticizing and scolding him? If he hadn't made suggestions for him, Lin Qilao would still be a member of the pirates. How could he suddenly become one of the two overlords of Dachen Mountain? Li Junji finally figured it out now.
After all, other people's power belongs to others. There are too many constraints and too many variables. He must build his own team, otherwise he will never be able to seek revenge for the rest of his life.
Lin Qilao didn't know what Li Junji was thinking. His anger subsided and he snorted coldly: "Go back and think about it carefully. If you can abandon your selfishness and fully assist me, I will treat you as before. Otherwise...
snort!"
Li Junji stood up and bowed to Lin Qilao, then regarded all the leaders present as if they were nothing, and strode away. In the past, everyone might have tolerated it, but today it was different. Someone added insult to injury and sneered in a low voice: "I can't protect my fiancée, so why should I pay for it? Bah?
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Although his voice was not loud, it was enough for Li Junji to hear clearly. He paused slightly and then walked out of the house.
Lin Qilao frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Li is certainly wrong, but I don't want to hear such words again."
The satirist suddenly broke into a cold sweat and knelt down to admit his mistake.
Lin Qilao said coldly to the others: "You'd better keep this matter in your stomach. Once there is gossip on the ship, you know what I will do..." Before Lin Qilao finished speaking, the sound of conch shells rang out quickly outside.
, the expressions of everyone present changed.
"Enemy attack... Enemy attack..." Then distorted shouts entered the room and surrounded everyone's ears...