Chapter 61 The Iron Rules of the Ten Great Pirates
Ding Yunyi's pirate career is about to take the first step.
Although he has a low position, he is still a commander officially appointed by the Ming Dynasty. He is an upright court officer, but the situation forces him to become a pirate.
The carefully selected brothers were gathered together, and most of them did not know the purpose of this time. Even Hong Tiaoyuan, the top leader in Penghu, was told that Ding Yunyi was going to take the brothers out to sea for a day or two to practice.
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Hong Tiaoyuan was too lazy to take care of these training matters.
Zhang Xianxuan's ships have already floated into the sky in advance. Registered members of Literature recommended this work. Ding Yunyi selected a group of ships, most of which were fishing boats. He will use these fishing boats to challenge a behemoth:
"Viking"!
A seemingly impossible task.
The fleet sailed quietly towards its destination.
When they came to an unknown island, Ding Yunyi let the fleet dock and brought all his brothers to the island.
Zhang Xianxuan is already waiting for him here.
The sky became dark.
Ding Yunyi asked people to light a fire, took jars of wine from the ship, and piled them there. He asked his brothers to pour the wine themselves, and then asked loudly:
"Brothers, are you hungry?"
"hungry!"
"But we don't have anything to eat. We don't have anything to eat except this damn wine! I'm so damn hungry now that I wish I could eat off a boat!"
Ding Yunyi's rude words caused a burst of laughter from the brothers.
Ding Yunyi patted the wine jar next to him: "Fortunately, we have wine. Drink it to make you happy, but drink it until the sky is dark! Damn it, you won't be hungry when you're drunk, drink it!"
"drink!"
The brothers screamed in confusion, broke the seals on the wine jars, poured in big gulps and drank.
Ding Yunyi drank most of the bowl of wine in one gulp: "Brother, why are we going to sea this time?"
"practice!"
As soon as the brothers spoke, Ding Yunyi spat bitterly: "Shit, you have to practice, I won't come to this place where no shit is done! Make it clear, I am bringing you out to rob this time!"
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The brothers became quiet for a moment, and many people thought they had heard wrongly.
Robbery? What kind of robbery was it? Why did the robbery suddenly appear out of nowhere?
"You heard it right, I brought you here to rob!" Ding Yunyi emphasized his tone: "There is a Hongyi ship that will set off tomorrow morning and then pass by here. It is piled with gold and silver treasures. As long as we
If we can seize this ship, everything on it will be ours!"
When they heard the words "it was piled high with gold and silver treasures", everyone's eyes radiated with heat.
But when I think about the fact that the other party is armed, and then look at my own ship... there is another fatal problem. Robbery is an act of pirates.
"I know you are afraid, and so am I." Ding Yunyi saw what the brothers were thinking: "But brothers, we all want to be honest, responsible people, marry a wife and have children honestly,
We want to make ourselves rich. But we can't do this. We can't even fill our stomachs by fishing for a lifetime. We can become soldiers, and we still can't pay the military salary. Look at those pirates, they eat and fish all day long.
, happy and comfortable, they can do it, why can't we do it? If we go all out, the worst result is just to have our heads chopped off, and eighteen years later we will be a good man again!"
Ding Yunyi's words quietly eliminated the fear in the hearts of the brothers, and some people's eyes began to show yearning again.
Ding Yunyi continued: "Instead of living a cowardly life, it is better to live happily for a few years! I, Ding Yunyi, am your commander, and I will give you a word here today. From now on, for every robbery, 30% will belong to you, and 50% will belong to you.
We will use the remaining 20% to build new ships and do business, and we will save the remaining 20%. Anyone who does not save enough money in this business will die one day, and some of his arms and legs will be broken. The money saved will be used as
Your pension and disability payments!”
The brothers immediately started discussing.
The brothers from the general gang have thought it through so carefully that they have already thought of these things.
Although there was pension money in the Ming army before, it was very little, and most of it fell into the hands of officials.
"Brothers, my decision has been made anyway. It doesn't matter whether you go or not." Ding Yunyi's words were unequivocal: "I would rather die in battle than starve to death. I have a scar as big as a bowl on my head. It belongs to my brother. I am willing to follow.
I did it..."
He raised the wine in his hand: "Dry this bowl of wine. From now on, we are brothers of life and death, sharing blessings and suffering together!"
As he spoke, he raised his head and drank all the wine in the bowl.
Bao Juhua was the first to raise the wine bowl: "Third brother, I don't care what other people do, my old Bao will follow you! The worst is death!"
As he spoke, he drank up the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
Then, Zhang Xianxuan and his brothers responded loudly, and then everyone raised their wine bowls.
There was no one in Ding Yunyi who refused to agree, and he laughed: "Okay, okay! Brothers, let's drink all night long and get very drunk. Tomorrow, when the Hongyi ship arrives, we will rob him like a fool!"
"Robbing him of his shit!"
The brothers shouted loudly.
Jar after jar of wine was brought over, and wine was poured into one bowl after another. The brothers drank one sip after another, bowl after bowl.
Those who drink heavily will constantly persuade their companions; those who drink less will vomit after drinking, and continue drinking after vomiting.
Taking advantage of this moment, Ding Yunyi and Zhang Xianxuan discussed together ten rules:
First, only foreign ships are allowed to be robbed, and those who rob Ming merchant ships will die. Second, those who steal the property of their companions will have their hands cut off. Third, gambling on the ship is strictly prohibited. Fourth, the captain's order is everything in battle and must be
Unconditional obedience. Five, you must clean and check your weapons every day. Six, you are not allowed to bring children on board, and those who seduce women before taking action will die. Seven, those who escape from the battle will die. Eight, private fights are strictly prohibited. Nine, those who are disabled in the battle.
You can stay on the ship without working and receive a sum of disability money. When dividing the spoils, 50% will be reserved for public use, 20% will be reserved for public savings, and 30% will be distributed to each person according to his performance in the battle.
This will be the famous "Top Ten Pirate Rules" in the future.
Although some of these ten iron rules still need further improvement, they have become a guideline. Countless pirate rules in the future will be formulated based on these "ten pirate rules".
And these ten iron rules were born on this unknown island.
Ding Yunyi's pirate career also took the first step on this unknown island.
He didn't know what tomorrow would be like, or whether he would survive. But he didn't care, as he said:
Instead of living a useless life, it is better to live happily for a few years!