The arrival of Zhang Xianxuan and the joining of those eliminated by the "Da Ming Ocean Company" greatly relieved Ding Yunyi's stretched manpower.
Although Zhang Xianxuan was born as a pirate, he has great experience in how to mobilize and use the weak side in naval battles.
To be fair, Ding Yunyi is now a weak party no matter which group of pirates he faces. They have few ships, weak weapons, and most of the soldiers have no naval combat experience.
Although Ding Yunyi himself, the backbone of the Penghu military and civilians, was brave in land battles and killed Hitachi Gong Yaota and Kiohmaru one after another, he was an out-and-out layman in sea battles.
Zhang Xianxuan solved this problem in time.
Ding Yunyi divided all the people into two groups, training on land battles in the morning and naval battles in the afternoon. Zhang Xianxuan and the pirates he brought became teachers of people like Ding Yunyi.
Zhang Xianxuan and his pirate brothers were put into a team, and Zhang Xianxuan was appointed as the centurion commander.
At present, Ding Yunyi has two forces in his hands, one is the serious officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the "Da Ming Ocean Company".
In particular, Ding Yunyi values the "Daming Ocean Company" the most.
This seemingly irregular armed force is actually unrestricted, relatively hidden, flexible in deployment, and does not require permission from its superiors at all.
It can even be said that this is Ding Yunyi's personal armed force, although it still looks very weak now.
The training for several days was very cruel and strict, causing the brothers to complain incessantly. At the end of the training, everyone's bones seemed to be falling apart. Especially those like Long Zhantian who had just joined the army, how could they have imagined that being a soldier would be so painful?
But Mr. Ding promised them that as long as they survived the training, Mr. Ding would definitely lead them to a bright future in the future. Thinking of this, they gritted their teeth and got through it.
Who doesn’t want to achieve great success, be proud of their ancestors, and have a wife and son?
Ding Yunyi had other thoughts in mind. This was both land warfare training and naval warfare training. Could it be considered the prototype of the Marine Corps?
After a day of training, Ding Yunyi got off the boat sweating profusely. His feet were weak from training. He held on and greeted his brothers back to the barracks for dinner. He took the tea from Qin Yun who was waiting on the shore and drank it in one breath.
He was completely drained, and gasped: "Qin Jieyuan, you are the president of 'Da Ming Ocean Company', but now you are watching the fun, while my brothers and I are working extremely hard."
"Marching and fighting are not my strengths." Qin Yun said with a smile: "If I pick up a pen and write about it, then Qin will be no worse than anyone else."
Ding Yunyi smiled, and Qin Yun suddenly asked: "Third brother, I have a doubt in my heart. What is the identity of the King of Tang? Even though he was deposed as a commoner, he is still a relative of the emperor. How can Brother Hong be recognized by others?
?I originally thought that Brother Hong would be a disciple of Ding Junwu, or that Ding Junwu would introduce him? It’s wrong to think about it again. With Ding Junwu’s personality, it is absolutely impossible for him to find a way for his disciples.”
This sentence tickled Ding Yunyi's mind. In the past two days, Ding Yunyi has been wondering about this question. How did Hong Tiaoyuan recognize Zhu Yujian?
When he went to Penghu, he was just a small boss. His identity was far different from Zhu Yujian's?
That night, he and Zhu Yujian talked all night long. When Ding Yunyi asked him about it, Zhu Yujian laughed and did not answer. He only repeated that Hong Tiaoyuan was a good person. If he had not been mediocre by nature, he would not have come to Penghu. The meaning behind his words.
, Hong Tiaoyuan seems to have a backer besides Ding Yuanzhao behind him.
I also tentatively asked Hong Tiaoyuan, but Hong Tiaoyuan was perfunctory and it was obvious that what he said was not the truth.
Isn't Hong Tiaoyuan the Brother Hong that he imagined?
"I don't understand either." Ding Yunyi slowly shook his head: "Brother Hong kept claiming that my father was his 'mentor', but my father once told me before I went to Penghu that Hong Tiaoyuan was barely his student.
But it’s really weird.”
Qin Yun looked to the side and whispered: "That Mr. Dong Shi's disciple Xie Tian Xie Beipiao, Brother Hong takes great care of him. I think it's better to let Xie Tian take a closer look at Brother Hong?"
Let Xie Tian be a spy? Ding Yunyi hesitated: "Is Xie Tian reliable?"
"Reliable!" Qin Yun nodded: "His teacher died indirectly in the hands of Kiohmaru. You avenged him. He said that he could not retaliate several times when he saw me. I also tested him.
, this person is absolutely willing to work for Third Brother."
"Go ahead and do it." Ding Yunyi looked gloomy.
I originally thought that this era was very different from my own. Since we were sworn brothers, we should treat each other with sincerity, but who would have thought that now we have begun to be wary of each other, and it started with ourselves.
Ding Yunyi hoped that he was being suspicious, and he didn't even want Hong Tiaoyuan to have any secrets. But he was not in control of all this.
"Also." Qin Yun added: "During this period, we have been recruiting strong troops and welcoming brothers like Zhang Xianxuan. We don't have much money left. Two days ago, the third brother said that we would bring in a batch of troops.
The goods were sold, and Xie Xuan from Quanzhou sent a letter saying that the arrangements were made, but where did the cost of purchasing the goods come from?"
Money there, money there!
When he heard the word "money", Ding Yunyi's head got bigger.
The money that you worked so hard to get was gone in the blink of an eye. I had a headache for money in one era, so why did I still have to worry about money every day when I came to the Ming Dynasty?
Where can I get money now?
The Dutchman Wocadek gave himself fifty gold coins. In front of Zhu Yujian, he wanted to pretend to be honest and handed them all over to Zhu Yujian. What was annoying was that Zhu Yujian didn't even leave a copper coin for himself.
Can you give yourself some so that you can cope with the situation?
Now I know that there is a way to make money, but I am so poor that I have no capital. If I had known better, I would have asked Cai Jiuzhou to buy new ships and weapons later, and used the money to do business first.
Ding Yunyi frowned, and Qin Yun also had a sad look on his face. The two looked at each other, it was like a poor man looking at a poor man, and tears welled up in his eyes.
God, Ding Yunyi thought to himself, since you let me come to this era, at least give me a rich father. But my own father has nothing to do and is so harsh on his son.
Money there, money there!
Just as the two of them were staring at each other, Zhang Xianxuan walked off the boat in high spirits. As soon as he saw Ding Yunyi, he said loudly: "Boss Ding, the training has been very effective these days, but the weapons used by the brothers for training are too few.
Especially the Folang machine gun. Most of the brothers have never seen it. We have to find a way to get a few. I don’t know how Cai Zhenxing did it. We can get a few more.
There’s a solution.”
Bah! Upon hearing this, Ding Yunyi cursed in his heart.
How about a few Franco cannons? I'm so poor here, I'm about to take my pants to a pawn shop!