Han Du couldn't help but feel suspicious after listening to Hard's story, and asked: "With so many pirates, isn't it possible for the kingdom to control them?"
"They want to take care of it." Harder smiled bitterly when he heard this, "But the pirates of the Sea of Pirates are not easy to bully. Although they alone cannot compare with the navy of any kingdom, but together, the average kingdom's navy is really good."
There’s nothing we can do against them.”
"If pirates can be easily eliminated, there are many kingdoms that are willing to do it. But if it is risky to eliminate pirates, or even the whole army may be wiped out, then I am afraid that no kingdom will be willing to offend these pirates."
Han Du listened and nodded secretly. Indeed, everyone will rush to do things that are beneficial to themselves. But I am afraid that no one will be willing to do things that are thankless.
This has nothing to do with right or wrong, only interests!
Harder sighed and continued: "And the pirates are not stupid. They will not offend the ships of several major kingdoms at all. The ones they plunder are all businessmen like Harder."
Han Du immediately understood that these pirates and the kingdom's navy could not do anything to each other, so they reached a tacit agreement of non-aggression. But for businessmen like Hard, it was a disaster. The navy of each kingdom would not protect them, but
All the pirates stared at them again.
It was so difficult. Hard couldn't help but shed tears when he thought of his past experiences. .??.
Han Du looked at it and shook his head, "Okay, okay, tell me now, can you take me to the Sea of Pirates?"
Hader gritted his teeth and nodded: "Yes. But Lord Marquis, those pirates are really not easy to deal with. Those pirates may not be friendly to each other in normal times, and may even be hostile and fight with each other. But once a foreign enemy invades the pirates,
sea, they will unite without hesitation and attack the outside world unanimously. This is also the reason why the major kingdoms are unwilling to conquer pirates, because once they enter the sea of pirates, they will not face one or two pirate groups, but all of them.
pirate."
"Had knows that our navy is powerful, but there is no need to enter the pirate sea and become enemies of all pirates, right?"
"So what if we are enemies?" Han Du sneered, completely ignoring the terrifying sea of pirates Hard said.
Perhaps from Hader's point of view, those pirates were so powerful that the average kingdom's navy was no match. But Han Du believed that his navy was not comparable to that of ordinary kingdoms.
Seeing Han Du's attitude, Hard immediately shut up. He had never seen the Ming Navy fighting. When the navy destroyed the three pirate ships, Hard was on the flagship and had no chance to see it.
Therefore, Harder has always known that the Ming Navy should be relatively strong. After all, there are hundreds of ships, but he does not have a clear idea of how strong it is.
But in Harder's opinion, the Ming Dynasty Navy should not be the opponent of all pirates in the entire Pirate Sea. Because the number of pirate ships in the entire Pirate Sea is at least several times that of the Ming Dynasty Navy.
Seeing Hade shut up, Han Du nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about anything else. You just need to bring me to the Sea of Pirates."
Hard didn't want to go to the Sea of Pirates at all. After he heard that his goods had been brought to the Sea of Pirates, he hesitated. If he couldn't get the goods back, he would have no way to repay the debt. But he wanted to get the goods from the Sea of Pirates.
Taking it away is almost impossible.
After Harder secretly fished for some gems in Ceylon, the balance in his mind was completely tilted towards not looking for the goods. The gems in his hand were enough for him to repay the debt, and there was still a little leftover, and he had the means to pay off the debt.
After gaining the ability, Harder had no idea of venturing into the Sea of Pirates. This shows the importance of the Sea of Pirates in Harder's heart.
But faced with Han Du's decision, Hard didn't even have the courage to refute. Seeing that Han Du insisted on going, Hard could only sigh: "Okay, Hard will lead the way."
This sea is almost the same as the Southern Ocean. It is not an endless deep sea. From time to time, some isolated islands will appear on the sea. Harder quickly found the islands he was familiar with. He turned back and said to Han Du and others standing on the bow:
"Your Highness, Lord Marquis, go in that direction, which is the Sea of Pirates."
Zhu Biao took a look and couldn't see anything special about the sea and the sky. He turned back and asked Hader: "Since you are familiar with the Sea of Pirates, why don't you tell me what it looks like there?
"
Hard smiled awkwardly and shook his head, explaining: "Your Highness has misunderstood. Hard only heard about the Sea of Pirates from others. Hard has never actually been to the Sea of Pirates and is not familiar with the situation there.
."
Zhu Biao smiled lightly and waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, just say whatever you heard, I want to hear it."
Seeing this, Harder had no choice but to say: "The Sea of Pirates is actually not a sea, but an island in the sea."
Han Du was a little strange at first. If the Sea of Pirates is just an ocean, how can these pirates gain a foothold in the sea? They can't just stay on the ship, right?
If there is no reference point in the sea, staying on the boat is just asking for death. Because you don’t know where the wind will blow your boat. If it is blown to the deep sea by the wind, isn’t it doomed?
Now that he heard Hade say that the Sea of Pirates is an archipelago, Handu's doubts were instantly relieved.
After the fleet sailed for three days, according to Harder, it should have arrived at the edge of the Pirate Sea.
Han Du held up the telescope and looked at the endless sea. There was not even a wooden board. He turned back to look at Hard with dissatisfaction and asked doubtfully: "Are you sure the Sea of Pirates is nearby?"
Hard's face suddenly turned red. After Nono thought about it, he said: "Hard also heard what others said. Everyone said that the Sea of Pirates is a three-day voyage southwest of Atonement Island."
Han Do was certainly dissatisfied with Hader's ambiguous and uncertain words.
However, Zhu Biao waved his hand, interrupted Han Du, and said: "Since everyone said it is nearby, let's look for it again. If we can't find it, we will find another way."
Under Zhu Biao's order, the fleet continued to move forward. Only half a day later, a warning sound of gongs and drums suddenly came from the Wangdou.
Bai Yunhu quickly came to Han Du, clasped his fists and said, "Master Marquis, we found an enemy ship. It looks similar to the pirate ship we sunk."
Baiyunhu is tall and burly, and he is very oppressive when he jumps off the mast. He is another commander of the navy. After Yu Da stayed in Ceylon as the governor, the command of the navy was transferred from Baiyunhu to Handu.
Report.
After hearing this, Han Du nodded, turned to look at Zhu Biao, bowed and asked: "Your Highness, our direction should be correct. I'm afraid there is a sea of pirates ahead. What should we do? Please tell me, Your Highness!"
"Hahaha" Zhu Biao burst out laughing after hearing this, "Father has always said that you, Han Du, were the number one in the Ming Dynasty naval battle. Gu ordered that all naval warships obey the command of Marquis Zhenhai. This time, you will let Gu have a good experience.
Let’s have a sea battle.”
"Thank you, Your Highness." Han Du returned the salute with a smile, and then ordered to Baiyunhu: "The fleet continues to move forward, let us see what is so powerful about this sea of pirates."
"Follow the order." Baiyunhu replied immediately.
After pondering for a moment, Bai Yunhu asked: "Master Hou, after the pirate ship discovered us, it immediately prepared to escape. Do we want to sink it?"
Han Du smiled and waved, "No, let it escape."
"Master Marquis, what is this?" Bai Yunhu didn't understand what Han Du meant. Logically speaking, since the pirates have a large number of people, the best way is of course to surprise them and attack them unprepared, so that they can easily win.
If the pirate ship is let go, the news of the navy's arrival will inevitably be known to all the pirates. Once the pirates unite, the war will be difficult to fight.
However, Han Du wanted to let the pirate ship go, which made Bai Yunhu particularly puzzled.
Han Du waved his hand confidently, made a gesture to reassure Bai Yunhu, and said, "Just pass on the order."
"Follow the order." Since the Marquis of Zhenhai said so, Bai Yunhu immediately responded with fists in his hands, turned around and went down to deliver the order.
When Zhu Biao saw that Han Du had let the pirate ship go, he also asked in confusion: "Why did you keep that ship? According to Hader, those pirates would unite once they learned that there was a foreign enemy attacking.
"
Tang Ding laughed out loud. When he saw Zhu Biao looking at him, he bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness, I think this is Han Du's idea. He just wants to let the pirates know that we are coming."
"Oh? Is that so?" Zhu Biao turned to Han Du and asked strangely.
Han Du nodded, smiled and said, "Yes."
"Why is this?" Zhu Biao was a little confused.
Han Du glanced at Tang Ding and thought, since Tang Ding could see his purpose, he probably guessed what he wanted to do. If so, why not leave him the opportunity to explain?
"How about we let Tang Ding explain to His Highness?"
Zhu Biao glanced at Han Du in surprise, looked back at Tang Ding with a smile, nodded and asked casually: "Do you know?"
Tang Ding nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I have a little guess. If my guess is wrong, please correct me from Han Du."
Han Du nodded and gave Tang Ding a look that reassured him to speak boldly.
Tang Ding coughed twice, pondered for a moment, collected his thoughts, and said: "The biggest advantage of our navy is that we have intensive artillery firepower, which can sink other people's ships before they can reach our range.
If this sea of pirates is really an unobstructed sea, then of course there is no need to say that the fleet can just attack it and sink all the pirate ships."
"But here is an island. Wherever there are islands, the underwater situation will become extremely complicated. Undercurrents will suddenly appear somewhere, and there are hidden reefs under the water."