Handu couldn't help but become suspicious when he heard 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 are not as good as any kingdom's navy, 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’m afraid no one would be willing to do something thankless.
This has nothing to do with right or wrong, only interests!
Harder sighed and continued: "And the pirates are not stupid either. They will not offend the ships of several major kingdoms at all. What 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 a businessman like Harder, it's disaster. The navies of the various kingdoms would not protect them, and all the pirates were watching them.
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 said with a sneer, completely ignoring the terrifying sea of pirates Hard said.
Perhaps from Hader's point of view, those pirates were so powerful that they were no match for the general Kingdom Navy. But Han Du believed that his navy was not comparable to that of other kingdoms.
Seeing Han Du's attitude, Hard immediately shut up. He had never seen the Ming Dynasty Navy fighting. When the Navy destroyed the three pirate ships, Harder was on the flagship and had no chance to see it. Therefore, Harder has always known that the Ming Dynasty 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 Hard's view, 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 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 cargo was brought to the Sea of Pirates, he hesitated. If he couldn't get the goods back, he wouldn't be able to repay the debt. But it is almost impossible to take the goods away from the pirate sea.
After Harder secretly fished out some gems in Ceylon, his inner balance 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. After having the ability to repay the debt, Hader had no idea of venturing to the Sea of Pirates. This shows the position of the Sea of Pirates in Harder's heart.
But faced with Han Du's decision, Harder didn't even have the courage to refute. Seeing that Han Du was determined to go, 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. Hard quickly found the island he was familiar with. He turned back and said to Han Du and others standing on the bow of the ship: "Your Highness, Lord Marquis, go in that direction, which is the Sea of Pirates."
Zhu Biao took a look and saw that there was nothing special about the sea and the sky. Turning back to Harder, he asked: "Since you are familiar with the Sea of Pirates, why not tell me what it looks like?"
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 an ocean, how can these pirates gain a foothold in the sea? You can't just stay on the boat, right?
If there is no reference point in the sea, staying on the boat is courting death. Because you don't know where the wind will blow your boat. If it is blown to the deep sea by the wind, wouldn't it be the end of it?
Now hearing Harder 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 reached 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 Harder dissatisfied, 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, "Had 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 Hard'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, warning gongs and drums suddenly came from 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."
The Baiyunhu has a huge body and is extremely oppressive when jumping down from the mast. He was another commander of the navy. After Yu Da stayed in Ceylon as governor, the command of the navy was reported to Handu by Bai Yunhu.
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 in front of us. What should we do? Please tell me, Your Highness!"
"Hahaha..." Zhu Biao laughed after hearing this, "Father has always said that you Handu was the first person in the Ming Dynasty naval battle. I ordered all naval warships to obey the command of Marquis Zhenhai. This time, you Let Gu have a good experience in naval battles."
"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 Hou, 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, it will be difficult to fight.
But 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 Han Du letting go of the pirate ship, he also asked doubtfully: "Why did you keep that ship? According to Hader, those pirates would unite once they knew 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 what Han Du paid attention to. 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. That being the case, why not leave him the opportunity to explain?
"Why don't you let Tang Ding explain it 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 nothing to say, just press the fleet directly and sink all the pirate ships."
"But here is an island. Wherever there is an island, the underwater situation will become extremely complicated. I don't know where undercurrents will suddenly appear, and I don't know where there are hidden reefs under the water."
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