Zhao Tong stood quietly on the bow of the pirate ship, with several people standing behind him. No one spoke, and except for the sound of the ship breaking through the waves, there was no movement.
Planning for the Yelv Rock, stealing the sky and changing the sun to Longyou, and passing through the southeast coast, the three pieces of paper in the small box in the study slowly unfolded.
After a while, Zhao Tong laughed to himself and turned around.
Behind him, at the front, was a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance and a light beard. He was wearing the highest standard of the commander's light armor in the Song Dynasty army. He prostrated himself and said: "Huang Jue has seen the young master before, and the young master's style is still the same."
Zhao Tong looked at him and smiled: "Get up, how about this time?"
Huang Jue stood up and said with a smile: "Young master, you can use the golden cicada to escape from its shell."
Zhao Tong nodded: "Huang Jue, this is a capital crime for you."
Huang Jue shook his head and said: "If it weren't for the young master, Huang Jue would have died ten years ago when he was serving in the Imperial City Department!"
Zhao Tong sighed softly: "Is Xiaoping okay?"
Huang Jue said: "My thoughts are with you, everything is fine. I just wish I could die for you!"
Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "We already have several children, so don't say such nonsense anymore."
Huang Jue smiled, showing his white teeth, and said: "Sir, it is precisely because you have several children that you are not afraid of death."
Zhao Tong was thoughtful, then looked at Huang Gu who was shrinking back, and hummed: "Look at your brother, then look at yourself."
Huang Gu clicked his eyes, wanting to say that his martial arts skills were better than his brother's, but then he looked at the people in the boat who were a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "Yes!"
Zhao Tong said: "Have Ma Zheng and the others been settled?"
Huang Jue said: "They are all blindfolded and mouth-gagged, and they are in the cabin of the ship at the back."
Zhao Tong nodded, then looked at the group of people behind him, and saw two people standing at the head. One looked like he was in his fifties, with a huge head, a round face, and a plump body, but he wore the same clothes as himself. Mismatched green robe.
The other one was a young man, with a good figure and a strong figure. His arms were open and his waist was only tightened by a cloth belt.
Huang Jue pointed at the fat man in green robe and said: "Sir, this fat man is Lei Hu, one of the biggest pirate leaders between Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road. He is nicknamed Gunshui Lei."
Zhao Tong looked over after hearing this and saw that after Huang Gu introduced his family, the Thunder Tiger immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground, shouting: "Thunder Tiger, the guilty people, long live our emperor!"
Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows, and Huang Jue next to him was stunned and cursed: "What nonsense are you talking about? I think you don't want to live anymore!"
Thunder Tiger kowtowed several times on the ground and said, "In Lei Tiger's heart, the prince is an official. He is not now and will be in the future."
Zhao Tong glanced at Huang Jue and teased: "Is this person very suitable for being an official in the government?"
Huang Jue said in embarrassment: "How could I have known that he was so ruthless and so cruel and domineering at sea? How could he have such an appearance?"
When Thunder Tiger heard that he was going to be an official, he became very excited and said again: "The official..."
Huang Jue immediately said coldly: "Call the prince!"
Lei Huhu responded with "hehe": "Yes, my lord, what kind of official do you think I am?"
Zhao Tong touched his chin, it was really hard to say, what kind of official role could he, a big pirate leader who roamed the sea, do?
Huang Jue sneered and said: "Thunder Tiger, are you calling me here to ask for an official position from the prince? What did you say before you came that there are no rules at all?"
Lei Laohu suddenly woke up when he heard the words, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. The Fujian Road pacifier in front of him, Mr. Huang, was famous for being ruthless, and he himself was a big pirate on the sea. He was nicknamed Chuhaijiao!
Lei Huhu hurriedly reached out and gave him a slap in the face and said: "Lei Huhu has never read a book and made a mistake in his words. Please don't blame me, Your Majesty."
Zhao Tong smiled and said: "You are honest in what you say, but as long as you work well for me, there will be no shortage of official duties. Get up."
Thunder Tiger bowed again and stepped back. At this time, Huang Jue pointed at the strong young man and said: "Your Majesty, this is Zheng Guang, nicknamed Gunhaixia."
Zheng Guang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "Zheng Guang, the sinner, pays homage to the prince."
Zhao Tong looked at him. Zheng Guang was just a small pirate at the moment. He had two or three broken ships and seventeen or eight men. He had not yet become famous in future generations. He and Huang Gu had mentioned this man, otherwise Huang Gu would not have brought this pirate with him. Come and plant small shrimps.
Zhao Tong said: "Zheng Guang, why did you become a pirate?"
Zheng Guang was stunned when he heard this and said: "My lord, if you can't eat or drink, you will naturally go to sea and become a thief."
Zhao Tong sneered and said, "Isn't that what you said? If you want to be an official, you will kill people and set fires, but you will be recruited?"
"Ah?" Zheng Guang suddenly became excited, and suddenly lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, Zheng Guang doesn't dare!"
Zhao Tong said: "Get up."
Zheng Guang retreated to the back, but he was covered in sweat. He was confused and confused. How could the prince see what he was thinking at a glance? This is too evil.
Huang Jue then introduced a dozen pirate leaders, all from the area from Zhejiang Road to Fujian Road in the East China Sea. However, the biggest among them were Leihuhu's group and his own Chuhaijiao group.
After seeing them one by one, Zhao Tong couldn't help but shake his head and laugh to himself. The pirates wanted to be officials, but Huang Jue, a high-ranking official in the frontier, became a thief under his own orders. This was in line with Zheng Guang's poem that was passed down to future generations.
It is said that Zheng Guang later became famous and was recruited. He went to the Fuzhou government office to attend a party. The place was full of officials, chatting and laughing, or reciting poems and poems, but no one wanted to pay attention to him.
Zheng Guang stood up angrily and said: "I am a rough man, and I have a poem for everyone."
Then he chanted loudly: "Zheng Guang's poems appealed to all the officials, but his civil and military affairs seemed to be average. All the officials acted as officials, but they became thieves. Zheng Guang was a thief, but he became an official."
Zhao Tong thought of this and glanced at Zheng Guang a few more times. The young man couldn't help but feel a little hairy. He secretly wondered if he had offended these two kings, and he was about to kill him and drink wine in a moment.
But at this moment, an island appeared ahead. Huang Jue ordered the boat to be moored. Zhao Tong asked, "Where is this place?"
Huang Jue said: "But there is no name. I have explored it before. It is just a deserted island. It is far away from Dengzhou, Liaodong and Korea. No one is willing to take care of it."
Zhao Tong looked around and saw many wild peach trees blooming brilliantly on the island. He couldn't help but said: "The peach blossoms are blooming so well, why not call it Peach Blossom Island."
Huang Jue smiled and said: "Young master is elegant, from now on this island will be called Peach Blossom Island."
When everyone went to the island, there were too many ships, so they gathered around the island and docked. Zhao Tong smiled and said: "These ships can all go to fight against Goryeo."
Huang Jue said: "The shipyard in Quanzhou has become more and more proficient in the past two years. Many big companies from the south have also come to buy ships, and there are also ships from the west. As long as they can make them, they can sell them."
At this time, many tents had been set up on the island. According to the military style, there was a handsome tent in the middle. After the two people walked in and sat down, Zhao Tao said: "The maritime trade in Quanzhou is strong and will probably continue to prosper. It needs to be managed well. "
Huang Jue said: "Since this is the case, it's the Pu family..."
Zhao Tong frowned: "Are you still so ignorant of advance and retreat?"
Huang Jue said: "Their current base is in Guangzhou, but it seems that my subordinates have already set their sights on Quanzhou, and they will reach out sooner or later."
Zhao Tong said: "How many ships do they have now?"
Huang Jue said: "There are always one or two hundred ships. At the moment, they are the largest in the South China Sea."
Zhao Tong pondered for a moment: "Look for an opportunity to uproot it. If you don't uproot it now, it will be a disaster in the future!"
Huang Jue said: "If we don't dispatch official ships, my subordinates can join forces with these pirates to fight back and forth. I'm afraid that the Pu family will get entangled with the pirates in the South China Sea and both sides will suffer."
Zhao Tong sneered and said: "If you try to eat him, the damage won't be a big deal. The Pu family's property is enough to supplement it. All the money in my hands will be given to the northwest. If he falls here, I will raise ten of them in the southeast." Ten thousand soldiers are enough.”
Huang Gu was surprised and said: "Sir, does the Pu family really have that much wealth?"
Zhao Tong said: "Half thief and half businessman, spanning the seven seas, operating for hundreds of years, I'm afraid I'm underestimating it."
