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Chen Zhong, who took the letter in his hand, glanced at it and said with an ugly face: "This shouldn't be the case! This is our Dongjiang Town matter. Even if we cooperate, it should be Denglai Navy who cooperates with us."
"Don't you understand the meaning?" Mao Wenlong asked back.
Chen Zhong frowned and said, "What does the court mean?"
"The meaning is already obvious." Mao Wenlong picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured a glass of wine into his own glass. He raised the glass in his hand and said, "Whether Denglai Navy can recapture Pi Island or not, I'm afraid I won't." It’s impossible to stay in Dongjiang Town, I just don’t know who else will be implicated besides me.”
As he said that, he glanced at Chen Zhong.
Chen Zhong was his earliest team member when he came to Pidao. Once Dongjiang Town changes coaches, in order to ensure the stability of Dongjiang Town, Dongjiang Town veterans like Chen Zhong may take the opportunity to leave Dongjiang Town.
"Is it possible that you are worrying too much, Commander-in-Chief? After all, without you, Commander-in-Chief, there would be no Dongjiang Town today. No one should let Commander-in-Chief leave," Chen Zhong said.
Mao Wenlong took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "The birds are all good and the bows are hidden. In the eyes of the court, I am afraid that the commander-in-chief will not be of much use to Dongjiang Town. This time, the incident on Pidao happened to be given to some people." People’s excuses.”
After speaking, he picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it in one gulp.
"Aren't they afraid of losing the hearts of the people of Dongjiang Town by doing this?" Chen Zhong said angrily.
Dongjiang Town has long become an interest group, with not only economic interests but also political interests. Now the court wants to break up the interest groups in Dongjiang Town. As a member of it, Chen Zhong naturally shares the same hatred.
Mao Wenlong sighed softly and said: "It's useless, who gave us a reason to give others a reason to take action? At the moment, I just hope to recapture Pi Island from the people of the Tiger Flag, which can be regarded as my last effort for Dongjiang Town." "
"The Commander-in-Chief does not need to be depressed. There may be other opportunities. According to my subordinates, the people in the Tiger Flag are not so easy to deal with. Otherwise, how could the imperial court fail to quell the rebellion in the northwest for so long." Chen Zhong comforted. .
Mao Dusi, who was also at the table, also said: "General Chen is right. As long as the Denglai Navy suffers losses on Pi Island, the imperial court will still rely on you, the Commander-in-Chief."
After hearing these words, the depressed Mao Wenlong's face changed color several times.
On Phi Island, the training of new recruits is in full swing.
After Zheng Tie went to Jeju Island with the ship, military judge Li Zhao was sitting on Phi Island.
The training of new recruits does not happen overnight. In addition, many new recruits are physically weak and can only be recuperated slowly during training.
Fortunately, winter has not yet begun and the sea surface is not frozen. The people on the island can take boats to fish around Pi Island to provide fish, shrimp and other supplies for the army.
"The fish soup made from the fresh fish just caught from the sea today is very delicious." Zheng Chao, who was also left on the island, walked in from the outside with a porcelain basin in his hand.
He placed the porcelain basin with fish soup on the table in front of Li Zhao and sat down.
"Is everything okay at sea?" Li Zhao asked, picking up the spoon on the table and scooping a spoonful of fish soup into the bowl.
Zheng Chao took the fish soup from the other party and said: "Don't worry, General, there are people watching the sea all the time. As long as any ship approaches, they will be discovered immediately."
"We need to keep an eye on what's going on at sea. Mao Wenlong will not give up Pi Island willingly. He will definitely find a way to retake Pi Island. The Ming Dynasty court will not give up Pi Island easily and will probably send a navy over." Li Zhao reminded.
Zheng Chao said: "There are two Ming Dynasty naval forces in the north, one is in Denglai and the other is in Tianjin Wei. It will take time for these two naval forces to reach Pi Island, and the ships of the Ming Dynasty Navy simply don't exist. Compared with our ships, even though there are not many ships left on Phi Island, there is no way we can even get close to Phi Island with just a navy from Denglai or Tianjin Guard."
The ships of the Ming Dynasty Navy have not changed much for many years. In addition, without the threat of Japanese pirates, coastal defense has gradually become less important. The number of ships of the Navy has increased. However, the number of ships in Denglai Navy still increased due to the rebellion of slave pirates in Liaodong. took some ships.
Even so, they are all old-fashioned ships, not even as good as those owned by the gentry who engaged in maritime trade and participated in smuggling.
Such a navy can only bully slaves who have little sea power.
"Don't be careless. Before the commander comes back, there must be no accidents here on Pi Island." Li Zhao reminded the other party.
Zheng Chao nodded.
Now he is no longer an instructor who simply trains sailors. He is the captain of one of the two Galen ships that came to Phi Island this time.
After Zheng Tie left Pi Island with some ships, all the ships remaining on Pi Island were under the command of Zheng Chao.
Li Zhao took a sip of the fish soup and asked, "Is the food on the ship still enough?"
"It's enough." Zheng Chao said, "After taking Pi Island, I brought a lot of food from Pi Island and sent it to the ship. There was no shortage of food on the ship in a short period of time."
Li Zhao said: "This time you go back and bring more vegetables. Staying on the boat all day will make people uncomfortable after a long time. It is appropriate to let the sailors on the boat disembark for a day of rest."
People like them who often ride on boats know very well what life is like on the boat.
After wandering at sea for several months, the food I ate was spoiled. Vegetables and various meats were even more delicacies that I couldn't eat even if I wanted to.
"We have already begun taking turns to let the ships dock," Zheng Chao said.
Now that Pi Island has been captured, he only needs to be wary of the Ming army's counterattack. There is no need for too many ships to stay at sea for the time being, so he arranged for some ships to dock at Pi Island in turns, so that the people on board could have a better rest.
The door of the house was suddenly pushed open, and a soldier walked in from the outside.
"General, we have captured several slave spies who want to go to the island." The visitor reported.
Li Zhao turned to Zheng Chao and said, "You eat first, I'll go out and take a look."
"Let's go together." Zheng Chao stood up from his seat.
Seeing this, Li Zhao did not stop him and walked out of the room with Zheng Chao.
The two people walked out of Mao Wenlong's mansion, mounted the horses sent by the people below, and rode towards the dock.
The area around the pier was already surrounded by people.
Most of them were common people on the island. If it weren't for the soldiers with the Tiger Flag to stop them, these common people would have torn apart the few slaves who were protected by the soldiers.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the general is coming."
There were soldiers in front to clear the way for Li Zhao and others to drive away the people blocking the dock.
Soon, a passage opened among the people that could accommodate the war horses.
"Drive the people away, don't let them gather here." Li Zhao noticed the almost cannibalistic looks of the people around him and ordered the surrounding soldiers to drive the people away.
