Chapter 63: The Four Kings
In just one day and night, two flying sharks, twice as fast as ordinary warships, circled the island and docked on the shore where they landed, where the pirates had erected a stone monument to the western city.
Lin Feng sent someone to recruit the local natives, wanting to ask how far this place was from the wooden bone capital and which direction to sail, but he couldn't even ask what other people's names were.
Only as he pointed to the ground under his feet did he barely hear a word from the aborigines.
"Black Cloth."
This name is not so good, Lin Feng not only changed the name of this place, but also asked the aborigines to change the name, and brought more than a dozen people from various villages, including men and women, old and young, and asked the pirates to teach them to explain the official language.
"Heading west from the chart should be a continental land, it's hot, and we haven't yawed too far."
Lin Feng was shirtless, with a hat on his head crooked, and pointed to the sea map on the table in the grass and wood hut that he had set up, and said to several captains under him: "Africa is still in the west, we must find the wood and bones are all bundles, the ancient books say that this country is rich in good iron, and there are weapons and cannons, and at this time, our first thing is to send the fastest flying shark to sail west to find land!" ”
"Let the people of the island not be idle, but build houses and prepare for defense."
A brand new land, Lin Afeng tied his long hair back with silk cloth at will, and clapped his hands with excitement in his chest: "Let's do a big job here!" ”
Several of the Haikou leaders who had already been named in the South Seas had their heads bowed, but Li Mao showed a thoughtful expression, looked left and right and frowned and asked carefully: "Lin Lao, listen to you, you don't plan to sail back?" ”
Many leaders also reacted that Lin Afeng meant to build a city and set up a port here, not that he didn't plan to go back for a year and a half, but he didn't mention returning to Minguang from beginning to end, which caused people to look at each other.
Among them, Shi He felt that it didn't matter, he was more like Lin Daoqian in his heart, he was full of distrust of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the farther away from the South and Western Oceans was better for him, and now this place was just what he wanted, and said with a smile: "It sounds like the leader is not going back." ”
"You are majestic on the sea, making waves on the coast of the country, before we gathered, which one has not captured the fortified city of Juguo? Do you plan to be a coward for the rest of your life? Chen Shuai said a sentence that Lin always remembered, he was the only court member who regarded us sea giants as the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"He said that I have many heroes on the sea, except for the three elders who were killed, none of them died at sea, either because of internal strife, or when they were old and weak, they went ashore and were captured and killed by the imperial court."
"Although we are not more than 10,000 people, but all the people are soldiers, and they are also heavy artillery, and there are only thousands of people who are full of people overseas, and we are invincible in attacking cities and conquering places, can't we still be called kings?"
"Title, king?"
This is too exaggerated, several pirate leaders look at each other, this is too exaggerated.
Although their fleet is large and their combat power is high, the Han Chinese are only more than 4,000, hundreds of Japanese people, thousands of Luzon, Malays, Burmese, and Mughal Turks, Safavid Persians and Portuguese who have been recruited and captured on the way.
It's so attractive indeed!
Li Mao's momentum was three points shorter, and he didn't dare to speak so casually, his face was bitter like an old peasant, and he said: "This is too sloppy, others don't care, we Fujian people are Guangren, which one is the king?" Not to mention that there are people from other countries, all the bows of the ship, how easy is it to establish a country and become a king? ”
The meaning of Lin Feng's words was not understood by anyone present, and now he must be the king of Lin Feng, he has gathered all the Fujian pirates under his command, and his subordinate Zhuang Gong also has a fierce and fearless Japanese robber, the family is dominant, and he is also nominally the chief leader of the Minguang Haikou.
But the problem is that the other leaders are not Hokkien, Li Mao, Su Da, and Shi He are all Cantonese, and they can't even figure out what is going on between the Han people, let alone others who can't understand their words and rely on others who reluctantly obey orders.
Shi He glanced at Li Mao and said: "It's not difficult for Lin Lao to be the king, brother bows his head to this and you are the king, but then, don't go back to Malacca, now there is water on the island, but there is not enough food, I saw that the land planted by the islanders is a mess, and the baggage is enough for four months, either the wood bones are tied down, or the grain ship is sent back to Tangmin Island." ”
"But if the boat back comes back again, we have to talk about whether we can find it."
Shi He actually wanted to be the king in Banshilan City, but when he saw Chen Mu's Nanyang Fleet later, he extinguished this thought, and said without yin or yang: "In my opinion, it's too late to be the king, let's settle the food first and then talk about it." ”
Lin Feng sat on the chair, crossed his hands on the table, swept his eyes one by one, did not see the slightest dislike on his face, and asked in a flat tone: "Who else wants to say anything, no?" ”
"First of all, the law, first, don't go back to the Ming Dynasty, and in the future, we will discuss things together as before; Second, no matter where you go, what you are called, you are not called an emperor, and you will respect the great son of the emperor Zhengshuo compared to the vassal king; Third, the Ming merchant ships did not attack or rob; Violating the three laws, the group rose up and attacked. ”
After that, Lin Afeng raised his hand and pointed at a few people one by one, starting from Li Mao, Su Da, Shi He, and finally himself, and said in turn: "King Dan, King Qiong, King Guang, King Min, from now on, the four kings will rule together." ”
Before the three Haikou leaders could react, Lin Afeng had already unfolded the map, drew two lines on the map with a hand-made pen, and said: "With the western city as the eastern boundary, the four kings will open up westward until the Oriental Chen Shuai's America, and before they arrive, attack the city to seize goods and recruit people." ”
"When the flying shark discovers the location of the wooden bones to the west, he will divide his troops and disguise himself as merchants to infiltrate the city to sell goods in batches, buy food and transport them back to the island, and at the same time send a fleet to patrol the eastern seas, and the enemy ships can avoid them for the time being, and look for the Ming boats. Yin Zhengmao has arrived in the West, and it will not be long before a merchant ship will pass through here to meet them to transport their baggage from Burma. ”
"When the merchants come, we will also send ships to Burma, so that the western city will soon be prosperous."
The three Haikou leaders are relieved, and the four kings rule together, so they are not afraid to kowtow to Lin Feng, although they agree that Lin Feng is their chief leader, but when they think that Lin Feng is the king and wants them to bow and worship, they are finally a little unhappy, but now there is no such problem.
Just as a few people nodded, Lin Feng raised his finger and said: "There is another point, the four of us must remember not to attack each other, and if we attack, we will scatter, even if we encounter trouble with each other in the future, then expand to the west, and the vast ocean is waiting for us to conquer." ”
"As it should be!"
Shi He, who was born in Qiongzhou and had fought with the Portuguese in his early years, laughed, reached out and climbed onto the table, covered the area of Europa with his palm, and said: "The Portuguese crossed the sea to rob Lao Tzu's hometown, and one day I will snatch it back, a hundred times and a thousand times!" 2k reading network