In the blink of an eye, another half a year has passed.

Recently, the situation in the sea south of the Penghu Islands has been a little weird and tight, and many well-informed pirate gangs have fled from this sea area with their families. Originally, the maritime merchants who sailed from this sea area, because of the escape of these pirates, no longer have to look around with fear, for fear that a group of vicious pirates will come out of which place by accident, which is really a miracle in the chaotic coastal area of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if you want to say that these maritime merchants can really have such good luck and can pass such a long sea area without any cost, it is certainly impossible in this day and age.

"Whew, we finally entered the waters of Penghu, our luck is really good this time, and we haven't been targeted by pirates until now!" With a capable figure, at first glance, Feng Fei, who has been running around the sea all year round, was tense and relaxed, and when he saw the Penghu Islands in the distance, he finally relaxed.

"It's not, but to be honest, there are so many fewer pirates around Penghu now, if it's not too lucky, you may not be able to meet those as many pirates as before!" Next to Feng Fei, another middle-aged man with ordinary appearance and ordinary clothes took over the conversation and said with emotion.

The two of them, on the surface, are just a small maritime merchant in the Liangguang and Jiaodong areas, but in fact, everyone knows that their real destination is not the smugglers going to Nanyang!

There is no way, the ship in the hands of the Ming Dynasty City Bo Si is really expensive, only a hundred per year, and small merchants like them who have no background and background can only rely on smuggling if they want to stick to the high-profit route of the South Seas.

Of course, high profits are accompanied by high risks, elusive, bloodthirsty and murderous pirate gangs are all over the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and a slight accident is a defeat for both people and money. Therefore, in order to resist the ravages of pirates, small seafarers like Feng Fei and them had to huddle together to keep warm, and set up such a small fleet.

The fleet consisted of three lucky ships of about 1,000 materials, and in addition to the cargo, there were also more than 200 sailors on board, and it was still very difficult for the general pirate gang to eat them. However, a fleet of their size is also the fat that many pirates above the medium-sized gang like, as long as there are about two hundred good players and more than two warships, if they want to meet a fleet like theirs, it will be like a mad dog that has seen a bone, and they will not let go.

Feng Fei and the others can still walk and run around on the sea, I have to say that their luck has always been really good.

"The east, in the direction of the southwest upwind, two sea ships were found, looking at the speed and the size of the hull, I am afraid that they are pirates!" Before Feng Fei and the others could finish their emotion, they were interrupted by the sailors on the lookout post on the mast of the Fu ship.

"What!!"

"No!!"

Feng Fei and the others were shocked, and hurriedly walked out of the deck, easily climbed up to the lookout post along the cable on the mast, and watched from afar.

In the distance, two long, narrow ships sailed towards their fleet like nimble fish.

"It's bad, it's bad, these pirates really can't stand the chatter, why did we really get unlucky to run into it!!" Feng Fei cried with a sad face, turned his head and wailed at his partner beside him.

"No, take a good look at their masts, is there a touch of red??" However, Feng Fei's partner was much calmer, although the opponent's warship was facing them, but he could vaguely find a faint red from behind the mast.

"Really?" Hearing his business partner say this, Feng Fei, who was still frightened and stunned, seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, hurriedly held on to the cable and looked forward, and finally saw the flames that appeared from time to time as the warship approached: "I say, where are there other pirates who dare to look for work in this sea area now!" ”

As the two warships approached, the flame that had comforted Feng Fei and the two seafarers like a reassuring pill finally revealed its true colors.

It is said to be a flame, but in fact it is nothing more than a rectangular bright red flag hanging on the highest part of the mast. In the middle of the banner, a big "Hong" character stood solemnly in the middle of it, and it was still dozens of zhang away from Feng Fei's sea boat, and it was clearly visible.

On the bow of the warship headed by the leader, there stood several strong men with strong and strong bodies, and the person at the head was still a familiar face, and it was Zhao Xingdou who followed Wu Daofu to join Li Tianyang.

"The heroes of Hongtang, I don't know which leader is leading the team?" At first glance, there were seafarers like Feng Fei who met the pirate gang, and instead of turning around and running away, they stayed in place, waiting for the pirate warship to gradually approach. If the pirates in other seas see this, I'm afraid they will even be stunned!

"Zhao Xingdou of the Sprinkle family, please report the name of the owner of the ship in front!" Zhao Xingdou hugged his fist and greeted the seafarers here.

"In Xia Feng Fei, this is my business partner, Shi Zushou."

"It turned out to be Ship Owner Feng and Ship Shi Ship, please forgive me for delaying some of your trips." Zhao Xingdou first sued the two seamen, and then said: "I don't know the two ship owners, do you know the rules of our Hongtang??" ”

"Understood! Understand! Feng Fei and the others nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly responded: "Then please ask Boss Zhao to send someone to come up and count our accounts and materials, we have already prepared both the silver!" ”

"That's good, Wu Di, you take two people up to check the materials and accounts on the other side." Zhao Xingdou's face was expressionless, and he turned around and shouted at a young man on the deck who had been waiting for a long time.

"Yes, platoon commander!"

In a short time, a clipper boat staggered down from the warship, carrying the boy named Wu Di and two other teenagers of about the same age, towards the three sea-going ships that had lowered their sails and were still on the water.

Then, Wu Di and the others climbed onto Feng Fei's ship with two teenagers in full view, and got into the cabin of Feng Fei's ship, not worrying about Feng Fei and the more than seventy sailors on their ship.

Half an hour later, Wu Dicai, who had drilled all three sea ships, returned the account book handed over to him by Feng Fei to Feng Fei with a serious face, turned around and shouted to Zhao Xingdou: "The value of the account goods is 16,400 taels of silver, and the actual value is comparable, and there is no concealment. ”

"Very well, let them hand over the tolls to you and return to the team!"

Zhao Xingdou shouted, Feng Fei and Shi Zushou each handed a heavy cloth bag to Wu Di and them, Wu Di and they opened the cloth bag, after careful counting, nodded to Zhao Xingdou and them, signaled the correct number, jumped off the sea boat with two cloth bags, and returned to the fast boat, but the last teenager handed Feng Fei a red flag before leaving, and was tightly hugged by Feng Fei and the two, as if it was an important object.

The fourth volume is over, and it will soon be the moment for Li Tianyang and them to burst into vitality, and with the accumulation of more than 300 sheets in the early stage, the foundation laid by Li Tianyang's team is already very solid

(End of chapter)