In the end, not to Li Tianyang's surprise, most of the pirate gangs invited to participate in the dinner quietly found Li Tianyang and signed a temporary contract, and even Gong Zhuyi, who had a conflict with Li Tianyang at the banquet, put down his face, found Li Tianyang, and bowed his head to him.

In the end, the pirates still did not have the courage to face the increasingly powerful Hong Tang, and when they lost the courage to fight against Hong Tang, in fact, they no longer had the opportunity to bargain with Hong Tang.

However, compared to those pirates who joined Hong Tang and eventually became Li Tianyang's subordinate team, Gong Zhuyi and others may think that they still have the most basic freedom and are still the leaders of a gang, which is something to be proud of.

The content of the contract is actually very simple, most of them are for these independent pirate gangs, such as not to loot ships with Hongtang logos, not to cross the border to invade the sea belonging to Hongtang's team, and to assist Hongtang in clearing the unstable pirate gangs, etc.

And Gong Zhuyi and what they got was only a piece of sea territory that originally belonged to them, although adjacent to the navigation route between the Wa Kingdom and the Ming team, there were inevitably sea ships walking in this sea area, but when most of the sea ships hung the signs issued by Hongtang, in fact, their lives may not be easy.

The only good thing is that they don't have to worry about Hong Tang suddenly leading troops to attack their territory and waters from now on, and wipe out their pirates.

Moreover, this sea area classified as a pirate zone is not small in itself, and the territory of several pirates only occupies 1/4 of the territory in this sea area, and they also have enough room for development, which also makes them think about it a little.

Last night, after Li Tianyang's team raised the point, the leaders of several pirates met overnight, and everyone had come up with an agreement that they could agree with each other for future development and cooperation, which also means that compared to the Ryukyu Sea area, which was privately decided by Li Tianyang and several pirates, several of their pirates have already taken the lead.

Li Tianyang didn't care about this kind of tiger breeding team at all, and even specially mentioned it to them, hoping that all of them could prepare in this direction.

No matter how big and strong Hongtang is now, he can't help but give the pirates a way to live, and the establishment of the pirate area is to let these pirates see a glimmer of life, and they will not do stupid things like jumping over the wall in a hurry, which will only add difficulty to Hongtang.

And he secretly asked Gong Zhuyi and others to establish this alliance, hoping that there would be a stable order in this pirate area, and at the same time, he could invisibly maintain the number and scale of the pirate team in this pirate area, and would not form a big tail.

Five days later, Li Tianyang had not waited for the reply from the proprietors of the various merchants, but he had already spoken his word and sent away the 4,000-person Hongtang team led by Wu Daofu.

These 4,000-strong contingent is only composed of members of the Hongtang Whale and Shark troops, and the Leopard Department to which Wu Juren belongs has not yet been mobilized, and the most eye-catching contingent among them is the six Western warships that shocked everyone at the military parade five days ago, and the 34 Fu ships are followed by the six warships.

Six Western-style warships, four of which belonged to the Portuguese Clarke, according to the name of the Dutch team, and two of which were Dutch-style warships of their own modifications.

Three of the four Clark sailboats were the new ships that Yang Zhi had just launched and passed the inspection in the Bengang secret base, and the other was the armed merchant ship that was captured in the Hongcheng Fortress. There are two Dutch-style warships, one is the capture team of Hongcheng Fortress, and the other is a warship that was seriously damaged in the attack and defense of Jilong Harbor and was finally repaired by the masters of the craftsman's workshop.

The sailors on the six warships are all in the past six months, Li Tianyang coerced and lured the Dutch sailors to teach the students of the team by hand, and now they are able to skillfully operate the sails on Western-style warships that are far more complex and numerous than those of Daming sea ships.

What made Li Tianyang even more proud was that these warships were loaded with many advanced cannons obtained by the Dutch, and at least one warship was also placed on 25 powerful guns, which was far more powerful than the firepower of other warships in Hongtang.

Li Tianyang believed that even if the seven warships of the Dutch appeared outside Jilong Harbor now, the six warships of Hongtang would be on par with the other party, and with the help of other warships, it would not be a miracle to defeat these foreign fleets.

This time, it is not difficult to see that Li Tianyang is bound to win the psychology of Li Tianyang, and at the same time, Li Tianyang also hopes that through actual combat, he will really test the changes in the strength that Li Tianyang has spent a lot of his energy and is full of the advanced warships and artillery they hope to bring to Hongtang.

If this battle goes well, especially if the three new ships complete the inspection team, it will also indicate that Li Tianyang and his own ability to produce and build these powerful weapons of war. Such a major change will be an important weight for them to continue to develop rapidly, and it will also be an important step for them to step out of the South China Sea.

Seeing Li Tianyang's figure disappear on the inky black horizon, Wu Daofu retracted his gaze, propped his palm on the railing that still smelled of tung oil and paint, and proudly admired the new flagship that belonged to him, and then issued a command full of energy: "The sails are fully raised, full speed forward, the target is Sea Snake Island!" ”

Once upon a time, Wu Daofu also envied the strength of foreigners' warships, but soon he never thought that one day, he would be able to own a foreigner's warship. Looking at the battleship that he named "Fearless", Wu Daofu suddenly had a feeling of being in control.

An ordinary battle dispatched 4,000 people, which was also unimaginable to Wu Daofu before, Wu Daofu, who had been working hard with Li De for more than ten years, since joining Hongtang wholeheartedly, every moment of Hongtang's changes made him feel dumbfounded.

I thought that my ability was just to operate a warship and lead a hundred or so brothers, but who would have thought that now his sons and daughters have broken through more than 3,000 people, let alone a battle like this one, as a commander, he has 4,000 strong team members under him for him to drive.

When a person has more power, his ambition and motivation will be stronger, and Wu Daofu is no exception. In the past few years, in order to cope with more and more sons under his subordinates, Wu Daofu, who is deeply self-aware, has endured the disadvantages of being old and having a poor memory, relying on a kind of perseverance to forge ahead, and has learned a lot of knowledge by himself, how to manage the team, how to make plans, and how to make trade-offs when fighting, etc., a lot of esoteric knowledge, which makes him miserable at the same time, but also makes his life very fulfilling.

This battle is not only a test of these new warships, but also an important test for Wu Daofu.

(End of chapter)