On the first day of December in the third year of the Apocalypse, the sky was very good, the sky was cloudless, and the sun that was rarely seen in Jilong Harbor in winter also showed its true face to face.

Although it is winter, it can be illuminated by the bright sun, which makes people feel very warm.

On the docks of Chicken Coop Harbor, there is a sea of people, people talking to each other, waiting for the owner of this town to appear.

didn't let everyone wait long, Li Tianyang soon appeared in front of everyone in a brand-new, distinctive blue-gray dress.

Beside him, an old woman with a kind appearance and strong spirit walked side by side with Li Tianyang on a rattan cane, supported by a beautiful woman with a beautiful appearance and a peaceful expression.

And Li Tianyang followed them closely behind, dressed in the same costume as Li Tianyang, tall and strong, many big men are not unfamiliar in the eyes of the surrounding villagers: Wu Jie, Wu Daofu, Lu Qi, etc., these are the middle and high-level backbones of Hongtang and Qixintang.

Of course, there are also many characters that everyone is familiar with or unfamiliar with, and they are all how many guests Li Tianyang specially invited this time, and many of them are shopkeepers and proprietors who hurried over from Yuegang.

This time, Li Tianyang specially took Mrs. Wu and Sanniang from Bengang, and also wanted to share with them the great foundation and achievements of their sons and grandsons over the years.

While walking, Li Tianyang did not forget to introduce the old lady and Sanniang to the various streets and alleys along the way, as well as the anecdotes that had happened in these streets.

The streets have been carefully dressed, and the evergreen shrubs trimmed on both sides of the road and the tall trees are also hung with a lot of bright ribbons, which adds a lot of atmosphere to this military parade. For those who are not familiar with it, who would have thought that half a year ago, it was still a ruin destroyed by the Dutch, with brand-new houses erected along the roadside and bright signboard lanterns gently swaying in the sea breeze.

Of course, Li Tianyang did not forget to warmly greet the guests who were invited behind him, but because the protagonists this time were not them, Li Tianyang naturally did not let them dominate, and not only made the guests feel enthusiastic in response, but also did not attract too much attention from the villagers.

Soon, Li Tianyang took everyone to the wharf, where a viewing platform more than two feet high had already been built, and after Li Tianyang invited the guests who were waiting to sit down, a look signaled, and a loud voice of a Hongtang member who had been waiting for a long time sounded: "It's noon, the parade ceremony has officially begun!" ”

A shout, in exchange for the earth-shattering drumming of the two strong Hongtang warriors on the high platform, with a solemn atmosphere of the drum beat quickly spread outward, suddenly, on the hills on both sides around the chicken coop harbor, the faintly visible two fortress cannons thundered, and after more than ten huge cannons, a mighty and majestic fleet slowly sailed in from a distance.

The reason why the military parade was set up at the pier was only because the place where Hongtang started was the ocean, and now they still rely on the ocean for a living, and most of Hongtang's strength is on the sea. In addition, Li Tianyang's own intention of the military parade was just to deter Xiaoxiao through the military parade, and at the same time to make a forward stop for the upcoming Eastern Crusade and avoid some trouble.

The first six warships are so tall and majestic, as long as they have stayed on the sea, anyone with a little knowledge can recognize the origin of these warships at a glance, and they are the Western warships that Westerners rely on to crisscross the eastern seas.

Suddenly, the guests watching in the stands exploded all of a sudden, and they talked about it one after another, the advantages of Westerners' warships naturally needless to say, and none of the merchants who begged for a living at sea did not covet these unique seagoing ships, but Westerners would never trade with Oriental merchants any ships from the Western team, so that a group of Oriental maritime merchants could only suffer from no way to buy.

Although the sea ships of the Ming Dynasty are not bad, but the most common sand boats and fortune ships on the coast, and even the Guangzhou ships that were born to improve the fortune boats, compared with the sea ships of the Westerners, not only lag behind in speed and solidity, but more importantly, the sea ships of the West are more suitable for ocean trade, and the sea ships of the Ming Dynasty were mostly born for coastal trade from the beginning of their birth.

The so-called layman looks at the lively, the insider looks at the doorway, this first appearance in front of everyone's eyes of the Western warship, in the eyes of many villagers in Jilong Port, may be attracted by its majestic and majestic, standing out from the crowd of general troops. But the spies from all walks of life who were hiding among the villagers, the first reaction was that the whole person was stunned!

The Dutch were defeated by Hongtang, but it was never at sea, and Li Tianyang did not deliberately conceal the battle of Hongcheng Fortress, as long as they had a heart, anyone could inquire from the mouths of the Hongtang soldiers who experienced this battle at that time. The reason why he was able to capture hundreds of Dutch people at the beginning was that Hong Tang relied more on stratagem, lured the Dutch to Magong Island, and came to an internal and external attack, which defeated the Dutch.

But in the final analysis, Hongtang's men and horses have never gained the slightest advantage in fighting the Dutch in the battle of the sea, but they have been beaten by the nose like walking dogs. Even to this day, the remnants of the seven Dutch warships still roam around Joncoop Harbor from time to time, putting pressure on Hongtang to prevent Hongtang from mistreating their Dutch sailors.

But now, Hongtang suddenly carried six Western warships, and if you look closely, you can also see that three warships are brand new warships, and even the tung oil brushed on the hull still remains, and the whole warship exudes a unique smell of tung oil and paint mixed together.

"Hey, Hall Master Li is really bold, now that there are these Western warships, who else is your Hongtang's opponent in this South China Sea interface!" On the side, Lu Bingyan, the shopkeeper of the Defuxuan firm with the best relationship between Li Tianyang and their team, sat on Li Tianyang's right side, and sighed with envy on his face.

How did Li Tianyang and their team step by step from a small gang of one or two hundred people to the current overlord of the South China Sea, and how did the young man who was a little immature in front of him become a big man on the ground of the South China Sea today, as the first shopkeeper to have business dealings with Qixintang, Lu Bingyan can be said to have seen all this in his eyes.

"Shibo, you still call me Tianyang, if it weren't for your care in the past, there would be no scene of our current team, so the little nephew would like to express my gratitude to you here!" Li Tianyang is very humble on the surface, but in his heart he is indescribably proud and proud.

"Where, where is the hall master, you can have today's achievements, even if you don't have the modest strength of old age, presumably the hall master can have today's achievements." Li Tianyang can be polite, but he, Lu Bingyan, needs to correct his position.

Li Tianyang's current achievements and power can already sit opposite their proprietor of Defuxuan, he Lu Bingyan is a small month of Hong Kong shopkeeper, how dare he dominate in front of Li Tianyang at this time, which makes it possible for their proprietor to deal with Li Tianyang in the future, how should they get along with Li Tianyang.

The two then had a polite talk, and they were not far from the development of Li Tianyang's team now, and Lu Bingyan, who was proficient in the world, just took a little effort, and said that Li Tianyang was full of ambition and a beautiful face.

(End of chapter)