16 Ancestor worship
??? At the beginning of September, the weather was already a little cool, but the remnants of the autumn tiger were still there, at least when it was supposed to take care of the people on Huludao now, they had to open their chests and expose their breasts, and wipe the fine men on their bodies with shallow clothes from time to time.
On the dock outside the island, there are countless sea ships docked densely, large and small, tall and short, but the only similarity is that there are countless crew members rushing around, and all kinds of materials are carried into the belly of these ships.
On the island, groups of pirates, either fierce or treacherous, are gathering in the small open space on the island to enjoy a hearty lunch.
Today is a good day to travel, Yuan Laoba, who is standing under the statue of Mazu, is full of excitement, and bowls of wine are poured into his mouth and stomach like white water, so that the people sitting next to him can't help but marvel at his amount of alcohol.
"It's an honor for me to gather in Huludao today, I don't think I need to say anything more, everyone knows the intention of calling everyone over this time." It wasn't until the third shot on the day that everyone drank almost enough food that Yuan Laoba, as the host, opened his mouth.
"Today, there is a gang of bandits in Penghu Hongtang, who violate the rules of my green forest heroes, ignore the morality of the rivers and lakes, act recklessly, forcibly annex more than 20 groups of our peers, and even kill the rest of the fellow Daoists, which is unbearable for us. Therefore, as a member of the green forest of the South China Sea, I, Yuan Laoba, know that this thief is very harmful, and if we do not eradicate it as soon as possible, it will inevitably endanger our foundation, so I invite everyone here to conspire against the thief's great cause. ”
sprinkled a large number of words, and from the mouth of Yuan Laoba, it could be seen that he had made sufficient preparations for this matter.
"Thank you Yuan Da for speaking up and seeking justice for us!!" The pirate leaders who originally belonged to the Penghu area below echoed and shouted for Yuan Laoba.
There was also the pirates in the Ryukyu area who had nothing to do with this matter, who were invited by Yuan Laoba and moved by the promise he made, and the pirates who participated with their brothers were not to be outdone, and shouted loudly: "Yuan blocks the head and is righteous, we admire it!" ”
"Now that all the brothers can afford it, I am deeply honored to take on the position of the leader of the 'Except Hong League', and everyone knows that my old Yuan is a rough person, and he doesn't understand those twists and turns, anyway, just one sentence, follow my brother, eat fragrant and drink spicy, as long as I have a bite to eat, everyone will eat a mouthful!!" Yuan Laoba, who was standing at the head of the case, is now full of spirit, scolding Fang Yu, and has a momentum that looks at the world.
It's no wonder that he Yuan Laoba is now magnificent, the pirate gang here today can almost be said to be seven or eight out of ten elites in the Ryukyu Sea today, and the overall scale is enough to sweep all the sea areas of the Ming Dynasty. Except for the time when the pirates were at their most beautiful during the Jiajing period, in the past few decades, there has never been such a grand event as today in their pirate industry.
Most of the pirates are impulsive and irritable, and they were provoked by Yuan Laoba, and now where can they still do it, they all shouted and shouted, and all kinds of words such as being willing to be brainy blurted out, rendering the whole venue into a bloody boil.
Seeing that the time was almost up, at the moment, Yuan Laoba exerted his greatest strength and shouted at everyone: "Go to the three animals, sacrifice Mazu!" ”
Suddenly, the man came up with three discs, each with a sheep's head, a pig's head, and an ox's head. Later, three plates were placed on a large long table under a statue of Mazu carved out of wood.
Below, the pirate leaders who were originally hippie smiling and full of wine and food were suddenly solemn, and under the leadership of Yuan Laoba, they faced the statue of Mazu and knelt down solemnly.
"Mazu is above, now I Yuan Laoba swear here, willing to advance and retreat together, work together to crusade against Hongtang Wudao, and return the peace and tranquility of my South China Sea green forest, if you violate this oath, heaven and man will be punished!!" enhz
After taking the oath, everyone was bloody, dripping a few wisps of blood from the wine bowl in front of them, drinking it all, and then quietly waiting for Yuan Laoba's order in front.
"The auspicious time has arrived, let's go!!" The complacent Yuan Laoba gave an order.
After a short time, the well-fed pirates left the statue of Mazu and headed for their respective ships. In an instant, the sails outside Huludao were raised, and the gray-white territory of Liancheng slowly moved towards the west.
As the leader of the alliance, Yuan Laoba sat on his own warship, surrounded by many ships, looking forward to this sea of ships.
"This is the capital of my Yuan Laoba in the future, see who else dares to match me in the future, even if he is Li Dan of the Japanese Kingdom, he may not be my opponent!!" Yuan Laoba had already drunk a lot of wine, and now his heart was as hot as fire, looking at the warships around him like ants on the sea, his ambition swelled to the extreme at this moment.
This time, in addition to the 2,000 carefully selected good men he led, there were more than a dozen pirates who came from the Penghu sea area but did not join his team, and more than 1,000 people. Coupled with the invitation he sent to the pirates in the Ryukyu Seas, every pirate who lost his strength sold him more or less to save face when Yuan Laoba was in the limelight, and sent one or two warships to help him grow stronger, so hundreds of good hands joined his command.
Although he himself still left enough manpower to defend the old nest of Huludao, but in this way, now this expedition, there are more than 4,000 soldiers under his command, and there are nearly 50 warships requisitioned with these warriors on the expedition, which is the first time that Yuan Laoba has been able to lead so many warriors to the expedition in his nearly 20 years of pirate career.
This is also the biggest action in the pirate industry since Xu Hai and Wang Zhi's two pirate predecessors were destroyed! Even the Penghu Sailors, a national professional violence gang, did not even dare to open the gate of the Penghu Sailors when they saw this long undisguised fleet sailing proudly past the Penghu Sailors station, and watched nervously as the group of pirates headed southwest from here.
At the same time, he happened to be entrusted with an important task by Li Tianyang, came to the Penghu Water Division, and saw that the general Wu Daofu was in the eyes of the Water Division, his face was pale, and his heart was full of worry and fear about the Bengang camp.
On the pirate side, it has always been the person who has seen the sailor, just like a mouse meets a cat, rolling as far as he goes, where it will be as majestic as today, so frightened that the people of the Penghu sailor did not even dare to open the gate of the camp, and the grievances and sadness in his heart that had been suppressed for many years turned into boundless anger and arrogance at this moment, standing at the bow of the boat, and making all kinds of scolding voices towards the sailor camp, a bloody shame for many years.