On the fifth day of the 11th month of the third year of the Apocalypse, the weather was fine, and the 19 companies of the recruit training camp ended their six-month training, and finally officially became a qualified Hongtang soldier on this day.

When they first arrived, the pirate team of various appearances and temperaments were intertwined, but now on their faces, there was nothing but a look of fortitude and murderous eyes.

Especially when a set of brand-new, blue-gray clothes, shoes and pants were distributed to each soldier, and all the neat queues were arranged after all the costumes, it was so impactful.

If the queue formation and dress of Hong Tang before were like the colorful patches on that clean dress, the queue of recruits now is like a white new dress, although it may not be gorgeous, but it is so clean and tidy.

"Otherwise, let's have a military parade, shall we?" Taking the opportunity to come to a recruit training base to inspect the completion training of the recruits, Li Tianyang, Wu Jie, who came with him, and Wu Daofu and others, who accompanied him, said on a whim.

"A military parade?" Wu Jie and Wu Daofu didn't know much about the meaning of Macau, and looked at Li Tianyang with a confused face.

When Li Tianyang compared and described the form of this military parade, Wu Daofu was noncommittal, but Wu Jie's eyes were obviously seduced by Li Tianyang: "This can be had, now we have nothing to do in Jilong Harbor all day, but we can find some fresh fun to play." But God, if you want to hold such a military parade, then you can't forget the brothers of our special operations battalion, and it must be interesting to have our participation! ”

"Does the hall master have other intentions?" Since he took the team to formulate a decisive strategy with the Dutch, Li Tianyang has attached more importance to Hong Zhengkai and his senators, so he will take the team and the secretary team with him wherever he goes. At this time, it was Hong Zhengkai, the leader of the participating group, who spoke.

"Hey, your team's brains are spinning fast enough!" Li Tianyang smiled proudly, and at the same time glanced at Hong Zhengkai with appreciation: "On the surface, the strength of our Hongtang has increased greatly, and now the territory in the waters west of the Ryukyus and the waters from Penghu to Qiongzhou has also been calm, and even now, the other pirate gangs that have appeared in the sea areas under our control have also dropped to the lowest level in recent years." ”

"But in fact, behind this calm, there is a hidden turbulence, at least, our foreign guards and intelligence systems have not heard the slightest movement of the few groups of pirates who harassed us before."

"What is certain is that these pirates did not leave the Ryukyu waters after our victory over the Dutch, but have been operating in the Ryukyu waters all along. So, what I want to know is, what kind of obstacle do these groups of them have, thinking that we Hongtang can't take them? ”

"Moreover, as time goes by, the number of pirates who come to inquire from our Hongtang Recruitment Office has gradually decreased, and even those lone pirates are only a few in a month. Of course, there is a reason why our Hongtang has recruited most of the pirates who are willing to join our Hongtang before, but there are also other pirate teams in the inside, and they don't want to see our Hongtang continue to expand. ”

"Therefore, I want to use this military parade to send a message to the pirates who are still supporting in the Ryukyu Seas, to show them our strength, and let them weigh it for themselves, whether it is worth it to fight against our Hongtang!"

"Of course, such a military parade can also show our fellow villagers the heroic posture of our soldiers, so that they have more confidence in our team, and at the same time, they have a greater sense of belonging."

Although it was just a whim, Li Tianyang thought about the benefits of this military parade while talking, but he couldn't help but find that this idea was really good!

Even Wu Daofu, who didn't care much about this idea, was a little more interested in this idea in his eyes at this time. And Wu Jie waved his hands and began to fantasize about what a magnificent scenery this military parade was.

Because of this whim, in the end, Li Tianyang and the others did not delay too much at the recruit training base, but turned around and hurriedly ran back to Jilong Port with a group of people to discuss the feasibility of this idea.

Soon, Li Tianyang and the others made up their minds to hold a special military parade in Jilong Harbor on November 15.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty has not had similar military parades, but after all, the emperor is far away, one is in the south of the Yangtze River and the other is in the north, where can the general public have the opportunity to visit such an event in the capital.

The preparation time seemed to be in a hurry, but in fact, it was more than enough time for Li Tianyang and them.

First, it just so happened that the soldiers of the recruit training camp had just finished their training, and Li Tianyang and them didn't need to send other soldiers from the Hongtang team to come to converge; Second, there are now no less than fifty or sixty directors and shopkeepers of various large and small businesses stationed in Jilong Harbor, and there are many maritime merchants and pirates who come and go.

Although the moon port is prosperous, but it has many restrictions after all, in a year, the Ming official issued to the Ming merchants, but only a hundred, and by the sea to eat, to and from the Nanyang and the Ming merchants of the country, obviously, far more than this.

Then, these merchants who did not have a ship to guide them, like the smugglers of later generations, secretly did maritime trade under the noses of the Ming Dynasty officials.

Businesses with deep backgrounds and large volumes naturally have a way to get regular ship guides, and those with relatively poor backgrounds need to take risks to carry out ocean trade, which is also one of the reasons why the pirates of the Ming Dynasty plundered.

Nowadays, as the port closest to the coastal area of Daming, there are several companies with ships leading the team, and everyone does not have to risk being discovered by the government to run to the coastal area of Daming with a large number of valuable goods to sell, but they can be transported to Jilong Port openly and openly to trade with other merchants.

In such a situation, these maritime merchants, as long as they are not fools, should know whether this matter is good or bad for them.

Because of this, the prosperity of the Jilong Port team, as Li Tianyang envisioned, is developing vigorously. As the tide rises, more and more business owners have also opened their own shops in Jilong Harbor as a window for trade with people.

In this way, Li Tianyang sent out invitations to the proprietors or shopkeepers of various businesses to come to watch the ceremony, and it was easy to pass them on to the hands of those who could be the masters of these businesses or who had access to their intentions.

(End of chapter)