I only heard him reply to Emperor Chongzhen: "If a sinner loses his life, it is useless to have money." Therefore, sinners are willing to give all their money to buy the sinner's rotten life! ”

Speaking of this, he didn't hesitate any longer, and directly reported: "The sinners have a total of about 1 million taels of gold and silver, and other valuables are about 2 million taels. That's all there is to it, and sinners are willing to give it to Long live! ”

After finishing speaking, he saw that the emperor did not seem to be happy, and his heart was anxious, so he hurriedly added: "The sinner has been at sea for so many years, and the money he has robbed must also be distributed to his subordinates. These are still the money that sinners have done everything they can to accumulate. In order to defeat Zheng Zhilong, all the other money on the surface has been spent, and there are indeed no sinners! ”

Hehe, a rotten life, three million taels, is indeed "rotten" enough. Emperor Chongzhen was actually thinking about this in his heart. At this time, hearing that Li Kuiqi was busy explaining, he didn't care if Li Kuiqi really had to take out all his savings. Such a large sum of money is already a windfall!

So, he nodded and said, "Okay, I will believe you!" ”

These words made a stone fall to the ground in Li Kuiqi's heart, and then he looked at the emperor with some expectation. Because the money came out, his life was saved, and the next thing was to arrange for him. From the previous conversation, he could feel that the emperor was going to use him.

Sure enough, I only heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "In the future, you and your subordinates will serve the imperial court!" I don't spend all this money on shipbuilding. I'm going to set up another Great Ming Water Division, and you'll be in charge, how about it? ”

"......" Li Kuiqi didn't expect such a result at all, and immediately opened his mouth in surprise. He thought that the best outcome was to send him to fight Zheng Zhilong and become a coastal defense guerrilla in Fujian.

After a while, he came back to his senses, and immediately kowtowed repeatedly, knocking his head "bang", and hurriedly responded: "Sinners are willing, sinners are willing......"

"I have requirements for this water master, and you have listened!" Emperor Chongzhen said with a serious face at this time, "After the imperial court opens the sea ban, it must be able to protect the safety of the Daming sea ships. Whether the enemy is a pirate or a Xiyi, as long as he is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, he must be able to exterminate it! If you are close to the coast, you will fight along the coast, and if you are far away, you will reach the Nanyang Domain, and the sea must be the only one who is the Ming Dynasty. Can you do it? ”

Li Kuiqi's mouth opened wide again when he heard this, he didn't expect that the emperor's appetite was so big, it was a little dumbfounded! But the more he did that, the more he liked it and the more excited he became. hugged the emperor's thigh, with the entire Ming Dynasty as the backing, maybe it would be really okay.

He didn't have much political sense, so he didn't think much more, just thinking about the future was too busy for his head.

This time, after a long while, he came to his senses and immediately responded, "As long as there are enough people and enough boats, sinners will definitely be able to do it!" ”

After answering, Li Kuiqi sobered up a little more, and immediately added: "But this ship must be a good ship, and sinners must see it, and a modified ship can only be used." Only...... As for the ships built by the official shipyards, the sinners really look down on ......"

At first, he hesitated to say it, but then he thought about the future, and his heart was crossed, and he had something to say! While speaking, he secretly looked at the emperor's face, and didn't find anything wrong, so he spoke more smoothly.

"Also, people must also be familiar with it, the big ones in the rivers and seas are smooth to use, otherwise no matter how good the boat is, this person can't do it, it's also for nothing!"

After making these two requests, Li Kuiqi didn't go any further, looked at the emperor, and waited for the emperor to speak.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, this is a veteran, and he agrees with all these things. Therefore, after Li Kuiqi finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "The ship is good to say, with the money you handed over, I will order several shipyards to build ships." As for what kind of ship to build and what the quality of the ship is, you can have the final say, and you can only be considered qualified if you pass the acceptance. As for people......"

This matter is a bit difficult to handle, and Emperor Chongzhen paused a little and said, "I have allowed you to gather as many old troops as possible for the use of the imperial court. However, all of them had to be trained by the new army and approved by the commissar before they could officially become part of the sailors. In addition......"

Li Kuiqi understood before, and he was also very happy that the emperor gave him so much power. But after hearing it, I was a little confused, the new army training? The commissar agreed? What does this mean? At this time, the emperor was still talking, and he didn't dare to ask, so he had to hold it in his heart. Anyway, there's no rush to do this, and I'll find out after all.

"There should be a lot of skilled sailors over there in Denglai, well, there should be a lot of North Korea, you can recruit them......" Emperor Chongzhen said this, his thinking was clearer, and he looked at Li Kuiqi and said, "There is a war in North Korea that is about to start, so you should go and report to the governor of Denglai first." I will also issue an order to the governor of Denglai, you can choose the sailors that Dongjiang can see, and there are also Korean sailors, you can also recruit as much as possible. In short, if I want to be a water master, I must take shape as quickly as possible. If there is still a shortcoming, recruit ordinary fishermen and the like for training. ”

This is the benefit that the imperial court really attaches importance to, and there are more resources at once. When Li Kuiqi was a pirate, the problem of money, that is, ships, was not big, the key was that his subordinates knew how to fight naval battles, and it was best to be familiar with naval battles, that is, no matter how much it was. After all, such manpower is too rare.

But the emperor just said a word, Li Kuiqi could imagine that his subordinates would expand at once, and it was not even possible to surpass Zheng Zhilong.

Thinking of this, Li Kuiqi couldn't wait for these things to be realized immediately, and then led his troops south to meet Zheng Zhilong for a while. Hehe, you also have today, oh no, I'm Li Kuiqi back!

Li Kuiqi thought about it and hurriedly agreed. At this time, the emperor asked him to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and he would never frown.

Therefore, Li Kuiqi temporarily took the guerrilla rank and immediately rushed to the Dongjiang River. And his subordinate Liu Jinsheng, who had the official identity of Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi, went to report to the Fujian Governor's Office with a will, and justifiably recruited old people on behalf of Li Kuiqi.

Watching Li Kuiqi happily withdraw from the hall, Wen Tiren, who had been watching silently, played a little worriedly: "Your Majesty, when the sailor goes to sea, it will be difficult for the imperial court to control. This Li Kuiqi was born as a pirate, and the imperial court took such great pains to set up a sailor, in case he had a different heart......"

I didn't finish the sentence and didn't go any further, but the meaning was already obvious. Emperor Chongzhen listened and just smiled slightly.