Just now, Emperor Hu Dedi saw the Ming warships coming from the sea, so he found an opportunity to get rid of the Qing soldiers who were chasing him and jumped into the sea to escape. He had excellent water qualities, and after swimming far away, he hugged a broken wooden board that had fallen from a Qing army ship and swam towards the Ming army's big ship.

Who knows, after getting on the big ship of the Ming army, he was actually captured by the Ming army as a Qing soldier!

The hero didn't suffer the loss in front of him, and when he saw so many birds aiming at him, Emperor Hu had no choice but to kneel down obediently. In fact, he is not a person who is afraid of death, but if he dies in the hands of his own people in such an unknown way, it is called wronged.

"Hold on!" Li Rui, the captain of the pro-soldiers, roared.

"Slow!" Wang Xinyu's voice sounded behind him.

Li Rui turned his head to look, and hurriedly turned around and clasped his fists and said, "General Wang, this guy is very stubborn!" It's still so horizontal when it just got out of the water! ”

Wang Xinyu had already looked at Emperor Hu Dedi just now, and saw that although this person was not tall, he was very strong and sturdy, and his appearance was not handsome or amazing, but he was a little mighty. Looking at his martial arts, it seems that he is not under masters such as Hong Xiguan.

Wang Xinyu first drank the soldiers, and then asked Emperor Hu De: "This strong man has strong martial arts and good water nature!" Can you ask the name of the strong man? ”

"Back to the general! Emperor Hude, a small people! But Xiaomin is indeed not a Tartar, and the soldiers under your command have to say that Xiaomin is a Tartar! Emperor Hu Dedi bowed his hand.

Wang Xinyu felt that this name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while, and he seemed to have a little impression, as if this person was also a hero in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. So he drank the soldier: "This strong man is definitely not a Tartar!" Stand down, all of you! ”

"General!" Li Rui still felt very uneasy.

Wang Xinyu felt that his judgment would definitely not be wrong: "Don't worry! I can't be wrong! Go down, all of you. ”

"No!" The crowd retreated.

However, Li Rui still kept some eyes on it: he secretly called three Portuguese musketeers to hide in the helm tower to monitor this Hu Dedi, so as not to disadvantage this person to his superiors, and once he found that something was wrong, he immediately shot with a flintlock pistol.

Wang Xinyu asked Emperor Hu De: "Hu Zhuangshi is strong in martial arts and familiar with water, comparable to the Ruan brothers of the Water Margin!" I don't know where Hu Zhuangshi is doing? ”

"The small people are on Nanao Island! Another gang of brothers on the island of Nanao. Those people who fled to Nanao Island were persuaded by the small people! The dog Tartars are banned from the sea, and the fishermen can't live anymore! The small people often go ashore to bring fishermen who can't survive back to Nan'ao Island. Hu Dedi replied.

Li Rui, who was standing on the side, heard what Emperor Hu Dedi said, stepped forward and arched his hand: "My lord, let's go to Nanao Island now?" ”

"That's right! Let's take a trip to Nan'ao Island! Wang Xinyu nodded and agreed to Li Rui's proposal.

It is very close to Nanao Island from this sea area, but it only takes less than half an hour for the fleet to reach Nanao Island by seven or eight miles of waterway.

Seeing the arrival of the fleet flying the flags of the Ming Army and the Zheng Army, the defenders on the island first sent a flag signal to confirm that it was their own people, and then let the fleet in.

Wang Xinyu asked Emperor Hu De: "Since you are also an anti-Qing warrior, and there is also a Ming army here, why don't you join the Ming army?" ”

Emperor Hu Dedi said with a smile: "Zheng Junjun is strictly disciplined, and the small people are used to freedom, they like to be alone, and they can't stand so many constraints. ”

Wang Xinyu sighed: "Hong Xiguan, Cai Dezhong and Ma Chaoxing couldn't stand my constraints, but now they are all used to it." ”

"Hong Xiguan? Are they on your side, General? Emperor Hood was taken aback.

"yes, what? Do you know them? ”

"It's more than just knowing! Hong Xiguan is Xiaomin's senior brother. However, he is not my master's apprentice, but my uncle's apprentice, so he is my senior brother. ”

"No wonder Hu Zhuangshi's martial arts are so good! It turns out that they are in the same door as Hong Xiguan! Wang Xinyu sighed.

While talking, the fleet stopped at the dock of Nanao Island.

The refugee boat rescued by the Ming fleet had already stopped at the dock of Nanao Island, and the villagers on board got off the boat and waited at the pier to thank the Ming general who saved them.

Seeing the people on the dock, Emperor Hu De threw himself to Wang Xinyu and said, "General! Thank you for saving them! If you hadn't arrived in time this time, these villagers would have died in vain at the hands of the Tartars! Then the small people will not be able to live on their conscience! It was the small people who told them to come to Nanao Island! ”

Wang Xinyu asked about the situation clearly, and learned that it was Emperor Hu Dedi who mobilized the villagers to leave the land and go to Nanao Island. Just now, it was Emperor Hu De who was responsible for luring away the Qing troops and protecting the villagers from going to sea. Who knew that not long after the villagers' boats sailed out, they were caught up by the Qing army's sailors. Fortunately, Wang Xinyu's fleet returned to Xiamen from Macao, sailed close to the coastline, passed by here, defeated the Qing army, and rescued the villagers. After asking about the situation, Wang Xinyu comforted: "Hu Zhuangshi doesn't have to blame himself!" If they don't come to Nan'ao Island, there will be no fields to plant on land, and sooner or later they will starve to death! Even if General Ben didn't come, they were caught up by the Tartars, and most of those villagers were fishermen and familiar with the water, so they could run a lot. It's better to be able to run away from some people than to starve to death all of them. If you want to blame, you can only blame those fake Tartars who aided in the abuse, forgot their ancestors, and became shameful traitors! ”

The two got off the boat together, and they saw that some villagers grabbed Li Rui and others, who got off the boat first, and thanked them for saving themselves.

Li Rui and the others hurriedly waved their hands: "We are just acting on orders, if you want to thank you, thank us General Wang." ”

Seeing Wang Xinyu and Hu Dedi get off the boat, the villagers surrounded them, knelt on the ground one after another, and kowtowed to Hu Dedi to thank him.

"Hu Zhuangshi, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to get here." A gray-haired old man kowtowed in thanks.

A young man also knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you Hu Zhuangshi for saving the lives of our whole village!" ”

"Thank you, Hu Zhuangshi!"

Emperor Hu De hurriedly helped the old man and the people around him: "Fellow villagers, I, Emperor Hu De, deserve it!" If it weren't for General Wang's arrival today, we would all have died under the butcher's knife of the Tartars! If you want to thank you, everyone will thank General Wang! ”

When everyone heard General Wang's words, and saw a young general beside Emperor Hu Dedi, they all guessed that this person must be General Wang, so they knelt down and kowtowed to thank him for saving his life.

"Folks! I can't help it! Don't do it! General Ben is just passing by, everyone hurry up! Wang Xinyu hurriedly asked everyone to get up.

Wang Xinyu looked at these villagers carefully, and saw that they were all yellow and thin, ragged, and dull in their eyes. The yellow and thin woman was holding a thin baby in her arms, obviously because of the woman's lack of business and she had not eaten enough for a long time, resulting in a lack of milk, and even the child had no food. Looking at the children, they are also skinny, almost all of them are not wearing shirts, only a strip of rag that can barely be called pants is wrapped around the lower body. It was very painful to see these people suffering so much.

The soldiers and civilians on the island came to the dock and arranged for Wang Xinyu's Ming army and the villagers brought by Emperor Hu De.

There were not many garrisons on the island of Nanao, just over a thousand people. However, because Zheng Chenggong's sailors often come here, if the Qing army comes to attack, even if it is defeated, it will not be able to hold it. They were unwilling to spend a lot of effort to conquer Nanao Island, and then the Ming army recaptured it with the help of the sailors, so they simply did not send troops to attack Nanao Island.

Wang Xinyu heard that Emperor Hu Dedi was the younger brother of Hong Xiguan, and he was very good at water, so he wanted to use him as his naval special forces officer, so he took someone to visit Emperor Hu Dedi's residence.

Emperor Hu Dedi himself has an anti-Qing restoration organization, and there are more than 100 people under him, all of whom are good hands taught by Emperor Hu Dedi himself, everyone is strong in martial arts, familiar with water, and they are all first-class good hands! When Wang Xinyu walked into the courtyard where Emperor Hu Dedi lived, he saw more than 100 teenagers practicing boxing in Zama.

"Hu Zhuangshi's disciples are all masters!" Wang Xinyu sighed.

Emperor Hu Dedi was very embarrassed and said: "Xiaomin's martial arts, if you compare with Senior Brother Hong, it will be like the light of fireflies to see the sun and the moon!" ”

The two chatted again, and Wang Xinyu asked about Emperor Hu Dedi's immigration from the mainland to Nanao Island: "How often does Hu Zhuangshi go to Chaoshan to bring people down?" ”

"About once or twice a month, bring a hundred people at a time." Khadedi replied.

"How long has Hu Zhuangshi been engaged in such a thing?"

"It's been three years, and more than 2,000 people have been transferred here. At first, the ban on the sea of Tartar was not so severe, and the villagers refused to come. In the past two years, it has intensified! This makes the common people unable to live, as long as Xiaomin says it in the past, it will come. ”

Wang Xinyu asked again: "Have you ever failed?" ”

Hu Dedi's eyes were red: "There are failures, and there have been four failures!" The worst time, more than 100 people in a village brought out were almost all slaughtered by the Tartars! There was only one young man left with good water nature, who dived under the water to avoid the tartars, and then swam to Nanao Island. A whole village, just one person alive! Later, he joined my anti-Qing and Ming restoration organization, and learned martial arts from me, and he always vowed to seek revenge from the Tartars! This time he was brought out too, and he also killed two Tartars! ”

Wang Xinyu sighed and said: "Just by virtue of your repeated immigration, there are only 100 people at a time, how many people can you save in a year?" And if they are found by the Tartars, many people will die! General Ben is willing to save the suffering people! Well, General Ben will help them emigrate from next month! I came with big ships and gunboats, and sent troops directly ashore! Kill the Tartars and take away all the people from the surrounding villages and villages! ”

Emperor Hu De was overjoyed: "This method is good!" Such a large number of immigrants can take thousands of people at a time! But then he thought of one more thing: "But our Nanao Island is too small, how many people can be accommodated by such immigrants?" ”

"Who said they were going to Nan'ao Island?" Wang Xinyu asked rhetorically.

"Don't they all go to Nanao Island? Then there is still going to Xiamen? Hu Dedi asked in surprise.

Wang Xinyu said with a smile: "Not all of them will go to Xiamen, some people will follow King Yanping to Dongfan in the future." And most of the rest is to be arranged to Luzon and Borneo! Overseas, there is a large amount of uncultivated land, and if you immigrate them, those who can farm have fields to plant, and those who can fish have boats to fish. ”

"Good way! What about Luzon, but in the South Seas? Isn't it occupied by red-haired ghosts? Hu Dedi asked again.

"It was occupied by the Spaniards. But then we're going to get rid of the Spaniards! The Spanish and Dutch had strong navies, and to defeat them, I needed an elite naval special forces! ”

Emperor Hu Dedi's mouth opened wide in surprise, and after a while, he asked, "What is the Navy Special Forces?" ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "It is a group of people who recruit people with strong martial arts and good water skills, and after our training, they will become the most elite warriors!" They can climb aboard enemy ships at night, kill enemy sailors, and loot enemy ships! You can also climb the enemy's battery at night, kill the enemy soldiers in the battery, and control the battery! Also, it is to put a mine under the enemy ship and then detonate it. After the men left, the mines exploded, sinking the enemy ship. ”

"That's it!" Emperor Hu Dedi understood a little.

Wang Xinyu suggested: "Hu Zhuangshi, or let's make a deal!" ”

"What deal?"

"I'm here to help transport people, and you're here to be the captain of my naval special forces! You are the only one I know who has good water nature and high martial arts! Although Hong Xiguan's martial arts are high, his water nature is not as good as you, and he can only serve as an agent on land. Only you can do it. ”

Emperor Hu Dedi hesitated: "I'm afraid the small people can't stand the constraints of discipline. ”

"Just get used to it! Well, how about I give you three days to think about it? ”

"Good! I'll give General Wang an answer three days later! "Emperor Hu Dedi hugged his fists.

Wang Xinyu nodded: "Whether you want to or not, when I go back to Xiamen in three days, you can go with me, and by the way, take a look at your senior brother and junior brother." ”

"Good!" Emperor Hu De agreed to come down.