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With a rich smile on his face, the green pothos saluted Xiao Ming, revealing two rows of small white broken teeth.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming signaled that Lu Luo could go to Fei Yue'er's side, and he took Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to Qingzhou Prison.

Through the dark and damp passage, Xiao Ming saw Meng Youliang in the deepest part of the prison.

Although Meng Youliang was locked up in a dungeon during this time, his food and clothing were different from those of other prisoners, and he was not wronged at all.

After all, even the head of the prison knew that he was Lupos's brother, and Luluo was the handmaiden of King Qi.

Meng Youliang had already seen Xiao Ming when he was in Dengzhou, and when he heard the footsteps, Xiao Ming immediately climbed down on the bed when he walked towards him.

"The sinner Meng Youliang has seen His Highness." Meng Youliang said nervously.

Xiao Ming looked at Meng Youliang, he was wearing new clothes, the bedding was also new, this cell was also a single room, and there were unfinished leftovers on Table Mountain, a bowl of rice, a plate of pickles and a plate of green beans.

"You've had a good time in prison." Xiao Ming smiled.

Meng Youliang said with a smile: "Thanks to His Highness's kindness, otherwise how could the grass people have such great grace." ”

"You should be most grateful to your sister, she sent you these things." Xiao Ming snorted coldly, "But your heart is ruthless enough, and you have never cared about her life and death." ”

Meng Youliang's face darkened, his expression was also a little sad, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, the grass people know that they are sorry for her, if it wasn't for impulse, she wouldn't have sold herself, and the grass people have been regretting it all these years." ”

"You still have a little conscience." Xiao Ming snorted coldly, "It's no accident that this king came to see you today, it's just that the pothos has done a lot of things for this king during this time, and this king feels sorry for her and wants to give her a reward, but I never thought that she still cares about your brother in her heart." ”

"This stupid girl." Meng Youliang became more and more sad when he heard this, and his voice was also a little choked, he knelt down and said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, the grass people are definitely not people who are well-versed, I ask Your Highness to let the grass people out, the grass people are not for themselves, they just want to use the rest of their lives to compensate for the pothos." ”

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: "This king has confirmed the news you brought, the Wa Kingdom does have a plan to attack the Great Yu Kingdom, but you have been among the Wa Kou for so long, and you have injured many fishermen in Dengzhou, and the bad deeds are difficult to convince." ”

Meng Youliang lowered his head, "Your Highness, the grass people were forced to do it at the beginning, this was all forced by those widows to do it, if the grass people didn't do it, they wouldn't be able to blend in with the widows and find the enemy, but the grass people left room every time they attacked." ”

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming said: "This king now believes that you are innocent, but if it is really as you said, this king does not want to shame a meritorious person, coupled with the requirements of the pothos, so you are free now." ”

"Can you go?" Meng Youliang couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes, after you get out of prison, find a way to make a living and live a down-to-earth life." Xiao Ming said lightly.

Meng Youliang was stunned, this sudden change made him not react for a while, but when he came back to his senses, he suddenly said: "Your Highness Xie, it's just that the grass people are used to living from the sea, and they don't want to bear the charge of being a collaborator, so I beg Your Highness to give the grass people a chance to prove themselves." ”

"Just like you proved that you were a thief?" Xiao Ming asked teasingly, this Meng Youliang really made him very entangled.

Meng Youliang's face turned red, and he opened his mouth, and he suddenly sighed deeply, "One misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and the grass people really deserve it." ”

"But ......" Just when Meng Youliang secretly regretted it, Xiao Ming suddenly changed his words.

Meng Youliang raised his head suddenly, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope, "I hope His Highness will make it clear." ”

Xiao Ming thought for a while and said: "If you really want to prove yourself, there is a way, now that this king has controlled the coastal routes and defeated the Japanese in the Ryukyus, the Japanese will inevitably take revenge on the king at sea during this period of time in the future, after all, there are many Japanese invaders, and they have been on the sea for many years, so they will not be so willing to lose to this king, and in the eyes of this king, the way to deal with pirates is pirates, if you want to prove yourself, it is better to eliminate the Japanese pirates on the sea for this king." ”

"Destroy the pirates at sea?" Fine beads of sweat appeared on Meng Youliang's forehead, and he said: "Your Highness, the number of these widows is enough to be 80,000, these people are scattered on the sea, sometimes gathered, sometimes scattered and difficult to deal with, how to destroy these 80,000 widows with the strength of the grass people. ”

"It's because I think it's difficult, so I can prove your worth, but the word pirate seems to be a little inappropriate, this king let you do the privateer's business, you have been running around the sea with the Japanese for so many years, have you ever heard of a privateer?" Xiao Ming asked.

Meng Youliang understood, he said: "The grass people understand, the grass people have indeed heard of privateers, in fact, they are just a group of pirates, but they are people who rob enemy merchant ships for the country and attack the other party's pirates. ”

"That's right, it's such a pirate, since you've been at sea for so many years, you won't be able to pull up a boatload of people." Xiao Ming asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Your Highness, the grass people can pull up a boatload of people, many of the seamen in the Japanese are actually coastal fishermen, and some are merchants, among which the real number of Japanese is only more than 30,000 people, and the grass people on the sea have met a lot of people over the years."

"In that case, how about this king give you a boat and make you the first privateer captain in the Great Yu Kingdom?" Xiao Ming said with a smile.

In fact, Xiao Ming said to Meng Youliang today that these were not on a whim, but that he had been thinking about it for a while, and in the next few years, the number of warships in his navy would not be able to compete with the real European powers at sea, and according to Claire, the European powers have been supporting privateers or piracy now.

On the one hand, this is to supplement the lack of naval strength, and at the same time, when one's own merchant ship is attacked by a privateer of another country at sea, it can also be used to retaliate against the other party's merchant ship to recover losses.

"Of course, you can also choose to refuse and live the life that this king said." Xiao Ming added.

After hesitating for a moment, Meng Youliang said: "Your Highness, I am willing to be the captain of a privateer, but what if we encounter the fleet of the Great Yu State at sea?" Yue Yun still hates me very much. ”

"It's very simple, the Chamber of Commerce will issue you a privateer license, and from then on you will be the secret power of this king's sea."