The sun hung high, the sea level was warm, the sky was cloudless, it was a good day, and flocks of seagulls surrounded the brisk Latin galleon, trying to find a place to stay, but this kind of dhow-like light boat was now blown by the wind, and the ship was desperately rushing into the sea like an offline arrow, so that these sea bombers were a little unable to keep up.

This kind of ship is similar to the shape of the imitation of the British Galen ship of the Fujian army as a warship, about 20 meters long, three masts, and hanging triangular sails, this kind of sail is very easy to maneuver, and a few people can control the sailboat to run fast, and the hull is built with a kind of balsa wood produced in Spain, and there is no building like the Great Min on the hull, which makes the whole ship speed a little faster.

The only disadvantage is that it is not strong, it can't withstand too much wind and waves, and the ship's cargo hold is very small, and it can't hold too many things, but this is also in line with the identity of Mulan's group of pirates, they usually don't fight with the warships of the Eastern Roman Empire at all, and when they encounter it, they just run, and they go around the coast, and they don't go to the deep sea at all.

And they are usually very poor, and most of the time they are still like smugglers in Alexandria, Damascus, Jerusalem, Antioch and other commercial ports to make some smuggling goods, just like this time, they were hired by the governor of the Rhodes Military Region Panis to harass the coastline occupied by the Great Min and find out the military intelligence of the Fujian army.

In fact, the pirates lived a miserable life, most of the time they were still half-starved and half-fed, and the punishment methods of various countries for pirates were extremely cruel, just like the pirates caught by the Roman Empire were crucified, and after the cross became a Christian holy relic, the pirates were smeared with asphalt and hung in the port, allowing the seabirds to pounce and mosquito bites, and the pirates would be sunburned to death and thirsty for two or three days or even half a month.

After making a small profit, Mulan washed the boat on the beach for the first time, and wanted to bring more, but after turning around in a circle on the line of life and death, their warehouses were full again, and they were not the goods that were stolen by the Arabs from the broken copper and iron of the common people trafficked in the past, but the real Min tea, tobacco, dried meat, and even a few bags of black spices.

Said to be a spice, but it smelled of choking sulfur, anyway, it looked like the Fujian people kept it very expensive, and the pirates were also happy to hide it in the first officer's room, and the scar-faced pirates still hugged and slept every day.

But when she got back on her boat and returned with a full load, Mulan was not happy at all, and looked at the black boy at the bow of the ship who was wearing linen rags and clumsily following the pirates and dragging the sails.

Li Yexu's proposal seems to be very fair, cover themselves and others to go to Rhodes Port as pirates, the goods on the ship are their payment, just let them down when they get to Rhodes Port, and then they have nothing to do with Mulan, if they are willing to return to the Buddha Temple, when the Min army returns their companions, they will also give them a reward.

But how can it be so easy? Li Yexu must have bad intentions when he went to Rhodes City, in case he was recognized by the Romans, these pirates could go directly to the gallows on the beach to report, and take a step back, even if he threw these evil stars to Rhodes City safely, it would be equivalent to being on the blacklist of the Eastern Roman Empire that had suffered huge losses, and he would not want to continue to sell stolen goods anywhere in the Imperial Port in the future.

Mulan, the pirate captain, was in his heart, and on the other hand, Scarface was excited as if he was something, and he shouted along with great energy.

"Talk about you! Drag it to the right! Oops, you stupid hat, it's getting bigger! Didn't you see the ship deviate? Pull back again! ”

Usually, these Min army lords are all angry, as high as the noble priests in the church, it is rare that this general of the second rank of the Great Min is nervous, and he has to be blessed to integrate into any pirate life, and he is not tired like the third grandson, and the surname Scarface is really written upside down.

At this time, the boat suddenly jolted, and it happened that Li Yexu's personal guard captain Li Xiong sat on the ground with a butt, and he had already seen that this old boy with a rigid face was not pleasing to the eye, and Scarface stepped forward and rolled his foot on his buttocks, and he was scolded when he went up.

Mulan watched this scene, but her eyelids jumped, and before Li Xiong could recover from his senses, he stepped forward and kicked him on the ass again, and turned around and ran away with a scarface.

The captain's cabin is also below deck, which is not as spacious and luxurious as Damin, and the captain's quarter, with its later European furniture and long round table, is a little stronger than the Chase bunk where the sailor sleeps, with an independent bed and a window, which looks quite cold.

But after all, it was a girl's room, and it was still very clean, and he looked at the front carefully, more than a dozen Fujian sailors were still paddling with his sailors, and he didn't notice it at all, and the red-haired pirate captain pressed Scarface to the wall viciously, and said viciously in his native language quickly and quickly with his collar.

"You're crazy! Such a pair of Fujian people, once they go back, they will settle accounts after the autumn, and we are all finished! Would you like to hang it on the mast again? ”

Seeing that Mulan was as vicious as a female leopard with red eyes, Scarface shrugged her shoulders innocently: "Boss, I can't blame me, it was the general of the Min State who asked us to treat them completely as his own sailors, and they themselves have nothing to do to find guilt."

"Say it again!"

Suddenly lowered his voice, Scarface said with a smirk, "These stupid hats still want to come back?"

"Anyway, those unlucky ghosts in the Fujian army camp are all rotten boys hired by us, not worth mentioning, we swore to God to cover them to go to Rhode Island, but we didn't swear not to betray them! When the time comes, give this Fujian official to Governor Rhodes in exchange for a bounty, we don't even have to be pirates, just take the money to Constantinople and enjoy the blessings! ”

"Boss, haven't you always wanted to marry a nobleman and be an official's wife? With money, the noble knights in the countryside don't come to line up! ”

Listening to Scarface's words, Mulan was not relaxed, but her face changed drastically, and she shouted in shock: "You are crazy!"

"Our family can let the Min people know it clearly, if we turn against the water, old Thomas and they will be killed by us!"

Mulan said it seriously, but Scarface laughed out loud again

"Don't worry, Chief! Old Thoma ran the boat all his life, and the pig of the Sicilian governor Tarot also wanted to catch him? Stop dreaming! Besides, the governor of Sicily was still the emperor of Constantinople, how could he be willing to do things for the Fujianese? Old Thomas, who couldn't bear it at this time, had already escaped by boat with his family. ”

"Oops! Great wealth ****, absolutely God bless! Shaking his head, Scarface was about to walk out of the captain's room easily, but before he could take two steps, Mulan's worried and hesitant words came again.

"What if this battle, Da Min, wins?"

"Oh, my eldest lady, the two big countries are fighting, even if they are all dead, what does it matter to us? Whoever wins, we just need to rob at sea! Sail freely between the world and the world, and take care of the king's banner at the head of the city! Turning around, Scarface patted his thigh helplessly and said, he was completely helpless about the sorrow of the little girl Mulan.

However, his depressed words still didn't move Milan, staring at him, Mulan said again with worry.

"If Constantinople and Greater Greece are occupied by the Min, where can we hide? Even if we are pirates, we always have to go ashore to replenish, and our old and weak families have to live on the shore, if the whole Mediterranean Sea is the territory of Damin, where else can we go? To the territory of those barbarians? ”

This sentence made Scarface completely stupid.

The Romans regarded the Germanic peoples as barbarians, the Greeks and other peoples in the Mediterranean were similar, the ancient Celts, the Germanic people sacrificed live people to the gods, so as to rob and kill, this estrangement was until the Holy See supported Otto the Great to establish the Holy Roman Empire on the land of Germany in later generations, and when Byzantium established relations with it, they still regarded each other as barbarians, and they still refused to marry the princess in urgent need of military support.

In this era, the country established by the Franks and Goths is simply a living hell for these Mediterranean peoples, thinking that their faces are covered with blood, and they dance with shamans every day, and if they are not careful, they are sent as sacrifices to sacrifice to the evil gods, so it is better to die.

Scarface is not stupid, on the contrary, he is quite shrewd, every time he sells stolen goods, bribes, and deals with officials, he goes, but for the first time, he substitutes himself into the conflict between the two empires, and finds that this little person actually has a chance to stand in line, and if he stands on the wrong line, he will have to end up in pieces.

Looking at Scarface's helpless appearance, Mulan added weakly: "Don't forget that Mrs. Zhong in Huanggang, she seems to be also from Fujian!" ”

As soon as this was mentioned, Scarface, who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, couldn't help but tremble.

Last time, a group of unsightly pirates plundered the master's merchant ship, and killed more than a dozen shes guys, with a large number of silk and porcelain, this group of pirates had just landed in the Visigothic kingdom of Spain, and before looking for an old acquaintance to sell the stolen goods, the Visigothic royal guards directly gave them a pot end, except for a dozen people who saw that the situation was bad and ran away, the rest were all sent to Rome.

The boat ran away with no good results, and Carthage was robbed by the North African governor of the Roman Empire on the sea and sent to the city of Rome.

More than 100 pirates, who seemed to be full of amorous Mrs. Zhong, were smeared with asphalt all over their bodies, and hung on the beach of Huanggang to dry, and every day they did not hesitate to hang their lives with precious ginseng soup, and as a result, a group of pirates were tortured for more than a year, and then they lost their breath, and when they thought of the zombies they saw when they passed by Huanggang, he shivered, and the taste of immortality was terrible.

Although Mrs. Zhong is a merchant and doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Min army, if this Min general can talk to her, the barbarian lords of all ethnic groups and places will sell her face, and I am afraid that she will really not be able to mix in the future.

offended Da Min on the one hand, and offended the old overlord Eastern Rome on the other hand, a dilemma, and Scarface faced it for the first time.

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