Aging! It turned out that this elegant middle-aged man turned out to be the Admiral Chen Hua of Guangyang City and several surrounding cities!

No wonder after Li Jiancheng got off the boat, Chen Hua, as the supreme commander, did not go to greet him, and he had been floating on this sea for almost two days.

"Uh......"

Xu was frightened by Chen Hua's reflection, Chen Zhong's whole person became stunned, and after a while, he reacted and said, "This, this...... That is, three or four days ago, maybe Lord Yao thought that those merchants were not from our island, so he ignored it! ”

"Confused!"

Chen Hua's face turned red, and he said: "Since we captured half of the Ryukyu Islands, we have established diplomatic and trade relations with the upper echelons of many surrounding island countries, since we know that the other party is here to trade in Guangyang City, we have the responsibility and obligation to protect their safety!" It's good now, he Yao Hesheng turned a blind eye, it's really confused! ”

Chen Zhong is just a subordinate, and when he hears his master scolding Yao He, he can only listen and can't have any reaction.

"Forget it, I'll settle accounts with him when I get back!"

Seeing that the people around him were all silent, Chen Hua gasped twice hatefully, and said, "Tell me, what are your opinions?" Will it rush straight over, or will it go around the Twin Straits? ”

"Admiral, in my opinion, we better be cautious!" Sitting at the back, a middle-aged man who was born short, said:

"This passing merchant ship, in addition to the ships that carry their own goods, must also have a few warships to escort them, since the Twin Gorges bandits said that they robbed them, they must also have some combat effectiveness. This time, we only came out to buy grain in Linyi, and we didn't bring much combat power. If we go straight through the Twin Gorges and are really robbed by bandits, it will really be a daily deed. Let the earth fail! ”

"Admiral, Master Fan is right, otherwise we should take a detour?" A chubby-looking guy standing behind Chen Zhong said.

"Admiral, we have so much money with us this time, if we are robbed by bandits, it will be worth the loss!"

"Admiral, why don't you think about it again?"

With the lead, the guys who sat next to Chen Hua naturally persuaded him one by one.

After all, one more thing is not as good as Shaoyang City. What's the point of wasting some time if you can get around without disturbing the bandits?

Chen Hua raised his head and looked at everyone for a long time, and finally could only nod and say, "Okay, since you say so, then listen to you and bypass the Twin Straits!" ”

……

After the Linyi Peninsula was captured by the Tang Dynasty, in order to better transport grain back to the Tang Dynasty, many excellent ports were built, and the island was even more densely populated. Grain seedlings can be found almost everywhere.

Compared with the Linyi Peninsula, located on the south side of the Linyi Peninsula, there is a small island with an area of only four or five miles and is called Twin Islands. It was a pristine, unexplored island.

The island is wooded and full of economic shrubs. The dense primeval jungle is difficult to detect even if you cram five or six thousand people into the jungle.

It is precisely because of this natural topography that it has become a nest of twin pirates.

And the Twin Straits. It is from the boundary between the Twin Islands and the Lim-eup Peninsula.

Therefore, the ships that come and go, except for those forces that are themselves extremely powerful, or which pirates do not dare to provoke, generally bypass the sea three or four miles away from the Twin Islands.

"What a small island, it's a pity that it has become a pirate's nest!" Chen Hua stood on the deck of the cargo ship, looking at the island that looked like a giant turtle from afar, and sighed.

"Yes, if it wasn't for the eldest prince to stop him, maybe even this place would have been quietly occupied by us!" The short, middle-aged man, standing behind Chen Hua with his hands behind his back, echoed softly.

"Well, let's talk about this matter later, what we have to do now is to cross the Twin Straits and reach Linyi as soon as possible!" Chen Hua obviously didn't want to talk about it and began to change the subject.

"Oh no, Admiral, no!"

At this moment, an exclamation came from the observation deck at the top of the cargo ship.

Chen Hua raised his head and looked at the soldiers standing on the lookout, and said, "Why are you so alarmed?" ”

"The Admiral is not good!" The soldier above shouted with a panicked face: "Two ships suddenly appeared in the northwest direction of us, looking at their posture, it is obvious that they are coming towards us!" ”

"What?" Chen Hua's color changed, and he said, "Do you see clearly, where is the warship?" ”

"It's too far away, it's not clear!" The eyes of the soldiers above have already been calculated, but this is still a long way away, who can see the sign on the ship clearly.

At this moment, Chen Hua's cargo ship had just turned around a small island and appeared on the sea level, and such a thing happened.

Hearing the words of the soldiers on the lookout, Chen Hua subconsciously looked at the sea around the warship, especially the small island that had just passed.

Sure enough, two ships were frantically heading in the direction of the cargo ship they were on, and directly behind these two ships, there were a dozen other small ships that seemed to be following the two sea ships.

For this situation, Chen Hua and them obviously encountered it for the first time, and when they saw those ships, they didn't react, but Chen Zhong's face showed a trace of worry, and said: "I'm really afraid of something, I really let us run into pirates!" ”

Hearing Chen Zhong's words, everyone on the deck glanced at each other, revealing bitterness.

"Just those two big ships, we can't deal with it, why are there more than a dozen small boats behind us, this time it's over!" Lord Fan's face showed sadness, "Damn, I didn't expect Lao Tzu not to die in the hands of the imperial court, but to die in the hands of pirates, Lao Tzu is unwilling!" ”

"Wait, that doesn't seem right!"

At this time, Chen Hua, who had not spoken since the discovery of those ships, seemed to have discovered something, pointed to the two ships that rushed to the front, and said:

"If it weren't for the extraordinary period, pirates would generally not appear too far away from their lair, you see the two ships in the front, they should be the lucky ships produced by the Tang Dynasty, right?"

The Fu boat is a kind of sharp-bottomed sea ship, one of the "four ancient ships" in China, and it is the symbol of the Tang merchants at sea in the current era.

As for the dozen or so smaller ships in the back, which look a lot like warships, don't ask, they must be pirates! (To be continued.) )