It was only February and the weather on Salmon Island was still very cold, and the ubiquitous cold wind whined like wild dogs howling in the wilderness. The cold wind blew across the face like a knife, making people feel painful. No matter how much clothes he wears, the cold wind is pervasive, trying to take away the slightest warmth on people's bodies.

Many people who came to watch on one side were holding their hands in their sleeves and in their arms. Li Jing and the other officers were better, wearing armor and leather robes. But Li Hui'er's pampered daughters are not good. Although they were all dressed in sumptuous mink robes, mink hats on their heads, and a small hand warmer in both hands, they were still cold and some of their lips were purple.

On the contrary, the two women of Meghan and Julie don't look like they are wearing much, one is still wearing a full-body tight leather armor, and the other is a gorgeous and bright but thin-looking kaftan with big sleeves. But the two of them sat there peacefully, and they couldn't see the slightest feeling of freezing.

However, compared to these spectators, the full 300 cavalry on the field today performed amazingly. The 264 cavalry of the war battalion and the 36 cavalry of the reconnaissance capital have gathered here today for a three-month intensive training.

Three hundred cavalrymen, at this time one person led a war horse to stand on the new training ground where the cold wind was howling, twelve people were in a column, and there were twenty-five columns. All the cavalry had changed their equipment today, each with a set of pin armor made of cowhide, plus a novel phoenix wing hood with a face armor. He wears leather gloves with iron armor on his hands, riding boots with spurs on his feet, and a calf-length fiery silk cloak over his shoulders. Left back bow and right back crossbow. Wear a horizontal knife on one side of your waist. On the other side was Hulu, and on the saddle hung an eight-foot riding spear.

The war horses held by the cavalry are also full of spirit today, and the washed and clean war horses have been carefully trimmed with horsehair and tail. Four-foot-tall, long and athletic. It is people like tigers, horses like tigers. The good horse with the new saddle bridle reins is immediately amazing just by looking at it.

Standing in the cold wind, the momentum is like a tiger and a dragon. met the eyes of Li Jing and many others. They looked at each other calmly. There was passion and desire in his eyes, and he was eager to make a difference. Li Jing knew that these people were available.

Li Jing glanced at these selected cavalrymen, his heart was full of joy, and he believed that these 300 cavalry today might be one cavalry officer after another in his cavalry unit in the future. These are seeds, and with time, they will become the backbone of future cavalry.

Whitebeard and the others glanced at the cavalry below, but their eyes were full of sighs. He had really made up his mind to step down. In the end, he chose Shamen Town as a place for retirement, because he took a fancy to Li Jing's future. It can also be regarded as finding a good way out for the brothers in Zhendonghai in advance. Since coming to the island, he has been amazed by Li Jing and Shamen Town, but today, Li Jing has given him another amazement.

A garrison general guarding the island has only three hundred soldiers. However, he had a fortification-like fortification, and his soldiers and horses exceeded his number by more than ten times. He also brought in two of his pirate nieces to help him build a fleet. Who would have expected that in the blink of an eye, Li Jing had actually raised a cavalry of 300 people, a town army on an island, but formed 300 cavalry, what did he want to do? His gaze narrowly scanned the tiger warrior, and he was shocked by Li Jing again. Where did this young man, with his star-like gaze, go?

Megan and Julie have always looked at this cavalry with great interest, and the cavalry built on the small island actually made such a fuss. This made the two of them have a new understanding of Li Jing's ambition again, and Megan quietly walked behind Li Jing's back, and naturally put her hands on Li Jing's shoulders, not caring about the hesitant gaze of others.

"I didn't expect you to be able to make such a decent cavalry, then your new fleet seems to have a good future." She deliberately lowered her body a little more, and the whole person was almost half leaning on Li Jing. The surging snow peak that was about to burst was tightly pressed against his shoulder, and Li Jing could even sensitively feel that the two red beans were pressing hard against him.

A warm breath blew in his ears, and Megan's red lips almost rubbed against Li Jing's ears. "Why don't I think you're so enthusiastic about my new fleet?"

Li Jing knew that there must be thousands of pairs of eyes looking at him at this time, and he understood that everyone might have thought of where to go at this time. It's really fishy that she didn't eat mutton, this woman doesn't care about other people's opinions, and her reputation is completely ruined in her hands.

"That's my fleet!" Li Jing gritted her teeth lightly and reminded her word by word: "In addition, haven't I already pulled out the ship and necessary equipment and materials to you?" ”

"There are more than 1,000 old bows and arrows, and even the strings are only two for each bow. In addition, he gave us only 800 horizontal swords, 100 battle axes, 500 spears, 300 shields, 30,000 arrows, 100 crossbows, and 10 crossbows. All together, it's not as much as you threw on this cavalry. Meghan said dissatisfied.

Julie's voice also sounded in his ears: "The crew you recruited earlier is okay, barely usable. But the sailors are not good, although they are all sturdy, but we are not recruiting dock porters, as long as the strength is strong. Sailors at sea, first, must have good water quality, and second, they must have enough toughness. When a warship goes to sea, it is often possible for ten days, half a month, or even half a year, and the place on the ship is small, and there is nothing but the sea or the sea around, and people who are not firm enough will never stay for long, not to mention that they have to face all kinds of sudden battles at any time. ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly, "Since I have appointed the two of you as the commanders of the new fleet, then all the sailors are at your disposal except for the other officers and staff I sent to assist you, and I will agree to all of them." But there is one thing, I don't care how you choose the sailors, but the officers on the ship must be the ones I send. Even if these people are not in your eyes now, then you will find a way to train them to be qualified officers, there can be no doubt about that. ”

The other officers of the fleet must be appointed and dismissed by Li Jing, which is his bottom line. In order to train a qualified sailor, Li Jing can hand over the command to Megan and Julie, the two female pirates, but this is only a stopgap measure. Control of the fleet must be in the hands of the officer. As long as the officers at all levels of the fleet are their own people, then as long as the officers have mastered the skills of commanding battleships, Li Jing can withdraw the two women at any time.

"That's fine, but most of the officers you sent are not familiar with water warfare, and they haven't even experienced a few battles with land infantry, so you expect them to help you pull up this new fleet? Maybe five or ten years from now. Julie sneered.

"No, I hope this fleet can be formed as soon as possible. I have a plan now, and I'm waiting for this fleet to be the main force. Li Jing shook his head.

Meghan chuckled, "That's not impossible, but I need you to promise me one condition." ”

"You say!"

"I am going to invite the three hundred retired seniors to join the fleet temporarily, and let them be the leaders of the fleet, with the old leading the new, teaching by word and deed, so that they can be trained in a short time. Most of the new sailors were fishermen and had never seen blood. It is not easy to turn them from fishermen into warriors at sea. ”

Li Jing was silent, Meghan's proposal touched his bottom line a little. He was willing to let Whitebeard and his three hundred brothers retire on Salmon Island, and he also took the initiative to invite Meghan and Julie to be the first commanders of the new fleet. All of this has a bottom line, that is, the addition of these pirates will not threaten him and Salmon Town. But now Megan's proposal requires the three hundred old pirates to join the new fleet as the leader.

This couldn't help but make him hesitate and even doubt, wondering if all this was a trick arranged by Zhen Donghai. What he was worried about was that after hundreds of pirates joined the new fleet, the control of the fleet completely fell into Megan's hands. He didn't suspect that Zhendonghai was going to do anything to him, but he didn't want his fleet to fall into the hands of a group of pirates.

Seeing that Li Jing was deep in thought, Juli suddenly had a slight anger on her face, and said coldly: "The surname Li, don't you believe in our sisters, are you afraid that we will take your fleet?" If you really think so, and don't trust us so much, then why do you ask us to be some of your fleet commanders? It's still so nice on the surface, why do all the affairs of the fleet belong to us? It's a shame that we've been busy with your broken fleet these days, and you've treated us like this. I don't think there's any need for us to stay, we might as well go home. ”

Seeing that they were really about to get up, Li Jing had no choice but to quickly reach out and hold the two of them. This pull suddenly made other people even more shocked, just now they were a man and a woman, and now they are a man and two women. all sighed secretly, sure enough, a man with the ability is untethered, and he has a wife and concubine at home, and he has to hook up outside.

However, Li Jing doesn't know these things, and he definitely doesn't want to know them. He also thought in his heart that this might be Julie's strategy, to retreat as advance? However, after a quick calculation in his heart, Li Jing still decided to keep them, and as for the matter of hundreds of pirates on board, it was up to them to decide.

There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people. Although Li Jing can't fully meet this standard, she invited the person, and now it is impossible not to give the other party even a little trust. Besides, if this is really a ploy, then Li Jing doesn't think there's anything to be afraid of. The most valuable warships of the new fleet have not yet been delivered, and even if they have any ideas, all they will lose is a few speedboats and a batch of old weapons. Besides, with Whitebeard as an important hostage in his hands, he really didn't believe they would do anything.

"Well, everything is up to you, I don't mean to distrust you. I was just thinking about my plan, and in a moment I will ask Bai to come out and become the head of the new fleet. But I have another request, no matter how you toss, maybe in this half a month, we will have an important move, and we will have to send you on the field at that time, can you do it? ”

Meghan chuckled, "Wait and see, I never have the word no-go in my eyes!" (To be continued.) )