Li Jing knew that many border army generals had the skill of raising bandits with self-respect, but this is also raising bandits rather than gangsters. Once he accepts Yellowbeard's offer, he will be a real gangster. He had to consider the consequences, although it was said that it was now the time of the late Tang Dynasty, and the world would soon be in chaos. But for such a thing, Li Jing still has to be cautious.

The yellow-bearded man ate all the donkey meat in front of him, and drank the small jar of green wine. He patted his belly with satisfaction, then took a silver toothpick from his belt and picked his teeth leisurely. "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, now the Taoist officials in this world are bandits, and bandits can also become officials. Dengzhou, Haizhou, and Xuzhou have all sent people to recruit us, but my brothers are used to freedom, and they can't see the style of those dog officials, so they have always refused. But are you good at the official army? You can also know that it is your soon-to-be-appointed Da Xie Yan, but from top to bottom there is a group of bandits in batches of officers and soldiers' robes, who not only collect taxes at various supply points on the sea lane, but even often drive ships to plunder in Shanghai. They are much more ruthless than us, so we ask for some money, and as long as we pay according to the rules, we will not harm the merchant ships. But if the merchant ship encounters these people, they basically have to sink to the bottom of the sea to accompany the dragon king. ”

"We serious pirates are most disgusted at sea with these officers and soldiers pretending to be pirates, they are the ones who have disrupted the rules of the sea and ruined the reputation of our pirates."

"What are you going to let me do if I promise you to join forces?" Li Jing frowned and asked, "Do you have any specific plans?" ”

"If you're willing to join forces with us, you don't need to take any risks. If you know anything that is not good for us, you can pass it on to us. If we find out anything about you, we'll pass it on to you. Another thing is that we will hand over to you to sell some things that we have not been able to sell at sea, and if we need to supply weapons, you will find a way to help. ”

This requirement does not seem to be high, and the status of the two sides does not have a master-slave relationship, but a simple alliance relationship, and they are equal to each other. However, Li Jing still asked carefully: "Then what benefits can I get?" Since it is about cooperation, Li Jing has to put aside the previous relationships and put his own interests first. If Zhen Donghai was just helping him find out some news, then this alliance would not mean much to him.

"We can resell to you cheaply what we can't get when we get a deal, and we can also give you all the surplus food that we have looted. I know that if you go to Shamen to be a town general, you will have hundreds of people under your command in the future, and this food will be a big problem. In addition, if you have anything you want to deal with in Da Xie Yan but it is inconvenient to make a move, you will borrow the name of my town Donghai in the future. If it's not convenient for you to make a move yourself, we can also help you out. ”

"I want 30% of the profits of all the transactions in the town Donghai in the future! Also, the conditions you just mentioned remain the same. Li Jing put forward his own conditions, he wanted to train and raise soldiers, and he also planned to form a family army, and he couldn't do it without a lot of money and food. Since he has already planned to join forces with Zhen Donghai, Li Jing is no longer polite. Taking such a big risk as a bandit, if you can't get more profits, it's not worth it at all.

"How can Sancheng be enough, since they will be brothers in the future, you don't have to be polite." Yellowbeard shook his head, his tone was irrefutable, "Five-five, open it in half, and in the future, all the trading proceeds of my town Donghai will be made fifty-five." ”

"If you are in charge, then I will be respectful and obey my fate." Li Jing clasped his fists and arched his hand: "We will be brothers from now on, but I hope this matter can be kept secret, and it is best that the fewer people who know the Tao, the better." In this way, it's me, hello, hello, everyone. ”

The yellow beard said through his thick yellow beard: "I naturally know this, Brother Li is decisive, and the coming day will be extraordinary." I think that at the beginning, Li Zheng was already a Goguryeo Hu person, and he was able to support 100,000 troops from the first small school of the Pinglu Army, and he occupied the twelve states of Shandong for 60 years, and passed on to three generations and four generations. With Brother Li's ability, he may not be able to become the second Li Zhengji in the future. ”

The alliance has been formed, and although there are still many specific issues to be discussed, Li Jing and Yellowbeard are both relieved at this time. Zhendonghai took Li Jing's line, and there will be one less trouble on the sea in the future. And Li Jing connected to the town of Donghai, and also chose a strong ally for him to take up the post of Shamen Town. Both of them were very satisfied, and Li Jing took advantage of this relaxed atmosphere to ask: "I listened to the words of the second master before, and I seem to know Zhang Yingying?" ”

Hearing this, Yellowbeard was stunned: "You don't know Zhang Yingying?" ”

"Naturally, I met her, but I only knew her name, but I didn't know her identity. Listening to you before, is she also a pirate? ”

"Of course not." Yellowbeard shook his head and told him directly: "Zhang Yingying is a well-known figure in the East China Sea, but it is normal that there are not many people who know the Tao on land. But if you mention her grandfather's name, I'm sure you'll know it. ”

"Her grandfather?"

"That's right, her grandfather was Zhang Baozhen, sixty-six years ago, Zhang Baozhen was just a Silla side of the people who didn't even deserve a surname, at that time he was still called Gong Fu, and entered the Tang Dynasty with his friend Zheng Nian, and then joined the Wuning Army in Xuzhou as a pawn. Because of his strong martial arts, bravery and good fighting, and repeated military exploits, he successively participated in the rebellion of Li Qi in Zhenjiang in Pingding, Wu Yuanji in Huaixi Town, and Li Shidao in Ziqing Town. Twelve years later, he was promoted to the junior general of the Wuning Army. Five years later, he came to Chishanpo and established the Chizan Hokkein Temple in Chishan. ”

After that, he returned to Japan, built his own fleet, and went around chasing down the pirates off the coast of Silla, and gradually gained a strong army. After pacifying the pirates, he appointed himself as the ambassador of Ching Hae Town, supported his own troops, and began to form a powerful caravan to trade with the Tang Dynasty, Japan and other countries in the name of Silla. He also built the Fahua Temple at Qinghai Xianghuangfeng and Hayuandong on Tamna Island, which corresponded to the Fahua Temple in Chishan, Shandong, and served as the contact point for maritime trade. Zhang Baogao's maritime trade became bigger and bigger, forming a maritime commercial trade network with Qinghai Town as the base camp and Chishan, Penglai, Laizhou, Sizhou, Chuzhou, Yangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou and Kyushu in Japan as the base points. At sea, he was known as the King of the Sea. It was the most powerful force at sea at that time. ”

Thirty-five years ago, the lord of Silla, Jin Ming, forced King Xikang to ascend the throne, and Jin Youzheng sought help from Qinghai in order to avenge the "revenge of killing the monarch's father" to avoid trouble, and Zhang Baogao divided his troops into 5,000 troops in Zheng Nian, broke Jin Ming's army, and Jin Youzheng successfully ascended the throne, that is, King Shenmu. King Shenwu died of illness after only 6 months on the throne, and his son King Wensheng worshiped Zhang Baogao as "General Zhenhai and gave him a chapter uniform" after ascending the throne. Zhang Baogao was awarded the title of Thanksgiving Military Envoy for meritorious service, and 2,000 households were sealed. King Wensheng wanted to accept Zhang Baogao's daughter as a concubine, but the nobles in the court discouraged him because of his humble background. The failure to accept the concubine planted the seeds of contradiction between King Wen Shengwang and Zhang Baogao. Fearing the power of Jang Bo-go, King Moon and the Silla nobles sent people to kill Jang Po-gao 32 years ago on the charge of "plotting rebellion and suppressing rebellion". ”

Listening to the yellow beard slowly speaking, with a hint of respect, Li Jing was also very surprised. Zhang Baozhen's life is also too legendary, when he was young, he traveled to a foreign country alone, and then returned to China after making a name for himself. Self-built armed, self-respecting, the most reluctant, with the identity of a side micro, has the power to influence the Silla royal family. Although the ending is a bit tragic, this person's ability is still amazing. When he thought that Zhang Yingying was actually a descendant of Zhang Baozhen, he couldn't help but be surprised. He thought of the group of killers he had heard that day in Hokkein calling the leader the good woman Her Highness.

"By the way, since the king of Silla killed Jang Baozhen, why are his descendants still there?"

Of course, the Silla royal family did not want to leave the troubles behind, and after sending killers to kill Jang Baozhen, they sent a large army to attack Cheonghae Town. However, although Zhang Baozhen died, there were tens of thousands of households in Qinghai Town at that time, and Zhang Baozhen's army also exceeded 10,000. Zhang's subordinates escorted the rest of the Zhang family to escape from Qinghai and died at sea, always fighting against the Silla court. In the early years, Zhang Yingying's father was in charge of this force, but later Zhang Yingying's father was in danger, and several sons died early, so he let his subordinates support Zhang Yingying as the new king of the sea. Zhang Yingying took over her father's position at the age of sixteen, and now six years have passed. At the beginning, many people thought that Zhang Yingying would not last long, and the most powerful maritime force in the East China Sea would crack, but in fact. After Zhang Yingying took over as the queen of the sea, she turned from a half-merchant and half-thief to a full-scale maritime trade, no longer plundering, but growing rapidly, and gradually recovering to the glory of the three seas when Zhang Baozhen commanded the three seas. ”

"Is Zhang Yingying's Silla Merchant Group very strong?"

Yellowbeard smiled: "Do you know how many sea boats Zhang Yingying has?" Do you know how many armed guards Zhang Yingying has under him? ”

"How much?"

It is said that Zhang Yingying has 1,000 large and small merchant ships, and there are 3,000 armed guards. I don't know if the specific situation is as the legend says, but I only know that although Zhang Yingying's fleet is no longer engaged in business, no one in the Liaohai, the East China Sea, and even the South China Sea has ever dared to touch the Silla Qinghai merchant group with the shark flag on it. Yellowbeard said and glanced at Li Jing a little strangely, he had read the letter on Li Jing's desk before, so he could naturally guess that Li Jing had something to do with that Yingying. He said tentatively: "Compared with the king of the sea, my town Donghai is not even worthy of giving them boots." If you want to conquer this queen of the sea, it will be difficult to soar. ”

"The second boss doesn't need to probe me, I just accidentally rescued her from a group of assassins a few days ago. I remember that the leader of the Assassins was a woman, and they called her Your Highness. ”

Yellowbeard blurted out: "I have heard that for decades, the Silla royal family has spared no effort to assassinate the descendants of Jang Baozhen. Zhang Yingying's brothers all died at the hands of assassins, and even her father seemed to have been chronically poisoned. Listening to what you say, this woman who is called His Royal Highness must be the daughter of the current King of Silla, the true saint princess Jinman. This woman was very famous in Silla, she was as charming as a flower, but she was like a snake and scorpion, and she was also ruthless, and raised a large number of flower langs, killers, assassins, and outlaws. She also has an armed fleet in the East China Sea, which specializes in troubleshooting the king of the sea, who is known on the sea as Mandala Flower, a crazy and dangerous woman. In the future, if you see the banner of the Mandra Book on the sea, remember to hide from it. ”