"Big boss, what do you think the officers and soldiers are doing? These dozens of naval warships go out to sea to practice every day. It looks scary. It's hard for brothers to go out to grab the ship. If you stay on this island every day, you will get sick sooner or later."

Wu Erhuzi complained at the top of his throat.

"You third brother, you are too impatient. Do you still know what kind of virtues the officers and soldiers are? They are doing this and show it to the top. The so-called three fires of new officials will be burned out soon."

Liu Youliang advised: "Let's bear it anymore, the hero will not suffer any loss."

"Oh, it's so fucking bad luck! I met such a evil god."

Wu Erhu raised his hand and said angrily.

"Big boss, third brother, I think it's a good thing for the officers and soldiers to do this."

Zheng Bao, who had only one eye, asked, "In the past, all the maritime merchants knew that it was not peaceful near Xiaoyue Island, and most of them would take the initiative to go around the distance. This made our brothers go out to sea far to intercept a ship, and they also had conflicts with several well-known leaders on the road. Now that Denglai Town has re-established a navy commander, and has such a big practice, a generation of maritime merchants in Shandong will definitely think that the government is willing to rectify the coastal defense and will leave near Xiaoyue Island with confidence."

It turned out that the one sitting around was a famous pirate leader near Kotsuki Island.

The master's name is Liu Youliang. Before becoming a pirate, he was a fisherman on the eastern coast of Zhejiang.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and sea to eat the sea. Liu Youliang also supported the whole family with diligence and a fishing boat.

But there were unexpected situations in the sky. When Liu Youliang was fishing in the sea, he met Japanese pirates.

Strictly speaking, only a very small number of Japanese pirates in this group are really Japanese, and the rest are armed seamen of the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants.

It is well known that the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants and Japanese pirates colluded, and of course Liu Youliang also knew it.

From the moment he was targeted, Liu Youliang knew that he could not run away.

The Japanese pirates' red seal ships were much faster than Liu Youliang's fishing boats, and it was impossible to escape from the wide sea.

Liu Youliang then gave up his resistance and took the initiative to wait for the Japanese pirates to take him onto the ship.

Generally speaking, this combination of cooperation between maritime merchants and Japanese pirates is very fond of experienced fishermen and will choose to turn them into their own seafarers.

Liu Youliang guessed it right.

The Japanese pirates were not interested in his fishing boat, but wanted him to join.

Liu Youliang struggled a little.

Although fishermen and pirates both rely on the sea to make a living, their nature is completely different.

The fishermen rely on the sweat they shed, but the pirates rely on the blood of the ship owner.

Liu Youliang is an honest and honest person. Joining the Japanese pirates means that he has to give up his conscience, give up his wife, and give up his two-year-old child.

And all of this is what he cherishes and the motivation for his survival.

But he also knew that if he refused to join the gang, the Japanese pirates would never let him live.

It is very simple to kill a person at sea. Just tie your hands and feet and throw them into the sea.

In the end, Liu Youliang chose to live in the choice between life and death.

After joining this group of Japanese pirates, Liu Youliang quickly participated in a ship hijacking operation.

In order to test his loyalty, the Japanese pirate leader ordered him to cut off the head of a seaman in the intercepted ship.

Because the knife was very dull, Liu Youliang cut it for more than a dozen times before cutting off the head. Then he vomited immediately and couldn't eat anything for two consecutive days.

But from then on, Liu Youliang accepted the letter of fame and became an official member of this group of Japanese pirates.

Once the evil thoughts in people’s hearts are aroused, they will be out of control.

Liu Youliang went from the simple and kind fisherman at the beginning to the fierce and cruel pirate.

Over time, people's desires will also expand.

Liu Youliang gradually became dissatisfied with just helping others, and he wanted to raise a flag and work alone.

With ambition, Liu Youliang secretly colluded with people with the same idea to discuss the escape.

This group of Japanese pirates had a total of four or five commonly used ships, all of which were docked in a private port and would only enter the port when fresh water food was supplied.

Liu Youliang took this opportunity to get drunk people who managed the private port, and took advantage of the night to drive a ship out of the private port with dozens of pirates.

They knew that the Japanese pirates would send people to chase after they found someone stealing a boat, so they didn't care about the darkness of the night and sailed desperately.

After seven or eight days of sailing, Liu Youliang and others dared to relax and take a breath.

And just then they discovered Kotsuki Island.

This island is more than 100 miles away from the coast of Dengzhou. It is extremely hidden. Liu Youliang and others only discovered it by chance.

They believe that the Japanese pirates will definitely not discover this island.

Being a pirate requires a ship and a port. Now that they have all, they naturally have the basic conditions to become a pirate.

As for the specific details of robbing merchant ships, Liu Youliang and others naturally became familiar with it.

In addition, Denglai has a unique position and countless merchant ships are countless. They are simply countless fat sheep. They have made a lot of money by doing one vote after another, leaving a big reputation in the waters near Denglai, making foreign merchants frightened.

Liu Youliang also formed a team that he supported him, including Wu Erhuzi and Zheng Bao.

Liu Youliang was also very loyal and did not treat his old brothers who supported him unfairly. Anyone who followed him to the uprising at the beginning had accumulated a lot of wealth.

This gang of pirates did catch up with a good time.

They rose to fame in the late Chongzhen period.

At the end of Chongzhen, the world was in chaos. Outside, there were Eastern barbarians staring at them, and inside, there were bandits rampant.

The court was already in a state of turmoil. It was too late to deal with these two problems, so there was no time to deal with small shrimps like Liu Youliang.

If it were the Taiping Era, the court would have sent navy troops to encircle and suppress Liu Youliang long ago, so how could they have been bigger?

Over the years, Liu Youliang and others have been living smoothly, and they have never met any rivals within a radius of a hundred miles.

This is their first crisis.

But according to Zheng Bao's opinion, if it is handled well, it seems that it will be a blessing in disguise.

"Second, what you said is indeed reasonable. The officers and soldiers have never known where our nest is. Even if they are determined to wipe it out, they have nowhere to use their strength."

Liu Youliang paused for a moment and then continued: "But my brothers have been a little more depressed these days. Otherwise, when the officers and soldiers and navy finished their training, we will go to East Zhejiang and grab some women back for the brothers to enjoy."

Being a pirate naturally won’t have a stable life. The women who robbed are very polite and usually fight to the death.

Therefore, the pirates will kill them immediately after they rape them. If they want to vent their desires, they will just rob them of them.

The last group of women stolen were killed. Because of the formation of the Denlei Naval Division, the pirates on Xiaoyue Island had not tasted the taste of women for a long time. Therefore, Liu Youliang said this in order to stabilize people's hearts.

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Chapter completed!