Just as Zhao Shouzheng and Zeng Yiben fought, Xu Wei finally joined Lin Daogan through Penghu. Accompanied by Tang Paul, he rode a red-headed boat with the big banner of Lin, and arrived at Xiawei City in Chaoyang County.

Looking at the Xiawei City with strict camps and complete trenches, Paul Tang couldn't help but sigh: "Who would have thought that this place was just a small village a few years ago, and it became a place bigger and more prosperous than the county town in a blink of an eye."

His words were not false. He saw a convoy entering and leaving the city gate. Countless ships were anchored on the dock outside the city. There were sails in the bay, scattered in the bay, which looked much more lively than Chaoyang County.

"If I had known that I could enter and exit here at will, why should we go around this circle? It would be easier to go directly to the door and save trouble?" He was worried about the situation in Chaozhou, and he inevitably had some opinions on Xu Wei's pace of doing things step by step.

"Hehe, boy, are you teaching me how to do things?" Xu Wei wore toad sunglasses, smoking the hookah with pleasure, and said a little vaguely.

"That's not daring. Don't be angry, sir. I'm anxious for a while and I'm speechless." Paul Tang hurriedly explained.

"It doesn't matter, do you call a young man without any temper?" Xu Wei smiled generously.

"You still understand us young people..." Tang Paul thanked him, but listened to Xu Wenlong's story:

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"Just don't throw your temper on me, otherwise I will break your three legs."

"Uh..." Paul Tang was speechless immediately. This weird old man was really hard to figure out.

"If it were changed to a legendary novel, in this plot, Xu Wenchang would have entered the forest camp alone. With his words of 3 inches, Lin Daogan said, and he bowed his head and bowed, and from then on he was loyal to the court..." Then Xu Wei said lightly:

"It's a pity that in reality, if he really did that, he might die if he couldn't see Lin Daogan."

"Yes..." Paul Tang wiped his sweat and didn't dare to say more.

"Boy, for your father's sake, I will mention a few words, you will remember." Xu Wenchang took a few gulps and spit out a string of smoke rings.

"I am so grateful, please listen carefully." Paul Tang hurriedly bowed his head.

"The most important thing in doing things is to plan and act after you make a decision. The more urgent the matter is, the calmer you should be. What you should always think about is how to do this, instead of just thinking about doing it quickly." Xu Wei glanced at him and said, "And if you are overseas, it is even more terrible to take risks. You must 'know that it is impossible not to do it'. If you don't want your father to give you a white-haired man, just remember these eight words I gave you."

"I know that it is impossible but not to do it?" Tang Paul disagreed and thought to himself that he was just a turtle with his head? But he still responded well on the surface.

Xu Wei knew that he didn't listen, but everyone had their own destiny, and it would be useless to say too much. So he ignored him and turned his thoughts to Lin Daogan, the lord of Xiawei City.

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Speaking of Lin Daogan, the former master of the sea was as famous as Zeng Yipeng. His popularity in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty was definitely much more than that of Zhao Hao. His name appeared in the court's official documents, and he was definitely among the top few.

The man's success was somewhat similar to the timely rain Song Jiang in "Water Margin". Lin Daogan was originally a clerk in Chenghai County, Chaozhou Prefecture, and was a formally appointed local civil servant.

As I said before, the clerk doesn't sound good, but in fact he is equivalent to the real power director and section chief of the key departments in the county in later generations. It is convenient to make money in the county, has a wide connection, and is actually very comfortable to live.

Lin Daogan is like Song Gongming, and he loves to make friends very much and makes friends from all walks of life.

Chenghai County is also near the sea, and people go to sea to seek life like crucian carp people crossing the river. The big households in the county are almost semi-publicly smuggling. Lin Daogan naturally made friends on the big ticket road to inform them and avoid the attacks of the government.

While using the power in front of the court, it also uses its power to participate in the smuggling of the whole people to seek profit. This is actually the custom of coastal officials in Fujian and Guangdong.

But there is a saying that if you walk too much at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts. If you walk by the river often, how can you not wet your shoes? Moreover, if you walk by the forest road or by the beach, your pants will be wet.

In the 41st year of Jiajing, the focus of the imperial court's anti-Japanese war changed to the coast of Fujian and Guangdong. Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Zhang Yuanxun and other famous anti-Japanese war heroes went south one after another, and the government also re-enforced maritime bans to crack down on smuggling.

Lin Daogan was young and did not know the depth, but still committed crimes against the wind and informed the sea owner Wu Ping. As a result, he was reported and the province directly arrested him. He fled to the sea in a hurry and defected to Wu Ping's team, and from then on he began his grand pirate career.

He worked with Wu Ping for a few years and gained a lot of reputation. Later, Wu Ping, based on the principle of not keeping eggs in the same basket, asked him to go out to open a base.

Lin Daogan first gathered in Nanwan, Chenghai County, his hometown. When it first opened, there were only a few dozen people and a dozen guns. But with his loyalty, he was smart and decisive, and he took action ruthlessly. In addition, the official army tried his best to deal with Wu Ping and other sea masters, so he had no time to take care of the opportunities of small roles like him, so he quickly grew stronger.

However, he really became famous in the 42nd year of Jiajing nine years ago. In March of that year, he suddenly led more than 50 warships from Wuping's old nest, Nanao Island, to attack Zhao'an, Fujian, and looted the county town. Then he quickly retreated back to Chaozhou, making the Fujian General Yu Dayou sighed when he heard the news.

Later, he took advantage of the loopholes that Fujian officers and soldiers could not fight across provinces, and repeatedly jumped between the two provinces, constantly growing and growing. Until the court made up his mind to eliminate the pirates of Nan'ao Island headed by Wu Ping, and sent Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang to jointly fight, and tens of thousands of troops to capture Nan'ao Island.

It is worth mentioning that in the unprecedentedly fierce battle in South Australia, the brave and good at fighting Yu Long and Qi Hu met a strong enemy. Wu Ping's subordinates all fought to the death and refused to surrender. At the last moment of the battle, even if they jumped into the cliff and committed suicide by jumping into the sea, they would never surrender.

The fighting will they show is very shocking, but unfortunately they encountered the Qi family army and the Yu family army, who were at their peak, were defeated in the end and were killed more than 15,000 people. Wu Ping escaped only under the protection of Zeng Yiben, Lin Daogan and more than 700 people.

After that battle, there was a saying that "Yu Long Qi Hu, killing people like earth" along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong...

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Xu Wei knew that the reason why the pirates would rather die than surrender was actually because of the court's betrayal and luring Wang Zhi to death!

Since then, the credit of the court has gone bankrupt with the pirates. They would rather fight to the death than repeat Wang Zhi's mistakes.

However, after that battle, the pirates in Fujian and Guangdong were indeed greatly damaged. The official army imitated their actions at Shuangyu and blocked Nan'ao Island with stones and shipwrecks at all costs, completely cutting off their hope of returning to Nan'ao.

Lin Daogan had no choice but to take the defeated generals to retreat to Taiwan and recuperate.

However, the military strikes of the court could only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and did not change the soil for breeding smuggling and pirates. Therefore, Lindaogan quickly developed and grew stronger and divided the sphere of influence that Wu Ping had released with Zeng Yiben.

In the first year of Longqing, Lin Daogan led more than 200 warships to return to his hometown in a mighty manner. He soon captured Chenghai County and established a village to establish a port, which echoed Zeng Yiben, who invaded Guangzhou City.

For a time, the Guangdong officialdom was in full swing. One of them once attacked Baietan several times, causing frequent alarms in the provincial capital. Now Lin Daogan is making a comeback again, and he is attacking at both ends. Who can bear it?

In desperation, the former governor of Guangdong decided to try to recruit Lin Daogan, who was relatively mild in bad terms, and to remove a horn that was pressed on his belly. If he lives, he will be even more harmful to Zeng Yiben.

Lin Daogan agreed to accept the recruitment, but asked to retain the troops, listen to the command and not the publicity, and allocated part of Chenghai County to himself as territory.

Especially the establishment of the army, he would never be able to discuss it. After witnessing the court's repeated betrayal, Lin Daogan knew very well that only by always holding the gun can he ensure his safety.

The province was also in a hurry to seek medical treatment. Even though he knew that this was nothing more than a disaster for raising a tiger, he still basically agreed to his conditions. So Lin Daogan transformed himself into an official in the court, and his troops were also preserved in an institutional way, and they were whitewashed from pirates to an official army.

However, Chenghai County is the gateway to the city, and it is too important to give it to him. The court asked him to move to the lower end of Chaoyang County.

Because Shirata Ben is facing many islands, pirates often appear and the people are very fierce. Most of them switch back and forth between fishermen, pirates, and sailors.

Anyway, the court can't control it, so it's better to throw it to Lin Daogan and let them bite the dog.

Unexpectedly, Lin Dao came to the end and settled the local troublemakers in a few seconds and trained them into soldiers, and his strength immediately increased.

Then, under the banner of the official army, he attacked the nearby pirates, and really made face for the province. But in fact, he was just taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and stabilize his territory.

Lin Daogan was very clear-headed. He knew that the court recruited him purely because he wanted to free up his hands and do his best to deal with Zeng Yiben. Once Zeng Yiben was finished, he would turn around and would deal with him, not caring about his current identity.

He was a pirate for one day and could not be washed clean for life. This was a lesson he had long been unforgettable. Therefore, Lin Daogan never had any fantasies about the court. While he was secretly talking to Zeng Yipeng, he protected each other, and at the same time made full use of this rare legal peace period and worked hard to grow and grow.

Baolu Tang told Xu Wei that among all the sea masters, Lindao was the most fiercer to pull people. He even adopted the "pyramid scheme" method mentioned by the young master to quickly recruit people.

"The people at the bottom are prone to being thieves, but now they are trapped in by him. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates, Lin Daogan also adopted the method of recruiting with prizes. He announced that each person in his subordinates would reward two taels of silver, ten people would reward three taels of gold, and all the people they recruited were led by the recruiter. Who can withstand this ultimate move? It is said that the number of strong men who defected to him is hundreds of days, and now his troops can no more than fifty thousand?"
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