open sea

Chapter 848 Pressure
Even the pirates from Ming Dynasty never thought that Yang Ce would give orders to the captives very naturally, let alone that the captives would accept them readily.

Thousands of people scrambled for weapons, and even fought for a rusty iron sword. Everyone who got it was happy. Looking back at the big boat along the coast on the forest path far away from the beach, they roared and ran barefoot into the depths of the dense forest. .

Don't be discouraged if you don't get the weapon, as long as you can get up, break off the branch, kick it off, hold it in your hand, wipe off the nosebleed, and run out.

Everyone who sees this kind of scene will think that they are an invincible army.

Except Yang Ce's pirates.

That means except everyone.

On the ship that Yang Ce couldn't see, the pirates leaned on the side of the ship and looked at the movement on the shore. The sailor sitting cross-legged under the stern mast sprinkled a handful of copper coins in front of him, raised his arms and raised his fingers and shouted: "Buy and leave!" Hand, three hundred steps!"

"Don't count on the steps, you can't see for sure."

Wearing a scarf, the bosun with a bare chest and a strong figure came up with a knife, raised his hand several times to throw the knife out, looked at the shore with lingering fear, and finally took out a patina with patina from his waist. His brass pocket watch was pressed on the deck: "Another thirty breaths!"

Immediately afterwards, the deck used as a gaming table was bet on various objects in a very short period of time, four ounces of silver, a small grain of gold, half a bag of tobacco, three pearls, a few feet of cotton cloth, and those few colored pearls. Various gemstones were all pressed on the deck.

In just a dozen breaths, the sound of killing came from the dense forest in the distance. The sailor who held a few cotton cloths laughed loudly, and was not in a hurry to take away the objects. He just covered them with his palm, looked around and said with a smile: "When we return to Xida City, let's not go to the private nest, please go to Jiaofangsi, the whole ship will have a share!"

As he said that, the sailor looked back at the dense forest, and said contemptuously, "The rabble!"

They are betting, although they don't know what the slaves released by Yang Ce are going to do with their weapons, but everyone knows that they will kill their own people first, and take advantage of the chaos to revenge and complain. Not uncommon in this land.

The pirates set up bets on the ship not to avoid Yang Ce. The pirates on the shore did not set up bets because they were on duty. Han Guo couldn't help gambling, even Yang Ce couldn't help.

This is not because Yang Ce failed to fight against the pirates. On the contrary, Yang Ce never fought against the pirates at all, and even deliberately contributed to the flames.

Similarly, there are also the unique laws of seizing, drinking, fighting, prostitution, captives and other laws that have never appeared in Ming Dynasty. Yang Ce participated in the formulation of more than half of them.

For example, in the gambling law, cards and games are not allowed, because it is a waste of time, only bets are allowed on the matter, only once a day per ship, each person's bet is capped at a hundred taels, and the captain will record and supervise.

[-]% of the wealth earned by the winner is turned over as a ship repair tax, [-]% is kept for himself, and the remaining [-]% is spent on eating and drinking, or buying armor. member.

Yang Ce has received formal military education, not only the original military education of Ming Dynasty, but also the new military education of Guangzhou Jiangwu Hall.

Regardless of whether it is new or old, regardless of whether the starting point is to clean up military discipline or strengthen cohesion, it is forbidden for soldiers to participate in these things, but Yang Ce found that the Han Dynasty could not prohibit them.

The pirates are used to being free. They carry their heads up and work overseas. They are worried all the time. They can’t spend the money even if they rob it. If all these bad things are banned, they will not have the slightest cohesion.

Yang Ce also wanted to follow the route of Beiyang and Nanyang, but he couldn't come. Even if the Nanyang Banner Army is stationed in Myanmar, they can still supply fresh ingredients every day. Stir-fried vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables, rock sugar, tobacco, alcohol and wine are all paid. lack.

But he can't do it, and neither can Lin Feng. He has trained soldiers for more than a year, and there are many days when he can only eat dry rice. There will never be a way to meet the needs of soldiers.

Even if they have a lot of money, a lot of valuable items.

It was also when Yang Ce and Lin Afeng talked about these things that Lin Afeng really thought about what Chen Mu said to him: There are so many sea heroes in Ming Dynasty, none of them died at sea.

The rules of pirates will not be changed just because Lin Afeng wants to establish a state and build a country, nor will he become another Nanyang army just because Yang Ce is a student of the martial arts hall.

The reason why people have rules is to adapt to the complex environment of a period. Unless the environment changes, the rules will not change, because rules are a way of survival.

Unless the state of Han can one day take root in the country, rely on taxes to feed the army, rely on food to feed the army, rely on national strength to keep the soldiers from fear, and keep them safe, then pirates will always be pirates, even if they are kings, they are still pirate kings.

But pirates have to vent, fight among themselves, gamble, kill, and plunder.

Otherwise, their pressure will become a knife and stab into the chest of their own people.

At night, the bonfires on the coast were burning vigorously. Someone asked Yang Ce why he distributed weapons to the natives and let them go out to fight, and offered a reward.

Those slave traders all over the place are actually useless to Han. Even in their own country, slave traders usually don’t have a decent background, and they can’t get any ransom if they throw them out. Once the slave trader's deal was concluded, they would become a bunch of paupers, and it would be a waste of gunpowder to kill them.

Yang Ce just shook his head, looking unfathomable.

In fact, he didn't know why he gave such an order. Everyone knew that those people took weapons and rushed into the forest, and they might not come out again.

Maybe they died during the battle, or they ran away without participating in the battle. Even if there are a few sporadic ones who complete their mission, bringing slave traders back here is of no use to them.

After a long silence, Yang Ce finally opened his mouth. His face was flushed by the bonfire, and he replied, "Because it's interesting."

The group of pirates is like a vortex, and anyone who is drawn into it cannot get out. The endless battles and the endless sea bring more than just excitement and loneliness to people.

He also needs to vent.

But he doesn't gamble, drink too much, and doesn't love money, so what can he use to vent?
At this moment, Yang Ce looked particularly terrifying, just because of the word 'interesting', how many people would die unexpectedly, but it didn't matter to him.

He stretched out his knife to pick the bonfire, let the flames burn more vigorously, and said to the left and right: "We will wait here for a few days to see if anyone wants to come back to try our luck. If anyone comes back, we will take him away and go back Xidacheng, please be quiet for a few days."

　Good morning, I'm really sorry that I made a small engagement yesterday and drank some wine, and Chapter 2 will be updated tonight, Wang Haihan.

　　
　
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