Chapter 502: Privateer plan

"His Royal Highness. W≈"
With a deep smile on her face, Luluo saluted Xiao Ming, revealing two rows of small white teeth.
Nodding lightly, Xiao Ming signaled that Luluo could go to Fei Yue'er, while he took Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to the Qingzhou prison.
Through the dark and damp passage, Xiao Ming saw Meng Youliang in the deepest part of the prison.
Although Meng Youliang was imprisoned in the dungeon during this period, his food and clothing costs were different from other prisoners, and he was not aggrieved at all.
After all, even the head of the prison knew that he was Luluo's brother, and Luluo was King Qi's servant girl.
Meng Youliang had already seen Xiao Ming when he was in Dengzhou. When he heard the footsteps watching Xiao Ming walking towards him, he immediately climbed down on the bed.
"The criminal Meng Youliang has seen His Highness." Meng Youliang said nervously.
Xiao Ming looked at Meng Youliang. He was wearing new clothes and new bedding. The cell was also in a single room. There were leftovers on Table Mountain, a bowl of rice, a plate of pickles and a plate. Haricot vert.
"Your life in prison was pretty good." Xiao Ming smiled.
Meng Youliang smiled and said, "I thank your Highness for your kindness, otherwise, how can the grass people have such great grace."
"The one you should be most grateful for is your sister, she entrusted them to send you these things." Xiao Ming snorted coldly, "but your heart is cruel enough. You never cared about her life or death. "
Meng Youliang's face darkened, and his expression was a little sad. He said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, Cao Min knows I'm sorry for her. If it wasn't for impulse, she wouldn't have sold herself. Cao Min has been remorseful all these years."
"You still have some conscience." Xiao Ming snorted coldly. "It's not accidental that this king came to see you. It's just that Luluo did a lot of things for this king during this period. This king loves her and wants to give She is a reward, never thought she still cared about your brother in her heart."
"This silly girl." Meng Youliang became more sad when he heard the words, and his voice was choked. He knelt down and said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, the Cao Min is definitely not a person who is a Japanese. I beg your Highness to let the Cao Min out. For myself, I just want to use the rest of my life to compensate Lulu."
After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: "This king has confirmed the news you brought. The Japanese Kingdom does have a plan to attack the Great Yu Kingdom, but you have been among Japanese pirates for so long, and you have injured many fishermen in Dengzhou. It's hard to be convinced of bad signs."
Meng Youliang lowered his head and said, "His Royal Highness, the grass people were forced to do it at the beginning. It was those Japanese pirates who forced the grass people to do it. If the grass people didn't follow suit, they would not be able to get involved among the Japanese pirates and find their enemies, but the grass people left room every time they started."
Shaking his head, Xiao Ming said: "This king believes that you are innocent now, but if it is true as you said, this king does not want to shame a man of merit, plus Luluo's request, so you are now free."
"May I go?" Meng Youliang couldn't believe his ears.
"Yes, after leaving the prison, find a job and live a steadfast life." Xiao Ming said lightly.
Meng Youliang was stunned. This sudden change made him unresponsive for a while, but after he recovered, he suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, it's just that the grassroots are accustomed to living on the sea and don't want to be accused of Tongwa. Please, your Highness will give Caomin a chance to prove himself."
"Just like you proved that you were sincere to be a Japanese pirate?" Xiao Ming asked teasingly. This Meng Youliang really made him entangled.
Meng Youliang's face flushed red, he opened his mouth and suddenly he sighed deeply, "A stumble and a hatred of the ages, the Caomin really deserves it."
"But..." Just when Meng Youliang secretly regretted, Xiao Ming's conversation suddenly changed.
Meng Youliang raised his head abruptly. He seemed to see a glimmer of hope, "I also hope your Highness will make it clear."
Xiao Ming thought for a while and said, "If you really want to prove yourself, there is a way. Now that the king has controlled the coastal routes and defeated the Japanese pirates in Ryukyu, the Japanese pirates will inevitably avenge the king at sea during this period of time. There are a large number of Japanese pirates and they have been at sea for many years. They will not be so willing to lose to this king. In my eyes, the way to deal with pirates is pirates. If you want to prove yourself, it is better to destroy the Japanese pirates who are rampant at sea.
"Destroy the Japanese pirates at sea?" Meng Youliang's forehead was sweaty, and he said: "His Royal Highness, the number of Japanese pirates is 80,000. These people are scattered at sea and sometimes gather, sometimes scattered and difficult to deal with, with the power of a single person. How to eliminate these 80,000 Japanese pirates."
"It is difficult to prove your value, but the term pirate seems a bit inappropriate. This king asked you to do the privateership. You have been traveling at sea with the Japanese pirates for so many years, have you heard Speaking of privateers?" Xiao Ming asked.
Meng Youliang understood. He said: "Cao Min understands. Cao Min has indeed heard of privateers. In fact, they are just a group of pirates, but they are people who rob enemy merchant ships for the country and attack the other pirates."
"Yes, it's such a pirate. Since you have been at sea for so many years, you won't even be able to pull up a boat." Xiao Ming asked seemingly unconsciously.
"His Royal Highness, Caomin can pull up a boat. Many of the seamen among the Japanese pirates are actually fishermen along the coast, and some are merchants. Among them, the real number of Japanese pirates is only more than 30,000. In recent years, Caomin has met many people at sea. ."
"In that case~EbookFREE.me~ This king will give you a boat and let you become the first privateer captain of the country, how about it?" Xiao Ming said with a smile.
In fact, Xiao Ming told Meng Youliang today that these are not just whims, but he has considered for some time, in the next few years, the number of his naval warships will not be able to compete with the real European powers at sea, and according to Claire said. , European powers have been supporting privateers or piracy.
On the one hand, this is to supplement the lack of naval power. At the same time, when one's own merchant ship is attacked by privateers of other countries at sea, it can also be used to retaliate against the opponent's merchant ships to recover losses. , When there are no international rules, merchant ships cannot be compensated through formal channels if they are robbed.
"Of course, you can also choose to refuse and live the life the king said." Xiao Ming added.
After hesitating, Meng Youliang said: "His Royal Highness, I am willing to be the captain of the privateer, but what if we encounter the fleet of the Great Yu country at sea? Yue Yun still hates me now."
"It's very simple. The Chamber of Commerce will issue you a privateer's certificate. From then on, you are the secret power of this king's sea."