"Good nephew! Mr. Yang is back here! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, including your uncle, my brother Chang Hai!"

After listening to what Yang Zhen said, Yuan Jin immediately discovered that the surprise attack behind enemy lines launched by Yang Zhen was a rare opportunity for Hu Dabao and his pirates who were entrenched on Rabbit Island to return to the official ranks.

Now, Yang Zhen is reorganizing the advance battalion ordered by the emperor to conquer the east. The supply of troops in the western Liaoning region has dried up, forcing him to send people across the sea to recruit troops in Denglai, Shandong, Hejian and other places.

However, on this Rabbit Island, wouldn't the existence of Hu Dabao and his group, as well as the existence of Hu Changhai and his group in Changxing Island Mountain, be a ready source of troops?

Moreover, these people were originally from the navy of the Ming Dynasty. Incorporating them was not only extremely beneficial to this operation, but also the advance battalion ordered by the emperor to conquer the east immediately strengthened its troops.

Yuan Jin believed that with Yang Zhen's shrewdness, he would not fail to see this; but he was worried that Hu Dabao could not see it, or that he saw it but was unwilling, so he immediately started to persuade again:

"Good nephew! You are hiding here. It is true that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and you are free and comfortable! But where do the food and wages come from? And where is the future of the brothers under you?! If you continue like this, it is not a long-term solution!

"You, Uncle Yuan, have been here before. How can you not understand what it's like? I got to meet an old friend today, and I want to say a few more words! To tell you the truth, your Uncle Yuan was repeatedly ostracized back then, so how could you ever have the thought of returning to his old career?

?!——

"It's just that I have been born as a human being, but I have to have some sense of justice! As the saying goes, life and death don't matter, morality is in my heart! You, Uncle Yuan, and I don't read much, but we know how to behave as a human being!

"You are still young now and you don't look down on these empty names, but in the future you will know that in this life, you still have to save face for your ancestors and earn a reputation for your descendants!"

When Yuan Jin said this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, and stopped talking.

"It doesn't matter whether a person is alive or dead, morality is in my heart! What Brother Yuan said really touched the hearts of my brothers!"

After hearing what Yuan Jin said, Yang Zhen's understanding of Yuan Jin immediately improved.

As soon as Yuan Jin opened his mouth, he knew what Yuan Jin meant, which was to help him win over the tribesmen of Hu Dabao and his uncle Hu Changhai, so that they could be used by the advance camp.

But he never expected that in the end, Yuan Jin would suddenly express his heartfelt feelings to Hu Dabao on today's occasion. After praising Yuan Jin, he struck while the iron was hot and said to Hu Dabao:

"Brother Hu! What do you think? Think about it? - You used to be a veteran commander in the navy. By chance, we met this time. Why don't we work together and learn from Mao Shuai behind the Tatars?

Go deep behind enemy lines and launch a surprise attack!?"

When Yang Zhen said this, he paused and looked at Hu Dabao, but Hu Dabao avoided Yang Zhen's gaze and kept staring at the flickering flames in front of him, just silent.

Upon seeing this, Yang Zhen further said: "Yang has an advance battalion under his command to conquer the east. Recently, he has been recruiting troops in western Liaoning in accordance with the emperor's decree!

"If you uncle and nephew are willing to come back, or if you are willing to use the banner of my advance battalion for the East Expedition and work together to annihilate the enemy, then Yang will not treat you uncle and nephew badly!

"After this is done, I can at least grant your uncle a guerrilla general in Fuzhou Bay, and I can grant you a garrison in Gaizhou Bay! How about that?!"

Yang Zhen originally didn't want to engage in the practice of appointing officials and making wishes now, but now, he really has nothing to offer, nothing that is enough to impress Hu Dabao, who is a bit soft and hard, and does not eat oil and salt.

In his opinion, Hu Dabao used to be just a general officer in the navy, but now he promised to promote him to garrison officer in one fell swoop.

And the name is also very big, it is the garrison of Gaizhou Bay, which means that the islands and coasts in Gaizhou Bay will be assigned to Hu Dabao from now on, and will be regarded as his territory.

As for Hu Dabao's biological uncle, Hu Changhai, Yang Zhen has not met him yet, but he heard from Yuan Jin before that they were all guardsmen under Huang Long. After Huang Long died, Hu Changhai disappeared. Now, in terms of official status,

, naturally still on the defensive.

Yang Zhen promised him a guerrilla general in Fuzhou Bay, and his meaning was very clear - they did not need to go to Songshan, they only needed to be able to raise the banner of the advance battalion ordered by the emperor to conquer the east on the sea in Gaizhou and Fuzhou!

Yang Zhen only exchanged his official position and food salary in the advance battalion for them to carry out the banner of an advance battalion. Logically speaking, this was already interesting enough and considered very sincere.

However, Hu Dahai remained silent.

Yang Zhen and Yuan Jin didn't rush him, and they just sat around the fire in the cave.

After a while, Hu Dahai seemed to have settled the score. He stared at Yang Zhen with one eye and said, "It's not that I look down on you, the chief training officer of the Songshan Regiment! It's not that I, Hu Dabao, can't hear good words!

"It's just that in the past, our uncles and nephews were looked down upon and looked down upon in the army. When the court needed us, we would always have good words to say, various appointments and wishes! But once we were used up, we would be

Turn around and disown your mother's relatives!

"General Soldier Yang! How can you, a regimental training commander from a small town in western Liaoning, ensure that the officials you grant to us and the wishes you make will turn into real money? How can you guarantee that the imperial court will pay for your debt and recognize us in the future?!"

Yang Zhen felt a little disappointed when he heard what Hu Dabao said, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded with a wry smile, saying that what Hu Dabao said was reasonable and that he really couldn't make a guarantee.

When Yuan Jin heard this, he saw that the conversation was about to break down, and immediately said: "My dear nephew, listen to me——"

However, as soon as Yuan Jin opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Hu Dabao with a wave of his hand: "Uncle Yuan! I can understand what you are saying! I know you are doing it for our own good!

"But, one code equals another, we can cooperate this time! However, we will talk about joining General Yang's advance battalion later! Moreover, I also have a condition for this cooperation-"

Seeing Hu Dabao's change of subject and the hope for cooperation between the two parties, Yang Zhen and Yuan Jin immediately cheered up and looked at Hu Dabao, wanting to see what kind of cooperation conditions he would propose.

"I think - the muskets of your advance camp are really good! They can be fired without a match rope! You have to give me a batch of these muskets! - I think they will be fifty!"

Hu Dabao opened his mouth to ask for fifty flintlock muskets. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Guogan, who was standing behind Yang Zhen, changed his face and said angrily to Hu Dabao:

"Go and live your mother's dream! Do you know how valuable flintlock muskets are?! I only have so many guns in my hand, how dare you ask for fifty of them?!"

Yang Zhen heard clearly what Zhang Guogan said angrily against Hu Dabao, but he ignored it and just looked at Hu Dabao, wanting to see how he would behave next.

However, Hu Dabao's city was obviously much deeper than Zhang Guogan's, and he turned a deaf ear to what Zhang Guogan said. He didn't even look at Zhang Guogan, but continued to stare at Yang Zhen with his one eye, waiting.

Look at Yang Zhen's reaction.

Yang Zhen also looked at him, but said nothing. The two of them just looked at each other.

After a while, Hu Dabao suddenly laughed and said: "How about thirty poles?! I am familiar with the situation on the shore, and I can lead you. With us joining you, you will have peace of mind!"

Yang Zhen looked at Hu Dabao, who had a playful smile in front of him, but his face was expressionless and he said nothing.

Hu Dabao smiled and spoke. Seeing that Yang Zhen was unmoved and did not answer his words at all, and other people present did not speak, he scratched his head in embarrassment and finally said:

"Then - how about twenty poles?! Any less would be meaningless! If you can't even give me this bit of sincerity, how can we cooperate?! Besides, from now on, if I bring my brothers to join the advance team,

Battalion, aren’t these muskets still from your advance battalion?!”

At this point, the smile on Hu Dabao's originally playful face disappeared, and the meeting scene in the cave suddenly turned cold.

"Okay! I can give it to you! Are we all fighting against Tartars? If we use it, we are fighting against Tartars. If you use it, we are also fighting against Tartars! I agree!"

Yang Zhen didn't want to dwell too much on this issue. Seeing that Hu Dabao was determined to get the flintlock rifle in his camp, he had no choice but to agree to his final asking price and immediately made arrangements:

"Zhang Chen! Send someone later to pick up the newly modified flintlock bird muskets from the ship, prepare twenty of them, and give them to Brother Hu and the others for use!"

"Mr. Yang has a lot of money. It's really refreshing! I, Hu Dabao, would like to thank Mr. Yang! Hahahaha! - Oh, that's right! It also needs to be matched with a certain amount of projectiles and gunpowder! Thank you all here! Hahahaha!

!”

When Hu Dabao saw that Yang Zhen finally agreed and his blackmail was successful, his mood instantly improved. He looked at Yang Zhen, then at Yuan Jin, and couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Guogan looked at Hu Dabao's proud look, and his eyes were about to burst into flames, but since Yang Zhen had already spoken, he couldn't say anything else.

While he was feeling troubled, he heard Yang Zhen say: "There's no problem with the projectiles! I can give you some suitable projectiles! But as for the gunpowder, I think I'll skip it! I'm afraid you won't get used to our gunpowder, so don't have any problems again!"
Chapter completed!