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Wang Dana is Qu Meng's confidant and always likes to joke with Qu Meng.

Qu Meng's face darkened,
"Guess your uncle!"

Wang Dana accepted it as soon as he saw it, and he didn't dare to tease his master, he said loudly,

"This distinguished guest is named Liu Bowen."

"Liu Bowen?"

Qu Meng murmured, "It sounds like the name of a high official in the Song Dynasty. Yes! Prime Minister Liu Bowen!"

Having said that, Qu Meng stared at Wang Dana with piercing eyes.

Without waiting for him to ask again, Wang Dana said loudly,
"The boss is right. It's Prime Minister Liu Bowen!"

Qu Meng's body swayed, almost falling on the spot.It wasn't that he was afraid, but that his blood pressure rose too fast, and he was a little over the top.

He is a very smart person, and he immediately guessed Liu Bowen's intention for coming here.At the same time, he also guessed why the Mingzhou navy and the Quanzhou navy came here, not to attack his Daishan Island, but to escort Liu Bowen.

The reason why he was excited was because in order to recruit him as a pirate, the prime minister went out in person.

You must know that Huang Song officials have always been arrogant. Whether it is Zhao'an bandits or pirates, at most they will send a sixth-rank official.

It can be seen how much Liu Bowen attaches importance to him.

"Come on!"

Qu Meng shouted loudly, "Call all the brothers on the island to greet Prime Minister Liu Bowen with the most solemn etiquette.

He personally led more than a hundred pirate leaders and brought Liu Bowen and Liu Zheng into the meeting hall.

After the greetings, Liu Bowen didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"Qu Meng, you are a smart person, you must have guessed my reason for coming. Let me just say it straight, I came to Daishan Island to recruit you.

Do you have any intention of submitting to the imperial court?Or if you have any conditions, you can say it directly. "

"Master Prime Minister is so sincere, I, Qu Meng, will not let it go."

Qu Meng looked at Liu Bowen and said frankly,
"Qu Mou dare not belittle himself, nor dare to be arrogant. Although I have more than ten thousand brothers on Daishan Island, in terms of real combat effectiveness, it may not be stronger than the Mingzhou Navy.

If the prime minister is willing to give me an official position as a naval commander, I, Qu Meng, will sell my life to the officials. "

Liu Bowen smiled and said, "You are the leader of pirates in Song and Mongolia. It is said that the Mongol Empire sent people to recruit you more than once, and even offered you the position of Marshal of the Navy. You refused all of them.

Why do you want to submit to the Emperor Song Dynasty, but only ask for a mere naval commander.To be honest, the officials appreciate you very much and are planning to let you serve as the head of the navy capital of the Huangsong Dynasty. "

Hearing this, Qu Meng immediately knelt down on one knee, saluted towards Lin'an, and said loudly,

"There is a saying in the ancients that a scholar dies for his confidant! The officials value me as a pirate so much, even if Qu Mou is smashed to pieces, it is not enough to repay the grace of God."

Then he looked at Liu Bowen and said,
"No merit, no reward.

Although Qu Mou has some prestige, he is just a pirate after all, if he rises suddenly, he may be ridiculed by others.But Qu is confident that within ten years, he will be the head of the navy of the Song Dynasty, so that our navy of the Song Dynasty will run rampant across the ocean, and there will be no opponents. "

"What a master Qu!"

Liu Bowen praised first, then took out an imperial decree from his bosom, and said with a smile, "The officials knew you were loyal and brave, and you are definitely not someone who is greedy for fame. Otherwise, you would have taken refuge in Wo Kuotai long ago. Qu Meng Accept the order!"

Liu Futong appointed Qu Meng as the commander of the Dengzhou Navy in the imperial decree.

This appointment is very interesting.

Before the Jin Kingdom invaded, Dengzhou was one of the five major ports of the Huang Song Dynasty, with tens of thousands of sea merchants every year, and the annual tax revenue was several million.

The Jin people invaded and robbed Dengzhou into a piece of white land, and Dengzhou has declined since then.

Later, the Jin people felt that the Song Dynasty could not be destroyed without a navy, so they built a navy in Dengzhou again.It is a pity that every time they did not wait to leave the port, they were raided by the navy of the Song Dynasty or the pirates of the Great Song Dynasty, and all the ships were burned.

Until the demise of the Kingdom of Jin, they failed to create a combat-capable navy capable of long-distance sailing.

After Mongolia destroyed gold, it also built a navy in Dengzhou.

But it will take another few decades before the Mongols will have a strong navy.

Even so, Dengzhou is still the territory of the Mongols.

Liu Futong made Qu Meng the commander of the Dengzhou Navy, and his intention is self-evident.

Qu Meng also showed no fear, and immediately knelt down to accept the order.His pirates may not dare to compete with the Mongols on land, but when it comes to naval battles, he alone, with more than [-] pirates, can destroy the entire Mongolian navy.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, wait for Qu Mou to call brothers from other islands, gather tens of thousands of people, and attack Dengzhou directly. Even if a hundred thousand Mongolian troops come to attack, Qu Mou will not give up Dengzhou."

"Commander Qu doesn't have to be like this. The navy commander doesn't need to fight head-to-head with the Mongols in the city. To be honest, I discussed a strange strategy for the Northern Expedition with the officials and the privy envoy Mao Gui, and we need to rely on the strength of the navy. .”

Now that Qu Meng agreed to recruit, Liu Bowen also changed his title.

"Northern Expedition trick?"

Qu Meng stared at Liu Bowen with piercing eyes, waiting for Liu Bowen to say this strange strategy of the Northern Expedition.Now he also fully understands that if he only plots a Dengzhou, it is not enough for Liu Bowen to do it himself.

Liu Bowen laughed and said,
"Since the ancestor of the art established the Central Plains and established the Emperor Song Dynasty, our military power has been weak. First, we were defeated by Khitan, second by Xixia, third by Jurchen, and fourth by Mongols. Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, where one Han could defeat the five Hus , Huang Song can be described as extremely weak.

But the ruler is shorter and the inch is longer.

For hundreds of years, our Emperor and Song Dynasty had only one army that could not only easily crush the surrounding Hus, but also go as far as the Han and Tang Dynasties. It can be called an invincible army.

Does Commander Qu know what kind of army I am talking about? "

Qu Meng asked tentatively, "Could it be that the Prime Minister is talking about the navy?"

"Exactly!"

Liu Bowen said loudly, "Our Emperor Song Navy is invincible in the world! Not only are there no enemies, but there is no opponent on the ocean. Marshal Yue's general Li Bao once completely wiped out the Jin Guo Navy that Wan Yan Zongbi painstakingly built in one battle.

It's a pity that the rotten Confucians didn't know how to make use of the strengths of the navy, which caused the invincible navy of our Emperor Song Dynasty to fail to make great achievements and not to show its reputation.

If the navy of Huangsong was allowed to show its full potential, why would our Huangsong be suppressed and beaten by the two countries of Jin and Mongolia? "

Seeing that Liu Bowen admired the navy so much, Qu Meng immediately felt that he had met a bosom friend, and immediately patted his thigh and said,

"Your Prime Minister has extraordinary insight, and Qu admires it. Qu doesn't dare to boast. As long as the officials let me attack, I am confident that I can take down all coastal states and counties within two years, and regain half of Jingdong Road for Huang Song."

Liu Bowen laughed loudly and said, "The attack on Dengzhou this time is of great importance. I will go with the Commander. Because after the capture of Dengzhou, we still have the next step. By the way, while attacking Dengzhou, I also want to Give Commander Qu a mission. Does Commander Qu know that there is Tamna Island at the southern tip of North Korea?"