He replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "If a sinner loses his life, it is useless to have money. Therefore, the sinner is willing to spend all his money to buy the sinner's bad life!"

Speaking of this, he did not hesitate anymore and directly reported: "The sinner has a total of about 1 million taels of gold and silver, and there are about 2 million taels of other valuables. There is only so much in total, and the sinners are willing to take it out and give it to long live!"

After saying that, he saw that the emperor seemed to be unhappy and was anxious, and quickly added: "The sinner has been at sea for so many years, and the money he has robbed has to be distributed to his subordinates. These are the money accumulated by the sinners in every way. In order to defeat Zheng Zhilong, the other money on the surface has been spent, and the sinners are indeed gone!"

Haha, a life of 3 million taels is indeed "bad". Emperor Chongzhen was actually thinking about this in his heart. At this time, he heard Li Kuiqi busy explaining, but he didn't care whether Li Kuiqi really had to take out all his savings. Such a large sum of money was already a surprise!

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you!"

This made Li Kuiqi fall into the ground with a stone in his heart, and then he looked at the emperor with some expectations. Because the money was paid, his life was saved, and the next step was to arrange it for him. From the previous conversation, he could feel that the emperor wanted to use him.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen said: "In the future, you and your subordinates will serve the court! I will not spend all your money indiscriminately, but I will use it on the shipbuilding. I am planning to set up another Ming navy, so what if you are the one who will lead it?"

"..." Li Kuiqi didn't expect such a result at all, and immediately opened his mouth in surprise. He thought that the best ending was to send him to fight Zheng Zhilong and be a coastal defense guerrilla in Fujian.

After a while, he came to his senses and immediately kowtowed repeatedly, making the forehead sound "bangbang" and quickly responded: "The sinner is willing, the sinner is willing..."

"I have requirements for this navy, so listen!" Emperor Chongzhen said with a serious expression at this time, "After the court lifted the sea ban, we must be able to protect the safety of the Ming sea ships. Whether the enemy is a pirate or a Western barbarian, as long as the enemy is an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, it must be able to wipe it out! Fighting along the coast at a distance, and going directly to the Nanyang vassal states, the sea surface must be the only one in the Ming Dynasty. Can you do it?"

Li Kuiqi opened his mouth wide again when he heard it. He didn't expect that the emperor's appetite was so big that it made him a little dumbfounded! But the more this happened, the more he liked and the more excited he was. He hugged the emperor's thighs and had the entire Ming Dynasty as a backing, maybe it would be really OK.

He did not have much political awareness, so he didn't think about it more. His imagination of the future alone had already made him busy.

This time, after a while, he came to his senses and immediately responded: "As long as there are enough people and enough ships, the sinner will definitely do it!"

After answering, Li Kuiqi became a little more awake and immediately added: "But this ship must be a good ship. The sinner must see it and transformed ships. Just... the ships built by the official shipyard are really looked down on by the sinner..."

He hesitated at first whether to say anything, but then he thought about the future and said whatever he wanted! While speaking, he secretly looked at the emperor's face and did not find anything wrong, so he spoke smoothly.

"Also, people must be skilled. If you soak in the rivers and seas, you can use them smoothly. Otherwise, no matter how good the boat is, it will be useless if this person doesn't work!"

After making these two requests, Li Kuiqi stopped talking, looked at the emperor and waited for the emperor to speak.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this. This is the veteran, and he agreed with all the key points of the speech. Therefore, after Li Kuiqi finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and then slowly said: "It is easy to say that the ship is good. With the money you paid, I will order several shipyards to build ships. As for what ship is built and the quality of the ship, you can decide. Only when you pass the acceptance is qualified. As for the person..."

This matter is a bit difficult. Emperor Chongzhen paused for a moment and said, "I allow you to summon as many old subordinates as possible for the court to use. However, everyone must undergo training in the new army and obtain the consent of the political commissar before they can officially become a member of the navy. In addition..."

Li Kuiqi understood everything in front of him. He was also very happy with the emperor giving him such great power. But after hearing this, he was a little confused. The new army training? The political commissar agreed? What does this mean? At this time, the emperor was still talking, and he didn't dare to ask, so he had to keep it in his heart. Anyway, there was no hurry to do this, and he would know it slowly.

"There should be many skilled sailors in Denglai. Well, there should be many North Korea, and you can recruit them..." Emperor Chongzhen said this, and his thoughts became clearer, so he looked at Li Kuiqi and said, "The war in North Korea is about to begin, so you should report to Governor Denglai first. I will also issue an order to Governor Denglai. You can choose the sailors you can like in Dongjiang. You can also recruit North Korean sailors as much as possible. In short, if I want to get a navy, I must take shape as quickly as possible. If there are still shortcomings, recruit ordinary fishermen and the like for training."

This is the benefit that the court really valued, and there will be more resources. When Li Kuiqi was a pirate, the problem of money, that is, ships was not big. The key was that his subordinates knew how to fight naval battles, and it was best to have experienced naval battles, and no matter how many people there were, they would not be too many. After all, such personnel were too rare.

But in just one sentence of the emperor, Li Kuiqi could imagine that his subordinates would expand immediately, and it might even surpass Zheng Zhilong.

When Li Kuiqi thought of this, he wished that these things would come true immediately, and then led his troops south and met Zheng Zhilong for a while. Haha, you have today too, oh, no, I, Li Kuiqi, are back!

Li Kuiqi thought and quickly agreed. At this time, the emperor asked him to go up to the mountain of swords and the sea of ​​fire, and he would never frown.

So Li Kuiqi temporarily took the guerrilla position and rushed to Dongjiang immediately. His subordinate Liu Jinsheng had the official identity of the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi and reported to the Fujian Governor's Office with the decree, and legitimately recruited old men on behalf of Li Kuiqi.

Seeing Li Kuiqi withdrawing from the hall happily, Wen Tiren watched without saying a word, he said with some concern: "Your Majesty, the navy will be difficult for the court to control it. Li Kuiqi was born as a pirate. The navy that the court had so much effort to form so hard, if he had a strange intention..."

Before he finished speaking, he didn't say anything further, but the meaning was already very obvious. Emperor Chongzhen just smiled slightly when he heard this.

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