The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Therefore, if the two sides want to communicate, they have to rely on flag language. Therefore, flag language came into being. After countless years of evolution, flag language has become more and more standardized and even became a way of communication at sea.

When HNA was at its most prosperous, knowing flag language even became a profession, and many people made a living by doing so.

After Jiang Fan formed the new navy, he found a lot of fishermen who knew flag language, which came in handy at this time.

"Your Majesty, the Chongming pirates across the way asked us who we are and where we are from. They said this sea area is their territory, and if we want to sail here safely, we have to pay taxes!"

The crew member who understood the flag language quickly translated the flag language from the other side to Jiang Fan.

Hearing this, Jiang Fan looked at the six warships on the opposite side and said to the crew, "Tell them that we are the Dayan Navy, and we are here to see their leader and want to have a meeting with him!"

Upon hearing this, the flag signal crew member nodded and quickly waved the flag at the opposing warship.

As the flag signal was sent, there was a moment of silence on the warship opposite, and the people on it seemed to have disappeared. Seeing this, Jiang Fan frowned slightly.

Although, he felt that there should only be some kind of tacit understanding between the Chongming bandits and the Japanese pirates, and that they had not surrendered to the Japanese pirates, but who knew what the situation would be.

After all, even if the Chongming Bandits were chivalrous thieves, there was no guarantee that there wouldn't be people with different ideas among them. In such a large group, it was impossible for everyone to have the same ideas.

At the same time, on the largest warship on the opposite side, the leader's face changed slightly after hearing the news from his subordinates.

This man looked to be about forty years old, with a square and resolute appearance. In front of him were four or five people, three young men and two middle-aged people.

"Brother Zhang San, what do you think they mean? Should we talk to them? Or... start a war!" One of the middle-aged men said with a serious expression.

The middle-aged man on the other side had a cold look in his eyes, with a murderous look in his eyes, and said: "Humph... Dayan has never had any navy. Who knows if it is true or not? Maybe they were sent by Shang Han and the other two bandits? Third brother, are we really going to take them to see the leader?!"

"What if they want to take this opportunity to spy on us and find out our location? If they really find our base and collude with the Japanese, we will probably face a catastrophe!"

"Yes, Third Master, why not just destroy them? After all, they only have two warships. Although they are large enough, they are still weaker than our six warships."

"Old Five is right. If we can capture these two warships, it will greatly increase our combat power!"

The remaining two young men followed suit.

However, the middle-aged man in the lead, who was called Brother Zhang San, glanced at the others, then looked at the last young man, and said, "Zhengwei, what do you think we should do? Should we launch an attack or negotiate with them?"

Their group is considered the third brigade of Chongming pirates. There are a total of nine brigade of Chongming pirates, and every three teams are responsible for patrolling the sea for a period of time.

This time, it was the turn of the third team to patrol the sea area. The leader was a man called Zhang San Ge, Zhang Tong. The person he was questioning was his son Zhang Zhengwei.

As for the remaining four people, they were the squad leaders of their team. Several other squad leaders were on the other five warships.

Zhang Tong is a chivalrous man. He usually does not act rashly when something happens and is considered steady. However, when something happens, he habitually asks his son about it.

His son is considered the think tank of the third wheel, and facts have proved that every time something happens, the decisions made by his son Zhang Zhengwei are correct.

After hearing what Zhang Tong said, several people on the side looked at Zhang Zhengwei, wanting to hear his thoughts.

Zhang Zhengwei heard this and looked at his father and others, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. After thinking for a while, he said, "Father, I think we can negotiate with them."

As soon as he said this, Zhang Tong and several others showed confusion on their faces and wanted to hear him continue.

Zhang Zhengwei saw this and quickly explained: "Have you heard about what happened in Yuezhou recently? The Japanese pirates have been driven out of Yuezhou now, and it is very likely that Dayan will establish a navy."

"I don't think the people on the other side are the Japanese pirates or the other two bandits. Even if they are, we should negotiate with them first before making a decision!"

His words silenced the others present. They looked at each other and nodded, thinking that Zhang Zhengwei was right.

No matter what, after seeing him, they would know whether he was a Japanese pirate or one of the other two bandits. If he was a Japanese pirate or one of the other two bandits, it would not be too late for them to take action.

If not, if the other party is really the navy of the Great Yan court, perhaps it can solve their current predicament.

Ever since the Japanese pirates were driven out of Yuezhou, in order to find another place to survive, they set their sights on the Chongming pirates. Together with two other pirates, they were looking for the Chongming pirates' base camp.

Among the three major thieves, Chongming thieves are the most mysterious, and the reason for the mystery of Chongming thieves is that no one knows their base camp. In addition to their livelihood at sea, Chongming thieves are said to be self-sufficient.

If they could occupy the Chongming bandits' territory, it would be even better for the Japanese pirates than occupying Dinghai Island.

Therefore, during this period, they had several conflicts with the Japanese pirates and the other two bandits. They took advantage of the convenience of being born and raised in this sea area, but they beat the Japanese pirates and the other two bandits without any chance to fight back.

During this period, all the ships passing by were trembling in fear. If they did not reveal their identities or could not prove their identities, they would most likely be attacked by the Chongming pirates.

They just asked about Jiang Fan's warship. If Jiang Fan couldn't explain it clearly, the final result would definitely be that he would be attacked.

But who knew that the reply they got was actually from the navy of Dayan, which made them feel very troubled for a moment. They were afraid that it was a fake by the Japanese pirates, but they were also worried that it was real!

Zhang Zhengwei is right. Whether it is true or not, we will make a decision after seeing it! If it is the Japanese pirates and the other two bandits, we will just go to war.

Immediately, Zhang Tong asked his flag signal crew to find a remote place and contact the other five ships.

At the same time, their main ship was approaching Jiang Fan's main ship, and the other five warships also approached Jiang Fan after receiving the order.

A total of six warships surrounded the two ships tightly. Zhang Tong asked the flag signal crew to send out a flag signal to indicate a meeting.

When Jiang Fan received the other party's agreement to meet, but for safety reasons, he had to be surrounded by them, Jiang Fan smiled faintly.