Daming pirates

The news soon spread back to the Wolf's Den on Nanyue Island. Important figures of the Sea Wolf gathered in the meeting hall. Everyone's face was very gloomy and angry.

"We can't be polite to these merchant ships. If this continues, who will be willing to pay us tolls in the future? In the opinion of my subordinates, ships will be sent to block the Nanyue Waterway. Anyone who does not pay will be directly detained. Anyone who dares to resist will be detained.

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The ship and its cargo will be confiscated! If I don’t show off my power, I will really think that our sea wolf is just a weak wolf! Hit them hard and see who the hell dares not to pay the toll!" Wang Hong couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and waved to Xiaotian.

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After hearing Wang Hong's words, several people in the council also agreed. Many others believed that these merchant ships should be beaten, otherwise they would lose a lot of money every month.

The Council did not want to see such a thing, so both Li Gouzi and Zhao Mazi were very active.

"Inappropriate! Inappropriate! Our biggest trouble now is not whether these merchant ships can pay or not, but how we deal with Mr. Chu Cai's loss!"

Now we don’t know how many people and boats Chu Cai’s old sect has brought. Now almost every day, passing boats are robbed. If this continues, I would not want to pay for our passage!

The top priority is that we should first find a way to solve Chu Cai Lao's matter, and then it won't be too late to pay the merchant ships!" Liu Laoliu maintained a relatively clear understanding, stood up and said to Wang Hong and others.

"But there's no way to go on like this! It's already March now, and it's time for Tamsui Village to ask for money, but the tolls so far are less than 30% of what they used to collect, and the merchant fleet section

Time has stopped a lot, and the business has been greatly affected. If it continues like this, we may run out of money in the warehouse of the council!" Zhao Mazi said to Liu Laoliu with a worried look.

Liu Laoliu looked at Yu Xiaotian and said: "Master, if it doesn't work, let's scatter all our fleets! It's best to clear out the ships sent by Chu Cai in Fuzhou as soon as possible, so that the waterway will be safe.

, passing ships will naturally be willing to pay!”

Ma Xiao stood up and said: "Hallmaster Liu! I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this! I think the reason why Mr. Chu Cai did this is because he wants us to send all the ships out! In this way, our brothers and ships will all leave.

Wolf's Cave, Mr. Chu Cai must have spies on the island. If they find that this place is empty and take advantage of it to invade, it may be difficult to recover the ships we sent out in time, and Nanyue Island may be in danger by then!

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After hearing this, Liu Laoliu sighed, looked at Yu Xiaotian and said angrily: "Damn Mr. Chu Cai, I didn't expect this guy to be so sinister and come up with such an idea!"

Yu Xiaotian raised his hand to stop everyone's argument. After letting everyone sit down, he stood up and walked to the middle of the meeting hall with his hands behind his back. He looked outside the door, turned around and said, "This time we all underestimated Mr. Chu Cai.

Come on! There must be an expert under Chu Cai who gave him this idea, which puts us in a dilemma now!

This move of his is indeed a wonderful move! It hits our numb bones, making us unable to use our strength and holding back the discomfort! It can be said to be a wonderful move that will drain the firepower!

What you all said makes sense! Mr. Chu Cai and his men saw our weakness and came up with such a method! The water surface along the coast of Fuzhou is so big, even if our ships are all spread out, they may not be able to move quickly.

Just clean up the ship sent by Chu Cai. As long as the water here in Fuzhou is not calm for one day, we can't expect the passing ships to pay us peace of mind to buy a way!

So what the father-in-law said makes sense. The top priority is not to force those merchant ships to pay, but to find a way to resolve this matter!

Now I am thinking that if this is the case, we might as well temporarily stop collecting all tolls! Let’s find a way to solve this problem first!”

"How can this be done? Although we don't entirely count on the income from tolls at the moment, this income accounts for a large part of our income after all! How can we just stop? In this way, the immigration and immigration in Tamsui Village will

I’m afraid our financial resources will not be able to support the construction of villages!

I'm afraid that Mr. Chu Cai's move is to cut off our way of making money. If we stop, wouldn't it be in line with his wishes? What's more, God knows when the trouble of Mr. Chu Cai will be solved. If this happens

If we stop for a long time, we may not be able to sustain our financial resources!" Li Gouzi became anxious upon hearing this and immediately jumped up and said.

Yu Xiaotian glanced at Li Gouzi, thought for a moment, and then said: "But if we don't suspend the collection of tolls, we will collect money, but we can't guarantee the safety of the ship that pays the money. Wouldn't this be self-destroying our credibility?"

I, Sea Wolf, have established my footing here based on just a letter! Since we cannot guarantee the safety of passing ships, we can no longer accept their money! What Chu Cai always wants is for us to destroy our credibility. Once this letter is lost,

If so, it will be difficult to get it back!

Rather than destroying our own sign, I think it would be better to suspend the collection of tolls! The immigration and village building in Tamsui Village can be suspended for a while. In the past few months, two to three thousand people have immigrated.

This number is already quite large. It doesn't hurt to stop for a while. It just allows Fang An to take a breather. It also allows them to shrink their strength and concentrate on ensuring the safety of Tamsui Village first!

Now we still have soap, glass and other businesses to support, plus the silver in stock, it is enough for us to survive for a long time!”

As soon as Li Gouzi heard that Yu Xiaotian had made up his mind, he had no choice but to sit back in his seat and stop talking, because what Yu Xiaotian said was the truth. Now their financial situation of Sea Wolf collapsed even before they could suspend the collection of tolls.

On the verge of the crisis, after suspending the immigration and the establishment of villages in Danshui Village, Sea Wolf's current financial situation can still be maintained for a long time.

Moreover, many of the businesses that Sea Wolf is doing now are huge profits. In addition to their self-produced soap and glass, which can earn them a lot of profits every month, they are also very profitable in doing business from north to south, even if it is temporary.

The sea in southern Fujian is not very safe, which has affected their business, but they can also transfer goods to Taiyuan and Manila and other places without much impact. The income is enough to support their daily expenses.

, I just make less money temporarily.

Now that Yu Xiaotian has made up his mind, the council has nothing to say. The best thing to do is to tighten the purse strings and suppress the expenses that can be saved. They can still persevere.

Yu Xiaotian's words also gave others reassurance. As long as they were not short of money for the time being, everything would be fine. What they feared most was that when it came time to pay the salaries, if the salaries and rewards were released, it would undoubtedly have a negative impact on the subordinates.

The morale of the people has been greatly affected. As long as the council can guarantee this, there will be no big trouble down there.

"But after we stop collecting tolls, our strength is not enough to quickly clear out Old Chu Cai's men in this area of ​​Fuzhou. There are only so many ships we can send out. In order to prevent Old Chu Cai from taking advantage of our emptiness to make a big move,

To invade, we must leave considerable strength on Nanyue Island! Otherwise, once this place is evacuated, it will be dangerous!" Wang Hong also put away some of his anger at this time, and after thinking about it carefully, he decided from

Looking at the overall situation, I asked Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "This is the cleverness of Mr. Chu Cai. By doing this, he first cut off a way for us to make money, and also forced us to have to work hard. He can contain us with a small number of ships and men.

With a large amount of strength, if we spread out all the fleet, it can be said to be in line with his wishes! Then he can take advantage of our unpreparedness and directly lead a large number of troops to attack Nanyue Island! This matter is not easy to handle!

Let's do this, send the Feizihao Clippers detachment out first! Also tell the fishermen to continue to help us keep an eye on the suspicious ships that appear on the sea. If anything happens, report it immediately and clear out these men and ships sent by Chu Cai as soon as possible.

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Although the fleet cannot all be sent out, we must try our best to release the manpower and ships, and clear out these ships sent by Chu Cai as soon as possible! Bring peace to the waterway in this area!"

Everyone in the meeting hall discussed this matter for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a better solution. After all, Chu Cai Lao's move was really cruel, and he stabbed Hailang squarely.

On the other hand, looking for these attack ships sent by Chu Cai at sea is easy to say, but in fact it is like finding a needle in a haystack. It is theoretically almost impossible to completely eliminate them.

They were busy running around and consuming a lot of manpower and material resources, and finally caught a few, but Chu Cai Lao could easily send a few more and continue to work. If this continues, Sea Wolf's energy will be completely consumed by such evil.

In the cycle of surname, he was eventually exhausted.

Facing such a situation, Yu Xiaotian felt a sense of frustration and powerlessness for the first time. Seeing that the time was getting late, he waved everyone to disperse first. The matter would be discussed separately after he thought of a solution.

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But in the end they decided to continue collecting tolls for the time being. After all, passing ships still trust Sea Wolf and are willing to pay tolls to at least buy some psychological comfort. For these old friends who trust Sea Wolf, Yu Xiaotian decided to set up two

The temporary escort fleet is stationed in Nangantang and Cormorant Island.

In the past, Nangantang and Cormorant Island were the checkpoints set up by Sea Wolf. Passing ships had to go here to pay or report first, receive the traffic order flag and hang it on the mast. When the Sea Wolf patrol boat saw this order flag, it

They will no longer be harassed and allowed to freely pass through the sea and waterways under the jurisdiction of Sea Wolf. However, ships that do not have such a traffic flag will be intercepted, and either the cargo on the ship will be detained or the ship will be connected.

Take it together.

However, since Yu Xiaotian conquered Shuangfeng Island and destroyed the Hunjiang Dragon Chen Jiu, he has pushed his power northward to the Funing Prefecture area. Therefore, the strategic position of Nangantang has been greatly reduced. Most of the personnel and ships stationed here

Moving to Shuangfeng Island, Nangantang Dazhai became deserted, leaving only a small number of personnel stationed here in turns to maintain the wharf and Dazhai here.

This time, Mr. Chu Cai used such a cunning trick. He sent his boat men to sneak into the Fuzhou area, pretending to be sea wolves, and plundered and massacred passing merchant ships, making the waterway in Fuzhou area that had been peaceful for a long time once again become unstable.

Quiet, but so far, Yu Xiaotian and the others have discovered that the attack ships sent by Chu Cai Lao are basically limited to the coastal areas of Fuzhou and have not extended to the sea over Funing Prefecture.

So this time he thought of Nangantang again and ordered a small escort fleet to be stationed in Nangantang. All merchant ships that had paid money from the north and entered Fuzhou waters would first go to the south.

After gathering in Gantang and forming a fleet, Sea Wolf sent escort ships to escort the fleet south through the coastal area of ​​Fuzhou to ensure their safety.

Similarly, ships coming from the south, as long as they pay tolls at Cormorant Island, are also required to temporarily stop at Cormorant Island, waiting for other merchant ships to form a fleet. Seawolf will send escort ships to escort the fleet northward through the sea of ​​Fuzhou.

In this way, to a certain extent, the safety of ships that take the initiative to pay tolls can be guaranteed when passing through Fuzhou waters. As for those people and ships who refuse to pay, Seawolf is no longer responsible for their safety for the time being, but at the same time, it is also temporarily

Stop inspecting passing ships and concentrate on hunting down those attack ships by Chu Cai Lao who disguised himself as their sea wolf.

(Thank you to the brothers who rewarded the monthly ticket. If anyone still has it, I hope to keep it! Also, thank you to brothers Hu Luhulu and eastflowing for their rewards!)