Daming pirates

Lin Yiyang was quite talkative. He sat across from Yu Xiaotian in Yu Xiaotian's study, sipping tea and chatting without showing any signs of others, appearing to be leisurely and contented.

It's just the scars on his face and the rips in his clothes that make his behavior a bit ridiculous.

But Yu Xiaotian didn't laugh at him. After the two sides sat down, they started talking about each other. Although Lin Yiyang was not too old, he had read a lot. Moreover, Yu Xiaotian also found that this person was not like ordinary people.

Like scholars, they only know how to read rote books, and read books that can be used for scientific examinations.

From his words, Yu Xiaotian found that Lin Yiyang read very miscellaneously. In addition to the normal Four Books and Five Classics, he also read a lot of books on science and technology, including agriculture, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, military, etc.

This is quite rare among scholars of this era.

Therefore, Lin Yiyang's vision is much wider than that of ordinary scholars. At the same time, he is not so pedantic and appears to be very active in thinking. However, he is younger after all, and the depth of many knowledge is still limited. In addition, the technological level of this era is limited, and he understands some things.

There are still quite some limitations.

Moreover, Lin Yiyang seemed to be very interested in the outside world. When he heard that Yu Xiaotian talked about the seas and continents in this world, Lin Yiyang seemed very excited and asked various questions to Xiaotian, especially about Xiaotian's life experience.

, Lin Yiyang was very curious and asked many times about Australia’s customs, customs and geographical location.

As a half-college student of later generations, the amount of information Yu Xiaotian receives is not comparable to that of ordinary people in this era. His understanding of the world, if he says that he is second in this world, no one would dare to say that he is

He was the first, so he picked up many things at his fingertips. When he told Lin Yiyang, Lin Yiyang felt very fresh and wanted to inquire more about it.

When Yu Xiaotian told him how big the world was, Lin Yiyang was a little stunned after hearing it, and murmured: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! I thought I already knew a lot, but after listening to Master Yu's words, I realized that it was actually

I'm just a frog in a well!"

"No wonder, sir, it's just that for a long time, we Chinese have focused too much on our own land, but few of us are willing to open our eyes and look further afield! So much so that even now, many of us still

I don’t know that the world has changed! I don’t even know how big the world is!

Nowadays, the Westerners have sailed their warships to the door of our Ming Dynasty, but what about us? They have even begun to run rampant along the coast of our Ming Dynasty, causing harm to the people of our Ming Dynasty! Who has seen this and felt this crisis?

And the Taixi people are now far beyond reaching the door of our Ming Dynasty. Their greedy nature has caused them to reach even further. Far to the east of this sea, there is a very large piece of land.

, the Taixi people are currently encroaching on it. Gold and silver are produced there and there are all kinds of inexhaustible resources. They use the silver they seize from there to transport it to our doorstep in Ming Dynasty in exchange for our things!

But very few of us know where they got so much silver from. We just try every means to earn this silver from them, but we have never thought of expanding our territory further afield like them!

To put it bluntly, we have lagged far behind the pace of the Westerners in this world. If this continues, a sad end awaits us Chinese!

Haha! That’s too far! That’s too far! Mr. Lin must think that I, a little pirate leader, want to think about these things? But I still can’t help but think about it!

Just now, Mr. Lin said that the world is not as big as the king's land, but Yu really didn't like to hear it! We won't talk about the distance, let's just say that it's not that far from here, just Taiyuan Island, which is less than 200 miles away!

If you put the huge Taiyuan Island on a map, you will know that this place is very close to the Ming Dynasty, but it has never been paid attention to by anyone in the Ming Dynasty. It is still an enclave to this day!

The red-haired people occupied Penghu, but our officials of the Ming Dynasty only thought that Penghu was a territory belonging to the Ming Dynasty and could not be thrown away. They just wanted to expel them from Penghu, and that was all. They even did not hesitate to use Taiwan Yuan Island in exchange to sit back and watch. The treasure island of Yuan Island was handed over to the red-haired people as his own!

I think Luzon was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty back then, but what about now? It has been occupied by the Folangji people, or what is often called the Ganlusi people. The people who lived in Luzon in our dynasty were massacred by the Ganlusi people. Instead of sending troops to rescue and punish the Ganrasi people, our country regards these people of the Ming Dynasty as abandoned people and does not care about their life or death!

How can the Westerners think highly of our Ming Dynasty if we act like this? It’s ridiculous! It’s deplorable!”

As Yu Xiaotian talked, he became a little anxious again. Thinking of the changes in the world today, he couldn't help but criticize the current court.

But after listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Lin Yiyang did not feel that Yu Xiaotian was ridiculous, but his face slowly darkened, and he said angrily: "How dare Lin laugh at Master Yu! What Master Yu said is very true. Today, I heard that Yu Xiaotian Talking about being a master is really better than studying for ten years!

To be honest, I have heard my father talk about the massacre of the people of the Ming Dynasty by the Qiansi people in Luzon Island during the Wanli Period in the early years. My father said that some of our ancestors were doing business in Luzon Island at that time, and some of them later escaped. When he came back, he said that the local natives and Ganlasi people massacred the local people of the Ming Dynasty and asked the government and the court to redress their grievances. However, the government at that time regarded them as people who were willing to surrender and had no mercy!

Also, Xu Xue, the governor of Fujian at that time, and Mr. Xu said that he was not willing to send troops to the imperial court and sit back and watch these people of the Ming Dynasty being massacred by the Fanyi!

I feel deeply humiliated when I mention this matter to my boss today! It is really embarrassing to think that we, the great Ming Dynasty, treat our own people like this!"

"Forget it, let's not mention these things. I get angry when I mention them! Although I was not born in the Ming Dynasty, I still regard myself as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty! I have gone through a lot of hardships in the past few years (this I don’t even blush) I finally came back here!

Originally, Yu just wanted to find a place to settle down, have food to eat, and a way to survive, but he didn't expect that it was just this idea, but he still couldn't realize it.

There is a hundred households in Funing who are greedy for money and listen to slander. They insist that I am a pirate. They want to arrest me and send me to the official for questioning. I also want to seize my wife as a slave. I want to put all our sufferings away. To death!

Yu was forced to have no choice but to go to sea and become a pirate!

Although you scholars hate us deeply, not all of us are bad people. In fact, most of us had to take this path because we were forced to do so! Can we be blamed for this?

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Think about what a chaotic scene the coastal area of ​​Fuzhou was before I, Yu, took over Nanyue Island. Pirates were rampant and fishing tyrants were rampant. The fishermen and people were having a hard time, but the government didn't care.

Looking at the current Fuzhou area, although Yu dare not say that he has restored peace to the people along the coast, has Yu ever made any incursions on land in the past two years?

Yu, on the other hand, has eliminated many small groups of local pirates, killed several vicious fishing tyrants, and brought peace to the people along the coast. Is what Yu did worse than the government? Since the government does nothing, then we cannot be blamed.

Don’t obey the rules! I will take care of what they can’t take care of! It’s better than no one taking care of it!”

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Lin Yiyang nodded helplessly and said: "Master Yu's words are reasonable. In recent years, the court has paid more attention to the creation of slaves in the north, and the officials along the southern coast have become more and more relaxed in preventing Japanese pirates, which has led to the danger of Japanese pirates.

Although it has decreased, the problem of pirates is still serious!

Officials in the government did not cultivate themselves. In the fish and meat village, the royal family and the powerful were annexing land wantonly, causing more and more people to lose their land. The people had no way to make a living, so they had to join the banditry.

However, the government was unable to calm the sea, the government and army were seriously short of personnel, and the navy did not repair warships, resulting in a lax coastal defense!

To be honest with the master, the reason why Lin applied for the job of his uncle and was willing to come to Nanyue Island to work as an accountant was not just for the sake of food, but more because recently Lin had heard a lot about the master and his subordinate Sea Wolf.

I am very curious about your company and want to come here to have a closer look and see if this place is like a paradise in the world as the rumors say!

After Lin arrived at Nanyue Island, he took the time to observe on the island, causing everyone in your department to mistakenly think that he was Chu Cailao's spy. This led to the misunderstanding today!

I wonder if Mr. Yu believes what I say? But do you still think that I am Mr. Chu Cai or someone else’s spy?”

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian immediately laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "Actually, when I saw you at the village gate today, I felt that you didn't look like a spy, otherwise I wouldn't have come forward to ask questions.

And this matter! Otherwise, you might be in the torture room of my execution hall, suffering all kinds of tortures right now!

Now you and I are chatting happily, and after talking so much, I have no doubt that you are a craftsman from Chu Cai’s old school! Please rest assured, Mr. Lin!

Someone! Is the brother who went to Lin’s house to inquire about him back?”

Liu Wang, who was outside the door, heard Yu Xiaotian calling him, so he immediately walked into the room and bowed to report: "Report to the master, the brothers who went there have already come back. It's almost the third watch now! Patrolling

The brother replied that the Lin family has confirmed that Mr. Lin is a distant relative of their shopkeeper and is willing to guarantee Mr. Lin to ensure that Mr. Lin is definitely not a craftsman sent by Chu Cai!

In addition, shopkeeper Lin also came to see him before dark, hoping that the boss could release Mr. Lin back. He was willing to pay a fine for misunderstanding today, and promised to restrain Mr. Lin in the future to ensure that such misunderstandings will not happen again in the future!

But just now, I saw the boss and Mr. Lin chatting happily, so I didn’t dare to disturb the boss, so I temporarily sent them away, and shopkeeper Lin, my boss, has also persuaded them to go back!"