Daming pirates

Yu Xiaotian took the confessions of shopkeeper Tian and the bartender from Juyouzhai that were sent to him by the torture hall. After reading them, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

After being tortured and interrogated by the torture hall, these guys all told the truth. Shopkeeper Tian was not a subordinate of Mr. Chu Cai. He was indeed a businessman from Quanzhou, but this guy had dealt with Mr. Chu Cai before and had some friendship.

Ever since Sea Wolf was inexplicably attacked by several ghost ships years ago, Mr. Chu Cai had been offering huge rewards to find out who was behind the scenes. Shopkeeper Tian learned about this when he returned to Quanzhou to handle goods.

Feeling that this was an opportunity to make a fortune, he secretly colluded with Mr. Chu Cai's men.

Shopkeeper Tian once saw Seawolf's newly built sloop on Nanyue Island, which is what Seawolf internally calls the "Feihao Clipper". When he heard about this ghost ship that Chu Cailao was looking for,

It was quite similar to the flying speedboat newly built by Sea Wolf, so he secretly informed Mr. Chu Cai that he wanted to receive the reward.

When Mr. Chu Cai later learned that this incident was probably done by Hailang, he cashed in a large reward of silver to Tian, ​​and asked Tian to act as his spy on Nanyue Island, and promised him a lot of money.

After enjoying the sweetness, the man named Tian readily agreed.

As for the bartender at Juyouzhai, it was the person named Tian who introduced him to Juyouzhai. Originally, the person named Tian didn’t have many plans. He just asked the bartender to pay attention to him when he was working in the restaurant for his own business matters.

Tell him about the sea wolf at any time.

The bartender was honest. He would tell Tian secretly everything he heard. Later, after Mr. Chu Cai bribed Tian, ​​the bartender became Tian's full-time eyes and ears, helping him collect and inquire about all kinds of things about Sea Wolf.

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Mr. Chu Cai also sent two subordinates to Mr. Tian, ​​who stayed in Guanghe Company as associates. As Mr. Chu Cai's full-time spies, they were responsible for collecting information about the Sea Wolf here, and then through the homing pigeons they brought.

, pass the news to Mr. Chu Cai.

Of course, the carrier pigeon was sent by Chu Cai Lao to Mr. Tian. During this period, Mr. Tian, ​​two of Chu Cai Lao's men and the bartender were constantly inquiring about the news about Sea Wolf. While using the carrier pigeon to deliver the news to Chu Cai Lao,

They sorted out the records of the information and planned to send it back to Mr. Chu Cai in the next two days. However, before they had time to send out the detailed information, the incident came to light, and the sea wolf came and everyone got the stolen goods.

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The guy who was beaten to death on the spot in Guanghe Commercial House was a subordinate sent by Chu Cai. Seeing that the situation was not going well, this guy tried to resist and escape. As a result, he overestimated his ability and was used by a member of the Sea Wolf tribe on the spot.

Kill with a handgun.

As for the other guys from Guanghe Company, some were insiders and some were not, and they were all identified after interrogation.

The shopkeeper of Juyouzhai Tavern was accidentally involved. He didn't know that his bartender was secretly working for Tian, ​​helping Mr. Chu Cai collect all kinds of information about Sea Wolf.

Now this matter has been thoroughly investigated, and the boat that Guanghe Company left the island that night was also intercepted. It was not found that the person named Tian sent any information, but the boat was still seized by Sea Wolf, including the island.

All the business names and goods were confiscated.

But this incident also caused quite a stir in the shopping mall area. When they raided Guanghe's store that night, Meng Fei's actions alarmed all the shops gathered in the shopping mall area. Many people did not understand what happened at the time.

, I only know that Hailang was doing something, and suddenly surrounded the Guanghe store, arrested all the shopkeepers and the clerks in the shop, and killed people. In addition, the Juyouzhai Restaurant was also sealed that night, and everyone was controlled.

stand up.

As a result, various rumors spread in the shopping mall area. Some said that Guanghe Commercial House and Juyouzhai were the work of Mr. Chu Cai. Some said that they offended Hailang, and some even said that Hailang took a liking to their business.

, want to devour them.

In short, before Hailang announced the truth of the matter, people in the shopping mall area were panicked. Some merchants felt that it was not as safe as before. In short, there was a feeling that a storm was about to come, and the recent situation between Hailang and Chu

There was a lot of turmoil among Cai Lao, so some people couldn't help but have the idea of ​​​​retreating, and began to quietly pack up their things, load some goods on the island, and transport them away from Nanyue Island, temporarily stopping the business here, leaving only

The next two guys were looking at the store.

After Yu Xiaotian verified the matter of Guanghe Company, he immediately asked people to post a notice in the shopping mall area to make the matter public, and as a shock, ordered all the people involved to be beheaded on the spot, and the rest of the people who knew about it were

Then they will be sent to the Tamsui Village as slaves for five to ten years. As for those who don't know, they will be acquitted and can go home if they want, but they have to stay on Nanyue Island temporarily and wait for the incident to pass.

Juyouzhai was also cleared of charges and fined 500 taels of silver. After paying the fine, it was allowed to reopen and the seized items were returned. However, the waiter must have been killed, which can be regarded as the shopkeeper and the bartender in the store.

A warning for us.

In this way, the rumors in the shopping mall area were stopped, and everyone understood why the Sea Wolf treated Guanghe Company like this. In their piracy business, the most taboo thing is to have someone bury the nails and pry for information, no matter it is

Anyone who catches such a person will not be lenient, and Yu Xiaotian will never be lenient to such a thing. He only cut off their heads, which is actually an advantage for them.

If other pirates catch such spies, they will often use more cruel methods to deal with them. Skinning, cramping, sleeping, and lighting sky lanterns are common.

As a result, people who had nothing to do in the shopping mall area felt at ease and were no longer as panicked as they were at the beginning.

However, the matter of Hailang offending Mr. Chu Cai was completely opened. All the merchants realized that after Hailang offended Mr. Chu Cai, this place would no longer be as safe as before.

Although they didn't say it openly, they secretly began to make their own plans. After the Guanghe Company incident, the dedicated pier in the commercial area became obviously deserted. Even if some ships came, they were mostly empty.

The ships no longer unloaded goods to the island, but began to load the inventory in their shops and ship them away from Nanyue Island.

Seeing this situation, the Board of Directors was very worried. Although the current cargo throughput in the commercial warehouse area is not too large, after all, it was not easy for Yu Xiaotian and the others to recruit so many merchants and make the Nanyue Island Commercial Warehouse District what it is now.

At such a level, they make a lot of money every year by pumping water.

Nowadays, merchants are beginning to evacuate, close their shops, and stop trading here, which will have some impact on their income. Therefore, the council wants to prevent them from evacuating, but Yu Xiaotian shakes his head and vetoes their opinion.

Yu Xiaotian's opinion is very clear. Businessmen are businessmen. What they seek is profit and peace. If Nanyue Island is under threat, it is obviously impossible to expect merchants like them to advance and retreat together with Sea Wolf. What they have to do now

The only way is to eliminate the threat of Chu Cai Lao as soon as possible, at least let Chu Cai Lao know that he is not easy to mess with and dare not cause trouble again. These merchants will naturally come back.

The originally bustling Nanyue Island gradually became deserted after the beginning of March. People in the immigrant and fishing villages on the island also felt this change and began to feel a little uneasy.

Now everyone knows that Hailang and Mr. Chu Cai are facing each other. Mr. Chu Cai is famous enough that everyone living in the coastal areas knows it. Mr. Chu Cai once harassed the coastal areas of Fuzhou in the past.

, the Shark Gang didn't even dare to let go at that time, and allowed them to come and go as they pleased, and the common people were harmed by him.

Nowadays, although the residents of Nanyue Island are united with Hailang, they have no idea whether Hailang is Mr. Chu Cai's opponent. If Mr. Chu Cai invades in a big way, once Hailang loses, then what will happen to them?

People who depend on the sea wolf for survival will become victims of this dispute.

But these ordinary people are different from the merchants. They now have to rely on Sea Wolf and this Nanyue Island to survive. Their homes have been settled here. There is food grown in their fields, and they also want to fish in this area.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to pack up and leave like merchants.

Now that things have happened, Yu Xiaotian no longer covers the lid. He simply sends people to each village to tell them about Chu Cai Lao. He also dispatches two or three soldiers to each village to summon the people in the village.

Young and strong, organize them and start the simplest military training.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian ordered that some unused swords, guns, bows and arrows stored in the warehouse be distributed to each village and equipped to the young people in these villages. Yu Xiaotian temporarily called these organized villagers

For Xiangyong, through a short period of concentrated training, he first made these

These villagers have a certain self-defense ability, and they have also initially learned some organizational skills. Once something happens, although these village warriors may not be able to resist the pirates who land on the island, they can at least take down the old people in the village.

The weak women and children escaped and took refuge in the sea wolf's stronghold.

After several expansions, Sea Wolf's Dazhai now has an area several times larger than when Zhang Hu was here. Once necessary, the islanders can basically be temporarily moved into the Dazhai to provide

It provides shelter for a period of time.

But if the villagers have not received a certain degree of training, once chaos breaks out and there is no one to organize them, it will be difficult for them to quickly escape to the village. Therefore, he arranged for his men to go to each village.

The training of Xiangyong was organized to prevent Chu Cai Lao from invading the island and spreading his anger on the islanders when he failed to defeat Dazhai, causing the islanders to suffer heavy losses.

You must know that in order to prosper Nanyue Island, he tried every means to bring immigrants to the island from all over the world, but he spent a lot of effort and money. If Chu Cai Lao came to invade and killed all the islanders and kidnapped some,

Then his hard work in the past two years would have been in vain.

So although he was well prepared to fight against Chu Cai Lao on Nanyue Island, he did not dare to ignore the islanders. He did not want the islanders to feel that a disaster was coming, and he, the Sea Wolf, would only care about himself and ignore them.

Although this aggravated the tension among the islanders on the island, it also made the islanders feel the goodwill of the sea wolves and the importance they attached to them. These islanders basically relied on the sea wolves to survive. At this time, they could not help but have some questions.

Feeling that they share the same hatred with the enemy, many people scolded Mr. Chu Cai for nothing, and cursed Mr. Chu Cai to kill him as soon as possible, otherwise he would be a disaster.

After the beginning of March, the entire Nanyue Island began to become completely tense. Soldiers also began to enter Dazhai and the merchant area in groups. Patrol personnel also stepped up patrols throughout the island.

, the fort began to replenish its ammunition reserves, and the new recruits who were training in the new battalion were also issued new weapons and began to be temporarily assigned to military leaders, ready to welcome Chu Cai's old invader.

Thanks again to the three old brothers Hu Luhulu, Ying Zhiwu, and stdx for their rewards!