Daming pirates

So Lu Wenheng began to pay attention to this group of sea wolves, and asked people to collect some relevant information about sea wolves. The more he knew, the more curious Lu Wenheng became about this group of sea wolves, because he found that this group of sea wolves were indeed

It is indeed very different from other pirates.

First of all, he heard that the leader of the Sea Wolf, named Yu, was not very old, that is, he was in his twenties. He was very good at serving his subordinates and had issued various rules to restrain his subordinates. One of the most important ones was that they were not allowed to do anything without permission.

Harm the people, let alone annihilate and plunder money without authorization. Moreover, I heard that this man named Yu is very good at training his subordinates. Under his training, the Sea Wolf tribe gradually changed from a gang of cruel people to a gang of thugs.

A well-behaved guy.

Moreover, this person surnamed Yu is very good at doing business. He organized many ships and traveled around the sea. He purchased raw silk, tea, lacquerware, ceramics, brocade, cloth, etc. from various places in large quantities, and then resold them to Folangji.

Macao or dry wax people where people are located

Manila, where the people are located, even reached as far as Batavia and other places where the Dutch lived, and then purchased spices, seasonings, Indian cotton cloth and some magical silver gadgets made by the Westerners from Southeast Asia, and sold them to the Ming Dynasty

On land, business is quite large.

In this regard, Lu Wenheng gave up a lot of his hostility towards Sea Wolf. He believed that although this group of pirates may not necessarily be good people, at least they were more responsible than other pirates. Although they defied the imperial government and acted without authorization,

Accessing the sea is much better than relying on raiding coastal areas to support oneself.

In addition, since Sea Wolf took control of the coastal area of ​​​​Fuzhou, the banditry in the coastal area of ​​​​Fuzhou has been significantly reduced. Sea Wolf also secretly killed several fishermen who even gave him a headache, solving some troubles for him and giving him peace of mind.

Lu Wenheng is happy to see this happen.

In addition, Lu Wenheng is also very aware of the current situation of Fujian's military and naval forces. This time Nan Juyi attacked Penghu. It can be said that he used all the elite soldiers and horses and naval warships of Fujian. But what the result will be, he is better than anyone else.

Everyone knows that Nan Juyi invested a lot of troops and spent a lot of money in this battle, but

The result of the battle was only to force the red-haired people of Helan Kingdom away from Penghu and bring them down. Even the red-haired city of Penghu was not able to be breached, but they suffered heavy casualties. For this reason, in the past few months, people all over Fujian have been

In order to wipe my ass over this matter, I tried to find a way to tear down the east wall and mend the west wall to plug up this hole.

Therefore, it is basically unrealistic for Fujian to raise a large number of troops to attack Nanyue Island in the short term. They will not be able to raise the military resources alone in a short time, and those officers, soldiers and navy will definitely

The lion opened his mouth, asking for this or that, but then it would be them, the civil servants, who would be in trouble. If they didn't give, the warriors would definitely not fight well, and if they did, they wouldn't have anywhere to make money.

And once the war is defeated, whoever takes the lead will be unlucky. The example of the Fujian government's attack on the Shark Gang on Nanyue Island is still fresh in everyone's memory. Therefore, after seeing what Sea Wolf did, Lu Wenheng had no interest in provoking them.

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Now, in his opinion, as long as Sea Wolf doesn't act recklessly and does some small business to make money, all he needs to do is turn a blind eye. What's more, the bigger Sea Wolf's business gets, the more people in Fujian

The land-based merchants on the border will make more money, and the place will become richer. It can be said to be the best of both worlds. It is best for both parties to maintain this situation and live in peace.

Lu Wenheng also heard the news that Sea Wolf has been focusing on reclamation of Nanyue Island in the past two years and has brought many immigrants from the coastal area of ​​Fuzhou. However, they are not like the pirates in the past who relied on raiding the coastal area.

, forcefully coerce

People from the coast came to immigrate, but secretly used various means to either attract some landless people to settle down, or to deceive or use force to lure some refugees who wandered into Fujian from other places.

Get it away.

In this way, although it is illegal for Sea Wolf to do this, it is undoubtedly a good thing for local officials like them, and it helps them solve a lot of trouble.

You must know that farmers without land often have to beg for food under the help of rich people. Nowadays, powerful people and rich people in various places are annexing land wantonly, causing people in many places to complain and cause some troubles from time to time.

This is a headache for local officials like them.

In addition, refugees are an even more troublesome problem. The attitude of local officials towards refugees has never been favorable. In the past two years, due to the She'an Rebellion in Yunnan and Guizhou, floods or droughts have occurred in Zhejiang and Jiangxi from time to time, resulting in

Many people had no way to make a living, so they had to flee with their families and families. They poured into Fujian along the way and were scattered in various prefectures and counties in Fujian.

Even if they are good officials, they are very troubled by these refugees and want to help them, but they do not have enough surplus food and money on hand. Moreover, once they provide relief to the refugees in large numbers, more refugees will flow into their jurisdiction.

It will create more troubles.

However, without relief, these refugees would not be able to survive by begging alone. Therefore, many refugees work as beggars during the day and engage in petty theft at night, causing trouble in many places. Some strongmen even take the opportunity to recruit these refugees to live in the area.

The fallen grass in the mountains turned into bandits, robbing homes and houses everywhere, and the commotion was getting out of hand.

In the past two years, Hailang has continuously used various means to recruit refugees from the Fuzhou area, Funing, Xinghua, and even Jianning and Yanping to settle in Nanyue Island to reclaim wasteland. His Fuzhou Prefecture has benefited the most.

In Xinghua Prefecture and Xinghua Prefecture, a large number of refugees were taken away by the Sea Wolf, which saved these places a lot of trouble.

They no longer have to think about rescuing and resettling these refugees, and secondly they no longer have to worry about these refugees doing random things everywhere. So for him, when Sea Wolf does this, he is even more happy to see the results, let alone open his eyes.

He closed his eyes and even raised his hands to welcome the sea wolf to take away more immigrants.

Therefore, Lu Wenheng has changed his attitude towards the sea wolf during this period. He has adopted the strategy of turning a blind eye to the sea wolf's actual control of the sea in Fuzhou and letting the sea wolf torment in Nanyue Island. As long as the person named Yu is not in Nanyue Island.

Nanyue Island is still the territory of Xinghua Prefecture in name, so the imperial court will not have too much interference in this matter, and they can continue to live in peace and harmony.

Now that he heard that Yu Hailang had greatly offended Mr. Chu Cai, a tough gangster, and that Mr. Chu Cai vowed to take revenge on Hailang, Lu Wenheng was secretly worried.

Because he knows very well what this Chu Cai is. This beast has long been notorious in the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangxi. It has made a living by raiding villages and towns along the coast all year round. Although it also did business in the sea, its main business is by

He has thousands of pirates under his command to carry out robberies, and they come and go without a trace on the sea. At any time, he can summon tens of thousands of pirates to do great things along the coast.

This man is extremely powerful among pirates, and most people dare not provoke him. Even the officials in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian feel powerless when mentioning this man, and the common people even change their minds when talking about it. Over the years, many fishermen and fishermen have died in their hands.

There were tens of thousands of ordinary people. After many people were kidnapped, they were either sold to other places, tortured to death by them, or became pirates with him.

During the Wanli period, this beast even led his troops to attack Yuegang, and attacked Jieyang twice in a row. His audacity reached the extreme, and it posed a great threat to the coastal areas of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi. The government conducted several raids on it, but this beast and the three caves of cunning rabbits never cooperated with the official army.

In the face-to-face confrontation, the forces have become stronger and stronger over the years, but the military discipline of the army has been weakened, and the navy's warships have not been repaired, so they are unable to destroy them.

Therefore, over the years, the government along the southern coast has done nothing to prevent it. They have only taken precautions and allowed it to roam freely at sea.

But this time, for some unknown reason, Yu Hailang actually took the heart of a bear and stirred up a hornet's nest like Mr. Chu Cai. It stands to reason that when there is a conflict between pirates, he, the prefect of Fuzhou, as the parent and official of the common people, should not be concerned about or

Tell me what you are worried about.

In the eyes of many officials, conflicts between pirates are an internal fight between them. Whoever kills whomever is killed is a good thing for the government. However, it is precisely because Lu Wenheng has a deeper understanding of the behavior of sea wolves recently, and he also

Knowing Chu Cai Lao's behavior, in his opinion, the lesser of two powers harming each other, he would rather let Yu Hailang stay in Fuzhou than see Chu Cai Lao kill Yu Hailang and then extend his hand to

Coming to Fuzhou, this area of ​​Fuzhou will not be peaceful again.

So these days, Lu Wenheng has been sending people to pay close attention to the situation at sea, especially the situation on Nanyue Island. Although he is leaning towards the Sea Wolf in his heart, as an official of the imperial court, this

But he could only do things in a hurry and couldn't help. If he secretly provided help to Lang Lang, once the news was leaked, he would be accused of being a thief.

In this case, it is not even as simple as being dismissed from office. Once he is impeached, he may even lose his head and kill everyone. Moreover, now that Wei Zhongxian is in power in the middle of the court, Dongchang's prosecutors have become his minions.

, he was very dissatisfied with this, and it would be even more troublesome if Wei Zhongxian caught him again.

So when he heard it, he could only feel anxious in his heart, but he couldn't help Sea Wolf. He could only secretly let people pay more attention to the news about Nanyue Island.

Just a few days ago, Lu Wenheng received news from his subordinates that a large number of Chu Cai's ships appeared on the sea in Fuzhou, blocking the Nanyue Waterway and cutting off the north-south traffic in this area. It was said that it was close to Nanyue

On the island, the sound of cannons from Nanyue Island can be heard day and night.

It can be seen that Chu Cai Lao is leading his troops to storm the Sea Wolf Dazhai on Nanyue Island. However, because the sea is full of Chu Cai Lao's ships, no one can approach Nanyue Island to inquire about the information. The specific fighting situation between the two sides is unknown.

After hearing this, Lu Wenheng immediately sent someone to report the news to Nan Juyi, who was on patrol in Tingzhou Prefecture. He also ordered all areas along the coast of Fuzhou to strengthen precautions, and also sent people to the beach to inquire about the news.

A few days later, Lu Wenheng received news that Chu Cailao's fleet on the sea suddenly disappeared from the coastal areas of Xinghua Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture. Instead, many maritime merchants who had retreated to land took their ships out to sea.

According to inquiries, these maritime merchants have received news that this time Chu Cailao's attack on Nanyue Island was severely defeated by sea wolves, and he fled southward with his tail between his legs.

After hearing the news, Lu Wenheng felt happy at first, and then worried. What he was happy about was that Mr. Chu Cai did not kill this Yu Hailang, but was beaten away by this Yu Hailang. In this way, Xinghua Prefecture and Fuzhou

The coastal areas of the government can be temporarily calm, and local officials like them can live a comfortable life for a few days without having to worry about banditry happening all along the coastal areas within their jurisdiction.

But what worried him was that he felt that he had underestimated this group of sea wolves. Chu Cai, a big pirate, was unable to take down this group of sea wolves. Instead, he was defeated by the sea wolves and fled.

This shows that the strength of this group of sea wolves is already quite great. If it continues to develop at this rate, I am afraid that it will really become a serious problem for the government in the future. Now this Yu is relatively gentle for the time being, but one day if his temperament changes drastically,

If he starts to act recklessly, it may be difficult for the government to restrain him.

So after Lu Wenheng heard the news, he was quite conflicted. He didn't know how to deal with these sea wolves for a while. He wanted to discuss with Nan Juyi how to deal with the sea wolves, but he

I'm a little worried that this group of sea wolves haven't gone too far now, and sending troops to suppress them may be asking for trouble. But if we just sit back and watch this group of sea wolves grow bigger, in the future, if this group of sea wolves intends to cause trouble, I'm afraid it will happen.

Like Mr. Chu Cai, it is difficult to deal with it.

Lu Wenheng couldn't make up his mind about what to do for a while. After thinking about it again and again, Lu Wenheng wrote a letter, describing the situation of this group of sea wolves in detail, and sent it to the governor of Fujian, who is still the governor today.

Nan Juyi, please consider making a decision.

As for what decision Nan Juyi will make after reading this letter, it depends on Nan Juyi. He is just the prefect of Fuzhou Prefecture. He has no right to make the final decision for doing such a thing.

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