Daming pirates

"That's not true! This group of sea wolves does behave strangely, but it is not that they never commit crimes and annihilate them! I heard from my humble position that after this group of sea wolves took control of the sea in the coastal state capital, they forced merchants traveling along the coast to pay them

The so-called money to buy the passage can be used to travel safely on the sea in this area! Otherwise, their ships will be robbed by the Sea Wolf tribe, and all the cargo will be plundered by the Sea Wolves!

In addition, this group of sea wolves also raided the land several times, but they did not infringe heavily on the place. Instead, they robbed some boathouses or kidnapped some craftsmen. In addition, they also killed some fishing tyrants along the coast!

It is said that Sea Wolf currently has a shipyard and ironworks on Nanyue Island, specializing in building warships and weapons for it. There are even rumors that Sea Wolf can make its own Hongyi cannon. The reason why Mr. Chu Cai was defeated by Sea Wolf this time is

Quanbai Hailang has a lot of red barbarian cannons, so that’s why Chu Cai Lao was left alone!" Lu Wenheng quickly lowered his head and replied to Zhu Qinxiang below.

When Zhu Qinxiang heard the words "Hongyi Cannon", he took a deep breath, but then he immediately shook his head and said: "I'm afraid I heard this from hearsay! What is the Hongyi Cannon? This is an important weapon!

When I was in the capital last year, I heard that the Guangdong side purchased thirty red Yi cannons from the Folangji people, of which twenty-six were sent to the capital, while the sixteen red Yi cannons sent to the capital were left behind.

Among those who entered the capital, eight were shipped to Jinzhou!

The imperial court attached great importance to the Hongyi cannon and ordered Guangdong to imitate it. Last year and this year, Guangdong tried its best, but it could only imitate more than 20 Hongyi cannons and cast 28 Luzon cannons.

Big bronze cannon.

The Sea Wolves are just a group of pirates. How could they easily forge such a heavy weapon? This is absolutely unbelievable. If the Sea Wolves really have the Red Cannon, it can only come from the Folanji people.

Or maybe the red-haired people bought it from somewhere, and they probably made it through rumors and rumors, saying that they made it themselves!"

When all the officials present heard this, they all felt that it was reasonable. Besides, it was not easy to refute Zhu Qinxiang, the new governor, in person, so they all said yes one after another.

After all, they had only heard of the Hongyi Cannon, and many of them had never even seen it. They only knew that this thing was very sharp, and once it fired, it would be indestructible within ten miles!

The craftsmen at the Fujian Iron Works are not able to cast it, let alone the little pirates like Sea Wolf. They can cast such a sharp weapon with just one Nanyue Island, so although they have also heard about Sea Wolf casting cannons on their own.

There are rumors, but I don't want to believe it. Even if Seawolf can make cannons by itself, they should be some old-fashioned small cannons such as bowl-mouth guns.

It is estimated that Mr. Chu Cai was defeated by Sea Wolf this time and could not justify himself, so he made up the lie!

Zhu Qinxiang thought that his analysis should be very correct, so he put the matter behind him and continued to discuss how to deal with this group of sea wolves.

Originally, Prime Minister Zhu Qin intended to follow the example of his predecessor Nan Juyi after he came to be the governor of Fujian, and also made some achievements in pacifying the coastal areas of Fujian. When he came here, he set his target in the Fuzhou area. Naturally

He regarded the sea wolf as a target he wanted to deal with.

But when he proposed to mobilize troops to attack the Nanyue Island Sea Wolf, this matter was opposed by Fujian officials, especially the current Fuzhou governor Lu Wenheng, who immediately sent troops to suppress the Nanyue Island Sea Wolf.

The group showed resistance.

Zhu Qinxiang immediately asked Lu Wenheng why he wanted to speak for these pirates. Lu Wenheng quickly stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to Prime Minister Zhu Qin, and replied: "I would like to report to Mr. Futai, I have no intention of protecting the pirates like Sea Wolf in my humble position! The reason why I am humble in my position." I disagree that Mr. Futai immediately raised troops to attack the Nanyue Island Sea Wolf just after he took office. It is not selfish!

Last year, in order to drive away the red-haired people entrenched in Penghu, the predecessor of Nanda mobilized almost all the elites in Fujian and mobilized tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, hundreds of warships, and spent dozens of military resources. Thousands of taels, and countless grains and grasses. Each government has contributed a lot to this, but the government treasury is still empty!

Now if Mr. Futai immediately raises troops to go to Nanyue Island to fight against the thieves, he will probably have to spend a lot of money. And the Fuzhou government treasury currently only has ten thousand taels of silver and more than a thousand shi of food, which is simply not enough to cope with it. Such a battle!

In addition, although the sea wolf is strong, with its recent actions, it has not disturbed the giants on the shore. If Mr. Futai wants to suppress it, it will not be a big problem if it can be destroyed!

I'm afraid that if they fail to suppress it! I'm afraid this group of pirates will be angered and cause them to harass the land from now on. Then I, the people along the coast of Fujian, may never have peace in the future!

That’s why I, in my humble position, object to Master Futai’s sending troops to suppress him now. I hope Master Futai will forgive me! I apologize for the crime of being disrespectful to my humble position!”

After Zhu Qinxiang listened to Lu Wenheng's words, he stroked his beard under his chin and pondered for a while. He was quite unhappy with Lu Wenheng in his heart, but he had to admit that Lu Wenheng's words made sense.

Since ancient times, it has not been a trivial matter to pick a fight without permission. If you win, things will be easy to talk about. But once you lose the battle, whoever takes the lead will be unlucky, and whoever takes the blame will take the blame.

He came to Fujian to take up the post of governor. Although he wanted to make some achievements and use this group of sea wolves to establish his authority, if this war really broke out, he would first have to solve the problems needed to mobilize troops and generals before they had to use food and fodder. The issue of food and salary, otherwise the warriors would definitely not obey his orders.

However, he had just taken office and was not very clear about the current financial situation of Fujian's state governments. He was not sure whether it could support his plan to use troops this time. He had to rely solely on the financial resources of Fuzhou Prefecture or Xinghua Prefecture to support this time. As for the use of troops, the current situation seems not to be optimistic.

After all, Nan Juyi just fought a big battle with the red-haired people in Penghu last year, and spent a lot of money. If he immediately mobilizes troops to fight another big battle, I am afraid that even if Fujian is rich, It may not be possible to come up with so much food and salary to meet his needs at once.

In addition, he was here today and heard that this group of sea wolves is not easy to deal with. According to these local officials, this group of sea wolves has thousands of people, more than a hundred warships, and many small boats. , there are many fishermen on the sea who are also thieves, and there are many cannons, which is very difficult to deal with.

Everyone knows the strength of Mr. Chu Cai. The last time he was said to have summoned thousands of sea pirates and two to three hundred warships, they rushed to Nanyue Island in a mighty manner, but he was still defeated by the sea wolf. He lost, fled in despair, and was eventually forced to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver by the sea wolves. It was obvious that if you wanted to deal with this group of sea wolves, you would never be able to do it without a small number of troops.

A few years ago, the Fujian side sent troops to Nanyue Island in an attempt to wipe out the Shark Gang entrenched on Nanyue Island. However, they ended up being defeated, so that many officials at that time were implicated and lost their official positions.

They were dismissed from their posts, and some were even beheaded for it.

Therefore, these officials were very cautious when Zhu Qinxiang proposed to deal with the sea wolf, and asked Zhu Qinxiang to think twice.

After listening to the opinions of these Fujian officials, Prime Minister Zhu Qin couldn't help but start to hesitate, so he had to let these officials go back first and discuss the matter later.

However, these officials could not keep their word. Within two days, the news that Zhu Qinxiang, the trusted governor of Fujian, wanted to send troops to suppress the sea wolves on Nanyue Island began to fly all over the sky and spread throughout Fuzhou City.

Mao Shengyuan, who was Sea Wolf's eyeliner on land, must have learned the news immediately. He did not dare to neglect and sent people from Fuzhou to Nanyue Island overnight to report the news to the people who had just left the chicken coop.

Yu Xiaotian returned to Nanyue Island.

Chapter 302: Strong stance

There was only a snap sound. After Yu Xiaotian heard the news, he immediately slapped his palm on the big case in the meeting hall, stood up, and said angrily: "What is this Prime Minister Zhu Qin? I'm here

This Nanyue Island is keeping to itself, he is his governor, I am my pirate, and I have not provoked him, so why should he send troops to suppress me?"

The subordinate who was sent by Li Yi to deliver the letter immediately replied: "I am reporting to the head of the family. According to my inquiries, this time Prime Minister Zhu Qin came to Fuzhou to take up his post. As soon as he arrived here, he summoned the Fujian Sansi Yamen and Fuzhou Magistrate Lu Wenheng.

Waiting for people to come to the governor's Yamen to discuss matters!

According to people in the governor's office, Governor Zhu was very optimistic about his predecessor Nan Juyi's ability to drive away the red-haired people in the Battle of Penghu, so he also wanted to come to Fujian to show off his skills, so he set his sights on us!

Governor Zhu also wanted to gain a reputation for peace in the sea, so he tried to raise troops to conquer our Nanyue Island! However, it is said that his idea did not get the support of Fuzhou Magistrate Lu Wenheng and the officials of the Sansi Yamen.

It is because the treasury of various places are currently empty and unable to support him in using heavy troops to conquer us! Therefore, this matter is only a motion at present and has not yet become a final decision!

But shopkeeper Li still asked me to bring this matter back to tell the boss, so it would be better for the boss to make preparations in advance, in case the government suddenly attacks our Nanyue Island!"

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian was still angry and cursed angrily: "This bastard! He just wants to get credit, but he doesn't care whether I am causing trouble or not. He is so arbitrary that he wants to send troops to deal with me! Could it be that I am a fool?

Isn’t it possible?”

Liu Laoliu also rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing Yu Xiaotian's furious look, he asked what happened. When he learned that the new governor of Fujian actually wanted to send troops to fight against their sea wolf, he became very angry.

Qing, then cursed loudly, then turned to Xiaotian and said:

"Xiaotian, it seems that our being polite to the government on land for so long is not a long-term solution. In my opinion, the government can think of this this time not because we are harming the coast, but because some officials

They don’t like us, so they just want to use our heads to claim credit from the court!

In this case, they can't blame us for being unjust. Now we are short of manpower in Tamsui and Chicken Coop. Just spending money to recruit them is not the solution. It is better to go all out and let the officials see and get angry.

It’s our fate!”

Yu Xiaotian asked the person who reported the news to go down first, turned around and sat down, nodded and said: "I have been thinking about this matter for the past few days. It's just that we are still young and I don't want to provoke the government, so I try not to disturb you.

On land!

Now it is not only the father-in-law who proposes to use hard measures to speed up the immigration. This time I went to Danshui Village, Fang An and Ghost Face also had this idea!

Once word spreads that the new governor wants to take action on us, other brothers will probably come up with this idea, so I think it is necessary to let the government know how powerful we are!

I don’t offend others, and I don’t allow others to offend me! Now it’s his surnamed Zhu who stirs up trouble, so I can’t just let it go. My father-in-law is right, it’s time for this surnamed Zhu to open his eyes!..."

Nanyue Island, which has been relatively peaceful these days, was once again broken with the arrival of the new governor Zhu Qinxiang. The merchants who had just returned to Nanyue Island to start doing business were once again in panic, because in their view,

Come, Nanyue Island once again fell into a crisis.

Although the government has not yet determined when to send troops to fight, the fact that Zhu Qinxiang wants to attack Sea Wolf has been widely circulated, and almost everyone knows about it. If this thing is true,

, then it is probably only a matter of time before the Fujian government uses troops against Hailang, which also means that Nanyue Island may be facing another bloody storm.

Once the government focuses on Nanyue Island, it may not be safe to do business here again. Moreover, some merchants have secretly received messages from the Fujian government, asking them to have less contact with Sea Wolf and it is best not to do business in Nanyue Island again.

Japan Island is doing business.

The source of this news naturally came from the governor's office. Although Zhu Qinxiang sent troops to attack Nanyue Island now because the officials in Fujian did not support him, he had reached a consensus on how to deal with the sea wolf. Then

If the Sea Wolf continues to grow in this way, it will be a threat to Fujian and even the imperial court, so even if it cannot use troops immediately now, it must be restricted.

Therefore, there are not many means that the government can use to deal with the sea wolves. The only thing they can do is to threaten the merchants in Fujian and avoid dealing with the sea wolves. They can do business on Nanyue Island and let the sea wolves profit from it and strangle them economically.

Live on the neck of the sea wolf.

As a result, merchants began to secretly withdraw from the Nanyue Island Commercial Store District, which had just become lively, causing the business in the commercial store area to turn from prosperity to decline.

Yu Xiaotian also got the news, and he hated Zhu Qin so much that he gritted his teeth.

So in June, the leaders of Sea Wolf's fleet were recalled to Nanyue Island one after another, and they began to discuss how to deal with the government's measures against Sea Wolf.

Liu Yidao had recovered from his injury and returned to the fleet at this time. When he arrived at the third fleet, he became the commander of the third fleet. During this period, the Cyclops who was on Shuangfeng Island in Funing was also recalled to Nanyue Island for discussion. It can be seen that

This time, Yu Xiaotian was really angry.

When these men gathered together, Yu Xiaotian immediately informed these brothers that the governor of Fujian on land wanted to deal with their sea wolves.

In fact, everyone had heard the news in the past few days, and they were all very angry to death. After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, the one-eyed dragon with the worst temper immediately stood up and cursed: "This person named Zhu is so fucking stupid."

Damn it, we didn’t mess with his surnamed Zhu, why would this old bastard want to deal with us? If it weren’t for the strict control of the boss, this Fuzhou,

Where can the coastal areas of Xinghua and Funing be as peaceful as they are now? But these officials don't care about this, but they want to provoke us. In this case, judging from what my subordinates see, there is no need for the boss to be polite or cruel to them.

It’s best to take them down vigorously! If you ask me, we might as well take down Haitan Island as well, so that this person surnamed Zhu knows how powerful we are!”

In response to the one-eyed dragon's clamor, the rest of Ma Xiao, Liu Yidao, Hu Cheng, Luo Xianbin and others also nodded in agreement. In short, this time Zhu Qinxiang's idea completely pissed off these sea wolves.

Even the guys in the council, who have always been relatively mild-mannered, felt the need to beat the government this time.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "It seems that your thoughts this time coincide with mine! It is true that we Sea Wolf have always been people who don't offend me, and I don't offend others. Now that the government wants to deal with us, we naturally have to

Can't make it easy for them!

It just so happens that we are in fresh water right now, and the chicken coop is short of people and supplies, so we might as well use some means to let the government know! From now on, I allow you to start looking for some targets along the coast to start with!

These targets mainly select the residences of some dignitaries, wealthy households and some wealthy people's villages within 20 miles along the coast. However, they must not kill innocent people indiscriminately. After breaking through their villages, they must kill less and more carefully!

Not only do we need people now, we also need to find ways to get more cattle, horses, donkeys and mules, and we need to transport these things back. As for Haitan Island, we don’t have to go and get it for the time being. At the moment, we just want to knock the mountain to shake the tiger, not to force the government to insist on peace.

If we break up, if we take Haitan Island, the impact will be too great. Even if the Fujian government agrees, I am afraid that the current court will not agree. We are not enough to cope with the large number of officers and soldiers coming to suppress it!

Therefore, you must do things with moderation. We focus on taking money and people, and do not kill innocent people easily. As for the coastal fishing villages, except for a limited number of fishing tyrants, the rest are not allowed to touch! You must

Remember this!"

After hearing this, everyone immediately stood up and responded to the order. Next, Yu Xiaotian divided the mission areas of the three fleets. The first fleet under his direct jurisdiction mainly operated along the coasts of Xinghua Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture.

, the second fleet mainly operates in the north of the Minjiang River estuary and along the coast of Funing Prefecture, while the third fleet is responsible for activities in the Quanzhou area.

In addition, the war barracks also dispatched 300 men to participate in this operation. Each fleet is assigned two detachments of 100 men to cooperate with the fleet to attack the difficult operations after landing.

In addition, each fleet must first find suitable targets before taking action. After selecting the target for them to attack, the purposeful action must be massive but not too widespread. The targets are mainly targeted at some coastal areas.

The rich families and the manors of powerful people in the area.

At the end of June, the Sea Wolf finally started to take action. From Quanzhou in the south to Wenzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang in the north, intensive pirate attacks suddenly broke out along the coast.

The state capitals and counties were caught off guard.

In just about half a month, there were dozens of incidents of pirates attacking villages on the shore. Dozens of wealthy families and dignitaries' homes were broken into by pirates, and their property was almost looted, including the villagers in their villages.

If counted, more than 2,000 villagers in Yangyang were kidnapped by pirates during this round of pirate raids, and were carried into the sea without knowing their whereabouts.

Urgent reports from all over the country flew like snowflakes to the governor's Yamen of Fucheng and Fuzhou Prefecture, asking Fucheng and the governor's Yamen to find a way to make a decision quickly.

In the past two years, such violent pirate attacks have rarely occurred along the coast of Fujian, especially in the coastal areas north of Quanzhou. Even if there are pirate attacks on land, they are all caused by small groups of pirates, and the impact is

It was not very big, but such a violent disturbance on land almost caught all the state officials along the coast of Fujian by surprise.

And all the news about these things pointed to the sea wolves of Nanyue Island. The pirates who landed were very ruthless. They were well-organized and moved quickly. They often chose to dock in the afternoon and attacked the villages before nightfall.

They looted the village overnight. Not only did they want people, but they also spared nothing, including the mules, horses, cattle, and sheep in the village. They all looted everything. Before dawn, they returned to the boat and sailed away.

Often when the local government gets the news and sends troops to the scene of the accident, all they see is an empty village. Not to mention the pirates, not even the local villagers can be found. At most, they are

We could only find a few corpses of villagers Xiangyong who were killed because of resistance.

Officials in various prefectures and counties were horrified by the sea wolf's violent intrusion on land, and they all reported to the governor's office, asking them to send troops to suppress it as soon as possible.

(I’m just being lazy today and updated the two chapters together! You don’t have to wait for the afternoon! Hehe! Also, thank you to my friend echo1990 for the reward. On the first day of the new year, you will be rich immediately! Haha, what a blessing! Thank you very much!)