Daming pirates

A man wearing the official uniform of a Ming military attache slowly stepped on a burnt door panel. The burnt door panel made a clicking sound, and a burnt smell filled the air.

The man in the military attache's uniform had a pale face and glanced around the surrounding scene. The huge Jiang family courtyard had been burned to ruins at this time. Even the tall courtyard walls could not withstand the fire and collapsed.

There was still smoke coming out of a large section of the yard in some places.

Several unkempt women were sitting on their knees outside the courtyard, crying and cursing loudly.

A man who looked like a civil servant, with the protection of several government servants, walked into the courtyard. He took a look at the devastation and couldn't help but frowned. In a blink of an eye, he saw the man dressed as a military attaché standing in the courtyard.

He cupped his fists and said, "So Mr. Zhang Qian is here too!"

As soon as the man dressed as a military attache saw the civil servant, he quickly turned around, clasped his fists and replied: "I didn't know that Magistrate Sun was coming, but I was disappointed to welcome him from afar. I hope Lord Sun will forgive me! Forgive me!"

It turned out that the civil servant was Sun Changting, the magistrate of Fu'an County, and the military attache was Zhang Datong, the general manager of Qianhu Station in Funing. Both of them heard that Jiang Baihu's home was broken into by pirates, and Jiang Baihu was killed on the spot.

They wanted to kill him, so they rushed here one after another to investigate the situation.

In their area, Jiang Baihu was considered a big figure. Suddenly Jiang Baihu was killed and his family property was robbed, which naturally caused quite a stir. And this area is under the jurisdiction of Fu'an County, so naturally Magistrate Sun didn't dare to

If you are lazy, you have to come over to see the situation and report this matter to the superiors.

Zhang Datong and Zhang Qianzong are the Qianzong of the Qianhu Station in Funing. They are responsible for the military affairs along the coast of Funing Prefecture, mainly to prevent and prepare for Japanese invaders.

After the so-called Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou's suppression campaign, the situation has been reduced a lot, but the sea has not completely calmed down. There are still many small groups of Japanese pirates and pirates, so Zhang Datong has been mainly responsible for the Funing Prefecture area in recent years.

Dealing with pirates.

Moreover, Jiang Baihu was still Zhang Datong's subordinate openly, and privately Zhang Datong was Jiang Baihu's brother-in-law. But what Zhang Datong didn't expect was that pirates would suddenly raid the home of his brother-in-law Jiang Baihu, not to mention looting the house.

Jiang Baihu was killed on the spot. He, the Qian President, both public and private, had to come here to investigate and give an explanation to the remaining women and children of the Jiang family and his wife.

"Master Zhang, can you find out who the thieves who came here to kill Jiang's family are?" Looking at the dilapidated Jiang family compound in front of him, Sun Zhixian frowned repeatedly, thinking that it was a pity that such a family fortune was given away like this.

What a waste! So after looking at it briefly, he asked Zhang Datong.

Zhang Datong replied with a livid face: "I have already asked clearly! These thieves who came here are a group of unruly people who lived on Xiaohuang Island earlier!

I learned from my slave that these thieves on Xiaohuang Island secretly colluded with pirates, and were found out by Jiang Baihu, who brought the daughter of a thief on his island for interrogation. Unexpectedly, he caused a murder on Xiaohuang Island.

In revenge, the thieves attacked Jiang Baihu's home at night. Jiang Baihu led his servants to resist vigorously, but in the end he was killed by the thieves after exhaustion!

In addition, seven servants and three domestic slaves of the Jiang family were also killed by the thieves! How pitiful! These thieves not only killed hundreds of Jiang’s households and took away the thief’s daughter, but also looted the Jiang family’s property and robbed them.

They took away the Jiang family's livestock, concubines, maids and seven other people, and even set fire to the Jiang family's mansion!

After hearing the police that day, General Li, who was left behind in Beizhi Town, and his men immediately rushed over and chased them all the way to the seaside, where they rescued Jiang Baihu's two concubines who had been robbed. However, the thieves still escaped by boat.

At sea! It’s a pity that we couldn’t capture it in one fell swoop!”

After hearing Zhang Datong's answer, Sun Zhixian nodded: "I didn't expect that pirates would become so rampant recently. They just ransacked Li's house last month, and they broke into hundreds of Jiang's homes this month. If we don't destroy them,

, it is really a serious danger! Mr. Zhang Qian, as a local military general, you are responsible for ensuring the safety of this area. This kind of thing cannot happen repeatedly. You need to strengthen the defense of the coast. In addition, I will also summon the gentry from all over the coast to organize the defense of the people.

Japanese!

In addition, now that we know who the culprit is, should the water village also send troops to eliminate him? I don’t want this kind of thing to happen again!"

Although Sun Zhixian was only a seventh-rank official and Zhang Qianzong was considered a sixth-rank military official, the Ming Dynasty had always valued civility over martial arts, and the status of military personnel was low. Therefore, when Sun Zhixian spoke to Zhang Datong, he used a tone of instruction, which was not enough.

Strange.

After hearing this, Zhang Datong quickly raised his hands and replied: "I will definitely do my best to catch the thief in my humble position! Lord Sun, please rest assured!"

After Sun Zhixian made a tour here, he comforted the widows of the Jiang family and saw that he had nothing to do here. He could not handle the task of exterminating the pirates, so he did not continue here.

He stayed, chatted for a while with some local squires who came to see him, and asked them to organize Dingzhuang to strengthen prevention. After receiving some gifts, he went back home and returned to Fu'an County Yamen.

Zhang Datong was left here to deal with the funeral affairs of the Chiang family, and then he called in the local boss Li, and asked carefully about the thieves who attacked the Chiang family. Finally, he made up his mind and started sending people.

Go back and mobilize ten infantry archers, spearmen and sword and shield soldiers, plus about twenty guardsmen under the local general Li Biao in Zhaoxianli, and order them to go to Fenghuomen Water Village with orders to mobilize two boats.

Go to Xiaohuang Island to find the thieves who attacked the Jiang family, and must wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Naturally, Yu Xiaotian, who stayed on Dahuang Island, would not know about these arrangements made by the government on land. However, after he returned to Dahuang Island and was elected to the helm, he began to get busy.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Even though they only have about twenty people at the moment, they can't just have one tiller to take care of things. After all, many things need to be taken care of by Ma Lian and the others. So after thinking about it, Yu Xiaotian

, or decided that no matter what, he and his group would have to put up a front first.

Yu Xiaotian carefully weighed the temperaments of Liu Laoliu, Ma Lian and others, and then discussed with a few old guys and made Ma Lian the second in charge, acting as his deputy and assistant.

He is here to manage this group. After all, most of them are from Xiaohuangdao. Ma Lian is quite prestigious among this group of people. If he is not allowed to be the second boss, there will probably be some problems.

Things would not be easy to handle, but doing this was also a way of comforting the old man on Xiaohuangdao. After Ma Lian heard this, he immediately agreed with a grin on his face.

Liu Laoliu was appointed by Yu Xiaotian to be in charge of punishment, which was to be in charge of the punishment of their group. He was regarded as a picket. Once someone broke the rules, Liu Laoliu could punish them according to the rules.

, this role is an indispensable one, and leaving it to Liu Laoliu, Yu Xiaotian feels more at ease.

As for Zhao Mazi's temperament, he belongs to the kind of person who is relatively tactful. He smiles all day long. When he was on Xiaohuang Island, he took care of all the things he went to the mainland to buy things and deal with outsiders. On the mainland, he was in charge of everything.

He knows a lot of people and has many ways to go. He knows some people from all walks of life. Some time ago, he went to contact people on land to get out the cargo on the Liu family's ship. Although he later added Jiang because of the storm.

Hundreds of households went to the island and captured Erya, which delayed the matter. But generally speaking, Zhao Mazi had the most connections on the shore in this area.

In addition, this time Yu Xiaotian, Ma Lian and others went ashore to inquire about Erya's situation. It was also Zhao Mazi who found Ma Hui, who was working as a part-time worker for the Jiang family, and found out more about the Jiang family's situation. Considering that Zhao Mazi had strengths in this area

, Yu Xiaotian simply handed over their outsourcing business to him for the time being. In the future, they would have to give away some of the goods on hand, and also find ways to purchase some things and replace them with others.

If you try to do it, you will definitely not be able to do it.

Li Gouzi, on the other hand, has a relatively weak character and is not suitable for fighting and killing. He is more attentive and diligent. Yu Xiaotian had noticed his ability in this area before, so he made him a supervisor.

The warehouse, which is responsible for the logistics management, is responsible for the expenditure and expense management of their group.

There is also Crazy Meng, who gives Yu Xiaotian a headache. The reason why this old guy is nicknamed Crazy is because he has a hot temper, has no brains, and likes to risk his life with a knife. He used to cause trouble for Ma Lian and the others, but now

This person was quite useful to Xiaotian, so Yu Xiaotian let him serve as a soldier.

Being in charge of soldiers was a relatively special occupation on pirate ships during this period. To put it bluntly, it was mainly about leading people into battles and joining gangs to rob ships. Although Madman Meng was a bit older, his temper was more suitable for this kind of thing.

, Madman Meng immediately accepted this arrangement happily, took up his post with a bang, and began to arrange the weapons at hand, as if he was going to roll up his sleeves and fight.

But just like this, Yu Xiaotian is not satisfied, because the other young people have not yet divided the labor. They currently have two boats, a larger ketch and a small single-masted fishing boat. They must make use of the existing boats.

Only manual labor division can be done.

So he then divided the work among the young people under his command. First, he selected seven or eight young men headed by Heitou who knew how to punch and kick, were more courageous and strong, and asked them to serve as soldiers on the ship.

, that is, the main combatants, whether at sea or on land, this group of people is responsible for taking the lead. To put it bluntly, they are the so-called group of people who do rough and dirty work on the ship.

As for the other young people, Yu Xiaotian assigned them according to their abilities into Xiaoshou, Shangdou, Yingshou, and carpenter, so that they could specialize in their professions. In this way, they could equip both ships.

Sailors were trained and each person’s main responsibilities were clarified.

Of course, because their manpower is limited, sometimes sailors can't just do the same job, and their daily work on the ship will also overlap. When the soldiers are sailing, they have to do part-time jobs, and when they are docked, they also have to do the same job.

Help Ikari work.

As for the most important helmsman on the ship, Liu Laoliu and Ma Lian and other old guys are all old seafarers and can basically serve as helmsmen. However, Xiaotian still let Liu Wang and Li Gouzi’s son Li

Man Tun became a trainee helmsman, allowing them to learn helmsman skills from Liu Laoliu and others, as an effective supplement to their reserve helmsmen in the future.

After such a distribution, a small pirate group was initially established by Yu Xiaotian and others, but even so, they still lacked manpower, because as a pirate group, there are many professionals among them, and they currently do not have

For example, the blacksmith is an indispensable member of a pirate group. He is usually responsible for making nails and other things for repairing ships, as well as repairing and making weapons. Once the ship is damaged at sea, he has to help.

Carpenters repair boats.

But so far, there is no such person among them, so they can only leave it vacant and find ways to recruit people in the future.

As soon as Yu Xiaotian made arrangements for the personnel, Madman Meng, Heitou and others immediately geared up, rolling up their arms and sleeves, clamoring to go to sea to try their skills and find a merchant ship to work on.

However, their proposal was immediately rejected by Yu Xiaotian. From Yu Xiaotian's point of view, although they had barely put up a shelf now, with the skills of his subordinates, it was simply impossible to go out and get a vote now.

When they went out to die, apart from Liu Laoliu, Ma Lian and a few other old guys, only Han Xian and Zhao Si had some experience as pirates, and the rest were all mud-legged people who had just entered the water.

Son, standards are still a bunch of rabble.

Let them go and do it now. According to Yu Xiaotian's estimation, let alone robbing other people's boats, they would be lucky if they can avoid being dealt with by others.

So he immediately stopped the impulse of these guys and ordered them to calm down and stop rushing out to fish. The most important thing for them right now was to repair the two boats first.

Seeing Mad Meng and others with dissatisfied faces, Yu Xiaotian had to explain to them earnestly: "It's not that I dare not do it, nor that I'm afraid of trouble! The reason why I don't allow you to go out to fish in such a hurry is because

Our ancients said that if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools!

I don’t know if you have heard of this sentence! But it means that if you want to do something well, you must first prepare and sharpen the tools at hand! Otherwise, you will only delay your time and fail to accomplish the task!

You don't even look at the abilities of these people right now. Can you manage this boat well? What's the condition of these two boats? Isn't it a joke that you rush out to fish in such a hurry?

I have said before that if we don’t do it, we won’t do it, but as long as we do it, we must be the best! During this period, we will not be short of food and drink. In addition, we have just joined the Jiang family, and I guess the government will definitely do it.

It's quite a shock. If nothing goes wrong, the limelight will be very tight during this period!

We killed a hundred households, not just a common man. How could the government just let us go? They would definitely find a way to send a ship out to sea to search for us, hoping to capture us all!

That's all! In addition, there are several groups of pirates nearby. They might also get wind of the news, and they will probably want to find us and swallow up the goods we have obtained! If you rush out now, wouldn't you be surrendering yourself?

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So at the moment, I think we are not in a hurry. We should practice our skills first and fix these two boats. After the storm has passed and our skills are solid, it will not be too late to go out and practice! But it is definitely not possible now.

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After everyone listened to Yu Xiaotian's words, most of them nodded in agreement and felt that what Yu Xiaotian said was reasonable. Ma Lian even acted like the second boss and said: "Crazy Meng, you old guy is still in a hurry.

Bad temper, the blackheads and the others are acting stupid, and you old guy is also making fun of them!

What the helmsman said makes sense, but don't you even look at it. Our boat is broken now, and we are all novices. If we go out like this, if we encounter a boat in the official water village, will we be able to escape? Even if

Are we going to catch our colleagues on Shuangfeng Island and go out to fish for them if we meet them? I think you should save your money first!

Stop fucking talking and just follow what the helm says. Those who should repair the ship will repair the ship, and those who should build the house will build the house! In the past few days, you have all forgotten your last name! Get out!

Everybody get out of here!"

After Ma Lian's scolding, everyone became more honest, and no one brought up the idea of ​​getting a vote anymore.

But for Xiaotian, now he can finally show off his talents. He has long been unable to stand the ketch that belongs to him. He didn't have the manpower to take care of the ship before, but now he finally wants to

Just clean it up as you like.

Considering that the area of ​​Dahuang Island is also a place where pirates hang out, although they are hiding in this bay, they cannot guarantee that they will not be discovered. Therefore, to be on the safe side, they must ensure that there is a boat available when passing by.

After some discussion, under the leadership of Yu Xiaotian, everyone went into battle together and first pulled the small single-masted boat ashore.

This small boat was already dilapidated after experiencing the ravages of the typhoon. The mast was also a temporary mast made of a slightly bent dwarf pine tree. Now they immediately dismantled it and chose a tree trunk on the island.

The straight masson pine was cut down, pulled to the beach, peeled and branched, and then erected and installed on the ship, so that the sloop once again had a usable mast.

At the same time, under the leadership of Ma Lian, everyone went into battle and cleaned the hull. They shoveled away the parasitic barnacles, sea rainbows and other sea creatures attached to the bottom of the ship, and boiled glue and added hemp rope with quicklime.

, plant ash refilled the gaps in the ship's planks, blocked the leaking cracks, and replaced several damaged ship planks so that it could go into the sea again.

Repairing this boat was not too difficult for the people on the island, so it took only three days to push the repaired boat into the sea again.

However, the only drawback is that the mast they used is not suitable. The masson pine was just cut down and was immediately stripped and put on the ship before it had time to dry in the shade. It will soon crack after being exposed to wind and sun, so there is a problem.

Chances are they still have to find a way to get a new dry fir tree on land to replace it, but for a temporary makeshift, it can basically meet the needs!

But then when the two-masted boat was about to be repaired, everyone stood on the beach and scratched their heads looking at the boat. They didn't know what to do. But they didn't know that at this time, Xiaohuangdao

The small village where they lived before has been reduced to a sea of ​​flames... (I'll just write a 5,000-word chapter! The children are on vacation today, so I will take them out to play. Let's check the situation in the afternoon. If you come back early, try to

Update another chapter! Thank you brothers!)