Chapter 837 Temptation

Song Qing said with a mournful face: "Master, how dare you risk your own life! I just don't know how quickly the thieves in Yueqing Bay can take action. If you delay for a day or two, the military master will mistake you for defecting."

, and then send people to expose the villain, wouldn’t it mean that all the previous efforts have been wasted?”

However, Gao Qiaonan did not take his advice and responded coldly: "I'll give you two days. If you don't see the ship outside Yueqing Bay by then, then you will regard your action as a failure."

A captive who has failed will naturally no longer have any use value for Haihan, and Haihan will not care about his life or death. As for how Song Qing can persuade the pirates in Yueqing Bay to take action as soon as possible, that is, he must take action himself.

Things to think about in your brain.

But how to send this guy to Yueqing Bay as soon as possible without arousing the suspicion of local pirates is what the Haihan military must consider. Gao Qiaonan asked: "If you are let go, how are you going to get to Yueqing?"

Bay?"

Song Qing responded: "The villain can go ashore nearby, and then go to the nearby fishing village or town dock to hire a boat."

"Do the fishermen here dare to go to Yueqing Bay?" Gao Qiaonan couldn't help but ask.

"Actually, most of the people your army captured before were also fishermen." Song Qing did not dare to hide it, and revealed the secret in one sentence.

Not all those who engage in piracy along the coast of Zhejiang are ruthless thieves. At the same time, there are also many people who are originally local fishermen. They usually make a living by fishing. When they pick up weapons at sea, they become pirates. This is why the government has repeatedly banned pirates.

One of the reasons is that two-thirds of Song Qing's group of pirates are indeed local fishermen. They will also rob others when they catch the opportunity while fishing, but this time they are really unlucky.

They encountered a big fat sheep and came out in full force. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a vicious wolf in sheep's clothing. They didn't get any benefits and were inexplicably killed by the Haihan army.

Until this moment, Song Qing had not figured out the true identity of the soldiers in front of him. The only thing he could be sure of was that the armed forces in front of him were definitely not the Ming army, because these people were from head to toe, no matter their uniforms, weapons, words or deeds.

Their habits and habits were all very different from the Ming army he knew. Moreover, there was no such large naval fleet near Wenzhou, so this group of people was definitely not a nearby garrison.

But to say that this armed force is his peers, Song Qing absolutely does not believe it. Even the Shibazhi, which was in the limelight in Fujian for a while, will definitely not be able to gather such an elite army. Of course, Yueqing Bay

The strength of the pirates in the group was certainly far inferior to that of the armed force in front of them. This group wanted to lure their counterparts in Yueqing Bay to sea, obviously just to catch them all in one go and prevent them from escaping into the mountains after hearing the news.

At this time, someone came to Gao Qiaonan and whispered a few words. After listening, Gao Qiaonan turned his head and said to Song Qing: "I heard that you have a brother named Song Xian, right? It seems that we also arrested him this time

Live?"

Song Qing's face immediately changed slightly. He and his younger brother Song Xian took a separate ship to go to war. After being captured, the prisoners in the two ships were held separately. He didn't know what Song Xian's current condition was. But the officer in front of him took the initiative to mention it.

, apparently Song Xian's identity has been confirmed among the prisoners on another ship. And he mentioned this specifically not to appease himself.

Sure enough, Takahashi Minami then continued: "I originally thought it was a bit unsafe to let you out like this. Now that you have a younger brother here, things will be much easier to handle! You go and finish what we gave you first.

As long as we lure the pirates out of Yueqing Bay, we will naturally set your two brothers free afterwards!"

Song Qing was really lucky and wanted to escape and get freedom first after leaving here, but now that Gao Qiaonan was threatening his brother, he had to take the risk. Song Qing was also a smart person and quickly responded.

He said: "Then Mr. Lao Jun will take care of the villain's useless brother. The villain will return within two days!"

"Very good!" This is the attitude Gao Qiaonan wants from him. Although Gao Qiaonan believes that there are too many uncontrollable variables in Qian Tiandun's hastily decided plan, and sending people to lure the pirates in Yueqing Bay may not succeed, but

Since this is an order issued by Qian Tiandun, he will do his best to complete it.

After Gao Qiao Nan reported the situation to Qian Tiandun, he sent people to send Song Qing ashore. This place was still several miles away from Yueqing Bay. Song Qing did not dare to delay after landing, and took the few coins Gao Qiao Nan gave him.

Ding Suiyin rushed to a fishing village five miles away, found a boatman he knew well, and asked him to take him to Maogu Island at the entrance of Yueqing Bay, where there was someone he needed to contact.

Maocao Island is located in the middle of Yueqing Bay, also known as "Sea Mountain". It covers an area of ​​nearly five square kilometers and is the second largest island in Yueqing Bay. Because waterways extend in all directions, this place has been an important patrol area in the past dynasties. Hongwu II of Ming Dynasty

In the 18th year, in order to prevent Japanese pirates from invading, the imperial court moved the Puqi Inspection Department here. However, more than two hundred years later, the inspection department here has long been abandoned. Although there are still many residents on the island, the

The actual control was in the hands of a group of pirates in Yueqing Bay.

This group of pirates calls themselves the "Yueqing Ship Gang" and is led by two brothers named Zheng, named Zheng Pingda and Zheng Pinger. However, they are natives of Yueqing and have nothing to do with the big pirate leader Zheng Zhilong of Fujian. They are just fellow travelers.

Just the same surname.

The Zheng brothers were also fishermen in their early years. Later, they were kidnapped by a group of pirates from the Zhoushan Islands and were forced to engage in a knife-edge business for several years. Later, one time the pirates had a fight in Ningbo, and the Zheng brothers were arrested.

Taking an opportunity to escape, they finally returned to their hometown safely after much wandering. However, they did not live a stable life. The land, property and fishing boats at home had been seized and sold off, and there was no one to eat.

With no way to sue, the two brothers simply returned to their old business, killing the enemies who had occupied their property with knives, and then led a group of Kuhaha to start a rebellion in Yandang Town.

Of course, being ordinary fishermen greatly limits the Zheng brothers' vision and abilities. All they can do is organize a group of people to go out to sea to plunder, and they dare not actually attack the government to rebel. And this kind of half-people, half-banditry

The situation is everywhere along the coast of Zhejiang, and the government turns a blind eye most of the time. As long as there is no sign of rebellion, they generally will not ruthlessly kill these people.

The "Yueqing Boat Gang" had good luck after its debut. In two or three years, it made several big deals and quickly expanded its scale from a dozen people to hundreds of people. It already had a vague image of Wenzhou's No. 1 gang. At this time

The Wenzhou government also realized that the cancer of the "Yueqing Ship Gang" had affected the stability of the entire Wenzhou, and began to send troops to kill this group of pirates. However, the "Yueqing Ship Gang" had basically controlled the entire Yueqing Bay by this time, and the Navy's fleet had just arrived

At the mouth of Yueqing Bay, the pirates could get the news as soon as possible and retreat into the mountains calmly. By the time the navy reached Yandang Town, which was dozens of miles away, the pirates would have already disappeared.

After doing this two or three times, the Wenzhou government was tired - every time it dispatched the navy, it cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. After mobilizing the troops and the masses, it ended in failure every time, and the leader of the "Yueqing Boat Gang" could not be caught.

Zheng brothers, the government is naturally unwilling to continue doing such a thankless job.

Last year, the Zheng brothers robbed a shipment of goods belonging to the Xu family in Fujian, and injured two people in the Xu family during the attack. Later, Xu Xinsu chased the matter to the Yueqing County Government Office. The Zheng brothers did not want to cause more trouble, so they

He spent a thousand taels of silver to bribe the county magistrate who was about to step down, and directly returned the official investigation documents sent by Fujian in the name of "no such person was found". In Xu Xinsu's view, this was simply a deliberate attempt to damage his face.

It's no wonder that he was so worried about this matter. A year later, he specifically told Xu Yuzhuo to find an opportunity to wipe out this group of pirates during this operation.

It is said that Song Qing hurriedly took a boat to Maogou Island, and after getting off the boat, he rushed directly to a village on the island - the "Yueqing Boat Gang" has a stronghold there, and it is manned all year round.

It is said to be a stronghold, but it is actually a courtyard with three entrances. However, it is indeed not something ordinary people can do to build a courtyard with high brick and stone walls on such an island. These building materials need to be transported from the mainland.

When you come to the island, the freight required is no longer a small amount.

Song Qing had come here with his boss to meet the Zheng brothers before, so he knew about this place. However, the boss who brought him here had already died in the naval battle, and the broken mast fell off and he was killed.

He was directly smashed to death. But Song Qing didn't feel any sadness. On the contrary, he felt a little bit lucky - if his boss had not died, then it would probably not be Song Qing's job to work as a lobbyist in Yueqing Bay.

Song Qing came to the door, straightened her clothes a little, and then went to call the door. Not long after, someone opened the door and came out to check. Song Qing quickly reported his name, and finally asked: "I don't know which master is on duty here, little man"

If you have something important to report, please let me know."

Song Qing waited at the door for a while, and then the gatekeeper came out and called him: "Follow me!"

Song Qing was taken to the flower hall and sat down. After a while, a middle-aged man in black came out. Song Qing recognized this man. He was Nantie, the third-ranking leader of the "Yueqing Boat Gang". Seeing this, he stood up quickly and said

: "Song Qing, the villain, has met the Third Master!"

"I've seen you before. Are you Zhu Shanhai's master?" After meeting Song Qing, Nantie recognized his identity: "Last time you accompanied Zhu Shanhai to Maogu Island, right?"

"The third master has a good memory, and the villain is working with Boss Zhu." Song Qing responded quickly: "But Boss Zhu is busy at the moment and it is inconvenient to come to visit the brothers of the Yueqing Boat Gang, so he sent the villain here.

"

Nantie didn't take it seriously at all, nodded and said: "You said you have something important to report, so let's hear it."

Song Qing collected her thoughts and said: "A few days ago, Boss Zhu got news in Wenzhou City, saying that there was a big deal that was going to the sea from Wenzhou to Hangzhou in the north. Boss Zhu got interested and inquired carefully.

I found that this business cannot be financed by myself alone, so I wanted to ask my brothers from the boat gang if they were interested in doing a deal together."

Nantie asked calmly: "Brother Song, can you tell me how big a deal it is?"

Song Qing slowly stretched out his palms and gestured in front of Nantie: "It is said that there is this number!"

"One hundred thousand?" Nantie immediately sat up straight and confirmed to Song Qing again: "You mean this deal is worth one hundred thousand taels of silver?"

"That's true." Song Qing nodded and said, "If it wasn't priceless, Boss Zhu wouldn't be so anxious. He told me to ask the boat gang brothers to take action within two days, otherwise it will be too late."

"With such a big deal, how come my shipping gang's spies in Wenzhou City didn't send any news?" Nantie didn't take the bait directly, but said to himself somewhat suspiciously.

Before Song Qing was released, Takahashi Nan had already told him several situations that might arise and how he should respond to avoid suspicion. Now he happened to encounter one of them. Song Qing followed what Takahashi Nan taught him and said:

"Third Master, the owner of this item has done a very good job of keeping it secret. We are the only family in Wenzhou that has received the news. How do you think this news came about? Boss Zhu's cousin works on that owner's ship. This is personal information.

The news that comes out will not be false. If everyone knows it, then the news will be worthless."

"What you said makes some sense..." Nantie responded, twirling the beard on his chin: "If the goods are really worth one hundred thousand, then it would be a good deal to join forces to make this deal. But, Mingren won't say.

Secretly, if you and I join forces, we must make it clear first how we will distribute the money after we get it."

After hearing his answer, Song Qing knew that the fish had taken the bait, and immediately replied: "The information on this matter was provided by us, so naturally we need to share more. Boss Zhu takes care of the boat gang brothers and is willing to donate 30% of the proceeds to the boat gang.

Please pay for your hard work."

"Thirty percent?" Nantie immediately shook his head and said: "If there is less than five percent, don't talk about joining forces. Although you have provided information, the ones who have to contribute are mainly our shipping gang. This three-to-7 ratio is too unreasonable. I think it is still five percent."

Five is suitable."

Now that the bargaining had begun, Song Qing finally felt a lot more relaxed, and immediately argued: "How to distribute the profits afterwards should also look at the value of the goods. On weekdays, the brothers of the boat gang can get thousands of taels when they go out once.

Is it a good harvest? Even if the sale is divided into 30%, it will still be about 30,000 taels. The third master should think about it later!"

Nantiexindao has to insist on this share because of the high total price. You are so poor and pedantic. If you agree to a 30-70 share here, when the Zheng brothers find out, they will probably think that they have benefited from it.

What benefits have been cut off?

At that moment, Nantie didn't let up and continued to bargain with Song Qing. The two of them talked until their mouths were dry. Finally, Song Qing asked: "You might as well let the share go first. How long will it take for you to send troops? If you are slow, this fleet will pass by."

Once we reach the boundary, it’s hard to chase after us!”
Chapter completed!