Chapter 866 Menacing

No matter how unwilling they are, in the face of absolutely powerful force, the three Lin brothers can only choose to surrender. Of course, just surrendering is not the best way out for them. Many people in Fuzhou and Guangzhou have already relied on

The businesses that have grown up by relying on Haihan are the examples they want to follow. On the one hand, they join Haihan to survive, and on the other hand, they want to realize their wish of prosperity with this big backer. Although they are still doing errands now

thing, but maybe the Haihan people will put more resources into their hands over time.

After a brief discussion, the three brothers decided on the specific division of labor. The third brother, Lin De, would be responsible for the shipping between Liuheng Island and Shipu Port, while the second brother Lin Si, who had previously traveled to Fujian, would be responsible for the transportation between Shipu Port and Penghu Magong Port.

Supply line. Boss Lin Xing continues to stay on Liuheng Island to assist the Haihan people in taking over and transforming the area that originally belonged to the Haisha Gang. As for future plans, we can only take it one step at a time and see how the Haihan people arrange it.

After the coalition operations on Liuheng Island came to an end, they only rested for one day and then began to clear Yuanshan Island, Liangtan Island, Zoumatang Island, Jinbomeng Island, Xiazhi Island and other neighboring islands to the east. This was

Among them, the larger and inhabited islands are mainly Yuanshan Island and Xiazhi Island. The former is only separated from Liuheng Island by a few hundred meters of sea. Almost all the people living on the islands are family members and related people of the Haisha Gang.

personnel, but the news of the destruction of the Haisha Gang has spread by now. Except for some of the personnel who have fled, the people who stayed on the island basically did not take any decent resistance measures against the arrival of the coalition fleet. They surrendered wherever they went.

, there was no trouble.

The many armed forces in the Zhoushan Islands were completely unprepared for the sudden appearance of the Haihan fleet, and it was even less clear why the Haihan people came all the way to Zhejiang to destroy the Haisha Gang. Although some people thought that Haihan's purpose was not only

They are just dealing with the Haisha Gang, but because there is too little intelligence information available, there is no evidence to support such speculation. It is difficult to use these speculations to infer the true purpose of the Haihan people.

The Sanlin Gang, who is on the same island as the Haisha Gang, is safe. It is said that the Sanlin Gang has joined forces with the Haihan people and helped the Haihan people in the battle to annihilate the Haisha Gang. Therefore, many maritime merchants may come to visit in person.

, or send people to lurk in Xinshuangyu Port and use various methods to find out the truth from the Sanlin Gang.

It was not until the fourth day after the war broke out on Liuheng Island that relatively reliable news finally came out - the Haisha Gang suffered such heavy losses because they robbed the Haihan immigrant ship in the East China Sea. In addition, it is said that the Haisha Gang recently

They boldly attacked Shipusuo Castle, but happened to run into the Haihan fleet that was resting and replenishing supplies there. As a result, the Haisha Gang was chased from Shipu Port to their hometown of Liuheng Island. After two days and one night of fighting, Haisha Gang

The life and death of the three leaders of the gang are all uncertain, but the territory originally controlled by them has changed hands to Haihan.

This news did not come from Liuheng Island, but from the garrison in Ningbo Prefecture. It is said to be a report written by Ma Ling of Shipu Institute Qianhu to his superiors, and the credibility is relatively high. Ma Ling also mentioned in the report

It was mentioned that the Haihan people's bandit suppression operation has not ended. All pirates who have colluded with the Haisha Gang will be liquidated for their crimes, and the Haihan fleet will personally implement relevant punitive measures.

Smart people can find two valuable pieces of information from this news. The first is that the Ming Dynasty official army participated in the battle against the Haisha Gang. Of course, this is easier to understand. After all, the Haisha Gang was responsible for attacking Shipu Guards Station.

, it is reasonable to incur retaliation from the government and the army. However, the Ming government and the Haihan people cooperated with the Haisha Gang to take away the lair of the Haisha Gang. The nature of this action is worthy of consideration. The Haihan people assisted the government in Fujian to exterminate various local pirates.

Such deeds have long been rumored in the world. If the same thing happened again in Zhejiang, many people would have to worry about their jobs from now on.

The second is that the destruction of the Haisha Gang does not mean the end of this matter. The Haihan people's remarks obviously left themselves room for further action, which means that they may also use this incident as an excuse to attack Donghai.

Other forces launched attacks. As for whether the Haisha Gang has touched the interests of the Haihan people, since its three big leaders have disappeared, this matter cannot be verified and confronted. The unilateral voice of the Haihan people has become the main focus of public opinion.

direction.

Neither of these two pieces of information seems to be good news for smugglers and pirates in the East China Sea. And the subsequent series of clearing operations carried out by the Haihan people in the northeast of Liuheng Island seems to confirm

I made some bad guesses - the Haihan people may want more than just a Liuheng Island.

In the face of this stormy situation, there are those who want to rely on connections to find a way out and follow the crowd; there are those who sit on the sidelines when things have nothing to do with themselves; there are those who are unwilling to be suppressed by external forces and are ready to fight against trapped beasts. All kinds of things.

mentality, and so on. However, the real game of opinions does not take place in the Zhoushan Islands, but in various public and private occasions here in Ningbo Prefecture.

The forces that hold a strong position in the Zhoushan Islands in the East China Sea are actually inextricably linked to the officialdom of Ningbo and even Zhejiang. Not all the money flowing into the Zhoushan Islands from various places goes into the pockets of pirates and smugglers.

, a considerable part of them were sent to various yamen and official mansions in Ningbo through various secret channels. Therefore, the changes in the situation in the East China Sea involve not only those who are outside the law, but also all those who have

Those whose interests are involved are silently paying attention to the fermentation and progress of the Liuheng Island incident.

Changguowei, which is located between Shipu Port and Liuheng Island, is the first official institution to bear the brunt of the incident, because the Shipu Station where the accident happened is the guard station under Changguowei. From a geographical point of view, Changguowei Acropolis is located only two meters north of Shipu Port.

More than ten miles away, the report Ma Ling submitted after the war was sent to Chang Guowei.

Yan Guowei, the commander of Chang Guowei, has always had an attitude towards maritime disputes that doing more is worse than doing less. Moreover, he is approaching the retirement age, and his main energy has been transferred from governing the local area, garrisoning the fields, and guarding the borders, to how to survive before retiring and returning home. Use your power to earn more pension, so that you can become a rich man when you return to your hometown, and leave more property to your children and grandchildren.

Thousands of households in Qiancang Office, Juexi Office, and Shipu Office under Yan Guowei will send filial piety silver to Changguo Acropolis on time every month. As for how they got the money, they relied on the military's emptying.

Yan Guowei is not interested in knowing whether the method of paying soldiers' blood is through illegal transactions with smugglers in the East China Sea. As long as the area under Chang Guowei's jurisdiction is calm and no major incidents occur, Yan Guowei can safely guard his territory.

The cashier of the official residence received it until the day of retirement.

But the report submitted by Ma Ling broke this calm situation. To put it more bluntly, it was the Haihan people who suddenly appeared in Chang Guowei's jurisdiction that caused this change. Although Yan Guowei is devoted to money, it does not mean that he is just a man.

The old fool who recognizes money has proven his intelligence and ability by being able to steadily collect illegal money for so many years without any trouble. Yan Guowei knows very well the origins of the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island, and he also knows the people behind them.

Who is the backer? Yan Guowei didn't believe even a word of the report about the Haisha Gang launching a surprise attack on Shipu Port and Shipu Suo City.

Although Li Luotou of the Haisha Gang is a rough man, he is not crazy. In fact, Yan Guowei has a good impression of him, because every year Li Luotou arranges for Yan Guowei to go to Liuheng Island for a "secret inspection", and he not only takes good care of him

He is thoughtful and will give a large gift before leaving. In Yan Guowei's view, Li Luotou is not the kind of fool who can't distinguish between status and inferiority, and can't tell how much he has. He makes money on Liuheng Island.

Okay, why did you send troops to attack Shipusuo City? The backstage of the Haisha Gang is from the military. Could it be that Li Luotou is so full that he will change his ways to commit suicide?

Yan Guowei is very clear about the situation of Haisha Gang and Shipu Suo City. If the two parties fight, Haisha Gang will definitely have the upper hand, but it is impossible to capture Shipu Port and Shipu Suo City in a short time.

No matter how much Ma Ling eats his salary, Shipu Institute still has a minimum troop establishment. If the professional army relies on city fortifications to deal with a group of civilian militants, it will still be no problem. Besides, the Changguo Acropolis is only twenty miles away from Shipu Port.

After more than an hour of urgent march, where did the pirates get the courage to attack Shipusuo City at the risk of losing anything? On the other hand, with just the few broken boats in Shipusuo, how could they possibly pursue the Haisha Gang all the way to Liuheng?

On the island, even the home base of the Haisha Gang was finally destroyed. If the Haisha Gang were really so vulnerable, they would have been annexed by their neighbors, the Sanlin Gang, long ago, and they wouldn't wait until Shipu came to take action.

There are too many unreasonable things about Ling Ling Zongzong, and all doubts point to the third party in the matter, the Haihan people. Yan Guowei, as a third-grade military attaché, has more and more reliable sources of information, and has a lot of knowledge about the Haihan people’s deeds in the south.

Naturally, he knows better than the people below. He knows that these so-called overseas Chinese are not just fuel-efficient lamps. They are extremely armed and have extremely high combat capabilities. They are unrivaled wherever they go. Even in Fujian a few years ago,

The Shibazhi, who were rampant for a while, were also defeated by them. When the Haihan people arrived here, the only ones who suffered would be their opponents.

It is impossible to verify how the Haisha Gang provoked the Haihan people, but Yan Guowei believes that Ma Ling chose to stand in the same camp as the Haihan people without asking him for instructions. This attitude seems to explain some problems. After the incident at Shipu Port

Ma Ling did not ask for help or report to Chang Guowei, and he did not inform Chang Guowei about the attack on Liuheng Island, nor did he ask for Qiancang and Juexi guards to be closer to Liuheng Island.

Instead of cooperating, it took several days before he handed over an official document to explain the situation. Ma Ling himself did not even show up in person on the grounds that "the war was not over yet", and it seemed that he did not take his boss Yan Guowei seriously at all.

Shipusuo City under Ma Ling's jurisdiction was attacked and goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were lost. Then he attacked the Haisha Gang, which was backed by a big figure from Zhejiang Dusi. After making two big mistakes in a row, Ma Ling

He actually did not seek asylum from his superiors, but dealt with the aftermath in an understated manner. Yan Guowei believed that there were only two explanations for this situation. One was that Ma Ling had gone crazy, and the other was that he had now found a more powerful backer.

——For example, the Haihan people involved in this matter.

Yan Guowei put down the crumpled report letter that he had read and picked up another official document that had just arrived. This was an urgent official document sent from Zhejiang Dusi, and the content was to ask Chang Guowei to report to Shipu Port as soon as possible

and the situation that happened on Liuheng Island, and asked the officers involved in the matter to go to Hangzhou to report in person immediately. Judging from the wording and sentences of this official document, Yan Guowei thought that the big shots in Dusi were really anxious. But it is no wonder

, after all, the Haisha Gang's industry is its interests. Once the Haisha Gang falls, the money sent to Zhejiang Dusi every year is estimated to be at least hundreds of thousands of taels less, and he would have to make a jump.

I am afraid that the news received by Zhejiang Dusi is still somewhat inaccurate, making it difficult to make a correct judgment on the situation. It is far less clear than Yan Guowei's understanding from Chang Guowei. If it is just an interest dispute between Shipu Institute and the Haisha Gang,

, that is easy to solve. Yan Guowei can directly arrange for Ma Ling to meet Li Luo. If there are any problems, he can explain them clearly in front of him at the wine table. But now with the intervention of a third party, the Haihan people,

This is probably not a problem that can be solved by a piece of official document from Zhejiang Dusi.

Will the Haihan people listen to the instructions of the Zhejiang Dusi? Yan Guowei thinks it is unlikely. The military leaders in Fujian are eager to offer the Haihan people as gods and worship them. Even Penghu was given to the Haihan people as a trading port to enjoy such treatment.

How could the Haihan people bow their heads to the Zhejiang Dusi? If they really respected the Zhejiang Ming Army, they would not have regarded the Changguo Guard as if it were nothing, and went straight to Liuheng Island to raid the Haisha Gang, and did not let Ma Ling go until the matter was over.

A piece of paper came over.

Ma Ling's official document mentioned that the mission to attack Liuheng Island was completed by the Ming army and Haihan, and that the "three maritime merchant Lin brothers" on Liuheng Island also participated in this matter.

This further complicates the matter. Yan Guowei knew that before this letter was submitted to his desk, someone must have read it in advance, and the news should have been spread outside. Maybe Zhejiang Dusi's new accountability document is already on the way.

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"It's not an order from me. I can't shoulder this responsibility. The Haihan people are coming in force, and I don't want to provoke these evil stars." Yan Guowei snorted and ordered: "First arrange for the messenger from Hangzhou.

Stay here and tell me that I am investigating the matter, and as soon as I have any information, I will immediately draft an official document to reply to the Commander-in-Chief."
Chapter completed!