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Chapter 472 Return to Beijing

Having pirates does not mean that everything will be over in the settlement.

Gao Mingshi wanted to return to the mainland of Ming quickly, but he had to slow down.

First of all, how to place the captured pirates is a problem. Unlike ordinary good people, these pirates are lawless people who have been seeking life at sea all year round. It is absolutely impossible to use simple moral constraints.

In addition, these pirates are also beneficial to settlements. Although they have been supplemented by the gangsters, the number is in the minority. If these pirates with good water are truly integrated into the settlements, the maritime power of Jilong Port will undoubtedly be enhanced.

Therefore, it is a technical job to be both guarded and utilized.

However, after all, Gao Mingshi stayed in the navy for a long time, he still had experience. He took the lead in finding out the scum who committed many evil deeds among the pirates, who were angry and resentful. The method was also very simple. He did not need to interrogate one by one by one, but let the pirates report each other.

It is also explained in advance that the more reports are reported, the more regretful it is, and the hope of survival will naturally be greater.

So the pirates naturally quarreled with each other in order to survive. All the dirty things were sold out like pouring gourds. Even some pirates were told to steal when they were young.

Then Gao Mingshi asked the rescued guys in the Weishi Trading Company to prove that the attack was taken and was infected with human lives. A few women and children stood up to prove that the sluts who had become flirting with them.

After listing this, there were 237 people in total, all tied to the edge of the dock. They did not kill them immediately, but instead hung their hands with wooden stakes, and died of hunger in the sea breeze. At first, there were still those who begged for mercy, but when they saw that Gao Mingshi had no intention of letting go of them, they cursed. In two or three days, there were not many people who could speak.

There were 608 pirates who survived by chance. Looking at the fate of their companions, they were all silent. When they were cultivating crops, they worked harder.

This is also a training method!

Most of these pirates are rebellious and hard to discipline! First, they use bloody means to show their decisiveness in the settlement, and then use heavy farm work to erase their temperament. When the fleet starts them again, most of them will be grateful and glad that they have finally escaped from the sea of ​​suffering.

Seeing the consequences of the pirates, the husbands brought by the Webster Business all had an inexplicable sense of luxury. They were all assigned houses and had a large area of ​​land to cultivate. And they performed well and would reward indigenous women.

Although compared with Han women, those indigenous women are neither considerate nor thrifty in the family, they are just women who can give birth to and continue their family traditions, which can meet their basic needs.

After all, the people who can come here don’t even have land to cultivate in Qingyuan Mansion. They are worried that they will not have the last meal every day, and they may not even be able to eat the leftovers that tenants don’t want. When they arrive at this Jilong Port, although the place is a bit remote, they will not go hungry.

This strong contrast and satisfaction arises naturally.

After a few days like this, Gao Mingshi saw that everything was arranged, and the matter of returning to Ming Kingdom was put on the agenda.

Since he was only returning to Beijing to work, and the power of Jilong Port could not be short of manpower, he only took away two ships, loaded some special things produced by Jilong Port, as well as three or two natives and more than ten crew members, and then traveled north in a low-key manner.

The route I came from was different. When I returned to Ming, I didn’t have to go to the Ryukyu Islands. Instead, I followed Fujian in the Song Dynasty, along the coast of Liangzhe Road, and headed north.

This is also part of the Ming Dynasty's exploration of new routes.

If you go to Ryukyu Island in the future, you will have more routes.

The days at sea were as boring as ever. Gao Mingshi sat in the cabin, spreading rice paper, placing his pen and ink, frowned, thinking about how to start the words of the singular officials. After all, it was not the kind of civil servant who was so vocal, and it was really difficult for him to write in a colorful way.

Just as he racked his brains, he went to the capital, and Ulutus, who had finished his northern tour, returned to the city in a low-key manner.

Due to the urgent time, Ulutus didn't have much time to adjust the fatigue caused by the rushing journey, so he hurriedly held a small dynasty meeting that could only be attended by the Shangshu.

According to the previous discussions between the Privy Council and the Governor's Office, neither the Khan Court nor the Xia Kingdom could send troops. It is the best position to not help each other and watch the tiger fight. If the Xia Kingdom showed a downward trend on the battlefield, the Ming Kingdom would have to help in private, so that the most delicate balance of the battle situation would be the best.

This method is good, but it is not that easy to implement.

Neither the Khanate nor the Xia Kingdom would allow the Ming Kingdom to enjoy watching the show. Especially the Khanate did not believe in the loyalty of the Ming Kingdom, and at this time, the other party needed a loyal attitude.

So if you discuss and discuss, you can't come up with a better way to avoid the battle.

At this time, the envoys of the Khan Court and the envoys of the Xia Kingdom had frequently put pressure on the Ministry of Rites, hoping that the other party could express their attitude.

"Hey! You don't know, Taoist Master Qiu Chuji didn't say much, he only came to the Ministry of Rites to sit every day, and seemed to have to wait for a result." Wang Xu, the Minister of Rites, sat at the table and complained to the ministers attending the meeting.

After Qiu Chuji returned to Shandong, although their Quanzhen Sect temple was still there, the land was gone. Moreover, since the Ming Dynasty implemented a religious policy that the shamanism was the dominant religion, Taoism and Buddhism could not publicly promote doctrines and practice rituals in public.

In addition, most of the local people in Shandong were moved away, so the original believers were seriously lost. These sects could not go down the mountain to beg for alms or show off their hands, and gradually became a real sect that "living in seclusion" was sected.

This is how it is that I have been in the deep mountains for a long time.

Qiu Chuji naturally couldn't bear such a situation. However, the governments of the Ming Dynasty were different from those of the Khan Court. They were both relatively close to the local area. And there were corresponding supervisory agencies watching the exchanges between local officials and local forces.

Therefore, Qiu Chuji wanted to get back the temple property of Quanzhen Sect, and he had no place to make sense. This time he came to Beijing, and he wanted to complete the explanation of the Khanate, and to use this to change the situation of Taoism in the Ming Dynasty, and to get back the temple property that should have belonged to the Quanzhen Sect.

"It should be asked by Secretary Song to persuade him. Is it a master-apprentice game or a relationship with affection?" Minister of Revenue Halstin laughed, and Song Defang, who was beside him, immediately turned dark.
Chapter completed!
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