Huating County is not prominent in Jiangnan. It is both Songjiang Prefecture and Shanghai County. However, in recent years, textiles have emerged in Jiangnan. Huating has gradually been valued by many merchants because it is bordered by Hangzhou in the north and the canal in the west.

It is not easy to run textiles in Hangzhou. After all, there are too many yamen there, which always makes merchants feel doubtful. In addition, the Ming Dynasty set up weaving in Hangzhou to provide special costs in the palace. Although the weaving bureau received the greeting from the superiors, it was not.

What dares to make things difficult for you? However, the manufacturing bureau also buys a large amount of raw silk every year, and most of them buy it at low prices. This has led to many silk merchants not daring to trade in Hangzhou. Therefore, nowadays, both silk merchants and textile merchants are willing to go to Songjiang

House transaction.

Huating County has now become an important trading center, mainly due to the condonization policy of local county magistrate Nie Bao.

Nie Bao is a disciple of Wang Xue. Wang Xue is rooted in Jiangzuo and Jiangyou and has a close relationship with many people in the local area. The atmosphere here is not very rejecting merchants. Nie Bao's treatment of the workshops

The gathered merchants adopted a laissez-faire attitude.

Neither he will get along with them nor meddling in other people's business.

Such an attitude is actually very rare for merchants. In addition, Huating is convenient for its convenient location and dense waterways. Once upon a time, there were many merchants here and there were crowds of people.

only……

Recently, the Japanese pirates have caused a sudden depression in the market. The Japanese pirates occupied Hangzhou and shocked the entire Jiangnan. No one can guarantee what will happen next. The military and civilians in Jiangnan have a deep fear of the Japanese pirates.

Psychologically, over the years, the silk merchants who were transporting goods have disappeared all of a sudden, and no one dared to stole goods around, for fear that Japanese pirates would come out again.

Without raw materials, the workshop will naturally not be able to start work. Therefore, the recruited craftsmen apprentices can only sit in vain. Not only the merchants are anxious to jump, but also the craftsmen, apprentices, shops along the way, and even the government are in a difficult situation.

It's right.

Everyone has nothing to do and is idle all day long. It’s not a solution, but the situation is like this, but there is nothing to do.

Huating County is backed by the river and the sea. Therefore, water inspection and sea inspection are also set up. Water inspection is responsible for Songjiang, while sea inspections are strictly prohibited from going into the sea. However, nowadays, because they are afraid of Japanese pirates, everyone in the county government has started to mobilize.

The officers and soldiers who went up to the three squads to the inspection were guarding at the only former dock site in Shanghai every day. Even the county magistrate Nie Bao, who was also stationed here. He did this. He did not intend to attack and attack.

The Japanese pirates want to fight to the death, and being an official must be political, and their purpose is nothing more than to calm the hearts of the people.

It is said that this is the former site of the wharf because the wharf here was demolished a hundred years ago. This is the only deep water area, and large ships can be unobstructed. If Japanese pirates attack, they must be from here. If it is another place, the reefs will be

It is densely packed. Even ordinary sharp-bottomed midships cannot pass through.

At this time, Lord Nie Bao was temporarily living in a wealthy family home here, but he was complaining in his heart. The people in the county were fluctuating, and there were thousands of people doing nothing. These people were not ordinary farmers, but craftsmen.

No matter how the farmers are, they always have surplus grains, but craftsmen and apprentices are different. They work for a day and get money for a day and never owes credit. Even if they have some surplus money, they are afraid that they will not be much. Once the family is hungry, they will definitely be

It's about to cause trouble.

Moreover, the Japanese stricken people are now causing panic, and even many gentry landlords dare not stay here. They leave the land for the manager to manage them, and take their families to Nanjing to be Yugong. After the gentry left,

Many levies in this place have become a problem. If this continues, Huating will have to be in chaos.

Nie Bao was eating tea and cursing the Japanese pirates in his heart, but was worried about the affairs of the county. The New Year was not stopped. Huating County was in good condition this year, but now all industries are in a slump. If this continues, I don’t know that this is better.

He was thinking about it, but he didn't expect a worker to come over in anger and said, "Sir... it's not good... it's not good... it's not good... it's a ship... it has a ship..."

When Nie Bao heard the word "Ship" and his face turned blue.

"Ship, what kind of ship, where, how many ships are there?"

"Many...many, all big ships..."

The big ship...

It's winter now, so it's impossible for big ships to appear. Moreover, over the years, there have been no such many big ships in the Ming Dynasty. There is only one possibility, which is that a large-scale Japanese pirates attack...

Thinking of this, Nie Bao was stunned for a moment, and he hurriedly said, "Let's go and have a look."

At this time, I didn't care about anything, and even Wusha didn't care about it. I rushed in quickly. After leaving the courtyard, I saw countless large ships faintly appearing in the sea fog in the distance.

Come here.

The officers and soldiers on the beach were already shocked. There were so many large ships, and they were naturally large-scale Japanese pirates. There were not three to five thousand, at least one or two thousand. Everyone was in chaos. Wang Chang, the sea inspector, saw Nie Bao coming.

After that, he rushed over and said, "Sir... Sir... It's not advisable to stay here for a long time. The Japanese pirates are powerful and if something happens, they will have to go back to the county town immediately, take the people to escape, and know immediately

Come to Songjiang Prefecture and prepare the prefect... Sir... It's over, this is a huge bandit, the military and civilians of the county..."

Although Nie Bao was so scared that he was still a little courageous, he shouted angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, don't be angry with others. We officials, soldiers, and civil servants are worth 500. What are you afraid of? Escape? Huating

The county town is only a few miles in radius, and most neighbors are outside the city wall. If we escape, even if we stick to the city wall, what should we do if the tens of thousands of people outside the city? Pass the order... and keep the order here, and go to Songjiang Prefecture to ask for help.

If we don’t live here, the military and civilians in the county will die. Let the king return to the county town first. We will delay the time and teach the people nearby to enter the city as much as possible!"

After hearing this, Hailu inspector Wang Chang was so scared that his face turned green. The county magistrate was a fool, and he planned to kill all his brothers. However, although the two were different from each other, the county magistrate was the parents of the same county.

If the county magistrate does not leave and if he escapes, he will be a serious crime. At this time, he can only cry and say, "Think twice."

Nie Bao sneered: "What do you think twice? I want to think twice, but can you think twice? Things are urgent, and looking forward and backward will only miss the opportunity to fight, so that everyone can be prepared and the archer will be prepared."

Wang Chang had to go back and restrain the people in disappointment, but the Japanese pirates' reputation was too great. Before Wang Chang could restrain them, many people had already begun to flee in all directions. Wang Chang cursed and went back to see Nie Bao and Nie Bao.

His face turned pale and he shouted: "You can eat and use the people's fat and ointment, and raise soldiers for a thousand days..."

As he was talking, the big ship was getting closer and closer. A search ship had already come quickly. This was obviously a flat-bottomed whistle ship put down by the big ship. It rushed directly to the beach, and several people jumped off the boat, all of which were

Wearing a Qilin suit, someone shouted: "Who is in charge? Xu Qian, a Hanlin scholar, led his army to worship Tianpingwu, and called the local magistrate and the county magistrate!"

When you yell like this, you use the purest official language. When you look at other people's outfits, you will know that they are amazing characters just by looking at the texture of others.

At this moment, the escaped people stopped running away, and the ones who were wet on their pants were still flooding the Yellow River. Nie Bao vaguely heard the six words of Xu Qian, a bachelor's student, and immediately understood something. He wanted the people and the brave men to fight back, but now he immediately stopped him.

After thinking about it, he rushed forward and said, "I am the magistrate of Huating. I am Xu Shi Zuo, Xu Shi Zuo... Jiangnan monks, laymen, soldiers and civilians are waiting day and night, and finally we are waiting. Xu Shi Zuo.

Where to read, I want to board the boat to pay my respects…”

The person who came was Lu Bing, and he couldn't help but say, "Sir, get off the boat immediately, there is no need to pay a visit. Please ask someone to repair the pier."

Nie Bao's excitement is conceivable. It has been rumored that Jiangnan has long been rumored that Xu Qian is a hero to pacify the Japanese. Because the official army is not very powerful, although there are good news every time, these things are fooling the court, and all the gentry in Jiangnan are

, I don't know that this is all fooling around. Usually, Japanese pirates landed, and the government army was late every time. When the Japanese pirates were washed away and fled to the sea with satisfaction, the government army only had a hindsight, and occasionally some were willing to do their best.

, it is often impossible to stop the cruelty of the Japanese pirates. They are defeated repeatedly and are difficult to win. This further highlights Xu Qian's strength. They have made real military achievements, and Ming Pao has also promoted it.

Pass.

Therefore, in the minds of the officials and people in Jiangnan, others are fake to fight against Japanese devils, and few are really reliable. However, only Xu Shiduan is different. As long as he is here, the Japanese pirates will definitely be destroyed.

This time...is saved!

Nie Bao was ecstatic, and there was no enlightenment that a county magistrate should have. Then again, after all, I was worried for so many days, and now someone is willing to be a buyer. Everyone is overjoyed. He quickly responded and ordered someone to repair the pier immediately.

, while having a casual chat with Lu Bing, he naturally wanted to make some talk, such as how many heavenly soldiers Xu Shidu brought, Lu Bing played a trick with him, because before getting off the boat, Xu Xueshi

There was an order that in order to calm people's hearts, we had to talk about the number first, so we said confidently: "Xu Shidu was worried about the situation in Jiangnan, so he traveled day and night, and led two thousand elite pioneers to come first, and there was also the court

The five elite troops of the five camps have 30,000, and they have already attacked from all directions. In less than ten days, they can gather under the city of Hangzhou..."

"Thirty thousand..." Nie Bao took a deep breath. This was really big, but he really believed this, because theoretically, since the court came to serve as a bachelor's commander, it was equivalent to a quasi-deputy ministerial level.

The cadres came to pacify the Japanese with imperial edicts, with 30,000 troops, obviously not many. Besides, seeing these more than a dozen lieutenants, each wearing imperially-given Qilin suits, I think it is at least a hundred.

Military officers above the household level are just the first to land on the shore and negotiate with others. How big is Mr. Xu? How could he bring one or two thousand people to fool with such a big aura?

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Chapter completed!