Otherwise, the mighty navy of the Ming Dynasty would not be reduced to being less powerful than the pirate ships! The previous enemy fleets of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared within a few decades.
Du Fei looked at the Ming soldiers on the petty officer's boat like he was looking at animals in a pig pen, and slowly said to Ma Xingkong: "Tell brothers not to panic, do whatever you have to do."
Ma Xingkong glanced at Du Fei with doubtful eyes, nodded hurriedly and went down to deliver the order.
I saw a Ming army officer with a short stature comparable to Wu Dalang, his small eyes narrowed, and he was sitting on a slightly larger official ship with an air of dignity. There were two delicate maids beside him to wait on him, and they did not care about the sailors' "women cannot"
The taboo of "boarding a military ship".
At this time, an officer and soldier wearing a black gauze official hat reported: "Sir, there are a large number of armed people on the merchant ship in front. They all claim to be a subordinate named Du Fei, and their attitude is very arrogant! Do you want to detain them immediately?"
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"Du Fei?" The fat and short Ming army officer slightly raised his bloated eyelids, smacking his lips like sausages and said: "I have never heard of this name before. Is your attitude really arrogant?"
"Very arrogant. They also told us to complete the inspection and release them as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will waste their time and we will look good. In my opinion, these are just a bunch of pretentious bastards! Let me lead my brothers to disarm them! We haven't finished destroying the water yet."
Is it the mission of the bandits? Just fill them in!"
"How can you take action without knowing others' details?" The fat and short officer slowly stood up and looked at the situation on the passenger ship from a distance.
I saw a man wearing a businessman's attire with sharp eyes and an extraordinary momentum looking at him. Behind him was a large group of people armed with weapons, most of whom were equipped with muskets!
The officer immediately withered. You must know that although they looked quite powerful and had several official ships, they actually only had a hundred or ten soldiers, and each ship had dozens of people.
If there is a real conflict with this ruthless man who possesses a large number of firearms, it is not necessarily who will suffer.
He frowned and said: "Oh, this group of people is so violent. They may not have that adult to back them up. So we'd better be careful. Don't offend people without knowing how. There are some things now, so we have to turn a blind eye."
Just close your eyes and go ask, which master do they belong to?"
But after Du Fei heard the message from the Ming army officer on the opposite side, he couldn't help but want to laugh: The mighty Ming navy did not dare to immediately stop and detain people who were flagrantly boarding the mainland with weapons.
"Master Liu Zhanqin of Nanjing is my friend." Du Fei looked at the shivering and pitiful Ming army messenger in front of him, and reluctantly gave them a step down.
The famous army messenger immediately passed the news back, and the Ming army officer said with relief: "Oh, I'm telling you, you really have a background, have you seen it? Learn from me in the future! If you had been foolish enough to fight with them just now, you would have lost your troops."
If you don’t tell me, you will offend Mr. Liu! Let him go quickly!”
Looking at the Ming navy who respectfully let him go, Du Fei couldn't help but shook his head: How can a navy like this protect the country? It seems I should do something.
It didn't take long for their ship to arrive at Fujian Port. At this time, Fujian Port was very crowded. Due to the imperial court's maritime ban, all ports had been closed, leaving only Fujian Port as the only port for envoys and merchants from various countries to enter and exit the Central Plains.
Therefore, even though it is the largest port in China, Fujian Port is extremely crowded and busy at this time. Hundreds of ships come and go here every day, and the prosperity of Jieding Port is nothing compared to it.
Du Fei only learned about the ban on the sea after seeing this scene. He thought hard and couldn't figure out why the sea was banned. You know, in the process of trade with other countries, China's tea, porcelain and silk are all very popular.
, a large amount of silver and gold flows into China every year, how could the imperial court do such stupid things?
He immediately called the old turtle and asked about the matter.
"Hey, you don't know!" Old Turtle sighed and said: "The sea ban has caused great harm to the fishermen along the coast! Since the founding emperor came to the throne, he immediately issued a sea ban, and the residents along the coast were forced to leave.
Fifty miles away, if there are private traffickers, the goods will be confiscated and people will be killed. But at that time, it was just a formality. As long as the fishermen and maritime merchants organized themselves to pay tribute to the government on a regular basis, there was actually a discussion.
However, in recent years, with the arrival of those Western missionaries, some coastal areas have gradually begun to have Catholics. This was regarded by the emperor and the court as the bane of the country's destruction, so they immediately issued three bans and reiterated the sea ban.
, and constantly dispatched Jinyi Guards to conduct overt inspections and covert visits.
Some officials and merchants were investigated and their homes were confiscated. The fishermen no longer dared to go fishing blatantly. They could only go out to sea secretly on the Anqiao dangerous shoal, but even so, they might be exposed by the patrol guards who were afraid of being bullied.
Military exploitation!
Those who are lucky will only have their income confiscated, while those who are unlucky will be directly captured by them and become pirates."
"Hey," Du Fei sighed and said, "How stupid! No wonder I couldn't find out any news about China in Japan! If you are so closed-minded and hesitate to move forward, sooner or later others will overtake you."
"It's already exceeded." The old turtle said with a gloomy expression: "You see, our Ming Dynasty's firearms were definitely the enemies of the world! Our fire commander, our ships, when Zheng Gong sailed to the West, many barbarian countries were overwhelmed by our power.
Shocked? Look at the fire systems now piled up in the warehouse and getting rusty. The earth cannons have been used for hundreds of years, but they are still earth cannons! And those red-haired ghosts have already produced the amazingly powerful Hongyi cannon! One cannon
The power is enough to be as strong as ten of ours!"
Du Fei nodded repeatedly. When he was in Japan, his army also used artillery made by red-haired ghosts. It was indeed very sophisticated and advanced and could not be resisted by the earthen artillery equipped by the Ming Dynasty army.
At this time, the ship had docked. Not only did the boatman not accept Du Fei's ship money, but he also gave him a large bag of gold: "Young man, you have courage to do things! But you have to be careful when you return to Ming Dynasty. This is Ming Dynasty now."
Just as he was about to continue speaking, he saw a group of officers and soldiers patrolling over, and immediately fell silent; he just waved awkwardly to Du Fei.
Before Du Fei could recover, a young lieutenant among the officers and soldiers suddenly shouted: "Aren't you Mr. Du Fei?"
Looking back, I saw that this man was a loyal general of Liu Zhanqin, an old acquaintance. He was very familiar with each other because he often delivered military powder to Du Fei.
"You're back? Why didn't you tell me in advance? Our adults haven't seen you for a long time." The deputy general was also a master who knew what was going on. He immediately waved his hand to the officers and soldiers behind him: "Why are you standing there? Why don't you help me quickly?"
Something like that?!",
Then he quietly leaned into Du Fei's ear and asked: "What are you packing in these big boxes? Don't bring those arms back to use here! Otherwise we will be in trouble."
Du Fei smiled and then said softly: "These are a dozen pirates I caught on the road. I was about to hand them over to the government in exchange for bounty. Since I met you, I gave them all to you."
You! It will also give you one more military merit!"
"Thank you, sir!" The deputy general immediately smiled brightly. He shouted to his soldiers very enthusiastically, and together with Du Fei's men, they carried the large wooden boxes containing the pirates onto the carriage.
Accompanied by the deputy general, Du Fei and others made their way straight to their hometown of Nanjing.
At this time, Nanjing no longer had the flavor of the old days. Although it was still prosperous, old friends were hard to find. Du Fei gently stepped on the maple leaves on the deserted street, making a crisp rustling sound.
"What's going on here?" Du Fei asked suspiciously. As an important city known as the "Southern Capital", Nanjing is in such a depressed situation that it is really unbelievable.
"Hey, it's all those guys who caused it." The deputy general sighed and said, "In recent years, those sects in the world have been getting ready to stir up trouble. I don't know who is behind it. They have always been fighting each other, and they suddenly started to become...
Unite and specifically oppose us. Too many of our brothers have died at the hands of those guys over the years."
Jianghu sects? Du Fei's impression of them only stayed at the martial arts conference he held decades ago. He didn't think those martial artists could cause much trouble, because the country and political power could not be established just by relying on peerless martial arts.
of.
It is really new that these sects work together to compete with the imperial court. Because these Jianghu sects have never been united for a long time. Even if there is Taishan Beidou like Wudang Shaolin to uphold justice, the other sects are all arrogant and think that they are the world.
The enemy is always in a state of disunity.
There must be someone behind it, who could it be?
At this moment, they heard the sound of horse hooves getting louder and louder! A group of armored cavalry passed by them in a hurry without even looking back.
"There must be trouble again somewhere." Liu Zhanqin's adjutant shook his head and said, "I don't know when the end will be. The more than a hundred cavalrymen who went out last time have not returned yet. They must have been poisoned.