On the fifth day when the people besieged Cao Guogong's palace, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong ordered to stop the collection of sea ships. All the sea ships that had been collected were returned. The scale of the sea ban was self-evident and was automatically relaxed. Everyone was happy and harmonious. The people were happy and the gentry and officials were relieved.
Now, the officers and soldiers of the guard station are at ease, while Tie Xuan and Tie Ding Shi are worried.
He felt that this was Li Jinglong's compromise and concession to the local forces in Zhejiang and Fujian, sacrificing the prestige and interests of the court in exchange for the support of the local officials and troops in Zhejiang and Fujian, and the people for his suppression of bandits, so he left Hangzhou in great rage.
The guards rushed back, not caring that Li Jinglong was the first-ranking Duke of the country, the Crown Prince, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army. He immediately put on a black face, showed off his selfless style of being a judge of the five armies, and argued with Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong knew that he was in the wrong and agreed with a smile at first, but Tie Xuan refused to give in and argued hard. He just wanted Li Jinglong to strictly implement the Eight Strategies of Jinghai again and would not give up until he achieved his goal. He insisted on following Cao Guogong's instructions.
The noise continued during nap time until the prince's dinner time, which completely annoyed Li Jinglong.
"Get him out! Get him out! This ungrateful creature!"
Li Jinglong flicked his sleeves viciously and cursed with a livid expression on Tie Xuan's back as he was being carried away.
"My lord, you deserve to be angry with such a fool. Come on, my lord, take a sip of tea to calm down."
"My lord, please sit down and I'll give you a leg lift."
Two beautiful little girls, Huaqin and Siqi, rushed over. They talked sweetly and smiled, and pressed Li Jinglong on the chair. One of them squatted down to beat his legs, and the other picked up the chair.
I blew the cup with my little mouth and fed him some tea.
Li Jinglong closed his eyes in contentment and thought beautifully: "Now the military's morale has stabilized. After my rectification, morale has also improved. The East China Sea coastal defense is already in place, morale is high, and there are Shuangyu pirates as internal countermeasures."
, I will go out to sea for a battle soon. When the time comes, I will wipe out the Chumi Gang. It is best to capture Chen Zuyi alive, for whom the emperor has offered a reward. On the way back, I will destroy the Shuangyu Gang, calm down the East China Sea, and use the power of the bandits to quell.
When I return to the capital, the emperor values me very much, and the emperor's grandson and I have always been on good terms. This leader of military officials may be moved from Zhongshan Prince's Palace to Cao Guogong's Palace."
Li Jinglong smiled beautifully...
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Soon, the navy from Zhangzhou, Quan, Funing and other places received Li Jinglong's military order and went to sea one after another to stop private merchant ships going south and north, and captured three large ships from the north and south, two of which were Chen Zuyi's merchant ships.
The goods were relatively miscellaneous, because Chen Zuyi only engaged in no-capital business, leaving the port with empty ships, grabbing all the goods along the way, selling as many goods as he could get to Shuangyu, and then grabbing them all the way back, so the goods were of various types.
The other large ship was a Fuzhou smuggling merchant ship. It was full of ordinary raw silk and was seized by the navy. They also captured the entire escort team led by the Japanese ronin Koshiro and Aoki Weio, as well as the Fuzhou smuggler Lin Asi.
Immediately afterwards, Li Jinglong personally commanded the officers and soldiers of the Hangzhou Guards Navy to send troops to Shuangyu Island. Shuangyu Island gathered its troops and guarded the north and south exits. They faced off with the officers and soldiers for three days and nights. After three days, it rained heavily.
The wind and waves were getting bigger and bigger, and Li Jinglong was worried that a tsunami would occur and engulf his entire fleet, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to Hangzhou Bay.
At the southern foot of Shuangyu Island, the first leader Xu Hu and the second leader Lei Xiaoxi were patrolling a messy defensive position. Their dead and wounded men were being supported by others as they exhaustedly evacuated to the inner island.
Lei Xiaoxi said with a serious face: "The officers and soldiers are coming fiercely. Fortunately, there was a heavy rain last night. Otherwise, it is difficult to say whether we can hold Shuangyu Island."
Xu Hu said: "With just the officers and soldiers, it won't be a problem for us to defend Shuangyu. What I'm worried about is..."
He looked up to the northeast and said solemnly: "I'm worried that the Chumi Gang will take advantage of the situation and rob us. When the officers and soldiers leave, they will come back. If this happens again and again, our Shuangyu Island will not be able to withstand their wheel battles."
Lei Xiaoxi hummed and said nothing.
Xu Hu walked silently for a while, stopped and said, "Second brother, go to Nanji Island and meet Xiao Chu."
Lei Xiaoxi was startled and asked, "Why did you see him?"
Xu Hu said: "Negotiate with them and seek refuge with Chen Zuyi."
Lei Xiaoxi's eyes flashed: "Master, have you decided?"
"good!"
Lei Xiaoxi looked around and suddenly said: "Where's my sister? Why haven't I seen her?"
Xu Hu said calmly: "The government suddenly strengthened the coastal defense. We have many payments that we haven't had time to collect. I asked my sister to go to the other side to collect the payment. In addition, I bought some rice on the way to prepare for emergencies. You don't have to worry about her.
, as long as I agree, she will not object."
Lei Xiaoxi chuckled and said: "That's right, on this island, A-mei only obeys the head of the family. Even if she doesn't obey, there is nothing we can do. Okay, I will go to the sea in a while and go to Nanji Island. We have some
What conditions?"
Xu Hu said: "When you meet Xiao Chu, make an appointment with him. I will designate an isolated island for the location. At that time, we will each send three three-masted ships to meet and negotiate on the island."
Lei Xiaoxi showed a slightly displeased look and reluctantly responded: "Okay, I'll go get ready right now."
After Lei Xiaoxi's ship went to sea, Xu Hu appeared in the cave on Turtle Back Cliff. Most of the caves on this mountain are deep and long. Even if the pirates have lived on this island for many years, they may not have fully explored them all. Relatively speaking,
The cave at Turtle Back Cliff is even more secretive. It is under a protruding cliff, more than two feet high from the top of the cliff. Further down, there are sharp rocks dozens of feet below. The tide is rushing among the rocks. Once you fall, you will be dead.
No physiology.
They went down with the help of a rope and got into the cave, which was not very big. However, it was very spacious inside, the size of a house and a half. Therefore, Xu Hu and Su Ying had hidden this secret since they discovered this cave when they were young.
Treat it as a secret place.
"The big boss."
Su Ying offered her hand and pulled Xu Hu into the cave: "How is it? Can Lei Lao Er be relied on?"
Xu Hu shook his head and said solemnly: "I don't know yet. I don't want him to really cheat on me. After all, we have been brothers for many years. Besides, he is the strongest in our Shuangyu Island. If he really has cheating,
Even if we notice it in time..."
At this point, when he saw Xia Xun coming up to him, Xu Hu changed the topic: "I have asked the second master to see Xiao Chu. When he brings back the news, we will negotiate with Xiao Chu. You can live here with peace of mind.
, three meals a day will be delivered to you by Amei’s confidant. Don’t worry, this is Amei’s hilltop. You will be absolutely safe living here. Once I have accurate information, you will get in touch with Li Jinglong.
"
Xia Xun nodded, and Xu Hu said worriedly: "Are you sure he won't burn bridges across the river?"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "I'm not sure that Li Jinglong won't burn bridges, but according to our plan, he doesn't have time to do anything else. If Shuangyu Island and Chen Zuyi can only choose one, you said he would choose it and never give it to him.
Which one is the icing on the cake, Shuangyu Island, or Chen Zuyi, which is worth 500,000 guan?"
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Xu Hu and the Chumi Gang began difficult negotiations. Xu Hu's condition was that he could agree to join the gang and give up Shuangyu Island as an outpost for Chen Zuyi, the king of the sea, to station troops and food. However, there were more than 10,000 brothers from the Shuangyu Gang.
He and his family must be properly resettled. The place he wants is Chenqian Island, which is the territory of the Chumi Gang.
At that time, sea trade was the largest with the Ming Dynasty, but Japan was also an important trading partner. Merchant ships from Southeast Asia would dock at Shuangyu, selling spices, gems and other commodities from Southeast Asia, and buying raw silk, porcelain, and silk.
Wait, then transfer to Japan via Chenqian Island, trade again, sell some goods in exchange for some platinum, or buy Japanese lacquerware and other specialties, and then return directly to Nanyang.
According to this route, Chenqian Island is the only way to make money in the East China Sea after Shuangyu Island. Although the Chumi Gang mainly engages in non-capital business, they are not willing to give up this way of making money, so naturally they will not agree to the negotiation.
After negotiating for half a month, Nanyang Chen Zuyi couldn't hold himself back anymore and sent his new dog-headed military advisor Ling Potian. Under Ling Potian's mediation, the Chumi Gang reluctantly agreed to Xu Hu's conditions.
Xu Hu took Lei Xiaoxi as the outpost and began the great migration. Women, children, old and young carried food, grass, and soft goods first to move and settled on Chenqian Island. Xu Hu himself led the Chinese army and did the second step of evacuation and handover, while leaving behind
Some people were attracted because neither the Chumi Gang nor Chen Zuyi were familiar with the water conditions of the Shuangyu waters and the large and small buildings and caves on the island. Now that Xu Hu had joined the gang, they were as helpless as themselves.
It is much better to go exploring. Those who stay behind will have to wait for the third master, Su Ying, to come back from the shore, and then retreat together with them.
Although Chen Qian Island is the territory of the Chu Mi Gang, the Chu Mi Gang's foundation is not in Chen Qian Mountain, but in Nanlu Island. The price they paid for giving up Chen Qian Mountain was Ling Potian's promise that they would be in charge of Shuangyu Island.
Island, this land of wealth fell into his hands. Although Chen Zuyi himself wanted to occupy most of it, the oil and water was still no less than that of Chen Qian Island. Especially the Chumi Gang mainly engaged in business without capital. It was the closest to the Ming Dynasty land and could go ashore at any time.
They were robbing money, food, and women, so the people in the Chumi Gang were very excited.
In order to gain an advantage on Shuangyu Island, when Xu Hu led a large force of Shuangyu gangsters to switch defenses with them and moved to Chenqian Island, Xiao Chu and Xiaomi couldn't wait to lead their elite troops to Shuangyu Island.
Seeing this situation, Ling Potian did not dare to neglect. While trying his best to gain territory and benefits for Chen Zuyi, he sent someone to notify Chen Zuyi urgently.
At first, the husband and wife thieves who were unscrupulous for profit were obviously obedient, but secretly ordered their own people to seize as many houses, caves, and docks as possible for access to the sea. However, soon Li Jinglong once again sent the navy to attack Shuangyu Island.
The Chumi Gang, who were neither familiar with nor fully prepared for defense, suffered a big loss. Although they saved Shuangyu Island, they suffered heavy casualties. Only then did they realize that it would be difficult to fight against the imperial navy alone with their own strength, so they had no choice but to
He reluctantly gave up some territory and waited for Chen Zuyi to send someone to take it over.
Chen Zuyi received the news and personally led ten warships from Manlajia to Shuangyu Island in the East China Sea to inspect his territory. A trap was quietly dug...
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