Chen Yue looked at the Fo Lang machine ship. When he landed, he shouted at the ship in Cantonese dialect. As expected, someone on the ship shouted back to him with the same words.
He suddenly felt much more at ease.
Yes, this should be the Fo Lang ship that sailed from Hao Jing Ao. Although it looked like they were unloading goods, the people coming and going on the pier were all soldiers with swords and guns.
I know what kind of goods they are selling.
Is there any business that can be done in this shitty place?
In confusion, he was brought to a man, and he told his origin without hesitation, and presented the letter he had brought, asking to meet "Master Jiang from the capital"!
After Jiang Wan read the letter in her hand, and especially checked Jiang Yanran's ghost-like signature at the end of the letter, she confirmed that the letter was indeed sent by Jiang Yanran, and she immediately felt confident.
The man in front of him was pale, and although he tried to look calm, he could still see the uneasiness in his eyes.
"I am Jiang Wan. You are lucky. If you have found the wrong person or the wrong place, you may be in trouble!"
"Chen Yue has met Mr. Jiang!" Chen Yue knelt down and suddenly felt a sense of relief in her heart.
The success or failure of the things I am struggling with depends on this big man's thoughts.
"It's Marshal Jiang!" Someone next to Jiang Wan shouted: "Our Marshal is ordered by the imperial court to guard the Dongjiang River and control Pi Island. Is this what you call me casually?"
"It's a good thing to be able to return to the right path wholeheartedly!" Jiang Wan waved her hand and stopped the people around her from speaking: "Especially for people like you who have gone astray. If the court beats them to death with a stick, they will also lose the court's generosity.
, However, if you conceal your past bad deeds and come to seek refuge with the imperial court when you have no other choice, then you are thinking wrong!"
"The grassroots people are indeed eager to serve the imperial court!" Chen Yue lay on the ground: "Back then, the grassroots people and many villagers turned into bandits. It was also because the local gentry was too oppressed, and the government not only did not make decisions for the grassroots people and others, but instead acted for them.
These evil gentry were blinded and took the wrong path out of desperation. Now that I have changed my mind, I just want to be a new person and become a great leader!"
"This will be investigated later!" Jiang Wan said calmly: "My sister-in-law said something right in her letter to me. If you want to serve the court, you must take off this thief name and what you have done in the past.
Of course we need to investigate, but what we do now is the most important thing!"
He looked at Chen Yue in front of him: "The imperial court wants loyal people and people who are capable. The imperial court does not care about wine bags and rice bags!"
"There are two hundred and thirty-one people in Chenjia Village led by ordinary people. They are willing to die for the commander-in-chief!" Chen Yue's voice was trembling.
"Get up!" Jiang Wan's mouth curved slightly: "How long did it take you to come here from Haojing'ao?"
"It only took five days to get back to the commander-in-chief because the people's boat was fast. However, because they didn't know where the commander-in-chief's carriage was, the people wandered around for two more days!"
"I'll give you ten days!" Jiang Wan said: "Move your Chenjia Village to this Pi Island. Everyone, including the boat, will come!"
Chen Yue was slightly startled, but before she could speak, Jiang Wan continued to say: "Since we are going to start a new life, we definitely can't stay in the den of thieves before. Besides, I might as well make it clear that if you are planning to start a new life,
At both ends of the rat, leave yourself a way out at any time. If you feel that surrendering to the imperial court is not as comfortable as you at sea, then you can leave now. I think it is not easy for you to come up with this intention, and I will not embarrass you. However, if others fall behind
If it falls into my hands, then you will also have to obey the law, and I will not be lenient!"
"Ten days are a bit tight. Everyone is moving. There are too many trivial things to deal with. Can the commander give you a few days of grace?"
Chen Yue swallowed her saliva. The big shot in front of her was much more difficult to deal with than Miss Jiang from Haojingao. Even the people in Chenjia Village were not willing to come to such a shabby place as Pi Island.
He had to go back and persuade them one by one.
"Those who come are the people, and those who stay are the bandits!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "What's so good about this? Do you still have a few days to discuss it carefully? That is to say, I am currently employing people.
On this occasion, I reluctantly took you in. Since you have this idea, you should know that in the current Ming Dynasty, except for me, Pidao, probably no one will take you in, let alone clear your reputation as a thief!"
"Then how will the commander arrange for us?" Chen Yue mustered up the courage. Since the words have come to this point, it is better to ask some questions clearly than to hand over the wealth and lives of the whole village in a daze.
"All those of the right age should enlist in the army. I will put you on a roster and report it to the Ministry of War!" Jiang Wan said: "Young and old, women and children, build a village in a suitable place on the island, both for the people and for your family!"
"Do you really mean what the commander said?" Chen Yue was finally moved. Such conditions were much better than he had imagined.
"I command tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on Phi Island to deal with you, two hundred or two hundred pirates. It's just a matter of lip-touching. Do you think I just want to trick you and pass the time by telling you so much?
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Jiang Wan's face sank: "Do you think you guys have such a great reputation? Or do you think I am too idle?"
"Commander, calm down!" Chen Yue decisively admitted his mistake. That's right, people don't even need to lie to him. What are they trying to do? This is what they are looking for. They don't want anything from them. It's not that they can't cheat, but they are disdainful.
Lie to them.
"Within ten days, the common people in Chenjia Village must lead people from Chenjia Village to surrender to the commander-in-chief!"
"Go, leave early and come back early!" Jiang Wan waved her hand: "Come, send him out!"
After Chen Yue left, Jiang Wan sent everyone out and sat alone in the room, thinking about her own things.
As he thought about it, he couldn't help but laugh. The little girl's letter actually wasn't just about Chen Yue, it was bragging about how powerful she was. Even such a pirate came to join her.
Things can happen, this is the Chosen Daughter or something.
He could remember how proud the little girl looked when she wrote this letter.
However, if Chen Yue can really come back with the ship and people within ten days, then the predicament in front of him will probably be solved immediately. By then, not only North Korea's trade can continue
, even the Ming Dynasty, whether it is Shandong or Tianjin, his "fleet" can go there.
He, Jiang Wan, lives in Pidao and can control the trade routes from the Ming Dynasty to Korea in the near future, and can even control the shipping routes from the Ming Dynasty to the Japanese country in Korea in the distance. If nothing else, he should make a lot of money.
And if you have money, are you still afraid of running out of food?
And now that he has money and food, is he still afraid of not having soldiers?