The storm brought by Japanese pirates at sea became more and more intense, but the Japanese pirates on land were gradually extinguished.
October is the month when typhoons land and the seas are windy and rough. According to the pattern of Japanese pirate invasions in the past, Japanese pirates will return to Japan in October.
But this year, the "King of Deer" seems to have "settled" on the southeastern coast, still braving the wind and waves and robbing ships in October.
"Japanese pirates" plundered the sea areas so violently that the navy guards in Fujian did not dare to go to sea, but there were always some unfaithful merchants who went to sea.
Especially several maritime merchant families who usually colluded with Japanese pirates. They relied on their own "ways" and wanted to take advantage of this time when the sea route was cut off to quietly make a fortune.
But the result was that all the ships of their families were robbed by "Japanese pirates" without exception.
As soon as Lu Dawang's iconic Centipede and the Great Armor appeared on the sea, these slow-moving merchant ships did not dare to resist and could only obediently raise the white flag and surrender.
However, the "Deer King" seems to have changed her style. "She" robs merchant ships without killing people, but only robs ships and goods.
As long as the merchants surrender obediently, the "Deer King" will not kill anyone, but will only let the original crew members get on the boat and pull them to the shore, allowing them to survive on their own.
Even if they encounter resistance, the "Deer King" will not massacre the crew, and his attitude is much gentler than before.
However, his treatment of human life has become gentler, and his treatment of property has changed from his previous tacit understanding with some Fujian maritime merchants.
As long as the ship is robbed by the "Deer King", all the ship and cargo will be taken away, without any mercy or room for negotiation.
Some captains even offered to pay more ransom and asked for their ships to be released, but the "Deer King" sternly refused and implemented the "two light" policy of robbing all the cargo and the ship, leaving absolutely no room for error.
Suddenly, the deer king gained a fierce reputation.
These merchants who thought they could speak in front of the Japanese pirates were robbed, and other merchants did not dare to go to sea.
Maritime trade in Fujian is prohibited.
If Emperor Hongwu were alive, he would probably be surprised that his sea ban order of "No one is allowed to enter the sea" was actually fulfilled under the shock of a "Japanese pirate".
The "Deer King" at sea is rampant in the sea, but the Japanese pirates on land are beginning to fall apart.
Sure enough, as Su Ze had judged, without the support of the sea, these Japanese pirates on land became rootless water without source.
The Japanese pirates who attacked Shaxian County were unable to defeat them for a long time, so they decided to give up the attack on Shaxian County and instead went to plunder the countryside.
But when these Japanese pirates were about to harm the countryside, they encountered the most powerful military organization in the Ming Dynasty - the "Jia Ding".
The "housekeepers" led by the squire of Shaxian County not only defeated the Japanese pirates' attack, but also pursued the Japanese pirates for dozens of miles, forcing the real Japanese leader to leave Shaxian County.
Fujian has always had a tough folk custom, and the Chen family in Beishan dared to fight with military guards like Changning Guards.
If Japanese pirates attack the city, these squires can ignore it. The county magistrate will shout at his throat, but no one is willing to rescue the county.
But if the Japanese pirates attack Zhuangzi outside the city, they will infringe on their interests.
The big families in each county showed amazing unity and unleashed impressive fighting power.
The prefect Fang also followed his daughter's advice and changed his thinking on fighting the Japanese.
The prefect changed from the old idea of sending officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress Japanese invaders, and instead offered rewards to various towns and villages for bravely killing Japanese pirates.
A real Japanese head and a Japanese sword can be exchanged for twenty taels of silver when sent to the prefect's Yamen!
In addition to the head, a Japanese sword is also attached as a certificate to kill the Japanese pirates. Naturally, this is to prevent someone from killing ordinary people and pretending to be Japanese pirates to receive rewards.
After this order was promulgated, the local volunteer regiments in Yanping Prefecture were even more vigilant. The real Japanese who invaded Yanping Prefecture were hunted and hunted, and the Japanese rebellion in Yanping Prefecture was quickly put down.
What, who will pay for this?
At that time, the Yanping Guards who were unwilling to fight came out. If the Yanping Guards could not defeat the Japanese pirates and no one was bleeding, they would have to pay money.
However, it was not a loss for Commander Yu, and Fang Zhifu still attributed some gains to Commander Yu, which made the Yanping Guards also attract attention from the Ministry of War and the Fujian Dusi Yamen.
Commander Yu is going to continue the operation and let Yu Zongyuan take the martial arts exam next year. If he can pass the martial arts examination, Yu Zongyuan will also be able to get a secular position. At that time, Commander Yu will continue the operation and get it for his second son.
Point out military merit and let the Yu family branch out. If two generals are separated, it will be a great honor for the ancestors.
Our Yu Dayou in Fujian was only a hereditary member of a thousand households before, but now he is also the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang?
Isn't it just paying for money? Commander Yu also figured out that if money is not brought to you in life or taken away in death, you have to spend the money that should be spent!
By October, the Japanese disturbances on land in various prefectures and counties had basically subsided, and the roads on land were open again.
It’s just that the sea route is still completely cut off. It’s a pity that naval battles cannot be accomplished by relying on rewards and the bravery of soldiers. No matter how rich and powerful the gentry in Fujian is, they can’t privately build warships and form a fleet.
They really can't defeat the "Deer King"!
After the transportation to the county seat was restored, peace returned to Nanping County. Hai Rui sent someone to inform Su Ze that he would go to the city to study again in mid-October.
With the recovery of road traffic in various places, "Paiban Surprise", which continued to be published even during the Japanese Rebellion, has seen further growth in sales.
The reason for the increase is naturally that "The Surprise" began to be sold to other counties.
The reason why "The Surprise" was able to sell out so quickly is thanks to the wife of the prefect Fang, Mrs. Li.
Mr. Li admired Su Ze's "The Peony Pavilion" very much, and even more liked "The Peony Pavilion" which serialized "The Peony Pavilion".
Although Mrs. Li has a Jinshi husband and a Juren brother, she has never loved Yangchun Baixue in her life, but loves people from lower Liba.
Mrs. Li not only loves to watch plays, but also loves to rehearse plays.
The poetry club she snatched from her daughter turned into an opera club for the ladies.
Mrs. Li simply filmed and sang in the opera club by herself.
Although being an actor is a lowly profession, ladies and ladies rehearse and don't perform to make money, they are just a ticket entertainment, so naturally there is no such thing as high or low.
I heard that Mr. Tuohu from Songjiang Prefecture would sometimes dress up in costume and sing a few lines on stage, but no one said he was disgraced.
However, to perform in an opera, she had to buy an outfit and hire a band. Fang Rulan had very little money left to raise the funds.
Lin Xianyang, who was at the government office, found out about this and immediately sent someone to notify Su Ze.
Su Ze asked someone to find Chen Chaoyuan, and asked him to immediately send a deed to the government office, donating 20% of the profits of "Surprise" magazine every month, to sponsor Mrs. Li to develop the cultural undertakings of the government.
Sure enough, as soon as this trick came out, the favorability of the ladies who participated in the Quyi Club towards the magazine "Paiben Surprise" doubled immediately.
Those who can attend Mrs. Li's party are naturally the top circle of ladies in Yanping Mansion.
Now "The Surprise" is going to be sold to other counties in the government, who dares to cause trouble?
It is said that a local club in a certain county wanted to monopolize the channels of "The Surprise". They found Xiong Wu, who came to the county to set up a sales network, and demanded that the newspaper be sold to them at a low price, otherwise all copies of "The Surprise" would be sold in the county.
Don't come in.
Xiong Wu just smiled. The next day, the local magistrate was furious and took all the key members of the society into prison. Everyone was handcuffed to the side of the gong barrel and was punished for half a month before being released.
It is said that the wife of the county magistrate won a good role at the next party of Mrs. Li's folk art club.
Now all the black and white business people in Yanping Prefecture understand that "Surprise" cannot be messed with.
It's not just "The Surprise" that you can't mess with, you can't mess with the bookstores that sell newspapers and the newsboys who sell newspapers.
Among them, there is another unlucky guy caught by AOE, that is, Huang Shixing has just pirated a batch of "Surprise" and plans to transport it to Linxian to sell it and recoup the cost of purchasing the printing shop.
After just selling one copy, someone reported it, and the county government responded very quickly and immediately confiscated all of Huang Shixing's pirated newspapers.
Mr. Huang once again lost all his money.
Lin Xianyang came back with another good news, that is, the almshouse that Su Ze took the lead in donating money to build has finally been repaired.
The first batch of children have already been admitted to the Alms House. Under Hai Rui's supervision, no one in the entire Alms House dares to make profits from it. The Alms House provides the last bit of warmth and security to the children living on the streets in the city.
Fang Ruolan was in a good mood. She often went to the nursing home to visit the children. Compared to Huimin Pharmacy, the nursing home could directly help the children. Fang Ruolan spent all these days in the nursing home.
Another person in Nanping County who is in a good mood is Mr. Yu.
The Yu family has been bleeding again recently, but the second young master Yu has already divided the family property and moved out, and the Yu family's money has nothing to do with him, so the second young master Yu is applauded.
Later, Second Young Master Yu heard from his mother that his father was interested in helping him arrange for Yu Zongyuan to take part in the martial arts examination next year.
If you can pass the martial arts examination and be awarded a military position, then you can become an official without inheriting the family position?
Thinking of this, Second Young Master Yu felt better. His father was using the family's money to help him find a future!
Another thing that makes Mr. Yu feel good is that all four of his shops are making money.
After the rouge shop and the pickle shop were replaced by Changning Weilai, the profits handed over to the second master every month were equal to the previous year's profits. This shows how greedy the previous shopkeeper was.
Needless to say, bookstores make money. Nowadays, literate people in Nanping City must visit bookstores at least twice a month. Nowadays, scholars in Nanping County need to buy books, so they naturally think of Yu’s bookstore.
Profits naturally skyrocketed.
Another thing that makes Mr. Yu happy is that he owns another cloth shop.
A kind of washable blue dyed cloth quietly became popular in Nanping County.
Indigo dye itself is the color of ordinary poor people. This blue dyed cloth is bright and colorful, which quickly attracted the attention of those housewives who were budget-conscious.
The dyed cloth sold by Yu's family is more expensive than ordinary dyed cloth, but if the blue dyed cloth is as advertised and does not fade when washed, it can save a lot of re-dying costs.
A large part of the large and small dyeing shops in the county are engaged in the business of re-dying.
The so-called re-dying is to take the original fabric to a dyeing workshop and re-dye it after the color has faded.
Re-dying also costs money, and if you send it for re-dying, you will have no clothes to wear for several days. Many poor scholars only have one set of clothes and are reluctant to send their clothes for re-dying.
However, wearing faded clothes is embarrassing, so Yujia Cloth Shop's dyed fabrics, which are said to be colorfast, soon became popular among budget-conscious housewives.
Although the price is more expensive, there is no need for touch-up dyeing, and the time and money saved is much more than the price difference.
The fabric business also became an instant success, and long queues formed in the fabric stores every day.
Some people are happy, but others are worried. The business of Yu's cloth shop is booming, and not only the colleagues who own the cloth shop are jealous, but the other person who has suffered a loss is Cai Yuan's family's dyeing shop.
This Cai Yuanwai is worthy of being a senior official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he is naturally very good at doing business.
Cai Yuanwai has almost a monopoly on indigo cultivation in Nanping County, and almost all indigo dyeing and spinning in the city is his family's industry.
This is the case for most purchases of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Although the money is not much, it is more stable in the long term, and the shops are gathered together, which is also a large amount of income.
However, as the Yu family sold more dyed cloth that was not easy to fade, fewer people came to re-dye it, and the business of Cai Yuan's family's dyeing shop dropped a lot.
Moreover, the Cai family not only runs a dyeing workshop, but also grows indigo in his village outside the city. The dyeing workshop has no business, and the indigo grown cannot be sold.
If it were someone else's business, Cai Yuanwai would naturally have hundreds of ways to prevent him from continuing it, but it happened to be the Yu family's property.
Commander Yu was a hereditary military attache of the third rank, while Cai Yuanwai was just a Yuanwai Lang of the Ministry of Revenue before he became an official.
The Yu family was a local wealthy family in Nanping during the Hongwu Dynasty. The Cai family only studied in the imperial examinations and became prosperous in the last three generations, and they are incomparable with the Yu family.
All this made Cai Yuanwai very depressed. How could this martial artist who had been in the Yu family for generations suddenly become so good at business?
On October 2, Su Ze finally settled things on Dong'ao Island.
Lin Mojun temporarily stayed on Dong'ao Island. She wore the deer king's full armor and drove the Centimaru to rob these smuggling merchant ships. In addition to the ships of local Fujian merchants, she also robbed a Zhenwa merchant ship.
According to Lin Mojun, the Japanese on board the merchant ship were very arrogant and talked to Lin Mojun in Japanese for a long time. In the end, Lin Mojun chopped him up with a knife and fed him to the sharks.
Su Ze interrogated the Japanese on the Japanese ship. It turned out that the ship was a trading ship belonging to the Shimadzu family of Kagoshima, Japan. The Japanese who was killed by Lin Mojun was a Shimadzu family franchise businessman.
The ship was filled with deerskins and was bound for Moon Harbor for business. After interrogation, Su Ze found a flag embroidered with the moon in the captain's cabin.
Captain Alfonso recognized that this was the ship guide issued by the Moon Harbor Chamber of Commerce. As long as the ship flew this flag, it could sail into the Moon Harbor to do business.
Su Ze thought that he had a wooden plaque given to him by Zhang Haihu before he left. It was the certificate for entering and leaving Moon Harbor by land.
I didn't expect that the Yuegang boat guide that I had been longing for could be obtained so easily.
Looking at the "stolen goods" piled up on Dong'ao Island, it's time to get rid of the stolen goods.
The "Japanese" chaos is still there, so naturally it is still in the "Japanese Rebellion" volume.