1752. Every time the past memories fade away, the traces of wine are not as salty as the traces of tears.
This is the first time for these pirates to go deep into the interior.
When they were pirates before, they would only occasionally get the opportunity to rob coastal towns.
Since Qi Jiguang eliminated the Japanese pirates, there have been very few pirates landing on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty to attack the city. They mainly rob merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty and other countries at sea.
Since they were used by Yang Fan's navy for training, they have been incorporated.
Yang Fan's navy has just been established and is still very immature. It is risky to deal with powerful enemies. Naval battles are not guaranteed to be won because of advanced weapons and ships. There are also many factors involved.
Therefore, letting the newly established fleet go to eliminate small groups of pirates is the best way to start.
Within half a year, all the pirates in the East China Sea were wiped out. Those who committed the most heinous crimes were executed, and the rest were dug for bird droppings. After half a year of digging for bird droppings, their tempers were almost worn out. This kind of work was tiring and smelly.
The work was driving them crazy.
Yang Fan then began to recruit better transformed pirates into the pirate group.
The reason why Yang Fan uses them is to use them as white gloves.
Yang Fan didn't want to fall out with Dong Lin directly. He used his navy to rob their maritime trade fleet. He simply armed three pirate groups to rob any ships coming out of the Ming Dynasty.
Because the Ming Dynasty prohibited the sea, none of the fleets that went to sea were innocent, they were all outlaws.
One of these robberies is to train the navy, and the other is to solve the navy's military expenses.
After all, Yang Fan's finances were terrible. After all, the stalls were too big. After adopting the method of supporting the navy, Yang Fan found that not only did the navy not need any money, but it could also make money. Last year, he made a profit of two million taels. He was really happy.
I heard that the Zheng family's annual gross income is more than 20 million taels, which shows that overseas trade is really profitable.
Although Zheng He's voyages to the West stopped, the scale of overseas trade did not decrease at all. It just changed from government control and extensive private participation in the Song and Yuan dynasties to a monopoly by the gentry.
The so-called ban on the sea is a joke. What is prohibited is for common people to go to sea. The families of gentry and officials are not affected in any way.
Many people from the Ming Dynasty also participated in the original Japanese pirate rebellion.
Since the officials banned the sea in the name of the imperial court, they could enrich themselves. The merchants who had been deprived of the right to trade at sea simply formed a pirate gang and robbed the fleets of these civil servants. We have to survive anyway.
This time, the second pirate group set foot on the mainland for the first time with legal status. This feeling surprised them. They couldn't see enough. It turned out that the land was so prosperous.
There is another important reason, that is, there are many Dan people here. They are untouchables formed by history. They live on boats and are not allowed to go ashore.
They can only drift on the water all their lives. They were born on the boat and grew up on the boat.
They were also on the boat when they grew up and got married. When they died, they were buried at sea.
Every household is a boat.
When a family has a son who has grown up, and encounters another ship at sea, that family has a daughter who has also grown up.
Met at sea.
The son's family placed a pot of grass on the bow of the boat.
My daughter's family placed a pot of flowers on the bow of the boat.
The two boats met and the two young men were allowed to meet each other. If the two young men shyly agreed, the woman would let her daughter cross the boat with her belongings and bedding. The woman would then be given to the man.
From then on, she followed the man to have children, fish and sail boats.
Every fishing season, hundreds of fishing boats fight over the fishing grounds. Men stand on the bow holding harpoons, children hide in the cabin, and women rock the oars at the stern.
The battle at sea is crazy and bloody, and everyone fights for survival.
This is how the Dan people have come from generation to generation.
The daughter of Dan people, she has been diving to dig out pearls since she was a child, and she has a very good figure. Some of the boat girls on the flower boats in Guangzhou are Dan girls. They are very famous in the south.
These people set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty for the first time. Although their ancestors had been from the Ming Dynasty for generations, the government discriminated against them and refused to allow them to go ashore. They chose to vote for Dingyuan Marquis and registered their household registration for them, thus getting rid of their status as untouchables.
There are many Fujian people in Yang Fan's navy. This is the result of history.
Because most of the children of the shipyard came to Tianjin from Fujian, Yang Fan also needed a balance. After all, it would be bad to form a sect. Just like the navy of the Republic of China was basically controlled by the Fujian clan.
Mo Zhui began to feel depressed after taking the overland route to northern Shanxi.
Many people saw that something was wrong with the group, but no one dared to ask.
On this day, the army passed the Piantou Pass and entered the border of northern Shaanxi. Mo Zhui sat cross-legged on a chair placed on a dromedary camel. He opened the stainless steel flask and took a sip of strong wine. He couldn't help but shed tears.
"Tell the first battalion to change the marching route and repair in Heitazhai for three days." Mozhi said expressionlessly.
If you go to Heitazhai, you have to deviate from the planned route and go near Yulin Town. This is going southwest. Normally you should go northwest, go to the Ordos Plateau, and go to Dongsheng City for supplies.
Although there are some doubts from the staff to the battalion commander below, the military orders are like a mountain, and the regiment commander must carry out the order. If there is a problem, someone will naturally deal with the regiment commander's problem. Now, if you don't obey the order, I'm afraid you will be dealt with by the regiment commander first.
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Soon, the gendarmerie captain Hou Xian came over on horseback.
"Zhang Tuanzuo, why did you suddenly change the march route? Going to Heitazhai is very close to Yulin Town. It can easily arouse the ideas of the border troops and cause unnecessary trouble." Hou Xian asked.
If you go to Ordos, there will be no trouble, that is Yang Fan's territory. However, Yulin Town is one of the important towns on the nine sides and has not been abolished. It is because Yang He, the governor of the three sides, needs Yulin soldiers to suppress the civil uprising.
Now the whole of northern Shaanxi is in chaos. They might have bumped into the rioters in the past.
Their mission is not to disrupt the bandits. If they suffer losses, they will not be able to deliver.
Even if there is no loss, the money and food spent will not pass the audit. In Yang Fan's system, the audit office is a department that gives everyone a headache.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Mo Zhui glanced at Hou Xian, glanced at the corner of his mouth, and said: "I have a secret mission, you are not qualified to know."
Hou Xian knew that he was the master's confidant, and was a little confused, but he didn't dare to say anything. The military police only maintained the order of the army and supervised the execution of orders, and picked up violations and illegal activities. They could not interfere with the command. Besides, the supervisors did not say anything, and he did not
Very thorough.
Watching Hou Xian leave in confusion, Mo Zhui said coldly to himself: "It's been ten years, I'm back today."
Ten years ago, Zhangjiazhuang was destroyed by a fire, and he was the only one to escape.
Thirty households in the entire clan, more than 100 people in total, were all killed in the flames. The cause was more than 300 acres of paddy fields. There are dam fields everywhere in northern Shaanxi, and the paddy fields in the river valleys are as valuable as gold.
The Zhang family refused to sell these paddy fields, so they were attacked by bandits.
He only escaped death by grinding his desk and going out to do errands.
He knew who secretly instigated the bandits to do it. This was because the bandits of the Ming Dynasty were in cahoots with the gentry. If they were rejected when they bought land at a low price, after all the methods had been exhausted, bandits would finally be dispatched to attack and kill these stubborn villagers.
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Mo Zhuo knew that he had no choice but to escape. Not only would he not be able to get revenge if he stayed, he would also die.
He fled all the way to Zunhua, where he was finally safe.
But he was really starving to death, so he had to sell himself as a slave and entered the Xinghe Iron Works. Then Master Yang took over the place and he became Master Yang's domestic slave.
Last time, Donkey Dan got a beauty, and Mr. Yang realized that he had ignored the marriage problems of these retainers. He has been here for three years, and many of these people have died in the war. The rest are enough for one person and the whole family.
Hungry errand boy.
Yang Fan began to ask his wife to make arrangements to find a wife for them.
After all, people can only settle down when they have a family. Domestic slaves are also human beings and have physiological and family needs. They also have the right to pass on the family line.
However, Mo Zhui and Zhang Geda both refused.
In the past ten years, every time Mo Zhuo woke up from a nightmare, he felt heartbroken, cried loudly, and got very drunk. He could not forget his hatred. He had no intention of getting married.
This regiment is not a regular troop, but a pirate regiment. This troop is supernumerary and is far less tightly controlled than the direct troops of the Yang family. Mo Zhuo has many people here that he has secretly conquered. They are all extremely vicious sea wolves.
They dare to do anything.
In the regular army, due to cross-control, no one or anything can be hidden. But it is different here. Yang Fan does not regard them as his soldiers at all. They are just non-staff personnel. They are too lazy to follow the regular army.
Prepare to organize them.
Ever since Mo Table took over, just for today, he has been secretly showing kindness to some old gangsters who often make mistakes. Many people were saved just before he was beheaded. Pirates' military regulations are relatively strict, because they don't
Strict control will not work.
Now he can use more than 300 people to do private work.