Fenghou

Perhaps because of his humble background, the rest of the Plum Blossom Guard leaders all despised him and looked down on him, so naturally they wouldn't tell him that those places should not be provoked.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, this Zou Yuhou happened to be assigned to manage the area of ​​Xinfeng Teahouse. After a few days of arrogance, he brought people to blackmail Xinfeng Teahouse today.

Seeing that the other party didn't buy his account, Zou Shuan was furious, "Stop talking nonsense, I'm doing business according to my duties, and who cares about your backstage? Come with me!"

After finishing speaking, he grabbed Dong An's skirt with his hands, stretched his hand halfway, and a big hand grabbed his wrist like lightning. In an instant, Plum Blossom Wei Yuhou's wrist was so painful that he screamed in pain.

The big hand was slightly relaxed, and Meihuawei Yuhou was relieved. Then he noticed a man like an iron tower appeared in front of him. He was tall and burly, with dark skin, and a pair of sharp eyes that were scary. I really don't know where he came from. ?

"Hero, you have something to say!"

The person who arrested him was Wei Yanzong, and Wei Yanzong said coldly: "I'm not a good man, I'm a Marquis of Yu just like you!"

Wei Yanzong took out a silver medal and put it in front of his eyes, and opened his eyes wide to see, what is this?

Zou Shuan didn't know a few big characters, but he knew two words on the sign, 'Western Army', which scared him out of his wits and begged for mercy.

Dong An glanced at Lu Gang in the distance, and said calmly: "Let him go! Let him go."

"roll!"

Wei Yanzong let go of his hand, and Zou Shuan led several of his men to roll and crawl away.

The first thousand and 380 chapter four draw

Dong An walked up to Lu Gang and said with a smile: "This man's surname is Zou and his nickname is Zou Scarzi. He was originally a local ruffian in the Sanqiao area. He was appointed Marquis of Plum Blossom Guard Yu three days ago. He is in charge of monitoring our area. It has been two days. A lot of storekeepers have come to tell me, let me be careful of this person, he is black-hearted and greedy, it seems to be Yan Xin's nepotism."

Lu Gang pondered for a moment and said: "Find out his background clearly. If it is really related to Yan Xin, then this person is useful."

Dong An is a little afraid of Lu Gang. Lu Gang looks gentle, but he hides his secrets, making it hard to understand. Hu Yun is a man of temperament, but this Lu Gang is not. Every word he said, even every word It's all said after careful consideration.

"Humble job understands, I will find out today!"

Lu Gang said lightly: "He has suffered a lot today, and he will definitely not give up. He will definitely come for revenge, so be careful!"

"How does Special Envoy Lu think he will retaliate?"

Lu Gang smiled, "I want to know the answer is very simple, ask how he used to take revenge on others, the ruffians are nothing more than those routines."

"Thank you for the special envoy's guidance, I know what to do."

……

Like a gust of wind, Zou Shuan ran to the commander of the capital, Yan Xin, and excitedly reported his discovery to him. He actually discovered the stronghold of the Western Army.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xin's face darkened, and he said sharply: "That's not the place you should provoke, you are not allowed to go to that teahouse in the future, did you hear me?"

Zou Shuan opened his mouth wide, and said for a while, "But that is the stronghold of the Western Army, and I saw the badge with my own eyes!"

Yan Xin was really impatient, how stupid must this person be to not understand?

"Is the other person a fool? Show you the badge, and you won't be afraid of being caught. Think about it, why does he dare to show you the badge?"

"Could it be...does everyone know where it is?"

"nonsense!"

Yan Xin scolded angrily: "Who doesn't know that there is an intelligence base of the Western Army? Only you, an idiot, don't know, it's a place you can't afford to provoke, don't provoke it anymore, do you hear me?"

Zou Shuan was extremely depressed, bowed his head for a while and said, "I remember it!"

He turned around and walked away sullenly, Yan Xin sneered and said to himself: "Send this idiot to that area, someone is putting on shoes for him!"

……

Zou Shuan is 26 years old this year, and he has been a gangster for ten years, but he has only been in Meihuawei for three days, and he is still a gangster in essence. He doesn't know the rules of Meihuawei or politics. He only knows Changfeng The teahouse has made him suffer, and he must find this place back.

Even though Yan Xin repeatedly warned him not to touch Changfeng Teahouse, he didn't take this warning to heart. In his opinion, if he couldn't do it clearly, then he would be playing tricks.

Zou Shuan used to lose in fights or blackmail, and his favorite thing to do was to set fire to people's shops or homes at night.

Of course, he had almost no success. The main reason was that he was afraid of being caught by others, so he would throw a torch and run away. The only time he succeeded was setting someone else’s shop on fire, which caused heavy losses to the shop owner. He hid outside for several months When he came back, he found that the shop had moved to Jingzhao, so he had no worries and bragged about it all day long.

At night, Zou Shuan changed into black clothes and carried a bag on his back. Inside the bag were some stock left over from before, a few torches, a bag of sulfur, and a scythe. Taking advantage of the cover of night, Zou Shuan set off.

His home is not very far from Changfeng Teahouse, about three miles away. Soon, he appeared opposite the teahouse. He stared at the teahouse with hatred, lit a torch with a scythe, and was about to throw it towards the teahouse. Suddenly, his The hand was grabbed, it was still the familiar feeling, the wrist was pinched to the bone, the torches' clattered! 'Fall to the ground and be stomped out.

Zou Shuan was frightened out of his wits, and turned his head slowly. Behind him was the man who looked like a black tower, staring at him fiercely, and there were several big men surrounding him like wolves.

Zou Shuan completely forgot that he was the Marquis of Plum Blossom Wei Yu, and got used to his identity as a scoundrel. He was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his legs went limp, and he collapsed on the ground.

Wei Yanzong choked him like a chicken and dragged him into the teahouse...

At dawn, a carriage stopped in front of Zou Shuan's house, and Wei Yanzong handed him a small package, "Have you remembered everything I told you?"

Zou Shuan nodded again and again, "The villain remembers it!"

"Let me say this one last time. The general situation of the world has been decided. Since you are on King Yong's ship, even if you can't become a high-ranking official, you will be able to protect your prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life. You are a smart person, so you should know how to choose!"

"I know I know!"

"Get out of the car! If there is anything, I will contact you."

Zou Shuan almost stepped on the ground, and slowly got out of the carriage. The carriage started immediately and went away quickly.

Looking at the carriage going away, Zou Shuan hastily opened the bag, and inside were ten ingots of white silver, a total of 200 taels.

……

There are a series of islands off the coast of Chaozhou on Guangnan East Road. The population here is very sparse, and only a few fishermen live there. It was still dark, and ten large ships surrounded one of the islands from all directions.

These ten large ships were the fleet led by Liu Dajiang. Chen Qing entrusted them with four major missions: eradicating thieves, expanding borders, trading, and treasure hunting.

On the trade routes from the Song Dynasty to the Southeast Asia, dozens of pirates, large and small, were active, but most of the pirates only dared to plunder single ships, and the pirates did not dare to provoke groups of sea ships, and often shunned them. .

But the pirates along the coast in the Song Dynasty had another kind of threat. They would go ashore to plunder small coastal counties and rape women. They came and went like the wind, and they had sea ships. Now, let's start to attack the official ships. Two three-thousand-stone supply ships transported by the Quanzhou government to Daliuqiu Island were robbed by the pirates.

Although they are all daily necessities and not worth much, the nature of robbing official ships is very serious, and if there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three. The Quanzhou government immediately sent people around to inquire about the whereabouts of the pirates, and at this time, Liu Dajiang arrived in Quanzhou with a thousand men and ten large ships.

According to the information obtained by the Quanzhou government, the leader of this pirate group is Zhou Wangyi. The entire pirate group consists of more than 300 people. They live on the islands off the coast of Chaozhou. They are usually honest fishermen. They turned into thieves and started their crimes.

The details of the leader Zhou Wangyi have also been found out. When he was young, he was a member of a pirate gang in Nanyang. The pirates had a conflict and finally disbanded. Zhou Wangyi returned to his hometown and began to form his own pirate gang. , They murdered, looted, and raped women along the coast of the East China Sea. It can be said that they are full of evil, and they have always been a cancer on the southeast coast.

Chen Qing also made up his mind to completely eradicate this band of pirates.

There is a narrow bay in the southeast of the island, in which dozens of medium-sized ships are moored. On the surface, they look like fishing boats, but they are actually pirate ships disguised as fishing boats.

Commander Han Xiaowu has rich experience in combat, and said to Liu Dajiang: "The humble officer suggested that we divide our troops into two groups. On the way, 500 people will enter the village to arrest and encircle. On the way, intercept these fleeing pirates."

Liu Dajiang is very good at man and respects the suggestions of professional soldiers. He said happily: "What to do, I will lead one to five troops to encircle and suppress, the general will lead six to nine troops to intercept, and the tenth troops will stay on board."

The two immediately split into two groups and acted separately.

The first thousand and 380 chapters and five bandits

Zhou Wang is about 50 years old a year. Although he is over half a century old, he is still tall and strong, and his martial arts skills are also very good. He lives in the largest house on the island and often goes to Chaoyang County. County magistrates are on good terms.

Zhou Wangyi had a son named Zhou Xing, who was born to him and a Nanyang woman. The Nanyang woman died during the fire, and he brought his son back to China.

He later married another wife, but later had conflicts with his son Zhou Xing and was hacked to death by his son. Zhou Wangyi never married again. He often went to the county to bring a few prostitutes home for a few days, and then sent them back. To avoid further family conflicts.

In his deep sleep, Zhou Wangyi was awakened by a violent dog barking. He had been a pirate for more than [-] years, and he was extremely sensitive to all kinds of things. .

"Member, you... what's the matter with you?"

"Shh - don't talk."

He strained his ears to listen, and suddenly he heard shouts and screams in the distance.

"not good!"

He jumped up and pulled out a knife on the bedside. The three prostitutes screamed in fright and got under the covers.

Zhou Wangyi put on his clothes indiscriminately, kicked open the back window and jumped out. He ran out from behind, crouched under the wall and observed carefully. Countless soldiers rushed into the village, and there were shouts of killing and screams everywhere. Watching several of his men rushing over, they were caught up by a soldier and stabbed to death one by one with a spear.

He gasped. These soldiers were vicious and brave. They were by no means ordinary state soldiers. At this moment, a few women screamed from his house, it was broken, and they were about to come after them.

Zhou Wangyi hurriedly got up and ran along the path. His subordinates kept following him along the way. When he ran out of the village, there were already more than [-] people behind him.

"Daddy!" He suddenly heard his son's shout, Zhou Wang was overjoyed, and his son also escaped.

"Follow me quickly!"

They all knew that the only way to escape the siege was to enter the sea, which was their world, and no one could catch them.

The crowd followed Zhou Wangyi and fled towards the bay where the boat stopped. The officers and soldiers came from the northwest, so they might not know the boats they hid in the bay.

The crowd ran for more than ten miles and gradually approached the bay. At this moment, they heard a bang of clappers, and suddenly countless arrows were shot from the high ground on both sides. They were as fast as rain and powerful. A large area was shot down, and screams and wailing rang out. Zhou Xing, the son of Zhou Wangyi, ran in the front, was shot through by seven or eight arrows, and died tragically on the spot.

However, Zhou Wangyi reacted very quickly because the people on both sides acted as human shields. He got down in time and escaped the first round of arrows. Four hundred soldiers surrounded and killed them, leaving less than 20 people. His strong desire to survive made him Zhou Wangyi knelt down and raised his hands and shouted: "I am Zhou Wangyi, I surrender! Surrender!"

The other subordinates also knelt on the ground and yelled to surrender. Unfortunately, what they encountered today was the Western Army who had experienced many battles. His heart was as hard as iron and he had no mercy. Han Xiaowu ordered coldly: "Leave Zhou Wangyi, Kill all the rest!"

The soldiers rushed forward, dragged Zhou Wangyi aside and tied them up, and the rest were hacked to death. Zhou Wangyi was so shocked that his face turned pale. He also killed people like hemp, but he had never seen such a ruthless soldier.

What made it even more unacceptable to him was that all the bodies were thrown onto the boat, and all the people and the boat were burned by a fire, and sank into the sea.

As the sky gradually dawned, the suppression of the island was over, and no one escaped. Except for the leader Zhou Wangyi, all 340 pirates were executed. Only the old, weak, women and children survived.

The soldiers immediately searched out a lot of wealth in every household. Copper coins and cloth and silk were piled up like mountains, but the real wealth was found in Zhou Wangyi's mansion. A room led to a huge dark cave. They were all big boxes. Zhou Wangyi didn't want cloth or copper coins, but only gold, silver, jewelry and precious spices.

It took the soldiers two days to move all their wealth onto the big ship. There were 20 copper coins and nearly 50 bolts of cloth and silk. Liu Dajiang immediately announced that he would give all the copper coins and cloth and silk to the soldiers. Everyone was given thirty pieces of cloth, and everyone cheered for a while.

The fleet then sailed back to Quanzhou. Everyone made a fortune by eliminating the pirates. They needed to go ashore, sell the cloth and satin, and remit the copper money to their families through the counter.

……

Pirate Zhou Wangyi was beheaded at Caishikou, tens of thousands of people gathered around and applauded. This is also a reassurance for Quanzhou businessmen that the Western Army will severely crack down on pirates and maintain the safety of overseas routes.

The Sichuan-Shaanxi cabinet shop in Quanzhou was full of people, and there was a long queue, basically all of them were Liu Dajiang's subordinates. They sent all the [-] guan coins they were allocated to the back warehouse, and after counting, they got a sign. This sign is used to store or send money.

Liu Dajiang suggested that they remit the money to their families. Their lives may be in danger at any time overseas. It is better to leave the money they earn to their parents, wives and children.

Withdrawing money from other places has always been the advantageous project of Sichuan-Shanxi cabinet workshops. It is very convenient and is very popular among businessmen and soldiers.

After everyone deposits money, just tell the cabinet where to withdraw money, and the cabinet will hand over half a bronze medal, secret seal and money withdrawal receipt to the soldiers, and with these three things, money can be withdrawn at the agreed cabinet. .

Liu Dajiang put all the soldiers' money withdrawal vouchers into a cloth bag, and there was also a soldier's home letter inside. The cloth bag was written with the name and home address of each soldier, and it was tightly sewn with needles and threads. The wealth was sent to Jingzhao together, and Chen Qinghui sent people to deliver these cloth bags to the hands of each soldier's family, thinking very carefully.

In the official office of the Overseas Trade Administration, Chao Kun is explaining simple overseas information to Liu Dajiang. Chao Kun is now fully responsible for exchanging silver with Japan and recruiting Japanese laborers to the big island of Ryukyu. He has no time to go to Nanyang, so leave it to Liu Oe.

On the table is a simple map drawn by Chao Kun himself. Although it is simple, it is more accurate.

"Sailing southeast from Quanzhou, you can reach Luzon Island in about six to eight days. There are many large islands there, almost all of which are uninhabited islands, and only a few natives live. Your Highness once told me that these islands will Included in our overseas territory, the first time you go to sea is mainly to understand the whole Nanyang, don't stay in one place for too long!"

Liu Dajiang pondered for a while and said: "Although those boatmen have been to sea, they are not very familiar with the situation in Nanyang. Can you introduce some guides who are very familiar with Nanyang to me."

"Yes! There are quite a few! I'll introduce you to someone later. He is an experienced old navigator named Zhang Jiugong. Although he is a little older, he is a living map of Nanyang. He has also been to Tianzhu Dashi and is in good health. Very well, I will let him take a few people to go to sea with you."

"Great!"

Liu Dajiang said happily: "With such a live map, I feel at ease."

Five days later, Liu Dajiang led ten large ships full of cargo to leave Quanzhou and head for the distant Nanyang.

The first thousand and 380 six chapters of the county

In Mei County, Fengxiang Prefecture, when the first heavy snow fell on the Guanzhong Plain, tens of thousands of young and strong laborers were busy picking soil and digging ditches in the fields, installing water trucks, and widening the large ponds for water storage. They were taking advantage of the short agricultural slack in winter Time to build water conservancy.

Although the heavy snow fell one after another, it did not affect the enthusiasm of the farmers. Tens of thousands of people worked hard together, and the atmosphere was in full swing.

The official who leads the farmers to build water conservancy projects is Tian Kuang, the county worker. The county worker is an official position newly created last year. He is an assistant to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate is freed from tedious chores, the county magistrate only cares about what to do at what time, and the county workers are responsible for implementing specific things.

Chen Qing made a supplementary regulation a few months ago. The county worker is recommended by the county magistrate, and can be selected from his own aides or prefects. This regulation is inconspicuous, but it is of great significance. It means that the county workers are basically the county magistrate's confidantes, and the county magistrate can let the county workers do things freely and will not embarrass him.

Tian Kuang is the confidant of Li Zhe, the magistrate of Mei County. He was originally Li Zhe's aide. the first batch of beneficiaries.

With the support of the county magistrate, Tian Kuang mobilized tens of thousands of young and strong laborers in various townships and villages to use the slack to build water conservancy projects. At the same time, he repaired more than a dozen dangerous bridges and dozens of kilometers of official roads. He has to work extra hard. The Ministry of Officials evaluates officials every year mainly based on political performance and morality. If Tian Kuang can get high praise from the superiors for at least eight years during his two consecutive terms of office, then he is very hopeful that he will be promoted after his two terms of office. As the Sima of the state, he will even be transferred to various temple supervisors as functional officials.

County workers and county lieutenants are both functional officials, and they cannot be chief officials.

On the edge of the field, a group of laborers were resting and chatting. At this time, a bell rang in the distance, and someone shouted, "Go to work!"

Everyone got up one after another, and a young man got up and said with a smile: "Brothers, shall I go first?"

"Xiao Wu, are you going back to Jingzhao now?"

The young man smiled wryly and said, "I only have a one-month vacation, and I have to go back before noon the day after tomorrow, otherwise I will be considered absent from work and will be demoted."

"You should come back for a vacation during the Chinese New Year!"