I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

Although it was already midnight, the Shaoxing mining area was still lively. Men as skinny as firewood and as black as coal continued to work under the supervision of supervisors with oil lamps lit. The sweat left on their foreheads slid down their cheeks. It will leave deep marks, and it will be black when it falls to the ground.

If you work like this for a night, you can get a big bowl of brown rice, plus six copper coins, and a wad of banknotes, and then the sleeping miners will get up to replace them the next morning.

For things like copper mines, money is earned when dug out, so working two shifts has become inevitable. However, under such heavy physical labor, only one meal of brown rice is given. In fact, it is clearly squeezing the potential of the miners. They often work for seven days. After eight years, you won’t be able to work anymore. Once you can’t work anymore, your body will collapse and you will die soon.

The miners also understand this, but the miner's job is still valuable. I don't know how many people outside want to rush to do it, because here you can at least have enough to eat and save some money, and even if you find good bare copper , keep it secretly in your pocket, and the supervisor will turn a blind eye, as long as you don't forget to moisturize him a little bit later.

For farmers who have lost their land, it is good to have a place in this world where you can live. Anyone who dares to break this life will fight him to the death.

Therefore, when Monk Zheng Zhipeng appeared here happily, all the miners stopped what they were doing. The miners who were sleeping during the day were also awakened and came out with their usual mining tools. The supervisors also instantly transformed into middle-level officers. Begin to direct the miners to form an array.

The most interesting thing is that the mine protection team not only has regular weapons and strict formations, but everyone is also wearing iron armor!

Zheng Zhipeng sat high on the horse, turned around and asked Shang Kexi: "How is it?"

"The miners are just like chickens and dogs, but the mine protection team is a bit interesting. Judging from the formation, they can be called elite, and their combat effectiveness should be higher than that of ordinary guards."

Zheng Zhipeng lit a cigar and asked with a smile: "How does it compare with you?"

Shang Kexi glanced at his mouth and said: "It's still a chicken and a dog."

The Dongjiang Army was already elite. During the few months in Baodao, Zheng Zhipeng captured all the equipment of the Dutch Army and replaced it with them. The combat effectiveness was much improved than before, and they were all equipped with dog locks. So much so that this thing has been a bit fluttery recently.

"May I ask which kind of hero is in front of you? I am Wang Rui of the Wang family in Xia Songjiang, but he is in trouble and needs help from the rivers and lakes?"

There are too many bandits in the world now, especially with the disaster this year. Many bandits have become a climate because of this, and the court's military strength is stretched thin, so usually as long as there is an unclear rebellion, they will temporarily let it go.

Everyone knows that this copper mine is a place where gold is born every day, so there are a lot of people who attack the autumn wind. They can't attack just one person. They usually treat them with courtesy first and then attack. They just give three melons and two dates. If they can't be sent away, they will fight again. Generally When bandits see their fight, they usually become sensible and don't ask for too much.

Zheng Zhipeng looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "I am Zheng Zhipeng. Go back and tell your master that I want this mine!"

There was a buzz, and all the miners in the military formation began to whisper.

In this year, Zheng Zhipeng is definitely a celebrity in the Jiangnan area. Now he has vaguely been regarded as the boss of the Jiangnan area. Therefore, even the most ordinary miners have heard of his name and know how powerful he is. The kindness of this Fourth Master.

Sometimes reputation is really a good thing. As soon as they heard that the person coming was Yi Bo Yuntian Zheng Fourth Master, many miners immediately threw away their weapons without any desire to fight. The supervisors yelled and scolded these people for going The weapons were picked up, but from the looks of them, it was clear that they didn't have the slightest desire to fight.

"Fourth Master is here to grab the mine?"

Zheng Zhipeng shouted angrily: "How can you say it's robbery? I'm buying. Ask your masters how much they would like to pay. After I take over the mining area, the workers will be paid two cents of silver a day, three shifts, three shifts. A meal!”

After some coaxing, the miners started celebrating directly this time. Some of the people behind who didn't hear clearly kept asking those who heard clearly in front of them, what on earth are you enjoying.They might not believe this kind of thing when others say it, but when Zheng Zhipeng said it, they naturally believed it [-]% of the time. The entire military formation suddenly became a mess, and the supervisors couldn't control it, and they didn't dare to control it.

When Wang Rui heard this, his face turned green and he was anxious for a moment.

"Brother Wang, what should we do now? We can't let this thief Zheng talk any more. This man is the best at buying the hearts and minds of unruly people and he has credibility. He has attacked Songjiang and Ningbo every time. Now the unruly people believe him. If he continues to talk for a while, these miners will Maybe he rebelled!"

Wang Rui felt like an ant in a hot pot, and of course he knew he couldn't nag anymore. It was too late to go to the city to ask the heads of the families for instructions at this late night. All decisions could only be made by him alone, but he also knew that this was a matter of life and death. break.

Looking back at the mine protection team who were all covered in iron armor, I felt a little more confident in my heart. I gritted my teeth and ordered: "The front army will attack. The law enforcement team will stand behind with swords and axes. Those who retreat without mercy will be killed!" The mine protection team is on standby."

As the words fell, drums beat and torches flew to convey military orders. After about five or six minutes, the front army slowly came forward.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhipeng couldn't help but smile.

Nowadays, he is no longer the Wu Xia Amen of the past. Although he is still not a professional in killing troops, he knows a little bit about it. In addition to equipment, judging the strength of an army is actually the most important thing. is the time it takes for an order to be passed from delivery to execution, which is an intuitive reflection of the level of military training.

From waving the torch to the front army attacking, the opponent actually used five or six points. This speed is not much different from that without training.

"The front army took a hundred steps forward and fired to suppress it."

Shang Kexi nodded when he heard the words, and then passed the order with a torch. In just over ten seconds, Shang Kexi's front army was already moving. Seeing this, Zheng Zhipeng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but it also added a bit of worry.

Shang Kexi is too strong, and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.

But before he could think about it, the two front troops had already exchanged fire. The miners' long-range weapons seemed to be very limited. The distance was only [-] steps, and there were no crossbows. The Liaodong Army was not used to it. Well, it was just three rounds of volley shooting, just like lining up to be shot, and the opponent was beaten to cry for father and mother.

There was no fighting will in the first place. When the mining troops saw this posture, their first reaction was not to rush forward and close the distance. Instead, they all lay down with their heads in their hands and evaded in panic. There were also a lot of people in the rear army who wanted to run, but they were all caught behind guard. The army's swordsmen and axemen chopped him down.

Seeing this, Wang Rui became even more anxious. He knew that it wouldn't take long for the front army to collapse, and the swordsman and axe-handed man would not be able to do much.

Wang Rui's eyes were about to burst and he had no choice but to make a desperate move and said: "The mine protection army, go straight into the enemy's center!"

This time it was much faster. After all, the mine protection army was a professional soldier, and they were loyal to several major families. Many of them were even members of their clansmen. Of course, they were not afraid of fighting. They rushed forward with a roar after receiving the order.

They are different from the miners. They are not on the same side at all. After all, when Zheng Zhipeng came to rob the mines, it was them and not the miners who robbed them.

And they are not an ordinary army. Many of them are elites from the northwest who were dug up and stolen by the Donglin Party, and even the Guanning cavalry in Liaodong have a little bit.As long as they can create a hole in Zheng Jun's formation and disrupt their volley, the miner troops behind them can press forward in force, and the battle will be chaotic, with a high chance of winning. After all, they are all in iron armor and are not particularly afraid of muskets.

As long as he has crossed the range of the inverted musket, why should a mere pirate on the sea be compared with an elite like us?