I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

Xu House.

Even though it was late at night, the lights were still on, flickering under the colorful glass lampshades.

Several direct descendants of the Xu family were surrounding Xu Lang, the head of the family, in the living room with angry faces.

"Second uncle, the people making trouble outside are all old friends and even relatives of our Xu family. Today you shut them all out. Tomorrow, the reputation accumulated by four generations of our family will be wiped out. It stinks."

However, while his cousin Xu Shan was filling his own snuff bottle, he said in a sinister manner: "Brother, what you said is wrong. The reputation of our Xu family is not going to be bad tomorrow, but it is already bad now. The steward just came to retaliate. Our Zhuangzi There was not a soul left in the house, and all the tenants went on strike and went home."

The actor said in praise: "Go home? This...how could this happen? It's the busy farming season, where can we live without people in the fields? Let's go look for it again. If it doesn't work, let's add more money!"

"It's useless. Except for those who really can't live in a radius of five hundred miles, no one will work for our family. People have said that money is not as important as life. Everyone knows that we have offended the big Japanese pirate Liu Xiang. The Zheng family He won’t come to the rescue.”

The actor praised him again: "Didn't you ask the government to find a solution?"

"It's useless. Zheng Zhipeng's guy somehow got Zhang Bingzhen's official certificate. These officials are all crazy and pretend to be deaf and dumb."

The eldest son, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Dad, we have to come up with a way, otherwise our Xu family will be really doomed if we have hundreds of people."

Xu Lang kept listening with an expressionless face, but did not express his opinion. He just kept smoking a long sterling silver pipe trembling in his hand.

The younger son still couldn't stand it anymore and got up angrily and said, "Are you asking dad to find a way? You clearly want my dad to die!"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one stood up to defend themselves.

Apparently, that's what they meant.

The younger son became even more angry and was about to continue to get angry, but Xu Lang stopped him and signaled him to calm down.

"I arranged for people to poison Zheng Zhipeng. Now that such a big mistake has happened, and I am the head of the family, I should indeed be responsible for this matter. I am 67 this year. I can die for the Xu family, but I can't die like this, I have to vent my anger on Zheng Zhipeng, isn't he holding a so-called hero conference? This is for me, how can I not go, come on, make arrangements, I really want to meet this person."

The younger son shouted angrily: "Dad! Don't go, you... the scholar cannot be killed and cannot be humiliated."

Xu Lang raised his head and glanced. Except for the youngest son, everyone in the hall, including his younger brother, nephew, and son, were all silent.

The old man couldn't help but grinned at himself, but he didn't say anything. He just told his younger son: "Tell Ben Gao that I am doing this on my own. If you don't have the right opportunity, you don't need to avenge me."

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But it was said that at the Heroes Conference, more than a thousand heroes gathered together. The Zheng family had plenty of food and wine, so naturally they sang and drank, making it very noisy.

Zheng Zhipeng crutched an injured leg that was not yet healed, drove away the singing troupe, and was giving an impassioned speech. However, the expressions of the audience were very painful.

It is said that although all the heroes came here for Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhipeng's performance and reputation since arriving in Songjiang were already worthy of their hard journey. Even if they could not see Zheng Zhibao, they would not be dissatisfied. At most, it's just a slight regret, but the content of Zheng Zhipeng's speech was so damn painful that it seemed like he was telling a joke.

"Thank you for coming all the way, Peng, I am so worried. The purpose of calling everyone here is also very simple, two words, fight against the Japanese!"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, what the hell are you going to do? What's going on with your Zheng family, haven't you figured it out yet?

"Japanese pirates must be resisted at all times. If you don't resist, you can't do it. Think about it, you went out of the city, took your wife, ate hot pot and sang songs, and suddenly you were robbed by Japanese pirates. So, there are no days without Japanese pirates. , is a good day!"

"Then how can we fight against this Japanese pirate? Peng Bucai was appointed as the general manager by Mr. Zhang Bingzhen. He was responsible for organizing various villages and towns along the coast and rivers to organize and train militia groups. However, on my own, even if I am covered in iron, I can still fight a few enemies. Nails? So I hope you can support me a lot. When you go back, organize your brothers and fight against the Japanese pirates together. Let’s form an alliance. If a family encounters Japanese pirates, we will go to support them together. Is this okay for everyone?”

The heroes below clapped their hands in confusion and echoed twice, and the atmosphere was as cold as the cold dishes on the table.

The Zheng family wants to fight against the Japanese. This joke is not very funny.However, what Zheng Zhipeng said was quite passionate, but it was like that.

"Of course, if you want to fight against the Japanese, you have to train your troops. To train your troops, you have to spend money. The court is collecting training fees, so how can you collect the money? My brother has come up with a way to attract sponsorship! He In Fujian and Guangdong, tens of thousands of rural soldiers in the two provinces were trained only by soliciting sponsorship from the merchants and gentry. Can we also learn from this?

Let’s find wealthy and big households like those along the coast and rivers, talk to them rationally and emotionally, and explain to them the righteousness of resisting Japan. I believe they are willing to share the country’s worries. Of course, it’s all voluntary. Ah, this is not robbery, but if there are some ignorant people, we can ignore them if they are robbed by Japanese pirates. "

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that this was just collecting protection money, and the best thing was that as long as Zhang Bingzhen nodded, it would be legal.As for the Japanese pirates, it was just a matter of words for the Zheng family to rob whom they did not rob.

If this group of people really wants to fight against the Japanese, they may not necessarily have the courage to do so, but if they want to make money in the name of fighting against the Japanese, they are still very courageous.

Suddenly enlightened, everyone naturally expressed their loyalty and shouted that the Japanese invasion must be eliminated.

"If you want to participate, of course it would be best to report your name to my brother Zhiyan soon. However, my Zheng family has its own rules. We always rob the strong rather than the weak. Bah! Anyway, this sponsorship is not allowed. Ask ordinary people to ask for it. As for those high-profile households, they don't pay taxes anyway, so we will help them collect some, how to collect it, and how much to collect.

We must have a number, and I also have to deal with Zhang Butang, so anyone who is willing to participate, my Zheng family must send a supervisor. I, the Zheng family, will not take any of the money obtained, but only half can be used for your training, and the rest , must be distributed to the poor in the name of my Zheng family.

Of course, since it is an alliance, we must help each other. As the saying goes, if one side is in trouble, all sides will support it, and the whereabouts of Japanese pirates are uncertain. If we are scattered, it will be really disadvantageous for the great cause of fighting against Japanese pirates. It just so happens that I am responsible for dispatching local braves. Therefore, as soon as I respond to an order, I will convey it through the supervisor. I also ask for your cooperation when the time comes.

Oh, by the way, the big Japanese pirates such as Liu Xiang Zhongbin and the red-haired Japanese have their own sharp knife troops. I think if you are interested in joining this alliance, please send your capable nephews and brothers to me when you go back. , let me organize a group of volunteers. If we really fight a big war with the Japanese pirates in the future, these people will be our intermediaries, or they may serve as officers.

Okay, I’ve finished my words. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to join or not. "

Everyone looked at each other, and now they finally understood. There really is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Isn't this just to recruit them? For a moment, there were all kinds of reactions.

But at this moment, Kinyiemon ran up, lay in Zheng Zhipeng's ear and said: "Fourth Master, Xu Lang and the Xu family are here, they are right outside the door."