Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

Let's talk about it, let's talk about it, don't make fun of your life.

This was the critical moment of life and death, and Ning Fan did not dare to be careless. He also pulled out the sword from his waist.

After thinking for a while, Ning Fan put the knife back on his waist and pulled out two muskets.

Ning Fan's two muskets are somewhat different from ordinary muskets. They are specially made, and the ammunition for Ning Fan's two guns are carefully selected and will never jam or misfire.

As soon as he raised his hand, the musket in Ning Fan's hand went off, and the leader fell directly to the ground, his whole face was smashed by Ning Fan's musket.

The few guards in uniforms beside him were also protecting Ning Fan desperately. Although the hundreds of villagers were very powerful, they were just a mob without professional training. In addition, Ning Fan raised his hand to kill someone with a musket. It was too It was so scary that many villagers just stood in the distance and shouted, not daring to actually rush up.

Just like that, Chen Yuanqing took the lead and rushed into the villagers, brandishing the sword in his hand. More than a dozen Jinyi guards also tried their best to protect Ning Fan.

After a few rounds, the villagers were beaten to such a state that they scurried away with their heads in their hands. More than twenty corpses were left on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

These villagers probably also know that Ning Fan and others are a tough nut to crack. If they can't take down these officials today, their doom will come.

So after thinking about it, the villagers launched a second wave of attacks, but at this time, a large number of Jin Yiwei began to rush out of the woods.

Bows and arrows were fired with a whoosh, and the first few villagers who rushed over were directly nailed to the ground. When the villagers behind saw the large army coming, they were frightened and ran away, trying to escape back to the village. Unexpectedly, these Jin Yiwei guards Following closely, all the villagers were almost killed in a short time.

Ning Fan's expression didn't change much when he saw this scene. These villagers seemed to be simple and honest people, but in fact they were already bad inside.

They actually work with the pirates at sea, helping them rob their relatives, friends and neighbors, and helping them inform the pirates. If it weren't for these wicked villagers, I'm afraid the fishermen along the coast wouldn't have died all of a sudden. many.

"You take people to the village and arrest all the remaining villagers. If they resist, they will be beheaded in public. If they do not resist, they will be escorted back to Jinjiang."

Ning Fan immediately ordered.

There are many nearby villages that are almost integrated with pirates, but these people cannot be slaughtered all. Ning Fan just has a headache. How to deal with these mobs? In fact, these ordinary people may not be that bad, but they have no concept of good and evil, right and wrong.

Being a pirate is a quick way to make money for them, and it is much better than fishing in the sea, so these common people send their children to the sea to become pirates.

The key is that these people are now deeply tied to the interests of pirates. If these people are not dealt with, the banditry along the coast will never be solved, but blindly massacring these people is not the answer.

After returning to his palace in Jinjiang, Ning Fan was thinking about how to solve the problem of the deep binding between coastal people and pirates.

After thinking about it for a day, I still couldn't figure it out, so I had no choice but to invite Song Chengzhou over.

"Your Majesty, I have a way to solve this matter, and that is to move these people to the mainland in large numbers, and put them into one place to imprison them."

Song Chengzhou's perspective on problems was different from that of ordinary people. Even Ning Fan sometimes couldn't keep up with the speed of this veteran's brain.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Ning Fan had to admit that Song Chengzhou had a unique perspective on the problem, but it was often the best way to solve the problem.

The common people on these coastal borders have no sense of right and wrong. They just think that being pirates can gain more benefits, so they let their children become pirates. It cannot be said that these people are necessarily bad people and must be sentenced to death, but they are definitely not what they are. Good people.

Ning Fan thought of many ways to prevent such things from happening and how to act as a deterrent, but when it came to Song Chengzhou, everything seemed to be no longer a problem.

"There are many places in Dakang that need such people to cultivate. Just throw them into a large wasteland and let them survive alone."

Song Chengzhou's words made Ning Fan suddenly enlightened, and he suddenly figured out a lot.

In fact, killing is not the best solution. After all, the current population of Dakang is a scarce resource. After years of war, natural and man-made disasters, and plague, the population has been reduced to a very dangerous red line. , if the population continues to weaken, then Dakang in the future will be a little weak compared to neighboring countries.

"Just do what your old man said."

Ning Fan still respects Song Chengzhou very much. This veteran has made great contributions to him. When he was still the sixth prince, Song Chengzhou was deeply bound to him.

Later, Ning Fan was able to ascend the throne and sit on the position of emperor. In fact, Song Chengzhou also contributed a lot.

"Your Majesty, this is the result of the recent investigation."

The commander of the Jinyi Guards who follows Ning Fan is named Qin Ying. He has not been with Ning Fan for a long time, but he is extremely meticulous in his work and is one of the people Ning Fan trusts the most.

At this time, Qin Ying brought a booklet, which contained densely packed names of people, and behind each name was recorded some property, such as the amount of money, the amount of the house title, etc.

"No way, these pirates have so close contact with these officials along the coast."

Ning Fan felt his scalp numb when he saw hundreds of names densely recorded in this booklet.

It seems that the pirates on this sea have not grown big on their own, but have been completely fattened by these coastal officials.

Ning Fan couldn't help but laugh angrily when he saw the many names on the booklet. It seemed that these officials in Dakang were really smart. Instead of reaching out to plunder the people's wealth, they instead used their hands to share the spoils with these pirates.

Even Ning Fan had to admire this skill. These pirates blatantly robbed homes and robbed people of their wealth. However, these officials did not have to do anything behind the scenes, but they could share 70% of the harvest. There is no better job in the world than this. Make money.

"Qin Ying, you have to make sure that all the information recorded in this manual is true and that all of it has been investigated."

Ning Fan looked at Qin Ying cautiously.

This book contains the names of hundreds of officials, involving countless families large and small in Jiangnan Province.

If Qin Ying has any intention of avenging private revenge and adds a few names at will, then these names on the blacklist will suffer a big disaster.