History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]
Chapter 100
"What's going on here?" The Eighth Prince dragged Yaerjiang aside and asked in the small independent courtyard that was opened up in Hubu.
Yaerjiang'a pursed his lips, looking at the group of clansmen who surrounded the fourth prince, not knowing how to talk about it.
But he knew that these people were planning against the fourth prince before, but now they started to flatter him instead.
Seeing that they were still crying poor in front of the emperor just now, now they all wish to give money to the fourth prince, wondering if their eyes are blurred.
"What else can I do? I got kicked in the forehead by a horse!" I was also stupid, and I only realized it at this time. He has only inherited the title for a few years, and they are fine with these old princes, but if he gets angry What should I do if I become the emperor, turn back and lose his title, and replace it with those concubine younger brothers?
So I was really stupid, how could I have the guts to force the emperor with this group of people?Borrow courage from the sky?
And today is really an eye-opener for him, all of them are spineless bastards, and when they see some benefits, they are eager to join in.
Yaerjiang is so angry. He didn't want to get involved in this matter at all before, but he was deceived by Prince Kang.
He has a bad relationship with the fourth son, but he has no face to rush forward at this time. Fortunately, there is an eighth prince. Seeing the eighth prince, Yaerjiang's face softened, "Leave them alone, they are all asking the fourth son to throw money. Don't forget me about this good thing, I also invested 3 taels of silver, and I will send the silver back later."
Before the eighth prince could speak, the fourth master who was surrounded in the middle broke free from his clan and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, you all said it. If you don't collect individual money, you should form a group." The company, come here in the name of the company."
The clansmen kept saying yes, and they had no plans to make money without spending money at all.
The eighth prince glanced at his clan, and said to Yaerjiang, "Did you hear that? We don't charge money for a single person, so go play with the old men."
Yaerjiang rolled his eyes, "That group is all old princes, what's the matter if I get involved, old man, what about you, have you formed a company there? I'll invest my money in your company."
The eighth prince didn't set up a company, but Lao Jiu and Lao Shi formed one, and he planned to turn around and invest money in Lao Jiu's side, so it's okay to join a Yaerjiang, everyone can make money together, just say : "Then you have to go to Lao Jiu, he is in charge of this matter."
While talking, a eunuch came to announce the decree outside the door.
All the people in the room stopped and went to the door to kneel down.
As soon as the decree was issued, all the clan members kept secret, the eighth prince was taken aback for a moment before accepting the decree, and looked at the fourth master after receiving the decree.
The fourth master was also taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Han Ama would transfer Lao Ba away at this time.
Although it is said that Lao Ba was caught by him at the beginning and was busy with chores for a while, but in the end he was basically stumbling him.
But these are nothing, he can still handle it.
After all, there are a lot of miscellaneous things that Lao Ba helped to deal with. Lao Ba is a good hand in this area and helped him a lot. But this time, Khan Ama didn't say anything, and suddenly transferred the person away. ?
For a moment, the atmosphere in the whole courtyard fell silent, and several clan princes found excuses to leave.
Yaerjiang also patted the Eighth Prince's shoulder as comfort, and then left.
In fact, Yaerjiang'a, like those clan members, withdrew first when he saw something was wrong. The reason why the emperor asked the eighth prince to manage the household department at this time must be because of the trouble in the palace before.
Why did the eighth prince suddenly fall to the Ministry of Households? Isn't it because they went to the emperor to borrow money, and it turned out that the Ministry of Households owed money.
This time Lao Ba was transferred to investigate the debt owed by the household department, so he is all creditors, and all of them are grandsons who owe debts. If they don't slip away at this time, when will they slip away?
As for when to repay the debt?At the very least, we have to wait until we have made money in the Eastern trade.
None of these people wanted to delay their enjoyment, and they didn't want to pay back the money now, so they all focused on Dongyang trade, and anyway, they first made a sum of money to cover the debt.
After everyone left one by one, the entire courtyard was emptied, only a few busy officials were left, and the Eighth Prince entered the room silently.
The fourth master glanced at the eighth prince, and was also thinking about Han Ama's intention to transfer the eighth prince to the household department.
You must know that the household department is fourth master's territory. If you transfer Lao Ba to his domain, you will eat in the same pot from now on. Fourth master has no doubt that Lao Ba's ability will win some people over.
The eighth prince put the imperial decree on the table, and continued to pack things in silence.
Fourth Master didn't speak either, and sat back in his seat to continue working.
The atmosphere in the room was very quiet, only the sound of the officer moving paper back and forth.
Soon, the Eighth Prince tidied up all the things, and handed over all the chores in his hands to the person who took over in detail, and then asked someone to remove all the things.
After leaving this temporary office in this way, only the fourth prince was left in the whole yard.
"What do you mean by telling me about Han Ama?" After returning to the mansion at night, Fourth Master had dinner, told Minning about this, and then asked her.
He was used to some puzzled things, he would ask Minning first instead of asking the doorman, if Minning didn't have any good suggestions, he would discuss it with the doorman.
Minning didn't know anything about these things, and naturally she couldn't guess what the emperor's intentions were, so she asked tentatively, "Then why don't I go back and find out for you?"
"That's not necessary. The sailing matters are all ready, the ship has been bought, and some goods have also been purchased. It's up to the companies to hand over the money."
The fourth master said to Minning, "Actually, at this time, there are not many things that Lao Ba needs to do, and he is not a lot." So even if Huanghan Ama transfers Lao Ba, it will not delay anything, after all, only The next sweeping work.
Min Ning thought that it was quite fast. He originally planned to go to sea in February, but it seems that the time is right.
The fourth master said again: "The imperial court is on holiday, but the people have to earn money, and they are still busy during the Chinese New Year, so the goods are properly prepared. In addition, some merchants got the news early and actively prepared. Some goods are ready to be released first. In the port warehouse, just waiting for the ship to Tianjin."
In fact, Minning's shipyard also formed a company, converting ships into funds to join this grand event.
What parts the company consists of naturally belong to some private shipyards.
Since the development of Minning's steel ships, many shipyards along the coast have been revitalized. After all, large ships have not appeared on the coast for a long time. The fire in the Ming Dynasty burned down the few giant ships that Zheng He sailed to the West. The shipbuilding industry, as well as the budding nautical heart, have caused the shipbuilding industry to fail in the past 200 years, even a little regressed compared with 200 years ago.
Although the sea ban has been lifted in recent decades, it has not been able to catch up with the technology that has been missing for more than 200 years. In recent years, everyone has been groping for shipbuilding and building large ships.
But because of the lack of technology, there has been no progress.
It wasn't until Minning's men built the steel ship together that other shipyards jumped out of the shackles of the wooden ship and focused on the steel ship.
Minning is also generous, allowing these people to come to her shipyard to learn from her experience, and even encourage them to gradually convert some ancient wooden ship designs into steel ships.
But this part of the technology has not made much progress. After all, to build a steel factory, you must first have steel, and if you want steel, you must have iron ore.
But iron ore is controlled by the imperial court, how can private mining be allowed?In the end, it was only possible to purchase these steels through the Minning Shipyard.
But with steel, some wooden boat designs have to be transformed into steel boats. This is a move that has never been done before. What should I do?That's just learning.
There are many inheritors of other shipyards in the steel shipyard. Over the years, some people have returned home after completing their studies, and are going to transform some wooden ship drawings handed down from their families into steel ships.
However, the time was too short, and the scale of production had not yet been formed, which caused setbacks in the purchase of ships by Siye.
The ship that the imperial court wants to purchase must be the largest, which can guarantee safety, and the cost of this ship will be high.
The imperial court also expected to exchange all the silver for goods, and then convert it into white money.
How could it be possible to invest too much in a ship?
It was Minning who watched Fourth Master worry all day long, always thinking about how to get the big boat with the least amount of money, so she led by one of her own shipyards, united with many shipyards that are not yet capable of producing steel boats, and currently mainly produce wooden boats Let's form a company together to invest in Si Ye.
Its main purpose is to solve the worry of the fourth master's lack of boats, and secondly, after all, Japan is still quite close to the Qing Dynasty, and the wooden boats are cheap and the existing boats are enough for the imperial court to use.
These three times are also to speed up the strength of some private shipyards. If the Toyo Trade makes money, the private shipyards will also have the funds to invest in the production of steel ships.
Otherwise, how can the shipyard be able to meet the needs of the entire Qing Dynasty just by relying on her name?
In the next few years, sailing will definitely become a common thing, especially when the news of the treasures in America comes, it will definitely attract a lot of private capital to participate in this grand event.
At that time, compared with slow wooden ships, steel ships with steam engines will be the most important means of navigation.
It is conceivable that in a few years, there will be ships all over the coast, and then various ports will show vigorous development.
Thinking of this, Minning frowned, fearing that the emperor would restrain himself and not allow a large number of people to flow overseas.
Thinking of this, Min Ning couldn't help but ponder. It seems that there is still a need to increase the fire. The introduction of private capital is not enough, at least the imperial court must be involved.
The most important thing at present is to let the imperial court taste the sweetness of the Eastern trade. As long as it tastes the sweetness, it will definitely look further.
Dongyang has already earned more, so what about Xiyang?
Xiyang has intercepted the wealth of the Americas for more than 100 years, and this wealth is waiting for the Qing Dynasty to take it. It can be said that anyone who does business with Xiyang will not fail to make money.
Why?
It's not because the gold and silver mountains of the royal family have been piled up in the sea.
Presumably they would not mind exchanging gold and silver mountains for fine cloth, porcelain and tea from the Qing Dynasty.
……
Lin Mo stuck out his head from the sea, he wiped the water from his face and opened his eyes, and soon a rope was thrown in front of him.
Pulling the rope, he was pulled onto the boat. The old hand on the boat held a pocket watch and recorded it in a notebook beside him.
"Brother, you averaged [-] breaths in this breath-holding training, and the best time you broke through [-] breaths."
Among all the people, Lin Mo has the worst grades. After all, he didn't grow up by the sea since he was a child. Like the second child, he was able to reach 2 breaths when he first started training to hold his breath. After two or three months of training, he has now broken through [-] minutes.
The only one he can beat is Xiao Qi. Of course, Xiao Qi only needs to learn how to swim, and he is not expected to learn to hold his breath at all.
Lin Mo tilted his head and poured out the water in his ears. His ears were still buzzing. He felt that the voice of the second child was obscured by a mask, as if he was in another world. Then he smiled and said, "No matter what Practice is still not as good as you."
The second child put away his notebook and said with a smile: "How can you compare with us big bastards? You are a scholar, and it is already very good to be able to reach this level."
At this time, the water in his ears finally poured out, Lin Mo felt that the whole world was clear, and he could hear the sound of waves and the sound of boats not far away.
Wrapped in a blanket, he stood up. Although Guangdong did not have the freezing cold of the northern winter, nor was it as warm as spring, he could still feel the cold wind.
When they trained, they were far away from the port and found the nearest island.
After nearly three months of training, everyone has changed a lot.
At the very least, Lin Mo has changed from a weak scholar to a dark and rough man. Not only has his appetite increased, but even the muscles on his thin arms are slightly swollen.
Lin Mo went into the room, took a shower, and quickly changed his clothes.
When he came out again, he was already wearing a turtleneck sweater, and the other brothers had finished training and were playing cards next to the warm boiler one by one.
This activity is uploaded from other ships, and it is the best way to pass the time when you have nothing to do.
Among the brothers, they are already proficient in training. After training every day, they will basically gather together to play cards, which is their only pastime.
Lin Mo never stopped him, and of course it didn't rule out that every time they played, they would be in Lin Mo's training.
"Brother!" Seeing Lin Mo approaching, the third and fourth stood up quickly to block Lin Mo's sight, and the rest quickly hid the cards.
Lin Mo didn't bother to care about them, so he said directly, "The training is over, we should set off for Qingdao tomorrow, please go back and pack up, don't forget what you need to buy."
As soon as they heard that they were going back, the youngest, the third and the fourth immediately shouted, "Go back, so soon?" They were already too happy to leave.
Compared with the dripping and freezing Northeast, Guangzhou is warmer than spring in the north.
When the temperature is the lowest, you can pass by wearing a sweater, and you will be frozen if you go out to pee in the north.
This is a huge difference.
Of course, there is a kang in the north, which is much warmer in the house than in the south.
The house in the south in winter is like an ice cave, it is chilly, and even the sleeping face can turn red from the cold when placed outside the quilt.
But they don't live on the shore, and the rooms on the boat have heating facilities, which are much warmer than living on the shore.
In this way, life in the south is more chic than in the north.
As soon as they heard that they were going back and had to live that kind of cold life again, a group of people murmured immediately.
Lin Mo tensed his face, "All of you have forgotten our purpose? There are still treasures waiting for us to dig, if we go back late, we won't be able to get on other ships!" It's really itchy, and I want to be beaten .
As soon as Lin Mo got angry, the others suddenly came to their senses. After wandering in the south for a long time, they forgot their main purpose.
Didn't they train for so long just to go treasure hunting?
The sixth child immediately said with a playful smile, "Brother, you are right, let's go quickly, otherwise it will delay our treasure hunting time."
Several other people begged for mercy around Lin Mo, and finally suppressed Lin Mo's anger.
Lin Mo immediately glanced at the table, "Let me see you playing cards later, tighten up your skin!" Then he left.
All the playing cards have become obsessed, and even the main purpose has been forgotten.
As soon as they heard that the only fun was gone, everyone immediately turned bitter, and sighed: "Oh, everyone is gone, what should I do..."
The next day, the ship took a few small tasks along the coast and started to set off for Qingdao.
Because the goods needed to be loaded and unloaded halfway, after half a month, the ship finally arrived in Qingdao.
After returning to Qingdao, I took another two days off to rest.
Zhang Dahai took advantage of his vacation time to go to the cannery to find Wu Min.
But this time I received a bad news.
"What? Amin isn't working here anymore?"
When Zhang Dahai got this unexpected news, he was immediately stunned, and immediately went back to the boat to find Lin Mo.
"Brother, is Amin gone? She's missing!"
Lin Mo was a little dizzy when he asked him this question, "Don't worry, speak slowly, what's the matter?"
Zhang Dahai was so anxious that tears were about to fall, "Brother, Amin is no longer in that cannery?"
Lin Mo was also taken aback, and then thought that such a powerful character as Wu Min would never be able to stay in the cannery with peace of mind, so he asked Zhang Dahai calmly, "Where can she go if she is not in the cannery?"
Zhang Dahai was also a little anxious. Women are the most harsh in this world. Where can A Min, a weak woman, go after leaving the cannery?
"I don't know. I went to see him at the cannery today, and they said that Amin had left long ago."
Then what's the use of you asking me, I don't know.
Lin Mo murmured in his heart, feeling that Zhang Dahai paid too much attention to that Miss Wu, this would not work, it didn't seem like caring for a stranger at all.
"Let's go, she has legs and feet, who can stop her?"
"But Amin..."
Lin Mo waved his hand, "It's nothing to worry about, Dahai, don't you think you pay too much attention to this Amin girl?"
Zhang Dahai replied immediately, "Brother, I regard Amin as my sister..."
"But he is not your real girl after all."
"Who said it wasn't!" Zhang Dahai blurted out, and then quickly covered his mouth when he realized that something had been leaked.
Lin Mo stared at him closely, "What do you mean by that? That Miss Wu Min is really your sister?"
Zhang Dahai simply said all his conjectures, "Brother, I always thought Amin was kind before, so I didn't think much about it. But after getting along with Amin for a long time, I found a small gash on her forehead, and I vaguely guessed it later. When my sister was one year old, she knocked on the head and left a small gash. Amin’s scar was in the same place, and I suspected that she was my sister. After I asked again, I found out that Amin had a bad relationship with her parents. When I was a child, I vaguely heard in my village that she was picked up."
Lin Mo rubbed his forehead involuntarily, "Dahai, oh Dahai, what do you want me to say about you, why didn't you say such things earlier?" If he had said earlier, he would not insist on driving people off the boat.
Zhang Dahai's voice became weaker, "This time I came back, I originally wanted to make it clear to Amin, and went back to her hometown with her to inquire. I didn't expect that Amin had left the cannery." Then his voice became urgent again.
"Brother, you said that Amin is a girl, will something happen to her? Otherwise, why would she leave the cannery for no reason? Even if she leaves, she won't leave us a message!"
Lin Mo thought about it, and then comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to ask for you. As long as she is still in Qingdao, I will definitely find Miss Amin."
Zhang Dahai felt relieved, he knew that his elder brother knew many talented people, and he would definitely find Amin back.
When the people on board were anxious, a person asked for leave from the cannery Zhang Dahai had been to.
This is also a woman, but she is older.
After returning home, the woman quickly climbed to a big tree in front of the door and tied a red cloth strip, and then returned to the cannery leisurely.
Not far from the woman's home, it is an early morning shop, which is in the business of a cannery on weekdays, and the business is still booming.
Earlier, a young man in the shop was busy serving tofu nao to the customers, when he raised his head suddenly, he saw a strip of red cloth swaying in the wind on a big tree not far away.
The boy was dull for a while, and then he was slapped on the head by the boss.
"What are you looking at? You want to be lazy again, don't you? This month you will be deducted two copper coins!"
"Why?" The boy refused to listen, and angrily untied his apron and threw it on the boss, "Well done, why are you deducting my wages? I quit, you can do it yourself! "After finishing speaking, he ran out of the shop in a hurry.
The boss was dumbfounded, he looked at the scarf on the ground, and then at the boy who ran away.
I really can't believe that the cowardly guy who doesn't say a word even if he deducts his wages will have a day of anger.
Thinking of the boss's anger rising here, if you don't do it, some people will do it!Don't beg him later if you have the ability, he will never accept him again!
The boy quickly ran back to his temporary residence, which was in a broken low shed near the city wall in the west of the city.
There was also a strong man sleeping in the shed. When the boy returned to his residence, he pushed the strong man.
"Brother Zhuang, get up, the hen has appeared, we should hurry back and report to Eldest Sister!"
After the strong man heard the words, he quickly jumped up.
"What, what? You're back already?" Then Da Zhuang took out his clothes from the bed and put them on with a happy face, "Damn, after waiting for two months, this group of people finally came back."
After putting on his pants, he turned back to the boy and asked, "Did you see clearly? Are you really back?"
The little guy nodded affirmatively, "I'm really back. I bribed the aunt who worked in the kitchen with the eldest sister. Whenever someone comes to the eldest sister, I will let her go home and tie a tree to the big tree in front of her house." Red cloth strips. I can see clearly, there were no red cloth strips when I went in the morning, and the red cloth strips appeared just now, that group of people must be back!" It's all for nothing for a month.
The strong man slapped the boy on the head, "Okay, you kid has enough ideas." He looked at the shack where he had been nesting for two months, and he felt happy again, "Finally, I can leave this damn place. "
Then he said to the boy, "Second boy, hurry up and pack up your things. Let's go to the port first to see if the boat has really come back. If it really comes back, then go back and report to Elder Sister."
When he heard that he could go back to the island, the boy said happily, "Yes!"
Da Zhuang and Er Wa came to the port secretly, and they saw the boat described by the eldest sister.
After seeing it with his own eyes, he finally believed that the group of people would come back. Da Zhuang looked at the big ship and imagined that it would be their ship from now on.
Then he patted Erwa, "Hurry up and go back to the island!"
Erwa quickly followed Da Zhuang out of the city, and pulled out a wooden boat from a puddle in a secluded place.
Can push the boat into the water, jump in the boat and start paddling away.
On a small island not far from Qingdao, the island is not big, and most of the residents make a living by fishing. There are farmlands and nearly thirty thatched huts dotted on the island.
It looks no different from the usual islands.
And one of them was built in the highest house on the island, but such a group of people gathered here.
The leader turned out to be a woman.
The woman was looking at the nearby nautical chart, pointing to one of the spots on the map, and said, "This is Scar Xue's territory. Scar Xue will go ashore once during the Lantern Festival. All of them are wiped out?"
A middle-aged and elegant man looked at it and shook his head, "Scar Xue's island is easy to defend and difficult to attack, why every year Scar Xue leaves with a large number of troops, but no one can take it, it is because someone 20 years ago Once done, this island is a hard bone, and it is not easy to be gnawed off."
After all, the woman didn't stay on the island as long as other people, so she didn't know much about some past events.
An old man with the appearance of a fisherman also said, "I remember this matter. In the past, the elder brother also said that he wanted to capture Scar Xue's territory and expand our power. Later, the elder brother did not act and was preempted by another pirate force. Later, the island was not captured. He snatched it away, and was even retaliated by Scar Xue, who directly wiped out that pirate group."
The woman, Wu Min, was disappointed. She wanted to go treasure hunting, but there were not many people under her command. The only way to expand her manpower was to absorb the pirates next to her.
But which one of the many pirates is not better than them?Only Scar Xue can accommodate them to have a try.
The handsome man who had been silent all this time spoke. His face was pale and he looked sickly, but he had a certain right to speak among the pirates.
He is the strategist among the pirates, supporting the woman up with one hand.Many people have even made him and Wu Min into a pair.
"It's not impossible, unless you have a large firepower artillery, a quick victory!"
Wu Min's eyes lit up, and then he slapped the table.
"That's right, if we have artillery, we will definitely be able to capture Scar Xue's territory, even if he attacks back then it will be useless."
The middle-aged elegant man asked, "But where did we get the artillery?"
Wu Min bit her lip, and immediately thought of the ship a few months ago. She had investigated it, and through some clues, she was sure that there must be artillery on that ship.
"Hateful, there is no news about those people!" Wu Min thought to himself.
"Big sister, big sister, Da Zhuang and Er Wa are back!" At this moment, someone rushed into the room.
Wu Min's eyes lit up, "There must be good news!"
"What good news?" asked the old man on the side. He only knew that Wu Min sent Da Zhuang and Erwa out, but he didn't know what they were sent out for.
Wu Min smiled and said to the old man, "Mr. Zhang, it's a good thing, a great thing, our artillery is here!" Then he said to the person who broke in, "Call Da Zhuang and Er Wa in quickly. "
The man said yes and quickly backed away.
The island occupied by Wu Min and the others is too close to Qingdao. After the government suppressed the bandits several times, all the bandits on the island turned into fishermen and stayed on the island to live and work in peace and contentment!
Apart from running a regular job occasionally, no one probably thought that this picturesque island was actually a pirate's den.
But this is nothing unusual. Some pirates have been passed down longer than the imperial court. They were pirates in the previous dynasty, but it is easy to spend a little money to become a good citizen in this dynasty.
There is one thing to learn, except for the pirates who are far away from the Qing Dynasty, those who are close to the coast basically have a serious status.
Back then, Wu Min thought he was just married to an ordinary fisherman on an island, but he never expected to fall into a pirate's nest.
When her dead ghost husband was there, the whole island was in turmoil.
At that time, the ghost husband died, and Wu Min took the lead, and the atmosphere of the whole island changed immediately, and people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Although young people do not forget to restore their ancestral property at all times, they are actually used to this peaceful life.
However, Wu Min never thought about quitting the pirate world, after all, once he quit, he would face the danger of being wiped out by others.
Without the ability to protect themselves, the island will not be able to maintain such a peaceful and peaceful life.
"Sister, we're back!" Da Zhuang came in with Erwa.
Wu Min immediately got up and asked the two of them, "Have those people returned?"
Da Zhuang nodded, "I took Erwa to see it, and the ship is indeed at the port."
Wu Min clapped her hands, "This is really great!"
Elder Zhang on the side said, "Boss, please tell me what is it worth being so happy about? Who are those people?"
Wu Min turned his head, "Elder Zhang won't know those people, but they own a steel ship, and the steel ship also has a lot of firearms. The reason why I am anxious for them to come back is because I want to take this ship." The boat. As long as we have this boat, everything will be over, Scar Xue’s first set can be won, and we can also go to the vast sea to hunt for treasure.”
Nowadays, who doesn't know that there is no steel ship in the whole coast, and it is impossible to go treasure hunting.Because of the long distance by sea, wooden boats may not be able to find their destination for half a year, but with steel boats, they will definitely be able to find them within a month.
If you want to keep up with other people's routes, you must have a steel ship, and only the speed of a steel ship can catch up.
Mr. Zhang questioned, "The owner of this kind of ship is so easy to take down! Didn't you say that you have firearms, what if you arouse their vigilance, what should you do if you point the firearms directly at our island?" But they are all on the island, and there is also a grandson who was just born under the full moon. Mr. Zhang dare not bet on this one-ten-thousandth possibility.
He really couldn't believe that the leader even had whimsical moments.
Wu Min smiled, and quickly said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, there are only seven people on that boat, and one of them is not suspicious of me. I am sure to lure everyone to the island. When the time comes, people will be on the island. Let us knead it, it's an easy way to take the boat down."
Elder Zhang still wanted to refute.
The military adviser on the side coughed, and everyone stopped to look at him.
The military master coughed for a long time, bringing a blush to his pale face.
"So, try it according to what the leader said."
The military division's prestige on the island was even higher than that of Wu Min. As soon as he opened his mouth, Mr. Zhang was speechless.
The military division is actually the son of the previous leader, and they are brothers with the previous leader, but the previous leader was adopted, and his personality has been settled after adoption. Later, the old leader had his own children, and the previous leader was even more ruthless, but It's all hidden in my heart.
Later, the military division was in poor health, and the previous leader left the position to the previous leader.
After the death of the old leader, the previous leader tore away his true colors and directly imprisoned the general.
The military division was originally in poor health, but was imprisoned in a damp cave on the island, where the traitors were originally held there, and the military division's health has become even worse since then.
Later, the previous leader was killed by mistake while going out. When it was time to choose a new leader, the military division was rescued. At that time, there were only two heirs besides the military division, Wu Min.
The military division was not in good health, so he gave up the position to Wu Min. In fact, all the planning on the island these years was planned by the military division behind the scenes.
Otherwise, with Wu Min, an ignorant woman, how could it be possible to lead a pirate group.
Mr. Zhang was the most loyal subordinate of the old leader. He treated the military adviser more like he treated his little master. When he heard the military adviser speak, he swallowed all the words.
After they left, only Wu Min and the military division were left in the room.
Wu Min walked up to the military adviser and knelt down, "Brother Zhu, how are you doing? Can your body hold up?"
The military adviser shook his head slightly, "It's okay." With his broken body, it's not bad that he can last ten years.
In fact, Wu Min and the military adviser have known each other for a long time. When Wu Min first married to the island, she was whipped by her ex-husband, and when she was imprisoned in the cave, she met the military adviser who was already in the cave.
She learned from him that this was actually a pirate's den, and since then she vowed to take him to escape from the pirate's den.
Later, when he learned that the military adviser's surname was Zhu, and that he had something to do with the former royal family, Wu Min dismissed this idea and began to plan how to get rid of his ex-husband.
That's a devil who whips her whenever he gets upset, and doesn't treat her as a human being at all.
These hatreds of Wu Min are all in mind.
A few years later, Wu Min finally escaped the whipping through flattery, and even gained some trust from her ex-husband. During a trip, she actively signed up to travel with her, and that time she took the opportunity to kill him!
Yaerjiang'a pursed his lips, looking at the group of clansmen who surrounded the fourth prince, not knowing how to talk about it.
But he knew that these people were planning against the fourth prince before, but now they started to flatter him instead.
Seeing that they were still crying poor in front of the emperor just now, now they all wish to give money to the fourth prince, wondering if their eyes are blurred.
"What else can I do? I got kicked in the forehead by a horse!" I was also stupid, and I only realized it at this time. He has only inherited the title for a few years, and they are fine with these old princes, but if he gets angry What should I do if I become the emperor, turn back and lose his title, and replace it with those concubine younger brothers?
So I was really stupid, how could I have the guts to force the emperor with this group of people?Borrow courage from the sky?
And today is really an eye-opener for him, all of them are spineless bastards, and when they see some benefits, they are eager to join in.
Yaerjiang is so angry. He didn't want to get involved in this matter at all before, but he was deceived by Prince Kang.
He has a bad relationship with the fourth son, but he has no face to rush forward at this time. Fortunately, there is an eighth prince. Seeing the eighth prince, Yaerjiang's face softened, "Leave them alone, they are all asking the fourth son to throw money. Don't forget me about this good thing, I also invested 3 taels of silver, and I will send the silver back later."
Before the eighth prince could speak, the fourth master who was surrounded in the middle broke free from his clan and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, you all said it. If you don't collect individual money, you should form a group." The company, come here in the name of the company."
The clansmen kept saying yes, and they had no plans to make money without spending money at all.
The eighth prince glanced at his clan, and said to Yaerjiang, "Did you hear that? We don't charge money for a single person, so go play with the old men."
Yaerjiang rolled his eyes, "That group is all old princes, what's the matter if I get involved, old man, what about you, have you formed a company there? I'll invest my money in your company."
The eighth prince didn't set up a company, but Lao Jiu and Lao Shi formed one, and he planned to turn around and invest money in Lao Jiu's side, so it's okay to join a Yaerjiang, everyone can make money together, just say : "Then you have to go to Lao Jiu, he is in charge of this matter."
While talking, a eunuch came to announce the decree outside the door.
All the people in the room stopped and went to the door to kneel down.
As soon as the decree was issued, all the clan members kept secret, the eighth prince was taken aback for a moment before accepting the decree, and looked at the fourth master after receiving the decree.
The fourth master was also taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Han Ama would transfer Lao Ba away at this time.
Although it is said that Lao Ba was caught by him at the beginning and was busy with chores for a while, but in the end he was basically stumbling him.
But these are nothing, he can still handle it.
After all, there are a lot of miscellaneous things that Lao Ba helped to deal with. Lao Ba is a good hand in this area and helped him a lot. But this time, Khan Ama didn't say anything, and suddenly transferred the person away. ?
For a moment, the atmosphere in the whole courtyard fell silent, and several clan princes found excuses to leave.
Yaerjiang also patted the Eighth Prince's shoulder as comfort, and then left.
In fact, Yaerjiang'a, like those clan members, withdrew first when he saw something was wrong. The reason why the emperor asked the eighth prince to manage the household department at this time must be because of the trouble in the palace before.
Why did the eighth prince suddenly fall to the Ministry of Households? Isn't it because they went to the emperor to borrow money, and it turned out that the Ministry of Households owed money.
This time Lao Ba was transferred to investigate the debt owed by the household department, so he is all creditors, and all of them are grandsons who owe debts. If they don't slip away at this time, when will they slip away?
As for when to repay the debt?At the very least, we have to wait until we have made money in the Eastern trade.
None of these people wanted to delay their enjoyment, and they didn't want to pay back the money now, so they all focused on Dongyang trade, and anyway, they first made a sum of money to cover the debt.
After everyone left one by one, the entire courtyard was emptied, only a few busy officials were left, and the Eighth Prince entered the room silently.
The fourth master glanced at the eighth prince, and was also thinking about Han Ama's intention to transfer the eighth prince to the household department.
You must know that the household department is fourth master's territory. If you transfer Lao Ba to his domain, you will eat in the same pot from now on. Fourth master has no doubt that Lao Ba's ability will win some people over.
The eighth prince put the imperial decree on the table, and continued to pack things in silence.
Fourth Master didn't speak either, and sat back in his seat to continue working.
The atmosphere in the room was very quiet, only the sound of the officer moving paper back and forth.
Soon, the Eighth Prince tidied up all the things, and handed over all the chores in his hands to the person who took over in detail, and then asked someone to remove all the things.
After leaving this temporary office in this way, only the fourth prince was left in the whole yard.
"What do you mean by telling me about Han Ama?" After returning to the mansion at night, Fourth Master had dinner, told Minning about this, and then asked her.
He was used to some puzzled things, he would ask Minning first instead of asking the doorman, if Minning didn't have any good suggestions, he would discuss it with the doorman.
Minning didn't know anything about these things, and naturally she couldn't guess what the emperor's intentions were, so she asked tentatively, "Then why don't I go back and find out for you?"
"That's not necessary. The sailing matters are all ready, the ship has been bought, and some goods have also been purchased. It's up to the companies to hand over the money."
The fourth master said to Minning, "Actually, at this time, there are not many things that Lao Ba needs to do, and he is not a lot." So even if Huanghan Ama transfers Lao Ba, it will not delay anything, after all, only The next sweeping work.
Min Ning thought that it was quite fast. He originally planned to go to sea in February, but it seems that the time is right.
The fourth master said again: "The imperial court is on holiday, but the people have to earn money, and they are still busy during the Chinese New Year, so the goods are properly prepared. In addition, some merchants got the news early and actively prepared. Some goods are ready to be released first. In the port warehouse, just waiting for the ship to Tianjin."
In fact, Minning's shipyard also formed a company, converting ships into funds to join this grand event.
What parts the company consists of naturally belong to some private shipyards.
Since the development of Minning's steel ships, many shipyards along the coast have been revitalized. After all, large ships have not appeared on the coast for a long time. The fire in the Ming Dynasty burned down the few giant ships that Zheng He sailed to the West. The shipbuilding industry, as well as the budding nautical heart, have caused the shipbuilding industry to fail in the past 200 years, even a little regressed compared with 200 years ago.
Although the sea ban has been lifted in recent decades, it has not been able to catch up with the technology that has been missing for more than 200 years. In recent years, everyone has been groping for shipbuilding and building large ships.
But because of the lack of technology, there has been no progress.
It wasn't until Minning's men built the steel ship together that other shipyards jumped out of the shackles of the wooden ship and focused on the steel ship.
Minning is also generous, allowing these people to come to her shipyard to learn from her experience, and even encourage them to gradually convert some ancient wooden ship designs into steel ships.
But this part of the technology has not made much progress. After all, to build a steel factory, you must first have steel, and if you want steel, you must have iron ore.
But iron ore is controlled by the imperial court, how can private mining be allowed?In the end, it was only possible to purchase these steels through the Minning Shipyard.
But with steel, some wooden boat designs have to be transformed into steel boats. This is a move that has never been done before. What should I do?That's just learning.
There are many inheritors of other shipyards in the steel shipyard. Over the years, some people have returned home after completing their studies, and are going to transform some wooden ship drawings handed down from their families into steel ships.
However, the time was too short, and the scale of production had not yet been formed, which caused setbacks in the purchase of ships by Siye.
The ship that the imperial court wants to purchase must be the largest, which can guarantee safety, and the cost of this ship will be high.
The imperial court also expected to exchange all the silver for goods, and then convert it into white money.
How could it be possible to invest too much in a ship?
It was Minning who watched Fourth Master worry all day long, always thinking about how to get the big boat with the least amount of money, so she led by one of her own shipyards, united with many shipyards that are not yet capable of producing steel boats, and currently mainly produce wooden boats Let's form a company together to invest in Si Ye.
Its main purpose is to solve the worry of the fourth master's lack of boats, and secondly, after all, Japan is still quite close to the Qing Dynasty, and the wooden boats are cheap and the existing boats are enough for the imperial court to use.
These three times are also to speed up the strength of some private shipyards. If the Toyo Trade makes money, the private shipyards will also have the funds to invest in the production of steel ships.
Otherwise, how can the shipyard be able to meet the needs of the entire Qing Dynasty just by relying on her name?
In the next few years, sailing will definitely become a common thing, especially when the news of the treasures in America comes, it will definitely attract a lot of private capital to participate in this grand event.
At that time, compared with slow wooden ships, steel ships with steam engines will be the most important means of navigation.
It is conceivable that in a few years, there will be ships all over the coast, and then various ports will show vigorous development.
Thinking of this, Minning frowned, fearing that the emperor would restrain himself and not allow a large number of people to flow overseas.
Thinking of this, Min Ning couldn't help but ponder. It seems that there is still a need to increase the fire. The introduction of private capital is not enough, at least the imperial court must be involved.
The most important thing at present is to let the imperial court taste the sweetness of the Eastern trade. As long as it tastes the sweetness, it will definitely look further.
Dongyang has already earned more, so what about Xiyang?
Xiyang has intercepted the wealth of the Americas for more than 100 years, and this wealth is waiting for the Qing Dynasty to take it. It can be said that anyone who does business with Xiyang will not fail to make money.
Why?
It's not because the gold and silver mountains of the royal family have been piled up in the sea.
Presumably they would not mind exchanging gold and silver mountains for fine cloth, porcelain and tea from the Qing Dynasty.
……
Lin Mo stuck out his head from the sea, he wiped the water from his face and opened his eyes, and soon a rope was thrown in front of him.
Pulling the rope, he was pulled onto the boat. The old hand on the boat held a pocket watch and recorded it in a notebook beside him.
"Brother, you averaged [-] breaths in this breath-holding training, and the best time you broke through [-] breaths."
Among all the people, Lin Mo has the worst grades. After all, he didn't grow up by the sea since he was a child. Like the second child, he was able to reach 2 breaths when he first started training to hold his breath. After two or three months of training, he has now broken through [-] minutes.
The only one he can beat is Xiao Qi. Of course, Xiao Qi only needs to learn how to swim, and he is not expected to learn to hold his breath at all.
Lin Mo tilted his head and poured out the water in his ears. His ears were still buzzing. He felt that the voice of the second child was obscured by a mask, as if he was in another world. Then he smiled and said, "No matter what Practice is still not as good as you."
The second child put away his notebook and said with a smile: "How can you compare with us big bastards? You are a scholar, and it is already very good to be able to reach this level."
At this time, the water in his ears finally poured out, Lin Mo felt that the whole world was clear, and he could hear the sound of waves and the sound of boats not far away.
Wrapped in a blanket, he stood up. Although Guangdong did not have the freezing cold of the northern winter, nor was it as warm as spring, he could still feel the cold wind.
When they trained, they were far away from the port and found the nearest island.
After nearly three months of training, everyone has changed a lot.
At the very least, Lin Mo has changed from a weak scholar to a dark and rough man. Not only has his appetite increased, but even the muscles on his thin arms are slightly swollen.
Lin Mo went into the room, took a shower, and quickly changed his clothes.
When he came out again, he was already wearing a turtleneck sweater, and the other brothers had finished training and were playing cards next to the warm boiler one by one.
This activity is uploaded from other ships, and it is the best way to pass the time when you have nothing to do.
Among the brothers, they are already proficient in training. After training every day, they will basically gather together to play cards, which is their only pastime.
Lin Mo never stopped him, and of course it didn't rule out that every time they played, they would be in Lin Mo's training.
"Brother!" Seeing Lin Mo approaching, the third and fourth stood up quickly to block Lin Mo's sight, and the rest quickly hid the cards.
Lin Mo didn't bother to care about them, so he said directly, "The training is over, we should set off for Qingdao tomorrow, please go back and pack up, don't forget what you need to buy."
As soon as they heard that they were going back, the youngest, the third and the fourth immediately shouted, "Go back, so soon?" They were already too happy to leave.
Compared with the dripping and freezing Northeast, Guangzhou is warmer than spring in the north.
When the temperature is the lowest, you can pass by wearing a sweater, and you will be frozen if you go out to pee in the north.
This is a huge difference.
Of course, there is a kang in the north, which is much warmer in the house than in the south.
The house in the south in winter is like an ice cave, it is chilly, and even the sleeping face can turn red from the cold when placed outside the quilt.
But they don't live on the shore, and the rooms on the boat have heating facilities, which are much warmer than living on the shore.
In this way, life in the south is more chic than in the north.
As soon as they heard that they were going back and had to live that kind of cold life again, a group of people murmured immediately.
Lin Mo tensed his face, "All of you have forgotten our purpose? There are still treasures waiting for us to dig, if we go back late, we won't be able to get on other ships!" It's really itchy, and I want to be beaten .
As soon as Lin Mo got angry, the others suddenly came to their senses. After wandering in the south for a long time, they forgot their main purpose.
Didn't they train for so long just to go treasure hunting?
The sixth child immediately said with a playful smile, "Brother, you are right, let's go quickly, otherwise it will delay our treasure hunting time."
Several other people begged for mercy around Lin Mo, and finally suppressed Lin Mo's anger.
Lin Mo immediately glanced at the table, "Let me see you playing cards later, tighten up your skin!" Then he left.
All the playing cards have become obsessed, and even the main purpose has been forgotten.
As soon as they heard that the only fun was gone, everyone immediately turned bitter, and sighed: "Oh, everyone is gone, what should I do..."
The next day, the ship took a few small tasks along the coast and started to set off for Qingdao.
Because the goods needed to be loaded and unloaded halfway, after half a month, the ship finally arrived in Qingdao.
After returning to Qingdao, I took another two days off to rest.
Zhang Dahai took advantage of his vacation time to go to the cannery to find Wu Min.
But this time I received a bad news.
"What? Amin isn't working here anymore?"
When Zhang Dahai got this unexpected news, he was immediately stunned, and immediately went back to the boat to find Lin Mo.
"Brother, is Amin gone? She's missing!"
Lin Mo was a little dizzy when he asked him this question, "Don't worry, speak slowly, what's the matter?"
Zhang Dahai was so anxious that tears were about to fall, "Brother, Amin is no longer in that cannery?"
Lin Mo was also taken aback, and then thought that such a powerful character as Wu Min would never be able to stay in the cannery with peace of mind, so he asked Zhang Dahai calmly, "Where can she go if she is not in the cannery?"
Zhang Dahai was also a little anxious. Women are the most harsh in this world. Where can A Min, a weak woman, go after leaving the cannery?
"I don't know. I went to see him at the cannery today, and they said that Amin had left long ago."
Then what's the use of you asking me, I don't know.
Lin Mo murmured in his heart, feeling that Zhang Dahai paid too much attention to that Miss Wu, this would not work, it didn't seem like caring for a stranger at all.
"Let's go, she has legs and feet, who can stop her?"
"But Amin..."
Lin Mo waved his hand, "It's nothing to worry about, Dahai, don't you think you pay too much attention to this Amin girl?"
Zhang Dahai replied immediately, "Brother, I regard Amin as my sister..."
"But he is not your real girl after all."
"Who said it wasn't!" Zhang Dahai blurted out, and then quickly covered his mouth when he realized that something had been leaked.
Lin Mo stared at him closely, "What do you mean by that? That Miss Wu Min is really your sister?"
Zhang Dahai simply said all his conjectures, "Brother, I always thought Amin was kind before, so I didn't think much about it. But after getting along with Amin for a long time, I found a small gash on her forehead, and I vaguely guessed it later. When my sister was one year old, she knocked on the head and left a small gash. Amin’s scar was in the same place, and I suspected that she was my sister. After I asked again, I found out that Amin had a bad relationship with her parents. When I was a child, I vaguely heard in my village that she was picked up."
Lin Mo rubbed his forehead involuntarily, "Dahai, oh Dahai, what do you want me to say about you, why didn't you say such things earlier?" If he had said earlier, he would not insist on driving people off the boat.
Zhang Dahai's voice became weaker, "This time I came back, I originally wanted to make it clear to Amin, and went back to her hometown with her to inquire. I didn't expect that Amin had left the cannery." Then his voice became urgent again.
"Brother, you said that Amin is a girl, will something happen to her? Otherwise, why would she leave the cannery for no reason? Even if she leaves, she won't leave us a message!"
Lin Mo thought about it, and then comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to ask for you. As long as she is still in Qingdao, I will definitely find Miss Amin."
Zhang Dahai felt relieved, he knew that his elder brother knew many talented people, and he would definitely find Amin back.
When the people on board were anxious, a person asked for leave from the cannery Zhang Dahai had been to.
This is also a woman, but she is older.
After returning home, the woman quickly climbed to a big tree in front of the door and tied a red cloth strip, and then returned to the cannery leisurely.
Not far from the woman's home, it is an early morning shop, which is in the business of a cannery on weekdays, and the business is still booming.
Earlier, a young man in the shop was busy serving tofu nao to the customers, when he raised his head suddenly, he saw a strip of red cloth swaying in the wind on a big tree not far away.
The boy was dull for a while, and then he was slapped on the head by the boss.
"What are you looking at? You want to be lazy again, don't you? This month you will be deducted two copper coins!"
"Why?" The boy refused to listen, and angrily untied his apron and threw it on the boss, "Well done, why are you deducting my wages? I quit, you can do it yourself! "After finishing speaking, he ran out of the shop in a hurry.
The boss was dumbfounded, he looked at the scarf on the ground, and then at the boy who ran away.
I really can't believe that the cowardly guy who doesn't say a word even if he deducts his wages will have a day of anger.
Thinking of the boss's anger rising here, if you don't do it, some people will do it!Don't beg him later if you have the ability, he will never accept him again!
The boy quickly ran back to his temporary residence, which was in a broken low shed near the city wall in the west of the city.
There was also a strong man sleeping in the shed. When the boy returned to his residence, he pushed the strong man.
"Brother Zhuang, get up, the hen has appeared, we should hurry back and report to Eldest Sister!"
After the strong man heard the words, he quickly jumped up.
"What, what? You're back already?" Then Da Zhuang took out his clothes from the bed and put them on with a happy face, "Damn, after waiting for two months, this group of people finally came back."
After putting on his pants, he turned back to the boy and asked, "Did you see clearly? Are you really back?"
The little guy nodded affirmatively, "I'm really back. I bribed the aunt who worked in the kitchen with the eldest sister. Whenever someone comes to the eldest sister, I will let her go home and tie a tree to the big tree in front of her house." Red cloth strips. I can see clearly, there were no red cloth strips when I went in the morning, and the red cloth strips appeared just now, that group of people must be back!" It's all for nothing for a month.
The strong man slapped the boy on the head, "Okay, you kid has enough ideas." He looked at the shack where he had been nesting for two months, and he felt happy again, "Finally, I can leave this damn place. "
Then he said to the boy, "Second boy, hurry up and pack up your things. Let's go to the port first to see if the boat has really come back. If it really comes back, then go back and report to Elder Sister."
When he heard that he could go back to the island, the boy said happily, "Yes!"
Da Zhuang and Er Wa came to the port secretly, and they saw the boat described by the eldest sister.
After seeing it with his own eyes, he finally believed that the group of people would come back. Da Zhuang looked at the big ship and imagined that it would be their ship from now on.
Then he patted Erwa, "Hurry up and go back to the island!"
Erwa quickly followed Da Zhuang out of the city, and pulled out a wooden boat from a puddle in a secluded place.
Can push the boat into the water, jump in the boat and start paddling away.
On a small island not far from Qingdao, the island is not big, and most of the residents make a living by fishing. There are farmlands and nearly thirty thatched huts dotted on the island.
It looks no different from the usual islands.
And one of them was built in the highest house on the island, but such a group of people gathered here.
The leader turned out to be a woman.
The woman was looking at the nearby nautical chart, pointing to one of the spots on the map, and said, "This is Scar Xue's territory. Scar Xue will go ashore once during the Lantern Festival. All of them are wiped out?"
A middle-aged and elegant man looked at it and shook his head, "Scar Xue's island is easy to defend and difficult to attack, why every year Scar Xue leaves with a large number of troops, but no one can take it, it is because someone 20 years ago Once done, this island is a hard bone, and it is not easy to be gnawed off."
After all, the woman didn't stay on the island as long as other people, so she didn't know much about some past events.
An old man with the appearance of a fisherman also said, "I remember this matter. In the past, the elder brother also said that he wanted to capture Scar Xue's territory and expand our power. Later, the elder brother did not act and was preempted by another pirate force. Later, the island was not captured. He snatched it away, and was even retaliated by Scar Xue, who directly wiped out that pirate group."
The woman, Wu Min, was disappointed. She wanted to go treasure hunting, but there were not many people under her command. The only way to expand her manpower was to absorb the pirates next to her.
But which one of the many pirates is not better than them?Only Scar Xue can accommodate them to have a try.
The handsome man who had been silent all this time spoke. His face was pale and he looked sickly, but he had a certain right to speak among the pirates.
He is the strategist among the pirates, supporting the woman up with one hand.Many people have even made him and Wu Min into a pair.
"It's not impossible, unless you have a large firepower artillery, a quick victory!"
Wu Min's eyes lit up, and then he slapped the table.
"That's right, if we have artillery, we will definitely be able to capture Scar Xue's territory, even if he attacks back then it will be useless."
The middle-aged elegant man asked, "But where did we get the artillery?"
Wu Min bit her lip, and immediately thought of the ship a few months ago. She had investigated it, and through some clues, she was sure that there must be artillery on that ship.
"Hateful, there is no news about those people!" Wu Min thought to himself.
"Big sister, big sister, Da Zhuang and Er Wa are back!" At this moment, someone rushed into the room.
Wu Min's eyes lit up, "There must be good news!"
"What good news?" asked the old man on the side. He only knew that Wu Min sent Da Zhuang and Erwa out, but he didn't know what they were sent out for.
Wu Min smiled and said to the old man, "Mr. Zhang, it's a good thing, a great thing, our artillery is here!" Then he said to the person who broke in, "Call Da Zhuang and Er Wa in quickly. "
The man said yes and quickly backed away.
The island occupied by Wu Min and the others is too close to Qingdao. After the government suppressed the bandits several times, all the bandits on the island turned into fishermen and stayed on the island to live and work in peace and contentment!
Apart from running a regular job occasionally, no one probably thought that this picturesque island was actually a pirate's den.
But this is nothing unusual. Some pirates have been passed down longer than the imperial court. They were pirates in the previous dynasty, but it is easy to spend a little money to become a good citizen in this dynasty.
There is one thing to learn, except for the pirates who are far away from the Qing Dynasty, those who are close to the coast basically have a serious status.
Back then, Wu Min thought he was just married to an ordinary fisherman on an island, but he never expected to fall into a pirate's nest.
When her dead ghost husband was there, the whole island was in turmoil.
At that time, the ghost husband died, and Wu Min took the lead, and the atmosphere of the whole island changed immediately, and people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Although young people do not forget to restore their ancestral property at all times, they are actually used to this peaceful life.
However, Wu Min never thought about quitting the pirate world, after all, once he quit, he would face the danger of being wiped out by others.
Without the ability to protect themselves, the island will not be able to maintain such a peaceful and peaceful life.
"Sister, we're back!" Da Zhuang came in with Erwa.
Wu Min immediately got up and asked the two of them, "Have those people returned?"
Da Zhuang nodded, "I took Erwa to see it, and the ship is indeed at the port."
Wu Min clapped her hands, "This is really great!"
Elder Zhang on the side said, "Boss, please tell me what is it worth being so happy about? Who are those people?"
Wu Min turned his head, "Elder Zhang won't know those people, but they own a steel ship, and the steel ship also has a lot of firearms. The reason why I am anxious for them to come back is because I want to take this ship." The boat. As long as we have this boat, everything will be over, Scar Xue’s first set can be won, and we can also go to the vast sea to hunt for treasure.”
Nowadays, who doesn't know that there is no steel ship in the whole coast, and it is impossible to go treasure hunting.Because of the long distance by sea, wooden boats may not be able to find their destination for half a year, but with steel boats, they will definitely be able to find them within a month.
If you want to keep up with other people's routes, you must have a steel ship, and only the speed of a steel ship can catch up.
Mr. Zhang questioned, "The owner of this kind of ship is so easy to take down! Didn't you say that you have firearms, what if you arouse their vigilance, what should you do if you point the firearms directly at our island?" But they are all on the island, and there is also a grandson who was just born under the full moon. Mr. Zhang dare not bet on this one-ten-thousandth possibility.
He really couldn't believe that the leader even had whimsical moments.
Wu Min smiled, and quickly said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, there are only seven people on that boat, and one of them is not suspicious of me. I am sure to lure everyone to the island. When the time comes, people will be on the island. Let us knead it, it's an easy way to take the boat down."
Elder Zhang still wanted to refute.
The military adviser on the side coughed, and everyone stopped to look at him.
The military master coughed for a long time, bringing a blush to his pale face.
"So, try it according to what the leader said."
The military division's prestige on the island was even higher than that of Wu Min. As soon as he opened his mouth, Mr. Zhang was speechless.
The military division is actually the son of the previous leader, and they are brothers with the previous leader, but the previous leader was adopted, and his personality has been settled after adoption. Later, the old leader had his own children, and the previous leader was even more ruthless, but It's all hidden in my heart.
Later, the military division was in poor health, and the previous leader left the position to the previous leader.
After the death of the old leader, the previous leader tore away his true colors and directly imprisoned the general.
The military division was originally in poor health, but was imprisoned in a damp cave on the island, where the traitors were originally held there, and the military division's health has become even worse since then.
Later, the previous leader was killed by mistake while going out. When it was time to choose a new leader, the military division was rescued. At that time, there were only two heirs besides the military division, Wu Min.
The military division was not in good health, so he gave up the position to Wu Min. In fact, all the planning on the island these years was planned by the military division behind the scenes.
Otherwise, with Wu Min, an ignorant woman, how could it be possible to lead a pirate group.
Mr. Zhang was the most loyal subordinate of the old leader. He treated the military adviser more like he treated his little master. When he heard the military adviser speak, he swallowed all the words.
After they left, only Wu Min and the military division were left in the room.
Wu Min walked up to the military adviser and knelt down, "Brother Zhu, how are you doing? Can your body hold up?"
The military adviser shook his head slightly, "It's okay." With his broken body, it's not bad that he can last ten years.
In fact, Wu Min and the military adviser have known each other for a long time. When Wu Min first married to the island, she was whipped by her ex-husband, and when she was imprisoned in the cave, she met the military adviser who was already in the cave.
She learned from him that this was actually a pirate's den, and since then she vowed to take him to escape from the pirate's den.
Later, when he learned that the military adviser's surname was Zhu, and that he had something to do with the former royal family, Wu Min dismissed this idea and began to plan how to get rid of his ex-husband.
That's a devil who whips her whenever he gets upset, and doesn't treat her as a human being at all.
These hatreds of Wu Min are all in mind.
A few years later, Wu Min finally escaped the whipping through flattery, and even gained some trust from her ex-husband. During a trip, she actively signed up to travel with her, and that time she took the opportunity to kill him!
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