As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

"Here it is!" Song Jie ran over from the side of the ship, and explained with a distressed face: "It wasn't the order from the bidder, but the old Wei's people ran up by themselves, saying that they wanted to arrest some for Mr. Qian. If you are alive, you may be able to find out where the other pirates are staying..."

Hua Manlou had a headache: "Okay, okay, when they come back, you can tell them what military regulations are. Next time, if you still behave like this, send them all to Xishan Coal Mine to dig coal for me!"

"Yes!"

"Also, their lunch is gone!"

Although it was a big victory, as Hua Manlou was worried about, the Tianjin Navy did have various problems.

Seeing the thieves yelling and chasing down the Japanese pirates, Hua Manlou could only comfort himself: It is a good thing to find out the problem, and it is better than to expose the problem when there is a real war, right?

……

The sky is getting brighter.

The corpses on the beach were neatly stacked in a row. After the medical ship arrived, the medical soldiers of Xishanwei began to treat the wounds of the wounded.

Team after team of navy soldiers were sent out to search the island like a net, and brought back one after another the frightened or distraught Japanese pirates, and held them on the beach.

The furious Mu Wenbin personally interrogated those Japanese pirates. This originally gentle and elegant scholar no longer looked like a scholar. , that scene was simply cruel.

Hua Manlou knew what he was asking, so he didn't care whether he was suspected of abusing the captives.

He has already confirmed that one of the two heads of the Japanese pirates was seriously injured by the explosion on the spot and was already dying, and the other was said to be in the cave, dead or alive.

Just as he was about to send someone to look for the second master, Song Jie came back with seven or eight women.

"Mr. Qian, these people were found in the dungeon, and they were all robbed. There are two more in the dungeon, but..." Song Jie's face was very ugly.

Hua Manlou turned to look at the women, most of them were in rags and weeping.

"Hey...find them some food first...uh..."

Before Hua Manlou finished speaking, those women knelt down to him and kowtowed three times without saying a word.Before he could react, these women all rushed at the Japanese pirates under custody, some beat their heads and faces, and some bit them regardless of their heads and faces, biting off a piece of meat...

"Wait...fuck, calm down first..." Hua Manlou was in a state of confusion, "Hurry up, pull them away!"

"This..." Navy soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to move.

Men and women can't kiss each other, even if these women may have been ruined, they still can't touch casually...

But just when they were hesitating, those women got up by themselves, and then all of them slammed into the boulder not far away.

"Stop them!" Hua Manlou was completely anxious, and while yelling, she also rushed over.

But what happened was so sudden that even the navy soldiers in front didn't react...

The tragedy happened right in front of him, Hua Manlou closed his eyes in pain, "This is again...why bother?"

Although Huamanlou knows that their lives have been ruined, and that they may be looked down upon for the rest of their lives, there are ways to do it, such as placing them in Xishan and arranging some unsightly jobs, and time may heal some pain.

but……

Not being able to go home to reunite with parents and relatives, not being able to return to the old life, and even having to hide one's identity, what's the difference between this and dying once?

"Mr. Qian, I'm... all out of breath." A boy from the medical class came over with tears all over his face and reported.

Hua Manlou responded, and said in a trembling voice: "They, they didn't even leave their names... Forget it, after a while... let's cremate them all, take them away from this island... take them back to Xishan for burial."

"Yes."

Taking a deep breath, Hua Manlou turned his attention to the Japanese pirate who dared to fight back when a woman bit him just now: "Chop that beast up for me!"

"Yes!"

After finishing the order, Hua Manlou was unable to speak anymore.

Although I have seen the tragedy in Chashan before, but today this happened right before my eyes, the two are not the same at all--on the surface, they seem to have rescued people, but in fact, when they were taken away, already dead.

This sense of powerlessness made Huamanlou very tired and helpless.

After a while, Hua Manlou spoke again: "Song Jie!"

"Have!"

"Order, don't let go of any corner of the island, not a single pirate can escape, I want no trace of sin to be left here!"

"Here!"

If it was said that the Pingwa was because of a last resort, or because of the promise to Jiu'er, but from this moment on, Hua Manlou was truly determined to kill all the Japanese pirates in the southeast in one fell swoop, leaving no one behind.

It was at this moment that he completely empathized with Qi Jiguang's poem: I don't want to be a Marquis, but I hope Haibo will be peaceful.

377. What evidence do you want?

In the Battle of Shengshan, more than 270 Japanese pirates were killed on the spot, and the remaining Huamanlou were all packed and brought back to Jiading, intending to execute them in public.

After doing so many unconscionable things, how could it be possible to lightly expose them?

Moreover, apart from settling accounts with Japanese pirates, he has one more thing that makes him very angry...

"Tianjin navy is going to publicly execute Japanese pirates at the east gate!"

In Jiading County, a few men ran and shouted all the way, and it didn't take long for the people in the whole city to know about it.

For a moment, some people were smiling, some were bursting into tears, and some people took the spiritual tablets of their loved ones and ran to the east gate, and the whole county suddenly exploded.

A few days ago, many people heard that Uncle Hua, who had beaten Wala in the capital, brought the Tianjin navy to the southeast.

Regarding this matter, at the beginning, some people had doubts, some were puzzled, and some people didn't give much hope at all. After all, in recent years, the imperial court's battle against Japanese pirates has been seen by everyone.

But who knew that he would capture the Japanese pirates so quickly?

Not long after, the east gate of the county seat was already crowded with people, and many people from the nearby villages rushed here with tears on their faces, wanting to see the end of the enemy with their own eyes, and to comfort the spirits of their loved ones in heaven.

An open space beside the main road leading to Wusong River was cleared. There were more than 100 trembling Japanese pirates kneeling in the field, and a circle of soldiers stood outside to isolate the people. But even so, the field was in chaos .

Some people threw stones at the Japanese pirates, some kowtowed to the navy soldiers to thank them, and there were even a few old people crying and dragging a soldier to ask the whereabouts of their daughter...

Even the recruited thieves couldn't bear to look at this kind of scene.

The most touching thing is that a thin boy of twelve or thirteen suddenly sneaked into the execution ground from under the armpit of a navy soldier, grabbed a Japanese pirate and beat him to the head and face, crying "give me back my father's life", This scene made the surrounding crowd furious, almost breaking through the soldiers' human wall...

The three of Geng Tianding and the fidgeting Jiading county magistrate sat in front of the execution ground and waited for the time to operate, while Hua Manlou was standing on the tower at the moment, looking down at the city from a distance, with a stern expression on his face.Beside him, the people who came to watch the execution are also very interesting. They are: the prefect of Songjiang, the prefect of Suzhou, the commander of Zhenhaiwei, and the commander of Linshanwei who appeared here for some reason.

Among this group of people, Commander Zhenhaiwei looked embarrassed.

Logically speaking, the Zhenhai guards are responsible for guarding the land. In theory, he should be the one to deal with the Japanese pirates, but who would have thought that he did not accomplish an inch, but the Tianjin navy wiped out the Japanese pirates as soon as they arrived. This...

Doesn't it seem that he is incompetent?

Compared with Commander Zhenhaiwei, the prefects of Songjiang and Suzhou didn't look very good-looking.

Glancing at these two, Hua Manlou suddenly smiled and pointed to the messy execution ground below the city, "Master Liu, what do you think of this situation?"

Liu Qiran, the magistrate of Jiangsu, looked at Huamanlou angrily and said, "Huamanlou, although you are His Majesty's adopted son, are you acting too recklessly?"

"Unscrupulous?" Hua Manlou said playfully, "What do you mean?"

Liu Qiran snorted coldly: "You send someone to drag me here, and I don't care about it, but it's been unknown since ancient times, you..."

"Oh, what about this? Didn't I agree that the Japanese pirates wanted to surrender? Then they wouldn't count as surrender." Hua Manlou interrupted him with an innocent face and said, "And this matter is in line with public opinion, well, Look over there, did you see that, that child is going to avenge his father, the Lord Fu Zun can't let me cover up the Japanese pirates, right?"

"you!"

"I hope that there are many people in this group of people who will die soon, don't you Wang Fuzun?" Hua Manlou ignored him, and started talking to Wang Jin, the prefect of Songjiang.

Wang Jin glanced at Huamanlou with a complex expression, and then said coldly: "Uncle Xishan is ordered to suppress the Japanese, so the captured Japanese pirates are handled by himself, and the official has no right to comment."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Really, that's good."

"Brother Wang, how can you watch him mess around?" Liu Qiran was anxious: "Even if there is public anger, the Japanese pirates who surrendered should be punished according to the law of the Great Zhao, and they should not be killed at will..."

Hua Manlou chuckled: "Liu Fuzun, didn't you see it? Wang Fuzun hates evil like a vengeful, wishing that this group of people would die as soon as possible, how can you care about these little things?"

Liu Qiran was very annoyed: "Is this a trivial matter?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "It's just chopping up a few animals, what's the big deal?"

Liu Qiran was trembling with anger, but for some reason, the Commander Zhenhaiwei standing behind him suddenly gave him a hand, and after he turned his head angrily, he gave him a meaningful look.

Liu Qiran was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized that Hua Manlou had been talking for a long time?

Seeing that Lao Liu had stopped talking, Hua Manlou once again teased the prefect of Songjiang: "My lord, tell me, if you kill some Japanese pirates, can some people feel refreshed? At least when facing Japanese pirates, Don't be so frightened, and won't do some unthinkable things out of fear?"

Wang Jin's face darkened, but he still said calmly: "Uncle Xishan thinks that after killing these Japanese pirates, the morale of the guard can be boosted? It's a way."

Hua Manlou blinked: "It's not just the guard. Speaking of which, I sent someone to carry Mr. Liu Fuzun here. Mr. Wang Fuzun...why did you come to Jiading so hard?"

Wang Jindao: "I'm just here as a witness."

"Really?" Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Then witness, from today onwards, the Japanese pirates will no longer be my great Zhao's scourge, as I said."

After all, Huamanlou ignored him, but his expression suddenly became extremely stern: "Master Liu, this group of Japanese pirates is the one that killed Shang Chongming, and also the one that suddenly killed Jiading a few days ago. , this... you know, right?"

Liu Qiran didn't know why Hua Manlou said this, but after realizing the weirdness, he would cooperate, and said, "I know, so what?"

Hua Manlou narrowed his eyes: "There are two leaders of this group of Japanese pirates, one is Qian Dapeng and the other is Chen Yuanhua. I have captured both of them. Fortunately, although these two were seriously injured, they are still alive. alive."

"The Japanese pirates suddenly attacked Chongming Island before. After receiving the news, there was an uproar in the court, and His Majesty was furious. But everyone has a question, why are these Japanese pirates so bold that they dare to attack the official army?" Hua Manlou pointed out. He said: "Also, at that time, several guards were working together, and most of the supplies were concentrated on Chongming Island. Why did this group of Japanese pirates detect it so accurately, as if they had known about it for a long time?"

Liu Qiran suddenly realized something, and he glanced at the ashen-faced Wang Jin in amazement: "This... Uncle Xishan, do you have evidence..."

Hua Manlou blinked: "Huh? I just said that I have doubts, right? It's just doubts, what evidence do you want? But fortunately, the doubts have been solved by the two captured leaders. Mr. Liu wants to listen to what they say Is it?"

378. Wonderful

Japanese pirates are all thieves. According to the truth, it is only natural for officers and soldiers to catch thieves. Even if the officers and soldiers are true, they are not very powerful. Ordinary bandits are naturally afraid of officers and soldiers, just like mice are naturally afraid of cats.

So the previous situation looked like the mouse suddenly violently took the food from the cat, which was simply too abnormal-this is the real reality, not Tom and Jerry.

After having this question, after the battle in Shengshan, he paid special attention to the situation of the Japanese pirate leader, and personally went to talk about it, and found some very interesting evidence.

Originally, he was thinking of giving all these things to a certain minister who was still in Huai'an Mansion, but who would have thought that a magistrate suddenly appeared in front of him?

So he couldn't take it anymore.

"What exactly are you trying to say? Hurry up!" Liu Qiran became more and more anxious.

"It's a long story, let me tell you slowly." Hua Manlou glanced at the ashen Wang Jin, smiled coldly, and then said: "The matter started three years ago, when the Japanese pirates The boss is not Qian Dapeng, but a rogue from the Japanese country... Everyone knows the rogues, right? The warriors of the Japanese country are called rogues after they fall into the grass, that is to say, the Japanese pirates at that time were really Japanese pirates."

"However, at that time, this group of Japanese pirates was active in the south, and the guards in places like Huizhou and Chaozhou may be very familiar with them. This group of Japanese pirates gradually became stronger by plundering and absorbing some people along the coast. , and then the ronin became a little unwilling, and wanted to go back to Japan to make contributions or something."

"But at this time, the Japanese pirates are mostly people from my dynasty. Even if these people follow the Japanese pirates, most of them don't want to go to the Japanese country. Therefore, on the way back to the Japanese country with the ronin and the fleet, Qian Dapeng, Chen Yuanhua and others People chopped up the ronin and his confidant after getting drunk, and since then this band of Japanese pirates has become Qian Dapeng in power. At this time, the fleet just arrived at Shengshan, so they settled down in Shengshan and began to develop .”

Hua Manlou stopped here, looked at Liu Qiran who was anxious and almost cursed with a half-smile, and said, "Don't worry, that's the point. Mr. Liu was the prefect of Suzhou four years ago, right?"

"Yes!" Liu Qiran replied simply.

Hua Manlou asked: "That is to say, Mr. Liu has heard about every looting of these Japanese pirates along the coast in the past three years, right?"

Liu Qiran thought for a while and said, "That's right, the Suzhou-Hangzhou area was indeed suffering from the Japanese invasion three years ago. Although there were cases before, it was definitely not on such a large scale, and most of them committed crimes once and then fled far away."

Hua Manlou asked again: "Then, can Mr. Liu remember it? How long has it been since the Songjiang Mansion suffered from Japanese invasion?"

"This..." Liu Qiran said in a daze, "Except for June this year... maybe it will be more than two years?"

"Then Liu Fuzun doesn't think it's strange that Songjiang Mansion is closer to the sea, so your Suzhou Mansion has been robbed more?" Hua Manlou glanced at Wang Jin, who had closed his eyes, and added: "Yes. Wang Fuzun's defense in Songjiang Mansion is so good that Japanese pirates dare not commit lightly, or is it because Songjiang Mansion is not as rich as Suzhou Mansion, so Japanese pirates are too lazy to snatch it?"

Liu Qiran stared at Wang Jin fiercely: "I didn't know it before, but now I have some clues."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Then shall I complete this matter? Uh... ok ok, I'm not going to be a secret anymore."

Turning to look at Wang Jin, Hua Manlou said mockingly, "Three years ago, when the pirates settled in Shengshan, Wang Fuzun also came to Songjiang Prefecture to serve as the magistrate at about the same time. At that time, Wang Fuzun took a concubine home It happened to be invaded by Japanese pirates when I was in my natal family, and his little concubine also fell into the hands of Japanese pirates."

"Everyone has the desire to save themselves, so this little concubine showed her identity and intended to redeem herself with money, and the asking price was 4 taels of silver." Hua Manlou exclaimed, "4 taels of silver, I don't know How many years is enough for Wang Fuzun's salary, or is it true that Wang Fuzun's ability to scrape land?"

"Well, the amount of money that Wang Fuzun has seized over the years as an official is not the focus of today's discussion. The point is that Qian Dapeng had a plan when he heard the identity of the concubine. He let her go on the spot and let her I brought a letter to Wang Fuzun..." Hua Manlou said sarcastically, "Oh, there are also some stolen gold, silver and jewels, saying that he wants to make friends with Fuzun."

"For such hot money, Wang Fuzun accepted it with a smile, and even got involved with Qian Dapeng. The two parties reached a preliminary agreement. When he is transferred or promoted, Qian Dapeng will be recruited to protect him as a pawn." Hua Manlou applauded while applauding: "Tsk tsk, what a good way, it not only protects the people of Songjiang, but also ensures that he is himself. Your official career can also make Dazhao Haijiang less Japanese pirates, should I say that you are skilled, or should I say that you are flexible in thinking?"

Wang Jin's face turned green and white, but he didn't say a word.

Hua Manlou continued: "I don't know when, Wang Fuzun suddenly felt that Qian Dapeng was very useful, so the cooperation between the two sides became more and more close. For example, a few days ago, there were rumors that Liu Fuzun would be transferred to the capital. Therefore, Wang Fuzun was annoyed and planned to create trouble for you, so he encouraged Qian Dapeng to come to Suzhou Mansion to make a fuss, so..."

Hua Manlou pointed to the crying people in the city: "They suffered an innocent disaster, and Liu Fuzun was impeached by a group of censors on the grounds that the suppression of the Japanese was not good, so the promotion is a bit pending. .”

Liu Qiran trembled with anger when he heard this: "Wang Jin! Wang Jin! Have you read all the sage books in your dog's stomach? I...it doesn't matter if I get promoted or not, but why are the people innocent? You...you What are they?"

Hua Manlou stopped Liu Qiran who was about to come forward to beat Wang Jin, and sighed, "Master Liu, please don't get angry, how about you post it after I finish talking?"