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

In fact, Chen Jiafu chased after Zhao Ren's gunboat just to say these two sentences.

But there was no way to communicate across such a long distance. He sent people to wave the white flag desperately on the deck, and Zhao Ren didn't find it. As for the semaphore...

The semaphore of Huamanlou's previous life appeared in the sixteenth century, and the inventor of the semaphore in this world is Huamanlou himself. Where did the Japanese pirates learn from it?

So Chen Jiafu could only run after Zhao Ren, but after chasing for a long time, not only were several ships sunk, but he was also so angry that Chen Jiafu was about to cry when Zhao Ren ordered to turn around and fire: Didn't he just want to vote? Why is it so difficult?

And Zhao Ren was embarrassed when he remembered what he had done, but then he said, "You surrender, you surrender. What do you want to do with so many people chasing me?"

This back bite made Chen Jiafu look resentful: "Although the criminals are in the Japanese country, they also know that the Tianjin navy is under Xi Shanbo's command, so after discovering the navy's ship, they must meet the chief officer, but who knows? He was shot a few times before he got close..."

Zhao Ren coughed twice: "Boss... Anyway, if you chased me with such fanfare, who wouldn't beat you up?"

Chen Jiafu was on the verge of tears: "The criminals fired the white flag, not only did they fly the white flag, the criminals even threw some bows, knives and arrows into the sea to show that they didn't have any malicious intentions, but the officer didn't look at it, and the criminals also had cannons Ah, if it is for war, how can the criminals not be fired at once?"

Song Jie quickly changed the subject: "I once heard from my family, Mr. Qian, that you can be regarded as a hero in Japan, but you have worked hard for so long, why did you give up?"

Chen Jiafu went to sea 23 years ago. When he went to sea in the past, he was just a white-faced scholar, but it was this scholar who formed a sea force that was difficult to ignore in a short period of time after he went to sea. He continued to annex other Japanese pirates. Establishing a stronghold in Osumi, even the local daimyo did not dare to provoke him.

Moreover, Huamanlou had told Song Jie before going to sea that most of the pirates in the southeast area were a mass of loose sand, and the real opponents of the navy were the three big pirates.

How could it be justified for an opponent who even Hua Manlou valued to suddenly surrender?

But if he has any conspiracy, it is not necessarily the case. After all, they are considered sinners if they surrender. Even if they don't kill and surrender, they must be disarmed and thoroughly monitored.In this situation, what conspiracy can they play?

So Song Jie hoped to inquire about Chen Jiafu's plan first, but Chen Jiafu said: "This matter is a long story, the criminals hope to talk directly with Uncle Xishan, and ask the two officers to be considerate."

Song Jie asked a few more questions, but Chen Jiafu refused to say anything, only wishing to see Huamanlou.

Seeing the other party's situation, Song Jie scratched his head and asked Zhao Ren softly, "What should we do? We can't make decisions on such a big matter."

The corner of Zhao Ren's mouth twitched: "Actually, it's not that I can't make decisions..."

"what?"

"All in all, so what if we take him to see Mr. Qian? It's not like we can't beat him!"

Song Jie thought for a while, and then said: "That's right, under the artillery fire of the navy, they won't be able to make any waves at all. But to be on the safe side, let Chen Jiafu board our boat?"

"Yes, the king is the first to capture the thief."

"...I didn't mean that!"

After a brief discussion between the two, Chen Jiafu was actually allowed to board the boat, and then headed southwest with the mighty Japanese pirate ship...

418. Chen Jiafu's Chips

When Song Jie and Zhao Ren led a large wave of Japanese pirates to find the main fleet of the Tianjin Navy, which was lit with smoke all the way, Hua Manlou fell into a long silence.

I thought it was an encounter, but when the Tianjin navy was busy preparing for the shelling, two navy warships, one large and one small, suddenly appeared opposite them, waving the semaphore of "our own people" while shaking non-stop. The big Zhao Longqi at the bow of the boat, when he got closer, he saw a funny guy standing on the bow of the boat...

At first, Huamanlou thought that the Japanese pirates had hijacked Prince Zhao and a joker, then Huamanlou thought that Prince Zhao and this joker had stabbed the Japanese pirates' nest, and finally saw the Japanese pirates stop and silently watch the gunboats return to the naval formation. At that time, Hua Manlou couldn't guess what was going on in front of him, who looked like Japanese pirates escorting the Prince of Zhao, but just stared blankly at the incoming boat, the corners of his mouth twitching.

Geng Tianding on the side said stupidly: "Uncle... this... what the hell..."

"Ah."

"Uncle, excuse me for being a dull official, what does this 'um' mean?"

"Yes, don't ask if you shouldn't."

"……Yes."

After Song Jie and Zhao Ren boarded the flagship, Hua Manlou figured out everything, he looked at Song Jie with incomparably complicated eyes: Fortunately, he was asked to go to Yin Bowen's funeral a few days ago, if he said he would If you get it back or something, maybe this guy can directly instigate it?You see, this product was released four times, and three times it brought back the person who should be dealt with!

What?You said not three times?

Is co-authoring with Nie Wenbing considered an individual?

So after a long time, Huamanlou was finally able to speak: "Song Jie..."

"The mark is on."

The corners of Hua Manlou's eyes twitched and he said, "Although I don't think it's your problem, and I also think it's a coincidence that the incidents these few times are true, why do I suddenly have the idea of ​​sending you to Wei Xingchen's place in Hirado? Or can I ask His Majesty to recommend you to go to the Southwest? A few days ago, I heard that there was a commotion there again, if you go there, if you can calm it down, how about I ask His Majesty to protect you as an earl?"

Song Jie said shyly, "This...then what, Biaoxia also thinks it's a coincidence, so..."

Hua Manlou sighed, "Forget it, it's not your fault, it's just that this kind of mood is so real that I'm not sure whether I should credit you or give you two kicks... Okay, get out of here. Let me figure it out and deal with your business."

After finishing speaking, Hua Manlou ignored the teasing and turned to look at Zhao Ren: "You...well, you also get out of the way, and I will settle the score with you later!"

Now how do you say that these two people have brought back a lot of Japanese pirates? This matter is more important than educating the stinky brother, right?

"Under the order, get out now!" Zhao Ren responded with a smile, and pulled Song Jie to turn around and run away.

The corners of Hua Manlou's eyes twitched again, and finally he looked at Chen Jiafu who was kneeling on the ground and said, "I thought you and I should meet later, but I never thought that you would come here by yourself. I have long admired your name, Chen Master."

Chen Jiafu kowtowed and said, "The criminals are terrified."

Hua Manlou sighed: "To be honest, I really don't want to see you at this time... Okay, get up, and then tell me, what kind of trouble have you caused me?"

"Uh..." Chen Jiafu said in surprise, "Why does Uncle think that criminals bring trouble?"

Hua Manlou sighed and said, "Is there even a question? You brought most of your troops to surrender for no reason, and gave up the great foundation you created in Japan. If you said it was for the fallen leaves to return to their roots, I would think you were insulting my IQ. Thinking a little bit about the accidental death of your wife who just got married more than 20 years ago, it is not difficult to find that there is something tricky in it.”

"Then, after I arrived in Ningbo Mansion, I settled the accounts with the bureaucrats of Ningbo Mansion one by one, and you felt that I was the person you were looking for. At the same time, the combat power of the Tianjin Navy was beyond your expectations. You felt that it was inevitable to continue to resist. Being leveled... All in all, you think surrender is the only way out, how about my analysis?"

Chen Jiafu was so choked that he rolled his eyes, and finally had no choice but to utter a few words: "Uncle will see Wanli..."

Hua Manlou continued to sigh: "Okay, don't flatter, you can just say who caused your family to be ruined, and you don't need to mention the process, anyway, it's nothing more than a drama for the yamen and others to take over the wife of a scholar, and even speaking of it will tear you apart." The old wound... Well, let's talk."

Chen Jiafu's gaze was as dull as a dead fish.

I have to say that he struggled and hesitated before coming here, and even before meeting Hua Manlou, he was still drafting his stomach, hoping to explain his situation back then to exonerate himself—as he said before, Whether he went to sea or became a Japanese pirate in the past, he had no choice but to do so.

In fact, ever since he knew that Huamanlou had started fighting against Japan, he had been paying attention to the movements of the Tianjin navy, and when he heard that Huamanlou had taken down Songjiang prefect Wang Jin, he was moved to Huamanlou—not for others Yes, just to express the breath of the year, and...

Returning to the roots of fallen leaves is really an important reason.

But at that time, Chen Jiafu was only thinking about it, but when Huamanlou plowed the bureaucrats of Ningbo Mansion like a plow, he couldn't sit still at all.

Because in Chen Jiafu's view, Huamanlou is an extremely important person in the eyes of the emperor, and only such a person can avenge himself.Moreover, Hua Manlou is also a person with a bottom line, which is different from other bureaucrats - this is extremely important. If it were someone else, how could Chen Jiafu dare to surrender without even trying?

Besides, Chen Jiafu really felt that his group of people was not enough to fight all over the building...

So what is Chen Jiafu's bargaining chip?

First of all, with the help of Chen Jiafu, the pirates in Ping and Fujian will not be a problem at all. After all, thieves know thieves best, and most of the pirates in the southeast are related to the three major pirates. Even if he only provides information, it will be enough to spend a lot of money. article.

Secondly, Chen Jiafu is also very familiar with the situation of the other two Japanese pirates, especially the Matsuura family that Huamanlou has not figured out so far.If Huamanlou wanted to completely quell the plague of Japanese pirates, it was impossible to turn a blind eye to these two pirates, so Chen Jiafu's role was extremely important.

Thirdly, apart from the old and young women, among the people Chen Jiafu led, there were five or six thousand people who could fight tough battles. This was a force that could not be ignored.If there was such a force that could be used before, why did Hua Manlou transfer the Suzhou Navy, which had just been organized and had not had time to train, to Ningbo to fight the Japanese?Although the navy's combat power can be called unparalleled in the world, but who thinks there are too many people at hand?

Therefore, Chen Jiafu originally felt that he needed to express his interests, show his desire to return to China, and even give Huamanlou a large number of local products accumulated over the years, but who knew that Huamanlou had no Let him talk nonsense, just a personal name...

Master Chen suddenly felt like a dead dog, and after a while he finally sighed quietly: "Uncle, the criminals have nothing to ask for, but the head of Zhou Yanghua, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, is nothing more than that."

419. Confession

In fact, Hua Manlou could roughly guess who Chen Jiafu's enemy was without even asking for their names, and the question was just to make sure his guess was correct.

The reason is very simple. Chen Jiafu is a native of Huizhou Prefecture, and he was a scholar before he went to sea 23 years ago. Only bureaucrats can make such a famous guy have nowhere to go. After the officials of the yamen go through it, they can be sure that the individual will be selected.

Ever since, Zhao Huayang, the co-prefect of Huizhou in the past, fell into Huamanlou's sight.

To put it bluntly, this guy is really a talent. After all, this guy was born as a top-ranking Jinshi. He went around as a magistrate abroad and returned to the capital to become a third-rank servant. He is very motivated. The luck is very good, and the means are extremely rich...

By the way, the Jinshi department is divided into three classes. The top three of the first class are the well-known No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua, the second class is the Jinshi with serious and eight classics, and the third class is from the same Jinshi background—that is to say, the real outsiders are local officials. The second-class Jinshi is the second-class Jinshi, and the third-class Jinshi is basically a secondary official or a miscellaneous official such as Tuiguan, Tongju, Xiancheng, and Chief Doctor. In theory, it is more difficult for these people to be promoted than the gentlemen of Jinshi background many, so...

From the second or third in command of the local government all the way up to the national name, this shows how awesome Zhao Huayang is.

Therefore, Hua Manlou sighed: "How about... I will take you to the capital to meet Zhao Huayang another day, and then you will have a dagger in your arms, so how about stabbing him to death?"

This nonsensical remark made Chen Jiafu fall into a stupor once again: "Uncle...uncle, you..."

For 23 years, Chen Jiafu left his hometown under the title of a pirate leader, miserable, but his enemy Zhao Huayang has been promoted all the way, living a chic life, how can he accept this?

So what Chen Jiafu said was not to let Zhao Huayang die, but to hope that his reputation would be completely ruined and his head would fall by the way.

Can spend a lot of money on this suggestion...

Chen Jiafu wondered if he had visited the wrong dock.

Looking at his expression, Hua Manlou understood what he was thinking, so he looked at him and said, "Since you know that Zhao Huayang is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, you also know who should speak up if you want to deal with such important ministers, right?"

"This……"

"I'm not going to hide it from you. I'm too lazy to touch such an important minister. After all, who knows how many people he has ties to, and how many hornet's nests he will stab if he is touched. Moreover, the court is not a world, and it is impossible to fight and kill. It's also impossible to be happy and enmity, most of them are playing with a smile on your face and hiding a knife behind your back." Hua Manlou said very bluntly: "What's more, I'm just a fifth-rank military officer, how can you ask me to help you? ?”

Chen Jiafu immediately said: "But uncle is His Majesty's adoptive son after all, and he is also the son-in-law of a cabinet scholar and Ying Guogong..."

Hua Manlou looked at Chen Jiafu with the eyes of an idiot: "Then do you think my two father-in-laws are willing to touch a third-rank official for a Japanese pirate who has just surrendered? Or do you think His Majesty will kill Zhao Huayang just because of your surrender?" ?”

"This……"

"To put it bluntly, the bargaining chips in your hand are only useful to me, and they are totally unjustifiable to others, so naturally you won't help you." Hua Manlou smiled wryly, "And if I'm not wrong, you count I'm sure I won't do anything to you, and I'm sure I may be your only hope, so you just came here, but how do you think I will pull down a servant of the Ministry of Industry?"

What Hua Manlou said was quite candid.

As far as facts are concerned, although Chen Jiafu is useful, his use is only in the fight against the Japanese, and from Huamanlou's point of view, Chen Jiafu's arrival is only to speed up the progress of the fight against the Japanese, not to play a key role.

Judging from the current situation, once the naval forces of Suzhou, Ningbo, and Quanzhou are formed and have the combat power of the Tianjin navy, Huamanlou can even directly level the Japanese country, which is still in the era of gang fights—that is to say, hard Strength is king, what Chen Jiafu brings is just condiments.

But the sad thing is that Huamanlou is quite tempted to speed up the process of Pingwa. After all, there are two young wives waiting to get married in vacant rooms at home. Who is not in a hurry?

However, if it is just to speed up the process of Pingwa, if you have to find a way to beat a real third-rank boss, Hua Manlou is the real Shi Lezhi.Leaving aside how difficult it is to overthrow a servant, he originally wanted to stay in Xishan after the war and not care about anything, if he agreed to Chen Jiafu, wouldn't there be no rest?

You know, this is an old event 23 years ago. If it is put in Huamanlou's previous life, the statute of limitations has passed, and it will be extremely difficult to find evidence of the old event 23 years ago, or even find no evidence at all. Based on Chen Jiafu's one-sided words, Zhao Huayang should be convicted, right?So trying to pull Zhao Huayang off the horse based on this matter is simply a dream.

But if he didn't agree to Chen Jiafu's words, let alone whether he would secretly engage in some tricks, what if he concealed some important information, or just surrendered without doing anything?

So from the very beginning, Huamanlou didn't intend to play tricks with Chen Jiafu, nor would he hide it, after all...

For a guy like Chen Jiafu who has been persecuted by the government, his guard against officials is by no means comparable to that of ordinary people. Therefore, it is better to explain everything clearly than to coax and lie, and then it depends on how he makes a decision.

After hearing Hua Manlou's words, Chen Jiafu really said: "Uncle is willing to spread the matter out, which shows that uncle is kind. The sinners are definitely not trying to blackmail uncle with these things to avenge the sinners, it's just..."

In fact, if Huamanlou promised to help him get rid of Zhao Huayang, Chen Jiafu would definitely find a chance to return to the sea. Thinking about it in another way, he himself didn't believe that his chips were enough for Huamanlou to make a move.But Hua Manlou's confession was beyond expectations, so he didn't hide it.

"It's just that you're not reconciled, dissatisfied with the fact that your enemy committed a great crime and got away with it for so many years, isn't it?" Hua Manlou helped him finish.

"Yes." Chen Jiafu looked at Huamanlou with a sad expression on his face: "Twenty years have passed, is there still no place for reasoning in this world?"

Hua Manlou looked at him firmly and said: "Before leaving Beijing, I had a deep chat with Your Majesty. Your Majesty was very curious about why you, who were originally a scholar, suddenly went to sea and turned into a Japanese pirate who caused trouble, so I told His Majesty at the time that if there is a chance, I will take you back to Beijing and let him ask him face to face."

Chen Jiafu looked at Huamanlou, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Uncle means..."

"That's right." Hua Manlou nodded and said, "I can take you to the capital, I can bring you to His Majesty, and then you can explain your grievances over the years by yourself. If you think this is okay, then you Then do everything possible to cooperate with me to wipe out the Japanese pirates, how about it?"

Chen Jiafu looked at Huamanlou incredulously, and knelt tremblingly after a while and said, "I wish to die for my uncle!"

420. I am the Prince of Zhao!

For Chen Jiafu, Huamanlou's actions can be described as extremely kind, after all, after the incident was revealed to Emperor Guangxing, he had a greater hope of taking revenge on Zhao Huayang, but for Huamanlou...

Uncle Hua was very happy to get rid of the pot.

What's the use of having a godfather if you don't work for a godfather for this kind of thing?You can't go around writing about this big Zhao who is leaking everywhere by yourself, but the owner of Big Zhao spends all day digging at the wall, right?

And, regardless of whether Emperor Guangxing takes care of Zhao Huayang or not, Hua Manlou has done what he should do, and it can be said that he is benevolent and righteous, but what he gets is Chen Jiafu's full support, so that the speed of Pingwo can be faster Some, why not?

What's more, I said earlier that the main business of the three Japanese is no longer plundering, but smuggling. After winning Chen Jiafu, wouldn't there be a route with the Japanese country?There is no one next to the small Japanese country, but the money is still very fragrant, and maybe it will really satisfy my group... Cough, how about buying a big manor that children can't walk out of at the age of eight?

finally...

If nothing can be done, the big deal is to praise Chen Jiafu in front of Emperor Guangxing. Why is he in the country of Wa? The admiral is still fine, so in this way...

Well, isn't there another skilled worker under his command?

After getting Chen Jiafu's allegiance, Hua Manlou didn't talk to him in detail for the time being, but asked him to take the Japanese pirates and follow his brigade back to Ningbo Mansion, and immediately found Zhao Ren who was about to escape by jumping out of the window.

"You run, you keep running, the flagship is so big, where can you go? Jump into the sea if you have the ability?" Hua Manlou was furious.

"I... I didn't run. Isn't this just going to take a walk?" Zhao Ren accompanied him with a smile: "So don't get angry, brother, how about putting down that cane?"

Hua Manlou sneered, "Let it go? Do you have the face to say let it go?"