The pirate leader Chen Sipan was very tough, and Zhu Kun couldn't ask anything after all, so he could only leave in a huff. However, just as Zhu Kun passed by again, Ori Shin Miko dragged her shackles and slammed into the iron bars of the cell, making a loud bang, and Zhu Kun and the officials around him were startled.

Ori Shin Miko's forehead was broken, dripping with blood, and she shouted angrily at Zhu Kun: "Tell your Shangguan, if he doesn't change places for me to live, I will die here." ”

"Ouch, stinky girls of the Japanese country, look for death, dare to threaten our county lord." The jailer named Niu Lu picked up the water and fire stick with a hideous expression.

Zhu Su waved his hand to stop the jailer, and said indifferently: "This official will tell Lord Xu for you." With that, he walked straight out of the cell door.

As a disciple of a saint who has been influenced by Confucianism since childhood, Zhu Kun does not agree with Xu Jin's behavior of "kidnapping and extortion", but since Zhu Kun can support the ban on opening the sea, he is naturally not a person who eats the ancients.

One million taels of silver, which is equivalent to a quarter of the annual fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many practical things can be used to do it. For example, if the 500 battalions used the new type of firearms flintlock pistol, if they could be manufactured in large quantities, and the officers and men of the coastal guard post would have a flintlock pistol in their hands, so why should they be afraid of the attack of the pirates and pirates?

Zhu Kun personally experienced the battle of the port of the Xixi Inspection Division and the battle of Dongsha Island, so he was deeply impressed by the power of the new firearm of the flintlock pistol, but the cost of the flintlock pistol from Qi Jingtong also made Zhu Xianling dumbfounded, because a flintlock pistol actually cost ten taels of silver, which was five or six times more expensive than the traditional firecracker.

After Zhu Kun left, the light in the cell dimmed again, and due to the attitude of the county lord, the jailer Niu Lu hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of continuing to use water as a stick to teach Ori Shinmiko.

One of the women took out a handkerchief to gently wipe the blood from her forehead, and whispered, "Miss Miko, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, so why bother. ”

"If I'm locked up here, I can't escape!" Orishin Miko said lightly, don't look at the fierce moment when she hit the iron fence just now, in fact, it was the shoulder that was forced, and the forehead was just deliberately broken a little skin.

"Miko-chan wants to escape?" The two women exclaimed softly.

Orishin Miko glanced coldly at the jailer Niu Lu outside, they used the Japanese language, so they were not afraid of being heard by the jailer, nodded and said, "Yes, it is impossible for the family to take out a million taels to redeem me, so I have to rely on myself." ”

The two widows looked at each other with pale faces, they turned out to be the servants of the Zhixin family, but they were given as a gift to the pirate leader Chen Sipan by Zhixin Yokoji.

"Don't worry, I will run away with you, and when I go back, you will be Miss Ben's personal maid." Miko Orinobu promised.

The two widows knelt down with great joy: "We will definitely do our best to assist Miss Miko." ”

As the saying goes, rigidity can't last long, and softness must be kept. The drizzle can last for nearly a month, and if it rains too much, it usually doesn't last long, and the more intense and violent the rain, the shorter the time it is destined to rage, so this sudden storm ended before it got dark and turned into a light rain.

Xu Jin, who had just finished bathing, looked even more red and white, and was wearing a jade-white robe at this time, sitting quietly behind the bookcase to write a notebook, helping to polish the ink in early summer, and preparing dinner in early spring.

Xu Jin himself didn't expect that when he arrived in Zhizhejiang, the work of clearing the land had not yet begun, and the first letter on the result turned out to be a request for credit for the five hundred battalions.

In the first battle of the Xixi Patrol Division, the 500 battalions killed more than 100 of the Japanese under the Da Nei Sect, and captured a bow of the Japanese boat; In the battle of Dongsha Island, the pirate Chen Sipan and his gang were exterminated, hundreds of people were killed, more than 100 people were captured, a large number of ships were seized, and goods worth nearly 300,000 taels were seized; In World War II, Dongsha Island killed more than 400 Japanese soldiers under Orimiko and seized nearly 400,000 taels worth of goods.

There is no doubt that all of the above can be regarded as a great achievement, and it is not an exaggeration to promote the officers of the whole battalion to one level. Treating no one badly can not be his own, so Xu Jin immediately wrote a letter to his subordinates to ask for credit, and proposed to expand the 500 battalions and start manufacturing the second batch of flintlock pistols.

It is said that the excuse for the establishment of the 500 battalion was to try out and practice new firearms, and it was the little emperor Zhu Houxi who won the approval of the cabinet at the cost of dismissing the eunuchs guarding the towns in various places.

Now that the 500 battalion has achieved such a brilliant record in the small test, it is natural to propose the expansion of the battalion at this time, and the purpose of Zhu Houxi's original establishment of the 500 battalion is to rebuild the Shenji battalion, so this kid will definitely raise his hands and feet in favor.

In addition, because the flintlock pistol is expensive, so the courtiers are against continuing to manufacture, and now the flintlock pistol has made great achievements in the first battle, which has effectively proved its extraordinary power, plus the seizure of nearly 700,000 taels of goods, at this time Xu Jin proposed to manufacture the second batch of flintlock pistols, and those opposing ministers are naturally not good to continue to block, I believe that the head of the money bag of the household Shangshu Sun Jiao will also be happy to support, after all, Xu Jin only arrived in Jiangnan to generate 700,000 taels of silver for the treasury.

When he talked to the little emperor Zhu Houxi, he felt that the cost of making a flintlock pistol should not be much higher than the traditional firecracker, but the flintlock pistol was manufactured, and the cost was ten taels of silver, which really scared him, and if ten taels of silver were based on purchasing power, it was equivalent to 10,000 pieces of ocean in modern times.

At first, Xu Jin thought that Eunuch Lai had falsely reported the cost, but he calculated it himself, and it really cost so much. The barrel of the flintlock pistol was more than a meter long, and it was necessary to use fine iron, and forty-eight catties of pig iron were smelted into eight catties of wrought iron, so the money spent on iron alone cost four taels of silver. In addition, there is the cost of wages, it takes thirty days to drill the bore, and two months to complete the manufacture of the whole gun, and if you add the money for flint, hammer, plate machine and other parts, and the cost of wood and charcoal, ten taels of silver is only a lot more.

You must know that ten taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family of a few people to use for a year or two, and now it can only be used to make a flintlock pistol, and it is no wonder that those ministers will be in pain and do not agree to continue to make it.

Therefore, before Xu Jin left the capital, he gave He Bantou and Liu Bantou a task, which was to reduce the cost of the flintlock pistol without affecting the quality, and it would be about the same if it could be reduced to four or five taels of silver.

After Xu Jin finished writing the notebook, he carefully checked it, and found no mistakes or omissions, so he dried the ink and put it together, and took out the letterhead to prepare to write a letter to his family.

At this moment, Chu Chun walked in and said, "Master, Zhu Xian Ling is coming to visit, waiting in the front living room." ”

Zhu Su came back in the dark, it was estimated that there was something important, so Xu Jin put down his pen and asked Chu Xia to clean up, and walked quickly to the front living room.

When Xu Jin came to the front living room, he found that in addition to Zhu Kun, there was also a strange man, this man was dressed in gray cloth and wet, and the fast boots on his feet were also covered with mud, and it seemed that he had traveled a long way in the rain.

When Zhu Kun saw Xu Jin, he hurriedly said: "This person is the servant of the prince (Wang Shouren), he just arrived in Dongtai County, and the matter is very important, so I will immediately bring him to see Brother Ziqian." ”

"For the little one, see Lord Qincha, there is a secret letter from my lord here." The servant carefully took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Xu Jin.

Xu Jin took it and checked it, and found that the paint seal was intact, so he nodded and asked, "Lord Wang, do you have any words?" ”

The servant shook his head and said no, Xu Jin asked Erniu to take him down to rest, and then opened the letter and looked closely, and a pair of sword eyebrows instantly frowned.

Zhu Kun wanted to take a look, but he still held back, after all, the stakes were high. After reading the letter, Xu Jin handed it to Zhu Kun casually and said, "Brother Zichun might as well take a look." ”

Xu Jin trusted him so much, Zhu Kun couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, solemnly took the letterhead and looked at it, and instantly said angrily: "It turned out to be Yangzhou Wei!" ”

A few days ago, Xu Jin wrote a letter to Lao Wang, and also attached a number of the seized firearms, asking Lao Wang to help find out the source, and the results showed that these smuggled firearms were actually from Yangzhou Wei.

"What is Brother Ziqian going to do?" Zhu Kun asked with a solemn face.

Yangzhou Wei is stationed on the canal in the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou City, which is the most important local guard station in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Xu Jin said lightly: "Naturally, it is to investigate and deal with people, those who should be removed are dismissed, and those who should be beheaded are beheaded, tomorrow I will leave to return to Yangzhou, and the matter here will be entrusted to Brother Zichun." ”

Zhu Kun arched his hand and said, "It should be like this, but Brother Ziqian must not take it lightly." ”

Xu Jin smiled calmly, after all, he was used to seeing big winds and waves, and even the eunuch Luo Xiang, who was guarding the town in Shandong, was taken by him at the beginning, and he also had a provincial official like the political secretary in his hands, and a guard commander naturally did not put it in his eyes.

"The goods stored in the county warehouse, Brother Zichun bothered a lot, and before the Nanjing household department sent someone to count and escort it, there was absolutely no room for loss." Xu Jin admonished.

Zhu Kun said solemnly: "Ziqian rest assured, if there is one less son in the warehouse, the official will apologize for his crimes." ”

Xu Jin arched his hand: "Brother Zichun is serious, the official has to start preparing, and he won't leave Brother Zichun to eat." ”

Zhu Kun didn't say much, arched his hand and wanted to turn away, and suddenly woke up and said: "By the way, that Weaving Shin Meizi asked me to tell Brother Ziqian that if she didn't change her residence, she would be killed by a head-butt, this woman was very strong, and her head had been broken and bleeding." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help frowning, nodded and said, "Later, this official will send me to take a look." ”

When Zhu Kun heard this, he turned around and left, and Xu Jin called Xie Erjian and told him to check on the cell. Although I don't think that the Ori family will transport a million taels to ransom people, but what if it really comes, so this Orishin Miko can't be fine.