Chapter 549: Xuande Tongbao
On the order of Xu Jin, he encountered a group of Japanese pirates on the seaside, and not only defeated them, but also killed nearly 100 people on the spot and captured more than a dozen people. This news spread quickly, and soon spread throughout the entire Dongtai County, causing a great sensation, and the people nearby ran to the Xixi Inspection Department to see the excitement, and some people even rushed over from far away.
It is no wonder that the people along the coast have suffered greatly from the Japanese for many years, their families have been ruined, and their wives have been separated, so they simply hate the Japanese to the core, but the officers and men of the local guard stations are not angry, and seeing the Japanese are like mice seeing cats, and they even run faster than the common people.
Take last year's Ningbo "tribute incident" as an example, two groups of Japanese people had contradictions, openly burned and looted on the land of the Ming Dynasty, from Ningbo Mansion to Shaoxing Mansion, hundreds of miles longitudinal and horizontal, it was like entering a no-man's land, it was simply a shame for the Ming Dynasty.
The so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold. It can be said that the common people in the coastal areas have completely lost hope in the officers and men, and they immediately flee when they see the Japanese robbing and plundering, and if they cannot escape, they can only consider themselves unlucky.
Because of this, today they suddenly heard that the officers and soldiers had defeated a gang of Japanese robbers, killed nearly 100 people, and captured more than a dozen people.
As the saying goes, hearing is true, seeing is believing. When the common people saw the mountain of corpses piled up with nearly 100 Japanese corpses, as well as the dozen or so live Japanese who were tied up with flowers, they naturally believed it.
These ordinary people were elated, gritted their teeth one by one, and regardless of whether the officers and soldiers agreed or not, they immediately brought firewood and grass to burn all the corpses of the Japanese to ashes, and then threw them wildly. Seventeen of the nineteen who had been captured alive had been killed alive by the angry people, and if it had not been for the five hundred battalion of brothers who ventured to take back two, I am afraid that all the living ones would have died.
Despite this, the two widows who were lucky enough to save their lives were also beaten badly, one had all his limbs broken, and the other was lucky, only half of his ear was bitten off. It can be seen from this that the common people really hate the Japanese to the bone marrow.
After venting their grievances in their hearts, the common people knelt down and kowtowed to the gate of the Inspection Division, weeping bitterly and thanking Lord Qincha for avenging and supporting the people.
Although Xu Jin was sitting in the lobby of the Inspection Division, he could still hear the cries of the people outside. Originally, Xu Jin was still a little unbearable to see more than a dozen Japanese robbers being tortured and killed, but at this time, when he heard the common people denounce the various evil deeds made by the Japanese robbers, his heart became much calmer.
As the saying goes, sowing melons and getting melons, and planting beans and getting beans, these widows are also to blame, and they are not worthy of sympathy at all.
When the common people left one after another, the gentry of Dongtai County organized a group to come to the Xixi Inspection Division, and brought a few slaughtered big fat pigs and dozens of jars of wine to comfort the warriors who defeated the Japanese invaders.
The leading gentry was called Zheng Shirong, the head of the Zheng family, the leading large landowner in Dongtai County, in addition, the heads of the Li family and the He family, the local wealthy families, also came, and Xu Jin personally received these people.
In the evening, wisps of cooking smoke rose from the sky above the Xixi Inspection Division, and the air was filled with the enticing aroma of meat and wine. After Xu Jin sent away the gentry in Dongtai County, Xin walked to the beach outside the inspection department, and his brother-in-law Xie Sangun cleverly followed behind, while more than a dozen soldiers of the 500 battalion with loaded guns and ammunition were ten meters behind to guard, just in case of accidents.
The beach outside the inspection department is very large, and it is usually a place for the inspectors to practice. The sunset shone from behind, pulling the figures of Xu Jin and Xie Sangun out of the distance on the beach.
The blood on the beach had long since disappeared without a trace, and the sand was golden in the sunset, and no one could tell that just a few hours earlier, there had been a terrible battle here, with nearly two hundred dead and wounded.
Xu Jin looked at the vast sea where the golden snake danced, and there was a trace of worry hidden between his eyebrows, although he was very relieved about the combination of Qi Jingtong and Xie Erjian, but the two of them didn't turn around for most of the day, and Xu Jin couldn't help but worry.
With the skills of Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong, plus two hundred soldiers equipped with flintlock pistols, even if they encounter several times the enemy, they are not afraid, Xu Jin is worried about the unpredictable sea, after all, human beings are too small in front of the sea, not to mention the ancient simple sailing ships, even if it is a modern 100,000-ton giant ship, there is a danger of capsizing in the vast sea.
Xie Sangun, this kid is only fifteen years old this year, but he has already caught up with Xu Jin, and he is born with a tiger's back, and he is a copy of his father-in-law Xie Qing, and he follows behind him step by step, while childishly kicking the sand under his feet high.
"Brother-in-law, you are also worried, the second brother has a big life, and he hasn't even married his daughter-in-law yet, so he is willing to braid. Maybe now that you've caught that warrior sect of the Japanese kingdom and you're on your way back, you'd better think about what kind of official you should promote your second brother. Xie Sangun grinned heartlessly.
It is said that Xu Jin has found an interpreter who is proficient in the Japanese language to interrogate the remaining two Japanese invaders, and has learned that the leader of the Japanese who led the team this time is called Ouchi Zongshe, who is the Japanese tribute envoy who burned and looted in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province at the beginning of last year. If this person can be caught and sent to the capital to be punished, it is undoubtedly a great achievement, Zhu Houxi's kid is estimated to be able to jump high with joy, and last year's "tribute incident" really made the little emperor very angry.
Xu Jin smiled, and was about to speak when he heard a clear ding, and a yellow and clear light flew out of the sand kicked by his brother-in-law, and rolled on the ground a few times before stopping.
Xie Sangun sighed lightly, ran a few steps forward to pick up the small object and took a look at it, and then took it to Xu Jin as if offering a treasure, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I picked up a penny." ”
Xu Jin said with a smile: "Luckily, it's best to turn over all the sand here, maybe you can pick up gold next time." ”
The boy Xie Sangun really kicked the sand vigorously, and as a result, he picked up two more yellow copper coins. Xu Jin couldn't help but be quite surprised, took a copper coin from Xie Sangun's hand and looked at it, his face couldn't help but become strange.
This is a Xuande Tongbao, but it looks very new, and it smells with a smell of fireworks, it seems to be a newly minted copper coin, which is strange!
Xu Jin also played with ancient coin collection in his previous life, so he still knows more about the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty, because he avoided the "Yuan" character of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty did not use a certain "ingot", but instead used a certain "Tongbao", and the later Qing Dynasty also followed the practice of the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that Xuande Tongbao was minted by Zhu Zhanji of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty in the eighth year of Xuande, and after nearly seventy years, the Ming Dynasty did not have a new copper coin, and it was not until the eighteenth year of Hongzhi that a new copper coin was minted Hongzhi Tongbao, and the Zhengde Dynasty did not mint new coins. In other words, Xuande Tongbao has been nearly ninety years away from now, and the copper coins that have been used for so long must be seriously worn, and even if they are carefully preserved, they cannot be the way they are now.
Xu Jin thoughtfully took the brand-new Xuande Tongbao in his hand for a while, and even lifted the official robe and kicked the sand together with Xie Sangun, and the dozen or so five hundred battalion soldiers in the distance couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding why the adult who had always been wise and martial made such a childish move.
"Zhao Datou, you guys also come over to help!" Xu Jin beckoned.
Zhao Datou's name is Zhao Xing, one of the eleven personal soldiers who followed Xu Jin in Jiangxi at the beginning, and now he is a hundred households in the 500 battalion. When this thing heard Xu Jin's call, he immediately ran over with more than a dozen thugs to help turn over the sand, and the smoke and dust billowed in an instant.
As the saying goes, there are many people with great strength, and soon, more copper coins were discovered, and a total of twelve were obtained, all of which were brand new Xuande Tongbao. Xu Jin's sword eyebrows couldn't help but twist up, now he may basically be sure that someone is privately minting copper coins, which is a capital crime of stealing the house and killing the head, but what makes Xu Jin quite puzzled is that why the person who privately minted copper coins did not copy the closer Hongzhi Tongbao, but went to the Xuande Tongbao nearly a hundred years ago?
Xu Jin's eyes couldn't help but fall to the Inspection Division, these copper coins were found here, and naturally the Inspection Department was the most suspicious, of course, this could not be confirmed that it was made by the Inspection Division.
"Be careful, sir!" Zhao Datou suddenly shouted, and quickly untied the flintlock pistol he was carrying, and the other dozen or so brothers of the five hundred battalion also reacted immediately, protecting Xu Jin Tuan Tuan behind him.
By this time the sun had almost completely sunk to the horizon, and in the vast twilight there was a small fishing boat speeding towards the mouth of the river. Seeing that there was only one small boat, Zhao Datou was calm, so he did not call for reinforcements from other brothers in the inspection department.
"Hey, it seems to be Zhu County's order!" Brother-in-law Xie Sangun has good eyesight and is the first to blurt out.
As the small fishing boat got closer and closer, Xu Jin could really see it at this time, and there was indeed a tall guy wearing a seven-grade official robe standing on the boat, and it was Zhu Kun, the commander of Dongtai County.
"Lord Xu!" Zhu Kun stood in the middle of the boat and waved his hand and shouted loudly, looking high-spirited, and the four soldiers were rowing hard.
Seeing this, Xu Jin stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Zichun, can you come back and catch up with the widows?" ”
Zhu Kun laughed and said: "The pirates didn't catch up, but on the way, they wiped out a group of pirates on Dongsha Island, killed more than 200 people, including the two leaders, and captured a total of 125 people. Haha, the five hundred battalions are really extraordinary, if our officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have this kind of combat power, not to mention just a few Japanese soldiers, even the northern Tartars can be wiped out in a snap of their fingers. ”
Zhu Kun was obviously extremely excited at the moment, and before he got off the boat, he said a lot in one breath, and then jumped ashore.
Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly, no wonder he hadn't turned around for so long, he had gone to suppress the pirates, and hurriedly asked what was going on.
Zhu Kun touched his gurgling belly and smiled: "Brother Ziqian, don't worry, I'll talk about it when a certain family fills his stomach." ”(https:)
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