"Two taels of silver for the hardship?"

Looking at these murderous officers and soldiers, a bold craftsman boldly asked: "This military master, I don't know how long the government will requisition me, I still have a wife and children to support, but I can't leave home for too long." ”

Boss Zhao glanced at Niu Ben and motioned for him to speak. Niu Ben also knew that Boss Zhao was afraid that his fierce face would scare others, so he showed a sincere smile and said: "Don't worry, our Jiangning Army is Jiang Ningbo's army, and Uncle and his old man have repeatedly taught us not to bully the people." So we won't requisition everyone in vain, what we said is that there are two taels every month, and those that are less than a month will be counted as one month! ”

When the craftsmen heard this, they were all in an uproar, and everyone was talking.

"It's really fake, two taels of silver a month, isn't this military master deceiving us?"

Seeing everyone's disbelieving looks, Zhao Lao naturally knew that when everyone met for the first time, people would naturally not believe his empty words, he knew that it was his turn to speak, so he said in a deep voice: "Of course it's true, if you don't believe it, we can give everyone money now!" Ox Ben, go and get the silver! ”

"Yes!"

Niu Ben hurriedly ran to the back and brought a heavy bag over and handed it to Boss Zhao.

These silver were not Zhao Boss's own private silver, but they were collected after killing those pirates last night, and Zhao Boss and they actually collected more than two thousand taels of silver when they were cleaning up those corpses. Originally, these silver can be said to be the extra income that is not collected at night, because the rule in the army is that sixty percent of the capture obtained when going out to fight belongs to oneself, and forty percent is handed over to the army.

However, in the eyes of Boss Zhao and the others, it is better than anything else to be able to complete this task, and they all know that their uncle is famous for being generous, and they will report this matter after they go back, and the boss will naturally compensate for their own people.

"Boom la la ......"

As soon as Boss Zhao poured the bag, a pile of silver of various shapes was sprinkled on the deck like beans, exuding a silvery-white luster under the sunlight, and for a while the entire deck was silent, and hundreds of craftsmen looked at the silver spilled on the ground and were all stunned.

"Gollum ......"

I don't know who swallowed the saliva, and it was exceptionally clear in this silence.

Boss Zhao pointed to the silver on the deck and said, "Come, come, come...... And all the people came and received the silver, two taels of silver per person, which was the month's salary. If you continue to hire for the next month, you will still have money to get. ”

The craftsmen all glanced at each other, and their eyes showed a look of excitement. From ancient times to the present, not many people can resist the charm of money. These craftsmen in Liujiatun can earn more than one or two taels of silver every month by working on weekdays, and they don't necessarily have work every month, and their lives are very miserable, which is why they even do the pirate business, and now since the officials and soldiers are willing to spend money to hire them to work, why don't they do it.

One of the oldest craftsmen hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Dare to ask these military masters, what are you going to do when you hire me?" ”

Boss Zhao narrowed his eyes and smiled: "It's nothing, I just want you to make a cameo appearance as a boatman, start these boats, carry us to Wuzhi Mountain, and then wait for our orders." ”

It may sound a bit embarrassing to let the craftsmen who repair ships to drive the boats, but in fact, the vast majority of people who can repair ships can drive boats, and there is no doubt that there are few people who can make a living by the river who can't drive boats. This is the same as the fact that most of the masters who will repair cars in later generations will drive.

"Sail the boat?" The old craftsman thought for a while, and finally nodded slowly, "Okay...... Isn't it just to drive a boat, this is naturally no problem. ”

After solving the problem of the ships, Boss Zhao did not delay any longer, and after giving silver to hundreds of craftsmen, the craftsmen did not live up to his expectations, they started the ships, and the thirteen boats slowly sailed towards Wuzhi Mountain, as for the bodies of the pirates who were hastily buried, no one remembered them......

When Boss Zhao drove thirteen big ships to Wuzhi Mountain, the entire Jiangning army was in a sensation, and Geng Bingyi personally went out of the camp to greet him, and the entire Jiangning army was boiling for a while......

The day passed quickly, and when the lights were on, Zheng Ming, who stayed in Fuzhou, climbed the city wall of Fuzhou after dinner, looking at the calm river outside, his eyes revealed a slight anxiety.

In Zheng Zhilong's group, Zheng Ming's reputation is not loud, but he is one of Zheng Zhilong's most trusted henchmen, and his temperament is also more cautious, otherwise Zheng Zhilong would not hand over the responsibility of staying in Fuzhou to him. I don't know why, since Zheng Zhilong led the army away, Zheng Ming's heart began to rise and fall, and this worry intensified as time passed.

Retracting his gaze from the river, Zheng Ming turned his head and asked a leader behind him, "Have they come back from Huashang, who went to Liujiatun to repair the ship?" ”

"If you go back to Leader Zheng, Huashang and they haven't come back yet."

"Haven't come back yet?" Zheng Ming thought for a while and asked, "According to the original plan, they should have come back this afternoon, right?" ”

"Yes, Chief." The leader replied, "But it's hard to say for sure, as you know that our ship hasn't been repaired for months, and some of the conch scale on the bottom of the ship is very thick, and it takes a lot of effort to clean it up, so it's normal to extend it for a few days." ”

As a person who begs for a living at sea all the year round, Zheng Ming naturally understands this truth better than anyone else, but he still feels a little uneasy, he thought about it and ordered: "You are watching carefully here, Huashang They will report to me immediately after they come back, do you understand?" ”

The leader slapped his chest with a bang: "No problem, when those rabbit cubs come back, the villain will report to you immediately, you just have to rest assured!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zheng Ming nodded, slowly descended the city wall with a few guards, and when he left, a small leader muttered in a low voice: "What is going on with Leader Zheng these days, he is suspicious all day long." Although most of our people have left with the big bosses, we also have 5,000 brothers here, so he can't trust us like that? ”

"You know what." The leader glared back at him and reprimanded: "What time is it, Jiang Ningjun is still watching us on the Wuzhi Mountain on the other side, if it weren't for the Minjiang River in front of them, they would have been killed a long time ago." It's right to be cautious in this extraordinary period now, where do you kid complain so much? ”

"I'm just talking casually, don't be angry with me!" The little boss Wu Zi was a little unconvinced, but he also knew that if he continued to talk back to his immediate boss now, he would be looking for guilt.

Time passed slowly, and Zheng Ming, who had been lying in bed all night, hurried to the city wall early in the morning without even eating breakfast.

As soon as he reached the city wall, he heard a commotion on the wall, and many people were pointing to the outside of the city wall and shouting in horror.

"What happened?"

Zheng Ming, who had a bad premonition in his heart, rushed to the battlement, he didn't care about it, he only felt a coldness surging up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, only to see that a mile outside the city, there were rows of clearly armored sergeants standing in unison, and in front of these sergeants, one by one artillery was neatly arranged. There were several gunners standing behind each artillery, and the muzzles of the black hole were already aimed at the city wall, these people were not Jiang Ningjun, who were they?

"What the hell is going on, how did these people cross the river?" Zheng Ming's howl resounded on the city wall.

At the same time, Qiu Disheng, who had become quite short and capable after more than a year of training, roared loudly.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

With a high-pitched voice sounded, a cannon let out an earth-shattering roar, and soon countless flowering shells fell on the city wall, and the flowering bombs soon exploded, billowing black smoke accompanied by countless projectiles flying everywhere on the city wall, and a pirate standing on the head of the city was either blown up into the air by a strong shock wave, or was shot into a sieve by the sharply flying projectiles, and the entire city wall was soon filled with a choking smell of gunpowder smoke and a thick smell of blood.

When the first round of artillery passed, looking at the ruined city walls and the corpses and wounded everywhere, Zheng Ming, who had escaped by luck, sat on the ground in despair, and his face was gray and he muttered a sentence in his mouth: "Fuzhou City is over, big boss, I have lived up to your expectations!" ”

A day later, Zheng Zhilong, who led the fleet back to Fuzhou at the fastest speed, looked at the Ming Sun and Moon Banner flying high above the head of Fuzhou City......

The city of Fuzhou finally returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Zhilong could only lead the remaining men and ships back to the port of Taiwan in defeat.

And when Zheng Zhilong woke up from his coma, his first words were: "Yang Feng, I am inseparable from you!" ”

Subsequently, while recuperating in Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong sent people to wantonly plunder and slaughter innocent people in Guangdong and Fujian; because Zheng Zhilong's sea ships were highly mobile and uncertain, he would go to Putian and even Mawei in Quanzhou today and tomorrow, and for a time the whole of Fujian was full of smoke, and the people in the coastal areas were miserable.

Faced with the grim situation, Yang Feng ordered the emergency allocation of grain from Nanjing to help the victims, and at the same time encouraged the people in Fujian to plant potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops. On the other hand, Yang Feng seized the time to train sailors, not only that, but Yang Feng also took this opportunity to lay the sales channels of "Pravda" to Fujian and other places to strive for the commanding heights of public opinion.

Winning the hearts and minds of the people while farming is what Yang Feng has done, and with Yang Feng's efforts, the situation in Fujian has not collapsed.