Zhao Qianru, Yue Lin, Zhao Ruyu, Gao Zhen, Li Gongzuo and others discussed and decided to behead 17 of the captured pirates in Cao in Guangzhou, and posted a notice 10 days in advance to tell all the people of Guangzhou, and executed the prisoners for three days to get a greater sensation. The chapter was uploaded by netizens, and the network hereby affirms

Sure enough, as soon as the notice was posted, the sensation caused to Guangzhou City was far greater than the last time Cheng Yuanzhou was dismissed from his post and investigated, because pirates had been rampant in the southeast fishing sea for more than 20 years, and the government had never been able to help them, and this was the first time in more than ten years that pirates had been publicly executed. Moreover, among the pirates who were executed, there were many merchants like Fang Dabin who knew him and knew that he was a cadre under Meng Heng. Therefore, people also know that it was not small fish and shrimp that were caught by Song Jun. It seems that Lord Yang is going to be serious this time.

On the day of the beheading of the pirates, even the entire city of Guangzhou was alarmed, and more than 100,000 people surrounded the court in a stormy and impenetrable manner. There were also many people who came from the surrounding counties and towns to watch the pirates, only to hear three soul-chasing cannons sounded, and the executioner began to execute, with swords falling in his hands, and seventeen heads falling on his head.

However, there are many businessmen who secretly have their hearts in their hearts, the government's approach is bound to anger the pirates, and the pirates are angry, and they don't know what kind of retaliation there will be.

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"Tear, tear, tear, tear" a few times, Meng Heng tore the letterhead in his hand to shreds, and scolded him: "Yang Yan, you are also too deceitful, if you don't give you some color to see, you really don't know that Ma Wangye has three eyes." ”

In fact, more than a month ago, Meng Heng was in a very good mood, because Meng Lanjun finally agreed to marry his eldest son Meng Huiming, once the two got married, Meng Lanjun's forces would be annexed by himself sooner or later, so that the two could join forces to deal with Xu Hai. From then on, in the southeast coastal area, he Meng Heng alone had the final say.

However, in the same month, the ships he sent out to rob were attacked by the merchant ships of the Song army in disguise, and after a succession, he lost 14 large and small ships and more than 800 brothers. Moreover, the government actually publicly beheaded the pirates who were caught, which was clearly a demonstration to Meng Heng, because most of the seventeen people who were publicly beheaded were Meng Heng's subordinates. And the especially hateful thing, after the government beheaded Hua, Yang Yan actually sent another letter to Meng Heng, but this letter was not as polite as the last time, the wording was harsh, and the letter bluntly said that if Meng Heng did not surrender early, the seventeen people who were beheaded would be Meng Heng's fate.

After Meng Henglou received the letter, he naturally flew into a rage, and immediately called his two sons and Shen Yunniang to discuss how to deal with Song Jun.

The eldest son, Meng Huiming, said: "Dad, I think we should send more ships to the sea for trading, it is best to have fifteen to twenty ships at a time, so that if we encounter the fleet of the Song army again, we will not be afraid of them." ”

The second son, Meng Jiming, said: "Dad, eldest brother, why are we bothering so much, I think we should recruit all the brothers and ships now, and it is best to call Xu Hai and Meng Lanjun to join forces to attack Guangzhou directly, kill them, and let the government know that we are powerful." In the future, they will not dare to attack us again. ”

Meng Heng listened to the words of his two sons, was noncommittal, turned his head and asked Shen Yunniang, "Yunniang, what do you think?" ”

Shen Yunniang smiled slightly and said: "If you follow the method of the eldest young master, the Song army will not touch the stone with the egg, and when he sees that we have many ships, he will definitely not engage us in battle, so he fled." And if we add ships, the Song army will also add ships, so this method is inappropriate. And the second young master's opinion is even more inappropriate, Yang Yan is not an incompetent person, imagine that even hundreds of thousands of Manichaean troops were defeated by Yang Yan, not to mention that we have more than 10,000 horses, and the Song army's water army is not vegetarian, maybe it is waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net. Therefore, we must not fight hard with the Song army. ”

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Meng Huiming and Meng Jiming listened, and although they were not convinced, they couldn't find a reason to refute it. After a while, Meng Huiming said, "Then what does Aunt Yun have a high opinion?" ”

Shen Yunniang smiled and said: "What do I have a high opinion, but I think the old man is confident, and he must have already had an idea in his heart, so we don't have to bother blindly, just listen to the old man." As he spoke, he glanced at Meng Heng and said, "Isn't it, old man." ”

Meng Heng laughed and said, "Look at it, I don't need a single soldier to drive Yang Yan out of Guangdong." ”

Although the government executed the pirates, in order to maintain contact with Meng Heng at any time, Meng Heng's business in Guangzhou was not seized, because the dagger was very fast, Meng Heng issued a notice to the merchants of the whole Guangzhou through Meng Peng, from then on, the sea was banned, and all ships were not allowed to go to sea, otherwise whether it was a cargo ship that paid tribute to itself, he would grab one when he saw one, not only robbed the goods, but also killed the crew and sailors and guests. As for when the resumption of navigation is still undecided.

This time, the businessmen in Guangzhou blew up, and everyone knew that this was Meng Heng's means of revenge against the government, but everyone didn't expect Meng Heng's revenge to be so fierce and extreme. In fact, Meng Heng's method is very simple, that is, to force the merchants of Guangzhou to put pressure on the government, and it is best to provoke a popular uprising and force Yang Yan to leave.

Sure enough, the merchants soon organized themselves and elected Xie Yuanqing, Shi Fu, Cai Jianfang, Zou Xuping and Ding Kui as representatives, and asked to see Yang Yan to discuss the matter of Meng Heng's ban on the sea.

Because Yang Yan was not in Guangzhou at this time, it was Yue Lin and Zhao Ruyu who came forward to meet them on the government's side, in fact, they had already prepared for this result, and in the face of the merchant's questioning, Zhao Ruyu immediately proposed to the five people that the government would send a fleet of officials and soldiers to escort merchant ships to ensure the safety of merchant ships going to sea. At this time, all the businessmen had nothing to say, so they had to end the meeting in disbelief.

Sure enough, the next day, the Guangzhou Imperial Envoy posted a notice, saying that because the South China Sea was rampant, the government was willing to provide escort for the merchant's ships, and that merchant ships willing to go to sea could sign up.

After the notice was posted, although there were many people watching it and discussing it, after all, the businessmen had little confidence in the government, and for three days, no one signed up. At this time, Xie Yuanqing stepped forward and took the lead in reporting ten ships, and then after he lobbied other merchants in many ways, and the government also guaranteed that once it was robbed by pirates, all losses would be borne by the government, so that some merchants signed up one after another, and there were many foreign merchant ships to return to sail and had to go to sea, so they also signed up to join, and finally gathered sixty-seven merchant ships in ten days. However, most businessmen in Guangdong still maintain a wait-and-see attitude towards this.

Because this is the first time to escort a caravan to sail, and Guan Jian, who pacified the success or failure of the pirates, also made a move here, Zhao Qianru, Yue Lin, Zhao Ruyu, Gao Zhen, Li Gongzuo and others also attached great importance to it, and everyone discussed and decided that this time Li Gongzuo would personally lead the ship to the sea, and send two large Shenzhou, eight small Shenzhou, including 87 warships of all sizes to escort the escort, and send a part of the soldiers on each merchant ship to prevent accidents and strive to be foolproof. And after the fleet set sail, two fleets were sent to patrol the sea and contain the pirates.

In this way, after ten days of preparation, in June of the seventh year of the Great Song Dynasty, the first caravan escorted by the official army of the Great Song Dynasty sailed out of the Guangzhou wharf and sailed into the depths of the sea in the hope and confusion of everyone.

In Meng Heng's view, after his ban on the sea, the government should be troubled by the merchants and the people of Guangzhou, and he was at a loss, and finally had to negotiate with himself, begging himself to raise his noble hand and reopen the forbidden sea, who knew that the government would use the official ship to escort the merchant ships, it seems that this time the government is not ambiguous at all.

However, after Meng Heng's subordinates and two sons heard the news, they immediately shouted to gather all the personnel and ships, rob this fleet, and fight with the government, and also give Yang Yan a little power.

But Meng Heng was a little hesitant, now he understands a little, Yang Yan is not as easy to deal with as he thinks, and all these things that are happening at the moment are obviously premeditated by the government, he used to underestimate Yang Yan too much, and the government decided to use official ships to escort merchant ships, so he must be quite sure to make such a decision, and he dared to send out a fleet and rob this fleet, can he succeed? In the event of a failure in the robbery, not to mention the loss of troops and demolition, he will lose face in the South China Sea, and the merchants of Guangdong will no longer be under his own control from now on. Therefore, this needs to be considered in the long run.

Meng Heng thought about it again and again, and finally decided to mobilize the ships first, concentrate the manpower, and prepare for the battle, and on the other hand, take a look at the lineup of this fleet first, so that he knows it in his heart, and then decide whether to do it or not. So after some preparations, Meng Heng and his two sons first went to sea with ten fast boats and hid in the places where the fleet must pass.