"Not really! These sea wolves do behave strangely, but they don't never commit adultery! I heard that after this group of sea wolves took control of the sea surface of the coastal state capital, they forced the merchants who passed through the coastal area to pay the so-called road purchase money to them, so that they could pass through the sea in this area safely! Otherwise, their ships will be robbed by the Sea Wolves, and their cargo will be plundered by the Sea Wolves!

In addition, this group of sea wolves has also attacked the land several times, but they did not intrude on the place very much, but plundered some boats or kidnapped some craftsmen, and they also killed some coastal fishermen!

It is said that the sea wolf is currently in Nanri Island to open a boat liao iron, specializing in building warships and weapons for it, and there are even rumors that the sea wolf can cast its own Hongyi cannon, this time Chu Cailao was defeated by the sea wolf, all thanks to the sea wolf has a lot of Hongyi cannon, so it will let Chu Cailao go away! Lu Wenheng hurriedly bowed his head and replied to Zhu Qinxiang below.

Zhu Qinxiang immediately gasped when he heard the words of Hongyi Cannon, but then immediately shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this matter is hearsay!" What is the Hongyi Cannon? This is a heavy weapon! Last year, when the official was in Beijing, he heard that the Guangdong side had purchased 30 Hongyi cannons from the hands of the Francophone people, of which 26 were sent to the Beijing Division, and the 16 Hongyi cannons sent to the Beijing Division were left in the Beijing Division, and 8 were shipped to Jinzhou!

Last year, including this year, Guangdong did its best, but only imitated more than 20 Hongyi cannons, and cast 28 Luzon bronze cannons.

The sea wolves are just a bunch of pirates, how can they easily forge such a heavy weapon? This matter is by no means credible, if the sea wolf really has a Hongyi cannon, then it can only be purchased from the Francophone man or the red-haired man, it is estimated that it is said that they cast it themselves! ”

When the officials present heard this, they all felt justified, and it was even more difficult to refute Zhu Qinxiang, the new governor, in person, so they all said yes again and again.

After all, they have only heard of such a thing as the Hongyi cannon, and many people have never even seen it, only knowing that this thing is very sharp, once it is fired, it is indestructible within ten miles!

And the craftsmen of the Fujian Iron Yard can't cast, not to mention the little sea wolf, a group of pirates, just one Nanri Island, can cast such a sharp weapon, so although they have also heard rumors about the sea wolf casting cannons by themselves, but they don't want to believe it, even if the sea wolves can cast cannons by themselves, it should be some old-fashioned small cannons such as bowl guns.

It is estimated that Chu Cailao was defeated by the sea wolf this time, and he couldn't justify himself, so he made up a lie!

Zhu Qinxiang thought that his analysis should be very correct, so he put this matter behind him and began to discuss how to deal with this group of sea wolves.

Originally, Zhu Qinxiang had the intention to follow the example of his predecessor Nan Juyi after he became the governor of Fujian, and he also made achievements in pacifying the coastal areas of Fujian, and when he came here, he set his target in the Fuzhou area, and naturally took the sea wolf as a target for him to deal with.

However, when he proposed that he wanted to transfer troops to fight against the sea wolves on Nanri Island, he was opposed by Fujian officials in this matter, especially Lu Wenheng, the current prefect of Fuzhou, who showed resistance to Zhu Qinxiang's immediate dispatch of troops to suppress the sea wolf group on Nanri Island.

Zhu Qinxiang immediately asked Lu Wenheng why he wanted to speak for these pirates, Lu Wenheng quickly got up and bowed to Zhu Qinxiang and replied: "Lord Qiqi Futai, I have no idea of defending the sea wolf and this group of pirates!" The reason why the humble post did not agree with Lord Futai as soon as he arrived in office, and immediately raised troops to fight against the sea wolves on Nanri Island was not his own selfishness!

Last year, in order to drive away the red-haired people entrenched in Penghu, the former Nanda people almost did their best in Fujian, poured the strength of the whole territory of Fujian, mobilized tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, hundreds of warships, spent hundreds of thousands of taels of military funds, and countless grains and grasses.

Now, if Lord Futai immediately raises troops to go to Nanri Island to beg for thieves, I am afraid that there will be a lot of expenses, and the treasury of Fuzhou Mansion now has only 10,000 taels of silver, and no more than 1,000 stones of grain, which is simply not enough to deal with such a big war!

In addition, although the sea wolf is strong, but with its recent actions, it has not attacked the shore very much, if Lord Futai wants to attack it, if it can be wiped out, it will not be much of a problem!

I'm afraid that if I fail! I am afraid that this gang of pirates will be angered and cause them to attack and harass the land from now on, and then the people in the coastal areas of Fujian will never have peace in the future!

Therefore, I oppose Lord Futai to send troops to suppress him now, and I hope Lord Futai will forgive me! Forgive the sin of disrespect! ”

After Zhu Qinxiang listened to Lu Wenheng's words, he stroked the beard on his chin and groaned for a while, feeling quite dislike Lu Wenheng in his heart, but he had to admit that Lu Wenheng's words had some truth.

Since ancient times, it is not a trivial matter to provoke without permission, if you win, things are okay to say, but once you lose the battle, whoever picks the leader is unlucky, and this black pot will have to be carried.

He came to Fujian to take up the post of governor, although he wanted to make some achievements and use this group of sea wolves to establish his authority, but if this battle really started, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and he first had to solve the problem of the food and salary required for the transfer of troops, otherwise those warriors would definitely not obey his dispatch.

However, he has just taken office, and he is not very clear about the current financial situation of the provincial capitals in Fujian, and whether he can support his plan to use troops this time, he has no bottom in his heart, and if he relies solely on the financial resources of Fuzhou or Xinghua to support this use of troops, it seems that the situation is not very optimistic at present.

After all, Nan Juyi had just fought with the red-haired people in the Penghu area last year, and he spent a lot of money before and after, and now if he immediately mobilizes troops to fight another big battle, I am afraid that even if Fujian is rich, he may not be able to get so much food and salary to meet his needs at once.

In addition, he was here today, and he also heard that this group of sea wolves is not easy to deal with, according to these local officials, this group of sea wolves has thousands of troops, more than 100 warships, and many small boats, and there are many fishermen and thieves at sea, plus they have a lot of cannons, which is very difficult to deal with.

Chu Cailao's strength is known to everyone, this fang is said to have summoned thousands of sea wolves last time, as many as two or three hundred warships, and slaughtered Nanri Island, but he was still defeated by the sea wolf, and fled in the wilderness, and was finally forced to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver by the sea wolf.

A few years ago, the Fujian side had sent troops to Nanri Island to try to exterminate the Shark Gang entrenched on Nanri Island, but in the end they were defeated, so that many officials were implicated at that time, and those who lost their posts lost their posts, those who were dismissed, and some people were even beheaded because of this.

Therefore, when Zhu Qinxiang proposed to deal with the sea wolf, these officials were also very cautious, and asked Zhu Qinxiang to think twice.

After listening to the opinions of these Fujian officials, Zhu Qinxiang couldn't help but hesitate, so he had to let these officials go back first, and the matter was discussed slowly.

But where these officials might hold their mouths, within two days, the news that Zhu Qinxiang, the governor of Fujian, wanted to send troops to suppress the sea wolves on Nanri Island began to fly all over the sky and spread throughout Fuzhou City.

Mao Shengyuan, who is the eyeliner of the sea wolf on land, must have learned the news as soon as possible, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he sent someone from Fuzhou to Nanri Island overnight, and reported the news to Yu Xiaotian, who had just returned to Nanri Island from Jilong Bay.

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only heard a snap, and after Yu Xiaotian heard the news, he suddenly slapped his palm on the big case in the hall, stood up, and said angrily: "What is this Zhu Qinxiang?" Lao Tzu is guarding himself on this Nanri Island, he is his governor, I am my pirate, Lao Tzu did not recruit him to provoke him, why did he send troops to suppress Lao Tzu? ”

The subordinates who were sent by Li Yi to deliver the letter immediately replied: "The big boss of Qiqi, according to the inquiries of the small ones, this time this Zhu Qinxiang came to Fuzhou to take up his post, and as soon as he arrived here, he summoned the Yamen of the Third Division of Fujian and Lu Wenheng, the prefect of Fuzhou, to discuss matters at the Governor's Yamen!"

According to the people in the governor's yamen, this Governor Zhu is very optimistic that his predecessor Nan Juyi will expel the red-haired people in the Battle of Penghu, so he also wants to come to Fujian to show his strength, so he has his eyes on us!

This Governor Zhu also wanted to gain a reputation for pacifying the sea, so he tried to raise troops to fight us Nanri Island! It's just rumored that his idea was not supported by Lu Wenheng, the prefect of Fuzhou, and the officials of the Yamen of the Three Divisions, because the current treasury of various places is empty, and he is unable to support him to use heavy troops to fight us! Therefore, this matter is only a bill at present, and it has not yet become a final decision!

But Shopkeeper Li still asked the little one to bring this matter back and inform the big boss first, please make preparations in advance, in case the government suddenly attacks our Nanri Island! ”

Yu Xiaotian was still angry after hearing this, and scolded angrily: "This bastard! He just wanted to get credit, but he didn't care whether Lao Tzu was the party to the trouble or not, and he wanted to send troops to deal with Lao Tzu so arbitrarily! Could it be that Lao Tzu can't make mud? ”

Liu Laoliu also rushed over when he heard the news, saw Yu Xiaotian's angry appearance, and asked what happened, when he learned that the new governor of Fujian actually wanted to send troops to fight their sea wolves, he was also immediately angry, and then scolded him, and then said to Xiaotian:

"Xiaotian, it seems that we have been polite to the government on land for so long, and it is not a long-term solution, in my opinion, this time the government can think of this, not because we are harming the coast, it's just that some officials look at us unpleasantly and want to use our heads to invite credit to the court!

In this case, they are unkind, and they can't blame us for being unjust, now we are short of manpower in both Tamsui and chicken coops, and it is not a way to just spend money to buy, it is better to let go and do it, so that the government can see and provoke our end! ”

Yu Xiaotian asked the messenger to go down first, turned around and sat down, nodded and said: "I have been thinking about this matter for the past few days, but we were fledgling in the early stage, and I didn't want to provoke the government, so I tried not to attack the land!"

Now it's not just Lord Yuezhang who proposes to use some hard means to speed up immigration, this time I went to Tamsui Village, Fang An and Grimace also have this idea!

Once the news spreads that the new governor wants to take action on us, it is estimated that other brothers will also put forward this idea, so I think it is necessary to let the government know how good we are!

I will not offend anyone, I will not allow others to offend me! Now it's his surname Zhu who provoked the incident, so I can't stop there, what my father-in-law said is right, it's time to let this surnamed Zhu open his eyes! ……”

Nanri Island, which has been relatively quiet these days, was once again broken with the arrival of the new governor Zhu Qinxiang, and the businessmen who had just returned to Nanri Island to start doing business fell into panic again, because in their opinion, Nanri Island was once again in a crisis.

Although the government has not yet finalized when to send troops to fight, but Zhu Qinxiang's desire to use the sea wolf has been rumored, and almost everyone knows about it, if this matter is true, then the Fujian government will use troops against the sea wolf, I am afraid it is only a matter of time, which also means that Nanri Island may usher in another bloody storm.

Once the government has set its sights on Nanri Island, it may not be safe to do business here again, and some businessmen have secretly received a message from the Fujian government asking them to have less contact with sea wolves, and it is better not to do business on Nanri Island anymore.

And the source of this news is naturally from the governor Yamen, although Zhu Qinxiang because the officials below Fujian do not support him to send troops to attack Nanri Island now, but he has reached a consensus on how to treat the sea wolf, that is, let the sea wolf sit down, it is a threat to Fujian and even the imperial court, so even if it cannot be used immediately, it must be restricted.

Therefore, there are not many means that the government can use to deal with the sea wolves, and the only thing they can do is to threaten the merchants in Fujian, deal less with the sea wolves, and do business on Nanri Island, so that the sea wolves can profit from it and strangle the sea wolves economically.

As a result, the Nanri Island business inn area, which had just become lively, began to secretly withdraw businessmen again, making the business in the business area begin to decline from prosperity.

Yu Xiaotian also got the news, and gritted his teeth with hatred for this Zhu Qinxiang.

In June, the leaders of the sea wolf's fleet were summoned back to Nanri Island and began to discuss how to deal with the government's measures against the sea wolf.

Liu Yidao had already returned from injury at this time, and when the third team became the leader of the third team, including the one-eyed dragon on Shuangfeng Island in Funing during this time, he was also recalled to Nanri Island to discuss the matter, which shows that this time Yu Xiaotian was really angry.

When these subordinates were gathered, Yu Xiaotian immediately informed these subordinates of the news that the governor of Fujian on land wanted to deal with their sea wolves.

In fact, everyone has heard the news these days, and they are all angry to death, when they heard Yu Xiaotian's words, the one-eyed dragon with the worst temper immediately got up and scolded: "This surnamed Zhu is really not a fucking thing, we didn't provoke his surname Zhu, why does this old Wang Ba want to deal with us?" If it weren't for the strict reign of the big boss, where could the coasts of Fuzhou, Xinghua, and Funing be so peaceful as they are now? But these officials don't look at this, but they just want to provoke us, in this case, according to the subordinates, there is no need for the big bosses to be polite to them anymore, it's best to clean them up ruthlessly! If you want me to say that you should even take Haitan Island together, let this surnamed Zhu know how powerful we are! ”

For the one-eyed dragon's clamour, the rest of Ma Xiao, Liu Yidao, Hu Cheng, Luo Xianbin and others also nodded their heads again and again, all in all, this time Zhu Qinxiang's idea can be regarded as completely annoying these sea wolves, and even the guys in the council hall who have always been relatively mild feel the need to knock on the official mansion this time.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "It seems that your thoughts coincide with mine this time!" That's true, our sea wolves have always been people who don't offend me, I don't offend people, and now the government wants to deal with us, so naturally we can't make them feel better!

It just so happens that there is a shortage of people and things in our freshwater and chicken coops, so we might as well use some means to let the government see and understand! From now on, I'll allow you to start looking for some targets along the coast!

These targets are mainly selected as the residences of some dignitaries and nobles, wealthy households, and the villages of some rich people within 20 miles of the coastal area, but they must not kill innocents indiscriminately, and after breaking through their villages, they must kill less and be cautious!

We not only want people at the moment, but also find a way to get more cattle, horses, donkeys and mules, these things have to be transported back, as for Haitan Island, for the time being, we don't have to take it, at the moment we just want to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, not to force the government to break with us, if we take Haitan Island, I'm afraid the impact is too great, even if the Fujian government agrees, I'm afraid the current court will not agree, we are not enough to deal with a large number of officials and troops to suppress!

Therefore, you must do things in moderation, we take wealth and people, do not easily kill innocents, for the coastal fishing villages, except for a limited number of fishing tyrants, the rest are not allowed to move! Remember! ”

After hearing this, everyone immediately got up one after another to answer the order, and then Yu Xiaotian divided the mission areas of the three sub-fleets, the first sub-fleet under his direct jurisdiction was mainly active in the coastal areas of Xinghua and Fuzhou Prefecture, the second sub-fleet was mainly in the north of the Minjiang River estuary and the coastal areas of Funing Prefecture, and the third sub-fleet was responsible for activities in the Quanzhou area.

In addition, the battalion also sent 300 men to participate in this operation, and each flotilla was equipped with two detachments of 100 soldiers to cooperate with the flotilla to attack the fortified positions after the flotilla landed.

In addition, before the various fleets start, they must first look for suitable targets, and after selecting the targets that they can attack, they should act purposefully, not only with great momentum, but also without causing too much harm, and the targets are mainly locked on some large families and powerful estates in the coastal areas.

At the end of June, the sea wolf finally began to move, from Quanzhou in the south to Wenzhou in the north in Zhejiang, the coastal area suddenly broke out in the dense pirate attack on the shore incident, the number of which was so short, that almost caught the coastal capital of Fujian off guard.

In just half a month or so, there were dozens of incidents of pirates attacking and disturbing villages on the shore, dozens of large families and the homes of powerful people were broken by pirates, and their belongings were almost looted, including the villagers in their villages were also killed, if counted, more than 2,000 villagers, in the process of this round of pirates attacking the shore, were captured by pirates, and they were dragged into the sea and did not know where to go.

Urgent reports from all over the country flew like snowflakes to the governor's yamen of Fucheng and Fuzhou, asking Fucheng and the governor's yamen to quickly find a way to decide.

In the past two years, such a violent incident of pirate raiding on the shore has rarely occurred in the coastal areas of Fujian, especially in the coastal areas north of Quanzhou, and even if there are pirates attacking and harassing the land, they are all done by some small groups of pirates, and the impact is not very great, but such a violent attack on the land has almost caught the officials of the entire coastal state of Fujian a little off guard.

And all the news of these things pointed to the sea wolves on Nanri Island, the landing of these pirates means is very cold, they are well organized, act quickly, often choose to dock in the afternoon, before the night to break through the village, loot the village overnight, they not only want people, but also do not let go of anything, including mules, horses, cattle and sheep in the village, all looted, before dawn returned to the ship, Yang Fan left.

Often, when the local government learned the news and sent soldiers and horses to the accident site, all they saw was an empty village, not to mention pirates, even if it was a local villager, they couldn't find any of them, at most they could find the corpses of a few villagers who were killed because of resistance.

For such a fierce attack by the sea wolf on the land, the officials of the prefectures and counties were shocked, and they all complained to the governor's yamen, asking the governor's yamen to send troops to suppress it quickly.

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