Daming Junior Scholar

"What else can we do?" The black-faced, white-bearded old man sitting on the right side snorted coldly: "The court's sword is already on our necks, if we don't come up with a solution, I'm afraid we won't wait until next year At this time, our family should disappear in the long river of history."

"Elder He is right." The old man next to him nodded and said in a deep voice: "The imperial court established the Shibo Department, which is clearly aimed at our family. I suspect that the imperial court must have been eyeing us a long time ago. Maybe it’s just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the trap, so that they can get us all up, so that the savings accumulated over several generations will all belong to the imperial court.”

"That's what Mr. Xu said, so why should we discuss it? Let's just change careers." The last old man finally expressed his opinion, but the atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

"Second Li, what nonsense are you talking about? In this room, your family has the smallest fleet. If you want to change your career, you can go fishing. Each of our households has hundreds of boats. , where to change it?"

The old man surnamed Li cast a disdainful glance, and sarcastically said: "Then according to what you Xu Baitiao means, you don't want to change your career, don't you want to pay taxes to the court?"

The old man surnamed Xu hasn't heard his nickname when he was young for many years. Now that he is mentioned by the other party, his old face suddenly turns red, and his fiery temper has not faded with time. Then he slapped the old man surnamed Li.

The old man surnamed Li was well prepared. He took a step back first, and then rushed forward unwillingly. The two of them quickly scuffled together.

This incident was so troublesome, just as everyone was called together, it became like this, and the remaining two old people looked at a loss, and suddenly one of them slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Enough, you guys Stop both of them."

The moment the sound stopped, the movements of the two people also stopped abruptly. Both sides let go of their hands resentfully, and retreated to their positions again, but turned their heads without even looking at each other.

There was another moment of silence in the room, then the old man surnamed Chen said again: "When is this? A catastrophe is imminent, and the two of you are still fighting. If you feel that the fighting is not enjoyable, we Go out to fight, call everyone up, and let those officers and soldiers watch, without their hands, our fleet will destroy itself."

The old man surnamed Chen was relatively prestigious among these people, and the two of them lowered their heads in shame. After a while, the old man surnamed Li said unwillingly: "Brother Chen is right, I don't want the business to collapse like this, It’s not a good way to think of it for a while.”

"That's right, Brother Chen, you have high qualifications and rich experience, why don't you give us an idea, as long as our business doesn't collapse, we can do whatever we want."

The old man surnamed Chen frowned and thought for a while, then slowly said: "The opening of the sea ban this time is all caused by the Franji man. After the sea ban is lifted, they will have the opportunity to buy cheap silk, tea and porcelain. I think we might as well join forces and sink all their ships first, and then make up a scene as Japanese pirates and make a scene. I believe this city shipping company won't be able to hold on for long. By then, the sea will still be our brother's world. "

"Brother Chen is right, I, He Dali, will follow you."

"I, Xu Jinwei, will follow you." After patting his chest, Xu Jinwei turned his head and pointed his chin at the people around him: "Second Li, you should say something."

Li Yuanhong raised his eyes and gave Xu Jinwei a blank look, but he asked worriedly: "Brother Chen, it's not that I, Li Yuanhong, are timid, but we have all experienced the power of the Frang machine gun. Don't look at other people's boats, but the Fran machine gun When the cannon comes, no matter how many cannons we have, it will be useless, so what's the use if we can't rely on it?"

This is telling the truth. All of you rely on the sea for food, and you have encountered the warships of the Franji people on the sea, and some have suffered from the Franji people. During the boat ride, everyone was still a little flustered, so after Li Yuanhong finished speaking, several people immediately hesitated.

After a long while, Chen Yuanda finally came up with a good idea, and said in a low voice, "How about we send someone to sneak aboard and ignite their gunpowder while Franji is loading cargo on the shore?" Now, when their ship is blown up, let's see how they can go back to Franji."

This seems to be a good way. What everyone is doing is the business of beheading. They are short of money and women, but there is no shortage of dead men. If you pay 100 taels of silver, there will be a lot of people rushing to go. Not only to teach these Francois a lesson, but also to tell the people in the city to be careful. If they do too much, they will be punished together.

Even if the four of them had discussed the final plan, just as they were about to leave, He Dali said suddenly: "I said brothers, we did this to make our business last longer, but that Isn't it a little too much for Jin Wanwan to sit back and enjoy the rewards without doing any bullshit?"

At the mention of this, the other three people immediately nodded, and Chen Yuanda asked in a low voice, "Does Brother He have any ideas?"

He Dali suddenly smiled, and said slowly: "Since that Jin Baiwan is playing tricks with us, then we don't have to be polite, just kill him directly, isn't it over? His fleet will be shared equally among the four of us. As for the trade route, I will leave it to Lao Li."

Chapter 1298

Chapter 1298

It has been more than three months since the capital returned to Guangzhou, and these three months are also the most exciting three months for Fettero, because not long after, the first batch of goods he shipped to Franz will be dispatched. Anchor set sail.

Without the exploitation of those profiteers, the price of this batch of goods is so low that I am a little crazy. If the journey goes back to Frangji, these ten shipments alone are enough to make myself the richest person in Frangji.

However, his own ambitions don't stop there. The vast territory of the Ming Dynasty also made Feitero have other thoughts in his heart. With his strong ships and cannons, can he occupy a piece of land in the Ming Dynasty?At that time, just the merchant ships traveling between the two places will make him the most successful rich man in the history of Franji.

But before thinking about these things, I still have to send this fleet back to Franji safely.

After paying the full amount of taxes, Fettero smiled and got the permit to go to sea from the Shibo Department. He rode a horse and walked slowly on the streets of Guangzhou Prefecture. Looking at the people around him, he was still feeling emotional. That said, if I leave like this, I am afraid that it will take a year or so before I come back. By then, I will bring back not only the special products of Franji, but also more warships. By then...

Just when Phetro was happily thinking about the future, there was a loud noise in the ground, and the mount under his crotch was frightened by the sound, and suddenly panicked.

Fettero hurriedly stabilized his mount, and when he looked up to the sky, he noticed that the sound was clearly coming from the direction of the pier. Looking at the thick smoke gradually rising from the sky, a trace of disbelief flashed in his heart. With a wonderful idea, he quickly rode his horse and rushed towards the pier.

By the time Feitero arrived at the pier, the pier was already in a mess. People were crying and shouting from the pier to the city, but they pushed Feitero aside. After waiting for a while, Feitero Only then did Troo seize the opportunity to rush over. When he just arrived at the pier, he looked forward, and his face suddenly turned pale with shock.

Sure enough, I guessed right, the loud noise came from a merchant ship under my command. At this time, a big hole had been blown into the hull of the merchant ship. Looking in my direction, some sailors were trying to extinguish the flames on the ship. , but instead of the flame not getting smaller, it was expanded a lot by the sea breeze.

"A bunch of idiots." Feitero couldn't help cursing, and then hurried over. When he arrived at the pier, he didn't help people put out the fire at the first time, but ordered his men to put out the people who were close to the burning ship. The ship drove away quickly. If it was involved in the fire, its loss would not be a little bit.

Up to this moment, Feitero just thought that the explosion on his ship was caused by the mistakes of the sailors on board. After finally extinguishing the fire on the ship, Feitero learned from his subordinates that the explosion was not a disaster at all. Because of an accident, but man-made.

At the time of the incident, there was no one in the firearms compartment on the ship, and some people saw someone jumping from the cabin into the sea a few seconds before the incident, and the explosion occurred before he emerged from the water .

Fortunately, because it was not a wartime, there was not a lot of gunpowder in the cabin, and there were no more explosions, but it seemed that the ship was worthless to repair.

It turned out that it wasn't his subordinate's mistake, but that someone sneaked up and blew up his ship. Thinking of the huge profits this ship would bring him, Fettero felt as if his heart was bleeding, biting Ya looked at the dilapidated ship in front of him, and it took him a long time to calm down. He didn't know that someone must be jealous of him, so he used this despicable method to warn himself.

Do you think you can scare yourself back to Franz by burning your own boat?

A stern expression flashed across Feitero's face, and he secretly made up his mind. After going back this time, he must use the money he earned to buy more warships, and then he must wipe out all the smuggled fleets. Lose.

Feitero didn't bother to go to the officials of Ming Dynasty to report the incident. After putting the supplies on the ship into another ship, he couldn't wait to get on the ship, and led the remaining nine ships out to sea quickly. As long as they reached the sea, those The tricks of the Ming Dynasty people are useless to me. If they don't know how to restrain themselves, I don't mind letting them have a taste of cannons.

Frangji's fleet left, and things were delayed like this. It's just that Wu Ting couldn't see clearly the recent developments. Since the establishment of the Shibo Department for so long, only Frangji people have come to pay taxes on their own initiative. As for Daming's caravan, not even one caravan came here, and there are large quantities of goods traded in Guangzhou every day. It must be obvious where these things were transported, and they were all smuggled out of Daming.

Looking at the empty account of the Shibosi, and thinking of Zhengde's instructions, how can Wu Ting not be impatient, but there is nothing he can do to be impatient. How can we crack down on those smugglers?

After much deliberation, Wu Ting finally came up with a solution. The establishment of the Shibo Division was proposed by you personally, Mr. He. Now that it has reached this point, you should also bear certain responsibilities, so Wu Ting immediately wrote sent two letters.

One was sent to the capital and presented in front of Zhengde. It stated that the smuggling situation in Guangzhou was serious and that his subordinates lacked powerful warships to fight smuggling. He specially asked the emperor to send Mr. He to lead troops to Guangzhou for reinforcements.

And another letter was sent directly to He Jiaan, which stated the difficulties he was encountering now, and asked He Jiaan to immediately send troops to support the Guangzhou government, otherwise, the city shipping department really couldn't do it anymore.

By the time this letter was delivered to He Jiaan, it was already July in Paju, and another batch of perfume had already been prepared and started to be packaged, and then it would be sold to all parts of the country with the Wang family's caravan. The profit has already been paid off by He Jiaan to the Wang family's debts, and this year He Jiaan has a new idea, he wants to ship the perfume to Europe through the Franji fleet.

When he received Wu Ting's letter, He Jia'an was a little surprised. After reading the letter from beginning to end, he couldn't help but frown. It seems that he still underestimated these big families in Guangzhou. He thought that after the establishment of the Shibo Division, it would be considered as a chance for them to clean up their crimes. Who would have thought that their good intentions would be treated like a donkey's liver and lungs by others, and they would take the Shibo Division seriously.

The fruit you planted by yourself naturally has to be raised by yourself. Since you don't take opportunities seriously, don't blame yourself for being ruthless.

On the one hand, He Jiaan immediately sent a letter of divorce, which was delivered to Zhengde in the form of eight hundred li urgently. Reinforce the Guangzhou government.

Five days later, He Jia'an finally received Zhengde's order to send troops, and he immediately took all six warships, together with thousands of naval officers, and sailed to the waters of Guangzhou in a mighty manner.

Chapter 1299 Revisiting Guangzhou

Chapter 1299 Revisiting Guangzhou

In mid-July, news spread.

The Minister of the Ministry of War and Admiral of the Navy, He Jiaan, will lead the newly established navy from Paju. The purpose is to support the Shibo Division, so that the Shibu Division, which he has worked so hard to establish, will not become a useless decoration. .

When they heard the news, the Chen, He, Xu, and Li families suddenly panicked.

The shadow of the person, the name of the tree, when He Jiaan fought in Guangzhou, he destroyed the two fleets of Franji and Wa at the same time, but he was almost unscathed. It really shocked everyone. Even today, Guangzhou people mentioned that During the First World War on Tuen Mun Island, his face was still full of pride and pride, as if He Jiaan was a native of Guangzhou.

In the past, he was the god of war who protected him, but now he has transformed into his enemy. The impermanence of the world is really so. This also makes the four families who have just divided up the Golden Million fleet before they have time to be happy, and in a blink of an eye they become sad again. stand up.

"Brother Chen, we are now grasshoppers tied to a rope. If you can't run away, you can't jump around us. Now is the critical time. If you have any way, don't hide it. Take it out quickly. .”

Hearing He Dali's words, Chen Yuanda, who had been meditating in a low voice, looked up at him with a look of helplessness on his face: "What can I do? Since we served this bowl of rice, it's not like no one came to grab it from us." We have only one way to deal with them, and that is one word...kill."