Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 519 Ping Tianxia

  The only thing Qi Jingtong is thankful for is that his usual practice has not fallen behind.

  Due to years of practice, these three talents have long been integrated into the bones of these sailors who have fallen into the eyes of money.

People will react subconsciously. Because of this, although the sailors are excited and charge forward screaming, they will always advance and retreat with their companions in the queue during the drill, taking care of each other. Take care of each other.

  Qi Jingtong suddenly realized.

Looking at military books in the past, all kinds of so-called formations are just a mere formality. Many people only think that this is just a show, because it is true that on the battlefield, everything changes rapidly. Even if the formation is maintained before the battle, once the battle starts, they lose each other After contacting each other, each fights on his own.

It turns out that the real intention of the drill is to integrate the various tactical actions of the tactics into the bones of the soldiers, so that they can subconsciously cooperate with the people around them, just like a conditioned reflex. In fact, there is no need to deliberately do it They deployed their troops and gave an order, and they naturally knew what to do.

  Looking at these groups of people, they formed a fighting group. On the surface, they rushed and killed indiscriminately, and chasing the Japanese pirates screaming is killing indiscriminately. But in fact, isn’t this the essence of the small three talents?

   After defeating the Japanese pirates in the front, they immediately began to clean up the stubborn enemies, and within a time limit, let all the Japanese pirates gather on the beach immediately, otherwise, they will be killed.

  The islands here have special people who control all the ships in the harbor. Without the ships, even if the remaining Japanese pirates want to escape, there are no ships unless they want to feed the bastards.

   Tang Yin was afraid that these sailors would kill them. There must be many good families captured by Japanese pirates on this island, so he hurriedly ordered: "Whoever rescues one good citizen, the reward will be doubled."

   All of a sudden...

  The whole island became extraordinarily calm.

  Every sailor is like a benevolent and righteous army who has never committed any crimes. The killing will soon stop, and all the people on the island will not hurt their lives, but screen them.

  The sailors wished that every living person was not a Japanese pirate, but a son of a good family who was captured by the Japanese pirates. Although he was holding a knife in his hand, his eyes were much gentler.

  The Japanese pirates were all trembling. Seeing the sailors who were yelling to kill everywhere just now, they suddenly stopped killing, but drove them to the beach like cattle and sheep.

  On the beach, Tang Yin looked tired, but still cheered up. He needed to screen everyone.

   If they are Japanese pirates, they will be killed on the spot.

  If they are good citizens, they will be detained temporarily.

   After a short time, Hu Kaishan came with a white-faced scholar, and the scholar said: "Forgive...forgive...student..."

   This person was none other than Zhang Ye, who had a bad reputation.

  Zhang Ye cried, not only because he was insulted by the Pirate King who claimed to have mastered the water, but also because Hu Kaishan's mouth was so smelly that it made him want to die.

  It's over, it's over, I miss my life, today...

  Zhang Ye felt sad from his heart.

  He was thrown to the ground by Hu Kaishan like a quail. At this moment, Zhang Ye didn't look like a leader, and immediately began to cry: "Excuse me, student..."

   "Is your name Zhang Ye?" Tang Yin looked at him with a smile: "I have admired your name for a long time."

  Zhang Ye's body shook, knowing that he couldn't pretend anymore, fierceness appeared in his eyes: "Win the king and lose the bandit. Now that things have happened, there is nothing to talk about. Come on, just cut me into pieces."

"You're really right." Tang Yin didn't speak to him, but was polite: "Today, I really want to use your body. Today, I not only want to destroy this Baiwei Island, but also want to kill you a thousand times." I will cut you to pieces, peel off your skin, and stay on Baiwei Island to alert future generations. I want to tell everyone overseas, whether they are good or not, that they are enemies of my Ming Dynasty and harassing my southeast border. People, there will never be an end, come...to pick him up and cut him alive."

  Zhang Ye was stunned for a moment, his body trembled, and he wanted to die... He wanted to die, but he couldn't get it. He trembled all over with fright, and suddenly realized that his time limit was approaching.

  But at this time, Qi Jingtong hurriedly led a sailor to Tang Yin's side, and lowered his voice: "I found a place to hide money and food, Tang Shixue, among which there are countless gold and silver."

   Tang Yin thought about it, and nodded.

  ...

   A few days later, the fleet returned with a full load began to leave the port. Tang Yin had only one ship when he went there, but when he returned, he returned with a full load. There were four ships, some big and some small.

  In the harbor, countless people were looking forward to it, and many gentry and merchants were about to cry.

  As soon as they heard that Beiwawei had returned to Hong Kong, countless people burst into tears, and crowds of people gathered in the harbor and waved at the ships.

came back.

   Beiwawei is back.

It's really not easy. If you don't come back, everyone will starve to death. How many people are pointing to the Japanese guards to beg for life, not to mention the big yellow croaker. The orders for candles and whale skins are already scheduled for the beginning of next spring. After rising again and again, now everyone is out of stock and without raw materials, this business cannot be done, go fishing by yourself?

   This doesn't exist.

  On the one hand, fishing is not smuggling. The fishing boat needs to go in and out of the inland all the time, and the smuggling boat only goes in and out once a year. The imperial court does not allow private people to go to sea.

   On the other hand, the fishing method of the big yellow croaker is a secret. Do you catch it when you want?

  As for the whales... this is a bit embarrassing. To be honest, even if the imperial court asks you to catch them, there are probably not many people in Ningbo Mansion who have such courage.

  Now, the fortunes and lives of these countless people are all tied to Beiwowei.

Especially a few days ago, Penglai Shuizhai transferred three boats. As a result, there were four boats for Beiwowei, which made countless people see hope. But anti-Japanese and fishing are both correct. In the future, more and more ships will be built, and these ships will be used by Japanese guards. With these, more fish can be caught. All the gentry and common people in Ningbo, can benefit.

  Many gentry no longer have the mind to farm.

  The benefits of farming are too little, how much money can you earn? But trading whales and large yellow croakers can earn ten to twenty times the profit of growing grain, which is equivalent to earning money while lying down.

As a result, food prices have plummeted due to the large amount of fish used as food. In addition, sweet potatoes and potatoes are about to be promoted, and food prices have dropped a lot. Correspondingly, land prices have also continued to fall. Many gentry, I have already started to sell the land that is not considered fertile in my family. Although I still need to keep some land in my hands to be prepared, but right now, selling land at a low price has become a trend.

  When Tang Yin disembarked, he was surrounded by the prefect Wen Yansheng and the local gentry, and everyone greeted him enthusiastically.

   Everyone was shocked when they learned that Beiwawei had attacked the Japanese pirates' lair.

  At first, many people thought it was just fake credit. After all, people are overseas. How many thieves have you killed?

But when countless heads were unloaded one by one, and more than a thousand rescued people disembarked, these people disembarked, each in ragged clothes, with godless eyes, looking around, when it was confirmed that they arrived on land , all choked up.

  Suddenly, there was a lot of crying in the harbor.

  Wen Yansheng and the others fell silent.

  This kind of feeling, they are understandable.

Even...Wen Yansheng felt a bit of shame. How many local officials usually do their best, but when the Japanese pirates came, they looted everywhere, but did nothing. They let countless good people be captured by the Japanese pirates and tortured them. These rescued women and children , both luck and misfortune. Fortunately, they returned to their hometown after all, but unfortunately... it's hard to say.

  Wen Yansheng shook her head, just sighed.

Tang Yin, however, said seriously: "Family teachers always teach students that scholars must unite knowledge and action, and govern the country and the world, you must first have a heart of empathy. Today... these rescued women and children... If we were them, I'm afraid... They don’t even have the courage to live. They are the people of my Ming Dynasty, and now they are being humiliated by the Japanese pirates, which is our negligence. Now, since they are returning home, it should be properly arranged.”

Wen Yansheng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes... I am ashamed." As he spoke, he was full of emotion: "Empathy, yes, let alone a scholar, as long as everyone should have a heart of empathy, They...are other people's mothers and sisters, and we should treat each other as sisters and our own wives and daughters. Tang Shixue, how do you plan to arrange it?"

Tang Yin turned his head, looked at the countless panicked and helpless people who were sobbing and weeping on the pier, and shook his head: "Immediately ask the prefect Wen to go to all counties in the south of the Yangtze River and notify their families, their... relatives, If you are still willing to treat each other well, the government will provide you with travel expenses, and ask them to come and take you away, and when you leave, give some severance fees. It's just..."

He was silent for a while, as if he had made up his mind: "It's just...there are so many bad customs in the countryside nowadays. My sister and my wife have been taken away by bandits. If you feel humiliated and refuse to come to fetch someone, then don't force it. Here in the harbor, We have to find a way to give them a place to live first, and ask Governor Wen to take the lead, and we have to give them a livelihood so that they won't be displaced and looked down upon by others."

When Tang Yin said this, the sentimentality of the scholar came to his heart: "The past will pass, and some people can't accept it, but if we are people with a conscience, we must never have such thoughts. From now on, it is my Tang Yin's sister, my official, who is ordered to pacify the Japanese, and the pacified is not only the Japanese pirates, but also needs to heal the good people who were killed by the Japanese pirates, so as not to heal their pain , then... Hirawa, what's the point?"

Wen Yansheng chewed on Tang Yin's words, cheered up, and bowed deeply to Tang Yin: "That's right, the original intention of Pingwo is to protect the people, take in and rescue them, and it didn't deviate from Pingwa's original intention, Tang Shixue, just say it straight. Whatever the old man needs to do, the old man will do his best."

  (end of this chapter)