dhibooks Chapter 355
Chapter 355
In the sea, on an unnamed island, more than 100 Japanese vagrants gathered. They are commonly known as Japanese pirates, wearing tattered clothes, holding their Japanese swords one by one, eating dry food that choked their throats in the sea breeze.
One of them, wearing a nondescript satin robe and combing his hair before the horns, approached a man with Tsukiyo's hair: "Master Hirano, we are running out of food."
"Got it." The man at the head of Yue Dai got up and went to a secluded thatched house.
"Komori Maru, we are running out of food." The man knelt on a futon made of thatch.
"Ichiro Hirano, we can go ashore again." Komori Maru also knelt on the futon and said, "Find a place that is more affluent, and bring things back to the island before the sea breeze comes."
The sea breeze he mentioned is the huge storm that blows on the sea every summer and winter.
Every year, Japanese pirates would avoid these two seasons, retreat to the depths of the sea to hide, and wait until spring or autumn before going ashore to plunder.
The last time they went to the fishing village, the people were very excited, and they ran away when they saw them coming. When they entered the fishing village, they found that there was really nothing in this place, salted fish, black noodles, only a few houses had rice, and they all moved away In the end, even the bed they slept in was moved away, because I thought the big bed was very beautiful.
"It's just that I don't know what's going on along the coast. The Ming army's navy is not good, but the land battle is still very powerful!" Hirano Ichiro said: "I don't know what's going on in the country."
"Don't think about China." Komori Maru ate the last mouthful of dry food: "I can't even eat enough in China!
Domestic daimyo melee, low-level warriors like them are like cannon fodder, he didn't want to die there, so he ran out and dragged many people to become pirates.
But Daming is very rich!
One robbery in any fishing village is enough to feed them for half a year.
With food, drink and clothes, don't live too well.
"The tacit understanding we formed with the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty last time was not bad." He didn't know that the officers and soldiers of the guards had been taken care of by Wantong, and he was still fantasizing: "Why don't we find a bigger and richer one? place so we can have some spare money.
It is not an option to spend everything every time. Many of their people have family members in China and need to send money and things back.
Ming's gold, silver, copper coins and other items are the current hard currency in Japan.
"Alright." Komori Maru also thought of this: "But don't go to Shanghai County, that place is too poor.
They went there once three years ago, and although they robbed a lot of things, compared with their counterparts who went to other counties to rob, they became a joke!
Moreover, it was encircled and suppressed by the officers and soldiers of Jinshanwei, losing half of its manpower, and almost wiped out the entire army.
The gain outweighs the loss, the gain outweighs the loss!
Well, be sure to choose a more plump place! "Ichiro Hirano also felt the same way.
On an island on the other side, there is only a pirate den with more than 20 people, and they are also discussing where to go to get some things.
This group of pirates, like Hirano Ichiro and the others, respected Shanghai County at a respectful distance. They were too poor, and even the pirates looked down on them.
Wu Youwei is not in the mood to worry about pirates and pirates. He is already presiding over the spring sowing. The spring sowing here is early, and after harvesting in summer, another crop of grain can be planted. Wu Youwei has seen the seeds of double-cropping rice. Before selling it to the common people, he sprayed some spiritual water on it.
The germination rate is 100%. After planting, it will germinate and grow soon. It is a green piece, and it looks particularly promising.
At the same time, Wantong also began to reorganize the navy.
In recent years, the navy of Ming Dynasty has indeed been exhausted a lot. The once-prominent Longjiang Navy has been depleted, and it is not strong. They are all old people, and they can still look like a navy.
Wantong simply let these old people become officials, and was responsible for training those young people for him: "You are all old people, I don't ask you to kill the enemy and make meritorious service, but to teach me an elite navy like you. The official will give you one by one credit, big
There are more than 50 veteran sailors. I never thought that I could become an official when I was old. Although it was just a general banner, it was enough for them to work hard for it.
In addition, Wantong didn't treat them poorly, and each of them first gave ten taels of silver as a settling fee.
He was also promoted, and the recruits were basically the children of his family, so they couldn't help but use their bottom-of-the-box skills to train recruits for him.
The Wusong Camp has more people now, and they are recruiting and training every day. Even because of the fishing days in spring, many people go out to sea together. Guys add a dish.In summer and April, there was a long drought in the capital, and the canals dried up.
The south is okay, the land of fish and water, with many rivers, but the north is not good. Fortunately, corn is very resistant to drought, and it germinated firmly.
Guiyou, sent envoys to pray to the gods of Jiaoshe, mountains and rivers, Huaidu, and the East China Sea.
This is already a bit superstitious, but there is no way around it. Now there is a saying in the court that the crown prince died young, and the cause of death was high fever, and it was caused by the harem. Anyway, there are all kinds of things to say. In short, the crown prince Dead, God has warned!
But now you want to talk about Prince Li?
It doesn't seem right.
One is that the Crown Prince had just died and was about to set up a new East Palace, which seemed to be a little heartless and ungrateful.
The second is...the question of who will be the crown prince.
Back then, in order to gain momentum for the eldest son of the emperor, the Bai family belittled Concubine Wan Gui so much, everyone felt that Wan Zhen'er's background was inappropriate, not to mention she was 17 years older than the emperor.
How many people have ridiculed behind their backs?
The emperor is dedicated and long-lasting, but his love is given to this 17-year-old woman who is older than him. Everyone has never seen Concubine Wan Gui. In my impression, a woman who is 17 years older is not to mention old and old. MILFs are old.
To make the prince born of such a woman the crown prince, everyone couldn't get over that hurdle.
But I heard that the second son is in good health.
Me, now he is the eldest son of the emperor.
There is no second prince in the palace.
Do you stand or not?
The emperor is not in a good mood recently, and no one dares to mention this matter; coupled with the severe drought in central Beijing, the emperor lost his temper, who dares to talk about the deceased crown prince, and punish him with "disrespect"!
Now, be honest.
Yiyou, recorded prisoner.
The drought still hasn't eased. Finally, the elders of the cabinet came forward, retired two elders, and added two old elders to the cabinet.
Ding Hai sent envoys to record the prisoners in the world.
Wu Youwei didn't know about the severe drought in central Beijing. He was only thinking about his elder nephew. He was about to try it out, because the two places were too far apart, and the news was not very clear. Wu Youwei was melancholy. Try those few days, fidgeting all day long
But things here can't be delayed. The construction of the civilian port is almost done. Wu Youwei began to arrange manpower, especially for taxation. Now it is tax-free time. If he wants to develop vigorously, he has to recruit merchants. The shop is not built for nothing, he will sell it to subsidize the county government at that time, and the money he paid will have to be returned at that time.
Shanghai County employs a lot of workers, so naturally some people came here to do business. At first, they were peddlers who walked the streets, and they were given uniform green vests, which was stipulated by Wu Youwei.
The second is the clothes of the workers, which are uniformly half sleeves, which are convenient for work, cropped trousers, and belted trousers. The shoes are very simple straw sandals, the kind of flip flops.
It gets hot here in April and May.
The magnolia trees all over the street are in bloom, and the whole Shanghai County is filled with the fragrance of magnolia flowers, which makes more people think that Shanghai County is beautiful.
Coupled with the rapid growth of double-cropping rice, the people saw hope and lived happily. Many migrant workers flocked to Shanghai County.
On this day, Wu Youwei was looking at the expenses in the account book, and Lao Zhang ran over: "Da Ling, it's not good!"
"The order is ready." Wu Youwei closed the ledger: "What's wrong?"
"Haiyu Township, Qingpu County, has been attacked by Japanese pirates!" Lao Zhang said nervously, "Master Wan brought people there, and let the young one tell you. Also, does the county town need to be prepared?"
"Haiyu Township?" Wu Youwei frowned.
The whole of Shanghai (except Chongming) was divided into eighteen townships in ancient times, namely: Fengjing Township, Xupu Township, Xianshan Township, Yunjian Township, Baisha Township, Huating Township, Jixian Township, Xiuzhu Township, and Changren Township , Gaochang Township, Beiting Township, Xinjiang Township, Haiyu Township, Chunshen Township, Anting Township, Linjiang Township, Pingle Township, and Jiutang Township.
It's just that it was the Wanli period at that time, and these townships had already been divided out. Shanghai County is now a new county.
Among them, Haiyu Township is called "Haiyu" because that place is a remote village near the sea. It may be because of the remoteness that the place is rarely hit by typhoons, so life is relatively rich. .
He was suddenly attacked by Japanese pirates, which made Wu Youwei very angry: "Everyone is ready to fight, who was led by Master Wan to go there?"
"The navy and that, what kind of amphibious brigade?" Because the name is special enough, Lao Zhang really remembered it: "It seems that a lot of things have been moved..."
To be honest, Lao Zhang thinks that the place is not poor, at least it can provide food for those who can afford to go there, but Mr. Wan didn't know what to think, and he brought a lot of things there, isn't it heavy?
"He has his own intentions." Lao Zhang didn't know how powerful those hot weapons were. Wantong probably wanted the recruits to have some actual combat, firing real cannons to hit real enemies.
Besides, those weapons are not heavy, and running with them on their backs is no problem at all.
"The little one, let's get people to strengthen their guard!" Lao Zhang hurriedly said goodbye and ran out.
Shanghai County does not have a strong armed force, but they have 3000 people left by Wantong, 2000 grenadiers, and 1000 musketeers.
Work on the pier was temporarily suspended for three days, because Japanese pirates also come at this time of year. Everyone can understand that after paying their wages, they were sent back to their villages by officers and soldiers one by one, while those who came from afar temporarily lived in the county. It is quite dangerous to let them go back with money in the vacant house at this time.
Although he is no longer working, Wu Youwei still provides them with three meals a day, but some people are worried about their families and still have to leave, so they can only resign themselves to fate
There are many people who plan to go back and have a look, one is to send money, and the other is also worried about the family.
But there are still many people who stayed behind. Some of them are old bachelors, homeless and unemployed, planning to gain a foothold in Shanghai County. .
At the same time, the four villages are also on strict guard. Their villages are surrounded by tall walls and patrolled by soldiers, but they are less frightened than before.
On the first day of work stoppage, the weather became gloomy, and in the afternoon, it rained heavily.
At night, the rain stopped, the fire burned clouds in the west, and the rainbow appeared in the east. The scenery was beautiful.
Wu Youwei fanned his cattail fan and looked at the magnificent scenery in the sky outside: "This is really 'the water is shimmering and the sun is good, and the mountains are empty and rainy is also strange'.
The cook shouted from behind: "Master, it's time to eat!"
"Hey!" Wu Youwei stood up immediately, went to the dining room to have dinner, saw a big yellow croaker on the dining table, and smiled: "A good thing came today."
"This big yellow croaker was bought in the market. The Huangpu River flows through the county, and everyone can fish by the river without going out of the city." The cook said with a smile: "This big yellow croaker is the biggest one caught. The little ones cost a lot!"
"Not bad!" Wu Youwei picked it up and took a bite: "Well, it's delicious!"
Wu Youwei was not harsh on his servants, and their work, to be honest, was not much.
The master is a good person, everyone loves him, but the master has been very busy recently, and the master may have been a little bit thin in the summer, so the cook tried every means to nourish him.
While Wu Youwei was eating, Wantong was already cleaning the battlefield in the afterglow of the setting sun.