There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 374

On March [-]th, Wu Youwei took a vacation for himself, sitting in the Wusong Building and looking out, the pier was still in full swing, and there were so many boats passing by!

Looking at the bustling scene in front of him, Wu Youwei was very satisfied. After all, it should be a hundred years later when the Japanese pirates flooded. At that time, it was the Jiajing period. The flood was the worst, and the people along the coast were struggling to survive.

It's much better now.

Wu Youwei tapped the table with his fingers. He planned to build concrete platforms along the coastline. In this case, those places would not be enough for people to land. If you want to land, you have to find a seaport.

Why was the civilian port built here?Because there is Wusong camp guarding here.

Another suitable port, Bailong Port, is simply a military port, where there are even large naval forces stationed.

This will ensure the safety of the two suitable landing ports near Shanghai County. Besides, landing on the wild beach is still very troublesome for people nowadays. After all, some places in the wild beach are rotten mud ponds, quicksands, etc., which are not safe. .

Moreover, sea ships generally cannot approach, and the pirates and pirates can only disembark from the ship and swim to the shore at a long distance.

There are ten people in the water, but there is no way to guarantee how many will be on the shore.

Wu Youwei was not born by the sea, so he doesn't know much about the sea. In the past two years, he has seen a lot with others, so he knows a little.

If the coastline is built with concrete walls, first, it can prevent anyone from landing casually; second, it can also prevent smuggling.

Yes, there was already smuggling at this time, but Shanghai County was too broken, and there was no qualification for smuggling, let alone enough.

Now that Shanghai County is developed, smuggling will happen sooner or later, but Wu Youwei is tax-free here, and smuggling will lose the soil for survival, but in the future, taxes will always be collected. With taxes, there is a need for sustainable development .

And some businessmen, no matter how little the tax is, they are reluctant.

What's more, Ming's taxes are not low, smuggling is simply too possible

Wu Youwei was thinking about these things when someone climbed upstairs out of breath: "Master! Master!"

"What's wrong?" Wu Youwei turned to look at the person who came.

"Lord Wan, they have news!" As soon as the visitor finished speaking, Wu Youwei immediately stood up.

He ran downstairs in a hurry and almost fell.

The pony carriage that carried him was running fast. Fortunately, the official roads in Shanghai County are all cement roads, and they are all four-lane roads.

Moreover, Wu Youwei followed a special official path.

The four lanes are divided into official roads, military roads, civilian roads and commercial roads.

It's all free now, but when taxes start to be collected, the business road is reserved for commercial transportation of goods, and road maintenance fees can be collected appropriately.

But Wu Youwei didn't think about these plans yet, he saw Zhang Shen and a dozen tanned men in the lobby.

"This is the scout who came to report the news." Zhang Shen also flushed with joy: "Come, come, our family hasn't let them talk yet, and they have been waiting for you."

Wu Youwei cupped his hands gratefully: "Thank you very much!"

Logically speaking, the navy matter had nothing to do with Wu Youwei at all, but Zhang Shen had been here with Wu Youwei during the Chinese New Year, so he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to think about it.

This time when I received the news, I didn't listen to it alone. Instead, I asked them to come to the Shanghai County Government Office without saying anything.

Unexpectedly, Wu Youwei and Wu Youwei went to the other side. Wu Youwei went to Wusong Building at Wusongkou Wharf, and went to work as his husband's stone again.

I haven't gone to Wusong Camp to find Zhang Shen for dinner yet.

During the waiting time, Zhang Shen had already let these people take a bath, change clothes, eat and drink water, and had to wait for Wu Youwei to come back.

Wu Youwei was also excited when he saw someone: "Is he okay?"

"Okay, everyone is fine, no one is missing, no piece of meat is missing!" The leading scout gritted his teeth: "It's just because I miss my home, and I'm still floating in the sea at the moment. Yes, the army will arrive in Hong Kong in two days, please make preparations with your lord and the supervising army."

"Of course! Of course!" Wu Youwei's mouth almost went up to his ears: "When the army comes back, we must clean up the big guy, a big bowl of meat!"

"No!" The leading scout looked constipated: "I want green vegetables! I want the kind with green leaves!"

On the boat, they actually had no shortage of meat or even fish, but they ate less vegetables, especially green vegetables. When they ate just now, they also specially ordered mushroom soup, spinach with nuts, and melon and vegetable soup. The kitchen also cooked braised pork and boiled chicken for them, but they all rushed to the dishes without moving a few chopsticks.

"Okay, okay!" Wu Youwei also thought of this: "Have someone cook vegetables for you!"

"There are still clothes!" Wu Youwei continued: "It's summer now, and all the clothes are replaced with new ones, thin cloth ones."

The military uniforms of the navy are the same as other places in Daming, except that the inside is different. Wu Youwei designed it. Short sleeves and cropped trousers are good.

Save fabric and keep cool.

"There are also the number of people who were beheaded. Are there any captured?" Zhang Shen asked: "It can be counted as military exploits. If you go out for a trip, you should get some hard-earned money."

Who knew that Zhang Shen didn't say anything, but when he said it, these generous men blushed... Although their faces looked black and red: "Well, I asked you to prepare for Daling, but it's not actually a preparation Eat, drink, and dress, but prepare storerooms."

"Warehouse?" Wu Youwei and Zhang Shen were full of doubts in unison.

These talents explained in a hurry.

It turned out that Wantong and the others did encounter pirates and Japanese pirates at sea when they returned to aid last year, but that was when they were defeated.

Of course, this kind of military exploits that are like picking up for nothing cannot be let go.

So Wantong Liu Ju and the two of them led the troops to beat each other up in a bullying way. It was really "out of the water", anyway, they forced those murderous things to jump into the sea.

Anyone who has fought at sea knows that the sea is the best place to bury prisoners, and falling into the sea is tantamount to death.

But some people don't want to die!

Some pirates begged for mercy, saying that they were willing to tell the place where the pirate leader hid the gold and silver treasures, in order to find a way out.

At first, the two of them didn't take it seriously, so Zhou Zhong said: "No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it's still meat. Let's go over and have a look. It's really a good thing. I'll share some benefits with the brothers and get some oil and water."

This time they went to Champa, they didn't dare to be presumptuous. After all, it will be the territory of Ming Dynasty in the future, and they can only rely on the rewards from the court, and they can't make any money.

If it is to suppress bandits, then it is another matter.

"That's fine." Liu Ju said, "At least I'll get everyone some money for the Chinese New Year.

Seeing that the two of them agreed, Wantong also wanted to go and see what the pirate's lair looked like, so he also nodded and agreed. His subordinates used a large net to catch the begging man, and the others saw that they could survive Opportunity!

All of them patted their chests and promised that they knew one or two hiding places!

In the middle of the week, a small boat was let down, and they were asked to sit on the boat. They were only given one meal a day, and two bowls of water for each person. They were guaranteed not to die of hunger or thirst, but they were asked to tell all their hiding places, and the three of them got together According to the map given by Wu Youwei, I looked for the approximate direction.

The first one to go was a small island, and there was fresh water on this small island!

They not only added fresh water, but also found a lot of coconuts and other fruits.

Most importantly, they did find the gold and silver treasures hidden by the pirates!

From the first hiding place, they got 8000 gold, [-] taels of silver, countless jewels, one box of gold beads, two boxes of ivory, eight boxes of gems of various colors, and ten boxes of gold used by Daming. coins.

This copper coin may be often played with and cherished by people. Every hundred copper coins are strung together, and the thread made of a kind of palm on the island is used.

There are also silver pots, gold plates, copper bowls, etc., all of which are valuables at first glance.

There is no silk or porcelain in it. After all, silk will rot if it is not preserved well, and porcelain is the most precious thing, so it cannot be knocked or touched.

Everyone is so happy!

In the middle of the week, the decision was made immediately, and it happened that 8000 of them came, including the Huotou army, and each of them was divided into one or two taels of silver.

Coincidentally, the other party did not know how to snatch it. The 8000 taels of silver all looked like small ingots of one tael each, but they were neat. Some people guessed that the official silver was exchanged by some big bank.

With the snow-white silver in hand, everyone's energy is enough now.

The second place was more unlucky. When they went there, the pirates were also landing, and Wantong and the others still picked up the people with the momentum of bullying.

Chuan then took all the money, food, cloth, meat and other things that the other party had robbed back to them.

The second one has twice as much gold and silver treasure as the first one!

Wait until the third and it's less, but it's also hearty!

After three times, everyone was a little crazy, and people took the risk to go back to send a message. The army here brought sufficient food, fresh water, and ammunition, like plowing and sweeping holes, and turned out all the hiding places of the exterminated pirates, and finally found Ships can't carry so many, what should I do?

The pirate ships were refitted and turned into cargo ships, dragging them to continue the strong search...

It was true that the return flight time was delayed until later. Fortunately, Wantong had already had a premonition that he would not go back.

They finally refurbished on a huge uninhabited island, not only to protect the gold and silver treasures, but also to ensure the safety of the lives of the people they brought.

I don't know what that island is called, anyway Wantong planted the black dragon flag representing the Daming Navy on the island.

There were fruits and vegetables on the island, but not many of them. There were quite a few of them, and they ate very frugally. They brought a lot of food and looted food from the pirates, which was enough for the army.

Originally, in order to avoid the storm, they had to build a wooden house after they landed, but no one had the good craftsmanship. After the wooden house was built, it was too cold to live in. In the end, an old sailor with sea experience instructed them to dig a cave: "There is really a storm When it comes, the wooden house is useless, and a strong wind hangs over, and everything is useless.

Digging a cave is just digging a cave. There are a lot of them, and they are all good guys. It’s not a big deal to dig a cave, so I started digging.

After all was dug, the cave of more than 1 people almost dug this big island into a hornet's nest.

The boats also flowed into a typhoon shelter along the water. Otherwise, if there was a storm outside, these boats wouldn't all float away?

Everything was ready, and only five days later, the weather changed. The few people who had never seen a typhoon were dumbfounded.

The wooden hut they built disappeared after three days, and all of them roasted in the warm cave and ate hot meals.

Everyone was really scared after seeing this situation for a while, and finally understood why Wu Youwei insisted on letting them take the old sailors with them.

The bonfire in the cave is not extinguished. Although they have searched Dadao like a net, people are afraid of cold. They don't have thick clothes, so they can only warm themselves by the fire. When they dug the cave, luckily they dug it big enough. High enough for good air flow.Hiding in the cave, they are safe. Occasionally, when there is a sunny day, they go out to bask in the sun, catch some seafood and cook it.

Because there are so many of them, dried vegetables are consumed quickly. Fortunately, Zhou Zhong is a tea lover. He found a lot of good tea in Champa, and bought them for a small amount of money, intending to take them home to taste slowly or give gifts.

At this moment, I also took them all out to relieve the tiredness of the big guys.

Wu Youwei prepared a lot of black fungus for Wantong, this thing won’t take up space when it’s dried, and it will spread out as soon as the water foams, and it’s also a laxative and laxative, so everyone can barely maintain it When it's time to sail home....