My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 389 People Who Oppose Kaihai

Two months ago, Qianhu Tangzhao patrolled the Zhoushan Islands as usual.

Everything was business as usual, and the Zhoushan Islands were calm.

But in the afternoon, suddenly a fishing boat found them as quickly as possible. The fisherman on the boat was shot in the thigh by an arrow and shouted for help, saying that a group of pirates had raided Pingshan Island.

Pingshan Island is an island in the Zhoushan Islands. Its area is not large, but there are many flat lands on the mountain, and there are water sources, so it is very suitable for farming.

After the opening of the sea, the people of Zhoushan Island who were originally relocated also returned to live on the island one after another. Therefore, a village with hundreds of people appeared on Pingshan Island, and the fishermen who asked for help were from the village.

Knowing that there were Japanese pirates making trouble, Tang Zhao did not dare to neglect, and immediately commanded his warships to attack Pingshan Island.

But they were still a step too late. When the warship arrived at Pingshan Island, the Japanese pirates had already finished looting and were moving the looted food and supplies onto the boat.

When the Japanese pirates saw Daming's warship, they also decisively dropped the things they had snatched, and then boarded the ship and fled as quickly as possible.

Although Tang Zhao commanded his warships to pursue them with all their strength, the Japanese pirates' ships were very flexible and shuttled like arrows in the archipelago. With the cover of some small islands, the Japanese pirates quickly threw off Tang Zhao's warships.

"That's how it happened. Afterwards, we landed on Pingshan Island to rescue the looted villagers. After counting, we found that 37 villagers were dead and 61 people were injured. However, there were not many looted supplies, because the pirates didn't have time. Get on board."

Tang Zhao finally introduced again.

"Are you sure those people are Japanese pirates?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again, he had always suspected that those pirates were pretended to be.

"We haven't had direct contact with the Japanese pirates, but their warships, clothes and weapons are all exactly the same as the Japanese pirates, and the villagers on Pingshan Island also said that those people speak an incomprehensible Japanese language, no doubt they are Japanese pirates .”

Tang Zhao replied again.

"Did you track down those Japanese pirates afterwards?"

Zhu Zhanhe pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"My lord, I personally led people to investigate!"

At this time, Zhou Zhong also came forward to speak.

"However, after those Japanese pirates left the Zhoushan Islands, it was as if they had never appeared before, and there was no news. You must know that with the opening of the sea, there are merchant ships and fishing boats everywhere on the sea. If the other party appears, there will definitely be information!"

When Zhou Zhong spoke to the end, he also showed a puzzled expression.

After Ningbo opened the sea, the people who originally moved inland also moved back one after another. Many people make a living from fishing. In addition, Ningbo is one of the largest ports with a lot of merchant ships, so if those Japanese pirates Appearing, it is very likely that it cannot escape the eyes of others.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe closed his eyes and meditated again for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes and asked Tang Zhao: "Tang Qianhu, how many boats and roughly how many people are there in that group of pirates?"

"That group has more than 30 ships in total, and it is estimated that there are three to four hundred people. They are already considered relatively large Japanese pirates."

Tang Zhao replied immediately.

"How many people are there in Pingshan Island?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Together all the men, women, old and children on Pingshan Island, there are 470 people in total."

Tang Zhao replied again that he had rescued the people on Pingshan Island, so he knew the number of people on the island very well.

"That's weird!"

At this moment, Zhu Zhanhe jumped up against the table, walked back and forth a few times, and then said.

"A group of 400 Japanese pirates is definitely a big force, but they chose a small island that has just begun to be cultivated. There are only more than 400 villagers on the island, and they haven't grabbed much property yet. Isn't it strange?"

"That's right, the Japanese pirates have always been vicious. Dozens of people dare to plunder a village with hundreds of people. The Japanese pirates with hundreds of people completely robbed those richer merchant ships. Why did they come to rob a village on an island?"

Zhou Zhong also woke up when he heard the words. Before, he also felt that the appearance of this group of Japanese pirates was very strange, but he couldn't say what was so strange. Now it finally became clear.

"Not only that, they killed so many people on Pingshan Island, but easily threw away the things they grabbed. It doesn't look like what Japanese pirates did."

Zhu Zhanhe analyzed again.

The Japanese pirates are all bankrupt Japanese, and the poor ones can’t even have enough to eat. Therefore, most of the Japanese pirates who came to the coast of Daming are extremely vicious.

"It makes sense. The Japanese pirates had more than 30 ships. When they saw our warships, they were still quite a distance away. They could have sent some ships to intercept us, and then put the stolen things on board, but they But he just ran away!"

Tang Zhao also came to his senses at this time.

"In other words, I'm afraid this gang of Japanese pirates isn't doing it for money at all!"

Zhu Zhanhe also sneered when he said this.

A group of Japanese pirates risked their lives to go to sea to plunder, but not for money. The only explanation was that they had other purposes. This also confirmed Zhu Zhanhe's previous guess that these pirates must use this to influence Kaihai.

Zhou Zhong is not stupid, he also understood at this time, after all, the foundation of Kaihai is that there is no danger of Japanese pirates, but now that Japanese pirates appear, it is obviously for Kaihai.

"General Zhou, you have been in Ningbo for a long time, in your opinion, who would oppose Kaihai?"

Zhu Zhanhe turned his head and asked Zhou Zhong.

"It must be those who can benefit from the sea ban, but now that Kaihai has lost their interests, they will naturally try their best to stop Kaihai!"

Zhou Zhong replied immediately.

"Those who can benefit from the sea ban, you mean those businessmen who used to smuggle?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked with a smile, he felt that he had found the target of his doubts.

Unexpectedly, however, Zhou Zhong shook his head and said, "It's not just those smuggling merchants. The reason why these merchants were able to smuggle in the past was because someone opened a back door for them."

"You mean someone in the government colluded with these businessmen?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked immediately.

"There must be. Although I don't know who it is, there used to be a few big smugglers in Ningbo Prefecture, all of whom were wealthy. Without the support of officials behind them, it is impossible for them to accumulate so much wealth!"

Zhou Zhong said with certainty.

As soon as Zhou Zhong finished speaking, a soldier came rushing to report: "General Qi, Japanese pirates raided Xiangshan County, killed hundreds of people and retreated!"

"what!"

Zhu Zhanhe was also taken aback when he heard the words. They had just arrived in Ningbo, and the Japanese pirates came out to make trouble again. Is this a coincidence or intentional?

If it's a coincidence, it's fine. If it's intentional, it means that someone has leaked their whereabouts, and the other party is still demonstrating against them.

(End of this chapter)