Daming Haikou

A man wearing the official uniform of a military officer of the Ming Dynasty stepped on a scorched door panel slowly. The scorched door panel made a crackling sound, and there was still a burnt smell in the air.

The face of the man dressed as a military officer was ashen, and he scanned the surrounding scene. The huge courtyard of the Jiang family had already been burned to ruins at this time, and even the tall courtyard wall could not withstand the fire and collapsed. For a long stretch, there are still some places in the yard that are still smoking.

A few unkempt women were kneeling outside the courtyard, weeping and cursing loudly.

A man who looked like a civil official walked into the yard under the protection of several yamen servants. He glanced at the devastation and couldn't help frowning. After seeing the man dressed as a military officer standing in the yard, he went He clasped his fists and said, "It turns out Mr. Zhang Qian is here too!"

As soon as the man dressed as a military officer saw the civil servant, he quickly turned around and clasped his fists and replied, "I don't know if the county magistrate is here, but I'm not far away to welcome you. I hope Mr. Sun will forgive me! Forgive me!"

It turned out that the civil servant was Sun Changting, the magistrate of Fu'an County, and the military officer was Zhang Datong, the general manager of Qianhu Office in Funing. Killed, so one after the other rushed here to investigate the situation.

In their area, Jiang Baihu is not a small person. Suddenly Jiang Baihu was killed and his family property was robbed. Naturally, there was a lot of alarm, and this area is under the jurisdiction of Fu'an County. Naturally, Sun Zhi County did not dare Negligence, I want to come over to see the situation and report this matter to the higher authorities.

And Mr. Zhang Datong and Mr. Zhang Qian are the Mr. Qian who guards the Qianhu Office in Funing. He is responsible for the military affairs along the coast of Funing Prefecture. After the so-called Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou's raids, it has been relieved a lot, but the sea has not completely calmed down, there are still many small groups of fake Japanese and pirates haunting, so Zhang Datong is mainly in charge of Funing Prefecture these years Dealing with pirates.

Moreover, Jiang Baihu is still Zhang Datong's subordinate in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Datong is Jiang Baihu's brother-in-law in private, but what Zhang Datong didn't expect was that the pirates would suddenly raid the home of his brother-in-law Jiang Baihu, and ransack the house. Killing Jiang Baihu on the spot, he, the general manager, public and private, had to come here to investigate, to give an explanation to the remaining women and children of the Jiang family and his wife.

"Master Zhang, can you find out who is the thief who came here to kill Jiang's hundred families?" Looking at the dilapidated Jiang family compound in front of him, Sun Zhixian frowned again and again, thinking that it's a pity that such a family business was given away like this. Spoiled!So after a brief glance, he asked Zhang Datong.

Zhang Datong replied with a livid face: "I've made it clear! These thieves who came here are a group of thugs who lived on Xiaohuang Island earlier!

I learned from my slaves that these thieves on Xiaohuang Island secretly colluded with pirates, and were found out by Jiang Baihu, who brought the daughter of a thief on his island back for interrogation. The thieves took revenge and attacked Jiang Baihu's home at night. Jiang Baihu's leader resisted with all his strength, and was finally killed by the thieves!

In addition, seven servants and three servants of the Jiang family were also killed by the thieves!How pitiful!These thieves not only killed Jiang Baihu and robbed the thief's daughter, but also looted the Jiang family's property, robbed the Jiang family's livestock, concubines, maids and other seven people, and set fire to the Jiang family's mansion!

After hearing the police that day, Mr. Li, who stayed behind in the humble town, immediately drove over with his men, and chased him all the way to the seaside, where he rescued the two concubines of Jiang Baihu who had been robbed. maritime!It's a pity that he couldn't be captured in one fell swoop! "

After hearing Zhang Datong's answer, Sun Zhixian nodded: "I didn't expect that pirates have become so rampant again recently. They just robbed Li's house last month, and this month they broke down Jiang Baihu's house. If we don't wipe out , It’s really a big problem! Mr. Zhang Qian, as a local general, you should keep one side safe. This kind of thing can’t happen again and again. You need to strengthen the defense of the coast. In addition, this officer will also call the gentry from all over the coast to organize the defense of the people. Japanese!

In addition, since we already know who the thieves are, will the water village also send troops to wipe them out?I don't want this to happen again! "

Although Sun Zhixian is only a seventh-rank official, and Zhang Qianzong can be regarded as a sixth-rank military officer, the Ming Dynasty has always valued literature over martial arts, and the status of warriors is low, so Sun Zhixian spoke to Zhang Datong in a tone of instruction, which is not enough Surprised.

After hearing this, Zhang Datong quickly cupped his hands and replied: "The humble official will definitely do his best to capture that thief! Please rest assured, Mr. Sun!"

After Sun Zhixian inspected here, he comforted the widows of Jiang's family and saw that he was fine here. The matter of exterminating pirates is not something he can do, so he didn't continue to stay here. After staying and chatting with several local gentry who came to see him for a while, he asked them to organize young people to strengthen their defenses, and accepted some gifts, then went back to the house and returned to the Fu'an County Yamen.

Zhang Datong was left here to deal with the funeral affairs of the Jiang family, and then the local Mr. Li was recruited, and he asked carefully about the thieves who attacked the Jiang family this time, and finally made up his mind and began to send people Go back and send ten infantrymen, spearmen, sword and shield soldiers each, plus twenty or so guard soldiers under Li Bazong from Zhaoxianli, order them to go to the Fenghuomen water village with orders, and transfer two boats, Go to Xiaohuangdao to find those thieves who attacked Jiang's house, and we must wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Yu Xiaotian, who was staying on Dahuang Island, would naturally not know about these arrangements of the land government, but after he returned to Dahuang Island and was elected as the helm, he began to get busy.

Although sparrows are small, they have all internal organs. Even though they only have a dozen or so people at present, they can't be overthrown if they only have one helm in charge. After all, many things need to be taken care of by them, so Yu Xiaotian , I still decided that no matter what, the airs of his group should be set up first.

Yu Xiaotian carefully weighed the temperaments of Liu Laoliu, Ma Mian and others, and then discussed with a few old fellows, and made Ma Mian the second in charge, acting as his deputy, assisting He came to manage this group. After all, most of them were from Xiaohuangdao. Ma Lian was quite prestigious among this group. Things will not be easy to handle, and doing so at the same time can be regarded as a kind of appeasement to the old man in Xiaohuangdao. After Ma Lian heard this, he immediately agreed with a grin.

And Liu Laoliu was appointed by Yu Xiaotian to be in charge of punishment, that is, to be in charge of the punishment of their group. He can be regarded as a picket role. Once someone breaks the rules, Liu Laoliu can punish them according to the rules , this role is an indispensable role, and Yu Xiaotian feels relieved when he is given to Liu Laoliu to do this.

As for Zhao Mazi's temperament, he belongs to the kind of tactful person who laughs and laughs all day long. When he was on Xiaohuang Island, he was in charge of everything that went onshore to buy things and deal with outsiders. He also knows a lot of people and has a lot of ways. He knows some people from all walks of life. Some time ago, he went to contact people on land to sell the goods on Liu's ship. Baihu went to the island to arrest Erya, and the matter was delayed, but generally speaking, Zhao Mazi had the most connections on the shore in this area.

In addition, this time when Yu Xiaotian, Ma Mian and others went ashore to inquire about Erya's situation, it was Ma Hui who was found by Zhao Mazi who was working part-time for the Jiang family, so he inquired about the Jiang family's situation clearly, considering Zhao Mazi's strength in this area Yu Xiaotian simply handed over the affairs of their outsourcing to him temporarily. In the future, they will give away some of the goods they have on hand, and they will also find ways to buy some things and replace them with other people. Do it, it will definitely not work.

On the other hand, Li Gouzi's personality is relatively weak, and he is not suitable for fighting and killing. He is more careful and diligent. Yu Xiaotian paid attention to his ability in this area before, so he was appointed as a supervisor. Warehouse, which is responsible for logistics management, is responsible for the expenditure and expense management of their group.

There is also a lunatic Meng, Yu Xiaotian has more headaches. The reason why this old guy is nicknamed lunatic is because he has a hot temper and no brains. To Xiaotian, this person is quite useful, so Yu Xiaotian let him be the soldier.

Soldiers are a relatively special job on pirate ships in this period. To put it bluntly, they mainly do things like leading people into battle and jumping into gangs to grab ships. Although Crazy Meng is a bit older, his temper is more suitable for such things , Crazy Meng immediately accepted this arrangement with alacrity, took up the post in a blatant manner, and began to arrange the weapons at hand, as if he was about to roll up his sleeves and do a big job.

But just like this, Yu Xiaotian is still not satisfied, because the other younger generations have not yet divided the labor. They have two boats, a larger two-masted boat and a small single-masted fishing boat. Manual division of labor is required.

So next, he divided up the work of these young men under his command. First, he picked out seven or eight juniors headed by Heitou who can punch, and who are more courageous and stronger, and let them serve as soldiers on the ship. , That is to say, the main combatants, whether at sea or on land, these people are the ones who take the lead. To put it bluntly, they belong to the so-called group of people who do rough work and dirty work on the ship.

As for the other juniors, according to their abilities, Yu Xiaotian assigned them to be Liaoshou, Shangdou, Anshou, and carpenter, making them specialize in their occupations. The sailors were identified, and the main responsibilities of each person were clarified.

Of course, because of their limited manpower, sometimes sailors can't just do one job, and the daily work on the ship will also overlap. Help the anchor work.

As for the most important helmsman on the ship, Liu Laoliu, Ma Mian and other old fellows are all veterans, and they can basically be the helmsman, but Yu Xiaotian still let Liu Wang and Li Gouzi's son Li Man Tun became trainee helmsmen, and asked them to learn the skills of helmsmen from Liu Laoliu and others, as an effective supplement for their reserve helmsmen in the future.

After such a distribution, a small pirate group was initially constructed by Yu Xiaotian and others, but even so, they still lack manpower, because as a pirate group, there are many professionals among them, and they currently have no For example, a blacksmith is an indispensable member of a pirate group. He is usually responsible for making things like iron nails for ship repair, repairing and making weapons, and helping the ship if the ship is damaged at sea. Carpenters repair ships.

But so far, there is no such person among them, so they can only fill in the vacancies first, and find a way to recruit people in the future.

When Yu Xiaotian had just made arrangements for the personnel, Crazy Meng, Heitou and the others immediately geared up, rolling up their arms and sleeves and clamoring to go to sea to try their skills and find a merchant ship to help them out.

But their proposal was immediately rejected by Yu Xiaotian. From Yu Xiaotian's point of view, even though they are now trying to put up an airs, but with the skills of his subordinates, it is simply a waste of money to go out and get a vote now. Going out to seek death, apart from Liu Laoliu Malian and other old fellows, only Han Xian and Zhao Si have a little bit of experience as pirates among this group of guys, and the rest are all mud legs that have just entered the water Son, the standard is still a bunch of rabble.

Let them vote now, in Yu Xiaotian's estimation, not to mention robbing other people's boats, it is considered lucky if they don't get cleaned up by others.

So he immediately stopped the impulse of these guys and told them to be honest and not to rush out to fish, and the most important thing for them right now is to repair the two boats first.

Looking at the dissatisfied Meng Mengzi and others, Yu Xiaotian had to explain to them earnestly: "It's not that I dare not do it, nor is it that I am afraid of trouble! The reason why I don't allow you to go out to fish in such a hurry is because Our ancients have said that if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools!

I don’t know if you have heard of this sentence!But the meaning is that if you want to do something well, you must first prepare and sharpen the tools in your hand!Otherwise, it will only delay the work and fail to get things done!

Don't you take a look, what are the abilities of our current people? Can you make this boat well?What about the condition of these two boats, isn't it a joke to rush out to fish in such a hurry?

As I said before, if we don't do it, we won't do it, but as long as we do it, we must do the best!During this period of time, we have enough food and drink, plus we have just won the vote of the Jiang family, it is estimated that the government on the land will definitely be a big sensation. If it is as expected, the limelight will be very tight during this period!

We killed a hundred households, not ordinary people, how can the government let us go, they will definitely find a way to send ships out to sea, search for us, and want to capture us all!

That's all!In addition, there are a few groups of pirates around. They might hear the news, and they probably want to find us and swallow the goods we got!Now that you are in a hurry to go out, aren't you throwing yourself into trouble?

So right now, I think we should not be in a hurry, we should first practice our skills and fix these two boats. After the limelight passes, our skills will be solid, and it will not be too late to go out and practice our skills!But absolutely not now! "

After everyone listened to Yu Xiaotian's words, most of them nodded in agreement, thinking that what Yu Xiaotian said made sense, Ma Lian even put on his second-in-command airs, and said: "Crazy Meng, you old guy is still in a hurry. Temper, blackheads and the others are messed up, you old guy is also booing!

What the helmsman said is reasonable, don't you even look at it, our boat is broken now, and we are all newbies, so if we go out like this, if we run into a boat from the official and army camp, can we escape?Even if the colleagues from Shuangfeng Island run into each other, we have to catch them and go out to fish?I think you should save yourself first!

Don't talk about it, just do what the tiller says, those who should repair the ship should go to build a house!Over the past few days, you motherfuckers have forgotten your surnames!roll!Get out of here! "

After adding Ma Lian's swearing, everyone calmed down, and no one proposed to get a vote anymore.

But for Xiaotian, now he can finally show his strengths. He can't stand the brig that belongs to him for a long time. He didn't have manpower to take care of the boat before, but now he finally wants to Clean up as you like.

Considering that the Big Yellow Island area is also a place where pirates haunt, although they are hiding in this bay, they cannot guarantee that they will not be discovered, so for the sake of insurance, they must ensure that they have a boat that can be used. After some discussion, under the leadership of Yu Xiaotian, everyone went into battle together and first pulled the sloop ashore.

After the typhoon devastated the boat, it was already dilapidated. The mast was also a temporary mast made of a slightly bent dwarf pine tree. Now they immediately dismantled it and chose a tree trunk on the island. The straight masson pine was felled, pulled to the beach, peeled and branched, and then erected and installed on the boat, so that the sloop once again had a usable mast.

At the same time, under the leadership of the horse face, everyone went into battle together to clean up the hull, shoveled away the parasitic barnacles, sea rainbows and other sea creatures attached to the bottom of the ship, and boiled glue and added hemp rope quicklime , Plant ash to refill the gaps in the ship's planks, plug the leaking cracks, and replace a few damaged ship planks so that they can go to sea again.

Repairing the boat was not too difficult for the people on the island, so in just three days, the restored boat was pushed into the sea again.

But the fly in the ointment is that the mast they used is still not suitable. The masson pine was just cut, and it was immediately peeled and installed on the boat before it had time to dry in the shade. Chances are they still have to find a way to get a new dry fir on land to replace it, but for a makeshift, it can basically meet the demand!

But then when the brig was about to be repaired, everyone stood on the beach, watching the boat start to scratch their heads, not knowing what to do, but they didn't know that at this time, Xiao Huangdao The small village where they lived before has been turned into a sea of ​​flames... Update another chapter! Thank you brothers!)