Kato Shaosa's scandal made him a laughing stock on the Sky Wolf. Twice in a row, he was tricked by me, which caused Kato's prestige on the ship to plummet, and Rejing and Domoto secretly pampered him, and several of Kato's right-hand men broke away from his camp and threw themselves into the arms of others.

Losing 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver tickets, the Zhongzuo was furious, organized three Shaozuo, and almost turned the entire ship upside down, everyone had to take off their clothes to verify their identity, and tossed all day without any clue. Of course, with my ability, it is not difficult to hide a few silver tickets on such a large ship.

The Wakos are a very strange group of people, with a logic of thinking that ordinary people cannot understand, which has to do with the fact that they distrust each other and are wary of each other. These people burned, killed, and plundered along the coast, treating human life as if they were a scrappy, and had little loyalty and credibility.

Wang Heng, the leader of the Japanese bandits, led them only in name, and if it was in their interests, of course they did not hesitate, but if it was contrary to their interests, it was the order of their mother, and they did not obey it. So after the gray-clothed old man named Xie Donglai promised a lot of money to Zhongzuo, the Sky Wolf turned its bow and began to sail towards Hengjiang Port.

When Kato met me, there was a vicious look in his eyes, and it was not forbidden to fight and kill in private, and both Ronghua and Fugui reminded me to be careful, so as not to find Kato's way.

These two people are with me all day long, or more righteous, first, they have not yet adapted to this kind of Japanese culture where those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die, and secondly, we are all the same batch of thieves on the ship, rather than believing in those devils who kill people without blinking, it is better to know the roots together.

These two people, rich and noble, look more honest, they only know how to work weekdays, Ronghua is more jumpy, and he talks more. On this day, the three of them cleaned the seaweed and shellfish hanging under the boat, which caused great damage to the hull of the ship, and the Japanese robbers lacked special maintenance personnel, so this kind of dirty work was tiring, so we were the newcomers to do it.

I asked the two of them how to come to be a widow, Ronghua said, in the past two years, the widows have been rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people have been killed and injured.

Why?, I asked.

Ronghua sighed, said that the bandits are like combs, the soldiers are like grates, and the pirates are like locusts, everywhere they go, there is no grass, last year the village where our brothers were, more than 300 people, were slaughtered by more than a dozen pirates, we were lucky, escaped a catastrophe. The common people were panicked, and the rich fled inland, and who else would buy coffins?

I listened to the heart of the shock, I had only heard that the Japanese were rampant, but I had no concept, and after listening to the glory and wealth of the two people, I knew that the poison of the Japanese was already in the curd.

I asked, what about the imperial court, doesn't the military department send troops to chase and suppress it every year? And the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Lord Hu, doesn't he also personally supervise the war?

Rong Hua pointed to the people on the ship, do you think that with the rabble on this ship, they can run rampant in the Jiangnan area? That's wrong, these people are just some introductions. There are really two kinds of people in the back, one is the one who is willing to be a lackey, collude with the Japanese Invaders, and even provide information to the Japanese Invaders, and the other is some famous families in the south of the Yangtze River.

As soon as he said this, I was able to understand the real cause of the rebellion: land annexation. (Note)

Jiangnan is known as the land of fish and rice, with fertile soil, and is a piece of fat in the eyes of some famous families. However, these lands are owned by peasant households, and if only usury, cunning and other means are used, the speed is too slow, so some Jiangnan clans began to collude with the Japanese invaders, directly causing a large amount of land to be barren, and then as a matter of course to take the land for themselves.

I can think of this kind of thing, and the imperial court naturally will not be unaware that since the Jingyuan period of the Ming Dynasty, the downward trend of the economic form has been obvious, and the imperial court's finances are facing tremendous pressure.

In this regard, Zhu Runze encouraged the cultivation of mulberry hemp in the south of the Yangtze River, and reopened the city port division that was closed during the Zhu Wuneng period, so as to transport tea, silk, etc., and open the door to convenience, but the city port division had just been opened for two years, and above the East China Sea, the Japanese began to run rampant. At first, the pirates only robbed at sea, but later, they went directly inland.

This time, Zhu Runze went south to the south of the Yangtze River, which is estimated to be related to the rampant Japanese bandits.

I looked at the two of them carefully, these two people looked ordinary, but in their eyes, they were not as submissive as ordinary people, but occasionally showed a look, I asked tentatively, I am afraid that the two of them were not arrested as widows.

Glory is a lot, wealth is also wary, what do you mean?

I said that the two of them looked ordinary and low-key, but after a few days, I saw the two of them standing and walking, very self-disciplined, if I guessed correctly, they should be in the army.

Ronghua and Fugui exchanged eyes, Fugui shook his head, and said, Brother Su, your words will bring you death. In the past few days, you have been a principled person, and you are unwilling to go along with the same thing, and our brothers appreciate you very much. And you have the grace of giving medicine to the two of us to save your life, we should not hide it from you, but this matter is very important, related to the safety of the court, if you can agree, today's matter will not be mentioned, our brother can save your life, otherwise, for the court, for the Ming Dynasty, we can only kill the killer.

When I heard this, I was sure that they were actually from the army.

In this case, I will also tell the two of you the truth, in Xia Su is still there, and the six gates of Jinling are catching the head. This time I came to the ship, in fact, to avoid the enemies of the rivers and lakes. When they were on the boat, although the two brothers were low-key, I also knew that they were not ordinary people, but they were worried that the wall had ears, so they never dared to ask each other.

Rong Hua was also full of excitement, in the surname Yuanzhang Yuan Jing, this is Zhao Zili, the two of us are scouts under General Yu Dayou, this time to infiltrate the Sky Wolf, it was by order.

I said in my heart that it was no wonder that the two of them were so low-key, and I said, the two brothers, who also hate the Japanese and their party, if they are useful, just say it.

Zhang Yuanjing and Zhao Zili discussed, and then said, Brother Su, this time we went to the Sky Wolf, one is for an account book on this ship, which records the collusion transactions between the Japanese and the mainland traitors in recent years, and there is also one thing, that is, to track the movements of the Sky Wolf, General Yu has made arrangements and is ready to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

This is the top secret of the imperial court, according to military regulations, this matter is revealed to you, it is to be beheaded, but we weighed it again and again, and told Brother Su that it was we who saw that Brother Su was strong in martial arts and chivalrous, so we asked Brother Su to help.

I said don't buckle my hat, I am the head catcher appointed by the imperial court, you are Ming soldiers, our military and civilian family, if you are in trouble, I will definitely help.

Zhang Yuanjing said, this account book is hidden in Zhongzuo's room, but the theft of the silver ticket a few days ago has made him more vigilant, if he wants to do it again, I am afraid it will be difficult. The clever man we came with was mutilated by the thieves before he got on the boat.

I knew he was talking about the man who had been killed before he got on the boat in Yangkou Town, and I felt a pang of regret in my heart. However, since he promised to help them, he laughed and said, you want to steal something, this matter is right for me, but this matter has to be discussed in the long run.

Zhang Yuanjing asked, what is your opinion?

I said that I have a few idioms here, which are to scare the grass and scare the snake, sound the east and the west, throw stones to ask for directions, the old tree is rooted, and Guanyin sits on the lotus......

So the three of them discussed and settled the matter of stealing the ledger.

I said that in a few days, the Sky Wolf will dock at Hengjiang Port, not to mention the account book at that time, even the Nakasa will be caught together.

Zhang Yuanjing and Zhao Zili were shocked when they heard this, what?

I told the two of them about the overhearing between Mr. Xie Donglai and Mr. Wang Ba when I went to steal Dan a few days ago, and I saw Zhang Yuanjing and Tan Zili saying with solemn faces, I want to inform General Yu of this matter as soon as possible.

I asked what was going on?

Zhang Yuanjing said, before leaving, we received a notice that on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, His Majesty the Emperor will visit Hengjiang Port to inspect the Daming Naval Division!

My heart sank, and I realized the seriousness of the situation, and I was going to do something.

The unidentified Xie Donglai, the Japanese who ran rampant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the big families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who colluded with other races, Wang Heng, Xu Kaishan, Feng Wanli, Wulin League, Netherworld, Dakong Temple, Jiuhua Mountain, some are for the grievances of the rivers and lakes, some are competing for the treasure of the world, and there is also the news that the former emperor Zhu Wuneng has no news, all came to Jiangnan intentionally or unintentionally, is this just a coincidence?

I vaguely felt that things were not good, but my mind was a mess and I couldn't get the point. At this time, the stern of the ship was cleared, and it was time for lunch, and someone hoisted us up.

Lunch was brown rice and some dead fish and rotten shrimp marinated in sea salt, which was difficult to swallow at first, but after a few days, I got used to it, living on this kind of boat, hygiene is an extremely luxurious thing, washing my face with seawater every day, and after drying, my face was a little astringent.

We received our meals and went to a secluded outlet, where we whispered about the ledger as we ate. At this moment, Kato Shaosa came over with a dozen thugs, two of whom guarded the door and watched the wind, and the rest surrounded us in the middle.

As the saying goes, if you eat a trench, you will grow wise, this kid planted two heels in a row, it stands to reason that he shouldn't admit death so much, and he thought about whether to teach them a lesson, and Zhenyuan was released, and I sensed that someone was watching us on the third floor.

This person is the middle of the, the most powerful person on this ship, this person's martial arts ronin five sections, which is equivalent to the top grade of Zhixuan, at least on this ship, he has the highest martial arts.

I realized that Kato's action was most likely instructed by Nakasa. As soon as the three of us came to the ship, his silver ticket was stolen, and it was difficult not to suspect us.

I glanced at Zhang Yuanjing and Zhao Zili, and wrote two words on the ground with chopsticks, no fight.

Note: The reason I came to the conclusion of the Japanese Rebellion was the annexation of land, which is only the words of one family, purely for the needs of the story, and has no actual evidence.

In addition, I will help with the wedding tomorrow, and if nothing else, I will stop for a day.

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