Xu Hu straightened his waist, he was very surprised, very shocked.

In his own estimates, if he accepts the imperial court's recruitment, most of his subordinates will be changed to civilian nationality, cut down to only one hundred and ten people, and give him a position of one hundred households, even if it is a more reasonable arrangement, if Nian once sent a ship to rescue the son, then it is very possible to give him a deputy thousand households.

However, his men and horses are still under his command if they are not dispersed, and he is given a whole guard ,..., a guard, and the commander of the guard is a four-rank martial artist. As long as he agrees, he can immediately become a member of the four grades of the imperial court, Rao is Xu Hu crisscrossed the East China Sea, and he is used to seeing many things, and even has contact with the kings of some small countries, and he is still a little confused. Don't look at him always looking like he doesn't take the court seriously, but the behemoth of Daming is not comparable with those small countries in his heart.

"What, Brother Xu?"

"Ahh Oh! ”

Xu Hu settled down, smiled at his gaffe, and said calmly: "I'm ashamed, the court treats him so kindly, it is indeed far beyond Xu Mou's ......, and out of his expectations, he was a little distracted for a while, which made the prince laugh." ”

Xia Shi smiled: "So, is the big boss satisfied with this arrangement?" ”

Xu Hu hesitated slightly, in fact, he still had a big matter in his heart that was difficult to solve, but the court gave him such good conditions, if he asked for it again, it would be a little uneasy, so Xu Hu struggled in his heart, and he didn't know whether he should raise it to Xia Shi.

Xia Shi said: "What, is there anything else to be embarrassed about, say it, since it is Zhao'an, everything naturally has to be discussed, if you wait to accept the court's recruitment, you can't make a claim." ”

Xu Hu gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, Guogong, Li Jinglong also had the intention of soliciting us, at that time we didn't know that this guy had bad intentions, but we didn't agree, we didn't trust the court very much, it was just one aspect, and the other thing was... Over the years, we have taken root on Shuangyu Island, our families, wives and children are here, and there are many people who live on us, but how to settle so many people in the imperial court? ”

Xu Hu sighed and continued: "There are few coastal fields, once these people return to the imperial court, each household may not even be able to divide two acres of land, and it will be difficult to maintain the livelihood of the family. If you go to sea to fight slag, some people's strong men will become soldiers, some families will no longer have strong labor, and some people's men have died or been crippled in battles with other pirates and pirates, and it is difficult to ...... "These people have been born and died for my Shuangyu Island, and they can't be abandoned and left alone!" ”

In fact, Xu Hu did not say one more thing, although they are engaged in smuggling business and piracy, although the risk is high, and the profits are also high, if they accept Zhao'an, they will not be able to solve the problems of these subordinates' families. I'm afraid that many families can't even mix food and clothing, and if the quality of life is so different, I'm afraid there will be many people who oppose Zhao'an.

However, Xu Hu, who is not a family and does not know the price of firewood and rice, and has been troubled by Shuangyu's current predicament for a long time, really wants to accept Zhao'an, especially when he hears that the imperial court has offered such generous conditions.

When Xu Hu promised to help Yanwang Lanzi, the main reason was to use the Yanwang Rebellion to create some trouble for the Ming court, the more chaotic the Ming Dynasty, the looser the control over the coast, the better his life was, on the other hand, he was also to get some characteristic rewards from the Yanwang, at that time, he did not accept the meaning of Zhao'an.

However, this is not what it used to be, since a year ago, he revealed to Xia Shi through He Tianyang that if King Yan won the country, he was willing to accept Zhao'an's plan.

There are many reasons for this change, but at the end of the day, their lives are getting worse and worse.

After the Chumi Gang was wiped out, Chen Zuyi fled back to the South China Sea, because he also encountered some trouble in the South China Sea, and did not launch a large number of pirates to go north to fight the Shuangyu Gang for the time being, but the skirmishes between the two major bandit gangs in the East China Sea and the South China Sea have continued since then. Due to the hostility between the two sides, the smuggling business of the Shuangyu Gang in the south has also been greatly affected, and the smuggling income of Nanyang has been greatly reduced.

After the Jianwen Dynasty began to import a large number of war horses from Korea, the imperial court used a large number of high-end consumer goods such as silk as a bargain, how could there be so many princes and nobles in Korea to digest these luxury goods, so they used it to do business with the Japanese, and this time the Japanese side could import a large number of luxury goods from North Korea that belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the goods purchased through the smuggling channels of Shuangyu also decreased.

One south and one north are tightened, and the life of the Shuangyu Gang is sad

In particular, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaded the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army could not draw enough strength to resist, and the Kou could return with a full load every time, and the sweetness of the Kou went back to publicize, which inspired more Japanese ronins to join the ranks of pirates, and they frequently entered and exited the East China Sea, which caused a lot of friction with Shuangyu Island, the overlord of the East China Sea.

The robbers on Shuangyu Island were Zhang Shicheng's subordinates, and Zhang Shicheng was very much supported by the people around Jiangxi in the past, so Zhang Shicheng was defeated, and after they fled to the island, they refused to do anything to harm the people of Jiangxi, and then they became the biggest smuggling leaders in the East China Sea, and the coastal people were the foundation and strong backing for their smuggling and trafficking, and they could not destroy the Great Wall.

In this way, they have become a thorn in the side of the smuggling man, on the one hand, the smuggling income has been greatly reduced, on the other hand, there are constant conflicts, and people are constantly dying and disabled. Slack

Chen Zuyi of the South China Sea, that is completely torn face, the Japanese are doing businessless business, and the scourge is the people of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is not afraid of turning his back on his ancestors and becoming a traitor, his people will not all follow him, it is bound to make a large-scale split first, if you want to survive, taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty is the only choice.

However, if the pirates' families are not properly settled, it will never be smooth sailing to accept Zhao'an, and there must be a sword and sword shadow first, a bloody internal cleansing, and the use of force to force those who refuse to accept Zhao'an to tame them, if he has to do it, how can he use such means?

Xu Hu said gratefully: "The emperor can give me such a high official position, presumably the prince of the country has said a lot of good things for his subordinates." Xu Hu is not a person who does not know what to do, but there are tens of thousands of people in Shuangyu, most of whom are old, weak, women and children, all of whom are family members of the brothers in Shuangyu. Our brother was recruited, and naturally he would not go hungry when he ate the imperial salary, but his wife and children couldn't eat enough just by that little salary!

Guogong also knows that there is little coastal land, and the imperial court cannot give us enough land, as the saying goes, we rely on water to draft water, but it is not appropriate for the strong men in the family to become soldiers and let the old and weak women and children in their families make a living by beating slag. I am willing to accept Zhao'an, but how to place so many people is very scratching my head.

If you don't find a way out for them, although you are the big boss of Shuangwu Island, it is difficult to act arbitrarily, I am afraid that now I have agreed to the imperial court, and I will make trouble when I turn around.........

Xia Shi smiled slightly and said, "The big boss doesn't need to worry about this problem, I've already thought of it."

Xu Hu perked up and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything Guogong can do?" ”

Xia Shi said slowly: "The big boss thinks that the emperor will give you a guard, where should this guard ...... be located?" ”

Xu Hu was also a shrewd person, and immediately realized that Xia Shi had something to say, he was surprised and delighted, and hesitated in disbelief: "Guogong is talking about ......, is it ......, is it still Shuangyu?" ”

"Not bad!"

Xu Hu listened and stayed there for a long time, speechless.

Xia Shi smiled and said: "Emperor Yongle is different from Emperor Taizu, Emperor Yongle is very interested in the ...... of the ocean. When I proposed Zhao'an to the emperor, I said that before the history of Shuangyu, Shuangyu was originally my territory in the Great Meiji, but because it was isolated overseas, it was really inconvenient to manage, so Emperor Taizu moved all the residents of Shuangyu inward and abandoned it.

However, the court abandoned it and used it for pirates. Shuangyu is a natural harbor, near Hangzhou, there is no waterline such a deep port, and it is not convenient for ocean-going ships to come and go, and here is north of North Korea and Japan, south of Luzon and Ryukyu, and directly opposite is the heart of my Ming Dynasty, such a place, if it works well, it will be an excellent port, but this port is important, there must be officers and soldiers to protect it, right?

Hehe, the emperor agreed to set up a guard here, which is one of the reasons; Another reason is: if the population of Shuangyu Island is counted, I estimate that there are at least 70,000 or 80,000 people. There is a shortage of people in Beiping, but it is not realistic to send all of you to Beiping if your family is small or you who grew up by the sea and don't know how to handle crops at all, so it is the best choice to leave you here. ”

Xu Hu was overjoyed, hurriedly stood up, gave Xia Shi a long look, and said gratefully: "Since this is the case, then there is no problem, I am sure to persuade all the leaders of the islands to accept the imperial court's recruitment together." The prince of the country, in the next ......, no, no, lowly office, lowly office, this will gather the leaders of the islands, gather here, and listen to the decree of the national prince. "No hurry!"

Xia Xun looked solemn and said: "There is another reason why the emperor is willing to agree to such generous conditions, you sit down and listen to me slowly!" ”

Xu Hu smiled, sat down a little nervously, and said, "Guogong, please speak!" ”

Xia Shi said: "The emperor has been too rampant recently, our emperor, you don't know his character, his people are absolutely unwilling to be bullied by outsiders, the emperor is now on the throne for the first time, and he can't take the time to wait for him to vacate the time, he will never let go of these emperors."

So what now? If there is a force in Shuangyu that echoes Xiangshanwei and Hangzhou Wei, the Koukou will not be able to harass the coast unscrupulously. In fact, you have been doing this all along, but at the same time, you have to guard against the officers and soldiers, and instead of cooperating with each other, you are on guard against each other, so that you have not exerted your due strength.

After the establishment of the guard post on Shuangyu Island, the imperial court will provide you with real warships and issue you with firearms. With the special terrain of Shuangyu, the Kou will not be able to get in, and when you are equipped with warships and firearms, with your ability to crisscross the sea for many years, are you afraid that you will not be able to teach them a hard lesson? ”