If it succeeds, the industrial capacity under Liu Pei's rule can be gradually enhanced. It's just that now we are trapped in the upgrading of basic materials and the upgrading of precision, and there is not much progress. However, since Liu Pei has sealed the Minne bullet, the matter of the integrated ammunition can be put aside for the time being. Rifled guns are not in a hurry to be made.

After Liu Pei solved the Minne bomb, he held a few meetings with the people of the Academy of Sciences and began to inspect his subordinates. His focus was on seeing the many new farmsteads. The mood of the victims is quite stable, and although they say that they do not have enough to eat every day, there is no problem in surviving.

And Liu Pei is still evacuating these victims. He specially took out a few ships to transport people to and from the Ryukyus. The people who are chosen are all people with families. In the future, the main force of his team must be selected from among his tenants.

Because after these victims are converted into tenants, they will live under Liu Pei's rule for a long time. These victims will be subject to both the administration and the intelligence service. The treacherous among them are easy to single-hand. And those simple people are Liu Pei's first choice.

In the past month, Liu Pei has run all over the land of Sifu non-stop. All the villages saw and asked. And quite a few problems were found. There are more than 200 households who have been beaten as eternal slaves by Liu Pei alone. More than thirty people were beheaded.

However, to Liu Pei's relief, the first batch of orphans he adopted has been scattered to various villages as the most basic teachers. The best of them have been selected to continue their studies, and the rest will serve as teachers, teaching the children in the village and teaching the adults illiteracy.

At the same time, they are also responsible for assisting the village chief and militia leader. Because these children were included in the overall planning of the intelligence bureau at an early age, everyone received the most basic intelligence training. After a few years, these young people have been trained and can enter the grassroots bureaucracy. At that time, Liu Pei's power will become bigger, he will control more territory, and he will be able to accommodate these people.

Crucially, in a few years' time, the literacy rate of the population under Lupe will be greatly improved. Countless craftsmen, soldiers, and even doctors and teachers will emerge from the crowd. It will greatly supplement the manpower gap.

Liu Pei took a big turn and just returned to the garrison mansion. At this time, Liu Dahai came to report that there seemed to be a problem at sea. If you go to the sea, it is Liu Pei's lifeblood now, and you can't afford to miss it! So he immediately summoned Liu Dahai.

After Liu Dahai entered the door to give a salute, he said eagerly: "Dashuai, things on the sea seem to be strange!" I'm afraid someone is targeting us! ”

Liu Pei asked the guards to pour Liu Dahai a cup of tea and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly." ”

After Liu Dahai took a sip of water and calmed down, he began to speak slowly. It turned out that Liu Pei and the Shimazu family had gained a lot after negotiating and trading. However, due to the locust plague in Shandong, Liu Pei only sent a ship to continue between Shandong and Kagoshima. Liu Pei saw that Liu Dahai was idle, and in order to increase the friendship between Qiang and the Shimazu family, he asked Liu Dahai to come and go with the boat.

This time, after Liu Dahai came out of Kagoshima, halfway through the journey, he encountered two waves of pirate ships in a row. At this time, the Daming Sea is not very peaceful! There is no difference between pirates and maritime merchants. They are willing to trade when they can trade legally, and they will not be polite if they have the opportunity to loot another ship. So there are basically no people who form a team at sea, because everyone doesn't trust people from other families! God knows when they'll turn from sea bounty to pirates and stab them in the back!

So Liu Dahai and they are also very cautious when sailing. Sure enough, Liu Dahai and the others noticed that a ship was approaching quickly, so they immediately raised their vigilance. But at that time, Liu Dahai felt that there was probably going to be a fight. At this time, Liu Dahai had already seen the world, and his heart was much more open-minded, and he was not too afraid of this kind of thing.

Wait until they're ready. When they were ready to fight, the ship did not pounce directly, but pursued them from a distance. During this period, they made two close movements, and when they saw that Liu Dahai was well prepared, they retreated far away before they could enter the range of the artillery, and then parted ways with Liu Dahai's ship.

Liu Dahai did not let down their vigilance while breathing a sigh of relief, and as a result, on the third day, they encountered another sea boat. But this ship is different from the last one.

They were the ships they met head-on, and they were supposed to sail from Daming to the Wa Kingdom. After they found the ship, they quickly approached, and after realizing that it was Liu Dahai's ship, they did not hesitate to attack! However, they were repelled very resolutely by Liu Dahai.

Because the two cannons used on Liu Dahai's ship were newly cast cannons. Although it can only fire grapeshottan used to sweep the deck. However, due to the use of new steel, the charge was increased a lot. Moreover, grape bullets no longer use rope-woven nets, but use thin wooden pokes to hold buckshots, which are more airtight and have a longer range. Therefore, before their ship could bring Liu Dahai's ship into the firing range, they were hit by Liu Dahai and their four cannons, killing and wounding many of their sailors, and the ship retreated in embarrassment.

Liu Pei immediately pressed down: "Are there any deaths or injuries among our people?" ”

Liu Dahai shook his head and said, "That's not true." Our cannon has a longer range than theirs. They took a few shots and ran away. ”

Liu Pei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good! But isn't it normal for you to fight for each other at sea? Why do you think there's a problem with that? ”

Liu Dahai said: "Raiding at sea is indeed a normal thing. But the two ships don't give me the same feeling. It seems that we confirmed that it was our ship before we started. You know, raiding at sea is not something that you can rob when you see a ship! Especially when there is a lot of cargo on your ship, you won't do it at will. More often than not, after looking at each other, they turn the rudder and leave. So I think something might be wrong! Dashuai, could it be that Zheng Zhilong's guy has made some noise, or has given us an order? ”

Liu Pei thought about it carefully after listening to it, and felt that it was really possible! Zheng Zhilong has been sitting in the position of the dragon head for a long time. At the beginning, he wanted to take Liu Peiliwei but failed, which was a huge impact on his prestige. In order to eliminate this influence, he wants to get rid of Liu Pei as soon as possible! It's just that he was sitting unsteadily at that time, and he didn't dare to start immediately.

Liu Pei guessed that it might be that during this time, Zheng Zhilong felt that he was in a firm position, and he might want to attack Liu Pei. So he may have passed down the order and plundered Liu Pei's ship when he encountered it.

As for why one of the boats Liu Dahai encountered was very resolute, the hesitation of one ship can also be explained. It was the ship that Liu Dahai first encountered, and it was not Zheng Zhilong's direct subordinate. And the second ship is Zheng Zhilong's descendants. This explains why the movements of the two groups are divergent.

Zheng Zhilong's descendants will naturally resolutely carry out Zheng Zhilong's orders. Others will also carry out his orders, but it depends on the actual situation when it comes to doing it. If the loss is too great, they may not be able to carry out Zheng Zhilong's order to the end. After all, it was their own people who were killed and injured.

The more Liu Pei thought about it, the more it made sense. So he said to Liu Dahai: "Your guess is very reasonable. So you've been in danger lately! So be it. I will draw another sea boat and form a fleet to and from Kagoshima. But don't get together, just go within the limits of your telescope. As soon as they encounter the plundered ships, the two ships immediately converge and resolutely defeat them! Don't be afraid of losses, only beat them up, fight them scared! Those who took advantage of the fire to rob did not dare to come up. In the end, only Zheng Zhilong's descendant team remained, and things were easy to do. ”

Liu Dahai just wanted to nod in agreement. After a pause, he said, "Forget it, I'll leave this matter to Wu Yizhou." You stay in Shandong, and you have other things for you to do. ”

Liu Dahai was very happy to hear that he didn't have to go to sea, so he saluted Liu Pei and left. Liu Pei immediately issued two orders. One is for Wu Yizhou. Let him lay out what he just thought. At the same time, he was also asked to strengthen the security guard of the ships transporting people. The boats were carrying ordinary victims. Once attacked by pirates, it is inevitable that there will be heavy casualties.

Another order was given to Liu Jiang. Liu Jiang was asked to provide as soon as possible the flags and characteristics of the various pirates and maritime merchants on the sea. It is good to distinguish which ones are Zheng Zhilong's descendants, and which are the subordinates and neutral people of other pirates. Dealing with Zheng Zhilong's descendants is naturally to resolutely crack down. Treat others with a wide range of nets. This reduces both their own losses. It can also weaken Zheng Zhilong's strength, blow his prestige, and divide his alliance.