Of course, Xiao Cuo has his own plans.

He has been unhappy with Wang Qi for a long time, a family is just a good-for-nothing child, how can he be worthy of his daughter? Even if Fang Jun and other talents accepted their daughters as concubines, they were only reluctantly, and if they married a wife, they would be considered a good match.

wanted to find a substitute for the dead ghost, Wang Qi and Xie Wenhua chose one of the two, and Xiao Cuo chose Wang Qi without hesitation......

It is one thing that he can get rid of Wang Qi, the thorn in the side of his daughter who covets his daughter, and Xie Wenhua's timid, shallow, arrogant and somewhat clever personality is also one thing.

Seeing Xie Wenhua's expression, Xiao Cuo knew that he had understood why he strangled Wang Qi, so he said: "I have already interceded with Fang Jun, and he will not ask about this matter, but after returning to Jiangnan, he will testify to me that Wang Qi colluded with pirates and intended to be greedy for huge amounts of money." ”

When Xie Wenhua heard that Xiao Cuo had already explained Fang Jun, he became more and more silent.

Xiao Cuo's boat has to be on and on, and if he doesn't get on it, he has to get on it, otherwise maybe Xiao Cuo will simply kill himself in the next moment......

hurriedly said: "What Uncle Shi said is true, and I can also testify to Uncle Shi below." ”

Xiao Cuo's face was fierce, and he said: "It's not to testify against a certain person, but for the two of us to testify against Wang Qi together." ”

Where did Xie Wenhua dare to refute?

"What Uncle Shi says, what he will do next."

Xiao Cuo nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good." ”

stepped forward to untie the rope on Xie Wenhua's hand and said, "If you want to share a boat with a certain person, then go and throw Wang Qi's body into the sea at this moment." ”

When Xie Wenhua heard this, his face was bitter.

This is to accept a "letter of nomination" by himself, even if he regrets it in the future, as long as Xiao mistakenly said that he Xie Wenhua was also an accomplice in killing Wang Qi, then it would be considered ruined......

But the matter has come to this, how dare you refuse?

I'm afraid that if I don't say half a word, I will have to end up like Wang Qi the next moment......

If you resist, you will definitely not dare to resist, and you can't even refuse, so you can only be embarrassed by Xiao Cuo, anyway, if you don't die.

Immediately struggled to get Wang Qi's body out of the cabin, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Wang Qi's hideous face, and dragged it to the side of the ship with trembling hearts and livers, and pushed it into the sea.

There was a sound of water, Xie Wenhua bravely lay on the side of the boat and looked at it, Wang Qi's body had sunk into the sea, and then he returned to the cabin in fear.

Xiao Cuo patted him on the shoulder and praised, "Well done!" A man's husband has to be decisive and ruthless, so that he can have a future! If it weren't for the fact that my daughter would have married Fang Jun as a concubine, she would marry your Xie family and marry you. ”

Xie Wenhua smiled more ugly than crying: "Thank you Uncle Shi for your kindness, I don't dare to be a ...... in the next place."

Xiao Cuo smiled with satisfaction.

Chenjun Xie was also the top family in the south of the Yangtze River, although it has fallen a lot over the years, and it has long since lost its original glory, but it is still much stronger than the Langya Wang family that sank to the bottom, and most of the Xie family are married to various ethnic groups in the south of the Yangtze River, and the right to speak is stronger than the Wang family.

Both Xiao and Xie have confirmed Wang Qi's crime of colluding with pirates, who dares not believe it?

But in an instant, Xiao Cuo's relieved expression retracted and replaced it with another sad face.

There is an explanation for the Jiangnan Shi clan, but this matter has been in the hands of Fang Jun before and after, but it is another hidden danger......

Thinking of Fang Jun's ruthless methods, Xiao Cuo couldn't help but sigh.

It was really unlucky to get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth......

*****

The naval division won a complete victory in this battle, and the fleet of the Jiangnan Shi clan was captured almost completely undamaged.

This is smuggled stolen goods, and naturally there is no need to return it after the sailor confiscates it, and if the Jiangnan Shi clan wants to go back, they can only spend money to buy it.

Fang Jun plans to hold an "auction" in Huating Town to auction off all these goods.

Su Dingfang didn't care about money, what he cared about was the "incendiary bomb" used in this attack on the pirates......

"Master Hou, this kind of incendiary bomb is really an artifact of attacking the city and plundering the land, if it encounters a strong city, it is not easy to storm it, you can use artillery to hit the incendiary bomb into the city, then I am afraid that without spending a single soldier, the whole city will be burned to the ground, and it will be effortless to wait until the enemy army is gone, the army will be dispatched, and it will not be easy to occupy the city."

As a commander-in-chief, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally how to improve the combat power, and try to reduce the casualties of the soldiers and the loss of materials while achieving victory.

Fang Jun was not optimistic: "Not really, although this incendiary bomb is infinitely powerful, it also has many drawbacks." Not to mention being afraid of water and moisture, it is also difficult to transport. The iron shell is wrapped with gunpowder and oil-soaked debris, the performance is very unstable, and it is very easy to explode due to collision...... Moreover, once the oil is soaked in the gunpowder, so that the gunpowder does not explode, it is a smoking iron bullet, and the power is greatly reduced. ”

Speaking of which, the performance of gunpowder is not up to standard.

However, improving the performance of gunpowder is really difficult for him, a chemical second knife, and he can only rely on the craftsmen to work hard in the future and slowly improve.

But in the Tang Dynasty, where chemical knowledge was scarce, it was simply impossible to improve the performance of gunpowder......

From the invention of thermal weapons to their use, and then to the complete elimination of cold weapons, it is a long and arduous road, and it is by no means achieved overnight.

But as long as you are on the right path, you will eventually reach your successful destination......

As Fang Jun spoke, he had already written a note to the emperor, put it in an envelope and sealed it with fire wax, and then took advantage of the fact that the heat had not solidified, and poked it with his own seal, so that after the fire wax was fixed, it would form its own seal, and if others wanted to peek, it would inevitably damage the integrity of the seal and leave traces.

With another letter that had been sealed, he handed it to Wang Xuance and instructed: "One is handed over to Pei Xingjian, and he is ordered to dispose of this batch of seized smuggled goods according to what the letter says, and the other is to send his henchmen to Chang'an through the post station and send it to the palace for His Majesty to see." ”

Wang Xuance got up and took the letter, and responded: "Don't worry, Master Hou, you must be cautious and cautious. ”

The pirates have been exterminated, and the army will set off for the north early tomorrow morning, Wang Xuance escorted the captured merchant ships back to Huating Town, while Fang Jun led the sailors to continue north, joining up with another part of the warships that had previously been stranded in the waters of Goguryeo, and then ......

"I wonder if there's news from the Ezo people?"

Fang Jun got up and looked at the huge nautical chart hanging on the wall, his brows furrowed.

Su Dingfang and Liu Renyuan got up one after another and stood on both sides of Fang Jun, Su Dingfang looked at the small island circled by Fang Jun with a red pen on the chart, and wondered: "It's just a small island like a projectile, go directly to occupy it, why bother to go through the hands of the Ezo people, so much trouble?" ”

Fang Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "If the name is not right, the words will not be good, and if the words are not good, the things will not be done, so the name of the gentleman must be spoken, and the words must be feasible." The gentleman is just a gentleman who has nothing to say. After all, we are the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and those barbarians who do not know etiquette, we must pay attention to everything and be honest and honest, so as not to fall into the prestige of China, and we can do anything unscrupulously, but it is best to find a perfect excuse, so as not to be truthful. ”

How can the whole world know the truth of "justification" that many major events that have happened in various countries in history, no matter how evil, unreasonable, and rampant, will in fact find a perfect excuse to cover up their barbaric acts in advance.

For example, the "Father Ma Incident", such as the "Lugou Bridge Incident", such as the so-called "liberation of the Holy Land" by the Pope in Rome, and such as the "unwarranted" weapons of mass destruction......

In short, before the outbreak of all evil wars, they will find an excuse for themselves that seems to be full of controversy, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

And the Ezo people are a nail that Fang Jun has already planted to deal with the Wa Kingdom, and it is a knife for Fang Jun.

Su Dingfang understood what Fang Jun said, but he had never put the Wa Kingdom in his eyes, thinking that to deal with such a small country, it would be crushed by strength, so why bother to find any excuse? In the past, it was just that the Central Plains Dynasty had never cared about such a little barren mountainous land in the Wa Kingdom, and it was really impossible to make a big move for it, otherwise even if the Celestial Empire army set foot on the islands of the Wa Kingdom, would he dare to bare his teeth as a self-proclaimed bullshit "emperor"?

However, he sincerely believed that Fang Jun wanted to find an excuse, then find one, but if he couldn't find it, then make an excuse, anyway, it would not be difficult......

He was just a little puzzled, why such a small island outside the mainland of the Hung and Wa Kingdom would make Fang Jun so concerned?

asked several times, but Fang Jun always hummed and used the secret as an excuse, and always refused to explain it......

Su Dingfang secretly slandered to himself, could it be that on that projectile-like island, there could still be a mountain of gold?