Zhongzhou Youzhen, who was waiting for the news, did not wait for the reality of the Ming army, but waited for the news that Qiu Wu and Yi Xiu were all killed.

There are many pirates like Qiu Wu, and if Qiu Wu is dead, he can completely promote another Wang Wu.

Zhongzhou Youzhen frowned at Qiu Wu's death, and what he was surprised about was the strength of the Ming army.

He was able to destroy two groups of pirates in an instant.

Although these two pirates didn't bring the elite, even killing a chicken would take time.

Zhongzhou Youzhen sighed: "Look at the Ming army this time, it is really elite, not to be underestimated, since it can't break through the treasure ship, their leader is stationed in Taizhou, right?" Then start from their hands and send people to kill them, don't the Ming people have a strong dragon without a leader? Without the people in command, what kind of climate can it become, no matter how tough the treasure ship is, they will eventually have to retreat obediently, and the people of the Ming court will make more threats to them, let them write to their emperor, stop this matter as soon as possible, and try not to let our soldiers confront it head-on. ”

Such a strategy is undoubtedly the most appropriate and certainly the most effective at present.

After the order, the man next to Zhongzhou Youzhen asked again: "What about the pirates?" ”

Zhongzhou Youzhen sneered and replied: "Don't interfere with the pirates, Qiu Wu is dead and let them all compete, and compete for the leader we are satisfied with, and there is the next Qiu Wu, if we can't satisfy us again, there are many people like Mingren." ”

These things at sea, Xie Zhi, who is far away in Taizhou, is naturally not clear.

Xie Zhi arrived in Taizhou first, and he couldn't do nothing, just waiting for Wang Shouren's treasure ship.

They had just been assassinated the night before, and after Liu Yiqing sent things the next day, Xie Zhi and Zhang Mao rushed to Taozhu Village, which had just been bloodied by the Japanese invaders.

While other coastal villages have been frequently harassed by Japanese raids, Taozhu Village has been the most serious recently.

Although they knew that someone wanted their lives, Xie Zhi and Zhang Mao did not have the slightest scruples, and took those guards to swagger through the market outside.

Somebody brings something and they take it, somebody asks for a drink, but they don't go, and if somebody wants to take their lives, then they take it.

It took about an hour for the Taozhu village to arrive.

The houses in the village were all charred, some of them had fallen off their foundations, and some of them were better, at least they looked like houses.

Walking around the village, there are dilapidated houses, and there is no one to be seen except for the occasional insects and birds.

Finally, when I went around to the east of the village, I finally saw a makeshift tent.

It's not necessarily a tent, it's just a rag, or some clothes are spliced together, a little to block the rain, and it's okay to cover the sun.

In this dilapidated tent are all old and weak, women and children.

Xie Zhi and Zhang Mao had just arrived for a while, and a group of men, more than 20 people, carrying some fish and shrimp or something, came into the distance.

These men are not wearing shirts, which can also be seen that the clothes on the clothes of this group of men are used to be spliced into tents that can be used to shelter the old and weak women and children from the wind and rain.

When this group of men saw Xie Zhi and Zhang Mao, they were only surprised for a moment, and they didn't pay attention to people.

A good home has become like this, and the mood is not good, so Xie Zhi doesn't care about it.

Since they ignored people, Xie Zhi took the initiative to talk, and stepped forward to ask, "You are all people from Taozhu Village?" ”

The people who were busy picking up those fish and shrimp saw Xie Zhi, and the nearest woman replied, "Yes, we are all from Taozhu Village, how many of us are passing by here?" There have been a lot of Japanese people recently, so be careful, come, the grilled fish will be good in no time, eat some and then go. ”

The woman was embarrassed to thank her warmly, so sit down.

As soon as he sat down, there was a sound of footsteps running in the distance.

With the sound of footsteps, a sedan chair came from far and near towards them.

Those who can come in a sedan chair must be an official from the yamen.

After waiting for a long time, the sedan chair fell not far away, and a round bulging person came down from inside.

As soon as this person got off the sedan chair, he came in the direction of Xie Zhi and them, and after getting closer, he asked with a smile on his face: "A few of them must be the British Duke and Yun Zhongbo, right?" ”

is very consistent, Xie Zhi and Zhang Mao did not speak.

However, if they don't answer, it counts as acquiescence.

The man introduced himself: "Cheng Shi, the political envoy of Xiaguan Zhejiang, has seen his grandfather and uncle. ”

This person's fat-headed and big-eared face doesn't look like a clean official.

Xie Zhi's attitude towards him was not good, and he asked coldly: "Political envoy Cheng Bu?" What's the matter with a certain and grandfather? Are you thinking about raising some money and food to fight against the Japanese? ”

Obviously, Cheng Shi is here to show his face, and as for what Xie Zhi said, Cheng Shi really didn't think about it.

Xie Zhi asked like this, but Cheng Shi had to agree, and said: "If Yun Zhongbo needs it, the lower officials can raise some." ”

He needed money and food, but that's not what he needed right now.

These people in Taozhu Village are still living outside, and this Cheng Shi is a parent official.

When I came here, all I wanted to do was to make friends with Xie Zhi and Zhang Maopan, and they hadn't even looked at these people in Taozhu Village.

Xie Zhi smiled and said, "After the problem of money and grain, the political envoy Cheng Bu, the people of Taozhu Village, don't know how to arrange it?" ”

These people in Taozhu Village were very enthusiastic about Xie Zhi at the beginning.

Ever since the envoy came and called out their identities, the people began to go about their business, and treated them as if they were air.

People don't pay attention to people, and Xie Zhi can't force others to pay attention to it.

Now Xie Zhi doesn't care about this problem, the reason why this problem happened is that the key lies in Cheng Shi's inaction.

It's been at least a month since the incident happened in Taozhu Village, right?

After all, it takes their news here to be passed to Emperor Hongzhi, how long has it been since they arrived here.

For a month, the government did not take any action.

The only thing that has changed is that some of the corners of the people have been cleared up.

These estimates are also made by the people themselves.

Cheng Shi obviously didn't think about Xie Zhi's question, and after pondering for a while, he couldn't give a specific answer, but said: "Taozhu originally had a guard, but this incident happened when the Japanese invaded the guard. ”

Cheng Shi's ability to shirk is not small, and he directly entrusted the responsibility to Liu Yiqing.

With such an official, Xie Zhi has seen a lot.

On weekdays, he is greedy for ink and silver, and he is just slacking off on official duties, but now is the time to unite against the enemy, and he is still like this.

Xie Zhi didn't say much to him, he directly waved the whip in his hand, whipped it on Cheng Shi, and scolded: "I thought it was a fart!" The people of Taozhu are not under your rule, Liu Yiqing is a bastard, but people are in charge of the affairs of the guard, and are the people's affairs in charge? If you are on the political side, you can't do anything, and you can't talk about your parents. ”

No one thought that Xie Zhi would beat people angrily.

Cheng Shi protected the cheek that was drawn, and said angrily: "Xie Zhi, this official is also a member of the government, you are just a small county, this palace respects you, you are an uncle, this official is not a bird, you are not a fart." ”

When he ruled the world, this count was really nothing.

Xie Zhi pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, smiled slightly, and said, "Really?" ”

Xie Zhi smiled, danced a second whip, and swung it towards Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi is a civil official, and his body is bloated, how can he avoid Xie Zhi's whip.

Xie Zhi Every whip passed, and it hit Cheng Shi.

Originally, those people loved to ignore it, but when they saw this scene, they didn't know who shouted, and there were a few better voices.

It seems that these people hate Cheng Shi to the extreme.

After beating the dozen or so whips, Zhang Mao grabbed Xie Zhi and said, "Don't beat him to death." ”

Xie Zhi beat Cheng Shi, it was for these people in Taozhu to see.

At the same time, it was also called to those gentry and eunuchs along the coast, and only by letting them know the means could they deter these people from making less trouble.

Xie Zhi stopped his hand when he got off the donkey with Zhang Mao's hand, and said, "Today, you can just impeach with Your Majesty, and wait." ”

was beaten, and Cheng Shi returned home.

He originally wanted to mix up a familiar face, after all, Zhang Mao and Xie Zhi are both big names in Beijing.

If you can mix a position in Beijing, then the promotion will be much easier.

Unexpectedly, he was beaten and faceless.

In any case, on top of this matter, it is always wrong to thank you.

After returning to the mansion, Cheng Shi went to the fold and impeached Xie Zhi for beating.

And after Cheng Shi left, Xie Zhicai said: "I'm sorry everyone, if you don't want to reveal your identity, your difficulties can't do much..."

Before Xie Zhi finished speaking, one of them said, "You two were sent by the imperial court to pacify the widows." ”

As soon as Xie Zhi answered, more than a dozen men knelt down, and one of them said: "The villains have been thinking about fighting with the Japanese in the morning, but they are weak and want to find a guard to join the army, but those guards have no intention of fighting with the Japanese robbers, and the villain is worried." ”

Xie Zhi is still short of manpower here, and these men are all strong and strong, and they are really usable.

Xie Zhi smiled and said: "Don't hide it from you, a certain guard is all northerners who are not good at water, and the preparation bureau is selecting some people from the people or the health center, since you are willing, then a certain will also accept it, and there is only one requirement for you, even if you see the widows, you must not act without permission, and you must wait for orders to act." ”

These people already have the hardware conditions, because of the deep hatred with the Japanese Kou, the software must also exist, there is no need to worry about them being afraid of the enemy, the only thing to worry about is that this hatred will make them unable to act according to orders in the war.

Xie Zhi's voice fell, and several people spoke out one after another to express their consent.

After agreeing, Xie Zhicai said: "It will take a few days for a certain soldier to arrive, you can go to the camp first, or stay here to rebuild your home, come, get to know first, this is the British Duke Zhang Mao, the governor of Pingwu." ”

Zhang Mao didn't dislike Xie Zhi for accepting these people, looked at these men, was not very satisfied, and said: "If you train a lot, you are all good soldiers." ”