After understanding these situations, He Zhiyuan then asked: "Among you people, in addition to building ships, can you sail by boat?" ”

"Yes, we shipbuilders, we build ships when we are alive, and we go out to sea to fish when we are not alive, and there is definitely no problem in driving a boat." Zuo Fengtu replied respectfully.

He Zhiyuan nodded imperceptibly, and said in his heart that he had really picked up the treasure this time, these craftsmen and these big ships, none of them could let go, and they had to find a way to get them back.

Then He Zhiyuan asked: "To what extent have the ships in these docks been built?" Can you sail at sea? ”

"It's all ready to be launched, and now it's time to install the cannon and renovate the interior cabin." Zuo Fengtu then replied.

"Very good, Master Zuo, I will give you a task of atonement for your crimes, you must grasp it well." He Zhiyuan continued.

"Adults, as long as we are exempt from our sins, the little ones are willing to do anything." When Zuo Fengtu heard that there was a task for them, he immediately expressed his willingness.

He Zhiyuan immediately ordered: "If you are willing, pack up immediately, send these seven big ships north along the coastline, and send them to Andongwei Port in Shandong, hurry up and prepare to go!" ”

Zuo Fengtu said with some embarrassment: "My lord, there may be ...... of Japanese robbers along the way."

He Zhiyuan replied: "You don't have to be afraid, I will send troops to protect you, and besides, there are cannons on the ship, what are you afraid of?" Go ahead and prepare. ”

Zuo Fengtu heard that there were soldiers to protect him, and he felt a little relieved, so he withdrew and hurried to prepare.

After dealing with the dock and the craftsman's affairs, He Zhiyuan immediately went to Xu Tangyi, Xu Tangyi also finished counting and moving the silver taels at this time, Xu Tangyi happily said to He Zhiyuan: "He Gongzi, we have made a fortune this time, and the Lu family's silver was originally hidden here!" A total of more than 270 taels of silver were cleared here, as well as more than 5,000 stones, grain, cloth, raw silk, tea and other materials. ”

He Zhiyuan laughed and said: "Cunning three caves, the Lu family's family foundation is not completely here, it is estimated that Lu Shaowen will take away no less than this amount, and the families in Yangzhou and Qidong will definitely be able to copy a lot of silver taels." But we can't be too greedy, let's leave some to the government. I don't think we need any food, cloth and other materials, and we have left 100,000 taels of silver. ”

"I estimate that the officers and soldiers from the Chongming Thousand Households Office will be able to come here in one day at most, so let's take advantage of this time to quickly load the silver on the big ship and transport it back to Shandong."

"Yes, this time the harvest is big enough. You just said that it was loaded on a big ship and transported north? So who's going to drive the boat? Xu Tang asked puzzledly.

He Zhiyuan smiled proudly and said: "There are seven or eight hundred craftsmen in this dock, all of them can sail ships, and I have asked them to make amends and send our seven big ships back to Shandong." Five hundred of the seven hundred soldiers were also selected and escorted with the ship. ”

"Okay, I'll escort it, I'm familiar with Anton Wei's side, when I get there, Anton Wei will let Hu Jin, that old boy, see that little hundred households are developed today." Xu Tangyi took the initiative to ask Ying to escort this batch of silver to Shandong. In fact, he has been holding his breath in his heart, and the cold reception and humiliation half a year ago made him haunted.

He Zhiyuan said: "I have this intention, I am most relieved to be escorted by Xu Qianhu, and when I arrive at Anton Wei, I must not make the silver transparent." I took a fancy to the Shijiu Thousand Households Office in Rizhao County, and when I got there, I first got the job of the Thousand Households of this office, and you can see how much silver you spend. ”

"I understand, Hu Jin is also a master who sees money, and I think it's still easy for a thousand households." Xu Tangyi replied, and then asked He Zhiyuan worriedly: "If I take away five hundred soldiers, how can I ensure the safety of He Gongzi?" ”

He Zhiyuan smiled slightly: "Don't worry about me, tomorrow morning the Chongming Qianhu Office and local officials will come here, they can protect my safety, and give him such a big credit, they have to invite me to drink." ”

After almost a day and a night of busyness, the soldiers loaded all the silver taels and baggage onto the big ship, and the craftsmen dragged the four big ships under construction in the dock down the harbor to prepare, and the next morning, Xu Tangyi left with five hundred soldiers and eight hundred craftsmen.

As He Zhiyuan expected, it was not until noon that Chongming Qianhu sent two warships to Nantousha Island, Chongming Qianhu is a guard of the Qianhu Office, directly under the Nanjing Military Department, and so the local officials found out about the war in Nantousha, reported it layer by layer, and then Chongming Qianhu sent ships It took a whole day, and it was just half a day to arrive here from the Qianhu station.

Chongming Qianhu sent a deputy Qianhu, this person's name is Wan Jun, although the name is good, but unfortunately it is only a deputy Qianhu with only five or six hundred people. There was still more than a mile away from the Nantousha Wharf, and Wan Jun sent soldiers to shout: "Listen to the people on the other side, we belong to the Chongming Thousand Households, which part of you are from." What happened here yesterday? ”

Wan Jun had already had his own calculations, and he believed that this place must have been attacked by the Japanese invaders, and Nantousha must now be occupied by the Japanese invaders. That's why the soldiers were ordered to shout, and if they found that the situation was wrong, they immediately turned around and fled.

He Zhiyuan ordered the soldiers to respond: "We are from the Qianhu Office of Anwei East Ma Qishan, this is the secret training base of the profiteer Lu Jie, which has been occupied by us yesterday, you can come and take over." ”

Wan Jun was greatly surprised to hear the news. Anton Wei is thousands of miles away from here, how did they get here? In order to prevent fraud, he asked the soldiers to shout: "Anton Wei is thousands of miles away from here, why did you come here?" ”

"We were ordered to arrest the profiteers in Yangzhou and track them all the way here, let's talk about the details ashore."

The army was completely relieved until here, and then landed on the island.

After landing on the island, Wan Jun was invited to the tent of the temporary military camp, He Zhiyuan lied that he was a hundred households, after the two sides met each other, He Zhiyuan took out the transfer order of the salt imperial history for a moment, and then said: "Our army was ordered to capture Lu Shaowen, the son of the Yangzhou profiteer Lu Jie, and tracked all the way here, taking advantage of the situation to capture this island, but unfortunately let Lu Shaowen run away by boat." In this battle, more than 500 enemies were killed, and more than 1,400 pieces of Lu furniture were captured, as well as 100,000 taels of silver, 5,000 stones of grain, and some cloth and raw silk. Now we, Lord Qianhu, have led 500 soldiers to chase after the enemy, and have ordered me to stay here to contact your army and hand over the prisoners of war. ”

When Wan Jun heard this, his eyes lit up, this is a great credit, if he can share some credit, it will be great. At the same time, I thought that this army was very strong, and five hundred soldiers dared to go to sea to chase the enemy, so although he was a thousand households, he did not dare to hold it up in front of He Zhiyuan, so he asked carefully: "May I ask He Baihu, how many people did you bring to attack this island this time?" ”

"Seven hundred."

When the host heard this, he was even more surprised! With 700 men capturing an island of more than 2,000 people, this army is not a weak force. In the face of a strong army, he knew that they crossed the border to chase the enemy, which violated the laws of the imperial court, but he did not dare to have the slightest accusation. Now that he was greedy for military merits, he asked cautiously: "He Qianhu, I heard that your army intends to let our army hand over prisoners of war, how should this military merit be divided?" ”

"We have confessed this to thousands of households, and we don't want all these prisoners of war and the booty, and we will give them all to you. All we need is a few sea boats. He Zhiyuan said.

Hearing this, Wan Jun smiled and said happily: "I didn't expect your army to be so bold and generous, I thank your army on behalf of our Lord Qianhu!" Just a few sea ships, why worry about it! ”

After He Zhiyuan expressed his gratitude, he said: "There is another matter that thousands of households should bother, please report to the imperial court when your army reports to the imperial court, just report to cooperate with your army to attack the island." In this way, our army also has some explanations. ”

Wan Jun understood, nodded and said, "It must be." "But I was thinking in my heart, such a great military feats have been given to us, and I will report to the court that it is your main attack, am I not sick?

After the matter was settled, the soldiers commanded the soldiers to take the prisoners onto the warship, carry the captured supplies to the ship, and sail away with a full load. He Zhiyuan also ordered the soldiers to board the ship and take ten boats to the west to return to Yangzhou.

Two days later, Xu Tangyi led seven large ships to the sea off Antonwei. They have been sailing along the coastline all the way, but the wind and waves in the sea still make these soldiers who are accustomed to land vomit, and even Xu Tangyi is very unaccustomed to the bumps on the sea, and he vomits again and again. But there was one exception, and that was the Song Fuchen of Baihu, who stood on the bumpy deck, like nails under his feet, steady, and even the old boatman who had been sailing for many years did not believe that he was riding a sea ship for the first time.

Fortunately, they did not encounter Japanese pirates along the way, otherwise it would be difficult to fight these soldiers with their combat effectiveness greatly reduced due to seasickness.

It was only after the flotilla had anchored overnight in the port of Antonwei that the seasick soldiers got better. After that, Xu Tangyi took a few guards, took 50,000 taels of silver, got into a carriage, and went directly to the Hu Mansion in the Acropolis.

Commander Anton Wei made Hu Jin hear the report of the guards, and said casually: "He is not staying in Ma Qi Mountain, what is he doing here with me?" It's not going to be another time to ask for equipment, is it? ”

"My lord, Xu Qianhu came from the sea this time, and he also brought seven big ships, saying that they were seized from the Jiangnan profiteers." The guard replied.

"Scared, this kid went to Jiangnan to make a fortune! Invite him in! When Hu Jin heard that there was loot, he immediately changed his attitude.

After a while, Xu Tangyi came to the living room of Hu Mansion with four guards carrying two heavy large boxes. Xu Tangyi ran to the ground on one knee and said loudly: "Meet the commander!" ”

When Hu Jin saw the two heavy boxes, of course he understood what the boxes contained. He laughed and said, "Xu Qianhu, I heard that you made a fortune on this trip to Jiangnan." ”

"By virtue of the prestige of adults, this time there is a small gain." As he spoke, he asked the guards to open the box, and the white silver immediately shone so brightly that people couldn't open their eyes. Then he said to Commander Hu: "This is the subordinate to honor the commander." ”

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