Lu Qi finally couldn't resist the temptation and recruited, he not only recruited the location of his lair, but even took the initiative to invite Ying, to be a guide for the officers and soldiers, and to take the officers and soldiers to serve his lair!

Of course, his hard-working performance is to leave a good impression in Yang Cong's eyes, he can be a pirate leader is naturally not an idiot or mentally retarded, there are many words, Yang Cong did not say it explicitly, but he knew it very clearly in his heart.

The governor said that he would spare them, but he did not say that he would let them go.

He knew quite well that even if he escaped this incident, he would definitely have to live under the surveillance or imprisonment of such a governor in the future, anyway, it was impossible for the governor to let them out again, and if they behave better now, they would definitely be treated better in the future.

Seeing Lu Qi's behavior like this, the other pirates followed suit, and without Yang Cong even having to say anything, they took the initiative to ask Ying to take over their families and the men who stayed in the lair.

This guy, as soon as the pirates and their families gathered, the number was quite terrifying, originally nearly 40,000 pirates plus wives and children, the number exceeded 100,000!

Will Yang Cong really bypass these pirates?

Of course it's true, he is not a person who loves to kill, how can he kill all these more than 100,000 people, even if a first merit is worth a hundred taels of silver, the court doesn't have so much money to give, why should he be this wicked person in vain.

It was no joke that he wanted to raise his own self-esteem, because he had long found out that the rampant piracy and pirates on the southeast coast was not because the situation was too chaotic or because natural disasters continued to cause the people to live in poverty, but that the disaster of the southern pirates was completely man-made.

The imperial court or the emperor's reluctance to open the sea, and the interest groups on the southeast coast wanted to use the sea ban to smuggle money on a large scale, which caused the piracy and pirates to be rampant.

If he "retires successfully" at this time and loses the position of governor of Zhejiang, Yan Song will definitely unite with the maritime giants to seize control of the southeast, and the southeast will definitely return to the old road of pirates and pirates.

As long as he is given enough time, he will be able to build the southeast like an iron bucket, and it will be difficult for Yan Song and the maritime giants to "turn the sky" at that time.

As for how to deal with these pirates and their families, he already had a detailed plan.

These people can be of great use, not only will they not be a burden to him, but they will also generate a lot of income for him.

As for where this income comes from, it naturally comes from Dongying.

What is Dongying lacking the most at this time?

Naturally, it is food, not only is there a shortage of food in Dongying at this time, but even vegetables, melons, fruits and meat are in short supply, and the grain price on the southeast coast is not high, so it is enough to buy it with silver.

This vegetable, melon and fruit and meat are not the same, there is no special vegetable base or meat base here, the common people grow vegetables, breeding livestock are mainly for their own food, perhaps, some will be sold, but this number is not much, it is more troublesome to buy, if you can concentrate on planting and breeding it will be different.

Dongfan land is fertile, the climate is suitable, the water is abundant, it is suitable for planting vegetables and fruits, raising livestock, and it is not far from Dongying, it does not take much time to go back and forth, the geographical location is excellent, not to develop, it is really a waste.

Yang Cong convened the local people to discuss, and directly enclosed a large area of land near the chicken coop as a place to "guard" the prisoners, as for the people who originally had fields here, Yang Cong not only gave them a relocation subsidy, but also ordered people to hold pirate captives on the bank of the Tamsui River to open up enough fertile land for them, anyway, there is a lot of wasteland in Dongfan at this time, so there is no need to worry about the lack of land.

In this way, everyone is happy, the common people have both money and land, their small life is better than before, and the pirate captives can also settle down to grow vegetables, fruits and grains near the chicken coop, raise livestock, and have no worries about food and clothing, let alone worry about losing their heads all the time, why not do it.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong recruited Hong Tiezhu again, handed over all the captured pirate ships to his jurisdiction, and built a huge port wharf in the harbor near the chicken coop, as for the crew and sailors, they were all recruited locally in Dongfan, so that there was no need to worry that someone would leak secrets.

He worked hard for several months, until everything was on track in Jilong Harbor, and then he played the imperial court, the southeast victory, the biggest pirate leader Chen Sipan and his subordinates were all annihilated, a total of more than 1,000 heads, sinking and destroying more than 20 pirate ships.

As soon as the news reached the capital, there was a lot of excitement in the court.

Jiajing is naturally smiling, Nan Wei's problem has been bothering him for nearly twenty years, judging from Yang Cong's twists and turns, this headache seems to be solved, can he not be happy.

Yang Ming is also jubilant, Yang Cong is a rising star they are all out, if he can complete the great cause of exterminating the Japanese invaders, Jiajing will definitely be impressed by him and vigorously promote, so that even they may turn over and overwhelm Yan Song and Xia Yan's party.

Yan Song and Xia Yan were frowning at this time, especially Yan Song, whose faces were green.

Zhao Wenhua patted his chest and assured him that this time Chen Sipan would definitely be able to make a big move along the coast of Guangdong, and he even ordered people to prepare for the impeachment of Yang Cong, but unexpectedly, the news came that the pirate Chen Sipan was completely annihilated.

How can this be good, if Yang Cong is allowed to develop like this, wouldn't he have to enter the cabinet within a few years and fight against them!

Can Yan Song let Yang Cong go on so smoothly?

Of course not, even Xia Yan didn't want to see Yang Cong, a sworn enemy, soar into the sky and rush to the cabinet to fight for power with him.

So, these two guys began to secretly make things bad again.

Originally, Jiajing intended to give a reward and promoted Yang Cong to the secretary of the military department, first hanging this name, and then sitting in the position after Mao Bowen arrived.

It was not uncommon for this military department to have several Shangshu, sometimes there were many wars, and it was not surprising that several people had the title of Shangshu of the Military Department at the same time.

However, Xia Yan and Yan Song just got in the way, so that Yang Cong couldn't get the title of the secretary of the military department.

The reason given by Xia Yan is that Yang Cong's age is too young, and his qualifications are seriously insufficient, and there have never been six Shangshu in his twenties in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Song did even more desperately, he even ordered someone to catch the wind and catch the shadows, and impeached Yang Cong for being young and frivolous, not only restrained, but also domineering in the southeast, which is indispensable!

Jiajing was fooled by these two people, and he really took back his life, after all, Yang Cong is indeed not old enough at this time, and judging from the wind rumors, this guy is also a little floating, and it is better to temper and temper more.

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