Shen Xi wrote the recital until midnight and slept late, but got up early the next morning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the intention of Hu Bin, the prefect of Leizhou, Shen Xi should go to Haikang County, the capital of Leizhou Prefecture, today to receive the cheers and support of the common people, and then have dinner with the local gentry and scholars to feel the deep love between the government and the people.

But what Shen Xi wanted was to go back to Guangzhou Mansion as soon as possible to see his wife and children, there were big wives and little wives at home, as well as a fiancée who had not passed the door, there was still a house outside, and Hui Niang was pregnant.

At any time, Shen Xi felt that his family was more important than the affairs of the court, and if he wasn't worried about the safety of the women around him, he would even want to take his wife with him when he went on the expedition.

"Governor Hu, please go back, now that the large number of bandits in Leizhou Mansion have been basically wiped out, the rest are ringworm scabies, and the local health office can solve it by itself. This official will lead the troops back to Guangzhou Prefecture, and I believe that it will not be long before we can meet again. Shen Xi said goodbye to Hu Bin with a smile.

In order to show his respect for Shen Xi, Hu Bin stayed in the tent of the military camp for one night, feeling that his old bones were about to fall apart.

Shen Xi has already begun to call for manpower to reload the tents, pots and stoves and other things into the ship and prepare.

After receiving the order, Jing Yue was very surprised, and hurriedly came over to ask for instructions: "My lord, this has just arrived at the Leizhou Mansion to settle down, why don't you stay here for a few more days?" It's too early for the Chinese New Year, so there's no need to rush back to Guangzhou. Besides, haven't the follow-up people come back yet? ”

Shen Xi said: "Since we have already met with the prefect of Leizhou, and handed over the captured and rescued women, children, and slaves, and explained to the imperial court, there is no need to guard here, we will go to Donghai Island now, and we should return as soon as possible!" ”

From the coastal road of Leizhou Mansion to the south, you can go to Qiongzhou Mansion, which is the Qiongdao of later generations, but Shen Xi has already focused on how to capture Shangchuan Island at this time.

It is already the second half of winter, if he does not hurry, and when it is time for the Chinese New Year, even if he has the heart to start a war with the Francophiles on Shangchuan Island, the officers and soldiers are like arrows, and they want to go back to reunite with their wives and children as soon as possible, then the hope of recovering Shangchuan Island will be very slim.

Shen Xi only stayed at the port where Leizhou Fuzhi was located for one night, and the next morning he led the fleet to Shatou Port in the southeast of Donghai Island.

Donghai Island and Jinzhou Island are good places, but they have not yet been developed, and the permanent population of Donghai Island in later generations is 200,000, and there are 40,000 people on Jinzhou Island, which is not counting the tens of thousands of tourists who travel to the two islands, which shows the importance of these two islands to the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Xi knew that if he left, the bandits would be born again, as long as the sea ban was not lifted and the people could not have enough to eat, it would be impossible for the bandits to be completely cut off. He is only a temporary bandit, let the people live and work in peace and contentment for a while, maybe it will not take two years, the bandits will re-entrench in these places, form a new force, occupy the island as the king.

In the afternoon of the same day, the follow-up fleet arrived at Shatou Port on Donghai Island, and Ma Jiu got off the ship and saluted Shen Xi: "My lord, after careful searching, we have dug out four silver cellars in the walled city, and a total of more than 3,000 taels of gold and more than 16,000 taels of silver have been found. Now most of the walled cities on the island have been demolished, but I am afraid that someone will repair it and use it again! ”

Shen Xi nodded happily.

It is no wonder that later generations have the saying that "when the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels", it turns out that the bandit is really a good business with a lot of profits.

As for the prediction that the bandits will re-entrench themselves on the island after they evacuate, Shen Xi has nothing to do about it, after all, there is no one on the island, and the local government and the guard office do nothing, and those displaced people who can't survive will naturally try their best to go to sea, fall into the grass, and end up at ease.

Jing Yue led people to search Donghai Island, and came back to report: "My lord, I've seen it, there is no trace on this island!" What are we going to do next? ”

Shen Xi said: "Pack your bags and go home, but on the way, let's remove the tooth decay in Shangchuan Mountain!" ”

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The flotilla came in a murderous spirit, and went back happily, and the results of this trip were brilliant, and it can be said that they returned with a full load.

Due to the large amount of money and goods loaded, the draft of the ship was much deeper, which also made the ship more stable in the journey, Shen Xi's discomfort for sailing on the sea was slightly reduced, his appetite improved, and his spirit gradually recovered.

When the fleet returned, it was not heard of any bandits, so the next goal became clearer: to recover Shangchuan Island near Guanghaiwei.

Along the way, Shen Xi studied a lot of island attack strategies, but then he vetoed them one by one, now he is strong, it is easy to capture the island, the difficulty is how to avoid Almeida's retaliation, it is best to capture his main fleet, but obviously this is very difficult.

Now nominally the Franc machine country is the "vassal" of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps Almeida, the fleet admiral of the Franc machine country in the Far East, still does not understand what "vassal" means, when Almeida was in prison and just wanted to get out as soon as possible, and then recognized the status of the "vassal" can trade freely with the Ming Dynasty, why not?

Shen Xi only recognized one, Shangchuan Island is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, when he signed the agreement with the Francophiles, he didn't say which island he wanted to give them as a transit station, even if you want to transfer, it should be our Ming Dynasty to demarcate a place for you to stay temporarily, not that you don't even say hello after occupying the island.

According to intelligence, Shangchuan Island has a population of more than 1,000 people, the island has an excellent port, there is a market for free trade in the walled city, and even those Franc machine people also trade with pirates and pirates raging off the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and cargo ships from the South Seas often anchor here, as if Shangchuan Island is a ******.

Shen Xi didn't have a taste in his heart.

Franc machine people than the Ming better understand the value of maritime trade, such a ******, as if there is a prototype of a port city, as long as the management is done properly, the daily progress of the gold is not a problem, it is very worthy of learning and reference from the Ming Dynasty.

"Even if you want to build a ****** off the coast of the Ming Dynasty, it shouldn't be up to you Francophone people to decide, you occupy our territory and arrest our people, do you want to treat Shangchuan Island as your colony?"

Shen Xi is ready to take back Shangchuan Island, and then run Shangchuan Island in the name of the Ming Dynasty, the only trouble in this way is how to deal with the relationship with the Franco, and how to explain to the imperial court "unwarranted destruction of good relations with friends".

Shen Xi studied the situation of the Franc machine and Shangchuan Island every day on the command ship, while Zhang Lin, Jing Yue, Ma Jiu and others helped to give advice on the side.

The first battle of Jinzhou Island was fought very smoothly, and more than 400 heads were taken without any casualties, and in addition, many prisoners were captured, and the morale of the whole army was high and the fighting spirit was high.

Just copy everything you did on Kinsu Island before, and you can kill the Franc machine people on Kamikawa Island as bandits, and use their heads and captives for credit.

But Shen Xi is still inclined to "peaceful settlement", if there is really a war, the island has artillery, and the Franc machine man is well-trained, far from being comparable to ordinary pirates, and the loss in this battle will not be small.

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