Jiang Kai's trick has a remarkable effect, all the people who came to trade with the fleet before were big businessmen, and each transaction volume was very large, ordinary people and small businessmen were not qualified to do business directly with the Great Song fleet, and now there are countless small-scale transactions, as long as there are spices, even if it is not much, it is only enough to exchange for a piece of silk, and a deal can be reached.

Six thousand men went out in turn, and in ten days they had completed all the errands assigned to them, and the areas where they were active were all areas where they went out in the morning and could return in the evening.

According to the sergeants, the best place to sell supplies was in the small country towns, where every family had the habit of making spices, and each family had a lot of spice reserves, which could grow in the field and were not worth anything to them.

After completing the errand, Jiang Kai conveyed another message to the whole army, that the whole army could voluntarily receive goods for sale, and if the goods sold were doubled, they would be paid an extra month's salary.

As word spread, thousands of sergeants came to collect their goods and wanted to earn an extra month's salary, this time traveling together to villages and towns.

Zhao An is very idle these days, after coming to Tianzhu, when he found that the people here are very gentle and rarely fight, the defense of the Xuanwei army on the shore has been relaxed, and only the warships keep cruising on the sea every day.

There is no army and no defense in Buri City, and the entire country has less than 10,000 troops, Zhao An can't believe that such a country can gain a foothold and not be destroyed by the surrounding countries? And when he knew that the surrounding countries didn't have many troops, all this became incomprehensible in his eyes, how could there be such a country?

When he later heard that almost all the people here believed in God, that God would bless them, and that God told them that the more miserable they were in this life, the happier they would be in the next, he understood why this was the case.

The fleet has been docked for nearly two months, which is Zhao An's happiest time.

"General, the cruising warship has found a large ship in the open sea, which is approaching us, and the purpose is unknown!" The sergeant suddenly reported outside the tent, interrupting Zhao An's interest in having fun.

I saw Zhao An get up from a woman with a yellow complexion and a delicate face, the woman got up and grabbed his arm, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the bed, the woman let go of her hand, lay down quietly, and watched Zhao An pack up her clothes and leave.

"Does that ship have a flag? What kind of ship is it? Zhao An came to the outside of the tent.

"General, there is no flag on the ship, they found the ship and reported it, and there is no follow-up news yet." The sergeant replied.

"Find out and report again!" Zhao An commanded, turned around and entered the account.

In a short time, there was a sound in the tent that upset the sergeants.

Many sergeants could not bear the torment, and were several feet away from the general's tent, not wanting to hear the voice, but no matter how far away, the sound would always get into their ears. For more than a month, they were all about to be tormented by the voice, but they were ordered to guard the camp and not leave, and they did not know how long they would be tortured before they stopped.

Jiang Kai has never been idle, there are fewer businessmen who come to trade, but there are still many sergeants who receive the goods, and a bunch of small accounts are far more complicated and troublesome than before, and he regrets letting the sergeants go out to sell the goods, but the spices that the sergeants brought back one after another slightly offset his troubles.

After accumulating dozens of days of accounts, he may have to check for half a month to check clearly, at this time he has no energy to pay attention to the accounts, according to the scheduled itinerary, the fleet will have to set off for the south in three days, Lord Huang also told him that when Lord Dai arrives, the fleet will set off on time.

There are still three days to go, the fleet needs to replenish some supplies, and a large amount of grain has been purchased as early as a month ago, although the price is not low, but it is very necessary to maintain sufficient grain stocks, Jiang Kai did not stingy, nor did he bargain. What is needed most now is fresh fresh water, and some necessary consumables, such as lamp oil, vegetables, meat, etc., and of course, food, after all, the consumption of seven or eight thousand people a month is not a small amount.

The necessary materials were to be purchased with gold and silver, and they had been negotiated with the merchants, and the materials were delivered and delivered. Each ship has to draw its own water to replenish it, and the water it eats and replenishes it by itself.

After a busy morning, Jiang Kai only felt dizzy, so he walked out of the camp tent to adjust, who knew that just a few steps away, a sergeant came to report: "Jiang joined the army, a group of businessmen came outside to look for you, it looks like they are here to make trouble, do you want to drive them away?" ”

Merchants? Could it be that the sergeants went out to sell their goods privately, which affected their trading? Brutal expulsion will not solve the problem, they are all very gentle businessmen, and there is nothing that cannot be solved by one mouth.

So he replied, "Pick a few and bring them in, and let the others wait outside first." ”

The sergeant took the order and left, and Jiang Kai returned to the tent.

After a while, the three merchants were brought into the tent, and as soon as they saw Jiang Kai, they kept talking, looking like they were arguing or full of resentment.

Jiang Kaike couldn't understand what they were saying, so he asked the translator, "What are these three businessmen talking about?" ”

The interpreter replied, "They said that their daughter was hurt by our sergeants, and they wanted the adults to give them the decision and punish those sergeants severely. They said it too quickly, and I didn't hear it very clearly, but that's what it meant. ”

Jiang Kai was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at the three people, their expressions were indeed a little indignant, so he ordered: "Let them speak alone, speak slowly, and you translate a sentence." ”

Then the interpreter said a few words to the three Tianzhu merchants, and they finally quieted down, but the look of righteous indignation on their faces eased slightly.

Then a businessman began to speak, and the translator immediately began to translate to Jiang Kai sentence by sentence.

A quarter of an hour later, the matter was finally figured out, Jiang Kai was furious, his face was pale, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and told the translator: "Tell them, the Great Song fleet must give them an explanation for this matter, and let them help collect all the information of the victims." ”

After the translator told Jiang Kai's meaning to the Tianzhu merchants, they reluctantly withdrew from the camp.

As soon as the Tianzhu people left, Jiang Kai hurried to see Lord Huang, he couldn't do this kind of thing, but he had to give them an explanation, otherwise he didn't know what kind of chaos it would cause.

Lord Huang was very surprised by Jiang Kai's sudden request to see him, and saw that his face became ugly because of anger, and he felt even more incredible, so he asked without waiting for him to speak, "What's the trouble?" ”

Jiang Kai stared at Lord Huang for a while, and seemed to have made up his mind, before he replied loudly: "My lord, it is indeed trouble, it is a trouble that threatens the entire Huiyi fleet, if it is not handled well, our entire fleet will be destroyed!" ”

Lord Huang's eyes narrowed, and he said, "If you have something to say, don't be alarmist." He didn't like the habits and logic of the literati.

Jiang Kai said: "My lord, after you hear it, you will definitely not think it is alarmist, this is related to the survival of the Huiyi fleet." ”

Originally, he wanted to emphasize the danger and importance of the next matter, but when he saw that Lord Huang's eyes were not good, he hurriedly said: "Here's the thing, just now several Tianzhu businessmen came to me, saying that there have been many tragedies in the city and surrounding rural towns recently, and dozens of Tianzhu women have been raped, and all the perpetrators are Great Song Dynasty soldiers. At this time, a lot of Tianzhu people gathered outside the barracks of the Hui Yi Department, and they all came to ask us for an explanation, I thought that if this kind of thing was not handled properly, the victimized Tianzhu people were likely to take revenge, and then the fleet would be wiped out! Adults call the shots! ”

Lord Huang was so shocked by this news that he forgot the teacup he was holding in his hand, and suddenly got up and asked, "Dozens of people were raped?" Do they have evidence? ”

Jiang Kai said: "Many of them were smashed on the spot, and they saw it with their own eyes. ”

Lord Huang sat down blankly, put down the teacup in his hand, and asked, "This is indeed a big deal, what do you think should be done?" ”

Jiang Kai said loudly: "Kill!" Rape a woman, according to military discipline, there is no forgiveness for killing! ”

Huang Dadao: "Dozens of them were all killed? It's not easy to make a trip, will it make the army dishearten if you kill them, the fleet is only halfway away, and it depends on them later, so be cautious. ”

Jiang Kai said: "My lord, if you don't kill them, it will be difficult to explain to the victims, and it will be difficult to explain to the Tianzhu people, once they are angry, the fleet will be in danger." If these dozens of scum are not killed, will others follow suit, and then the entire Xuanwei army will become a miasma, not to mention escorting the fleet, it is good not to harm the fleet. I thought that these scum must be killed in public, give an explanation to the Tianzhu people, and also give a warning to the Xuanwei Army, whether it is in the Great Song Dynasty or not, violating military discipline must be severely punished. The adult is the commander of the Xuanwei Army, a decadent army, an army that does not abide by military discipline, can he take on the heavy responsibility of escorting the Huiyi fleet, Xuanwei South Sea, and the Western Ocean? Please call the shots and kill these scum immediately! ”

Lord Huang had to admit that what Jiang Kai said was reasonable, how could he take on the heavy responsibility if he couldn't control his own people, the Xuanwei army was indeed too indulgent in these days when he came to Tianzhu, and Zhao An had a great responsibility, but now is not the time to pursue it, the fleet is about to set off, if so many people are killed, once the army's heart is shaken, it will be more troublesome after going to sea.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Although these people have violated military discipline and should be killed, now is not the time, the fleet is about to set off, and it will take time to find out who they are. As for the victims, each of them should be compensated with some property, ten horses of silk and ten sets of porcelain, what do you think? ”

"My lord, it's not right, never! This is not a victim, if there is only one person, it is natural to compensate some property and settle it privately. But now there are dozens of people, this is still found and the victims themselves said, I don't know how many victims dare not say what happened to them, once the compensation is made public, I don't know how many Tianzhu people will come over, real victims, fake victims, who can tell the difference, we have six or seven thousand people have gone out, they came 3,000 people, 5,000 people, or even 10,000 people, to ask for compensation for the victims, we can only give them all without falling. If we give some people and don't give some people, chaos will come immediately, and maybe the whole fleet will be robbed by them overnight. Therefore, it is absolutely not possible to only compensate the victims, as in the case of mud, and not punish the scum who have violated military discipline. In my opinion, the most appropriate thing to do is to punish first and compensate last. The anger of the victim's family should be appeased first, and then soothed, otherwise it will backfire and cause greater danger. ”

"How to find out these people who have violated military discipline, have you ever thought about it?"

Lord Huang stopped Jiang Kai in one sentence, how to find these dozens of people among the six or seven thousand people is indeed a problem, even if he wants to kill, he can't find anyone now.

"Lord Huang, why are you so anxious?"

Just when the two of them were clueless and at a loss, a familiar voice sounded, and Lord Huang looked up and was immediately surprised and happy.