Thousands of sails stand on the banks of the Jiulong River, and the tide beats Zhangzhou Yuegang.

In the first year of Longqing, the law of eliminating trafficking was implemented, and the imperial court set up Haicheng County in this place, which means "Chengjing of the sea and frontier", and opened the green light for trade activities at sea.

Moon Harbor because of its port channel outside the sea tide, inside the mountain stream, its shape resembles the moon, so get this name, the Jiulong River along the ship business giants go to sea too much, most of them sail out to sea from this.

There is a poem that praises and says: It is connected to the Wa Kingdom in the east, and the Baiao Xinjiang is connected in the south, and the goods pass through the brigade, and the wealth gathers rich merchants.

The governor of Manila sent a delegation with the official ship to try to negotiate with the Ming court, Wang Wanggao knew that his errand was not done well, and did not dare to take them to Fuzhou to meet the governor Pang Shangpeng, he knew that the general soldier Hu Shouren was temporarily stationed in Yuegang in order to cooperate with the suppression of bandits in Guangdong and Fujian, so he brought the mission here, trying to send this group of Westerners back with a tough attitude by the military governor, so as not to burn themselves.

The speedboat was sent in advance to contact the chief soldier Hu Shouren, and the Xiangguan Wharf was ready to greet it, and the merchant ships gave way and the official ships went first.

All the ships stopped in the bay, everyone gathered on the deck to watch, only to see that the dock was heavily guarded, after three salutes, the official ship of the governor Yamen slowly docked, and the envoy Father Rada, Father Ma Ren, General Loaka, General Salmiantto and others stepped off the official ship one after another under the leadership of Wang Wanggao.

At this time, on Lin Shaoqi's merchant ship, Li Chenghuai and Cai De each led dozens of sailors, following Lin Shaoqi and Xu Ling'er, as long as the two of them made any changes, these pirates could be ruthless.

Since all the brothers in the Ryukyus were killed in the battle against Manila, Ma Wu could not do anything about the current situation, so he could only pray silently in his heart, waiting for the opportunity to act after going ashore.

Xu Linger understood the purpose of Li Chenghuai, Cai De and others' trip, she stood on the bow of the boat and pretended to watch the excitement, but she was always ready to jump off the boat, suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she saw General Hu Shouren on the dock, and suddenly had an idea.

The reception ceremony of the government had just begun, and the merchant ships were gathering more and more, and all of them could not enter the port, so the city shipping department sent several official ships to patrol the river bay, and by the way, they boarded the ships to collect customs duties.

Xu Ling'er pointed to the official ship of the City Shipping Division and asked, "Brother Shao Qi, should we wait for the customs duties to be paid after we go ashore, or should we go to the official ship and take the initiative to pay it?" ”

Lin Shaoqi looked at the steel knife in the hands of Li Chenghuai and others, and was already trembling with fright, but found that Xu Ling'er was very calm, and immediately understood the intention of her words, and hurriedly replied: "Of course, I took the initiative to ask them to pay taxes, and I can save a lot of money by stuffing some silver in private." ”

But Lin Shaoqi also knows the virtue of these tax officials, they only recognize money, if they want to get rid of the threat of pirates through them, I am afraid that there is not even a door, besides, the merchant ships waiting to pay taxes have already lined up, even if they take the initiative to find them, they may not come.

Ma Wu also understood Xu Ling'er's intentions, and through careful observation, he judged that the official ship collecting taxes might not be able to come for a while, so he pondered for a moment, had an idea in his heart, and hurriedly called out Mark, who was reading the Bible.

As soon as Mr. Mark stood at the bow of the boat, he was held back by Ma Wu, but he did not understand what he was trying to do, so he began to shout and get into an argument with the not very friendly infidel.

Ma Wu was like a joke, deliberately provoking him to be angry, that is, not letting him go back to the cabin; So Mark simply ignored him, took out the Bible from his bosom, and stood on the bow of the boat and prayed aloud......

The news of a Westerner missionary on a merchant ship soon reached the ears of the tax collectors, who hurriedly sent someone to board Lin Shaoqi's merchant ship.

The officials of the city department came up and asked who was the owner of the ship, and the trembling Lin Shaoqi nodded to the tax officer, and at this moment, Cai De and the others were standing behind him with a sharp blade in their hands.

Xu Ling'er came over and hurriedly explained to the tax collector that this missionary was going to the East and that he would not land here, but where would the tax collector believe it? Ordered that their merchant ships must leave Moon Harbor.

Li Chenghuai and the sailors were suddenly very nervous, they formed a semi-encirclement of Xu Ling'er, and the formation seemed to be confronting the tax collectors, which immediately provoked the tax collectors.

At this time, Luo Aping had already brought the silver, and Ma Wuyi got up to plead with the tax collector, so that after begging for a long time, the group accepted a large sum of silver, and promised that their merchant ships could dock, but the missionary was not allowed to set foot in the moon harbor for half a step.

At this time, Xu Ling'er looked very relaxed, it seemed that Li Chenghuai and others were pretending to be powerful to her, and turned around and said: "Brother Chenghuai, thank you!" ”

Li Chenghuai was a little embarrassed and replied: "It is our responsibility to protect your safety. ”

"Brother Cheng Huai, Mr. Mark is our benefactor, and the government won't let him land, what should I do now?" Xu Ling'er asked.

Li Chenghuai didn't know how to answer, his whole family was also in Tortoiseshell Harbor, if he failed Lin Feng's entrustment, the consequences would be unimaginable, but if there was no Mr. Mark, let alone his whole family, I am afraid that everyone in Tortoiseshell Harbor would have to be buried in the sea, he was quite ashamed in his heart at the moment, and hurriedly lowered his head.

At this time, Xu Linger took out a bag of silver and stuffed it to the tax officer, took the opportunity to take a few steps forward, and began to untie the rope for Mark.

"Who told you to untie him?" The tax collector scolded.

"Sir, do you think this will work? Let's find a merchant ship to go to sea as soon as possible, and let this missionary go with him. Xu Linger replied.

The tax officer got a lot of benefits, but he did not object to Xu Ling'er's suggestion, and replied: "It's okay, let's take him away first." ”

The tax collectors provoked Mark by pushing and shouting, and immediately lodged a strong protest and begged Xu Ling'er to intercede for him.

So, Xu Ling'er took a few steps forward to dissuade the tax collectors from being so rude, and at this time, Li Chenghuai and the others saw that she was very likely to take the opportunity to get off the boat, so they rushed over desperately.

The tax collectors who didn't know how to be aware of it also showed their sabers, and drew their swords against Li Chenghuai and others, and the danger was imminent......

Lin Shaoqi came to persuade with a shudder, at this time, Cai De had already put the sharp blade against his back, Ah Ping saw all this silently, and she was so frightened that she fell on Ma Wu's shoulder and cried bitterly.

"Brother Chenghuai, please ask Miss Ling'er to help contact a merchant ship, we can't be sorry Mr. Mark, are you all right? Please don't worry about it, when you're done, Miss Ling'er will be back. Lin Shaoqi pleaded.

Xu Ling'er, who was calm, said: "Yes, Brother Shao Qi is right, Mr. Mark is not familiar with the language and life here, we can't ignore it, Brother Chenghuai, please rest assured, I will come when I go." ”

So, Xu Ling'er accompanied Mark to get off the ship in a hurry, and the sailors with steel knives were all staring at Li Chenghuai, and when he gave an order, they would rush forward and kill these tax officials.

Li Chenghuai stretched out his hands to stop them, and whispered: "Mr. Mark is our benefactor, let them go." ”

When she came to the tax officer's boat, Xu Ling'er immediately revealed her identity, but because she couldn't take out the waist card of the brocade guard, the tax officer didn't want to pay attention to her, and sent a small boat to send them ashore to hand them over to the officers and soldiers.

Xu Linger and Mark were sent to the dock by the tax collectors, and at this time, General Hu Shouren was negotiating with the Spanish mission.

At this time, General Hu Shouren had already learned that the Spanish mission was preparing to go to Beijing to negotiate with the imperial court, so how could he dare to let them enter Hong Kong easily? Quickly sent someone to Fuzhou to find the governor Pang Shangpeng, and asked him to come here to deal with it personally.

Because there were too many people on the dock, Xu Ling'er shouted to the guard of honor of the chief soldier: "General Hu Shouren, don't come unharmed, do you still remember the old man of Pinghaiwei?" ”

The shout caught the attention of one of the generals, who immediately stepped out of the line and stopped the tax collectors.

"Who are you? Do you know Mr. Hu? ”

Listening to the voice, Xu Ling'er judged that this was a female general, so she hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Xu Ling'er, who is in the left thousand households of Fusi in Weibei Town, Xiajinyi, has returned from an overseas errand, and is fortunate to meet Hu Zongbing, so I hereby greet." ”

When the tax collectors heard that this girl dared to say this in front of the chief guards, they immediately panicked and retreated to the side in fright.

"It's really hard to find a place to step on iron shoes!" The female general was taken aback, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, clasped her fists and replied, "Xu Qianhu is frightened!" It has been more than half a year since the merchant ship you were on was hijacked by pirates, and General Soldier Hu and General Soldier Li were all anxious, and they often rushed thousands of miles to report to each other, and they would look for them day and night from Jieyang to Ningde, and I really didn't expect to meet here today......"

As she spoke, the female general burst into tears with excitement and hurriedly ordered someone to tell General Hu Shouren.

After General Hu Shouren got the news, he immediately put the Spanish mission aside and came to receive Xu Ling'er.

At this moment, Xu Ling'er was thanking Mark, and asked the tax collectors to help contact a merchant ship, and then gave them some silver, this time, they didn't dare to ask for anything.

Mr. Mark had just left with the tax collectors, and General Hu Shouren had also arrived, because he could not leave the dock before Pang Shangpeng arrived, and he was very clear about Xu Ling'er's situation, so they exchanged a few words of greeting, and asked the female general named Feng An to be in charge of the reception.

Under Feng An's arrangement, Xu Ling'er lived in a post house in Haicheng County, and on the second day, he heard that Governor Pang Shangpeng had arrived in Zhangzhou.

Before sending the Spanish mission away, General Hu Shouren was entangled in official business, invited Xu Ling'er to have a meal in the post house, and left in a hurry.

Two days later, Xu Ling'er heard that there was a serious disagreement between Pang Shangpeng and Hu Shouren, the chief soldier, over the question of how to deal with the Spanish mission.

Under the care of Feng An and others, Xu Ling'er was not allowed to leave the post house, so she didn't know what happened to Lin Shaoqi, Ma Wu and others after they came back, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

At this time, Feng An had to tell her the truth: it turned out that because Wang Chong was ineffective in suppressing bandits, he let go of Kou Shou Lin Feng, and was commanded by Jinyi Weidu to demote Liu Shouyou and send him overseas again; According to the merchants who fled back from Luzon, they had seen Xu Linger in the pirate's women's camp, and she had also helped the pirates capture Western spies, so now Xu Linger has been removed from the Jinyi Guard Yamen.

After learning the news, Xu Linger was very sad and lost, and secretly rejoiced that she had met General Hu Shouren.

The next day, Feng An received a notice from Hu Shouren, because the news of Xu Ling'er's return to China had been spread by the tax officer, he was inconvenient to visit again, and he was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he sent Feng An to lead the guards to send her to Liaodong immediately, so as not to encounter the investigation of Jinyiwei or Dongchang and cause unnecessary trouble.

Xu Ling'er was reluctant to go to Liaodong, so Feng An had to take out the letters exchanged between Li Chengliang and Hu Shouren and show her them.

Before leaving Yuegang, Xu Linger heard that in order not to be coerced by the Spanish mission, Pang Shangpeng wanted to go to the imperial court and send Hu Shouren's army to Tortoiseshell Harbor to conquer Lin Feng, so he asked Feng An to tell General Hu that Hawksbill Harbor is not only pirates, but also many hostage merchants and fleeing people......

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Off topic

Hu Shouren (1544-1599), the name Zi'an, the number near Tang, the origin of Jurong, the descendant of Hu Dahai, the general of the Ming Dynasty, is one of the important generals under Qi Jiguang, when Pinghaiwei resisted the Japanese, Hu Shouren was only because of the ancestral position, Ren Xiao rode the right guard to command the affairs, did not show up for the time being, after the first battle, he was promoted to the general, garrison, after that, the war achievements were impressive, and he successively served as the commander of the seal, the general, the deputy commander-in-chief, the general and other positions.