"My lord, otherwise, I'll go on a trip to see Cai Lian in person, hoping to say that it will work." At this time, someone cleared his throat and spoke, and everyone's eyes fell on him.

"Brother Tim, are you going?" Liang Pengfei was also a little stunned, because the person who spoke was none other than Chen Tianbao, the former governor of Ruan Wenhui and the Navy, who had just come from King Crab Island two years ago.

Chen Tianbao, who had two sideburns, got up and saluted Liang Pengfei, and said with a somewhat impressive expression: "Exactly, my lord must also know that in the past, it was Chen who sent Ruan Wenhui to entangle the sea to disturb the sea frontier, making it impossible to take care of the end and the end, and it was difficult to attack Annan by land and water. ”

"As a courtier, you should do your duty, you are not wrong, you don't need to be like this." Liang Pengfei walked up to Chen Tianbao, patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and motioned for him to sit down.

"Yes, thank you for your leniency." Hearing Liang Pengfei's words, Chen Tianbao's eyes showed a trace of emotion, and after sitting down, he said: "My lord, this time Cai Lian and others openly attacked the Yingyi envoy fleet, if the face of the country is discounted, it is already a taboo in the court, he Cai should know that the disaster is not far away, if it is up to me to say it, with my example, the effect will be much better than others." In addition, in addition to Cai Lian, I am also familiar with Zhu Li, as long as these two can convince one of them, it will be of great help to us. ”

"Brother Tianbao's words are reasonable, but what I'm worried about is that Cai Lian is now so bold that he can even do such a thing as a surprise attack on the envoys escorted by heavy troops, which shows that he is already a little arrogant, if Brother Tianbao goes, I am afraid that I will not be able to say it, but will be detained by him. After all, Brother Tian Bao, you are also a good sailor, and you used to command tens of thousands of sailors in Annan, wouldn't it be a pity to let you go? Even if you are unwilling to lead the army, keep you as a counselor for one or two military aircraft, or raise your name to gather thieves, I am afraid that there are many benefits. Ni Ming rolled his eyes beside him and said such a thing.

Hearing that everyone present was frightened, even Liang Pengfei secretly admired in his heart, this guy's vision is indeed unique, and vicious, almost all possible surnames are taken into account, and they are all reasonable and irrefutable.

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Chen Tianbao was also stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "They are old acquaintances with Chen, they shouldn't do this, right?" But anyone could hear the uncertainty in his tone.

"I'll leave this matter at that. I have already sent someone to persuade Cai Lian and the others, and see what he says first, anyway, you should be able to see it within a few days. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to. In short, he can't be easily destroyed by the Fujian sailor, otherwise, it will be tantamount to a bad move. Liang Pengfei pinched the tea lid, blew a mouthful of tea foam, and said with a smile. Speaking of which, I really have to thank him Cai Lian for helping him so much. ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that, my lord? Wu Liang asked with some astonishment, Liang Pengfei's words were really confusing.

Sun Shijie had already answered for Liang Pengfei: "Because, Cai Lian's battle with the Fujian Navy Division has made those Yingyi see the king's division in the hall, and even some small Haikou can't handle it, and once again make those Yingyi look down on the combat effectiveness of the court army." ”

"The only thing I'm worried about now is that those Yingyi's self-confidence is too inflated, and when the time comes, they will suffer a big loss, which is not beautiful." Liang Pengfei spread out his hands and said helplessly.

After experiencing this, Macartney and the others did despise the combat effectiveness of the Qing [***] team again, but they covered it up well and went directly to Zhejiang under the strict escort of the Fujian Navy Quanzhou Association and the Jinmen Association.

Moreover, things developed as expected, and Cai Lianwan rejected Liang Pengfei's proposal and refused to come to work. When Qianlong heard that the British envoy had been attacked on the sea surface of Fujian, Lu Tingzhu, the chief soldier of the Navy Division of Nanao Town, Fujian, was not well garrisoned, so he seized his post and was decided. Zhao Chenglan, the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, was not strict in governing the army, cut him from the post of the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, demoted the chief soldier of the Water Division in Penghu Town, and made meritorious service to the crime, and recruited Cheng Wan as the commander of the Fujian Navy Division.

Wu Lana, the former governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was not effective in defending the territory, so he was demoted to two levels and retained, and within three months, he exterminated Cai Lian and other Fujian Haikou to appease the sea area. In addition, Qianlong issued an order to Guangzhou, and directly named Liang Pengfei, a fierce general of the Guangdong Naval Division, to lead the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion Naval Division to Fujian to assist the Fujian Naval Division and eliminate the Zhang thief Cai Lian. Obey the dispatch of the Fujian Navy Admiral Zhao Chengwan.

At this time, on Sanpan Island, Dongtou County, Zhejiang, a group of people were arguing in a greenhouse deep on the island. And this group of people was actually Cai Lian and others who had appeared in the waters of Fujian, intending to plunder the fleet of the British envoys, and after missing a blow, they disappeared into the sea off Fujian.

"Leader Cai, now we can't strike a blow, but we have lost our capital, the court has already issued a death order, want our heads, now the coastal defense is very strict, our supply is difficult, how to go on like this?" A man with a scar on his face was speaking loudly.

Another pirate leader said nonchalantly: "That's it, I originally thought that Leader Cai was a believer, so everyone would listen to you and rob the envoy fleet together, but who knew that it would be like this now." ”

They all pointed the finger at Cai Lian, who was sitting in the chair silently, Cai Lian was quite tall, but not burly, and even looked a little thin, but the muscles on his arm that would tremble at any time seemed so powerful.

At this moment, he was also extremely depressed in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to rein in this gang of pirates, maybe he should be the one who slapped the table and scolded his mother this time. "If it weren't for these fools fighting timidly to preserve their strength, how would they end up in this situation."

"Enough! It's all the fucking fault of Leader Cai, why don't you look for yourself? Ah, who the fuck made the sailors of the court open two openings, and they were so frightened that they retreated, it's Chen Su, you, right? And that Cai leader gave the order, rushing to the upper hand to attack the Yingyi warship, who the hell didn't listen to the order, moved downwind, and disrupted the formation, is Lou Dexin you? …… Hmph, when one or two go into battle, they are like girls, and when they come down, they know that they are not looking for others, why don't you pat your heart and ask your conscience. Lin Zhen, the leader of another group of pirates, stood up and retorted loudly.

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"Lin Zhen of the dog, what the hell do you mean, can it be said that we are all wrong, you are not wrong, this defeat should be blamed on our heads?" Lou Dexin, who was named, turned purple and slapped the table and stood up, staring at Lin Zhen who had just spoken with vicious eyes.

"Why, Lou Dexin, don't you think you haven't killed enough people today, and you want to trouble our brothers?" Lin Zhen's brother Lin Chuan spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, slanted his eyes, and looked at Lou Dexin opposite with an arrogant and untamed expression.

"Enough! This matter was agreed upon by everyone at that time, and now the consequences, didn't you think about it at the beginning? At this time, one of them looked fat and had a kind face, like a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman, and shouted in a deep voice. His roar made the originally chaotic scene instantly quiet a lot.

This person's surname is Zhu Mingmeng, who is wandering in the sea of Fujian and Zhejiang, like the old Liang family, Mingli is a maritime businessman, but he is actually a giant. It has a large fleet of ships, and partners with small and medium-sized shipbuilders, fishermen, helmsmen, boatmen, etc., who have a history of commercial transportation in the coastal area, and raises funds to build ships and develop their own shipping teams. At first, it mainly trafficked grain and other agricultural and sideline products, and later increased its operation of cloth, pottery, indigo, sugar, tea, salt, fish, etc.

Some poor people who had no way to make a living, small boat (merchant) people and boatmen who were unable to defend themselves joined one after another, some joined the group to break free from the extortion and extortion of the government, and some came to join the ship in order to wait for an opportunity, and the fleet expanded to three or four thousand people. The strength is not under Cai Lian, and Cai Lian is really the two largest pirates along the coast of Fujian, this time the partnership is also when he was doing business in Guangzhou, he heard the news, so he found Cai Lian, and then contacted the thieves.

At this time, Cai Lian, who was in the first seat, cast a grateful look at Zhu Lian, stood up, and glanced at the stupid leaders: "Now is indeed not the time to shirk each other's responsibilities. This time, we did suffer losses in the attack on the Yingyi envoy fleet, but don't forget, we captured seventeen sailor warships in the court, and the sinking and wounding were three times that number. Although it shocked the court, it also raised the prestige of our people, and there will be many followers in the future. ”

The scene became much quieter, and even those who were dissatisfied admitted that what Cai Lian said was indeed reasonable.

After a pause, Cai Lian said again: "Even if we suffered some setbacks when attacking the warships of the Yingyi envoy regiment and lost thirty-nine small boats, among the warships we captured, there were seven rice boats, isn't it enough to make up for our losses?" Rest assured, the seventeen court warships have been almost repaired, and when the time comes, they will be made up one by one according to your losses, I don't know what you think? ”

"We listen to you, Leader Cai, but now that the court has wantonly arrested us, not only all the Fujian sailors have been dispatched, but Leader Zhu has also said that Emperor Lao'er has even transferred the sailors of Zhejiang and Guangdong to the Fujian seas, what should we do now? You can't just hide here all the time, can you? One of the leaders stood up and said.

"Don't worry, Cai already has a plan, since they are in Fujian, then we will not go to Fujian, let's go north. Go for trouble in Zhejiang. Cai Lian pondered for a long time before he smiled.

"Yes, they mobilized the sailors from Zhejiang to the south, let's go north, and mess up the ground in Zhejiang, if they go back to Zhejiang, then we will go south again, hehe, we can't kill them." A pirate leader with a rather bad taste stood up to support Cai Lian's decision, and soon agreed on the next battle intention.

After the leaders dispersed, Cai Lian looked at each other and smiled, and they all saw the helplessness and bitterness in each other's eyes. "It seems that we have really provoked the court." Zhu Mian patted his thigh and sighed.

(To be continued)