"Sanqi was detained?"

"What about people? Is there anything wrong with people? ”

Zhang Zhun received the report, slightly startled, and Huo Ran stood up.

The one who hurriedly came to report the news was Shen Lingfei's maid Sisi.

Due to the long journey and the anxiety of the mood, this actually quite pretty Sisi girl looked very haggard, her eyes were red, her face was a little yellow, and she had completely lost her previous look. On her clothes, you can even see that dirt has been inadvertently glued. She didn't even bother to pat the dirt on her body, which showed that this little girl was indeed a little flustered.

Sisi said anxiously: "My lord, Miss, Miss Ning, and Miss Huang are all under house arrest in the port, and outside is the warship of the Inspection Division, you hurry up and find a way to save them, if it's too late, it's too late." ”

Zhang Zhun asked quietly: "Sisi, let me ask you, is there anything wrong with their people?" ”

Sisi said with difficulty: "When I left, the person was fine for the time being, but the goods were snatched away. They were still on their own boats, and the people of the inspection department did not dare to come hard, and they had not yet launched a strong attack. They all have eagle-eyed guns on their hands. However, now that five days have passed, I don't know what the situation is. ”

Zhang Zhun quietly breathed a sigh of relief, the person is fine, it's okay.

He quickly calmed down and said slowly: "Sisi, tell me the situation at that time in a simple and clear way. ”

Sisi hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

She said that Sanqi was detained by the water inspection yamen in Jiangyin. The warships were dispatched to intercept Shen Lingfei and the others, forcing them to dock at Haixinsha on Chongming Island, and it was also Jiang** to inspect the yamen. This water inspection yamen is also known as the Jiangyin Inspection Division. As long as they are engaged in maritime trade in the south of the Yangtze River, they all know the existence of this yamen.

This time, Shen Lingfei went to Jiangnan to receive Sanqi, but in fact, the itinerary was very low-key. She didn't deal with any merchants and chambers of commerce in Jiangnan. In this way, it is not considered a violation of the rules. The goods sent from Yunnan were handed over in Jinling. Shen Lingfei took a merchant ship, carrying more than 3,000 catties of Sanqi, and went down the river, preparing to return to Fushan City as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night. However, things went unexpected. In Jiangyin, their merchant ship was stopped by the people of the Inspection Department. The people of the inspection department also ruthlessly detained this batch of Sanqi.

The Ming Dynasty set up a lot of inspection departments throughout the country, with various functions, including inspecting the salt industry, inspecting iron mines, inspecting tea, and inspecting nothing, which were specifically responsible for inspecting the floating population. As long as it is an industry that can make a fortune, there is basically an inspection department.

Jiangyin's Inspection Department, also known as the Water Inspection Department, is mainly used to inspect merchant ships. If they saw a merchant ship passing near Jiangyin, they had to intercept it and inspect it. Of course, checking or anything is just an excuse. The real reason is that they want to take oil and water and take bribes. No matter where in the country, as long as it is the inspection department, it is a fat shortage, and the water inspection department in Jiangyin is no exception.

However, there is obviously someone behind this incident. Shen Lingfei thinks that the relationship with Jiang ** and the Yamen is okay. After all, she is a member of the Shen family in Suzhou, and she has known since she was a child that if she wants to do a good job, she must have a good relationship with the government. Therefore, she has always touched on the relevant aspects and never omitted them. There is no need, and the people of the Water Inspection Division will not get along with them.

However, this time, the people from the water inspection yamen were straight-faced, and they wanted to detain their Sanqi. No matter what Shen Lingfei said, their attitude would not change. Even, Shen Lingfei quietly asked people to stuff a few hundred taels of silver for the other party, but after the silver was accepted, Sanqi still had to be detained. In order to intimidate Shen Lingfei and them, the Inspection Department also dispatched two brand-new warships.

There are many people on the side of the Inspection Division, and there are two brand-new warships eyeing each other, Shen Lingfei is not many people around, and they are worried about Zhang Zhun's orders, and they don't want to have violent conflicts, so they temporarily gave up Sanqi and prepared to think of a way when they came back. Unexpectedly, the ship arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and near Chongming Island, it was caught up by the warships of the Inspection Division, and the two sides clashed again. The people from the Inspection Department didn't know what medicine they had taken, so they actually wanted to detain Shen Lingfei.

Of course, Shen Lingfei was not to be outdone, and the atmosphere between the two sides was very tense for a while. She has an eagle-eyed gun in her hand, and the yellow girl in charge of guarding also carries dozens of eagle-eyed guns. However, on the side of the Inspection Division, there are also a lot of firecrackers. In terms of range and power, the Hawkeye Gun and these Fire Guns are obviously not comparable. Clashes broke out between the two sides, killing and wounding several people each.

In the end, the ships of Shen Lingfei and others were forced to sail into the port near Chongming Shasuo. The people in the Inspection Department did not dare to force it too much, worried that Shen Lingfei would jump off the wall in a hurry. They are also quite jealous of the power of the Eagle Eye. Although the Eagle Eye Gun is a short fire gun, when it really fights, the range is comparable to that of the Flying Bird Gun equipped by the Inspection Division. Therefore, after entering the port, the warships of the Inspection Department were cruising outside to prevent Shen Lingfei's warships from escaping, and the two sides kept confronting each other.

In the chaos, Miss Huang asked Sisi to quietly escape and return to Shandong to report to Zhang Zhun. It's a pity that after Sisi went to sea, he happened to encounter the north wind. In winter, the wind blows from the north. Driving against the wind, the speed was naturally very slow, and Sisi drove the sea for five days before returning to Fushan City. As soon as she got off the boat, she rushed over and reported to Zhang Zhun.

"Five Days ......"

Zhang Zhunda frowned.

Fortunately, there was enough food and fresh water on the ship, otherwise, five days would be enough for Shen Lingfei and them to suffer. However, it is difficult to say whether there will be any changes during these five days. Fortunately, he sent someone to protect them, and Huang Shilang's daughter, named Huang Guiying, brought fifty eagle-eyed guns. If the people of the inspection department are not willing to work hard, it will not be easy to catch them.

However, this is not the crux of the matter.

The crux of the problem is that his face was slapped hard by the people of the Inspection Department.

It's crisp, it's loud, it's powerful, it's a direct slap.

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?

Sisi didn't see Zhang Zhun's anger, he was even more anxious, and pleaded with tears in his eyes and said, "My lord......"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said calmly: "Sisi, don't worry, I'll go down to Jiangnan with you immediately." ”

Sisi was a little relieved.

Zhang Zhun immediately convened relevant personnel to discuss the matter.

After the military competition, the situation around Aoshan City was relatively stable. Whether it is the information fed back by the Maoyan Division or the Intelligence Division, it shows that there is no danger around for the time being. On the contrary, it was the surrounding forces that sensed Zhang Zhun's danger. Many people have quietly evacuated. Everyone is speculating about which target Zhang Zhun will attack next. Among them, Jimo and Laiyang have the largest possible surnames.

The soldiers of Dongjiang Town, who were originally going to be stationed in Laiyang, found an excuse to stay there after arriving in Qixia County, and never arrived in Laiyang. Obviously, they were worried that if a quasi-butcher's knife was swung at Laiyang, they would suffer an unwarranted disaster. The defeat of the Dengzhou Naval Division also had some impact on these soldiers in Dongjiang Town, and they did not want to repeat the mistakes of the Dengzhou Naval Division until the situation was thoroughly understood.

Entering December, the climate is already very cold. In places such as Beizhili, it has already begun to snow. Shandong should also snow soon. On snowy days, there are generally no battles. Therefore, Zhang Zhun temporarily left Aoshan City for a while, and there was no major problem. Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Zhun to stay in Jiangnan for a long time, and he must return before the Chinese New Year.

Therefore, the time Zhang Zhun gave himself was about twenty days.

There are twenty days, which is enough.

"Dugu Hunting, assemble the sniper detachment!"

"Yang Weiguo, Zhong Wuying, Liu Jixiang, gather ten sniper teams!"

"Zhang Youcai, Peng Bo, Zhou Yanyu, gather your respective teams!"

"Fang He, Liu Dong, gather your sailor combat detachment!"

"Yang Guohua, get your flagship ready!"

A series of orders were quickly conveyed.

All the troops, immediately busy.

"Each person should bring enough ammunition for five bases."

"Logistics Division, prepare another twenty-five base ammunition per person and load it!"

"Logistics Division, prepare a hundred brand-new Tiger Guns and a hundred Eagle Eye Guns, and load them on the ship for later use!"

Zhang Zhun continued to issue relevant orders.

All kinds of ammunition and equipment were sent to the Partridge Bay Naval Base like a stream, and then loaded onto ships.

Yang Guohua's flagship, with a carrying capacity of only about 50 tons, can only load part of the materials and personnel, which obviously cannot meet the needs. Fortunately, there is a merchant ship with Miss Sisi, which can carry hundreds of tons of materials and can be loaded together. Therefore, Zhang Zhun decided to lead the two ships to Jiangnan together.

What Zhang Zhun wants to take away is, of course, the elite of this military competition. Coincidentally, this military contest is as if troops were specially selected for this trip to Jiangnan. Zhang Zhun only needed to close his eyes and draw out all the award-winning individuals and groups to form a southbound force.

This trip to Jiangnan is not a large-scale battle, but more of an internal conflict, so there is no need for too many people. In the Jiangnan region, there was no main force of the Ming army, only some garrison troops. As for the combat effectiveness of these garrison units, there is basically no need to take them into account. It's not that Zhang Zhun despises them, it's really because they don't fight for themselves. Otherwise, the dozens of Japanese robbers at the beginning would not have succeeded in going down to Nanjing.

Five combat detachments, plus ten five-man sniper teams, plus professional snipers, a total of more than three hundred people. Zhang Zhun felt that it was enough. The only regret is that the three Cangshan ships can't go to Jiangnan. Otherwise, Zhang Zhun didn't mind very much, let the Cangshan ship anchor outside Nanjing City, and fire a few cannons at Nanjing City to scare and scare those guys in Jiangnan. However, even without artillery, Zhang Zhun was ready to scare and scare Nanjing, and scare and scare the entire Jiangnan.

Those who have seized my medicinal herbs and detained me, you will seek death.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing their parents.

You cut off my wealth, I will kill your parents!

Everything was arranged very quickly.

On the eighth day of December, Zhang Zhun officially led his army south.

The two ships, loaded with more than 300 soldiers and a large amount of war supplies, quietly set off from Partridge Bay at night and quickly entered the vast sea. Because it was a tailwind, the speed of the voyage was very fast, and in one day and one night, Zhang Zhun arrived near Chongming Island.

Yang Guohua, who was born as a pirate, is certainly no stranger to Chongming Island, and along the way, he was introducing the situation of Chongming Island to Zhang Zhun. At the same time, Miss Sisi also described some of the situation on Chongming Island to Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun combined with his own understanding of later generations and had a relatively clear understanding of Chongming Island.

Chongming Island at that time was completely different from Chongming Island in later generations. Chongming Island in the Ming Dynasty was not yet connected, and the population was very small. Chongming County is set up on the island, with a population of about 20,000 or 30,000. Chongming Island is divided into several islands of different sizes such as Xisha Island, Changsha, Sansha and Nansha, among them, the largest is Xisha Island (which is completely different from the Xisha Islands today), also called Chongming Island. The main population and buildings are on the Paracel Island.

Due to the important geographical location, there is also a Chongming sand station on Chongming Island. This is a thousand-household office, which is under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Fuzhen Haiwei. According to the establishment, there should be 1,120 soldiers in Chongmingsha. However, considering that the guard system has been abolished, this Chongming Sand Station can dispatch fifty people to be considered good.

When the fleet arrived near Chongming Island, it was just early in the morning, and the sky was bright. It is said that the often busy Yangtze River estuary, at this time, is the most deserted. Zhang Zhun held a clairvoyant mirror and carefully observed all the way, but did not see any other merchant ships. The two ships quietly approached Chongming Island. Sisi said that Shen Lingfei's fleet was trapped in the port of Haixinsha in the west of Chongming Island. Zhang Zhun immediately ordered the fleet to sail towards Haixinsha.

Soon, Haixinsha Port was in sight.

"Doot toot!"

A lookout post at the top of the mast sounded a hurried alarm.

Suspicious ships spotted ahead!

"Probably a ship from the Inspection Division."

Sisi said with a nervous expression.

Sure enough, not long after, a ship appeared on the sea to the west of Haixinsha, a fortune ship that looked brand new. Zhang Zhun raised the clairvoyant mirror and observed it carefully, and unconsciously, he had a strong interest in the lucky ship in front of him.

No way, the lucky ship in front of it looks too new. If there is no mistake in the calculation, this Fuchuan should be the No. 3 Fuship, with a displacement of about two hundred tons, which is much larger than the flagship he is riding. The Inspection Department is rich, and there is such a new ship. What's even more rare is that there are no cannons on this lucky ship.

Yang Guohua obviously noticed it, and couldn't help but shoot a greedy gaze in his eyes. The greedy eyes of the two made contact with each other, and they both understood each other's intentions. Nothing else, it's true to snatch this brand-new lucky ship first. An enemy ship without cannons is simply a gift to the door. The first time I went south, there was a brand-new lucky ship as a good start, a good sign!

(To be continued)