Chapter Twenty-Six: Xu Hai Arrives
The biggest benefit of the whale being successfully captured for Xiao Tian is that he can finally eat meat, although a batch of piglets were purchased before, but no one can slaughter it before raising it to make a roast braised pig, now everyone is very happy to eat whale meat, although the whale has a fish, but it is actually a mammal, the meat tastes a bit similar to beef, and a grand whale feast was held on the island that night, and everyone was very happy to eat. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Yan's leading role is much greater than imagined, how many of the pirate's family members are really timid and afraid of death? After learning from Li Yan and consulting the spinnaker, a lively wave of whale hunting began on the island, and like an unspoken rule, all regular combatants in the formation were not allowed to participate.
Li Yan became the leader of the whaling team, leading groups of veterans and old men, holding special harpoons in their hands, screaming and killing whales one after another, and whales have become an important source of income for families on the island.
Because of a large number of whales, now Xiaotian's troops are all dressed up, a water of whale skin armor, there is just a family member on the island who knows how to make skin, the result is overjoyed after the experiment, these whale skin armor is light and breathable, the protective ability is far more than ordinary cowhide armor, the bow and arrow that is a little smaller can not shoot in at all, ordinary knives cut up to take a lot of effort to cut through, Xiaotian whimsical idea to simply let the craftsman develop double or even triple layer leather armor, anyway, this thing is.
At present, the island is busier, the old men are training in the barracks, the old ladies and the not too old old men go out to sea to hunt whales, and the old men and the old men are processing the whales at home. Whale fat has been stored in several warehouses, and they all know that it is a good thing, but it will not be used. In the end, simply pour directly into the big pit, where there is a pit, and finally simply fill all the pits on the island, and spread a layer of canvas or whale skin on top to protect it from the rain.
The most straightforward way to use it is, of course, lighting, and this one is the simplest. In addition, this thing burns very quickly, and it is definitely an artifact on the battlefield when made into a fire oil canister, and Xiao Tian has been thinking about whether to provide some to the Ming Dynasty for free, so that they can defend themselves against the Mongols. In addition to this rudimentary usage, Xiaotian also knows that it can make candles and soap, but Xiaotian is not a science and engineering man, so he doesn't know what to do at all, so he can only wait for continuous experiments in the future. In addition, the greater role of this thing is to refine nitroglycerin, which is the material of modern explosives, although Xiaotian knows that the gap in technology is still very large, but dare to try, maybe it will not be able to make explosives in two years?
With the increase in whaling, whale meat Xiaotian is almost tired of eating, not only Xiaotian, everyone on the island is about to vomit, this thing kills several tons, there are more than 10,000 people on the island, sometimes seven or eight can be killed a day, even if most of the sea salt is salted, it still collapses the soldiers, and even the staple food is not given every day, except for whale meat or whale meat, at most with some tea to meet the nutritional matching. This is not good, how can you find a market for so much meat and oil, otherwise everyone's enthusiasm for killing whales will soon go down.
However, such a peaceful day passed quickly, and before the end of the first month, an uninvited guest came to the island, Golden Cripple!!
In fact, Xiao Tian has almost forgotten about this person, although Xiao Tian's current strength is not enough to catch up with Xu Hai, it is not much different from Chen Dong, Ma Ye and others, so that he is not so afraid of Xu Hai, Xu Hai wants to clean him up, no matter how he has to break his big teeth. But after all, we are still your little brother in name, and Xu Hai now represents the widows of the entire East China Sea, so we have to give some face, so Xiaotian respectfully invited the big boss on the island out, you two brothers, let's talk, the master has no time to take care of you.
Li Jin saw the golden cripple and burst into tears, although there were few people on the island in the past, and life was not good, but it didn't matter how it was, how could it be said that it was not, it was like now, the days on the island are getting more and more prosperous, but he Li Jin can still have a few people as a fart when he speaks. After a brief communication, the golden cripple made his intentions clear.
It turned out that after the last incident, the imperial court also moved the wrath of thunder, and the anti-Japanese war broke out in advance, and Zhang Jing, who was recommended by Xu Jie, was successfully appointed as the governor of Zhejiang and controlled the soldiers and horses of the six southeastern provinces at the same time, becoming the person who actually controlled the most power in the entire Ming Dynasty at this time point in addition to Jiajing himself. After Zhang Jing took office, he was still like history, on the one hand, he rectified the soldiers and horses in the southeastern provinces, and on the other hand, he transferred GX wolf soldiers to help in the war, and launched a severe blow against the Japanese invaders. The arrogance of the raiding pirate group led by Xu Hai was obviously suppressed, which also made Xu Hai very unhappy, so Xu Hai decided to retaliate for a big thing, intending to gather all the pirates on the southeast coast again to make another big raid last year. Li Jin couldn't join last time, and he didn't know what Xu Hai thought, so he simply sent Jin Cripple to invite him this time.
Of course, Xiao Tian disagrees with this kind of thing, although Xiao Tian is still a widow in the eyes of the imperial court, Xiao Tian still positions himself as a maritime businessman, and of course he will not do such a non-technical thing as robbery. But Li Jin didn't know which tendon was wrong, but he had to do it, Li Jin thought to himself, I, the big boss, can retire directly if I don't make a little of my own voice, and Li Jin is actually reporting in his heart that he is trying to perform well this time and strive for Xu Hai to help take back the power, although Xiaotian is getting stronger and stronger now, but in Li Jin's heart, Xu Hai is invincible, as long as he is willing to help himself, this kid can still get out.
So Li Jin and Xiaotian still had a-for-tat quarrel, and in the end they didn't want to waste time with him and simply turned around and left. Li Jin was even more angry when he saw Xiao Tian so contemptuous, and directly skipped Xiao Tian and ordered everyone to go to sea with him as the big boss. Of course, no one listened to him, Li Jin was so sad that he howled and cried for a while, and the cry was so miserable that he didn't know that he thought his father was dead.
Xu is pitiful for everyone to see him crying, Li Jin still has a certain prestige among the aborigines of the island, the big guy feels more or less unbearable, and even some people come to Xiaotian to intercede, many people think that Xiaotian has done a little too much, in ancient times, the reputation was still very particular, after all, the big boss is a big boss, how can he fold the mattress in public? Moreover, many aboriginal residents think that Xiaotian can not do without the support of Li Jin's father and son, and no one thought that the young master of Xiaotian's dignified official family was robbed by these two masters. Simply, Xiao Tian waved his hand, let you go, I will not participate, and if anyone on the island is willing to go, I will not stop it.
Under Li Jin's almost pleading attitude, many old brothers relented and agreed to go to sea with him. Xiao Tian generously said that if you want to go, you can go, but don't fight the idea of the warship I brought back, in desperation, Li Jin could only lead more than 300 people, and drove the previous tattered warship to Xu Hai's arms.
This time, Xu Hai mobilized more troops than the last time, and at the same time plundered property, killed residents, and plundered men and women in the coastal areas of Taizhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Huaibei for thousands of miles. After that, in April, the Japanese invaded Taicang again, entered Zhapu, and attacked Pinghu, Haiyan, Haining, and SH Jiangyin. The Ming army, burning towns, robbing residents, **** women, and destroying production became a serious social problem in southeast China at that time. By June of the same year, Wen, Taiwan, Ning, Wei, and Suo were attacked by the Japanese and burned more than 20 places, which lasted three months and plundered.
History is still repeating, except for the tragedy a little earlier, Xiaotian's butterfly wings did not play any role. Zhang Jing took office as a new official, and he was helpless to deal with such a big event in a small battle.
In fact, no matter how history evaluates, it still can't change the fact that Zhang Jing is a purely civilian official, although he has also suppressed the GX rebellion, but in essence, his ability to control the war is far less powerful than his successor Hu Zongxian, it is said that he did not agree with Yu Dayou in office, Yu Dayou is willful and does not give much face, but Yu Dayou saw Hu Zongxian's era, Yu Dayou saw Hu Zongxian like a mouse saw a cat.
This action shook the government and the opposition, the whole country was angry, and the residents of Lijiadao were also angry, because Li Jin did not come back with him.