Today's weather is exceptionally good, the blue sky does not have a trace of clouds, and the sea in the distance is connected with the sky, making it difficult to tell where is the sea? Where is the day? A fiery red sun is rising, bringing a rare warmth to this cold winter, and it is a rare pleasure to move a chair to lie in the sun at this time.

It's a pity that not everything is beautiful under the sun, Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun slowly walked through the water village of the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce, most of the buildings on this land have been burned to ashes, and between the piles of broken beams and broken columns, there are occasionally wisps of black smoke coming out.

Although the corpse had been removed, the large blood stains on the ground proved to them that there had been a fierce battle here, and even the smell of barbecue was in the air, which made Xie Lingyun and Sanniang behind them look ugly, and even opened their mouths several times, but they didn't vomit anything.

Last night's sneak attack went very smoothly, even far exceeding Zhou Chong's previous expectations, especially no one expected that Park Yuanjiang, the president of the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce, and several stewards were all drunk and unconscious, and when Sun Tong lifted them out of bed, these people had not even sobered up, and some even drunkenly opened their mouths and scolded, until Sun Tong raised his hand and gave the other party more than a dozen mouths, which made Park Yuanjiang and the others sober up.

In addition, the results of the battle were also counted this morning, more than 370 people in the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce, more than 100 people were killed and burned to death, and the remaining 200 people except for some who surrendered on the spot, most of the remaining people actually fled to the port, but unfortunately Zheng Ling had already burned all the boats, and there was no way to escape by boat, and even if they got on the boat, the sluice gate was also destroyed, and it was difficult to escape again.

In the desperate situation of the sea before the pursuers, some people jumped into the sea water of the port, but unfortunately because the weather was too cold, many people were frozen to death in the sea, and the rest did not dare to jump into the sea and surrendered on the spot. Of course, there are also some North Koreans who are lucky or have amazing water skills to flee to the wall of the water village, and then climb over the wall to escape, but that is only a few people, and it does not affect the overall situation at all. It can be said that after this battle, the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce was almost completely wiped out.

In fact, it is not surprising that it can achieve such a big result, after all, the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce is just a group of smugglers, although they have weapons in their hands, but in the final analysis, they are still a group of ordinary people, and they cannot be compared with the regular army at all, at most they can only be regarded as a gang of bandits, and they can only fight with the wind, and when they encounter a sneak attack at night, they have no time to react, and there is no leader organization, so it is naturally a complete defeat.

According to the statistics, more than 180 Koreans surrendered to the tune, and now all of them are squatting in a clearing in Shuizhai with their hands tied, surrounded by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the Xie family. There were also casualties among the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the Xie family, but because the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce was defeated quickly, the casualties were very minor.

Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun walked to the square where the prisoners were held, and Sun Tong, who was in charge of the prisoners, immediately stepped forward to report: "Shaodong, all the 186 prisoners of the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce are here, what do you think should be done?" ”

Zhou Zhong nodded after hearing this, and then looked at the North Koreans who were squatting on the ground, among which there were several kneeling on the front wearing silk underwear, and at a glance, he knew that Lu Dao was a high-level member of the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce, and it was likely that Park Yuanjiang was among them. Behind them, there were more than 100 North Koreans, who were blackened by the smoke, and some of them were not lightly injured, covered in blood, and even had broken hands and feet. Xie Lingyun saw the tragic situation of these captives, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little unbearable.

Just when Zhou Chonggang wanted to ask Sun Tong, how did the Chamber of Commerce deal with prisoners before? Suddenly, they heard a crying sound from the direction of the port, which made Zhou Zhong and the others feel very strange, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look.

As a result, after a while, I saw Zheng Ling and Zheng Longhai, father and son, walking from the port with a group of people, and in the middle of their team, there were twenty or thirty crying girls, most of these girls were thirteen or fourteen years old, their clothes were ragged, and their faces were dirty, but if you carefully distinguished, you could find that these girls were not bad.

In addition to these girls, there were more than a dozen boys in the group, and these boys were younger, most of them were six or seven years old, and like the girls, all of them were handsome. It may be that the boys are so young that they are even more frightened, and their eyes are so wide with horror that they can't even cry.

"Uncle, where did these girls and boys come from?" Xie Lingyun asked with a puzzled look when she saw these girls and boys.

However, Zheng Ling did not immediately answer Xie Lingyun's words, but rushed to the group of prisoners in the square, and punched and kicked the top few Jeolla Chamber of Commerce executives at the front, scolding while slapping his mouth: "Bastard, your eighteenth generation ancestors, Lao Tzu let you abduct and sell women and children, you have to drink your hearts and livers today......

Although Zheng Ling's age is not young, because he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, his body is very strong, and he has the power of breaking wood and cracking stones with every punch and kick, and now he is shooting with all his strength, and Park Yuanjiang and they can't resist, but they were quickly beaten and screamed, and the nose and eyes on his face were swollen.

Hearing the swear words in Zheng Ling's mouth, Zhou Chong and Xie Lingyun also seemed to understand something, and then Zheng Longhai also stepped forward to explain: "Zhou Gongzi, cousin, the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce is really not a thing, these girls and children were found in the bottom compartment of the two big ships in the port, according to the caretaker's confession, these girls and children were abducted from the Ming Dynasty and will be transported to North Korea to be sold in the future!" ”

"What?" Zhou Chong was furious after hearing this, and a terrifying fierce light appeared in his eyes. And Xie Lingyun next to him was also full of anger, and he looked at the prisoners of the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce without any sympathy.

"I fuck the ancestor of the North Koreans, our Han Chamber of Commerce has a unified and strict order, prohibiting anyone from trafficking in human beings, I didn't expect Park Yuanjiang to be so bold that he dared to sell women and children in private, if it wasn't for us today, I'm afraid everyone would have been blinded by them!" At this time, Uncle Huo, who had been following Zhou Chong, also said angrily.

Soon the Jeolla Chamber of Commerce's human trafficking spread among everyone, which really aroused the anger of the public, whether it was the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce or the Xie family, they all gathered in the square to punch and kick those prisoners, and for a while, the entire square almost became a group beating meeting, and there were a few people around each prisoner who were "waiting" with all their might!

The reason why the Chamber of Commerce and the Xie family are so angry is actually for a reason, with the development of smuggling, Koreans and Japanese people also came to Shuangyu Port, at first they also did legitimate business with smugglers, selling silk porcelain and other goods, but slowly, some Japanese and North Koreans made a bad idea.

Speaking of which, although the dynasty has changed in the Central Plains, it has always been the undisputed overlord of the surrounding countries, whether it is Korea or the Japanese state, all of them are courtiers. It may also be this mentality that causes people in these countries to have an innate sense of inferiority when facing the people of the Central Plains.

For example, in the Song Dynasty, there were unmarried Uighur women and Japanese women who found a Great Song man, then intercourse with him, and then returned to China when he became pregnant. Moreover, these women with the blood of the Song people are not only not discriminated against, but also an honor, and even the men of their own clan are vying to marry these women. (Note: This is definitely a historical fact, not made up by the old fish, you can Baidu Baidu "degree species", you can find the explanation.) ）

It is precisely this inferiority complex that makes the blood of the Central Plains people undoubtedly very noble in the eyes of the people of small countries such as Korea and the Wa Kingdom. Originally, this was nothing, after all, the Central Plains has always been the center of civilization in East Asia, and it is naturally worshiped by neighboring countries. But when the smuggling along the coast of the Ming Dynasty began, a very bad situation arose.

For example, in small countries like Korea and the Wa Kingdom, some nobles in their country not only like to read Han books and speak Chinese, but even many people dream of having a Central Plains beauty. But it's a pity that the people of the Central Plains have always regarded the surrounding small countries as barbarians, and even if a woman marries a beggar from her own country, I'm afraid she is not willing to go to those barbarian places, so it is almost impossible for those nobles to get Han beauties through normal channels.

It is precisely because of this demand of the domestic aristocracy, coupled with the prevalence of smuggling, that some Japanese and Koreans began to collude with some scum among the Central Plains to abduct some young girls and sell them to Japanese and Koreans, and most of these women are from coastal areas.

Whether it is the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce or the Xie family, most of the people involved in smuggling are also people in the coastal area, and they have to embark on the road of smuggling because of the necessity of life. Most of the girls abducted and sold by human traffickers are their villagers, and they may even be their sisters, and it is precisely because of this that most of the smugglers in the Ming Dynasty have always hated people like human trafficking.

Fortunately, the situation of human trafficking did not last long, a few years ago, Zhou Chong's father Zhou Hai, as one of the overlords of Shuangyu Port, united with the Xie family and several other Ming Chamber of Commerce, in one fell swoop to eliminate several Japanese and Korean chambers of commerce involved in human trafficking, and then set up strict rules to prohibit anyone from trafficking in human beings, which put out the signs of this unhealthy trend, but I didn't expect that less than ten years have passed, and there are people who dare to sell human beings under their noses, and they simply don't take their original strict orders in their eyes.

"Miss Xie, according to the rules set by my father and the Xie family and several other chambers of commerce, how should we deal with these human traffickers?" Zhou Zhong asked through gritted teeth. If these girls are sold to North Korea, they will definitely become playthings, and those boys will be even more miserable, because they will become the prostitutes of some perverted nobles, and they can't survive or die, so they must not let these people go!