Wang Jian was depressed in his heart, but the other crew members ignored him, and they all gathered around Li Tu, chattering:

"Thanks to Mr. Li's command, I got this lot of bounty!"

"If it weren't for the general shop training us to use firearms, where would we have been able to beat this Chen Shengning?"

Even Hong Ba, who used to make trouble on the training ground, also surrounded Li Tu and said:

"Heroes of the main shop, we are all served!"

"We're all served!"

Li Tu bowed to everyone, and Lang Lang replied: "In the future, I will rely on you to work together and make meritorious deeds!" ”

The crowd replied:

"Just wait for the general shop to give an order, and we will rush to the front!"

"Just wait for a word from the general shop!"

Seeing that everyone was surrounding Li Tu, the chief manager Xue Yiming also squeezed in. He bowed to Li Tu www.biquge.info and said, "Little Brother Li has made a great contribution this time!" ”

Li Tu replied: "If it weren't for the general manager to suppress the trouble for me, there would be chaos on the training ground, and there would be no today." ”

Hearing this, the manager Xue Yiming was very happy and laughed haha.

After laughing for a while, Xue Yiming said, "Little Brother Li, how did you think about what I said last time about introducing you to my niece?" ”

When Li Tu heard this, he was embarrassed.

As soon as Xue Yiming saw him, he had to introduce his niece to himself, which was really troublesome. You must know that these years pay attention to the words of the parents' orders and matchmakers, only those who say that they are close to each other have no blind dates, if they agree to come down, they will have to make a marriage before they see the woman. Li Tu didn't know what Xue Yiming's niece was beautiful, ugly, tall, and short, and what her personality was, how dare she agree to Xue Yiming. Although Xue Yiming praised his niece like a flower, which one didn't say that his relatives were good? If it's an ugly shrew, won't she be unlucky for the rest of her life?

Li Tu muttered in his heart, and hurriedly replied with his fists clenched: "Li Tu is still young, and he still wants to make a name for himself at sea, and he has never planned to get married. ”

Xue Yiming twisted his beard and replied lightly: "I see." It's a pity, I think my niece's appearance and virtue are excellent! ”

Li Tu arched his hand and said, "Thank you to Manager Xue." ”

Xue Yiming waved his hand, twisted his beard, and stopped talking.

Xu San squeezed into the crowd, came up and put his arm around Li Tu's shoulder, and said affectionately: "Brother Li, I know that you will have to be the head shop sooner or later." I didn't expect you to make such a great contribution and save our Zaixing again. ”

Li Tu saw that Xu San was interesting, and he also punched Xu San's chest, and said loudly: "If you can kill Chen Shengning, you and Wang Mazi can light the torch well is also a great achievement." ”

Hearing Li Tu praise himself, Wang Mazi in the crowd became nervous, and hurriedly said, "The general shop Miao praised!" ”

Seeing Li Tu making love to himself, Xu San felt that Bei'er had face, laughed, waved his hand and said, "What is that?" Light a torch and the kids will do. In short, in the future, I Xu San will follow you Brother Li. I Xu San doesn't have your knowledge, determination, and martial arts, and I only have brute strength. What's next? That one! Before and after the saddle, I am willing to follow the work of dogs and horses! ”

Seeing this bold Xu San stammering himself, Li Tu said lightly: "Okay, it's very good!" In the future, there will be more places where Brother Xu can be used! ”

Hearing this, Xu San was happy in his heart and laughed again.

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After a while, Xiao Xiangui personally handed out the silver. When they had received the money, they were rejoicing, and they went back to the cabin and hid it. Xiao Xiangui also transferred more than a dozen sailors to operate the ship on the captured fortune boat. Both ships hoisted their sails and formed a flotilla, one in front of the other, and headed westward.

Xiao Xiangui's ship was a smuggling ship, and it could not enter Zhangzhou Yue Port, the official trade port of the Ming Dynasty, so it could only be anchored in the dark and rely on the owner to sell and buy goods. Meiwan in Qianting Town, Zhangpu County is a natural harbor and a hiding place for Xiao Xiangui.

However, when Xiao Xiangui's two ships sailed into the inland sea of Zhangzhou and entered the waters of Zhangpu County, and were about to stop at Meiwan, they saw a dazzling three-masted sand boat on the sea outside Meiwan.

The sand boat is a flat-bottomed sailboat with a spacious deck, a square head and a shallow draft with a flat bottom, and is characterized by a flat bottom that is not easy to run aground. In addition, the ship is equipped with multiple masts and sails, and the speed is relatively fast, which is suitable for cruising in shallow water near the sea. Although the sand ship encountered by Zaixing was not large, with a displacement of about 100 tons, it had a three-mast mast.

On the top of the sail of the main mast of the sand ship, a big flag with the word "patrol" is hung.

As soon as he saw this sand boat, Xiao Xiangui frowned, and immediately asked the two lucky ships to turn their sails and rudder and sail towards other harbors where they could hide the boats.

However, other places where they can dock are also guarded by patrol boats. The Zaixing cruised everywhere, but did not find a single harbor without patrol boats.

The Zaixing cruised back and forth, making several abrupt turns. Turning sharply, the ship tilted to the side. Li Tu was counting the silver in the cabin, but was thrown onto the bulkhead by the centrifugal force of the turn. Li Tu didn't know what was going on, so he walked to the terrace and asked Xiao Xiangui.

"Owner, why didn't you enter Meiwan when you arrived in Zhangpu, but went to the open sea?"

Xiao Xiangui slapped the mast and said helplessly: "There are patrol boats everywhere!" The thousands of households in these six ao institutes are afraid that they have changed! ”

Li Tu asked curiously, "How does the owner know?" ”

Xiao Xiangui pointed to the sand boat in the distance and said, "Look at that sand boat, there are three masts, and the word patrol is written on it. It is the patrol boat of the Liuao Thousand Households. The Zhangpu County Inspection Department also has two inspection boats, but they are both sloops. As for the patrol boats of the Shuizhai guerrillas, they were all three or four patrolling together, and there was no such single boat. ”

Looking at Li Tu, Xiao Xiangui said helplessly: "This must be a thousand households for a thousand households." He knew I was going into the harbor and blocked me everywhere! ”

At this time, the second rudder was operating the boat, and Liu Huadian, the rudder, was also on the terrace. Hearing Xiao Xiangui's words, Liu Huadian asked curiously, "What did these thousand households eat?" Why are you so sincere and stick to us in the harbor? ”

Xiao Xiangui patted the side of the boat, and said: "I have dealt with the original county order and the Qianhu Office, and I will not come out to block me." This must have been replaced by a thousand households. The new Qianhu didn't get the benefits, so they deliberately made things difficult and sent ships to block me. ”

Li Tu has been in the Zaixing for more than half a year, and he fights with the crew every day, and he also has some understanding of the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty:

In the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty, there were two forces: the water military guard and the water village guerrillas. In the third year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu placed 24 guards in the water army, and each guard ship was fifty. Subsequently, Ming Taizu set up a water village in foreign countries. In Fujian, there are five villages, including Fenghuomen, Nanri Mountain, Huyu, Xiaocheng and Tongshan. After Longqing, in order to increase the coastal defense force, "guerrillas" were added in Fujian: there were Haitan Tour, Hutong Tour, Nanli Tour, Xuanzhong Tour, etc.

Specific arrangements for maritime patrols: In terms of health posts, the Coastal Guard Station has two ships for every 100 households to patrol the sea. In terms of the water villages, each water village should send sentinel boats to patrol its own "letter areas," and every March and April, when the Japanese invaded the "flood season," the guerrillas should send military boats to assist in patrolling the water villages. In addition, the government also participated in coastal defense, and the inspection departments of the county yamen also prepared two ships to patrol the sea.

Under normal circumstances, the management of these guards and water houses is chaotic, and there are few patrol boats. If there is a ship on patrol, it must be on a special day, or there is a special reason. For example, this time, it is obvious that Liuao Qianhu deliberately found trouble with Zaixing.