Chapter 413: Purging Pirates

Since King Ning committed suicide, half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the whole Jiangxi has been completely calm.

Jiangxi is mountainous and hilly, grain production has always been low, and the peasants' lives are very difficult.

Li Ling transferred a large number of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn seeds from Li's family and the northwest to Jiangxi.

With the help of Dachang Qianzhuang, refugees in Jiangxi Province launched a vigorous campaign to open up the wasteland, and the results were remarkable, and each of the participating households stored several thousand catties of grain.

According to the original agreement, the yamen would not collect their taxes for three years, and the people would only need to pay for seeds and farm tools.

The people did not panic when they had food at home, and some even walked into Dachang Money Village for the first time in their lives to exchange for a silver ticket of ten taels of silver.

Keeping enough rations and seeds for the coming year, and selling all the rest of the grain was a proposal from Dachang Qianzhuang.

After all, these crops have only just been promoted, and the seeds are far from meeting the needs of the whole country.

Li Ling searched for hundreds of thousands of taels of gold in King Ning's mansion, and all of them were transported to the capital.

The emperor let out a long sigh after seeing it, the reason why King Ning and his family have repeatedly tried to rebel are probably because of these wealth, and now that the gold nuggets are all in the court, and King Ning's brother has declined fiefs and other privileges, the emperor should be able to relieve this piece of heart.

He thought of commending Li Ling again, but this time it was not only the father-in-law who came to Nanchang, but also the businessman Liang Lao!

The emperor's holy decree was just to reward him with a few words and let him continue to work hard, but Liang Lao asked him.

"My lord, our goods were intercepted by the Japanese more than a year ago, and there has been no news so far, and we have also asked the soldiers of Quanzhou Wei to help make it, but there has been no result, please help us!" Elder Liang said loudly, and wanted to kneel.

"It's ......." Li Ling didn't hesitate at all, and quickly pulled the old man up.

Li Ling raised his eyes and glanced at his father-in-law, he wanted to know if this was the emperor's will or just Liang Lao's meaning.

"Master Li, don't get me wrong, the emperor didn't necessarily let the Li Jiajun go to clear out the Japanese invaders, but the miscellaneous family saw that Old Man Liang was too miserable, and the islands near Quanzhou were occupied by the Japanese invaders, so I decided to let him come with me, after all, the whole of Fujian is now under your jurisdiction!"

The father-in-law blushed and explained, he knew best that the reason why Liang Loutou followed him was entirely for the sake of this old boy's filial piety to his one hundred taels of silver.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have cared about it!

"The islands near Quanzhou are all occupied by the Japanese pirates? Isn't that the island of Taiwan also occupied by the Japanese invaders? ”。 Li Ling was a little angry, he decided to go south!

"Thank you, thank you, your lord!". Elder Liang knew that Li Ling was going south, so he hurriedly thanked.

Mr. Liang was in his fifties, and he was one of the few people who used all his family wealth to trade, and he did not expect that the goods would be robbed by the Japanese as soon as they left the port of Quanzhou.

Seeing the destruction of the huge family business, he was very anxious, and he was running around these days, although others had given up, he still did not give up.

Now that Li Ling is willing to call the shots for him, why is Liang Lao unhappy?

Li Ling first asked Ma Qiang to take a few thousand men and horses to Ningbo Mansion to recruit warships, Xiaoba stayed in Jiangxi to look after his family, and Li Ling personally took hundreds of guards to Fujian by dry road.

Although everyone in the Li family knew that it would take a long time for Li Ling to think about it, everyone knew that he was going to do business, so they didn't stop him.

"Husband, I'm fifteen years old!". Li Yanyu walked past everyone and walked to Li Ling's side and whispered.

"I, got it! I'll have a room with you when I get back! Li Ling naturally knew what Li Yanyu's intentions were, so he immediately agreed and kissed him on the forehead.

Li Yanyu saw that her husband was so straightforward in expressing her love for herself in public, she walked away with a red face!

"Yang Ying, everything at home will be handed over to you!". Li Ling turned around and ordered.

The guards handed over the horse to him, and Li Ling rode away!

When Li Ling arrived in Quanzhou, he realized that the matter was more serious than he imagined.

The remnants of the Japanese invaded the vicinity of Quanzhou, and they occupied the island of Taiwan, which was then the small island of sulfur.

Naturally, they were not willing to occupy only a desert island, and they not only often robbed ships passing by at sea, but even went ashore from time to time to rob the common people of the Ming Dynasty.

"My lord, where am I going now?" Liang Lao also followed Li Ling to Quanzhou, and he complained to Li Ling: "I came to Quanzhou to ask the commander many times, but the commander Zhou always ignored him, I don't know if he has colluded with the Japanese Kou, and I hope that Lord Li will find out!" ”。

"Now Ma Qiang hasn't brought the troops over, it's too early to say, let's wait for the soldiers to come over!"

Li Ling naturally would not believe that the commander of Quanzhou Wei and the Japanese were colluding with each other because of Liang Lao's few words.

Quanzhou was originally stationed only a thousand troops, but later the imperial court lifted the sea ban, and it became a huge outlet to the sea, which increased the number of garrisons here into Quanzhou Wei.

Li Ling had only been waiting in Quanzhou for three days, and Ma Qiang had already brought people over, and he quietly came over to tell Li Ling that there were already hundreds of heavily armed ships parked on the periphery of the Taiwan Strait, and as long as Li Ling gave an order, they would immediately discover and attack the Japanese on the island.

"Don't worry, let's get to know some of the situation!"

With soldiers in his hands, Li Ling's heart was also low, he asked Ma Qiang to lead people to answer outside the gate of Zhou's mansion, and Li Ling personally led people into Qianhu Mansion.

As soon as he stepped into the Zhou family, Li Ling felt the prosperity here, the little maids and maids walked around, and the number of servants in the mansion was comparable to his governor's mansion.

Moreover, Li Ling also found that the maids in the house were very handsome, but they didn't talk much.

"Lord Li, please come inside, and the lower officials will welcome you and hope to atone for your sins!"

Zhou Qianhu personally came out to greet him and brought Li Ling into the living room from the front yard.

The maids who serve tea and water to and fro are very beautiful, which is different from other families.

There are no rough maids in the Thousand Households!

"My lord, there is indeed a group of robbers on this small Ryukyu Island, the lower officials ......, the lower officials should have annihilated them all, this is this gang of thieves is very cunning, as soon as they realized that the government wanted to destroy them, they disappeared immediately!" Zhou Qianhu's face was sweating, he knew that Li Ling was an extremely strict person, if he didn't give him an explanation, he was afraid that the governor would not let him go easily, he trembled and said: "Xiaguan must gather people and horses again, fight, and strive to eliminate this group of widows as soon as possible!" ”。

Zhou Qianhu's sworn promise did not dispel Li Ling's doubts, but he somewhat believed what Liang Lao said!

If he has a clear conscience, why is he so panicked?

Although Li Ling lived in the Zhou family's partial courtyard according to Zhou Qianhu's arrangement, he still did not relax his surveillance of the Zhou family.

As expected, as soon as it was dark, a family member ran out of Zhou's mansion and rode a tall horse in the direction of the dock.

Hachi had been waiting there for a long time, and he led someone to trap the family with a tripping horse.

After some intimidation, the family finally confided the truth, the Zhou commander had long been in collusion with the Japanese invaders, and whenever an official from the imperial court came to Quanzhou to inspect, the Zhou government would send someone to report to the Japanese invaders, as long as they hung green lanterns on the dock, it meant safety, and hung red lanterns meant that the Ming army would go to attack the Japanese invaders.

If the red lantern is lit, the Japanese will have to be prepared, and the two sides will be able to deal with other officials after a few fake fights.

"Then are you going to hang a green lantern this time, or are you going to hang a red lantern?"

Ma Qiang pulled out a long knife and put it on Jiading's neck and asked.

"I'm ......, Master Li only came with a few guards, so naturally he won't attack the island, so I'll naturally hang a green lantern!" Jia Ding replied honestly.

"No, you're going to hang a red lantern, don't blame us for being polite!". Ma Qiang frightened.

"Yes, I'm hanging a red lantern today!". In desperation, the good man succumbed!

It was late at night, but when Li Ling just wanted to rest, the door of the room opened, and two women who looked similar came in from outside the door.

"My lord, our two sisters have come to serve you at the behest of my lord!"

The two women look sweet, although they can't be compared with Yang Ying and others, but they are indeed rare beauties, especially the two sisters look similar, they must be two sisters or twins!

When the two women entered the house, they took off their tops, revealing a wonderful figure under the red belly pocket, which was indeed very seductive/seductive.

"You two stand down, I don't need to be served!". Li Ling spat and foamed, but he still restrained his desires, the wife at home was still waiting for him, and he couldn't do anything to be sorry for the women.

"Your ......, sir, we ......, the two of us are still virgins, and our bodies are not dirty! Please ask for our sisters, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the master, or he will kill us!" ”。 The quieter woman said uneasily, thinking that she would be in charge of the affairs of the two, she should be her sister!

The two sisters grew up in the Qinglou, and were bought by the Zhou Commander two years ago, and have been playing the piano and beating music for adults in the Zhou Mansion.

I didn't expect that Lord Zhou would let the two of them serve Li Ling during the day today, which was like a bolt from the blue sky to them.

It turned out that in the eyes of Commander Zhou, the two of them were just commodities to be sold at a price, and they could be sold at any time as long as the price was right.

The two daughters are also miserable people!

"I don't need you to serve, you sisters just work in my house for one night, tomorrow I will ask Commander Zhou to ask you back, and when the official returns to Beijing, you will be free!" Li Ling whispered to the two women.

This matter was just a trivial matter for him, and he was naturally happy to give this favor.

"Thank you, sir!". The two women glanced at each other and were full of gratitude to Li Ling.

Although Commander Zhou told them that Li Ling's official residence was a good thing, as long as he followed him, it would be unspeakably expensive, but Lord Li already had a wife in his family, and if Li Ling could take them out of the Zhou Mansion and have freedom, this would of course be the best!

When the two sisters sat on the chairs and thought about things, Li Ling had already fallen asleep.

It's not that he's not a good girl, it's not that he has scruples about Commander Zhou, it's that he already carries too much.

Li Ling didn't want to provoke other women again.

Commander Zhou kept an eye on Li Ling's movements in his room, and he was very happy to find that his two girls had not come out again when they entered the room!

As long as Li Ling has weaknesses!

The people on the island found that there were red lanterns rising from the high pole of the pier, and they didn't sleep for most of the night just waiting for Commander Zhou to come and attack, but they didn't wait until the early hours of the morning for Lord Zhou and his soldiers.

Commander Zhou thought that Master Li had accepted the two daughters, and the next day the two were naturally guests and hosts.

When Li Ling asked Commander Zhou for the two girls, he smiled and agreed!

Commander Zhou treated Li Ling as his own, and he was relieved!

At night, when the family went to hang the lantern, it was still a red lantern, and the Japanese on the opposite side were busy for most of the night.

On the third day, when the would-be robbers saw that there were still red lanterns on the other side, they lost their vigilance and fell into a deep sleep.

Ma Qiang led the warship into the strait at this time and quietly touched the island.

The attack was launched at dawn, and the people at this time were the most sleepy and the most difficult to eat, and before the Japanese could get up, Li Jiajun suddenly came and killed them.

According to Li Ling's order, as long as it was a widow, he could kill it, and a woman who resisted also killed ........

The islands were gradually exterminated, and the screams spread far and wide.

Li Jiajun actually captured the opposite island overnight.

At dawn, the Weisuo army suddenly found that all the outside of their camp were Li Jiajun with bright armor, and they all had to surrender!

Ma Qiang was not polite, he arrested all the cronies of Commander Zhou's envoys and relieved them of military power.

All the wings of Commander Zhou have been cut off!

Li Ling brought all the Japanese who were captured alive to Quanzhou and killed them all in front of all the people!

"Why, why did it do?". Commander Zhou was very angry when he knew that he had been deceived, but what greeted him was the fate of arrest.

When the sea ban was not lifted, he was just a thousand households of a thousand households, and although he was a court official, he was only able to eat well.

He was poor and afraid, and only after becoming a commander did he make money for the poor, and even made an internal response to the Japanese for his own interests.

It's just that he probably wouldn't have thought that he would lose his life without enjoying this luxurious life for a few years.

Li Ling beheaded him without consulting the imperial court, which was a privilege granted by the emperor to the governor.

After the Japanese in the vicinity of Quanzhou were cleared, Li Ling did not take the soldiers and horses away, but asked Xiaoba to take them to sweep the Japanese in the nearby seas.

There are also a small number of remnants of the Ryukyu Islands, and there are garrisons of the Ming Dynasty on Hong Kong and Macau, and Hainan Island.

Li Ling handed over all the property looted from the Japanese to Ma Qiang, and instructed him to use the method of war to eliminate the Japanese in the coastal area.

Li Ling allowed Ma Qiang to recruit troops on his own.

Ma Qiangzun stayed in the south at Li Ling's orders to ensure the smooth navigation of the eastern and western navigation routes, and his subordinates even established their own regimes in Southeast Asian countries.

In a few decades, maybe Portuguese and Spanish people will still come to the Ming Dynasty, but that will be a different story!

(To be continued.) )