As soon as the news of the new governor of Nanzhili came out, officials from various prefectures, prefectures and counties rushed to Suzhou to greet him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Nanzhili originally had two governors, one was the governor of Yingtian, stationed in Suzhou Prefecture. One is the governor of Fengyang, stationed in Huai'an Mansion. Emperor Zhengde merged the two into one to express his full trust in Wang Shouren. The main responsibility of the governor of Nanzhili this time was to pacify the Japanese, so Wang Shouren decided to be stationed in Suzhou Mansion, which was closer to the front line of the anti-Japanese war, and was in charge of the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war.

Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion are adjacent to each other and are collectively known as Susong.

Su Song's heavy taxation crowned the Ming Dynasty's two capitals and thirteen political divisions.

It is rare to stare at one or two mansions and cities, and it can only be said that Su Song is so rich that even His Majesty the Emperor can't help but want to share some profits.

Wang Shouren shouldered a heavy responsibility this time, so he was naturally in a heavy mood, and he was not in the mood to make a big show.

After he arrived in Suzhou Mansion, he did not stay long before going to Songjiang Mansion. As the front line of the anti-Japanese war, the pressure on Songjiang Prefecture was even greater. Wang Shouren lived directly in the prefect's yamen, and the poor prefect of Songjiang could only move to another courtyard to live and work.

Although Wang Shouren's official position was only that of the governor of Nanzhili, because he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to preside over the overall situation of the peace and security, he could mobilize the troops of Zhejiang Province and Fujian, especially the new army.

Of course, compared with Zhejiang Province and Nanzhili, Fujian's troubles are not so serious, and Wang Shouren mainly has to settle in Nanzhi and Zhejiang Province.

The style of the pirates is very cautious, although they burn and plunder, but they are not sure that they never go deep into the hinterland.

Only on rare occasions will they raid the hinterland, but that is a special case and cannot be used as an argument.

Before Wang Shouren came to Nanzhili, Xie Shen had specially instructed him that he must not use brute force to deal with the Japanese invaders, but to outwit them.

There were many children of Zhejiang and Fujian merchants among the Japanese and Fujian merchants. They are very familiar with the local terrain, so even if they face a Ming army several times their size, they can still get out easily.

It was often the Ming army that flocked to the Ming army after learning of the whereabouts of the Japanese invaders, but they were in vain.

Wang Shouren's advantage was that he had a new army in his hands, but if he could not confront the Japanese Kou head-on, this advantage could not be brought into play.

Therefore, how to determine the location of the Japanese and lure them into battle is the most important thing.

Wang Shouren looked at the thick wall chart hanging on the wall of the room and fell into deep thought.

He found that the pirates tended to be entrenched on small islands not far from the coast, which were not easy to spot because their size changed greatly with the high tide and ebb and flow. In addition, the Ming army was a layman in water warfare, and he did not dare to go to the island easily, which made the Japanese have no fear.

In this way, after the Japanese went ashore and plundered, they could calmly leave and return to the island to rest.

After a while, it came back again, and sometimes it went back and forth.

If you want to eliminate the Japanese plague forever, the best way is naturally to take these small islands and cut off the way for the Japanese to retreat.

But that's easier said than done.

After all, for a long time, the sailors of the Ming army existed in name only, and the soldiers were all landlubbers. Although this situation has changed after the implementation of Xie Shen's new policy, after all, the gap in the early stage is too big to be made up in a few years.

Rushing to mobilize a large army to uproot these Japanese strongholds is likely to put the soldiers in danger.

Wang Shouren is not the kind of person who is cold-hearted, and he can't do it if he wants to sacrifice the lives of countless brothers for the so-called merits. What he seeks is to solve the problem with minimal loss.

"Lord Futai, the lower officials have a plan to lure the Japanese to take the bait."

Just when Wang Shouren was frowning, Ren Yanbin, the county magistrate of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, said loudly.

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

Listening to it is clear, Wang Shouren still wants to hear what opinions his subordinates have.

Ren County Commander said respectfully: "There is a batch of silk cloth in Songjiang Mansion that will be sacrificed to the palace, and it is said that it will be loaded into the ship in the next few days, and the Japanese are salivating over it." If Lord Futai released the news, those wouldn't be able to hold it back. ”

Wang Shouren couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

"The Japanese are so arrogant that they dare to rob the tribute?"

"Lord Futai doesn't know that these robbers are extremely vicious and can do anything. Besides, the tribute has not been robbed. ”

Wang Shouren was silent. What kind of people are these pirates? They are desperately doing evil, as if only in this way can they reflect the value of their existence.

"But what if the tribute is really robbed?"

That's a tribute, wouldn't it be too risky to use this as bait?

Ren Shilang sighed and said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger." If Lord Futai is unwilling to take risks, it is impossible to lure the Japanese to attack. Besides, adults have so little confidence in the new army? ”

Wang Shouren was angry when he said this: "Joke! How could this officer not have confidence in the new army? Just release the news according to what you said, and this official wants to see how much trouble these would-be can make! ”

"Lord Futai is wise!" Ren County Ling sent a sycophant, and his heart was already happy.

If Lord Futai really succeeds in following his advice, then he will also be the number one hero, needless to say, he will be rewarded and promoted.

Even if it fails in the end, it is Wang Shouren, the governor, who will not blame the head of a small county order.

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The Ming Dynasty was the general name of the southeast pirates of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, they did not belong to each other and were independent, and were often attached to a large local family.

These big families have enough financial resources to support smuggling, and these widows in turn give back a steady stream of wealth to other people, and the two are mutually beneficial and symbiotic. Han Zun, a wealthy merchant in Nanzhili, has such a smuggling fleet that cannot be seen. As the largest local silk merchant, the silk cloth produced by the Han family is the best to sell. But Han Zun was still not satisfied. He wants a bigger return on profits. This can only be brought by smuggling.

The Han family sold silk to Fanguo through a smuggling fleet, and then transported back the whole ship of local specialties such as spices. One voyage smuggling can earn two huge profits, and the Han family has tasted the sweetness, and smuggling has become more and more frequent.

At present, half of the Han family's profits are obtained through smuggling, and the sudden opening of the sea ban will have a huge impact on the Han family. This made Han Zun angry and angry, and ordered the smuggling fleet to plunder the people along the coast as a demonstration against the imperial court.

I never thought that the imperial court would be extraordinarily tough this time, and even sent a new governor to Nanzhili to supervise the matter of suppressing the Japanese invaders.

Han Zun felt that there seemed to be some problems with his demonstration strategy, and he should have slapped the court in the face more directly, making it angry and embarrassed.

Now is the opportunity.

Songjiang Prefecture wants to escort a batch of Kampot to Jingshi. The kampot was stored in a warehouse near the wharf, and if it could be looted, the face of the Ming Emperor would be lost.

This is naturally what Han Zun wants to see the most.

And what about the emperor? Don't think about it if you get in the way of Lao Tzu's wealth.

He just wanted to make the emperor understand that the sea ban was not opened casually. If you want to open the sea and impose heavy taxes, you will have to pay the price.

Therefore, Han Zun instructed the smuggling fleet to take the initiative to attack, and it was necessary to rob these Kampot before loading them on the ship and heading north.

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Although the Han family is a big family in Songjiang, it is too sensitive to rob tribute. It is not possible to launch it directly by land, but it is still necessary to tactfully call the smuggling forces to launch it from the sea.

The Han family's smuggling fleet is stationed on Tanhu Mountain in Weinan, Jinshan, where the island is large, and even if the tide rises, it will not be completely submerged. Therefore, the Han family built a large number of fortifications on it, and even if the official army found that they wanted to encircle and suppress it, it was unlikely to be easy to succeed.

Like other smuggling families, the Han family's fleet is also staffed by two people. The rough plan was formulated by Han Zun's confidant Han Lun, and the smuggling at sea was decided by the ronin Oda Keiro in case of emergencies. This not only ensures that the fleet is loyal enough to the Han family, but also ensures that the fleet has been efficiently smuggling at sea.

After receiving Han Zun's order, Han Lun discussed with Oda Keiro the plan to land and plunder.

Oda Keiro felt that this move was too risky, but after all, this was an order from Han Zun, the head of the Han family, and he couldn't disobey it.

At the beginning, he and several companions crossed the ocean to come to Songjiang Mansion in Daming, and when he was desperate, it was Han Zun who took him in.

"Oda, wouldn't it be better if we landed from Takurin, avoiding Jinshanwei? This will allow you to go straight to the South Bridge Pier. ”

Wang Lun was very aware of the topography of Songjiang Province, and he understood that if Kampot wanted to be transported to Jingshi, it had to be loaded at the Nanqiao Wharf, and as long as they could reach the Nanqiao Wharf, there was a high possibility that the tribute would be intercepted.

The only question is whether the officers and soldiers will set up an ambush and wait for them to take the bait.

Oda pursed his lips and remained silent.

He didn't like to talk much, and he was more accustomed to relying on the knife in his hand than boasting.

After a long time, Oda Keiro sighed and said, "If you really want to go, there is only this way to go." However, I need you to be sure of one thing, and that is that the officers and soldiers of the two guards will not take the initiative to attack. ”

Wang Lun nodded and said, "You can rest assured of this Oda." The south bridge is between Jinshanwei and Qingcun Zhongqian, which belongs to the overlap of jurisdictions. In our Ming Dynasty, there is a saying: 'Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the tiles of others.' 'There's overlap and there's a fight, and no one is going to scramble to patrol and manage this area. The only armed force may be a small army at the South Bridge Wharf, but that is only a few hundred men, so there is nothing to fear. ”

Oda Keiro let out a long exhale, a relaxed look on his face.

"That's good, I'm not afraid of the Ming officials, I've dealt with them for so many years, and I still know their strength. I'm afraid of revealing the identity of the proprietor. ”

Oda Keiro's worries are not unreasonable.

The crew of the Han family's smuggling fleet is not all ronin samurai. In fact, only a dozen or so people in the entire smuggling fleet were ronin real widows, and the remaining more than 100 people were domestic servants of the Han family.

These domestic servants are all registered with the government, and once they are seen, they are likely to cause disaster to the Han family.

"Well, Oda's words make sense, so as long as we intercept the tribute this time and return immediately, the officers and soldiers of the guard will definitely not be able to react. So as soon as they get on the boat, they will be out of reach. The government has no evidence, even if it sees a few servants of the Han family? It's impossible to take the portrait to the Han family to find the old man Xingshi to ask for the guilt, right? ”

In Han Lun's view, the officers and soldiers of the guard station are all a group of cowardly soft eggs. They have an inexplicable fear of the sea. As long as they saw the deep blue and black water, the legs and stomachs of these officers and soldiers would tremble, and it was impossible to pursue them by boat.

"Okay, in that case, we will set off from Tanhu Mountain by boat early tomorrow morning according to the plan, land in Tuolin, and go straight to the South Bridge!"

Oda Keiro is also a cool character, and once a decision is made, he will not procrastinate. At the beginning, Han Zun took a fancy to Oda Keirou's character, so he handed over the smuggling fleet to Oda Keirou.

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The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, more than 100 people from the Han family stationed on the island jumped into small boats and rowed towards the opposite shore.

The reason why the big smuggling boats were not used to go to sea was to avoid easily exposing the target.

Their purpose was clear, and there was no need to expose themselves in the process of looting tribute.

More than 100 people in ten small boats quickly approached the opposite shore, and due to the heavy fog on the sea today, the already small target was even more difficult to detect.

Oda Keiro and Han Lun are in the same boat.

Han Lun's expression was relaxed and stroked his beard from time to time, but Oda Keiro frowned, and his right hand tightly held the handle of the sword.

This is the instinctive reaction of a professional samurai, and the body will tense up and adjust to the best state when performing important tasks.

Soon, the boats were docking.

Under the leadership of more than a dozen real widows, more than 100 fake widows jumped off the boat and rushed ashore on the waves.

They couldn't be more familiar with the land. This is the land from which they were born, and from which they have gained untold wealth.

Soon, all the pirates had rushed into a tidal flat not far from the coast, and then skirted a low mangrove forest to a path trodden by the footmen.

"Oda, follow this road all the way to the South Bridge Pier."

Han Lun said excitedly.

Everything was easier than he had imagined, and they had not encountered any resistance since they had landed, and according to this momentum, the interception of tribute was like a probe.

No one knows better than Han Lun the importance that his master attaches to this batch of tributes. If he can really intercept the tribute, his status in the eyes of the lord will definitely be greatly improved. In this way, it is not without an opportunity to transfer back to the Han family to serve as the chief housekeeper.

To be honest, being in charge of maritime smuggling is only a lot more than being the big housekeeper of the Han Mansion, but Han Lun has been a little tired and tired over the years.

Staying on the boat all day, looking up at the endless sea, the loneliness and loneliness drove him a little crazy.

Therefore, he wants to change, he wants to return to Songjiang Mansion and enjoy the rest of his life with his mother-in-law. The money he earned was enough to squander, and there was no need to continue licking blood from the knife edge.

And Oda Keiro also has his own plans.

In his opinion, the interception of tribute had a great effect on the fame of the fleet. The rest of the pirate fleet only plundered the people along the coast at most, and they didn't even dare to fight the idea of the official warehouse.

If the Han family's fleet intercepts the tribute, it will definitely become famous in the circle and become a leader-like figure.

This is what Keiro Oda dreamed of.

He had always wanted to gather the ronin samurai on the southeast coast and form a fleet of his own. This was simply not possible before, because the ronin people were not familiar with the terrain of the coastal prefectures and counties of Daming, and there were not enough funds to form a fleet.

But after so many years, they are familiar enough with the terrain of Daming, and they have saved a lot of money, why not form a fleet of all ronins for smuggling?

Doing things for Daming maritime merchants is not a long-term solution after all.

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