According to Mao 18's report, among the five pirate ships, loaded with a large amount of materials, raw silk filled two dhows, more than 100 loads, and other silk, silk, tea, lacquerware, all kinds of goods, at least worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It must be the pirates who robbed the goods in the shops of Cen Harbor, and now we can be considered rich." Mao Eighteen was very excited.

"Since it was taken from the pirates, there is no need to be polite. Eighteenth brother, you now send someone to send these ships back to Daishan. Ren Siqi commanded. Mao 18 agreed.

After clearing out all the pirates in Cen Harbor, he rescued more than a dozen shopkeepers who were locked up in a house. The pirates were ready to exchange them for ransom, and they did not abuse them excessively, but they all had blue noses and swollen faces and haggard faces, and they did not suffer less.

"Thank you, Inspector, for saving your life." After being told Ren Siqi's identity, more than a dozen people thanked Ren Siqi repeatedly, and after being locked up by pirates for two days, they were very grateful to Ren Siqi when they escaped.

After a little greeting, the shopkeepers hurried back to their own shops, but looking at the empty shops, they wanted to cry without tears. A large number of goods are lost in their hands, so how do they account for the owner?

"I'm one hundred and fifty quintals of raw silk, I bought it for 10,000 taels of silver half a month ago, and now it's been looted, how can I tell the owner!" The shopkeeper of the raw silk shop Lin cried with a sad face, looking like a mourning woman.

"My loss is also very large, five hundred horses of fine Songjiang cotton cloth, I sent people to the countryside to collect them one by one." This is the shopkeeper of the cloth line.

"Are you as miserable as me? The money for your purchase is the owner's, what about me? My 300 quintals of tea are what I bought with half my life's savings! I wanted to make a small fortune behind the owner's back, but now I even folded my old book! "The shopkeeper of the tea shop was about to cry.

"Don't even say it, who has no losses? Now is the time to discuss what to do. "The shopkeeper is a distant nephew of the great Confucian Qian Qianyi, and he is the most prestigious among these people.

"Brother Qian is right, it's useless to cry, we should think about getting the goods back now." Others agreed.

But the goods were stolen by pirates, how to find them? Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, the shopkeeper of the tea shop spoke first.

"That inspector defeated the pirates, captured the pirate ships, and maybe the cargo was in his hands—" People just saved their lives, and now they go to people to ask for goods, how can this be embarrassing to say, besides, the goods are not snatched by others, they are taken from pirates, what if people don't give them?

"This is not a small amount, it is related to your net worth and future, so I have to go to him to ask for it." The money shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said categorically.

"But in the end, someone saved us, it's not good to tear your face, who has heard of this surnamed Ren, and can you have a friendship with him."

All the shopkeepers, you look at me, I look at you, they all look inexplicable.

"When did a Daishan Inspection Division pop up, why haven't I heard of it?"

"I've heard of the establishment of the Daishan Inspection Division, which was applied for by the Hangzhou government last winter, but this inspection has never been dealt with."

"Guys, I, I do know something about this inspector." The shopkeeper of the tea shop said.

"What, Brother Zhang knows this surnamed Ren, tell me about his details." Everyone was excited all of a sudden, which of the shops in Cen Gang has a deep background, and the proprietors behind it are all gentry from Ningbo and even Zhejiang, as long as they know the details of this inspection, they will definitely be able to make friends with him.

"Alas, this inspector's name is Ren Siqi, and he is a member of Yin County, and he has some relationship with my Zhang family." The shopkeeper Zhang is a member of the Zhang family in Yinxian County, and he is a distant brother of Zhang Jingxian, as a member of the Zhang family, he naturally knows the former son-in-law of the Zhang family, and now he recounted the past of Siqi a year ago.

"It turns out that this surnamed Ren was once the son-in-law of your Zhang family, Brother Zhang, I'm afraid this matter will fall on you." Shopkeeper Lu said with a smile.

"Brother Lu, don't make fun of it, any of you are better than me in this matter." Shopkeeper Zhang smiled bitterly and said that the Zhang family fell into the well when Ren Siqi was in trouble, and Ren Siqi must have a grudge in his heart.

"Hehe, don't embarrass Brother Zhang," the money shopkeeper said with a smile, "Speaking of which, your Zhang family is not very authentic in this matter, this sixteen-year-old inspector can show off his talents, and he is not a person without a future, with the power of your Zhang family, don't say that he was wronged, even if he really kills people, he can get away with the crime, how can you not only not save your in-laws, but fall into the ground!" ”

The shopkeeper Zhang's face was flushed because of this incident, and even Zhang Huangyan wrote to his uncle Zhang Jingxian, faintly saying that he was dissatisfied.

"But now that we know the details of this inspection, it's much easier to deal with him. Leave this to me. "The money shopkeeper has a big bag.

The pirates in Cen Harbor were basically wiped out, more than 100 pirates were killed on the spot, more than 50 were killed on the spot, more than 20 were captured, and the rest fled to the mountains.

Ren Siqi led people to walk on the streets of Cengang, and the more he looked, the more he liked it here. Geographically, Cen Harbor is far better than Daishan Gaoting, the harbor here is large enough to berth hundreds of sailing ships, and the port is surrounded by islands and is basically not afraid of wind and waves. The water level in the port is very deep, and large ships can drive directly to the coast, and it is very convenient to get on and off the goods.

Cen Harbor is close to the sea on one side, surrounded by mountains on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is an excellent location for the garrison, as long as the sea channel can be blocked, there is no danger that the enemy can attack the port.

There is only one street in Cen Harbor, which runs east from the seaside pier. There are more than a dozen shops on both sides of the street near the wharf, and further east there are 100 fishermen who have cultivated hundreds of acres of arable land and make a living from fishing and farming.

Ren Siqi led people to walk not far along the street, and found a large building, three wide doors, and a wall made of blue bricks, but the building was very dilapidated, the wall was covered with artemisia grass, the stone steps were full of moss, and five of the six doors on the three doors were exposed to the wind.

"What kind of building is this? How can such a nice house be uninhabited? Ren Siqi asked in surprise. So some of them went to the shop next to them to inquire, and soon figured out the situation of the building.

It turned out that this is the Yamen of the Cen Gang Inspection Division, the Cen Gang Inspection Division was set up during the Hongwu period, during the rebellion of the Japanese Invaders, Cen Gang was occupied by the direct subordinates of the Great Japanese Invaders, and the people in the Inspection Division were killed by the Japanese Invaders, and later although the Rebellion of the Cengang was flattened, but the Cengang Patrol Inspection Division was not set up again, but the Yamen was always there.

"Let's just stay here." After listening to the origin of the building, Ren Siqi was overjoyed, and now he had a place to settle in Cen Gang.

When Ren Siqi instructed his subordinates to tidy up and clean the dilapidated house of the Inspection Division, someone suddenly came to visit. (To be continued.) )