Chapter 102 The Hind Hand of the Tribute Mission (Ask for Collection)
"Lord Li, Song Suqing's purpose in coming to the Ming Kingdom this time is definitely not just to pay tribute, he also reserved buried soldiers!" Since Andre and his son have decided to be completely loyal to Li Ling, there is no taboo in speaking, and they generally tell everything they know.
Song Suqing did not come to pay tribute this time with any good intentions, let alone with reverence for the Ming Kingdom, they harbored evil intentions, to put it bluntly, these people also acted as intermediate/spy tasks.
This group of white-eyed wolves actually wanted to find out the situation around the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty first, and then rob the surrounding votes after receiving the reward.
What's even more odious is that they also ambushed a few warships on a desert island hundreds of miles away, as long as Song Suqing transported back the reward they received from the Ming Kingdom, they would fight back to the Ming Kingdom to rob them.
"My lord, Song Suqing's gang originally wanted to pull us in, but now the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and powerful, and it is not something that the small country of Dongying can look up to, so I rejected their request, and promised to return to the sea of Quanzhou immediately after the Ming Kingdom, and then leave the Ming Kingdom, and then they agreed to let me come to the Ming Kingdom with Dongying's fleet!"
After he and Song Suqing arrived in the fishing village, many things happened, and before Andre could repair his ship, all the envoys of Dongying were slaughtered, and he decided to stay in the Ming Kingdom, which sounds really embarrassing.
"What, you didn't join the gang because of the strength of the Ming Kingdom? If my Ming strength is not good, will you be in the same league as those widows? Start robbing our country / home? ”。 Xiao Hachi, who was on the side, gritted his teeth when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to go to sea immediately and annihilate this group of robbers!
As soon as Andre opened his mouth, he found the other party's fault, and Xiaoba was also very disgusted with these Western devils, not to mention that they also had bad intentions.
"No, no, it's definitely not like that, I have the heart and the guts!". Andre hurriedly began to explain, he had just seen the firearm that Li Ling had improved, where would he touch this brow again?
"What? You mean you've been coveting me for a long time? ”。 Hachi began to shout, and he couldn't wait to immediately step forward and slash Andrea!
"I have the guts and the strength." Andre suddenly felt that his mouth had become stupid, and he couldn't explain what he meant to Hachi, a reckless man.
"Forget it, I'd better shut up!". Andre slapped himself lightly in the mouth, saying more and making more mistakes, and Hachi clearly wanted to trouble him.
"In short, our father and son are not in the same league as Song Suqing's gang, we just want to remind Master Li now that this fishing village is not an absolutely safe place, and there are hundreds of pirates from Dongying who are lurking and trying to attack this port!"
Antonio saw that his father was always unclear when he said it, so he was a little anxious, and hurriedly stepped forward to express their meaning to Li Ling.
The Ming Dynasty had a sea ban for more than 100 years, and now the sea frontier is in chaos, and it has long been no longer the world of the imperial court.
Far from it, the scattered islands on the sea, for example, could have been a resting place for caravans, but all of them were occupied by pirates or pirates.
Especially on the sea west of Dongying, there are many pirates everywhere, all of them are wandering samurai who are pirates, and they will go to the territory of the Ming Kingdom from time to time to rob, causing great harm to the ordinary people living on the coastline.
Andrea's fleet came from the South China Sea, where there were also many pirates, but most of them were from the Ming Kingdom, and some people who could not survive in the Ming Kingdom for various reasons gathered together to become pirates.
These people are just petty fights, and most of the occasional robbery will not hurt innocent people, and they have a little conscience.
"In addition, according to Song Suqing, there is also a group of pirates entrenched in the northern seas, they mainly rely on robbing the Japanese and Goryeo for a living, and their strength is quite strong, even the Japanese who have the support of the forces behind them do not dare to provoke easily!"
Andre shook his head, there are too many troubles on the maritime frontier of the Ming Kingdom, it is really not easy to solve them, the young adult in front of him is busy, but there are challenges and opportunities, as long as the father and son follow closely behind Li Jieyuan, they will definitely be able to get a piece of the pie.
"I know, it turns out that these robbers still have a backhand, and they are really thieves, so I will order them to go down and let the soldiers take more precautions!" Li Ling said with hatred.
If he knew this, he shouldn't have killed Song Suqing easily, and he should have taken out the truth about the Japanese from his mouth.
"The sea frontier is so big, there will always be an island belonging to the Lu family!"
The imperial court opened the sea ban, and the emperor hoped to use the power of the people to solve the two tumors that endangered the southeast coast and even the entire Ming Dynasty, and the Lu family also saw hope.
For a long time, the Lu family has been a business representative of the southeast coast, and has carried out countless businesses throughout the southeast.
The Lu family is expensive, but it has no status.
The Ming Dynasty valued agriculture and suppressed commerce, and the government called the Lu family back and forth, and only thought of them when they needed silver.
And the Lu family itself also hides a great disaster, the Lu family started as a smuggler, and they are trembling at any time, for fear that if the matter is leaked, the court will take them again!
No matter how rich he is, he can't get richer than Shen Wansan, and the lessons of the past are vivid.
One day, when the imperial court moves, the Lu family will definitely not be able to dodge!
The emperor decreed that the sea ban was lifted, and the matter of organizing the militia group made them see a glimmer of light, if they had their own forces, or even a piece of land belonging to the Lu family in the vast sea, it would be different.
The Lu clan needed such a piece of land, and they needed to find a place for themselves to take root and sprout.
Finally recruited the militia and spent a lot of energy to obtain the position of the local regiment training envoy, the Lu family was excited, and an unprecedented opportunity was in front of them.
Build warships, expand your power, everything is in place, only the east wind is owed.
At this time, they knew that Li Ling was also building a warship, and even invited the Francophone to help cast the cannon, how could the Lu family let go of such an opportunity.
It's just a pity that Andre and his son would rather choose the fledgling Li Ling than cooperate with the wealthy Lu family.
In the first round of the competition, the Lu family was defeated!
"Talk to him, you go talk to him, and get your hands on the artillery at all costs!" In a compound in Ningbo Prefecture, a young man in a wheelchair said excitedly, raised his hand, and poured a bowl of ginseng soup into the pond outside the pavilion.
"Big brother, don't get excited, don't get excited! I'm going to persuade Li Ling! ”。
The young man's excited expression was seen by others, and a personal maid had already come over to help him out of his wheelchair.
When Li Ling was trying to find a way to exterminate the widows left by Song Suqing, Lu Yun came to look for him.