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After interrogation, Lu Zonghan of the 100 households of Jinyi Wei identified 21 heinous pirates who had taken their lives, escorted them all to a two-masted sailing ship, and sent them to Hangzhou for reward.

The remaining pirates who committed less serious crimes were completely handed over to Ren Siqi, and most of the remaining fishermen were coerced by the pirates on the island, and after a little consideration, Ren Siqi decided to release them all.

Of course, it was not a direct release, but Ren Siqi personally sent them to various villages by boat, one is to find out the situation of the people on Daishan Island, and the other is to release goodwill, Ren Siqi has the intention to use Daishan as a base for the development of his own power, and must obtain the support of the local people and fishermen.

Song Liben has been living on Daishan Island for more than a year, and he is very familiar with the geography of the island, and he knows how many villages and how many people there are, and he even knows the heads of each village.

"Daishan is a hundred miles in circumference, but the island is mostly mountains, and the places suitable for people to live are limited, and the people mostly live in the surrounding coastal areas, for the convenience of fishing and travel, of course, there are some people living in the central mountains, most of them live by hunting and collecting mountain medicines."

Dongsha Town in the north of the island is the most populous village, with more than 500 people living there. There are also more than 10 villages such as Gaoping and Daidong, with three or four hundred people in the large villages and one or two hundred people in the small villages. If all added up, there are more than 2,000 people in the entire Daishan Island. When it comes to the residents of Daishan Island, Song Liben knows everything about it.

"You're not from the island, how can you be so familiar?" Ren Siqi asked curiously.

Song Liben smiled embarrassedly: "I once persuaded the big boss, no, to persuade Zhou Min to take Daishan to stand on his own and attack the entire Zhoushan with Daishan as the foundation, so I found out the details of the entire island." It's a pity that Zhou Min is too timid and has no idea of competing for the throne at all, so it was in vain for me to think about it. ”

"Take Daishan as the foundation to attack the entire Zhoushan! It's not that Zhou Min is timid, it's that you are too bold, when Wang Zhi and Xu Hai were strong, they couldn't do this. Besides, Zhoushan is too close to the mainland, even if it is captured, how can it be defended? Ren Siqi said disapprovingly.

"No!" Song Liben disagreed with Ren Siqi's opinion: "When Wang Zhi Xu Hai was at the beginning, the imperial court decree was unified, there were hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in the southeastern provinces, and there were invincible generals such as Yu Long and Qi Hu. But now it's different. ”

"What's the difference?" Ren Siqi asked in a deep voice. This Song Liben is an ambitious person and a capable person, such a person is very dangerous, Ren Siqi doesn't know if he can control him.

"Childe, do you know what Daming's biggest problem is right now?" Song Liben didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

"Of course, there are internal and external troubles, there are rogues wreaking havoc in the Central Plains, and there are Manchurian people who have repeatedly invaded the borders." Ren Siqi replied casually.

"Childe is wise, that's exactly the case. At present, the imperial court needs to deal with the thieves and other rogues and the Manchu Tartars at the same time, and the imperial army is trapped in the Central Plains and the two battlefields outside the Guan, and there is no energy to deal with other places. At present, the elite soldiers from all over the country are concentrated in the north, and the defenders in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River are old, weak, sick and disabled, and have no combat effectiveness at all. Take Zhoushan general Huang Binqing as an example, Daishan is close to Zhoushan, but we have been entrenched in Daishan for many years, and Huang Binqing is stunned and does not dare to come to encircle and suppress. Song Li could talk about it, telling the weakness of the imperial court's power in Jiangnan, and in his opinion, as long as he had an elite team, he could turn the entire Jiangnan upside down.

"I look at the son's majestic talent and great ambition, and now the soldiers are strong and strong, occupying Daishan, if this is the foundation to forge ahead, it is not difficult to achieve a great cause!" Song Liben's words were extremely tempting, and he tried his best to encourage Ren Siqi to rebel.

"Enough!" Ren Siqi reprimanded angrily: "The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, although the imperial court is held back by the Chuang Xian Liukou Manchurian Tartars, but the strength it has is still extremely strong. What about even the great rebellion of luxury? It's not that it has been pacified by the imperial court. The southeast land is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, if it is chaotic, wouldn't it be a chance for the Liukou Tartars to take the opportunity to sit big! I am a dignified talent, I have won the fame of the court, I read the book of sages, the world is in an eventful autumn, just to serve the court, to relieve the people of Li in the upside down, how can I do disloyal and unfilial things! ”

Song Liben listened to Ren Siqi's rebuke with a smile, not only was he not annoyed in his heart, but he was a little complacent. The intention of his previous remarks was naturally not to persuade Ren Siqi to make trouble, but to take the opportunity to observe Ren Siqi's ambitions. Ren Siqi kept saying that he was loyal to the imperial court, but his words implied that he took advantage of the weakness of the imperial court to take the opportunity to strengthen his ambitions.

Song Liben walked everywhere all the year round, and realized that the Ming Dynasty had long been decayed, the court was in endless political disputes, the officials were greedy, the army had no combat effectiveness at all, and the people were in dire straits. In this last days, if you can go to the Ming Lord, it will not be difficult to achieve a great cause, you can be a marquis and worship the prime minister, and you can also get an official and a half-job! So he tried his best to encourage Zhou Min to convene people to raise things before, and now he is persuading Ren Siqi.

He observed that Ren Siqi was a calm person and would not be easily encouraged by him, but Ren Siqi was also an ambitious person, and he would not be willing to be lonely if he had the opportunity!

After some talking, the two tacitly stopped discussing this topic. For Ren Siqi, the current top priority is to strengthen his strength as soon as possible. Population and wealth are two indispensable factors for growth. Wealth can be obtained by going to sea trade, and the population is not easy to manage, and now Ren Siqi has dozens of subordinates, and his strength is really limited, which is also the reason why he comforts the people of Daishan.

For Ren Siqi's arrival, the enthusiasm of the people of Daishan was limited, and in their opinion, the imperial court had already given up on Daishan. Not to mention the removal of the Daishan Inspection Division, the government of Zhoushan Island has been extinct in Daishan for many years, allowing Daishan to let pirates entrench.

And for many people in Daishan, whether there is an official government or not has little impact on them, paying taxes to the government is the same as paying grain to pirates, and maybe pirates are more light.

However, since Ren Siqi was able to easily exterminate the pirates, and released his goodwill, he said that he would not pursue the involvement of the fishermen and pirates in the village. The villagers still appreciate Ren Siqi's kindness, and all villages have paid some food money to reward the hard-working officials and soldiers. Ren Siqi was amused and refused one by one, his purpose was not for the money and food, but to win the support of the people.

Not only did he not ask for money and food from the villages, but Ren Siqi also took out some of the various items seized from the pirate's lair, such as cloth and iron tools, and sold them to the people of the villages at low prices. They are all necessities and the prices are cheap, and the villagers are rushing to buy them, which also makes their impression of Ren Siqi much better.