The establishment of Tamsui City and the composition of the fleet made the Wu Jiajun much easier, and the Spring Festival in the seventeenth year of Jiajing was also very happy. The officials in Zhejiang had Jia Yuan to send gifts and filial piety, and the people of Tamsui City also settled down. Due to the abundance of finances, Wu Tianxiao announced a new regulation before the Spring Festival: during the Spring Festival, except for the guards and workshop guards who need to take turns on guard, everyone else will have a holiday. The holiday starts on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year and lasts until the 6th day of the Lunar New Year. And at the end of each year, an additional month's salary will be awarded, that is, the thirteen-salary system will be implemented. The announcement of this system made the entire Tamsui City boil. News also spread from Shuangyu Port, attracting more people to immigrate to Tamsui City.

In the spring of the eighteenth year of Jiajing (1539), the first day of February. The Ming Emperor established the second son of the emperor as the crown prince, the third son of the emperor as the king of Yu, and the fourth son of the emperor as the king of Jing. On the second day of the first lunar month, the edict pardoned the world.

In February, the Yao people of Guangxi were overwhelmed by the exploitation of the Ming government and revolted. Cai Jing, the commander of the Liangguang Admiral's Army, joined more than 50,000 people and went to Guangxi to fight against the Yao people uprising.

March. The tea trees planted in the woodland of Wujiazhai Hill can finally pick spring tea for the first time. Tamsui City has newly established a tea farm, and tea has once again become a material exported by Tamsui City to Daming. Coupled with the increase in rice, rice wine, and sea salt, while making Wu Tianxiao's finances run a large surplus, it once again brought him troubles. This trouble is that the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty once again asked Wu Tianxiao for bribes because of the increase in sea salt, rice, rice wine, and tea.

In late March of the eighteenth year of Jiajing, just after the spring ploughing, Jia Yuan came to an urgent letter, in which he said that because of the sale of sea salt, rice, rice wine, and tea, because the price was lower than that of other places, not only Zhejiang Chengxuan Political Division, but also Yingtianfu, and even many places in Daming Dynasty had merchants rushed to Shuangyu Port to trade when they heard the news. Business is excellent, but it attracts red eyes. Someone told the eunuch Lai En, saying that Shuangyu Port had opened a sea market privately, and that the person in charge should report to the Ningbo government within a time limit, otherwise he would be arrested for the crime of violating the prohibition.

At this time, the goods traded from Tamsui City to Daming had already increased from matches, furs, and cane sugar to grain, rice wine, tea, and sea salt, and Wu Tianxiao obtained a net profit of two or three hundred thousand taels per month. If you really seal the library and arrest people, you will have to do it.

Although Wu Tianxiao had already guessed that it was very likely that this time it was a corrupt official looking for an excuse to ask for bribes, but he did not dare to be careless. It is to convene several major generals to discuss important matters.

Freshwater City, inside the Council Hall. Wu Tianxiao spread out a map of the Zhoushan Islands on a large table and said to everyone: "A letter from the shopkeeper Jia of Shuangyu Port, Lai En, the eunuch of the Zhejiang Health Institute, threatens to arrest people from the closure of Shuangyu Port. I know that this is a means for eunuchs to extort money, and sealing the treasury and arresting people is just an excuse to ask for bribes. It's just that not long ago, our filial piety to the Ming officials increased a lot, and after only a few months, we found an excuse to forcibly ask for bribes, which was really insatiable. What do you say we should do? ”

Jia Youshi said firstly: "The corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty don't have a good thing, what do you say to do the city lord, we will do it." ”

That Jiang Zhuang also agreed: "City Lord." Without you, we would not be where we are today, I, Jiang Zhuang, only know that there is a city lord, but I don't know that there is a Ming official mansion. If you say kill, you will kill, and if you say slaughter, you will slaughter. Even if there is a rebellion, I, Jiang Zhuang, will follow the city lord to the end. Wu Dayou, Yang Hongju and others all said that they would follow the city lord to the end.

Wu Tianxiao smiled when he heard this: "It's serious to say that there is no rebellion. We are not here in the Ming Dynasty, out of the Ming realm, where did the rebellion come from. But killing officials and pirates is not a big deal. As for Ryan's bribery, I'm going to go through it myself to see how big his appetite is. If what he asks for is within my reach, we have to endure it for a while. After all, now our gunners are not skilled enough, and our warships are limited. At this time, it is still early to occupy the mountain as the king, and enter the sea as a thief. But we still have to be ready for battle, if Ryan deceives people too much, Lao Tzu will kill him first, and it is not a matter to occupy Zhoushan. So I've got a plan here, and we're going to look at each other. ”

Wu Dayou said: "The city lord just commands. ”

Wu Tianxiao pointed to the map of the Zhoushan Islands and said, "This plan is like this, I will go and meet this eunuch Ryan first." If he asks for a small amount, I will endure it, and give him more silver. But if Ryne asked for too much, Lao Tzu slashed him with a knife and captured Zhoushan County. In the future, Zhoushan Island will be the second city under our control. ”

At this time, Yang Hongju also said: "If the city master captures the county seat of Zhoushan, his subordinates can lead people to respond." When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, and a small Zhoushan County can be won in one day. ”

Wu Dayou smiled: "Why do you need a day." Many of us are people from Zhoushan Island, and we all have relatives and friends in the county. If the city lord really wants to take Zhoushan Island, he will definitely respond to every call at that time, and with that left and left guard, a hundred households, he will be scattered after a scare. We can occupy Zhoushan Island in an hour.

Wu Tianxiao nodded: "Hmm." But I don't know how much Ryan wants right now, so guys need to be ready. It's just that this Tamsui City is our foundation, and we must leave someone to guard it. Who wants to stay and guard Freshwater City? ”

If you really want to capture Zhoushan, it will be another opportunity to invite merit and receive rewards. Moreover, almost everyone here knows that there are many dependent people in Zhoushan County, and one left-left guard has little resistance at all. With the cooperation of the inside and the outside, there is almost no difficulty in capturing Zhoushan Island. So everyone wanted to fight, they didn't want to stay and defend the city, so no one answered.

At this time, the Wu family army in Tamsui City had eight armed sea ships, Tan Lun was the captain of the Tamsui, Jia Youshi was the captain of the Dingyuan, Wu Dayou was the captain of the Expedition, Jiang Zhuang was the captain of the Zhenyuan, Yang Hongju was the captain of the Wujiazhai, Chen Minxin was the captain of the Guanhaizhai, Chen Minzhi was the captain of the Hanxi Village, and even the surrendered pirate Shen Nanshan became the captain of the training number, each of whom was a hundred households.

Wu Tianxiao saw that no one in the hundred households was willing to stay, so he had to name him personally: "There must be no mistakes in Tamsui City." In this way, Jia Youshi, Jiang Zhuang, Shen Nanshan, the three of you will stay and guard Tamsui City. It is necessary to make more efforts to sail Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, and train the three seagoing ships, and we must not neglect training. ”

The three of them were somewhat discouraged when they heard this, but they still arched their fists to receive the order, and responded in unison: "Yes." Castle Lord. ”

Wu Tianxiao arrived again: "Everyone else will go to Zhoushan with me, everyone is already very familiar with the waters of Zhoushan, if there is a real fight, there are several islands and estuaries that must be controlled." So when we got to Zhoushan, I went to see Ryan first, and you sailed around the seas. In particular, Liuheng Island, Taohua Island, Putuoshan Island, Dengbu Island, Dujiashan Island, Xiaolanshan Island, Daishan Island, Xizhai Island, Jintang Island and the estuary of the Qiantang River must be familiar with all the conditions in these sea areas. And they all took the word and made their promises. Then Wu Tianxiao said some details, and then took the guards, took the Tamsui, and led the fleet to Shuangyu Port.