Chapter 111: Dongsha Town
"I can't imagine that brother, you actually have such a big ship, I'm afraid that the imperial navy can't find a warship that can match it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Lu Zonghan exclaimed.
"It's just a coincidence!" Ren Siqi snorted, reluctant to mention the past of obtaining the "Flying Fish".
Lu Zonghan doesn't ask questions, everyone has their own ulterior privacy, and he doesn't want to get to the bottom of it, after all, he and Ren Siqi are in a cooperative relationship, and the stronger Ren Siqi's strength, the greater the benefits he will naturally get.
"However, the number of people on board is still too small, and there is no problem with the pirate ships, but it may be difficult to go to the island to completely eliminate the pirates." Lu Zonghan said again.
Ren Siqi smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I have already made arrangements." "At the moment, I said that Mao 18 was sent into Daishan to do internal response. When Lu Zonghan heard this, he was relieved and full of confidence in this crackdown on bandits.
The "Flying Fish" set sail for Daishan Island, and the ship sailed north from the west side of Jintang Island, bypassing the western tip of Zhoushan Island and heading for Daishan Island. Bai Shun, whose ancestral home is Daishan, guided the "Flying Fish" to Dongsha Town on the north side of Daishan Island. In the morning, the boat departed, and in the afternoon, we arrived at Daishan Island.
"This is Xidaishan Island, where is the scissor head, and the inspection department was first located there." Bai Shun pointed to the coastal road.
When Ren Siqi heard this, he raised his monoculars and looked towards the coast, and saw a flat land on the rocky coast, with some dilapidated buildings scattered on the flat ground.
"This Xidaishan Island is sparsely populated, and in order to better guard against pirates, the Inspection Division later moved to Dongsha Town." Bai Shun explained on the side.
When the "Flying Fish" crossed Xidaishan Island, it saw a long and narrow waterway dividing the whole island into two halves, and the east side of the waterway was Dongdaishan Island.
"This is Daishanpu, the narrowest part is only ten zhang wide, but the water depth is quite deep, and the fishermen of Dongsha Town go to the south of Daishan or go to Zhoushan to take this waterway. After Daishanpu, not far away is Dongsha Town. According to my father, when our family was in Daishan, there were five or six hundred fishermen in Dongsha Town, which accounted for 50 percent of the entire Daishan Island. Now decades have passed, and I don't know how many people are left in the town! Bai Shun said with emotion.
After Daishanpu, the "Flying Fish" did not go far, and saw a narrow stone cliff in front of it, the stone cliff was more than ten zhang above the sea, and the strange rocks on it were craggy, and the cracks in the stones were full of lush trees.
"That's the wild boar reef, it's all messy reefs, and after the wild boar reef is Dongsha Town!" Bai Shun pointed to the stone cliff road ahead.
Captain Oriel commanded the helmsman to turn the rudder, and the Exocet went north around the rocky cliff, and then south, and soon saw a fishing bay.
Several fishing boats are fishing at sea, and through the monoculars, you can see the dark and panicked faces of the fishermen on the fishing boats.
Seeing a strange big boat heading straight for the bay, the fishing boats were in a mess and turned around and headed for the shore.
"Treat us like pirates!" Ren Siqi said to Lu Zonghan with a wry smile.
Due to negligence, the "Flying Fish" ship did not have any markings, and the ship was very different from the style of the Ming ship, so it was strange not to be regarded as a pirate.
"You should have a flag flying on this ship, so that there is no easy misunderstanding." Lu Zonghan said.
Ren Siqi nodded and thought deeply, it seems that he has to hang a flag, but what style of flag is it good to hang?
While speaking, the "Flying Fish" sailed into the dock of the fishing bay, looking at the seven or eight heavily guarded fishing boats in the fishing bay, and looking at the fishermen on the fishing boats with harpoons in their hands and looking nervous, Ren Siqi frowned slightly.
"Brother Bai, go and explain it to them." Ren Siqi commanded Bai Shun.
"Yes!" Bai Shun agreed, got on the boat that was put into the sea, and headed towards the opposite fishing boat.
Bai Shun's small boat sailed to the vicinity of the fishing boat, and Ren Siqi saw Bai Shun talking to the fishermen through the telescope, and soon the fishermen's nervous expressions disappeared.
The fishing boats rowed in both directions, out of the way into the pier. The "Exocet" sailed into the fishing bay and dropped anchor and lowered the sails.
"I didn't expect it to be the official who came to the town, I was terrified, and I invited Haihan!" An old man in his fifties was wearing a green cloth robe with patches on it, and he greeted Ren Siqi and the others who came ashore, and apologized again and again.
Lu Zonghan snorted and did not answer.
"Where, where, it was me who came in a hurry and disturbed your land." Ren Siqi said with a smile.
"This is Lord Lu of Baihu, and this is Ren Gongzi, but he has the reputation of showing talent." Bai Shun introduced on the side.
"This is Lizheng of Dongsha Town, Fubo. It was my grandfather's subordinate. Bai Shun introduced the old man to Ren Siqi and Lu Zonghan again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please inside." After the greetings, Lizheng Fubo let Ren Siqi and others go to the town.
Dongsha Town is backed by the mountain and the sea, built under the foot of the mountain, along the beach to go up, is a stone road, along the stone road to go up, the two sides of the road are full of green trees, flowers. There are many valleys scattered between the mountains, and the flat valleys are planted with rice. Perhaps the land is too barren and the rice is not growing very well.
The outside of the town is surrounded by a wall of one zhang high, the wall is made of stones, and the wall is set up with arrow stacks, which is actually a small city with excellent defense.
However, the village is not very large, and when he entered from the gate, Ren Siqi found that there was only one street and more than 100 households.
There is a tall house not far from the gate, and in front of the house is a square, and a high flagpole is erected in the middle of the square, but there is no flag on the flagpole.
"A few adults, please." Li Zheng Fubo let everyone into the house, and explained to Ren Siqi as he walked: "This house is the residence of the old inspection department, and since the Daishan inspection department was withdrawn, it has been vacant and used as a place for discussion in the town. Let's go inside and rest first. ”
As Fauber said, the house was empty, but although it was dilapidated, it was clean inside.
"Your Excellency, please be seated." Fauber hurriedly gave up his seat and had tea served.
"I don't know what the adults are doing when they come to town, but I just tell me to come down." Fu Bo finally asked what he meant, but his eyes looked at Ren Siqi. Among the people who came, although Lu Zonghan had the highest official position, Fu Bo, who was old and sophisticated, saw that the real person in charge was the talented Ren Siqi in front of him.
Ren Siqi didn't answer, and looked at Lu Zonghan, on this occasion, it was best to let Lu Zonghan answer.
"Ahem!" Lu Zonghan took a tone and said: "Some time ago, a pirate attacked Changshapu in Xiangshan and killed hundreds of villagers. After the investigation by the government, it should be the Daishan pirates, so we came to Daishan to arrest the pirates! ”