It was a sea ship from Taizhou Prefecture, loaded with raw silk and other goods, and was intercepted by a fleet led by Sima Nan in the waters of Liuheng Island. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing the fleet under the banner of coastal defense guerrillas, the sea ship took the initiative to stop and accept the investigation, and the owner of the ship showed the identity of the owner behind it, declaring that this was a merchant ship of the Lin family in Taizhou, giving way to convenience, and sending two hundred taels of silver.

In the eyes of this maritime businessman, this coastal defense guerrilla sent a ship to the sea to conduct an inventory in order to get some oil and water.

Sima Nan was unmoved, and according to Ren Siqi's instructions in advance, in the name of preventing theft, he asked the sea ship to pay two thousand taels of silver for the extermination.

Two thousand taels? Is this coastal defense guerrilla crazy? The owner of the merchant ship was not happy at that time, the sea ship had spent 3,000 taels to buy navigation beacons through the Hangzhou Zhengjia Chamber of Commerce before going to sea, and now this little coastal defense guerrilla dared to ask for 2,000 taels, who did he think he was?

When he was angry, the owner of the merchant ship began to threaten me with the words of who my owner was, and what kind of official he had done in the court, which offended our family and made you little guerrilla general unable to eat and walk around.

Faced with the threat, the officers and soldiers were furious and, under the command of Sima Nan, began to attack the merchant ships. The owner of the merchant ship tried to resist, directing the crew to fend off the sailors' attacks, and although they were quickly suppressed, several sailors were killed and wounded.

The angry sailors stormed the ship, killed all the resisting crew, beheaded the owner, threw his body into the sea, and then sent the ship back to the port of Gaoting.

The second sea ship was captured by Mao 18 in Hangzhou Bay, and the owner of the sea ship was the Yang family, the largest gentry in Ningbo.

After the ship was intercepted, the owner did not resist, but claimed to know Ren Siqi, a guerrilla in coastal defense. Mao 18 knew that Ren Siqi was from Ningbo, maybe he really knew this Yang family, and he didn't dare to deal with it without permission, so he sent someone to escort the shipowner and the sea ship to Gaoting Port and handed it over to Ren Siqi to deal with it personally.

Ningbo Yang family, the Yang family of "a family of three Shangshu and a family of ten scholars", after hearing the news, Ren Siqi was a little dazed. Although he was determined to start a war with the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he was still a little afraid at the end.

Take this Yang family as an example, from the Chenghua period to the present, their family has won ten Jinshi, and they are the real scholarly families, and they are the first-class families in Ningbo and Zhejiang.

Such a family background is too deep, in the imperial court and in the locality, the relationship is intertwined, like Ren Siqi's ex-fiancée Zhang family, although she is also a gentry in Yin County, but it cannot be compared with the Yang family at all.

But it is the Yang family, relying on their family background, to annex land on a large scale, and their family has 10,000 acres of mulberry fields in Ningbo, several mountains and forests, and dozens of shops.

The owner of the captured sea vessel is named Yang Wenqing, but he really knows Ren Siqi.

The two are both students of Yinxian County, but Yang Wenqing is several years older than Ren Siqi, and he is more than ten years older than Ren Siqi.

Since he was a classmate, Ren Siqi had to entertain one or two.

In the inspection office, the two sat opposite each other, and Amakusa Kaede served a steaming teacup.

Yang Wenqing picked up the teacup, twisted the lid of the bowl with one hand, and gently blew the duckweed in the teacup with his mouth, with a calm posture and a chic expression, showing the grace of the literati.

In comparison, Ren Siqi's movements were much more rude, picking up the tea cup, pouring a cup of tea into his throat with a clatter, after more than a year of wind and frost, he had long lost the leisure and elegance of the year.

It seems that Ren Siqi's movements, Yang Wenqing's heart was dumbfounded, he took a sip of tea, and slowly put the tea cup on the coffee table.

"I haven't seen him for more than a year, and Brother Siqi Xian has already done the inspection of the Daishan Inspection Division, and the coastal defense guerrilla, which is really the envy of the foolish brother." Yang Wenqing smiled and said to Ren Siqi.

"Where, where, a small inspection, a small guerrilla, how can it be put in Brother Yang's eyes. The Yang family is a scholarly family, a wealthy family for generations, and with the talent of Brother Yang, it is not a problem to raise people and scholars. Siqi is running between the mountains and the sea, but he is just a bowl of rice to eat, which is not worth mentioning. ”

Ren Siqi knew that in the eyes of these families, he didn't look down on his little nine-rank inspection, and as for the military attache of coastal defense guerrillas, he didn't put it in their eyes. But now, I want them to know that the way of the world has changed, and there are soldiers and strength in their hands, and they have enough confidence to speak!

"Brother Siqi is too humble, why don't you just beg for food, and you are also running around on this sea, and you have to ask for personal favors from Brother Xian, for the sake of making it convenient in the past friendship."

Did you have a friendship in the past? Ren Siqi thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember that he had too deep a friendship with this Yang Wenqing, Yang Wenqing was a middle school student relatively early, but he repeatedly failed to be promoted, and he rarely went to the county school, and it was rare to see each other in a year.

"Brother Yang is polite, with our friendship, we will naturally give it what we can do." Ren Siqi smiled, and Yang Wenqing was overjoyed when he heard this.

"However, the younger brother Tian is patrolling Daishan, coastal defense guerrilla, and his duty is to prevent Japanese and theft. As a student of Yinxian County, Brother Yang must also be familiar with the law of the Ming Dynasty, and he violated the sea ban, which is not a small crime. ”

"You!" When Yang Wenqing heard this, he was immediately angry, and he was confused, who in Daming did not understand the Japanese? You Ren Siqi didn't save the money by smuggling in Japan, don't think I don't know your details.

"What is the intention of Brother Si Qixian, draw a path!" Yang Wenqing said gloomily. The pride of the first family in Ningbo could not allow him to beg Ren Siqi.

"That's it," Ren Siqi pretended not to see Yang Wenqing's expression, and said, "Who let us have a friendship, as long as Brother Yang is willing to pay two thousand taels of silver for the expulsion fee, and give a small punishment and a big warning, I will let Brother Yang lead the boat away." ”

"Two thousand taels!" Yang Wenqing stood up suddenly, "Are you crazy?" You think you're Zheng Feihuang! ”

"Of course the junior brother can't compare to Zheng Feihuang," Ren Siqi didn't seem to see Yang Wenqing's annoyance, and said slowly: "He holds up the post of chief soldier, and I am just a small guerrilla general, so he collects three thousand taels of silver per ship, but I only collect two thousand taels!" ”

"You," Yang Wen pointed at Ren Siqi angrily, he didn't expect such an arrogant person, "This sea ship will stay here first, I want to see what will happen if you go against all the families!" ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Wenqing stood up and walked out of the official hall, he would rather not have this sea ship, and would never accept the insult of two thousand taels of silver!

Yang Wenqing left Daishan overnight in a small boat, leaving a sea ship full of goods in the harbor.

Looking at Yang Wenqing's departing back, Ren Siqi's face was also gloomy. Now that he has cut off the financial routes of all maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he will face strong retaliation from the gentry next.

What should come will come, let the storm come stronger! (To be continued.) )