The signing room of the Fujian political envoy's yamen was busy, and the political envoy department, the inspection department, the prefect's yamen, and the general military office all moved in, and Yang Ling came to a wartime office. The signing room opened up the two reception rooms on the left and right, and the staff and masters gathered together, and the submission of various official documents did not dare to delay a little.

Raise sufficient food and military supplies; Dispatch sufficient boats, horses, mules, and men; The places that have been plundered by the pirates should pacify the people and provide rice and grain; The tax collection yamen should continue to levy a 'wartime collection tax' on areas and large households that have not been affected by the military to meet the needs of the war.

The secret spies of the military post and the two factories and one guard in the staff headquarters are endless, and they are constantly sending military information and trends from all over the country. Every official's desk was piled up like a mountain of paperwork, but everyone was conscientious and conscientious, and changed the style of the yamen that was perfunctory and procrastinating. A group of newly promoted young officials are even more vigorous and resolute in their work.

Who would dare not work hard? The bloody atmosphere on the streets of Fuzhou has not yet dissipated. This Governor Yang looks kind and angry, who knew that he actually had such courage, more than a thousand heads, even killing more than 1,000 chickens, making people soft and soft, he actually gave an order, like mowing grass.

This kind of iron-blooded hand immediately subdued the officials of the whole province, and the two big banners of "Governor of Qincha" and "Mighty General Yang" on both sides of the yamen of the political envoy had the effect of "receiving the envoy here and welcoming a trip to the west". The officials from all over the country who came to meet them saw these two flags from afar, and who did not hold their breath as if they were walking on thin ice.

Fujian meteorology is a new one, the province's governing body is slowly starting, re-starting to play a role Yang Ling's study is located in the backyard, the winding corridor in front of the study, the left and right are rockery ponds, but it has not rained for a few days, the weather is too sultry, although it is not cool by the pool. Yang Ling was only wearing a light shirt and trousers, the door of the study was open, and he shook his fan while listening to General He's report on the military situation.

"That's the basic situation, Miyamoto Hiroshi has six battleships with multiple cannons, plus his original ships, and his ambitions are greatly inflated. It seems that he also knows that as a foreigner, he can only plunder on the land of the Ming Dynasty, but it is impossible to gain the support of the Han people, so as to gain a foothold for a long time, so although Miyamoto Hiroshi's subordinates are still plundering everywhere, he himself has begun to look for a foothold on the sea."

He Bingwen sat on the chair next to Yang Ling and said.

Since being rescued by Yang Ling, he has regarded Yang Ling as a life-saving benefactor. Besides, the two of them are not what they used to be, Yang Ling's official status is much higher than him, although he is now wearing a lion supplement uniform and becoming the chief military officer in command of Fujian's land and water officers, but he is more and more respectful to Yang Ling.

Yang Ling knew that he was the kind of regular soldier who was a little old-fashioned, and he couldn't compare with the madman soldier like Min Wenjian, so he persuaded him a few times and saw that he was still very respectful, and Yang Ling was not pressing.

Yang Ling gently shook the fan, and the breeze brought a hint of coolness, gently brushing his hair.

He frowned and thought for a while and said, "This section of the sea, where can they go if they want to settle down?" The north is the Diaoyu Islands, the south is Manchurian, the east is Yizhou, and there is only Penghu in the middle.

He Zongbing said strangely: "My lord, Penghu is very close to the land, and there are white grass entrenched in the Diaoyu Islands. Now the war situation in Fujian is still unclear, and the last general has been worried about whether these officers and soldiers of the guard station can do their best to fight, and I see that although the officials of the various yamen in the front hall are very busy, the adults seem to have some doubts about the war situation in Fujian."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "It's a little careless, isn't it?" Hehe, it's not that the official is not in a hurry, but that the war situation in Fujian is in a hurry. At present, although the morale of the officers and men of the guard station has been restored, it has not had the effect of turning iron into gold after all, and I do not expect them to win immediately, as long as they can control the situation of the battle and change the one-sided decline, it will be enough."

Giving the pirates a little illusion of victory, and attracting them here, will help us to annihilate them all, so as to do it once and for all. However, now that Miyamoto has six new warships, plus their original ships, it is not difficult to take Yizhou, which is what this official is most worried about."

He glanced at He Bingwen and said heavily: "Yizhou is very important to our continent, it is now, and it will be even more so in the future, Lord He can't take it lightly." If these robbers are allowed to occupy the places that are close at hand, Fujian will be in trouble, how can there be peace? ”

He Bingwen only focused on the battle situation in front of him, but he didn't think so far, listening to Yang Lingyi, thinking about it, if the Japanese invaders worked hard to run Yizhou and had a base camp that was convenient for going back and forth, for Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, it was simply a tiger that could burst out at any time and devour people, and he couldn't help but say yes in horror.

Yang Ling tapped lightly on the table and said: "As a field commander, you must pay attention to the gains and losses of one time and one place, and General He, as the chief military officer of a province, needs to look at the overall situation and take a long-term view." Well, Yizhou must not be obtained by the Japanese invaders, but it is the Northern Sailor."

He suddenly stood up and said categorically: "The emperor has issued an order to agree to garrison Ryukyu, I originally wanted to wait for Shandong and Jiangsu to clear out the Japanese and then transfer officers and soldiers, but now it seems that the time is running out, and we must immediately garrison Ryukyu, thus putting pressure on the snow cats and fur dogs, forcing them to accept the imperial court's recruitment as soon as possible, so that our restrained sailors can go south as soon as possible."

He went to the front of the book and wrote a military order, asking Bai Chongzan to immediately dispatch an army of 20,000 men to be escorted to Ryukyu by the naval division. Yang Ling wrote, stamped the seal he carried with him, and then sealed it with fire paint, and called the guards at the door to ask him to deliver it to the military post immediately.

After dealing with the matter, Yang Ling turned back to He Bingwen and said: "Now the army, mainly adjustment and stability, after all, it is not an overnight thing to restore the morale of the army, there are strict military orders, and there are clear rewards and punishments, as long as any army has achieved victory, even if it is a small victory, the general military government must be commended, and the whole army has been ordered, and at the same time, the local government has improved the treatment of the victorious army." Hehe, those soldiers still have blood surnames in their bones, so it is easier to mobilize the morale of the army compared with others. ”

"Yes!" He Bingwen also smiled and said: "The adult is a natural Confucian general, the last general heard that the adult commanded tens of thousands of troops in Datong, and the generals used tactics to fight the always arrogant and domineering Boyan Meng fled from the wind, and he didn't think that he also had a unique means for purging the army and revitalizing morale." These hob-like ruffians, without the fierce means of adults crossing the streets to quickly cut down thousands of people, are really intimidating.

The thousand-man team led by Miao Qian had no one to support in Fujian, so that the whole army was wiped out, and the thousand-man teams from all walks of life were very indignant and sad when they heard the news.

After the news spread that the heads of the 1,125 convicted officials and bandits and the unscrupulous soldiers were killed, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and they are now every time there is a war, everyone has a white silk on their heads, and the word 'swear to death' is written on it, and they are fighting like a madman who does not want to die, and now the Japanese have a headache as soon as they meet the officers and soldiers with white silk wrapped in white silk, unless they are several times larger than our army, they will immediately turn around and flee for their lives, haha, our Ming army has finally played a majestic style."

Yang Ling had already heard about this from the mouth of Fanwei, nodded when he heard the words, and muttered: "Yes, the soldiers are using their lives in the front, and they don't ask for much, and an understanding and support is enough to make these men with blood surnames have the ambition to die for those who know it, I use thunderous means to deal with these criminal prisoners who collaborate with the enemy, secretly act as bandits, and murder Qincha, one is to rectify the morale of the army, the second is to quickly activate the operation of the government that is on the verge of paralysis in Fujian Province, and the third is for those soldiers who died in vain."

When Yang Ling said this, his eyes couldn't help but overflow with glistening tears, and He Zongbing also fell silent. After a long silence, a gust of wind passed through the window, and the two woke up from silence, and at this moment, a pro-soldier appeared at the door and said softly: "My lord, there is an unidentified person who said that he has something important to meet your lord." When we asked him about his identity, he refused to say, saying only that he would never regret seeing him, and that he would only ask us to come and talk to him, and that if he did not see him, he would leave immediately, and would not dare to disturb him."

"Huh?" Yang Ling and He Bingwen glanced at each other, and then asked, "Is there a person here?" What kind of dress, can't you see the calendar? ”

"Yes! The man also brought two retinues, who seemed to have kung fu, and they had been checked under the mark, but they did not carry any weapons, and the man at the head was short and fat, with a ruddy complexion, like a pampered rich man and rich gentry."

"Hehe, now my Yang beheading is famous all over Fujian, the rich man is a rich gentry? He didn't dare to come when I invited him, and he would take the initiative to send it to the door? Invite him to sit in the living room, and I'll be right there! ”

Watching the guards leave in a hurry, Yang Ling smiled at He Bingwen and said, "Lord He, who do you think will be who wants to see me?" ”

He Bingwen frowned and said: "I can't think of it, who would be so bold and dare to want to come to see the adult, could it be the imperial court?" ”

Yang Ling shook his head and said: "No, even if the imperial court sends a secret envoy, it will not be hidden when it comes to my yamen." Now the official is also very curious, I don't know if the arrogant Miyamoto Hao ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and he didn't taste enough of the sweetness, so he actually came to ask the official to send him money and food? Haha, I'll meet him".

He put on his robe and walked to the door, suddenly remembered something, and turned back and said: "By the way, Governor Liu just came to see me, and he wanted to intercede for the family of the prisoner, as if he was a man named Wang Yi, saying that he was extremely good with his beloved concubine, and his concubine had a headache in the past two days, so he had no choice but to beg me." Hehe, I can't see that Lao Liu is afraid of his wife......

Now all the criminals' families are dealt with by you, if he wants to buy it, let him buy it back, originally, I don't agree with the sin and the family, but the law is like this, alas! You remember, it's okay to sell them into slavery, and the Qinglou Archives will pick people out of the way, and you can't do anything like that."

"Yes!" He Bingwen agreed, and said in his heart: "Wang Yiren? Governor Liu will be sloppy, that is Wang Feiling's sister-in-law, the first evil family, the adult is kind-hearted, but they are all sold as slaves, and they are not allowed to be sold to the Qinglou, and the military salary will be greatly reduced by a sum of silver. No, Lao Liu is almost sixty years old, this woman gets it back, and she will be slept with her sooner or later, and the grinding mirror will grind to his bed. If I want to sell it to this cold old pervert, I have to raise the price and knock him hard."

Yang Ling didn't know that the seemingly loyal General Soldier He not only fought well, but also knocked on the bamboo pole, and hurried to the front hall and living room after the order.

In the living room of the front hall, a short and fat man sat on a chair with Erlang's legs crossed, sipping tea for a long time. A burly man stood at the door and looked out for a while, then walked back, came to his side and whispered: "Big brother, there are more than 1,000 people, including the second grade, he actually didn't report to the emperor, please take out the sword of the Son of Heaven and say that he will cut it, and he is not afraid that someone in the court will participate in his arbitrary power, this surnamed Yang is simply a stunned young man."

I think we're careless this time, this is to worship the wrong wharf and worship the wrong god, if you don't get it right, it's to send sheep into the tiger's mouth, are we just looking for some excuse, such as pretending to be a gentry to donate military salaries or something, and then slip away? ”

Humpty Dumpty drank tea with a smile, glared at him when he heard the words, and scolded: "I think you are a pig, can you have a long brain?" Now Fujian is a mess of smoke everywhere, and so many ministers have been arrested, and if it is not dealt with in time, the people's will will be unstable, and the political situation will change at any time.

When the decree comes down, how can it take a month, during this time, the prisoners are in and out of traffic, rumors are spreading, and his newly appointed officials don't know if they can sit still, and who is willing to give him his life with peace of mind? Can his soldiers have no resentment in their hearts? Hey! A month later, the holy decree arrived, and this place of smoke everywhere had become full of fire, and he wanted to clean up the scattered military and people's hearts again, and even his pro-army guards who had long since separated from Germany, it was difficult! ”

He put down his thighs, dusted off his clothes and said with a smile: "I heard the news but felt that I had come to the right place, this Lord Yang is a responsible man, and he knows how to judge the situation very well, this deal, I have to do it with him."

This Humpty Dumpty man spoke softly, his voice was a little glutinous, no matter who he was talking to, he always smiled before speaking, and he really couldn't tell what a powerful man was. His slender eyes flashed with a cunning light, and he said confidently: "I see that this adult seems to be calm now, but in fact, he is also in a hurry, the money has to be spent on the blade, and the friendship has to be handed over when he is in trouble, do you understand the charcoal in the snow?" It's worth more than a golden flower on the cake, hehehe, his surname Yang has a big appetite, and he is definitely not interested in my life."

As soon as he said this, Yang Ling appeared in front of the door with eight iron guards with knives, Humpty Dumpty hurriedly put down the teacup, and greeted him with a flattering smile on his face.

Yang Ling looked at him scrutinically, and said suspiciously: "Are you?" ”

Humpty Dumpty accompanied the smiling face, his eyes flickered at the eight guards on his left and right, and hesitated: "This grass man wants to face the adult, it is an extremely important military event, can the adult hold back left and right?" ”

Yang Ling laughed and walked in calmly, followed closely by eight guards, and his military boots clanged.

Yang Ling's martial arts have been practiced diligently, and now he is no longer called Amun. The so-called martial arts, as long as you practice to a certain height, it is very difficult to block the gap, and it is not so disparity as the legend is that it is so different that it can be controlled by one move when others are prepared.

The jade belt around Yang Ling's waist is a Burmese knife with excellent concealment, if someone wants to suddenly plot, he is confident that even if the other party's martial arts are extremely high, it will not be a problem to support ten moves and eight moves, so he boldly enters. His courage made the short and fat middle-aged man's narrow eyes flash, and he admired him a little more.

Yang Ling Shi Ran sat down on the chair and said with a smile: "Your people don't have to quit, my eight guards are also brothers who can be trusted in life and death, so you don't have to hide anything, just open your mouth." No matter what news comes out of your mouth and into my ears, my people will never spread half a sentence."

"Hehehe, my lord is a mighty marquis and a general of the Zhuguo, holding hundreds of thousands of troops in the six coastal provinces, your words are a thousand words, and the grass people can naturally trust them."

After Humpty Dumpty finished speaking, he suddenly smiled and took a step forward, knelt down solemnly with a flick of his robe, and said solemnly: "Bai Xiaocao, the remnant of the South China Sea and the prisoner of ten thousand capital crimes, knock on Lord Yang, the governor of the war!" ”

Yang Ling was shocked when he heard this, and there was a "choking" sound in his ears, and the sharp edges of the eight bright steel knives had pointed at the short and fat man kneeling on the ground, and the two big men under Bai Xiaocao were bare-handed, and they wanted to step forward but hesitated, only Bai Xiaocao knelt on the ground calmly, his forehead touched the ground, and he didn't move.

Yang Ling froze, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. He waved his hand lightly, ordered the guards to put away their swords, and then got up and stepped forward, and with a smile on his face, he helped Bai Xiaocao with his own hands and said: "It turned out to be Bai Da Master, haha, this official has been looking forward to you for a long time, since you have come to see me, if this official expects it well, you and I are likely to be officials in the same dynasty in the near future." The so-called put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, why call yourself a prisoner? ”

Of course, Bai Xiaocao would not be grateful to Dade in a few words from him, but he crossed Wang Meiren and no longer contacted the imperial court through that line, but disguised himself and went ashore to see Yang Ling, although he wanted to seek greater benefits, but at the same time, because Diaoyu Island was already in danger, he was also a little unbearable.

As soon as he heard Yang Ling's words, it was not all polite, but there was indeed a bit of sincerity, Bai Xiaocao was relieved, he stood up, and said respectfully: "The prisoner is confused, he has done many things that violate the laws of the imperial court, since I heard that the adult intends to recruit peace, the prisoner rejoices, and looks forward to it all night, and recently I heard that the adult has arrived in Fujian, so the prisoner took the liberty to come and ask to see the adult."

Yang Ling waved his hand and said: "Don't take a prisoner in one bite, for example, if you come to the court to recruit peace, you are not to blame in the past, you are older than me, I will call you Brother Bai." Brother Bai, please sit down, we can talk slowly if we have something."

Bai Xiaocao bowed and said, "Yes, yes, the grass people must obey the orders of the adults."

Bai Xiaocao cautiously sat down under Yang Ling, and said straight to the point: "My lord, the grass people have to convey the will of the adults many times to the beauty of the king of Putuo Mountain, and they also want to take refuge in the imperial court and seek a background, but after all, there are tens of thousands of horses under them, and the grass people have to find out the meaning of the leaders of each island one by one, so as not to make mistakes, so as not to respond to the good intentions of the adults in a hurry."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "I have heard of this, Brother Bai is willing to accept the appeasement of sincerity, this official has no doubts, in order to give you enough time to communicate the opinions of the islands, this official also instructed the Penghu Inspection Department to reduce the patrol ships in the near future, do not chase your merchant ships, and recently there is not a single warship sent out, hehe, Brother Bai is coming today, but he has already had a unified opinion with his generals?" ”

Bai Xiaocao is not stupid, at the beginning, it was true that the Penghu Inspection Division reduced the cruisers, but the purpose was obviously because he suffered the loss of the Western warships, but it was not that he Bai Xiaocao had face.

Now the sailors are not going to the sea, and it is even more because more than half of the senior generals of the navy division have been arrested, and the new commander of the navy division has drawn a group of young officers and is reorganizing the army on a large scale.

He didn't dare to break it, and said with a smile: "Yes, the grass people admire the kindness and kindness of adults." Since the grass people are here, they plan to be honest with you, and they will never dare to hide a word. My lord, to tell you the truth, in fact, some of the island owners under the grass people are very arrogant and untamed, and they have doubts about the sincerity of the imperial court's recruitment, and the grass people dare not force it too much, but now there is an accident, and the grass people take this opportunity to discuss with their subordinates again, and finally let everyone agree to accept the imperial court's recruitment. ”

Yang Ling didn't ask questions with his surname, and sure enough, Bai Xiaocao licked his lips and continued: "The Japanese Miyamoto Hao lacks giant ship artillery, so he has always plundered on land and rarely fights at sea, and he got a few warships a few days ago."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Yang Ling, Ruan Dawen's enemy had already spread, where Miyamoto Hao's battleship came from, everyone knew it, of course, this imperial court envoy, it was a little embarrassing to say it.

Yang Ling said quietly: "Miyamoto Hao has your idea?" Well, this is not what the official expected, I thought he would fight the idea of Yizhou. However, if he conquers your men, he can add dozens of naval warships out of thin air, which is enough to roar the South China Sea, and it is difficult to abandon it."

Bai Xiaocao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "My lord guessed wrong, if you are the overlord of the sea, you must control Manchu Thorn Plus, that is the only way for Nanyang and Daming, Luzon, Ryukyu, and this country to do business, and the wealth is rolling, and among the more than 70 vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, most of them are in Nanyang, and if you want to trade with Daming, you must go through Manchu Jia, and Daming is about to open the sea, and if you control it, you will control an inexhaustible and inexhaustible mountain of gold, so what Miyamoto Hao wants to seize is not my island, but Manchu Thorn Plus."

This really surprised Yang Ling, and he said in surprise: "In that case, how can Brother Bai use this matter to persuade his subordinates to willingly accept Zhao'an?" ”

Bai Xiaocao took a breath and said slowly: "The grass people have a merchant ship coming back from the South Seas, and they don't know that Manjinga has fallen into the hands of Western pirates, and when they pass through the Manjinga Strait, they are caught off guard by the warships of Western pirates. However, before the pirates had yet to board the ship, Hiroshi Miyamoto led nine warships to attack Manchuka, including six new warships equipped with a large number of artillery."

Yang Ling suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? You know so much about it, it seems that your merchant ship took advantage of the chaos to escape? Have you ever seen a naval battle between the two sides? How many warships did the Western pirates have? Who wins and who loses? ”

Bai Xiaocao said with a solemn face: "Adults are like gods!" The owner of my merchant ship was very clever, and it was also armed, but he was only caught by them when he docked because he did not know that Manthorn had changed hands, so he took the opportunity to repel the pirates who were about to board the ship on the shore and sailed away.

Three Western warships were dispatched, and nine of Miyamoto's warships fought a fierce battle in the strait, and my merchant ships witnessed the whole battle. Hiroshi Miyamoto's nine battleships were sunk by three Western warships in just half an hour, four were damaged, the remaining three fled in panic, and one Western warship was wounded. My merchant shipowner saw that the situation was not good when the two sides were divided, and he escaped from the battle circle and fled back to the island, and the grass people knew that the Western pirates who were full of thorns were so powerful."

Yang Ling was shocked when he heard this: How could it be? Nine warships against three, including six new warships of the Ming Dynasty, how could they be defeated so badly? This is simply a copy of Han Wu's three warships against the 11th ship of the Japanese Invaders, how powerful is the Western Corsair?

He pondered for a while, and had already come up with an answer, so he said slowly: "Well, the Japanese are not very familiar with the new warships, and there are very few people who can use artillery. ”

Although Bai Xiaocao is slippery, knows how to read the wind and steer, and pat the horse, but he does not dare to hide such a big event, he said categorically: "Otherwise, my lord, my merchant ship can see clearly, the Japanese are indeed not skilled enough to use artillery, but the impact is not too great, according to my shipowner's observation, the speed of the Japanese warships is not weaker than that of Western ships, and they are defeated only on two points:

First, Western artillery has a long firing range. The waves on the sea were undulating, and the cannons were difficult to aim, and once the battle was fought by two ships, the enemy ships were destroyed by the dense artillery, but the cannons on the Japanese ships had to be close to 100 zhang to exert their power, and at that time, the Western ships fired their cannons and hit the Japanese warships at a distance of 130 zhang, and most of the Japanese shells fell in the sea and could only be beaten with their hands.

Second, after the Japanese fought hard to destroy two warships and approached the Westerners, my shipowner saw clearly that there were 16 cannons on the side of the main warship of the Japanese, while the smaller Western warships had only 12 cannons, but the interval between the cannonballs was more than three times faster than that of the Japanese, and the 12 cannons were equivalent to 36 guns, and the Japanese were defeated and defeated."

Yang Ling's face finally changed, Bai Xiaocao looked at his expression, his fat face became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "We know that the Western pirates are also fighting our ideas, although we are begging for a living at sea and doing some illegal things, but after all, we are descendants of the Han people, if they are defeated, they can only be enslaved by these Western wild people, it is the grass people and the island owners under their control to discuss, everyone unanimously decided: accept the imperial court recruitment, and work with the officers and soldiers to deal with the Western pirates!" ”

(To be continued)