Chapter 67: Breaking the Rules of Conduct

Jiang Jie proposed an expedient measure to Yue Su - a small punishment and a big admonition Yue Su didn't know how to punish it, so he hurriedly asked Jiang Jie smiled slightly, and replied: "The so-called small punishment and big commandment is actually in this case, since the Li family has no evidence of rebellion, and the adults don't have to make it difficult for them to raise so many weapons. Wounding people's lives is used to sentenc, but it is Yiren who is killed, so in terms of sentencing, adults can weigh themselves."

What he proposed to Yue Su was just an idea, what kind of punishment should be prescribed according to the law, then Yue Su had to make up his own mind Yue Su thought about it, and finally nodded and said, "What does Mr. mean, Su understands"

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There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Yue Su wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Li Fu in Wuchang, Huguang, the content of the letter was very straightforward, and Li Yuchun gathered a crowd to fight and kill the English, and said that he hoped that his father-in-law would go to the governor of Quanzhou to make a confront

After the letter was sent away, Tong Zhou also returned, and also brought a foreign missionary It turned out that Tong Zhou entered the city with a fire sign last night, entered the city, and rushed directly to the prefect's yamen, explaining the meaning of the governor, and asking the Quanzhou prefect to help find someone

The prefect of Quanzhou was woken up in the middle of the night, and his mood was naturally not very good, but he did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately sent out a messenger on duty at night to look for foreign missionaries who could speak English in the city

Coincidentally, there was a French missionary in Quanzhou City, Green, who could speak German, English, and fluent Chinese to find Green, Tong Zhou was very happy, took a nap in the city, and the next morning, he took Green's horse to the camp of the sailor

Now that the case has become clear, Green is not so important, and Lord Yue has no good impression of foreigners, and if he dies, he will die, and he was going to send Green away, but at this time, Mao Youjian came to report that something was wrong with the British ship

It turned out that since they got the four big ships, Kong Youde and Mao Youjian were very excited, and they got up early today, and took their men to prepare to practice on the new ship, however, the boat that was originally good, but they couldn't control it, and the two of them didn't know what was wrong, so they had to come to report to the commander

How can Yue Su repair the ship, after thinking about it, he still needs to tie the bell to the bell, so he had to send someone to call William over, let Green be on the side, and translate Lord Yue did not directly ask William to help repair the ship, but explained the reason why they were ambushed, and it was clear that Li Yuchun was instructed by the Spaniards to attack you in Zhangzhou, and now the matter has come to light, Your Excellency has been wronged

Seeing Yue Su's easy-going face, William really didn't understand what the other party meant, but he also understood that he and George were robbed and killed, and it was related to the Spaniards William looked confused, and Yue Su asked Green to communicate with William, explain the identity of Lord Yue, and explain Lord Yue's attitude of being the master of William

Green said that Yue Su is matter of the local high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, and said that this adult wants to be the master for you, and William then understood, showing a face of gratitude

Immediately after, Yue Su struck while the iron was hot, saying that he intended to lead the army to eliminate the Spaniards entrenched in Taiwan, hoping that William would stay to help William is now a lost dog, since George's death, he thought that he would definitely die, but he didn't expect that there would be this opportunity This old man is also aware of current affairs, how dare he be shameless, although he faintly saw that Yue Su intended to use himself, but he still promised to save his life first, and then said, everything else is secondary

With William's nod, Yue Su asked Mao Youjian to lead William and Green to the beach to repair the ship, and guaranteed that his subordinates would be treated preferentially

The problem with the ship is not big, after William arrived, he quickly repaired Yue Su did not break his promise, he really let William's men go, but did not let them leave, each of them was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, let them all stay in the sailors These British sailors followed George to beg for food, whoever gave money, he would work for whomever he wanted, there was nothing to say, of course, the silver rewarded to them, that was also the wool from the sheep, Lord Yue had already sent people, with the captured goods, to sell As for William, the reward was even more, a full 20,000 taels of silver, He also arranged a position in the water division and assigned him an interpreter

For the people who survived the catastrophe, living was more important than anything else, staying under Yue Su, eating and drinking, William and his subordinates temporarily stayed down-to-earth However, those of his subordinates were not all in one place, but a small part was managed separately by Lord Yue, staying in the water division, and most of the others were arranged by Yue Su to his musket team

With the addition of William and the four English sea ships, the style of the Fujian sailors has obviously changed, and Lord Yue, under Jiang Jie's suggestion, acquiesced to Kong Youde and Mao You's sight of the sea robbery, but there is a grandiose name - to clean up the sea area and crack down on merchants who do not obey the ban of the imperial court

Anyway, the imperial court has a clear rule - forbidding the sea, if there is no legal thing about the ships on the sea, the Ming Dynasty people, and if they rob it, it can be regarded as a seizure of foreigners, let alone habitual diseases, who told you to run here

Kong Youde and Mao Youjian relied on these four big ships, plus more than a dozen naval warships, which were British warships that were rampant on the sea

Kong and Mao's harvest is more and more, Yue Su also made an unwritten rule, but where the seizure proceeds, of which 10 percent, distributed to the officers and soldiers of the action, the rest of the silver, Yue Su used to rebuild the sailor at the same time, he also gave the court a fold, saying that he cleared the sea area, the determination to rebuild the sailor, when the sea area is cleared, it is inevitable to encounter some illegal businessmen, for these people who do not comply with the ban of the court, they will not be soft, after the blow, it is inevitable to get some seized property, I hope the court allows, Let the ministers be retained for the purpose of rebuilding the sailors

Lord Yue wants to be self-sufficient, this point, Empress Dowager Zhang will not object, anyway, you don't need the court to pay, the sailor you rebuilt is also from the court, such a good thing, you can do it yourself

Yue Su did what he said, and acted resolutely, the ship he wanted to rebuild, in terms of requirements, was the kind of battleship silver in England, Yue Su was not worried, confiscated the goods of George and the Li family, and sold it for 600,000 taels of silver, and it was sold at a low price These days, Kong Youde and Mao Youjian led the team to rob almost every day, anyway, this kind of business is not open for three years, and it is open for three years, or it can't be encountered, if you grab a handful, it is tens of thousands of taels After the efforts of the two brothers, Lord Yue now has on hand, Being able to have one hundred hundred thousand taels of silver is only a short two months' income, so Lord Yue can also see why the pirate industry is so developed and the money comes so quickly

If you can grab 100,000 taels, the big guy can share 10,000, and the people who act are only about 1,000 people, and the distribution is 120 taels of silver, which is a year's salary

Therefore, whenever there is such a task, the officers and men of the naval division are scrambling to get ahead and backward, and they will not be ranked high, and they will be aggrieved for a long time, and the belligerent psychology of the officers and men has been greatly enhanced

It's just that making money is making money, but Lord Yue didn't expect that his actions would break the rules of the sea and a bloody storm would come soon

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There are rules for coming out to mix, and pirates also have pirate rules, but this rule is only set up by Eighteen Zhi himself, who calls people to be the biggest fist in this sea area

As a pirate, it's not a day to rob your head, in this way, who would dare to hit you here through So, pirates are also in line with the concept of making money with harmony, as long as you pay a certain amount of protection fees, you will be safe and secure through maritime trade, the risk is high at the same time, accompanied by high profits Therefore, the big guy is willing to go to sea and forget to die, no one wants to really die, can fight for money, and also hopes to spend his life, so for the protection of this bit of silver, the big guy will not hesitate

If you want to cross this sea area safely, as long as you pay five hundred taels of silver to Zheng Zhilong, the boss of Eighteen Zhizhi, you will not be harassed, whoever dares to rob again, is the enemy of Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong is the most powerful, his words, many pirates have to buy it, and the merchants who come and go, in order to keep a peace, will send the silver to Master Zheng in advance

In the past, it was safe and sound, but since Kong and Mao got the permission of Lord Yue and went out to fight smuggling, things are not like this Regardless of whether they hit Zheng Zhilong's banner or not, anyway, if they see it, they will come forward to stop it, especially those under the banner, as long as they encounter it, they will not be spared In this way, Zheng Zhilong's prestige is jealousy, and many merchants have gone to the island where Zheng Zhilong is located to complain, saying why we paid the silver, and the ship will be robbed, what the hell is going on, you have to give us an explanation, otherwise, The big guy would rather go far away in the future than go away from your sea area

The merchant naturally didn't know who robbed it, because after Lord Yue robbed the goods, all the prisoners on the ship were put into prison, and no one could go out to deliver the letter The merchant didn't know, Zheng Zhilong naturally didn't know, he thought that it was some small fish and shrimp in this sea area, and he was hungry, so he took the risk to do it

In order to find out the real culprit, he sent his brothers to various islands to investigate and found that it was not done by his peers, but he unexpectedly found that the guy who prying was actually a sailor of the imperial court

", the pirates came out to rob it, and even if you officials who don't lack food or drink are out of the way, there is no reason for it! Since you dare to rob Lao Tzu of his job, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind to you! ”

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