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After asking outstanding questions, Liang Daocheng was stunned, and then knelt on the ground to guard the fire, Xun Ba cried, and said in a loud voice:

"The villain also thought that if he bought this flag, he would be able to pass without worry, but who knew this"

In this era, the largest armed force on the sea in the entire East was the pirates, the pirates from the Ming Dynasty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Since the rise of Zhengde in the last years, the pirates of the Ming Dynasty have flourished, constantly chaotic, annexed each other, and began to have a stable situation.

Just looting, that is killing chickens and eggs, and it is not good for the pirates, so after the opening of the sea in the Longqing year, there is such a rule on the sea, and the maritime merchants who walk the sea must buy flags from the pirates, buy the flag at a price of 1,000 taels to several thousand taels and hang it on the ship, and then they can pass on the sea without worry within this year.

This is tantamount to setting up a card at sea to collect taxes, and pirates are powerful. The merchants had to do this for the sake of safety, and the income from selling flags was stable and huge, which made the power of the pirates continue to expand.

On the other hand, however, it did ensure that the maritime trade situation was calm, and the pirates did their best to keep it safe.

According to the news reported by the king, the armed merchant ships of the Song Francois (Spain) had plundered several merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and then the pirates caught up with the armed merchant ship on the side of Manchurian, and all the Francos on board were killed, and the goods were plundered, and then the ship was set on fire in the sea outside the port of Luzon, which gave great shock to the white people of the South Seas.

Not to mention that there were once daimyo people in the country who sent people to pretend to be pirates. After that, it was invaded by the pirates of the Ming Dynasty and plundered, and finally relied on the peace and mediation of the big merchants of the "collapsed town".

The merciless punishment and revenge made people dare not touch the authority of the Ming pirates again.

Every time he thought of this, Wang Tong felt quite awkward in his heart, the maritime authority of the Ming Dynasty still depended on the pirates to maintain, but he also believed that the pirates' deterrence was effective.

This is the strange place, Liang Daocheng is hanging the flag of the Three Water King. was actually robbed by pirates, according to Wang Tong's understanding, the biggest power on the sea now is this Shen Yuan, who is so bold.

Moreover, Liang Daocheng has more than 300 people and seven boats, looking at the appearance of the dozens of people in Fangcai, there are probably a lot of people who can take knives and go into battle, and if they can eat such a fleet, they must not be small fish and shrimp that come out to rob sporadically.

Such a bold and reckless person was thrown to the Sanshui King Shen in vain, watching Liang Daocheng's words flicker, and occasionally showing signs of being stunned and pausing, could it be a fraud.

Insurance is a new thing, but the rules are not difficult to figure out, and insurance fraud is not a sophisticated trick, and Wang Tong knows it in his heart.

If Liang Daocheng really had six ships robbed and 200 people died, the 50,000 taels of compensation would not be much, but if just such a ship came over and a few people cut off their hands and feet, the 50,000 taels would make a lot of money.

"You can live in peace, you have entered the insurance line and signed the contract, as long as it is in accordance with the rules, it will definitely give you a lot, but you can't be in a hurry, the number is not always checked

Since Wang Tong asked the question, Liang Daocheng has been crying there, and he is also sincere, and he can't see anything fake, hearing Wang Tong say this, that is, he keeps kowtowing to thank Master Xie.

There are dozens of pirate-born servants under Haihe Patrol Tangshan, and they can ask a few words in the past to find out whether it is true or false, and when Wang Tong returned to the house, the news was also sent.

It was indeed seven ships, pulling the cotton cloth of Songjiang Mansion, coming out of Tianjin Wei from the south, encountering pirates halfway, and only after a hard fight did they get out.

And there are still strange things to ask here, for example, the pirates are also wearing black flags with white horizontal stripes, and when they are on the boat, they say that they are verifying the flag, and the result is that they are fighting, and the pirates have twelve ships, and the people on board are quite brave, shouting on the boat, it seems to be the accent of Fujian and Guangdong.

Far from making things clear, this clue made it even more confusing, twelve ships. The accent of Fujian and Guangdong, such a scale is also hung with three black flags with white horizontal stripes, such a thief, except for the subordinates of the Sanshui King, who dares to do this.

Wang Tong pondered there, and suddenly heard someone outside to report, and said loudly:

"My lord, the king steward of Luhai Commercial Bank has arrived!"

Hearing this report, Wang Tong slapped the table suddenly, startling Yang Sichen on the side, Wang Tong stood up and said in a deep voice:

"It's the Three Water Kings who did it!!"

Fang just thought about it, thinking hard about what kind of bold people on the sea dare to touch the authority of the Three Water Kings, but the Three Water Kings Shen Vain is a pirate, what do pirates do, in the final analysis, this pirate is robbed at sea, such a big force, such a rampant act, not the Three Water King's subordinates, who dares to do this!

Thinking of the result, Wang Tong was awe-inspiring in his heart, Tianjin Wei's prosperity today has a lot to do with Shen Va, the king of Sanshui, if there is no agreement with the pirates. Let them have a chance to make money in Tianjin, and the sea trade routes are constantly robbed by pirates. For the sake of safety and safety, merchants still choose the canal waterway.

What made the pirates start to loot Tianjin Wei, is the benefit of sea robbery comparable to the long-term prosperity of Tianjin Wei, the pirates also have business here, and for them, they are geese who lay golden eggs.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Tong straightened his clothes and went to the main hall to meet the guests.

The leaders of the Luhai Commercial Bank, except for a few white people who do business, the rest are all swarthy and old men, who are all born at sea and have experienced wind and waves, and to put it bluntly, they are also pirate leaders.

The king's steward was also dressed like this, with rough hands and feet, and his face was dark, and his wrinkles were like knife cuts. It looks like he's over fifty years old, and the two of them behind him are about the same. but he was much stronger.

As soon as Wang Tong came in, the three of them knelt down respectfully and kowtowed, and after Wang Tong motioned for them to sit down, he thanked them respectfully, everything was in order.

Wang Tong said directly to the point:

"The fleet from Nan Zhili has been robbed, you all know about this, right? What is your Boss Shen's status at sea, everyone knows that Luhai Commercial Bank has a lot of shares in the insurance bank, and the compensation is to go to the silver, and your family is also damaged, how good is it to put it here to earn interest and make money!? ”

After all, it is an official article, and some things are not easy to say too bluntly, so everyone knows it in their hearts, but they didn't expect the king to say angrily:

"The words of the eldest master, the big boss of our family has thought of it a long time ago, and he has already replied to the eldest master. The eldest lord is not building ships in the north of Tianjin Wei. I have a big ship of ghosts in my hands, if I encounter pirates or something, I will lead my troops to exterminate it, since the insurance company has set up a rule, then the compensation will be paid, and the Luhai Commercial Bank is also doing business, and this rule is still understood. ”

The faces of several generals in the room showed anger, and Wang Tong's face turned cold, but then he said with a smile:

"That being the case. Then the insurance bank paid according to the rules""

Having said that, naturally there was no way to continue, and after saying "the master is in charge", the three villains of Luhai Commercial Bank kowtowed and said goodbye.

"My lord, let my subordinates send someone to arrest all the people in Luhai Commercial Bank, a group of thieves, only landed here because of the kindness of the adult, but it is so rampant, I really don't know what to do!"

Sun Dahai shouted loudly, and the general on the side also said in a deep voice:

"Sir. If you take one step back from such thieves, they will take three steps forward, and the more indulgent they are, the more arrogant they will become, and they must be punished. ”

Wang Tong sat there and shook his head slowly, and said:

"How to teach scraping, how many boats do we have in total, if the two families tear their faces, and the three water kings let go of the looting, the sea route of Tianjin Wei will be cut off immediately, and someone will come, but. There is a strange thing, collect the money from the road, and then do business in Tianjin Wei, you can make more money than this robbery, it is still a long-term business, why is it so short-sighted

"Zhang Baihu has arrived".

There are guards outside to report that although Zhang Shiqiang is now an inspector on the canal, his own job is the hundred households of Jinyi Guard, and he is called this.

Entering the house, Zhang Shiqiang looked at Wang Tong and nodded. Came forward and said:

"The old king just said the ins and outs, Shen Yuan knew that we were building ships here, so he said those words, but they wouldn't touch the ship that bought the flag and collected the money."

This old Wang is the Wang steward who has just come, this Wang steward is old, and his children are all settled in Tianjin Wei, and he doesn't want to go on the sea, so he naturally wants to curry favor with the government.

Of course, the pirates did not like the Tianjin Wei to build their own ships, but the business of the Luhai Commercial Bank was very large, and the pirates plundered as well to transport goods to Tianjin Wei and the Wei Kingdom to sell, and a large amount of silver into the account, and because Tianjin Wei was prosperous, the number of ships coming and going from north to south increased, and many people built ships and went to sea, which increased the amount of money for the pirates.

A large amount of silver can be put into the account. It is Shen Vain and other leaders. The people below can't get any benefits, but there is a contradiction in this, Gu Laohu led thousands of pirates to attack at night back then, which is the reason.

The same is true today. The more troublesome it was, Shen Vain and the others couldn't hold it down, so they had to give an explanation, a few routes to Tianjin Wei everywhere could not be touched, and outside of this, they would do it at will.

Speaking of this, Wang Tong was a little confused, since he couldn't touch it, why was Liang Daocheng's fleet robbed, he thought about it for a while, and said:

Ben instructed Tang Shan to interrogate again, where did Liang Daocheng go before he came to Tianjin Wei, but he didn't expect this

After a pause, Wang Tong shook his head and said slowly:

"In any case, Shen Vao's side is a big scourge!".