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The information in the book is well documented, and each page contains details of a pirate ring. The number of pirates per share, the number of ships, the general configuration of firepower, the island where the lair is located, the name of the pirate leader, what his style is, etc. They are all neatly arranged in the form of a table, and they are clear at a glance. This is also thanks to Geng Jingzhong's already teaching these mathematical knowledge in the school, and it seems that these secret agents of the Princess Fang have also learned well.

Although the spies tried their best to collect information about these pirates, it can be seen from the table that many places in it are blank, especially where the pirates' lair is located. Geng Jingzhong flipped through the first dozen pages, and there were only five islands where the pirates had been identified, and the others were all blank. There are also several pirate leaders, the number of ships, etc., are blank, in short, all the information is complete, Geng Jingzhong only saw two of the first dozen, and the others are more or less incomplete.

After all, the sea is not land, and there are so many islands on the sea that no one can find their lair if they are innocent and hidden. This information is already very detailed, "Well, it's very good, the work of the princess workshop is still quite good." In the past, we didn't have the strength to take care of these pirates, so we didn't pay much attention to it, but we didn't expect that there were so many pirates along the coast of Fujian! ”

Li Guangdi also sighed a little, the pirates on this sea are no less than the bandits on land! "Yes, Shizi, it's really not good for these pirates to not be able to suppress them. In recent years, there has been a lot less maritime trade in Fujian and Guangdong, and these pirates are also living a hard life, and it is because of this that they are more ruthless now! In the past, those pirates would collect a toll money and let them go when they touched a fleet of equal strength, but now they will pounce on the fleet when they see it, as long as it is not a fleet that they can't deal with, they have to fight. So that now those small maritime merchants dare not go to sea, even if they go to sea, they also pay some protection money to the big caravan and then follow closely behind. ”

What Li Guang said is also the truth, a few years ago, the power of the Southern Ming Dynasty had not been completely wiped out, and the sea was once blocked by the Zheng family and the Qing court. Maritime trade has been greatly reduced, the pirates have no caravans to rob, and the mainland does not dare to come lightly, so life is indeed very hard. Therefore, their activities have become more and more frequent over the years, otherwise, the secret agents of Princess Fang may not be able to investigate in such detail.

"This piracy is becoming more and more rampant, which is very detrimental to our development of maritime trade. This hidden danger must be thoroughly understood, otherwise the future losses will be immeasurable. Geng Jingzhong stretched out two fingers and tapped on the table and continued: "Now that we have this information, we don't have to make much effort to clean it up. First of all, the few who have completely discovered this situation have been eliminated, and then there should be a lot of useful information from their mouths. Then follow the vine and touch the melon, it shouldn't be difficult! Geng Jingzhong is also very confident in the naval officers, with the strength of the "Red Army Fleet", it is not easy to deal with these pirates!

"Shizi, please read the last three pages!" Li Guangdi gestured with his hand to please.

Geng Jingzhong lowered his head and flipped to the last three pages of the book, the tables on these three pages were all recorded in detail, and the header of each page was marked in red. Geng Jingzhong took a closer look, hey, good guy, at least they all have 3,000 pirates and 80 ships. However, most of the pirates were small boats, and they were all marked in the books, so Geng Jingzhong was still surprised! "This is all from our Fujian waters?"

Li Guangdi waved his hand: "No! Only the sea shark is a group of pirates completely entrenched in the waters of Fujian, and the other two, one is close to Guangdong, and the other is in the South China Sea! ”

Geng Jingzhong hurriedly found the column of the pirate island, and when he saw it, it was indeed the case, and the wave in the South China Sea was actually Dutch pirates! I saw that the book clearly stated that it was the Dutch pirates, and their approximate strength was recorded in detail below. Pirate Leader: Huntelaar. Number of people: more than 4,000, more than half of them are Westerners. Ships: There are 100 ships, 12 main warships, and the others are small boats and fast ships. Fire situation: Adequate artillery. Island: Unknown. Flag: Black Pirate Skull Banner. Note: This group of pirates mostly operates in Guangdong and the South China Sea, and has appeared in Fujian waters four times in the past two years.

"Dutch!" Geng Jingzhong muttered a little in his heart. These Western pirates are actually their army, otherwise they are also closely connected with their government. Geng Jingzhong doesn't want to clash with the Dutch now, otherwise they will be in trouble if they blockade this maritime Silk Road, and Geng Jingzhong still wants to send a merchant group to Europe! "Let this group of pirates go first, they rarely come to our area anyway. Let's get rid of what is in front of you first. ”

"Yes, son. Then the first choice for the remaining two pirates is the sea shark entrenched on Nanri Island in Fujian. They are the closest to Fujian itself, and they are all extremely vicious people, and the coastal people hate them to the core. If we can get rid of them, the people will applaud! "Nanri Island is not very far from Quanzhou, and Li Guangdi has heard of this wave of pirates when he was a child. It is a lot of trouble in the nearby sea area, and the name of the pirate head tiger shark can cure children's night crying! "Shizi, another advantage of taking the lead in clearing the sea sharks is that after the clearance, we can take the opportunity to recruit those small groups of pirates, and in this way, we can also minimize our losses!"

Wang Zhenbang was not very happy when he heard this, and if he didn't fight, he would have no military merits. Now that they are strong, these pirates are just military feats sent to the door, how can they not fight! "No, these pirates live by plundering all year round, and they are all extremely vicious, and they must all be wiped out!"

The king's words are not right, those ordinary pirates were originally coastal dwellers, but they were plundered to the island by pirates and then coerced into piracy. If they accept our recruitment, they can find a way to remove their leaders, and then disrupt their troops and charge them into the navy for more control and training. In this way, we can not only eliminate the pirates, but also increase our soldiers, why not! ”

"This, this" Wang Zhenbang was a little entangled at the moment. The training of naval soldiers is not easy, and these pirates are all excellent soldiers who float on the sea all year round, and it is difficult to choose for a while.

"I haven't taken this into account either, so let's do as Mr. Li said, and if you want to suppress it, you can do it to the biggest sea shark first. However, before we do it, we must clean up the debris on the shore before we can talk about it! "In addition to the information of the pirates, there is also information about some of the local tyrants who colluded with the pirates on the shore. When Geng Jingzhong saw this information from the book, his heart was full of anger, and he angrily slammed the intelligence book on the table, making a loud bang.

According to the Guò intelligence books, it is known that the collusion with the local tycoons is basically the larger pirates, and the goods they loot are traded with these local tycoons, and at the same time they purchase some necessities. The local magnates also probed for pirates and provided some information about merchant ships going to sea, so that pirates could raid and then stratify from there. Compared with pirates, Geng Jingzhong actually hates this kind of person even more.

"Brother Li, is everything said above true? Are there really so many? ”

"Yes, Shizi, I specially sent someone to verify it, and I have already checked it all. To be honest, I didn't expect the situation to be so strict, two of them are still from Quanzhou Mansion, and I am still familiar with my Li family, but I didn't expect it! Shizi, these people are more hateful than pirates, they should be killed, and none of them should be spared! ”

"That's a good point!" Geng Jingzhong nodded. Then he raised his head and said to Ma Jiuyu: "Uncle Ma, the matter on this shore will be handed over to you." Send troops to attack separately, arrest them all, and if you encounter resistance, kill them on the spot! ”

"Yes!" Ma Jiuyu has been waiting for this sentence for a long time! It's been a long time since the Marine's sword has not been unsheathed, and today it can finally show its power again!

The records in this intelligence book are indeed shocking, with more than 30 pages of paper, on the front of which is information about pirates, and on the reverse is information about these local tyrants who collude with them. While not every pirate has a connection to land, these are very small groups of pirates, only a few, negligible. According to investigations, there are actually 27 companies colluding with pirates along the coast of Fujian! They traded with pirates, and even used pirates to kill civilians and some small landowners in order to seize their land. Fujian's fertile land has always been precious, and the small people who own the land and those small landlords will never sell their land unless they have to, so these local Haoqiang have adopted such methods. Over the years, they have been full of evil, and I don't know how many people have died at their hands, and I don't know how many lands have been annexed by them.

Although it may bring some turmoil to clean up so many places at once, it is insignificant compared to the benefits. The secret agents of Gongzhufang have long been all over Fujian, and a large amount of ironclad evidence has been collected in the past two years. Now, the ironclad evidence of these powerful people colluding with pirates is in the hands of Geng Jingzhong, and when they are dealt with, and then these ironclad evidence is released, presumably the people will not only not blame him, but also be grateful to him for eliminating harm for the people! The common people are illiterate, whoever is good to them will support whom, as long as Geng Jingzhong has been doing things that are beneficial to the people, the hearts of the people in Fujian are towards him.

Cleaning up these guys who eat inside and out, in addition to being praised by the people, will also get tangible benefits. These twenty-seven families can all be said to be rich, and several of them are still families that have been passed down for generations, and their family property is definitely an astronomical amount. In addition to handing over some to the imperial court to gag their mouths, the rest will definitely make him a lot of money!