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Time flies like a white horse, and it is not false at all, and another month has passed before you know it. In the past month, the two detachments of Weizihao and Dingzihao, which had cleared the waters in southern Fujian, also returned one after another. He also brought back a large number of ships and a large number of prisoners.

The number of pirates in the southern seas is not less than in the north, but more than in the north, after all, the maritime trade is more in the south. However, since there were no large islands to the south, the number of pirates was small, and the size of the fleet was limited. If you go further south and reach the waters of Guangdong, with only one detachment and a total of a dozen large and small warships, I am afraid that we will encounter huge trouble. After a series of battles, the two detachments cleared out seven or eight large and small pirates one after another before returning to Great Kinmen Island.

The Navy did not know the addresses of the other pirates, but the captured pirates did. So they chose pirates to deliver letters to them, and recruited other groups of pirates. In order to prevent the pirates sent out from escaping, the selected people are all family-owned, and those who drag their families have concerns, so they don't have to worry about them escaping.

The pirates who received the letter of surrender did not believe it at first, but when they sent someone to learn about the situation, they were like deflated balls, and they were extremely depressed. As for the Mawei Navy, they absolutely dare not provoke, and they cannot stay in the Fujian waters any longer. But rushing to someone else's territory will definitely lead to a big war, and whether you live or die is out of your control, unless you completely take refuge in one of the pirates and send people under the fence.

Not many people wanted to go to such a day, and besides, Geng Jingzhong's conditions were also very good. When Geng Jingzhong was discussing with Li Guangdi and others about surrendering, he did not write harsh words in the letter. only said the conditions for surrender, and the treatment given was quite good. If ordinary pirates want to go back, they will be given a settling-in allowance, and those who want to join the army will be treated like the navy. This alone has attracted many pirates. As for those big and small leaders, Geng Jingzhong offered more generous conditions, and explained in the letter that in order to develop maritime trade, he no longer wanted to see pirates blocking the way, otherwise he would go all out to exterminate all pirates, but he didn't want to kill them on a large scale, so he gave conditions to hope that they would surrender.

With such carrots and sticks, in just half a month, there were really many pirates who led their troops to Great Kinmen Island to accept surrender. The number of these pirates accounts for seven layers of the number of pirates in the southern seas, and there are others who do not want to give up the profession of piracy, or some pirate leaders do not want to give up their life of hegemony and spending all their days drinking, and lead their troops to other seas, or find another lair, or defect to others, and so on. In the eyes of the pirates, it is not a strange thing for the government to surrender, and the father of the national surname Zheng Chenggong was a big pirate back then, and he was not recruited by the government to surrender, and then he developed more and more. Although they are far inferior to Zheng Zhilong, the letter is clearly written, and they can live a good life in the past, after all, the reputation of the prince of Jingnan in the past few years has not been given in vain.

In the second half of the month, a few pirates who got the news came one after another to accept the surrender, but the time interval became longer and longer. At first, a stream came and fell every other day, and then there was no one for seven or eight days in a row. However, judging from the number of pirates who have been cleared and those who have come to land, there are no more pirates left in the southern seas. After some more investigation, it was determined that the pirates had indeed abandoned their lair and moved to other seas.

For these pirates who surrendered, Geng Jingzhong was indeed not prepared to do anything to them. However, it will not be inactive. The pirates hid at sea, and Geng Jingzhong had nothing to do with them, but when he went ashore, he was in charge.

When all the pirates gathered in Mawei and saw the majestic Red Army fleet of the Mawei Navy, they were completely shocked. Thankfully, they had made a wise decision, otherwise, the Great Army fleet would have arrived at their lair and would not have withstood even a round of shelling.

The pirates of the southern seas arrived, and a new round of grievances began. With the experience of the previous time, this time it is more convenient to do. Many of these pirate leaders were once again uncovered and put on public trial. At this time, these pirate leaders did not have the previous happiness, but became very angry. They scolded Geng Jingzhong for going back on his word and not keeping his promises!

Geng Jingzhong doesn't care about these. You are a wicked person and I am good to you, so how can you be worthy of the coastal people, how can you be worthy of the plundered merchants, and how can you be worthy of your own heart. The best way to leave behind these vicious leaders is to gather these pirate leaders and shoot them publicly. In this way, it will not only be conducive to the integration of new troops, but also win the support of the coastal people, killing two birds with one stone.

"Shizi, the first batch of reorganization work has been completed, but the place on Mawei is very tight, and it is not enough! If the second batch comes with the reorganization, it will have to find another location. The last general will transfer part of the navy to either Dakinmen Island or Nanri Island, both of which have ample space to train these recruits! "These days, Li Guangdi is also busy enough, and he has to deal with big and small things. Many of these things were the first time he had done them, so he felt very struggling.

"Well, you're telling the truth. I've been thinking about this for a long time! Geng Jingzhong nodded, "The horsetail is not big, and the 40,000 soldiers of the Marine Corps are already enough to be crowded here, so it's not good to add new people." I've chosen a good place for the new sergeants. As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea.

"Oh, the prince has already planned, where is the new location?" Li Guangdi asked curiously.

Geng Jingzhong smiled slightly: "Nanri Island! ”

"Nanri Island?! Isn't that the lair of sea sharks? "There's something strange about Lee Kwang-di." Can there be room for the training of thousands of soldiers? ”

"Brother Li, you haven't been there, the area of Nanri Island is still quite large, and it is about the same as the entire Fuzhou City, but there are not many open areas on the island. But that's it, it's enough for tens of thousands of troops to be stationed and trained! Besides, the original Dazhai of Nanri Island Sea Shark can just be used as our military camp, and it is a good house built entirely of granite! ”

"And what about the harbor on Nanri Island?"

"Well, there's no big problem with this, there are ready-made docks there, although they can't berth third-class warships, but ordinary frigates can dock. In addition, these new soldiers had to undergo more than three months of rehabilitation education and training, all on land, and did not need ships. We can use this time to expand and strengthen the dock of Nanri Island, enough to dock a detachment! ”

"That's fine! But Shizi, this second batch of pirates, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to kill all those pirate leaders as well, right? Your reputation is not good for such a fish! Li Guangdi frowned and said with some concern.

"Hahaha, Brother Li is too worried. It's 10,000 times better to kill them than to keep them! Geng Jingzhong replied with a smile, not worrying at all.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother Li, you said, now outside Fujian, how do the world view my Geng family?" Geng Jingzhong stared at Li Guangdi's eyes, and asked with a smile.

"This, this" Li Guangdi was a little embarrassed, this was not easy for him to say.

"Let me tell you, from an outsider's point of view, my Geng family is still a dog of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but a big traitor. I admit this, after all, my grandfather and my father did something wrong. But when it comes to me, everything will change. I don't care if other people throw dirty water on my head, and besides, I can't stop them from thinking anything. Killing these pirate leaders, the people of Fujian will inevitably applaud, and the gentry, landlords, and the seas from all over the country will also stand on our side, so that Fujian will slowly become the real foundation of my Geng family. Therefore, I just need to grasp the local people in Fujian. After that, Wu Sangui has muddied the muddy waters of the world, let's wait and move, what do you say? ”

"What the prince said is very reasonable! Hehe, this is also the consistent practice of the prince, now the hearts of the people of the whole Fujian, the son has achieved most of it, this time, it will rise again, congratulations to the son! Li Guangdi thoroughly understood this layer, and couldn't help but admire the prince in front of him. The big-eared thief has nothing, but he has established the Shu regime by virtue of the people's will, the people's heart, this is the fundamental!

"By the way, Shizi, the matter of publicly trying these pirate leaders will be left to General Ma and them to do, anyway, the land army is basically fine now, let them go out and show their faces again!"

"It's still thoughtful that you're considerate, and it's best to leave things on land to the marines. In this way, don't kill them all at once, kill them in batches. Whoever originally belonged to the sea area was escorted to wherever it was, and let the people relieve their hatred! ”

There were more than 400 heinous pirate leaders who were tried at the two grievance conferences, and they were distributed to more than a dozen counties along the coast, and each county could be assigned 20 or 30 people. The interrogation of twenty or thirty people at one time, and the public beheading of these people, is a big scene for the people. Although some time ago, those local tyrants who colluded with pirates have been punished, but pirates at sea are what the people are most worried about. The public trial of 21 local heroes has already made the people cheer, and this time the public trial of the pirate leader has made the coastal people even more overjoyed.

It's not that the people who live along the coast don't understand the suffering of the coastal people at all, although there are bandits in the inland areas, but the bandits basically don't rob them, the poor clanging people, but pirates are different, once they go ashore, they have to rob everything they have. Many times, not only robbing things, but also kidnapping people, except for the elderly and children, all strong men and women will be arrested. At this time, the prince of Jingnan issued a notice that all the pirates along the coast of Fujian have been cleared out, and when no pirates will come to infest the place in the future, every family in the coastal area will set off firecrackers and celebrate like the New Year!

Especially when the pirate leader is tried in public, it is even more empty, and the scene is unprecedentedly spectacular!