Chapter 57 Hearing the Alarm
The Li Jiang, who led the troops to chase to the sea, but watched the boat of Yu Xiaotian and his party sail to the sea, and could only return in vain, with two dilapidated official and military warships, docked on the shore of Xiaohuang Island, dozens of officers and soldiers searched the whole island, but found nothing, and could only burn down the small village on Xiaohuang Island with a fire under the order of the angry Li Jiang.
With the Fu'an County Inspection Department of Liu Inspection, because Jiang Baihu's home is also under the jurisdiction of the Inspection Division, the Jiang family was slaughtered by the Inspection Department also has the responsibility that cannot be shirked, so this time Li General was ordered to lead troops to Xiaohuangdao to suppress bandits, this Liu Inspector in order to show the importance of this matter, so he also brought a few errands, followed Li General to the sea to Xiaohuangdao.
This time their goal was very clear, and the people of the Jiang family insisted that the people who attacked their Jiang family and killed Jiang Baihu were the gang of Diao people on Xiaohuang Island, so they set off and rushed straight to Xiaohuangdao.
Whether it was this Mr. Li or Liu Inspector, they all thought that when they came out this time, although they might not be able to wipe out this gang of thieves, they could at least catch a few people on Xiaohuangdao and go back to deal with them, but they didn't think that when they arrived at Xiaohuangdao, the house was already empty, and there was not even a single hair left.
After some searching, they didn't find anything of value, and the idea that Li and Liu Inspector secretly wanted to make a fortune was also shattered, and they couldn't help but be a little annoyed.
Now the people who are alive through the Jiang family, they have already known that this group of people in Xiaohuangdao controlled the ships and goods of the Liu family in Funing, and also ransacked the Jiang family, so as long as they can find this group of people in Xiaohuangdao, and exterminate them, and after seizing their stolen goods, they can take the sheep and make a big profit.
This is the reason why these people are so enthusiastic and hurried to Xiaohuangdao, otherwise, there are many pirate gangs along the coast of Funing Prefecture, and they will not be interested in doing such an errand at all.
As for Jiang Baihu's death, for them, they are not worthy of their sympathy at all, then Jiang Baihu relied on the protection of Zhang Datong and Zhang Qianzong, as well as the door of the Funing Prefecture government, controlled most of the coastal fish in Fu'an County, and did not fish for oil and water, which had already made these people red-eyed to death.
It's just that they didn't have the opportunity or ability to snatch such a source of wealth from Jiang Baihu before, so they could only stare dryly, at most, they would share some profits, and now Jiang Jing, that is, Jiang Baihu, was suddenly killed by the tenants under his control, and it was too late for these people to be happy, so they didn't have the slightest sympathy for his death at all.
Looking at the village of Xiaohuangdao, which was full of fire, Inspector Liu laughed dryly, and said to Mr. Li: "Mr. Li! It seems that this time we came for nothing! The thieves of this little Yellow Island must have fled here in advance, and they are not stupid, Zhilu Dao has made such a big case, and the government will definitely not let them go easily, and it is estimated that they have escaped without a trace at this time! ”
The general surnamed Li looked at the fire rising into the sky, as well as the billowing smoke, turned around helplessly and looked at the sea again, and said with a wry smile: "You and I are just errands, whatever the above commands, let's do it!" Inspector Liu said well, although the thieves are fierce, but they are not stupid, they must know that the people of the Jiang family have recognized them, this little yellow island must not be able to stay, but I didn't expect them to go so fast and clean up so clean! In this way, it seems that we have really run for nothing!
By the way, with Liu Patrol, you guess where will these thieves from Xiaohuangdao flee if they want to escape? It is estimated that Zhang Qian and Sun Zhixian will definitely not stop because of this matter, if they can't bring this group of thieves to justice, it is estimated that they will not be able to explain to Lu! So in the end, we still have to go to the top of the tank, so no matter what, we always have to find a way, at least catch a few thieves, it's good to make a difference, isn't it? ”
Inspector Liu also turned around and looked at the sea in the distance, stroked the short beard of his chin and thought about it, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's hard to say!" On that day, it was the thieves that Li Jiang was chasing, how many thieves there were, Li Jiang always knew best, if they were numerous, they could find an island on the sea and entrench themselves to avoid the limelight, and maybe they would come out to plunder after a while!
In addition, if they are smart enough, they may even flee to other places after committing such a big crime overnight, and they may never dare to operate in the Funing Sea area again!
However, there is another possibility, if there are few of them, then they may also find other pirates to join in, in short, if they abandon this little yellow island and want to find them again, it is estimated that it will be difficult! Unless we get reliable information about where they are hiding, otherwise, trying to catch them in this vast sea is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack! ”
After listening to the words of this Liu Inspector, the general surnamed Li couldn't help but nodded, quite a little helpless, he knew that Liu Inspector said well, if he wanted to catch these thieves on the small Yellow Island in a short period of time, basically the hope was very small, not to mention that there are many islands along the coast of Funing, and there are even more islands along the coast of Fujian, he can't search island by island, then I really don't know how to find the Year of the Monkey! Therefore, if he wants to catch these thieves on Xiaohuangdao in the short term, the possibility is very low.
But he is still a little unwilling, after all, this time the matter is too big, the dead Jiang Jing is Zhang Qianzong's brother-in-law, they came out this time, and they didn't even find human hair, if they can't catch a few people and go back to the top tank, they won't be easy to deal with this trip! Even if they can't even catch the top tank, they must at least make a gesture and hover at sea for two or three days before going back.
So he sighed and said, "What Inspector Liu said is reasonable!" Now that this thief has abandoned this place, it will not be easy to catch them again! But I'm afraid it won't work out if we just go back like this! Whether it's Lord Zhixian or Mr. Qian, it's not easy to explain this time, I'm afraid it will take two days to go back!
In this case, we might as well go around for a while, if not, it's not too late to go back to make a difference! ”
Of course, Inspector Liu also knew what the general surnamed Li was thinking, so he nodded with a dry smile: "Of course!" This time, Liu just came along, what to do, Zhang Qian always had instructions, and he listened to General Li's arrangement! ”
Mr. Li secretly scolded in his heart that the surname Liu was a slippery head, and when he said this, it was tantamount to making it clear that he wanted to see the joke, anyway, he came along, he could share some profits if he had merit, and he couldn't be involved in anything if he didn't have merit.
So after seeing that his subordinates had set all the houses on Xiaohuang Island on fire, he ordered everyone to board the ship and lift anchor, and sailed away from Xiaohuang Island.
Standing on the boat, Inspector Liu shielded the sun with his hands, and after glancing at the course, he asked Mr. Li: "Mr. Li, since you have no intention of going back immediately now, where should we go now?" ”
Li took out a map from where he didn't know where to go, ordered his subordinates to unfold it, and asked Liu to inspect it together, looking down at the map, Liu Inspector knew that it was a hand-drawn map of the coastal area of Funing, which marked the various islands along the coast, and quickly found their location on the map.
"Brother Liu, please look! We are now on the west side of Xiaohuang Island, to the west is Dongchong Town, to the north is Shuangfeng Island, Nun Island, now it is rumored that there are several pirates entrenched in the area of Shuangfeng Island and Nun Island, often haunting Zhejiang and the East Fujian Sea to plunder, with our current strength, even if we go, it is estimated that it will not be pleased!
But Brother Liu looks here, not far to the east is Dahuang Island! In Brother Liu's opinion, if the thieves on Xiaohuangdao just want to take refuge for a while, will they hide on Dahuangdao? You must know that the big yellow island is much bigger than this small yellow island! It's not much of a problem to hide dozens of them! Mr. Li pointed to the map and asked Liu Xunjian.
Inspector Liu looked at the map, nodded slightly, and said, "It's possible!" But as far as I know, since the Japanese pirates of Dahuangdao were exterminated by the Fuzhou sailors, Dahuangdao has been a borderless land, and only pirates often dock here! And this place is close to Xiaohuang Island, it is estimated that the thieves of Xiaohuangdao dare not hide on Dahuangdao! ”
Mr. Li shook his head and said, "Since it's out!" Regardless of whether they are on Dahuang Island or not, we can't go back now, so it doesn't hurt to go to Dahuang Island to have a look! Come on, turn the sails and turn the rudder! Let's go to Dahuangdao! ”
After the sailors on the two ships were ordered, the thieves of each ship (in fact, on the Ming Dynasty sailor warships, the position of thief was basically the captain, responsible for managing all the sailors and soldiers on the ship) immediately ordered their helmsmen and servants to start turning the sails and turning the rudder, and operated the ships to bypass the northern end of Xiaohuangdao, and began to sail towards Dahuangdao to the east of Xiaohuangdao.
At this time, Yu Xiaotian and the others were still busy on Dahuang Island, and they were not aware of this situation at all.
After two or three days of renovation, their small fishing boat was again pushed into the water, and Meng Maniac and a few of his descendants began a trial voyage outside the bay where they were hiding.
And Yu Xiaotian took the rest of the people and began to think about how to drag the big boat ashore and carry out some renovations, and a group of people looked at the big boat and couldn't help but start to feel a little worried.
After all, they only have more than 20 laborers at best, and they can still do it by towing small boats ashore for repairs, but it is not easy to tow this brig ship weighing nearly 20 tons ashore.
So far, they have just arrived on Dahuangdao, and all the conditions are very rudimentary, and the tools are only a few axes, machetes, and large saws, and there are no other decent auxiliary tools.
Therefore, with such a rudimentary tool at their moment, they want to tow this brig ashore, and their manpower alone is far from enough, Ma Mian and the others looked at this boat, and kept shaking their heads, saying that it was not easy to do, and if Xiaotian's proposal was really not good, the ship would make do with it for a while, and after the storm passed, they would go south to Fuzhou to find a private boat on the coast, and drag the boat ashore for cleaning.
But their proposal was immediately rejected by Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian's opinion is very clear, he still insists on the old opinion, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, the current situation of this ship, if it is only used to transport goods at sea, it is not a problem for the time being.
However, their current identity is no longer ordinary fishermen, but they have changed their careers to become a group of pirates, so with such a ship, if they want to work at sea, they will not be able to do it.
If you want to be a successful pirate, the ship will undoubtedly be their most important thing, although the hull structure of this ship is still quite strong, but the sails of this ship are very broken, and the bottom of the ship is full of chaotic sea life, so that the speed of this ship is greatly affected.
Since he is a pirate, he often has to chase other merchant ships, and sometimes he has to escape from his peers or the warships of the official army and sailors, and if he has no speed, he is tantamount to death, so Yu Xiaotian still insists that since he wants to do it, he must first pick up the ship and greatly increase the sailing speed of the ship!
With him at the helm, everyone else agreed, and the group continued to rack their brains as to how to pack the boat.
Just when they wasted all their efforts to reduce the weight and center of gravity of the ship before removing the ballast stones and masts on the ship, Meng Maniac took a few offspring who went to sea for sea trials, and drove the small sailboat into the bay with a panicked face, and shouted loudly before the ship stopped:
"Big things are wrong! People from the government went to Xiaohuangdao ......"
(Today's special thanks to gx9282 and the two friends of the wings of the green feather for the reward,The new book list has been down,The following is a slow update of writing,It's about to be the New Year.,Don't look at the usual I don't have anything to do.,But at this time,,Things are more.,In the near future, I want to ask my old father-in-law to move over.,Help me take care of my wife.,Many relatives also have to go a little.,Friends also have to get together.,There's very little time to sit down and code words.,So I don't dare to guarantee that the update is very stable during the New Year.,I can only ensure that I change a day.,If you're free, I'll try to have more! I hope you will forgive me! I'll be back to stable updates as soon as I can after a year! )