Chapter 14: The Feeling of Conscience

As a psychiatrist, Chiu Ka-yan has treated many patients. A lot of people who come to psychotherapy think too much. These people are often observant, such as a patient who said, 'Every time I want to release everything to do something bad, I find that this seemingly empty ruined city is full of people'.

At this time, after the Southern Song Dynasty, the population was about 80 million, and Fuzhou City was only a city of hundreds of thousands of people. But Zhao Jiaren couldn't find a way to send the two captured ships to the shipyard in Fuzhou without knowing it. In the end, Zhao Jiaren could only exert his initiative, and first asked his crew to change the sails of the ship to the kind of sails that were unique to Zhao Jiaren next to the uninhabited island. Then tear down the upper deck. This greatly changed ship sailed into the Minjiang River and entered the shipyard at night. All personnel began to dismantle at maximum speed overnight.

No matter how much effort was put into it, these two large ships with a displacement of more than 400 tons finally became unrecognizable at the fastest speed. The dismantled timber was processed and used on other ships, saving time on the construction of several new ships. Xie Wuhuan is a smart man, and he doesn't talk nonsense, but he just sighs that if he can go to the north and capture three more big ships of the Mongolian navy, he can build a fleet of twenty ships for Zhao Jiaren. This fleet could easily crush all the ships from Fujian to Jiaozhi.

Zhao Jiaren didn't talk nonsense, he handed Xie Wuhuan a set of drawings. Xie Wuhuan opened it and saw that the hull depicted on the drawing was flat, and it was obviously an inland river boat. This type of boat has twenty oars, a crosssail, and a rear ship. The steering wheel is located in the aft building, and there is a small cannon in the bow. Interestingly, there is also an awning above the oars of this boat, and bamboo mats can be spread on top to protect from the sun and rain.

"Zhao Guanren. What does this mean? Xie Wuhuan asked.

"Isn't there a lot of wood left over to make a ship like this?" Zhao Jiaren replied.

"This ship is of little use on the Min River." Xie Wuhuan reminded Zhao Jiaren.

"I'll talk about it after I build it." Zhao Jiaren didn't say much.

After explaining the matter, Zhao Jiaren returned to his school. Zhao Jiaren was not in a good mood along the way, he has lived for so long and has done many things. This is the first privateering of this kind. To avoid trouble, those on board were buried at sea. Even though he knew that he should not be angry or angry, Zhao Jiaren still muttered in his heart, 'If Da Song didn't talk about the law like this, probably those people might not necessarily die'.

The Great Song Dynasty has a very detailed legal protection for maritime merchants, and if this operation is arrested, Zhao Jiaren will probably lose his official position. Trying to cover up his crime is emphasizing that he has committed a crime, and Zhao Jiaren's conscience is very uncomfortable by this reminder.

When he arrived at the school and saw the loot, Zhao Jiaren's mood suddenly improved. These two ships were loaded with large quantities of spices, rhino horn, and silver. If it is on the market, it will be worth tens of thousands. These spices can be processed into raw materials for preparing perfumes, and Zhao Jiaren originally knew that if he wanted to make a good perfume, this spice could not be missing. But he really didn't want to buy it.

In addition to the spices worth 10,000 yuan, the ship also carried 20,000 copper coins. This made Zhao Jiaren very surprised. Combined with the four captured widows, Zhao Jiaren felt that he had some understanding.

In August, the province said: "The ban on the entry of Japanese ships into the border is strict; Than the year Qing Yuan Bo Si but know the benefits of Bo Yi extraction, listen to his sudden leak of copper coins, which is very harmful. "Gui Mao, edict the coastal system department to strictly prohibit the coastal harbor.

That is to say, the Japanese people came to the Great Song Dynasty to do business, and they often carried copper coins to the Japanese country. In order to ensure the supply of copper coins in the Great Song Dynasty, it was especially forbidden for the Japanese to engage in such business. Thinking that he had solved the profiteers who violated the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren felt a little calmer.

When distributing dividends, Zhao Jiaren first straightened his face, "From today onwards, none of you are allowed to drink outside." Everyone drinks too much and doesn't keep their mouths open, and some things are not good for others to hear. Do you understand? ”

Everyone looked at the pile of copper coins piled up on the table, and they all responded happily: "Understood! ”

Zhao Jiaren's face was still serious, and he said loudly: "Squad leader, disciplinary committee." Your job is to maintain order, and if someone dares to go out for a drink secretly, you are also jointly and severally responsible. Keep them on the lookout! ”

As soon as the squad leader and the disciplinary committee heard this, they knew that Zhao Jiaren was very concerned about this, so they put away their smiles and got up and replied, "Understood." ”

Zhao Jiaren knew that this kind of frivolous words were useless, and when he was in such a grade, he also took pleasure in breaking discipline. But he could not fail to say this, and again he said to the people: "I will make it clear here. If you catch someone drinking outside, you will be beaten with twenty sticks. You repeat it now, how many batons? ”

Everyone was stunned, and Zhao Jiaren said loudly again: "Let me ask you, if you catch someone drinking outside, how many military sticks will you beat?" ”

"Twenty sticks." Thinking of the taste of eating fried meat with buttocks, everyone became a lot more serious, and there was also awe of military law in the voice of the answer.

Seeing that these people knew how powerful, a smile finally appeared on Zhao Jiaren's face, and he waved his hand, "Come, start receiving the reward." ”

After dealing with this matter, Zhao Jiaren began to worry about how to deal with the four widows. The four men were hired to serve as bodyguards and interpreters for the illegal maritime merchants. When they encountered danger, these people decisively chose to protect themselves, but Zhao Jiaren felt that they were unreliable and didn't want to let them go. It's just that many distant maritime merchants have been buried at sea, and Zhao Jiaren's conscience can't allow him to continue to do this.

Sighing, Zhao Jiaren ordered the four to be locked up first. He lamented that conscience is the source of suffering, but it is said that without conscience it is even more painful. Zhao Jiaren didn't want to fall to that point.

Between August and September, eight ships disappeared in a row. In September, six 300-ton ships under Zhao Jiaren headed north together. Go to Huating County to transport cotton to Fuzhou. Most of the students in the school set off with the boat, which was a rare drill.

Zhao Jiaren was inspecting the school when he suddenly heard an alarm. He carried his sword and headed straight for the warning ground, and since he had begun to deal with the unscrupulous merchants, he had naturally begun to wield the sword.

After chasing him, he saw four short, dirty, and tattered guys surrounded by a group of security personnel. Several of them carried wooden sticks that they had picked up from nowhere in their hands, and they posed as slashing people. It turned out that the four Japanese had escaped from prison.

Zhao Jiaren drew the stabbing sword at his waist and strode towards the Japanese. Feeling the strong murderous aura, several Japanese did not shout and drink, but assumed a posture unique to those who had rich experience in actual combat.

"Interesting!" Zhao Jiaren whispered to himself as he stopped. His arms were lowered, and the tip of his sword was pointed to the ground. However, Zhao Jiaren was ready for battle. At this time, his conscience was finally calmed, and if it was a killing in the middle of a battle, it was not an indiscriminate killing.