In Quanzhou Port, a number of port inspection ships were cruising in the dense sea vessels, and one of them was on board with a large ship.

"Go to sea to check!"

The Funing officer, who was the leader, immediately shouted loudly after jumping off the ship.

"Master Jun, this is the villain's sea lead." Immediately a sailor handed over a document, which stated that the cargo of the ship was salted fish and dried sea cucumbers.

"Xiamen's ship, it's going to Xiaguan." The officer frowned and flipped through the papers.

"Yes, the Japanese are good at seafood," the captain greeted him.

"Is there any contraband?"

"Don't dare, don't dare." As he spoke, the captain pulled out a silk bag.

The officer took it and weighed it, and threw it back: "I'm sorry, Shangfeng just ordered that contraband should be strictly investigated." ”

After speaking, the officer will call the soldiers to go down to the cabin for inspection.

"Oh, the military master is really hard, to say that this thief is really a scourge." The captain sighed as he untied a corner of the silk bag, which flashed with gold but silver, and then he tied the bag again and handed it to the officer again: "But a typhoon is coming soon, and the ship will not be able to go if it is too late." ”

This time, the officer stuffed the silk bag into his arms and sighed: "Yes, but there is an order from the peak, I'd better go down and take a look." ”

Leaving his men on deck, the officer followed the captain down to the cabin, which was densely packed with tightly sealed wooden crates, with only the faint smell of sulfur permeating. The officer walked quickly to the deepest part of the cabin, unceremoniously lifted the cover, looked at the two bronze cannons below, and looked back at the captain: "Sir, this dried sea cucumber is inevitably too big, right?" ”

"Japanese people just eat a big sea cucumber." The captain pulled another strip of gold out of his bosom.

"Yes." The officer nodded, took out a port exit permit and signed his name underneath: Guo Wu.

After handing it over to the captain, the officer walked briskly to the deck and left the ship with his men, and by the time they headed for the other one, the ship behind them had already raised its sails.

On another boat in the distance, the inspection officer led by the inspection officer greeted the captain warmly as soon as he saw the ship's boss: "Boss Zhao, I have sent Guangdong leather goods again." ”

"But it's not," the captain led the officer out of the cabin and lit a hookah for him: "Master Cheng, I heard that the rumors have been very tight recently." ”

"Yes, Shangfeng has ordered that all wooden boxes must be opened and inspected, and spot checks are not allowed." Cheng Ming took a comfortable puff of his cigarette and looked at the captain's documents: "Boss Lu's fur business has been getting bigger and bigger in the past two years." ”

"It's just a little hard-earned money," the captain asked with a smile, "Does Master Cheng want a military ticket or yellow goods?" ”

"In this year's world, who still needs military tickets?"

"It's me who is confused, Cheng Ye is not strange."

Cheng Ming signed the passage document first, and then accepted the captain's red envelope, but he did not leave immediately but handed the other party a piece of paper, which was densely filled with words, and the beginning of each line was the name of the ship, followed by the departure time and the planned patrol area: "This is the anti-smuggling operation table of the Funing Navy Division, and Boss Zhao is the best to watch this way." ”

"Thank you, thank you." Captain Zhao hurriedly put the paper into his arms and put it away, and praised him: "Master Cheng is really powerful, and he can even get this thing." ”

The officer smiled mysteriously and said with a smug smile: "Boss Zhao, this gold is not unjustly spent, right?" ”

After the inspector of the Funing Army left, Captain Zhao immediately called his deputies, carefully studied the chart with the action sheet, and ordered the sail to be hoisted and set sail after the arrangements were made.

After the sailors were busy on the deck, the second mate jumped out of the cabin and greeted the people inside: "Oil the goods again, don't rust." "This batch of goods Dashun Shandong Defense Envoy will personally inspect it, and if something goes wrong, the other party will be fined.

"Okay."

The sailors in the cabin polished the brand-new *** and bayonets, carefully placed them in the box full of straw, and then nailed the lid of the box with one fell swoop.

……

A few days later, Quanzhou Coastal Defense Division.

"Guo Wu!"

The commander roared and threw a document in front of the officer: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Yesterday, the Quanzhou anti-smuggling squad angrily called in the Coastal Defense Division, and when their anti-smuggling boat intercepted a ship at sea for boarding and inspection, it was met with armed resistance from the other side, and two sailors were killed on the spot, and three were seriously injured and their lives are uncertain. A large quantity of gunpowder and two copper cannons were seized from the ship, and the document was recovered from the body of the killed captain.

Guo Wu's knees weakened, he fell to the ground, and after a while, he suddenly raised his head and shouted to his colleagues and superiors around him: "Brothers, help, help, brothers are in trouble, you can't see death and not save you!" ”

The commander's face turned pale, and he pointed at Guo Wu's nose and scolded: "It's okay on weekdays, Lord Li personally ordered a strict investigation, how dare you be waterproof at this time?" You dog, not only do you have to save your own life, but you also harm our brothers! ”

The people in the room were all officers from the Coastal Defense Division, looking at Guo Wu who was kneeling on the ground and begging bitterly, they couldn't help but feel sad that the rabbit had died and the fox had died, and Cheng Ming took the lead in shouting: "My lord, there may be room for maneuver in this matter." ”

"What's the room for manoeuvre? If there were no dead people, maybe there would still be them, but now that two people have died, how can they still cover it? The commander was angry and hateful, and he stepped forward and stretched out his leg to kick Guo Wu.

Unexpectedly, this kick failed to kick Guo Wu, but was hugged by the other party's leg, Guo Wu hugged the chief's thigh and cried tears: "My lord, for so many years, the villain has always been loyal to the adult, there is no merit and hard work, my lord, you will spare the villain this time." ”

It was Cheng Ming who spoke: "My lord, it's not like the anti-smuggling team hasn't done this before, Ping Su and we call brothers and sisters have spit out clearly when they drink, aren't they afraid that Lord Li will thoroughly investigate and shake out all their dirty things?" ”

"What about this?" The commander knew that Cheng Ming had always been flexible, so he hurriedly asked about countermeasures.

Cheng Ming glanced at Guo Wu on the ground, and looked around at the colleagues in the room: "In this world, when no one is careless, our own brothers have to help each other in the same boat!" For those who die in the anti-smuggling team, I will pay a pension. ”

Others also applauded and responded to the call:

"What Brother Cheng said is that I will also give a copy."

"I'm out too."

"And me."

Guo Wu waved to everyone on the ground: "I will never forget the life-saving grace of my brothers, I will be a cow and a horse in the future, and I will also return the money to my brothers." ”

……

The Quanzhou coastal defense guerrilla looked at the two subordinates standing in front of him, his brows furrowed tightly and he didn't say a word.

"My lord, these profiteers are too cunning, and it is indeed a lowly subordinate who did not notice it for a while, and let this profiteer get mixed up, but ......"

"Shut up!" The guerrilla drank the commander of the Coastal Defense Division: "Master Li has repeatedly explained, you will find it in every corner, how can you still miss it?" It's clear that you don't take Lord Li's words as words, and you clearly take my orders as wind in your ears! ”

"My lord, in fact, they can't be blamed entirely for this," the commander of the anti-smuggling team opened his mouth to relieve his colleagues: "After being interrogated by a humble position, this profiteer sank two bronze cannons in the sea and dragged them with ropes, and only after leaving the port did he lift them up. ”

Guerrilla snorted, his face relaxed slightly, but Li Yunrui still didn't know how to report: "In addition to the two bronze cannons, what else have been found?" ”

"There's nothing else, it's all dried sea cucumbers and salted fish."

The commander of the Coastal Defense Division knelt on the ground, his hands on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Help, help, help, help......"

"You have been following me for so many years, and you have always been loyal and cautious, why did you suddenly come to such a situation at this critical juncture?" The guerrilla scolded with hatred, waved his hand impatiently: "Go back and reflect on it, and wait for the punishment." ”

……

"Lord Qiyu, the anti-smuggling team found that there were major omissions in our maritime inspection in the past, and some young people who were familiar with our inspection routines tried to evade the inspection," in front of Li Yunrui, the Quanzhou coastal defense guerrilla reported the recent work with a serious face: "For example, when the commander of the anti-smuggling team led the team to board the ship for inspection, he found that the captain's words flickered, and the sailors showed panic, and they keenly noticed that the ship was suspicious. However, there was indeed no forbidden thing in the cabin, and the vigilant Commander Chen continued to ask questions in words, while carefully checking along the ship's gang, and when he walked to the stern, he found that the eyes of several sailors involuntarily stayed on an inconspicuous cover in the aft cabin......

"This Commander Chen has done a good job," Li Yunrui nodded after listening carefully to the report: "Merit should be credited, and as for the sailors who died in the line of duty, they should be given preferential compensation." ”

"Yes, my lord."

"This discovery should be immediately reported to the Department of Coastal Defence, so that they can pay attention to whether there is a suspicious rope sinking into the sea."

"Yes, my lord, the last general has already informed the Coastal Defense Division."

"Okay, I'll report to you immediately, and you can step down."

"Yes, my lordship, I will retire."

……

"Recently, Guangdong and Fujian provinces have strictly investigated violations of the prohibition and achieved remarkable results." Li Yunrui reported to Huangshi: "The various departments of coastal defense have scrupulously fulfilled their duties, laid a net of heaven and earth, and some small people tried in vain to use all kinds of tricks to hide from the sky and cross the sea, but even the bronze cannon that sank in the sea and dragged it did not think that my sharp-eyed coastal defense officers and soldiers would notice it. ”

After Li Yunrui finished his report, he withdrew, and another staff officer came in to report on other matters.

"After Zuo Mengeng surrendered to the Shun army, he launched a rampant attack on the south of Huguang with other generals.

Huang Shi took a closer look at the battle report: "Plus this time, Liu Xiang has already killed almost 200,000 Shun troops, right?" Where are Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang so many people? ”

"General Liu is also a little strange, so he carefully questioned the generals of various armies, and it seems that the thieves requisitioned a large number of people and coerced them to attack our army."

"What kind of combat power can the coerced people have?"

"Hou Ye clearly saw that there was indeed none, so there were almost no casualties in our army."

"But it still withdrew from the southern part of Huguang."

"Because of logistical difficulties, but the border of Jiangxi has been built into an iron wall by us, and the thieves will definitely not be able to cross the thunder pool. Hou Ye, please see, General Liu's subordinates have found that Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo personally supervised the battle and tried to attack Jiangxi three times, but each time they hit their heads in front of our strong defense, Liu Zongbing has reported these three great victories to the whole army, and rewarded the meritorious soldiers, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted. ”

Huang Shi hesitated for a moment, and finally approved Liu Xiang's request for merit and reward for his subordinates, and at this time he couldn't refuse this kind of reward because he didn't believe it.

But more important is Zhedong.

"Master Hou This is the report sent by Zhao Shuai today, after careful calculation, Gongzi has killed and injured more than 20,000 Xu thieves, and the attack on Hangzhou has exhausted the last attack ability of Xu thieves, Zhao Shuai thinks that Xu thieves will not be able to attack the eastern Zhejiang ...... within six months."

"Impossible, if Xu Keqin was so good at fighting, would Shunjun still be able to get to this point today?" Huang Shi shook his head resolutely, he didn't agree with the Zhejiang troops and Xu Ping before, and he was very relieved to see Zhao Slowxiong resolutely implement his idea to defend city by city, but Xu Ping lost 20,000, this, Xu Ping can have a total of tens of thousands of people?

"Zhao Shuai also thinks that it is not Xu Thief who is personally led, mainly those Jiangbei Army who are eager to make meritorious contributions, but he thinks that after these people are greatly injured, Xu Thief is reluctant to use his main lineage to gnaw at our strong defense in eastern Zhejiang."

Huang Shi read Zhao Slowxiong's analysis report twice word by word, and shook his head again: "Without these people to protect Nanjing and Hangzhou, Xu Keqin really didn't dare to attack Fujian with light troops, but Zhedong still may not be, and replied to Zhao Shuai to be careful and not to be proud and underestimate the enemy." Our army in eastern Zhejiang is the key to containing the Shun army, we must be cautious, only eastern Zhejiang and Fujian can be safe. ”

"Yes."

The last one to come in was Zhang Zaidi.

"In the past six months, we have received 12 million taels of silver in taxes, and our various expenses in the past six months have totaled 20 million taels, of which 15 million taels have been spent on the army. Half a year ago, there were 8 million taels in savings in the treasury, but now there are only 2 million taels left. ”

"We've only gotten two million taels in the past six months?"

"Yes," Zhang Zaidi nodded, two years ago, Huangshi's donations reached its peak, and then it continued to decline, with the sharp deterioration of the battlefield situation, the donations in the past six months have dropped to a mere two million taels, including donations in kind: "And I'm afraid it will continue to decrease in the future, and in the next six months, I'm worried that the donations that my eldest brother can get will not exceed 500,000." ”

"Then we will have a loss of eight million......" Huang Shi looked at the documents in his hand and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid it's more than that." ”

"It's definitely not enough, the loss of JAC will greatly reduce our business taxes, and it is estimated that the tax will be reduced to ...... in the next six months" Zhang Zaidi paused: "It's hard to say. ”

"Anyway, it can't exceed 10 million, and it's a great blessing to have 8 million."

"Yes." Zhang Zaidi said bluntly that after the loss of the Yangtze River, the Funing army, which directly faced the Shun army, needed to train more soldiers, buy more weapons, support larger sailors, and spend more money to maintain morale and loyalty: "Big brother, if you buried a sum of money somewhere and didn't tell me, now is the time to dig them out." ”

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