In the process of expanding outward from Hainan Island, the Haihan military has accumulated very rich combat and response experience in the field of dealing with pirates, and this way from the South China Sea to Zhejiang, the elimination of large and small pirate forces is not to say that it is double digits, so it is not particularly nervous about the Japanese pirates separated by hundreds of nautical miles. What's more, Zhoushan Island has now built solid shore fortifications, coupled with the cooperation of surface armed ships, the defense capability should be enough to resist the rabble of Japanese armed forces.

Especially for generals like Shi Diwen who need to stay in Zhoushan, in fact, they may still wish that there would be Japanese robbers who don't know whether they are alive or dead to come here to find death, so that they can also forcibly brush up another wave of military exploits in the East China Sea, where the situation has calmed down.

If it weren't for the fact that Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin, two hot-tempered men, it would be difficult for the security department to supervise the hidden piles lurking in Dinghai Port as merchants like them. After all, at present, the number of people entering and leaving the port every day is increasing, and it is difficult for the security department to supervise the flow of foreign personnel to individuals.

However, the Haihan army is about to go north, and at present, Zhoushan Island cannot draw troops to go to the Wudao Islands to conquer the Japanese invaders, but this account must be written down first, and it will be calculated slowly when it is freed up in the future.

On 10 July, a fortune ship sailed into the waters of Zhoushan Island from the direction of Ningbo Prefecture, but just after passing Jintang Island, it was stopped by an armed sailing ship patrolling the sea before it reached Yangluo Mountain at the southwest tip of Zhoushan Island.

A middle-aged man with a white face and a short beard walked out of the cabin and looked at the sailboat with the Haihan flag in front of him in bewilderment. This was not the first time he had come to Zhoushan Island under the rule of the Haihan, and he had never encountered a situation of being stopped at sea by an armed sailing ship before.

"What's going on?"

"Master He, the villain doesn't know!" The boss of the ship was also confused about the situation in front of him, although the Haihan people were closely checking the foreign ships and personnel, but it was basically after entering the port and docking, and there was no such practice of intercepting ships at sea before.

After the two ships approached, someone on the Haihan armed ship shouted with an iron horn, telling the ship to change its course and not enter the port from the southwest channel of Zhoushan Island, but to bypass Panzhi Island and enter Dinghai Port from the channel between Panzhi Island and Dongqi Island.

The Dinghai port built by Haihan on the south bank of Zhoushan Road is divided into two parts, east and west, for civilian use and west for military port. In the past, ships coming from the direction of Ningbo Prefecture entered the port through the southwest channel and passed through the military port wharf before entering the civilian wharf, but now they are required to bypass Panzhi Island and re-enter the port, which is equivalent to going around the military port from the south. As a result, the voyage from the southwest sea of Zhoushan to the port terminal will be increased by about half, and it will take about half an hour more at sea.

"Do as they say, quickly adjust the direction!" the man surnamed He waved his hand and motioned to the captain of the boat to do so. Although he didn't know what the purpose of Haihan's move was, it was not the time to dwell on these things, and he had other more important things to do when he came to Zhoushan this time.

So the ship abandoned its original direction and turned southeast to bypass Panzhi Island, and then to the north into Dinghai Harbor. After docking, there were people from the port authority who boarded the ship to register and verify, and after the people on board revealed their identities and intentions, a covered carriage soon came to the port to pick up the guests on board. More than ten minutes later, Qian Tiandun personally came forward to receive the guest from Ningbo Mansion.

"Mr. He, it's been a long time, but Master Qu has always been good?"

"The blessings of General Qian, all good, all good!" This man surnamed He is He Xiao, the staff of Qu Yutong, the prefect of Ningbo, and in the past year, he has been dealing with Qian Tiandun on behalf of the Ningbo government, and all kinds of transactions secretly reached between Haihan and the Ningbo government are almost all conditions that he came forward to negotiate with Qian Tiandun and others.

"When I came by boat in Xia Shicai, I was asked to detour Panzhi Island to enter the port, I don't know why there is such an arrangement?" This question has been in He Xiao's mind for a long time, and after seeing Qian Tiandun, he took the initiative to ask.

Qian Tiandun said: "In recent days, the local garrison has been practicing in the port area, and in order to avoid unnecessary accidents, it was ordered to temporarily block the shipping channel on the west side, and it will probably return to normal at the end of the month." ”

He Xiao said with a suspicious expression: "Drill? Could it be that your army has any action arrangements in the near future?"

Qian Tiandun waved his hand and said: "Mr. He, rest assured, we have no enemies in the waters of Zhejiang that need to use military means to deal with, and we will not encroach on the land of Ningbo Mansion, it is just a daily exercise." ”

Of course, he didn't dare to say this in front of Qian Tiandun, and after coming to Zhoushan so many times, he knew very well that the Haihan people were not incapable of making trouble now, but they regarded making money from trading as more important than using force to enclose land. Moreover, the Haihan people have never been very interested in the mainland, and in the south they are also based on occupying islands, as long as they do not take the initiative to provoke them, the possibility of the coastal mainland being attacked is indeed unlikely. However, He Xiao must not have imagined that the next foothold chosen by Haihan would no longer be an island like Zhoushan Penghu.

Of course, the Haihan blockade of the shipping lanes outside the military port was not because they were really engaged in any daily exercises, but because the troops stationed in Zhejiang had recently begun to assemble at Zhoushan Port, and in particular, the warships stationed on other islands of the Zhoushan Islands had also returned to Dinghai Port. If the Ningbo government had known the size of the fleet assembled here, even a fool would probably not believe Qian Tiandun's words. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the military ordered the military port area to be blocked during the period before the fleet's departure, so that all civilian ships entering and leaving Dinghai Port would detour from Panzhi Island, so as not to let outsiders get a glimpse of the situation at the military port wharf. However, this matter was not the main purpose of He Xiao's coming to Zhoushan, he had more important things to consult with Qian Tiandun.

"General Qian, something happened in Hangzhou Mansion recently, I wonder what rumors are coming from Zhoushan?" He Xiao asked cautiously.

Qian Tiandun said: "Our poor and remote island, the news is also slow to spread, Mr. He might as well say directly, what happened?"

He Xiao couldn't hold Qian Tiandun's attitude, but he still said according to the words prepared before: "A few days ago, a strange thing happened in Hangzhou City, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, along with his subordinates and family members, disappeared collectively, a total of more than 50 people. At the same time, one of the judges and the commander of the envoys also disappeared for no reason. The city of Hangzhou has been closed for many days, and the inside and outside have been investigated for a long time, and even the rivers and lakes inside and outside the city have mobilized the people to search carefully, but no trace of these people has been found. General Qian, isn't it strange that you say this?"

This book was first published on the Genesis Chinese website, and the following content will be re-edited later for anti-theft

In the process of expanding outward from Hainan Island, the Haihan military has accumulated very rich combat and response experience in the field of dealing with pirates, and this way from the South China Sea to Zhejiang, the elimination of large and small pirate forces is not to say that it is double digits, so it is not particularly nervous about the Japanese pirates separated by hundreds of nautical miles. What's more, Zhoushan Island has now built solid shore fortifications, coupled with the cooperation of surface armed ships, the defense capability should be enough to resist the rabble of Japanese armed forces.

Especially for generals like Shi Diwen who need to stay in Zhoushan, in fact, they may still wish that there would be Japanese robbers who don't know whether they are alive or dead to come here to find death, so that they can also forcibly brush up another wave of military exploits in the East China Sea, where the situation has calmed down.

If it weren't for the fact that Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin, two hot-tempered men, it would be difficult for the security department to supervise the hidden piles lurking in Dinghai Port as merchants like them. After all, at present, the number of people entering and leaving the port every day is increasing, and it is difficult for the security department to supervise the flow of foreign personnel to individuals.

However, the Haihan army is about to go north, and at present, Zhoushan Island cannot draw troops to go to the Wudao Islands to conquer the Japanese invaders, but this account must be written down first, and it will be calculated slowly when it is freed up in the future.

On 10 July, a fortune ship sailed into the waters of Zhoushan Island from the direction of Ningbo Prefecture, but just after passing Jintang Island, it was stopped by an armed sailing ship patrolling the sea before it reached Yangluo Mountain at the southwest tip of Zhoushan Island.

A middle-aged man with a white face and a short beard walked out of the cabin and looked at the sailboat with the Haihan flag in front of him in bewilderment. This was not the first time he had come to Zhoushan Island under the rule of the Haihan, and he had never encountered a situation of being stopped at sea by an armed sailing ship before.

"What's going on?"

"Master He, the villain doesn't know!" The boss of the ship was also confused about the situation in front of him, although the Haihan people were closely checking the foreign ships and personnel, but it was basically after entering the port and docking, and there was no such practice of intercepting ships at sea before.

After the two ships approached, someone on the Haihan armed ship shouted with an iron horn, telling the ship to change its course and not enter the port from the southwest channel of Zhoushan Island, but to bypass Panzhi Island and enter Dinghai Port from the channel between Panzhi Island and Dongqi Island.

The Dinghai port built by Haihan on the south bank of Zhoushan Road is divided into two parts, east and west, for civilian use and west for military port. In the past, ships coming from the direction of Ningbo Prefecture entered the port through the southwest channel and passed through the military port wharf before entering the civilian wharf, but now they are required to bypass Panzhi Island and re-enter the port, which is equivalent to going around the military port from the south. As a result, the voyage from the southwest sea of Zhoushan to the port terminal will be increased by about half, and it will take about half an hour more at sea.

"Do as they say, quickly adjust the direction!" the man surnamed He waved his hand and motioned to the captain of the boat to do so. Although he didn't know what the purpose of Haihan's move was, it was not the time to dwell on these things, and he had other more important things to do when he came to Zhoushan this time.

So the ship abandoned its original direction and turned southeast to bypass Panzhi Island, and then to the north into Dinghai Harbor. After docking, there were people from the port authority who boarded the ship to register and verify, and after the people on board revealed their identities and intentions, a covered carriage soon came to the port to pick up the guests on board. More than ten minutes later, Qian Tiandun personally came forward to receive the guest from Ningbo Mansion.

"Mr. He, it's been a long time, but Master Qu has always been good?"

"The blessings of General Qian, all good, all good!" This man surnamed He is He Xiao, the staff of Qu Yutong, the prefect of Ningbo, and in the past year, he has been dealing with Qian Tiandun on behalf of the Ningbo government, and all kinds of transactions secretly reached between Haihan and the Ningbo government are almost all conditions that he came forward to negotiate with Qian Tiandun and others.

"When I came by boat in Xia Shicai, I was asked to detour Panzhi Island to enter the port, I don't know why there is such an arrangement?" This question has been in He Xiao's mind for a long time, and after seeing Qian Tiandun, he took the initiative to ask.

Qian Tiandun said: "In recent days, the local garrison has been practicing in the port area, and in order to avoid unnecessary accidents, it was ordered to temporarily block the shipping channel on the west side, and it will probably return to normal at the end of the month." ”

He Xiao said with a suspicious expression: "Drill? Could it be that your army has any action arrangements in the near future?"

Qian Tiandun waved his hand and said: "Mr. He, rest assured, we have no enemies in the waters of Zhejiang that need to use military means to deal with, and we will not encroach on the land of Ningbo Mansion, it is just a daily exercise." ”

Of course, he didn't dare to say this in front of Qian Tiandun, and after coming to Zhoushan so many times, he knew very well that the Haihan people were not incapable of making trouble now, but they regarded making money from trading as more important than using force to enclose land. Moreover, the Haihan people have never been very interested in the mainland, and in the south they are also based on occupying islands, as long as they do not take the initiative to provoke them, the possibility of the coastal mainland being attacked is indeed unlikely. However, He Xiao must not have imagined that the next foothold chosen by Haihan would no longer be an island like Zhoushan Penghu.

Of course, the Haihan blockade of the shipping lanes outside the military port was not because they were really engaged in any daily exercises, but because the troops stationed in Zhejiang had recently begun to assemble at Zhoushan Port, and in particular, the warships stationed on other islands of the Zhoushan Islands had also returned to Dinghai Port. If the Ningbo government had known the size of the fleet assembled here, even a fool would probably not believe Qian Tiandun's words. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the military ordered the military port area to be blocked during the period before the fleet's departure, so that all civilian ships entering and leaving Dinghai Port would detour from Panzhi Island, so as not to let outsiders get a glimpse of the situation at the military port wharf. However, this matter was not the main purpose of He Xiao's coming to Zhoushan, he had more important things to consult with Qian Tiandun.

(End of chapter)