Chapter 548: An army of 20,000 that suddenly appeared
Originally, those people thought that they were arching the fire in front of Gu Shao and letting Gu Shao go out to fight Li Yuanqing.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shao didn't fall for it at all, they wanted to block Commander Li's inspection, so they could only think of another way.
Many officials who had nothing to do with the Wa Kingdom and other maritime merchants felt that what Governor Gu said was somewhat reasonable at this time.
When you go back, you can do things with peace of mind.
Anyway, if the smuggling is found out, it has little to do with them, and at most it is a dereliction of duty.
Those officials who collude with foreign businessmen are quite restless. Since the pressure cannot be exerted, then there is no other way.
In any case, Commander Li could not be allowed to find those sharp weapons.
Li Yuanqing's actions not only alarmed the people in Jinling City, but even the person in charge of King Chen, who was in charge of contacting the Wa Kingdom, hurriedly wrote a letter to inform King Chen.
The emperor's secret guard in Jinling City also quietly sent the news back to the capital.
Originally, everyone thought that Li Yuanqing would only use thousands of newly formed water armies to conduct inspections, but they didn't expect it to be after dawn.
All the new sailors are here.
Twelve thousand.
Not only that, but in order to prevent riots by people on these sea vessels.
Before Li Yuanqing came to Jiangnan, he transferred 20,000 troops from the northwest through His Majesty.
These people have no connection to the local area and will not divulge secrets.
plus 10,000 new sailors, a full 30,000.
Check these more than four hundred ships, the number of people is sufficient.
Originally, those stewards who waited for news and did not act without permission were dumbfounded when they saw so many soldiers on board the ship after dawn.
Although there were hundreds of boatmen on each ship, many of them were hired and not dead.
Taking money to do things, taking the money of the boatmen, of course, will not give people their lives to resist the government.
"Commander Li said, don't resist, it's a good citizen, hold your head on the deck. After we checked, there was no problem, and we released it immediately. ”
Liu Kui looked at everyone and shouted loudly.
When the boatmen heard this, especially the boatmen on Da Zhou's side, they ran to the deck one by one.
Originally, these stewards saw that only a few ships were searched yesterday, and even today they were only able to search a dozen ships.
There are dozens of ships on their normal trade, which is enough to search for a few days.
When Commander Li was pressured by commerce and trade, he had to let him go.
They can then leave the harbor and continue sailing.
But they never expected that so many soldiers would suddenly appear overnight.
On average, more than 100 people searched a ship, and those fierce and tall officers and soldiers, with round eyes, were very difficult to provoke at first glance.
In addition, those soldiers began to inspect the cargo.
Seeing the goods on it, the search was completed immediately.
The stewards were also very anxious if they didn't act again.
Not only will those people be able to find a lot of smuggled goods, but they will also receive those prohibited weapons.
"Yamamoto-kun, what should I do now?" A Japanese man hurriedly asked, "If you don't stop it, those things will be searched!" ”
A middle-aged man with a bald head and only a little hair on both sides, Yamamoto Chengjian's face was gloomy.
"That bastard Sakata, why haven't you stopped these people yet?"
"The situation is so urgent, could it be that he slept a lot last night?"
The servant bowed his head and persuaded again.
"In the past, Sakata-kun's method was tried and tested, but now it is afternoon, and it has not worked."
Yamamoto Chengjian's face was gloomy, looking at the officers and soldiers who kept coming and going outside.
"Ignite the fire, burn the cargo, and sink all the weapons."
"In any case, there is no way to find out about the embargoed weapons."
When the servant heard this, he was shocked, "That's nearly ten million taels of silver, is it burned like this?" Those weapons are the dreams of the general, and they really all sink into the sea? ”
Yamamoto Chengjian's face was bitter, "If you don't burn it, don't throw it away, these things will fall into the hands of Da Zhou." ”
"These things will be proof, and we people will be caught, and then we will fall short."
When the servant of the Japanese kingdom heard this, he immediately responded, "Yes, my lord, my subordinates will inform you." ”
This man is like a monkey, and from this boat, with a single bamboo, he can jump to another boat
He wanted to inform the stewards of these ships, but Li Yuanqing was quick with his troops.
Immediately after the encirclement of the ships, the steward and all the shipwrights were tied up.
This Japanese wanted to have people set fires, but they didn't find anyone.
Among the people who were transferred from the northwest, there was a sharpshooter who saw the Japanese people jumping from boat to boat like monkeys.
The three arrows were fired in unison, hitting the Japanese man who was jumping up and down. One arrow hit the back of the heart, another in the stomach, and another in the leg.
With such an injury, if you fall into the water, even if you are rescued, you probably won't survive.
Those shipwrights saw the strong methods of the Northwest Army, and they did not dare to resist.
Just now they heard that as long as they are honest, they don't kill the Great Zhou people.
Not only that, the boatmen of Da Zhou immediately identified the Japanese boatmen, and none of them were missed, including some of the Japanese cooks who were responsible for cooking on the ship.
Yamamoto Nariken saw that his men had been shot to death, and he felt a chill down his spine.
His identity is about to be revealed.
So he took the fire fold, went to the cabin, and set the ship on fire.
When the fire broke out, he jumped with his dagger and jumped into the sea.
Li Yuanqing had already investigated Yamamoto Chengjian, which made people stare at it.
Under Yamamoto's sea boats, several small boats were arranged.
Just as Yamamoto was jumping down, an experienced old sailor threw a rope at Yamamoto Chengjian.
The rope tied into a loop hit him directly when Yamamoto Castle was built in mid-air.
Catch a big live fish!
The smuggled goods were counted one by one.
"General Liu, the box below is much heavier than the one above, it shouldn't be tea." Creep debriefing.
Liu Kui walked over and said in a deep voice: "Open it and see what's inside?" ”
"Now that the smuggled goods have been found, our Lord Li said that everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
"Thank you, General Lee, for the reward." When the people heard this, they worked harder.
Soon after the boxes were pried open, everyone was in an uproar.
"General Liu, this is a weapon, it's better than my hand!"
"Oh my God, General Liu, there are crossbow arrows here. This is a national weapon, how can it be here? ”
……
Not only this ship, but also the ships behind it, were also discovered.
Liu Kui personally brought someone to report.
Li Yuanqing sneered, "Send someone to inform Governor Gu, and the officials responsible for issuing customs clearance documents and related officials will all be arrested." ”
"There is no basis for his words, and he brings two boxes of new weapons that have been found, so that they can see it for themselves."
"Yes, sir." Liu Kui should go down.
Li Yuanqing asked all the goods to be lifted off the ship.
There are not only real goods, but also those embargoed weapons.
When Gu Shao saw those weapons, he directly ordered the arrest of the officials in charge of customs clearance documents, of course, the officials who were sent by Sakata Chiko yesterday were also arrested.
The whole Jinling City, the wind is loud!
At the same time, the prefect and Meng Shide in Xunyang Mansion, with one article and one martial arts, surrounded the Chenwang Mansion.