The port of Dengzhou is deserted.

Wang Juzheng, the prefect of Denglai, said: "Goryeo sea ships only come to trade once a year, so it is rare to see them in normal times. ”

Zhu Ming asked: "Don't the southern maritime merchants also want to come?" ”

Wang Juzheng said: "If Jiangnan maritime merchants want to trade in Shandong, they will also choose Banqiao Port in Jiaoxi County. First, it's closer, and secondly, it's less risky. On the Dengzhou side, it is still too close to the enemy country. ”

"What about the local maritime merchants in Dengzhou?" Zhu Ming asked.

Wang Juzheng said: "Dengzhou Port has been closed to the sea for decades, where are there any local maritime merchants? Even the craftsmen who build seagoing boats are dying of age, and can only build small boats for fishing in the near sea. ”

Zhu Ming looked at the empty harbor, which was even more depressed than the Banqiao Port he had inspected earlier.

"Arrange to go to Salmon Island." Zhu Ming commanded.

Wang Juzheng hurriedly advised: "Your Highness, don't do it, there are many vicious people on the island!" ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "There is a military port on the island, and half of the sailors in Dengzhou are on the island, are you still afraid that those murderers will riot and hurt people?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Juzheng could only comply.

Wang Juzheng was born in the Northern Song Dynasty, and after the exam, he went home to live in seclusion and study.

The imperial court successively awarded four official positions, including the official county prince, the professor of state studies, and the professor of government studies, but Wang Juzheng refused to accept them all. It wasn't until the world was in turmoil that he was unstable in Yangzhou, so he came out to assist Fang Mengqing to pacify the two Huai.

Historically, this old man was fooled enough by Qin Hui and actively helped Qin Hui climb to the prime minister's position.

As a result, it was soon discovered that something was wrong, Wang Juzheng was so angry that he ran to meet Zhao Gou, and said to Zhao Gou: "Qin Hui promised me that he was the prime minister to plan Zhongxing, but now he is making this mess." Please help me ask the bastard, does what he said count? ”

Then, Wang Juzheng was demoted to Zhizhou......

The Southern Song Dynasty comprehensively criticized Wang Anshi's new learning and reforms, and Wang Juzheng also took the lead in promoting it, and the real purpose was to liquidate the remnants of Cai Jing and Wang Hao.

That night, Zhu Ming chatted with Xue Daoguang about overseas experiences, and the next morning he took a boat to Shamen Island to inspect.

Shamen Island, that is, the temple island of Changdao County in later generations, was also the most terrifying penal colony of felons in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the early and middle period of the Northern Song Dynasty, some civil officials deserved to be killed, but the imperial court gave preferential treatment to civil officials and changed them to exile, and their place of exile was basically on Shamen Island.

Exile is no different from the death penalty, and many prisoners commit suicide on the way.

Political prisoners, economic prisoners, criminal prisoners...... Two or three hundred people are exiled every year, and two or three thousand criminals are often accumulated on the island. And what about the imperial court? Only 300 people were given food every year.

There are also residents on this broken island, and they are all exempt from taxes, but there are only about 200 households in total.

Nine out of 10 criminals have no food to eat and have to work for the islanders to earn money. But the islanders are also poor, where can they afford it?

For example, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, there was an official named Li Qing who was in charge of the criminals on Salmon Island. In just two years in office, this Li Island Master directly killed more than 700 people, and he could kill whoever he wanted!

There are often new criminals coming, first look at whether this person has a lot of goods, and if there are too many, he will directly kill the ball.

It's so terrifying that everyone is in danger.

Because if the law is strictly followed, if there are more than ten cases of embezzlement, the main culprit in the case can be exiled to Salmon Island.

Finally, during the Xining period, Shamen Island gradually stopped accepting civil officials, and at the same time, the imperial court also increased the food supply to Shamen Island.

However, there were more and more other types of felons, and by the time of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the number of prisoners on Shamen Island had doubled, and the imperial court had to send an additional 200 defenders to prevent accidents.

Now, Salmon Island has become a naval station, and the criminals on the island have been converted into a navy.

All the fierce people on the island, there are no old, weak, sick and disabled, and those with slightly weak bones will not live for three months at all.

"Dangdang, dang!"

"Phew!"

"All assemble ......"

Early in the morning, more than 2,000 naval officers and men gathered and lined up in the port to wait for the prince's arrival.

Most of the navy transferred from the southeast was stationed in Dengzhou Port.

Only a few boats and dozens of officers were thrown to drill the felons of Salmon Island. More than ninety percent of these guys in front of him are extremely vicious.

More than a dozen ships came in a mighty way, and the musketeers landed first to open the way.

Zhu Ming stepped to the general platform, watched the generals command the drill, and after the end, he said: "Do you know who I am?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The soldiers shouted.

Zhu Ming said: "In recent decades, Salmon Island has not accepted corrupt officials. You people, one counts as one, and you don't have more than one life in your hands. Even if you haven't killed anyone before, you'll definitely kill people when you get to the island. The new dynasty of the Ming Dynasty will give you a chance to live, and you don't have to die all day long like before. Are you willing to fight for the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Yes!"

"Whoever the prince asks us to kill, we will kill whomever we want!"

"Your Highness, can you atone for your sins if you make meritorious service? I want to go home and visit my wife! ”

"Prince, if you make a great contribution, can you let me marry an aunt?"

“……”

These soldiers, the military discipline is really bad enough, and they laugh and make noise like a vegetable market.

Zhu Ming restrained the generals, and waited for everyone to be quiet before continuing: "Meritorious service is rewarded, and you can have a full meal every day. After three years, 10 people were selected each year to visit their families. As for the women, it's up to you to grab them. Where to grab? Across the sea is the Kingdom of Jin. Crossing the sea and plundering several times a year, all the valuable ones were destroyed. If you grab a woman, you must turn it in, and then draw lots to be a wife! ”

"Long live the Prince!"

"This business is done!"

"I can grab ten women with one vote."

"I can grab a hundred."

“……”

Zhu Ming could feel the "aggressiveness" of these bastards, and let them attack the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, which was still very reassuring.

After the lecture, Zhu Ming asked the admiral of Shamen Island: "I heard that you used to be a Liao?" ”

The general stepped forward and saluted: "The last general's name is Shi Huan, and he used to be a general of the Jiangnan Navy of the Liao State. The Liao court did not pay for a long time, and the soldiers could only smuggle sea salt for a living, and when the Jin people came to Jinzhou, I teamed up with my sailors and fled to Shandong by boat with my family! ”

The Jiangnan Navy of the Liao State was stationed in Jinzhou.

Zhu Ming asked: "How many people have fallen to the Liao State Navy?" ”

"I don't know." Shi Huan shook his head and said.

The Liaoguo Naval Base, one in Lutai (Ninghe, Tianjin), and one in Jinzhou. The remaining three places are all on the other side of the Yalu River.

Most of these Liao navies chose to surrender to the Jin State, and the rest either rebelled and died, or fled to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Jin Guo didn't think about fighting a naval battle with the Ming Dynasty, and half of the Liao navies he received were used to defend several major salt fields, and half were thrown on the Yalu River to guard against Goryeo.

Zhu Ming smiled and asked, "Then what do you know?" ”

Shi Huan said: "I know where the salt works of the Jin Kingdom are, and I can take the Ming Navy to loot the salt works!" The plan has been set, and the criminals on Salmon Island are accustomed to taking sea boats, so they will go to plunder the seaside salt works of the Jin Kingdom (Dongxinzhuang Town, Suizhong County) this month. ”

"Good." Zhu Ming expressed satisfaction.

Back in Dengzhou, Zhu Ming inspected the Denglai New Army.

There are more than 5,000 new army members here, with Zhao Li as the commander and Song Jiang as the deputy.

It is not only responsible for guarding against enemies at sea, but also responsible for deterring Denglai Haoqiang.

The Shandong army brought back by Zhang Shuye from Tokyo was broken up and mixed, and most of the old troops of Song Jiang were organized in Jinan.

"Meet Your Highness!"

Thousands of new troops saluted the army in unison, with a momentum like a rainbow and uniform demeanor.

It's not like the new army, but more like a battle-hardened force.

If you only look at the number of times they have fought, they really belong to the veterans of a hundred battles. There were many soldiers who rebelled in Hebei and Shandong, and then attacked the city, and then moved to Henan and Hebei.

Among them, there was even the Western Army that followed Tong Guan to conquer Liao, and after the defeat, he fell directly in Hebei to fight in the grass, and then rebelled against the chaos all over the land.

All crawled out of the pile of dead!

In this kind of military composition, individual force is no longer important, and the key lies in their military discipline. plundering the people, drinking and gambling, and fleeing...... A stinky problem, and he doesn't obey the management very much.

Zhu Ming observed the military appearance for a while, nodded approvingly, and said, "You have practiced well, how did you make the soldiers obedient?" ”

The chief general, Zhao Li, replied: "Officers and non-commissioned officers eat and sleep together, do not deduct food and salary, and those who violate the order will be dealt with seriously." In the last year of training, six officers and 25 non-commissioned officers have been executed, and it is even more difficult to count the cane punishments, whippings, punishments, and food deductions. ”

Zhu Ming asked with a smile: "After killing so many, the soldiers didn't make trouble?" ”

Zhao Li replied: "Set the rules first, then punish, do official business, and never show favoritism!" ”

"A good one will never show favoritism, and you can be a good general." Zhu Ming became more and more appreciative.

is worthy of the fierce man nicknamed "Loyal Martyr", this old man in the Southern Song Dynasty to resist Jin, captured the spoils of war and rewarded the soldiers first, every time he fights, he will rush to the front. When he caught a deserter, he personally beheaded him, and when he caught a golden soldier, he also beheaded all of them. After fighting in the streets, he passed out, and when he woke up, he could steal the body of the main general and bury him. Every time he fought, he was shot like a hedgehog, and the next time he rushed to the front, but unfortunately he was killed by the Jin people's thunderbolt cannon while defending the city.

Zhao Li in this time and space was recruited by Gao Yu when he was in Xuzhou, and surrendered Zhang Bo with Gao Yu, and followed Zhang Bo to pacify Shandong and be promoted.

Zhu Ming asked Song Jiang with a smile: "Can you serve this Shangguan?" ”

"Convincing." Song Jiang's old face turned red, it was estimated that he had eaten deflated in Zhao Li's hands, and there was no way to take Zhao Li.

It is true that Song Jiang is an old thief, but how can he fight a fierce man who is shot into a hedgehog every time he fights?

The horizontal is afraid of being stunned, and the stunned is afraid of dying!

"You're going to participate in this sea-crossing attack, right?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhao Li replied: "The infantry army only goes to a thousand, and the horse army goes to all." ”

"That's all for Ma Jun?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhao Li replied: "It's all here, a total of 600 horsemen, all of whom were born as horse thieves in Shandong." ”

Denglai's side is outrageous enough, the navy of Salmon Island is full of felons, the army is full of old thieves, and even the cavalry is all horse bandits.

Not to mention anything else, let them rob their homes and houses, it definitely belongs to professionals.

In the past, he was doing evil in the Great Song Dynasty, but in the future, he will go to the Jin Kingdom to do business!

(End of chapter)