Chapter 104

The horror of surrender, like the plague, will spread rapidly, starting with the first pirate who began to surrender, and hundreds more pirates surrendered one after another, and many pirates surrendered and hoisted white flags.

According to the military regulations of the Ning Navy, the pirates captured were treated the same as the bandits, and they could be rewarded with fifteen acres of land, which was more beneficial than killing these pirates, and it was a great joy for all.

The pirates who surrendered were very cooperative, throwing away their weapons and kneeling on the deck, placing their weapons in the most prominent position.

"Hold your head in your hands, throw your weapon in a conspicuous place, whoever dares to act recklessly, you will be killed!"

Taking advantage of the superiority of the outnumbered people, the naval division of the Ning Navy continued to bombard the pirates frantically while accepting the prisoners, and when the number reached a certain magnitude, even if the artillery shot was not accurate, the blind cat could be blinded to death, and from time to time pirate ships were hit.

From the beginning of the battle to less than half an hour now, more than 2,000 pirates under the command of Meng Xianhan have lost two or three hundred people and surrendered seven or eight hundred, and half of their efforts have been lost in the blink of an eye.

Even Meng Xianhan's flagship was beaten with six six-pound shells, but it was a pity, compared to a large battleship weighing more than a thousand pounds, a six-pound shell could only tickle.

"Did you all fucking take the wrong medicine?"

Meng Xianhan and the pirates under his command were now dumbfounded, and the familiar officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Naval Division in front of them became very unfamiliar. The original Dengzhou Guardian Water Division had very poor combat effectiveness, and even their pirates couldn't defeat them.

"Today's officers and soldiers of the Navy Division are too evil, the big boss, the wind is tight!"

In all fairness, the resistance of these pirates was very tenacious, but the problem was that the officers and men of the Ning Navy Division were also even more tenacious, and some of the Ning Navy soldiers were poked out of a big hole, and blood sprayed out, and the wounded Ning Navy soldier did not cover his wounds, did not retreat, but rushed up, hugged the pirates, and jumped into the sea.

"Dashuai, I didn't embarrass you......"

Seeing that the soldiers of the Ning Navy Navy were like tigers, wolves, and sheep, Meng Xianhan seemed to be stabbed into a chrysanthemum by a popsicle, and Meng Xianhan's heart was half cold.

The naval divisions of the Ning Navy were already numerous, more than five times the number of pirates, and now how could they be brave and not let people live?

Meng Xianhan shouted: "Retreat, retreat......"

Meng Xianhan was like being in an ice cellar at this time, he knew that he was finished, even if he could successfully withdraw it, what could he do? As pirates, combat effectiveness is secondary, and what really makes them invincible is the backstage behind them.

That's right, it's his backstage, they are right under the nose of the Dengzhou Sailor, and they haven't been exposed for more than four years, it's not that their hands and feet are clean and neat. Instead, the backstage played a huge role, using the identity and energy of the official to suppress their existence.

Because Meng Xianhan has a backstage, this can not be discovered by the Dengzhou sailors, and at the same time, he can also exchange his looted goods with the backstage for grain, silver, wine, and various materials for repairing ships. The Dengzhou Sailor is so strong, he definitely doesn't have time to return to Little South Island.

Without the family money he has accumulated over the years, where else can he escape?

In fact, these pirates didn't need Meng Xianhan's order, seeing so many Ming warships screaming and rushing over, they immediately made a decision, and collectively turned back, the wind was tight, and they were alive.

It's just a pity, although they ran fast, but the faster was the artillery of the Ning Navy, as the number of pirate ships became smaller and smaller, more than 300 warships, more than 4,000 guns, a salvo, even if it was Meng, it would be blind, and one after another was blown up by the Ning Navy sailors.

At this time, the South Island became an undefended South Island, and the Ning Navy soldiers divided part to pursue Meng Xianhan, and part of it landed directly on the South Island.

The small South Island is not large, but it is divided into thirteen settlements, except for more than 2,000 pirates in the entire South Island, almost all of the remaining are old, weak, sick and disabled, in the face of a vast army of thousands, the families of these pirates are very smart to choose to surrender.

Li Fang was naturally the first to rush to the South Island, he strode like the wind, and Li Fang, who was covered in blood, had already changed the sixth knife, and after this battle, Li Fang used his own strength to create the name of the first fierce general of the Ning Navy Division.

According to the information provided by the captive, Li Fang went all the way to the cave where Peng was being held.

Li Fang saw that there was no guard outside the cave, and thought that the information was wrong, he was very anxious, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Wu Niang, Wu Niang!" ”

Peng Sanxi has four sons, Peng's is the fifth, according to the characteristics of the times, she is Peng Wuniang, of course, Peng's also has a boudoir name, named Peng Rou.

Boudoir name, boudoir name, only a name that can be called in the boudoir, Li Fang can call her, but it needs to be in the boudoir.

Li Fang rushed towards the cave, and he didn't care if there was an ambush inside, but when Li Fang rushed in, he found that two well-behaved maids were dressing up Peng Wuniang.

With Peng's original appearance, if Li Fang saw it, it is estimated that there will be no more people left in the entire South Island, and now Li Fang looks at Peng's and is a little sluggish.

"What are you seeing, haven't you seen it?"

"I didn't ...... Not...... I've seen it! ”

Li Fang and Peng have known each other for more than three years, usually Peng's are without makeup, where is more beautiful after makeup, especially when looking at beauties under the lamp, ugly girls will also be beautiful.

What's more, Peng's is not ugly.

"Li Lang, you're here!"

Peng's face looked a little pale, this paleness was caused by excessive blood loss, and she used a lot of gouache, but she still couldn't cover it.

The problem is that Li Fang is a straight man, but he didn't find any difference in Peng's, he only found that Peng's was more beautiful than before.

"I'm coming!"

Li Fang said a little incoherently: "It's great to see that you are fine!" ”

"What about Meng Xianhan?"

"Didn't see it, I'm worried about you...... So ......"

Peng got up: "He can't escape, I know about his several dens outside, and now I want to get back what belongs to me!" ”

When Peng Sanxi married his daughter to Meng Xianhan as his stepfamily, although there was no ten-mile red makeup, there was still a thousand quintals of red makeup, which was Peng's dowry and her private property.

Under the guidance of Peng's family, Li Fang came to the house where Meng Xianhan lived, this house was not too big, covering an area of about four or five acres of land, which was very rare in such a large area in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty, even if it was a small landlord, the house was as many as a few acres of land, more than a dozen acres of land.

It's really not strange that a house the size of four or five acres of land is really not strange.

Looking at the ordinary appearance of the mansion, but there is a hole inside, this mansion is built against the back of a hill that is not too high, most of the warehouses and silver vaults are actually hidden in the cave, including Peng's former dowry.

"General Lee!"

Li Fang looked at Li Zhixiang, who came later, and hurriedly bowed down.

Peng's face was calm: "General Li, does the dowry of the slave still belong to the slave?" ”

"What proof do you have that the property is your dowry?"

Peng walked to the bedroom of Meng Xianhan's main house, took out the marriage book from the secret compartment at the head of the bed, and took out the marriage certificate and the dowry list: "Can this be proven?" ”

Peng secretly thought in his heart that if Li Zhixiang wanted to swallow her dowry, she would have no way to resist, but Li Zhixiang's loss would definitely be more than getting these dowries.

"Ugly words ahead, we have no precedent in the Ning Navy, General Ben can't deal with your dowry issue, General Ben can only ask the marshal for instructions!"

Li Zhixiang stared at Li Fang: "You did a good thing, hurry up and ask the marshal for guilt." ”

"Please?"

"You think you're smart? Which of these things do you can stand up to scrutiny? ”

Peng's face became solemn: "Li Lang, what's going on?" ”

"Nothing!"

As a veteran soldier, Li Fang naturally knew what the crime of deceiving the marshal was. Although his goal was the same as Cheng Shijie's, he should have told him frankly at that time, rather than pretending to be smart.

Peng looked at Li Zhixiang's expression, and also guessed that Li Fang had done something wrong for himself. Could it be that he privately mobilized troops to save himself?

Thinking of this, Peng was even more moved.

In order to alleviate Li Fang's crime, Peng entrusted Meng Xianhan's private belongings and inventory......

At this moment, a Ning Navy soldier said, "General Li, General Li, look at what good things we have got!" ”

In a naturally formed bay on the Lesser South Island, there are five Galen-type armed transport ships, the smallest of which is about 800 tons, and the largest is 12,300 tons.

This is also the luck of the Ning Navy Sailors, Meng Xianhan made a big deal half a month ago and hijacked five Europa armed merchant ships that were going to Dengzhou to do business.

Although most of the sea areas of the Ming Dynasty are not defended, the problem is that Dengzhou is an important military town in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and there are a large number of sailors, in order to avoid inevitable misunderstandings, these five Europa armed merchant ships put away the artillery and put it in the cabin.

When these Europa armed merchant ships wanted to take out their artillery and resist, it was too late. The 180,000 Dutch silver horse sword coins carried by these five armed merchant ships, which weighed about 33 grams, were almost equivalent to more than 170,000 taels of silver, as well as some ivory, precious stones, various spices, sulfur, saltpeter, and asphalt, which were the goods that Sun Yuanhua needed most.

It's just a pity that Meng Xianhan hasn't had time to make a move, except for these five precious cargoes, which have become the trophies of the Ning Navy.

……

Cheng Shijie looked at the investigation report in front of him with a surprised expression.

This is the information obtained by Chen Guodong, the supervisor, and the information is very detailed, even more detailed than the record of the baby's investigation of Ma Rong's house.

It clearly records the acquaintance of Li Fang and Peng, as well as the process of every private meeting, and the experience of Li Fang's attack on the uninhabited island.

"Is that all?"

Chen Guodong thought that Cheng Shijie was not satisfied, so he hurriedly said: "Time is limited, the door only found these, if you have some more time, you can dig deeper!" ”

Cheng Shijie pointed to the content of the intelligence and said: "This shouldn't be the information that military judges can get, where did you get it from?" ”

Chen Guodong breathed a sigh of relief: "This ...... The marshal handed over the right to recommend officers at all levels, and handed over the right of review to his subordinates, and the subordinates began to think about a question, if Liu Qingsong's kid promoted a hundred generals, this sentry commander fought bravely, and his command level was not bad, and he had fought for the marshal and shed blood, but this sentry commander had a wife who worked as a servant in the family of Lord Futai...... This guy has a personal relationship with Lord Futai, and if his subordinates do not agree to this appointment, it will cause dissatisfaction among his brothers and will have a bad impact on the marshal. ”

"Oh, what are you going to do if you were in a hypothetical situation?"

"The subordinates will agree to this appointment, but the lowly will put an eyeliner or several eyeliners around this person to prevent him from privately mobilizing troops to do things that are not conducive to the commander!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Chen Guodong with a surprised expression: "How did you think of this?" ”

"Yes, Mao Shuai!"

Chen Guodong said with a wry smile: "Mao Shuai has received a lot of righteous sons and grandchildren in the army, and the imperial court has never regarded the Dongjiang Army as a person, and the military food and salary have never been given on time, but when Mao Shuai was there, the brothers of the Dongjiang Army thought in one place and worked hard in one place, relying on Mao Shuai's fair rewards and punishments." ”

"Not bad!"

"Because of fairness, the brothers of the Dongjiang Army all obey Mao Shuai, because the marshal also speaks fairly, even if there is only one mother-in-law left in the brother's family, the marshal will also send down the silver that should be rewarded, and the field that should be given will also be rewarded, this is the fairness of the marshal, because the marshal is fair, and our brothers in the Ning Navy are all obedient!"

Chen Guodong said: "The marshal governing the army is almost the same as Mao Shuai's governing the army, some people are talented and capable, but such people may often refuse to obey, when the marshal deals with these things, he should use them, but if he violates the rules, he will have to teach him a heavy lesson." Although such people are not intimate, they are really capable, and it is unfair not to use them, whether they are officials or governing the army, the word justice must be spoken, otherwise their brothers will not be convinced. ”

Cheng Shijie didn't realize that Chen Guodong followed him and was still quite influenced by him. Cheng Shijie's every move affected Chen Guodong.

Cheng Shijie knew that Ma Shilin, Lu Conglong, Sun Benju, and Qin Bocheng came to Cheng Shijie by bribery, and these people were all from wealthy gentry families, and their goal was to become officials and use Cheng Shijie's power to achieve their goals.

In the face of these people who are not highly loyal, Cheng Shijie will still use it, but when he uses it, he will restrain them, Ma Shilin is just one person, and the person he is responsible for is Zhang Ruyi's old department.

If Ma Shilin wants to betray Cheng Shijie, there is no need for Cheng Shijie to give an order, those people under his hands will report the news nine times out of ten, and some people will tie up Ma Shilin and send it to Cheng Shijie.

It is precisely because the officers and men of the Ning Navy are willing to serve Cheng Shijie that when Chen Guodong needs to insert eyeliner, he only needs to simply say that someone is disloyal to Cheng Shijie, unstable, and may betray or threaten Cheng Shijie, and many Ning Navy soldiers will volunteer to serve as the eyeliner of the Ning Navy supervision system.

Just like Li Fang, Chen Guodong has a total of six people by Li Fang's side, these six people are Li Fang's old department when he was in the Dongjiang Army, and everyone has a lifelong friendship with Li Fang, but the problem is that these Dongjiang Army officers and soldiers are very clear, what Li Fang can give them is only temporary small benefits, and what Cheng Shijie can give them is long-term benefits.

To give a very simple example, it's like the lions and tigers in the zoo, they are all man-eating beasts, but they don't eat the keepers, because they know that being full at one time and being full forever are two different concepts.

Just when the naval division of the Ning Navy surrounded and annihilated the pirates of Meng Xianhan's department, an angel from the capital arrived with the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen, and the holy decree was very simple, let Cheng Shijie return to Beijing to report on his work.

Cheng Shijie has already shirked it once, and this time he is a little embarrassed in the face of the holy decree.

Song Xiance hesitated for a long time, and said in a low voice: "There is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not, and I don't know if I should say ......."

"When did Mr. Song get into such a relationship with me?"

It was still snowing in southern Liaoning, the windows were tightly covered, and the light in the room was a little dim, Cheng Shijie looked at Song Xiance's solemn face, knowing that what he said was not trivial, otherwise with the relationship between them, there was no need to use these words as a bottom, and waved his hand to let the guards in the house retreat.

"Then the subordinates said it, if the lord doesn't like it in his heart, he will talk nonsense and talk nonsense under the door......"

Song Xiance took the fire sickle and lit the candle, the bright candlelight made the light of the entire warm pavilion brighter, Song Xiance was about to speak, his eyes fell on the table.

This is a secret report sent by Chen Guodong to Cheng Shijie, which is the cause and effect of the investigation of Li Fang, and after a quick glance, Song Xiance finally breathed a sigh of relief, Cheng Shijie can guard against his subordinates, which shows that he is a qualified leader.

In Song Xiance's view, anyone's loyalty is limited, and as the head of the person, he should be prepared for anyone to rebel in case of contingency.

Song Xiance narrowed his eyes, as if he was brewing something to say. During the period of following Cheng Shijie, as Cheng Shijie's status improved, he also developed the bad habit of being thoughtful in speaking and doing things, and seemed a little slow, Cheng Shijie didn't care about him, took an official letter, and waited for him to speak while reading.

"Does the lord know the hidden worries of the Ning Navy?"

"What's the concern?"

Cheng Shijie felt a little inexplicable.

"When Mao Shuai of the Dongjiang Army was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, the Dongjiang Army immediately scattered the sand."

Song Xiance said: "Why did the Dongjiang Army end up in this field? ”

Cheng Shijie was also thinking that when Li Chengliang died, the Li family had not yet fallen, but as soon as Mao Wendong died, the Dongjiang Army collapsed instantly, so he tried to say: "Chen Jisheng's prestige is not enough to convince the public?" ”

"Chen Jisheng, a deputy general, how can he convince the public?"

Song Xiance said: "The situation of the lord is getting bigger and bigger, and in the future, the lord will be like Emperor Hongwu, fighting everywhere, and there must be someone inside to sit in the battle and calm the people's hearts!" ”

In Song Xiance's view, Cheng Shijie's biggest problem is that he has no family, the key is that he has no son, in case Cheng Shijie has three longs and two shorts, and the big guy has an object that can be loyal, the great cause can continue.

If Mao Chenglu is not Mao Wenlong's adopted son, but Mao Wenlong's biological son, will the other generals of the Dongjiang Army disagree with Mao Chenglu?

Some people may not be convinced, but the majority will surrender, but unfortunately Mao Chenglu is not Mao Wenlong's biological son, his identity is like the current Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu, and the generals within the Ning Navy will not Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu be given the surname Cheng, but will look down on him, or surrender to him.

If Cheng Shi is Cheng Shijie's biological son, the generals of the Ning Navy must surrender to him, and whoever dares to disobey will be killed.

Although it is said that Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, has no son, he intends to cultivate Chai Rong, and Chai Rong is also a dragon and phoenix among people, and can control the situation, in front of him, Zhao Kuangyin also behaved extremely docile.

Cheng Shijie was still silent, thinking......

"Then the subordinate will speak bluntly."

Song Xiance said, "It is a matter of course for the imperial court to summon the lord to Beijing to report his work, however, if the lord is alone, your marriage will be a public discussion, and you can't make your own decisions." Does the lord want to marry the daughter of a clan, or the daughter of a minister? ”

Cheng Shijie's appearance appeared in his mind, and then he thought of Cheng Jialong.

Cheng Jialong said in front of Cheng Shijie more than once that if he was a rich second generation, he could lie flat, and what kind of education would he go to.

Of course, Cheng Jialong is still young, and he doesn't know that the rich second generation is not as easy as it seems, but Cheng Shijie knows a rich second generation, no, it is the third generation of officials, his father is at the department level, and his grandfather is retired from the vice province. Due to the huge disparity in physical differences, the relationship is not deep, and it can barely be regarded as an acquaintance.

Cheng Shijie can't see the other abilities of the other party, but the other party is proficient in six foreign languages, and he is less than thirty years old, far more mature and stable than his peers.

Cheng Shijie's cultivation of Cheng Jialong has always been cultivated according to ordinary people, and he goes to primary school and junior high school step by step.

Although this is the college entrance examination score, it is the lowest college admission score line, which is much easier than one or two books, and it can be regarded as the internal employee welfare of Hangang Group.

At least in Cheng Shijie's view, being able to work in Hangang Group is much better than the job that can be found in 985.211. There are many detours to be taken avoided.

The meaning of Song Xiance's words is very clear, although Cheng Shijie can shirk entering Beijing once or twice, but he can't pass the pass of entering Beijing, and the fact that he is not married will become a public discussion.

Whether it is Emperor Chongzhen, the empress, or the cabinet boss, or even Sun Yuanhua whom he offended, Xu Guangqi will also suppress the contradiction between him and Sun Yuanhua, and firmly tie Ning Haijun to the chariot of the West French Party, charging for the West French Party.

Whether it is a promotion or reward, it is far less reliable and intimate than that of in-laws.

Whether it is Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua or the daughters of other important ministers of the Western Han Dynasty, Xu Guangqi, a college student of Wenyuan Pavilion, has enough ability to pass through the mouth of Emperor Chongzhen and set Cheng Shijie's marriage.

I am afraid that when you open your mouth to refuse, it is when you break with the West French Party.

If he agrees to the marriage, whether it is Ning Haijun, the West French Party, or the public opinion of the government and the opposition, they will more firmly regard him as the backbone of the West French Party.

Cheng Shijie felt a headache when he thought of this, rubbed the Sun Hall, looked at Song Xiance and asked, "This is probably not the only one you want to say this to me, right?" ”

"Mingyu They all feel that the door is closer to you, so they rush the ducks to the shelves and let the door tell the lord about it."

Song Xiance said, "This matter can't be delayed until after entering Beijing to think about how to solve it!" ”

"What can I do?"

Cheng Shijie sighed in his heart, his wife and children are enough, but the problem is that if Xiang Hui and the children can come, then he will be happy, but the problem is that when he crosses, it must be in the absence of people, and the so-called marriage is not his business alone.

Each team has its own core interests, and Cheng Shijie can only cut off this problem from the source.

He got up, walked to the bookshelf of the warm pavilion, and took out a scroll, this is a painting, a family photo in ancient costumes, this is a while ago, he took Xiang Hui, Cheng Jialong, and Cheng Jiayue to the art photo studio, and it took more than 5,000 to shoot.

This excuse is that Cheng Shijie wanted to make up for Xiang Hui, when he married Xiang Hui, he found a photo studio casually, spent more than 100 yuan, and took photos.

Cheng Shijie has just joined the work and has limited savings. did not let Xiang Hui wear a wedding dress, but wore a red sweater and a red down jacket.

This matter is very regrettable for Xiang Hui, as the operation of the scrap collection station is getting better and better, Xiang Hui also agreed to Cheng Shijie's proposal to take a new set of wedding photos and art photos.

Cheng Shijie took such a set of wedding photos, which was actually used to reject Yang Yunniang, so that Yang Yunniang would not take pains in front of her.

Although Yang Yunniang no longer has any strange thoughts about Cheng Shijie, she bewitches women such as Jin Qiaoer, Xue'er, Quiet, and Tranquility from time to time, so that they can tempt Cheng Shijie from time to time.

Cheng Shijie endured very painfully, this is like a meat-eating movement, in the face of a full of meat, it is too uncomfortable to eat it if you want to eat it.

So, Cheng Shijie took a set of artistic photos in later generations and printed them in the form of scrolls.

Song Xiance also stared at this photo, and four characters appeared in the photo, in addition to the Cheng Shijie he was familiar with, there was also a noble lady dressed in gold embroidered clothes, the coat was white, and the underwear was green, showing nobility and elegance.

Song Xiance hurriedly swept it, so he didn't dare to look directly, and bowed down hurriedly and said, "Meet the master mother!" ”

Song Xiance looked at Cheng Jialong, although Cheng Jialong was only twelve years old, but because of his nutrition, he was already more than one meter four and one meter five, tiger head, very gratifying.

Cheng Jiayue, who looked sick, was wearing a dress, Zhai Guan, a coat, and a Xia veil......

This is actually a princess outfit......

The clothes on Xiang Hui's body obviously have phoenix patterns and cloud patterns, as well as the princess costume on Cheng Jiayue's body,

Song Xiance suddenly understood Cheng Shijie's ambition, and he bowed down and said: "Lord, this painting, the lord must not look at people lightly!" ”

PS: In the evening of the next chapter, try to complete it before twelve o'clock as much as possible, the old man's operation was successful, his condition stabilized, and Lao Cheng had time to write more codes.

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