Chapter 117: Dealing with Pirates

The most difficult thing to extinguish the locust plague is to break down superstition. As long as superstitions are dismantled, a way to eradicate locusts can always be found.

And this time the locust plague occurred in a small area, just a province affected. And after the most serious county took action, word of mouth spread, and soon the people of other counties also took action, and the locusts had just multiplied in large numbers, and before they could form locusts, they were contained.

When the locusts were extinguished, the court had not yet discussed a way to deal with the locust plague after receiving the report, and Zhu Yuanzhang was quite angry. However, the three major cases that have just passed have frightened the big people, and who dares to come up with ideas indiscriminately? Success may not be your credit, but failure will definitely be your responsibility. However, after Lao Zhu lost his temper, he asked the prefecture and county to report the process of exterminating the locusts in detail, and looked for the person who paid to buy the locusts.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's search for someone to buy locusts may not be well-intentioned. He was the emperor who took advantage of the Ming Sect and the White Lotus Sect to start the uprising, and this kind of behavior he may not think of as an act of inviting people's hearts.

Less than ten days later, another report came in, and the locust plague had been completely extinguished. The newspaper said: "The people in the disaster area, their families, men, women, and children, are vying to catch locusts. And locusts "not only grow fast and fierce for livestock and poultry food", but even "villagers eat locusts with delicious taste".

From the recital, Zhu Yuanzhang learned two ways to exterminate locusts, one is to release chickens and ducks to prey on locusts, and the other is to catch locusts by hand. In fact, everyone knows that it is possible to do this, but human superstition is the most difficult to break. However, with this locust extermination, dealing with the locust plague in the future is not just about burning incense and praying to God, it is fake after all, this is the real locust extermination.

In addition, there is also a method for treating the blindfold of birds, eating chicken, duck, cow and sheep liver and carrots, which can be treated. This was what the spies sent by the county magistrate later heard from the villagers, and of course, it was Li Shucheng who told the villagers.

When the magistrate received the will from above, he went to look for Li Shucheng, who had purchased locusts, and learned that because the people no longer sold locusts, he left five or six days earlier. Until now, no one knows Li Shucheng's name and where he is from, where is this called for him to find it?

In the end, only a Taoist priest who encouraged the people could be found, and this was a true Taoist priest recorded in the name of the Taoist priest in this prefecture. The Taoist priest said that he did not know the name of the other party, and the reason why he participated in the extermination of locusts was because he knew that locusts were just a kind of insects, and that the people did not dare to exterminate locusts because of superstition, and that people were the bells of heaven and earth. The Ming Dynasty drove out the Mongolian people and built a pole, saved the people from fire and water, and was protected by God, which way of the gods dared to do this evil deed!

His performance was commended by the imperial court, and even the Taoist temple where he was located was also stained.

At this time, Li Shucheng and the others had already come to Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, where they built a port in order to develop maritime trade.

This port was expanded during the Song and Yuan dynasties and was already one of the major ports. However, when the two came here, they found that there were no sea ships docked in the port, and even if there were, they were only small boats.

Li Shucheng asked an old man, and the old man said: "There are pirates at sea, and the imperial court ordered that ships should not go to sea, and the ships were confiscated. He sighed, "This port is so deserted, and the people are scattered." ”

"Pirates? It's been so many years since the Ming Dynasty was established, and haven't the pirates been eliminated yet?" asked Li Shucheng.

"Those pirates are fierce and cunning. "Not only did they run rampant on the sea, but they also dared to run ashore and commit murder." Over the years, pirates have come ashore and destroyed several villages and killed many people. They grabbed it and ran, the sea was so big, the officers and soldiers couldn't do anything about them. ”

"Pirates, well, that's a big problem. Li Shucheng thought thoughtfully. If you don't say they exist, you can't go to sea, and if you say that fishermen can't go to sea, the problem is very serious. Fishermen go out to sea to fish, how many people can be fed, but after the change of dynasty, the population has been greatly reduced, so even if the coastal people are relocated, there is land resettlement, but this is not a long-term plan.

Of course, Li Shucheng wanted to eliminate pirates and open the sea, so that he could not only obtain a lot of wealth through sea trade, but also feed many people even by fishing.

From the mouths of the people who escaped from the pirate looting, Li Shucheng found that among these pirates, there were actually Japanese people. Li Shucheng thought, "The pirates and the pirates have united? "Most of the pirates are the rest of Zhang Shicheng, and although most of them go to sea as pirates, they don't go ashore to plunder, and even if they do, they rarely kill or injure people. But the Japanese were different, they were also defeated Japanese troops, and after escaping from the Japanese state, they wandered on the sea, burning and looting along the coast of Korea and Daming.

What Li Shucheng didn't know was that Zhu Yuanzhang had sent envoys to the Japanese state several times, hoping that the two countries would reconcile and solve the problem of the Japanese invaders, but the envoys were detained several times.

"The Japanese are not weak, well-equipped, and cruel by nature, and they are rogue-style crimes, and the general army can't do anything about them. Li Shucheng said, "It seems that we have to summon some people in the martial arts to deal with them." ”

Summoning people in the martial arts, Li Shucheng has little contact with people in the martial arts, and the only thing he can think of is Wudang.

rushed to Wudang, the head of Wudang has been replaced by three generations of disciples, and the second generation of disciples are no longer in charge.

"Yes, yes, the old six and the seventh, you two have opened the second vein of Rendu. After meeting with Song Yuanqiao and the six people, Li Shucheng smiled and said, "Congratulations!" In addition to Yin Liting and Mo Shenggu, although the four older Song Yuanqiao of the other grades did not open up the second vein of Ren Du, their skills are becoming more and more profound, and they are also perfect in their cultivation when they were young, and they can not fall behind in a short time against Yin Mo and the others.

"It took so many years to break through, what is there to congratulate. Mo Shenggu said.

"It's already pretty good. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "Who usually gets through the second line of Ren Du, which one is not a person with the highest talent? Although your qualifications are good, you Mo Laoqi are still worse. This is a little bit worse, and it basically determines that you can't break through the top in your life. It is also your master's profound martial arts, and the martial arts created are more than enough to make up for the lack of qualifications, and you are just catching up with the time. If you were in other sects, you would definitely not be able to reach your current realm. ”

"I don't know if Master is doing well or not. Song Yuanqiao said.

"He's doing well. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "Over the years, I have cultivated alone, and my skills have gone further." ”

"Okay, I'm here for business. Li Shucheng said, "Do you know about the forbidden sea in the imperial court?"

Seeing a few people nodding, Li Shucheng continued: "The reason why the imperial court forbade the sea is because there are pirates on the sea, and it is not often that pirates come ashore to plunder. As far south as Fujian, and north as the coast of Shandong, traces of pirates have been found. Most of these pirates fled to the sea after the rest of Zhang Shicheng's troops were dispersed, and some of them were the army and samurai of the Japanese kingdom. In the past few decades, the war between the north and the south of the Wa Kingdom has caused many defeated warriors and soldiers to flee to the sea and wander, burning and looting along the coast of Korea and Daming. ”

"We've heard about pirates, but we don't know that there are still Japanese people among them. Yin Liting said.

"Each of these pirates is not large in number, and they retreat when they find an opportunity to go ashore and plunder, and the general army has no way to take them. And their combat strength is not weak, and the common people and even ordinary armies cannot defeat them at all. Li Shucheng said, "So I want you to notify some disciples of other sects to come over, and some of them will investigate along the coast and pass on the news, so that when you find pirates, you can notify the local people to move in time." The other part is concentrated, and once they find any trace of pirates, they rush over to intercept them and cooperate with the army to eliminate them. ”

"This ...... The imperial court ......, "Song Yuanqiao wanted to say that it was not good to say, but he stopped talking."

"You mean the imperial court to destroy the Ming Sect, right?" Li Shucheng said, "First, the Ming Sect is powerful, and Zhu Yuanzhang is worried that it will affect his authority. Second, the Ming Sect has a tradition of rebellion, and since Lao Zhu has become the emperor, how can he allow them to exist? He only started a few years ago, and he can already be regarded as enduring. As for Wudang, Wudang has Zhu Yuanzhang's pardon, and if he moves Wudang, he will slap himself in the face. And Wudang has some disciples who contribute to the country in the army, and this operation is also to help the imperial court eliminate pirates, as long as Wudang is at ease to be a Taoist sect and guide people to goodness, Zhu Yuanzhang will only get better and better for Wudang. ”

Mingjiao, Yang Xiao and other older generations died one after another a few years ago, and Zhu Yuanzhang seized the opportunity to win it in one fell swoop.

In fact, like these Jianghu sects, the emperor generally does not pay attention to them, Shaolin has been inherited for hundreds of years, how powerful is it? If you really want to deal with them, sending an army of tens of thousands of people can easily destroy Shaolin. What is really afraid of these Jianghu sects is those rich families and corrupt officials who are unkind to the rich, and they are chivalrous and righteous by the people in the martial arts if they don't pay attention. It is mainly these people who suppress the martial arts sect.

"Then how many disciples do we send over?" Zhang Xisong asked. Li Shucheng said that they also understood that Wudang still had a master Zhang Sanfeng, but he was named an immortal by the emperor. Besides, there are Li Shucheng and his wife, the martial arts of these two people have long exceeded their imagination, if the emperor wants to use martial arts, the two will definitely not care.

"Send twenty or thirty at a time, in rotation. Li Shucheng said, "Anyway, eliminating pirates is not a matter of a short time. You let them come to Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, and then I will have to train them first and teach them the experience of dealing with the Japanese warriors. The martial arts of the warriors of the Wa Kingdom are not like the martial arts of our Central Plains martial arts, their martial arts are more like the art of army killing. ”

After the disciples passed, Li Shucheng personally instructed them, and several of them were very happy. As long as you don't die or become disabled, you will have something to achieve in the future, if your qualifications are good enough, you may not be able to get through to the governor in the future, and your achievements will be top, even innate. As long as there is a top master in the third or fourth generation, then Wudang will not be weakened within a hundred years.