Eliminating Japanese Trouble

Shaoxing Prefecture,

Inside the prefect’s Yamen,

Lin Mang sat at the top, turned over the secret report in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that the situation in Zhejiang has deteriorated so much."

Tang Qi stood in the hall, cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou, we have just received an urgent report. General Qi's army will arrive in two days."

Lin Mang put down the secret report in his hand, shook his head and said: "The matter in Zhejiang still needs to be resolved as soon as possible."

"One more day of delay will mean one more day of suffering for the people here."

Tang Qi said in surprise: "Master Hou, what do you mean..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard in gilded clothes came from outside the palace and reported: "Master Marquis, Shaoxing Wei Qianhu Lu An is asking for an audience."

Lin Mang thought for a while and said, "Let him come in."

Soon, Lu An walked in with an excited face and saluted: "Lu An, a thousand households in Shaoxing, pays homage to the Marquis."

"Get up."

Lin Mang raised his eyes slightly, looked at Lu An, and said, "Is something wrong?"

Lu An cupped his hands and said, "I'm here because I want to thank Lord Marquis on behalf of the people of Shaoxing City."

Lin Mang glanced at Lu An with a half-smile, and said softly: "You want something?"

Lu An had no embarrassment at all when his thoughts were exposed. He knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "Master Marquis Mingjian, my subordinate wants to join the Jin Yiwei!"

He had this idea from the moment he saw the royal guards fighting outside the city.

He originally wanted to join the Navy, but now he has changed his mind.

Lin Mang stood up, looked at Lu An, and said with interest: "Are you giving up your official position in Qianhu?"

Lu An didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "I would like to start as an ordinary royal guard."

After hesitating for a moment, Lu An raised his head, cupped his hands and said, "Master Marquis, I have something to report."

"The official found out that these Japanese pirates are by no means ordinary Japanese pirates, and... there are many officials and local forces secretly colluding with them."

There are some things that everyone knows very well, but you are just in the officialdom, and there are some things that even if you are not involved, you can only acquiesce.

Officials and officials protect each other, which is an eternal principle.

The reason why Japanese pirates can be so unscrupulous is that no one has deliberately hinted at it. There are even many people who took the opportunity to use the name of Japanese pirates to secretly seek benefits for themselves.

He said this now, which is extremely taboo in officialdom.

If Marquis Wu'an is not willing to let him join the Jinyiwei, his future career will be ruined.

So he can be considered a gamble!

Lin Mang glanced at him and said calmly: "You want to talk about the Taihu Gang."

Lu An's pupils shrank sharply.

"Master Hou, you..."

He was about to ask how the Marquis knew, but he quickly swallowed his words.

Lin Mang smiled, turned around, and said coldly: "The army will rest here for a day, and we will attack Ningbo tomorrow."

That Xiao Zhutengshan is not an ordinary ronin, his status is not low, but he knows a lot of things.

When Japanese pirates cause trouble, as long as the leader is eliminated, everything will be over.

The rest of the Japanese pirates who caused trouble were all wandering bandits and should not be feared.

Fortunately, the warships to cross the sea have not been collected yet, so the matter was solved easily.

…

Ningbo,

The villa outside the city is a continuous building complex, and there is a group of vicious men in fine clothes patrolling outside the villa.

In the open space outside the villa, a large flag stood with a letter - Taihu Lake!

This place is the headquarters of the Taihu Gang. As one of the five gangs in the world, the Taihu Gang occupies the Yangtze River waterway and has high prestige.

The Taihu Gang is involved in all coastal water transportation and even maritime smuggling.

There are extremely high profits in water transportation trade, not to mention the smuggling business, which even involves salt transportation.

In just a few decades, the Taihu Gang relied on the Yangtze River waterway to develop and grow, ranking among the five gangs in the Jianghu Gang and boasting a membership of 200,000.

Of course, the number of 200,000 people in this gang is not accurate. They are more of the coolies who earn a living under the Taihu Gang.

But even so, the power of the Taihu Gang also radiates to the three coastal provinces, involving Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu.

Many people in the private sector say that the Taihu Gang has overseas roots, but this has never been confirmed.

And to be able to occupy such a large interest, the Taihu Gang naturally has the support of people from the government.

Originally, the headquarters of the Taihu Gang was located in Jiangsu, but later moved to Ningbo.

At this moment, the hall of the Taihu Gang headquarters was filled with people.

It's just that the clothes these people wear are obviously not Ming Dynasty clothes, but Japanese Ronin clothes, with half of their chests exposed.

One person held two beautiful women in his arms, with a very unrestrained expression on his face, and he laughed evilly from time to time.

On the other side, a Japanese Ronin grabbed a woman's head with one hand and pressed it firmly...

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

As footsteps sounded, a middle-aged man wearing a long coat and a long beard broke in.

Seeing the scene in the room, he immediately said angrily: "That's enough!"

"This is my Taihu Gang, please pay attention to me."

"Oh!"

Hearing this, the Japanese warrior sitting at the top casually pulled away the woman in his arms and stretched out his hand to squeeze her.

"Crack!"

Following two soft sounds, the two women in his arms immediately widened their eyes and lost their breath.

"Shimazu Yoshihiro!"

The visitor shouted angrily, looking furious.

"Gang Leader Jiang." Shimazu Yoshihiro threw the body away and said calmly: "We have helped you so much, it's not too much to enjoy it, right?"

This person is none other than Shimazu Yoshihiro, one of the eight great generals under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

As one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's most capable daimyo and a veteran general, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to send him here, which shows that he attaches great importance to him.

Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi was very ambitious and his annexation of Kyushu greatly expanded his ambitions, he did not lose his mind and knew that the country in the east should not be underestimated.

Shimazu Yoshihiro picked up the tea on the table and took a sip slowly, and said calmly: "Chief Jiang is here, is there something wrong?"

Jiang Chaonian's face was gloomy, and he automatically ignored the filthy scene in the room, and said coldly: "It's time for you to leave."

"When the imperial army arrives, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"I have received news that the imperial court has sent Qi Jiguang to lead the army, and the Qi family army will arrive from Fujian soon."

A large part of the reason why Japanese pirates were able to operate unscrupulously in Zhejiang was also due to the transfer of Qi Jiajun.

Because of the need to build a navy, Qi Jiguang transferred the Qi family army to Fujian.

"Army?"

Shimazu Yoshihiro chuckled and said calmly: "Just rely on your Ming army?"

Before the future, he was extremely vigilant in his heart.

As a veteran in the military, he never underestimates an opponent.

But since the vanguard was sent to fight against the Ming army, it was discovered that the so-called Ming army was completely vulnerable.

It went so smoothly.

What a waste of so many weapons and armor.

Although the Ming army was large in number, their combat effectiveness was not to be praised.

Those so-called Jin Yiwei still had some fighting ability, but he didn't take it to heart.

Jiang Chaonian sneered: "What you saw was just the Ming Dynasty's local army."

He also knew the strength of the Zhejiang Guardsmen.

But there are 200,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp in the capital, and those are the real elites.

If Ming's army was like this, then he wouldn't be so afraid.

Jiang Chaonian continued coldly: "It's okay for you to seek death, but don't involve me."
To be continued...