Originally, those people thought they were setting fire in front of Gu Shao and asked Gu Shao to go out and fight against Li Yuanqing.

But they didn't expect that Gu Shao wouldn't fall for the trap at all. If they wanted to stop Commander Li's inspection, they had to think of another way.

Many officials who had nothing to do with the Japanese state and other maritime merchants felt that what Governor Gu said made sense.

After returning home, work with peace of mind.

Anyway, the discovery of smuggling has little to do with them, at most it was a dereliction of duty.

Those officials who have colluded with foreign businessmen are quite restless. Since applying pressure fails, they can only find other ways.

No matter what, Commander Li cannot 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 responsible for contacting the Japanese country quickly wrote a letter to inform King Chen.

The emperor's secret guards in Jinling City also quietly sent the news back to the capital.

Originally, everyone thought that Li Yuanqing would only use thousands of new navy troops to conduct inspections, but they did not expect that after dawn.

All the new naval forces are here.

A total of twelve thousand.

Not only that, in order to prevent people on these ships from rioting.

Before Li Yuanqing came to Jiangnan, he mobilized 20,000 troops from the northwest through His Majesty.

These people have no connection with the local area and will not reveal secrets.

With the addition of 10,000 new navy troops, the total is 30,000.

There are enough people to inspect these more than 400 ships.

The stewards who were waiting for the news and did not act without permission were dumbfounded when they saw so many soldiers boarding the ship after dawn.

Although there are hundreds of boatmen on each ship, many of these people are hired and not dead soldiers.

If you use money to do things, you will use the money of the boatmen, so of course you will not work for others to resist the government.

"Commander Li said, don't resist, you are a good citizen, hold your head on the deck. After we check, if there is no problem, we will let you go immediately."

Liu Kui looked at everyone and shouted loudly.

When the boatmen heard this, especially the boatmen from Dazhou, they ran to the deck one by one.

Originally, these stewards saw that only a few ships were searched yesterday, and even today they could only search a dozen ships.

There are dozens of ships for their normal trade, enough to search for several days.

When Commander Li was pressured by businessmen, he had to let go.

They can then leave the port and continue sailing.

But they never expected that so many soldiers would suddenly appear overnight.

On average, more than a hundred people search a ship. Those tall and ferocious officers and soldiers, with wide eyes, are very difficult to deal with at first glance.

In addition, the soldiers began to inspect the goods.

As soon as I saw the goods on it, I immediately finished searching them.

The managers are also very anxious if they don't take action.

Not only can those people find a lot of smuggled goods, but they can also receive prohibited weapons.

"Yamamoto-kun, what should we do now?" A Japanese man asked quickly, "If we don't stop him, those things will be found!"

Yamamoto Shigeken, a middle-aged man with a bald head and only a little hair on both sides, looked gloomy.

"That bastard Sakata, why haven't you stopped these people yet?"

"The situation is so urgent. Did he sleep last night?"

The Japanese servant lowered his head and persuaded again.

"Sakata-kun's method has been tried many times before, but now it's afternoon and it still has no effect."

Yamamoto Chengjian looked gloomy as he looked at the officers and soldiers coming and going outside.

"Light a fire, burn the cargo, and then sink all the weapons."

"No matter what, embargoed weapons cannot be discovered."

The servant was shocked when he heard this, "That's nearly tens of millions of taels of goods. Are they going to be burned like this? Those weapons are the general's dream. Are they really going to sink into the sea?"

Yamamoto Chengjian looked bitter, "If you don't burn it or throw it away, these things will fall into the hands of Da Zhou."

"These things will become evidence, and we people will also be caught, and then all our efforts will be in vain."

When the Japanese servant heard this, he immediately responded, "Yes, sir, I will inform you immediately."

This man is like a monkey. He can jump from this boat to another boat using a piece of bamboo.

He wanted to inform the stewards of these ships, but Li Yuanqing was very quick with his troops.

After surrounding these boats, they immediately tied up the stewards and all the boatmen.

This Japanese man wanted someone to light a fire, but he couldn't find anyone.

Among the people transferred from the northwest, there was a sharp archer who saw Japanese people jumping between boats like monkeys.

Three arrows were fired in unison, hitting the Japanese man who was jumping up and down. One arrow hit the back of the heart, one hit the stomach, and the other hit the leg.

With such an injury, if he fell into the water, even if he was rescued, he probably wouldn't survive.

Seeing the powerful tactics of the Northwest Army, those boatmen did not dare to resist.

They just heard that as long as they are honest and don't kill the Zhou people.

Not only that, the Dazhou boatmen immediately identified the Japanese boatmen, and none of them were missed, including the Japanese cooks who were responsible for cooking on some ships.

Seeing that his men had been shot to death, Yamamoto Shigeken felt a chill go down his spine.

His identity is about to be exposed.

So he took the fire stick, went to the cabin, and lit the ship directly.

When the fire started, he jumped into the sea with his dagger.

Li Yuanqing has long investigated Yamamoto Chengjian, and people are watching him.

Several small boats were arranged under Yamamoto Shigeken's sea-going ship.

Just as Yamamoto was jumping down, an experienced old sailor threw the rope towards Yamamoto.

The rope tied into a loop directly trapped him when Yamamoto Castle was built in mid-air.

Catch a live big fish!

The smuggled goods were counted one by one.

"General Liu, the box at the bottom is much heavier than the one at the top, so it probably isn't tea." Xiao Bing reported.

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, Mr. Li said that everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

"Thank you, General Li, for the reward." After everyone heard this, they worked harder.

Soon after the boxes were opened one by one, everyone was in an uproar.

"General Liu, this is a weapon that is better than what I have on hand!"

"Oh my god, General Liu, there are crossbows here. These are important weapons of the country, why are they here?"

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Not only this ship, but also the ships behind it were discovered.

Liu Kui personally brought people to report.

Li Yuanqing sneered, "Send someone to inform Governor Gu that all the officials responsible for issuing customs clearance documents and related officials will be arrested."

"What you say is unfounded. With two boxes of new weapons that were found, let them see it and believe it."

"Yes, sir." Liu Kui responded.

Li Yuanqing asked people to lift all the goods off the ship.

Not only are there real goods, but also those embargoed weapons.

When Gu Shao saw those weapons, he directly ordered the arrest of the officials responsible for customs clearance documents. Of course, those officials who were sent letters by Sakata Chizi yesterday were also arrested.

The whole Jinling City is shaking!
Chapter completed!