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Chapter 701 New Ideas for Appealing to Pirates

The night was dark, the sea breeze was gusts, and in the darkness, the light of a few torches slowly advanced, and finally stopped in front of a sloop white boat in a secluded harbor. Wang Fulin, who was leading the way, looked up at the bow of the boat, and saw that the bow was only illuminated by a lantern, which seemed dim and unclear, but the great figure waiting for them was waiting for them with the hand of the boat. Who else was there except Lu Guangwu?

According to the servants of the Lu family who came back to report the news, when they secretly came, the boat had collected the boards and there was no rope ladder. In addition, the bow of the boat was quite high, so they could only climb if they wanted to board the boat. Lu Guangwu instructed the two servants to make some noise in the bush to attract the left-behind people to the bow of the boat, and he got on the boat from the stern of the boat by himself, fighting against four, and won a complete victory in less than a cup of tea!

Thinking of the scene where the Japanese pirates led their troops to help the city at night, the scene where they attacked monks in the temple, and the thought of him walking around the world and visiting talented people and strangers in the grass because of He Xinyin's letter and instructions, Wang Fulin couldn't help but secretly praised himself: "It's a real hero!"

He and Zheng Mingxian escorted Fu Xiong from the board to the bow of the boat. When they saw four people sitting dejectedly at Lu Guangwu's feet, near the cabin door, they tied up two Folang Ji people with different appearances. They immediately asked, "Have you asked by Senior Brother Lu?"

"It's just a few small thieves with only one boat, local chickens and tiles." Lu Guangwu even saw the Japanese pirates' offensive and experienced it personally. Naturally, he didn't care about such small thieves with such small thieves. Wang Fulin saw Fu Xiong's face turned black, obviously because he was called a small thieves. He ignored this guy and asked several servants of the Lu family to take care of everyone, but asked Lu Guangwu and Zheng Mingxian to come to the stern of the boat with him. The place here is empty, and the dark night and almost the same color of sea water are a quiet harbor, which is especially suitable for secret talks.

After all, when I was in the fishing village, in order to catch all Fu Xiong's gang in one go, all their energy was spent on arrangement and waiting. As for future plans, it is difficult to formulate in advance if the information is unknown. After all, what Old Man Fu said is really not trustworthy.

Zheng Ming had known about some information about the two pirate leaders Lin Daoqian and Lin Afeng that Wang Fulin reposted, and Zheng Ming had not known that Wang Fulin so much, so he did not react much. However, Lu Guangwu immediately raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want to comfort me?"

At this time, Zheng Mingxian was suddenly surprised. Japanese pirates were all kinds of people, and they rebelled again after being pacified. Why did Wang Fulin so recklessly?

Wang Fulin saw Zheng Mingxian's doubts and explained frankly: "Pirates come and go like the wind, it is easy to pursue and suppress, but it is difficult to completely eliminate. This is actually similar to the difficulty of defeating Luobanshan Yao people. These guys are all the enemy who comes and comes. After all, it is a guerrilla tactic of changing places when one shot is fired. Therefore, every time the officers and soldiers try their best to pursue and suppress, it is effective. After the army has passed, they will still be rekindled. It can be said that the people are in trouble but the results are few."

Seeing that Lu Guangwu obviously agreed with this, Zheng Mingxian was not convinced, he changed his mind, "Of course, I know that the initial Wang Zhi and Xu Hai and others, later Lin Dao, Qian, Lin Afeng and others were all thieves with great straits. Every time the court recruited the court, they used this price to make a fortune and then occupied the fertile land. They also expanded their strength while the government relied on them to eliminate other pirates, and then rebelled again. They were all goods from both ends of the rats, so the court recruited these people often used the strategy of differentiation and separation. Over time, they were also wary of it."

He recruited his subordinates and refused to forgive his leaders. So much so that his subordinates often killed his leaders as an advancement for glory and wealth. Throughout history, this has been the only rule for the government to deal with the heroes of the Green Forest and the rebel army.

Seeing that Wang Fulin was not unaware of the rules, Lu Guangwu couldn't help but ask with interest: "Then how do you want to seek comfort?"

"How much does Senior Brother Lu and Mr. Zheng know about Folang Jiren?"

Wang Fulin first asked this question. Without waiting for Lu Zheng and his two answers, he popularized the distribution map of the European continent's forces, and by the way, he popularized the Wang version of the translation name such as Portugal and Spain. Of course, he completely pushed this to Jia Nailau, claiming that he heard from Catholic missionaries that he learned and sold it. In addition to introducing those European countries, he also explained the colonization of those small countries on Africa, Asia and America.

When these popular science came to an end, he left a little time to digest the impact of the two, and then said, "In fact, since the Tang and Song dynasties, people have been traveling to Annan, Siam, Luzon, Manlaca and other places in our country, and our dynasty often granted these countries. When the eunuch of the Sanbao went to the West, he swept away pirates and promoted the power of the Ming Dynasty. However, several times he went to the West, he was scattered with large sums of gold, silver and silk. The backed australis was still in the warehouse for dozens or hundreds of years, and was even used to reduce salaries to officials. It was said that it was a waste of people and money, so this move was no longer done later."

"But now that vassal states like the Malacca were occupied by the Portuguese, the prince cried, but our dynasty thought it was beyond reach. It was just because the Portuguese and the Japanese pirates had harmed the coastal areas. So instead of fighting several times, it was because the officials accepted bribes and allowed them to live in Haojing, so that the countries in the South China Sea basically stopped paying tribute. Although the local officials accepted bribes when renting Haojing was a local official, the court accused him and felt that it was better to have less than more things, so wasn't it?"

"Now Portugal has occupied Manlacca, Spain has occupied Luzon, and in more European countries, they have never had a yearning for Eastern wealth. In their eyes, including the Ming Dynasty, Japan, North Korea, Ryukyu, India and other countries, they are all called the East, and the East is full of gold. Once they free up their hands, they will undoubtedly join the competition for interests. After all, silk, porcelain and tea are all the most precious commodities for the European nobles. I heard that there is a saying among the royal families of those European countries. To conquer the world, conquer the ocean first."

After all, Lu Guangwu was quick-witted and more open-minded. At this moment, he felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, but he couldn't catch it. He could only raise his hand to signal Wang Fulin to slow down. After all, Zheng Mingxian was quite immersed in naval battles and sea defenses, etc. After all, he thought for a moment and suddenly asked cautiously: "Among the European countries mentioned by Mr. Wang, who are willing to go out to sea by boat, invade everywhere, and occupy people's territory, are the same as those pirates or smugglers in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Mr. Zheng is indeed keen!" Wang Fulin saw that Zheng Mingxian had found the key points so quickly, and immediately laughed, "Other than being in a down-and-out position, those who want to bet on luck, those who commit a serious crime in the country, want to cross the ocean to find a way to wealth and glory, are truly dignitaries and nobles, or those who have a stable life, who are willing to risk their lives and death to go out to sea? They do not talk about the Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality. Sometimes, in order to defeat another country, a country does not hesitate to issue legal privateer certificates to merchant ships, allowing them to rob other countries' business travelers to strengthen their strength."

"You are very polite about these Gentile things, don't you worry about someone exaggerating them?" Zheng Mingxian was still a scholar who had been influenced by Confucianism for many years, and he still retained these strange messages. But Wang Fulin's next words immediately left him speechless.

"Mr. Zheng, if Portugal was like the eunuchs of Sanbao who went to the West, treated the vassal states with courtesy and even helped them with righteous help to eliminate pirates blocking the route. Then why did they burn, kill, loot the coastal coast and get along with the Japanese pirates? Of course, these things were not found out on my trip to Haojing. When I was young, I tried to talk for a while. Because of an accidental contact with a plant pepper brought from overseas, I kept asking people to search for various rare seeds overseas. In this process, I found out that many things the imperial court did not know or were disdainful to understand at all."

Seeing that Zheng Mingxian glanced at Lu Guangwu half-believingly, Wang Fulin reluctantly accepted this statement. He gently tapped the railing at the stern of the boat with his hand and whispered: "Lin Daogan ran away from Peking University in Siam. It is hard to say whether he was alive or dead. This time, he rumored that he had sneaked back to Chaozhou Prefecture. Regardless of whether it is true or false, there must be many subordinates and descendants settled there. Not to mention Lin Afeng, even as far as Luzon, when the founding of the country, the local natives respected him as king, but now they were driven back! After the pirates were pacified, they lived in the local area and rebelled from time to time. The disasters left endlessly, why not let them go abroad just right?"

Thinking back then, it is said that those European countries once regarded America as places where prisoners were exiled?

There were two stunned faces before meeting him, and Wang Fulin shrugged and said, "Of course, this is just an idea. I think for these bandits who cannot bear the restraint, occupying mountains and becoming kings overseas and living freely is much better than being restrained in the court. However, they have to give them a certain amount of sweetness, and they cannot just draw cakes to satisfy their hunger. Of course, what is important is not only their attitude towards this, but also the attitude of the court and the attitude of the government. But I think that the natives in the Malacca Luzon and other places have been looking forward to the rescue of the Heavenly Army for a long time. Since this is the case, sending these people with the reputation of officers and soldiers to rescue them from the clutches is also a way, right?"

This is a fallacy!

Lu Guangwu's mouth twitched, and Zheng Mingxian was not much better. It would be very easy to use Confucian principles to refute Wang Fulin's fallacies, but in terms of solving the problem of pirates, isn't this a way of thinking?

"Anyway, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Senior Brother Lu and Mr. Zheng to guard the arrested pirates on the ship, as well as Old Man Fu and other three accomplices, to buy supplies. I immediately went to the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi to see Lingtai. Speaking of which, someone learned that I was coming to Xin'an County early, so he bribed Old Man Fu and hired a murderer for a price of 100 taels. I won't just let this go!"

Seeing Wang Fulin bowing his hand, he turned around and seemed to be leaving. Zheng Mingxian suddenly shouted: "It may be possible that you can lobby Ling Zhitai, but where are Lin Afeng and other pirates?"

"At worst, I'll go in person." Wang Fulin smiled slightly, "Man is dead for money and birds die for food. If these guys had not sought profit, how could they take this path of licking blood on the blade? How could they get a tiger's son without entering the tiger's den?"

Xiaobei had already received a letter from Wang Fulin, and he believed that with Lu Guangwu, he didn't have to worry about anything. Therefore, since she couldn't go to the fishing village to help, she asked someone to send a message to Wang Fulin. He left Xin'an County first and returned home to Guangzhou. Bizhu naturally listened to his own lady in everything, but Xiuzhu followed her to confirm the news about Lin Dao. But she learned that the murderer was really a Folang Jiren, and the pirates in the fishing village were just small characters who were not in a state of climate. He immediately felt like a wilted dish and had no spirit, and he had no resistance to returning to Guangzhou.

However, when the group returned to the house rented in Guangzhou, Xiaobei stayed in Guangzhou to find out the news and saw if there were any opportunities to make money. Yu Wen was waiting here. He was only twenty years old this year, but he had just finished his apprenticeship, and at most he could be a clerk. He used to be a clerk in the inn because of the inheritance of father and son, but now he is the manager of the side. At this moment, he took Xiaobei out of the car and whispered: "Grandma, there is nothing else in Guangzhou City, so I have been waiting for your news here. Manager Pan has arrived."

It arrived very quickly! Wang Fulin had asked her to inquire about the housework of the Pan family before. He heard that Mr. Pan had only a short time left, so his wife, Mrs. Meng, who was nearly thirty years younger than him, was cleaning up the people of the Pan family. Of course, there were some more dirty tricks. She was carefully checking and putting nails in the Pan family. She was also worried about whether the person recommended by Mr. Cheng could catch up, but she didn't expect that the person would arrive!

Because she came from Jiangxi and would pass by Jingdezhen, Xiaobei had specially ordered someone to purchase a batch of Jingdezhen porcelain before. I heard from this shopkeeper Pan that those Gentiles were swaggering in nature and liked those magnificent styles. She let this person choose many colorful patterns and took them one step behind to escort the goods to Guangzhou. For this legendary person who came from a famous family of Guangdong merchants and now can't see any flying spirit, although she had been together for a few days on the road, she did not underestimate the other party at all.

Such people who have experienced great changes but struggled to survive and have other opportunities should never be underestimated. Speaking of which, wasn’t Wang Fulin just revealed at once when he encountered great changes?

"Where is the person now? But is that okay? Did he know about the Pan family?"

"The person is just a little tired, and the others are fine, and they are healthy. He has just arrived today and has not asked about the Pan family, but as long as he is willing, he can find out in a flash." Although Xiao Bei did not ask how the goods were, Yu Wen added, "The water was slower, but it is better than safe. The porcelain I bought from Jingdezhen before was broken only a few pieces, and the other goods were also escorted carefully, without any damage."

"How is goods more important than people." Xiaobei smiled, and then said to Wen, "When you go back and tell him, you will be energetic and come to see me after rest. My husband already knows his affairs, and I am almost ready here. When my husband frees up his hands, he will immediately help him return home in three moments."

I don’t know if Xiaobei’s promise was too important or if he returned to his hometown and was filled with mixed feelings. After Mr. Pan, who had been away from home for many years, did not want to delay his time for a moment, and immediately rushed over from the bus. When he got off the bus, he saw that this was a secluded alley. Although it was daytime, no one was passing by. He didn’t want to alarm the snake, and he couldn’t help feeling relieved. He held his robe and lowered his head to get out of the car. After he followed Yu Wen straight into the door and entered the main hall in the center. He saw a bright young woman sitting on the center chair with a smile on her side. He actually knelt down.

"Shopkeeper Pan, what are you doing? Yu Wen, help me up!"

Mr. Pan kowtowed three times before he helped Yu Wen, and then said in a deep voice: "I can have the opportunity to see the light of day in this life. Thanks to Mr. Cheng, but even more thanks to Mr. Cheng, my wife is willing to take me back to Guangzhou and even more willing to give me a chance to clear my reputation! When I bid farewell to Mr. Cheng that day, I could only kowtow to thank him, and now it is the same! If the wife hadn't told Mr. Wang, I would have to go away for the rest of my life and not return home! But today, I have one more important thing to ask my wife. My sister was already married, but I heard that I was expelled from the house. She actually tried to turn the tide, but she was framed by a traitor. If my brother-in-law had a little conscience, I was afraid that she would have to hang herself on a rope! So I dared to beg my wife and Mr. Wang. If my affairs were difficult, I would just wash away her blood and grievances first!"

Xiaobei used some means to bribe a few people within the Pan family, and also heard about this. At this moment, when she heard Mr. Pan say this, she immediately felt moved. Seeing that Yu Wen could not drag the person up, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is always justice in this world. Don't worry, this day is not far away."

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