Chapter 25 Pirates
What really made him happy about the spoils was the weapons and armor. Including the yellow beams, all the fish were seized, more than 300 spears, more than 40 bows and crossbows, more than 30 firearms and bird guns, more than 30 leather armor, more than 20 scale armor, and fifty-six fishing boats hidden on the banks of the Qi River.
There were also two broken young general cannons, which were front-mounted smoothbore cannons and were old objects from the Yongle period. They were all small cannons of two or three hundred kilograms. In addition to the two bad cannons, they also obtained some iron, gunpowder and lead bullets.
Fortunately, this group of local thieves were trying to repair these two cannons. If they came later, Chen Mu would face local thieves with two cannons.
The most interesting thing is that these two cannons from the Yongle period are cast on the front and the words "Shunde Qianhu Inn" are written on the side.
But now it's his.
As for his pain, it comes from the list of rewards and punishments, which record more than 90 names of Fu Yuan and Shiqi's tribes, and 76 of them were to be punished - these stupid dicks actually picked up the silver thrown by the enemy on the battlefield!
He hadn't figured out how to punish him. It would definitely not work if he had fined his salary or reduced food. The flag army would starve to death if he had lost his food. It was a killing weapon other than directly executing him and could not be used lightly.
His purpose was to let the flag army know what he listened to, rather than killing these flag army that made him so precious that he could not add to the flag army from all over the place.
As for the doubts, they come from Xu Laoyao's last words.
"Dan'er, do you know who Xu Jinmei is?"
After Shiqi left, only Li Dan was left in the hall. Chen Mu then kidnapped the tea case and expressed his doubts in his heart, saying, "Before Xu Laoyao died, he said that Zeng Yiben and his brother Xu Jinmei would come to avenge him. Zeng Yiben, I know, who is Xu Jinmei?"
If you beg for mercy before you die, you might let go if you meet someone who is soft-hearted and do your best to treat him. Xu Laoyao even said harsh words to himself before he dies. Isn’t this stupid?
But then again, even if Xu Laoyao begs for mercy, Chen Mu will not let him go. He will probably ask Fu Yuan to wipe his neck with a knife.
Have you beaten, still let it go?
It is said that if you are lying beside the bed, you cannot allow others to snore. If Chen Mu wants to build a water village in Xiangshan, there will be no thieves in his jurisdiction.
"Xu Jinmei?"
"Is Xu Jinmei the youngest brother Xu?"
Li Dan obviously knew Xu Jinmei, so he then slapped the tea case and said, "Enjoyant Father, Xu Jinmei was in Haojing before. He just left when the boy came to Xiangshan!"
"Where has he gone?"
"I don't know this kid. Maybe he went to the chicken coop to find Lin Daoqian? Maybe he went to Nan'ao to find Zeng Yiben. The Japanese pirates called by his adoptive father. In fact, there were two groups of people in the past, one was Wang Zhi, and the most powerful one was in the Japanese. The other group was Xu Dong, my father, Xu Hai and others in Shuangyu, and later they were wiped out by the court. Wu Ping had the final say on the overseas side of Fujian and Guang."
Speaking of these things, Li Dan found it well and reached out to his hands: "Now Wu Ping is dead, the pirates who were headed by him in the past were divided into several factions. Lin Daoqian, a native of Chenghai, had the final say. After Xu Dong's death, his son Xu Chaoguang was the leader of Nan'ao, but he was killed by his subordinate Mo Yingfu a few years ago. Now they are still in Nan'ao. He wanted to avenge Wu Ping, but he always fought with the court, so he couldn't grab a good place."
"But there are many people and many ships, which is the most difficult thing to deal with." Li Dan said as he looked at Chen Mu, and said, "Xu Jinmei is Zeng Yiben's subordinate, adoptive father. If you say that, Xu Jinmei has lived in Haojing for a long time before. Could it be... Zeng Yiben's defeat in Chaozhou last year, and he is going to fight in Guangzhou this year?"
Chen Mu didn't say anything, and Li Danzhe painted him a complete picture of Japanese pirates in Fujian and Guangxi during the Jiajing period. How powerful was the pirates of the Ming Dynasty that they could actually roam the South China Sea.
If this kind of power could be summed up, the Spice Islands could be taken to become a colony, right?
Chapter completed!