When Xu He saw Qin Lie, Daozi and others again, he found that, as expected, Qin Lie's high fever had subsided and he asked a famous doctor from Fucheng for treatment, and his condition was improving.
When Daozi saw him, he asked: "Hey, who are you, and why do you put us under house arrest here and we can't move around at will?"
Xu He smiled and said: "Don't you know? My surname is Xu, and I am Xinke Jieyuan from Nanzhili!"
"What is Jieyuan?" Daozi looked Xu He up and down.
Xu He smiled and said: "Jie Yuan is not a thing..., well, Jieyuan is the first among the people!"
"What? Are you a Juren?" Daozi and the other big man were shocked!
"Weng Zhengchun is just a failed scholar. I didn't expect you to be a scholar at such a young age? Are you kidding us?" Daozi said angrily.
Xu He smiled: "When your third brother caught me before, didn't you also call me Jie Yuanlang?"
When Daozi thought about it, it seemed that Qin Lie had really called Xu He that way, but he turned around and said, "Then why are we under house arrest?"
Xu He did not answer, but looked at Qin Lie and said, "If Qin Zhuang's health is well, where are you going?"
Daozi said in a matter-of-fact tone: "It must be back to the lake!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, his face darkened.
They had a falling out with Weng Zhengchun. Some of them grew up in the village, but could they go back?
At this time, Xu He released another shocking news: "Now both sides of Taihu Lake are surrounded by soldiers and horses from Zhejiang Dusi and Governor Su Song. There are even navy troops in the lake to suppress Japanese pirates. You can't go back!"
"Ah!" Daozi and the big man were shocked. They pulled out their knives and put them on Xu He's neck and said, "If I hold you, they will let us go!"
Xu He looked at the knife and chuckled: "It's okay to leave. What I'm asking is, where can you go?"
Daozi and the big man looked at each other, and both fell silent.
Yes, the world is so big now, where else can they go?
If you go ashore, you will be captured by the officials, and if you go down to the lake, you will be Weng Zhengchun's territory.
They actually had nowhere to go.
At this time, Daozi suddenly realized: "That's what you had in mind when you asked us to go ashore to treat Third Brother's injuries!"
Xu He didn't answer. Yes, this was a conspiracy. It was worthless to say it. He was just taking advantage of the situation. There was nothing he could do if people didn't want to accept his plan.
As soon as he got ashore, the situation could be reversed instantly, and he changed from passive to active.
Daozi said bitterly: "Sure enough, you are just like that Weng Zhengchun, a scholar who has every good thing."
Speaking of this, Xu He, who just looked calm and calm, said seriously: "I am different from him. I, Xu He, was born between heaven and earth. I eat the people's food and rice, and I am determined to be an official and serve the people in the future."
"Who are Weng Zhengchun and Liang Qiao? They are just beasts who colluded with Japanese pirates and harmed our Chinese people! You actually compare me to him? It's really ridiculous."
He said these words in a fierce voice, which shocked the two of them.
Since they met this young Juren, they have never seen Xu He speak so seriously and solemnly.
For a moment, the two looked at Xu He with complicated expressions, not knowing how to answer.
Xu He snorted coldly and said: "On the contrary, Qin Lie, although he is also one of your Taihu water bandits, I respect him as a man of flesh and blood. For the sake of family disgrace, he can kill his enemies with blood. He knows that he will not be defeated when he returns to the stronghold, but he still has no regrets after nine deaths! "
"So, just now I went to the Huzhou magistrate and asked him to give you a way out!"
"As long as you lead the army to search for the Japanese pirates, Weng Zhengchun and others, and capture them, then your past will be wiped out!"
"Impossible!" Daozi said angrily, "I won't do anything like betraying my brothers."
"The Japanese pirates are also your brothers?"
"It's not like there are only Japanese pirates and Weng Zhengchun in the water village."
"Then you can't let your brothers and sisters follow the Japanese pirates and do evil. This is called aiding the tyrants, do you understand?"
…
Just as the two were arguing, a weak voice suddenly sounded: "Daozi, listen to him and go find Thirteen..."
Dao Zi, who had been arguing with Xu He just now, was blushing when he heard the sound and said in surprise: "Third brother, are you awake?"
Qin Lie moved his lips weakly.
Xu He said coldly: "Give him some water!"
After drinking the water fed by Knife, Qin Lie did feel better, but his whole body was still in a state of half-death.
After resting for a long time, he said: "Look for Thirteen, go to Dayeng Island, he, they will definitely not stay in the water village..."
After saying that, Qin Lie fainted again.
Xu He frowned and said, "Where is Big Light Island?"
Daozi hesitated for a moment and said: "It's a small island to the west of the water village. It's not on the waterway. There are very few ships passing by on weekdays. The island is very big and people can be hidden in it. Even if someone searches for it, it's not easy to find!" "
Xu He nodded and said: "Your third brother has already said, go ahead!"
Daozi gritted his teeth and finally muttered to the big man for a while. The big man nodded and walked out.
Xu He asked someone to let him go and then returned to the house.
"Don't worry, I, Xu He, keep my word. As long as you lead the army to find the Japanese pirates, you will be good citizens of the Wei Dynasty from now on! The government will never cause you trouble again!"
Daozi seemed to hate the government very much. After hearing this, he snorted coldly and turned away.
…
In the next few days, Xu He waited for news in the government office.
First, news came from Taihu Lake, saying that the official army had broken through the Taihu water bandit's water stronghold, but many women, children, old and young were killed, and many strong men also died.
As for Weng Zhengchun and others, they were not found in the village after Shisan's identification.
Thirteen and others have already led the government navy to search one island after another.
The key point is Big Light Island, but this island is very big. Even if there are thirteen people who are familiar with the local situation to lead the way, it will still take some effort.
The second thing is that Tang Shunzhi received the latest imperial report from the court.
Xu He was a little surprised after seeing one of the messages.
It turns out that the Di newspaper reported that a great scholar, Xu Song, came to Japan to ask for a maritime ban.
Xu Song wrote to Xu He before and mentioned this matter.
It is better to block a road than to open it up. Japanese pirates are rampant. Part of the reason is that maritime smuggling is too profitable. They loot places for smuggling. However, some of the larger leaders are actually cooperating with large households on the southeast coast. They may collect these Navigation protection fees for ships of large companies, or simply acting as underwriting transshippers for these large companies.
What Xu Song meant was that instead of doing this, it would be better to lift the maritime ban so that these big businessmen would no longer smuggle secretly and just do business openly.
The Japanese pirates lost the source of income for the big households, so those who followed suit naturally dispersed because there was no profit to be made.
But he did not blindly propose and demand the complete lifting of the maritime ban. Instead, he chose Songjiang to set up a municipal shipping department and create a register to select maritime merchants like the Gangyun Law.
If you want to register, you have to pay a deposit and taxes.
In this way, the resistance to opening a sea ban will be much smaller.
This was a national event, but Xu He thought of the four silk merchants in Nanxun who were wiped out!
He took the newspaper and turned to Tang Shunzhi: "Sir, I think I know who did it last time when the four families were wiped out!"
