Chapter 104
The fear of surrender, like the plague, will spread quickly. Starting from the first pirate to surrender, hundreds more pirates will surrender one after another, and many pirate ships will surrender and hoist white flags.
According to Ning Haijun's military regulations, captured pirates are treated the same as bandits and can be rewarded with fifteen acres of land. This is more beneficial than killing these pirates, and everyone is happy.
The surrendered pirates cooperated very well, throwing away their weapons, kneeling on the deck, and placing their weapons in the most conspicuous position.
"Hold your head with both hands and throw the weapon in a conspicuous place. Anyone who dares to act rashly will be shot to death!"
The navy of the Ning Navy took advantage of the large number of people and continued to bombard the pirates wildly while accepting prisoners. When the number reached a certain level, even if the artillery fire was inaccurate, a blind cat could catch a mouse to death. From time to time, A pirate ship was hit.
In less than half an hour from the beginning of the battle, more than two thousand pirates under Meng Xianhan's command had lost two to three hundred people, and seven to eight hundred had surrendered. In the blink of an eye, half of their efforts were lost.
Even Meng Xianhan's flagship was hit by six six-pound cannonballs. It was a pity that compared to a large battleship weighing more than a thousand pounds, six-pound cannonballs could only scratch the itch.
"You all took the wrong fucking medicine?"
Meng Xianhan and the pirates under his command were dumbfounded. The familiar officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy in front of them became very strange. The original Dengzhou Guard Navy's combat effectiveness was very poor, and even their pirates could not defeat them.
"The officers and soldiers of the Navy are so evil today. The boss is so powerful that the wind is blowing!"
To be fair, the resistance of these pirates was very tenacious, but the problem was that the officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy were also more tenacious. Some of the Ning Navy soldiers were stabbed with a big hole, and blood spurted out. The injured Ning Navy soldier did not cover the wound. , instead of retreating, he rushed forward, hugged the pirate, and jumped into the sea.
"Commander, I didn't embarrass you..."
Seeing the navy soldiers of Ning Navy like tigers, wolves and sheep, Meng Xianhan felt as if he had been stabbed into the chrysanthemum by a popsicle, and Meng Xianhan's heart went cold.
Ning Haijun's navy was already outnumbered, with more than five times the number of pirates. How could they be so brave now that they could not let anyone live?
Meng Xianhan shouted: "Retreat, retreat..."
Meng Xianhan felt like he was in an ice cellar at this time. He knew that he was finished. So what if he could successfully withdraw? As pirates, their combat prowess is secondary. What really makes them invincible is the background behind them.
Yes, it's his backstage. They are right under the nose of the Dengzhou Navy and have not been exposed for more than four years. It's not that their hands and feet are clean and they do things neatly. Instead, the backstage played a huge role, using their official status and energy to suppress their existence.
Because Meng Xianhan had a backstage, he could not be discovered by the Dengzhou Navy. At the same time, he could exchange the goods he plundered with the backstage for grain, silver, fine wine, and various supplies for ship maintenance. The Dengzhou navy is so powerful, he will definitely not have time to return to Xiaonan Island.
Without the wealth he had accumulated over the years, where could he escape?
In fact, these pirates didn't need Meng Xianhan's orders. Seeing so many Ming warships roaring towards them, they made a prompt decision and turned back collectively. The wind was tight and they were struggling.
It's just a pity that although they ran fast, the faster ones were Ning Haijun's artillery. As the number of pirate ships became less and less, more than 300 warships, more than 4,000 artillery pieces, and a salvo fired, even if Meng would also be fooled, and one ship after another was blown up by the Ning Navy.
At this time, the South Island became an undefended South Island. Some of the Ning Navy soldiers pursued Meng Xianhan, and some of them landed directly on the South Island.
Xiaonan Island is not large, but it is divided into thirteen residential settlements. In addition to more than two thousand pirates, the remaining people on the entire South Island are almost all old, weak, sick and disabled. Facing a mighty army of thousands, these pirates' families Very wisely, he chose to surrender.
Li Fang was naturally the first to rush to the South Island. He strode like the wind. Li Fang, who was covered in blood, had already changed his sixth sword. After this battle, Li Fang used his own strength to create Ning Haijun. The title of the most powerful general in the navy.
Based on the information provided by the prisoners, Li Fang went all the way directly to the cave where Peng was imprisoned.
Li Fang saw that there was no guard outside the cave and thought that the information was wrong. He was very anxious and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Wu Niang, Wu Niang!"
Peng Sanxi had four sons, and Peng ranked fifth. According to the characteristics of the times, she was Peng Wuniang. Of course, Peng also had a maiden name, Peng Rou.
The boudoir name, the boudoir name, is a name that can only be called in the boudoir. Li Fang can call her, but it needs to be in the boudoir.
Li Fang rushed towards the cave. He didn't care whether there was an ambush inside at this time. However, when Li Fang rushed in, he discovered that two well-behaved maids, Peng Wuniang, were dressing up.
Based on Peng's original appearance, if Li Fang had seen her, there wouldn't be many people left on the entire South Island. Now Li Fang looked at Peng, a little dull.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen it?"
"Never...never...saw it!"
Li Fang and Peng have known each other for more than three years. Peng usually looks bare-faced and looks even more beautiful without makeup. Especially when you look at beauties under the lamp, even ugly women will become even more beautiful.
What's more, Peng is not ugly.
"Li Lang, you're here!"
Peng's face looked a little pale. This paleness was caused by excessive blood loss. She used a lot of gouache and still couldn't cover it up.
The problem is that Li Fang is a straight man, and he doesn't notice any difference in Peng. He only finds that Peng is more beautiful than before.
"I am coming!"
Li Fang said incoherently: "It's great to see that you are okay!"
"Where's Meng Xianhan?"
"I didn't see it, I was worried about you...so..."
Mrs. Peng stood up: "He can't escape. I know all the dens he has outside. Now I want to get back what belongs to me!"
When Peng Sanxi married her daughter to Meng Xianhan as her stepmother, although she did not have ten miles of red dowry, she still had Qiandan red dowry. This was Peng's dowry and her private property.
Under Peng's guidance, Li Fang came to the house where Meng Xianhan lived. This house was not too big, covering an area of about four or five acres. It was very rare to have such a large area in later generations. However, in the Ming Dynasty, even if He is a small landowner, and his house covers several or more than ten acres of land.
It’s not surprising that a house is the size of four or five acres of land.
The house looks ordinary on the outside, but there is something special inside. The house is built against a hill that is not too high. Most of the warehouses and bank vaults are actually hidden in the cave, including Peng’s former dowry. .
"General Lee!"
Li Fang looked at Li Zhixiang who arrived later and hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Mrs. Peng looked calm: "General Li, does the slave's dowry still belong to the slave?"
"What evidence do you have that the property here is your dowry?"
Mrs. Peng walked to the bedroom of Meng Xianhan's main house, took out the marriage certificate and the dowry gift list from the secret compartment at the head of the bed: "Can this be proved?"
Peng secretly thought that if Li Zhixiang wanted to swallow her dowry, she would have no way to resist. However, Li Zhixiang would definitely lose more than he gained from the dowry.
"The ugly words are ahead. We, Ning Haijun, have no precedent for this. I, the general, cannot deal with your dowry issue. I, the general, can only ask the commander-in-chief for instructions!"
Li Zhixiang stared at Li Fang: "You have done a good thing, please apologize to the commander immediately."
"Excuse me?"
"Do you think you did it wisely? Which of the things you did can withstand investigation?"
Peng's face became solemn: "Li Lang, what's going on?"
"nothing!"
As a veteran in the army, Li Fang naturally knew what it was like to deceive the commander. Although his goal was the same as Cheng Shijie's, he should have told him frankly at that time instead of trying to be smart.
Peng looked at Li Zhixiang's expression and guessed that Li Fang had done something wrong for her. Could it be that he privately mobilized troops to save himself?
Thinking of this, Peng was even more moved.
In order to alleviate Li Fang's crime, Peng revealed all the property hidden by Meng Xianhan...
At this moment, a Ning Haijun soldier said: "General Li, General Li, look what good stuff we got!"
In a naturally formed bay on Xiaonan Island, there are actually five Galenic armed transport ships docked here. The smallest of these five Galenic ships is about 800 tons, and the largest is 1,200 to 300 tons.
This is also the luck of the Ninghai Navy. Meng Xianhan made a big profit half a month ago and hijacked five Europa armed merchant ships heading to Dengzhou to do business.
Although most of the Ming Dynasty's waters are undefended, the problem is that Dengzhou is a military center in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and there are a large number of naval forces. In order to avoid inevitable misunderstandings, these five Europa armed merchant ships put away their artillery. Put it in the cabin, but at this moment, Meng Xianhan and the pirates suddenly came out.
When these Europa armed merchant ships wanted to take out their artillery to resist, it was already too late. These five armed merchant ships carried 180,000 Dutch silver saber coins, which weighed about 33 grams, almost equivalent to more than 170,000 taels of silver, as well as some ivory, gems, and various spices. , sulfur, saltpeter, and asphalt, these are the goods that Sun Yuanhua needs most.
It's just a pity that before Meng Xianhan had time to take action, these five precious cargoes became Ning Haijun's trophies.
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Cheng Shijie looked at the investigation report in front of him with a surprised look on his face.
This is the information obtained by the supervisor Chen Guodong. The information is very detailed, even more detailed than Bao Bao's investigation of Ma Rong's records of renting a house.
It clearly records how Li Fang and Peng met, as well as every private meeting, and how Li Fang was attacked on an uninhabited island.
"Is that all?"
Chen Guodong thought Cheng Shijie was dissatisfied, so he hurriedly said: "Time is limited, I only found this, if I have more time, I can dig deeper!"
Cheng Shijie pointed to the information and said, "This shouldn't be information that the military law team can obtain. Where did you get it from?"
Chen Guodong breathed a sigh of relief: "Well... the commander-in-chief gave the power of recommending officers to officers at all levels, and gave the power of review to his subordinates. The subordinates began to think about a question. What if that guy Liu Qingsong promoted a general manager? This sentry commander is brave in combat and has good command skills. He has fought for the commander and shed blood. However, this sentry commander has a wife who once worked as a servant in Mr. Futai’s house... This guy has something to do with Mr. Futai. As a personal friend, if my disciples disagree with this appointment, it will cause dissatisfaction among the brothers and have a bad influence on the commander-in-chief."
"Oh, what are you going to do if you encounter your hypothetical situation?"
"The subordinates will agree to this appointment, but the subordinate position will place an informant or several informants around this person to prevent him from mobilizing troops privately to do things that are not conducive to the commander-in-chief!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Chen Guodong in surprise: "How did you think of this?"
"Yes, Shuai Mao!"
Chen Guodong smiled bitterly and said: "Shuai Mao has adopted many adopted sons and grandsons in the army, and the imperial court has never regarded the Dongjiang Army as a human being. Military food and military pay have never been paid on time. But when Marshal Mao was here, the Dongjiang Army's Brothers, they think in one place and work hard in one place, relying on Mao Shuai's fair rewards and punishments."
"good!"
"Because of fairness, the brothers in the Dongjiang Army all obey Mao Shuai, because the commander-in-chief is also fair. Even if some brothers have only one useless woman left in their family, the commander-in-chief will give out the reward and the money they deserve. The fields are also rewarded, this is the justice of the commander-in-chief, because the commander-in-chief is fair, we brothers of Ning Haijun will obey the commander-in-chief!"
Chen Guodong said: "The general's management of the army is almost the same as that of General Mao. Some people are talented and capable, but such people may often be unwilling to obey. When the general handles these things, he should be treated as he should be, but if he breaks the rules, he will be punished." Teach them a lesson. Although such people are not considerate, they are indeed capable. If they are not used, it is unfair. Whether you are an official or a military officer, the word fairness must be spoken, otherwise your brothers will not accept it."
Cheng Shijie didn't realize that Chen Guodong followed him and was greatly influenced by him. Cheng Shijie's every move affected Chen Guodong.
Cheng Shijie knew that Ma Shilin, Lu Conglong, Sun Benju, and Qin Bocheng came to Cheng Shijie through bribery. Moreover, these people were all from wealthy gentry families. Their goal was to become officials and use Cheng Shijie's power to achieve their own goals.
Faced with these people who are not very loyal, Cheng Shijie will still use them, but when he uses them, he will restrict them. Ma Shilin is just one person, and the people he is responsible for are Zhang Ruyi's former subordinates.
If Ma Shilin wanted to betray Cheng Shijie, he didn't need Cheng Shijie's order at all. The people under him would most likely tip off the information, and some would tie up Ma Shilin and send him to Cheng Shijie.
It is precisely because Ning Haijun is willing to serve Cheng Shijie. When Chen Guodong needs to install an informant, he only needs to simply identify someone who is disloyal to Cheng Shijie, unstable, and may betray or threaten Cheng Shijie. Many Ning Haijun soldiers will volunteer to serve as Ning Haijun. Supervise the spy work of the military system.
Just like Li Fang, Chen Guodong has a total of six informants around Li Fang. These six people are all Li Fang's old troops in the Dongjiang Army. Everyone has a close friendship with Li Fang, but the problem is, these Dongjiang Army The soldiers made a very clear distinction. What Li Fang could give them were only temporary small benefits, while what Cheng Shijie could give them were long-term benefits.
To give a very simple example, this is like the lions and tigers in the zoo. They are both man-eating beasts, but they will not eat the keepers because they know that being full for a while and being full forever are two different concepts.
Just when the Ning Navy navy was encircling and annihilating the pirates of Meng Xianhan's men, angels from the capital arrived carrying Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict. The imperial edict was very simple, asking Cheng Shijie to return to the capital to report his duties to the emperor.
Cheng Shijie had already shied away once, but this time he was a little embarrassed when facing the imperial edict.
Song Xiance hesitated for a long time and whispered: "There is something I don't know whether I should say, I don't know if I should say it...".
"When did Mr. Song become so estranged from me?"
It was still snowing in southern Liaoning, the windows were tightly covered, and the light in the room was a little dim. Cheng Shijie looked at Song Xiance's solemn face and knew that what he said was not trivial. Otherwise, given the relationship between them, there would be no need to take it. With these words, he waved his hand and ordered all the guards in the room to retreat.
"The disciple said that if the master doesn't like it, he will tell the disciple nonsense..."
Song Xiance lit the candle with a fire sickle. The bright candlelight made the entire Nuan Pavilion brighter. Song Xiance was about to speak when his eyes fell on the table.
This is a secret report sent by Chen Guodong to Cheng Shijie. It contains the cause and effect of the investigation of Li Fang. After a quick glance, Song Xiance finally breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Shijie was able to guard against his subordinates, which shows that he is a qualified leader.
In Song Xiance's view, anyone's loyalty is limited. As a master, one should be prepared for anyone to rebel in case of any eventuality.
Song Xiance narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking about what he wanted to say. During the time he was following Cheng Shijie, as Cheng Shijie's status improved, he also developed the bad habit of thinking carefully about everything he said and did, and seemed a little slow. Cheng Shijie ignored him and took an official document and read it. Wait for him to speak.
"My Lord, does he know about Ning Haijun's hidden worries?"
"What worries?"
Cheng Shijie felt a little strange.
"At that time, Marshal Mao of the Dongjiang Army was killed by Yuan Chonghuan's imperial edict, and the Dongjiang Army was immediately dispersed."
Song Xiance asked: "Why did the Dongjiang Army end up in this situation?"
Cheng Shijie was also thinking that when Li Chengliang died, the Li family had not yet fallen, but as soon as Mao Wendong died, the Dongjiang Army collapsed instantly, so he tried: "Chen Jisheng's prestige is not enough to convince the public?"
"How can Chen Jisheng, a mere deputy general, convince the public?"
Song Xiance said: "My lord, now that the situation of He Ning Navy is getting bigger and bigger, my lord will be like Emperor Hongwu in the future, fighting everywhere. There must be someone inside to stabilize the people!"
In Song Xiance's view, Cheng Shijie's biggest problem is that he has no family members, and the key is that he has no son. If Cheng Shijie has a shortcoming, he still has someone to be loyal to, and his great cause can continue.
If Mao Chenglu was not Mao Wenlong's adopted son, but Mao Wenlong's biological son, would the other generals of the Dongjiang Army be dissatisfied with Mao Chenglu?
Some people may be dissatisfied, but the majority will surrender. Unfortunately, Mao Chenglu is not Mao Wenlong's biological son. His identity is just like Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu now. The generals within the Ning Navy will not know that Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu were given the surname Cheng. , and will give him a high look or surrender to him.
If Cheng Shi is Cheng Shijie's biological son, Ning Haijun's generals must surrender to him. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed.
Although it was said that Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, had no sons, he deliberately cultivated Chai Rong, and Chai Rong was also a good person and could control the situation. In front of him, Zhao Kuangyin also behaved extremely docile.
Cheng Shijie was still silent, thinking...
"Then the disciple will speak out."
Song Xiance said, "It is natural for the imperial court to summon the lord to the capital to report his merits. However, the lord is alone, and your marriage must be discussed by the public. It is not up to you to make the decision. In your heart, does the lord want to marry a daughter of the clan or the daughter of a minister?" ?”
Xiang Hui's appearance appeared in Cheng Shijie's mind, and then he thought of Cheng Jialong.
Cheng Jialong said to Cheng Shijie more than once that if he were a rich second generation, he would be able to live in peace and go to school.
Of course, Cheng Jialong is still young and doesn't know that the second generation of rich people is not as easy as it seems. Cheng Shijie knows a second generation of rich people, no, he is a third generation official. His father is at the department level and his grandfather retired from the deputy province. Due to the huge difference in physical condition, we didn't have a deep relationship with each other, so we were barely acquaintances.
Cheng Shijie couldn't tell the other party's other abilities, but he was proficient in six foreign languages and was impeccable in his work. He was less than thirty years old and was far more mature and steady than his peers.
Cheng Shijie has always trained Cheng Jialong in the same way as an ordinary family. He goes to elementary school and junior high school step by step. If Cheng Jialong's junior high school cannot be admitted to a key high school, he will find connections for him to go to a college commissioned by Hansteel Group, or to go to an undergraduate degree.
Although this is a score in the college entrance examination, it is the lowest admission score for junior college. It is much easier than taking one or two exams. It can also be regarded as an internal employee benefit of Hansteel Group.
At least in Cheng Shijie's view, being able to work in Hansteel Group is much better than the jobs that can be found in 985.211. You must know that Wei trainees are counted as seniority during their schooling. After three years of college and half a year of internship, they can get Senior worker benefits. Avoid many detours.
The meaning of Song Xiance's words was very clear. Although Cheng Shijie could evade going to Beijing once or twice, he could not pass the test of entering Beijing. The fact that he was not married must become a public discussion.
Whether it was Emperor Chongzhen, the empress, cabinet bosses, or even Sun Yuanhua whom he offended, Xu Guangqi would suppress his conflicts with Sun Yuanhua, tie Ning Haijun tightly to the West French Party's chariot, and charge into battle for the West French Party.
No matter whether it is promotion, reward or win over, they are far less reliable and intimate than in-laws.
Whether it is the daughter of Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua or other important ministers of the Western Han Dynasty, Xu Guangqi, a Wenyuan Pavilion college student, has enough ability to make an appointment with Cheng Shijie through the mouth of Emperor Chongzhen. What excuse is there for refusing?
I'm afraid that the moment I open my mouth to refuse is the moment I break with the Spanish Party.
If he agrees to the marriage, both Ning Haijun, the Spanish Party, and the public opinion of the government and the opposition will more firmly regard him as a backbone of the Spanish Party.
Cheng Shijie felt a headache when he thought of this. He rubbed the Taiyangtang, looked at Song Xiance and asked, "You are probably not the only one who wants to say this to me, right?"
"When Ming Yu and the others thought that my disciple was closer to you, they rushed to the stage and asked the disciple to tell the lord about this matter."
Song Xiance said, "This matter cannot be postponed until we come to Beijing to consider how to solve it!"
"What can I do."
Cheng Shijie sighed in his heart. In his heart, his wife and children were enough. But the problem was that if Xiang Hui and the children could come over, he would be happy. But the problem was that when he traveled through time, he had to do it without anyone around. Getting married is no longer a matter for him alone.
Every team has its own core interests, and Cheng Shijie can only cut off this problem at the source.
He got up and walked to the bookshelf of Nuan Pavilion and took out a scroll. It was a painting and a family photo in ancient costume. It was taken a while ago when he took Xiang Hui, Cheng Jialong and Cheng Jiayue to the art photo studio and spent a lot of money. More than 5,000 were taken.
This excuse was that Cheng Shijie wanted to make up for Xiang Hui. When he and Xiang Hui got married, he just found a photo studio and spent more than one hundred yuan to take photos. Since the wedding was on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, at that time The weather is cold, so renting a wedding dress is not only expensive, but also freezing.
Cheng Shijie had just started working at that time and his savings were limited. Instead of letting Xiang Hui wear a wedding dress, she wore a red sweater and a red down jacket.
This incident was very regrettable for Xiang Hui. As the scrap collection station's business situation got better and better, Xiang Hui also agreed to Cheng Shijie's proposal and took a new set of wedding photos, artistic photos.
Cheng Shijie took such a set of wedding photos to reject Yang Yunniang and stop Yang Yuniang from taking so much trouble in front of him.
Although Yang Yuniang no longer has any strange thoughts about Cheng Shijie, she still seduces women such as Jin Qiaoer, Xueer, Jing Jing, and An Ning, and lets them seduce Cheng Shijie from time to time.
Cheng Shijie endured the pain very much. It was like a carnivorous sport. It was so uncomfortable to face so much meat that he couldn't eat what he wanted.
Therefore, Cheng Shijie took a set of artistic photos in later generations and printed them in the form of scrolls.
Song Xiance also stared at this photo. There were four people in the photo. In addition to the familiar Cheng Shijie, there was also a lady wearing gold embroidered clothes. The coat was white and the underwear was green, showing nobility. and elegance.
Song Xiance scanned it in a hurry, then he didn't dare to look directly at her, and he bowed hastily and said, "I will pay my respects to the mistress!"
Song Xiance looked at Cheng Jialong. Although Cheng Jialong was only twelve years old, due to his good nutrition, he was already over 1.4 meters tall and almost 1.5 meters tall.
Cheng Jiayue, who looked sickly, was wearing a fancy dress, a Zhai crown, a big shirt, and a Xiapei...
This is actually a princess costume...
Xiang Hui's clothes clearly have phoenix and cloud patterns, and Cheng Jiayue's princess outfit,
Song Xiance immediately understood Cheng Shijie's ambition. He bowed and said, "My lord, please don't look down on this painting easily!"
PS: I will try my best to finish the next chapter before twelve o'clock in the evening. The old man's surgery was successful and his condition has stabilized. Old Cheng will do more Braille when he has time.
(End of chapter)
