Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Believe it or not! I don't think you are bad people, so why are you thieves?"
"Isn't that all because of the pressure of life! If it is good, who would want to be a thief?"
"Wang Er, what did you say?"
Wang Er immediately shut his mouth.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that these water thieves were not united. If they could think of a way, they could defeat them one by one.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did this was because he felt that the reason why these people were water thieves was that their water qualities were at least good.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang has a strong army, but the navy is his weakness.
Especially now that Zhu Yuanzhang is facing a huge military threat from Chen Youliang, developing the navy is a top priority.
But this matter cannot be rushed. There are many landlubbers who are very brave when fighting on land, but they will get seasick when they get into the water.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also very anxious about this. When he saw these water thieves this time, he had the idea of conquering these water thieves.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang's power developed so quickly at the beginning was that he kept conquering those small forces, and there were also copycat kings among them.
As the saying goes, you can rely on the mountains to eat mountains, and you can rely on water to eat water.
If the world hadn't been in chaos, these people wouldn't have become water thieves.
Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind.
If you want to subdue this gang of water thieves, attacking the mind is the first priority, followed by force.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's side is not superior in terms of numbers, but they are disguised as merchants and have no weapons at their disposal.
By the way, he is now a businessman, and these people are robbing just for money.
Under normal circumstances, people will not kill people.
Unless you meet those who don't have long eyes.
"Fellow heroes, you see, we don't have any gold or silver with us, so we can't give it to you? I think you take us ashore and go to the bank to get your money."
Zhu Yuanzhang said the last three words very loudly.
The attraction of money to everyone is really too great.
The credit of Zhongtong Bao Banknotes and Yuan Bao Banknotes issued before the Yuan Dynasty is quite good.
In the Zhizheng period, paper money was issued indiscriminately, and paper money had already become waste paper, and gold and silver were the circulating credit currencies.
When the leading water thief heard this, he felt that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was quite reasonable.
So I agreed.
Xiaochun and the other guards were all in preparation.
If Zhu Yuanzhang had any instructions, they would take action immediately.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give an order for them to take action.
The two older men of this gang of water thieves, who looked like the leaders, were whispering.
After a long while, one of them said, "Okay then! Come with us!"
Zhu Yuanzhang quietly said to Xiaochun and others, "Follow me and act according to the opportunity!"
In fact, Xiaochun had early plans.
In order to ensure that the news from Jinling can be delivered in time and that Zhu Yuanzhang can handle the affairs in Jinling in a timely manner, Xiaochun arranged a lot of manpower according to Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions.
Not far from Zhu Yuanzhang's boat, there were several boats following him secretly.
The intelligence officers on board were all heavily armed.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang loses contact with Jinling, big trouble will happen.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had a very bold idea in his heart. He really wanted to establish a mobile phone communication system at this time.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he was just thinking about it now. Let alone the era of war and chaos, even after Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world and established the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible.
But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was important for him to at least have a specific goal.
What Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do this time was to go deep into the tiger's den and attend the meeting alone.
If this group of people had taken action on the ship just now, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not talk nonsense to them and would directly destroy them.
When others use violence against him, Zhu Yuanzhang will respond in the same way.
If you are reasonable, Zhu Yuanzhang will also convince others with reason.
In this era, if Zhu Yuanzhang thinks that his reasoning skills are second, then no one will be first.
It turns out that Zhu Yuanzhang had learned a method, which is to be respectful to all. This is a more powerful method than using emotion and reasoning.
Perhaps it was because Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were more cooperative. This group of water thieves did not tie Zhu Yuanzhang and the others with ropes.
In fact, everything is relative.
If they dared to be violent to Zhu Yuanzhang, then by this time, they would have been dead.
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that their water thief's den should be in a very hidden place, at least not easy to find.
But after arriving, I discovered that this was a very large farm, and it was also very close to the market town.
For such a place, it was beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation.
It seemed that these water thieves were quite rampant, but this appearance aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's interest even more.
The stronger their group of water thieves became, the happier Zhu Yuanzhang became.
Although his own navy is already undergoing intensive recruitment and training and has made good progress.
But Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that first-hand preparation was not enough, and he had to make other preparations.
Zhu Yuanzhang likes to make at least two sets of plans when doing things.
In this case, he will have a powerful force at his disposal at any time, and his mind will be at peace, and he will be able to do things with ease and skill.
"You guys wait here, I'll go inform the leader now."
Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xiaochun to see if the people he arranged had followed. However, he used code words, which he and Xiaochun had discussed in advance.
"Do you have a banknote?"
"Yes, boss, we have it with us. We can redeem it soon."
"If you can't redeem it, throw it away."
Zhu Yuanzhang knew clearly that his people were not far away. If things didn't go well here, he would break the cup as a signal and rush in to catch all the water thieves.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to do this.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, he always thought of one sentence: I advise God to cheer up and send talents of any kind.
He himself was born in a commoner family, and he was not even as good as a commoner. It would be more appropriate to say that he came from a rough background.
For these poor people, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that they were his natural allies.
After a while the man came out and said, "Come in! But your men can't go in."
When Xiaochun heard this, he started to reason.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and Xiaochun took a step back.
This yard is really very big. In later generations, it was the size of a residential area.
Although Dayuan has a vast territory, there are very few people with large courtyards. It seems that the owner of this family has a good background!
It can't be a collusion between officials and bandits! Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself, if this is the case, there will be a good show this time.
