On a small island above the East China Sea.
Inoue Ichiro climbed ashore from the boat in embarrassment, followed by several confidants who had escaped from Shengsi Island.
"Lord, where should we go next?"
A confidant of Ichiro Inoue, after climbing ashore, immediately asked this question that had been holding in his heart for a long time.
Originally, Inoue Ichiro was still a famous Japanese pirate leader. After so many years of development, his men had tens of thousands of men, and his strength could be called the overlord of the nearby sea area.
Especially since he occupies the Feng Shui treasure land of Shengsi Island, if he is given a few more years, it will not be a problem to raise an army of 100,000 with the help of Shengsi Island.
Although he would not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty, Inoue Ichiro's goal was never the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese island behind him.
Nowadays, wars are frequent in the Japanese island, princes are fighting for hegemony, and the people are living in dire straits.
As long as he has soldiers and food, he can establish himself as a king and conquer the world.
Of course, Inoue Ichiro does not have the ambition to dominate the world, but he still has the ambition to occupy a piece of foundation and become the king, and it is very big.
Unfortunately, the former imperial hegemony was nothing more than a dream.
In less than two days, Inoue Ichiro was defeated. Not only was his army wiped out, but even Shengsi Island, which he once relied on as his foundation, was lost.
There are only four confidants left around him who will live and die together, and there is nothing else.
The gap between before and after was a bit difficult for Inoue Ichiro to accept.
Now that he heard the questions from his close men, Inoue Ichiro felt even more annoyed and said impatiently:
"Where else can we go? Naturally, we have to return to Shikoku Island. That is our hometown. Even if we die, we must die there."
When the three confidants heard this, their heads drooped.
They are all wanderers with no fixed abode, and they are at home all over the world. They have no consciousness of returning to their roots after falling leaves.
Isn't the reason why you go to sea to make a living because you can no longer survive on Shikoku Island?
Now that Inoue Ichiro wants to return to Shikoku, wouldn't he be asking for death? This made them extremely dissatisfied.
However, Inoue Ichiro also has a confidant, who is not a Japanese, but a genuine Han Chinese.
This man's name was Li San. When his family was well off, he had read for several years, was good at writing and arithmetic, and worked as an official under Zhang Shicheng.
Later, Zhang Shicheng was defeated and killed. This man also hurriedly fled overseas until he lived on Shengsi Island, where he was valued by Inoue Ichiro and became his accountant.
This man has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and two narrow eyes. He looks very vulgar.
After hearing what Inoue Ichiro said, he quickly spoke out to persuade:
"My lord, why should you be discouraged?"
"Now that the East China Sea is surging, it is the time for heroes to show their talents."
"Although there was a temporary setback, my lord started from scratch before. Now with the help of the four of us, I will surely rise again."
"Now that the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea have united to deal with the Ming Dynasty, we can first join one of the forces."
"With my lord's ability, he will definitely stand out soon. It is only a matter of time before he makes a comeback."
Li San's words were so impassioned that Inoue Ichiro cheered up.
Thinking back to the days when he was wandering on Shikoku Island and the time when he quickly rose to prominence on Shengsi Island, Inoue Ichiro suddenly felt that he had regained his fighting spirit.
"Li Sanjun, what you said makes sense. If I can rise again in the future, I would like to be as rich and powerful as Li Sanjun."
"We continue to go south. There is a Shuangyu Island there. There are also a large number of Japanese pirates on the island, and they are recruiting troops."
"We can surrender to them first and then try to make a comeback."
Seeing that Inoue Ichiro no longer mentioned Shikoku Island, the other three naturally agreed happily.
The habits they had developed from years of traveling at sea and wanton robbery made them never want to go back to the poverty-stricken days of the past.
Li San quickly bowed and said:
"My lord, you praise me so much."
"The villain thinks that my lord can announce the news that the Ming army plans to suppress the bandits."
"In this way, the importance of the lord will be greatly enhanced. At the same time, the Japanese pirates will be more vigilant. They may take the initiative to attack and eliminate this group of Ming troops in advance."
"You can also avenge us, killing two birds with one stone."
Inoue Ichiro's eyes lit up, and he immediately planned to rest on the island for a day and continue heading south the next day.
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At the same time, on Shengsi Island.
Li Jin is screening the prisoners on Shengsi Island.
Those who committed extremely evil crimes invaded the Zhejiang area many times and burned, killed and looted habitual bandits. Li Jin did not ask any questions and directly dragged them down and beheaded them.
Those who had just joined the Japanese pirates and had no record of committing crimes would have Japanese characters carved all over their faces and would be forced to work as slaves in Shanghu County as coolies in the future.
To contribute to the infrastructure construction of Shanghu County, if these people are still alive in ten years, Li Jin can consider letting these people go.
Of course, these are Han Japanese pirates, Han people who can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters.
If they are Japanese, any man taller than a wheel will be in trouble.
The rest will all be turned into slaves and will be sold in the slave market in Shanghu County in the future.
After this division, a total of more than 10,000 Han workers were obtained. These workers will become the free labor force of the Ming Dynasty within ten years, contributing to the Ming Dynasty's infrastructure.
Ten years later, they may be free again. Of course, this depends on whether these people have performed well over the years.
The remaining more than 3,000 Japanese slaves will be taken to Shanghu County by Li Jin for sale.
In the slave market of Shanghu County, Japanese slaves are still very popular, especially female Japanese slaves.
More than 5,000 people were beheaded and executed.
On the day of the execution, the scene was very scary. The beheaded Han gangster was fine. It was cut in two and it was not painful.
The worst thing was that the more than 2,000 Japanese pirates were cut to pieces with thousands of knives.
Because the executioners were not very professional, some Japanese pirates died without sustaining a few blows.
The sea at the port of Shengsi Island turned red again, and Li Jin personally supervised the execution.
Seeing the painful screams of the Japanese, Li Jin felt calm. His mind was still filled with vivid memories of the voices, faces, and smiles of the sailors who trained hard with him.
Li Jin only hoped that the heroic souls of these people were not far away and that he could take a good look at him in heaven and avenge them.
Lingchi, with more than 2,000 people, lasted for a whole day, and the entire port was filled with the thick smell of blood.
Li Jin forced all the prisoners to come to watch the Ling Chi.
Some Japanese pirates were so frightened that they peed their pants, fearing that they would end up like this.
After watching the whole process of Ling Chi, the Japanese pirates, who were still a little resistant at first, suddenly became extremely docile.
Under Li Jin's bloody suppression, these Japanese pirates all obediently accepted their fate.
Originally, some Han Japanese pirates had complaints in their hearts when they heard that they had to be laborers for ten years.
They come out to be Japanese pirates because they don't want to be restrained by others, they want to be free and enjoy grudges.
But now they have to be fucked by others, how can they endure it?
They were planning how to escape in the future, and some people even thought about simply rioting, which would lead to death.
But Li Jin's methods were too cruel. After watching the execution, when they went to bed at night, all they heard were the miserable howls of the Japanese pirates.
The ambition they had in their hearts suddenly disappeared.
In comparison, being a cow or a horse for others seems pretty good, at least you don’t have to live or die.
But from then on, Li Jin became known as the White-faced Butcher among the Japanese pirates!
