Just when the outside world had just begun to discuss the news, a large number of navy officers and soldiers took to the streets. Some posted notices, and some loudly promoted, telling all the people that a large number of pirate leaders would be killed outside the dock today! This news immediately suppressed all the rumors. Now the people in Quanzhou city are talking about the beheading of 44 people at one time. This is a major event that has not happened in decades!
After the news spread, many good people rushed to the dock. Sure enough, they saw many soldiers building a platform for beheading. They immediately confirmed that the news was true. This caused a sensation in the entire Quanzhou City!
Almost all those who could put down their affairs rushed to the dock to grab a good seat. But no one noticed that all those leaving camp today were soldiers from the Beiyang Fleet!
On the third floor of a restaurant not far from the pier, in a private room with windows facing the street, five people were sitting at the table slowly sipping tea. The windows beside them were wide open, and through the windows they could see the high platform under construction in the distance!
If Liu Haojia were in this room, he would recognize that these five people were all the gentry who appeared at the banquet last night! One of them must be particularly familiar to him. This person is a middle-aged official named Li. His name is Li Shusheng, and he is a director of the Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing!
The man put down his tea cup and took a deep breath, saying: "Looking at the speed of the construction of the high platform, it will be completed before noon, so the execution of the pirate leader must be true!"
A gray-haired old man opposite him also sighed and said: "That poisonous-eyed osprey has done a lot for my family, but it's a pity that I can't save him today. I can only take care of his wife and children in the future!"
But the old man diagonally opposite him looked obviously worried! Probably because his colleagues were rivals, he snorted and said: "Old Zhao, why do you need to show mercy like a cat crying like a mouse? I'm afraid that hearing that the poison-eyed osprey will be executed will make you feel happy, right?"
The old man named Zhao, whose beard trembled with anger, glared at the other party and said: "Zhang Liren, if the two-tailed dragon hadn't died in the battle, I'm afraid you would be more anxious than me, right? Besides, I, Mr. Zhao, always keep my word and do what I say. He will naturally find a way to take care of his wife and children! But your Zhang family’s reputation is not good!”
Just when Zhang Liren was about to open his mouth, Li Shusheng said hurriedly: "Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhang, please stop arguing! This is the time when we are in the same boat, so why bother!"
The faces of the two people softened after hearing this, and the old man surnamed Zhao said: "It doesn't matter, I don't have the same experience as him! But the trick of the good nephew to pull the fire under the cauldron is really incomparable! The kid knew that the situation was serious, so he hastily beheaded him!"
Seeing Li Shusheng's sullen expression, another middle-aged man who had been silent also said: "Brother Li is indeed a mastermind! There are more than ten thousand people in the Quanzhou Navy Camp, and they consume countless supplies every day! Now there are more For those who join the Beiyang Fleet, it will definitely be difficult to maintain the baggage! As long as we contact other gentry and cut off their supplies, he will have no choice but to submit obediently!"
Li Shusheng's face became even more proud when he heard this, but he said: "This is also the result of the concerted efforts of us Quanzhou gentry! If Li alone can't do anything!"
After he finished speaking, he looked gloomy and said: "The sea has been disturbed by Liu Haojia, and I don't know how long it will take for it to calm down? Now many people who eat on the sea are hiding, hiding, and no one is there." If you show up, the business on the sea will stop for a long time! However, the family’s expenses are very high. If the business is stopped, I’m afraid we will be in trouble for a while!”
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement and began to complain to each other! It turns out that the five people at this table are all involved in smuggling, and they make huge profits from smuggling every year! Now Liu Haojia is sweeping the sea from north to south, and every business has been interrupted! So they contacted the gentry to put pressure on Liu Haojia, just to resume business as soon as possible!
While these five people were discussing how to deal with Liu Haojia in the restaurant, Liu Haojia himself came to the prison in the camp. This prison was originally used to deal with erring soldiers, so the environment is naturally filthy! At this time, the cell was packed with nearly a hundred officers of all levels, making the cell even more cramped!
Seeing Liu Haojia coming in, the officers who had passed the gas in advance stood up and saluted, while some of the officers who had not passed the gas stood on the railing and shouted words such as "Unjust" and "Spare my life". But Liu Pingjiang and others were sitting motionless in the cell, very single!
Liu Haojia waved his hand to everyone to be quiet, and then said: "After a while, I will ask someone to open the cell door, and everyone whose name is called will come out on their own."
After hearing this, everyone immediately fell silent and waited hopefully for Liu Haojia to call his name. At this time, a servant stepped forward, took the roster and began to recite loudly. At the same time, the soldiers guarding the cell also opened the door. Every time a name was read, an officer came out of the cell with joy, and then waited aside under the order of the servant.
By the time the servants finished reading the roster, there were still more than twenty officers left in the cell. Before they could react, the soldiers locked the cell door and trapped them inside. And these people were clearly a group of military officers headed by Liu Pingjiang.
At this time, Liu Pingjiang angrily grabbed the railing and shouted: "Why don't you let us out?"
Liu Haojia took two steps forward with his hands behind his back and said, "Can't you guess? Of course I want you to bear the crime of swallowing up military pay!"
Liu Pingjiang and the others were shocked when they heard this! Some people yelled and cursed loudly, some people begged and begged loudly, and some people looked blank! Liu Pingjiang shook the railing desperately and said loudly: "Everyone here has deducted military pay, why should we carry it?"
Liu Haojia took two steps forward again, looked at each other across the railing and Liu Pingjiang, and said easily: "The reason is very simple! First, if this matter gets too big, someone will be unlucky! I can't put all the water in the water. Arrest all the division officers, right? As for the second thing, who made you go against me everywhere and hinder my navy's plan to change defenses from north to south! So if you are not unlucky, who is?"
When Liu Pingjiang heard this, he shook the railing desperately, as if he wanted to rush out! But the railing was strong, and no matter how hard he shook it, there was no result. In the end, he could only shout loudly: "You are shameless! You are despicable!"
Liu Haojia sneered and said: "As the saying goes, flies don't bite the eggs! If you hadn't hindered my official plan and deducted the military pay under the new rules, how could such a thing have happened? Say one thousand, say ten thousand, or ten thousand? It’s just your own fault!”
